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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

A wELL-KNOwN contractor advertises:
"You can get gas-pipes. in any quantity,
through me at any time. ~. y. Herald
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

HANGING on the ragged edge is now rem
dered lettering on the slippery brink
The Judge.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

IT Is a foolish butcher who adopts the
N ,at-trick system.-N. l. Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

to wait for me. l am stopping, for the
present, at the Aston House, and am now
on my way up to Sixteenth Street to meet
an old Sandusky friend, DIR. Tobias Ear
| wig"
'sFriends again, by Jove!" calculated
my companion. 'Do you know DIR. Ear
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

LADIES, when you go to the sewing So
ciety, be temperate in all things and prac-
tice sewbriety.-Wh WHITEHALL Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

MosT of Persia is very rugged: hence
the Persian rug.-Pinsburgh Chronicle.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

From Rev. i. F. Licps.
ner, Red Bank, n. J.:
was so troubled with ca
tarrh IL seriously affected
my voice. One bottle of
Ely's Cream Balm did the
work. My voice is fully
restored and my head feels
better than for years.
Ely's Cream Balm cured
me of catarrh-rcstOrcd
my sense of smell. l:or
cold in head IL works like
magic.-E. ii. SHERWOOD,
Banker, Elizabeth. n. j.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

graphic and quite comprehensive we think
10 unnecessary to indulge in further COM
ment, so give it to our readers in his owp
exact words:
SANpCsKY, o.. April, lSsS.-To the Editor
: of = Sir: / send you herewith, according 10
promise, the leaves from my diary bearing
upon the little trouble got into in New
York As do not wish my charitable neigh
, hors in this locality should have the pleas
lre OF c9mmIserating with NEE you will
please withhold nav proper name and for all
purposes or identity and in thus narrative
gall me- yours truly, JOINS SMITH.
THE DIARY.
am at home. safe and sound in
Sanduskr, thank God for that. and save
that am alittlc poorer in pocket aud
spmewha. crestfallen in spirit, / am none
Ssae worse for my adventure. Ihad little
business TO transact in New York, which
c0uid have been, perhaps, rs web done by
lstter, tut thsn a5bachelor of my time Of
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21
"couNTRY LOVE-"

o. Country Lover so sweet n story
10 Nature true. portrayed with art
ehail be rehearsed till Age is hoary,
And find response in every heart.
AS some bright sunset glow at even
"A day of storms may supplement-,
50 rs, in thy. perusal given.
A solace sure for discomfort.
B!est Country Love." thy repetition
Has swept the chords OF Memory true
And woke, as if by intuition.
The sweetest strains love ever knew.
For. as in some enhancing vision
OF trembling spirit sheen, appears
The light that made the world elysian,
And brightness still Lies changcfu
years.
Love in a cottage, pure and tender,
In sterling worth may far eclipse
The careless VOWS in halls of splenior
That fall from giddy FASHIONS lips.
In vain the city bellies Irritation
With subtle heart shall humble him
Whose heart revives the rad iation
OF country lovc"-no longer dim.
Affection trucst comes nnbidden,
As softly as if angels stepped
Into the souls recesses hidden
And thrilled our being-whle we slept.
o, Country Love-" bewild'ring fancy.
The picture radiant wNScc
And dream. In wild eytraragancy,
= OF 'Renhen Grey and Percy Lee"
-HGftie HoIrGrd. in Hartford Posi-.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

BOARD OF HEALTH-the washboard.-
~ y. Herald.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21
ULCERS,

For six or eight yesrs I suffered with ulcers on my
right leg was treated with Iodide of Potassium
and Mercury and became helpless. Six bottles Of
Swifr's Specific made permanent cure
Feb. - SIS VI. ID. WILSON. Gainesville, Ga
Swift's Specific IL entirely vegetable Treatise On
Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer Atlanta. Ga, %
l59 W. Sd ST.. n. Y.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

SOMETHING that will bear looking into
a m.croscope.-W City Derrick.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21
The Mirror

is no flatterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter taller
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

No SOLDIER was ever sued for assaultin
battery.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

