Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
KANSAS NOTES

Ilu6 W Dc al Olu SLOFy.
The Easton Light, which has been
under bushel for several months.
Is now trimmed and burning under
new management.
Even If the Colorado reconcentrados
were to put dynamite under the Kan.
sas corn crop they couldn't make 1t
come up much faster than 1t is com.
ing now.
u. H. Engle of Lawrence, secretary
Of the Sunday School association, has
returned from Jerusalem-not the ].
Ralph Burton Jerusalem, but the one
in Asia Minor.
An Ottawa paper notes that local
company is determined to push the
gas WELL" The Topeka Herald ad.
vises the company to keep pushing un.
til it gets the we'll over into the gas
belt.
After Wichita has succeeded in its
efforts to get rid of the cottonwood
trees the council is expected to cast
about for some handy and helpful spe.
cies Of ant that will destroy the maple
forms.
Hugh Means, the new chairman OF
the Douglas county Republican com.
mittee, expects he will be able to man.
age the campaign all right If some
one can be found to look after the
Ways.
s. B. Phipps of Wichita has sued
the Order of Red Men for $2,S25 dam
ages for injuries received while being
initiated into the lodge. 1t is sur.
mided that the brothers had their war
paint on that night.
This time the Meanest Man has been
discovered in chanute. He is so stingy
that when he travels he always takes
the very last seat in the train, so as
to save the interest on his money un.
til the conductor reaches him.
Marshal Schram Of Eldorado pub.
fishes q warning for the benefit OF
small boys and photographers to the
effect that the new ordinance forblds
the use of flrecrackers and squibs on
the Fourth of July without a permit
from the mayor.
A school teacher near Ruthven re-
ceived this note from the mother Of
one of her pupils: Dear Teacher:
On last day skull yu jerked my boy by
the necke till yu busted his suspend
ers and he had to com HON holdln'
his clothes onto hisself with his
hands which don't like 1t. II he don
mind llk him all he needs but don't
tare his clothes. We don dress him
up for no foot ball game. And SO no
more for the present.-Mrs. -"
The brief filed in the supreme court
by II. s. jerks Of Ottawa In the Allen.
Bowersock contest breaks record
with one sentence 1855 words in
length.
The Larned Tiller and Toller Is
making such an energetic fight for
new depot that some Of It's contempt
raries allege 1t has hired Kansas
City reporter.
There ia reported to be some lndlg.
nation in Clay Center because the
dealers in ice cream soda raised the
price to ten cents during the week OF
the state Sunday school convention.
The Kansas Gas Protective ascot
alton raised $4,000 in Cherryvale Sat
urday to fight the movement to pipe
natural gas out OF the state. Among
the subscribers are G. F. Scott OF
lola, congressman.at.large; p. p.
Campbell OF Plttsburg. congressman
from the Third district; Seth Wells
Of Erie, state auditor; Senator Fitz'
patrick of Chautauqua county, Sen.
ator Stewart Of Allen county, Senator
Porter Of Crawford county and s. 8.
Benedict, r. N. Allen and II. p. Far
reilly Of Chanute.
The efforts OF the Colorado authori-
ties to dump their undesirable citizens
off at Coolidge caused the Coolidge
Enterprise to get out the first extra"
II has issued since tho arrival Of the
clnder beetles.
Tine June bug has one character
istlc." says the Jewell City Repub-
lican, that any man might we'll be
glad to possess. He is prompt. When
the time comes for the June bug to
be here the June bug is here"
As soon as one Of the Mankato ed
itors learned that his rival had gone
to the st. Louis exposition he had his
$4,000 libel suit against the rival dis
missed, concluding, presumably. that
II was no use to make any further
effort to recover damages.
Bent Murdoch is impressed with the
idea that the clouds are doing a lot
Of unnecessary work. He says: They
carry up thousands Of tons of water
from the Gulf and dump It down on
the prairie so that It can run back
again. This may be fun for the
clouds, but It's hard on the sovereign
squats."
In moving away from Glen Elder
the editor Of the Independent pauses
long enough to give the town this lit
tie side swipe: I'VE leave the Glen
Elder field TO a man whose character
and habits are more in accord with