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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION No. 4os,.
Land Once ut Oberlin. Kans
II f Weld.

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his Intent.
ION TO make final proof In support of his claim
and that said proof will be made hefnrs E.-s
bate Judge Thomas county, Kan, at Colby
Kan, on January g. 1883, viz: Alexandsr
Scott, u. 8. NO. $3.50. for the sw or section is
town south. range a2 west ~
He names the following witnesses IN nrov.
MS CONTINUOUS residence upon and cultiyn-
ton OF said land. viz: James NOTTINGHAM. -
Of Colby, Kansas. S"0A' ~
wcp A. L. PATCHIN Register.
40l6d1
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10
Notice No. 1852.
e. S. Land Office Oberlin, X

Z. 3. Land OHce Uberlin, Hans.
Oct. 19, 1885.
by w MOrehead against Frank T Barber for
abandoning bis homestead entry No. l.s65
dated Oct. 10th, 1879. upon the Sc ar section
I. township 8 south range "a west, in Thomas
county. Kansas with view to.the cancellation
of said entry.
The said parties are hereby summoned to
appear at this Office on the 18th day Of Jan
1855, 10 o'clock q m to respond and f,Irnish
testimony concerning said alleged absndOn-
ment. TCLLY SCOTT, Receiver
heys Emah1zer. 40-EldlO
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10
Furniture Trade.
Nt'TlCR FOR PUBLICATION No. 4qa5.
Land Office at Oherlin Mans

Land Ohce at Oberfin. Hams.
dec. 4. 1855.
Notice il hereby given that the following
named settler has dled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim
and that said proof will be made before Pro
bate Judge OF Thomas CO.. Kan. at Colby.
kA1sas. on Jan. q. 1876. viz; p. Bates, d. s.
Nc. 147S. for the se or sec 20. town S, range
s. west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
bis continuous residence upon. and cultiva.
ton OF. said laud. viz: Andrew Parker. T
Hemtng. F. " Ladd and g. A. Boyd, all of
Oujckvilla Kansas.
4. L. PATCHIN, Register.
" G Porter. 4045dlO
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10
Notice No. 4278.
q. 9. Land once, Oqerlin. KAN.

o. y. I8DO O0CB, OQtTII1l. NHH,.
November 12. 1885.
Complaint having been entered at this o4ice
by JGmeSH Comedy against Francis Collins or
Francis Collins for abandoning his H z No 1851
dated January IA. 1873, upon the sw or
section = township south,
range 81 ", In Thomas county. Kansas. with q
view to the cancellation of said entry: con-
testant alleges that the said Francis Collins or
Francis Collins did not build upon nor improve
said tract since making said entry up to June
H. 1880 nor since, or cultivate said land: the
said parties are hereby summoned to appear
1t this ONCE on the I'D day of January. 1886,
1t 10 O'Clock Q. m, to respond and furnish tes-
timOny concerning said alleged abandonment
A. L. PATCHIS, Register.
Keys & EmAhixer. 40l3dl0
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

Two miles east of this place there
is homestead, with quite strip of
breaking on it. The ground has
never been cultivated since breaking,
and. to-day, there is a fine stand of
a far different variety from the native
grass. The cattle on range, will break
for this strip of grass as soon as they
are turned out on the morning. Tues
day gentleman from Kentucky in
passing over this tract of land. stop
ped and examined it carefully, and
pronounced it blue grass. If his
judgement is correct. and we have no
reason to doubt it, there will be rad
zeal change in the pasturage of this
country in the future. And not only
this, but if blue grass is a product
that will thrive in this country, there
will be no limit to advance of real es-
tate. We hope our citizens will go
and examine this piece of pasturage
and satisfy themselves as to its varie-
ty.-Buffalo Park Pioneer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION No 4o44.

