Phillipsburg News and Phillips County Post from Phillipsburg, Kansas • 4

0 100 Horse Carpenter Jackson took time Sarur-Ldy tonhow through the new build-; ing bing built by A Lewis, on the wept ide of the- pquare. The lower 9 i fl all i I i a i 4-1 mm- ji Mares And Mules A Missouri Pacific engineer on a layoff, announces his intention of boring for ca9 at Beloit. He might run up to this city and bottle some of the real article let loose by Eock Island engineers almost any day or night at the depot hotel. We note that many newspaper state that so-and-so were quietly" married etc. Well, what's the cse of making any great noise about it? We have known married couples to make enough noise afterwards to make.

up for a great deal of quiet at the wedding. Concordia Kansas. The blame for the Rook Island wreck near Alta Vista lant Wednesday morning, is resting on John Lyonp, the boy operator who had charge of the station at Tolland, ihe claim being that he failed to deliver orders to east bound train, thereby casing a collision in whinh nearly forty people were killed. When Lyons saw that 8 wreck was sure to happen, he wired the train dispatcher that he was gone. It looked a3 though the railroads were not careful enough in the selection of operators along their lines, and the traveling public will hail the day when only those passing a rigid examination will be given a position, and that the salary attached will be sufficient to.

attract good men. if A gentleman named Bailey haopurch-aned a half interest in tho Blue Front restaurant. Bailey it an xperienced cook, and under the new management the restaurant will be open all houri and a specialty made of serving short orders at night. Give the Blue Front a call. While a few were inclined to kick against the traces over box rent being raised, not many have had their boxes cut oil at the postoffice.

There is no use howling about itit is Unela Sam'i orders, and when Samuel says a thing it goes, whether the peoplu like it or not. A writer prognosticates that the country editor will soon own his own automobile. A $500 machine secured for 500 cash and $500 in probably. That is the way we used to buy bicycles. But, as we now have to walk on the K.

we'll hail the day when "us fellers" hang the shootin stick on the explosion nozzle and let 'er go, Gallagher. The next time Cy Heath attempts to make a balky heater go omo, ho will use a ten-foot poker. He don't care for another such blast as he got two weeks ago. During the past year we sent in subscriptions to the Mail and Breeze, at that time having a 502 rate with that paper. Of late we have had requests for a renewal, but can no longer give the rate' allowed before, a the Mail and Breeze has bumped its rate to iewspapers for clubbing purposes to 75c! AuffuPt Joha Atkinson and Morris Bailey made a shiomeht of stock to Kannao- City lat week.

Fischer cropped off at Frankfort ou the way home and spent a day visiting Matt Mc-Keon, that tood locking brother-in-'aw of his. The boys all made good money on their stock. Newt Bracken drove over to the hotae of Elam Bartholemew in the south part of the county last Friday and was present at the marriage of cue of that gentleman's good looking daughter's. One of these times Newt may be a little more interested simply being a guest at a (unction of this sort. W.

J. Bryan intimates that he wouid not mind another chance for the presidency. It will be only a chance, however. li'-ur, ruiJiij iiiu is ut-iis mwu up for a general store, but as yet we are unable to say who will occupy tame. The upstairs is cut up in four suit3 two rooms to the suit, and in all probability Mr.

Lewis will occupy the front rooms which will make him a light and con-" venient office. The other rooms will be for rent and will make nice Sees for somebody. Mr Lewis 13 not sparing expense and has built modern end is finishing everything right up to the handle. His example should be followed by others on that side of the street. Elsie Lee feels that the News should apologize, becatse a week ago we stated that Mrs.

Lee had gone to Goodlaod and that Joe had. joined the bschelr.r Miss Elsie informed us that "there are three of cs girl" at home and we can cook a few lines, even if mother is not here to tell us how." We hereby apologize and if necessary will pet domi on our knees and aak the yntiiig ladies' for such a when the plate of goodies shows' up Miss promised to bake and bring os p.3 proof of her ability as an artist in that line. We f.re informed thnt the Commercial club has about induced the mill owners to put in an electric light plant of sufficient capacity to light the The county seas towns all around os have jumped into the electric elass, ard there is no reason why Phillipsburg should not join the precision. The mill has "power to burn" and then some, and we'd rather see its owners make a strike in the direction of electric lights than anybody we know of. While we have net been informed of hi3 intentions sinse selling the buieher shop, Ted Tackweli will probably move back on the farm and in the spring tickle the soil again.

