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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1895)
- - - . . , i' tM - - - - a - - . . . . . . s .Y r . , , 1 ! F 4 . . ! . . - V ' h r lb u n c . : : : : L 'THIRTEENTH YEAR. M'eCOUK RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY EVENING , APRIL. 26 , 1895. NUMBER 49 A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE. Very Agreeable and Cleverly ' Managed Party. t On last. Saturday Mr. C. L. DeGroff glassed another mile stone in life's journey - ney and the occasion was duly celebrated by a surprise party engineered by Mrs. DeGroff , who was ably assisted in her preparations by Mesdames S. E. Taylor and H. H. Troth. Invitations were out for 6:30 o'clock , and the guests were at once invited into the dining room , where the guests were seated at small tables in groups of four by states. The several tables were prettily - tily set with appropriate wares and nap' ery , a beautiful carnation occupying each plate. The refreshments , which were attractive and appetizing , were served by Misses Ona Simon , Ethel Oyster , Maude Doan , Pearl Brewer and Addle Doan. During the serving , music both instrumental and vocal , was produced in : the adjacent parlor by Mr. F. A. Thomp. son , Misses Ellington Wilson , Florence Thompson and Lillian Troth , which was a pleasinb and unique feature. Miss v - Wilson's vocal solo was especially praise- worthy. High five was the game of the evening t and it was pursued with the usual interest - est and vigor until a late hour , when it t was found that there were four candidates - -dates for the evening's honors , Mesdames H. H. Easterday and H. P. Sutton and Messrs. Orville Burnett and F. M. Kim- well , Mrs. Sutton drew the lady's prize and Mr. Burnett the gentleman's. Mrs. Strasser and Mr. Easterday respectively captured the lady's and gentleman's booby prizes. Among the guests were : Messrs. and Mesdames C. F. Babcock , Jacob Burnett , Frank Kendlen , F. M. Kimmell , H. H. Troth , W. S. Morgan , J. F. Kenyon , A. S. Campbell , Orville Bur- nett , Samuel Strasser , H. H. Easterday , Patrick Gibbons , J.E.Allen , E. H. Doan , ' J J. W. Hupp , J. E. Kelley , C. T. Brewer , t S. E. Taylor. Mesdames H. P. Sutton , A. Campbell , G. W. Conner , W. C. La- , Tourette and C. D. Lyon of Milo , Iowa. It was in its every feature one of the most unique and felicitous social affairs held in the city in a long while. The City Fathers. ' The council met in regular session , Monday evening , present full board except - : cept Councilman Pope. A resolution ' was passed transferring $9r.o3 from the occupation tax fund to the general fund. Bills as follows were allowed : F. M. Kimmell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7.77 C. W. Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.00 Predmore Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.6o McCook Electric Light Co. . . . . . . ioo.oo ' A. G. Bump . . 39.00 i H. W. Cole . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00 J. F. Ganschow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 00 I. T. Benjamin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 Al. H. Holmes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 + L. R. Hileman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 J C. Predmore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 G. Orman 300 G. W. . Bowman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 H.W. Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 M. A. Spalding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 T. M. Phillippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Charles Weintz 3 oo G. W. Starr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 M. E. Homer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 J. E. Spaan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 C. F. Heber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 A. L. Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 W. H. Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 J. H. Yarger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 C. T. Beggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 C. F. Lehn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 A. N. Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 H. P. Sutton was made the unanimous choice for president of the council. The Mayor announced his appointment ( S of Ed. Jordan as chief of police and t Howe Smith as night policeman , and both appointments were confirmed. Reportof5reasurer Gray read and referred - ferred to finance committee. Druggists' permits were ordered issued to L. W. McConnell & Co. and Albert McMillen. Saloon licenses were ordered issued to Messrs. Samuel Strasser. Patrick Walsh two , and A. C. Clyde. Of the license derived from saloons $700 of each go into the school'treasury , the remaining $300 from each license go ' I into the occupation tax fund. C. G. Coglizer was appointed to run the street sprinkler and to do the other i - work required by the city for the ensu- i ' ing year. Adjourned. If you want to buy a first-class , high- grade new bicycle at way below the wholesale price , call at this office at once. There is a great bargain for a man r. with the ready money-almost half price , i L. I. McConnell & Co. have had their store room handsomely papered , this ( i . i ' . week. r { Lawn Sprinklers and hose and hose couplings. COCHRAN & Co. Good writing paper ten cents a quire at this office. McConnell's Sarsaparilla. Children Cryfor Pitcher's Castoria : . } " tl A nice variety of ink and pencil tablets - lets at this office. A. P. Bodwell of Lebanon was granted a pension , this week. Victor and Crescent bicylls. C. A. Leach , exclusive agent. Take a bottle of McConnell's Sarsaparilla - rilla for a spring medicine. Screen doors and wire cloth , all sizes , for sale by Cochran & Co. The Quick Meal gasoline stove is sold by Cochran & Co. They are the best on earth. Cochran & Co. handle the best Refrigerators - frigerators iii the market. A large stock now on hand. Now is the proper time to begin taking a spring medicine. McConnell's Sarsaparilla - parilla is the best thing to use. Some handsome new bex writing par - per just received at our stationery de- partment. Prices very reasonable. Cochran & Co.carry in stock the Olds , Charter Oak and Bain farm wagons. There are none better in the market. Refrigerators , gasoline stoves , screen doors and wire cloth. COCHRAN & CO. There is a possibility that the land under - der the Meeker ditch may be organized into a ditch district as provided by the Akers' irrigation law. We are authorized to announce that among the attractions of Decoration day will be some pretty swift bicycle racing. This information is soon-but official. Tuesday , C. S. King traded a 70 acre tract of land in Iowa to S. R. Seamands of Grant precinct for his quarter section of land over in that precinct. King is not faithless , but believing , in Red Willow - low county soil. The 23d annual session of the grand commandery , Knights Templar cf Nebraska - raska , convened on Tuesday afternoon in the Omaha Masonic hall. There were about 50 delegates present , T. G. Rees , grand standard bearer , representing No. i6 of our city. The postmaster-general , last Friday , amended the postal lawsand regulations regarding holidays. The amendment states that postmasters may observe as holidays January i , February 22 , May 30 , July 4 , the first Monday in September , known as Labor day , December 25 , and such other days as the president of the United States or the governors of the states in which they reside may designate - nate as fast or thanksgiving days or proclaim - claim specially as holidays. On other occasions their offices can be closed only after permission obtained from the de- partment. On holidays postoffices must be opened sufficiently to meet fairly the public convenience. It isn't the amount of religion a man has that makes him good and fits him for heaven , it is the amount he uses. Long prayers and loud professions do not count , but the man who loves his fellow men and fellow women ; who ministers - isters to the afflicted and wears a pleasant - ant smile for all , including his wife and children : who never swears or kicks the dog when he ought to kick himself who speaks well of people when their backs are turned and under all circumstances keeps an even mind-that man doesn't bave to die to go to heaven. He gets to feel happy all the time as a matter of habit and takes all the dispensations of life with philosophical satisfaction.