Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-01-21
KANSAS NOTES

Fe eating house.
Photographs of the officers elected
by the State Teachers Association
show that they still regard the white
bow tie as indispensable.
Burglars are becoming so numer-
Gus in the vicinity Of Pittsburg that
Crawford people refer to them as
"Pittsburglars.
If DR.. Shows January wind record
leaves DEFENDERS far behind, it will
be because "a Breezy Time" is hit
ting every town along the kerosene
circuit.
The safe in the State Bank Of Golf
was blown open with dynamite We'd
nesday night and the only report heard
by the citizens over in Onaga was
that the robbers had been captured
in Wetmore.
A literary society in Nickerson de-
bated the subject: Resolved, That a
Bcolding wife is more aggravating to
b man than a balky horse" Some
pne should have raised the point that
balky horses do not have wives.
In order to safeguard against fire
the town of st. John invested in a
chemical engine. A fire was dis
covered one cold night recently and
when the engine responded it was
found that it's contents were frozen
solid.
A woman in Turon noticed a caller
approaching whom she wished to
avoid, so she decided to play mot at
home" For this purpose she ran in
to closet and pulled the door shut,
forgetting that it had spring lock
on the outside. She remained there
until her husband came home for sup
per.
When a particularly elaborate dane
Ing party is given in Troy Wake
fields Jungle and India Rubber Trou-
badours" are called upon to furnish
the music.
A town in Sumner county is named
Dalton, which seems to warrant John
Collins, Jessie Morrison and Willie
Sells in looking forward to fame Of
the same sort.
OF the $3.50 students enrolled at the
University of Kansas this term ESQ
come direct from the farm and 1862
are the sons or daughters Of mer-
chants in country towns.
In view of the inclement weather
which has prevailed for several weeks
a merchant in "a Crosse Is advertis'
ing his entire stock Of straw hats for
sale at greatly reduced prices.
The Kansas Federation Of CONNER
cial Interests will hold meeting in a
few days. While it is a gathering Of
consequence, it cannot hope to be half
as imposing as that name.
1t Is believed that the prospect Of
fifty letters day, each one requiring
q Jolly" in rep;y, is what influenced
E. w. Howe of Atchison to refuse to
be candidate for congressman.
Since the new deputy game warden
was sworn in at Oxford the local pa
per announces that the fish in the
Arkansas and Ninnescah rivers find it
necessary to sleep three in bed.
Kansas will spend $5,337,647 on its
public schools during 1904, This does
not include the UNCONVENTIONAL and
private schools, academies, colleges or
the state charitable institutions. =.
]. E. MARCEL, cashier of the looted
Bank of Highland, is reported to be
taking things easy" in the Doniphan
county jail. That's the way he took
'em in the bank.
The La Cygne Journal administers
a stern rebuke to a woman who visit
ed there last week and insisted on
Haunting $4,000 worth of actual dia.
monds before the gaze Of the plain
people.
The public knew that the Crawford
theater in Topeka, which has been
condemned by the authorities, used
to be unsafe twelve or fifteen years
ago, but it was thought it had out.
grown 1t.
There will be fewer delegates by
1913 in the Wichita convention March
9 than sat in the Republican conven-
ton of 1902; Notwithstanding that
both factions will need all the dele
gates they can get.
The Troy Chief makes an effectual
bid for distinction at this trying time.
1t has never referred to tie closing
Of the Chicago theaters as locking
the stable door after the horse is stol-
en-"
The Manhattan Republic began is
suing a daily edition last week, where
upon the Nationalist changed to a tri-
weekly. It is believed that a tri-week-
ly can take care of all the news that
happens in Manhattan.
Mrs. David ]. Brewer was dismayed
to find that the old Kansas friends
Of her distinguished husband called
him Dave ON his recent visit West.
But they have known him longer than
Mrs. Brewer has.
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