The Springfield Soap-Box from Springfield, Kansas • 1

-v- i iii i i VOL. I. NO. 30i SPRINGFIELD, SEWARD COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DEO. 1, 18B7.

BY GIBSON DAVIS. Taxpayer Teko Notice. 11111,1 1 for a city of several thousand inhab SPRINCFIELD. BARNES LUSK, Proprietor of THE' SOAP BOX Business Cards. P.P.Hillerman, Cirars a Specialty; Soda-Water and Lemona4e at All Times ATTORNEY at LAW, itants by the erection a commodious and elegant hotel which cost the snug little sum of ten thousand dollars and which is now completed and occupied.

Another hotel costing the saule-amount is now enclosed and will be ready to open by January 1, 1888. Those two hotels are the pride raose wtahia if to while airay an har or ao la the rt or Htuiarfl or i'ooi, annot ao otirer man The County Seat 6f Seward and 09a of tho Most Promising Towns In the Southwest. From the boom edition of the Courant. The Springfield Town company was chartered about October" 1, 1885 with the following officers: W. H.

Minton, president J. F. Wetzel, secretary; E. R. Wortham.

treasurer: and L. P. CltT Billiard l'arlor; aio 10 uv a oooi reiiwuw unu. ouuiut-wi i at tae Notice is hereby given that tid taxes for 18Sf kte now due, as follows: For State, .005 MO For .008 For Township, .002 For School, .002 A. T.

RAG LAND, County Treasurer'. WHERE TIMES ARE NEVER HAKCi From the boom edition of the Otiraat. WCBi Ow Wtao'i Haw'1 Store. SPR1NGFIKLD, KANSAS. JOB OFFICE.

4a. X.V. Milks. BXYid H. Him.

Mites Harris, of the place, and furnish accommoda UTSXinS 153 COSKELORS IT lift tions second t6 no town in the west fratltan th Stat and Federal Court which Is famous for its good hotel accommodations. Twenty-seven two story business buildings have been Roberts, Warren Ames, E. Chent, John Cobble and F. J. Fulton, directors.

The first surrey for the town was on Oct. 6, 1885, but nothing was done save the erection of a few shanties, and the commencement of will until January 1686. Early in that spring, the leading citizens of Car Cltf and Washington. CoUcotiona a Sjolalty. Springfield.

Kauaa. tntOHOTN Wtam'a Hardware Stora. J. 7.Hmp3tldf fti. D.

Times are dull and money close 13 the east In some ways this is an Injury to the west, but like our droutti it is a benefit in the long run. When times are hard in the east wages ars forced, many industries are compelled to close and thousands of men are forced to look in other directiokt for "erected during the past summer, all of which are furnished with large stocks of goods, which are pleased to say are receiving a very satis H. C. GIBSON -Proprietor Red Front LiYeiy Stable, Springfield, Kansas. BEST TURNOUTS IN THE CITY! PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 1 THOSE WANTING WORK IN OUR LIN Wat nwa, plr, ruttea'a BuUdlBc, thage, Meade county, moved to Springfield, and with the emigration that was pouring into the country, new life was breathed into the place.

Cprincrfleld. Kansas. J. W. EWIN.

factory patronage. In fact business in Springfield is and everyone is contented with their, trade and the progress they are making. In addition to the building mentioned above, a very large number 'of residences given to Corn-attended to at Special attention merciai calls any hour. Should Give Us a Call at Once I Contractor ff Builder! On the first of May -the following new officers and directors were chosen for the company: W. J.

Tipton, subsistence. It is at such times as these that laboring men turn their eyes toward the great west and seek homes on the broad prsirirs and occupation on the farm that never shuts down. "While duli times prevail in all cities of the eastern states," says thl Springfield, Kan. president; E. A.

Watson, secretary; and H. C. Nelson, -treasurer; and C. L. fceslie, Theo.

Pierce, M. L. Trout, C. B. Boyle, W.

H. Minton and F. J. Fulton, 'directors. These gentlemen F.J.

FULTON, have been built, some of which are very handsome and reflect credit on the taste of the Springfield is a live, progressive town and its citizens manifest their faith in the place by their investments and the solid, permanent character of the buildings. Attorney at Law! ALL WORK GUARANTEED. -( Otjic or SPRINGFIELD, KANSAS. 1 which they are erecting. took hold of the town with a determination to succeed and make it one of the principal commercial points in the southwest, and it began to attract emigration and become the nucleus of a vigorous growth.

New houses The Springfield kL A. CalAOC. C. M. GAwOO.

Garden City Sentinel, "the west continues to boom." Wherever vacant land can be found in Southwestern Kansas there are plenty of eastern farmers to pounce upon it, and who cannot find vacant land are compelled to push on farther west where the sail is not so good. Our land office has become the largest and most important in the country. Its business for the last quarter has reached the Enormous figure of BURNING OF BARNUM'S CIRCUS. C1LB3UI Uti 00B. LAWYERS! were erected, wells dug and wind New Hatts, Nov.

