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VOLUME V. MeCOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , JANUARY 6,4886 NUMBER 32.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF
Dress Good rcoats !
WILL BE CLEARED OUT AT AN IMMENSE REDUCTION FROM FORMER PRICES I
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OUT THE STOCK TO PREPARE FOR OUR ANNUAL INVENTORY. PRICE GOODS ALL OVER TOWN , AND
IF WE DON'T SAVE YOU 25 PER CENT. OUR NAME IS NOT
AGENTS FOR BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS. T
MAIL ORDERS HAVE PR03IPT ATTENTION. JLl
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YOU DIDN'T DISAPPOINT US IN 1886 WE RECIPROCATE
By knocking the bottom out of prices ; thus helping you to start your first order
for 1887. THE CAMPAIGN this year will be a lively one. FALL in and
march with us at the HEAD OF THE. .COLUMN. WE PROPOSE
to make it RED Hotf the coining year for competition. A REGU
LAR SINGERJ. ! CLOSE B.UYERS , men who * dwell on facts ,
are requested to call and see us and simply get our prices
and examine our goods before placing your orders.
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NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL
Dry Goods , Boots , " Shoes and Clothing
and we are going to do it if PRICES are any object to you. We
NEVER CARRY over goods from one season to another and
we offer you DRY GOODS , BOOTS , SHOES AND
CLOTHINGbelow the cost of production.
5 Cans A. Lusk's California Plums $1.00
5 Cans A. Lusk's California Grapes 1.00
G Cans 3-lb. all-yellow Peaches 90c
"Slap Jack" Varnisbsometimes , called Maple Syrup.per can 50c
New Crop Valencia Raisins per pound lOc
9 Cans 3-lb. Standard Tomatoes 1.00
10 Cans 2-lb. Standard Corn 1.00
10 pounds Roasted Coffee : 1.00
1-pound-Can " 0. M. Best" Baking Powder 25c
Perique Roasted Coffee , G Ibs. for § 1.00
( Be spry if you want any. )
Evaporated Ring Apples , per pound only 12c
( "Better take a Box. " )
E. C. or "Extra Climax" Tobacco per pound 40c
You won't need your , "Specs" to find BARGAINS quoted in this paper. All
our goods are bought for spot cash at a big discount , and we will give the
public a chance to get their Groceries at WHOLESALE Prices.
We expect a goodly slice of your trade may be placed on the plate of
J. C. ALLEN & CO. ,
CORNER MAIN AND DENNISON STS.
HV I'- , JelP'Goods delivered promptly to any part of the city.
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MeCOOK , NEBRASKA.
The Howard Lumber Co
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
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j\in. WITTROCK was an amateur at
train robbing it was his first crime of
that sort , but he had kept a coal yard
and from that the descent is rapid. It
is but a short step from keeping a coal
yard to robbing an express car. When
that is borne in mind , his success as an
express robber , although an entirely
new hand at it , does not appear so re
markable after all. Chicago Times.
REFERRING to the rum traffic , that
great metropolitan journal , the New
York Tribune , has this to say :
"If indeed the moral sense of man is be
coming'keener ami more sensitive the time
cannot be distant when the American con
science will rise in revolt against the agen
cies which put the very souls of thousands
under a servitude compared to which Afri
can slavery was a blessing , and which de
bauchprivate life and government , sinking
the individual and the body politic in one
common abasement.
THE whiskey men are making a
great deal of capital out of the an
nouncement that " 500 jugs of whiskey
were taken to Atlanta the day before
Christmas. " Men will soon get tired
of such as that , and only old soaks will
indulge in jugs. Men of family will
not care to take jugs of whiskey home
to their wives and children. The jug
business is a bluff game that won't win
where there is a reasonable amount of
intelligence.
A JUST , humane and really moral na
ture is often shocked with the contem
plation of the monstrous distinctions
allowed between the sexes in the mat
ter of social obligations and ethical re
quirements. It is one of the inexplica
ble mysteries that society , chiefly com
posed of womanly purity , refinement ,
and intelligence , will consent to re
ceive into its sphere , and there pay
court to the known seducer , while
scrupulously , even scornfully , closing
its doors against the seducer's victim.
