Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-28
STATE NEWS PARAeRAPHED.

Agricultural values of Kansas cor 20
years reach 2,76S, 457, 666; yearly aver
age, $12s. 423, 3s3.
The cornerstone of a new $4,000
Catholic church was laid at Burling-
ton by Bishop Fink.
Henry Purcell, aged ten, of Newton,
while visiting at Eldorado, fell from
windmill and was killed.
A powder company bought 1000
acres of land near Cherokee and viii
erect there a large powder factory.
The state debt is $667, 900, and all
of it is owned and held in the pernla-
nent educational funds of the state.
Moses Lauerback, who owns a farm
in the valley near Lawrence, claims
that his corn will yield so bushels per
acre. Mr.. Lauerback says he kept
stirring up the ground throughout
the drought and he says that accounts
for his fine yield.
Nellie, the 15-year-oid daughter of
John Sweeney, Wichita contractor,
was missing from her home since
Wednesday night. On that evening
she took the family buggy and went
out for a drive. Since then neither
buggy nor girl has been seen.
After an absence of 20 years Henry
D. Boutwell,, long mourned as dead,
returned to his old home near Walton
last week and found his wife had been
faithful to him. In 1881 Boutwell,
mysteriously disappeared and diligent
search failed to reveal his where
bouts.
The annual watermelon carnival was
held at Clyde Wednesday and Thurs
day. All the watermelons the guests
could eat were supplied free. There
was a flower parade, balloon ascen-
sions, band concerts and speeches.
Vast quantities of melons are grown
in that vicinity.
Central Kansas farmers are in the
midst of preparations for sowing the
| largest wheat acreage in the history
| of the wheat belt. The new Russian
seed wheat has been distributed, about
500 bushels to each county, its high
price, $3.50 per bushel, prohibiting
| general purchase.
Wednesday was state officers day at
the Baxter Springs interstate reun-
ion. All of the Kansas officials and
several other spellbinders of state rep
utation were on hand to tell the old
soldiers all about things. The at
tendance of Baxter this year eclpsed
that of any previous year.
State Auditor Cole will undertake
to collect 100000 the federal govern
ment owes Kansas on account of the
Quantren raid claims. Since 1887 the
state legislature has been making
appropriations to pay these claims
with the understanding that the fed
era1 government will refund!
The Kansas state board of medical
registration has blacklisted the indie
pendent medical school of Chicago,
the Joplin medical school of Joplin,
Mo-, the Buchanan medical school Of
Philadelphia, the National Health
university of Chicago and the Homeo-
pathic school of Lansing, Mich.
The Kansas state agricultural col
lege has purchased two pure-bred
Guernsey heifers that promise to make
wonderful dairy animals. The grand
dam of one gave $50 pounds of butter
in a year, the great grand dam SIS
pounds and her dam 495 pounds. The
average Kansas COW gives 70 pounds Of
butter year.
Mrs. Louisa ST. Clair Mccall, a
descendant of the revolutionary gen.
eral, St. Clair, died at Lawrence re-
Gently. She was an early settler OF
Kansas and was widely known. She
was a sister OF Gen. J. Fl. Lanes wife
and her husband, Capt. Mccall, was
with Lane at Leavenworth when he
shot himself.
Warden Jewett, of the Kansas pens
itentiary, is making improvements
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Work on the interior of the main. or
administration, building is nearly
completed and the library building
will come in for repairs next. The din
ing room will be painted before wins
ter. Prisoners are repairing roads and
making improvements on the state
lands.
Miss Edith NJ. Moore, under arrest
at Leavenworth for larceny in connec-
ton with selling alleged mortgaged
furniture, is the young woman who
filed breach of promise suit to re-
cover $25, 900 damages from DIR. c. B.
c. Jordon, of Kansas City, Kan. She
will have considerable trouble in
clearing things at Leavenworth be-
fore she can push her breach of prom
Use suit.
E. P. Weber, Topeka bool1binder,
was taken in charge by mob the
other night and a coat of paint APP
piled to his body. Weber was caught
at the home of a notorious negress.
10 whom he had been paying clandes-
tine visits. The mob next turned their
attention to the colored woman, and
she received several daubs of color be-
fore she was allowed to return to her
house. The police made no interfer-
ence, and think the citizens justifia.
BILE in their action. While Weber
has a bad reputation, his family IS
eminentIy respectable. His wife found
life unbearable with him, and secured
divorce about two weeks ago. Hs
has seven children, three OF them
grown
The summer school of theology OF
the northwest Kansas conference OF
the Methodist church is in session in
Salina at the the Kansas Wesleyan
university. Over 40 students are in
attendance and the meetings are very
interesting.