Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-08-05
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

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COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Gerk-James n. Fike,
Treasurer-N ID. Bean.
Register of Deeds-JOhn w. Irwin.
Superintendent Public Ins't-W. W. Walker.
Representative-W. H. Copeland.
Attorney-W. G. Porter.
Sheriff-W. II. kingery.
Probate Judge-M. l.. Lacey.
Clerk District Court-E. j. Paine.
Suryeyor-T. P. Chambers.
Coroner-M McGreevy.
Commissioners N% william
tR. r. Heming.
CITY DIRECTORY.
Mayor-M. Donelan.
Clerk-Fred P. Greene.
Treasurer-H. w. Miller.
Marshal-Wm. Harvey.
Police Judge-N. J. Adams.
DR. W. NJ. Edwards,
counctlmen u +: + r. F saifer,
DR.. c. E. Corporan,
Ro5t: Mes.oni2a l-..-..---
Gov. Foraker of Ohio favors Sena-
ator Sherman for President.
James G.. Blaine is to open the cam
paign in Maine with Z speech on Aug,
18th.
There will probably be FIVE tickets
in the field this fall-the Republican,
Democratic, Prohibition, Greenback
and ResubmiSsion.
The Kansas City Journal special
says that the postmaster at Norton,
Kansas, lately appointed, was arrested
tonight on q charge OF embezzlement
A committee of the United States
Senate has reported in favor of sub
hitting to the legislatures OF the sew
eral States Prohibition Amendment
to the National Constitution.
Advertising does more than all else.
The Car ADVERTISED for rain last week
and it came, just as much as if we
had prayed for il. Advertise il you
want anything.
Seward county is now having a
county seat fight, Springfield and
Fargo Springs are the competing
towns, Thomas county is a rare excep-
ton in not having county seat fight.
Senator Payne OF Ohio will 90 scott
free, there will be no investigation.
Seventeen voted for and forty against
the investigation. Senator Eyarts
made 4 speech Of three hours in behalf
OF Senator Payne.
Willie Sells the boy murderer. was
convicted OF murder III the first degree
last week At Erie Kan. It will be re-
membered that about four months ago
he killed or rathe bGtchcred his father,
mother. brother and sister.
Hubert O. Thompson ex-commis-
sioner and chief of the county democ-
racy has passed away His funeral
was largely attended BY many promi-
nent men and Masonic Lodges. The
monies were veryimposing.
The fight still goes Oh in 9Th, Con-
gressional District. Wilson comes out
with an able letter. but the outcome
is doubtful 1t looks now as though
democrat might 90 in. Anderson
has been nominated by the sore heads
and greenbackers.
Wichita has just been declared a
city of the first class, it having 4 popu-
lation of over $4,000 There are now
five cities of the first class in the state
of kansas-Atchison. Topeka, Leav-
enworth, Wichita and Kansas City.
Kansas.
Like other successful men, Sam
Jones appreciates the valde of adver-
Using. In 4 recent conversation the
shrewd evangelist is reported to have
said: IL am worth 500 a day. now;
if can get enough newspaper advertis.
inc I'll soon be worth $1,000 a day
and then Eli go to Europe" Some
merchants might 90 to Europe by fol
lowing the same plan.
Kansas is sliced from the jucies,
side of the earth, few years ago il
was wilderness. To-day it is the
garden of the world, redolent with
the fragrance of the orchard and vim
tage, teeming with the homes of thrifty
people, pulsing with the vim and Wig
or of progress and mellow with the
bloom of an almost perennial harvest
Last year Kansas sent to the east