Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-01-01

have Mrs" on their tombstones.
The state penitentiary mines are
turning out enough coal to supply al
OF the state charitable institutions
but no cars are available to carry it to
its destination.
June is considered the best month
for weddings, but December is a close
second in Brown county. For Hia'
watha alone there will be ten Christ
mas weddings. Three of them are in
one family.
Jules Lemoyne, a stock raiser near
Hiawatha, has sold on all his hogs
and will go to raising fine French NAL.
tese poodle dogs. Mr.. Lemoyne says
with little care there is much more
money in raising fine dogs than fine
hogs.
Atchison now claims to have the
youngest grandmother In the state OF
Kansas. The other day Mrs. William
Burgess, aged 16, gave birth to a
baby. The mother of Mrs. Burgess is
Mrs. Coons, who has Just passed her
S3rd birthday.
Western Kansas sugar beet grow
ers will ask the legislature this win
ter for an appropriation of $4,000 to
be spent as bounty to encourage the
growth of sugar beets. Representa-
tive H. H. Upton, of Kearney county,
will push the bill.
The Rev. T. M. Erb of Newton, who
bought the creameries at Harper and
Wellington two weeks ago, has sold
the latter concern to e. T. Rector and
Charles Swisher, who will operate it
after January l. The building will be
repaired and cold storage depart
ment added.
The annual Shorthorn cattle sale Of
the famous herd belonging to Clifford
Bros, of Milford, was held last week
Forty head were sold and the bulls
averaged $3.50 and heifers $137 The
highest price was paid for a 9-year-old
bull, which weighed 1900 pounds,
which brought 1925.
The Sun mineral Springs near Nor
rill have been bought by syndicate
and will be made into health resort.
The water has medicinal properties
and the numerous springs have never
yet gone dry. The promoters will
build big hotel and a trolley line
will be equipped to connect the
springs with the railroads at Hia'
Watha.
Senator ]. l.. Caldwell, of Bourbon,
will again introduce a bill regulating
stock yards changes. 81 am now
working on the bill" said he. "The
United States supreme court pointed
out the unconstitutional features Of
the old law and l will eliminate those
features. / believe my proposed
measure, when completed, will hold
water, and If passed by the legislature
will give the stock shippers relief"
Daniel Mccarthy, an extensive
wheat raiser near Hays City, has
shipped in $4,000 sheep to Craze his
wheat this winter. These are the
first sheep to be fed in Ellis county
since 1882. In early days several
ranchmen tried raising sheep there,
but did not make a success OF it and
dropped the industry. Other wheat
growers will watch his experiment
with interest. If he makes a success
Of it they will bring in sheep next
year.
N. B. Dilhorn, veteran of the MeXi-
can and the Civil war, is dead at Bon
ner Springs. He was "a years old. He
was born in Philadelphia, December 8,
1878. MIR. Dilhorn was man Of pc
cullar habits, was never married, and
lived the life of recluse. Although
he served in two wars he steadfastly
refused to accept a pension, because
to do so necessiated an application
and the making public Of his actual
age. His age he never told to any one
in his forty years residence at Bon
ner Springs, and he resented as an
insult any inquiry.
Benjamin Devega, Cuban, now
a resident of Hutchinson, has receiv-
ed a cablegram informing him of the
death of his father, in Havana. The
elder Devega left a 100000 estate,
which the son in Hutchinson will
share with five sisters and a brother.
The father was very influential, hav-
ing been inspector Of ships in Havana
harbor the last fifteen years Of the
Spanish regime He was retained dur
ing the American occupation BECAUSE
Of services rendered when the Maine
was blown up. His estate comprises
a sugar plantation and refinery and a
big tobacco plantation. The son is 20
years old and was sent to this coun-
try to be educated.
The state house janitors are being
generally denounced for the danger
GUS accident which befell Bank Com
missioner Albaugh last week. It re-
calls an offer made informally by ex-
Governor ANDY" Felt, three years
ago. Give me $4,000 year." he said,
"and will hire my own janitors and
give you the best janitor service you
ever had, and make a good salary for
myself. l will keep the building
cleaner than 1t is now, and I'll have
the snow shoveled in winter and the
grass trimmed in summer" The