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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-04-03
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.gsrEr7y AND ADVANTAGES,

.-rq.c p-1pCng OF the Trustees is rcspon,
..r,. .ao-ilors. The nGcerSare prohibited
''. -.--1q-fp. sny % It's moneys. Minors snd
zones. projected by special law.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

There are some queer names among
the Kansas newspapers: Border Ruff
fan," Sod House." "Astonisher and
Paralyzer," 'sCow Boy" The New
Tecumseh," and last, but by no means
the less musical, is the TON CAT. A."
The last named is published away out
in Thomas county, in the northwest
part of the state. Kansas publishers
seem to have mania for odd names,
and especially is this the case with
the frontier quill drivers. But the
newspapers have made Kansas what
she is, and Notwithstanding their I'M
reasonable yarns, we must commend
them for. the good they have accom-
plished. Heaven worth Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

Speaking of the prospective immi-
grafton to Kansas, the Junction City
Union says: kansas is now on the
eve of receiving the largest and rich
est immigration that has ever entered
the state in a single year. The bad
crops for two or three years in the
Mississippi Valley states have con-
WINGED the people there OF the great
superiority of our Kansas, and the
recent and present floods in the Ohio
valley are confirming the conviction
and compelling immediate action in
search of new homes. This state of
things is attested by the arrival of
home hunters, and by every traveller
of our own state between the Mississ-
ippi river and the Atlantic ocean and
north of the Ohio river. 1t is safe to
say that during the next six to twelve
months $4,000, 900 will come to Kan
sas in the pockets of men desiring to
make homes and valuable investments.
This will give over half o million dol
lars in each county in this state"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26
Commissioners Proceedings.

COLBY, Thomas Co., Nov. 20, 1855.
The Board of Thomas County Commission
ers met pursuant to adjournment, the full
board being present, and Samuel Stewardson
County Clerk: E. A. Grouse in the chair. Min.
utes of the last meeting read and approved.
Moved and carried TO proceed to open the
pool books Of the special election. Board al
journed until O'Clock.
Afternoon session: Full board present, and
Samuel Stewartison, County Clerk. Moved
and carried to proceed to canvass the vote
and declare the result of the election, which
is as follows:
For county seat, the town of Colby received
majority of all votes cast, and is declared
the permanent county seat of Thomas county,
Kansas, and the following named persons are
elected for the various offices designated:
Commissioner 1st Dist.-M w witham: I'd
Dist.-Frank Pingree; Sd Dist-RT Hemntng.
Sherif-w II kingery.
Treasurer-N ID Bean.
County Clerk-James Fke.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

| Clerk Dist. Court-Edward J Paine.
Register Deeds W Irwin.
! Probate Judge-M l. Lacey.
county AttOrney-wm G Porter.
! Representatives, H Copeland.
Supt. Public InSt.-W walker
Survey0r-T Chamber.
CorOner-M McGreevy
The officers elected for the precincts are as
follows,
Trustec--.IameS wOllen
Cierk-A Fl Birber.
Treas.-J Leal
JuStices-T p Feehan, and, there being u tie
vote cast for williams and Budlong, it was de-
cided by lot-M S Budlong being elected.
Constab!es-H e Flora aud A G Eddy.
REVOLT.
Trustee w Gilmore
Clerk " Crowley
Ireas.-J c PaSSell
Jdsuces-W II Archer and L Sims.
WENDELL.
Trustee-w Somers.
Cierk-B Gurwcil.
JreaS-JnO Atkinson
Justices W Ellsworth & W II Armstrong
Constabies-E Halladay and Z white.
RANDALL.
Trustee-Ira Jennings
Clerk-G W Hunter.
Treas.-I f Gilbert
JuStices-J NJ Stewardsou and Roger Miller
Constables-wm ColgrOve ana f A Eaier.
HALE.
Trustee-w Mitchell
Clerk-JOs Byus.
Treasurer-w ID Hughes
Justices-T SnOdgrass and VIM Hydou
ConStableS-Andrew Creep and Is Elliott
Barrett precinct failed to elect any precinct
ticket
The clerk is instructed to send certificates
of election to officers elected
Moved and carried that we adjourn until
Nov. 2lst, 1895,
Nov. 2lst~ 1885.
Full board present. and Samuel Stewardson,
county clerk. The following bonds were ap.
proved by county commissioners: Newton d
Beanfsr county treasurer: Edward Paine
for clerk of the district court: and W H King
cry for sheriff. After which the above nalned
officers were qualified. and after the bonds of
WIN Porter for county attorney. Irwin
for register OF deeds and James N Fike for
county clerk were approved by the clerk they
qualified fer their respective offices. Ad-
journed until o'clock p. m.
SAMUEL SrEwARDSoS,
county clerk.
At O'Clock p. m. Board met; f. A. Grouse
chairman. b. F. Heaston and James " Fike.
county clerk. Bond of NJ L. Lacy as Probate
Judge being approved by the county clerk
after which he qualified and entered upon his
duties: and after approving bond of r. T.
as county commissioner of the Sd
district and Frank Pingree of the I'd district,
after which they were qualified. Moved and
that We now adjourn sine die.
E. A. GROUSE, Chairman
Attest: JAMES n. FIKI. County Clerk.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

