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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
Ash Creek and vIeLnLty.

We are anXiOuslY awaiting for ''gen-
tie spring. to show up, so We can write
spring poetry, shave off our beard, and
60 fishing, and otherwise enjoy OuTself.
OF course spring work is Of secondary
Importance.
Speaking of spring work. reminds us
that we have seen a number of Ourfarm-
ers threshing, gathering corn and haul
ing hay. This ndmOnishes US to s'dig
our 'taters in the fall.''
There are quite d number of new COM
ers in our neighbOrhOCd. Some of them
have taken land, so that now every va
cant eighty and forty is taken.
Others have not yet taken land, among
them, Bent HaIe's new bog, and F. G,
JohnsOn's new girl.
Some improvements are being made.
Among them we note a we'll at MIR. D.
r. CIark's, only AZ feet deep, on one of
the highest ridges in this part of the
county. q, w. Adams did it with his
sod house on the claim of Mr., Frank Ar
nod, new conner,
Mr.. J. W. Brady is also building him
self a house on the forty which he re
Gently pre-empted.
ESD. MiddlebrOok has a new span of
mules, also several head of COWS. Yer
Ily the esquire" seems about to ''get
there
Mr. Henry Miller cOntemplates fenc-
ing a 2UO acre pasture.
j NJ. Highly has begun the huge task
of breaking out 90 acres Of his farm
Hurrah for him.
Fall grain looks well. PED.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04

The Phillipsburg young folks should
come down to the metropolis and let
our girls and boys learn them how to
skate. 1t is hard work for a person
with large feet to learn to skate on or
binary sized skates, but when it comes
to the size of feet. Phillipsburg Just
''walks away with the cake We ex-
amined several pairs of skates, sent
down from that village for repairs, and
We know whereof we speak when we say
that we knew that they had been worn
by some of the bon ton of our neigh DOR
ing town just by ''the looks of 'em, -
CKirwin Republican.
After the skates were repaired they
were taken over to the Kirwin rink as a
matter of curiosity, and the young folks
there would hardly believe but what
they were mere toys. s'They are too
small for any human being,'' muttered
Kirwin belle, as she squeezed her feet
into a pair of baby cabs. al never
would have Believed that the Phillips
burgers were such tiny people, - muir
INJURED another masher; as she struck
a thirteen foot stride on a pair of lawn
mowers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04

When the crimson tints the orient,
there IS something painfully touching
in the significant silence that brOods
over the 6en-hOuses since the Presoy-
terY met here.
A celebrated philosopher has said
that every man should do one Of three
things-either write a book, raise fam
lily or set a tree. The writer Of this To-
cal has set a tree.
The Senior Editor of the HERALD and
J. F. Morse, Esq, went 10 AtchisOn
Tuesday morning. As they contemplate
a run 10 Kansas City they viii probably
not be home before Monday
Several persons were awakened last
Wednesday night by the terrific clap
of thunder spoken of in another place
in this issue, but thinking that it was
only Dan Smith at the skating rink,
they turned over on their pillows. and
relapsed into a gentle snoOze.
Judge Spaulding. postmaster at this
place, has Just received a circular to
correct his account in the sum of eight
cents. This is the second correction
during his whole term Of Office up to
the present time And yet this IS re
publican administration but it is good
enough for US. 1t is to be hoped that q
democratic administration may show up
as we'll
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
Birthday Partv

On Friday, March q, 1885, a house
tull of the friends and relatives of MIR
and Mrs b Smith met at their resi-
dence on Biz creek for the purpose Of
celebrating Mrs. Smiths twenty ninth
birthday. They were well pleased with
the presents they received and to know
they had so many kind friends, but sor-
~ they brought such a snow storm.
But we will say it has never been our
good fortune to attend a more pleasant
party and we feel sure that all the guests
went away happy, if they did have to
90 in the snow storm, We trust that
happiness and prosperity may follow
then all along the way.
PENCILING-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04