-ex. The Bi-Metallic Club. The meeting of the club which was to have been held Saturday evening last , was postponed until Tuesday evening of this week , when the permanent organization - zation of the club was effected by the adoption of the constitution and by-laws of the club , which were presented by the committee previously appointed to prepare - pare the same. It was decided to hold regular meetings - ings of the club each Tuesday evening , at S o'clock , in the rooms in the A. O.U. W. temple block recently vacated by Dr. L. J. Spickelmier. The club claims to be following a strictly non-partisan course , the object of the organization being simply to further - ther the cause of the free coinage of gold and silver at the rates of i6 to i as prior to 1873 , and for the instruction of all the members in the science of money. Quite a fund ofliterature is being provided to this end. P. A. Wells has consented to deliver a free coinage address at the club rooms on next Tuesday evening , April moth , at 8 p. m. The public are cordially invited to attend and all who wish will then be given ann opportunity to join the club : t r < . . ' Field Day of Athletic Association. The following are the results of the contests of the Practice Field Day held by the Athletic Association of the Mc- Cook Public Schools , on the McCook base hail grounds , Saturday afternoon , April2oth , 1895 : Base Ball Throw-First , Abner Clark , 105 yards. Second , John Mullen , 93 yards , 2 feet. Putting the Shot-First , Michael O'- Leary , 39 feet , 7 incises. Second , Frank Iieuderaon , 38 feet , 2 inches , Throwing the Hammer-First , Michael O'Leary , 6o feet. Second , Kttud Stange- land , 45 feet , 5 inches. Standing High Jump-First , James H. Fowler , 4 feet , 5 inches. Second , Michael O'Leary , 4 feet , 4inches. . Runuiug Vigil Jump-First , Michael O'Leary , 4 feet , 6 inches. Standing Broad Jump-First , Michael O'Leary , 9 feet , inches. Second , J H. Fowler , 9 feet , 34 inch. Running Broad Jump-First , Michael O'Leary. 4 feet. 8inches. . Second , Frank IIenderson , 14 feet , 6 inches. loo-VardsHandicap-First , J. H. Fowler - ler , time II ; ; seconds. Second , Michael O'Leary. Dash-First Frank Hen- so-Yards - , - derson , time seconds. Second , J H. Fowler. 34-Mile Bicycle Race-First , Ray Mc- Carl , time 36 seconds. Second , Fred Brewer. -Mile Race-First Mc- - Bicycle - , Ray - Carl , time i minute , 47 seconds. Owing to the wind only one heat of the % -niile bicycle race was run. LouIs THOItGRIMSON , Supervisor. J. SPAAN , Manager of Athletics. . The New Ball Nozzle.a The new "ball nozzle" is all the rage in the east. The force which holds a ball in the nozzle of a hose when the water is turned on , causing a beautiful spray to be formed , is utterly confounding - ing the wise man. The fact that a ball would remain in the mouth of a nozzle and refuse to fly out even under the highest pressure , was discovered by accident - dent , it is said , by a citizen of Des Moines , who got a potato in the nozzle of his hose and could not take it out until the water was turned off. Now these manufacturers are making the ball nozzles almost by the million , and they are causing much wonder and speculation - tion wherever they go. The firemen are already using them to put out incipient fires. They say they can march through a building sending a wall of spray before them that drives out the smoke better than a draught of air. There is no back pressure from one of these nozzles , a thing that is also very much of a mys- tery. One man can handle a hose equipped in this way easier than two can without the new device. A Merry Ball. Last Saturday evening a large company - ny of invited guests gathered at the commodious - modious residence of W. G. Dutton in Valley Grange precinct and enjoyed a masquerade ball given in honor of Mr. P. A. Wells and of Miss Anna Mulhol- land , who is a guest in the Dutton household. The music was fine and the dancing was continued until the wee small hours. The costumes were wonderfully attract- ive. There were a number of spectators and they seemed to enjoy the.occaston as much as the dancers. The guests were : Misses Belle Spry , Lena McMurrin , Anna Mnlholland , and Misses Lunkwitz. Messrs.William EsherErnest Marquardt , C. A. Leach , Charles Vounce , Nicholas Snyder , P. A. Wells , Lincoln Cox , H. P. Madison , Christian Nelson , Frank Fitch , Roy Barnes , Michael O'Donald , John Sinsintaffer , Charles Watteyne , Andrew Culbertson , Robert Cable. V. G. P. THE CHURCHES. [ Under this head we invite the ministry of the cit' to contribute freely of any and all church news of interest to theirvarious organizations. ] Regular services at the M. E. church next Sunday morning. ' Quarterly meeting - ing services in the evening ; sermon by Presiding Elder Hale. Stone are being delivered on the site for the foundation for the new Episcopal church , to be located immediately north of the Lutheran church. There will be Baptist services in McConnell - Connell hail , next Sunday morning at II o'clock and in the evening at 8 o'clock by Rev. T. K. Tyson of Lincoln , Neb. