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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18

ing voice of Bro. Buffers, rising to OBJ
ject, would steal in upon the deathly
stiffness and then died away like hot
biscuit in the hands of ths hired man.
Only once it rallied little. when Bro.
Sager arose and set his teeth into the
language of sixty millions of people
and scattered the ripped out, CORY and
bleeding fragments over the surround
ing gloom. Though dead, there is
still hope, for the spring time is CON-
ing, by jerks, Gentle Annie. and bye
and bye, when the roses bloom again,
the now tired and anxious friends of
this dead ''gcne before" may be able
to pull the littie-oid-driel-up society
out of the hole it has been put into,
and breath into it new lease of exist
encc. The writer Of this, was made
special committee Of one, to rustic"
for the society and report. We have
rustled, and this is our report. The
thing is dead Over thu cause of its
premature departure, we draw the
kind mantle of silence. and speak in
hushed and reverent tones Of postpone
ment, no coal, no ianitor, a non est
programme and reputation. The
Colby Trial Club is like bread cast
upon the waters. but we have got
string to it, and may be able to pull it
in again sometime The last society
editor is hereby notified that he can
come in out of the woods, as the dan
ger is over Dear friends, farewell.
In the name of the Colby Trial Club
good bye. Be virtuous and you will
be happy, but yoa will be lonesome
sometimes. Think of this lesson OF
tribulation, and govern yourselves
accordingly. We will not murmur
about this dispensatinn of providence,
but in the spring try and get there
again. We may not get there, but we
viii try 1t will not do to gamble on.
In the spring will be time enough to
gambol In the spring, when the rail
roads, the street ears and the water
works come, we will buy Us a new
plug hat If the weather is severe, we
will have two OF them. Kind friends,
Wa are done. We have
poken. We have no more to say
Sic semper domino. Piumbago erysip-
elias in hook eureka sciatica usufruct
limburger go braugh Pull down the
window shades. So mote it be.
BIZ ORDER OF COMMITTEE
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18
Gem CieaninES

Valentine day is past and nary a val
entine.
Times are dull and money scarce
Reed and Witham have lost about
one half Of their cattle Nearly ever man
has lost one or more; as the weather
ia more moderate now we think the
rest will pull through.
Gem Rancho is on the boom. We
have a Post Office and the Literary
has revived AID will continue until
short nights. All are invited to attcnl
The question for Feb Is th.is:Resolved
that lhe Pea is m;ghtier than tho
Sword.
Mr.Duttol has gone back after his
team.
Mr.. David Eatingsr has located on
the N.E.quarter of section 2i-7-32.
and has built frame house,
There are several frame houses IN
our Township.
R.S.Woodcock is boring well.
O.J.sopher is fixing up blacksmith
shop
Some are breaking prairie.
Land hunters will Fl nd it to their int
crest to come to our part OF the Go.
Town 7-32, issoon to be organized
into one school district
We expect to see several smiling
faces here soon or some one will get
left and lose their claims.
Some have the, blues but . few
weeks warm weather will cure them.
More anon. Ex.6.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18
GOLD sioodea Muraer al Oakley.

Gold Eiooded MuTs;es al c akiey.
Last Sunday morning cur citizens
we're shocked at hearing the terrible
news that murder had been commit
ted i'll our naighboring town Of Oak
ley.
The facts az near as we could de-
.ermine from different sources were
about Us follows. G. T.. Fellows,
drunken druggist and terror to ali
sw abiding citizens, filed up from
his unlimited stock OF ROt-Glt, and
nis wife becoming alarmed 1T his oft
repeated threats left his house, ard
towards evening Fellows began search
ing for her and found her at the resi-
lcnce Of his ncighbors. and after talk
,ng moment to her he drew his
revolver. a No. IS or - cal;bre. and
shot her in tie temple She immediate
y dropped forward after which be
placed his revolver against her side
and fred ) times in rapid succession.
killing her instantly. Leaving the
the place before any alarm could be
given he returned to his building and
hid himself in the attic, having his
revolver and Winchester rifle with
him. The citizens could not get him
out until the sheriff arrived on the ] /
o'clock train from Wakeency, when
he at once gave himself mp to tie
sheriff. after which the Sheriff locked
him in building and proceeded to
summon a jury to hold an inquest
over the body of his dead wife, and
while the citizens were attracted to
the scene of the ilq lest. the sheriff
quietly conducted the prisoner out of
reach of the now infur,ated popu-
lance. Thereby defrauding what we
would call justice Judge Lynch.
Had the Oakley citizens did what their
better judgement dictated to them
when this wretch would get drunk
and start out taking in the town shoot
ing promiscously and terrorizing the |
entire community, and filed him IN
full of cold lead, this TRACE
DIV would never have been enacted
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18
Notice 20 trustees.

