Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-29

We make a speciality of city
property, vacant and improv.
ed-McG onigal & Son.
Hay, Hay, Hay, by
the bale or ton, at NJ.
D0nelan's.
Martin Bros. & Co. are selling inside
property at rates that will astonish.
They can afford to do so as they own the
Original town site company's interest in
Colby.
A great number of tickets in the South
Park Investment drawing has been al
ready been sold. and tickets are selling
rapidly. Get your ticket at once. Tickets
$50. each or four for 800. Drawing May
1st
w. A. Reynolds, an experienced cutter
and tailor, is now with H. Z. Shimp, who
will do the best work, and guarantee ev-
erv piece made or cut by him to suit.
Cutting, repairing, cleaning, ETC., neatly
done.
DR.. C. E: CoIporan spent the week in
travelling in the interest of the South
Park Investment Co. DR.. CorpOran visited
Cheye me Wells. Burlington and Eustis
returning to Colby on Saturday evening.
1t has been desided to postpone the draw
ing of lots until May 1.
Rev. J. J. Crosby, Baptist minister
from Fairbury, Ills, who has spent
several weeks here and preached so &C.
ceptably number of times, thinks that
a church of that denomination will be
organized ere long. If SO, Mr.. Crosby
will take up his residence in Colby.
The regular annual meeting of the
North West Kansas Editorial Association
will be held at Stockton, Kansas, We'd
nesday, May 9th. An interesting program
will be rendered and pleasant junketing
tour will be feature. We acknowledge
with thanks kind invitation to be
present.
DR.. " C. Eddy, health commissioner
of this county has received from the
State Board of Health large number of
pamphlets entitled: "Small Pox; its
Preventionland Restriction" These PAM
pnlets are for free general distribution
and should be in the hands of the head
of every family in the county. Call at
Dr. Eddy's office and get one. They are
| free.
A. ]. Van Pctten and w. H. Copeland
have united for the purpose of doing a
real estate business. Mr.. Van Petten is
fro m Trivoli. Ills. and is large investor
in western Kansas property, He is bust
ness from the word go. w. H. Copeland
is too well and favorably known to need
particular mention. He is one of the ener-
getic rustlers who first came to Colby.
and has been identified with the city and
county from the start The firm com.
mences business by sending out 200 extra
copies of The Thomas County CAT. con
taining threir large advertisements OF
last week on first page. and will send out
200 more extras this week. Success to the
new firm.
A real estate man gets off the following
effusion: Tell me not in mournful mum
bers that the town is full of gloom, fol
the mans crank that slumbers in these
days of bustling boom. Life is real. life
is earnest. and the grave is not its goal
every dollar that thou turnest, helps t.
make the Obi town roll. But enjoyment
and not sorrow is our destined end o.
way, if YOU have no money, borrow
buy corner lot each day! Lives of grca
men all remind US, we can win immorts
fame, let US leave these chumps behint
us, we will get there just the same. II
this worlds broad field of battle. in tn,
bivouac of life, let us make the dry bone.
rattle-buy corner for your wife. LIE
us thel he up and doing, with hear
for any fate, still achieving. still pursu
ing, booming early, booming late
WALL PAPER.
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