Professor to first applicant):-Same
and age, sir?
First Student:-Abner Bascom;
age seventeen.
Professor ito second applicant). And
you, sir?
Second Student:-Phineas Bascom
age seventeen.
Professor:--Brothers?
S. S:-Yes, sir,
REPRESENTATIVES?
S. S. (doubtfullD:--Well, ye-es; twins
on our fathers side. We're from
Salt Lake.
Professor:-Oh, Oh.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26
WORCESTER & CASEY, EDITORS.

For the ten mo nths ended Oct. 81
last the export of minerals from the
United States was valued at about
S14. 100000.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

The Rock Island railroad has issued
an order forbidding its employees in
Iowa from entering saloon or drink
ing intoxicati liquors.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

Colby, Thomas County, Kas., Nov. q.
Permanent board of county commissioners
met; the following members present: r. T.
Hemming. commissioner of Sd dist, Frank
Pingree, commissioner I'd dist, and James n.
FIke, county clerk. Moved and carried that
Frank Pingree be elected chairman of the
board. Moved and carried that we adjourn
until Nov. s4th, at l O'Clock p. N.
FRANK PINGREE, chairman,
Attest: JANIS n. FIKE, county clerk.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

A writer says there are no old maids
in Turkey. But just wait till next
Thursday, and there will be lots Of
turkey in old maids.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

The mayor of Hastings was arrest
ed last week and fined $40 and costs,
amounting in all to s14, for betting
on the election.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

A gentleman who claims to know,
and who, by the way, is scholar
and Christian, says the only differ
ence between Kansas and Paradise is
that Kansas is receiving much the
heaviest immigration and has the best
roads.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

Treasurer Brooks returned from To-
peka Friday, where he turned over to
the state treasurer upwards of s12, 900
belonging to the State Permanent
School Fund, arising from the.,sssale of
school land.--Kenneth Sentinel.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

Galveston INDUCED in pretty good
puff last Friday. That is puff OF
smoke from fire that destroyed forty
five blocks of the city, aggregating
value of about s3.000,000.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

Governor Swineford, of Alaska, in
his first annual report saysa careful
estimation of the population of south
eastern Alaska places the number of
whites at 900, and natives at 1000.
1t is reported to be land of promise
for the adventurer.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

Mrs. Mamie F. Anderson, the wife
of Hon. John A. Anderson, Mem Der
of Congress from the fifth district,
died at Manhattan, Kas., on the 23d
inst, after q severe and pro tracted ILL
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

Horace B. Clatlin, the great New
York merchant, died suddenly of apo
plexy Saturday last, at his home in
Fordham, N. Y. He was % years of
age, and leaves a fortune of S10,000,-
900.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26

The attorney general will soon go
into the western part of the state to
prosecute officers, bankers and other
prominent men for conspiracy to de-
fraud the Permanent School Fund He
will slap good many heads that are
high up.--Topeka Commonwealth.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26
.THE THOMAS COUNTY CAT.

