Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-21


A. Hawkins was up from Agra last
Saturday and paid this Office pleas
ant call.
| Don't forget the reunion dates
Come with your families and stay the
whole time.
Uncle John Briggs, of Hillside, was
in town yesterday. He is quite lame
on account of kick by a horse few
days ago.
Our good friend E. j. Hansen was
over from the vicinity of Long Island
Saturday. Mr.. Hansen was looking
for a teacher for their school.
Joe Lees restaurant and short order
house is the place to go to get d first
class meal-giye him a trial. Fine
line of confectionery, cigars, tobac-
Goes etc.
Ira Taylor, the hustling liyeryman
of Marvin, was in the city yesterday
and made brief call at this office.
Ira always gets to the front and does
a good business.
Miss Ruth Hall of Agra was in town
Monday. Miss Hall is one of tie most
popular young lady teachers of the
county. She is going to teach in Dist.
No. II, just east of Agra.
Rev. J. II. Lamb went down to
Hastings, Nebraska, Tuesday and re-
turned Friday night. He was at
tending to some business connected
with the work of his church.
Kensington had a big fire Sunday
night. Ketchum & Wood general
store building was burned to the
ground. The building was occupied
by Haskin & Co., general merchandise.
Wilson Jacobs and Elliott Clark
just finished hauling the wheat to
town, which was raised by the former
on W. D. Clark IS farm. Infested about
the best of any brought to market
here.
Joseph Rumbaugh is once more a
''grand pa" His son Eldon's wife
gave birth to bouncing baby boy
last week, and it is difficult to deter
mine which is the prouder Joe or
Eldon.
George VanCleVe, our former popu-
lar postmaster, favored this Office
with a brief call Monday. Mr.. Van
Cleve now has run from this city to
Colorado Springs the same run he
had when he took the postoffice here
nearly eight years ago.
This is the season that we are liable
to have cyclones and should you wish
to insure your buildings or stock
against such calamities, call on G. A.
Lewis. He has gilt edged companies
and can give you as low rate as you
canget in any reliable company.
Mike Berry, the noted burglar, who
was arrested in Denver some months
ago, has broken Jail and is at large
again. The Denver News of last
week contained a detailed account of
his escape. He has the reputation of
being one of the smoothest criminals
in the west.
Mrs. Lizzie Bedwen of Marvin, &C
companied by her sister, Miss Kate
Stout, of Davenport, Iowa, we're
pleasant callers at this Office yester-
day. Miss Stout is engaged in teach
ing at the Iowa State Orphans Home
in Davenport, and is here for a visit
with her sister and other friends at
Quite number of our people at
tended the Kensington anniversary
last week. They report good time.
The entertainment was good. The
ball game between our boys and the
Smith Centre team resulted in vic
tory for the latter. The Kensington
people know how to get up a good
John GarberSOn, Misses Josie Woods, |
Bertha Hickman and Mae Seavey left
Monday morning for Osborne, Kan
3aS, where they go as representatives |
Of the Christian endeavor society of |
OI11o p1dCC W UilS SlOSdf VI COufGuU1OD |
which is held in that city this week. |
They drove overland. The session |
lasts three days.
A little son of Mr.. Evans, Rock |
Island porter, who lives in the north |
part of town, was quite severely hurt
yesterday, by being thrown from a
OurrO which he was riding, and kick
ed after he fell to the ground. His
father had just purchased the animal
and the young man met with the mis-
hap on one of his first rides.
D. F. Young of Long Island has
traded part of his land IN this
county for land in Anderson county,
and will move down there right away.
Mr.. Young has been for years one of
the. leading citizens of his section of
the county, and he will be, greatly
missed from that community. The
HERALD is sorry to see such men leave
the county, but we hope his lot may
be cast in pleasant places in his new
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