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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

Lands viii Pass to Patent That is. all EatSis'
Made Under the Act as Construed from Fsb.
7, 1882, to June ~, 1881.
CONCERNING TIMBER CULTURE.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. July aO.-Secre
tary Noble to-day, in letter to the com
missioner of the general land office, mod.
ifies in very important particular, the
rule as to time of cultivation in timber
culture cases.
The timber culture act of June II, 1878
provides that any person who shall plant
protect. and keep in healthy growing
condition for eight years. ten acres OF
timber on any quarter section of the pub
lie lands of the United States. shall be
entitled to Il patent at the expiration OF
said eight years. Section 2 of this act
provides that no final certificate shall be
given or patent issued until the expira.
ton of eight years from the date of en-
try.
Land Commissioner Mcfarland, Feb
ruary 1, 1882, held that One-half of the
trees must have been actually growing
for eight years and the remaining half
four wears to conform to the terms of
the act.
This Interpretation was sustained in a
subsequent decision which held the time
of preparations of lands should be COM
puted As part Of the eight years requir-
ed in the timber culture cases, and SO the
act provided for three years cultivation
of land before planting. The effect Of
the ruling was to compute the period of
cultivation from the date Of entry.
On June 81, 1851, Commissioner Sparks
in circular to registers and receivers,
directed that in computing the period of
cultivation the time runs from the date
when the total number of trees required
by the act are planted. and the final
proofs of cntrymen not having complied
with this rule were rejected.
Secretary Noble in his letter sustains
the ruling made by G Commissioner Sparks,
but says inasmuch rs the department
from time of the passage of the bill up to
the date of June -, 1887, enormously
construed the true spirit and intent of
the act, and in pursuance thereof numer-
Gus entries have been made under the
law rs thus promulgated. amounting to
some 900 or more, that such entries
should be protected under the cOnstruc-
ton thus given the act, giving such con-
structiOn all the force and effect of law.
Were it not SO great wrong and incOn-
venience would result.
The secretary therefore directs that the
rule in the case of Henry Hooder in point
be so modified as to hold that all entries
made under the act, as construed. from
February 1, 1882, up to June %, 1887,
should pass to patent. and all entries
made after the announcement Of that
doctrine should be governed and control
led by the principles therein enumerated.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25
JOSEPH a. GILL, Editor.
FINAL PROOFS.

All final proof notices must be paid
for or payment arranged for in adj
vance. The charge for publication is
$500. Parties having proof notices
running in the paper should notify
us at once in case of mistakes IN
notice.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

Judge G. W. Smith. the present
presiding Judge of the 34th judicial
district, was nominated for the posi-
ton by reclamation by the republican
convention held at Hill City on We'd
nesday. July "a. A tribute to great
worth and duty well performed.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

Why would it not be a good ana
paying scheme for one or other OF the
railroads entering this city to build a
grain elevator?
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

After -four years of hard labor. the
editor of the Oakley Opinion, who is
off color 10 politics, has announced
the demise of that once flourishing
democratic sheet; This nearly finish
es up the list of democratic papers in
western Kansas.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25
We Give e Away

The Kansas Farmer, published at Topeka
Kansas, despite the close times Of the'.past
three years. has steadily increased its circula.
ton and usefulness, rs well as greatly i'm.
proved the paper In every respect, and to-day
It stands rs one of the best and most practical
agricultural journals published In America.
1t Is everywhere recognized "a authority on
western farm matters, and should be taken by
every farmer who desires to prosper and Inn
prove In his business. The Kansas Farmer is
now printed on toned book paper, with en-
lArged pages, and contains not less than sixty.
four columns Of valuable and important mat
ter every week.
In order that every farmer in Kansas and
the West may have M opportunity to become
familiar with this valuable journal. the pub
fishers announce that they will send the Kan .
sas Farmer ION trial" three mOnths-thirteen
weeks-fOr . cents to new subscribers. "a
trial subscriber thus getting more papers than
he would by taking a monthly farm journal q
whole year,
BY special arrangements we will send the
weekly Kansas Farmer and the ThO.Las COun-
ty CAT, both papers, one year for only 500;
or we will give trial - weeks subscription
to the Kansas Farmer
FREE no OUR READERS
who nay us the cash. at this Office. for one
years subscription to the Th0masC county CAT
either as u renewal. for back dues. or for q
new subscriber. Take advantage of this lib
erAl offer at once.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

