CITY x BAKERY.
A , PROBST
"PROPRIETORS.
\VE KEEP ON HAIfP
BREAD , PEES & CAKES ,
GRAHAM BREAD.
Cakes Made on Order ,
ROOM
1 n connection where you can pet coffee , sand
ivichcs , pies , etc. , at all hours.
LAND-OFFICE BLANKS
In ordering , give ollice number and title ol
blank , with ( puantity of each blank wanted.
1'ut only one blank on a line to avoid mis
takes. Q5p ° 3roney mast invariably accom
pany the order. Address
McCOOK , NEHUASKA.
CEccNo. Title efBlMi. 2cr Per
E"c : . Euircd.
APPLICATIONS TO F.NTKIt.
4-007 Homestead Law 15 Cts. ,
4-00 ! Timber-Culture "
- - Law 15
AFFIDAVITS.
4-002 Non-Mineral If. Cts. , .00
4-075 Timber Culture Entrr. . . ! . * " . .00.W
4-OfE5 Homestead Entry. . . . " . . . . 15 " .IK
4-Otfl Commutation , Hii 15 " .1)0 )
4-070 Final , Homestead 15 " .00
4-072 Contest , Homestead i" . " 2.IK1
4-0X ) Contest , Timber Culture. 25 " X'.OO
xoTicr.s.
4-047 Tor Publication 15 Cts. , Si
4-4548 Hd Int. to Prove Up. . . . 15 " UK )
4-454 ! ) Pre-E. . . . . .15 " 1.00
PIlOOl-S.
4-SCfl Homestead Final .V ) Cts. , ? :5.00 :
4-J174a.l're-Emprion Final .71 " : ! .00
MISCr.M.AN'IiODS.
4-535 Dcclaratorv Statement. . 15Cts. , si
, Township Plats.
Other blanks will be prepared as called for.
LEGflL BLHHS IN STOCK ,
SIXTEENTH YEAR.
-THE
BRIGHTEST AND BEST.
Our 14th premium list.eompri-UDff orer&'H.-
000 worth of presents , is now reudv. Kvcry
subscriber to tlie Weekly Timeout < 2.Ka ( ) xear ,
when order is received heloix April : ( ! ) . IN O ,
will reccivo a premium worth , at retail , from
51.00 to 31,000. Full particulars and specimen
copies free to anjaddress. .
PRICES FOR SUBSCRIPTION :
Weeil ? , Triti prenkn. per year S 2.00
Wceil7.withcit jrcairs. per year 1.00
Scsisy Ti = es. J3 ? year 2.00
Bail ? Tiass , per year 10.00
Address all orders to
THE TIMES , Kansas City , Mo.
J3Spccial terms to Afrents.
I PTP SemJ 10 cents postage , and we
Art I KB H wil1 " a > lyou FKKK a royal.val-
il I 1 i uablc , sample box of floods
W 11 1 that will put you in tho way of
making more money at once , than anything
else in America. Both sexes of all ajres can
live at home and work in spare time , or all the
time. Capital not required. AVe will start you.
Immense. * pay suro fortiiosc who start atonce.
1-iVlyr. STINSON & Co. , 1'ort.huid. Maine.
"I WANT A GOOD COUGH SYEUP"
js a very frequent inquest in our trade and we
invariably jrivc tin * person making it BEfin's
oiir.idtv COUCH s-vuri * . a.we * know it to be the
best and most reliable on liio market. For
sale by M. A. Spalding an : ! S. \ , . Green.
Denver to Chicago ,
Denver to Etansas City ,
Denver to Omaha , !
Omaha to Chicago , '
Kansas City to Chicago ,
Omaha to St ; Louis
,
BEST LINE
FROM j
SURE CONMSCTiONS
LOW RATES
BACCACE CHECKED THROUGH.