THE THOMAS COUNTY CAT.
WORCESTER CASEY, EDITORS.
For the ten mo nths ended Oct. 81
last the export of minerals from the
United States was valued at about
s14, 100000.
The mayor of Hastings was arrest
ed last week and fined $40 and costs,
amounting in all to s14, for betting
on the election.
A writer says there are no old maids
in Turkey. But just wait till next
Thursday, and there will be lots OF
turkey in old maids.
The Rock Island railroad has issued
an order forbidding its employees in
Iowa from entering saloon or drink
ing Intoxicating liquors.
Galveston INDUCED in pretty good
puff last Friday. That is puff of
smoke from fire that destroyed forty
five blocks of the city, aggregating a
value of about s3,OO0,0O0.
Mrs. Mamie F. Anderson, the wife
of Hon. John A. Anderson, Member
of Congress from the fifth district,
died at Manhattan, Kas., on the 23d
inst, after severe and pro tracted ILL
ness.
Horace B. Clafin, the great New
York merchant, died suddenly of apo
plexy Saturday last, at his home in
Fordham, N. Y. He was % years of
age, and leaves fortune of S10.000,-
900.
Treasurer Brooks returned from To-
peka Friday, where he turned over to
the state treasurer upwards of $4,000
belonging to the State Permanent
School Fund, arising from the.,s'sale of
school d.---kenneth Sentinel.
A gentleman who claims to know,
and who, by the way, is scholar
and Christian, says the only differ
ence between Kansas and Paradise is
that Kansas is receiving much the
heaviest immigration and has the best
roads
Governor Swineford, of Alaska, in
his first annual report says a careful
estimation of the population Of south
eastern Alaska places the number of
whites at 1900, and natives at 1000.
1t is reported to be land of promise
| for the adventurer.
The attorney general will soon 60
into the western part of the state to
prosecute officers, bankers and other
prominent men for conspiracy to de-
fraud the Permanent School Fund. He
will slap good many heads that are
high up. Topeka Commonwealth.
We cannot but admire the pluck
and energy the people of Thomas
county have displayed in carrying to
a successful termination their county,
organization, and we congratulate
them on their success. Thomas cOun-
ty, like Sherman is settled by an en-
terprising, industrious class of people,
and geographically is the counterpart
of Sherman county. A person seeing
one can forla a correct estimate of the
other Tecumseh Candy.
A stage line from Colby to this
place is one of Sherman county's most
pressing needs at present and would
prove paying institution for Colby
as well, as it would bring the lines of
travel from Oberlln and the east to
Sherman county through that place.
A line between the above named
points would yield handsome reven-
ue from the passenger traffic at pres
ent, and the increase of travel the
coming spring will make it the best
paying route in western Kansas-New
Tccumseh.
Speaking of the prospective immi-
grafton to Kansas, the Junction City
The Osceola times., 1885-12-05
A Hand-Weaving Machine.

An ingenious kind of hand-weaving
machine or loom has been invented in
Germany, by means of which silk, wool,
yarn, cords, strips of fabric, etc, can be
woven into pieces that may be applied
TO various useful purposes in the house,
hold. In using this machine the warp
threads are first arranged parallel
either on the backs of two chairs or Sc
cured to the knobs of two doors. The
warp threads are then passed through
the heddles, arranged on a suitable
frame, and the ends of the warp threads
are tied together and fastened to the
back of the chair upon which the person
operating the loom sits, and the other
ends of the threads are held in suitable
clamp on the table. The heddle frame
or comb is raised by means of the left
hand, whereby the threads are separated,
and then the shuttle is passed through
the warp threads, the latter are shifted,
the shuttle passed through in the in
verse direction. and so on.--N y. Sun.
The Osceola times., 1885-12-05
IRON CRYSTALS.
Good Steel Presenting the Appearance Of
Groups of Beautiful Crystals.