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Regular services at the Congregational church nest Sunday morning and even- ing. Morning subject , "The Call o f Christ. " Evening subject , "Foolishness and Wisdom. " Sunday School at to o'clock. Endeavor society at 7 o'clock , J. F. Forbes , leader. ' Take a bottle of McConnell's Sarsaparilla - rilla for a spring medicine. L . PEOPLE YOU KNOW. JOHN MAHANNA has returned to the city. JUDGE WELTY was 5a city visitor , last Saturday. ' V. FRANKLIN esPects.his family home from California soon. REV. J. K. TYSON of Lincoln was a city visitor , Wednesday. A. N. NETTLETON is on his way home from Longmont , Colorado. C. S. WHITE of Grant precinct left , this week , for Longmont , Colorado. JUDGE RHEA of Holdrege was here , Tuesday , on business of his profession. W.W. FISHER and William Sims were down from Wauneta , last Friday night. Miss BERTHA KLEVEN of Culbertson was the guest of Miss Mary Walters over Sunday. J. M. BELL of Benkelman was down to the metropolis , Tuesday , on some matters - ters of business. GEORGE LEACH and others are preparing - paring a tennis court in the standpipe block , this week. F. II. SPEARMAN was out from Omaha , last Friday and Saturday , looking after his large interests here. OSCAR RUSSELL , T. M. Phillippi and William Patterson expect to start for Wyoming , first of next week. GRANDMA BERRY left on 2 , Wednesday - day morning , for Chicago , Virginia , and other Illinois points on a visit. JUDGE BURSE and Banker Shallenber- ger of Imperial came down the branch , Monday evening , on their way east. BANKERS FRANKLIN of our city and Callahan of Benkelman went in to Lincoln - coln , Wednesday night , on business. JUDGE ABBOTT of the Hayes Center Republican had a little business here , last night , returning home this morning. W. R. BUTLER , an Omaha traveling man , spent the early days of the week in the city. Mrs. Butler accompanied him. him.C. C. P. HUBBARD , L. H. Blackledge and G. G. Eisenhart of Culbertson made a business pilgrimage to our shores , last Sunday. T. G. REES went in to Omaha , Monday - day night , to attend the session of the Masonic grand lodge , of which he is a member. MRS. C. D. LYON of Milo , Iowa , arrived - ed in the city on Friday night last , and has been the guest of her sister , Mrs. C. L. DeGroff. PRESIDENT HOCKNELL arrived home , from California , Sunday morning on No. 2. The family will not be home for a few weeks yet. MR. AND MRS. C. L. BUSH of the Commercial - mercial hotel departed , Thursday morning - ing , for Union City , Peuna. , on a visit of two or three weeks. Miss LILLIE G. MASTIN will shortly leave for her home in Stanberry , Mis- souri. She has been making her home with her sister , Mrs. W. H. Edwards , for some time. RAY MCCALLUM retired from the clerkship of the St. Charles hotel , first of the week. He went up to Wauneta , on Tuesday morning , expecting a similar position in a hotel there. MESSRS. G. G. EISENHART , W. S. Cornutt , J. A. Kirk and A. H. Miller of Culbertson were down on a Masonic mission - sion , Tuesday evening. McCook is the Masonic headquarters for the Upper Valley. SPECIAL AGENT BECKER of Lincoln was here , first of the week , on business for the Farmers and Merchants Insurance - ance Co. of that city in connection with the loss on Dr. Z. L. Kay's household goods. But no settlement was arrived at REPRESENTATIVE LAMBORN , who as cashier of of the State bank at that place is now making his headquarters at Wilcox - cox , spent Friday night in the city on his way to Indianola , whither he went on No. 8o , Saturday morning. He appears - pears as though legislating agreed with him. JOHN CORDEAL spent two or three daYs , close of last week , in Arapahoe , in connection with John Stephens , preparing - ing an abstract or transcript for an appeal - peal to the supreme court in the suit for damages of Kellogg against the Burlington - ton , in which the company wes mulcted in the sum of $ gooo damages. Kellogg was formerly ad agent for the company at Bertrand. In 1892 sometime he was injured. This spring he brought a suit at Holdrege against the company for $ itiooo , but the jury assessed the dam- age'at X9,000. The case is thus appealed to the supreme court. _ ( i "There was a girl in our town , The wheels her head did choke ; She'd speak so gol.darned awful fast You couldn't see a spoke. " House for rent , cheap. W. H. Davis. Consult Holmes Bros. , the carpenters. Buy a patent lever hose coupler from Cochran & Co. Fresh mulch cow for sale. Inquire of J. S. McBrayer. Try McMillen's Damask Rose Lotion for face and hands. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McKenna on Monday morning. For Insurance on Farms and City property call on C. J. RYAN. The Quick Meal Gasoline Stove is sold by Cochran & Co. They are the best on earth. One car of Frontier county corn will be shipped to and distributed from this station. An exchange claims that good driving horses will be higher than a cat's back , by next fall. Or cheaper than dirt. The city marshal had to lock up a farmer - mer named Ryan , for a while Saturday , for being intoxicated and disorderly. Because a man writes an anonymous letter is no reason he should be filled full of buckshot. Smaller ones will do. Deputy Collector Ballew celebrated Arbor day right royally , setting out a fine lot of shade trees about his premises. Fifteen ( i5) ) cents will buy a box of nice writing paper at this office , containing - taining 24 sheets o paper and 24 envel- opes. The celebrated Charter Oak cooking stove with gauze oven door is sold by S. 11I. Cochran & Co. It is the best in the market. A portion of the Penner harness stock was attached , Tuesday , by eastern par- ties. The business continues as usual , however. The McCook Electric Light Co. put up a new smoke stack , this week , replacing - placing the one recently damaged by the high wind. We understand that the city authorities - ties have set the seal of official disapproval - proval on this raffling business , which is eminently correct. Cochran & Co are receiving their stock of implements for the spring trade. Call and inspect their line , which is the most complete in the city. At the post office they did not "catch on" to the fact that Monday was a legal holiday until afternoon. They did not lose any time in the afternoon. F. M. Kimmell has a prime new bicycle - cycle for sale at almost half price. See him without delay. The first responsible - ble man with the cash gets the bargain. If you can find anything sportier or nattier than Sylvester Cordeal in that light hat and those light pantaloons just mention the fact. We'll make a pilgrimage - age to see it. McCook's base ball prospects have been temporarily crippled , at least , as one of the results of the late city elec- tion. It is easier to tear asunder than it is to build up. Chief of Police Jordan and a detachment - ment of Russians have been preparing for the deluge , this week , by flushing the tile culverts , cleaning the gutters , etc. Now for the deluge. The banks observed Arbor day with closed doors , and there was some planting - ing of trees by private individuals , which constituted the sum total of the day's observance in McCook. It was not thought best to bread into the week by giving the children at the public schools a holiday , Monday , Arbor day , so the usual sessions were held , morning and afternoon. They have a banker's association down in Furnas county , with J. W. Tomblin of Arapahoe as president , R. D. Ressler of Hendley as secretary and treasurer. There are ten banks in the association. There was a heavy frost , Monday morning , ice forming to a thickness of half an inch , and in all probability damaging - aging the fruit considerably , as cherries , plums , apricots , apples , peaches and .pears are all out in bloom in a more or less advanced stage. