Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-12-24
Kansas Notes
The sheriff from Clay Center fall

The sheriff from Clay Center fail
ed to capture Mr.. Bellringer, but he
has notified officers of the law every
where to listen for him.
The theatrical season may be said
to be fairly under way in Emporia.
The glass blowers are there, playing
q weeks engagement.
Atchison's expectation of getting
the Missouri Pacific shops is becom
ing stronger every day, and there ia
only one place Kansas City would
rather have them located.
The susceptible citizen who be.
lieves the story that he has fallen
heir to large estate in Spain lives
In Highlander did until last week,
when he started for Madrid.
Even Salinas proposed Convention
hall with its seating capacity for
5000 would be inadequate to hold all
of those, who have laid claim to the
corn-husking championship of Kan.
sas this fall.
BY all means F. s. Savage of the
Santa Fe advertising department
should be admitted to the Topeka
Authors club. The things he writes
are the most welcome classics that
the Kansas editors receive.
DR.. Snow Of the University of Kan
sas has collected and classified 1872
varieties of flies, which is believed
to be all there are" except possibly
the heel fly, the fly cop, the airship,
the infield pop-up and the Santa Fe
flyer.
In the Odd Fellows suit, brought
in the name of the state to recover
the De Boissiere estate, the allega.
ton is made that Troutman & Stone
of Topeka acted "in bad faith" This
could be said of anyone in Topeka,
where Faith is regarded as para.
mount to both Hope and Charity.
Church White of Atchison tells the
Globe Of a time long ago when he
was attending a county convention.
The name Benedict Arnold" was fire.
quently used by the speakers, and
the fellow finally inquired: Church
who was this Benedict Arnold | hear
so much about?" Church was very
indignant. "They are always accus'
ing Democrats Of ignorance" he said
'tnd here you are being worthy of it.
Benedict Arnold was George Wash
ington's step-son. Now see If you can
remember that"
Mr.. Fortune died at the poor farm
In Jewell county last week. He had
been county charge for eight years
and was clearly near relative OF
misfortune.
Topeka has an Authors club In
which the color line is evidently
drawn. Colonel F. l.. Jeltz, whose
weekly output of mots has made him
famous, is not included.
Osborne, usually very level-head
ed community, is in the throes of an
"oil scare" and proposes to Drill
although it is a straight 200 miles
from the oil belt.
Salina is not only talking" OF
building a Convention hall, but the
United Commercial Travellers are
booming the proposition, and more
than $4,000 was raised at the first
meeting.
The Clay county sheriff who went
to Pennsylvania with a requisition
for Mr.. Bellringer, returned empty
handed yesterday. The fugitive had
fled, leaving behind not so much as
an echo.
Dr. Snow of Lawrence has cata
logued 1872 specimens of Kansas flies
representing forty-three families
most Of which are known to be nui
sances.
Congressman Overstreet of Indi
ana, chairman of the committee on
postoffices and postroads, to which
Congressman Victor Murdoch be
longs, formerly lived in what is now
Mr.. Murdock's district. He was a
citizen of Medicine Lodge for several
years.
Topeka objects to the statement by
President Ripley of the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe that the three towns
included in its name are not import
ant towns" although Topeka is will
ing to concede the unimportance oil
Atchison and Santa Fe.
A girl lives in Atchison who is Sc
tall, the Globe says, that If she should
fall down she would be. half way
home.
Attention is being called to the fact
that a military company and an oil
company have both begun to drill In
Clyde.
The Topeka Capitals dramatic crit
ic infers from the Peggy From Par
is paper" that only a portion oil
the birds went South last fall.
Usage City finds itself clutchinl
for fame by reason of a young mar
from that town being implicated in
the car barn murders in Chicago.
Marshall Nemaha and laval conn