Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-06-07

! d. d morrison returned from Kansas
City on Tuesday evening.
II. B. Stout spent few days in Monu-
ment this week He returned yesterday.
Mrs. W. H. Marble and daughter Ruby
returned from Blue Hill, Nebr., on Tues
day.
Go to the News Depot of James n. Fike
81 Go. for periodicals. school books and
states. l3-tf
Every lady should read what Kaub &
Co. are giving away this week. See their
advertisement.
Misses Nellie Beginner and Elsie Marble
left last week for a visit to friends in
Russell Springs.
See iii another column the ordinance
calling for an election to vote On the
bonding of the city to fund its indebted
ness.
Owing to an Increasing PRESSURE of
business Xaub & Co. have added another
efficient clerk to their already large
force.
Contractors are delayed in some cases,
and have not been able to open up work
owing to rigit-ofway not having been
settled
Tuesday of this week the supply store
| here received a Car of flour from Russell
and oyer ton of side chicken" Ii. e.
bacOnl from Omaha.
Misses Nellie Beymer and Elsie Marble
returned from Russell Springs on Wed
nesday, where they had been spending
the week visiting friends.
| Kaub & Co. have the best lighted store
i'm the city. Through the aid of their
powerful Rochester lamps their patrons
are enabled to make their purchases
evenings as we'll ~ in broad daylight.
The Young Ladies Helping Club would
be pleased to see members of the City
Library at the Office OF the Colby Land
! and Mortgage Co. on Wednesday even
! ing June u at : o'clock. on business per-
f, tanning to the library.
| Miss Cora Burlins returned from
/
where she has spent the winter and
spring teaching Her MANY friends here
| are rejoiced 10 welcome her back. Miss
Burling will spend the summer in Colby.
| Franklin Avenue and Fourth street are
being graded-ihc dirt being removed
from the basement of the new WeldSen
| - = f<>r tho
pose. The filling of these streets is very
desirable and the city council took wise
step in ordering the work.
The Rock Island surveyors are fast
nearing the completion of their work IN
Thomas county, and will probably leave
Colby about July LIST. Colby has been
their headquarters for the past four
months, and many of them have become
quite we'll acquainted. and made scores
of friends here.
The railroad forces which have been
engaged on the l.. & T.. and c.. K. s. n.
! west Of our town are now finishing up
their respective contracts on those lines
and are moving eastward to new work
which they have obtained on the L. & C.
of the general contractors of the road
Fitzpatrick Bros. Il Collins.
Dick Walker well known to our older
citizens made Colby flying visit Tues
day last Mr. Walker unfortunately had
an attack of paralysis on his right side
about q month ago. but has so far recov
cred that he is about again. He spent
the winter in California and is now on
his return to his home in Illinois.
The official figures of the assessment of
the Oakley & Colby railway were hand
ed US by. the County Clerk this week. and
we give them for the benefit Of those
who are little skeptical on the subject
of railroad taxation: The total assessment
is $1l6, 9O6 o.. and the number of miles |
Of roadbedl is 21.2a That is surely fair |
valuation of y stab.
Within the past week G. 8. Potts has
forwarded half dozen loads Of mer-
chandise from the supply store Of XIII
patrick Bros. & Collins. this city. TO their |
new store at Hoxie. This Is merely to
give the place . start, as the shipping |
point hereafter win be Grainfield. Mr..
C. Collyer Is down II the latter point TO
attend to lhe business Of forwarding sup |
plies over to the line.
Eugene Mack's outfit of thirty odd
teams passed through town early the
present week and have located east u
Colby about two and q half miles. Mr..
Mack has very complete lit out OF
graders tools. camp equipage, etc, and
las: year worked ON the Cheyenne line
of the B. & n. Other outfits enroute east
during the present week are Morris Sisk, |
VIM. Stobie and J. E. Melvin. Norris
6isk goes to Millbrook. Graham Co.
quite . long move and he loaded mp
mn line Of supplies ct the r Il Com
miaearv before leaving town. II