21, 1887. The animal's quarters of Barnum's Garden City, Karma. Win araetiMolualTelr In th Supremo and line, both Plain and Or cnatrtct eouru. F. W.

NORTH. namental done with neatness and dispatch. Work from neighboring towns solicited. PLASTERER! mills placed an position tor raising the several stocks of goods were opened up for the accommodation of the public. The first store in the place was a small stock of grocer ies owned by Ed.

Colter, and it is heedless to say that it was not a very gigantic affair. The first building erected in the town was a small store- Cotmty, Kansas. circus at Bridgeport, were burned to ground last night. One of the watchmen, Geo. M.

Myers, was making his rounds about 10 o'clock, when he discovered flames in one corner of the building, where the horses are kept. He walked around the building to warn the employes when he was knocked senseless by some one with IT R1N riEX-D, KANSAS. Vwktaiti br a or coatraet. tatlafao- Vob a-viaraotfd. It A.BXXIOKI.

DOHA H. MOORS. Officers and Members: $340,000. Our settlers are proving up at the rate of from fifty to seventy five every day. They are all satisfied with the; condition of things, and ars here to-day.

Men who have been here for' tij length of time, prefer it to their former eastern homes, and for araimg purposes would rather have thei Western Kansas land than that whicK could not be purchased for less tha forty to eighty dollars per acre. room moved rrom argo dy it BENIGHT MOORE. I a club. He lay on the ground unconscious for twenty minutes, and when he revived half of the building All work guaranteed. I A a JjlA A.

AAAkJI A A aAVAA iraw- TOM TDo 7 i Wortham. Shortly after this Messrs Murray Watson moved their large store building from Carthage and opened up a large stock of general merchandise, the first general stock in the place. The location of Springfield is very favorable for its growth considering the general topography of the country. It is twenty-two miles north "of was in names, lie awakened tne sleepers Iii the building, and Borne rushed to ah alarm box half a mile away, neglecting to sound the alarm from a box located at the entrance to the grounds. This caused a delay of half an hour in the arrival of the de ajlx aanua ot miujmxbt drsss cooes CoaitaaUr cm Hand.

J. j. MILLER. W. J.

TIPTON, M. L. TURNER, IL a NELSON, J. W. HIXON, THEO.

PIERCE. JOSEPH WISBY, J. V. LYCAN, L. L.

DOUGHERTY, FRANK WHITE, ED. A. WATSON. KANSAS. SPRINGFIELD, HOMELY.

Soap the creaking door hinge. "Its an Ul wind that blows tjwfcr said the colored preacHerl Don't leave the stove handle Ik thd partment. When, it did come it could the Neutral Strip, or No Man's Land, fifty miles south of Garden City, the W.J.FBAZIER. Give Us a Call hot stove, and then ask your habaal" and Presi- do nothing but save adjacent buildings. In the meantime the elephants ere turned -loose.

The white ele-phants, Sampson and Alice, were de Address all Communications to the above named Secretary dent, for any information concerning thefCityor County, at Contractor Builder I to look at the fire yon.v seat of the United States Land office and the principal town in southwestern Kansas, and sixty-five miles east of the Colorado line. stroyed. The other elephants rushed Cpringfieid, Kant a. Springfield, La Grand P. 0.5 Seward County, Kan about the city and One fell on a man Governor Martin issued his procla- breaking three of his ribs and one A common Turkish" towl, pne3 twenty-five cents, will cut up into three or four excellent dish-cloths.

Fill and trim the lamps in the morning, if you do not wish to furnish an item for the accident column flaaiehd SpeaEcaihns'J" jrnished mation declaring Springfield the tem- heg The old lion used cm top of a porary county seat of beward county cage in tne processions was hauled on the eighteenth day of June 1886. out 0f the flames by his keeper, Wml Bulkley. As soon as he was out of JLH Werk Left to my Cart will IUciT Prompt Attention. H. D.

MERR1TT, of your county paper. When you want to take out a broken window pane, heat the poker, ruii it slowly along the old putty and It was declared the permanent county seat on March 6th, 1887. The population of the town at the present time is about 600 and it growing the building the crowd attempted to kill him by beating his head with clubs and firing shots into him from a revolver. He was secured and SEAT COUNTY PERMANENT rapidly. It was incorporated as a city Attorney Law fife placed in a pen but broke out and scaling a ten foot fence took refuge soften it loose.

When new sheets are made, try broad hem on each end. This will prevent any head or foot to the article; thus making the wear much more of the third class, on July 30th, 1887, and the first municipal election was held on August 15th, 1887, with the in a barn, where he killed a sow. He was shot while breakf asting. Eight men who were sleeping in the build COUNTY ATTOMEY. OF SEWARD COUNTY, KANSAS.

following results: Frank White, mayor; S. Foster, police judge; and G. traded to Prom AMaaMam. CoImoUob MSyiait. ing barely escaped with their lives, and one who was sick was dragged oif his bed and out into the air.

At even. When you boil a cabbage, tie a bit of dry bread in a bag and put in the kettle. French cooks say that all the unpleasant odor which makes the house smell like an old drain will 16 LaiMOa. P. Leighton, G.

