Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-25
STATE NEWS pARAGRApHED.

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wheat in Kansas.
A courthouse to cost $50. 300 viii be
erected for Anderson county in the
public square at Garnett.
Webb McNan, of Gaylord, has been
elected foreman of the A. o U. w.
supreme lodge of the United States
Gen. Fred Funston has written to
his father at Carlyle that he expected
| to return to the United States some
time this fall.
Seventy acres of land at CoffeyvilIe
| has been purchased by the Missouri
Pacific for switches, storage tracks,
shops and 600, OOO-bushel elevator.
A case without parallel in Kansas
is that of Joel w. Green, of Burr Oak.
who, at the age of 81, took up the
study of law and has just been adj
mitted to the bar.
Ga returning from the wars Col.
| Ed Little purchased a farm near Abb
lene for S., 500 and last week he sold
| this farm for S., 1000, making clear
1900 in the deal.
| The comic weelxlies are under obli-
cations to B. r. Wilson, of Mount
| Hope, who has started an anti-kissing
league.
Under all the calls from 1861 to 1865
/ the Kansas quota of troops to the
union array was 1882. The actual
number of volunteers furnished was
| 21,sO6, or 1878 in excess of her just
| proportion.
A class of 46 Indians was graduated
/ from Haskell institute at Lawrence.
| Never before III the history of the
| school has such a large class COM
pleted the course. The address to the
class was delivered by Congressman
Charles F. Scott, of lola.
| In the Kansas boom days Garden
| City contracted with S. NJ. Heller to
beautify the town by planting trees.
| When the boom collapsed the city
council refused to pay the bill, but
Heller secured a Judgment for $4,000,
which the supreme court has just up
held.
The legislature last winter divided
the terms of the Crawford county
| district court to alternate between
Pittsburg-and Girard, the county seat.
| The first term of court at Pittsburg
was held last week in $4,000 court
house which that city built to ac-
|
At Pretty Prairie, Reno county,
Miss Tiara Constant was working in
the kitchen when the chimney was
struck by lightning. The current
passed down the stovepipe and tore
| off Miss Constants shoes without in
juring her feet. She was rendered
unconscious for while, but soon re-
covered.
A movement has been started in
Topeka for the organization of state
association of the Kansas Spanish
American war veterans. The ARM
strong post was organized there. 1t
is named for Frank c. Armstrong, of
the Twentieth Kansas, who was killed
in the Philippines. Ex-Lieut. Gov. A.
NJ. Harvey was elected commander.
During a recent visit to the state
penitcntiary by Gov. Stanley and State
Auditor Cole, Warden Jewett pointed
ont to the officials the bad condition
of the administration and other
buildings of the penitentiary, and
showed that they had been neglected
for years. Gov. Stanley will second
the effort of Warden Jewett to have
the buildings put in frst-class repair.
A few weeks ago a gang of Italians
was chased out of lola by mob when
they sought to go to work at the
cement factory. Last week an Italian
consul visited Gov. Stanley and tried
to make him believe the state would
have to pay the Italians some dam
ages, but Gov. Stanley told the con-
sui that it was matter for the fed
eral government to settle-that the
state had nothing to do with it.
In Abilene there is a woman who
has not been down into the business
part of the town for more than 20
years. She has never seen either of the
railroad depots or a train come in.
The Presbyterian church of the town
is more than 16 year sold, but she has
never seen it. She is not an invalid
or blind, but only home body who
makes the limit of her yard the limits
of her world.
In the district court of Wyandotte
county NJ. D. Beardon was found not
guilty of attempting to extort 81 900
from Frank Warner, of Bonner
Springs, on threat of blowing up the
hoSse of Warner and that of his father
and mother. The defendant was post
master at Bonner Springs during
NICFcidIu y IdSb administration 1nS
plaintiff, Frank Warner, is banker
of that place. The trial was largely
attended and the verdict was sur
prise.
Gov. ". E. Stanley and State Audi.
tor George E. Cole visited Lansing re-
Gently and inspected the state peni-
Tertiary. Both officials were highly
pleased with the showing made by the
Irvine plant. They viii favor running
the plant constantly, beginning with
September, until next July. So far
only $4,000. or about one-third, of the
revolving Irvine fund has been used.
and it is the intention of Warden
Jewett to pile up big stock and use
it all within another year.
A Topeka dispatch said that to
take care of George ". Findlay, Sem
ator Burton viii seek to dispossess
Cyrus Leland of the Office of United
States pension agent.
The plant Of the Kansas lee & Stor-
aca o0yupauv at SaIiua was DESTROYED