Land Office at Oberlin. Kans.
Dec. 3, 1855.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intcn-
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim and that said proof will be made before
Probate Judge. Thomas county, Kansas, at
Colby, Kan, on Jan. ed. 1854, viz: Andrew
Parker. d. s. No. 20l2, for the NV or section IS.
town 9. range 81 west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon. and cu,tjya-
X Heming and g A Boyd, all Of Quickville.
Kansas.
A. L. PATCIHN. Register.
Il Porter. 4u45dl0
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

The railroad news this week is of
no little Importance to this commune
ty. The report which reaches us
from the south is from source of
undOubted reliability. A road from
Cleveland will be commenced at once
and run north to Colby and Atwood
The right of way has been bought
and the lines established. This will
Cut off the intentions of the B. & NJ,
if they ever had any, of running
southwest. The territory is already
occupied and their country to the
north threatened with an invasion
from an unfriendly line, which plain
ly necessitates the immediate extern
ton of the branch west from Oberlin
on the line as surveyed early in the
fall. With the Kansas Pacific from
the south and the Missouri Pacific
from the southeast and east. both
headed towards this county, the only
recourse the B. & NJ. can have-un-
less it desires to be burdened with
bankrupt roads to move west We
do not believe, knowing the indomita-
BILE energy of this road, that she will
lay quiet and see her territory wrested
from her grasp. Atwood and Raw
Inns county may rest quietly. She
will have, unless all signs fail, more
than one railroad within her borders
in less than year-Atwood Demo
crat.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10
Notice for Publication No 4OsS

Dec. s, isS5
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has flied notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Register
and Receiver at Oberlin, Kans., en- Jan. .v
1870 viz: w Parrish ID No lJ6? for the ne or
sec Z. town south, range % west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
OF. said land, viz: Pat Turney, G Passell o.
Kansas.
A. l.. PATCHIN, Register.
n u w eId 4tI45dlO
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10
THE THOMAS COUNTY CAT.

John A. Logan refused to accept
the Republican nomination Tor fres'-
dent of the Senate.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10
Commissioners Proceedings.

COLBY, Thomas Co., Dec 4, 1885.
County commissioners met pursuant tn ad
journment.
Members present, Prank Pinuree. chairman.
r. T. Heming and N. w Witham, commits.
| siOners, and James n Fike, county clerk.
Moved and seconded to reject petition Of
Samuel Lee Tor exposure to sale. etc. of
| school land presented at last meeting.
Moved and carried that we approve petitions
Of c. A. Smith and Samuel Lee for exposure
to sale.
The following bills were allowed Us election
expenses:
w Crumley. $500
Ira Jennings, zoo
Gurwell, 200
j W Ellsworth, 40
W H Archer 200
A Grice $50
The following bonds for township officers
were approved:
Joseph NJ Leal rs treasurer Of Morgan twp
Archer rs justice Of the peace of Ro-
vohl township.
A Richardson, justice Of tho peace of Bar
ret township.
John ID Hughes as treasurer OF Hale town
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

Because there has been some lie
gality in land business in some parts
of the west Sparks charges all the set
tiers with being dlshone st by refus-
ing to grand land patents.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

The Chicago & Rock Island RAIL
road Company are looking through
the west for an opening through to
Denver
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION No. 1919.

Land Office at Oberlin, Kans.
Dec, 9th, lS5.
Notice il hereby given that the follow ng
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make communication proof in support of his
claim and that said proof will be made befc re
Probate Judge, Thomas county. Kansas, ut
Colby. Kansas, gu January I'D 1886. viz: Viii
liam HydOn. H No 1887. for the ne or sec.
IL, town south. range IS west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon. and cultiva-
ton OF said land, viz: W. H. kingery, n. J.
Adams. Andrew Creep and X Elliott, all of
Colby, Kansas.
A. L. PATCHIN, Register
4Q45dl0.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

anyone upon the earth. Subscribe
for and support by advertising in To-
cal papers, not for charity, but as an
Observation-Disclosures Empire.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

Commissioner Sparks is getting a
great many newspaper notices these
times that are not on the over compli-
mentary order. The west almost
unanimously votes Sparks a crank.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