Through tickets over the Burling
ton Route are for sale by the Union
Pacific , Denver & Rio Grande and
all other principal railways , and
by all agents of the " Burlington
Route. "
For further information , apply to
any agent , or to -
P. S. EUSTISfUen'rrk'tAg't ,
03IA1IA , XKB. [
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
CONGREGATIONAL. Sunday School nt 10
A. M. erory week. Prcncliinjr services evorv
Sunday nhrtit at. 7:00 M , T. Also , every altor-
, unto Sunday morning at 1J. M. T. Exceptions
i ro DIP nlinvc will bo noticed lit locals.
} ( JKOiidK DUNflAN , Vaster.
MKTHOIMST. Services overy Sunday at W :
'M A. M. and 71' . 31. . mountain time. Sunday
School at : t P. M. The services and Sunday
school will bo held for the future in the new
church. All are cordially invited. Scats free.
W. S. WHEELKK , Pastor.
EPISCOPAL. Services in the Opera Hall the
first and third Sundays , morninfrand evening ,
of each month. .1. A. PULFOHTH , Itcctor.
CATHOLIC. Services will lie held in tho
church once every four weeks.
THOMAS CUMEN , Pastor.
\V. C. T. I * . The W. C. T. L . will nicetirTthe
Heading Itoom every Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock. 31. T. The Hand of Hope will meet
in the Heading Koom every Saturdaj' afterj
noon at 2 o'clock , mountain time.
A. O. TJ W. McCook IMIKU No. fil. will nief't
the first and third Mondays of each month in
the Masonic Hall. Visitingbrethren cordially
invited. ln. 15. II. DAVIS , M. W.
W. H. DAVIS , Recorder.
. . . . .
O l'kl\j\J\J IV AjtUl ? 1. i' IV 1. il.
yItctfiilur meetings , Tuesday nip-hton
* r > y or before lull moon of every month.
/ \ / \ S. L. GUECN. W. M.
' * x V. L. MCCiiAKKN Secretar.
Wir.Miw GKOVE LODGE K. OF P. , Xo.
42. Meets every Wednesday evening
t Masonic Hall.
.1. W. CAMPiir.i.i. , C. C.
C. H. HOYI.K , K. It. S.
I. O. O. F. McCook Lod e No. 157. ! I. O. O. K. ,
meets every Friday evening , at 7 o'clock , in
Masonic Hall. All visiting brothers are invit
ed to meet witn us. H. H. BKKKY , N. O.
H. TitowititiDGK , Permanent Secretary.
HocKNKi.r. HOSK COMPANY. Hcp-
ular ineetinfirson the tlrst Wednesday
evening- eadh month.
It. U. AuciiinAr.il , Chief.
IJ. orL. E. Itrothcrhood of Locomotive En
gineers. Meet flrst and fourth Saturdays of
each month. S. JJ. HOOK , Chief.
J. C. ANDEHSON. F. A. E.
J. K. BAHNKS POST ( > . A. It Itcffiilar meet
ings second and iourth Monday evenings of
each month at Masonic Hall.
.1. A. Wir.cox , Commander.
J. H. YAIIOEU , Adjutant.
POST-OFFICE HOURS.
Opnn from 7 A. Jr. to 8 P. M. , M. T. Ollicc
will be closed thirt > minutes before arrival and
depart ure of mails. SUNDAY , qllice will be open
from li to 2 P. M. mountain time.
B. & M. TIME TABLE.
EAST I.UAVKS : I'.AST LEAVES :
No.2 ( iW : , A.M. No. 40 . > : > , P.M.
WKST I.EAVKS : WEST LEAVES :
No.15 ! ) 12:30. P.M. No.l 8.w , P. M.
SS Eastbound trains run on Central Time ,
and westbound trains on Mountain Time.
Freight trains do not carry passengers.
11. II. AV'ooiiS. Acnt.
THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL ,
GF.O. K. JOHNSTON , PROP.
Mi-COOK. : : XKHUASKA.
This house has been completely renovated .
sr.tl rel'urniehej ! thiouirliout , and is first-class |
SPOTTS & STtMSOX ,
FASHIONAHM :
BARBERS & HAIR CUTTERS.
Oj ) ; > ovlto Cliii-nso Lumber Yard ,
MAIN STIPIT. : - MCCOOK. XKBKASKA
ROBKKT JRVSDALK.
