Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-07

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The banks in this neighborhood
are making no effort to collect money
on notes due, and are showing a laud
able effort to assist the people in their
present time of need
John G. GebharL has just receiv-
ed a new and elegant line of dry
goods. consisting of white goods
founcing, etc. Call aad see how
cheap you can buy a summer dress.
A United States bank examiner
was in the city Friday last, making
tho annual examination Of the affairs
OF the First National Bank. Need
less to say he found everything In the
very best condition.
Henry Churchill exhibited to us
yesterday a sample of alfalfa that
measured % inches, which he says
has only been growing about three
weeks, having had his hogs into it up
to that time.
William Ash, one of the yard
crew at this point, lost the ends of
two fingers on his left hand Monday,
while engaged in making a coupling.
DR.. Wallace amputated one of the fin
gers and made the sufferer as com
Portable as possible.
We understand that the enter
tainment at MARVIN Monday evening
was one of the best that was ever
given by that school The proceeds
will be used for the purchase of a
school library. Several Philhpsburg
people attended the entertainment
If you contemplate matrimony,
wish to entertain your friends, an
nounce the arrival OF an heir at your
home. are in need of calling cards,
the HERALD Office can supply your
wants, and do it up IN the latest style
and at low prices, quality of work be-
ing considered.
Services at the Baptist church
next Sunday as usual, when the pas
tor VIII preach at IL a. m from, "a
/ Special Favored People," and in the
evening at s from. '.Promptitude.' -
/ All are cordially invited to these SER
vices. Sunday school commences at
10 a. m. and the Mission Band at 3 P.
N.
Sem Rooney had the misfortune
10 loose his barn, corn cribs and a
quantity OF feed and seed Monday by
fire. Children and matches, separ-
ately necessities, but together very
troublesome, caused the loss. Mr..
Rooney lived just northwest of town,
and the fire is a severe loss to a very
worthy man.
The planet Mercury will pass
oyer the suns disk next Saturday
The ingress of the planet on the suns
surface will be visible about $3.50 p
m. The egress takes place after sun.
set. The diameter of Mercury is SC
small it will sbe necessary to use G
/ powerful field glass or a telescope tc
see the phenomenon. The eye should
be shielded by colored glass.
George L. Grabbles and Dor
Bodley, of Graham county, are now
confined at the county jail upon com.
mittment of H S. Brown J. P. of Lo
gan township. These people are con.
victed of having stolen lister, fined
$50 and costs each, and not having
the wherewith to liquidate the sen.
tence, will probably stay until let out
by the commissioners.
The 11-year old son of E. NJ. Du
vail, editor of tho Norton Courier &C
cidentaly shot himslf last week. H,
got a revolver and, as he thought
took the cartridges out, and wa
frightening the children by swapping
it at them. To show them that ther,
; was no danger he placed the pistol tx
his forehead pulled the trigger killing
himself instantly. The sympathy o
l the HERALD is extended to Bro. Du
vail.
There are two bogus Abstraction
; doing business in Smith county. They
do business under the names of u
NJ Homer. and Stevens & Warrens
Smith Centre, Kansas" There arr
r no such worthless living in this place
: and all abstracts that these swind
\ lers may make are fraudulent Leo
' out for them. The only bonafde alb
stractors IN town are Nelson & Uhl
= and Simpson & Deau-iSmith Cente
( Baz0o.
g Mr.. Theo. Smith will sell tn
+ Mccormick Harvesting Machines thi
= year. He tells Us the Mcconnell
Company are obliged to make at tn
5 rate of one complete machine ever.
+ minute OF the day in order to suppl
: their worldwide demand,-the Nc
!, Cormick being as well known on tn
e steps Of Russia, the plains of th
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