Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-11

Go to G7ebhart for dry goods.
His stock is complete. His prices suit
the hard times at
Rev. E. II. FIeisher will preach
next Sunday evening at the usual
time. His subject will be, THE origin
and personality of the devil" Every
body invited.
The Misses Prentice's entertained
a large number Of their gentlemen
and lady friends on last Monday eve
nIng in honor of their guest, Miss
Sanders.
A CARD will be at the BisselI
House, Phillipsburg, the last day of
the Reunion and would like to see
all who are Interested in SinaIoa.
&. j. LAMB.
"A horse belonging to P. B. Beach
ley was poisoned Monday night, and
legal steps have been taken to dis
cover the culprit, if possible. who
performed the cOwaTdly deed
( It is rumored that a Mr. Rush, liv-
( ing few miles below this city, on
the Prairie Dog Valley has discover
ed two foot thick vain OF coal Under
/ lying his farm, and will proceed in.
/ the near future to Unearth it.-LOng
! Island Leader.
DED.-On Wednesday, August p, 1890. Mr.,
/ Thomas Trull aged II yea RS, of droPsy.
We annouced last week the death
/ of his wife, and now. Just two weeks
/ later, the husband gees to meet her
! on the other shore IGr. Trull came
to Phillips county III 1872, and was
! one of It's early settler 's.-KirlCj7l In
dependent.
Justice is tardy bu t always well
! come to the parties deserving. Ly-
man E. Pickle received notification
last Wednesday that {. pension had
/ been granted to him dating from the
goth day Of March 1889, for $500 per
month. While this amount is not
commensurate with the case, it will
! tide him over the hard times and bene-
! fit him materially. We are glad to
note that the old veteran, afflicted
with many inirmities resulting from
/ severe service IN behalf Of his country,
/ is in even a trihing measure, to be
cOmpensated.-IHter Ocean.
District Court adjourned Mon
day night in order to elbow the Judge
an opportunity to attend the Demo
cratic Convention at Wichita. The
docket has been we'll disposed of, but
few cases remaining. The case of T.
j. Loar VS.. School Di strict No. 3 has
attracted much attention Mr. Loar
was represented by Spaulding &
/ q al Z
J. L. LOar; the District by @. A.
Lewis, StinsOn & Gill, and Joel Holt
The jury rendered a decision in favor
Of the District, after a ten hours de-
liberation. Mr.. LOar has appealed
the case to the Supreme Court.
Last evening a number of the
friends of VIM. Strettol, called on
him for the purpose of congratulate
ing him upon reaching the thirty-6fth
mile post Of his journey through life.
Although, comparatively speaking,
Mr.. StrettOn is a new conner yet his
friends are numbered by the score.
The party last evening was but an
other of the pleasant ones which have
enjoyed the hospitality Of the STREET
ton mansion. and left behind it many
] I6LuGL4DLduCC5 u AlILltE LCC4lll8.
Those present were o. w Bickford
and wife, 3. E. Hoffman and wife,
Frank StinsOn and wife, J. NJ Newell
) and wife, j. ii. Newell and wife, J. j.
LeCaIn and wife, F. D. Leavitt and
wife, G. w. Meldrum and wife, II. H
Bennett and wife, w. Il. Kratz and
/ wife, W. ". Gill and j. S. Dawson.
The work of constructing the
) water plant for this city IS progress
ing rapidly. The wells are finished
and the pipe and hydrants VIII all be
in place by the close of the week.
MIR. Chas. Tracy, the contractor in
charge of the brick and stone work,
has succeeded in filling his agree
ments to the entire satisfaction of the
Council, and all concerned, as the
/ pump house is one Of the neatest
: buildings IN the city, the brick being
of uniform color and laid IN a super
! Tor manner. Mr. Tracy is to be con
1 graduated upon his work, and we
trust It has proven sufficiently re
t numerative to pay him for his pains
3 taking. The pumps and boilers are
e expected daily, and it is the intention
S of the Council to finish up the wOrE
J. as rapidly as possible. 1t may inter
: est taxpayers to know that the works
r viii be completed with the amount o.
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