Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-01
FRAMES AND TRI

one to 60 behind the bars?
Read R. A. Handy's letter in this
paper and then go to talking up the
sugar plant subject.
The Chicago Fair is selling goods
at astOnishingly low prices now be
fore Rosenberg starts for Europe in
April.
The Smith Center Pioneer says
that town viii by March Is have
water works and electric lights In Op-
Grafton.
In this paper may be seen arti-
cIes copied from other papers men
tiOning two proposed railroad. for
Phillips county Let them come.
Last Sunday and Monday trains
were behind time on the Rock Island
owing to heavy SHOWS in Colorado.
The storm was not heavy here.
Hard and soft coal kept by j. H.
Decker & Son Can order by tele-
phone or leave your orders with VIM.
BOughtOn, who will deliver the same.
The supper given by the ladies
Of the M. b. church in Cummings
new brick last Tuesday evening was
well attended we learn and was an
enjoyable affair.
Blind Boone has a watch made
especially for him. It strikes like a
clock. 1t tells the time of day, the
day Of the week, the day of the month
and the changes Of the moon. It cost
$1,000
Charles O. Wilcox, aged q, was
married to Miss Della M. Curl aged
10, Rev. TheO. Bracken, at his resi-
dence on Sunday The contract.
ing parties are both from Long Is
land this county.
The Oberlin Opinion saws there
have been in all II cases of smallpox
and of vairOloid in that place. There
were no deaths and the sick people
are getting well rapidly. No further
trouble is anticipated.
Who will draw up and publish a
call for township or county conven-
tOn to discuss the sugar mill matter?
Let some leading business men and
farmers set the ball to rolling. The
whole county is ripe for action and
only needs a leader.
Some railroad men recently of
fered to purchase the lots owned by
5. q. Cummings just south of Sena-
tor Changers residence. They did
not make bargain. Every now and
then strangers are quietly buying
PhIIhpsburg real-estate.
Seventy subscribers to the HER
AID made payments on their sub
scrlptiOn account in January. Over
100 paid IN December. We are proud
Of our list Of subscribers. There are
some who have not yet come in. We
are looking for them.
E. H. Evans has recently made a
great Improvement in his meat mar
ket Everything inside looks neat
and clean. MIR. Evans has had long
experience as butcher and always
furnishes his customers with the best
meat the market affords.
Jacob Thompson, Of Agra, was
several weeks canvassing for sub
scrlbers to books in southern Nebras-
ka- He says the people up there
complain more of hard times than
they do IN Phillips county and money
IS much scarcer up there than here.
The Colorado papers state that
there IS more snow in the mountains
now than fell there all last winter.
Heavy snow In the mountains means
more water IN the streams, and more
ram on the plains next season than
there was last, and all this means
great crops IN 1889 for Kansas.
Blind BoOne's concert last Fri
day night at Cummings Hall was
largely attended and we learn the
Company cleared about $4,000. The
entertainment was good Boone is a
musical prodigy. Miss Stella, the
lady vocalist pleased our people
highly.
On Wednesday morning a switch
was left open near the Rock Island
depot The morning west bound pas
senger train ran off on the side track
and cOllided with an engine on the
turn-table. The engineer of the in
coming train had applied the air
brakes so that no serious damage was
done to the engine but it was a smart
little jar.
As the section men were on their
way to work the other morning they
discovered a broken rail east Of here.
The passenger was already In sight
but a signal was given for them to
stop. After examining the rail the
engineer run the train slowly until
they had passed over in safety. The
rall was then replaced by anew one.
agra Graphic.
Our old friend EIihu Hill saws
when he dies he wishes to be wrap
ped In the American flag before his
body is laid away. We have agreed