Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29
|IHE THOMAS COUNTY CAT.
PORTER & HOvEY, Publishers.
Crops are assumed now.
Plenty of rain all around.
Hale township wants a preach

Chas. Copeland has gone to Nebraska.
Walker & Yousse moved into their
new drug store this week.
There was a general rain all over Thorn.
Is county last week.
The Windsor looks fine with the new
coat of paint.
Several new buildings are going up on
Calamity Avenue.
Land buyers are beginningto flock into
Colby again.
Who said Colby was to have q pork
packing housey -
Great auction sale of new mich cows
at Colby. Aug, Z, 1885. E. BRoQUET.
The brick at Hoxie are failure. So
Hoxie won't have any brick buildings.
One peculiarly of Colby is that all her
buildings are painted and finished finely.
It is hard tobea& the red clover and oats
fank: Fayler brought into the CAT the
other day.
E.P. Worcester purchased the south
east quarter of 20-10-32 Tuesday, decided
land. c
Morris Hartman Patchin, and w. G.
Weld went out on a hunt Tuesday eve,
and brought in 81 plovers and 4 jack
rabbits
We are burning the Sd kiln of brick at
Colby. The brick are No. l. and are call
ed by the best judges the best brick this
side of Topeka
The rain in the western part of the
county was 50 heavy last Friday, that
the runs were impossible on account of
high water.
The person who took some carpenter
tools from the back room of Lessengers
office is known, and if he will return them
nothing will be said. if not he will be
prosecuted
Col. Jenkins, the right of way man for
the X. p r. r., will be in Colby, Aug.
I'd, to push the building of the branch
from Oakley to Colby. Now is the time
70 invest in Colby.
Mr.. Frank Taylor brought us in sam
pie of red clover that was sOwed the 22d
of April 1885, which is hard to beat by
older countries, and also sample of
oats that is very fine.
1t would be well for citizens of Colby
to clean up now, and look out for the
hogs, ETC., as we have an ordinance touch
ing on same, and officers who must see it
Is pRt in force. Beware.
There will be preaching by Elder F. N.
Stewart at the school house in district
Ne II, One-half mile south Of Frank H.
T4ElOrs residence, on Sunday at II a. m
A1g. LIST, 1886. All cordially invited.
In the base ball game between the
Thomas County Cats" and the HGxie
nine, on the 18th, the Thomas Csts'
! Won by score of 10 to 10. Hurrah for
The Cats. Boys, you are doing nGbly;
keep right on.
{. that certain parties inauwn
Z range SO, are in the habit of breaking
into houses and taking stoves. corn, 6lan-
kets. etc. Such parties should cease such
4ctiOn ere the strong arm of the law deals
vkith them accordingly. CITIZEN.
g. w. Friend. of RovOhl township, has
40 Russian mulberry and catalpa trees,
81 feet high, and some white pOplsr trees
4 feet high. They were planted this
spring and do nicely. Farmers. take
lesson.
al Casey is up and around and almost
entirely well. He will come out all right
after little rest. He started to Denver
Tuesday last in company with Dick
Walker and Jim Aud. Dick and Jim
eefrom there to Wyoming Territory
Mr.. Henry Eaton called on the CAT this
week. Mr.. Eaton is a thrifty farmer in
the northwest part of the county. He
has acre of onions that can't be beat by
anybody. He took two new subscriptions
: 0f the CAT to send to his friends in the
east. All should send the CAV to their
1 friends to let them know what fine
Cnnntry We have
We have just learned from what would
nppear to be reliable authority that the
contract for the U. p branch from Oak
~ to Colby has been let. and that work
FiAY be commenced at once. In that
Isn't the immediate extension of the B.
- n from Oberlin to Eustis is an assured
<1SH, and our hope of being connected by
ran Is likely to be realized much sooner
! 1haA we could have anticipated-[Sher-
man County Dark Horse.
Why is Thomas county the best county
hwestern Kansas
Because it has the best newspape the
aCAr.~ because it has the most intelli-
kont, thrifty and industrious inhabitants
;8ecause 1t has the richest soil and best
Ming land. Because it has the most cen
Gal location for railroads, and trade of
|oll kinds Because it has one booming
Eclfy, Colby, in whom all take pride. Be
cause there lis no county seat fight to de-
plete the county treasury and raise taxes
and depress the poor. Come to Colby to
invest and east your lot with Thomas
county.
G. Don't forget the picnic at Hines grove,
|38 miles north of town, Saturday.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
1. Greeting Glee, by the choir.
q Prayer. Rev. Turner.
8 Speaking.
4 Song, America"
- 5. Speaking.
II 8. Song, Beautiful River
& z. Speaking.
81 Song, Hail our Country's Natal
Torn"
IA Speaking.
I'm SOnO OafriOtfc Tlee