MERCHANT TAILOR
MAIN STJIEET ,
-McCOOK NEUUASKA.
W. M. SANDERSON ,
HOUSE AM ) SIGX I'AIXTER ,
McCooic , - XEBRASKA.
J3 ? All work puaranleed. 'Give me a call.
F. D. HESS ,
Contractor and Builder ,
NIeCOOK , NEBRASKA.-
.Material furnished if desired.
THE RED WILLOW 1ILL
1 now in operation and will do
General Custom Work ,
The Mill is complete and we
Guarantee Good Work.
J. W. PICKLE & CO.
Louisiana Bock Salt
CATTLE !
Rain Does Not Affect it.
FOR SALE BY
FREEST HOCKNELL ,
SOLE AGENTS.
r
y CHERRY COUGH SYRUP
Is a perfect success. " is hat WP hear on all
sides by those who have used if and tind it a
L-ertaincureforcoujihs.coldsandall bronchial
troubles. Formate byM.A.Spaldinsrand S.L.
Jreeti. '
LAND OFFICE ROLtHGS.
Cheyenne Stock Journal.
Some of ( Mir exclmnprs take great ex
ceptions to the peculiar niiin * s of Com
missioner Sparks , and one of them ives
tho following "which may possible ap-
pear" in the near future :
f No proof , either on homestead or pre
emption entries willv.be allowed , unless
the claimant shows-that he has broken
C40 acres on his quarter-section of 1(50 (
acres , and has built a palace or mansion
1 thereon worth at least $5,000. In order
to prevent fraudulent or bogus entries
in Kansas , the claimant will be required
to-show : That he is living in a palace ,
That ho has a piano and billiard table in
his house. That he understands cro-
' quet , whist , and other farm duties.
That he has an orange grove on his
! j j claim. That his barn is painted red and
' pig-pen white-washed. That his butter
cows give fresh butter and his work cat-
tie give butter-milk. Why he came to
Kansas : . Why he settled in such a
count } ' . Why he selected a particular
quarter-section of land. How he man-1
aged to live on $100 per year , when
$5.000 is required to keep the wolf from
the commissioner's door. Why does he
walk to town instead of riding in a car
riage. Why did he marry. Be sure
that witnesses know they are alive. If
claimant is dead have him to state what
caused him to cease to exist. Dug-outs
reared above ground will not be accept
ed as improvements.
These rulings arc created for the ben
efit of the poor man. and it is absolutely
necessary that he renounce all belief in
a hereafter and trust in the homestead
aiiil pre-emption laws and subscribe to
the infinite wisdom which emanates from
Sparks.
A New Railroad Snow Plow.
o
Railroad men and travelers will feel
skeptical at first when informed that a
machine has been invented which will
practically put an end to snow block
ades. Those who have been snow-bound
along the lines of western railroads , and
have been detained for weeks at a time ,
waiting for the snow-plows to clear the
tracks , may well have felt discouraged
when they learned from the officials of
the road that some 4.000 patents have
been issued for snow plows , and that
the best fail to raise a big blockade.
About eight years ago a Canadian began
inventing snow-plows. Finally he dis
covered that a ! HOi ! ! he had cinttrsictod
would not only clear away the snww rap
idly and well , but would throw it al-
mo.-t any place desired to send it. His
labor ? culminated in making the ma
chine here described :
The front is a tremendous knife-
wheel ten feet in diameter , making from
200 to oOO revolutions per minute , cut
ting twdve inches of the snow-bank
with oach of the Jour steel knives at
every turn. The snow thus cut is de
livered on twelve shovels revolving in
an opposite direction at the same rate
and hurling it ( by centrifugal force ) out
of the shout at the top. The cutting
and shovel wheels are made to revolve
by a jiystcm of four gear wheel ? , the
two sides ones being supplied with
cranks to which are attached powerful
engines * .
With one locomotive to hold the knives
up to their work , the machine cuts
the snow and hurls it far enough away
to make it of no further trouble. At
the exhibition in March the snow was
cast to a great distance , being hard and
mixed with sand , having lain on the
track from December 1st , until March
28th. The monster went right through
the compact mass and delivered the
hard , iro7.cn unow 2.05 feet from the
track , over ten other tracks and above
a trestle work thirty two feet high.
