Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-21

! It's reported that Frank Strain has
| been over In Nebraska electioneering
and if George Spaulding don't look out
he viii lose Harlan County.
Mr. Calhoun has had to stop work on
/ Mr.. Gebhart's building on account of
the sickness of his children at his home
I in Freedom township.
S. w. Miller of Redding, lowe. has
| bought a farm "a Nashville township,
and wants to buy another. So it goes
and still there is room.
Mr.. AIbaugh, of the Central House,
| handed US an ear Of corn Monday,
which measures u inches IN length,
/ 8 inches in circumference and weighs
20 ounces. and is only fair sample of
his field of corn in Solomon township,
miles southwest Of Phiuipsburg.
There will be a social party at Weeds
/ Hall, in Long Island, on the evening of
August 29th, 1884, so says card from
/ G. D. Holiday and ID. T, Young, mana
gers. Tickets S1.00
o. Rubin, of Glenwood, brought US
in potatoes of the Burbank seedlings,
which way pounds and to all appear
the vines being in full bloom
The Central have a bran new upright
piano and hereafter the guests of that
popular house can hear sweet music in
I quantity and quality 10 suit the most
| fastidious-
Collins Ague Cure is an absolute and
| positive cure for all forms of Malarial
| Diseases such as Chills and Fever, Ague
Remittent or Intermittent Fever, etc.
Price 80 cents per bottle Every bot
tie warraOted.
Mrs. Robinson Is reported as danger
ously sick, and they have lost a little
! girl two years old. with something ike
cholera infantum. The family have
! been very much afflicted, and have the
| sympathy OF all.
Albert Sidner, of Madison county,
Ohio, cousin of w. w Anderson, of
! Arcade township, is visiting friends in
this county, and called on the HER
AID in company with MIR. Anderson.
NJ. Beekley's elevator at Marvin is
now in running order and good exper-
/ fenced grain men are prepared to buy all
kinds of grain and pay the highest mar
| ket price. Don't sell your grain until
you have seen the Marvin grain buyers
u. B. Mills, of Republican City, who
/ is doing a large business in this and ad-
joining counties, made the HERALD
Office call with =. W. McElrOy, Z les
day. Mr.. NJ. is one OF the most success
ful land agents in western Kansas or
| Nebraska.
The chain fence is being put around
the public square and will, when COM
pleted, be a great improvement to our
town, and especially to the beautiful
/ plat of ground which is denOminaUed as
our public square. AIessrs Close and
Sanborn are preparing to make some
Improvement on the court house.
John Gebhart Is building an addition
10 his building on the east side; has re-
moved The partitions in the front rooms
and is making the whole place assume
| Il different appearance. John IS driving
a lively business and can afford to en-
large. Improvement seems to be the
order of the day and }. II. seems to have
caught the fever.
The fourteenth amendment is now
being built TO the Central House con-
sisung of two story extension to the
south which will make it one of the lar
gest hotels in the county. VIII Stauber
is the architect and he seems to be get
ting in his work in good shape, J. o.
Lowe has also been engaged for some
time in putting in foundation and cellar,
and altogether the Central seems to be
putting on airs.
Mrs. r. j. Griffin, who is travelling for
the Chicago Copying Company is TAX
ing orders for enlarging portraits copy
ing from small pictures of all kinds, such
as ambrotypes, tintypes, degeaurytypes
painted in water cOlors, India ink, cray
on, oil, &C., in the the finest style of
the art. Sac will be here during the fair
Oct g, and 10, those wishing to get
work done can bring 1t in and leave
orders.
Prof. G. w. Coleman, late of Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, made the HERALD
office a call Thursday, with DR.. HOuck,
director of this school district, and, we
understand the school board have en-
plOyed him as principal and Miss Lane
in the primary department.
MIR. Cole comes we'll recommended as
q teacher, bearing eight first grade GER
tihcates and numerous testimonials as
to his qualifications, and it IS to be
hoped that under his charge our school
may be brought up TO the position that
. it ought to occupy as a school at the
county seat Of as important a county as
Phillips.
Miss Lane in succeeding Miss Eldred,
in charge Of the primary department,
will have to look we'll to her laurels or
she may suffer by comparison But
from the excellent reputation she has
sustained in other places we are led to
believe that our school board have
acted wisely in their choice of teachers
80 IN, - 10
At last the long looked for letters OF