Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

annual elccllOU lot OluCbIh VI OH
post will take place at the hall OF sal
post on the evening OF December u
1898, at 1880 p. m. All members 0
said post are earnestly requested +
DO present at that time.
w. H. PRATT, Commander.
w. II. ScoTT, Adjutant.
Another important change il
business circles has taken place with
in the last week. James Woods, ont
OF the oldest merchants and most sue
cessful business men of our city, hal
sold his entire stock Of goods to q. M
Cole, who will hereafter conduct bus
mess ut the old stand. Mr.. Woodl
has been familiar figure on thu
north side for years and his many
friends will be sorry to mss him from
his accustomed place. Judge Cole is
well known nil over the county as Z
thorough business man of good cleri
cal ability, aud the HERALD wishes fol
him the best OF success in his new
venture. Mr.. Woods will now devote
his time to farming.
According to the new election
law candidates for Office must file
with the county clerk an itemized re.
port of expenses incurred during the
campaign. SO FAR Hs reported, tho
expenses are as follows: q. q. Utter,
$28; w. E. STRAIN, $3 rs; j. +. Ar
mold, SIS; s. M. Travis, So; Van e.
Hugunin, 500; G. A. Porter, $42 95;
]. ID. ThorNton, $31 IS; August Veeh,
So; q. p. Barber, Csc; q. A. Spauld-
ing, $444 05; republican central com
mlttee, sos A. L. Browning, g. e.
Nelson and G. d. Cribs report no
expenses The other candidates for
county Offices have not yet filed their
reports. None of the candidates for
township Offices had incurred any OK.
pense so1far as reported.
The fourth annual convention Of
the Northwest Kansas Teachers AS
ISOLATION was held at Colby, Thanks
giving day, and the two days follow
ing, with the lurgest attendance ever
known. 0. T. Smith was chosen
president, and W. q. Riste was placed
on the executive committee. Next
year Norton will have the meeting.
The delegation from this county was
made up Of w. g. Riste, o. L. Smith,
G. l. Smith, John Thomas, T. o. Fe-
lix, j. Nj. Gray, Kate Tadlock, Clara
o. Hughes, Mary Phillips, Mrs. j. r.
Breakey. Della Townsley, L. w.
Scott, 9. A. Smith, Nellie Rhoads,
Anna Phipps, j. M. Tadlocl, Matte
DAVIS, Ruth Daniel, Ella Fogleman,
j, r. Breakey.
Died, at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs, G.. e. Utter, in this
city, Friday evening, December l,
Mrs. Mary Overtop, of pneumonia.
Mrs. Overton was born in Warren
county, Pennsylvania, seventy-two
years ago and came to Kansas nearly
two years ago. For the past three
years she had been rather feeble, ow-
ing TO n paralytic stroke from which
she had never fully recovered, and |
her death though not entirely unex-
pected was a severe blow to her rela.
tives and friends. She was most
estimable Christian lady and goes to
her reward in the full strength of !
years" She leaves three daughters,
one residing in South Dakota, one IN
Ohio, and Mrs. Utter of this place. |
Funeral services were conducted Sat-
urday by Rev. Crawford.
#. 9. johnson went to Topeka
Tuesday to attend the "North and
South" railroad convention, origi-
nally called by the legislature of Ne.
braska for the purpose of devising
ways and means of building q "peo.
ple's railroad" from the British DOS
sessions to the Gulf of Mexico, which
met in that city yesterday. 1t is pro-
posed by the originators of the scheme
to build, if possible, the road out of
the public revenues of the states
which the road shall traverse and the
principal object of this meeting is to
hear report of a committee on the
ronstitutionality and feasibility of
this proposition. The project as at
present formed is TO construct dou-
BILE track road from the Gulf OF Mex
leo to some point in Kansas, where it
will branch, one line going north and
The other northeast IN the direction
Of Lake Superior.
w. B. Cropsey, road overseer of
district No. l, and large force of
men, is hard at work opening up the
road between sections two and three
in Solomon township. Owing to the
nature of the ground there is large
amount Of dirt to move, but under
Mr. Cropsey's energetic leadership
jhe progress is rapid. The expense
IS borne partly by subscriptions, aud
The balance by the road district. The
new road brings large section of the
county south of here into nearer bus.
ness relations to our town, and will
also be benefit to people living
north and west of town, as by follow
ng the section line west of the school
mousse, they can save four miles in
making the round trip to Hansen &
rhornton's mill. Although new
,omer, Mr.. Cropsey takes right hold