An exchange says that the microscop-
ic determination of the different quail
ties of iron and steel is now regarded as
one of the most valuable aids in metal
lurgical industries. Thus the crystals of
iron are double pyramids in which the
proportion of the axes to the bases sva-
ries with the quantity Of the iron; the
smallness of the crystals and the height
of the pyramids composing each ele-
.memt are in proportion to the quality
and density of the metal, which are seen
in the tineness of the surface; and as the
proportion of the carbon diminishes in
the steel, the pyramids have so much
the less height. In pig iron and the
lower qualities of hard steel the crystals
approach the more closely the cubic
form. Forged iron has its pyramids
hattened and reduced to superposed
parallel leaves, whose structure consti-
tutes what Is called the nerve Of the
steel; and the best quality of steel has
eli its crystals disposed In parallel lines,
each crystal filling in the interstces be-
tween the angles of those adjoining,
these crystals having their axes in the
direction Of the percussion they undergo
during the working. Practically, good
steel has the appearance, microscope
cally, of large groups Of beautiful crys-
tails. s.-BroOkiYH Edgle
The Osceola times., 1885-12-05
RELIGIONS OF JAPAN.
Shintoism, q Religion OF Nature, and the
Seven Happy Gods.

Shintoism, a religion of nature, was
for hundreds of years the only religion
of the japanese. Its temples, as seen in
pictures. were but shanties covered with
grass. They had no stone or wooden
idols. The mirror was an object OF great
reverence, because, / suppose, they
could see themselves in it, and they
thought as much of themselves as of
ANYTHING else in the world. Such per-
sons still live and are confined to no
special country. They deied the forces
of nature Raiden, the god of thunder,
lived in the clouds and beat his string OF
drums Futen, the god of the winds, is
pictured with large inflated bag on the
back of his neck, both ends of which he
firmly grasps. When he relaxes his
grasp the wind escapes, and there is
storm, and when he tightens his hold,
calm follows.
The Seven Happy gods in the picturei
are an interesting company. Fukoruki
jim, the God of long life, has forehead
so high that barber, to shave the TOP
of his head. must climb up on ladder
1t takes good deal of brains TO counter.
act diseases and keep people in health,
so as to insure long life. Diakoku, the
rice god, sits on a throne OF rice bags
and pets the rat, the very animal that
DESTROYS his rice. So like some men
who love the sins which wreck their
fortunes and souls. Hotel, the god OF
Il, fnf nd al
that he is always unfit for company
proof that the japanese had a low
idea of happiness. Bishamon is
the patron of fame and glory, and
his pet animal is the tiger Men who
seek military fame and glory must cult
vate tiger-like ferocity. Ebisu is the
patron Of daily food, and spends much
of his time fishing, which he, like some
terrestrials, greatly enjoys. He is noted
for his patience, which is proved by the
fact that he can stand knee-deep in
water for two hours waiting for nib
BILE. The only one of the seven who
never laws aside his dignity is Toshi-
toku, the patron of talents. His pet
animal is a spotted fawn, and he travels
around a good deal for the purpose OF
rewarding boys and girls who study
their lessons. He knows that talent can
not afford to dispense with work. Among
them is one woman. Betten by name.
She is queen of the world under the sea
and lives in ocean caverns, and spends
her time playing the flute and guitar.
The snake, strange to say, is her pet ami
NAL. and the dragons are her servants.
These seven jolly gods meet once a
wear to hold o feast and arrange the
marriages for the coming year. They
have a great many skeins OF red and
white Silk, which are the threads OF
fate of those TO be married. The white
threads are the men, the red the women.
AT first they select the threads very
carefully, so that good matches are
made. BY and by they get tlred ano
law, huddle up their work and Jumoie
the threads together carelessly. ms
ia the reason of so many unhappy mar
riages," A visit to some Of our divorce
courts would convince japanese that
these gods are a lazy, careless sci III
hi. climate.-Chicago Standard
The Osceola times., 1885-12-05
PAPER IN rONOUJN.
The Lsborieus Processes by which II b
Manufactured.

I0o koDoEloue EFoceeeeb ny WnAo8 ~ =
Manufactured.
The principal material used in the
manufacture Of paper in Tonquin is the
ke-yioh or paper tree. which grows in
abundance on the mountains in the en-
yirons of Sontay. The dried bark Of
this is brought in bundles upon the backs
Of oxen or buffaloes from the mountains,
where it is gathered for the numerous
paper mills, whose principal center is in
the vicinity of Hanoi. 1t is worth about
two cents pound. This bark is macer-
ated and then rubbed up in mortars, SO
as TO reduce it TO fine pulp. This lat
ter is extended with certain quantity
OF water in order TO form clear paste,
which is sized with an infusion made
from the shavings of the gamao, a tree
which grows in abundance on the Black
River Mountains.
The paper is manufactured sheet by
sheet by women by means Of delicate
bamboo screens that they alternately
dip into the paste and take out there
with thin sheet Of paper, which they
deposit upon board. At the end OF the
day these sheets are put into press in
order TO extract the moisture from them,
and are then dried by placing them one
by one upon hot masonry wall. Fl
nally they are put up in packages and
trimmed
Each woman makes thousand sheets
o day. The thickness Of the paper de-
pends upon the consistency of the paste.
Ono establishment that was visited by
the person who furnished these data was
capable of producing eighty thousand
sheets per day with eighty women and
forty assistants. Paper was being made
here worth sixty-fve cents per thousand
sheets. Gutenberg Journal
The Osceola times., 1885-12-05
Politics Too Much for Him.