The heme place is nearly all seeded to wheat, a few acres being held out last fail for alfalfa and this well be seeded in the spring. Ted Taekweli is a mighty nice young man and a hustler to boot, and the News, wishes him prosperity in the future. While passing the new cottage Wm Beilharz is building up near the depot From 4 to 8 years old, sound, fat and broke to work; from 95c pounds up. Will be at Albaugh's barn, in Phiilipsburg, on SATURDAY, JAN. 12, ONE DAY ONLY.

Cut Off Will buy any kind of a fat horse. 11 A Xf.T2T E50fd 'HILLIPSBORG NEYS. BY WARREN WHITE. uring January The wheat should be fixed about right for the winter pall. Court convenes next Monday.

About the most important action docketed is the Bowman case. i OFFICIAL CITY PAPER. pctllshed every Thursday at PhlMpsborg County, KaasiM. OJVE DOLLAR FEB YEAR. A LAW TO REGULATE THE SALE OF PATENT riEDICINE.

Be it enacted by tlie senate and house of representatives: That Dr. Baker's Medicines and Extracts are the best, and Uncle Ellrod is ihd right man to sell them. This law will be in force when signed by the Governor. CO Snared at the poetence at Phtnip6barg, aa tecond iss mall matter. The recent cold snap has put a kink in the brick layer's job, and he of the trowel is getting a rest.

The sun came out Tuesday, doing bu9ines3 at ths old stand in a way that felt mighty good to us poor mortals who are compelled to pay $8 per ton for coal. THURSDAY. JAN. 1907. the other evening, the writer was in In order to clean up on "odds and ends" the dealers (or most of them) stick the price knife up to the hilt in prices, thereby cutting profits.

We find after invoicing our big Furniture stock that we have many articles which must be sold to make room for more goods, hence the profit cutting knife has been used, and you will find it to your interest to make purchases this month. If you don't see what you want, ask for it we may have it in the basement, as we occupy both floors. Anyway, come and see for yourself. John Heacock tella ua that he once lived in a town where a man had no more respect for a dead neighbor than to wheel in coal all the time during the funeral hoar. vited in to have a look at the interior, upon which Painter Baum was adding the finishing touches.

The building embraces five rooms, each finished in an artistie manner, and Mr. and Mrs. Beilharz will sure have a cozy home. They expect to get moved in and give a "house warning" the latter partof this week or the first of Contractors and Builders the contractors would like to figure with you on any thing you wish to build. No job too big for them to handle.

Address them at Phillips-burg Kansas, or phone 22. tf. When you want pure drugs, or prescriptions carefully and accurately filled go to the Harmon drug store. You will get the best and courteous treatment always. A telegram was reeeived Saturday night by Mrs.

J. L. Seavey announcing the death of her daughter, Maud, in Colorado. Deceased was married, but we have failed to learn the name ot her I. T.

Williams brought his Barber county "relatives to the metropolis Saturday to show them what a cracking good town have. We guess I. T. showed them around about right, too. A block of business buildings at Al-mena burned Saturday night, but we have been unable to learn how the fire originated.

We are told that Mr. Fitzgerald, formerly of this city, suffered a loss. Mil i LJJJvs Robert Gelpin and Miss May Bennett of this city were married last Sunday, Mr. Gelpin is at present holding down the position of night clerk at the-Bis--ell, and Miss Bennett is a daughter of-Newt Bennett. The young folks have our best wishes.

FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING Mel Spaulding expects to get moved into his new building before long. Mel has been to considerable expense in getting fixed up, but, as "Old Tom" would express it, "there's nothing too good for the Irish." A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Be loss Boughton Sunday morning. Deloss wear a happy smile, and he ha? a perfect right to, as Mr.

and Mrs. B. have been married six years and thi ia their first child. ADVERTISING RATES. Display, oer inch, single col 10c Local notices, per line 5c Cards of thanks, resolutions, 5c Patent medicine locals, per line 25c Legal notices, legal rates.

Walker Eros will be in Phillipsburg next Saturday to bay hordes and males. Frank Strain hitchers up with a good thing again the Kansas City Star in connection with the News. M. P. McManis and Master Paul Breakey returned Sunday night from a two weeks visit at Denver.

