Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-01-07

has q customer for YOU.
-Forty-three numbers were sold q
. Yocum's dance new years eve. ant
: everyone reports good time.
If You want good horse, set o
, harness and double wagon, enquire o
Frank Pingree, opposite THE CAT.
All persons knowing themselves in
debted to us, are requested to call anG
settle at once.
j. W. ALLEN & Sons.
/ Stevens term has expired as
county clerk of Sheridan county. We
hope his successor will be an honest
man. p
-Cvercoats, cloaks, dolmans and
all heavy goods at your own prices for
the next 80 days at J. W. Allen &
Sons.
,, Brooks got six votes out Of Sc
in Kenneth for reelection. "A prophet
is never known in his own country, 4"
but rogue is.
Capt. Ellsworth contemplates a
trip to Wisconsin soon. 1t would mt
surprise us if Capt would bring back
a colony with him.
Most of the mails failed to get
in this week. The mail man from
Oakley succeeded in getting through
with small mail Tuesday.
Notice the new adv. of H. E.
Weld in this issue. If you have any
business in his line, call on or write
him. He is reliable land man.
All the railroad lands in Thomas
county are under heavy mortgage
The question occurs If the land can
be mortgaged, why is it not taxable ?
The heavy snow storms of late
have been hard ON range cattle The
days for letting cattle run loose on the
prairies without feed or shelter, in
Kansas, are numbered.
If a fire should break out in Col
by, what protection would there be?
With every well in town out of fix,
there would be nothing to do but to
stand quietly by and watch the bon
fire.
Final proof can now be made be-
fore the Probate Judge of Thomas
county, Kansas, at Colby. W. G. |
Porter will make out your papers and
attend to the business promptly and |
satisfactorily. 4Otf
There will ba q sociable held at
the school house on Wednesday even
ing, January l3 A short program
will be furnished, part of which |
will be secret. All are cordially in
vited to attend.
About the thirest, checklist mess
of slush we have ever seen appeared
in the Kenneth Sentinel Of last week.
Capt Ward is signal failure at
work and ought to go back
to the cohbling bench.
-Chas. Hovey has purchased Van
cleave's interest in the law and land
business of Wiilcoxon & Vancleave,
the firm name now reading WiilcoXon
& Hovey. Mr.. H. is a thorough busi-
ness man, and we welcome him to our
town
The Kenneth Sentinel copies an
article from the Na-Keeney World to
prove that we clip our editorials; could
not cuss US in his own language, but
copies from the World a '.cuss" article.
doing the dastardly deed we
are accused of.
Our readers will notice in another
column poem from the festive THoM-
AS CAT, published at Colby, Kansas,
how they hold down claims
with an answer showing the fickleness
of the girl that a fellow don't take
with him.-Danville (Iowa) News
One of the heaviest snow storms
for several years visited these parts
this week. The snow fell to the
depth of fourteen inches on the level,
and west of us the snow fall was
deeper This practically settlas the
fate of winter wheat and rye and a
good crop is assured
The newly welded pair started for
Oberlin Friday on their way to Neb-
r.