Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-10
GENERAL NEWS.

Is a prosperity item from the. Craw-
ford County (Ind.) Democrat.
The Western Advocate of Mankato'
starts in its tenth year in its own
building. Editor Honey is making
a first class paper for the people of
Jewell County.
Dwight L. Loofburrow, son of Rev.
w. K. Loofburrow of the Atwood
Patriot will, upon his discharge from
the army, become editor of the Daily
Insular News at Manila.
Army worms are doing serious dam
age to crops in vsrious-portions of the
state. The voracious grasshopper is
also regaling himself on the corn and
millet crops in other localities.
Colby and Trenton, Nebr, are to
have an automobile line via Atwood,
a distance of IS miles. The machine
to be used will carry passengers
and haul TRAILER behind for bag
gage, and will cost about 81, 300.
MAJ. II. N. BOYD is mentioned as a
possible candidate for Secretary of
State by the papers of the 9Th dis
trict. Mej. Boyd would receive the
hearty support of his friends in this
county should he ask for the nomin-
alton.
Editor Connolly of Colby makes
point that the $4,000 which 1t costs to
run the Thomas County High School
is great deal less money than the IN
crease in the salaries of county officers
of that county by virtue of the new
republican SALARY grab" law.
81 raise more on my farm than I
did fifteen years, but somehow have
less money to pay my debts" re-
marked farmer the other day. The
farmers are finding out what the
god standard is doing Tor them
Crawford Go. (Ind.) Democrat.
can electrical storm passed over
the city yesterday afternoon that really
out-cracked any display of the kind
we ever ducked Qua mead to BEFORE"
is the breezy way Editor Conway of
the Norton Champion describes an
interesting phenomenon.
In letter posted just about an
bour before his death Col. Ingersoll
expressed himself as opposed to the
policy of the administration in the
Philippines. Hs characterized the
war against the Filipinoes as wrong,
foolish. we waged the war against
Spain for liberty, for right said he,
'and we must wear the laurel un-
stained
William Waldorf Aston is roundly
abused by the press of this country
for renouncing his allegiance to the
United States and becoming Sub
ject" of the Queen of England. a
waste of time. He is MT worth 1t. It
was matter of genuine regret when
Benedict Arnold and Judah P Benis-
min proved disloyal to the land of
their birth and became British sub
iects, as they we're men of talent, but
this man Aston will never be missed.
''Kansas populists are sorely dis
tressed. The corn crop is enormous"
remarks the Kansas City Jouraal.-I
Since the Journal is ''from Missouri"
our readers will pardon Us for us for
calling attention once more to the fact
that We had enormous crops in 1892
and 1896 the only years Kansas has
elected popul1st governors. There
used to be few very ignorant repub-
lican editors IN Kansas who claimed
that crop failures and populist success
went together. but they have long
since ceased to talk SO silly.
Conner Davies thinks that if q pop
editor should write such stuff about
the old soldiers who are fighting 81.
Clay Evans as William Allen White
ls doing they would have to hide out.
He quotes White as follows: 30. II.
Coulter. department commander OF
the G. A. r. of Kansas. didn't enlist |
til '64, and he has bsen screaming
about the brave boys ever since.
There were brave boys-and God
would curse this nation if it were I'M
grateful to them. Bot bounty men
like 0 FL Coulter, who have stslked
up and down the land wearing SOL
dlers' clothes for evory day to adver-
tise their loyalty like pill vendors sd-
vertise their pills, these men are vam