Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-25

There are no flies on Joe's new barber.
Try him.
J. Broa,.dus came over from Hoxie
Tuesday.
G. A. Griffis. Of Mystic was guest at
the Opelt Tuesday.
i Mr.. J. Magmire. of Monument. made
Colby visit on Monday.
W. F. Shoemaker, of Norton. arrived
in Colby Tuesday on business.
s B. Hovey right of way agent for the
c. X. & n. is in town this week.
r. L. Riddle wants twenty $500 loans
on good Thomas county farms. Call and
see him. 81
Our Acknowledgements are due to Sen
ator Plumb for copy of the Senate Tar
if Bill.
Flasler (Colo) Register: Robert Nc
Gonigal. of Colby. was in the city the
first of the week
The pleasant countenance of Miss Edith
Lawrence. of Quckville, was seen on our
streets Wednesday.
Arthur GentZler and wife came over
from Goodland on Wednesday. Arthur
says Goodland is all O. X.
Frank Waters. manager of Shimp's
branch clothing house at GOodland. made
"a business trip to Colby on Wednesday.
shrimp is closing out his line of boots at
actual cost. Take look at his stock be-
fore you buy. 29tf
Isaac Mulholland one of HoXie's rus
Ting real estate men. and quite large
property owner in Colby, came over to
Colby on Tuesday.
For TRADE.-A A. Thompson Colby.
Kansas, has some fine young cattle and
calves to trade for beef stock; also team
and single and double buggies to trade
County Treasurer Hovey. in company
with his WIFE starts to day for Kansas
City. They will be absent about ten
days Business and pleasure combined
| is their object.
That indefatigable real estate man of
Hoxie. Mr.. l>aac MulhOlland is out with
a IS pare pamphlet containing short de-
scripti.,t of Western Kansas and a list of
the bar gains he carries in real estate.
| WANTED-A decided quarter or rel
| inquishment near Colby in exchange for
a choice residence in Colby.
| 1898 H. E. WELD.
| DR.. G. F. CorpOran has traded his resi-
dence in this city for an interest in the
town site of Flagler, Colo, where he will
go the first of November. May he and
his family be blessed with health. wealth
| and happiness in their new home.
We see by the Flagler, Colo, Register,
that Jacob Stark, an old resident of
Thomas county, has been compelled to
bring his natural skill and ability into
play and manufacture collins. as none
| could be obtained at that point when
| needed.
W, D. Miner. of Ness City. Kansas. and
| d. f. iicmp,ii OF Hoxic. kau,a werc
among Tia arrivals Tuesday. They are
| old acquaintances If Messrs. French and /
Beyner. who took especial pains to show !
| them alb mt the city. The gentlemen are
greatly taken up with tie county and
city.
The weather is turning cold and from /
the fact that our trade is increasing daily |
| assures us that the people know where to
buy the bet goods for the least money. |
We again say that il will pay any man. |
woman or child To look over our stock of
boots and slIocs. gloves, cloaks. under
Wear and hosiery before they buy winter /
supplies We have a choice lot of pota-
toes and apples. and an excellent grade i
of -four You need not leave the New
York Store to purchase anything in the
way of winter supplies.
33-2 G. W. SMITH & 60.
Most of our readers have no doubt
heard of Thomas Cat. 1t was our
pleasure to receive a call from two of
these animals this week. One was in the
shape of the genuine article, the other
was IN the form of a neat six column
quarto newspaper. floating at its mast
head the queer title The Thomas Coun-
ty Cat" 1t is published by joseph A.
Gill, former resident of this city, now
Ut Colby. Thomas county. Kansas, and
presents q healthy appearance supporting
the republican ticket-Springfeld Qn.)
Echo. l.
1t is stated that Cleveland weighs near
" 900 lbs, and is still growing, and rs his
body increases in size his head gets small
Ter. There is something strange about
this and it may be termed as q freak of :
nature. There is no doubt but that the
enormous averdupois is caused by de- a
but the shrinking of his head