Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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The rains caused E. F. Moody and
A. Scott to lose 100 tons of alfalfa
in Pottawatomie fFeshet.
Mrs. Eliza Chase ingalls,, mother
of the late John J. Ingalls,, died at
her home at Haverhin, Mass, aged
80 years.
Stephen Brink, aged SO, was mar
ried in Hutchinson to Mrs. Emma K.
Pratt, aged 63, the ceremony being
performed by the groom's son, who
is a Methodist preacher.
w. II. Craddock, democratic nomi-
nee for governor, says a big vote
will be polled this year. He believes
it will exceed the biggest vote ever
cast in a presidential year.
William Clarke, father of Capt.
Adna G. Clarke, of the Twentieth
Kansas, committed suicide at Law
renee by drowning himself in the
Kaw river. He was evidently de-
mented.
w. E. Connely, a Kansan of repute
as a writer, is preparing to write the
life of John J. Ingalls,. He has been
engaged for this purpose by Mrs.
ingalls,, who has turned over to him
all of the personal letters of the
famous Kansan.
The already large shops of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas in Parsons
have proven inadequate to the roads
demands and two big additional build
ings have been ordered. One is to be
used as a brass foundry, and the
other as a boiler house.
At Wichita Miss Lizzie Tilford has
sued her divorced husband, Walter
Tilford, for $4,000 for breach of
promise of marriage. After being
divorced five or six years he began
a second courtship with her and
made a second marriage engage
ment with her, she says.
A curious freak of lightning is re
ported from Parsons. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. C. Hollingsworth were driving
along in a buggy. A stroke of
lightning came down and killed their
horse and a bulldog, which was fol
lowing the buggy, but did no injury
to the couple, who sat between.
Department Commander Loomis,
of the Kansas G. A. R., proposes to
rent a building in Washington city
ucts at the coming national encamp-
ment of the G. A. R. He will urge
various local posts to gather up sam
pies of products and send to head
quarters at Topeka.
Republics at Stafford allege that
the party organization is ignoring
their section and giving the st. John
republicans everything. AS a protest
against that order of things, 70 re-
publicans in and around Stafford
! have signed an agreement to vote
| the entire pOpulist ticket with the
exception of representative and com
missioner.
Persons who are prone to contem-
plate their own trif1ing troubles
should consider the case of Hugh
| McConaughey, a Cloud county farm
er. He lost 400 acres of corn 40
acres of wheat and Is acres of oats
by the flood A month ago his big
barn, that cost 81 500, was burned to
the ground. His $500 horse died this
summer, also.-Kansas City Star
The city council at Emporia, after
hot discussion, voted to reconsider
its action in accepting a free site for
the Carnegie library, offered by Mrs.
Carrie S. Plumb, widow of the late
Senator Plumb. The motion was
passed by a vote of to 5, the mayor
casting the deciding vote. 1t is the
opinion of the city attorney that the
action of the council in accepting the
offer at the previous council meet
ing was Il binding contract and that
Mrs. Plumb can compel the city to
| "a OIL
cation is likely to ensue over the
action of the council.
Galen Nichols, county attorney fol-
Shawnee county, who instituted the
recent quo warranto case against
the American Book company, contin
ues to oppose the admission of the
company to do business in Kansas
By the terms of the supreme courts
order in the quo warranto case the
company has only to apply for {
certificate and pay the fees, but the
county attorney has served notice
on the secretary of state that he viii
oppose the issuance of a certificate
He alleges that he has evidence o.
bribery and other corrupt practice:
committed by the company and will
present them to the charter board
at the proper time.
Fees received by the various STATE
departments and charitable institu
tons amount to a considerable sun
every year and have the effect of re
ducing the burden upon the people
The fees reported to State Audito
George E. Cole for the month o
June and turned into the state treas
ury were as follows: Secretary o
state, $1,412.5O; superintendent of in
surance. $535.21; auditor of state
$228; state librarian, $3.50; stat
. bank commissioner, $2,4O1; Osawat
omie state hospital, $816.4o; Topek;
state hospital, $15s.5o; state schoo
for deaf and dumb, $59.70; state sol
5 diers' home. $2s.75; soldiers or
phans' home, $452.52. Total, 6,095.11
Jordan Neal, who came to Law
renee in 1854 and settled on farm
where he has since resided, died
few days ago.