Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-14

Fine weather again.
Farm loans at J. P. Bayha's.
Buy your arcticS at Boerner Bros. 3Stf
Another conflagration at Russell last
week.
! Rod breakers at Meglemre's, $500
! apiece.
The sun do move, SO do the Oberlin
land Office.
Agricultural implements OF all kinds at
Meglcmrie's.
Do you want fine oil painting! If SO
go TO Shimp's.
Have you seen Mccormick s. Bott' s
cheap counter:
Gasoline at the Lands Court drug store
14o. Best in town.
Mrs. Marvin Niskern and children are
visiting her father at Sutton, Neb.
Every pair of boots or shoes is war
ranted at BOerner Bros. 3Stf
Mrs. DR.. VIM. Beaver was quite sick
during the past week, but is now well
! again.
Messrs Graham Crawford and Ed Hal
liday made this Office pleasant call last
| Monday.
Building has begun already in our city
Colby has bright future before it for
the year.
Mr.. c. 3. Wilson, farmer living south
of the city, has removed with his family
to Missouri
Get our prices on arctics before you
buy. BOerner Bros. 3Stf
Bro. Kelly, of the Tribune, it seems to
US, highly magnifies the importance of
Bro. Roberts. of the Brewster Gazette.
General Marble is with his brother
Henry in the L. P. surveying party work
ing their way from Denver toward Colby
Van Epps' gallery open this week. re-
member. He does first class work. Pric-
es reasonable.
We publish this week without COM
ment two letters from Kingery township.
Citizens of that township seem to view
the seed question differently.
For cash buyer We have fine piece
of town property at a bargain. Inquire
at this Office.
Gene Lynde is back from Nebraska,
wner. he has heen Snendinp tho uintor
Mr.. Lynde says that SO far as he could
see times are harder and business duller
there than here.
Visitors to the Colby schools report
them as very prosperous upper the pres
ent efficient corps of teachers. Prof
McDougal is working hard, and is teach
ing good school.
MIR. c, K. Smith and son, farmers who
live on the Sappa, have packed q number
of hundreds of tons of pure ice and will
deliver ice in Colby to customers at rea-
sonable prices.
B. J. Woodruff s. Tom Foster vie with
each other as to which has the handsom-
est bachelors quarters in the city. Mar
vim Niskern says the man who gets that
handsome plush chair takes the cake.
Mumps have been somewhat prevalent
in and about Colby for one or two weeks
but have not spread to any great extent.
Physicians report no new cases, and
those who had them have now about re-
covered
Word has been received by Mr.. c. E.
Bennett, or meteorological reporter, from
Sergeant Jennings that owing to small
ness of congressional appropriation no
more stations for signal service reports |
will be made. and that Colby would not |
be established as receiving station for at |
least year to come.
Mr.. r. T. Crawford of near Gem, gave |
a pleasant dance to quite a number of
neighbors and friends last Friday even
ing. the occasion being the completion of
a nice large house on Mr.. Crawford's
place. The attendance was large, about
twenty five couples participating in the
pleasures of the evening. Supper was
served at 12 O'Clock, and at an early hour
in the morning the party dispersed to
their several homes, well pleased with
the evenings entertainment.
Coal of standard
grades at lowest
rates. Weight quar-
anteed at Me4temreI
e. lOvitt's.
In New QUARTERs.-The hardware
and agricultural implement store of E.