The Phillipsburg Times from Phillipsburg, Kansas • 4

THE- TIMES. -CHICAGO 'STORE. -Jere Black and Dr. TElder. The' Critic recently heard an excellent torv about Judee Jere Black, the dis Can vyou ride Who says this is a dry country.

The creamery boys have the thanks of the entire Times force for the "drinks." II. C. Sprague handles the finest line of cigars in town, sonre. J. E.

'Kelly visked friendeat 'Kirwin' the' latter part of this week. Bokn. To Mr. and Mrs. Perry Clark on Monday, June'SSd.

Asonweigkt ten pounds For school books," stationery, legal OUR NATAL DAY. How it tras Celebrate 1 at JPhlllipsbtirg. The American Eagle Soars Grandly During- tliB Bay. And the City is Illuminated by a grand display of Fireworks at Night. A FEW NOTES FROM OTHER TOWMS.

Colorado Liars. In a recent letter to the San, 'Peck says: The 'mines about Central City are all gold mines, the miners would not pickup -silver, if -they found it on the road. The town is built on gold mines, and the back yards of the residences are rich with gold dust. If this is not true, then they fadve some star liars there. I -was only thre three hours, but I heard' some of the most colossal lies, from the most colossal liars that ever lived.

They may have take." me for a "chump," -but they give it to me raw. I was sitting in tire Teller House, exchanging lies with the local talent, for two hours, and never had a more interesting season. They all knew me and I think the landlord, who is a Chicago man, put a job on me. I went in the porter room to have my boots blacked, and the porter brushed the dust into a pan and when he was done polishing the boots, he looked like a bank cashier, for a moment and then handed me ten cents. I asked him what that meant, and he said that was the difference, though I could take the dust if I wanted to and pay him ten cents.

I didn't understand him, and finally he said he estimated that he would get twenty-Eve cents worth of gold out of the dust off my shoes, and so he paid me the difference. I walked off feeling pretty good, and looked back twice at the colored man, but he never smiled, and I don't know whether he was or not, though the white men lie, and the colored men may learn how. Soon after that a setter dog came into the hotel office, all dirt, and began scratching his neck for a flea. The proprietor of the hotel snapped his finger, just as Charley White does atthePlank-inton House, when lie wants a colored bell boy to get np and fly around, and the porter came up on the run with a pan and held it under the place where the dog was scratching, to eatch the I didn't want to ask any questions, but I looked around at the landlord with an inquiring turn of mind, and he told the porter to take the dust out and wash it and see how much it panned out. The porter took a brush and brushed the dust off the dog into the pan, and went out, and just as we were to dinner he came in and said he only thirty cunts out of the dust oil the dog, adding that the dog was getting unreliable.

The landlord said the confounded dog probably shook himself before he came in. He said it was getting so j'ou couldn't place any dependence on a dog now a days. Such things as these always set me to thinking, and I thought how these Colorado people can discount us of the effete east, on scientific lying, and I laid it to the air in high latitudes. I expect when I get up on the maiu range, a few thousand feet higher, one of my lies can be used for a Sunday school lesson. Serring a Diroros Paper.

Some time ago a Napa officer wa9 given a notice of application for divorce to serve upon '-the wife of 'one 'David Rice, in whicH the complaint charged the aforesaid party with 'being a 'common scold, of violent temper, and terror to the neighborhood. It so appencd that the applicant for a disseverance of th covenant of marriage had married brother in the same vicinitv. at -whose house he called by mistake." On knocking at the door and inquiring for the mistress of the mansion he was shown into the kitchen, where he found a plump and buxom woman of a pieasinw countenance cooking doughnuts. He stated his business that he had a paper to serve upon her, but it seems that he was too tender-hearted to abruptly announce its import. Having her hands covered with the doughy flour, the curious lady requested him.

to read the precept, which' he proceeded to do, "summoning the -said Wife to appear at a certain date, to show cause why her husband should not be granted a divorce from her on the grounds of extreme "cruelty, violent objurgation, aggravated scolding, and being a common vixen." At this point a ladle of hot, greasy fried-cakes struck the officer in the face, and brought an abrupt conclusion to his melodious delivery. "Let me "See that paper, you vile skunk yot are reading a lie?" and glancing at the document she had torn from the astonished officer's grasp, she looked at its title, saw it was directed to Mjs. Abigail Rice, and with a cry of exultation exclaimed: "You blasted fool, that's my brother's wife, and you have come to the wrong house." She then apologized for her violent demonstration, and gleefully laughed as she stated that he would receive much worse treatment if he undertook to read the same document to the woman to whom it was directed. Upon this showing the officer concluded he would not venture; and so, sealing the summons in an envelope, he called and delivered it to Mrs. Abigail Rice without staying to inquire whether she could read it or not.

