Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
Change cars for Colby.
Many in town last Saturday.

The town pump was repaired thi:
week.
Colby is bound to be a great railroad
center. Nothing can hinder it.
j. E. Meglemre. of Colby Implement
Firm, went to Kansas City last week.
The B. & NJ. railroad will have by Jan
LIST permanent survey from Ramona tc
Colby.
Chas. HOvey, county treasurer, is one
| of the stockholders in the new town in
the center of st. John county
Tom Hemming was in town Friday.
He bought 20 bushels of walnuts and will
plant them on his timber claim.
Ed Hall, cashier First National Bank,
will have his abstract Office next door
north of Frank Pingree's Office
The congregationalists will build a
church next spring. We are told that
they have the lots already bought.
w. H. Archer, postmaster at Otter
bourne. Thomas county. was in town
Tuesday for the purpose of taking out
supplies for his store.-[Oberlin Herald.
Many are availing themselves of the
offer of the CAT. namely: a history. of
Thomas county and Colby to all who pay
up dues and to all who subscribe anew
Mr.. Woodward, of the firm of Wilcox
on & Woodward, returned Sunday on
the Oberlin Hack. He has been away
quite while. but will now remain here.
VIM White, of Table Rock, Neb., was
in town last week. He was looking after
place to start an implement firm. He
was much pleased with Colby, and may
come in the spring.
Hon. G. W. Goodsoe went to Omaha
Sunday. He will stop there few days,
then 60 to Red Oak, GriswOld, and Des
Moines. Iowa, thence to Topeka to rep
resent Thomas county.
Albert Baker, the saddler who has been
working for John Bean. goes to Arkansas
City this week to visit his sister. He or
dered the CAT sent there so he could
keep posted on Colby affairs.
Ed Gilmore, of NOrcatur, Kans., was
in town Friday last with load of broOms
which he made himself. The raising of
broom corn is a very profitable industry
here, and can be made more SD by more
push in that direction.
Frank Pingree. county commissioner
of the second district has hired farm
hand, and will now attend to his large
business in town. He has the best COM
panies of insurance and writes more pol
icies than anyone else in the city.
All the townships in Thomas county
were named by Gov Martin. BY request
he will write biography of the heroes
after whom the townships were named
for E. P. WOrcester's history of Colby
and Thomas county.
On Sunday Tom Feehans horses ran
away and stove up things in general He
had butchered and got his meat loaded
into the wagon, whensthe horses started
and ran. Meat was scattered broadcast
again.
Weld Bros received a letter from Geo.
w. Crane & Co., of Topeka. the other
day, stating that their system of abstract
books was new yet the best they had
seen as yet. This is grand endorsement
of Weld Bros. endeavors to get the best
system of abstract books known.
Rev. ]. n. Lenker. president of the
American, German and Scandinavian
Lutheran immi grafton society. was in
Colby last week, and will secure one
quarter block upon which Lutheran
church will be built He was highly
pleased with the county and town, and
will send many here.
Judge Newell met with quite serious
accident last Thursday night. He stepped
OFF of the sidewalk in front of the Wind
sOr House. and the fall came on his lame
leg. and Strengthened out the chords and
quite seriously hurt him. He was sick
in bed but is cOnvalescing now. We
hope he will soon be out again.
A few days ago two very prominent
loan agents. one from Oberlin the other
from this city, were prospecting the loans
they had made. Both gentlemen are
noted for their fine exquisite tastes, their
homes being among the most elegant in
the country. Being their first trip out,
night approached without notice until it
was right upon them, and they far from
a town. Not caring to drive on strange
prairie, full of draws, in the dark, they
came to farm house and stopped. The
farmer wishing to do the proud thing by
his guests and give them the best that
he had, when they wished to retire,
them the only bed in the house.
and that was already occupied by two
buxom females The loan men not wish
ing to offend their host, and thinking |
what racket their wives would make |
should they hear of it, begged to be al |
lowed to sleep on the floor in their over
coats. as it was impossible to do so in Il
bed, since they We're so accustomed 10
wing on the hard cold ground, and re-
freshing sleep was what they wanted. |
They were very tired and wished TO !
sleep soundly after their long drive. The
host Welded, the men slept q and their
Bones haven't got done creaking vet. |
Every night now catches them in some |
own. 1t seems there are times when |
wen Il loan agent will falter.- Atwood |
Democrat.
A visit to the court house revealed the |
following items:
Chas. N. Hovey county treasurer. was
more than busy taking in taxes and issu
ng receipts therefor He is attending to
business very closely. He says he was
n his office one day from a. M till p.
n. without going to his meals at all. so
,usy was he attending to payment of
axes and other duties
Ed Paine. district clerk, was occupied
writing out final proofs. These keep him
'usy ali the time together with his dis
rlct court work.