Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10
G.. w. YOUNG.

Fred. Winship has gone to the Land
of the Orange and Alligator, TO spend
few days rnsticating.
The MIltonvale News comes to us
with a new head. The News ia always
newsy, and changes so often it keeps
one busy to keep up with it.
L. P. Johnson, our retiring chat man
of the Board of Commissioners, was IL
the HERALD Office yesterday, aud re-
newed his subscription tor the HEKA D
and Chicago News.
The court house and jail at jersey
City, III, were burned on Sunday
NOR ing, Jan. 6, and four prisoner
confined in the jail perished in the
flames. One as in for murder and
the others for petty offences.
The Board of Commissioners have
| been in session this week, and attended
to the regular routine work "t ALLOWING
bills. opening roads, &c. The proceed
ings were not ready for thus is-u. OF the
HERALD, bat will pear in ne / weeks
! paper, unless Othe, wise ordered
Adjourned, ill Monday, Jan Il
Rev L. c. Goodrich, of Iowa, viii
preach at the school house in Phillips
burg, on Monday evening, January ID,
at o'clock. All are invited. The
theme will be ''The Bible and It's Use
0 Man, when understood, believed Al d
Obeyed. Conc and hear him.
a. w HE.
From & card received from ". & .
Con d, formerly OF Granite township,
we learn thai he has concluded 20 re-
turn to Philips county, and expects
that several other families will come
with him Thus 1t is that the meu who
made the mistake of leaeiug Phillips
county are seeing their Jolly and doing
what they can TO repair their loss by
coming back.
Hon. Thos. Wrong has been appoint
ed Receiver of the L. S Land Office, a
Concofd.a. Col Jenkins having re
tired on account OF failing be hh. Ait.
! Jenkins has been a faithful, efficient
| aud.acCp modelling officer, and III bis
successor the people viii fad his yeec,
IN every respect Cloud County Kan
san.
This is not the first time that the
Wrong man got good Office.
Mr.. T. N. Jones 20 agureing on the
| project OF starting a creamery al Phil
| hpsburg. his Is something that ought
10 be done as here are from 800 10 $40
COWS that would fuTn ssh or am rom the
start, and well managed, it would be d
growing business Mir. Jones has es-
tabhshed a splendid reputation and
marketfor his Diamond Dairy Butter,
which shows clea ly that with good
creamery facilities, he would be ex-
celled by none
j. w. Duncan and j. N. Calhoon. II
solomon Township, made US d call
| Tuesday. Mr.. CalhoOn has just re-
turned from iowa, where he has been
for the last two years, farming his
! fathers place. Last yeaI he had d fair
crop, but II did not pay expenses. This
year his corn yielded about bushels
10 the acre, of SOFT corn, all of which
did not seem 10 cause him to feel that
was the best place to be.
The Mite Society at the residence of
Capt. Lowe, Tuesday night, was quite
well attended. We noticed with pleas
ure that by the exercise of their superior
conversational powers, Elder Turner
and Prot. Lewis, two of our most tai
enJed old bachelors, were able 10 50 far
lntere some OF the young ladies as to
cause them 10 cease chewing gum for a
moment. Tins does not, however, ap-
ply ID ali, as some seemed t. be 50
intent on business tina they were not to
be di, erted tIom the even tenor OF their
Way ny any size Issues.
We publish This week the law passed
by the last Legislature, requiring The
! appointment vi Sheep Inspector, and
defining MS duties. Also the proceed
lngs OF the Phillips County Wool Grow
erS Association, which held lis regular
session here last Saturday We are
! glad 10 see our sheep men taking 81
active an interest IN this direction and
we are willing To do what we can to
! help on the good cause. Philips COun-
| ty is fast coming TO the front IN It's
stock interest OF all kinds, ana especial
/ ly In sheep anu catte. and nothing
| goes further to call ATTENTION 10 our
superior facilities for stock raising than
we'll conducted associations OF tins
kind.
There are quite mum aer of persons
whU have personal property tax unpaid,
many of whom no doubt think tn Y
have none This occurs from the
equalization of taxes by the commits
siOners aIte. the assessment For IN
stance: Ii man was assessed for $3.50
and was the head OF family, his 500
| exemption would cover it. But If the
assessment IN his Township was raised
% per cent. he would be liable TO tax on
about $40, when he mig t thinG he was
exempt. 1t uId DE good plan for
every one that has not done so to look
after his, as the treasurer wll have to
issue bis tax warrant on the Isl b Of this
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