However, Lis nose was so blistered by the hot fat from the doughnut ladle that it has retained a rubicund hue since the above occurrence. How He MaSa It "So you have found hotel-keeping a source of great profit?" queried a New-Yorker of a Colorado man whom Le met in Chicago the other day. "Well, I suppose the hotel has rnet expenses, though I ain't sure," was the reply. "But they tell me vou have made 300,000." "Yes, bnt you see I have a saloon attached to the hotel, and a silver mice attached to the saloon, and a faro-room attached to the mine, and I act as judge at all horse-races and as umpire at ail prize-fights. Oh, we don't expect a Western hotel to make a WuU Street News.

Wales' Latest Joke Poole, as everybody knows, is the Prince's tailor For this reason he is invited now and then to parties and receptions where noblemen assemble. The line of social difference between titled persons and "shopkeepers," by the way, is not nearly so firmly drawn as I had been led to believe. It is get-ting quite flexible, and is often overs-stepped. The Prince of Wales, being at his tailor's, said "Poole, I see your name in the list of those who attended Lady Drury's party." "Yes, your Highness, I went areund for a short time." "You must have had a capital time, Poole, did you not?" "Well, your Highness, it was enough, you know. Nuthin" he try." "What was the mxttr with it?" I should suppose you could enjoy it np there among all the "You see, your Highness you must have seen by the Court Journal the society was a little just alittle mixed." "You're unreasonable, Poole.

Good God! You couldn't expect 'em all to be tailors." The Barber Refuses to Talk. I shall haf nodings more to said the German barber near the Cooper Institute, while he was shaving the reporter yesterday, "imless somedinga so bardicular habbens I cand keeb my mout shut. I'm dired uf dalking. Id aind naduraL A parber is like a man vot got himselluf arresded for a grime. It's againsd his inderesds to haf do much to say.

Id's so sdrangefor a par Eo. E. Davis, suB'-CRrrTioN' price per tsar. Central Branch Time Table. Going West.

"Mall leaves Marvin m. Freight leaves Marvin Going East. 3Iail rives, "5:07 Freight arrives 4:35 a.m. Mail east and west runs daily. The freights go vest Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: East, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

STAGE rUILLIFSBCBG TO MARNIN. Daily, "Leaves Phillipsburg, 8 p. -Arrives at PUIlinsburg 6:30 a- w. Fare: Rounn. trip 75o: Oneway 50c.

Official Directory. STATE OF KASSAS. Governor W. Glick Lieut. D.

W. Finney Secretary oi State Jmes Smith Auditor E. P. McCabe Treasurer Sam. T.

Howe Sup't Public Instruction. C. Speer -Attorney General Printer T. Dwight Thatcher iU. S.

J. J. IngaJIs I P. B. Plumb COUNTY.

"District Judge Senator 'C erk Disf. County Clerk Register of Deeds. iTreasurer Sheriff W. IT. Prat; Geo.

II. Case II. McBride A. Spaulding J. V.

Lowe Ritner Smith D. L. Smith Woods Suft Public Instruction C. A Lewis 'Probate Judge C. Spaulding County Surveyor County Attorney Coroner (Commissioner 1st (list.

do 2d dist. do 3d 1 Sup't poor farm Li. St bert S. W. McElroy W.

Gancly II. Moulton J. H. Close M. Bishop I.

E. Dixs -PHILLIPSBUKG TOWNSHIP. Trustee J. Mcllvaine Treasurer J. F.

Morse 'Clerk A. P. McElroy Justices of the Frank Strain Peace, E. B. Johnson S.

(J. Cummings D. (J. Clark Aliyor. A.

Lewis. PoXce Judge. Strain. 'CoirxciLMKx: J. W.

Lowe S. C. 'Cummings, Chas. Dickey, N. 'Poling, and II.

Lcfiingwell. C. W. Snoderass. W.

Young. 'City Marshall. 13. F. Delph.

LOCAL NEWS. If you want a nice cool refreshing drink try Gephart's lemonade. For drugs medicines Mallett's a good place to go. Arthur Spraguc and wife visited relatives in the country last Sunday N. B.

McCormick went to Long Saturday, on professional Ujusiness. Ed. Page, of Kirwin, Sundayed at at Phillipsburg with his parents this mveek. Wanted: A second hand spring wagon. Enquire at the Phillipsburg Creamery.