The township trustees Of Thomas
county Kansas are hereby notified
TO meet At the county clerks office ip
Coliy On the lst day of March 1886
10 agree upon an equal basis of valu-
alton Of such property they are to
sess. Also to receive such instruc-
lions as may be required.
Dated at Colby Kansas this 18th
day Of February 1886.
JAMES \. PiKE,
County clerk.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18
For Sale,

$50 bushels of corn at is cent? per
bushel, $50 bushels of rye at 80 cents
per bushel, 100 shocks of corn fodder
and 2 or ; tons Of starw.
Any parsol buying it can fed it
on the farm, good water and fresh
pasture, Oh sec IS town 5 range 81.
And | also have SON, fat hogs for
sale. Z. ". FOWLER.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18
j a. Werner has returned from

Neb.
Quite large attendance at the
literary last week.
Mrs. Yocum has been quite sick
for the past week.
j. y. Weld went back to Sher-
man county last week.
Morris Turney returned from
David City Neb., last week
DIR. c. II. Martin viii build a
twenty foot addition to his drug sto re-
SOON.
WIN. Mullen is here this week
making arrangements for starting
Huf-s bank.
A very ;nteresting valentine
party was given at Joseph Lamont's,
Saturday evening.
We understand that Arthur Cen
tzler has bought a half interest 10
Walkers livery barn.
j. B. Hampte n, CT Dekalb, SO,
has come to Colby to accept position
in DR.. Martins drug store.
Mr.. Shear was here from Beatrice
Neb., one day last week. He will
move his family here soon.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18
Mr.. Flora has returned from his

Trip 10 Iowa.
Good skating on Carp Lake the
first of the week
Il. Heron started for Goblevi.le
Mich, last Monday.
NJ. H. Brachear is in from Sher-
man county, this week.
Seventy five pounds of new body
type arrived yesterday for the CAT
office.
"A. 3. Jardine is building new
office, in addition to Miller's new
building.
-Dr. Douglas has charge Of the
Central drug store, until Mr.. Rowland
arrives from Iowa.
We are authorized TO state that
| freight rates to Monument. are the
same as they ara to Oakley.
You will always find supply Of
the best grades of coal at W. r.
Smiths when it is possible to get coal
in town.
Two new presses are en- the road
| for the CAT Office. One power news
press and a iob press. Alsoa lot of
new type.
A. V. Patchin started Sunday
to Syracuse, Hamilton county, Kans.
Mr. Patchin will be missed by his
many friends in Colby.
Rev. Mr.. Armstrong, of the v. E. |
church. preached at the school house
Sunday. lie is talking of holding Il
protracted meeting here soon.
Mrs. James Hines has returned
| from her visit to Leayenworth, Jim
IS as happy now as boy with al
new pair Of lots.
To the Ladies'.
We have just received something
| novel in dress goods. Call early ard
get first choice.
j. u. ALLEN & Sons
Some parties have been stealing
corn of A. B. Jartiine, as the parties
are known, they are requested to call
on tir j and settle up at once to |
save trouble.
| For bargains in claims, in Thorn
as AID Sherman counties, call or
Aingery & Harvey at Colby Locst-
ing q speciality. School lands foi
sale at great bargains
For sale or exchange for ..ooc
property. A good Norman Stallion. |
5ounti and kind. 4 sure foalgettel
inquire at Colby House.
| II J, c. SrowLL.
Fourteen land seekers ard set
,lers came in from O5es.lin, yesterday
evening, among whom we're NJ. w
Miller and " u. Ashley, of Sidney,
Fremont Co. Iowa.
Dr.. Y. II. Edwards started last
sunday fer HUMBOLDT, Neb He vii!
return to Colby in couple OF months
and pat up his new brick building
lust as soon rs the brick can be made. !
Seed Corn.
We have a limited quality of yell
low seed corn for sale at SI.00 per
hushel Call on us II miles west of |
Hughes store.
81 BARKER & WALKER.
w. " Ashley crossed the Mis-
souri, river from Iowa On the ice
Tuesday morning and was in Colby |
Wednesday evening for supper That
is making good time fer coming by |
way Of Oberlin.
Parties having any intention OF
putting up a wind mill should not fail
20 cslI on G. II. Coover and get the
best windmill in the market The
Vaneless Monitor, also the bestquality
Of pumps. i
w. NJ. Yocum will give grand
ball at Huff's hall, on George Wash
ingtons birth day, the 22d of F0hzua
~. Everybody invited to s1end.
A first elias supper will be served at
the Commercial House.
TAKEN uP.-On sec s town 9
range 81. dark brindle heifer with
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-18
TIE THOMAS COUNTY CAT


