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Sash , Doors , Blinds , Lime , Cement ,
HAEB AND SOFT COAL ,
EMAIN OFFICE AT :
McCOOK , NBJBRASKA.
( INCORPORATED UNDER STATE LAWS. )
Paid up Capital , $50,000,00 ,
Collections made on all accessible points. Drafts drawn directly on the principal
cities of Europe. Taxes paid for Non-Residents. Money to loan on farming
lands , Tillage and personal property. Fire insurance a specialty.
Tickets For Sale to and from Europe ,
RESPONDENTS : \ V. FRANKLIN , President.
First National Bunk , Lincoln , Nebraska. J. JOHN K. CLARK , Vice-Presldent.
The Chemical National : Bnnk , New York. ) A. C. EBERT , Cashier.
Superior to auy on the maiket , licins ; Heavier , Stronger Built ,
nml therefore a more Durable Mill. It Is the only
absolutely safe Mill built ; anil out of
Thousands Erected During 12
Years past , not one hr.s ever blown away and left the Tower
standing. A record no other Mill can show. "NVe offer
to put up any of our PUMP1XG MILLS
ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL ,
And If they don't give satisfaction , will remove Mill at on
own expense. Also Manufaeturers of the Celebrated
Challenge Feed Mills , CornShcllcrs , Iron Pumps
with brass cylinders , Iron Pipe , Tanks.
For estimates , catalogues and prices , apply to
G. U. NETTLETON , McCook , Nel > . ,
Agent for Southwestern Xcbraskn and Northwestern Kansas.
ce aid Silecrccn h the HeCeoi Feed Hill , Eailrcad St.
OF MeCOOK , NEBRASKA.
Makes First Mortgage Loans on Farm Property ,
OFFICE IN FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
A. CAMPBELL , PRESIDENT. B. M. FREES , 1ST VICE PRESIDENT.
GEO. HOCKNELL , SECRETARY. R. O. PHILLIPS , 2ND VICE PRESIDENT
F. L. BROWN TREASURER.
The Howard Lumber Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
MeCOOK , NEBRASKA.
FOR SALE BY ;
Tiie
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
ILL
C. A. NETTLETON , Prop.
All Kinds
GRAHAM FLOUR , FINE MEAL , AND ALL KINDS
OF MEAL ON HAND AND FOR SALE.
McCOOK NEBRASKA.
THE TRIBUNE OFFICE.
GLEHWOOD WOHDERS.
Heavy frost , this morning.
Mr. Ashley was in Glcmvood , Saturday.
Fred. Benjamin attended the caucus Sat-
unlay.
Mr. Graham was seen in our vicinity , yes
terday.
Mr. Brewer was on our streets , one day
last week.
Our school is in session , with Mr. Allumas
school-master.
Miss Julia Joy visited her mother of this
place , last week.
Etl. Benjamin went to the Willow , yester
day , on business.
Mrs. Webster was the guest of Mrs. X.
Burtless , last week.
The Messrs. Smith were in Glenwood , last
Tuesday , on business.
The report that N. Burtless has sold his
farm is a mistake. But it is for sale.
Quite Ji number of our people attended the
temperance meeting at Danbtiry , and report
a good time.
Little Arthur Joy has been quite sick , but
under the treatment of Dr. Critser is now
convalescent.
Willie Critser seems to be quite elevated
since he is the owner of a lovely little pony
purchased of X. Burtless.
Quite an exciting time in Glenwood , Oct.
15th , by lire. About fifteen people gathered
to extinguish the llames. After about two
hours of hard labor , they found it safe to
return home. This should be another warn
ing to be careful of fire.
October 2Gth. COUNTRY Cousix.
SOUTH SIDE LOCALS.
Our school house progressive apace.
Corn husking is on the tapis these times.
Moses Golfer went up to Akron last week.
A few showers on the program would
liven up things somewhat.
I
j School commenced last Monday with Miss
Lulu Nettleton as teacher.
Tom Kelley is building a fine comerib. It
will hold about 1,000 bushels.
Miss Dessa llileman is building a new
frame barn on her claim. Guess she don't
intend that chap's horse shall stand the blasts
of the chilly , wintry winds that meander
across these raw prairies.
John Whitakcr , our genial blacksmith of
the South Side , is putting up : i shop about
one mile south of town. To those wanting
a job done in a workman-like manner , we
would recommend them to John.
At last school district No. 8 is going to
have a school house ; if only ( he ) will not
resign , as he is the "only man thar are in the
deestrict that is capable of engineering the
thing , " ( in his mind , ) and we certainly want
thatcontinuance fund to build it diagliu , "
you know. Uxo.
LINCOLN'S CHILDHOOD.