Commissioner Sparks refuses to
issue land patent. Settlers who
endure the hardships of frontier life
to earn themselves homes, live in sod
houses on dirt floors, and burn buff
falo fuel, all for the sake of farm
and home. are refused the title
which has been promised them, and
are liable to lose their land on mere
techmcalities. OF course the poor
homesteader should be investigated,
but nothing is said or done about one
fourth of the entire public domain
that has been given to the RI; lroad
corporations, and the greater part IL
legally.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

Missouri has 4,f41 miles Of rail
road in operation; Kansas has 4,lO2.
Missouri, as state, is sixty-four years
old. Kansas is twenty-four--Leav-
enworth Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

The following is land decision III
1884. the Central Pacific Railway be
ing plaintiff and Virgins ct al, defen
dants
A settler does not lose his right un
der his presumption claim by a com
mutation of a homestead entry, ant
he may therefore, if the proof is suf
ficient, include 100 acres in home
stead entry.
Cops Land Laws, Vol. 2, P. 937.
This is in direct opposition to the
decision of Sparks. Which is correct
the new Commissioner or the old Sec
rotary of the interior?
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

A lew town site has been located
on decided land in the center of Sher-
man county, Kansas We are not in
formed just who the projectors are,
but hear it rumored that parties in the
employ of the B. & NJ. are interested.
The new town is called Leonard
Oberlin Herald.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

Congress convened last Monday.
Carlisle was elected Speaker of the
House, and Sherman President of the
Senate. Sherman is now vice-presi-
dent and would become acting Presi-
dent should Cleveland die.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-10

Governor Martin has issued a pro-
clamation calling a special session Of
the legislature to convene on the 18th
of january. Thomas county has one
AK to grind in the shape of detaching
Sherman county from Shetidan and
having it attached to Thomas.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-04
A Fatal Shooting.

CINCINNATI, o., June 2.-Shortly be-
fore o'clock this morning DR.. E. E.
Lay, well known physician shot and
killed his brother.in-law, Harry Champ
lin, at their residence No. 337 West
Seventh street. Champlin is an unmar-
red man and addicated to drinking.
For some time past he has been idle and
has lived with his mother who is in
comfortable circumstances. He has
been in the habit OF demanding and OBJ
tainlng money from his mother, and
when refused has been in the habit of
abusing her. Last night he left home
pleasantly promising his mother to re-
turn soon, but instead he went home
after o'clock in a partly drunk condi-
ton. He went to his mothers bedside
and began abusing her. He awakened
a visitor, Mrs. Glenn, of Michigan, who
went to Kim and begged him to deeisi.
He struck her with chair and returned
to his abuse of his mother. This srous-
ed DR.. Lay and Mrs. Lay, Champlin's
sister, and they came to the room. The
coachman also came and he and Lay
after q struggle with Champlin got him
into the hall, intending to put him to
bed, but he broke away however and
rushing down stairs got carving knife
and returned. DR.. Lay warned him TO
stop. but Champlln with an oath rushed
at him with the knife. DR.. Lay who
was standing in front Of his wife fired and
Champiin fell. Mrs. Lay screamed
you have killed him." but the doctor
said ne had only shot to scare him. It
was found however that DR.. Lay was
taken to the station house and locked up
On charge of murder. He regretted
deeply the tragic termination of the af-
fair, but made clear the statement of the
entlre transaction, showing that he acted
solely IN self defense.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-04
Ravartl To Raa,I.awrence.

LAWRENCE, June chancellor LIP
pincott of the State University has re-
ceived information that Secretary Bay
ard will arrive in Kansas CITY on Satur-
day, June G. He will be met there by a
committee consisting of Theo. Poehler,
mayor of the city of lawrence; Chancel-
lor Lipplncott, Judge J p. Usher, rep
resentlng the Jeffersonlan club, and
Judge J, S, Emery; the Cyclones and
two representatives from the students,
one from each of the two literary socie-
ties of the university, the "Oread" and
"Orophiilan," who will ect as an escort
into Kansas and Lawrence on Monday,
June 8. He will deliver the annual adj
dress before the literaIy society, after
which he will be rendered a formal re
ception under the management of the
committee consisting of Chancellor Lip
pincott. Chief Justice Horton, Governor
John A. Martin, Senat'rs Plumb and
Ingalls,, ex Governors CHARLES Robinson
and Click and Mayor Poehler. From
here the company will adjourn 10 the
city where a banquet will be held.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-04

