Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-04-26

! Cyrus Archer, a farmer who lives
near Densmore, brought his son over
to this city yesterday to have DR..
Kelly do difficult job of bridge work
for him. The doctor attracts patron
age from long distances.
Jacob V. Hass and family left We'd
neSday for Oklahoma where they go
to pend the summer and look for a
location. They went via the team
and wagon route, journey that for
pleasure and health cannot be beaten.
Quite large number of Odd Fellows
went from this city to Kirwin this
morning The band boys went along
to assist in making the celebration a
success by furnishing music for the
occasion. Hon. Conner Davies will
make the address.
DR.. Lincoln, the well known Logan
correspondent was in the city Wednes-
day on his return from Topeka, where
he served on the Federal grand jury.
The doctor also visited at Leayen-
worth and other points while in the
eastern part Of the state.
The Dinner House has taken on
quite an improved appearance since
the repairs have been recently made
The entire house has been overhauled,
repainted and repapered. Meals will
be served in the future on the same
plan as the dining car service.
John Cornfield of Toronto, Canada,
came up from Kirwin Tuesday for
visit with his grandson, Will Barron.
Mr.. Cornfed had not seen this country
since 1872, SO one can imagine the
change that met his gaze when he re-
turned to this county after an absence
of 80 years.
Mrs. Jacob Nipps went down to
Kansas City Friday night in response
| to word received that Mrs. Ruby
Nipps is very much worse, and that
Link Nipps is very sick also. They
have many friends here who sympa-
thiSe with them in their misfortune,
and hope they both may speedily re-
cover.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Bissen returned from
Louisville, Nebr., last Saturday, where
she had been attending at the bedside
of her sick daughter, Mrs. Haggard.
whom she leaves much better. AS soon
as the latter is sufficiently recovered
she and DR.. Haggard will come down
for visit here. The doctor expects
to locate here if ne finds matters ia
vorable.
Clyde Bickford is out farming these
days. Early this spring he bought so
acres that used to be Crenshaw'S addi-
ton to Phillipsburg, and he is sowing
about 40 acres Of alfalfa. He has
other land rented and is expecting to
raise feed for his cattle next year.
Besides he is running a first class, up
| tO-date, general merchandise business.
Last Saturday was a busy day for
our merchants. The HERALD man
had occasion to go into G. NJ. Coles
store about the middle of the after
noon and found the crowd so dense he
could hardly get through. Mr.. Cole
must have had a fine trade. The dis
play in the widow was very attrac-
tive, and showed off the goods to ex-
cellent advantage.
Hiram Martin, whose sudden death
we chronicled last Tuesday, was an
old soldier and a member of the G.. A.
R. post at Long Island. Mr.. Martin
had been in fairly good health up to
the very moment of his death. He
| borrowed a spade of a neighbor Mon
day afternoon to set out some trees on
his lots in town. After finishing the
work he returned the spade and stood
talking with the neighbor when he
suddenly threw up his hands and sank
to the ground, expiring almost in
stantly. The funeral was held We'd
nesday.
G. II. Tucker has two very interest
| ing souvenirs of china on exhibition
in his store. One is a very fine
coat of arms worked in silk, colors red
white and blue, also gilt lavender and
other colOrs upon back ground of
black silk. The other is a Chinese
Boxer uniform complete. They were
received Tuesday morning from his
son Frank who is now in the U. S.
army in China. The coat of arms was
worked by the Chinese and is beau
tiful work of art. The uniform he
took from the dead body of Boxer
who was killed in the bitches around
the city of Pekin.