Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-06-15
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.
An Iowa man has bought IL, 900 acres
of Ernnn rrnnd nnnrA,r Ind

A cyclone passed over Goddard, Sedg'
wick county, blowing away IL houses
EX-Gov Morrill, gave 'S5, 900 toward a
new building for the Hiawatha acad'
envy.
The state school fund commissioners
purchased $40, 900 Of Argentine school
bonds
In the Soldiers Home cemetery at
Leavenworth lie the remains Of 1856
veterans.
Six Kansas sheriffs have lost their
lives while trying to make arrests the
past year.
T, j. Darrah will erect a $l2, 900 bust
ness block in Mcpherson, to replace the
one destroyed by fire,
Fire destroyed the boiler and engine
room, also the laundry Of the state re-
form school in Topeka. Loss, $4,000.
Work on the new $780, 900 county
courthouse at Yates Center has begun
and new telephone system for the
town is almost completed,
VIII Rice, formerly editor of the Fort
Scott Monitor and later u special gov
eminent consul to Japan, has been
made special customs officer in Lon
don.
There were So graduates from the
state agricultural college at Manhat-
tan last week, Rev, b. f. Mills, of
Boston, delivered the commencement
address.
A little two-year-old at Fort Scott
was made very sick by eating the con-
tents of sample package of medicine
which agents were distributing through
the town.
In Shawnee county II number of
church people, headed by j, Willis
Gleed, will nominate a county ticket on
Christian platform, the main plank of
which will be prohibition.
There were 16s graduates from the
Kansas state university this years.
in the school of arts, 20 in the school
of pharmacy, seven in the school of
engineering and IS in the school of
law.
Farmer Lewis, near Clay Center, saw
a snake in his hay loft. He took shot
gun and shot the snake to pieces, but
the hay caught fire and the barn was
consumed, including a lot of grain and
machinery.
Fort Scott has inaugurated sub
scription with which to procure a
medal or other token for every private
and non-commissioned officer in the
Twentieth Kansas company which
came from that town.
A fire from spontaneous combustion
started in 200 tons of coal in the i'm
beetle asylum at Winfield. Although
a two-inch stream of water was forced
on it steadily, it was not gotten under
control for two weeks
Walter Nordruft, II years old and
son of George Nordruft, was drowned
in Lost creek near Chase. He under
took to cross on horseback. The horse
struck wire fence and by some means
the boy was thrown off in the water.
EX-Congressman Peters, of Newton,
Gen. Fred Funston for pen
sion commissioner at Topeka, the posi-
ton now held by Cyrus Leland, Ma
Peters argues that Mr.. Leland is al
ready rich man and does not need the
place.
Kansas will raise about third of a
full crop of wheat this year, according
to the report issued by the state board |
Of agriculture. 1t shows 81 per cent.
of the area planted last fall now stand
ing, and the condition of the crop is So |
per cent.
A young girl named Walker, who
lives with her parents near Solomon
City, has since her birth been afflicted
with fish skin, scales like those of a
fish having covered her body, Her
eyes are red and infamed and have
never been closed.
The chances of Joseph Dobbs and
Mrs. New for release from the Kansas
was lessened by the con-
viction of Frank Allgood at Yates Cen
ter of forgery. Allgood sought to ex-
Dnerate Dobbs and Mrs. New by con-
tossing that it was he who killed Mr..
New near Eureka.
1t is proposed to erect monument
1t Independence to the memory of the
members of company g. Twentieth
Kansas, who fell in battle, and the
Grand Army posts all over the county
rave taken up the matter. Besides
capt. David S. Elliott and Lieut.. Will
lam McTaggart, company q has lost
seven privates in battle.
Gov. Stanley received letter from
he war department saying that two
lannon's captured in the Spanish war
1t Santiago would be loaned to the
,tate and urged him to select the two
owns where they shall be located.
Nearly every town in Kansas wants
me of these trophies and the governor
will have great difficulty in selecting
he places.
The annual convention of the Kansas
christian Endeavor union at Wichita
asst week was largely attended, over
800 delegates being present. There
re over 4G, 900 members of the society
II Kansas. Hutchinson was selected
or the 1900 meeting place. The fol-
owing officers were chosen: Presi-
lent, A. NJ. Reitzal, of Hutchinson; vice
Presidents, L. E. Sellers, of Emporia,
nd j. A. Lawrence, of Wichita; secre-
airy, Clyde Boyd, of Strong City; treas
Irer, Otto Newly, of Sterling; junior