Go to the Chicago store for your dry goods, clothing, etc. Good goods at way down prices. II. C. Sprague son have this week received an invoice of new clocks.

If you want anything in that line, call on them. We had the pleasure of meeting Jlon. John Bissell, Register of the U. S. Land Olfice, at Kirwin, on our streets on Sunday last.

Tusday night this section of the country was visited by a bountiful rain which came in good season to hfc'p corn alono II. S. Poling Co. will soon put in an eut rcly new stock of boots and shoes for the accommodation of their large tiumber of customers. Vvre had a rain accompanied by l3svy winds on Wednesday night of week.

It made some of the 0 le vt.t cyclone holes, and we hvprd of some running out and taking rofug-j behind sionepiles, etc- xi Lie young fallow who slid out of upj.er story of a certain house in this towi. through the bacn window And broke wir.dow light out of the wood -shed, will pay for the break and bet up the e.gsus, we will say nothing it. G. W. Young have sold 16 Duck eye twine binders in the last two eeks.

Tiit ir trade has been equally as good in other branches of their bus verily as an implement and hardware man George makes rapid isUi-ies for the front if hslegs are short. Harvesting bes commenced in earnest soxl grain i i expected to be in fine couiji? farmers are all b-uisy in the h.irv't'st field just now and times now are rather but wo can stand it Mowing that they are harvesting large crops an 1 will have plenty of wealth to improve the countiy this fell. We heard there were two lemon, sdo stands in town. We found on ra vcbtt-'atfon, such to be the case, b. Po'ii'g southeast' side the ponfi-xfi'S of the institution.

SiiOiph.d th 'heir but rcouUii-ot tell which was best. il. are We wo If vou td you had better do Go to each and g-1 a tinguished lawyer and politician, and Dr. William Elder, also a prominent ennsylvanian-and now an official in treasury department. Both gentlemen -were born inSomer-jset, and'-were friends from early I boyhood.

Both were excellent story-, tellers, and both had a wealth of stories of their early life. Black was particularly proud of a icanrmfinn rf tl-io wnT in wHifh lift first read Don Quixote, and was fond of reflating it whenever an appreciative au-' dience could be secured. The story was that in his father's garret at Somerset there stood an old hair trunk in the 'earliest days or the embryo judge's career, when his young mind had just be-' gun to feel the want of more varied literary resources than the standard, dog-eared volumes of his father's limited' i library afforded. Jere was investigating I the garret one rainy day for some di version, when he chanceci to open tne old trunk and observed that it was as was the custom, with leaves of an old book. Little Jere was surprised and somewhat interested.

An examination proved that the book was "Don Quixote," and that almost all the pages had been used in lining the trunk. Jere soon became interested in Quixote" and his faithful squire, and as he traced the pages further, he grew more and more pleased, delighted, excited and absorbed. The opening chapter was found under the lid of the trunk, and Jere began to read the wonderful story, and page by page he followed the winding plot, rivaling the exploits of the redoubtable Don as he sat one moment with his head in the trunk, then climbed into the trunk to read what was pasted on the sides, lay on his back, with the trunk-lid on the top of him, while he perused the bottom, stood on his head to get a nearer view of the obscure cor-i ners, and in this acrobatic manner mas-I tered the story, gathered impressions that clung to'hini throughout his life, and made everlasting friendships with luckless Sancho Panza and erratic Don Quixote. Judge Black told his story well, and it was well known among his friends. One evening a large gathering of liter- ary and political people, including Judge Black and Dr.

Elder, were talk ing of the books of their boyhood, and as there were a few persons present who never heard the story referred to, the Judge was about to tell it, when Dr. i Elder began unexpectedly: "I will never forget the circumstance under which I first read Don Quixote, when I was a boy. The pages of the 1 book were pasted as a lining in an old I hair trunk in my father's garrett, and I I went through more gymnastics in ol- lowmg on behind the Don faithful steed through all the sides, angles and trays of that old trunk than I ever attempted since." Judge Black listened speechlessly to the recital, and those who had heard him tell the story glanced suspiciously from Doctor to Judge. It was evident that somebody had stolen the story or that the Doctor had appropriated it to quiz the udge, and the latter was not only surprised, but a good deal chagrined. For a long time Black felt hurt over the theft of his story, or the ridicule of his friend; bat, after many months, meeting Dr.

Elder on the street one day, he said: "Doctor, do you remember our stories of Don Quixote in a hair trunk? Well, that mystery hag been cleared up. I have found that when we both lived at Somerset my father bought that old trunk from your father, and we both read Don Quixote the same way out of the same truaJi. "Why didn't you stand aside and let I that woman pass? asked a policeman of a nesrro. "Case she is my wile, san. She makes me home, but when I ketches her on der street I lets her take her chances, sah.

