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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15
Town Lots.

The lots in the additions to Colby are
now on the market. Call quick and get
first choice.
Colby Town Co.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15
Attention, Soldiers.

Be prepared to muster on Saturday
April 18th, at at one O'Clock, at Bean:
Hall in Colby BY order of the.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15
Teachers Examination.

There will be a teachers examination at the
school house in Colby, KAN. on Saturday,
April cath, 1856. All persons wishing to
teach Should be present.
W. WALKER,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15
THE THOMAS COUNTY CAT.

Flour at Donelan's.
Rye is looking well
Pumps at Meglemre's
Flows ut Bean Bros.
Flows at Meglemre's
Groceries at Donelan's
Harrows at Bean Bros
Buggies at Meglemre's.
Heavy rain last Monday
Dry goods at Donelan's
The grass is getting green.
Cultivators at Bean Bros
Lon Cary is on the sick list.
Court house Saturday night.
Jartline & Reed, land agents.
The CAT office for job work.
Garden seeds mt Bean Bros.
Boots and shoes at DOnelan's.
Breaking plows at Meglemres.
Pleasant spring weather again.
Color printing done at this office.
The price of land is on the boom.
Boots and shoes mt NJ Donelan's
Periodicals at Walker & IOusses.
Seed Corn at J. W. Allen & Sons.
Give us IA call mt Paris Restaurant.
Seed Millet at J, w. Allen & Sons
Odds wagons at J. Z. Meglemre's.
April showers bring may flowers. "
Diamond dyes at Palace Drug Store.
Fountain pens ut Palace Drug Store.
Commissioners adjourned yesterday.
A good lunch mt the Paris Restaurant.
Pamphlet novels at Walker s. Y0usse's
TRY Ike's Widow at Palace Drug Store
Mrs. W. X. Smith is visiting in the south
Pocket compases at Palace Drug Store
Best cigar on earth at Palace Drug
Store.
California canned goods at NJ. Done
lan's.
All kinds of farm implements at Bear
Bros.
See Meglemre before buying nipple
ment..
Willow baskets at the Palace Drug
Store.
d. Bradbury has sown an acre OF rec
clover.
VIM. Reed has moved his family tt
town.
J.R. McHugh has sold his farm to l. H
Buffers.
Meals at all hours at the Paris Restau
rant.
For irst-class meal so to the Paris
Restaurant.
Garden seeds, good, great variety at l
H. Buffers.
Everything in the drug line at Walker
& Youssc's.
Harness, sweat pads and whips a
Bean Bros.
Tin repairing done on short notice a
Bean Bros.
Shoe backing and brushes at Palace
Drug Store.
Every thing in the furniture line at th'
Red Front.
Go to NJ. Donelan for Queen of tn
West flour
Cubeb cigarets for catarrh at Palace
Drug Store.
New Orleans Mead on tap at Palac
Drug Store.
Examine the stock of implements a
Meglemre's.
Pipes of the best quality at Palac
Drug Store.
job printing of every description a
this office.
BEST ulakeS VI luIh Improvements q
lMeglemre's.
J Vegetable Liver InvigoratOr at Palac
Drug Store.
Best brands of cigars and tobaccos a
n. Donelan's.
Pine Tree Tar cough syrup. at Palac
Drug Store.
Garden seeds by the ounce or pOun'
at Bean Bros
A car load OF flour just received a
M. Donelan's.
A full and complete line of Hardwar
at Bean Bros.
The best brands of flour kept in stool
at NJ. Donelan's.
The celebrated Queen of the Yves
-four at Donelan's.
Have your old furniture redresSed a
the Red Front.
Attend the meeting at the court hous
Saturday night.
Every thing in the jewelry line at tn
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15
NATIONAL BANK.