NATURAL CONSEQUENCES:
Roller Rink, Starts again,
Is e crowd No fear
Dizzy Dude, Stands gracefully,
Very loud" On ear.
Puts on rollers, Makes for seat,
Takes stroke Sky Scraper-
S.ckcning thud. Last act,
No bones broke. Undertaken.
A CLOSE call: "Any old clo': Any old
clo':'-.SomerriN JOUrRaL
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

MAY lover of horses be called san
culinary man because he delights in goer?
The Hdtchet.
"YoU did wrong to shoot that mans dog.
You might have pushed him off with the
butt of your gum" said the Judge to man
who was charged with shooting n neigh
boris dog. IL would have done that" re-
piled the prisoner, ''if the dog had come at
me tail first: but he came at me with his
biting end. "-Philadelphid Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

IN the matter of diet boiled egg is
hard to beat.-Merchant Irdreler.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-05-21

8 have : very rrsaE respect fop the police
force, but vita an dne rpGal tor that
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-16

The following ticket was elected at
the recent town election: Supervis-
ors-F. N. McVean, chm, Peter Lewis
and Andrew Sheldon; Clerk, E. w.
Hill; Treasurer, III. l.. Hubbard; JUS
tees, j. III. Steele and A. 5. Otis; Con-
stables, III. Clifford, j. W. Baker and
David Frye.
School commenced on Monday with
very nearly as large an attendance as
during the winter term. Mr.. Barker
has sole charge of both departments.
At this date the mail is still carried
across the lake on the ice, on hand
sled. 1t looks now as though the ice
would soon go out.
Since the LIST of April, Mr.. Lloyd
Weston has carried the mail to From.
tenac.
Louis Seeley talks of starting liv
cry stable here.
Interesting Easter services were
held by the Sunday School at the
school house on Easter evening.
Work is to commence at once on the
roller rink. A gymnasium is now
talked of in connection Herewith.
Mr.. W. E. Denham has returned tc
Beef Slough for the summer.
The report that work is soon TO be
resumed on the railroad makes every
body happy again.
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Kinnickinnic.

Mr.. Barney is now under the care of
DIR. Without. of Hudson.
Mr.. Lowell is preparing to build a
house ere long.
Miss Mary Gray commenced her first
term of school in the Kimberly
district, Pleasant Valley, last Mon
day.
Mr.. Deyarmond is getting material
ready with which to build house.
Ed. Wadsworth and family have
moved to the Falls.
A. H. Lowell has sold his interest in
the Moulton farm back to Mr.. Moul-
ton, who has rented the same to Mr..
Irwin.
Horace Wadsworth and family have
moved back to his farm.
A little girl cane to town last week
who claims G. E. Weston as her grand
father.
Grandmother baltimore, who has
been a patient sufferer for several
months, passed away last Sunday at 8
o'clock a. M, she being in her 83d
year. The services were held at her
daughters, Mrs. J. E. PERKINS,. Rev.
John Watson preached an excellent
sermon, A large concourse of friends
followed her remains to her private
cemetery where they were inferred
The bereaved friends have the sympa.
| thy of the whole community.
Lyman Carpenter and Julius Ever
son left last week for Mr.. C.'s farm in
Dakota.
w. Perrin is repainting his house
Mrs. Geo. Grant is very sick with
pneumonia. DR.. Goodwin is attending
| her.
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The NJ. E. parsonage is well under
way with full force of workmen.
The building is 20x24, Is TT. posts.
Isaac Newcomb is putting up fine
residence in the central part of town
1t is stated by good authority that
the C. b. & Q. company have become
the owners of our prospective r. R.
and that work will be resumed along
the line this week; also, that the road
will be completed this summer with
out fail.
The Chippewa river is open; also
the Mississippi. and all that remains
is the ice in Lake Pepin.
A majority of the country schools IL
Pepin county began last Monday Pc.
pin furnishes majority of the teach
erS.
The sporting fraternity are hauling
in the game. John Axtell shot stur.
geon which measured something over
four feet in length.
Town meeting was well attended
and with the usual result, viz: but
one-half of the aspirants were elected
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Election passed off quietly, none oil
the offices being very warmly contest
| ed.
The show that was to take place il
McCray's Hall on the 9Th inst. did not
come to pass.
G.. H. Nichols was down from Min
neapolis Thursday last to set up pi
| ano recently sold to Miss Florence
Gray.
In one of our locals last week, the
name Albert appeared instead of AL.
Iert.
Miss Ada Covell was in st. Paul the
first of last week posting herself on
the spring fashions.
Mrs. Wilson, sister of E. E. Arm.
strong. left for her home in Milibank
Dakota, on Thursday last.
NJ. T. Dill went up to his farm in
Dakota Tuesday and returned home
Saturday.
The steam ferry is now making reg
ular trips between Prescott and Hast
ings. This change of transit from
land to water gets our mail here near
ly an hour earlier.
Miss frankie Moody, who has been
sick for some months, died on Sunday,
the 18th inst. The funeral services
were held in the M. E. church Tues
day afternoon.
Considerable trouble has been had
in keeping the hay scales in front OF
j. X. Ravens store i'll working order.
Water runs from higher ground under
the store and into the scales, thereby
interfering with their correctness.
NJ. L. Dill is about to commence
making repairs on his house. He will
build two additions to it and give it a
general over-hauling before occupy
ing it.
A. Matson has sold his property in
the southern part of town to Henry
Hannah, of Oak Grove. COnsidera-
ton about 81 900.
L. L. Clements has returned from
his trip to Indiana. having been alb
sent about three months visiting rela-
tives.
VIM. Clears, of st. Paul, spent Sun
day in town. We understand that Mr..
Clears intends to return to Prescott to
reside.
The steamer Luella has been under
going repairs at our docks and will
soon be ready to take to water. Capt.
West is still at the head of the boat
and intends to do considerable work
with her this summer.
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OIieet.

