Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-06-29
STATE NEWS pARAGRApHED.
A $1,000 vitriaed brick plant will be

hSStSu ny All SlcCJflC line,
Sumner county will at once erect a
new Jail of dressed stone, two stories
high, to cost $40, 754.
Newt TRY, the well-lSnown republican
of Fort Scott, was given a position in
the internal revenue office at Topeka.
George Miller, of Doniphan, became
insane last week as a result of a blow
received in football game is months
ago.
District Judge Skidmore, in the case
against the city court of Coffeyville,
upheld the validity of the city court
law.
Since Andrew Carnegie gave $500 to
the library at Blue Rapids, other Kan
sas towns are warming up to the iron
magnate.
Hill p. Wilson, assistant secretary OF
state, is firmly convinced that there is
rich and ineXhaustible deposit of gold
in Ellis and Trego counties.
A st. Louis man proposes to put up
$4,000 opera house in Hutchinson, but
he wants the people to help him by
paying SIS to $40 for seats for the first
performance and 500 for boxes.
Col. Tom Jackson, of Newton, who
commanded the Sixth United States
cavalry during the civil war, wants to
command regiment of Kansas volun-
teers should another call be made.
The republicans of Franklin county
have started movement to nominate
Capt. Boltwood for sheriff and Lieut..
Parker for county clerk. Both are now
in Manila with the Twentieth Kansas
Gov. SANKEY'S family and the family
OF United States Judge Hook will spend
the summer in Wisconsin. The gov
ernor will spend part of each month
with his family during the hot spell.
State Treasurer Grimes the other
day received $S6 of Kansas military
scrip issued in 1862 by State Treasurer
j. b. Hayes and used in protecting
Kansas homes during border troubles.
The republicans of lola nominated
Miss Francis Wilson, aged SO, for the
responsible Office of county treasurer.
She is now serving her thirteenth con-
secutive year as deputy county treas
wer.
A Lawrence man proposes that some
of the banks of the state advance $685.
900 for the purpose of bringing the
Twentieth Kansas home from Frisco
by special trains, trusting to the next
session of the Legislature to reimburse
them.
This years recipient of the Rogers
fellowship, at Harvard, which carries
with it income not to exceed $500
year, is Charles Sumner Griffin, of
Kansas, who received the degree of A.
b. from the Kansas state university
in 1894.
State Treasurer Grimes on the 23d
announced that he would not stamp
any more state warrants mot paid for
want of funds" as the July taxes were
coming in and money for the revenue
fund would be ample. About 1925, 900
in warrants had been stamped.
State Treasurer Grimes wants the
state school fund commissioners and
eastern bondholders to readiust the
bonds held against western Kansas
and municipalities and reduce
the interest to point where those
and municipalities can pay
put.
The assessors rolls show that nearly
two per cent. of the population of
Harvey county has passed three score
and ten. The Oldest person is Mrs.
Kate Vance, colored, of Newton, aged |
10, who is in fairly good health. The
oldest man is Abraham Thiersen, of |
Alta, who is 80.
1t is believed that C. Z. Faulkner
will be offered the position of superin-
5endent of the Atchison soldiers
orphans home, made vacant by the re-
noval of W. H. II. Young. Mr.. Faux
ler was first appointed during Hum
ohrey's administration and remained
under Lewelling and Morrill,.
Near Usage City two small boys
named Vanderslice and Redding, aged
six and four, were given target rifle
20 play with, which, as usual, "was
not loaded" The Vanderslice boy
pointed the weapon at the Redding boy
md snapped it. The ball penetrated
he heart of the child, and death was
In response to letter from Gov
Stanley requesting the immediate dis
'harge of two wounded soldiers of the
twentieth Kansas, the war depart
nent said the regiment would soon be
;ent home and a soldier now would not
each home any sooner than his regi-
nent. In addition the discharged SOL
lier would lose two months travel
Jay.
In recent letter Gen. Funston made
particular mention of the bravery of
Furgeson, of the Twentieth
Kansas, who reconnoitered the bridge
,ver the Rio Grande river, and of .
'rivates Trembly and White, who
wan the river under heavy firing
rom the enemy and fastened the rope
# the raft to one of the posts of the
trench.
II. e. Mason, eX-president of the
FIRST state bank at Marion, was sem
enced to two years in the penitentiary
or classifying the banks books. Mason's
'ank failed a year ago, but public
ointment was with him until the
lower parade at Marion last fall, when
dason appeared with handsome car