Of all these years of Abraham Lincoln's
early childhood we know almost nothing ,
lie lived a solitary life in the woods , return
ing from his lonesome little games to hi
cheerless home. He'never talked of these
days to his intimate friends. Once , whei
asked what he remembered about the war
with Great Britain , he replied : ' 'Nothing
but this. I had been fishing one day and
caught a little fish which I was taking home.
I met a soldier in the road , and having always
been told at home that we must be good to
the soldiers , I gave him my fish. " This is
only a faint glimpse , but what it shows is
rather pleasant the generous child ami the
patriotic household. But there is no question
that these first years of his life had their last
ing effect upon the temperament of this great
mirthful and melancholy men. He had little
schooling. He accompanied his sister Sarah
to the only schools that existed in their neigh
borhood , one kept by Zachariah Iliney , and
another by Caleb Hazel , where he learned his
alphabet and a little more. But of all those
advantages for the cultivation of a young
mind and spirit which every home now offers
to its children , the books , toys , ingenious
games , and daily devotion of parental love ,
he knew absolutely nothing. X-icolay and
Hay , in the Xovember CEXTURY.
Notice of Election.
Xotice is hereby given , that on Tuesday ,
the 2nd day of Xovember , 1SSG , next , at the
office of S. II. Colvin , in the city of McCook ,
I Jed Willow county , Xebraska , an election
will be held for Councilman for the First
Ward , to fill vacancy made by the resigna
tion of W. W. Palmer , which election will
be open at S o'clock in the morning , moun
tain time , and will continue open until G
o'clock in the afternoon , mountain time , of
the same day.
Dated , this (5th ( day of October , ISStt.
JOHN KKI.LEY , City Clerk.
Salt Rheum or Eczema ,
Old sores and ulcers ,
Scaldhead and ringworm ,
Pain in the back and spine ,
Swelling in the knee joints ,
Sprains and bruises ,
Neuralgia and toothache ,
Tender feet caused by bunions , corns and
chilblains , I warrant BEG us' Tizoi'iCAr , OIL
to relieve any and all of the above. .
MCMII.I.EX & WEEJCS.
Teachers' Reading Circle.
o
A meeting of the Teachers' Heading Circle
ivill be held at Indianola on Saturday , Oct.
? 0th , commencing at 2 P. M. , at which all
members are requested to be present. The
following reading is recommended to be
lone in the meantime : History Babylonia
md Assyria ; Botany Chapter 1 ; Page
Chapter IV ; Princess To part Hi.
At THE TRIUUXE stationery department
nay be found the following line of fraterni-
v cards in stock : G. A. 1J. , B. of L. E. . B.
> 'f L. F. , O. It. C. , B. of K. B. , A. O. of U.
iV. , I. O. O. F. , K. P. . A. F. & A. M. , Teleg-
aphers. etc. Call and inspect them , if
; ou desire anything in that line.
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is
i safe and certain cure for sore nipples , skin
ruptions scald head , tetter , piles , and all
imartiiig , itching diseases of the skin , and is
mi'iiualled fur chronic sore eves. Sold by
iVIIIey & Walker and MeMilleu & Weeks ,
THE FOREIGN LAND.
[ Coventry Patmore. ]
A womin is a foreign land.
Of which , though there ha settlo young ,
A man will ne'er quite understand
Tuo custom * , politics and tongue.
TUB fooli-ih hio thorn post-hasta throughl
6eo fashions odJ , and prospects fair.
Laru o' tho language , "How d'ye do , "
And go nn. ! bras ; that they've been ther-A
Tho most for leave to trade apply ,
( Fr oiiiia , at Empire's seat , her heart ,
j Then get whatknpvrleJfra ear and eyo
I Gleam cbancawise in the life-long mart ,
j An I certain others tew and flt.
Attach them fri the Court , and sea
The Cou < itry' best , its accent hit.
And partly sound ifc * polity.
FUN IN THE BACKWOODS.
Amateur Minstrel Shows lloforo the "War
Scenery , Stage and Audience.
IXew Yor'c Sun. ]
One trouble with amateur theatricals ,
is that they do not run to burnt cork.
Nothing is likelier to make a hit than a
minstrel show , oven when tho actors arc
I amateurs. When I was a boy amateur
I theatrical entertainments in my section
of tho country always included the per
formances of the negro minstrel , and
not unfrequently tho entire entertain-
| ment was a minstrel show. In the big
woods of northwestern Uhio and north
eastern Indiana entertainments by pro
fessional troupes of any kind were as
rare as good crops o wheat , and to re
lieve the tedium of the long winter even
ings'tho youug men organized negro
minstrel troupes from the home talent.
Tvro good jig dancers , half a dozen men
with good voices to sing and two rival
wits for end men completed tho com-
p-iny.