A fine gentle rain fell on Monday
night and Tuesday, which seems to
have been general throughout the
county. This undoubtedly will insure
the corn crop in Thomas county.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

state WAS tie present ,s.saat cop. just
harvested. surpassed The Quaaisy ~. -
excellent and the quantity enormous.
Farmers that were lucky enough to have
put out a wheat crop last year win make
= speck. though the price should be low.
Oats were never better. good quality and
heavy yield. Potatoes surpass all former
attempts. and corn is more than promis-
Ing. Verilv. Kansas IL booming,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

Edison testified before New York
commission and stated that he had no
doubt whatever of the power of an al
ternating current of electricity to kill
a man instantaneously and painlessly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

John L. Sullivan was paid the S2O,-
900 on Tuesday he won in his recent
fight with Kilrain. He Immediately
went to celebrating with big drunk.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

Roll. Let Her Roll'

A Mill is what the.
citizens of Colby and
the farmers of Thomas.
comfy want, and | am
.desirous of assisting in
the building of that
want, a
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

DEPARTMENT Commander Booth, OF
Kansas, has issued q circular address,
ed to the veterans.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

Pursuant to call, the republicans OF
Thomas county met in convention al
the court house in Colby on Saturday,
July 90. At q o'clock p. m. the
meeting was called to order by C. M.
Hovey, chairman of the county cen.
trail committee. Mr.. Geo. F. Roberts,
Of Brewster, was unanimously chosen
chairman, and Mr.. C. T. Dallam, OF
this city, secretary of the convention.
COMMITTEES.
Chairman Roberts then appointed
a committee on credentials with w. s.
WillcOxon as chairman, and then ap-
pointed committee on resolutions
consisting of H. f. Weld, I. A. Kelly
and Joseph A. Gill, after which the
convention took a recess.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
On reassembling the committee on
credentials reported the following en-
titled to seats in the convention:
Randall township-C. Nahrung, j.
w. Clark, John Love, W. H. Smith,
A. T. Tucker and James StewarlsOn.
Wendell township-William Boyce,
G. W. Dart, J. B. Nooner and O. Full
ler.
Rovohl township-H. H. Miller, T..
W. Robbins, c. X. Smith. S. PASSED.,
J. W. McDougal.
Hale township-A. Showalter, G..
F. Roberts, W. NJ. Baldwin, W. L.
Thompson, A. B. Lindsey.
Summers township-D. N. Hamil-
ton, Oscar Williams. and Levi Will
liams.
Barrett township-Frank Rowland,
T. j. Rimbey, F. NJ. Showers, Madison
Clark, Smith Lawrence, T. S. Dono-
van and T. L. Sturgeon.
Morgan township-W. S. Wilcox
on, H. A. Brant, W. P. Sullivan, C.
I. Dallam, l. A. Kelley, E. s. Teal,
o. H. Stratton, j. c. Passell, H. E.
Weld, J. A. McKillip and Jos. A. Gill.
Smith township-L. D. White and
j. H. Harper.
Lacey township BAIL Gnrwell,
Geo. Bondurant and Graham Craw-
ford.
Kingery township-C. s. Hoover,
e. H. Ogilvie, and Emery james.
The report of the committee on cre-
dentials was adopted.
RESOLUTIONS.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported the following:
RESOLVED. By the republicans OF Thomas
jemin Harrison the republican paxty have
CHOSEN & wise and patriotic president OF these
That the recognition Of the Union veterans
81 the iAse civil war by the present adminis-
tratiOn and the liberal policy regarding PEN
SONS to the survivors Of that war. deserves
ana mas our heartiest c0mmendaff0n.
mat the present State gOveenment ia its
present wise conduct In state a&hiEs shows
tnat Kansas with her $1,000 mniorlty under
stands how to put the best men m the righf
| places. -
That We cordially endorse the acsion az our
ssnators. Hons ,. J. lngalls and Preos0a B..
ncs y goear e4nEts to rOot out O6 01hoo tie
] Oemoetat1e appointees o. @. CIevs -. 1870
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