Ralph Yin3hip made a business run down to Kansrs City Saturday night, tpending a few days ia the windy wonder City. "Mrs. W. 0. Francis ha3 been hx poor health for several weeks.

The family physician pronounces her ailment heart failure. Bring in your horses and mule next Saturday. Everybody knoars the Walker Bros pay the highest market price for good stuff. Kitner Smith who went back east a fett weeka ago, has settled at Fairfield, to which place he directs that the "Sews Tisit him. Cay Shelito and S.

F. Bailey were in Saturday getting squared ahead with the printer. Wish all our subscribers were as thoughtful. Flojd Dickey and wife were called to Woodruff last Thursday by the death of Mrs. Dickey's grandmother, Mrs.

Cheadle, at the age of80yeara, from heart failure. Cement walks are all right in nice weather, but when they become coated with ice the pedestrian must excereisa some care in getting over them. More than one of oar citizens "took a skate" Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs.

W. H. Ilaun came up from Baber county last Friday evening for a visit with the family of I. T. Williams at Marvin, Mr.

Uaun and' Mrs. We have been asked whether a board of county commissioners can pay a reward for the capture of a criminal, after said criminal has been captured before they could offer a reward for his ap prehension. On the face of it, it don't look as though they couid do such a thing legally, but we respectfully refer the matter to the wise guardians of our county funds and see whatthey think about it. Tommy Hill will get one more whack at Judge anyway. He will "swear the Judge in" next Monday and then turn the clerk's offije over to Frank Brenizer.

Mr. Hill will propab! move on a farm he owns near Lngaii and try his hand at tickling Mother Earth. The News wishes him sbacdant success in the future. Chas, Walker, a Clay Center horse buyer, was here Monday on business. He patronized the News shop for bills and an ad announcing that the Walker Bros would be here Saturday nest with enough cash to pay for IGO hcrses, msres and mules delivered that day.

The Walter's are straight paper, all wool and a yard wide. We cotice by -Ihe Topeka papers Hint Dan Dvcr has the position of sergeant-at-sxms us good assiLchei. Dyer held Willis Bracken at Belleville, lie did not cheep a word to about a "calico attraction" at the Bell Man might be crawling on his all-fours yet if he had not found it more profitable to employ two them in catching and grabbing. The way the Topeka papers tell about what has been going on around the capitol the past day or two, some Kaneans are grabbing with all-fours. Joe Fickle dropped in on us just after noon Monday and with a smile reach-ing-over to the court house, informed us it whs a big boy at his house, born about 11 o'clock mat When Jot-gives the engineer the "back up" down in the' jarda now, the switches must be lined up properly and he has a clear track.

rices on eville end, but it is a safe gueps thai he didn't dig up ear fare for a ISO -mile fide just to see th cuntry. As socr as the weather will permit work of uiJdiug the nsw etandgipe ies UIOTJ will probably be eommenced. We are toid the foundation is completed and ready for the contractors to commence riveting their pipe thereon. On account of the rains last' week efor You and the freezing weather which fol this same posmpu durmgtne if.st session of the legislature arid gave very lowed, the streets have been in a very rough condition this week. The de livery boys are the fellows who have had their share of jolting up the last good satisfaction.

We're pulling for Dyer. The legislature met at Topeka Tuesday noon. G. H. Tannahill represents this county, but it is not likely he will be able to cut any more iee than the proverbial snowball.

few days. After a very pleasant visit witn home folks and numerous friends. Mrs. Ed Biseell left Saturday night for her home in Colorado. Among other things Mrs.

B. toon some sample ears of corn along to show her Colorado neighbors what we raise here. Williams being brother and sister. Mr. ilaun is sheriff of Barber connty.

The newly-elected officers of the (J rand Army and Womans Relief Corps were installed last Saturday afternoon. In the evening a nice banquet was spread in the lodge room, partaken of by members of the orders and friend. A five room house and a two room house for rent. M. A.

Sf AULDING. During January we offer extraordinary bar gains in fine tailoring. We have picked out large lot of styles which Ware' going to sell at practically no profit, just to "boost the biz," and at the same time advertise our good work. We will save you from $2 to $10 on a suit, made strictly to your measure by The Royal Tailors, Chicago and New York. We guarantee a perfect fit, correct style and the highest class tailoring.