Mr.. T. n. Jones, abstracter in the
Office Of the Register Of Deeds, furnish
ed as a complete list Of transfers OF real
estate in the county for the week ending
April lsts but owing to q lack Of space
we are compelled TO give only a s7nop-
sis, The transfers are mostly farm
property and number in all, 40 Total
consideration S35s391 9S, The cOnsld-
Grafton would be much larger on a fair
estimate owing to the fact thai few OF
the transfers were simply hnmesteads
from the government TO the grantee.
I he consideration ruHs as high as 3D.
GOO per quarter section. These figures
show that Phillips county lands are
booming.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
The LIghtnIng.s Freals.

Last Wednesday the weather was IN
usually warm all day, and in the even
ing OminOus clouds gathered in the south
Illuminated by occasional flashes flight
ming. About midnight the elements be-
came exceedingly uneasy, and to cap
the climax, q terrific bolt of lightning,
accompanied by a tremendous clap of
thunder, startled the whole town. The
electric current struck 81 fence post about
200 feet east of w. T. WoOdward's barn
and followed the wire around to a nav
stack, setting it on fire. The people Of
the town turned out enmasse, and by
hard work succeeded in saving the barn,
although The hay was burned up. The
wind blew hard and it was almost a mi
raculOus escape for the whole MOI theast
part Of the town. 1t was rather a pc
culiar freak that the lightning performed.
The wire fence extended in three dIrec-
tons, like a letter 7, and after shivering
the first post IL struck, it ran about 200
feet IN all three directions, in two of
which it siiVered fence posts where it
ran into the ground, and in the other
instance communicated with the hay
stack, 1t must have been indeed a fear
full charge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04

In place of that constantly tired out feeling,
Ayers Sarsaparilla wiz give You strength and
energy
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
CROW

Crow 's.wind mill is out of whack.
Scott Hart has dug a well on his
place, and says there's no place like
home
Foster PIummer has built a house.
Who is going to cook for you, FosterP
Geo. Widner has gone into partner
ship with +. Dixon, the new firm will
deal in groceries, clothing queeusware,
boots and shoes.
We are glad to see Brother Reader to
the front again, it was the HERALD
corps Of correspondents that was won
dering what had become of him,
There has been some prairie fires
north of Crow and it IS said that Ben
Marks had part Of his corn criO burnt
and lost lot of corn. IL seems that a
vigilance committee and a spell Of lynch
law is the only means of preventing
prairie fires.
Chas. Hart has gone to New York.
and after visiting relatives and friends
there will 90 TO North Carolina, and
thence back to Hastings, Neb.s where
he will practice law. We are sorry to
lose him as he is a promising young
man and Just the kind we need IN this
community.
Mr. Editor, what is the matter with
your proof reader? we have been
tackled BY some of your patrons for
mis- axes in last weeks communication
which we would like to correct, it was
Miss IiSsie Plumb, instead of Lizzie,
who taught In district 2, and it was
the Elm Log school house instead of the
Ellen school house.
On Wednesday, last, there was a
meeting of old soldiers at the Crow
school house for the purpose of Organi-
ling q @. A r. post. TheO. David
sun was chosen temporary chairman,
Isaac Dixon secretary. The question:
was discussed at some length by several
speakers. and all present expressed
their willingness 20 Join. A committee
n finances and organization was selee-
ted. and it was resolved TO hold another
meeting on Saturday. April IL. TO az
range for permanent organization
II seems that such a project is feasible
as there are many old soldiers in this
vicinity, TAT.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
A WonderfuI DIsooverv.