The best steel is used in the con
struction of the kniveri and shovels and
all important parts of the machine. Its
gross weight is forty-six tons , its work
ing capacity two to ten miles an hour ,
according to thcf drift to be removed : it
is reversible antl throws the snow on
cither side of the track at the will of the
engineer. This excavator is entirely
different from the plow now in use and
will'revolutionize the methods hereto
used by railroads in raising snow block-
ides. Chicago Tribune.
SKXATOII JjOHAX has introduced a bill
to pension survivors of rebel prisons.
There were 108.000 federal soldiers thus
icld by the enemy of whom about GO- ,
000 died , leaving 48,000 for exchange.
[ t is not believed that more than half
this number are living. General Logan's
jill provides that those confined for two
months and less than four months shall
receive $2 per month ; for less than six
months' confinement$4 ; for six months
ind less than a year , G , and $ S per
month for those confined one"year or
longer , and commutation for rations ,
juarters and medical attendance at the
rate of $2 per day , 1
1
St. Patrick's Pills correct bilious ilNonlers
mil prevent all diseases arising fiom them.
s'olil by 3f. A. Synhlinjand Willey& Walker.
Alden's Cyclopedia of U nlversal
Literature.
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'
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work as a popular educator in a high depart
i mentof learning. Tlu : plan is admirable
; Combining as it doiw a personal knowledge
of an author with specimens of his or her bes
literary productions , gives it an inestimabli
power lor good among the people. ' ' Tin
work is being published in parts of 100 page ,
each , paper covers , at the price of 1.1 cents
also in very handsome cloth-bound volumes
gilt tops , 4SO pages , for (50 ( cents. The parb
j can be exchanged for bound volumes at anj
'
time. Five partsarc-nowready , also the lire
, bound volume : volume two will be issued ii
March. The publisher's ipagc i : illiibtrate (
catalogue of .standaid books maybe had fo :
4 cents , orcomlen-cd IG-pajre catalogue , free
.Joiix U. AUM.Y : , Publisher , w York.
Anna Draper , of Hepburn , Iowa , brielh
states her opinion of Chamberlain's Cong !
Itemed } ' . She says it is far superior to anj
medicine Mie. ever used for croup. Sold bj
31. A. Spalding andVilIey fc Walker.
STOCK DIRECTORY.
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KTLPATJUCK BROTHERS.
( Successors to E. 1) . Webster. )
_ Horses branded on Icit hip or left shoulder
P. O. address , Estelle
Hayes county , aiid I5eat-
ricf. Nob. Itange. Stink-
J ? Water and Frencli
? man creeks. Chase Co. ,
I Nebraska.
Ilrand as cut on side ol
I some animals , on hip and
sides of some , or any
where on the animal.
STOKK ? & TROTH.
IM ) . addn ss'arrico ,
Hayes count j. Ncli
Kaii u : Hcil Willow
creek , above Carrico
Stock branded as
above Also run tho
lazy CM brand.
TIHXKY T. CHURCH.
Postolnce.Osborn.Xcb.
Itnnge : lied Willow
creek , in S.V. . corner of
Frontier county.
Cattle branded OLD
on right side. Also , an
over crop on right ear
and under crop on left.
Also , run O brand on right shoulder
Horses branded 3 on right shoulder.
J FREDERICK
Pi > tollice address , 3
Cook. Nebraska.
It a u eh * Four
southwest of McC ook ,
on thcDritrwood.
Stock brandc'l AJ on
the loft hip.
PAXTOX CATTLE CO.
B. MKPJivr ; . Cencral .Manager.
Po toIIicc addresMc
Cook. Neb. Katich : At
irint' Canyon on the
Jl-Yt'nclntian Hivi'r , Clmst ;
( county. Nebraska.
I Stock branded a > above :
Jiilso 717 on lott idc ; 7
- on tlitriplit hip and L on
shoiiliici : L , on lei t shoulder and A
on lelt jaw. Hull tinder-crop left ear , and
square-crop rijrht ear.
