Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-09
Kansas Notes

j. b. Parrott, 81 years old, VINO has
lived in Paola thirty-eight years and
has a great grand-child, was married
last week to widow of IS.
Before his friends could do anything
to prevent him, a Cherokee county
farmer sold his farm for $500 and
started for Chicago to join Elijah
Dowie's Zion colony.
A Paola woman who carried fork
constantly, even grasping it firmly
while she slept, was declared insane
this week. 1t was feared she might
stick somebody, and she did-she stuck
the county.
The Lindsborg chorus has sung the
oratorio, THE Messiah" f""'y-one
times and will sing it six tin more
next week. The people of Mcpherson
county whistle it instead of bill
Bailey" and Under the Bamboo
Tree"
A brakeman who was hurt in a
wreck recently, the Emporia Gazette
says, went to Topeka to find out what
the claim agent was going to do about
it, He expected he would be allowed
pay for the time he was laid up
but instead the claim agent made the
brakeman apologize for not being
killed in the wreck.
According to the AtchisOn Globe, the
vicinity of Muscotah is in high state
of excitement over a scandal which
recently developed. One Richard Ors-
borne, wealthy farmer, is resisting
the payment of note for 81, 800 which
he gave to two young men. Orsborne
declares that he was forced to sign the
note by the young men, who in turn
claim that he insulted their mother
and gave the note in order to keep the
matter quiet. "Orsborne," says the
Globe, denies this story, and says he
simply touched the woman on the
arm"
A dispute is raging between two
of the papers edited by the old SOL
dlers concerning "Old Abe" the fam
GUS eagle that went through the Civil
war with Wisconsin regiment. One
paper contends that "Old Abe" was
rooster fixed up to look like an eagle,
and the other contends that the bird
was genuine. The Lawrence Gazette
now breaks into the controversy, and
insists that abe" was a sure enough
eagle. But it adds: Both the papers
miss the chief point in the story about
Old Abe He went through the war
at the head of his regiment, helped in
battle and was loved by all the old
soldiers. But change came over the
spirit of old Abe's' dream when the
war ended. Instead of settling down
in quiet to ENJOY the honors he had
won, Old Abe astonished and scan
dalized his friends by making a nest
and laying bunch of eggs"
Peter Anderson, the lucky Dickinson
county man who made an ample for
tune in the Klondike, is not content to
let well enough alone. He is going to
Brazil to invest it all in diamond
mines.
In Lindsborg the marshal arrested
a tramp, but when he tried to lock
him up he found that the lock on the
Jail door was so rusty from long dis
use that it could not be opened. He
kept the prisoner at hotel over
night.
An electric car in Topeka was UNI
able to stop in time to avoid running
over. a messenger boy. The strange
feature of the case is that the car
was being run by Motorman Brake.
Ellsworth struck salt in paying
quantities at a depth of 655 feet, but
will keep on boring in the hope of
finding pepper, vinegar, cstsup or to-
basco sauce.
An Emporia girl admits she Is liv-
ing in the hope that some day she
may meet a young man as handsome
as the clothing advertisements in the
April magazines.
A Southern Kansas postmaster re-
ceived a letter a few days ago ad-
dressed "P. NJ" meaning. of course,
postmaster. He kept il several days
and then began asking his acquaint-
ances If they knew a man of the name
Of Afternoon"
Governor Bailey has rejected the
plan of the state militia to hold its
annual eneampment at Fort Sill, Ok.
He has travelled in Western Kansas
and he knows whereof he speaks when
he tells the guardsmen: kansas is
plenty big enough"
Since the Indians in Northern and
Eastern Kansas have formed Pasture
trust and raised the price from 80 a
head to s., Poor 10 has become High,
and II is the cattlemen who claim the
adjective Poor"
An Abilene man has been appointed
to run the elevator in the state house
at Topeka at $40 a month, after a hard
fight. The Job isn't much, but he will
be able to give his friends an occas-
ional lift.
A Leavenworth saloon was entered
by burglars Monday night, and after
thav bad taken 400 CIGARS and all the