Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-10-29
Kansas Notes

The Ottawa Republics department
of I'm Railroad Circles" includes news
from the round house.
The state asylum for the deaf and
dumb in Olathe has been provided
with telephone. g.
Farmers living within days march
of Ft. Riley are beginning to appre-
ciate how the people of Georgia felt
when Sherman marched to the sea.
Only one complaint has been made
in the past week of a shortage of
freight cars, and it came from Rush
county, where they are Always in a
hurry.
A few years ago Wichita would have
Immediately called a special election
to vote bonds for the purpose of
keeping Cresceus there.
Hereafter the drug store in Chilli
cothe will close at 1880 p. m. sharp
and scratching on the back door will
not go any more.
The asylum in Winfield for feeble
minded children is to be "investigat-
ed" as the result of the death OF Lizzie
Smell, a girl from Johnson county. Fol-
lowing the Topeka asylum precedent,
it will probably be found that she was
KILLED in self defense"
While the musical critic had only
kind words for Suzanne Adams sing
ing, he adds that her dress added
greatly to the gaity of the frivolous
''She appeared last night" the Ga
zette says, "in gown that was ten
degrees and eight minutes lower than
Emporia propriety tolerates, and the
train was so long that when the owner
stood at the front of the stage the end
of the train was said to have not left
the dressing room,
Sometime, somewhere, somehow,
somebody may come to me and un-
selfshly commend me for something |
have said or done, but l do not eX-
pect it," says Bent Murdoch in the e.
dorado Republican. "On the other
hand, l expect to go on to the end
lodging swipes. edging away from i'll
hammered criticisms, and in other
ways trying to avoid as many of the
rasping things of life as possible
trusting that when peace finally comes
nobody will take the trouble to throw
stones at the vehicle that is hired to
haul me to the graveyard"
Latest reports from Fort Riley con-
firm the earlier rumors that the Blue
army was done up Brown.
In the meantime, messengers from
the bedside of the Coal trust bring
the tidings that it is Just About the
Same
Several weeks must elapse before
the Rev. c. NJ. Sheldon, of Topeka,
who broke leg a few days ago, is
able to walk in anybody's steps.
Although the Minneapolis Messen.
ger contends that it hates the devil
and all his works, it admits that it
can't help admiring his industry.
According to Ed Howe, the real
problem" that will be worked out at
the Fort Riley maneuvers is how to
remove mud stains from clothes.
Great restraint is shown by the
Wichita correspondents in admitting
that Cresceus clipped only ine-fourth
of a second off the worlds trotting
record.
A sad finish is being predicted for
the young woman whose name is
Claudia, who is going to tour Western
Kansas this fall with a series of re.
citals.
William Allen White, who has been
delegated to write play for Ezra
Kendall might base a mirth-provoking
comedy upon the antics of the Boss
Busters.
Abiene's latest claim to distinction
is that a citizen of that town is one
of Lige Dowle's Restoration host"
which is trying to show New York the
error of its way.
A goose in Leavenworth is said to
have laid 1857 worth of eggs in the
seventeen years of its life. and per-
haps the goose may be able to con-
vince some of the other geese that it
is true.
If Representative Curtis get an act
through Congress appropriating one
million dollars to straighten the Kaw,
Father Beck of Holton serves notice
that ne will insist upon generous
creek and the Delaware river, in Jack
son county, which also are addicted to
the overflow habit.
Although the Howard street fair was
held two weeks ago most of the citi-
zens are still able to shed confetti
every time they shake themselves.
It Is feared that unless something
is done speedily to subdue them, the
Marion Record and the Troy Chief
will discontinue diplomatic relations.
Now that a year and a half has
elapsed since the Atchison Champion
changed hands, the proposition to
name It Presto has been abandoned.
The "grand lodge" of a secret order