Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-12-31
Kansas Notes


Christmas presents sent to Indepen-
dence this week will be late, it is
feared. A local paper says that Lon
Hudson, the city mail carrier, is still
laid up with tonsilitis."
Captain Pat Coney has written an
open letter to the Topeka Capital on
the subject of tax abuses in Kansas,
which is able enough, but the open
ing sentence contains thirty-two
lines.
So many rockaways, landaus, traps
and broughams are in use in Atchison
that the Globe has sent out tracer
to find out what has become of the
old-fashioned household that owned
buggy.
The Coolidge Enterprise is not
very good paper, but it prides itself
upon never printing any parodies on
the poem which begins: "'Twas the
night before Christmas, and all
through the house."
The Washington county young man
who was convicted of stealing, but
was granted a new trial because the
prosecutor called him 'thief," should
consider himself fortunate not to be
accused of larceny.
After reading Mort Albaugh's state
ment that the Kansas banks have S65
Of deposits for every man, woman and
child in the state, Colonel Weldy of
Galena asks some one to draw and
send him his and his wife's.
The state board of railroad commits
sioners has ordered reduction Of rs
cents in the freight rate on coal from
Pittsburg to Wichita, and 1t is hoped
the railroad board has more influence
with the freight department than it
has with the law department.
Besides Representative Cushman Of
Washington and President "Vic" MUIR
dock, the speakers who are announced
for the Kansas day banquet are: r.
H. Faxon of Newton, j. E. House OF
Topeka, DR.. H. O'Donnell of Ellis
worth, l. G. Clark of Walton, A. c.
Malloy Of Hutchinson, A. F. Williams
of Columbus and w. H. England of
Winfield.
Atchison fully expects to wake up
Christmas morning and find the new
Missouri Pacific shops in it's stock
ing.
The Newton Journal has depart
ment called 1.-THE Journal Jackpot"
and naturally it is devoted chiefly to
state politics.
But the Kansas Day Club might do
worse than have Angora goat mutton
at its feast. Belgian hares have also
been suggested.
Coffeyville strengthens its claim to
distinction by exploiting the fact that
Cyrus Townsend Brady, the author,
was the pastor of an Episcopal church
there ten years ago.
Mrs. John j. ingalls, only recently
discovered for the first time two pc.
ems written by her late husband.
They are THE Sculptor of His Stat
ue," and "Life's Autumn" published
in Williams Quarterly in 1853 and
1854.
Reform is demanded in no uncer-
tain tones by the Junction City Re.
public: Shall Junction City contin-
ue," 1t Kisses, Ito be a hot-bed of
crime-a place where murder, robbery
and petty crimes are almost daily &C.
currences, forcing each citizen to
look out for himself as in the stone
age?"
A school teacher in Dickinson coun-
ty received the following note from
the mother of one of her pupils:
miss wan yue ter destinkly I'm.
derstan If kepe susan ote of skull 2
help du the washenan skrubbin 1t is
nun Of yours or the troont ofisers
bisnes its me is runin mi kids and yue
an the staff of Kansas tend yure
owen bisnes. mrs. -"
The usually conservative Lindsborg
Poster has joined the protest against
Topeka. AS the Poster neatly puts it;
kansas aekerbruksstyrelse skall sam
mantraeda Topeka naestkommande
januari den 10 och a."
One of the few remaining papers
which still carries emblazoned across
the top Of its first page the lofty senti-
ment: "A time like this demands
stron gminds, great hearts, true faith
and ready hands," is the Kinsley
Graphic.
lola has a citizen, Charles Shaw,
who is anxious to find out whether he
is married, single, or a bigamist. He
married, found out afterward that his
bride had another legal husband, Sc
cured a divorce and married again
before the statutory 81 xmonths had
elapsed.
Salina makes an entrance from the
lower middle left just long enough to
explain that N. A. Perrill, the father
of Lieutenant Perrill, U. s. ~, who re-
fused to haul down the American flag
when commanded to do so by General