Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-07-19

was fair to midding but the audience
was large enough toplease the manage
ment. ~
Frank M'Kay, Of Mount yernon, iowa,
q young attorney WHO Is looking Aroagh
Kansas with view of locating for the
practiee of his profession made the HER-
Kin, q. call Thursday. He will probably
go further west before locating, taking
in Norton and Oberlin.
Owing to the scarcity of harvest
machinery and hands much. Of. tic
crop ofsmall GRAIN was stilI p,ths fields
ana very ripe aud during he storm of
Friday and sunday it Suffered heavy
loss. On one of our places we had 90
acres OF small grain that was good and
win not pay for harvesting now.
The institute is in session with an at
tendance of about fifty teachers and stu
dents; Prof, Billingsley conductor, and
with Prof. Lewis our efficient Superin.
tendent of public instruction in active
management, it viii be profitable to
those in attendance. We viii give list
with p. o. address in our next Issue
if we can get them. 50
We learn that Messrs. Close and
Stinson met with quite loss of sheep
by the storm of Friday. Their corral
blew down and the sheep became fright
ened running into Bissen Creek where
from so to40 were drowned, and
quite number were found dead on the
prairie, either killed by lightning by
the hail which was very large.
Homer Richardson, aged about ten,
was sitting on the horse power at the
creamery Tuesday, when he suddenly
dropped asleep and fell from the power,
the right foot coming in contact with
two large oogs, which crushed and man
gled the five toes in terrible manner.
DR.. Robsnson is caring for the unfortu-
nate boy and thinks with proper atten-
ton he viii have him on deck again
sOOn.-[ Logan Enterprise,
Warren Cummings and VIM Cum
mings of Freedom were callers at the
HERALD office Saturday, They are farm
ing about 200 acres and reaped excellent
crops of all kinds and say they never
saw better corn prospects. They have
about 100 cattle which are doing well.
This is their second years farming in
this country and aIthough they had good
crops last year they Improve from last
years experience as they viii continue
to do from year to year.
The storm of Sunday was more severe
in some parts than that OF. Friday. At
Logan the barn of j. j. Without was
blown down, numel GUS smaller build
ings were damaged and crops injured
in Philhpsburg the balance OF the roof
on MIR. Ferguson's. house was blown
off; on the east line of the county the
fine barn of Mr. Sanford the largest
farm barn in the country was totally
wrecked and about 100 acres of rye de-
stroyed and much damage done to 9th
er parties near by.
Tom Bailey of Cactus Creek, Norton
County had a narrow escape from
death by lightning on the night of July
9TH. The night being very warm he
was sleeping on the floor near the stove
when lightning struck the chimney run
ming down to the floor, then on. to. his
feet, along his limbs and back to his
head, burning spots or strea kses it went
paralyzing his limbs and for some time
rendering he and his brother Dave,
who was on the bed with him speech
less. Since then Tom has lost 80 lbs in
weight, land is satisfied that electricity
is not very healthy especially when tax
en- in large doses.
Atthe October meeting of the Com
missioners, the county printing win be
let to the lowest bidder. The Herald
man is dissatisfied with the present ar
rangement in regard to the county
printing and would like to monopolize
the whole thing if possible, and we are
led to believe that through his efforts
this action is taken. Wonder if the
Herald would like to do, the printing
for ten per cent of legal rates. CEnter-
prise You are off little Bro. Gray,
as to an influence in this matter. We do
not recolleet that we have ever spoken
to any member of the Board on the
subject and did not know that such
action was contemplated until after it
was done. But as move in the inter-
est OF economy in County affairs,we en-
dorse it although it viii not probably
benefit the HERALD.
Boughton Creek seemed to have been
stirred up somewhat Friday by little