A lady on Fifth Avenue. New York,
quickly summoned q doctor;
"Oh, doctor, my husband is nearly dead.
He attended a caucus last night. He made
four speeches and promised TO be with his
fellow citizens again to-day. But oh. doc
tor, he looks nearly dead"
Has he been in politics longW
"No, only last year. He worked hard
for sJames McCaulay's election"
"He VIII get well, madam! He has
stomach for any disease. If he worked for
him!v
Political life, of short or long duration,
Is very exhausting, as is evident from the
great mortality which prevails among
public men. Ex-U. =. Senator B. K. Bruce,
who has been long in public life, says:
"The other day, when stepping into Q
car at crossing, found DR.. - within,
who eyed me up and down In surprised
wSy, remarkng:
"Why, Senator, how we'll you lookv
"'Well, feel pretty well,' ] answered"
The doctor uttered an incredulous reply,
when the Senator frankly told him, In an
swer TO an inquiry, that IL was Warner's
safe cure which accom- kshed for him
what the profession had failed to do. Sem
ator Bruce says his friends are very much
astonished at this revelation Of power
The Globe.
sov.rwhsimtnc'v Dcfeated
The Osceola times., 1885-12-05
TOO MUCH FAT.
An Agricultprist's Plea For the Despised
Long-Nosed Pig.

An Agricultprist's Plea For the Despised
Long-Nosed Pig.
A stub-nosed pig is chubby one. 1t
is alse an inactive animal. 1t is inclined
too much to fat. 1t has little growth.
1t doesn't amount to much. There ie a
law that extremties are balanced or
somewhat equalized. A pig with a
longer nose will have longer body,
more range and growth. Growth is
what we want in hogs. There may be a
great deal of satisfaction to some folks
to look at pigs portraits and admire a
short nose and overgrown cheeks and
eyes out of sight; but confess | like to
see clean cut head, with o body indi-
eating some muscle and expansion.
These fashionable hogs are helpless
things, and must be fed and waited on
like babies. The form is unnatural.
They are poor breeders. Chunkiness in
action and stupidity are not good quail
ties for breeding. The pigs will be few,
weak and small, and the sows make lazy
and Improbable mothers. The short
nose fancy reached the climax in Sut.
folks, and has about run them out. The
Essex breeders caught it badly. and so
did the Berkshire breeders, and dozen
years ago the best specimens of this
most excellent breed we're sacrificed 40
fashionable folly. The Essex got bad
setback, as the little roly-poly chunks
were mere babies, and pork makers
found there was no money in them.
Before this day of folly had Berkshire
boar, bred by William Crozier, which
dressed over six hundred pounds. Such
Berkshires paid, and hogs like them
will pay. Col. Cwtis. IN Rural NeD
Yorker.
The Osceola times., 1885-12-05
ANTIQUE furniture - The kind usually
found in newspaper office.

THE Northern Pacific Railroad Company
issue several illustrated pamphlets aud
sectional land maps for free distribution
which contain valuable information con-
cerning the rich agricultural and grazing
country traversed by the line through
Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon. The publications con-
tain synopsis OF the United States land
laws by which Govcrpinent lands can bo
secured free under tho homestead pre- emp
ton and timber culture acts and the terms
of sale Of railroad lands, the rates OF fare
and freight rates on emigrant movables
and household goods and much other infvr-
nation. They are mailed free TO any ad-
dress by addressing Chas. b. Lamborn,
Land Commissioner, St. Paul, Mimi.