Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-24

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4 a heavy rain Tuesday night fell in
the south and southwest portions of
the county. The Solomon river was
up almost out of its banks for a day
or SO.
S. L. Hough, one of our good Agra
! friends, was pleasant caller at this
Office Wednesday. Mr.. Hough raised
enough wheat this year to pay for an
other farm of so acres which he has
just bought. He now has three eight
les in body.
Mr.. Hall, proprietor of the New
Store, requests US to say that several
boys have been caught stealing water
melons and other articles from the
front of his store. If the offense is
repeated he will cause the offenders
to be arrested and fined.
The parties who took the wheat
from my wagon left standing in the
road about five miles northeast of this
| this city one night recently are known
and will save themselves trouble and
expense by returning same to the I'M
designed. J. 3. MILLER.
Mrs. J. F. Rambo and her brother,
Mr.. Hickok, spent a week in Republi-
can City, Nebr., returning Thursday
noon. They attended the reunion
Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr.. Hickok
left yesterday morning for a months
visit in eastern Nebraska, after which
he will leave for his home in Honolulu.
The Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York with upwards of
1925, 100000 assets is So years old, and
the largest monied institution in the
world, issues all the up to date poll
cies furnishing absolute protection
and good investment. Call and see
R. A. Porter, special agt., Phillips
county for information.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mcpherson res.
ceived word last Tuesday night from
Rock Island, Ill; that their daughter,
Mrs. Robert McClusky, was very sick,
in fact not expected to live. Mrs.
Mcpherson, accompanied by Mrs. War
rem White who is a sister of Mrs. Nc
Clusky, left on the first train Wednes-
day morning for Rock Island.
A. A. Bower returned Sunday
morning from a six weeks visit in the
east, most of the time of which was
spent in Ohio, and trip was also
made to the Pan-American exposition
at Buffalo. He was accompanied by
wife, but she stopped at Phillipsburg
| for few days to visit relatives before
coming home.-Goodland Republic.
We have twelve quarter sections at
S1.50 per acre, twenty-four quarter
sections at $500 per acre, $40 acres
with 400 acres of good alfalfa bottom.
Good water, living springs. A bar
gain at $500 per acre. If you want a
bargain in real estate call on or ad-
dress, j. o. LOWE g. Sons,
PhillipSburg, Kans.
James Woods is quite well con-
yinced that advertising in this paper
pays. He has sold two organs and
| two sewing machines since placing
proposition, that when one man has
something to sell, and others want to
buy those very things, the newspaper
offers the best and cheapest means of
getting the seller and buyer together.
Thomas Cook came in Thursday
and informed us that day was the
fifty-third anniversary of the we'd
ding of his father and. mother, Mr..
and Mrs. j. a. Cook, who are residents
of this city. Fifty-three years of
welded life is longer than is per-
mitted for the great mass of people to
enjoy, but this couple are hale and
vigorous, bidding fair to celebrate
many more anniversaries.
Jeff Hatfield received score card
from the Beatrice races yesterday,
| which shows that two PhiIlipSburg
horses stand well up toward the head
of the class. In the 2:30 trot WedneS-
day, Bond, owned by F. A. Smith of
this city, took fourth place, his best
heat being 2:244. In the 2:45 trot
Prince Hal, also owned by Mr.. Smith
but entered by W. R. Peel, took third
money. His best heat was 2:31. Mr..
Smith has some excellent horses and
with a little more thorough training
they will average up with the best in
this country.
Ed Eldon, who was fined by Justice
Hickey last Tuesday, is wanted in
Norton county for highway robbery
Two of Norton s citizens and the sher-
if came down to get him, but he was
liberated here few minutes before
they ordered him held. Sheriff Yer
ton then went to arrest him and found
that he had escaped. Search was made
for him all the afternoon. but he was
not discovered. 1t appears that Eden
is the ringleader of the gang that are
working up and. down the line in
northern Kansas and southern Neb-
raska. It is too bad that he should
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