VOLUME V. McCOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , AUGUST 26 , 1886. NUMBER 13.
THE SEAS APPROA
WHEN YOU WANT A CHANGE. WE ARE HERE TO ASSIST YOU. .
OUR STOGK OF ;
MEN'S , BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S HATS AND CAPS
;
' Has Arrived Come and Inspect Our Handsome Assortment.
ll you send the Boys to school ? If s'o we are receiving a full and complete line
of Serviceable School Suits and odd pants.
Anything f Everything in Dry Goods , ClothingFurnishings. .
HARD TIMES !
FIRST QUALITY WARRANTED STEEL
Barbed Wire
AT
4 % CENTS
F > RR POUND.
These Prices are for Spot Cash
AND DURING
AUGUST ONLY.
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W. C. LaTOURETTE & CO.
EVERYTHING NEW !
McCracken's Jewelry Store
WHEN YOU WANT A
Watch , Clock , Jewelry ,
OR
.
Always go to McCracken's first and. save time and money
and you will invariably find just what you are looking for.
Beware of buying from those outside the regular jewelry busi
ness. There is no advantage of dealing with uuprincipled trad
ers , deceiving they care not who. McCracken. is a square dealer
.
and guarantees satisfaction. Only first-class work done and
.
warranted.
EAST SIDE MAIN AVENUE , McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
B. & M. TIME TABLE.
EAST LEAVES : KAST LEAVES :
No.2 0:40 , A. M. 1 No. 40 3:2Tj , P. M.
"WEST LEAVES : WEST LEAVES :
No. 39 12:50. P. M. I No.l 8:35 , P.M.
E Eastbound trains run on Central Time ,
and westbound trains on Mountain Time.
Freight trains do not carry passengers.
It. R. WOODS , Agent.
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
CONGREGATIONAL Preaching services
every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock , andeven-
ingat 7:30 o'clock. Sunday School at 10 o'clock ,
A. M. , all mountain time.
JOEL S. KELSET , Pastor.
METHODIST. Services every Sunday at 10 :
30 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. . mountain time. Sun
day School at 3 P. M. All are cordially invited.
Seats free. W. S. WHEKLEK , Pastor.
LUTHER AX Services the second and fourth
Sundays of each month at 130 : ! , A. M. , and
8:00 , P. M. , cenrail time , at the School House
J. W. KIMMEL , Pastor.
CATHOLIC. Services will be held in the
church once every fouryeeks. .
THOMAS CULLEX ; Pastor.
A. O. TJ. W. McCook Lodge No. 61 , will meet
the first and third Mondays of each month in
the Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren cordially
invited. DK. D. B. DAVIS , M.V. .
W. H. DAVIS. Recorder.
McCooK LEGION No. 7 , SELECT KNIGHTS ,
A.O. or U.W. Meets every second and fourth
Tuesday evenings of each month in Masonic
Hall. All visiting comrades cordially invited
to assemble with us. S. D. HUNT ,
A. H.DAVIS , Recorder. Commander.
McCOOK LODGE A. F. & A. M.
Regular meetings on the first and
third Tuesday evenings of each
month. S. L. GHEE * , W. M.
W. S. WEBSTEK , Secretary.
McCOOK CHAPTER , U. D. Meets on the
first and third Thursdays of each month , at
Masonic Hall. Visiting companions cordially
invited. W. W. FISHEK , H. P.
T. G. REES , Secretary.
CONSTANTINb COMMANDERY. U. D.-
Meets every second and fourth Thursday
nights in each month. Visiting Sir Knighta
courteously invited. E. E. LOVTMAN , E. C.
S. COKDEAL , Recorder.
"WILLOW GHOVE LODGE K. or P. , No.
42. Meets every Wednesday evening
.t Masonic Hall.
Hall.J.
J. W. CAMPBELL , C. C.
C. H. BOYLE , K. R. S.
I. O. O. F. McCook Lodge No. 137 , T. O. O. F. ,
meets every Friday evening , at 7 o'clock , in
Masonic Hall. All visiting brothers are invit
ed to meet witn us. H. H. BERRY , N. G.
H. TKOWBKIDGE , Permanent Secretary.
B. OF L. E. Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers. Meet first and fourth Saturdays of
each month. S. E. HOGE , Chief.
J. C. AXDEIISOX , F. A. E.
J. K. BARNES POST G. A. R. Regular moet-
ings second and fourth Monday evenings of
each month at Masonic Hall.
