Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-05-13

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4. Chitwood, n D. Bean. Chas. Hovey.
c. II. Martin and II. T.. Weld.
| 4 postoffice has been established at
Millers store northwest of Colby. 1t has
been named Copeland after ". II. Cope
land
Splendid upland hay ut Monument
Siding, by the ton or in car lots at Sl2
and $12.50 per ton at Ennis 81 Neil s
store.
County Clerk Fike reports the assessors
books in fine condition and compliments
them very highly for their thorough work
and neat returns.
| Franz, LutZ row has charge of the -four
and feed business of j. NJ Gamble & Co.
Mr.. Gamble is in the same business at
| Oakley.
J. s. Warden sold one hundred lots in
| Colby yesterday. Colby town lots are as
good as gold and the demand for them
resembles rush.
Notice the new adv. Of French q
| Riddle These gentlemen come well
recommended and ask for share of bus
mess in their line. Call and see them at
the Bank of Colby.
The Town Company has purchased the
| lot north of this Office and will commence
the erection of a large building thereon
Immediately.
Daniel Jarsline and family and James
Davidson and family are on their claims
They are related TO i. L. Jardine, and
| came from Streator, Illinois.
l:essrs. ". S. Mckinney and Wallace
Files, old friends of Fred Green and =. c.
Siggins, arrived here from Youngsville
Pa this week They are well pleased
with the country and think Of locating.
Tie new livery barn OF Sam'l Yousse
is completed. II is one OF thc neatest
arranged and most commodious stables
in western Kansas.
Three hundred dollars has been put up
on fight with hard gloves between Dick
Walker and man from Sherman county,
to take place in Colby some time in June.
A special detective for the land depart
ment has been loating around Colby for
ii week or more. He finds everything in
this part of the district straight
1t is reported that the B. e. NJ. survey
Ors are running line starting from nine
miles east Of Oberlin and following the
divide north of the Prairie Dog.
J. W. Allen & Sons have their store
building nearly completed in Eustis. The
size Of the building is 22X60 They will
open up stock of goods there next week
Walker & Yousse have purchased the
lot north of Bean Bros hardware store
of w. n. Copeland and will put up /;
large store building foT their drug store
NJ. Donelan has purchased the drug
store building of Walker & YOuSse
! Walker & IouSSe have secured lots in
different location aud will erect an ele
giant store building.
A meeting will be held at the cour
house Saturday evening next to make
arrangements to build the court house
Committees will be appointed at the
meeting.
The new building north of this office
is raised. 1t Will make an elegant store
building and is to be occupied by p. S
Assenmaker & Co., of Seneca, Kan, with
a ten thousand dollar stock of genera
merchandise.
Next weel, we shall issue a sixteer
page paper devoted to the interests oil
the town and county. Those wishing ad
vertiSements or special mention and al
desiring extra copies must speak early.
Three parties have been held for the
shooting of Bothw;ck in Rawlins county
The Thomas county men. Joe and join
Barber. Philo and Fred Sea and Fay
Gibbs were not arrested as reported, mol
did they have any connection with The
affair whatever.
W. W Cox of Seward Nebraska, will
deliver an address to the young people OF
Colby and vicinity, Sabbath day immedi
ately after Sunday school, at the school
house Subject ''See'st thou Il man dill
gent in his business he shall stand before
Kings
Hale township seems to be the most
rapidly growing township in the county
Sixteen votes were cast in that township
last fall and one man was sick and did
not vote The assessor found 595 people
and il is safe to estimate ne missed quite
a number. Hale township has fully 500
population.
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Buffers preached at the school house on
last Sunday evening, to the largest au-
dience ever gathered in Colby. He took
his text from Genesis nth verse and Goth
chapter And Jacob kissed Rachel and
lifted up his voice and wcpt" The ser
mon was appreciated BY ali who heard it,
The speaker handled the delicate subject
of kissing exceedingly well and re-
commended less of the practice Mr.. |. II.
B. is entirely original in his ideas and
the points brought out were new TO ALL
E. o. Early was brought to town Tues
day from Sherman county, charged with
stealing $3.50 from Swan Younger with
whom he had been stopping on a claim.
The young man confessed the theft and
returned the money. His bond was fixed
at $500 by Judge Budlong, and being I'M
able to give it, was taken to the nearest
Jail, at Hays City, where he will have to
! stay until district court next November.
This little romance will cost the county
in the neighborhood of five hundred dol
lars.
The May term of district court dis
patched business as follows: No crimi-
nal cases were tried good showing
for the first term Of cOur< in T'ho,y,o .