Ef yer want- er see a man wid liteness born him come up ter my house an' see dis ole man nop roun de yard. Successful Book Agents. "I have been told that there is a book canvasser who has earned $25,000 a year. Is that so?" a Sun reporter said to Mr. George Washington Davis, who i in charge of the canvassing department of D.

Appleton Co. "You may judge for yourself," said Mr. Davis, pulling out a memorandum book. "This firm has paid 20,000 to Mr. Samuel Collins since September last for his personal services in canvassing for one book, 'Artistic "Is not that an exceptional amount?" "That is a large sum, but Mr.

Collins has been a book canvasser for fifteen years, and has made a handsome income. He began at $10 a week. The book sells for 300 a set. One of our agents made 2,000 in one month selling Appleton's Cyclopaedia. Such men think it a poor week when they do not earn $100.

One of our canvassers, named Rust, earned $1,248 in ten weeks selling the 'Art Another earned 750 in a month selling 'The Gallery of British I could give you the name of a woman who has earned 357 in one week selling our books. There is Mr. Fowke, who has been fortyyears a book canvasser. I should say he averaged 10,000 a year by his personal sales. He has sold many sets of the Cyclopaedia.

There is a lady who has just come in who earns 2,500 a year. I supposa there are fifty men in this country who are earning 100 a week as book agents. "Of course, these are not the sort of men that funny paragraphs are written about. They are gentlemen who are good conversationalists. People like to hear them talk, and they know how to talk to the right people.

They ride in carriages, dress well, and lose no time. They know thoroughly what they have to sell and how to sell. it. We can depend on them to sell a given quantity." 'Could they take any kind of books and earn such wages?" "Probably not. The most money is made in sellins expensive books.

Pub lishing runs in that direction now. This firm put 500,000 into the Cyclop ajdia before they got a cent back. They put $200,000 into 'Picturesque America' before they began to get their money back. jThat sells for 21 a copy. If we depend on the trade to sell it.

we should have to get 500 a copy to make it pay. Agents sell books that could not be sold any other way. People will not go to stores to look for books, but when they see really good books offered in the right way they will buy. The best books are now published by subscription." Do you find women or men the best agents?" "Men. There has been Korftft snc-cessful women agents, but they do not show the same perseverance as "Do men often fail I "Oh, yes.

I try 3,000 people a year Who think they can make goo-l icanvas-sers, and I think I am lnckvif get tei' good canvassers out of the 3.000. It i--like any other business and requires brains, apitude and perseverance. Men-brass and assurance will not do. A good book agent must be a ploasaut person." How do you find them?" "They come to us. The most prolifi.

season for good canvassers is immedi ately after a business panic. Men who get out of business, and have? no oapitaS but brains, often begin as book ajonrs. and get a fresli start in lira. S.r.ne-times they keep at tho cnHvassin-joidi Until they get capital to begin again. Sometimes they keep on to: life.

The demand for good book brisk, and ta inercisi" W' Verk Sun The board of commissioners of Phillips county meets in regular session next Monday, July 7th. If you want to buy goods cheaper than any one else can possibly sell go to the Chicago Store. Geo. VV. Stinson informs us that Mrs.

Stinson's health is so far recovered that she is expected home in a short time. Geo. W. Stinson delivered the oration at Logan on the Fourth and we have no doubt but that the people were well entertained. J.

G. Gebhart opened ice cream parlors directly south of his grocery and will furnish the best of cream every Saturday. Call and see him and take your girl with you. "Willie Woodward has been assisting on the Times this week. Willie is a good workman and a cfood boy as well, and has all the elements of a good and useful man.

Chas. Dickey keeps on hand on the east side ot the square a line of furniture. He is attentive at his place business; ac commodating, and deserves, as he gets, a good patronage in his line. J. (J.

Lowe has just put in a cistern for J. W. Lowe and is putting one this week for Frank Strain. These gentlemen are fixing things at their homes for '-solid comfort," A. L.

Kilmau, of Orleans is the leading jeweler of the west, and if you want any repairing of any kind done leave it at the Times office and it will receive prompt attention. Finest workmanship assured. Ben Delpli wishes to inform the traveling public that parties desiring to come to Phillipsburg from Marvin immedi ately after the train from the east arrives will be accommodated for a faie of $1.00. Bokn: To Mr' and Mrs. League, Thursdaj', July 3d, 1884, a son.

