Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-08
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Seth Rockwell. who has been visiting
in Michigan for number of weeks past,
returned on Wednesday of last week.
We are glad to see Seth back again.
The families of both B. F. Haskin and
John Davis. of Hale township, lost their
youngest child with congestion of the
lungs, both being buried last week in the
Kingery Cemetery.
Col. J. Lion Fourier, of st. Louis,
representing the M C Lilley Co. of Colum-
bus. o., was in our city on Tuesday. The
Knights of Pythias members took advan-
tage Of his presence to arrange for uni
form degree rank in their order here.
MIR. EDITOR: Please inform your
readers where they can get the best vel
low, upland grown cottonwood for Is
cents per 900 for planting tree claims.
Address: Geo. Pinney, Evergreen, Door
Co., Wis.
'All signs fair'-except pimples and
blotches. These never fail to indicate
an impure condition of the blood, which
may be thoroughly cleansed and renewed
by the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla. The
most efficacious and economical of blood
purifiers.
Geo. Pinney, of Evergreen, Door Co.,
Wis. is out with by far the most extern
sive catalogue of evergreens and timber
tree seeds ever published in this coun-
try. 1t contains price lists and descrip-
tons of over one hundred varieties. He
offers to send copy to any person ask
ing for it.
Certain parties. opposing county bonds,
see fit to denounce all others who have
an opposite opinion from them on the
subject. and threaten them with non po-
litical support, because they uphold their
individual beliefs. How foolish is such
action. Gentlemen. is that valid argu-
ment against the utility of getting the
Rock Island into our county?
This paper is ready at all times to re-
ceive and publish articles for or against
bonds. and to answer and refute argu-
ments against its position on the bond
question. But when any one brings to
it an article consisting of personal mat
tiers, and containing for argument meSe
assertion. we claim the right to, and will
refuse to publish any such communinca-
ton.
W. T. Irwin, Familiarity known to Kan
sas people as THE Tramp, under which
and interesting articles descriptive of
Kansas, its places and people. in the
Abilene Gazette, was in Colby in the in
terests of that entcrprising daily on Sat
urday and met with considerable success
in his business. Mr. Irwin favored our
Office with friendly call
a. c. Lombard resigned his position as
teller of the First National Bank last
week for the purpose of joining his un-
Gle at Kansas City. Mr. Lombard has
been in Colby some nine months. and
during that time has made many warm
friends, who regret his departure. We
wish Mr. Lombard every success in the
city he has chosen as his home. He de
parted for Kansas City on Monday NOR
ming.
T. N. McGonigal has been again elect
ed to the responsible position of teller of
the First National Bank and the many
patrons of that institution are glad to see
him assume his old familiar place volun-
tarily resigned some months since. Few,
if any, are more familiar with the duties
of his position. or are better acquainted
with, or trusted more by our business
community, than Mr. McGonigal. and
the bank is to be congratulated on his
reelection.
The following letter explains itself:
DEMUNN, KAN, Feb. 2S. lSSS-Editor
Thomas County Cat-Dear SRI had a
talk with the chairman of the county
committee short time ago, and in view
of having been challenged to discuss
Jointly with Hunter and Marks the issues
presented in the presidents message. at
Mystic. and that the discussion did not
come of on account of the weather being
unfavorable, told him l would chal-
lenge them through the CAT, if agreea-
BILE to the committee, to meeting in
Colby. have thought the matter over,
and have concluded to get q mutual
agreement to that effect If / come to dis
cuss it at Colby or some other point. If
not, viii still challenge them, as I don't
want them to die with the message on