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

r. S. Dewitt, of Rexford, was in town
Saturday.
DR.. Reynish. of Brewster, was in the
city on Saturday.
Ernest Broquet, of Norton registered
at the Windsor Monday
NJ. Strain and L. ]. Stewart, came over
from Hoxie on Monday last.
Noah Zeigler and Peter Dempsey. of
Oakley, made Colby visit Tuesday.
Dan Bowers. of NJ. Donelan's, spent
a week in Seward, Nebr., returning on
Tuesday.
Mr. Frank Newton, of Hale township,
was in on Tuesday and favored this Of
flee with a call.
S. W. McElroy of Oberlin, democratic
candidate for state senator, was in the
city Tuesday on business.
Mr.. Henry Boerner, of Boerner Bros,
boot and shoe dealers, returned from a
pleasant trip to Seward, Nebr.. on Tues
day.
Shrimp, the Clothier, is closing out his
line of boots at cost. Don't buy until
you get his prices
Mrs. E. VanMetre starts for her former
home at Kenesaw, Nebr., on tomorrow.
Her absence will be several weeks. Al
ready the usually good natured face of
her husband is assuming dismal aspect.
The annual election of township offic-
ers takes place on Nov. Sth. Many town.
ships will put in full party tickets. The
republican primaries nominated the town
ship tickets yesterday in most of the pre-
cincts
Ohio Merrifield, of Harrison county,
Mo-, an old friend of Mr.. Jasper Fulker-
son, was in the city on Monday, and
called at this Office. We found Mr.. Mer-
rlfield pleasant gentleman and staunch
republican.
The net cash buyers. and
our customers reaping the
benefit. c.. w. SMITH & Co.
L. L. Mccormick, of the Horseshoe
Grocery, has determined to become
homesteader, and will shortly move onto
his claim, where he is now having a new
frame house built. Mr.. Mccormick will
SOW so acres of wheat this fall,
Certain of our young men at the re,
quest of Sheriff Witham returned liv-
cry rig to Oakley on Saturday, just to
have ride. you know. In the evening
they missed the Colby train, and were
to hire the same rig to bring
them back to Colby
Street Improvement is the order of the
lay. Under the law, Colby is now u sep
arate road district, and the city marshal
IS having great deal of unnecessary
grading done. The high hill about the
Opelt is graded down and the low places
filled.
Cloaks, wraps and jerseys
at the New York Store.
Messrs. C. S. and L. F. Hanes, of Silver
Lake, Ind, arrived in Colby on Monday
asst, and after making a thorough inspec-
ion of the county and city. purchased
several quarters of land near town, and
nave decided to remove with their fami- t
les to this county to live. They have
made tour of nearly the entire state
md their decision is Thomas county is
rood enough for anyone.
Mr.. E. Young. an enterprising farmer
living on 1851. Wendell township,
brought a fine load of yellow Nansemond |
weet potatoes raised by him into Colby |
N Tuesday. Mr.. Young's method of
aising potatoes is very successful. He !
proposes to make specially of raising
weet potatoes in the future. For the
cry fine present of potatoes made us we
esire to return our sincere thanks.
Shrimp, the clothier, has received an
normous stock of fall clothing, and it
urprises us to see how cheap he is sell
ing it under a democratic administra-
iOn
Secretary Mohler, of the state board of
griculture, in his last report of the Kan
as corn crop. estimates the total product
t the state for the season of 1883 at 144,-
l6, $40 bushels, which is almost double
ne product of 1887, and the largest crop
yer raised in the state with one excep-
ON, that of 1884, when the total crop
as A, 459, $40 bushels more This years
,rn crop, added to the a, 0O0, 600 bushels
I wheat, the over Sc, 00O. 900 bushels of
ITS. the rye, sorghum, millet, tame and
rairie hay. alfalfa, broom corn, fruits
nd vegetables, enormous crops of each
this year, foots up q very en-
'uraging aggregate, and on the whole
Deps the SunAower State on the high
I'D Of prosperity.