S. j. Hill purchased of Johnson
Harris span of ponies and buggy
last week. Consideration, $l75.
The roof of J. B. Coon's house
caught fire on Sunday morning, but
the flames were extinguished before
much damage was done.
There will be no service in the NJ.
E. church on the 10Th.
Sugar making is now the order OF
the day.
Mr.. Chas. Clark lost cow last week.
Our school commences on the Goth.
The roads are almost impossible.
Nels johnson is drilling a well. He
is down 50 fit. and no water yet.
II. F. Tousley sold cow last Satur-
day for $s35.
Chas. Rideout has rented the Tovey
farm and has taken possession.
w. III. Burns has rented Chas. Ride.
outs house and moves in on the 18th.
We are requested to say that the
registered visitors at school during
the last term were Mrs. S. j. Hill,
Messrs. VIM. Green, Joel Coon and
Supt. Murphy. There were register
ed So pupils with daily average of
40 for 70 days. All patrons of the
school are earnestly requested to UiSit
the school during the summer term.
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WedceTtOIl.
" totCf tOfts
w. Poole is sick,

A. w. Poole is sick.
A. w. Poole desires to sell his farm.
The improvements in J. K. Bardon's
mill are being vigorously pushed.
Mr.. Bardon's dam went out in the
late freShet.
A new bridge will have to be built
at Bardon's mill, the old one being
badly injured by the late flood.
The top works of Mr.. Haverlandt's
dam went off in the late flood.
A chopping bee at Bert. Cooks pre-.
pared a good supply of summer wood
for the good man, who is sick.
E. Leach is doing a thriving bust.
ness in agricultural implements.
Eggs, 8 cts. doz.; butter, Is cts.
pound.
Town officers of Trimbelle for 1885
Supervisors, G. M. Stafford, CHI, Shu
bel Davis, Gamian Weaver; Clerk, W.
J. Perry; Treasurer, j. III. McLaugh
lin; Justices, A. J. Moore, - Collins.
Mrs. Libbie Mclaughlin has arrived
home from Mason City, Iowa.
John Barnes and Derwin Otis are
busily engaged in burning charcoal.
School begins in district No. 4 mex
Monday. Miss Lavina McCollum
| teacher.
Joseph Potvin sowed wheat on the
| 18th inst.
Miss Emma Taylor has returned
from two weeks visit in Big River
valley.
Frank Harper has moved Temporal
rily to Bardon's mill, to assist in mil
work. His shop here will remain
closed for season.
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Miles City, Montana.

