Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-05
KANSAS NOTES

All that Is left Of the Whitewater
band is the big drum, and the lnde'
pendent wants a branch Of the Saliva.
ton army established there before the
drum, too, leaves town.
Jerusalem" stock is still being sold
In Kansas, although the paramount in.
terest the state takes in the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition is live stock.
Bad as "durance vile" in the Nc
Pherson county Jail must be, an abid'
Ing place in the Marion county "bas.
tile," which adjolns Mcpherson on the
east, must be worse.
William Allen White makes the sen.
sational charge that the railroads con-
troll the Republican party in Kansas.
The impression was that the W. @. I.
U. controlled it.
Since the Socialists have seen fit to
thrust their nomination for governor
upon the Rev. Granville Lowther, there
seems to be nothing left for the Heresy
court to do but reassemble.
Twelve Kansas City liquor dealers
were indicted by the federal grand
Jury In Topeka last week. The 100
liquor dealers in Topeka seem to have
series of chuckles coming.
The seniors in the Hlawatha high
school have just finished die Journal
lsten," but they will have to start
papers Of their own before they will
ever realize what Die Journalism act
ually Is.
In congratulating Roy Murray and
Miss Crum, who were married last
week, the Wheaton Exponent wishes
'this happy couple all kinds Of pros.
perity, and other articles too numer.
Gus to mention"
F. Dumont Smith proposes to create
the Job Of solicitor for the state board
Of railroad commissioners. Anything
Is preferable to having the members OF
the board going about doing their own
soliciting.
Lawrence, with population Of less
than 10000, already has three daily
papers, and a man is shopping around
with the idea Of starting fourth
one. His worst enemies could not
wish him anything better
The Earth, the magazine which the
Santa Fe has begun publishing,
should be a great success. Where
would you find more allurlng group
Of contributors than W. ], Black, Paul
Morton, George r. Nicholson, e. p.
Ripley, H. U. Nudge and Charles 8,
Gleed?
Bent Murdoch is telling how the bat
tleship Kansas should be chirstened
1T should be named" he says, "by
breaking a jug Of sorghum over heI
bow: and the guests should eat corn
bread and drink buttermilk as the
huge monster gracefully glldes into
the water Had 1t not been for corn
bread, sorghum and buttermllk, Kan
sas would have starved to death al
most any year between 1860 and
1870"
William Margrave, J. p, Of Fort
Scott, has held the office Of justice
Of the peace in Bourbon county since
1854. He is the oldest public officer
west OF the Mississippi river. During
his long career on the bench he has
never fined any person-lawyer oil
litigant-tor contempt Of court, al
though he has found It necessary to
descend from the bench and lick q
few obstreperous persons. The fif
tleth anniversary of his official ca
reer will be celebrated newt autumn.
Some Of the members of congress
are home taking care Of their fences
others are looking after their defensei
and others, the Colby Free Press sug
gests, are getting ready to expiat'
their offenses. ,
Mr.. Coburn, secretary Of the board
Of agriculture, has resigned as thu
chief OF the live stock division OF thu
st. Louis fair. Kansas is glad to ge'
him back, and has never felt quite SO
cure in mis- absence.
A Jewell county woman has sued To-
divorce, and also prays for the Gus
tody of the eight children. The Jew
ell Republican points out that 1t take
woman strong In the faith to pra.
for the custody Of eight children.
An advertising solicitor was seekini
the business Of Fort Scott merchan
and was extollng his paper by statinI
that It received Associated Press dis
patches. 81 don't care whether yo'
print your paper on an Associated
press, a steam press or hand press,
replied the superior dealer.
While workmen we're remodeling al
, old house in Manhattan they found
/. handful that was printed in october
/ 1867. On one side we're quoted FEY
= prices that make interesting reading
} Flour at 81 to SO a sack; black teai
S1.25 to s1.75; green teas at 81
pound; white sugar five pounds 70
81; ealicoes at is cents yard; Goa
oil at rs cents a gallon. All price
strictly cash.
I So many kinds Of vegetables an
! birds are used on womens hats thi
, spring that the AtchIson Globe think