Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-30
STATE NEWS PARAGRAPHED.
The Methodists of Nickerson dedi-

ch1nery IN the coal shaft at the penl-
Tertiary that will delay work several
days. and should cold weather set in
the state institutions will have to buy
coal for time.
The citizens of Cedarvale have organ
lied an association for the purpose of
building a monument to the late Ed
win NJ. Hewins, who died at Douglas,
| Wyo., year ago while in the service
of the interior department.
A rich vein of 11-inch coal has been
discovered eight miles south of EN-
poria. 1t lies but few feet beneath
the surface and it is being successfully
mined and hauled to Emporia, where
it readily commands 81 ton.
Gov. Stanley has received letter
from a Kansas City, Kan, woman who
wants him to help her in getting di-
vorced from her husband, who is now
serving a term in the penitentiary. The
letter contains story of domestic infe-
licity and as a literary production is
very unique.
The school bond commissioners closed
a deal for the purchase of $780, 900 four
per cent. refunding bonds issued by the
city of Wellington. The bonds are is
sued to take up six per cent. railroad
aid bonds. This is one of the best
deals any municipality in Kansas has
made this year.
State Insurance Superintendent
Church would not issue a license to
the Tribe of Ben Hur, fraternal or
der, to do business in Kansas. The So
ciety has membership of 1, 800 and
lodges in 10 states, but it's seven trus-
tees are elected for life and the Kansas
law says they must be elected as often
as every four years.
The dairymen's meeting at Manhat-
tan last week was largely attended.
w. F. Jensen, of Beloit, was elected
president and A. L. Goble secretary
and treasurer of the association. A.
Clark, of Franklin county, received
first prize in patrons class. Among
the speakers was T. D. Coburn, secre-
tary of the state board of agriculture.
The latest gossip of politics in Tope-
ka is that the fight on Cyrus Leland in
the republican party has assumed the
form of organized capital Ten men,
it is said, have subscribed 81, 600 piece
and formed an association, of which A.
III. Horton is president and P. 81. Coney
secretary and treasurer. Gen. Hudson,
of the Capital, is also said to be in the
organization.
The suit recently brought in the fed
eral court by Mary P. Stevens and
others, of New York, stockholders in
the Kansas City & Pacific Railway
company, to enjoin the Missouri. Kan
sas Sc Texas Railway company from
orbing the Kansas City & Pacific on
the ground that an immense fraud was
contemplated in the deal was dismissed
by Judge Williams in the federal court
at Fort Scott.
The Reform Press association held
its annual meeting at Topeka last
week. Resolutions were adopted de-
nouncing ''Lelandism'' in Doniphan
county and expressing sympathy for
Frank Elliott and Pool Grinstead the
two Doniphan county populist editors
who are fighting libel suits, and asked
the people of the state to render those
editors moral and financial support in
their fight for the freedom of the
press
Lincoln post No. l. G. A. R., of To-
peka, has taken up the case of Charles
Hanback,, of Kansas, who has been in
the pension bureau at Washington for
the past 10 years, and who has recently
been dismissed from his position there
by reason of his testimony given before
the national pension committee of the
| G. A. r. during the national encamp-
ment at Philadelphia in Septem Der,
concerning the workings of the pen
sion bureau.
The farmers of north Dickinson coun-
ty recently performed a very kind ac-
ton for Mrs. G. a. Cramer, a widow
| left without assistance or much means.
| They assembled in the morning and
gathered and cribbed all her corn, set
up machine and thrashed out her
crop of kaffir corn and put every thing
about the place in excellent condition,
then departed without word to the
owner. About 80 men and teams took
part in the fine action.
The hardest trial of every mothers
life is to keep the ears and necks of her
kids clean. At Ell Dorado young lady
teacher thought she could shame lot
of the boys and tighten the burden of
the mother, so she picked out a dozen
kids with the dirtiest ears and necl1s
and sent them home to wash up In
stantly all the mothers of the town
raised war whoop and pursued that
teacher until she had to resign her
place. Kansas City Journal.
-Four years ago church debt of ST.
100 was hanging over the M. E. church |
of Horton. A. T. Frenzel including
six other trustees, proposed to give |
500 each if the mem bership would |
raise the balance. The proposition |
was accepted and Frenzel gave his
note for 500 with six per cent. interest. |
The other parties to the agreement all |
did their parts. but Frenzel moved to |
Missouri and did not pay his note His
home at Horton, valued at 5000, was
attached for the debt. Frenzel an
swered that he had received no money,
property or benefit and therefore denied
the debt. The court gave the church
judgment for $121 and the property
was sold for $500 to pay Judgment and