The mother and babe are doing well, and Mr. Dutcher is happy in having another to call him grandpa soon. Sheriff J.B.Woods has just finished sinking a well on his place in the east part of town and now has plenty of the Kansan's favorite beverage at his door. John is an enterprising citizen and intends to keep up with the times. Mr.

O. R. Clark received notification this week that his claim for a pension was allowed by the department at the rate of six dollars per month from date ot his discharge. This gives Mr. Clark the snug little sum of ,3.15, quite, a snug little sum.

Last Saturday Mr. Daniels received one of the Buckeye Low Down Binders, ordered by Geo. W. Young of this place. It is an altogether different looking machine from the common form of binders and we are informed, does excellent work in the harvest field.

We understand that a couple of "formerly of Phillips county" men were recently arrested and taken before the U. S. court at Omaha for "monkeying" with Uncle Sam's revenue laws. They were L. Schnell, from Alma, and Wm.

K. Taylor, from Oxford, Nebraska. Mr. B. D.

Mills, of Republican City, one ot the most piominent real estate men of Republican Valley, passed through Phillipsburg Sunday on his return home from a visit to Stockton. He reports seeing some of the finest small grain during his trip that was ever his lot to view, and no doubt Mr. Mills has seen as much growing grain as any other one man in this country. Never before has this county had such cheering prospects, The the harvest of small grain is the best ever known and the late rains have given us bright prospects for corn. Without doubt our farmers will be better fixed this fall than at any previous time in the history of the country and the doubt as to the adaptability of this country for agricultural purposes entirely removed.

We have this week printed and sent out as sample copies, nearly five-hun dred papers more than the number of names on our subscription books. We desire to say to parties receiving these that they may be the only copy you will receive. We issue them for the purpose of showing you that we are here and are Tunning a news-paper, and the kind of a paper it is. It shall be our endeavor to make the paper a welcome and looked for visitor in every family, and, of course, ask your atd in doing so. Every sub scriber can help us in more ways than by merely paying us his subscription.

Call in and see us" when you are in town and tell us the news. If you know any local news of interest send it into us don't be bashful about it The Times must have all the local news it can get and will appreciate any help extended "and don't you forget it." Again we say to those receiving sample copies that we will not try to force our paper on rnen who don't want it. If you like it a istal curd will only cost ku a cent and you can pasily tell us to continue sendinir it on one. 'go to II. Spauldings, at tbe-Post Office store.

1 he weather of late has been so excessively warm as to make folks transpire.a great deal. G. D. Harmon is looKing for a splendid new buggy, wont she ride jolly though. Who will go.

The Prairie Dog country was visited by a fine rain on Sunday night, so we are reliably informed. O. W. Bickford returned Saturday night from an extended trip to eastern Nebraska, still satisfied to pin his faith to Phillips County. Frank Smith, one of Phillips County's educators, paid us a visit Saturday, and left us his name for a year's subscription.

We desire to express our thanks to the friends who so kindly and willingly assistedus in moving our materr ial up stabs into our office rooms. We hear it reported that a heavy rain and wind storm, accompanied by hail, did considerable damage to crops on Plum creek. Parties who want a drink of butter milk from the Creamery, must be around and fill up before Geo. Fishers turn or theie won't be any left. Chas.

Dickey is prepared to sell you furniture cheap for cash. Call and see what he can do for you before going any where else foi your goods. F. E. Wrinship has just received a new line of queensware and glassware.

Parties desiring anything in this line will do well to examine his stock beiore purchasing. For anything you want in dry good or grocery line call on James Woods on the North side of the square and he will De pleased te accommodate you. D. A. Hnling, on the south-west corner of the square keeps on hand a full stock of Everything.

When in need of dry goods, groceries, hardware, or anything else, call on him. We would be pleased to see all old friends and as many new ones as can make it convenient to call while in town. But be sure and bring some items of interest, for this is your paper. Dave Clark has purchased a header, and E. F.

Carpenter and Cal. Snodgrass have built the boxes for him. Dave thinks a header is the machine for rapid and efficient harvest work. Yes, we tried the bicyle, pait of the time we were on top but it was the machine on top mostly. But we'll ride that thing yet, if it takes a leg.

The rest of the boys are learning and we will stay with the crowd. Leffingwell McClung carry a full stock of seueral merchandise, and are pleasant and reliable gentlemen to deal with. If you don't see what you want when in their store asK for it. They have everything thing in their line. Sevral parties living near town invested very extensively in the soap business which was run in connection with Hunter's Show, conseuently they will hereafter give the.

uninitiated good advice and buy their soap or our home dealers. The Philhpsburg gun club refrains from publishing the score made at their first glass ball tournament. Everybocty knows the boys are good shots 'and. can just slaughter game, but it was too dark when they began to see the sights. Adam McElroy and J.

