Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-21
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A Washington county paper claims
that Greenleaf can boast of the Oldest
living triplets in the world. They are
hoff and Mrs. ]. ]. Mexican, and they
were brought into the world by Mrs.
S. A. A1drich of Alton, o., f1fty-seven
years ago. While the tripIets have
been healthy all their years, they are
understood, the man being but five
feet two inches TALL while the women
are somewhat shorter. THE women,
being married." naively remarks the
editor, f'1ook ten years older than the
man, who is a bachelor; but otherwise
they closely resemble one another"
Atchison Globe philosophy: People
wear out more shoe leather because
they drag their feet than because they
get around lively. = They say
Mars is a funny world. If it is fun
nier than this one, it must be freak.
= Children are not cute when
they are few weeks old, but it is
different with a pup. Don't
whistle; it takes the attention Of the
people from their own affairs in won
dering what tune you are trying to
hit If you have a present to
give to a child, give it to the oldest;
he will give it away, and by giving it
to him you save him the trouble of
fighting for it.
Acting Chancellor Spangler of the
University of Kansas has received a
letter from Chancellor Snow, who has
been in California for several months
on sick leave, in which the chancellor
announces that he will be ready to re-
sumo his work at the university in
hA ohonan1I0r.Sc
steadily improving and he is contem-
plating a pleasure trip to the Hawai-
ian islands. Chancellor Snow eX-
pressed himself as much pleased with
the appropriation of money for the
university, made by the legislature,
and complimented the acting chancel-
lor upon his success in providing for
the university's needs.
Eleven people were injured in a
wreck on the Leavenworth, Kansas &
Western, near Soldier, at $50 Thurs
day morning. None were seriously
hurt except B. o. CL-wick, superin-
tendent of bridges and buildings, who
was cut by glass and bruised in the
Overturning of the car. The train
was No A. due at Leavenworth at
1870, composed of baggage coach
and three day coaches. A defective
rail caused the tender to jump the
track, throwing the two coaches fol-
lowing over on their sides. The stove
in the baggage car set fire to a pile of
waste and it was necessary to open
the door Of the car to get Express
Messenger Henry Wheelborg out.
The suit of Anderson & Henderson
against the Metropolitan Street Rail-
way company of Kansas City, for
$183.40 attorneys fees, has been taken
into the supreme court on an appeal
by the street railway company. Al
though the suit involves but a small
amount, it is one of the hardest
fought cases which has been before
the court. When first brought in the
lower court the street railway COM
pany got the decision. The case was
appealed to the supreme court by
Henderson & Anderson and there re-
! versed. The attorneys secured a YER
dict at the second trial in the lower
court and now the street railway com
pany appeals.
The commissioner of the United
States land office Wednesday sold the
Chippewa and Munsee Indian lands in
Franklin county at public auction at
Topeka. There are 300 acres in the
of it in forty-acre pieces. The buyers
were mostly Indians who have been
living on the lands. They paid from
$40 to $50 an acre, the proceeds ag-
gregating $22, 900. The governme
appraised the land at from So to $3.50
an acre. Most of the Indians paid for
the land in gold, which they carried
in bags and valises. The proceeds of
the sale are to be divided among sur
viving members of the Chippewa and
Munsee tribes.
Representative Billy Millar of Bar
Der county, ten years ago this spring
decided to be a cattle man. He had
twelve dollars. rifle and a pony,
which he traded for two COWS. He
now owns a big ranch and is worth
$500 and every cent Of>it has been
made in the cattle business. The
story of Millar is the story of humid
reds of men in Western Kansas, vary
ing only in minor details.
Mr.. G. P Simmons and Mr.. Elliott
of RaymOn. Mo-, were in Kansas City
last week with ten carloads of cattle
to the Rogers Commission Co. These
cattle made gain of nearly SOC
pounds each during seven months
| feeding. They sold at very satisfac-
: tory prices Simmons and Elliott have
a large tract of fine land. They pro
| pose to turn it into one of the best
stock farms in the state.
In the schools of London $4,000 girls
: were instructed in cooking during the
school year 1S98-99.
, In Prussia alone. in the ten year:
endiOr 1895 407 school children com