Delegates Appointed to the Republican Jvdiein Con
Uention At HM City.-6esoiStions Of Con-
UsStios. delegates Instructed for
Judge C. W. Smith.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

administration and I. .,s apoo,ntuent IN place
Of loyal republts. "a eifisens. Ma t,hiy do We
endorse such aotion but urge tSeSe honorabie
gsntS.emen 60 gfe&ter efforts n this behalf nm.
df:,erict and State shall Be Secupied By On ct:
i've and virtAous member " our Grand osd
That in Hon. Chas. ". Smith. the present
the republican party In Thomas county soc0e.
nize wise and able judge and magistrate and
charge the delegates selected by this cOuven-
no nom i and reelection to the bench he 20
meritOriOusly nils.
"a: S s%;; Com.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted with applause.
On motion, the convention proceed
ed to name the delegates to the judi
cial convention of the 34th district at
Hill City by townships, each township
in the county being entitled to one
delegate, except Smith and Lacey,
which together were entitled to one.
Upon call of the roll of townships
the following were announced as dele
gates to Hill City:
Randall. T. Tucker.
Barrett-Smith Lawrence.
Wendell N. Hitchcock.
Hale-N. L. Thompson.
Morgan-Geo. w. Goodsoe.
Kingery-C. H. Osilvie.
Smith and Lacey-H. G. Patter.
son.
Summers N. Hamilton.
RovOhl-A. NJ. Smith.
On motion, the gentlemen named
we're declared the delegates of Thomas
to the judicial convention at Hill
City.
On motion, the delegates of the
county convention were instructed to
cast the full vote of the delegation for
the nomination of Judge Charles w.
Smith as republican candidate for
Judge of the 34th district.
Convention then adjourned.
The meeting was harmonious and
enthusiastic throughout.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

SHERIFF.
hereby announce myself candidate for
the nomination before the county republican
convention for the Office of sheriff of Thomas
county. JOHN MCFARLAND.
It's. Donovan, of Barrett township, annOun-
ces himself as Il candidate for nomination for
the Office of sheriff of Thomas county. subject
to the decision of the county republican con-
yentiOn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25
JUDICIAL CONVENTION.
Judge Smith Nominated BY Reclamation. The Oa
at Min City.

The first judicial convention of the
34th district of Kansas, was held at
Hill City, Graham county, on We'd
nesday, July oath. The five counties
comprising the district, Rocks, Ora
ham, Sheridan, Thomas and Sherman
were each represented by full delega.
tons. The convention was called to
order by chairman of the judicial COM
mittee' J. E. Campbell, of Thomas
county, and organized by electing
Joseph A. Gill, of Thomas county. IS
temporary chairman, and W. F. Shul-
theis, of Sheridan county, as tempo
rary secretary. The appointment of
committees on credentials, resolutions
and permanent organization were
then made, after which the conven-
ton took recess. Upon re-assembl-
ing. the various committees reported.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing
the administration of nation and state
and the work of our representation in
congress.
For permanent chairman, Judge A.
NJ. VanWycke, of Graham county.
was elected, while the choice of per-
manent secretary was W. +. FEEDER
man. of Sherman county. Nomina-
tons for Judge being in order, men,
Der of the Rocks delegation in an elo-
quent speech, placed the name of
Charles W. Smith, ofStockton, before
the convention.
The nomination was warmly sec
onded by several counties, when on
motion the rules were suspended and
Charles w. Smith nominated by &C
clamation.
A committee was appointed to mott
fy Judge Smith and escort him to the
hall for the purpose of allowing the
convention to hear from him.
During the absence of the commit
tee, Congressman E. J. Turner was
sighted by some one in the hall and
loud cries brought him to the front.
Mr.. Turner made one of his happy
and forcible speeches, but was forced
to cut it short by the return of the
committee with Judge Smith.
In response to calls ard amid great
applause Judge Smith, in a feeling
and appropriate manner, thanked the
convention for the honor rendered
him. His remarks as to his duties
and position were full Of appreciation
of the high and onerous requirements
imposed. As he had in the past, So
would he in the future endeayor to
perform his public duties fearlessly
and impartially.
At the conclusion Of Judge Smiths
remarks the names of the judicial
committeeman of the several counties
were announced.
A resolution was then on motion
adopted thanking Gov. L. q. Hum
phrey for the appointment Of Judge
Smith to preside over this district and
the convention then adjourned.
NOTES BIZ THE WAY -
HIN City msde III visitors royally ve1s
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

A grain elevator is needed badly in
Colby.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

Heavy rains have fallen during tns
past week throughout western anu
central Kansas.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

Lands viii Pass to Patent That is. all Eatris
Made Under the Act as Construed From Fs6.
!, 1882, to June ~, 1881.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25
COMMITTEES.

