Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-08

the history of the late Gernain family
two OF whom are III drunkaTds graves
ana one III fcions cell. All Wishing
TO follow their example are respect
fully informed that they can GET the
wheTewitnau 10 accomplish fhese
same ends by applying 10 Miller q
Marshall, de above mentioned firm.
A short time ago we accompanied J.
+. Morse, Frank Strain ana Geo. w, |
Young or a trip to Bloomington by wav
of Republican City, Neb where we
found A. DOdd, formerly of this town
ship, doing the duties OF mine host OF
the Gage House, and as we left too ear
ly In the morning we could not Judge
OF the business interests of the city, but
from the appearance of things, should
say that ii Is recovering from the re-
verses that seem 10 have overtaken it in
the last lew years, and is now on the
upward grade, and soon viii take It's
natural position as one Of the CONNER
cIal cenlers OF the Republican Valley
From that place we followed down
the Republican river through mud aud
mire that would make one think of an
eastern swamp and the old time days
OF walloWing through the mud,
On our way, we passed through the
city of NapOnee, which has plenty OF
room TO grow. Reaching Bloomington
we found Il live Wide-aWake town,
rendered more so, we suppose, by the
fact that law term of the district court
was convened that day, with the
celebrated Judge Gaslin on the bench.
The Judge has Il reputation as u ruStler
in legal matters, which was fully
sustained by that days work in which
it was said he disposed of 81 cases, and
had plenty OF time TO spare. When he
came into the court room he Orderd
the sheriff TO cOrau the lawyers, as he
was there for business, and wanted no
fOOIishness, which order seemed TO be
fully understood by all concerend,
and they governed themselves
accordingly. In the evening we
had the pleasure of meeting with quite
| a number of the business men of the
town, at The plrlors of the commercial
| house, which, by the way, is a good
place to stop. The host, I, Munnall,
| being an old settler III these parts, hay
ing been connected with the Post at
| Fort Kearney before the war. We came
near scraplng up an old acquaintance
with him. IN addition to being good
hotel man he is one of the enLerpnsing
men OF the city, thoroughly awake to
the interests of his locanty. We are
also under Obligations to Messrs. Shep-
pard, Pickett, Harman, Marshall, Prop
er, Robinson, Black, Switzer and others
for cour5esies extended to us, as well as
being impressed with the prosperity
and thrift that seemed TO pervade the
town. 4 neat frame court house about
twO-Uhirds the size OF our own, stands
in the middle Of neatly fenced square,
set out to trees and sOwn to blue grass
and clover. Also fine brick school
house ard church are both credits to the
enterprise OF her people. The next
morning we returned TO Phillipsburg by
he way of the Bloomington bridge and
Rebecca creek route, taking dinner al
the new town OF GienWOod, with the
family of George BOgenrief, where we
had q good square meal. Here we
found Messrs. Whitmarsh & Mccall and
Frank Dixon, all at their pos is ready tC
sell goods Ut the lowest cash price. 1t Is
needless to say that we did not buy much
for obvious reasons. One thing was
observable on both our going and return
ing trip, that the acreage of fall grain
sOwn, was much greater in Kansas thar
Nebraska, while in our own state the
green fields OF wheat and rye are to bt
| seen on ali hands; across the line there
were but few, the farmers turning theil
attention TO spring growing grain an6
corn, the latter OF which, was abundan
all along the line. In the evening, W.
arrived at Phillipsburg, with enlarged
views of the resources, advancement
ana posi- hilities OF the country lying be
tween this place and the Republican
which only needs better railroad facii
tiles, TO make it blossom like the rose