Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-09

:. Charley Hull was up from Kirwin
on Monday
Dr. R. H. TrusdIe was up from Kir-
win yesterday.
The Bissell House is enjoying rush
of business these days.
| The county commissioners are in
regular session this week.
Goodlaud- had a Jail delivery last
week, too. Two prisoners escaped.
Eli Massey, of Republican City, was
doing business in this metropolis yes
terday.
Frank Albaugh has been appointed
city marshall to take Cy Heath'S place
Icy resigned.
Miss Mable CheadIe is assisting in
the Office OF County Attorney W. G.
BisSell this week.
c.. j. Landreth, the faithful demo-
cratic war horse of Marvin was in the
city on business yesterday.
W. NJ. Weikert, of Norton, was in
the city couple of days this week in
the interest of the Deering Harvester
Company.
For the past two days the invoice of
the Reynolds Read Hardware Store
has been in progress. Judge Strain
is assisting in taking the invoice.
Mrs. A. c. Geiger and children, of
Oberlin, passed through this city on
Sunday enroute home from Stockton
where they have been spending few
weeks with Mrs. Geiger's parents.
100 acres, go acres in cultivation, 80
acres fenced; good well spring in pas
ture; in Glenwood Township. To ex-
change for cattle. For particulars
call On
%. LOWE s. Sons.
The school board has employed two
of the teachers of our public schools
for the coming year, r. g. Mccormick
for principal and Mrs Fallas for first
primary. The remainder of the de-
partments are not yet filed.
Quite a wind storm to the east of
this city accompanied the hail that
fell Saturday afternoon. Several farm
houses and barn southeast and north
east were blown down. At Agra sew
eral buildings were damaged.
Second quarterly meeting at the
Methodist church, July q and 18th.
Elder Housed of Norton will be with
US and preach in the evening at p.
m. The business session will be held
on Monday at O'clock. o. Os0IAN
Hon. G. NJ. Cole attended the Fourth
of July celebration at Norton. Mr..
Cole feels greatly encouraged with
the situation in the district, so far
as he has gone over it. He will surely
be the next congressman from the big
Sixth.
The government records show that
the total rainfall in this section of
Kansas from May to July was ten
and one-haIf inches. This is the larg-
est precipitation for the given time
ever recorded for northwest Kansas
since its settlement more than thirty
tive years ago.
The Continental Creamery Company
located in Topeka, shipped twelve
carloads of Kansas butter on Monday
to the New York navy yard for gov
ernment use. The trainload aggre-
gated 222, 900 pounds and valued at
5000 This is the largest shipment
| ,,f fI1ic bind ovar copH from tho cfoto
A number of the patrons and the
school board of Dist. 1O1 were in the
city yesterday consulting with Supt.
+ Thomas and County Attorney BiSSell
about moving the SchoolhouSe. The
questions governing a school district
can scare up more legal Squabbles than
those of almost any other organization.
A. w. Robertson sold new Nichols
& Spepard threShing outfit this week
to G.. n. Kysar, of Speed, who will
start the threSher going today on the
1 Robertson farm. After Mr.. KySar is
through with this job he will take the
outfit over into his home neighbor-
hood where he has several months
threshing engaged.
Gilman earle met with an accident
on the afternoon If the Fourth which
laid him up for a few days. He was
driving header box when the wind
storm suddenly struck him, turning
the box over, and the edge falling up
on Mr.. earle. His injuries were quite
painful but not serious, and he was
able to be in town Monday.
A. W. Robertson is having some
fine Improvements added to his already
comfortable home in the south part of
town He is having the kitchen and
both rooms enlarged and has put in a
porcelain bath tub with hot and cold
water attachments. A. w. tells US
that when everything is completed he
will be prepared to enjoy life as though
he lived in a large city. Whenever
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