Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-07-23
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Kansas Notes

The ancient resident who insists
that the recent food did not approach
the high water of 1874 is again at
large in Topeka.
Mr. D. Tell Mutt has moved from
Abilene to Wichita, where" the Re.
Hector says, "he has fine position in
a first class job office"
George Settler, of Parsons, while
under the influence of liquor, tried to
kill woman Wednesday. Settler
and whiskey make a bad combina.
ton.
Those Finney county lawyers who
have organized union may be ex-
pected to strike unless Justice dis
cards her old scales and gets union
scale.
Nine. Tsilka and her baby--the only
Tsilka ever born in captivity-came
within SO of topping Bryan's gate re-
celpts at the Ottawa Chautauqua this
week.
A new tough story is being printed
about Leavenworth. Three boys, aged
10, u. and 10, broke into a freight
car and stole a quantity of whisky.
and got on bowling spree.
1t must be sad for Emil Force, who
was graduated from a business col
lege in Mcpherson county few days
ago, that he does not in the least re-
semble the pictures in the advertise
ments.
Judge Gillet, who presdes over the
district iHmc osed of Barber, Harper,
Pratt and Kingman counties, con-
tinued all cases and dismissed the
jury unit latter the wheat crop is har-
vested.
Attorney General Coleman is going
to try to enforce the prohibtory liquor
law in every city in the state. While
the wisdom Of his policy is open to
discussion, his valor must pass unchal.
lenged.
1t may be true that f. e. Wilson
of Sumner county has committed sui.
eide, but his relatives will find that
the insurance companies insist upon
being shown. They remember Hill.
mon and yDr. Fraker.
ATopeka reporter has discovered
that Kansas Is dissatisfied with the
meager share of the St. Louis exposl-
ton patronage" which it has re-
ceived, and 1t Is not necessary to get
any affldavits to 90 with the story.
Out in Klnsley, where every robust
man is working overtime in the har-
vest fields and there Is neither time
nor desire to shave, the barber shops
have been given a special dlspensa-
tlon to keep open on Sundays.
Several ballots would be needed to
determine which is growing the faster,
the corn or the need for harvest
hands.
"BrIstowlng" has become recognized
as a good word in Washington. 1t Is
verb and signifies official house
cleaning
"a Runaway Tramp" is playing
along the kerosene circuit; but until
the harvest hand emergency Is over
all the tramps will be of that va
rlety.
A wall twenty-five feet high has
been built around the Hutchinson re-
formatory, which Is expected to help
the work OF reformation greatly.
1t Is doubtful II grand jury will
be summoned to investigate the stories
Of boodllng in the Kansas legislature.
Petty larcency is only mlsdenieanor
in Kansas.
The order issued by the labor bureau
warning the state officers and their
subordlnates not to work more than
eight hours day Is n severe blow
to those persons who are In the habit
of reaching the statehouse at $3.50 a
m. and tolllng until midnight.
The Coolidge Enterprise and the
Ulysses Beacon OF Liberty are in a
fierce row over the cause OF the
floods The Enterprise says they are
due to the sunspots, and the Beacon
OF Liberty proves to It's own satlsfac-
tion that Mont Pelee is the real access
sorry. &,
Jessie Morrison has been jut to work
in the tailoring department at tho
state penitentiary. Of which Emmett
Dalton is foreman. It ought to be
a case Of love at first sight.
Great Bend, which Is to have a spec
lal election this summer to decile sew
eral matters, should also settle once
for all which form II prefers: Greater
Bend or Great Bender.
The people Of Blue Rapids have cap
tured the incorriglble river and
brought II back captive. It cut a new
and left the dam. water works
and electric plant without a drop OF
water A dam across the new channel
has been completed and the Blue river
Is forced to return to It's old bed and
board
Plans to pump natural gas to Topeka
from the Neodesha district a distance
Of ninety miles. are pronounced FEAST
BILE by the secretary OF the Academy
of Science. II is good news to Topeka,
rs the gas company now in business
here chsTges almost double the rate
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