Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-03-16
PHILLIPSBURG.
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WN. RUSSELL.


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WI. BISSELL.
VIM Biesell. whose name is known by hum
dredg who read this issue OF the HERALD, is a
native OF lndianai was born March ID le5i,
and lived in his native state until he became
of age. He then went west, arriving al Ne
braska City in May. 1858 and engaged in gov
winter of $3.50 carried the L. S. Mail from Ne
braska City TO MHrysyille, Kansas, distance
Of 100 miles, through southeast Nebraska.
with but four pOstOfnces on the route. In the
spring of 1889 he, with others, started fOI the
when 40 miles above Fort Kearncy, on the
Platte River, the tide OF emigration being
halted, and turned back with the reports OF
returning miners that the whole thing
humbug. he determined TO 20 back TO Butler
County, Nebraska. and open up farm OpO-
site Columbus, where ii large settlement was
coInfy and i'm the fall of that wear. the conn
~ was organized and he was elected surveyor,
but owing TO many OF the settlers leaving the
county the organization was abandoned
and the next year he sold his place in Butler
and moved TO Hail County, where he buiit the
hrst house ON the south side OF the Platte,
opposite Grand Island, when he opened up
another farm and remained until the summer
of lsGi.
while making hay, news came of the battle
OF bull Run when he immC diatciy sold his
farm, and returned TO Indiana determined TO
OF the Union. EnliStinE i'm 18th Indiana Cav
airy, company NJ was soon commissioned
First Lieutenant After two years OF active
service lie settled on the old homo farm at
Boone Grove. Indiana, where two more years
OF has NE was spent. me luth OF october.
1856 at Valparaiso, Indiana he was married TO
Miss Mary NJ. Culkins, to whose helpful assist
dncc and wise council he iScrbcS much Of his
financial success ana pleasant home sur
roundinEs. They have one daughter. Myrta,
and one son, Guy, who add much TO the
pleasures uf the home circle.
Being OF AN active, energetic nature he was
soon on the move again and landed at Fort
Dodge, Iowa, where he engaged in the hard
ware and implement business until the fall OF
1879 when PhiIIfDsbursr took him in and
Il = a "a O.
One half OthiS farm is now i'm the town site,
which was laid Oft iii BIZ town lots, and TO
show his generosity, he never sold enough
lots TO pay the donations he made 10 the city
when any enterprises were on hand. In 1871
Mr.. Blsscll was elected Register of Deeds and
served TWO terms. He is ut present one of the
Directors Of the Board OF Trade, and interest
ed in our banking houses. He owns the cele-
bratcd Bssell Place. one of the most desirable
additions TO the city, joins the old town on the
south and is only 50 rods from the court house
ana pOsIolnce THESE lots are oONl4O feet,
with broad streets and alleys Lots in this adj
dtiOn are now on sale on good terms to per
sons desiring 70 improve On TINS ADDITION is
located Mr.. BisSellS residence, one Of the
ments water, gas, heated by steam. etc
In conclusion we will say he is Il man of
ability, a refined gentleman, and all seeking Il
nome or good Investment Will do well to call
and get prices. He owns the property and
can give better prices and terms than third
parties. His facilities are the very best and
the honorable, straight forward manner in
which be trpnsacts his business, at' once en-
titles him TO the esteem and confidence of all.
Lawyers, Office Over Post Omce-W. II.
Pratt.
No historical, commercial or business re-
view OF any community is complete without
due mention is made of its legal representa-
tives 1t is with pleasure we present to our
readers brief sketch of the Individual mem
hers of the firm of Pratt Lewis. Mr.. Pratt
the senior member of this firm, who is a ma
tive OF York State, received only a common
school education. On the SJth of April, 1872,
he left his native State and came to Sunny
Kansas. The first year of his sOjOurn here
capacity he served three years. IN the mean
time Mr.. Pratt devoted much of his time to
the reading of law, and being blessed with an
tLuuSs utIly uSeP' Iaf-seelng lnIelIecI ana re
tentlVe mind, soon qualified himself and was
admitted to the bar in 1876. The citizens OF
lhe clIY ana county approaching the qualities
which always characterized the subject of
this sketch, elected him in the fail OF 1877
county attorney, in which capacity he served
two terms, or four years. We next find him
Judge of the 18th Judicial District, serving
years, since Wnlch time ne has prdctlced his
CHOSEN profession, having refused to run for
the second term.
C. A. Lewis, the Junior member of this firm
Is 8uatlNc of Illinois. Leaving there while
yet in his infancy, moved to Iowa, where he
4ttended school and graduated at the Upper
at BelOit, Kansas, having been admitted 10
the bar in the same year. He then moved to
Kirwin, Kansas, where he had charge Of the
land itigatiOns in the L. = Land Office until
1881. He then came to this city when he was
appointed County superintendent OF Public
Instruction, serving an uneNpired term. He
was then elected and served until 1851 when
he purchased half interest in the HERALD
which he successfully managed until March,
1886. when he sold his interest and formed
the present partnership with Mr.. Pratt Mr..
Lewis is now one of the directors in the Telc-
phone Company and Board of Trade, also
Pratt n Lewis are also memhcrC of the Bar
association and have been admitted to prac-
legal work extends aS far west as the COlOra-
do line and their books show that they 90
onc-third more business than any firm i'm the
nMortnW tSt. Ihey are local attorneys Tor the
j. 4 NJ r. K. Pratt Lewis are known rs
men OF unusual talent both as advisers aud
cuuhSelorS, aud they stand 10 day without
peer in the county finished and brilliant
men. Their library is the largest in the cOuu-
", aud Wen may they be proud OF II. These
gentlemen do, in connection with their law, ii
Eeneral real estate, exchange and loan bust
ness, ana strangers are invited to call and
make their office their headquarters while in
GEO. W. sTIISON & son.
Practical Criminal and Civil Lawyers, Coliec
tions. Loan, Real Estate Agents aud
NOtarieS Public. South Side
Square.
The wonderful development of the real es-
tate and other enterprises of Phiihpsburg
ana the rapidly increasing values of farm
and city property, render the financial inter
est involved of great Importance. No form
OF investment has become so popular with
{ut conservative investing public as well Sc
iecJed real estate. No investment in the en-
llfc west Offers such sure and safe returns
rs does Phillips County and Philipsburg
property, and no city in tine west has more
soAu and reliable aggregation OF real estate
Arlns than do we. Prominent amor them
MemenuOn the reliable house of Geo. ".
StlnSOn q Son. These gentlemen established
themselves in our city in the year 1873. They
are natives of Ohio and Iowa They have by
energy and close application to their rapidly
Increasing business built up very prosper
Gus trade, and have become noted as the
most successful criminal and civil lawyers
IN the country. A full list OF city and
suburban and farm property with prices viii
De sent on application. In connection with
their real estate and law they negotiate and
place loans on city and farm property, hay
leg the agencies for some of the best com
panies in the east. Mr.. @. W. StinSOn. the
is