Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-12-11
Northwest kansas


Smith Center has the prospect of a
number of substantial brick buildings
next spring.
The skating craze is not yet declared
off at Lenora. The rink there is run
ing in full blast.
A prOtraeted meeting has just closed
at Cheesmans Norton county. About
thirty persons made public expression
of a resolve to live right
Smith Center has several railroads in
view and the Bulletin thinks they have
/ prospects Tor at least three lines.
Jewell county's corn crop this year is
/ estimated at 4,CUO,513 bushels, 200
/ bushels for every man woman and child
/ in the county.
Rev. Jas. A Critics organized a
/ Presby terrain Church at the new town
/ of Sheridan, with . membership of
eighteen recently.
/ The growth of Mankota. the past
/ year. IS shown BY the increase OF bush
ness Of the pOstOfice, which is given at
about 20 per cent.
The city calabOose received its first
/ inmate, Henry North, last Saturday.
Henceforth it will be known as 'aFOrt
NOrth,' 1t having been previously
agreed upon that it was TO be named
after its first occupant.-HOXie Sentinel,
An Anli-Horse-Thie Association was
organized at this place last Wednesday.
The officers are-'FhOs. Ramsey, Presi-
dent; s. T. Mitchell, Vice-President,
d. Mckinley, Secretary. About 20
members were enrolled, with a pros
pect for a large increase in numbers.
Meetings will be held twice q month
Gaylord Herald.
The Santa Fe road is going to take
possession of Northwestern Kansas in
the next two or three years. They have
decided, already, to build TO Abilene,
and will extend from there. Northwest /
ern Kansas real estate is the best thing
to fasten O now. The Southern Kan .
sas sand hills have been booming in the
past but the best part of the state is 90
ing to come in for its share OF the good
things nOw.-Obcrlin Herald.
Elsewhere will be found an item re-
garding another new railroad. This
settles it. Mankato is bound to have .
the following railroads: B. & NJ. Mo. /
p, u. P, A. L. & S. F., n. p, L. & /
w, Lake Shore Line, Hudson River II. /
r., Canadian Pacific, and Mexican Cen
trail. All these main lines, besides 81 /
dozen or more branch lines heading this .
way. Look out for the cars.-JeWell .
Co. Monitor.
The party who was advised through
the columns of the Leader TWO weeks /
ago 10 let up on the illegal sale of
WHISKY, failed to take the advice, con-
sequeHtly he was promptly run in yes
terday evening by Constable DarnelI
He was found at his dOggery over at
the depot, and jumped out from Il claw
set with six shooter in his hand and
covered the constable who stood and
looked at it as much as five minutes
and says it locked bigger than a can
non. He finally got the drop on him
and took him in. His trial came oil
this morning before Squire Hendricks
and he plead guilty to two counts, and
was fined one hundred dollars on each
and cost, amounting in AL to nearly two
hundred and ten dollars, and under the
prOhibitary law he has to 90 TO Jail Tor
sixty days, and according To the Squires
decision viii have TO remain there until
the fine aud costs are paid. Who saws
prohibition does not prohibit, especially
when the rights parties get alter them.
-Leno.a Leader.
Last night about $50 p. m, Els
worth Mccain, who was confined in the
county Jail for assaultIng an old German
lady in Webster township with IA revOl-
yer, and who made his escape last May,
made his second escape. 1t seems that
he had his plans all arranged before
hand and when Al PUgh, The jaiIOr,
came with his supper, he waited has OPP
pOrtUnity aud Knocked him headIOng
across the corridor of the Jail, then es-
Gaping through the outer door, ne
closed it and barred il leaving the jaiiOr
inside of the Jail, and himself outside.
He then made good ms escape. Mr..
Pugh called 10 Jack Tygart, who was
temporarily il the jail Tor insanity, to
unbar the door, but before he could eX-
plain TO him what he wanted, Mccain
was so far III the lead that pursuit was
impossible, it being then quite dark.
This is The second time that he has es-
capped from the jail, besides several
times from the officers. Mccain Is
bad man and II captured gam Will be
sent to the penitentiary where be be-
longs.-SmiLh Center Bulletin.
The region Of Northwest Kansas, so
long regarded as little more than a
desert, is undergoing changes which,
were 1t ever the desert cur Biographies
have depicted it, will in time alter the
entire nature of the country.
For thee years in succession rains
have been abundant, and the effect has
been The advancement OF long stem
grasses (nUlably "bIue slem'D and de
cadence Of the short, dry buffalo grass.
Probably that buffalo grass once seeded /
after the manner OF other grasses, but
IN the long battles with prairie fires, /
nature adapted herself to the occasion
and buffalo grass acquired the property
of spreading from the roots. 1t be-
came what the settlers call q 'thre .
grass D." Frequent rains while eucOur- /
aging the growth OF blue stem appear |
TO be foreign to the nature OF buffalo .
grass, and IL rOts and dies,
Wherever the virgin sod is turned the .
rains penetrate the earth To depths hlth- /
erto unreacued in the age of man. The /.
moisture is he'll in the ground the air
cooled yapOr condensed, and the hot
winds, generated by a retractiOn of the I
suns rays from the hard baked prairie /
will cease- In time, as the earth be- /
comes saturated with moisture, springs I
viii come into existence, and, assisted 4
by the hand OF man, embryonic forests F
Will soon dot the plains.
The mirage which once deceived the I
paTched emIgronU with visions OF Wav-
ing trees and sparkling waters grows /
less and less frequent under The subtle
changes In the atmosphere, and the less (
picturesque but Infinitely more practical
windmill encourages his progress in she
path OF the ''Star OF Empire"
50 many OF these changes have been