Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-01

repairing at reasonable prices
I am now prepared with better
facilities than ever to feed the people.
Don't go home hungry, but call in and
get good square meal. You will live
longer and die happier. At the old
stand, northwest corner square.
d. 8. MAxsoN.
Our Sunday Schools seem to be
prospecting. Last Sunday the attend
ance at the Methodist Sunday School
was 1902; at the Baptist, SO; at the
Presbyterian, rs; and at the Chris
tian, SO, making q total Of 1858, which
is certainly good showing for a town
Of the size of Phillipsburg.
John G. Gebhart was appointed by
the county superintendent to the Of
fee of director of the school board in
this district to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation Of A. H. Pearson.
He is we'll qualified for the position
and has always taken great interest
in public education in our city.
The selection of our fellow-towns-
man j. f. Morse as vice-president for
this district, Of the State Bankers
Association at Topeka last week, was
a deserved recognition Of merit, and
an honor both to our town and the
! Association. Mr. Morse's business
qualifications and integrity are of the
highest order.
Uncle Charles Tracy has had his
pension increased to such a liberal
degree that he can live hereafter
quite independent without endanger-
'ug his life, as h,a has done the past
few years in trying to earn a living.
If eY er there was a just increase OF
pensio.1 this is one, ant bestowed
upon an honest, good man.
Willie m Rees of the firm of ices
& Hills of -Emporia, general age 'tf
for the Colonial and United States
Mortgage Company, spent last week
in this county looking up their lands
located here. This company has
about thlrty-fve tracts of land IN
Phillips county which they have
placed in the hands of Stinson & Stin-
son of this city for rent and sale,
Owing to the severe storm, the
Northeast Sunday School Association
which was to meet at the Matteson
school house on Saturday and Sun
day, February 10 and II, was contin-
ued to meet at the same place with
same program on Saturday and Sun
clay, March 3 and H.
O. DoRT, President.
Mrs. J. D. MATTE1oN, Sec'y Protein.
We learn that Conductor Collins
had a pretty narrow escape while out
with his rotary Monday. The rotary
W as running hot and Mr.. Collins
sta vted to oil up when he came very
near getting tangled up in the cogs.
Engi leer Brown saw him just in time
10 9Th row Ter over" otherwise Mr..
Collins might have been seriously In
iured.-, Goodland Republic.
-Bessi May Close was given a
birthday srty last Saturday evening
oy her ga Nants. There was about
;wenty of her intimate associates
present and al had a most pleasant
lime. At 70 e lock refreshments were
served and at o o'clock the guests
lea vim many presents as
violence of thei best wishes and
high appreciation of their school
nate,
In 1880 the con nty tax levy in
his county was u IN. lis. In 1881 it
vas IL mills. From l 1872 to 1885 it
vas 10 mills. The mex + two years it
vas s mills. In 1883 It was 81 mills.
n 1889, 81 mills The n, ext two years
was mills. But j., 1S % the rate
ropped to only 81 10 mn Is, less than
ne-third of the lowe 81 republican
ear, and about one-ffth tn, average
Or fifteen YEP RS. If a ~ taxpayer
ill look on T ne back of b is receipt he
nil find the county levy or 1893 to
9 2 9-lOr Hills. And but f, VI the fact
nat the county is buying d silnquent
TX tltl' IS instead of allowing outside
artle ) to speculate in them, t. 10 levy
lis year would have been still lower,
% in the face of these facts does
ny one think that populist rule has
injured the credit of this coun W
Perhaps the Dispatch will answer.