Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-30
Kansas Notes

The man who stabbed Pool Grin.
stead in Wathena was sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary. 1t may
yet become safe for an editor to liv"
in Doniphan county.
Daniel Trott, who died in Dickin
son county recently at the age of 81
years, must have been an exception
ally good man. A writer in the Abb
lene REFLECTOR pays him this high
tribute: HE did not leave debtor
In the world. He may have had
faults, but never have | known him
TO deal dishonorably, use deception or
even make an impure expression
never"
When Governor Bailey gives his
Kansas dinner" for President Roose-
Velt the menu will not, as suggested,
be restricted to coffee from Coffey-
vile, cherries from Cherryvale and
garden truck from Garden City. There
will also be rice from Rice county,
greens" from Greenleaf, fish from
Finney county beef from Stockton,
venison from Elk county, rabbits from
Chase county, to say nothing of liquor
from Bourbon county, "chasers" from
lColdwater, salt from Saline county
maple sugar from Maple Hill and
shredded wheat from Hays. The meal
can be cooked on coal from Colby;
the party may occupy chairs from
Cherokee; they may use cutlery from
Barber, and any vacancy at the table
can be filled by kin from Kinsley.
If this years wheat crop is half as
large as the enthusiasts predict, it will
also be accompanied by car famine
greater than normal"
Neodesha has decided to incorporate
as a city of the second class. 1t is a
slight Formally which Neodesha real
ICES must be attended to in going from
third class to first class.
Instead of being promoted for gal
liant conduct in action, the three sol
diers from Fort Leavenworth who
Killed man who was beating his wife,
have been arrested for murder.
Inman, the Ottawa murderer, has
been sentenced to life Imprisonment,
and unless some governor takes pity
on him he will never be an Outmap
again.
Elk City, which struck another gas
well this week, has prospects of be-
ing a credit to the order.
Farm loans are / per cent cheaper
in Kansas than in Vermont, probably
for the reason that the security is
much better.
Mrs. Nation, whose lecture in Paola
attracted only five paid admissions,
can't understand why the town is
called Pay-ola.
Olin Castle of Eldorado and Jessie
Morrison fame las married again, and
anyone having razor honed during
the next few days will be regarded
with suspicion.
They tell of little boy at Effing-
ham who was about to be whipped by
his mother. Its all right to whip
me-" he said, "but when say enough
want you to stop. That's the rule
among the boys"
The editor of the Clifton News made
note the arrival of the first consign-
ment of Strawberries last week. 1--WE
cannot say anything as to the quail
lty of the berries" he adds, sadly, "as
they sold at twenty-five cents box"
A Kansas company has received a
contract to furnish the navy with 400.
900 pounds of butter, and it will be full
filed without Kansas living on skim
milk, too.
According to Prof. Snow, Kansas hao
$4,000 miles less of wind during March
than normal" But April, in three
weeks, has developed 26S,177 longitud-
inal knots above the average.
Sundays rain and hail in Kansas
damaged the fruit blossoms, but for
the wheat conditions the same super
latives are used that have been in ac-
tive service since January l.
A joint debate between the teachers
of Johnson and Miami counties was
held in Olathe Saturday, and the ques-
ton, Resolved, That private corpora
lions promote the highest welfare OF
the public" was decided in the mega
tive.
"The tax assessor was around last
week" says the Florence News-Bulle'
tin, finding out what the business
men were worth and Tuesday a repre-
sentative of Duns mercantile agency
was around also finding out their
worth. OF course, there was no diff.
fence in the reports given these two
men,"
A North and South railroad, which Is
to be constructed in Central Kansas
perhaps, asks for $4,000 from each
township through which 1t passes
Theer is nothing more simple than tc
build a railroad and have the bene
iciaries pay for it.
A Leavenworth mother read in one
Of the helpful Home Journals that 1t is
not right to be continually saying
don't" to the children. She let her
little boy alone for half an hour and
In that time he broke the front gate,
tore his trousers, cut his new shoes
was stung by bee and licked" by