Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-08
LATEST KANSAS ITEMS

John SPOTS was granted a divorce
from Alice SPOTS in Topeka Monday
It is inferred that the two-Spotts hat
a deuce of time.
The newspaper situation in EN-
poria is made more complicated by the
rumor that the Preston P. Plumb fam
lily is going to start another daily.
If Morton Albaugh makes as good q
clerk Of the United States district
court as he has been bank commits
sioner, he will soon have the federal
judiciary on sound basis.
Traffic on the Arkansas City street
railway was suspended for several
hours on Monday while large posse
went out to capture the four mules
which are the sole motive power Of
the system.
James r. Smith of Nemaha county
was 80 years old this month, and eel
ebrated the occasion by quitting the
use of tobacco. He has chewed the
weed since he was boy.
w. R. Bingham, the United States
consul general at Cape Town, South
Africa, is visiting his home in Geary
county. When Mr.. Bingham was ap.
pointed consul to Cape Town several
years ago, his post was in the fifth
grade of that service, but it is now
one of the nine first-class eonsulships
in the United States service. Mr. Bling
ham says that in the last few years
the imports from the United States to
Cape Town have increased about 245
per cent. In 1902 the imports from
this country amounted to $6,5O0,000. 8
Some very bold thieves are operat
ing near Lancaster. A few days age
farmer named Moore, who lives one
and half miles from that town missed
a fine SOW from his hog lot. In
vestigation showed that she had been
driven to pasture nearby and
slaughtered. The thieves had hauled
the meat away in light vehicle.
The Fulton Sun has discovered who
set fire to the Missouri building at
the worlds fair. 1t was the Fire
Fiend.
The Butler papers are advertising
the appearance Of countess at the
theater there. 1t is expected that
great many people will make it point
to attend the performance and catch
a glimpse of royalty.
A Topeka man has motto" 1t is
tackled on the twall of his office and
reads: Live every day so that you
can look any damn man in the face
and tell him to go to hades."
Abilene came near having no
Thanksgiving. Mayor Cowan did moi
issue his proclamation until Wednes.
day.
The Topeka man whose automobile
was stolen this week is aware that he
can get no comfort from the Anti.
Horsethief Associations.
The st. Joseph Gazette is authority
for the statement that the Worlds
Fair, which has been 1t for several
months, will soon be Nit.
This year will be chiefly remem
bered in Ottawa as the one when the
people wore their straw hats on
Thanksgiving day.
The Indignant Denial is unaccount.
ably tardy in the case of the yarn that
200 university students voted illegally
in Lawrence.
Colonel Jeltz, editor of the Negro
Ledger, was arrested in Kansas City,
Kan, this week for assault with intent
to attack.
Winfield had a baseball game
Thanksgiving day-not a foot ball
game, but base ball. Fred Clarke, the
captain-manager of the PittsDurg ma
tional league team, ran it.
Ed Howe's theory is that Topeka's
latest murder was committed by a
Syndicate" So far yellow hairs,
brown hairs, black hairs and red
hairs have been found on tne uooI
knobs, axes and furniture.
When Mrs. Nation alighted from a
train in Wichita a few days ago, the
Eagle says, one of the spielers called
out: Hotel Carey" Mrs. Nation
shook her fist in the mans face and
shouted: You needn't get pert, young
man; I'm going to Mrs. Wilhoit's." l
A basket ball match between the
Atchlson County High school and the
Midland college teams was played a
few days ago, and the Effingham New
Leaf remarks that "The visiting team
showed themselves to be ladies'"
The esteemed Brown County World
not only begs to differ from the es-
teemed Atchison Globe, but it so far
forgets its love-one,another principles
as to exclaim "Pooh!"
Not satisfied with suppressing the
ball in Topeka, the clergy
men are now demanding Of the legis-
lature law prohibiting Sunday base
ball.
"A middle-aged man appeared at the
office OF a Fort Scott lawyer recently"
the Tribune says, "and expressed his
intention of deciding all his property to
his wife. He is quite wealthy, and
stated that every few months he was
in the habit of getting drunk and