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Weld'sF.Lr ttl Mid. ! sad oials. . . . . . -----.r- - - - - - i Bulletin No. 3 , for Week Ending . t + April 22d. The general rains of last week , supplemented - mented in most localities by showers - ' ' during the week just passed , have helped vegetables along well , although ni ' manp 1 parts of the state the need of rain is be. . . ' ginning to be felt. . The temperature has been above the normal , ranging from two degrees above the average in the southwestern section to eight debreesabove in the northwestern . ' a section. There has been about the average - age amount of sunshine Several frosts , . occurred during the week , but no damage - age is reported. . The precipitation has been less than i rover normal , quite irregularly distributed and over considerable area entirely wanting. a In the condition of crops and the progress - ' , gress of farm work the season is from a s week to ten days earlier than usual. ' Corn planting is benerallY under way in the southwestern section of the state , 1 and is begun in scattered localities over the state generally excepting in the western - ' ' ! ern and northwestern sections. Small grain continues to grow well and shows a good stand. Grass has grown rapidly and is now sufficient to 1 support stock. Alfalfa that was sown in previous years has grown well and an unusual acreage put in this spring. Early - ly planted potatoes are coming up. In Red Willow county fall grain is I about a failure. Spring wheat is looking - ing green , but the acreage will be short. f Grass is doing exceedingly well. f ' County Teachers' Association. Following is the program of the Red Willow County Teachers' Association to ' be held in Danbury , May io , 1895 : ' FORENOON SESSION. Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Devotional Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McKee Address of Welcoine..Philip Gleim Instrumental Music. . .Miss Grace Curlee AFTERNOON SESSION-I:30. Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ez "The Legal Relation of Teacher to Pupil and Patron" , . .C. A. Vhittaker Discussion , G. F. GodowriWm Valentine "How to Present Fractions" , Miss Allison Discussion . . . .Irvin Hopt , Fred Headley Select . . . . . . . . . . . B. Wood "How to Interest Boy or Girl in the Study ofGood Books" . .J. H. Fowler Disc'n , Florence Moore , Lillian Welborn Y At Cost. At Cost. , Rr. r. For two weeks we offer the remainder + of our Clothing and Hats at cost. Now is the time , look them over. In ordered clothing we are having a splendid run. Six suits on Monday for instance. Prices and quality tell. Boneless ham , choice quality , we are having a big run on this , also on regular Winchester hams and breakfast bacon. Creamery butter 20C per pound. We . can fill all orders for this in a few days. Contract now for the season. Hebron flour , three grade , all good. "White Bread" now 75C per sack. Give us a call. MCCOOK MERCANTILE CO. Are You Subsoiling. No one who is informed can doubt for a moment that subsoiling is the thing to be practiced in connection with deep plowing each season. Moisture is the great want of all growing plants , and to store all moisture deep down in the earth where it will be kept until needed at the surface is the greatest problem to be solved ; and nothing will so fully accomplish - complish this indispensable requirement as deep plowing and subsoiling. Mrs. Modi Dead. The many warm friends of that estimable - mable lady , in Red Willow county , will be sincerely and deeply grieved to learn of the death of Mrs. Andy Modi , which occurred at their new home in Missouri , last week. She leaves two small child- ren. Andy has the profound sympathy of a host of friends here in his sad be- reavement. $50.00 IN GOLD. $50 in gold given to boys and girls between - tween the ages of 5 and 15 years , for the best set of drawings from copy furnished by L. W. McConnell & Co. For particulars - ulars call at the drug store any evening between 6 and 7 o'clock. For Sale or Lease. The butcher shop and tools on West Dennison street. Inquire of S. M. Cochran - ran & Co. , or of PEB.RY STONE. For Sale Cheap. 1 A fine 1150 Pound Morgan mare and a heavy top buggy in good order. Apply at THE TRIBUNE office. The strongest light wheel made The Eagle , sold by C. A. Leach on very easy payments. Lawn Sprinklers and hose and hose couplings. CocHRAN & Co. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Aw rkd G U Mai Wdwioter Fair , Sm Frig - - -