Chairman Roberts then appointed
committee on credentials with w. S.
Willcoxon as chairman, and then ap-
pointed a committee on resolutions
consisting of H. +. Weld, l. A. Kelly
and Joseph A. Gill, after which the
convention took q rpcess
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-02
An Old ShOwman's Sleeping Van.

Old Adam Forepaugh has been in the
show business for forty years, and has
never missed a seasons personal attend
ance upon his circus. While on the road
he has never been known to sleep in a
hotel The show carries with it van
that looks like one of the animal dens.
1t has an open top and sides, and is
equipped with a cot bed and toilet ne
cessaries. The old man sleeps in this
every night. He is given to a habit of
arising at all hours of the night, and
making excursions through the tents.
There is no telling at what hour the
old man is likely to drop in, and the
result is that eternal vigilance is the price
of continued employment with 4-Paw.-
st. Louis Star Sayings.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-02
A Prison Keepers Nerve.

A shipmaster of my acquaintance, who
has been very successful as warden in
more than one penal institution, told me
that he once heard that criminal con-
fined under his control had said that he
would kill the warden on the first op-
portunity. Captain E. said nothing, but
the next afternoon, when hehad an hours
leisure, sent for the man. "Bill," let us
call him, found the captain strapping his
razor. "Oh, BILL, is that you?" ex-
claimed the warden. ''Well, never mind,
can you shave9" The man replied that
he had often shaved his companions.
"All right, suppose see what kind of a
barber you are2" With that he took a
seat in his chair, handed the criminal the
razor, and was shaved. "Bill'' went faith
fully through his duty, and when he had
finished the captain said: "They told
me that you were watching for chance
to kill me, so thought l would give you
as good one as you could ask for; that
was ALL" ''Bill'' skunk sheepishly way,
and from thence the captain had no firmer
friend than the desperate criminal.-Bos-
ton IT6geIeJ.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-02
Electricity Does Not Hurt.

The experience of an electric light en-
ploye in Virginia City, New, cannot fail
to be interesting. Henry Fault received
a shock from which he remained uncon-
scious for fifteen minutes, during which
time his heart showed no signs of pulsa-
ton. The palm was burned where he
had held the wire. The current passed
down through the right side of his body,
leaving no mark save where 1t left the
foot, the toes of which were scorched
black. Faull gives the following account
of his sensations:
After grasping the wire he was i'm
mediately drawn upward with irresistible
force and endeavored to shout for aid,
but, although another workman was but
three feet distant, his voice was not
audible. Although suspended by his
hands, with his toes resting on the boiler
plate floor for scarcely second, Faull
says it appeared to him that he was in
that position several minutes. He felt
no pain whatever. This is the last he
remembers until restored to conscious
ness.-Detr0jt Free Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-02
South American Railroading.

The Corrientes, Oran and Tartagal
Railroad in Bolivia, South America, is
beng pushed on with much activity.
Where the work is now in progress Is
through thick forest, which extends
from two kilometers from the starting
point from Oran toward the Colorado
River. The line stretches nineteen kilo-
meters through what appears to be an
immense tunnel of vegetation, so thick
is the forest in that district with the ex-
ception of a small space which is situated
at the entrance to the plains, and where
work is being pushed on in order to ar
rive at the river Colorado, over which a
bridge will be thrown. Engineers and
workmen there suffer alike from the in
tense heat, from thirty eight degrees to
forty degrees centigrade in the shade
(above 100 FahrenheiD, and the i'm
mense plague of venomous insects. La
borers are lacking, as very few men will
expose themselves to the labor and risk,
and at this season of the year the Indians
cannot be relied upon, as they prefer to
live in the middle of the forests where
they subsist by eating the algarrobas, and
fully supplying themselves with liquor
from the fruit which they call ALOHA
San Francisco Chr0nicls.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-02
A Biue-Beard's Tombstone.

