Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-09-14

Last Friday we visited our neigh
boring city, kirwin, going with team
by the Deer Greek road. On our way
we saw some fine fields of corr, and
the old Kennedy farm now owned by
Harmon Lipps, the corn is the best we
have ever seen on the place, with pos
sibly one exception That on James
Forbs place is fine and the new and
tasty school house on one side and his
! coy farm house on the other makes
the place very attractive. We could
not help contrasting this country with
the appearance it had when we made
our first trip over this road in the
spring of 1873. Then a few dug-outs
or log houses were to be seen here and
there, and almost an unbrOken field
| of buffalo grass, where now are fine
| farms and comfortable frame and
! brick houses. After Il pleasant ride OF
two hours we found ourselves ~ Kir-
| Iyin-the Oldest and largest town in
| tie county. We were soon comfort
abty located at the Commercial Hotel,
kept bv Mr.. Kelley, father of J. E
Kelley, formcraliy OF our office.
Leaving the hotei, we sailed out
among the KirWrHite on business
Among the first we ;net was
our OLD friend, L. Nay, who is deputy
u. s. Marshal, and who, also, runs the
nd Germ4in livery stable. He IS al
WAYS ready to furnish a good rlT to
take yoT a mile 0rall over northwest
ern Kansas. We next met w. H.
Mcbride. who congratulated us on our
new role; we lid not exactly know
which we should have congratulation
OIL cOndolence.) We fot.ud the boys at
the u. s. Land Office each at ms desK
attending to business, but We Iahcled
we saw some unwanted wrinkles on
the brow OF Bro. Hays, Receiver III
the establishment, and on enquiry
found that II Was time to make his
monthly deposit of funds and the cOII-
binatiOn lock of the safe had given
way, and the safe could not be opened.
We believe photographer to the Com
missioner at Washington for instruct
ions. Our friendT. NJ. Helm, sat at the
Helm in the Registers office, and
we doubt whether better team coHid
be found in any U. s. Land Office in
the land, especially while they are
seconded by such boys as Warren
Lew Campbell, J. E. Kelley /
and Mr.. Bucklew.
We next called at the Kirwin Bank,
where we found &. w. Hull, and H /
j. Cameron ready to wait upon GUS
toners i'll the most amicable manner.
Mr.. NJ. II. Johnson, the junior mem
Der OF the firm, has been ruraliZing i'll
the territory OF Massachusetts, for a
few months, but had Just telegraphed
that he would be home Friday night,
land hopes Mass. may be admitted in
to the Union, when Ben Butler gets to
be GOvernOr.l We called at the I11de-
pendent office to see live candidate
tor Auditor of State, but as the shop
was closed, we concluded Bro. Garret-
son was out looking for light place
in the dark cloud that hangs over him
politically Visiting the chief we
had a pleasant chat with Mr.. Pickett,
and are inclined to think that Phillips
county may expect good work from the
CHEZ.
We saw good new corn on the streets
begging purchaser at 40 cents per
busheI.
In the evening we returned to find
that we had had a good rain at Phil
and some hail, making the
last few miles OF the road heavy, but
on the whole we had a pleasant trip. /
Kirwin has many tnings 10 be proud
of. Her new school building is fine,
stone structure-a little de-
iective in its outside architectural de.
is said to be well arranged
and cOmmodiOus inside and by all .
odds the finest school building in the
county. Among her business blocks,
are Moulton's, the Kirwin Bank, aud
Belford's, either of which would
do credit to towns of larger
size. It has many fine resi-
dences of which we have not space
here to speak Kirwin is especially
fortunate III her hotel accommodations /
The Commercial House, located in the
central part OF the city, is good place
TO stop. The Warner house, Z. w. i
Warner, proprietor. is complete in all |
its apartments. The Wands House,
northeast part of he city, is
large house and we suppose well kept. |
We noticed neat and tasty restaurant +
across the street from the u. S. Land /
Office, whore we believe IA square I
meal could be found, judging from /
outside appearances.
We met many old friends, some that !
we met on our first visit to RiFwin In /
1873. Among whmoe were w, T. Bel .
ford, Aaron Weaver, A. u. Mcbride, !
j. H. Clark and B. +. Eozier. the only I
on es we now recall, that are still there !
Ten years has wrought its changes !
and memory can only recall the kir-i
Min of 1879