Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-13
PHILLIPSBURG EANS4S THURSD4Y, lL4RCH - 1857

homes, and generally they are happy
and cOntented people.
PHlLLiPsBURG
The county seat, was first located in -
p, but Improvements really COM
menced in The sping of 1873. The
town site at present comprises Two hun
lred and forty acres. and is located on
4 beautiful elevation of land near the
confluence of Deer and PIotner c, eeks,
and commands sweeping view of the
country for miles around. 1t contains
about FIVE hhndied population, and
nearly eI err kind Of business Is WEI.
represented
The different churches are we'll repre-,
scented here The NJ. e, the Presby-
terrain and the Baptist have
each healthy organization.
The Presbyte ians have 7 neat and
comfortable brick church which was
ded Gated last fall, and their pulpit is
acceptibly filled each Sabbath morning
by Rev. Theo. Br4cken, he ident minis
ter, who resides in patronage owned
by the church. The NJ. Z. Church have
also a resident minister and parsonage,
and are now building a handsome
church, the lumber being on the ground
and frame almost ready to be raised.
It will cost about $500. Thee Societies
are ing we'll, ther clerLym.a excel
lent gentlemen, beloved by their con-
gregation and esteemed by ali
The public school building will com
pare favorably with other towns, with
an excellent corps OF teachers, and an
enrolment of two hundred pupils.
The manufacturing interests OF Phil
lipeburg, like other new towns, are as
yet, not very extensive. Yer we have
the best brick that can be found in the
west-equal to the celebrated Milwaukee
brick and about the same color. Oar
magnificent new court house IS built of
these brick, is three stories high, the
| basement being heavy stone work and
well arranged for Jail, the middle
story furnishing ample office room for
being the court and jury rooms. Tho
/ doors aud windows are arehed and the
corners of the build ng arc trimmed with
white magnetism limeston e, making ii
The finest court house in the northern
tier Of counties with the exception OF
Brown county.
We ais have several fine brick and
stone buildings that would be CT edit
t. any town. am ing which are Young's
hardware building [. f. A1allett's drug
store, Bissell block and tho Phil
lips County Bank building.
| The Phillipsburg creamery, which
will go into operation in about month,
will be the most complete establish
ment of the kind in the county, having
/ all the newest improved machinery, to
be driven by steam. ". F. woodward
and Ed. johnson props, and T. n.
Jones, manager. This Institution will
start out with COO cows. w. T. Wood
ward is also dealer in stock.
The Philips County Bank, J. F
Morse, cashier, has become one of the
leading institutions of Phillipsburg;
and III. Beckley, with his yards stocked
wi b coal and lumber, is prepared to
contract for either. He furnished the
bill tor the new church, which IS first
class.
Almost all kinds of business is well
represented. In general merchand disc
we have six well filed stores. K. Rog
ers and G, II. Lefiingwell commenced
business III 1873. D. a, Huling in 1878,
James Woods in 1880, A. S, Bichford
in 1880, and the last, F. Z Winship,
who has been connected with the ner-
ehandising in Phillip burg more or less
for the last 9 years, sold out last sum
mer and spent several months looking
Tor better place and has again bought
and reftted one of the Ola pioneer
| buildings. and will open out full stock
| in few days. George Young & Co.
are our Pioneer Hardware firm, and are
| prepared to do a larger trade than ever
before. Two Grocery Stores, John Gep-
| hart and \. Polling & Co. Two Drug
Stores, DIR. l. F. Mallett and sgrague &
Son. One millinery store. Two meat
markets. One tin shop and one harness
shop. Two hotels aud TWO livery sta
bies. One furniture store and one sta :
tionery and book store. Two bl ack
smith shops. All have healthy trade !.
We also have four law, ard fourI cal e.
tate firms,aI of which are doing lively
business. While it viii be seen that our
town is prospering, and what is true of
it, is true of the other towns in the
county.
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