Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-03-16
County News,
Picked Up by Our Correspondents and
Condensed for the Perusnl Of
HERALD Readers.
Speed News.

tools to our blacksmlths and having
them placed in condition for farm
ing,
Everybody seems to be working
With a Vlm'this spring that is seldom
seen in this country in anticipation
of the biggest crop in the history Of
Kansas. Farming land is at pre-.
MUM in this section Of country; sew.
eral farms are going to be farmed
the coming season that have laid Idle
for over ten years. New farms are
being opened up and quite number
of people have left for other places,
being unable to secure farming land
here. Prosperity IS surely beginning
to dawn around Speed.
TX Y Y correspondent seems to be
q wonderful parsonage and We would
like to make his or her (which?) ac-
quaintsnCe. You may consider your
self very fortunate indeed, X Y u"
Prairie View Correspondent katie,
we will say in regard to cur sex that
we are a (which" We also thank
Katie for the compliment paid us and
in return will say that Prairie View
may we'll be proud Of having such
wide awake person as Katie for a CIT
iEen. The items from that place are
newsey, TO the point, and cannot help
making the town popular. We are
easy TO get acquainted with, and if
you ever come to Speed call for us,
and come in and have a chat.
A hint TO the wise is sufficient. We
nave been requested by a number of
the citizens Of Speed to warn certain
young men living in and around this
place who have been making public
ounces Of themselves by exhibiting
pocket fire arms on our streets and
also discharging them in careless
manner to the danger and annoyance
Of the public, that if such practices
are not at once stopped, they will be
reported to the authorities Boys our
advice to you would be to stop at
once before some of you get into
trouble.
E j Martin from Iowa arrived at
this station the 9th in an emigrant
car. Mr.. Martin informs US that be
will farm the place owned by Mr.
Handy about seven miles south of
Speed. We are told that certain
young lady near this place is the
prime cause of Mr. Martins changing
states. Success to you, Mr. Martin.
Joseph Ross from west of Logan
moved into the Green Hotel the first
Of the week. We understand that
Mr. Ross will farm the Codner place
near town, owned by Mr. Green, aud
run the hotel also.
A j Farley was in our sanctum the
first of the week and told us he had
been suffering a great deal Of late
with the Span-cue This is a pecul-
lar disease that seems to have orig.
mated with Mr. Farley, He has never
found any remedy yet that did it
much good. He seems very despond-
emit over his condition the last few
months.
We noticed in the Prairie View
items last week that while Prairie
View was some smaller than Long
Island they found it easy to compete
with the latter in prices. Speed new
or shoots at such small game az Long
Island; we have been knocking the
eye out of Chicago and New York
City for several years on the price of
town lots, the most essential part of
any town,
The passenger train does not run
on Sunday. The Missouri Pacific
has respect for the Sabbath day,
thank the Lord, but very little con-
Germ about the people living along
this line Of their road.
The great temperance lecturer Mai
Scott, gave good lecture to a large
audience, mostly men on account of
the bad weather, at this place on the
10th.
The Lucky Line Show company
gave a good entertainment at the
town hall to large audience the 9th.
The creamery meeting, prayer meet
ing, dances. oyster suppers and sing.
ing were also we'll attended, to say
nothing Of the basket supper which