Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-27
NORTHWEST KANSAS.

They have diptheria at Russell.
They are having diphJheria at B, lott
Kiiwin has organized literary So
cieJy.
Stockton. has organized literary
ci,ty.
stockton is building new Method
list church.
Stockton has a skating rink. and so
has kirwiu.
The N. Z. Church at Kirwin is under
going repairs.
Fa mers of Mitchell county are burn
ing corn tor iuel.
Several citizens of Stockton viii visit
The New OrIea.s Exposition.
The Gaylord Herald complains that
gambling is being done in that city.
Ellsworth county farmers are COM
planning that the stock men are Ienc-
ing up tha roads.
Late. c Smith, of Stockton, is cand'-
dale Tor Ser eaHt-ai-a al ms Of The oIate
Senate. He would MAKE good one
John Johnston has recently lost five
head OF cattle, supposed To have been
from eating corn and smut IN the stalls
Iield.
A creamery at Beloit failed Il few days
ago, and now The TAI mer~ in hat vein
ity are medilating over their worthless
checks.
I he Masonic Lodge at Beloit made
one of its unfortunate members in Iowa
Christmas present OF 4 purse of
money.
Stockton will have a new bridge
across the south solomon soon. This
will add materially to her commercial
prosperity,
1t Is reported that F. NJ. Frazel, who
formerly run Il hotel at NtucFtUh has
ab c"nded IL, m Barr {. k, Jewell Co.,
leaving several debts behind him.
The Smith county Bulletin thinks
that the sheriff # that county wouid
give much better satisfaction il ne
would do all his official work by de
puties.
The Kenneth Sentinel states that
its town needs Il billiard hall and
two preachers. They probably want
the latter to cOunteract the influence
o. the ornCT.
a fellow at Russell the other day
stole "A C an OF oysters for ne purpose
being arrested, 3 aJWg thar he wal ted
to ga ID Jail Ia order that he might have
food and -helJer at the expense of the
county.
a short time ago Mrs. sargent o.
smith county was supposed to have
elOped with Young man living in
the vicini ty of her home. Tt is now
thought that the lady was taken away
by force, aUd against her will.
H. O. Clifford who lives on cedar
creek s0Wed eight acres TO oats i'm last
January, and has Just threshel from
this land G4S bushels, being 81 bushels
per acre. It he could have gathered
them all they would have yielded
much more. the oats being badly
lodged.
Tom. Hays. a br' Their Of r r. Hays,
living ON Kill Geek, whit e on his way
home from Bull City last Thursd ~
Tell out uf his wagon and receiN ed in
iuries from which he ed that night
He was buried al OsHOne Saturday al
ternOun. lie WAS fOl merry member
of the fu niIure firm of GaTrigues &
Hays, at Osburne. - Downs Times.
a special dispatch to the Kansas City
Journal of ne 10th, SAYS:
Henry w. Smith. ahal ''BuekshOt."
and Charles v God a negro, wei e con
wet, in the district court Of Jew ell
county. Saturday of Completely in The
circus riot at Burr Oak few mouths
ago. in which one man was killed AID
the Hon. A ". Nj ma. MAY OF If Burr
Oah, dangerously shot in the spine,
smith was convicted of mu der in the
stcmd degree, and viii receive "a sen-
teuce of from ten To twenty years. WOOD
Escapes with liz t-r punishment, the
.,u.y charging him only with MAJ
slaughter va the third degree. The men
a 7Fiah .Llfr.tratn aud TWO rs.asaLr.
were coupled wuh the cases.
The Farmers Alliance Shipping As
sociatiHn OF Twin eek, who made
their fir-t shi, ment from this place "a
short me since through their agent,
Mr.. D. G.. Bic m, eceivt d their returns
on Monday. and are highly pleased " tn
the resLlt. Their shipment cousi ted
of 5l5 bushels Of " heat, ON which they
realized - pa cents mOIe per buShel
than they could have realized by selling
in he h"ms market ON The day they
shipped 1 his l. 500 over and abOl q
al tXl -en-es. AID shows y.ry neat
profit ON "a single C lr load and In tins
Gaze II goes INTO the peck e = of the
ia mers, and the are few who can be
found u say that il i not proper
place IOr it Osborne County News.
No state il. the Union has people
who have 81 wider reputation for
lurge-heartedness than Kansas. The
stranger is always made welcome.
The poor man stands upon a social
equal with the rich. Tie lahuriag
man is respected 10y all. The undu'at-
ing prairie OF Kansas has a population
composed of the best people of the cas-
ern states. They are largely young
men and women who have come
west To seek home where they could
procure cheap lands, enjoy n fine eli
mate, and grow up with the Young
state. The lie; ambition and nerve o
people in hanSas is a surprise to the