Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-07-27
County News,
Picked up by our Correspondents
and CLEANED from the County
Exchanges.
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Speed News.

of news having become acclimRted to
the hot weather sufficiently to collect
a few ideas which we hope to present
in form tangible enough to be I'M
derstood.
A A Greene one of our foremost
and enterprisIng citizens, brought
into our sanctum yesterday plot Of
a livery barn which he proposes to
build, IN fact he has already COM
menced collecting the stone for its
foundation. The barn will be the
finest when completed west of Downs
on this line of railroad. One feature
we very much admired about the
plan of the structure: 1t IS to have an
observatory on the top of the build
ing forty feet from its foundation.
In our last article we spoke about
the amount of money the creamery
paid out to the patrons at this place
each month pIecIng the figures at
from four to six hundred dollars.
Mr. Jensen of Beloit in looking over
the items in our Office stated that the
payment last month was over $500
and would reach $1,000 the present.
However we are very glad to correct
a mistake of this sort, as it has oc-
Cured on the right side 70 help to
matters on in building up one of the
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sRs.
We have reliable information to the
effect that gypsum can be mined at
this place in paying quantities and
no doubt the near future will reveal
the glad intelligence that Speed can
furnish work for several hundred
men. You want to keep your eye on
Speed for we mean business and there
is not half as much gas about US as
you might possibly be led TO believe.
We noticed in the daily papers
few days ego that secretary of war
(AlgerA had resigned his official posi-
ton and that the president had not
yet named named his successor. so we
at once set out to furnish the man
from this place IN the person Of our
estimable fellow citizen Joseph A.
Ross. Ross is one of the brainiest,
brightest men in Kansas, having been
twice elected roadoverseer IN Plain
view township, and discharged the
dutles of that Office with credit and
honor to himself and the people of
that township, he having been the
only man we ever heard of who sue
ceeded IN abolishing every road in
his district, and we feel that with
such q record behind him he would
be eligible to the high position of
secretary of war.
Mrs Cummings of this place owns
Shepherd dog with one eye knocked
Out and otherwise dlsfgured which
has established quite reputation for
fighting having whipped all the ours
in the neighborhood. It is quite an
unusual thing for lady to back her
word with anything more than little
slang and sarcasm peculiar to her
sex, but this lady proposes TO wager
$50 that her dog can lick any dog
in the state of Kansas.
Eight trains passed through this
place last Saturday which has been
very uncommon occurrence on this
line of railroad But with the pres
ent prospect for the largest corn crop
ever grown on Kansas soil; with a
large wheat, rye and barley crop al
ready harvested. and then remember
ing that that the country was never
so we'll supplied with such large
SANDER of cattle and hogs. together
with the fact that avery farm house
is literally surrouded with all kinds
of poultry, we can naturally expect
the traffic on all the railroads in Kan
sas to increase proportionately.
We hear from reliable sources that
the NJ. P. railroad will extend the
Central Brsach road to Denver in the
near futurs, possibly this year. That
will make this road forty-two miles
shorter route from Denver to the
Missouri river than any other road,
50 we'll informed railroad men tell us.
Speed only expects to be made di-
vision and have cross road is all
in few more years.
Several Armenian peddlers have
decided to locate large store and
supply house at this place and will
nnmmanna the erection of q building