SP1UXG CKEEK CATTJ.E CO.
.1. D. AVKI.IIOHX , Vice President and Supt.
I' . O. address , Iiidiano-
la. Xcbras-ka.
Itau o : Kcpublican
Valley , cast of Dry
Creek , and near head ol
Spring Creek , in Chase
county , Nebraska.
EATOX BROS. & CO.
P. O. address. McCook.
.Nebraska. Uune , south
of McCook.
Cattle branded on left
hip. Also , 10 , 5. A anj
11 brands on left hip.
Horses branded the
same on left shoulder.
JO FIX F. BLAC KT
Breeder of IMTKOVKU Sitnni *
Uclanc. Mcri
no and South
down. Person
al inspection
and corres
pondence so
licited.
Address him
at Ited Willow
Xcbra ka.
ANY 02JE
In need Of a ; rood liniment. ] ) lea--e call at our
storeand jrc > tibottli'oriunfi < sTi riOAiOiu
nnc of theino'.t perfect medicines ovec pro
duced , and warranted to curt' cald > , l.urn ,
bruises' , etc. . and rt-licve pain of all kind * . For
nale > y M. A. Spaldinjrand S. L. Orccn.
Republican Yalley Lands.
These Lands were carefully selected , are of an excellent qual-
ity , and are for sale on easy terms.
40-3m. j. c. McBRIDE , Lincoln , Nebraska.
MRTROPOLITAN
Ul DRUG STOR
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< i McCOOK , NEBRASKA. 5 n
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S j M. A. SPALD1NG , PROPRIETOR. 51
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JI z Pianos and Organs , \ I
| SEWING MACHINES. \ F
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\ J. A. TAYLOR , Druggist. \
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DEALERS IN
Sash , Doors. Blinds , Lime , Cement ,
HARD AND SOFT COAL.
YARDS AT
Bertrand. Elwooa.Oxford , Edison , ArapaIioeCambriclge. Indianola , McCookCulbert-
son. Straiton. Trenton and Benkelman in Neb. Yuma and Akron in Colo.
CHEAPEST AND BEST
UNEQUALLED FOR
Power , Simplicity , Durability.
K-iIm.ui" . jiisido of Mill and I'limp complete upon application.
Every Mill Warranted. Send for Catalogue.
THE WOODMANSE
TliK mill l < a " ' olM wheel" and the lie t yclf-reftulator made. The
WiXMlman * * ! ; No. n. rnnip i < tinfoet slnjrle actlnK force pump In the
marki't. Will.ork In wells from HI to 2l ) fcut tu depth , and has back
atUi'hinents to fi.rcc water into elevated tanks. Can l ( ; used by hand
or windmill. I'.irtiei rimtem [ > Utln tinerectlun i.f a Windmill will
tuiiviilt their lMt IntL-n-Ma by calling at Homestead. . . .
my 1J.1 miles X.V.
of Mcl'iKik. or at It. .I.ilinstun's. 3 miles S. K. . nml at Hewitt Market
Cardeii. S. K. of MrCiioR , nnd examine the working of. the AVoodmanse.
W. M. IRWIN , Agent ,
Woodmanse Windmill Co. , Freeport , HI.
McCOOK FEED MILL
,
C. A. NETTLETON , Prop.
Kinds of Feed Ground.
/
( JOHN SHELLED ANT ) GHOOD. JJOLTEI ) . ETC.
2 BLOCKS EAST OF RUSSELL'S BARN ,
[ |
McCOOK , - - NEBRASKA.
!
i :
C. P. RINKER ,
-AGENT FOR
III
WIND MILLS AND PUMPS.
n-oj one l my e > tnblNliniciit in .McCook , I uill bt { len.-M to M-C all of my
Itl pations and iiianj now ones.ns 11I1 j-11 better frootN at lower li ure > than ever before
tTt-rcd -McCook. . Call anil tci ; inc. 40
CORNER MAIN AND RAILROAD STS. McCOOK , NEB.