Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-10

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Elegant line of photograph albums at
Colby Drug Store.
Get our prices on arctics before you
buy. Boerner Bros. 3Stf
S. c. Britton and J. B. Hampton start
ed for Texas on last Sunday night.
Many thanks to you, Mr.. Frank Pin.
gree for that choiee dish Of spare ribs.
The wind of the past few days his car
ried all the surplus dust from our streets.
a pleasant visit from 1. WEIGH, one of
our resident farmers living southeast
from Gem, on Tuesday.
A full line of all kinds of footwear from
the largest mems to the smallest child
rens size at Boerner Bros. 3Stf
A letter from Mr. Geo. E. Smith. of
Palmer Kas., informs us that he will
take up his residence in Thomas county
in the near future.
Charley Wallingford is expected to re-
ru IN to Colby ere great while. During
the autumn months he has been engaged
in the fruit business IN Florida.
Mr.. f. W. Hall, brother of E. A. Hall,
of our city. who has been visiting the
latter for some weeks, started on his re-
turn to his home at Kalamazoo. Mich.
on Thursday last.
J. ID. Ball was brought before Justice
Van Metre on Monday on the charge of
assault to kill, preferred by man named
Dunn. The evidence was of such char
acter that the justice bound Ball over in
the sum of $500, to answer to the district
court.
On Dec. 18th there was born to Mrs
and Mr.. John D. Bean, a daughter. Mrs.
Bean has been seriously i'll since the
event, but we are glad to be able to
the fact that she is now on the
high road to permanent recovery, and As
a consequence John is a very happy man.
Monday night last the weather turned
suddenly cold. and fine snow fell for an
hour or so. 1t looked for the time being
as though blizzard was upon US. Tues
day the temperature was lower than at
any time previous during the winter. but
the thermometer showed very little be-
low freezing point.
Several cases of small pOX are reported
from Oherlin. The report comes from
authentic sources, but there seems little
need of apprehension of the disease be-
coming epidemic. The Oberlin authori-
ties and physicians have the cases seclud-
ed and under control. and there is little
fear of the spread of the disease beyond
those now sick with it. The municipal
here have Justly seen fit to
take the matter in hand and warn the
public that necessity exists for precau-
ton. Vaccination is advised, and the
advice should be needed
Last Sabbath. in company with W. l..
Humes and wife. We editor and wife took
the l.. & C.. train for Colby. Arriving
there We took bus for the Orelt house,
where a sumptuOus repast was set before
us. and it goes without saying that justice
was fully melted out. After dinner we
proceeded to hunt up the beys. Adolf
we found ut the Democrat. anil during
the short stop made he did the white
act The CAT was next visited. but no
one found at home. Next came the Tri
bune. where the foreman. Mr.. Vedder,
was found in charge. and uaboet in the
act of giving his feet a bath. We found
that Colby was still alive and few of
her business men were able to get around
yet. and that her hopes for the future
while visionary are bright.-Hoaic Dem
ocrat.
The most convenient. valuable and
novel business, liable or desk calendar for
1859, is the Columbia bicycle calendar
and stand, issued by the Pope Mfg. CO.,
of Boston, Moss The calender proper is
in the form of pad containing 3ss leaves
one for each day in the year. to be torn
of daily. The leayes are 5tx2s soches.
a portion Of each is left blank for MEM
oranda. and rs the leaves are not pasted
but sewed at the ends. an entire leaf, as
well as the memorandum blank can he
exposed whenever desired. The pad rests
upon portable stand. which takes up
verv little room. and when placed upon
the desk, the entire surface of the date |
leaf is brought directly before the eve,
furnishing date and memoranda. impos |
sible to be overlooked. The upper por- |
lion of the stand is made of pressed pulp
with the word Columbia in raised letters |
at the top, the whole being handsomely !
gilded.
Coal Of standard
grades at lowest
rates. Weight guar.I
anteed at OegJemrel
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