Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-09-20

Humphrey and Felt make strong
/ team.
! Mr. E. P. Hovey of Russell Springs, is
F, in the city.
Id. Mason is visiting at his old home
/ in Missouri.
Yesterday was busy day among our
local politicians.
Martin Feeley returned from his trip to
! Nebraska on Saturday.
Joe Lannon'S new barber shop, east of
Windsor hotel, is dandy.
DR.. J. T. Patterson, of Smith township,
was in the city on Thursday last
DR.. j. W. Martin is visiting Kansas
City and other eastern cities.
r. L. Sturgeon, of Quickville, came to
the city on Thursday to hear the speak
ing.
j. E. Elliss, Esq, special agent of the
Iowa Mortgage Co., was in the city dur
ing the week.
Mrs. w. P. Sullivan is in Norton this
week waiting on sick sister. We hope
her recovery will be speedy.
Mr.. Henry Patchin and wife, of Nun
roe, Iowa, are making their son, A. w.
Patchin, of this city, visit.
B. j. Woodruff returned Saturday
from an extended business trip in Chica-
60 and other eastern points.
Farmers of Thomas county, sow wheat.
We will have mill in Colby next year
where you can have home market.
Oakley had fine reunion of the G. a.
r. last week. On Saturday it is estimat
ed that 1900 visitors were on the
grounds.
Miss Grace Ward, daughter of j. p.
Ward, Esq. returned last week from an
extended visit to various points of inter-
est in Colorado. Among other trips she
climbed to the dizzy SUBMITS of Pixies
Peak while there.
Maj. E. B. Woodward, of Muscatine,
Iowa, formerly in the land business in
this city as partner of w. S. Willcoxon,
Esq, spent several days in Colby this
week on business connected with the
Iowa Mortgage Co.
w. Dayton and family, of Gilmore. left
on Thursday for Fairbury, Nebr., where
Mr.. Dayton expects to 60 into business.
The family are well known and !iked' in
the community in which they lived, and
all regret their departure.
A much needed change in the time on
the Oakley & Colby Railway, has been
gained through the efforts of station
agent D. A. Foltz. The trains will run
to Oakley from Colby in the afternoon
and return. This will give travellers
chance to make connections either east
or west without long layover at Oakley.
Mrs. S. W. Dutton, IN company with
Eva and Louis Bayha, took leave of the
city on Friday for the east, Mrs. Dutton
for her home in Plattsmouth, Nebr., and
Eva and Louis for visit to Red Cloud,
Nebr, their old home. Mrs. Dutton is
Mother of Mrs. j. P Bayha, and came in
company with her daughter, Mrs. E.
Mitchell, also of Plattsmouth, several
weeks ago on visit Mrs. Mitchell still
remains guest in our city.
A FINE TONsORIUM.-Few BARRIERS in
any community have been greater favor
ties than Joe Lamont has come to be to
the citizens of Colby. Mr.. Lamont has
opened up new shop just east of the
Windsor hotel and has fitted it out in
elegant style. Two of the most modern
convenient and easy cushion
ed chairs, with beautiful French mirrors.
water stands, tables and other conven-
lent appurtenances fit out his new shop.
to which Joe Lamont invites all his old
patrons, or any who desire smooth. easy
shave, or fine hair cut.
REPUBLICAN SpEAKING.-On Wednes
day evening Hon. j. F. Legate, Of Leav-
delivered a fine speech on the
political issues at the armory. There was
not large crowd in the audience, and
the wind storm coming up. quite a num-
Der hurried home Those who remained |
had the benefit of the finest address that /
has yet been delivered in Colby. Mr..
Legate'is man of large physical and
mental power. He spoke for an hour
and half, and among the good points
be made, was comparison of ten demo-
cratic congressional districts in Georgia
10 which the total vote was about $1,000
with ten democratic congressional dis
tricts in northern states in which the to-
al vote was nearly 300, 900, showed that
he vote of one southern democrat count
ID as much as the vote of ten northern
democrats. Mr.. Legate's speech abound
ID in good points, and should he ever
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