Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-08-02


E. Marvin, jr.. of near Otterbourne,
was seen on our streets Monday last.
A. G. Van Petten, of the firm OF Cope
land & Van Petten. starts east this week.
James T. Smith, of Taylor & Smith,
will remove his family to Colby before
long
S. D. Decker, Esq, a prominent attor-
ney from Oberlin. ate dinner at the Opelt
Hotel Saturday last.
Yousse & Bogart have the contract to
deliver the ties over 80 miles of the track
of the S. l.. & W. Ry
RumOr has it that mail to this place
will not be delivered oyer the c. X. & n.
Railway until September L.
And now is the cry of the newsboy
heard on our streets-Omaha Daily Bee
and Kansas City Daily Journal.
Bro. Kleist, of the Oakley Opinion,
came up Wednesday to see and report
the proceedings of the convention.
HOmesteaders, stick to your claims
Do not give up discouraged. There is no
doubt of ultimate success in farming in
this country.
viii c. Hydon, of the Cheyenne Coun-
ty Democrat, was in attendance on
the congressional convention, and was
one of our callers Wednesday.
The Gem TOWNSHIP, owned by ]. w.
Ellsworth. was sold this week to Fred
Koeler, of Seward, Neb. The firm max
ing the sale was Taylor & Smith
Miss Fike, sister of Postmaster James
n. Fike is in the city visiting her broth
er's family. Miss Fike will have charge
of one of the departments of the public
school here at its next term
J. P. Bayha, of the Bayha news and
stationery emporium, was presented by
his good wife with a lovely pair of twin
daughters on Saturday evening, July
2sth. All parties doing nicely
II. c. Shrimp, the clothier, proposes to
start branch house at GoOdlana. If he
does the citizens of Sherman county and
Goodland will reap decided benefit from
his presence among them Mr. Frank
Waters will have charge of the store.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
have arranged to have concert next
Saturday evening at Armory Hall, pro-
ceeds to go for the church and Sabbath
school. Admission, twenty five cents.
Reserved seats, thirty-five. For sale at
the Palace Drug Store
r. L. Porter, manager of the Wa
keeney band, called at this office on
Wednesday. Mr. Porter was looking for
some one with whom to arrange for his
band to play on the 14th inst. at the re-
publican senatorial convention. He was
referred to the president of the republi-
can club, Charles Buschow, Esq.
J. d. Hays. of Randall township. on
Wednesday brought sample of fine
Turkey wheat raised on his place. 1t is
plump and good, No . wheat He had
10 acres, which yield IS! bushels to the
acre. Mr.. Hays had fine crop of oats,
which yielded over 30 bushels to the
acre.
A visit to J. p Bayha's stationery and
news store, on South Franklin Avenue.
made by us on Saturday, revealed a busy
scene, goods of all kinds in his line in
profusion packed and unpacked. His
store is well arranged in all respects, and
his is a business that deserves recognition
and patronage by citizens of both coun-
try and city.
Frank Pingree, chairman of the board
of county commissioners. has taken the
opinion of several leading attorneys of
Topeka. and has also a letter from At
torney General Bradford. giving it as
their opinion that the county commits.
siOners, under the law, have authority to
purchase the steel jail cells for the coun.
ty and to erect the temporary Jail build
7 ing
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under the leadership of Prof. A. H. Dray.
otficiated in conjunction with the Colby
Cornet Band on the occasion of the dem
ocratic congressional convention. The
visiting band is IN fine trim and in the
morning and afternoon rendered some
fine music in front of the Opelt hotel and
at the convention. exciting great ap-
plause. The Colby band has had hard
row of late, as so many of its members
have gone away. Prof John Akard.
with his usual pluck is hard at work re-
organizing and drilling the new and old
members of the band. and produced some
very good music with them on Wednes-
day.
The Brakeman Register says: "A friend
who has recently travelled through por-
ton of Thomas county informs US that
the crops down there are far below the