Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-05
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proposed Kansas City, Mexico d ORR
ent railroad.
Ness county viii ask the Iegisla-
ture to pass a law making the killing
of prairie dogs compulsory.
Work Is to be resumed on the Cath
Ole convent at Concordia, which viii
be one of the largest in the west.
The 14-year-old son of Henry Allen,
of CofFey county, who was lost nine
years ago, has been located in Joplin.
Irving Moore, aged -, was drowned
in the Arkansas river at Arkansas
City while in swimming with COM
panions.
Secretary Barnes, of the state hor-
ticultural society, expects this years
apple crop in Kansas to exceed f.,
100000 bushels.
Maurice P. Gould, of Wabaunsee,
this state, was one of the historians
of the graduating class at Yale uni
versity last week.
w. B. Clarke, formerly of Junction
City, is chairman of the Fifth Mis-
souri, (Kansas City, republican con-
gressional committee.
An Ellis county farmer has herd
of 600 young turkeys which he hires
out to his neighbors for the purpose
of destroying insects.
Father Leary, the Catholic priest at
Chapman, has raised fine point with
respect TO dog tax. He says his dog
wathches faithfully about the sane
tuary and, therefore, is church prop
erty, exempt by state law.
The Deitrick gas syndicate, said to
be the largest in America, and oper-
ating in Pennsylvania. Indiana and
Ohio, was organized at Fort Scott and
viii compete with the Standard Oil
company in the Kansas oil fields.
The widow of James Burchett, of
Atchison, has sued Zibold & Holglin,
brewers, for SO, 500 damages, alleging
that the firm sold her husband beer,
the drinking of which brought on a
quarrel and Burchett was killed by
Douglas Reneer.
State Grain Inspector Mckenzie
will go to New Orleans and southern
shipping points and make arrange
ments with the grain shippers there
to accept Kansas inspection without
the necessity Of another one before
the grain is loaded for export.
Charles Walters, one of the early
settlers of Reno county, was killed
while operating an engine and thresh-
er near Haven. The engine was going
up a hill and the steam gave out, let
ting the engine back against a sepa-
rator and forcing Mr.. Walters against
the boiler.
Congressman Charles Curtis, who
returned to his home at Topeka the
other day, was met at the depot by
two brass bands and large crowd of
citizens. A parade composed of sew
eral local organizations was formed
and marched to the speakers stand,
where Mr.. Curtis spoke for 20 min
utes.
The body of Mrs. Leesburg, wife OF
a former section foreman on the
Grand Island road, was found on the
track two miles east of Her4imer,
Marshall county. The body was cut
in two across the middle. The woman
was dressed only in her night gown
and had on neither shoes nor stock
ings.
The revenue 1edgers of the state
treasurer show balance due on de-
inquent taxes from the counties of
Kansas for the fiscal year ended
June so, 1900, and all years prior
thereto in the sum of $75,S16.34.
This is the least amount of delinquent
taxes ever shown by the rolls of the
treasury.
Foul air in new-bored well killed
William FoIlsche, four miles south of
Troy. Follsche insisted that he go
down after a tool that fell in He put
a moose over his foot and was let
down by the workmen. He got the
tool and was pulled up about Is feet,
when he was overcome and fell back
to the bottom.
The rush of visitors at the Kansas
penitentiary still continues. Nearly
every electric car from Kansas City
takes visitors to Lansing, who de-
sire to go through the prison. On
Friday $50 visitors passed through the
prison doors. Sometimes the warden
finds it necessary to lock up part of
the convicts so as to have guards as
guides to show the visitors around.
Secretary Barnes, of the state hor-
ticultural society, will make an eff
fort during the coming summer
to collect 500 barrels of Kansas
choicest apples for the purpose of ex-
hibiting them at the Pan-American
exposition at Buffalo next May.
These apples will be collected from
the exhibits at the county fairs of
Kansas and will be kept in cold stor-
age until time to ship them east.
At Emporia prize contest has
been waged between the Degree of
Honor and the Eastern Star for
fine piano. The Eastern Star won,
but the Degree of Honor thought
thought there had been some under
hand work in the drawing. So an
attorney was consulted in regard to