Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

White meal, 25c per sack at Kaub's.
! Read our extraordinary club offer to be
found in another column.
Sample copies Topeka Weekly Capital
Commonwealth at this Office.
All wool yarn. sc per skein, at Kaub's.
l.. L. French. cashier of the State Bank
has been laid up for some days by bad
cold,
Twenty Books offered free by the
Thomas County CAT. See our great club
offer.
The new county officers were sworn in
and entered upon their respective duties
on last Monday.
have good supply of Bovine Vac
cine Virus on hand
! VIM. NJ. BEAVER.
Mr.. Frank Pingree is receiving strong
support from our leading men in relation
to his appointment to the post Office ut
Colby.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Hall departed on
Monday for Topeka for the purpose of
attending the inaugural ball aud recep
ton of Gov. L. z. Humphrey.
Cloaks and overcoats at half price, at
Kaub's.
All the farmers talked with heretofore
on the subject are in favor of holding a
meeting to discuss the advisability of
getting sorghum sugar works located
in Thomas county.
W. P. Sullivan. county superintendent
of schools. has taken an Office in the
Weld -Senter brick. where he may be
found ready to attend to all school mat
tiers.
MIR. and Mrs Chss. N. Hovey started
for Topeka on Saturday last to attend the
inaugural ceremonies. Mr.. Hovey will
make settlement as county treasurer with
the state treasurer while IN Topeka.
White goods at your own price at
Kaub's.
An examination for teachers will be
held at my office. in the Weld Senter
building. Jan Is and rs. commencing at
8 O clock. w. p. SULLIVAN.
45-2 Co. Supt.
New Years edition of the Thomas
County Cat. containing description of
Colby and Thomas County. for sale at
this office. A fine thing to send to east
ern friends. Only cents per copy.
Sorghum will Weld twelve tons to the
acre in Haskell county even in the driest
season. Other western counties report
the same. 1t would seem that the west
ern half of the state will some day be
the great sugar growing section of the
United States.-Kansas City Journal.
The following conundrum has been in
circulation in newspaper circles:
We arise to ask why it is: A doctor will
sit down and write prescription. time.
five minutes; paper and ink onefourth
cent, and patient pays from fifty cents 10
ten dollars. as the case may be. A lawyer
writes ten or twelve lines Of ADVICE and
gets from five to twenty dollars from his
client. While an editor writes half
column puff for msn. pays man from
fifty cents to dollar for setting it up in
tyne. sends it to several hundred people,
and then surprises the pulled man If he
makes any charge.
The State Bank has made decided i'm
provement in its interior arrangement OF
late. private Office for the cashier being
fenced of on the south side. into which
a visitor is ushered and seated. Dick
Beymer with his characteristic humor
and versatility, has sketched the words
in pale chalk: This Man Talked to
Death" on one end of the glass casing,
and Just as the aforesaid visitor gets TO |
telling Mr. French, just as happened to
US, some thrilling. interesting story. his
eye will catch the words, and they will
catch his breath and he will gently arlse
and 60 hence, muttering something about
an immediate engagement.
How would il suit to have . new judic-
ial district created by the present legis-
lature composed of the counties OF Sher-
man, Thomas, Wallace and Loganf 1t
is our opinion that it would make very
neat, compact. pretty district, not too
large nor too small. but Just large
enough and just small enough ana
great big improvement over present A.
The counties south OF %.
consisting of Greeley. Wichita. Scott; |
Lane and Ness, are already in tho field
with petition asking to be set on -
new district. This leaves Wallace ano
Logan sandwitched between that district
and the one on the north presided over ny
Judge Pratt. Il would be an unhandy
and awkward arrangement for all con.
cerned. and We are heartilv IN favoI o.
anv move looking toward . re-arrange-
ment in the matter Of the Judicial districts
Of western Kansas.-Logan Republican.
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