Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-26

Il you WduU d ROOUs jOD get lack
well the painter and paper hanger.
Miss Kate Smith is assisting in
Will MeIlvain's restaurant this week.
DR.. LaRue, Of Marvin has been APP
pointed postmaster to succeed Mrs.
Bell.
Miss Tressa Wfnship returned
Thursday from visit with friends in
Norton.
Mrs, ]. NJ. McNay, of Columbus,
Kansas. is in the city visiting with old
time friends.
Threshers all over the country are
at work in good earnest Smelling out
the golden grain.
Chas Cole went out to Colby last
night, to prove up on claim he has
in Thomas county.
Miss Cora Emery, of Kansas City. is
visiting with Miss Blanch Gebhart at
the Gebhart home east Of the city.
If the man in charge of the weather
bureau will turn on a good rain now
he will receive the thanks of the
Phillips county people.
Manager Earl Lowe of the Phillips
burg base ball club, informs us that
his team will participate in a ball
tournament at Norton next week.
a fine shower fell yesterday after
noon cooling the atmosphere nicely
and bracing things up generally.
Those showers are all right if we get
enough of them.
W. H. Phipps, representing the
Blue Valley Creamery Co., of st. Joe,
is in the city today looking after
business. MeSsrs Bridegroom & Marsh
are their local agents.
Judge Cole, Ralph Winship, Harry
Mann and Cary Tooker were over to
attend the Stockton Harvest Jubilee.
They returned Thursday night, and
report having an excellent time.
Uncle Jacob Wagner has purchased
the building occupied by Joe Gleiss-
ner's Tailor Shop of L. A. Champlin
for 5000. Uncle Jake says he is going
into business, and wants to get up on
the square.
Mrs. G. o. Wilcox who has been Wis
iting relatives and friends in this city
for some time, lett for Long Island
on Friday evening where she will Wis
it week before returning to her
home in North Platte, Nebraska.
Albert Wilson, of Arcade, threshed
SO acres of wheat that yielded AZ
bushels to the acre by measure, and
the wheat weighed out 81 lbs. to the
bushel. Can any one beat that in the
states east of the Missouri?
A waShout ON the Rock Island is re-
ported near Smith Centre. 1t occurred
after the mail trains came through,
but prevents No. from going east
ward on time. The rain was quite
general over the north part of the
state.
Some cattlemen named Berry out in
Rawlins and Cheyenne counties
quarrelled with another family of
cattle men named Dewey and when
the officers interfered to stop the
trouble they were fired upon by the
BerryS. Further trouble is expected.
Mrs. N. B. Mccormick returned
home last evening after a long stay
with her daughter in Washington and
her parents in Pennsylvania. Her
daughter Mrs. Sadie Foxwell has been
sick for some time, and is still quite
low. Very little hope is entertained
for her ultimate recovery though she
gets better at times.
Day operator Will Stevens has been
promoted to a place in the dispatch
er'S Office at Horton. Night operator
B. o. Paisley takes the day position,
and j. d. Fenner comes to take the
position of night operator. Mr.. Stew
ems was very popular young man
and will be missed by his many
friends. Mr.. Paisley has been a very
efficient employee and we are glad he
is promoted to the day job.
T. G. Larkin dropped in Thursday
morning and made US pleasant call.
Mr.. Larkin is one of the oldest con-
tinuouS subscribers to the Herald
which we have On our list. He has
taken the paper ever since G. W.
Stinson first bought the paper. Only
one or two subscribers surpaSS that
record. Uncle Larkin and Uncle Geo.
F. Dixon are the two oldest contin-
u2uS subscribers in this vicinity so far
as we know.
DR.. S. S. Fisher left Thursday
night for Arkansas City where he
goes to spend few weeks with DR..
Wallace and family, after which he
expects to go down in Oklahoma to
seek a location. DR.. Fisher is an ex-
pert pharmacist with years of expert
ence. and is also a graduate of the
Cincinnati Medical College. Wherever
he locates he is sure to build up a fine