April TO.
Sheep pay best in small bands.
Yesterday was a breezy day but not
cold.
The wool growers are all busy pre-
pairing for the Landing.
The stock in this section is in good
condition, better than ever known
before.
In this city dogs are terror to hui
manity, for they are always going mad
and causing horrible deaths. On the
range they are feasting off our flockS
and causing untold pecuniary loss,
besides great misery to the helpless
animals which they attack, brighten,
and kill. A. Y. IL.
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The roads are gradually drying up.
Miss Anna Bascom, of Clifton, is
visiting at Mr.. Cases.
Joseph Graf is improving the looks
of things at the fremont House by
putting down new floors.
About ten railroad contractors were
in town Monday. That begins to look
like business.
Messrs. Combacker, Scott and Nc
Manus are down on the river slaught'
ering ducks this week.
Quite number of the young people
of the village enjoyed pleasant party
at Mr.. Adams last Friday night.
Mr.. Denniston, of Hudson, is stop
ping at his sons, John Denniston' s,
this week.
But very little maple sugar is being
made here this season.
Sickness prevails to quite an extent
among the young people in this place
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- % Co.
MarteIl,
No license.

No license.
Cold. disagreeable weather for this
time of the year.
Election passed off quietly. The old
town officers were reelected with the
exception of l. B. Iverson, Amund
Winger being elected in his place.
Mr.. Roche is rebuilding his dam,
and Henry Gasman, our miller, is hav-
ing a vacation. The mill will be in
running order again sometime next
week.
Charles Sorenson is having his boat
painted in fine style.
Louie Geiser is making considerable
No. l maple sugar and syrup.
Mr.. Bonsnes has about two weeks
more saving to do.
Business is very dull on account of
bad roads.
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Rock Elm.

The roads are getting settled little.
We are having good sugar weather,
but too Geld for winter wheat.
II. Lowater commences his summer
term in Dist. No. 10 to-day.
Miss Anna Whip teaches the sum-
mer school at the Center and Miss
Jennie Whip teaches at Waverly.
Superintendent Murphy won golden
opinions among the teachers here for
his system, his thoroughly practical
questions, his sound common sense adj
vice, explanations of subjects and his
manifest earnestness to advance the
interests of education.
Drilled wells and wind-mills are not
successful in this town. Those who
have them generally consider them
expensive agravations.
There is a strong feeling among
those who are wide-awake to progress
and their own interests in this town
who would gladly aid the railroad, but
there are just enough who have known
such disastrous results to occur to 9TH
er localities from assisting railroad
schemes that they can see no differ
ence IN the propositions ana dare not
risk the experiment which effectually
binders the necessary aid being raised
in this town, and we suppose the sub
iect will rest in this unsatisfactory
condition and the willing must suffer
with the obstinate. Nj. l.. 9.
The new Catholic church is nearly
completed.
Lee Hammond is building new
fence next to the road.
Orrin Groot left Wednesday.
Frank Miers has moved.
School in district No. commences
the Goth, Mrs. Briggs teacher. Mrs.
Briggs will board herself in Shell Fox S
old house.
Will Young has taken the contract
to put up the store at the Corners near
the Catholic church, furnishing every
thing, for SIS.
Wallace Hammond has been work
ing for 0. z. Whip, but is at home
again. i.
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julius Reeck is quite sick. DR.. Cot
ton is attending him.
Miss Kate Towey, who has been
visiting her parents here, has return
ed to Dakota.
School in Dist. No. commenced
last Monday for the summer.
Mrs. Anna Day, nee Gray, has gone
to join her husband in Minnesota.
The election passed off very quietly
here, there not being as much excite
ment as was anticipated. The follow
ing officers were elected: Supervis-
ors, John Murphy, CHI. Andrew Jonas,
Herman Strive; Clerk, B. III. Corcor-
an; Treasurer, John Tronnier; Assess
or, John Gillig; Justices, Aaron Brack-
in, Adolph Strive; Constables, John
Boles, August Wehrmann. j. w.
Hancock received $50 votes and @.
Fenton 8.
Mrs. VIM. Howes offers her farm
for sale.
Rumor saith that we are to have a
roller skating rink in the near future.
Martin Conley, of Point Douglas,
spent few days in town recently.
Geo. Wolf has begun work on his
new barn. Sam. Mcdonald is the car
penter.
John F. Dugan, of Wellsville, Ohio,
is visiting at his uncle's, Jas. Manion'
May flowers are now in bloom on
our sunny hillsides.
Preparing, and starting for Dakota
has been the order of the day for a
couple of weeks past.
Potatoes are selling readily at 35c
per bushel.
Work on the R. r. will begin again
about the first of May and things will
be booming the coming summer-so
they say.
Timothy Murphy, of Prescott, spent
few days in town last week looking
after his farm, &c.
VIM. Fosbender has bought the
"Old Logan" farm for $3.50.
School in the Glendenning district
opens May 4th with Miss Maud Field
at the helm, and Miss Kate WEIGH re
| turns to the Donovan district, each fol
a three months term.
At this time last year seeding wa:
nearly finished, and now it is scarcely
begun.
Fred. Hastings has good cow t.
sell.
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FL PdSo.
Sugar making is in full blast.
Roads very bad.
Reinkey & Shedrew's mill-dam went
out with the spring freshet.
The recent election in this town re-
suited as follows: Supervisors, John
Buckley, CHI, j. NJ. johnson. August
Hayes; Clerk, 7. Fitzgerald; Treasur-
er, James Hogan; Assessor, P. A. Muir
phey.
Winter wheat looks the best we ev-
er saw it at this time of year.
The dam at the grist-mill was slight
ly damaged by the freshet, but will
be promptly repaired.
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trenton.
The river is clear of ice.