In an old burying ground in large
Southern New Hampshire town there is
an Interesting group of seven tomb
stones. Each of six of them marks a
little strip of earth where rests the remains
of one of the wives of one man, and the
seventh is the gravestone of the Blue
Beard himself. The epitaphs of the
wives are short and simple enough, but
the fifth bears, underneath the name and
record of the woman's birth and death,
these words: ''The Peacemaker." One
can only speculate as to what the circum.
stances were under which she exercised
her benevolent art; but no doubt she had
to be a peacemaker to enable her husband
to get along in any sort of comfort 'vish
all his deceased wives relations. But the
epitaph on the husbands tombstone il
gem. 1t reads thus: "Rest, Weary
Pilgrim. Boston Transcript.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-02
The servants quarters, the detached

Ihe servants quarters, Cne detacneo
kitchen and other outbuildings are pre-
served intact. In part of the houses
now lives the family of the officer in
charge of the cemetery, and the hall and
southern parlors are given up to the use
of the public. A register is kept, in
which 40, 900 visitors record their names
each year, and on the walls hang maps
of the cemetery, the diagram showing
every grave and the names of all the
known dead.
A magnificent estate was this of
General Lee. Step out on the portico
and behold the panorama. In the fore
ground sharp decfvity; at its brow, but
a few yards from the house, the grave
and new monument of Sheridan. Then
fast sloping lawn, next forest of
magnofas, oaks, naples, all vine clad or
surrounded by towering shrubs; a wind
ing driveway; the stone wall with its
beautiful gates made of columns from the
old War Office and the old Patent Office;
just outside the Alexandria Georgetown
turnpike on which Washington rode
many and many time en- route to or from
Mt. Vernon, and beyond this the Poto-
mac with its moving ships and boats.
Across the Potomac-all Washington,
the distant hills green in the background;
the great Capitol, overshadowing every
thing; the monument, nearer by, rising
whittier and grander than from any other
view; the red brick Pension Office, the
Treasury, the White House barely dis
cernible, the War, State and Navy
building. Spanning the Potomac is
Long Bridge, over which the armies
passed, thousands of them, to return to
this eternal camping ground.
Near the mansion is pavilion mod
eled after the temple of Fame, and bear
ing on its frieze the names of Washing
ton, Grant, Farragut and Lincoln, and
on its columns Garfield, Thomas, Meade,
Mcpherson, Sedgwick, Reynolds, Hum
phreys and Mansfield. Near by is the
Monument to the Unknown, and just be-
yond it the beautiful amphitheatre, 100
feet in diameter, with chaste Corinthian
rostrum and colonnade, wherein many
thousands sat upon the green sward
Decoration Day and joined the anniversary
exercises. The greenhouses are fairly
bursting with flowers to be used in the
decoration of the graves, and the colored
man, bent and old, whom we see ambling
along, watering pot in hand, is Wesley
Syfax, who once was Robert E. Lees
slave. Thirty years ago there were 200
slaves ON the estate, and five of them still
remain, so much attached to the place
that they could not be driven away,
They live in little cabins near by, and
work, when they can, for the Govern
ment. A little way from the house to the
south are the graves of George Washing
ton Curtis and his wife. In a gloomy
spot under the hill is the resting place of
Mrs. Mary Randolph. 1t is the faithful
old slave, Wesley Syfax, who early each
Decoration Day morning strews these
graves with sweet jessammes and forget
ne-nOtS' .-y
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-02
.Stick to vour bnsiness.' is verv good ndvic

''Stick to your business is very good advic.
but still there are great many people in the
world who have no regular and profitable bus
ness to stick to; and there are Others who are
following line of business which is manifest
ly unsuited to them. Now, when such is the
case you had better write to b. F. johnson n
Co., Richmond. Va, and see if they cannot
give you Il pointer. ihey have helped a great
many men and women along the way to for
tune, and now stand ready to assist you, too.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-02

SWIFTS SPECIFIC is simple vege-
table compound prepared from roots fresh
ly gathered from the forests. The formula
was obtained from the Creek Indians by
the whites who had witnessed the won
derful cures of blood diseases made by
that tribe 1t has been used since 1929,
and has been the greatest blessing to man
kind in curing diseases of the blood, in
many instances after all other remedies
had failed