Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23

Presents.
Lots are selling fast.
Fruit tree agents are plenty.
Business lively in town this week
Thomas county, the banner county
Genuine apple cider at Clark & Blake S.
w. S. Willcoxon went to Oakley Tues
day.
A. Lauterbach went to Oberlin Tues
day.
Now is the time to work on the rail-
road.
Colby, the Hastings of Northwest Kan
Two railroads but no bonds. HOw's
that
Three hundred teams wanted on the
Colby Branch.
Winter is her, bat the railroad work
wont be stopped.
COLBY JUNcrIoN-Colby will be a town
of 5000 in years.
sl.15 buys k sack of Every Day" floua
at Clark & Blake's.
W. H. Marble went to Oberlin last
week Oh land business.
People from all parts of the county
flock to Colby to trade.
G. G. Siggns is helping Chas Hovey,
county treasurer, this week.
There is to be newspaper at Russell
Springs, st. John county
The scout is the name of new paper
at Gopher, st. John county.
NJ Donelan bought the Colby House
of Sam'l 1ousse on Monday.
The Colby Hardware Company has
new sign and it looks fine.
A sharp fight for our territory is being
made by the b. & NJ. and L. p. systems.
Mr. Lauterback and family moved into
their new residence south of town Mon
day.
Masquerade Saturday night at Bean
Hail for the benefit of Colby Cornet
Band
No one ever left Colby or Thomas
county without saying a good word for
both.
Saml YouSSc now owns six quarter
sections of choice decided land i'm Thorn
as county.
The rails are at Oakley and nearly all
the ties. They will begin laying track
from Oakley soon.
Club Cox expects to go to Eustis after
the holidays to work in }. w. Allen &
Sons store
Mon Brachear sold his claim south of
town TOD. c, Stowell for 81 400. He goes
to Sherman county to stay this winter
The Wa Keency land office has stopped
issuing contest and final proof notices for
thirty days. Screw loose somewhere.
J. H. Lesh and wife made ,he CAT
pleasant cali Friday. He is an eEterpris-
ing farmer III the south part of the coun
ty.
The town site company put on record
Friday last deed to 50 lots to the Oak
ley X Colby railroad company. This
looks like business.
The CAT reaches nearly every fireside
in Thomas county. Now is the tine to
subscribe SO us 70 get the new history Of
Colby and Thomas county.
Arthur GentzIer came in Satsrday from
Smith county. He will stay week or
so and then return. He don't say wheth-
er he Will 20 alone or not.
Quite a number of people in town Mon
day from the northern part of Thomas
and southern part of Rawlins Colby is
the place to do your trading now.
David Zerweckh went to Monument
Tuesday after the safe for the Farmers
and Merchants. Ii weighs 4. 800 pounds.
Mr.. Barker does the hauling with two
teams
W. Fellows and g. V. Martin of Ia
bic Rock, Neb., registered Il, the Wind
scr Monday. Nh Martin was former
partner of Sami Youssc in the stock bus
mess.
A. Lauterbach. vice president of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank. returned |
Thursday last with his family from Red +:
Cloud. Neh. He is sto piping at the Wind |
sor till his new dwelling Joining Colby on |
the south is finished.
From parties who came over from !
ObeTlin on Monday we learn that corps i
OF Is. " NJ. engineers were seen on that
day engaged in Il survey on the divide ,
between the Sappa and Prairie Dog, com !!
ing in a westerly direction /: is stated /
tia; this survey began at Ramona. the !
INST station east of Oterlin, which is To- |
Gated en- tia: divide The line seems to /
point in the direction of Colby. After
all. our Colby neighbors may get the B. {
d N. nearly or quite as soon as Union
Pacific locomotives shall be able to sound
their whistles in the vicinity of their
thriving town. We wish them no worse
luck than that this preliminary survey
shall result in the permanent location of
line that will construct its depot within
half dozen blocks of the business DOR
ton of their town. Oxie Sentinel. !,