Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
q. G. Shrimp visited Goodland on Sat

L. ]. Fletcher. of Quickville. was in
the city on Saturday.
/. Do not leave your teams standing un-
hitched on the streets.
For a fine game of billiards or pool 20
to Allison's, at Red Front.
Mrs. r. L. Chambers departed on the
c. K. & n. Ry. eastward on Tuesday.
Red Front billiard hall just south Col
by Hardware Store, Frank Allison. pro-
prietOr.
A runaway ON Fifth street excited our
citizens on Wednesday. The team be-
longed to Wilson.
T. F. Parker is erecting handsome
residence in Copeland s. Van Petten' S
addition to Colby.
Hon. c. E. Chandler left on Tuesday S
train over the C. K. & n. Ry. for Topeka
to attend the convention.
Mr.. D. S. Harms, who is living5 miles
southeast of Colby, favored us with a
very pleasant call on Saturday
S. T. Wolf, strong republican farmer,
favored our office with call on Tuesday
to pay and renew his subscription.
Lewis Sewers. an enterprising farmer
just southeast of Colby. has 1000 bushels
of wheat. rye and oats. harvested this
year.
Farmers and stock raiserS. look out for
horse and cattle thieves. Quite number
of horses nave been stolen in this vicinity
of late
Mrs Palmer. mother of Mrs. &c Fin
ncrty. who has been visiting her daugh-
ter for several weeks, returned to her
home III Champaign. Ills, last week,
much improved in health. Mrs Palmer
may return here again in the fall
/. u. y. F., ATTENTION-On Tuesday
evening next. July 81. there will be spe-
cial drill work in the initiatory degree in
Sunlight Lodge No. 273, and the secret
work of the order will be exemplitied.
Members of the lodge earnestly request
ed, and sOjOurning brothers in good
invited to be present.
Sheriff Witlam returned Tuesday from
Colorado, having in custody M. A. Neal.
who stands charged in the district court
of burglariZing the store of Diffendafer
l. Lee some time last summer. Neal
failed to appear at the term of court last
spring and forfeited his bail bond. leav-
ing several of our citizens in the lurch
who befriended him Mt the time.
We ha We just receivd from j. C. Greene
& Co., their latest song. called Hungry
at Somebody's Door," by Charles A. Da-
vies. 1t is a beautiful song. and will be-
come as popular as his last song, There's
no one like Mother to me-" which we no
ticed some months ago. Any one one of
the songs will be sent for only eleven &c
stamps. Address }. c. Greene & Co., 30
and As Arcade. Cincinnati, Ohio.
What was nearly fatal accident hap
pened Mr.. Jasper Fulkerson on Wednes-
day morning. In putting wind mill in
gear on the Rrinley place just west of
town. the ball on the shaft above sudden
y fell and struck him glancing blow
over the eye. severely cutting and stun
nIng him. DR.. Edwards was immediate
y called, and sewed up and dressed the
wound, and MIR. Fulkerson is getting on
rs we'll as could be expected. Had the
ball. weighing about 20 pounds. and fall
ng rs i, did some 20 feet, struck him
,airly, it would surely have killed him.
Nr Fulkerson is to be congratulated on
lis narrow escape
"A public Office is Il public trust Is
t! Are postmasters exempt from the |
ule. Suppose party rents post office |
'oX, paying for the same in advance, at |
he same time offers the names of his |
amily for whom he expects mail, which |
re refused, he being told that it is too
luch trouble to post them. Suppose |
hat afterwards mail comes to members
f his family, which Is advertised as I'M
allied for after lying in the office for a
7eek, and the party renting the box finds
ut only through the papers that ne has
hail in the post Office. and when going
, the Office for the advertised letter re
uests that mail to the Individual be put
l his box. Suppose the week following
mother letter to that same individual be
avertised 10 the same way, and the par
, on going the post Office and respect
lily demonstrating against the advertis-
g of his letters, is told tina. if he does
OF like it he can get his mail at another
flee. and on saying that he chooses to
ave it at the Office in question, is told
y the post master to: go to -. The
nestion naturally arises: Is that post
aster filing his Office as q trust under /
smocratic ruler We know post once |
here the above actually happened. II