The river is clear of ice.
Hunting and fishing is now in vogue.
The ferries are running again. Fare
25 cents.
Warren Sparks and Chas. Hart went
west last weok.
j. Fl. Boustead has good Wood s
Irvine binder for sale on reasonable
terms.
Our town election was surprise to
all. The woods carried off every
thing, and we say it is right, too.
Our prairie farmers have commenced
blowing and seeding.
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WagerlH.

B. J. Thomxlon is to teach the sum
mer term of school in Gilman.
A gentleman by the name of Kelley
has purchased what is known as the
Dan. O'Connel farm. and intends to
make it his future home.
E. Fitzgerald lost a fine cow recent.
ly.
A. K. Lever is preparing wood for
his brick-kiln.
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Educational.

Communications from Teachers and those
interested in Education solicited Address all
Communications TO the Editor at Ellsworth,
Wisconsin
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Gilman.

Pete Mattison is buying stock.
Rudesill's mill has shut down until
after springs work.
G. Hansen, ~ Olsen and F. Hansen
have gone to Minneapolis for a short
visit.
School in Dist. No. commences in
May, with Ida Shaw as teacher.
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JEU'ELR 4'.
RF.FE EST.ITE.
BOOTS .f.T'D 5 OES.
1 WEIGER,

Manufacturers of and Dealers in Boots, Shoes,
Gloves, Mittens. Hosiery. and everything usual
ly kept in first class Boot and Shoe store.
Custom work a specially. Repairing promptly
and neatly done. shop on Main street, first door
south of Camerons Bakery, River Falls Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-16

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Hill E1o cents for postage, and we
4 Twill mail you free, a royal
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Hill Il THAT will put you in the way
Hill Hof making more money in a
HUH Flew days than you ever
80 - - ~ thought possible in any bust
ness. Capital not required.
We will start you. Y0u can
can work all the time or in spare time only.
The work is universally adapted to both sexes,
young and old You can easily earn from so
c9nts to % every evening. That all who work
may test the business, we make this unparallel-
ed offer; to ell who arenot well satisfied we will
send l to pay for the trouble of writing us.
Full particulars, directions etc, sent free For
tunes will be made by those who give their
whole time to the work. Great success abso-
lutely sure Don't delay. Start now. Address
STINsToN & Co., Portland. Maine.