Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15

PERSONALS

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-ElwoOd Dean, of Long Island
has returned from Oregon.
Miss Minnie Mcbride, ofOsborn.
is here visiting her aunt Mrs. DR..
Wallace.
Miss Gussie Young left Thurs
day for Salina, where she will attend
College.
L Ainslie, Of the firm of Melon
aid q Co, IS IN Chicago this week on
business.
Sheriff Mcclure and lady visited
friends IN Logan Sunday and Mon
day.--LOga11 Freeman.
We learn that Frank R. Weeks
purchased ticket a few days ago for
Portland, Oregon and has gone.
j. R. Donaldson, of the extreme
south part Of the county was caller
on tuesday. He had a good crop
last year and is well pleased with
Kansas
w. H Stauber, of Solomon town
ship, was a caller on Monday. Like
other Phillips county farmers he
thinks the move to raise cane' here
is a good one.
L. A. Bariteau, auditor Of Howell
Bros. lumber company, was in town
last Saturday. He did not have the
smallpox at Marvin as was reported.
-ObeTiia1 Eye.
Sam Rosenberg is this week in
Long Island assisting his brother in
repairing and arranging what goods
We're saved from the fire. The brother
lost nearly $4,000 by the fire.
%. E. johnson has returned from
his Ohio visit. He left his sister bet
ter. He returns to Phillipsburg an
enthusiast for Kansas especially our
grand climate and fine roads.
H Michalisky, of the well known
firm of Rosenberg q MichaIisky. con
templates taking a trip east soon. He
will go to buy goods, but will also
visit his brother in New York city.
R. A. Handy, president of the
State Bank, has returned from his
southern trip. While absent he
gained much information in relation
to the sugar manufacturing business.
VIM. Spurlock made a business
trip to Phillipsburg, and Mankato
last week. He was in the telegraph
Office at MankatO when he first heard
of the fire at hOme.-LOpg Island
Leader.
E. S. Jackson, of RushvilIe town
ship, will remove next week to his old
home IN Morgan county, Ohio. He
has not sold his farm but concludes
he will leave it as he thinks he can
do better in Ohio than Kansas.
Hon. Dan Smith, Phillips Coun-
ties respected Representative in the
Legislature, was in PhilIipsburg last
Tuesday. We did not have an op-
pOrtunity to converse with him about
Legislative matters. He returned to
Topeka on Wednesday.
DIR. Taylor, of Logan, was in
town last Monday. He is still suffer
ing from the hurt received by being
thrown from his carriage several
months ago. We were very sorry to
hear him say that he would always
have a crooked and weak right arm.
-Ex-county treasurer, Jacob Nipps
was a welcome caller at this Office
Tuesday. Mr.. Nipps feels the effect
Of his late difficulty with the county
commissioners very keenly and saws
it will go hard with him at his stage
Of life to surmOunt the trouble. KiT-
acj'1 Chief.
j. G.. Chester, of Solomon town
ship, called to pay for his HERALD
last Monday. He says he has taken
it for nine years and though he re-
Gently discontinued some other pa
pers he could not keep house salts
factOrily without the HERALD. He
has. resided here fifteen years, raised
corn last summer that went 40 bush
els to the acre and has not missed
raising a fair crop since 1881. He
likes Phillips county. He has forty
head Of cattle and they are wintering
nicely.
Mr.. Clay Plotner, of Brown
county, this state, visited his parents
here last week, MIR. and Mrs. Samuel
PlOtner. He related to US how a
farmer Of his acquaintance In western
Kansas raises corn when his neigh
bOrs fail from the effects of hot winds.
He plants the field In rows of corn
running east and west-ten rows Of
common corn then ten rows Of sor-
ghum, thus alternating them over the
entire field The sorghum keeps
green and protects the Indian corn
from the effect Of the hot blasts. He
says any farmer in Kansas can raise
good corn this yvav