Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-16

Inc IhOmaS County Bank received its
safe Tuesday. 1t is Diebold make. fire
and burglar-proof time lock safe. It
weighs 1900 lbs, and cost 1881 here. Be-
sides the time lock it has a box within
safe secured by a combination lock so
| that during the day the money is safe
without the time lock. 1t is one of the
best in town thus far.
| BEFORE JUDGE BUDLONG.-The case of
VIM. d. Keltner VS.. Joseph Brown for
work and labor performed to the amount
of S1O5.75, was dismissed on Dec. 8, Sc,
for want of appearance Of plaintiff. Same
case filed on December Sth, and trial will
be December 18th.
The Ladies' Aid Society will give q
grand supper at Beams Hail, on Wednes-
day evening Dec. 22d and there will also
be for sale number of useful and fancy
articles made by the ladies. Everybody
! come early and have good time. Sup
per from 6 to 10 p. m.
We received Saturday the special re-
port of the State Board of Agriculture
on indigestion in CATTLE for the infOrma-
ton of farmers and stock feeders. Copies
will be furnished anyone upon applica-
tiOu W w Ill, OiAhS, AOPcha, AahStS. II
will well repay perusal and every farmer
should have one.
We give this week full account of
the marriage of Frank Buss and Miss
Jessie A. Nicholas. as given in the De-
witt Times. Mr.. Buss lives near Colby,
and is one of our most enterprising and
esteemed young men. We heartily con-
graduate him and his beautiful bride and
welcome them to Thomas county.
Rev. G. w. Hawley. of Red Cloud,
Neb., delivered his popular lecture Tues
day evening at the court house. Subject:
THE Present Needs of the American
People" The audience was quite pleas
ed with the lecture and the speaker $
speaker. Rev. G. w. Hawley, is the one
who drove span of ponies through to
New York last summer from Red Cloud,
Neb.
j. B. MOrrison's new general store is
now done. 1t is 24x65 feet, two stories
high. d. .. fuller has just completed
the plastering and it speaks volumes for
Mr.. T. as mechanic. This is great ad
ditiOn to the south part of town. Mr..
Morrison expects to come here himself
next spring to live. He now lives at
Unionville, Iowa.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank is
now almost wholly done. d. G. Tuller
finished the plastcring last Saturday 1t
is 20x26 feet and 12 feet high and the
vault is at the back part of the building
and is built of brick to secure it from all
possible chance of fire. Mr. Zerwekh,
the cashier, is here ready for business
He is thorough gentleman and no doubt
the Farmers & Merchants will be one Of
our most reliable and popular banks.
Took THE LAW ON THEM-A country
editor in Illinois lately sued thirty sub
scribers in arrears for his paper. He OBJ
tanned Judgment against each for the
full amount of his claim. About half of
them then came up and made oath they
had no more property than the law al
lowed them as exempt from execution.
lie had this lot arrested and sent to Jail.
The new postal law makes it larceny to
take a paper and not to pay for it. He
was plucky editor and knew his rights.
He will be paid in future.
ED Gait notice the question is fire.
quently asked. why don't tie railroad
come? Amt it coming into Colby? To
dESMtI SUCH L Will StdtC IL us ulltCIStsbuu
it. Certain parties refuse the right of
way and are not willing to take reas-
enable amount for the damage done.
One wants 300. And this is the only
one now that is an obstacle to the rail
road coming right into Colby. The Cit
Zens feel as though they had given all
they could We hope this will be settled,
then the road will be in in twenty days.
sure. The grading will be all done in
ten days to within two miles of Colby,
CITIZEN
Articles of incorporation were flied re-
Gently with the Secretary of State for
the following new railroad: The Ober
lin, Colby, Winona & Granada Railroad
Company. The object of the company
is to build a railroad beginning at Ober
lin and running southwest through De-
catur and Thomas counties to Colby,
thence southwest through ST. John,
Wichita and Greedy counties to the State
line, and thence to Granada. Place of
general Offices for the road, St. John. |
Directors: J. r. Neil, j. F. johnson
and W. A. Frasier. of Oberlin George
Vancleave. J. W, Allen and W. II. Cope |
land. of Colby; C. A. Black, c. H. Smith.
C. E. Snyder, j. c. Louchs. X. P. Nc
Knight, F. F. Burton and A. G.. Sims, of
WinOna. Capital stock, 5000, 900.