A national bank is now one OF the GER
tainties for Colby. The capital stock OF
the institution will be $50. 900. in share.
Of one hundred dollars each. The follow
ing.nsmed persons have taken stock to
gether with the amount taken by each
John 8 Warden, one hundred shares.
RS Newell. one hundred shares.
A Chitwood, ten shares.
N McGreevy, ten shares.
VIII Copeland. ten shares.
CHI Martin, ten shares.
II e Weld, ten shares.
JB McGonigsl. twenty shares.
Robt. McGonigal, ten shares.
w N Edwards. ten shares.
Chas n HoveY, ten shares.
NJ Adams. ten shares.
III Buffers. ten shares.
Frank Pingree. ten shares.
s 3 Burling, ten shares.
n D Bean, twenty shares.
NJ DOnelan. twenty shares.
TIP Feehan. ten shares.
WV Walker, ten shares.
E P.WOrcester, ten shares.
G Fl Hyatt, ten shares.
Samuel Lee, five shares.
CE COrpOran, ten shares.
CIV Roe, ten shares.
Samuel YOusse. ten shares.
A j Senter. twenty shares.
Total shares taken, 1850.
The balance of the stock is taken ere
this. The application has been made,
and on recommendation of Senator
Plumb as to the character of the men ap-
plying for a charter, has been granted.
Messrs Warden and Newell deserve
credit for the work they have done to es-
tablish an institution of this kind which
cannot help but be of great benefit to the
town.
$50 bushels of good millet
seed for sale at Bean Bros.
-Goodsoe loans money ON chattel
security.
For Rock Spring coal call on the
Chicago Lumber Co.
Remember that proofs can be
made before the Clerk of the District
Court.
Remember!
We are headquarters for Dry Goods,
boots and shoes.
I " AJuFN & SOnS
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15

Remember that proofs can be
made before the Clerk of the District
Court.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15

-Goodsoe loans money ON chattel
security.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15

For Rock Spring coal call on the
Chicago Lumber Co.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15

$50 bushels of good millet
seed for sale at Bean Bros.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-15

anu Select before the best patterns are
sold. CHI. MARTINA RRo
We understand that in ex party contest
cases the testimony may be taken and
subscribed to before notary public,
saving trip to the land office.
Mrs. Wilson. living east of town, died
the latter part of last week, and was bur
ried in Beulah Cemetery on Monday.
The particulars we have been unable to
learn
Those who are so unfortunate as not to
secure piece of the government domain
still open to settlement in Kansas this
spring may lament, but can never repair
the loss.-Wallace Register.
we have just received large line of
ceiling decorations and papers, for the
spring trade. Before you buy your paper
give us call, we sell as low as the low
est
c. H. MARTIN & Bro.
MessrS. Chitwood, Missionary Walker.
Copeland and Aud went fishing in Carp
Lake Wednesday. They caught four lit
tie innocent blind robins They can
be seen at this Office, (the marine animals.
NoTICE.-A meeting of the stock hold
ers of the national bank will be held at
the Office of ]. B. McGonigal, on Tues
day. April 10th, at 2 o. clock p. m. OFF,
GERS will be elected at that time and 9TH
er business transacted. Every stock
holder is requested to be present.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
Effects of No License.

\ most thoughtful and careful obser-
vcr. citizen Of Oconcc County, says
that Pickcns County certainly. Is the
best example in the United States OF tie
GOOD effects of no license system. lie
knew so many men in this county that
had quit the use of whiskey entirly,
since its sale had been-forhiddcn BY Law,
and however great may have been the
trial to them as individuals, they no
doubt reioiccd in the change.
We arc not so well prepered to speak
IN regard to the other towns in this
county, but under the license law, tine
streets of this town used to echo with
profanity from the lips of men who call
ed themselves gentlemen; but now if
there is one such, It is said to his credit,
that he is heartily ashamed every time
he makes the mistake. -,
Those in the country who arc stlll
Obliged. from habit. 10 use a little
whisky, gracefully submit to the lncon-
vcnicncc and trouble necessary to pro-
cure it. for the sake Of having snarcs and
pitfalls removed from the youthful and
the unwary. Viewed in 4 social, moral.
political or religious light, how infinitely
preferable is this, to what we mere
won't to endure. .-Pickcns Sentinel, 10th
instant,
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
"The Hermit of the swamp"

READING. Pa, June lG.-a strange
character was found dead i'll a swamp i'll
this County to-day. His namc was
John J. Prcsscr, and he had lived the
life of hermit there for great many
years. He was evidently seized with q
fit, and, falling into the mud, was
smothered to death. He was very &C.
centric in his ways, and frequently re-
NAMED hidden in his hut for many
weeks. He was looked upon as a mlscr,
and upon his body was found sS4O in
cold, currency and notes, and it's be-
licvcd that great deal more is buried in
out-of-the-way places i'll the swamp
where he had made his home. lie re-
cciycd q regular allowance to consider
able amount, but never spent $ 10 year
on himself. lie never shaved nor had
his hair cut, and was al unpleasant OBJ
ject to behold. his hlir being several
feet long. lie fled at the approach OF
females. and had many cccrntricltlcs.
lie yas also man o! considerable cdu-
cation, but where he came from will
probably never be known. lie was
known all over Eastern Pcnnlsylvanla
rs the Hermit of the Swamp
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
Starvation in Louisiana.