Xo scenery was needed. The theatre
was the old log school-house , or if in
town the hall of justice in the big frame
county court house. The stage was
made of big plank from tho nearest
saw-mill laid on wooden horses bor
rowed from village carpenters. And
the horses were placed very close to
gether down by the footlights where
the jig dancers "of ponderous frame and
muscle were wont to show their skill.
The footlights were candles , for that
was before the war and the days of ker
osene , and thoeyes of the "audience
were shielded from tho footlight glare ,
on one occasion that 1 remember , by
the old fashioned square tin oyster cans
that had been imported full of oysters
from Baltimore and emptied by hungry
villagers. The curtain was always
made of fancy calico and was looped
back by a "puckering string. "
Admission was free. The actors
played for love of the fnn and there
was no expense in presenting the play.
The owner of the saw-mill loaned the
boards for the stage , boys borrowed
teams or took their own to transport
the lumber to the court house , grocers
contributed the candles , and other mer
chants tho calico. The donors occupied
the only reserved seats. The house was
always crowded , and more enthusiastic
audiences never greeted a troupe of any
merit.
A Hungarian Country House.
Thilailelolua Reconl. '
An English sportsman , having been
invited to a Hungarian country house
for a month's shooting , gave this very
frank description of it to a London
newspaper : Jtisan enormous building
of whitewashed brick , standing in a
moat , and strongly resembling an old-
fashioned work-house or county jail.
ccupying three sides of a square , t e
central court is of loose sandy shingle ;
nor , for some acres round the house , is
a tree higher than a fur o bush to bo
seen. For protection against the for < .
natur.u of of the count's vast hunting
grounds the environs of the houses are
"cleared" in a style which an American
pioneer would have applauded. A
walled garden , with a single small and
ill-built forcing house , constitutes the
grounds. Beyond , ail is plain and forest ,
forest and plain , interspersed with ham
lets , inhabited principally by the keep
ers and trackers of tho court.
Within all is as barrick-like as with
out. Ill-painted wainscot and ill-
whitev/ashed walls , ornamented here
and there with ill-proportioned bas-
relief , whitewashed , or rather yell ow
n-ashed , like the rest , pervade the vast
mansion , with the exception of the
state-rooms , which are hung with faded
3ama.sk and scantily filled with tho
meager furniture of the last century ,
n enormous hall , on whose walls
irophies of antlers and boars' heads are
3ivided by gun-racks and stacks of
irms , occupies the central ground floor ,
ind admits the winds of heaven to the
rast staircase and roomy corridors
ibove. Except in the state apartments
md in the countess' boudoir not a car
pet is to be seen , and of the forty bed-
jhambers there aro only eight in which
ireplaces are to be found.
Tho Jargon or the > "ort iwesf.
[ For. Pioneer Pre-y.j
A queer jargon is this Chinook. Once
ipon a time , when there were very few
) eople of very many nations in that
, \ist region dominated by the fur com
panies , embracing Oregon and Washing-
ion turriiories and all the country iying
o the northward ( the French , perhaps ,
) cing numerically the strongest ) , a sort
if congress of national representatives ,
'ormulated this universal language to
iicilitato intercourse.
The words in most common use were
idopted , a few of them purely native
lialect , but a very large proportion
mstard French. The remainder are
imply phonetic , expressing , when pro-
lounced , the ideas conveyed by the
ounds ; for instance , a steam engine is
luff-puff , and ha-ha is laughter. There
.re about : > oO words in all , and with
his limited vocabulary and the use of
igns , a man can travel the whole
lorthwest over. In fact , Chinook has
.Imost superseded the native dialects ,
'f ' which there aro no less than ten
ipon the const , and perhaps as many
tipre in tho interior. The different
ribes seldom attempt to converse in
ach other's language.
ISoncfits of "Grape Milk. "
[ Cliicaeo Times. ]
A gentleman living near Healdsburg ,
"al. , has for somo time been experi-
icnting in. what is called "grape milk. "
[ is efforts have at last been rewarded ,
[ e has now on hand about 400 bottles
f the pure grape juice , which ho nos
nly pronounces a good substitute for
ja , coffee and other stimulants , but
lore beneficial to health. He speaks
rom experience , having discarded toa
ud coffee and drank nothing tut
grape milk" for several week *
MeMILLEN & WEEKS ,
SUCCESSORS TO M. A. SPALD1NG.
j AND DEALERS IN
I Stationery , Blank Books , Wall Paper , Fine
Perfumes and Toilet Goods ,
Paints , Oils , Glass and all Painters5 Supplies ,
Prescriptions a Specialty.
ORDERS SOLICITED AND PROMPTLY FILLED.
