Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-31
Township election next Tuesday.

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Gaze at Huling & Bickford's new adj,
and see if they have anything you are
IN need of.
Our creamery folks have finished
putting up their ice, and are now estab-
fishing their cream routes.
Treasurer Smith will go to Topeka
next Nontlay to settle with the S ate
Treasurer, and also attend the G. 4 r
meeting on tile 9Th Of February.
Sheriff j, b Moods and family. who
have bsen Masking quite an extended
visit with friends aud relations at their
old home in Illinois, returned last week
and John is again engaged in attend
ing To thu rotem If HI official duties,
and humdrum of every day life, suoh
IA serving tax warrants, subpconaz, &c,
and right here we would say if you don't
know you have paid your personal prop
eFty tax, it is about time you Mould iD-
erview him. We
Last Sunday morning, Mrs. II. r.
Daniels, who was suffering from e
cold. took, what she supposed to be Il
dose of quinine, but what proved TO be
strychuine. The mistake being dis
covered and7 antidotes being imnIedi-
Iateiy administered, no serious result
followed although she had taken
enough to kill three persons, It seems
to us that these two drugs are bad
things to Keep i'll the SAME place.
The Republican Congressional con-
vention for the old second district met
at Parsons Yesterday and no doubt
has made its nomination TO the posit-
ion made vacant by the death of Has
kell, and the campaign in that district
may be deemed in full blast. Hr
Riggs bag commenced by making. IA
speech ut Kansas City, Kansas. where
he was assisted by q Dunderhead COM
Inunist by the Coughars who made q
regular D:nis Kerney Sand Lot
speech,C1e <rn -az
Last week prairie fire was started
short distances north Of town and
burnt over quite q large extent of
territory and although we have not
heard of any property being destroyed
EYet it has done irreperable damage lin
tthe area trlVersed by. il, The mere
I b6rning off Of the grass and exposing
tie roots to the action of the frost
i
cause tile snow to drift off and the
ground to become much dryer and
and have IL bad effect on the surround
ing country. We do hope that people.
will be carefuIabout dropping matches
fire from pipes, cigars, &c. We think
that the man who caflessiy sets q fire
and burns or damages his neighbour
property is guilty of crime and'he who
SO burns Hp q human being is guilty
of murder and 0Hghteto be punished
for his crime, This maybe too strong
Language but we think in view Of
the loss OF life that has here
tofore accrued in this county from
such fires that it is not.
+ The hiElipsburg Post, No Sc. G.
A. r, lheld public Installation ut the
court house. on Saturday night, Jan.
10 1884, at which the fol0Wing off =
GERS ~ere duly Installed:
Frank Strain, p, 4.
j w. Lowe, s.. We
r Ritner Smith, J.N.HC'.
So. Is. r. ,InrtOn, Chaplain. "N
n Osborn, o. D.. ~ fa
a. & -Bailey.O' q
A. B.. HQuek. Surgeon. L. sas.rer
W. w: Anderson. Adjutant
w. T.. Pratt, @. NJ
g j. NJ CroSier. S. n
d. l.. Smith, Q. nj. G.
Prior to the installation ceremonies
t Comrade A lien addressed the assem-
bly, III IL neat speech. The GIee Club
rendered some fi"e selections of music
at 4he.close Of the install alton Com
r&tleh: Hen, in a few well chosen re-
marks III behalf of the Post, presented
Commander Strain with hat, which
was blushingly accepted, after which
the ladies i'll charge of the supper
announced that it was ready, when
the mem 0ers of the Post, their fami-
les and invited guests to the number
Of about four hundred, proceeded 10
dispose Of sumptuous repast, which
lasted until about the end of the week.
AS large as the crowd was, still
there WAS enough and to spare, and
all seemed TO have good time and
nyIinx-.H fT,nt,.EniJyns