J. A. WILCOX , Commander.
J. H. YAHGEU , Adjutant.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
0. L. LA7TS , Sestitsr. 5. P. BiBCCCS , 2eei7ir.
OFFICE Hoons : From 9 A. M. to 12 M. , and
1 to 4 P. M. , mountain time.
THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL ,
Gm E. JOHNSTON , PROP.
McCOOK , : : 2TEBBASKA.
This house has been completely renovated
and refurnished throughout , and is first-class
in every respect. Kates reasonable. 4-36
WILLIAM McINTYRE ,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER ,
CULBERTSON. NEBRASKA.
All work warranted. All material furnished
if desired. Work done on short notice.
JOHN F. COLLINS ,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
McCOOK. - - NEBRASKA.
ll reeehe prompt attention at my shop
on Uennbon St. , opposite McCoot Koue. Plans and
specificationfurnished If de rert.
SPOTTS
FASHIONABLE
BARBERS & HAIR CUTTERS.
Oppo-ite Chicago Lumber Yard ,
MAIN STREET. - JIcCOOK. SEBKASKA.
A I PT Send 10 cents postage , and. we
A ML I willmailyouviuiEaroyal.val-
ll 11 I uable , sample box of goods
VII I that will put you in the way of
making more money at once , than anything ( I
else in. America. Both sexes of all ages can t i
live at home and work in spare timiv or all the
time. Capital not required. "We will start you.
Immensepaysure for those who start at once. j
4-25-lyr. Smfsojf & Co. , Portland , Maiae. |
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WE see by the dispatches from Ari
zona that old Geroniino is in a tnip.
"We are sorry for the bait.
IT may be that civil service reform
will have to be abolished , simply to save
this administration from becoming
chronic liars.
THE indications are that Secretary
Bayard's brain is getting too heavy for
,
his backbone in the Cutting affair.
Providence Journal.
THE president remarked to a visitor
at one of his receptions the other day :
"It is very warm todayand a Boy in
the crowd rang a chestnut bell.
UP in Dakota they are utilizing the
tramn to do the crow-act. That is , for
food , aitd a small remuneration , the
tramp consents to act as a scarecrow in
the wheat fields.
"PLEASE , sir , how will you have your
steak ? " shyly asked the pretty waiter
girl. "Well done , good and faithful
servant , " ' said the dignified young stu
dent , impressively.
THE people of Trenton are preparing
to have a grand harvest home jubilee
pic-nic , next Saturday , August 28th.
If you want to enjoy such an occasion
be sure to participate with them.
AUDACITY is the chief weapon of
Muscovite diplomancy. While other
powers were shedding gallons of ink in
correspondence Russia stepped in and
tore the crown from the head of the
Bulgarian prince. M. De Geirs acts
first and explains afterward.
JEFFERSON DAVIS , in addressing a
Democratic t convention , said , "Fellow
Mississippians , I can not address you
as fellow citizens. " But he would only
have had to have hinted that he wanted
it different to the present Congress.
The fellow citizens he marched with are
in the saddle and call the roll.
THE Lincoln Daily Democrat shows
the happy , enlivening inspiration of the
"Genial Topics Man's' ' facile , graceful
quill. Calhoun has the rare faculty of
stating matters with the greatest pun
gency and incisiveness , yet withal in
the most apparent good humor. His
bitterest medicine is administered on
the sweetest couvevance.
CHICAGO puts her foot , and our read
ers will appreciate what that signifies ,
down on anarchists in a most emphatic
manner. Seven of the ring-leaders have
been sentenced to death , and one to 15
years imprisonment , for their share in
the Hay-market affair. The wholesome
lesson will be applauded and supported
by every law-abiding citizen in the nation.
A NEWSPAPER published in Illinois
recently brought suit against 43 men
who would not pay their subscription ,
and obtained in each case a judgment
for the full amount of the claim. Of
these , 23 made affidavit that they owned
no property in excess of what the law
allowed them , thus preventing an at
tachment. Tlrtjn under the new law of
congress making the taking of a news
paper from a post-office , without paying
for it , theft.they were arrested for petit
larceny and were bound over in the sum
of $300 each. All but six gave bail ,
and the others went to jail.
LYTLE BROS. & CO ,
DEALERS IN GENERAL
HARDWARE.
MARSHALLTOWi iRIEDi WIRE ,
IRON AND WOOD PUMPS , ETC. ,
McCOOK AND BENKELMAN , NEBRASKA.
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS :
GEO. HOCKNELL , PRESIDENT B. M. FREES , VICE-PRESIDENT ,
F. L , BROWN , CASHIER. A.CAMPBELL. R. O. PHILLIPS. .