C. P. RINKER ,
AGENT FOR-
T A m/r / Ti/mi / "pn/npAinno /
JrARM IMPLEMnNlb
,
WAGONS , BUGGIES , WIND MILLS AND PUMPS. '
DEERING MACHINES A SPECIALTY.
CORNER MAIN AND RAILROAD STREETS , McCOOK , NEB.
CEO. VT. BEDE. H. M. TAYLOR.
G. W. BEDE & CO.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS ,
L . S. LAND ATTORNEYS.
ESfClaim rclimiuislimonts for sale. Contest
cases attended and a general land business
transacted. Ollice. one block north of Post
OHice , .McCook , Neb. 45-Cin
H. G. DIXON ,
Real Estate and Loan Broker ,
JIcCOOK , NEBRASKA.
Special attention given to the sale of city
property. Houses rented and collections
made. Office opposite Commercial Hotel.
W. M. SANDERSON ,
DECORATIVE - : - ARTIST ,
SCENIC PAINTEK ,
Calsominin < r , Graining , Paper Hanjriiifr. etc.
with neatness and dispatch.
ROBERT DRYSDALE ,
MERCHANT TAILOR ,
MAIN STREET ,
.McCOOK NEFSKASKA
M. A. LIBBEE ,
INSURANCE !
McCOOK , NEB.
Fire and Lightning , Tornado
and Cyclone , Life and Acci
dent , Endowment and Semi-
Endowment Furnished in the
Best Companies in the United
States. Applications Prompt
ly Attended to. Correspond
ence Solicited.
CITY : - : BAKERY.
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PROPRIETORS.
"WE KEEP ON HAND
BREAD , PIES & CAKES.
GRAHAM BREAD.
Cakes Made on Order.
ROOM
[ n connection where you can get coHce.sdan-
wichcs , pics , etc. , at all hours. !
fseaps High Rents aid the Ctat of Heating a Room by using
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JL-C3 t ± -CTGVt3C3
Fnlding Tatls Bed.
7Sfi Stjki ) Sl3fo ° S30.
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OPEN Full Bed. 6 ft 2 In. long. j
ri/li ,
5WcI 57 ,
Guaranteed the Best
Ventilated Fold-
Ing Bed made.
Write for Catalogue. T * " j
CLOSED With all Bidding Ins.dt , \
Ask Tour Furnltnro Dealer for it.
FOREST CITY FURNITURE CO. i
WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS. I
* . XMJI3TOIS. '
KILPATRICK BROTHERS.
( Successors to E. D. Webster. )
Horses branded on loft hip or left shoulde r
P. O. address , Estellc ,
Hayes county , and tteat-
1 rice. Neb. Kan-re. Stink-
ins Water and French-
finan creeks , Chase Co. ,
' Nebraska.
Brand as cut on side of
I some animals , on hip and
sides of some , or any
whereon the animal.
JOHN F. BLACK.
Itreeder of IMPROVED SHEEP
MEKTNO
-AND-
SOUTIIDOWN
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Personal in
spection and
correspon
dence solicit
ed.
ed.Address
Address him
at Ked Willo
Nebraska.
SP11IXG CREEK CATTLE CO.
.T. D. WEI.BOHNVice President anil Supt.
P. O. address , Indiano
la , Nebraska.
Range : Republican
Valley , east of Dry-
Creek , aud near head of
Spring Creek , in Chase
county , Nebraska.
STOKES & TROTH.
P. O. address. Carrico ,
Hayes county. Neb.
Kan-re : Ked Willow-
creek , above Carrico.
Stock branded as abovt
Also run the following-
brands : S , J-P , U , X
Horse brand lazy CO.L
EATON BROS. & CO.
P. O. address , McCook ,
Nebraska. Kange , south
fcof McCook.
Cattle branded on left
Ihip. Also , ] 0 ? 5 , ft and
11 brands on left hip.
Horses branded the
same on left shoulder.
CHICAGO. APRIL 21st , J6S .
This 15 to certify , that the Illinois Trust and
Savings Hank has this day received from the
Union Cigar Company of Chicago , to be held
as a Special Deposit.
U. S. 4 ° ! o Coupon Bonds ,
as follows :
So. 22023 D. 8100. - , Market Value of which h
" 41204 100. | _ _
" -nso ; 100. L 1019
" C2S70 1UO. f % DIVM .
Sboo. ) ( S. ) ? . s. Cites. Cash.
We offer the above as a FORFEIT , if our
" FANCY GROCEIl" docs not prove to be a
genuine Havana-filler Cigar.-Umon Cigar Co.
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Our LV L03IA lOc. Cigar is strictly Hand
ca = = . fcJesan : quality. Supenorworkmanhip.
Sold by a ! ! Grocers.
75 X. CUnton St. , - CHICAGO %
Detail by
HAYDEN & COMPANY ,
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