The Kansas City Times, the other day,
after reading the report in THE NEWS Of
the citizens meeting lately held, says
"Dr. Wright of Emporia hit nail on
the head at a railroad meeting the other
night. He referred to the marvellous
growth of Kansas City, and compared its
present population of 125. 900 to that OF
Leavenworth, once a rival with greater
number of inhabitants, an infinitely bet
ter location. but with people who
made the fatal mistake of falling back
ON their dignity and refusing to embrace
the opportunities which afterward were
eagerly sought and improved by the
great city at the mouth OF the Kaw. The
doctor has been looking over the new
directory and studying over the railroad
system. He appears to have correcf
view of the situation. Come again, DIR
Wright"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-04

Topeka Journal June l. Judge Guth-
rio to- day entered an order in the case
of the Commonwealth Company vs.. The
State Journal, in substance, as follows
The bond heretofore gwen by Gov. Rob
inson, +. ID. Thatcher and others, TO pay
such sum t. the Commonwealth com.
pany as should be found on the final
conclusion OF the suit To be continued
and In force, but new bond TO be filed
TO take its place within ten days The
receiver 10 turn the property of the Jour-
nal over TO the Journal company at q p.
m. this day. The accounts of the receiver
TO be referred TO Mr.. Seabrook to eX-
anime and report on their correctness on
25th of June. In ten days from that
time the Journal company to pay one
fourth of the account found due to the re-
ceiver, one-fourth in thirty days from
that time, and One-fourth in sixty days,
and one fourth in ninety days, The
claim of the receiver to be a first lien on
the property. Should there be a deficit
in the payments of any of the accounts
found due to the property to be at once
sold by the sheriff, to pay the demands
This is the last issue of the Journal un.
der the management of /. N. Baker
raraivar
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-04

Should you contemplate 6 trip to
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Sa
vaanAh, Ga, Charleston, s. c., Jackson
vile, Florida, or in fact any point in the
south or southeast, it will be To your in.
terest to examine the advantages over
ali other lines offered by the st, Louis.
Iron Mountain & Southern railroad
'aIron Mountain Route in the way of
fast time, elegant equipment, &C.
At present daily train Is run from
Saint LOUIS Grand Union Depot, at
tsched TO which will be found an eIe-
egant Pullman Palace sleeping car,
which runs through to Nashville, Tenn,
where direct connection is made with
express trains Of connecting lines, for
points mentioned above. This train
connects at Nashville with the Jackson.
vile express, having Pullman Palace
sleeping car of the very finest make at.
tachSd, which runs through to jackson
vile, Florida, without change.
For further information address
r. CHANDLKR,
L. g. CHARLToN, Gen. Tiki. Agent
Asst Gen. Tiki. Agent,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-04
KANSAS FORESTRY.