Consumptives and all who suffer from
any affection of the throat and lungs,
can find a certain cure in DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. Thou
sands of permanent cures verify the
truth of this statement. No medicine
can show such a record of wonderful
cures. Thousands of once hopeless suf-
ferers now gratefully proclaim they owe
their lives to this New Discovery. 1t
will cost you nothing TO give it a trial
Free trial bottles at Sprague's drug
store. Large bottles S1.O0.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
Vey Remarkable Recovery:

Mr.. Geo. Y. Willing. of Manchester,
Mich. writes: ''My wife has been al
most helpless for five years, so helpless
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. She used two bottles of Electric
Bitters and IS so much improved that
she is able now to do her own work. -
Electric Bitters will do all that is claimed
for them. Hundreds of testimonials at
test their great curative powers Only
fifty cents a bottle at Sprague's.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
share Holders Notice,

Notice is hereby given that tbe annu-
al electiOl of Directors Of the Phillips
County Agricultural and Mechanical
Association will be held at the Office Of
the secretary, in the city of Phillipsburg.
on Tuesday, April IA, 1885, at O'Clock
p. n. j. ". LOWE,
March u, 1885. Secretary.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
Belmont township.

School has closed in District No. 10.
F. Z. Robinson was the teacher, and in
justice TO him we are pleased To say that
the school was in every way well CON
Quoted Mr. Robinson took especial
pains 20 look carefully after the school
property. Although but a boy in years,
Frank is truly q man. We wish him
continued success. WIDE-AWAKE.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
Election Notice.
State of Kansas.
Phillips County, IS
City of Phillipsburg,

State of Kansas.
Phillips County, >ss
City of Phillipsburg,
The City of Phillipsburg, to whom
these presents shall come, Greeting:
Know ye, that on the 9th day Of
April, A. d. 1885, there will be a gener
al election held in the city of Phillips
burg. in said County and State. There
FORE, I, Q. A. Lewis, Mayor of the City
Of l'hiiipsbUrg, in said County and
Stale, by virtue of the authority in me
vested, do, by this proclamation give
public notice that on the 9th day Of
April, A. d. 1885, there will De held
general city election and that there viii
be at that time chosen one Mayor, one
Police Judge, and i've COuncnmen Of
said city for the ensuing year, Votes
of electors for said offices will be re-
ceived In the Office Of the County Sher-
ID at the Court House iB said city OF
Phiilipsburg I do hereby appoint C.
II. LefingWeI, n. Polling and s. c..
Cummings to act as judges, and Frank
Mckay and Ed. E. DAYS. as clerks OF
said election on said day.
In witness whereof / have heTeuntO
set my hand at my Office in said city,
this 2lst day of March, A, ID 1885.
G.. A. LEWIS, Mayor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
For Sale.

A good span of mules, weight about
100 each; also new wagon and har-
ness. Property THE residence of Hen
ry Churchill, 4 miles northwest of Phil
lipsburg. m21w2
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04
For Sale
mowers.

One horse, one colt. one COW, lumber
wagon and set of double harness. In
quire at Phillips County Bank. a4tf
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-04

Don't lie awake nights and coughs Ayers Cher
~ Rsctoral " III relieve the cough and induee a
good nights rest.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-05-28
CARRYING A BURDEN.

Few classes of business men whose
operations IRE at all extensive are
carrying such burden of debt as has
been assumed by the average ranch
man of the west. They are generally
Of moneyed class, but have as rule
not only invested their surplus, but
have drawn largely upon their per-
sonal credit. So great is tho general
confidence of these men in the future
of their business that they have not
hasitated to avail themselves Of out
side financial aid, in enlarging it to
an extent that they would regard as
hazardous If directed in any other
channel. In the face of Journalistic
f'lrore In many parts Of the east over
the wild chances Of profit in bus;;-
ness SO liable to be affected by ias
rigors OF the season, those who are
best informed concerning the eondi-
tions surrounding ranching manifest
a constantly increased faith In tho
business. And ko1 do the facts as
developed tally with this prevalent
feelingg What class Of men are APP
parently less liable 10 financial en-
harrassmerlt, il We areto Judge by the
records OF commercial reliability Is
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-05-28
THE TREASURY FIND.