An Alexandria. l.a.. Special says ::
AS reports come i'll the damage BY The
,icuyc Of last week is growing more and
more serious lhr"u. huut the parishes.
The people now begin to see the ter
riblc calamity which has visited them.
and they shrink III the very thought OF!
it.
ITO put the matter gently. they have
been almost ruined and many see star
vat;"n staring them i'll the face. .At this
time many places i'll tlc nar;sA! rc II!
under water. The corr; crop l. Il failure.
Cotton is almost ruined and Iut li!;!c
will he made. The hill people arc ,hc
greatest sufferers and they are too poor
to help themselves. Aid will have to
be furnished them."
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
Little Rock, S. c., June 10, lS|
Murder and Suicide.

BALTIMORE, June 2G.-This morning
Mrs. Ella Forsythc. who is employed in
a printing Office at Is North street. went
TO her work as usual, and when she was
ascending the stairs her husband, George
o. Forsythc, ran to the door and fired
two shots from a pistol ut her. AS
soon as she fell her husband turned the
weapon against himself and fired once,
the bail passing through his heart and
killing him instantly. Mrs. Forsythe
is dangerously wounded. She Is re-
presented rs very Industrious woman,
and was working for the support OF her.
self and child, the father haying failed
to provide for them. lie has kept a
low yrosgcry since he abandoned his
family. Fors ythc was 81 years old and
his wife %. They had been married
two years. lie had expressed his de-
termination to kill both her and him.
self, and was accompanied by one OF his
friends this morning OH his mission OF
death. Frank Van SAINT was arrested
to-day as an ACCESSORY to the. shooting
Of Mrs. Forsythc. The party from
whom the pistol was bought this morn
ing recognized Van SAINT rs the party
with Forsythc when the purchase was
made
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
Dead Fish.

Great multitudcs OF fish have recently
been found dead in the waters OF Shall
lottc river. Brunswick county, North
Carolina. The river cmptics into Tubb's
inlet from the ocean, about thirty miles
southwest Of Wilmington. The water
is covered with an oily scum which cN-
tends far out INTO the ocean. and has
been noticed five miles from the beach.
This oily scum. which is supposed to
have caused the mortality among the
fish cannot be accounted for. though
some suppose that Il vessel with cargo
Of oil had foundcrch in the nci"hbor-
hood. The wind seems to have no effect
upon the oily watcr, AMI the surface IS
as smooth is glass. The dead il>! are
drifting ur on the shore hy thousands
of barrels. and are OF Hil kinds ever seen
i'll the vicinity, except tl.c whale. 1t Is
supposed that there are no i've fish lett
in >halio;tr I.;cy. o.. within tea miles OF
its mouth. There !> Great excitement
over the affair. though no one has ever
thought OF the probability that there IS
oil territory in the vicinity. and that an
unknown oi! spring has found its way TO
the surface of the ground.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
Tom Ochiltrce's Opinion ofSmalls.

The New York Star is guilty Of this ::
Hon. Timothy J. Campbell and lion.
Tom Ochlltrce (who: by the way, says
he proposes to run the next time Tor
Congress as Democrat from one OF
the city districts. instead of from his old
district in TcXas,) were in a group of
diners at the Carlton Club last evening.
After Tim had concluded the recital Of
his latest experience in Washington lite,
the Congressman from the Eighth turn
cd an inquiring glance upon Tom
Ochiltrec, as he asked in the next
breath: do you know Smalls, OF
South Carolna:" YES" WAS the
reply. "Wllat sort Of Il fellow is he.
anyway :" innoccntly asked Tim. "Oh,
Smalls is worth about $l.S0u on the
block any day." was the answer Of
Ochlltrcc. as the two statesmen icll to
over dish Of dcvilcd crabs unmlndlul
Of the roars oflaushtcr ofthc company"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
WENT TO WHIP AN EDITOR.
Thrown Down the Steps and Bounced Out
of the building.

