Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-18
NORTHWEST kansas.

A new hotel is being erected near the
depot at LenOra.
They have organized q Christian
Church at Stockton.
BelOit IS said to be having a big build
ing boom this spring.
They viii dedicate a new Catholic
church IN Cawker City on the 18th inst
The Odd Fellows of LenOra and vicin-
ity are taking steps to organize lodge
at that place.
The daily average the past week of
prairie schOOners westward bound has
been about twenty-iVe--LOberlin Her
aid.
The Smith County Pioneer has been
resurrected by a stock company and I.
DrummOnd viii occupy the editorial
/ chair.
j. R. W. Sims, of jackson, succeeded
in killing eight wild geese on the mill
pond as Jackson one day last week.
! Pretty good bag for this country
/ TOberlin Herald.
twenty emigrant teams came into
Stockton Sunday last. The tide of emil
( grafton has set in. Come one, come
/ all. There is room for everybody
I-[ROoks County Record.
Our locators are doing a good
/ business in eastern Cheyenne and indi-
cations now are that the northern tier
win be pretty well settled by fall to the
/ Colorado line Atwood Citizen.
The G. A. R. post, of Stockton, have
made arrangements to build a hall
/ 40x1OO feet, with an armOrY down
! stairs. The building is to be a stone
one, and will be a credit to Inc G.. A.
r, boys Western News.
LosT-On Monday last on the road
/ between A1illbrOOk and Gettysburg. a
handsome pair of stockings. The finder
+ will receive a reward OF so cents by leaY-
+ ing them atthe county clerks Office, and
no questions asked. II MillbrOOk Times.
The trial of S. B. Miller charged with
selling Intoxicating liquors, came off at
Smith Centre last Monday. He was
/ convicted and fined two hundred and
fifty dollars and costs which all amount
ed to four hundred and twelve dollars.
IL Harlan Chief.
Hearing certain statements in regard
to the percentage OF wheat winter killed
we took pains to inquire of farmers from
all parts OF the county IN regard to the
matter, and after interviewing fifty or
/ more are satisfied that not more than
six or eight per cent of fall grain has
been injured Il Osborne Farmer.
All. Holster and Vim. Rankin re-
/ turned Saturday from trip to the wilds
OF Sherman county, bringing with them
a young colt which they cut out from a
band Of wild horses and succeeded in
/ capturing They report seeing a fine
country and that antelope, wild horses,
geese and ducks were abundant
/ [Oberlin Herald.
/ The railroad surveyOrs are now sur
veying a preliminary lin about two
miles north of town from Lenora to
Monument, but the route is hardly prac-
! ucable and a survey will probably be
{ made from LenOra via Kenneth, on the
level and beautiful plateau south of the
North Solomon leaving the North Solo
mon about the Twin Mounds Ken
meth Sentinel.
The Downs Times tells of the finding
Of a skeleton of a young man in a high
bank OF the Solomon, near the former
home of Dow Beal. The remains are
7 supposed to be those of Dan Coop, who
mysteriOuslY disappeared six years ago,
and with whose murder Dow Beal was
| charged and arrested, but rel eased 70
want of sufficient evidence against him.
Beal is now In the penitentiary for cat
tle-stealing.
|. Miss Berta Curl and Miss Cora Hell
vie, are soon to become full-fedged
grangers. They are having cosy little
abodes erected on their agricultural do
mains south Of town, and viii commence
delving Ia the virgin soil in the subse-
quent hence. Under the def manipula-
tons of these sturdy agricultural miss
es,'' 'skorn, boats and inYuns'' VIII
spring up as if by magic, Success Ia
dies. in the venture Long Island Ar
! gus.
NJ. F. Vandiver, the old hOmesteader
and veteran locator Of Sheridan county,
was in town last week and when he left
for the fruitful soil of Sheridan he had
in charge q party of fifteen immigrants,
for whom he found homes in that local
ity. Mr.. Vandiver week before last To-
Gated eighty-hve persons in Sheridan
and Thomas counties, which record IS
hard to beat He knows thoroughly eY-
cry foot of vacant land in the counties
/ above mentioned and is, consequently,
never at a loss to fnG desirable land for
those IN search Of It. His knowledge of
the country and straightforward way of
doing business make his services valua-
bic and much sought after He is a
thoroughbred and can pace mile with
the best OF them,- Oberin Herald,
al -&CL4cALS are dlu1USG EOmDlGb6o
for the establishment In this city of q
prohibition newspaper under the man
agement Of a gentleman of ability and
character. A fund of six hundred dol
lars has been raised Tor that purpose,
but the projectors want TO start on g
sound financial basis and desire TO raise
eleven hundred dollars before purchas.
ing their outfit. When established II
viii be the organ OF the party In this
district and advocate the thorough or.
ganlZauon Of the party In every county
In TINS district These gentlemen in