Two dances the 22d.
Breaking plows at Bean Bros
-Trusses at Smith& Walkers
A full line of hareware, at Bean
Bros.
james Hines is building on his
claim.
--Goodsoe loans money on chattel
security.
Everything you want in hardware
at Bean Bros.
NJ. D. Lessenger will make your
final proof.
"A great variety of stoves now at
I. Fl. Buffers.
Comforts and blankets at j. ".
Allen & Sons
Wagon, plow and harrow mate
rial at Bean Bros.
Buy one of those ranges for your
wife, at Bean Bros.
For Rock Spring coal call on the
Chicago Lumber Co.
-Leavenworth Times and CAT one
year for two dollars.
All legal papers drawn correctly
By H. D. Lessenger.
You can buy No. l set of
Uarnes at Bean Bros.
We are receiving full line of
implements at Bean Bros.
p. A Troutfetter and L. ". Cox
ware in O5arlln this week.
Remember tle CAT Office can Go
you first class Job =, tnt;ng.
a new stock OF dry goods this
week 1T J. ". Allen & Sons.
Examine thosc flexible iron
trusses at Smith & Walkers
H. ". Miller is putting ZIP new
building north Of his hotel.
The Vaneless Monitor Windmill
for sale BY G. n. Cooyer II
-Lessengers law Office is one door
sourh Of Thomas county bank.
w. II. Meyer is doing some dne
work in the boot and sEoe line
The carpenters are ~ wOrk on
c. Z. Corporan's new dwell n house.
Every thing in the grocery line
choice aui fresh ut J. ". Alien &
Sons.
SO teams wanted at Voitaire, in
quire of Howell Bros, at Foltaire or
Colby.
Remember that proofs can be
mode before the Clerk Of the District
Court
NJ .. Lessenger has money to
loan Al low rate CT interest, on short
osiong time.
Prank Pingre, has f.. d,.ira
bic claims for sale very cheap.
Before buying L stove look
at the Garland ct l. II. Buffers.
The Laavenworth Weekly Times
and the CAT ona year for two dollars.
H A. Smith has $40 tons Of hay
for sale three miles east of Otter
bourne.
Caps, gloves and mittcns at
knock down prices at j. ". Allen &
Sons
Garland stoves, "the best" at ].
II. Buffers.
i have more town lots than any
one. Remember the place opposite
the CAT Office.
NJ. 3. Irwin starts next Monday for
Sa.iu county, where he will remain q
couple Of months.
If you want to sell your decided
land or school land Frank Pingree
has customer for you.
A new latest improved White
sewing machine to sell or trade for q
cowat j. ". Allen & Sons.
DIR. Martins drug store presents
a very neat appearance since it has
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10

Ireland is to bear one fifteenth of the i'm
perial burdens.
This is the rough outline of the plan that
Gladstone presented in the House Of Com
mons on Thursday, and which he advocated
in speech, the most important of his life,
that has already been read admiringly by
the friends of free government on two CONT
nents. 1t is bold and vigorous measure,
comprehensive in plan and thorough in de-
tail. 1t is self-government for Ireland, not
only in name, but in factas well. 1t is not to
be wondered at that the Tories, welded to
imperialism, and brought up to regard Ire
land as conquered province, whose people
could not be trusted but were to be perpetu-
ally held under suspicion, should stand
aghast at this proposition to commit to Ire
land such plenary powers; and to bind her to
the empire by kindness and justice, rather
than by force and oppression. Yet nothing
could be more convincing than the Premier s
demonstration that the policy of coercion
which has been pursued for centuries has in
gloriously failed. On this point the Tory lead
ers did not dare to take issue with the Prem
Ter, and yet they cling to the same old policy,
and turn deaf ear to Ireland's plea for JUS
tice. A century ago, when Lord Chatham
plead for justice for the American colonies
Parliament paid no attention, the oppression
of the colonies went on and America was lost
to the crown. In many respects the scene
in the House on Thursday resembles that Oh
century ago. 1t remains to be seen wheth-
er the Parliament of to-day has keener
sense of Justice and discerns more accurately
the signs of the times than did the Parlia-
ment of George III. with which the eloquent
Chatham pleaded,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10

