Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
Largest Loans.
Offce in Basement Rooms under Brick Bank.


she had been called to the home above.
sir Harry Hamilton has returned from
Ong, Neb.. called here By the severe i'll
ness of his father. Capt d. n Hamilton,
who, We are pleased TO learn, is slowly
improving
Mrs. c. N. Hovey, of Colby, will assist
in furnishing music for the w. 4. G. en-
tainment on April 1st. Don't fail 10 hear
Mrs. Hovey, the Jenny Lind of the west
-Oberlin Eye.
Harry Bagley of Goodland, friend of
Miss Lutte Patton's. visited in the city
this week while enroute to Riley. Kans..
where he has accepted a responsible pos
ition as teiegrapher
Joe Borden. of the Free Press. has ac-
cepted a, situation on ii new paper in
Spokane Falls. and left for that place
last Monday night. The boys will con-
tlnue to run the paper.
\ prairie fire swept over considerable
territory northeast of the city about three
miles last night 1t started from man 8
pipe. Persons should be careful when
smoking on the prairie.
The NJ. E church in Wendall township
will be dedicated next Sunday March 30,
1890 by Rev. II. H. Shepherd, of Wichita.
Kans., president OF the Kansas Confer
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. w.
H. Copeland was buried last Sunday af-
ternoon, the funeral service being held at
the residence The family have the sin
cere sympathy of large circle of
friends.
A. n. McLennan, the hustling candi
date for congressman in the Sixth dis
trIct, was in the city Yesterday. He does
not think that any one Of the candidates
will go into the convention with suffic
lent number of delegates to nominate.
The Dresden Star comes to our table
we'll filled with interesting local reading
matter and items concerning that new
town. E. E. VanEppS. our photographer
$ proprietor and l.. W. Brewer local
.ditor. We welcome Mr.. VanEpps into
re profession and trust that his fondest
.opes may be realized.
The Rev r. l. Broaabridge. having to
&c away next Sunday evening. the first
IF series of sermons on The PrOdigal
son." will be delivered in the morning
stead of evening rs announced, and
will be continued the three following
sunday evenings. Young people are es-
pecially invited.
Alta business meeting of the members
Of the Presbyterian church last night the
clerk of the session was instructed to
write to the Rev. Mr. Morton, of Blue
Hill, Nebr., and have him come and
preach few times with view to seCur
ing his services as regular pastor should
he suit the members of the church and
the charge be satisfactory to him.
l. n. Simpson. the travelin. represen
tative for the Denver Times, was in the
city last week securing Few subscribers
for that excellent daily. He was indeed
successful and many names added to his
list .and so we'll pleased was he
with his success that he promised
TO give our city write-up with
illustrations of our principal buildings.
Simpson is valued rcpresen -ative and a
hustler from way back
A few mornings ago seedy-loOkinS
individual appro ached a house on the
south side and asked for something to
eat The good lady cut generous slice
of bread and in presenting it to the trav-
eler. said Il don't give you this for your
sake, but for Jesus sake" The tramp
closely scanned the bread, turned it over
and gave it closer inspection. and then
gracefully passed it back to the lady and
said: Then for Gods sake put little
butter on it." The request was complied
with.-Ellis Headlight
There promises to be a greater immi-
grafton to Kansas this year than any pre-
vious year in its history. The work of
the Kansas Immigration Bureau is being
felt throughout the country. A short
time ago the executive committee adver-
tised in the eastern papers for the names
and addresses of the farmers TO whom to
send advertising matter As result of
this advertising the bureau has now on
its books the names of 80. 900 farmers.
The great bulk of these are in Ohio. In
diana and Illinois. The bureau is publish
ing Kansas book for free distribution
throughout the east, the first edition of
which will be 100. 60 copies Proof sheets
of this book will be sent to the 900 news
papers published in the state Besides
the work of the bureau. which is purely
state affair. many counties have organic
ell local immigration societies. Wichita
appropriates for this latter purpose Sl5.-
600.
Wanted-to trade
for driving horses.