W. Lowe purchased a fine thoroughbred Rose of Sharon bull at the recent live stock sale at Beloit. The animal is one of the finest ever brought tc this county. He is Registered in A. H.

B- Vol. 26, jo. 556-71, as Kansas Duke, bred by II. Clay Hatch craft, Paris, Ky. During a TCCeut 'visit to we had the pleasure of shaking bands with many of our acquaintances, among whom were Mr.

Tioup, whom we found in the post John O'Neil, who was one among the first of Marvin's merchants and still holds the fort in the same building he opened his store in during the first year of the town's being. We also met S. G. Nay, the fat hog dealer one of the oldest settlers; Dr. Stev-ens and C.

II. Edgecomb is still prepared to serve suffering humanity by giving them drugs and medicines in exchange for uoney; W. H. Vincent, who feeds them for the same cause. We also formed the acquaintance of Mr.

light, whom we jund located in the building formerly occupied by Bell Stevens. Mr. Wright has a full t-tock of general meichandise and is prepared to sell cheap as the cheapest. Among others we met Beckly, busy as could be his lumber vard. He re- He re- potts large sales of lumber this year, and says the time has cogie when farmers are putting up substantial buildings to replace the dug-j outs and sod houses of the early days, Yesterday morning dawned cloudy and things looked very unpromising tor the celebration at this place.

However about ten o'clock the skies began to clear and thecrowds began to pour into the -city. Most of them went straingt to the grove while some staid in town to see a "Free Shave" advertised by hand bills, and which, when it appeared created a great deal of merriment. It showed a barber shaving a man with a wooden razor as big as an axe, using an im mense mug and a whitewash brush to lather with. L. K.

Pratt, of Norton, not putting in appearance, as advertised, S. W. McElroy delivered a fine oration which was attentively listened to by the audience. Mao did well and is entitled to great credit for his splendid effort. The toasts were responded to in a masterly and eloquent style and the remarks ot Prof.

Lewis were well received as were those of Rev. Allen. The music was excellent and the celebration as a whole was a success. AT MAKVIX an enjoyable and enthusiastic time is reported. The celebration was at the grove southwest of town and a varied and interesting program was fully cairied out.

The oration was delivered by T. J. Tooley, of Ann Arbor, and toasts were responded to by several parties in a manner creditable to the occasion. AT LOG AX a large crowd and a genuine good time is Geo. W.

Stinson delivered a masterly and eloquent oration to an enthusiastic and appreciative audience. A basket dinner in grove and games, foot races and a horse race completed the day's exercises. WOOL GROWER'S ASSOCIATION. Phillipsburg, Kans. June 20, '84.

The next reglar meeting of the Woolgrowers' Association, ot Phillips be held at Fhillips-burg, on Saturday, July 12th, 1884. W. Stixsox, Secretary. List of letters remaining in the Post Office at Phillipsburg not called for July 1st. Baker, Levi Miller, Mrs.

Polly, Shoemaker, Frank, Persons calling for above letters will please say advertised. H. C. Spaulding, P. M.

The following parties registered at the Central House on the 4th Air. John if. Fmiey lady 44 l' E. Daniels, iliss Ella lloffgin Granite. Dickeyville.

Ilattie Chapman, EbJ', Goode. Mr. VV. A. Ehy Miss Minnie Barnes, Mr.

C. A.Tileston, Greenwood. Mr. Miles Hill, Miss L. Bird, E.

Mitchel, Miss Estella Iiider, Nance. Mr. Wm. Davison, Mrs. Cummings is reported very ill, Mrs.

Dave Close visited friends at Marvin the fore part of the week. Prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours, day or night at H. C. Sprague Son's. Miss Judith Dutcher returned yesterday from Jerseyville, 111., where she has been visiting.

The president has vetoed the Fitz John Porter Bill, and the Senate sustains bis veto by a vote ot'27 to 27. A team belonging to Mr. Schneck became frightened and turned over the wagon, but were soon slopped bv some of the boys. Ross De Armond came down to Phillipsburg to celebrate. It's a long way to ccme just for a picnic.

Was that the only attraction. Married At Phillipsburg July 1st 1884, by H. C. Spaulding, Probate Judge. Mr.

L. D. Scott and Mary C. LaMont, both of Plum township. The District Court of Phillips County, Kansas, meets next Monday, Judge W.

