Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-06-25


Earnest Grey starts to-day for Table
Rock, Nebraska. Good luck to you Earnest.
Rain, Rain! A very heavy rain last
week with several showers vedged in be-
tween.
". II. Cowen, Of the Chicago Lumber
Company Was here las. week. He goes to
Oberlin.
Miller & Mills are pushing the building
Of their hotel, 4Ox5O, two story high with
basement.
Mr.. N. j. Adams is again clerk;ng in the
Pioneer Grocery. Mr.. Adams is an oblig.
ing clerk.
Tom Sutton will be ready for business in
bis new building, in the east part of town
next week.
h. B. Herring and R. s. Hemuing, both
of Quickvil,e, gave Colby looking over
last Monday
The switch, or siding is near the station
at Cleveland, at Monument it is nearly
two miles away.
Henry Kneudsen supplies this market
regularly with fresh vegetables raised in
Thomas county.
j. W. Edwards, Of Monument. has q
car load Of corn for sale cheap, which has
just been delivered.
Try Cleveland Station. 1t is as near as
Monument and has better, facilities for
freight and passengers.
The Thomas county "NIne Cats" are
practicins every evening. Colby can soon
furnish IN expert club.
A.G. Irish, Rising City Neb., and F. g
See, Cumberland, Kan, called in to stroke
the Cars back last Monday.
A great many people were in town last
saturday. A stranger said he believed
there were 200 on the streets.
Arthur Gentzler will start tomorrow for
Crystal Plains. Smith Co., Klaus, where he
will visit for couple of weeks.
W. D. Stratton has received a $40 chair
fer his barber shop, and is now prepared to
do first class work Call and zee him.
Mrs. Morgan and Miss NJ. Woods made this
Office very agreeable call last evening Call
again, ladies. Get rid of c. l. Payne. if pos
sible.
n. D. LessIrger, OF Tobias. Neb., was Q
visitor in Colby last week. He is an attor
ney, and thinks of locating in Colby.
W. W. Cox, father.in law of Frank Pin.
gree, G. C. Jobes and Frank DicKenson
dropped down on us from Seward, Neb.
the other day.
MARRIED-Last week, Mr. John Barber
to Miss Sarah j. Huddle.ton, by Judge
Fowler. We wish the young couple much
peace and joy.
L NJ. Putney, Thos. Baily and J. E
Feeley, Nebraska men, all own property in
Colby. These arc men OF means and Of
good judgment
Frank Pingree is doing good business in
locating claims. He is prepared to make all
kinds Of land papers, and attend promptly to
business of that kind.
A sheep looks very much like on ante.
lope, short distance away. Will Harvey
thinks so. or he wouldn't have fired so Wig
orously at poor sheep.
Lew Ginger is quite noted character,
and has good reputation as an actor. He
has travelled extensively all over tho world
and the United States.
We will. in few days be prepared to do
job work, such - printing note heads, let
ter heads, envelopes, cards, circulars, &c.
Give your own paper call first.
A beautiful bouquet stands on the coun.
ter of NJ Donelsn:s store. Will the Young
lady who presented it say whether it was
for Joe Bowers or C. 1. Payne2
Forty acres Of corn on the Spath place
planted on old ground presents a fine ap.
pearancs. 1t being Of uniform height over
the field and about eight inches tall.
Geo. G. Bloom, of St. Joe. representing
hardware, Charles N. Whitmore, McLaugh-
liu's4 X coffee, Chicago, Jas. Weyam,
hardware and merchandise, gave Colby q
visit last week.
Colby has now two base ball mines. The
first nine being called the Cats" and the
second the "Kittens." Guess tie Kits
can scratch about as hard IS the Cats.
A Republican County Convention will be
held in Colby July 18Th, at l o'clock, to
elect one delegate and one alternate to tn z
Judicial Convention to be held in Milbrook,
July IS. See notice.
All persons knowing themselves indebted
to the CAT for subscription will please set
tie up OF the names will be stricken from
the list. A paper in order to live must
have paying subscribers and patrons.
Yesterday evening late We had heavy
rain. 1t was estimated that three inches Of
water fell. The ground in this section Of
the country is saturated with water, as we
have been having an abundance of rain
thus far.
A. B. Jsrdine, J. B. McGonigal and d.
n. Dunn marked = road with mounds be-
tween Colby and Cleveland yesterday.
The distance IL - miles, and the road is
straight smecth one. Good crossings at
the Solomon and Saline.
W. H. Kingery, located twelve miles west
and two miles south of the town line between
and 8, is prepared to do locating in Thomas