It is one of the heinous remnants of
barbarian customs that the law will in
carcerate the thief , imprisen the de
faulter , and yet gaze with indifference
at the roue , the libertine , and the be
trayer of innocence. Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
THE other day I saw a dog trying to
bury a live rabbit which he had caught.
He held the rabbit in his mouth while
he dug its grave with his paws. When
the grave was prepared , he put its un
willing occupant into it , covered it up
carefully , and , after patting the dirt
well with its paws , retired to a little
distance and lay down , watching it.
Presently bunny , doubtless thinking
that the moment of escape had arrived ,
arose from the tomb and started off on
a run. The dog soon caught him and
buried him again. Three times the lit
tle animal resurrected itself and each
time the dog caught and buried it , but
on the fourth trial concluded that the
rabbit was a little too lively for a corpse ,
and killed it before proceeding with the
obsequies. Ex.
Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup
Will relieve that cough almost instantly
and make expectoration easy. Acts simul
taneously on the bowels , kidneys and liver ,
thereby relieving the lungs of that soreness
and pain and also stopping that tickling
sensation in the throat by removing the
cause. One trial of it will convince any one
that it has no equal on earth for coughs and
colds. McMillen & Weeks have secured the
sale of it and will guarantee every bottle to
give satisfaction.
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WHY don't Commissioner Sparks at
tack somebody of his size ? He talks
loud , but when he hits anybody to hurt
it is nine times in every ten , some poor
settler in a mud house or a tent upon
the bleak prairies of the Northwest.
He has by his red tape created more
sorrow and caused more heart burnings
among this class of poor pioneers than
all the men who have preceded himin
the Land office.
THE managers of the State Journal ,
if they must have the Topics column
continued , should hire the services of
Calhoun for a few minutes a day. Cal. ,
the originator of the column and who
made it , while he was with the Journal ,
the most attractive feature of the pa
per , could write more good sense in
five minutes than the present head of
that column can extract from his
sterile brain in a week. Ord Quiz.
SOME people have an idea that news
papers will lie. Others are so wise
that they will only believe a newspaper
report when they think it would be
easier for a paper to tell the truth than
to tell a lie. Others think it would be
evidence of flashing wit to reject with a
derisive laugh any evidence of author
ity which comes from "the papers.1
To such an extent has this thoughtless
judgment of the press been carried that
much of its sphere of usefulness has
been circumscribed. It is true that
there must be some occasion for this
wide-spread impression there must be
some fire where there is so much smoke
yet how many men can show a record
for correctness , accuracy and truthful
ness that will at once compare with the
average newspaper ? The editor gathers
his news from a thousand sources , from
acquaintances and strangers , from letters
and papers. He sifts and culls , hunts
and details , endeavors to gee "the
straight'1 of every story he publishes ,
for it goes to the world over his own
naind , and he knows that in a great
measure he will be held responsible.
The private individual hears a piece of
gossip , listens carelessly , tells it to an
otherwith equal carelessness , and if
called on for details , in nins cases out
of ten , cannot give enough of them to
make an intelligent item for the paper.
"Writing makes an exact man , " says
Lord Bacon ; the newspaper verifies the
truth of the statement. Let anyone
doubt this , sit down and put on paper
some piece of gossip , with the purpose
of having it printed over his name , and
he will see in a moment how little he
knows about a matter he thought him
self familiar witb. And he will won
der , not that the newspaper should con
tain occasional inaccuracies and mis-
statements , but that it contains so few.
And his wonders will wonderfully in
crease when he remembers that the ed
itor has to depend for much of what he
publishes on the common run of man
kind. Exchange.
Purify Your Blood.
If your tongue is coated ,
If your skin is yellow and dry ,
If you have boils ,
If you have fever ,
If you are thin and nervous ,
If you are bilious.
If you are constipated ,
If your bones ache ,
If your head aches ,
If you have no appetite ,
If you have no ambition ,
one bottle of BEGOS' Br.oon PUJHFIER AXD
BLOOD MAKER will relieve any and all of the
above complaints. Sold and warranted by
ilcilillen& Weeks.
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LYTLE BROS. & CO. ,
DEALERS IN GENERAL
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small profits is our motto.
The First National Bank
OF MCCOOK , 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.