Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-27
KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS.

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La Harpe defeated the foot ball team
Of the state normal school, 20 to D.
Kansas farmers are raising turnips
for stock feed. Cattle like turnips as
well as corn. and fatten quicker on
them.
Surveyors for proposed electric line
from Topeka to Emporia, by way of
Alma and Allen, are at work on the
Amen road near Emporia.
Some Of the Vivacious young folks in
Conway had pleasant party last week.
The youngest guest was 20, and they
were chaperoned by matron of IS.
Salina is to have another industry
that will add one more to the city's
wholesale houses. The new firm is to
be known as a Garment Manufacturing
company.
Hiawatha men are contemplating an
other telephone exchange, which will
be run by the people on the co-opera-
tive plan. The system will be operated
and controlled by subscribers.
l. L. Dayhoff, the new state superin-
tendent of public instruction, will ap-
point G. G. Swingle to be his assistant
Mr.. Swingle is at present county super
intendent of Riley county. The new
position pays $1,000 year.
Miss Emily Summersby, school
teacher from Dodge City, was accident
ally killed four miles south of Linds-
borg by a Union Pacific passenger
train. Miss Summersby taught school
and was also a music student at Beth
any college.
Two men who are. supposed to have
blown open the Rock Island depot safe
and the Tampa bank safe last week,
have been taken to Abilene, they hav-
ing been arrested at Salina. A revolver
taken from them tends to implicate
them in the robberies.
The citizens of Mcpherson believe
they were visited by an earthquake
last week. The first of the peculiar
the afternoon and continued until 10
o'clock at night. There wwas distinct
quiVering Of doors and shaking OF
windows.
A double-header freight train was
wrecked on the Missouri Pacific near
Sycamore, north of independence, re-
sulting in the death of Tom Hamilton
of Independence and probably two I'M
known men. The wreck was caused by
the spreading of the rails. L. l..
Haines, a brakeman, was injured.
G. T. Atkinson, a we'll known lawyer
OF Arkansas City, has been arrested on
the charge of attempted bribery. 1t is
charged that Atkinson tried to have
witnesses testify falsely in a divorce
case in which he is the defendant. He
is under bond of $500 for his appear
ance. The complaint was made by L.
T. Harmed, a business man. Harned's
name was connected with that Of Mrs.
Atkinson in the alleged false testi-
mony.
DR.. F. H. Snow of the University of
Kansas finds that the warm weather OF
the first thirteen days OF November has
been unsurpassed. There has never
been such warm weather at so late a
date. The last week has been the
warmest second week in November on
the record and the 18th was the warm
est November day on the record. There
has been no killing frost this fall,
while the latest date prior to this fall
has been November II.
John Dugan, farmer and stock
raiser living in the Big Bend country,
eighteen miles northeast of Redding,
C0lofarnia, has been having bear meat
for dinner. 1t was supplied him by his
| faVorite mich COW.
Dugan MIXED the COW and turned
her loose few nights ago in the pas
ture near the house. During the night
Mrs. Dugan heard disturbance in the
yard. Dugan and his son arose and