H. Pratt presiding. This is an adjournment of the March term 1S84. On Teusday July 2d, II. C.

Bartlett died very suddenly at Kirwin. He was apparently, perfectly well and hearty an hour before his death, and told the doctor he had been po ned but a coroner's ju found a verdect of death from natural causes. Died: At Marvin, Kans, on July 4th, 1884, at 1 o'clock, p.m. Charlie Stout. The funeral will be held today.

Charlie was one of the most respected of Marvin's young mer, and his family has the sympathy of the entire community. He had been suffering from rheumatism for the past six months which finally caused Pericarditis or dropsy ot the heart. Mr. John Finley, formerly of Leon, Iowa, made the Times office a pleas ant call on Thursday. Mr.

F. was a soldier in the late war and lost an arm in his country's service. He and wife are stopping at the Central House where he is being treated by Houck for his eyes which have been so affected that at times he is almost blind. John is a brother of Frank Finlev, of Granite', who is known to all Burghers. ft St ft Slfc3 2 ai: ft -p JJ ft Tffl ft 3.

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Harrison against A. C. Carpenter for failure to comply with law as to timber-culture entry no. 8,445, dated May 14th, 1882, upon the southeast qurter of section 32, township 3 south, range 19 west, in county, ivansas, witli a view to the cancellation of said entry; contestanrallegios that A. C.

Carpenter did not break, plow or stir five acres of said land during second j'ear after the date of said entry and that said Carpen ter did not cultivate the crops or otherwise five acres of said land during second year after date of said entry and has ever since to the present time failed to stir or plow or cultivate said land the said par ties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 13th day of August 1884, at 10 o'clock a. to respond and furn ish testimony concerning said alleged failure. John Bissell, Register. i-iv R. K.

Hays, Receiver. U. S. Land Office, Kirwin, No. 61G9.

Jan. 14, 1883. Complaint having been entered at this Office by H. M. Gordon against Joseph Hawev, for abandoning his Homestead Entry "No.

1J6-38, dated June 23d. 187, upon tne northwest quarter of section 10, towNship 2 range 18 in Phillips Countv. Kans- with a view to the can cellation of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 14th day of Ausust, 1884, at 10 o'clock A. to respond and furnish testimony concering said alleged abandonment. John Bissell, Register.

R. Hays, Receiver. Elihu Davis, att'y. A Story the Marines. "A warm day like this," said the nautical "cop" yesterday afternoon at Eighth and Chestnut streets as he shook the beads of prcspiration from his walking-cane, "reminds me of a pretty warm place I once prot into, and on a freezing cohl day.

know what a 'case whale' is, do 7. -u? Well, it's a whale that has a cav'ty in its head which holds just one-third of all the oil tkat the whale produce. Tne body of a seventy-five barrel 'case whale' yields fifty barrels and head barrels. The Incident I speak of happened while I was the whaling ship Eliza F. Xu-t'vj.

"Wo I.r. cr.p'tnreJ a kindred barrel vLalc, i.i.d ta head was split o'cul w- to dip out the oil. like going into a big bath tab, nnd a iv.au tmJs almost up to his arm-l'tis in oil. I was wading about in the iiion.ier's Lead when I was suddenly starilcd by seeing the surface of the oil burst into a caused, as I afterward learned, by one of the crew accidentally dropping a box of burning matches. The ouly thing to do was to dive under the oil, and I did it, with my sheath knite in my teeth.

I turned my iiead after I got underneath and could plainly see 'the names jumping about three "feet. After I could breath no longer 1 attempted to come to the surface, but the heat was so intense that I had to dive back again, and made a desperate effort to dig my way out with the knife. 1 managed to dig a hole large enough for to thrust my head through, and by a mighty effort, escaped icto the sea. It was a pretty tight squeeze, I can tell you. and my body was so warm that it made the water hiss all around me.

The captain of the vessel thought I had been burned to death, and when I swam to the side of the vessel, he was so frightened that he told me there was only one thing that prevented him from turning gray in a "What was that?" asked the listener. "He was bald-Leaded." Philadelphia Press. "Pay the A young man arrived" in town the other day" from one of the interior towns, and was dressed in the height of fashion-de-country. The airs he put on treading the pavement attracted the attention of all pedestrians, especially the young ladies, on whom he dispensed soul-invigorating smiles. The rich young lady and the poor girl each caught a smile as they passed him.