In speaking of the recent discovery
made in the Treasury at Washington
the Philadelphia News says:
The recent find In the Treasury
count Of a box containing old jewels
and a flask of altar of roses is de-
scribed as the property of President
Monroe, given to him by The japanese
government. It Is sn:d that these
gifts were placed In the Treasury Until
Congress should give It's consent to
the acceptance of the articles. As we
had no relations with the japanese
government Of any kind until 1857
this story cannot stand There is no
evidence that they were intended for
President Monroe. There is quito
good evidence that these articles
should go to the descendents of An
drew jackson. During Jackson's sec
nnd term The Bey Of Morocco sent
him a small cargo of presents, which
included m Arabian horse, q lion, ii
jar Of the altar OF roses worth more
than its weight in gold. and q number
of Jewels for the decoration Of swords,
The horsc snd Eon were sclI at aue=
!!..1n. s
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-05-28

GEN. CUSTER'S WIFE IN DAKOTA.

Like most people who have gained
their knowledge OF Indians In that
direct and practical manner, Mrs
Custer does not appear to have found
much in them CT their way of life to
be admired. She grants that under
certain circumstances they can be
brave, and even self-5acrifcing, but
they ere fundamentally cruel and
tres.cheaous Their ena:ty towards the
white race is not only fixed and dead
ly, but essentially oaroarous. They
are not content with merely killing a
white man, they delight to torture
him to Death by inches, and to tear
the body apart and burn ii afterwards.
Their treatment of prisoners, especi-
oily women, is such a5 will not boar
plain telling, and of course Mrs. Gus
ter was in imminent fear always of
falling into their hands
My danger in ills connection she
s,.ys, was twofold. I was in peril
from death or capture By the savage5,
and liable to be killed by ny own
friends to :nreTent my capture. [ had
been subject OF conversation among
the officers, being the only woman,
who, as a rule, followed the regiment,
and without discussingit it much in my
presence. the universal! understanding
was that any one having me in charge
in an emergency where there was
close danger Of my capture should
shoot me instantly"
More than once she found herself
in a situation where it seemed to her
this alternative would have to be exc
cuted to save her from worse fate
than death; but fortunately she al
ways escaped at no more serious cost
than fright that left her limp and
unconscious After certain expert
enee Of that kin:', she says, the Gen
eral thought she might rather not go
with him in advance of the troops, but
che insisted upon continuing to do SO,
not because she was 50 courageous,
sEe readily admits, but because st
was infinitely worse to be left behind"
imagining what may be happening to
her husband.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-05-28
THE MORMON PROTEST.

The authorities of the Mormon
Church have sent to the President an
appeal for what they are pleased to
call justice, and protest against the
iniquity done by the United States
courts in sending holy saints to prison
for committing the crime of polyga-
my. Tie gist of their argument is
that polygamy is morally right be-
cause Brigham Young once said that
its Righteousness had been revealed
to him from heaven. But it is remem
bered that the doctrine of blood
atonement'' which was put into
practice in the Mountain Meadow
massacre and in many single murders,
was also justified by the Morrnons OH
the the ground cf revelation of the
Brigham Young sort. But the law os
the United States holds murder to be
crime and treats it as such in spite
Of anybody's revelation" to the CON
traTy. and precisely the same thing is
true Of polygamy. The protest goes
on to protest against the course of the
United States in making the con-
sciences of the people generally bind
ing upon those VINO think differently.
But that is precisely what we do in
the case OF other criminals. Many an
enterprising burglar would like to be
held exempt from punishment for his
offences On the ground that he does
not share the prejndices and consci-
entious scrupels of the community
generally as to the improperly of
house breaking.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-05-28

