Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-08-16
Local HERALDINQs.

Charles Bowen of Plainview was in
town yesterday.
Kirwin was well reprented at the ball
game last Saturday afternoon.
Judge Pratt is holding special term
of court at Hays City this week.
You should begin to make prepare
tons for the fast approaching Fair!
Joseph Young, of Freedom, reports
crops booming and no hail in that town
ship.
The question just after the hail storm
Tuesday was, ''have you any window
CLASP"
Chas Smith, of Mound township, has
bought the Don Micheal's place in Day
ton township.
Z. II. Evans is the father of bran
new boy squabbiing weight usual num-
Der of pounds.
j. II. Fleisher, of Belmont township,
killed rattlesnake last week that meas
ured four feet in length,
Han POling's colt, in its efforts to get
away from bhe hail, ran into wire
fence and got badly used up.
One years subscription to the HERALD
will be given to the person who furnish
es the best watermelon to be determined
by weight.
Banister Gregory and j. G. Haflin O f
Granite township were in town to-day
on land business. They report crops
good on Jack and Dry creek.
One of Capt. loves horses tried to
get away from the hail by running thro'
wire fence, and looks as though it had
jumped from the fryan pan into the fire.
Spencer Allen and another gentleman
from Highland have been visiting friends
in this vicinity this week. We have not
heard whether they are looking up To-
cation or not.
Isaac Mahin of the Cedarville Tele-
pone, and member of the Brickbats,
paid this print shop social visit Satur-
day evening. If the young gentleman
handles type as well as he losses the
ball he will do to 90 the road.
Vague rumors are floating around to
the effect that the Smith County Pion-
eer is about to succumb to the inevitable
In view of this fact we extend condo
lence Sc hours in advance to the
''mouring'' readers of that journal. Mr..
Brown, why will you fallP
County Surveyor Barnard, assisted
by Gearge Ferguson and Sine Albaugh,
have been surveying the court house
grounds and laying off walks from the
streets to the court house steps, which
it is proposed to build by utilizing the
prisoners confined in the county Jail.
The Daily Northwest reports quite a
lively time in Kirwin during the storm
Tuesday. Several buildings wefe dam
aged among which was the roof of the
Belford House, Weaver's store and
Stockman's front. Much damage was
done in Valley township, south of Kir-
win, to the corn crop.
G. A. Spaulding and Harley Phillips
narrowly escaped drowning their team
in Beaver creek Tuesday. They sup
posed they we're driving into ford and
found the water 10 feet deep. Since
that, before driving into a stream, they
wade in and measure the water and
mud. Sensible, precautions boys.
Mr.. A. L. Mcleod, father of Mrs. G.
A. Spaulding, who has been for long
time in the employ of the X. P. r. R.,
has resigned his position to accept that
of assistant superintendent of division
on the Northern Pacific, with headquar-
ters at Bismark, Dakota. His pay is
now 5000 per month, with his old po-
sition at S14O. 90 held open for him I'M
til he sees how he likes the change.
The Kirwin Republican Vol 1, No. 2,
we find among our exchanges. It is a
6-cOlumn folio, neatly gotten up and full
of news. The question whether there is
room for the Republican where it has
cast its fortunes time alone will deter
mine. G. w. Wood, its editor, is man
of good abilities, and forcible writer:
May it succeed above its fondest antici-
pations is our greeting.
We are prepared to make loans on
Resi- estate in Phillips county.
WIN. BTssELL.