W. Winn, J. W. Tice, E. Thomas and J.

W. Erwin, coun-cilmen. The following officers were appointed by the mayor and council- -w- i 12 o'clock most of the elephants had been corralled. The rhinoceros was got out of the building, but was burned and cut both by getting out GEO. JAMES, men: Jj.

Jayne, ciers; w. o. Turner, treasurer; P. P. Hillerman, city attorney and H.

P. Larrabee, marshal. Contractor BnUder fln' of the cage and by the crbd, who seemed 'determined to Mil all the animals which came out of the building. absorbed by the bread; Have isome kindling always split th a dry place. This is good work for the boys on rainy days.

If Bridget has to use soggy fuel, she wltr. pour kerosene on it" Dampened salt spread on a -frpet before sweeping will brighten it. Each little grain of salt picks cp its SPRINGFIELD, KAS. SCHOOLS. Springfield is possessed of the true spirit which has made the state so famous, and consequently looked af- (DnQini ff WsttDnn Only the cat animals were burned.

The monkeys and others were in other buildings. Many of the idols which fUIl SmiFIClTIOKS UIIl ter the educational interests of the were exnibited witn tne snow were burned. place almost as soon as it had a legal AH work left to mVuhsres win rs- particles of dust, it positively clothes itself with them, and carries them off instead of allowing them to fly about the room. ttDn Mai organization. It has a splendid school TOD The cries of the burning animals were heartrending, and through the flames could be seen the tigers, leopards and other cat animals dashing at the present time, with a large attendance; in fact the entire school smts prompt attention.

T.L.Sloan, TV population is provided for; for nine ram0 at LlQaiTTD iiuaDiinn months in each year. The teachers I are efficient and the school is so grad frantically about their cages and finally succumbing to the smoke and flames. Kansas is prosperous and progrti" sive. Population and wealth is daily pouring every section of the state. Within the pat.

five years 60,000 new farms and happy horaea Contractor Builder! ed and systemized that every facility is offered for the advancement of the pupils, that can be found in the older communities of the east. A fine school eouse will be erected in the The elephants rushed madly about the streets lashing their burned and torn sides with their trunks and scattering the crows in all directions. It is reported that several men were picked up and thrown over fences and more Or less injured. The birds of industrious and enterprising people have been opened up. P.eal estate annually ifiicreasei "fif ty per cent in value throughout the towns, cities and rural districts of Faasas, every side fa ssen peace, progreratbl prosperity.

Throughout Kai'sifji fhm A peciffcatona FurnUhed I AH Business left to my Cars will bs Promptly Attended to. early sprinfi at a cost of twelve thousand dollars. CHURCHES. There are. three church organiza-1 were all in New York at Central Park.

I lions in Springfield, namely: The In the paint shop were many of the Win. Bigsby, Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian, handsome chariots undergoing re The Methodists have begun the erec- pairs. These were wheeled out as crimes of every grade ere MiiSilly decreasing and in many lections ct the state county jails re cp4y; Courts open and speedily atjoum fo? the want of civil litigation and criminal prosecution to transact Ex. louse Sign Painters. tion of a three thousand dollar edi-ifastas possible, but not without in- ipwMo(1 Jfegr Miystta vaDiiin0 aiTpMsall nnn fice, which they expect to have com- jury.

At 12 o'clock what twd hours 4U1 Wrk Neatly and Promptly Dons nnng pleted early next season. Other before was the hdme of Some of the church duildihgs will be completed wonders of the eartfi, lay a heap of the coming year. Each of these so- smouldering ruins from which ascend cieties are in a flourishing condition the odor of burning flesh. The iron The last census of Kacu completed this summer shows cities with over 30,000 two c-vtf 1110? Ofl Watt ala Street. I and exert a beneficient influence over I cages are twisted in all ways and SPUING FIELD.

KANSAS. the commumi lity, There are also two still incandescent stood on. prominent 5" 000, four over 10,000, tireUir: loolsinthe City, the Meth- ly among the ruins against the back- 5,000 and ninety-four oyci 1,0 l-X Sabhath schools distand the Union, each of which ground of night Wichita city heads the llt wi'Ji CT- "0. Barber Shop 1 160 people and Leavenworth coraci have a large regular attendance, and INGFIEL Ex. are doing much to disseminate bibli-' cal knowledge among the youth of 1 the place and lay the foundation for The valuation aaJ ty of the railroads kae i useful lives.

Kansas is one ol the banner Republican states of the Union, and her Republican majorities will average while if the question of prohibition was again 'submitted to a vote af her people it would be adopted by at least 100,000 majority. Kansas is to-day the bannr prohibi-tion s'tste of th mipo: W. $. GIBSON 9mpt RAPID GROWTH. During the present year Spring- increased in Kansas la It is this yea- $41,555,54 i 0 of kt JL t.

field has made astonishing progress increase in aoLu in the way of substantial improve- ie MetrolDolis Sbuthw 1 men's. It has laid tho foundation k' fctSil-.