If you want a suit for late winter or early spring wear, you can get it on our reduced price "boost the biz" proposition; or if you want lighter goods, medium weight, for spring, or feather weight for summer, it's all the same; we have many styles in all weights and grades on which we are cutting the price. Here ten days of the 1007 have about rolled by, and we haven't bought a single ''gold brick." We esc eit by rnd see the shares leaping upward in price without batting an eye. We've recollections of a scheme not panning out as many supposed it would. Others in this city probably remember something about it, too. A Downs man, according to the Times pulled the circular bath tub up near the stove and in reaching over for a towel failed to calculate dUtanpe.

He has concluded that a pneumatic tire effect may be all right in its place, but believes it belongs to the bicycle rather than the human race. The gentleman has also been taking his meals standing. 1 1 1 1 We lera that Tom Close, who was injured in a street car-nutomobile collision at Denver last fall, has about recovered. It was in this collission that a daughter of Joseph Phillips was killed, and Mr. Fhiliips has an fiction against the street car company for five thousand dollars damages.

We are told the will come up for hearing at Denver this month. The editor of the Smith Cenrer Messenger and the wind jammer on the Lebanon Times have either buried their buried their hatchets or swapped them to the fighting editors on the Mankato Monitor and and we are il clined to think a swap was made. The row between the Mankato uill pushers has assumed such proportion that one threatens the other with libel. 9k Tin and Plumbing Shop. Remember this office when in need of wedding announce nents, invitations, calling cards, etc.

We have the latest in tjpe fashions. -i According to Hoyle, Joe Brown will probably be made chairman of the board of county commissioners at the reorganization next Monday. Shake, Chm. Joe. Ilev.

Merredith, presiding of this district, was a Phillipsburg visitor Monday or some sort of a mission, the nature of which we failed to catch. Tuesday was a day made famous in Topeka by Got. Hoch pushing a little message of a few thousand words at the law makers there assembled. If you want a good Topeka weekly paper- come in and let us furnish you the Capital with the News. Eoth a whole year for $1.15.

Theb Close, the east side furniture dealer, claims a good sized chunk of our space with an ad this week. Although the weather has been tolerably crimpy, a few of the boys are still hanging on the water wagon. The commissioners met Monday to grind out the regular quarterly grist of county business. Boys pin this in your hat: A boy in the school room is worth a dczen in the pool room. M.

A. SpauldinR, the tailor, makes a nice suit talk in this issue. Are those good resolutions still on straight? Uncle Ellrod sells the best Cough Syrup. Get a bottle. Some kind friend at Fairbury (and we re inclined to think it happens to be one L.

Xuckoil) sends us a beer check. How cruel! We no longer Hash railroad transportation, and the dispensary which honors this check is 120 miles away 1 While we don't profess to know a great deal about railroading, it loots as though it was about time the rail road companies were realizing that the boy operators who save the company a few dollars a month in salaries, are the poorest kind of investment. The people up at Oberlin ara about as much puffed up over their new opera house as Phillipsburger's were the night the Winship theatre was opened. We had attended performances in a 2x1 hall about as long as thoe Ober-linites, and the change was hailed with delight. One of the manufacturers of the "eggs-actly" golden nest egg, tells us there is no fake about it at all the egg will do "eggeactlj" what is claimed for it.

If you want to free your hens from mites and thereby secure better results in the way of harvesting a better egg crop, gel a few of these eggs for nesters and see what they will do Interview J. A. Low or the manager of the Hotel Bissell, if interested. Dr. Baler's Pain Relief is always in demand.

Every budy it. Is 20 Percent Interest Good Enough for you? That's our offer on this sale 20 per cent reduction. Come in at once and get first choice. ST'ITeare noit prepared to 1 first class Tin drui Galmnised Iron Work, Plumbing dtid Pipe Filling A school man not over a thousand miles away found a lad in the geography class who was deeply interested in learning the points of the compass. The teacher said "You have in front of you the north on your right, the east; on your left, the wes.

What have you behind you?" After a few 'm ING, The spa moments reflection, Allen exclaimed A patch on my pants," and to make THEO SlIITfl SOH i ire and Lumber the information more emphatic, Allen continued in a shame-faeed manner: "1 knew you'd see It." I told ma you.