BUTTE. MONT. June 24.-Iestcr-
day afternoon aman named Geo. Miller,
of Anaconda, conccivlng himself to be
wronycd by the publication in the Daily
Miner of letters from that place con-
ccrning his daughter, who clopcd and
was married here by Il minister, with
six-shootcr accompaniment. went into
the Miner office and asked to see the
editor, G.. S. Ziegenfuss, IN private. At
the head of the stairs Miller pulled his
pistol and, saying: ''pll fix you here" :"
Shot at Zicgcntuss: who threw up his
arm at the moment, and the bullet en-
tered the wall oycr his shoulder. The
Two clinchcd, and Zlcgcnillss threw his
woud-bc murderer down stairs, iIlllng on
top ofhim and almost crushn: the lite
out of the Anaconda man. Miller was
hustled out Of the Office and arrested.
but Zicycniuss will not prosecute.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
Wholesale Poisoning.

PHILADELPHIA. June pa special
tlispalch says: ''EXactly 2l4 people
were poisoned at last Thursdays picnic,
near Pennington. y. J. Six OF these
persons will probably die and twenty
arc in a prccarious condition. It's now
believed that the ice cream pcntllully
supplied and freely eaten caused the
trouble. Whether the inside ol the
cream lrccZcrs WAS lined with sulphatc
of Zlnc. or whether arsenic WAS put III
the cream rurpo>rly, still puzzles the
doctors. One Of the doctors has been
doing some amateur detective work. In
his capacity us physician he gives the
opinion that the poisonous substance
was arsenic. and Il, Il detective he cN-
presses the belief that il WAS put III the
cream bv some mur,lcr"u,ly inclined
person. Many PERSONS vino alc oi lllc
cream when II II made suffered no H.
convenience. While I'LL who ate after the
rrrczrrS had been opened Il short time
arc sick. The victims dispersed to their
homes. and It was several hours bchTc
any Of them came under medical treat
mcnt. They arc widely scattered over
a district partly village aud partly iarm-
inG.'
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
WAKING UPTHE FARMERS.
THE WORK OF THE LATE CONVEN'.
TION ONLY TENTATIVE.

An Interesting Letter from the Chair
man of the Committee on Organiza-
tion-What Is Desired and Recon-
mended.
We clip the following letter from the
News and Courier: LAS chairman OF the
committee on organization of the late
Farmers Convention l am in receipt OF
a number of letters in reference to the
future conduct OF said organization, and
rs another member of the committee is
IN receipt Of similar inquiries, 1 ask
space in your columns for short open
letter of answer and explanation, and
it is due both to the parties writing to
me and to myself to say that my delay
in answering was caused by sexere per-
sonal affiictlon.
The committee on organization IL lot
now charged with the duty Of aiding in
the formation Of clubs and county asso-
Citations the presidont of the convcn-
ton appointed one man in each county
to aid in this work. 1t is expected that
the official statement Of the conventions
doings Will be published i'll the June
bulletin of the department Of agriculture
by reference to which it will be seen,
who was appointed to the discharge OF
that duty.
The organization is not Launched for
the campaign" nor is it expected that
it will die out after the election" The
purpose of the convention was to per-
petuate the organization. 1t arranged
to form State association next Novenl-
Der, which it is hoped will be permanent.
The representation from the counties to
the State ASSOCIATION next November is
to be on the basis Of representation in
the General Assembly, and may be
elected by acounty mass meeting. But
surely it is not necessary to argue the
advantages of organizing. Let there be
club in every township Or community,
and an association in every county III the
State; let there be 4 general discussion
of the conventions recommendations
and the farmers interests, and all good
men may dismiss their fears, for before
the November meeting of the State as
socation they will have reached safe
conclusions as to the Importance OF adop-
ting them or the necessity of rejecting
them.
1t could scarcely be expected that so
large a body as the late Farmers Con-
vcntion, in attempting so much, i'll so
short time, should fail to make mis-
takes. The recommendations Of the
convention aretsubmitted to the consldS
Grafton of the Farmers of the Stat91
Let them organize, pass upon them AMI
render. theirs verdict rat the associatiG
-neSt NoYember - - - .---rl m =
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
The Diet TOO Thim.

