Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-03-09
County News,
picked Up by Our Correspondents and
Condensed for the Perusal Of
HERALD Readers.
Speed News.

this part OF the week. The vino pleW
with such force that DR. Chapman on
opening the door Of his cave was
blown 100 yards before striking
the ground by the wind coming
through a rat hole in the north side
OF the cave.
James Larsen shipped one carload
Of corn from this place one day this
week.
Middlebrook's done Smelling for
Larsen and Sanford in this place one
day last week.
Gerrge Veeh OF Stuttgart had car
load of -four shipped to this place last
Saturday and transferred It to Stutt-
CART IN wagons across the country.
We have one of the finest shipping
points in the country at this place and
yet we are unable to induce the rail
road TO place az agent and operator
here. We lately received letter from
the general superintendent 70. NJ
Rathburp) that he would place III
agent at this place as soon AZ TIL
wheat crop is assured. So that lets
us out again as we never raise enough
wheat around this place to winter
cot. We are corn and stock raiser
in this locality.
The stock in the skimming station
OF this place has nearly all been sur
scribed and we will soon be strictly
in the push as this will cause severa
hundred dollars turned loose eacl
month among our farmers for pro
duct that has heretofore scarcely net
ted them anything
Some few OF the mossbacks that art
always present in any neighborhood
have refused to support the creamery
enterprise by comparing 1t to some Of
the alliance storee that have known
TO fail in the past We would advis
anyone who does not know the differ
ence between skimming station and
an alliance store to subscribe for the
HERALD and read it three months and
If they can't tell the difference in that
time we will help secure them home
in the imbecile asylum.
Solomon Washington was able to
track the animal that attacked Mr.
Ford the other night from Ash Greek
to within one hundred yards Of Mr.
Geber's out-buildings. A light skift
Of snow had fallen during the night
and its tracks showed up very PLAN.
Mr. Washington tells us that it was
third time he had seen the same
tracks going over about the same ter
ritory, his wife first calling his atten-
ton to the peculiar tracks and asked
him what kind Of an animal made
them. No one seems to have seen IN
animal that made similar tracks.
Several people have lost shoats and
other small domestic ANIMALS, but
have been in the habit Of charging it
up to depredations Of the wolves which
are getting very thick sincethe bounty
has been removed from them.
The Franklin Bros. gave a good
entertainment to large audience at
the town hall at this place last Thurs
day evening.
This place IS billed this week for a
county SUNDAY school convention, a
skimming station meeting, show and
a lecture by Mejor e 5 Scott, the
$50 a night temperance lecturer, be-
sides the usual two or three dances
and oyster suppers, prayer meeting
and singing at the church every
other night.
DR. Chapman has lately increased
his stock of drugs and medicines. He
now carries full line of che leading
patent and proprietary medicines IA
well as a complete line of drugs and
and chemicals, carefully selected;
also carries full line Of fine jewelry
in connection You will receive thu
most courteous treatment and we
assure you that you will not regret
having called upon him for anything
in which he carries that you may
stand IN need of.
The passenger train was put Oh
Monday instead of Sunday as was
given out b. the railroad employ s,
and we have bid adleu to the old
mixed COW and hog train we ont had
on this road,