ranch property a common article un-
der the sheriff's lam me1? The fact
is. an execution issued against a
ranchman is d novel document indeed,
and there is many vide scope Of
bleak frontier on which such an in
strument has never been seen.
While this vindicates the conf
dence of catllemen, it is evidently
felt to be just rs well not to overdo
the thing of undertaking to do an i'm
mense business on slender capital.
The pressure Of the times is felt on
the plains of Montana, as we'll as else
where; and the effect is seen in a dis
position quite general net to enlarge
business operations too strongly at
the present time. There is no great
quantity of ranch stock on the mar
ket, and yet an occasional holder is
ready to ease himself of a load by sell
ling out Just now is a period of
quiet on the frontier; yet while but
little is being done in the way of
pushing the cattle industry, there ia
no tendency to encouragement, and
prospects are regarded with serenity
by those who, if there was any ground
for alarm, would be the first to discover
its existence. Nothing but the sudden
of malignant contagion
on the plains can seriously impair the
confidence of the cattlemen.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-05-28
THE QUARANTINE.

The Pioneer, published at Mandan,
Dakota, says of our quarantine:
Montana's quarantine against cattle
coming from Missouri, Illinois and
other States is causing great loss and
hardship to stockmen. 4 Mr.. Fly,
who has 1000 head of cattle destined
to Splingdale, Montana, has been at
the Mandan stock yards for two days
because the quarantine officers refuse
to allow him to enter the Territory,
his stock having come from Missouri.
Although they are apparently free
from disease, he will be compelled to
turn them on the range this side of
the Montana line and herd them for
so days. He has some $4,000 or S20,--
600 invested in this lot of cattle and
will have to buy ponies and hire herd
ers to take care Of them. This quarv
antine business of tho stockmen cE
Montana will virtually drive out an
the small dealers and stcckmen, COM
pelling them to buy their young bulls
from large owners at their own fig
ures. The stockmen's association Of
Montan has evidently been arranging
for the present state of affairs to
profit by it, as they have an unusual
number Of young bulls on hand for
the occasion. A retaliation Of quar-
antine on the part of Illinois would
entirely destroy the stock interests OF
the Territories.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-05-28
Rising STOCK SOUTH.

Tho New York Herald thinks it
Strange that the Southern States,
with an abundance Of rich grasses,
short, mild winters and comparative
rearness to the great Northern mar
kets, should let the greater part of the
cattle trade remain in the hands of
men in the Far West" If the Herald
would reflect that quite one half of
the stocknen in the Far West, are
Southe~n-born mon, it might con-
clude that there are peculiar reasons
why the Southern States do not, with
there mild climate and cheap lands,
engage extensively in raising cattle.
The chief reason is probably what
turned back d shrewd man who went
from Idaho to the New Orleans Ex-
position this winter, and who on
going determined to inyestigat, the
matter end see if a master-stroka Of
business could not be mals by gath
ing up a large tract OF land and stock
ing it with cattle He did investi-
gate and returned without embarking
In the enterprise He found that the
insects in that region in the hot
weather neutralized all the advantag-
es of rich grasses, and added to them
was tick which prevailed every
where, and which, burrowing into an
imals, made it impossible to fatten
them except by stall feeding and con
stant attention These drawbacks
tie sufficient to explain why South
ern men prefer to come West to Sc
cure stock ranges rather than to en-
gage in the business in the homes OF
their childhood. How widespread
these objections may be of course we
do not know, but fancy that they pre-
vail generally wherever there are
woods and streams south of the south
ern boundary Of Kentucky. There
are things worse than even cold win
ters on beef cattle. Salt T.. Tribune
The value of the hay crop of Mon
tana would surprise the people if
complete statistics could be gathered.
In anti-bellum days, once when taunt-
ed by a Southern Congressman
Thaddeus Stephens, Pennsylvania's
great Commoner, said: SsYou say
cotton is king;' yet Itell you that the
hay crop of the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania is worth more money
than the cotton product Of all the
Southern States" And he ha9 spo-
ken the truth, though the proposition
was startling one at the time. Few
men realize the yastness Of this crop,
and fewer still the important part it
plays in the npbuilding Of happy
and contented people A hay press
should be found on every oonsidera
BILE farm In the Territory To bale
hay is the most economical and CON
venient way Ct preparing it for the
market and renders it less liable to
damage Miner