Some eight years ago a community
was started at North Anahcm, the
leading tcncts Of which were to mold all
property in common and to conlinc their
diet to fruit. vegetables and grains in
their raw state. The experiment has
been conducted with the utmost zeal
and rood faith. bnl whatever may be
the financial result. concerning which
we have no data. it has proved i gas
trnnomic disaster. The Los Angeles
Herald says that one after another has
left the society by resignation or starva-
ton. until only few arc left hanging
on the verge of life. The end of the
experiment Is now not far OIL. The
spiritual adviser Of the society, Walter
lockwood is stated 10 BE- so nearly
starved to death that hc is too weak To
leave his bed. and Mrs. llindc. the wife
nt the founder Of the community. Is Ill
the last stages OF inanltIon lor want OF
uo,IIiS hmcut
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01

he did distribute at the Metropolitan
hotel, from whence it came and other
important questions bearing on the
subject. O'Brien said that he received
the money in confidence and would not
tell the committee any particulars.
The sessions of the committee we're
brought to a close and the investigation
into O'Brien's and McCord's stewart
shin of the s50.00O election Doodle did
not amount to anything New York
Star
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
MAY WEDS DECEMBER.
4 Connecticut Man Seventy-five Years
Old nIarries Girl of Fourteen.

Old Marries Girl of Fourteen.
New LONDON, CONN. June co.
Considerable of a sensation has been
caused by the marriage of Daddy Weeks,
aged scventy-tive. to Sissy Brown:
fourteen-year-old girl, who is wearing
her first long dress. The parents Of
the girl allc.c that they eXertcd proper
care and showed their affection by re-
iccting Weeks suit two years ago.
When the marriage was first heard OF:
the hoodlums turned out III force and
made 4 great racket with horns and
drums. Captain Brown. Slssy's father.
was once in command Of vessels plying
on the Sound, and was the skipper OF
the Inflated steamer City of New Lon
don when she burned and sunk in the
Thames River near Montville. There
was a rumor that Captain Brown was
made agreeable to the marriage by a
pecuplary consideration and that old
Weeks promised Mrs. Brown 500 and
a piano to secure her good offices. but
had not made payment. Leonard Car
roll. the local agent Of the IIamane So
cicty of Connecticut, heard this rumor,
and this afternoon he investigated the
story. lie took the sense of the neigh,
borhood ON the matter and then sought
the young wife and questioned her under
oath. Sic denied that any compulslon
had been used and insisted that Daddy
was the man of her choce. She thought
he was kind old man and people SAID
he had property. Everything is all
right so far" she said, ''and people had
better keep their noses out of other
peoples business" The girl is quite
attractive and fairly intelligent for her
Years. She hardly looks us old as she
is. The clergyman who married them
is himself an old man and much respect
ed in the town. Daddy and Sissy have
zone to housekeeping.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
An Unnatural Mother.

NEwDERRS, S. c.. June 2G.-A dead
baby was found in the well on tcnc-
ment house on Mr.. ]. p. POOLS place IN
town this morning. Suspicion rested
on Worthy Williams, negro girl who
lived in the ncighborhood and was sup
posed to have given birth to 4 child
some days ago. The Coroner summoned
a Jury aud began the investigation,
which ended this afternoon with the
verdict that the infant came to its death
BY drowning, at the hands of Worthy
Williams. The woman made q state
ment, saying that Oh last Saturday eve
ming, about dark, she gave birth to 4
child. that the child was dead, and that
one Lou Harris took it away in a cigar
box, and that was the last she saw of it..
Lou was arrested. but discharged. The
box was drawn from the same well IN
which the child was found. Parties
have been using water regularly tor
drinking" and cooking from this we'll.
The woman was committed to jail to
await trial at our next Sessions Court.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-01
ButIrr'> RcbtIlir of Plumb.

says ilc New York World: During
;hc Senate debate yesterday i'll the tilz
'ohn Porter case. Senator l'inimh. "l
H;,n>a>. challenged the integrity and
bravery ni the entire South. senator
ljutlrr. OF South Carolla. punirIlY
notified him that he WAS coward. lhls
was Il good deal nearer to scenes OF
carnage than Plumb ever got before.