Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18
Editorial correspondenoe.

,,lout eastern Kansas and Nebraska.
Arriving at Marvin l. time for tie
east bound train, we find ourself one
of a company made up Of such well
known burgers us Hon. Jake Close,
J. Y. Close, James Woods, Ritner
smith and Mr. Shaw, father of Mrs.
[. f. Dixson all but tht last intent on
taking in the reunion either as a pri-
mary or secondary object, some being
witnesses in the U. S, District court,
or before the grand jury, on various
CASES pending before the court, or be
ing investigated 10y the Jury. We
also find Judge Spaulding of the Post
Office and William Bickford had pre-
coded US the night before, and that
Sheriff Woods and p. &. s. Lowe We're.
10 follow on the 9th.
At Marvin we found f. f. KOrDsI
who had got some mixing of the dis
linguished crowd, and come up from
Jimtown to meet us, and the friendly
greetings that were exchanged were
sufficient to convince Ed that while
connected with the HERALD he had
made some warm friend in that upper
country. He acted as our pilot ali the
way down to Atchison, where we
spent the night with him at biz pleas
ant boarding house in the upper part
of the city.
During the run down to Atchison
4everal of the boys took occasion to
visit the postal car, presided over on
ibis trip by J. w. Lindsey, an old
Phillips county man, assisted by our
own Ed, and it is safe to say that we
got some new and enlarged ideas of
workings If, and the work done in that
part of the mail service, and II after this
we don't get our mail all on the first
train, we shall be prepared to feel u lit
tie more charitable for some little mis-
takes that may be made by those hard
worked public sert ants. While Ed is
not deeply in love with the mail service,
vet in the six months that be has been
in it, he has mastered the work and is
now ready for examination, for his COM
mission which is liable to take place
any day. We also learn that the ives
tern boys on the Central Branch a. e get
ting away with the spoils in these posi-
lions, none of them failing of promotion
while the boys from the river towns fire.
quently get left, and now four out of
i've on that road are from western Kan
sas, two from Phillips, one from Smith
and one from Mitchell. We might as
well, while on this sub ect, say, that A.
l.. Tophff, of Cawker, who will be re-
nembered as one editO OF the Chef,
and as working on our abstracts has
been appointed to clerkship on the
east end of the Mo. p. road.
On Wednesday morning, after good
nights rest, we left Atchison for Camp
Pope, where we arrived about Z o'clock
and found the reunion in full blast, with
no doubt of its success, at least as to
numbers and preparations by the good
people of Leavenworth, as ample pro
visions had been made for everybody
and all seemed happy and intent
N seeing everybody else. We at once
repaired to the Indiana headquarters
and ma short time were hunted UP by
A. A. Ellis an old soldier of our compa-
ny, now living at TOXganoXie Kansas,
with whom we talked over soldier days
and recalled many forgotten Incidents
We also met d. l.. Thompson and n.
Whiticker of Co B 12Sth,;Indiana Init.
| the former now living at Wetmore, and
the latter at Gardner Kansas. both OF
whom were present wnen Capt. Bissell,
| ii company a of that regiment, was
killed at Franklin, Tenn. Nov. 30th 1864,
! These being the first comrades we have
met that knew all the circumstances OF
our brothers death we were particularly
| glad to have met them. Capt. Taylor,
Of the Goth init, now. of TonganOXie Ks
was acquainted with so many Valparaiso
! boys that he seemed almost like an old
| friend. During Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, meetings we've held in the
mammoth pavilion which would hold
1000 people where Maj Tom Anderson
and Capt Devepdnrf, Commander and
Adjt Genl. of the Dept of Kansas
g. A. r. took charge and proved them
selves the right men just where they
ought to be.
About the only failures that were con
nected with the programme was the
sham naval engagement Thursday, and
the sham battle on Friday both OF
which from some cause were shams in
| fact being interfered with we suppose
from cause to this depOnent unknown.
The city of Leavenwerth done Its eli