He entered a restaurant, and even before ordering his 5 ceut lunch commenced an attack on the heart of the pretty waiter girl- He swallowed his cheap dinner and almost got away with his own palate, and was about to arise when the pretty waiter girl approached and slyly tucked a note down by the side of his plate. He was now sure that his "mashing" efforts had been appreciated. He stealthily gathered it up and placed it in his pocket, and would read it when he got ontside. lie was sure it was an "appointment." So he hastened to-the cashier's desk, and when, asked for hi3 cheek said that he had none. Forgetting that she had given him a check.she called out, "Ten cents," which he paid, and he passed out into the busy throng.

Having reached a secure place, where the gaze of the idle multitude would not disturb him, and. with a beating heart and between short breaths, he fished ont the litt'e note of appointment, which read: "Pay cashier ten A gossip" writer in the Troy Pres saysof Bret Harte's father whom he met years ago when he was private tutor of two of his playmates: "I remember him wed, a very pleasant gentleman. He married a girl out of the mill. She was one of the most beautiful girls I ever saw, as handsome as a doll, but had no education. Her husband educated her, and she became one of the ti-nest ladies in Hudson." A Legal Point.

He looked like a rising young lawyer as he entered a Jersey City bank the other day and inquired of the cashier: "Has any person presented a check here beaiiug my signature J. Q. Smith?" "Xo, s-r-." "If such a check was filled in for 200 and mr name forged to it, would it be cashed?" "Xo sir not even if the signature was srenuifle and the note filled in for ''Ah yes! I was simply making a legal point. I bank in my. Vest pocket! Good Wall Street News.

Mrs. Gladstone, who was described by Disraeli as "Without a single redeeming vice," usually wears a rusty black silk costume with well-worn boots and gloves. She avoids fashion that she may save money for the poor. ber to be all der time dalking beepla look at me as if I vos a sord of a guri-osidy. "Id vos choost such a hot vedderlike dis a year ago ven you first game py my shop and pegan to make in der baj-ers Yoolishness of my obinioes apowd dings.

It dook me some veeks to found owid vich von uf mygusdimers you vos. nnd I musd say I vos surbrised ven I found it vos yon yoursellufL Von are der firsd reborder I efifer saw, und I nef-fer should haf susbectcd j-ou uf I didn't found you owid. I subbosed a reborder was some shdrange animal sord uf a vel-Ier; tall so he could see ofer beeple's heads, und haf blendy legs pesites; ruit pig ears like an elephand. eyes like a nibble elegtrhr lambs, und shmard like a house afire. 'I hat ofden visaed to shafe a reborder, to feel uf his chaw a leedle, und see uf it is formed for asking gwesdions dif-ferund from der resd der chaws in a parber shop.

But you are gwide an or-tinary sord of a feller. Insite a crowt, I vould misdake you for a shendleman like myselluf. I subbose it's barl ot your peezness not to look like a reborder, in acd von uf my gusdimers vicu is in der Gondroller's "office (vhere le tond do soniedings ad all for a litycg) dells me dot nod any uf tier reborders look like reborders at all. Now how can snch a ding be like dot, I can't find owid. "I vood a leedle like to know Low is it der reborders get so quick der news, alretty.

Are der Americans so fond uf der babers vot dem nodify der reborders please come righd avay to such anl such a blace: 1 am choosd apowd to rommit suicite or git arresded for par- glary, or shood a brize fighter? Or haf der reborders some brifate vay got nf finding owid vot via habben yet, so dem can 20 to a house ufid sav: 'Blease let me sit py der barlor nnd vaid? A niurter is coming off ry lis blace la a gubble ry cuiminy nooKj-: am.gomg to goramit suicite or bankruptcy or purnedavay, I vould peen much opliged if, instet of goini among der neighpora arount vou vould come straihd to me. In case I vos choost apowd to suicite it vould peen bleasant to loucj it owid. 'Der monkev parber py der neirt shair vould als like to know from some sociedy reborder if he is going to mnrry der blunvmer's laughter or nod. Del blummer says he can marry as ofden ha bleases, onlv he's prot to vaid a year unl broduce 10,000 der vedding day, yvt. Der monkey parber says he has dakea learal adwice, and been informed dot efen he should hang arount der Prook-Pride dill he got grushed to deth vouhl not get more as 5,000." V.

Y. Sua. Fresh Graduates in Xewspapr DSces, We hear people even now speculating on the enrichment of the newspap-r through the acquisition of boy dud girl graduates; but as newspapers are val liable according as they deal with live is sues and vital experiences, the stock of information brought by graduates tie-fore they have I'd long enough to re alize of expe 4ce something is ci doubtful imp- ce tk.to.t Trtinf Grift. i.