Perhaps" quoth that eminent disciple of
reform, Brother Bass of the Bangor Com
mercial, "the Republican office holders i'm
agine that the civil service law will not per-
NIT them to resign" Hardly that, we
should say, though we have suspicion that
there may be some who Imagine" that
there is no explicit provision of the law
which will compel them to resign, at least
for no better reason than to make place for
the hungry and thirsty horde who are cry
ing themselves hoarse in shouting the
praises of purely non-partisan civil ser
vice. Very likely, however, Republican
office holders" as well as would-be Demo-
cratic officials, very well understand that
there is nothing in the letter of the civil ser
vice law to prevent the arbitrary exercise of
''the power of removal" as relates to all the
places supposed to be protected by the stat
ute, and this power Brother Bass and his
friends are at liberty to exercise at pleasure.
This would seem to be the square and manly
method of creating the vacancies SO much
desired. Turn the rascals Quit" and go
squarely upon the record, that we may know
the precise position of the party in power as
to the practical administration OF the civil
service law. Of arrant hypocrisy and auda-
cious pretenSe there has been great suffi-
ciencV.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10

The House gave gratifying evidence on
Thursday that it has not quite gone daft on
the silver question. Mr.. Bland's proposition
to infict upon the country free and unlimit-
ed coinage of silver was defeated by decis-
i've majority. We wish we could believe that
this vote foretells the repeal or suspension of
the present coinage law which is liling up
1000, 900 silver dollars a month, that the
people do not want and that are sanding
menace to the soundness Of our financial sys-
TEN; but that would be assuming altogether
too much sense on the part of the present
majority. The defeat of the free coinage bill
probably ENDS silver legislation for this ses-
sion. The country will be duly gratefulthat
it has got off so easily.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10

Our esteemed contemporary, the Boston
Globe, announces that the Maine Democracy
are united, wide awake and vigorous"
Let us see. The Argus expresses the opin-
ion that the member of the State committee
from Knox county should have his mouth
sewed up; the Fairfield Journal says if the
Argus had had its mouth sewed up when it
opened its columns to attacks on the chair
man of the State committee by Dave Hast
ings and his wrecking creY<." it would ha We We
cromwell says Appraiser Flerce Is enUlrely
unfit for his place and doesn't know yard
of denim from yard of calico; the Hon. (.
NJ Staples declares that the Hon. j. p. Bass
is a very bad sort of Democrat, whom the
departments at Washington ought to give
wide berth; the Hon. j. P. Bass cordially
reciprocates the compliment; and the State
committee declares that about all the apss
pointments in the State are of men who
ought not to have been appointed, and
would not have been had not the President
been deceived by such wicked Democrats as
the Hon. L. D. NJ. Sweat There is no doubt
as the Globe says, that the Democracy are
''wide awake and vigorous"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10
MR.. cLADsToNE's PLAN.


