Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
CITY Bond Election on Nov. 18th.

City Bond Election on Nov. 18th.
| Democratic doctrine-The tariff is rob-
Ibery.-We are not in favor of free trade.
DR.. j. T. Patterson, of Smith township,
was in town on Saturday and called at
this Office.
r. L. Riddle wants twenty $500 loans
on good Thomas county farms. Call and
see him. 81
| Van Epps' gallery open this week. re-
member. He does first class work. Pric-
es reasonable.
Visit Van Epps' photograph gallery
| this week if you want some fine work
done. One week only.
A pleasant progressive euchre party
was gwen at the residence of Mrs. A. L.
Plummer on Friday evening last.
! Shrimp is closing out his line of boots at
actual cost. Take look at his stock be-
fore you buy. 29tf
c. B. Wilson, a prominent farmer of
south of Colby, was in to-day to pay his
subscription. He is thinking of taking a
| trip eastward this fall
WANTED-A decided quarter or rel
inquishment near Colby in exchange for
a choice residence in Colby.
1898 II. E. WELD.
Mr.. George Ward, accompanied by his
sister, Miss Rilla, started for Burlington.
Colo, on Wednesday. George will go on
homestead near there. His sister will
60 on to Denver.
Mr.. F. N. Merwin, the bright young
editor of the Dubois. Nebr.. Times, and
friend of Co. Supt. Walker. is in the
city this week. Our Office enjoyed a
pleasant call from him on Monday.
Roberts Rules of Order the stan
dard work on parliamentary law, for sale
at J P. Bayha's.
Hon. Hill P. Wilson, republican candi-
date for state senator. accompanied BY
Hon Chas. W. Smith, of Stockton and
Hon. L. n. Thompson. of Norton. made
a pleasant call at this Office on Tuesday.
Stationery, notions. school books blank
books. tablets, writing paper. all in end
less variety at J. P. Bayha's, The Colby
Stationer"
Chas. r. Marks, former editor of the
Colby Democrat, has been appointed
mail agent between st. ice and Good
land. He made his first run on Monday,
Oct. 1st. with Mr.. Norwood, whose place
he takes. Mr.. Norwood has been trans
ferred to the east end of the line
PHOTOGRAPHS Gallery open this week
| under charge of A. s. Steele. who does
| first class work.
Mr.. W. F. Sager, one of our farmers of
Randall township, left on Wednesday for
his old home at Stanberry, Mo-, where
his brother is very i'll with typhoid fever
Mr.. Sager will probably be gone until
| next summer, but has sown large
part of his farm in small grain. Mrs.
| Sager and child visit her sister at Bird
City before joining her husband in Mis-
souri,.
PAY UP WHEN You Stop Your PAPER
The latest postal laws are such that
| newspaper publishers can have arrested
anyone for fraud who takes paper and
refuses to pay for it. Under the law the
man who allows his subscription to run
for sometime unpaid and then orders it
discontinued, or orders the postmaster
to mark it refused and to send postal
card notifying the publishers, lays him
| self liable to arrest and fine, the same as
for theft
Sherman Democrat: Frank Waters,
the good looking manager for Shrimp. the
enterpr;sing clothier, is over from Colby
for week or two. Besides being no.
BILE character in other ways Mr.. Waters is
an old time printer and country newspa-
per man. and while we rather envy him
his advanced position in life, We never
theless look upon him as deserving his
good fortune and wish him all possible
success for the future.
Harry Root, special correspondent and
agent of the Atchison Champion. was in
the city on Tuesday and called at this
Office. MIR. Root, when through this
country last fall, wrote for the Champion
an interesting series of letters on points
in northwest Kansas. The Champion is
one of the few eastern Kansas papers
which devote special portion of space
to northwest Kansas. The weekly Cham
pion is one of the brightest, best and
newsiest weeklies in the west to-day.
WENDELL REPUBLICANS.
A township urinary will hA held in