Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-03-19


Governor Bailey is credited with
having less trouble with the office
seekers than any of his predecessors
with the possible exception Of John A,
Martin. Instead Of giving the place
hunters words of encouragement he re.
sorts to candor.
In speaking Of his hog business re.
Gently Fred Beeler. we'll known
Jewell county feeder. said that since
last fall he Las sold $500 worth, with
$4,000 worth on hand ready for market
and about a hundred head additional
which he considers worth $500.
The house passed Porters senate
bill to provide for industrial training
in schools Of the cities of the first and
second classes. 1t causes an approprla.
ton of $4,000 year, to be paid out in
sums Of $3.50 to district schools which
establish manual training departments.
A farmer near Hoxie has the kind 0l
family that Mr. Roosevelt would en-
Joy reading about. One Of his sons
was sick few days ago and sym
pthetic neighbor asked him which ono
of the boys 1t was. 81 don't know.
he replied. TITS one long about the
middle; | haven't checked up lately"
A movement has been started to ash
President Roosevelt to set aside $1,000
acres in Finney county as forest re-
serve. 1t is planned to have the work
under the direction of the bureau OF
forestry. Pine trees will be planted.
Kansas congressional delegation IN
Washington will lay the matter before
the President
Mrs. Pauline Altman widow livinG
in Leavenworth, cut her throat with a
razor in the presence of her children.
They ran out of the house and told
the neighbors Of 1t. When help came
to the house Mrs. Altman was dead.
She was so years old and had been de-
spondent lately.
Remember the story that was told
recently about the people Of Bella
PLANE holding mass meeting and de-
Gliding to allow a jointist to do pusl-
ness there on payment Of license Of
81 900 a year? Well, the people Of
the town have sent out O denial, but
it will have mighty hard time catchN
ing up with the story.
Reports received by tho state live
stock board indicate that the weather
of the past week has been more severe
on cattle than any for several years.
Thousands of animals have persisted
on the Western plains. The snow was
so deep that the grass is beyond tho
reach of the animals, More havd
starved to death than have frozen.
Somehow or other Kansas isn't max
ing any great display Of enthusiasm in
getting to the front to aid the famine
sufferers OF Sweden. That country ia
a sort of relative OF this state, nud
the Kansas people ought TO do the
right thing In this case in even better
shape than they did by the sufferers
OF India, who are no kin Of ours.
The jail keeper at Fort Scott was
astonlshed the other night when good
looking couple asked for permission TO
stay in one of the cells till morning.
1t was explained that they had just
bean married over in Missouri and
were going into Southern Kansas
where the man had work They ran
out of money and had no place to
sleep.
Richard Hazel OF Harper county, who !
is a member of the legislature, met his
brother, Thomas M. Hazel, in Atchi-
son after Il separation Of nearly forty !
years. While at Topeka, Hazel made
inquiries at the pension Office and
learned that his brother lived in At
Gibson, and he took the first train for
that city. The brothers had known
nothing OF each others whereabouts
since the Civil war.
In order to show their dlspleasurs
toward their unpopular postmaster,
the people in Brazllton. Crawford
county, mailed all their letters at the
trains. In this way they beat the
postmaster out Of his salary, which Ia
fixed by the number Of stamps can
celed. The postmaster complained TO
Washington, and the trainmen wero
ordered To auit taking mail at Brazil