Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-30
On the CIRCUIT.

company with part OF Phillips eoun-
tvs delegation, We started from Phil
to Atwood to attend the ju-
diciaI convention of the Seventeenth
Judicial District
We crossed the county to Republi-
can City by team, noticing with much
pleasure the immense fields Of excel
lent corn, winch Is now an assured
crop. And, by the way, it is not out
Of place right here to state that not
withstanding the reports from the
west part Of the State that the corn I
crop out there IN many localities is
what we would call a failure here.
The small grain, however, where they
had any, seems to have been very /
good.
We enjoyed the hospitality Of Mr..
and Mrs 0. Reubin at noon, after
which we resumed our journey to-
ward the great State of Nebraska.
The trip across was made in a rig
that was as difficult to keep aboard OF
as a broncho j. B. Woods showed
that he was active as well as good
looking, and determined to return to
the bosom of his family in statue quo.
Arrived at Republican City, we
were joined by j. H Young, D. J.
Kinsey and d. L. Smith, delegates,
and editors j. n. Curl and J. e. Gar
ner, Of the Long Island Leader and
AImena AdUa9oce, respectively, who
were on their way to the front in the
interest of their papers.
After supper at the Eagle Hotel
the whole party boarded the train
and ran as far as Orleans, where, the
train not making connection with the
train on the branch, we stopped over
at the Gardner House until the next
morning.
Orleans is a nice little town, but,
like many other Nebraska towns, it is
cursed by those Sample rooms" etc.
We understand that the college at
this place is about to suffer foreclosure
of a mortgage, which is held against
it by someone. It looks to one from q
distance as though the people of Or
leans had best do away with their sal
loon and do something for the relief
Of their college.
The trip up the branch lead through
a fine country, and many nice towns
but as this country is well known tt
most of Phillips county's people, we
Will say nothing about the trip, but
will only say that when our sister
State can gel cut of the woods, into
the open country of prohibition, she
will be a great State indeed.
We arrived at Atwood about noon
where the real state Of affairs began
to dawn upon US, when we saw the
inaccessibility of the town, and the
lack of Accommodations for the dele
gates. We put up at Bilford's, wher,
everything possible wa sdOne for oul
comfort.
As your correspondent %. RI ha
given a very good write-up of tn,
convention, which, as was remarked
by Elder Turner, smacked strongly o
Arkansaw.
= On the morning of the Dist we wer,
! loaded into a four horse wagon, ant
while our loquacious John, who wa
a fair sample of the great army 0
the faithful unwashed, urged HI
steeds over the dusty roads, we Will
d. ed away the time with song and story
while we coursed the thirty miles tina
lay between Atwood and the beauti
full city Of Colby, where we boarde
the $3.50 train for Phillips county.
Some of the things which we note
were:
, That Atwood and Rawlings count
seem to be from s to Is years benin
e the civilization of our great State, an
4 as long as they are controlled b
s Moab Amalek Wilson their futuE
will be dark, indeed;
- That Frank Fuller, the seeretar
4 of the barb wire convention, W.
fuller Of beer, bombast and bulldO.
ing than he was of business an
brains;
5. That J. II. Brenaman, chairman
OF the same, woke up the wrong passe
- ger when he tried to shove ''our Dan
That John B. Hamilton, Cap. Par
i. er, ct al, varifed the old saying tn
. ''evil communications corrupt 90,