Mr.. Gladstone's plan for the government
of Ireland contemplates the establishment at
Dublin of an Irish Parliament, to be- COM
posed of two orders The first order is to
consist of the twenty-eight Irish peers now sit
ting in the imperial House of Lords, and sew
enty-fiye others chosen by the Irish people.
The secord order is to consist of 206 members,
the present Irish members of the imperial
House of Commons to have seats in the first
house. and 1O5 additional to be elected by the
people. The life of any one Parliament is not
to exceed five years Ireland will have no rep
resentation in the imperial Parliament. The
Viceroy is to be retained, but he is not to be
the representative of a party and changed
with every new administrations and the queen
will be empowered to delegate to him any pre-
rogative she now enjoys, or may ENJOY Az
legislative powers affecting ireland, not eX
pressly reserved by the actare to be vested III
the new Parliament The functions proposed
to be withheld are everything which re-
lates to the crown, to the army and navy, to
foreign and colonial relations, to trade and
manufactures, TO the coinage of money or
creation of legal tender, and possibly the
postoffice and quarantine. The general pow
er OF taxation is to pass to the new Parlia-
ment, but the imperial body will still re-
tain control over customs duties, and such
excise taxes as are closely connected with
them, with the understanding that the
proceeds are to be held for the bene-
fit of Ireland, and for the discharge of her
obligations; the balance if any, to be turned
over to the Irish Parliament to dispose of as
it sees fit. The Dublin Parliament is to have
no power to establish or endOw any form of
religion.
The selection of the successors of the pres
ent Judges, whose retirement may be has
tened by the Queen if she deems it advisable,
is to be entirely in the hands of the Irish
Parliament No change apparently is to be
made in the constabulary, which will still
continue to be under imperial control. The
civil service, however, is to gradually pass
under the control of the Irish Parliament.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10
MISCELLANEOUS.
IMPORTANT ART NOTICE !!

For the next 30 days shall offer at unheard OF low
prices the largest and finest stock of Art Goods east OF
BOSTON, consisting Of Oil Paintings Water Cole Pastel
and Photographs Pictures framed or unframed. This
is an opportunity seldom offered We make speciality
Of fine frames i'm every style at bottom prices ALI goods
warranted of the very best. Regilding Old Frames
made specially. Artist MarteriaI Department COM
pefe stock. Windsor Newton and German Igbes,
cents Academy Boards rs cents per sheet All otner
materials at correspondngly low prices Special dis
counts to the trade, teachers and schools.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10

The Toronto Globe, thinks the threatened
troubles between this country and the Do
minion, growing out of the refusal to allow
our vessels to enter Canadian ports except
for wood and water, might have been avoided
if Sir John McDonald's government instead
of devoting all their time and all their ability
and energy to the spelling of the country
and the division of the spoils amongst them
selves and their partisans, had given some
of their time and some of their energy to the
public service" 1t says fair reciprocity
treaty between the two countries might have
been negotiated during President Arthur
administration, had not the Canadian gov
eminent ''for its own selfish purposes OPP
posed such treaty"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10

The following is from the Texas Siftings,
a professionally funny paper 1t may pos
sibly be meant for humOr, but it looks like a
serious statement of a conviction. If such it
be, and it fairly represents the sentiment of
the strikers in that region then the only
wonder is that there has not been more
bloodshed. We believe this is the first in
stance in which a public Journal has under
taken to claim that men who leave an en-
ployment because the pay is not satisfactory
have the right to club off othermen who
wish to accept the employment they have
1Sa.--1-;~lad.
The right of workmen to strike Ior d redress OF
grievances is generally conceded but Knights OF
Labor and other organizations are blamed for for
chilly preventing others working unless the de-
mands are granted. Workmen in reply to this
be if rats might thus defeat its objects? All rea-
sonable inducements are offered to secure their
adhesion, and only force for self-protectlon-a
primal law of life-is finally appealed to. Force
underlies all law and will be the final arbitrator
when peacabe means fail. Even the sublime NOR
al MOTTO Injury to each is the concern of ALL is
not violated in saving a rat from evil against his
will" A craft is af1oat bearing its crew to de-
sired haven. Shall they permit "rats to sink it?
not come aboard and join the crew.
True the strikers law is not written, but the
written laws of society are far less numerous than
the unwritten The latter are more flexible and
conform better to circumstances, but are not less
imperative.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10

The Nation. which has that happy way
peculiar to Mugwumps of settling all puollc
questions, has laid down plan Tor the SET
Element of the executive session difficulty III
would have the discussion attending tne
work of confirmation private, but the vote
ON every confirmation public. Unfortunately
for the success of this programme public men
are not built that way. They would rather
do their talking in public and their voting in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10
THE PRESS
SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 10.

We do not read anonymous letters and commufi-
cations the name and address of the writer are
asses indispensabe not necessarily for pub
lication but as guarantee of good faith
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10

If it be true as telegraphed that the deputy
marshals in East st. Louis fired on the strik
ers simply because they were jeered at, they
deserve to go to the penitentiary for the rest
of their natural lives.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-10

People are continually talking about the
"better element" of the Democracy. We
suppose they mean the element that is not
en- had