Kansas City Times: The pages OF the
report on forestry recently issued by the
United States department OF agriculture,
which contains the reports from the
counties, are full of interest to the peo-
pie OF Kansas. The only obstacle TO
steady progress in that state lies in the
baroness of the land in the greater part
of the territory. Cultivat ing field crops
produces beneficial effect, but the one
paramount need Is forest growth. Sud
den alterations of temperature and an
uncertainty Of equal rain distribution
will never cease To trouble the Kansas
farmer until the land is protected with
a fair proportion of timber The reports
sent In TO the department show that there
Is hardly county IN the state where
some variety of valuable timber cannot
DO easily grown. Black walnut seems to
succeed everywhere. Cottonwood, ash,
maple and elm can be grown in most
counties with little trouble. Where
failures have occurred after suitable va
rieties had been planted, the cause has,
almost without exception, been lack OF
cultivation and carelessness. Many of
the farmers say timber growing does not
pay as we'll as other crops; that the trees
which do best take SO long to mature
that no profit can be expected. Tree
culture In Kansas may he made
profitable, and ii not source of imme
dlate gam. II bears 50 directly on the
future comfort of the people that it ought
to be q sort of religious duty to put on
and care for as many trees as possible
1t is an expense TO pay taxes, but the
general welfare demands government. l
is an expense TO care for the dead, but
man who buried his wife's or chIld's re
mains in the first hole he could fin'
would forfeit his neIghbor's esteem
though he saved q few dollars. In
treeless territory. like much of the state
the same regard for social opinion an
the same family affections which caus
one to send his children to school ougl
Ia impel him TO make their inherital
as valuable as he can, and in no way ca
he accomplish more in that dlrectiC
than by a patient and thorough syste
of forest tree culture. Take the water
the trees by irrigation. Fill the ban
OF the summer dried creeks with your
growth. Cultivate trees, destroy the
insect enemies and do not leave them
the weeds and jack rabbits and prail
fires Trees will make the water cours
something more than channels in I
sand at the time when water is needC
Where timber exists naturally, or b
grown up, 1t ought to be sacrilege
cut except by the thinning process. H
sans owe this duty to the state aud
posterity. The report is formal a
compact, but it ought to read like a
nance in a country where tree culture
the thing without which the ups 8
downs OF agriculture will exist for
time.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-04

Exchange: Painsaking people, who
know next to nothing about printing,
find special delight IN searching out
topographic errors in newspapers,
periodicals. and books, the detection of
blunder, in their own estimation, put
ting premium on individual intelli-
gence-conferring a privilege of dis
paraging printers. Men of intelligence,
who write well but not legibIy, never
tire of pointing out mistakes of printers
and the oversights of proofreaders.
These selfconstituted censors of typog-
raphy may find food for wholesome re-
Fiction in the fact that just about 100
years ago a number of professors in the
Edinburg University undertook the
publication of book which should be q
perfect specimen of topographic accur.
acY. Every conceivable precaution was
taken to prevent errors of the types. Sir
experienced prOof-readers were EN-
ployed, who devoted hours to the read
ing of each page After their careful
task was completed, each page wa.
posted in the hail of the university, will
a notification that ESQ would be paid {,
any person who should succeed in dis
covering an error. Every page RENAME,
thus publicly exposed for two weeks be
fore being returned 10 the printing Of
fee. The projectors of the work fel
confident that the object so dlI;gentl
| strivsn for had been attained Gre,
was the discontinue of the learned me
when, on the work being issued, sever,
errors were found, one occurring in Il
first line of the first page.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-04
JUDGE BREWER ON STRIKES

~ DGk BREWER ON SIRI d Els.
Commonwealth: Our readers are
aware that there has been and still is q
strike among the shop men ot the Den
yer and Rio Grande railroad at Denver
and otherepoints In Colorado. We are
informed by gentleman from that state,
who seems TO be we'll posted, that the
real origin of the strike was the refusal
of the receiver to discharge a foreman in
one of the shops. According TO this
gentleman there is a secret organization
in that state, as there is in other places,
composed mainly of men without fam
lilies and who have but little at stake in
the community in which they are. Some
Of this class of trsmps hare been in the
doing about half days work, and the
foreman who was over them, being one
| of the gang, allowed this.
| The foreman whom they wanted dis
charged would not allow the men under
him to shirk their duty, and therefore II
was desirable to get RID of him, and his
discharge was demanded and refused
Out of this has grown u serious state o
affairs in Colorado High-handed Grim,
has been rampant; attempts have beef
made to blow up trains and TO throw
them off the track.
The matter eventually got before Judg
} Brewer, United States circuit judge O
: this judicial circuit, and on the 22d b
made the decision.
But II did not end the strike. Mos
5 of the men wanted to go TO work, bU
0 the few, as is usual in such cases, COZ
/ trolled the rest During the trouble
o Judge Brewer sentenced one OF II
d strikers to six months Imprisonment