I f - - - - - - , : : Everything ' t Mr 1 , ) ; - . Summer I 9F Goods . : , ' : , ' # . , at t Less than . . . ' .o' t " i ; , . ' J' , . ' ' k'Ot'ffiUU st f i r Goods , Carpets , Millinery . i i - . i t 1 4f I People . 1 Who . I i 'rite I Might as well get something - . thing that's neat and stY1- i 1 ish as to buy something : : i : _ that isn't. i : - ' : ; What's the use of buying - ing a poor article when you can get The Best for i the same money AT------------ - - - - - - - - - - - - r ? - * : , ' 4 'J2he , 1 : . 'l'ribune I ' Office. . . . REMD : THE McCOOK TRIBUNE ? Leading i n West- : rn Nebraska. $15O A YEAR IN ADVANCEI - - - - - TIME T.A3iLE. GOINO EAST-CENTRAL TIME-LEAVES No , 2 , through passenger. . . . . . . . . . 5:55A.M. No. 4 , local passenger. . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 P. M. No. 76 , freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:45 A. M. No. 64 , freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:30A. M. No. 80 , freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. M. No. 148. freight , made up here. . . . . .10:00 : A. M. GOING WEST-MOUNTAIN TIME-LEAVES. No. 3 , through passenger..11:35 P. M. No. 5 , local passsenger. . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15 P. 31. No. 63 , freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:05 P. M. No. 77 , freight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:20 P.M. No. 149 , freight , made up here . . . . . 6:00 A. M. IMPERIAL LINE.-MOUNTAIN TIME. No. 175 , leaves at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 A. M. No. 176 , arrives at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:40 P. M. NorE-No. Gi carries passengers for Stratton , Benkelman and Haigler. All trains run dally excepting 148,149 and 176. which run daily except Sunday. No. 3 stops at Benkelman and Wray. No. 2 stops at Indianola , Cambridge and Ar- apahoe. No. 80 will carry passengers for Indianola , Cambndge and Arapahoe. Nos. 4 , 5.148,149 and 176 carry passengers for all stations. You can purchase at this office tickets to al : priuclpal points in the United States and Canada - ada and baggagr checked through to destination - tion without extra charge of transfer. For information regarding rates , etc. call on or address C. E. MAGNER , Agnetl Roadmaster McFarland had business at headquarters , close of last week. Roadmaster Joselyn was up from Orleans - leans , Saturday afternoon and evening. 1 Mrs. A. McG. Robb is here from Omaha - ha , guest of her sister , Mrs. L. B. Stiles. Mrs. Max Anton and the children went down to Oxford , yesterday morning , to be absent a week. Sam Gilchrist came in' from the west on 4 , Tuesday evening , having been visiting - iting up in Akron for a nfimber of days. Henry Clark was in McCook , this week. . . .Mrs. Homer Bayles and child returned from McCook , where she has been visiting for some time. Red Cloud Chief. J. D. Carter is now braking for Conductor - ductor Chapin out of Red Claud. He was married , last week , and they are making their headquarters at Red Cloud for , the present. Mrs. C. E. Pope and the children arrived - rived home , Monday night , from their Wyoming visit. Conductor Pope met the family at Lincoln , where they , also made a short visit. A. G. Paul , express messenger on the Imperial line , was on Monday relieved from duty for getting out of his car contrary - trary to the rules of the company , so we understand. His many friends will regret - gret his misfortune. J. A. Tubbs of McCook has entered the service at Sheridan as a fireman. . . . Fireman B. J. Doyle of Sheridan went to MCook , this morning , being called there by a message announcing the serious - rious sickness of his wife.-Alliance Grip. Dan Nichols of McCook is on the St. Francis run while Ed. Cox is taking a lay off with his wife and family at Grand Island . . . .The McCook railroad boys are going to organize a railroad fire com- pany. The boys are great on such things up there. A year or two ago they had a base ball team and a brass band.-Re- publican Democrat. Lou Wilburn has secured a position with the Burlington at Brush , Colorado , at an advance of $20 per month , and he has already left for that place to assume his duties. firs. Wilburn will join him next week. Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn have been residents of this place for a number of years and we express the feeling of our people when we say that they will be missed. We wish them abundant in their home.-Wilson- prosperity new . - - ville Review. J. L. Jaynes and Dennis McCarthy are students under Special Auditor R. 0. Brandt. This arrangement went into effect July 1st , and provides that telegraph - graph students shall serve an apprenticeship - ship for one year , when they will be examined - amined by the auditor at Omaha as to their ability as an operator and in station work. Failing to pass an examination they must serve another apprenticeship of six months and again stand an examination - nation which , if they pass , are put on the list for employment. This arrangement - rangement is rather in the line of civil service reform , and will tend to better the station service in years to come should the scheme be successful. The next thing in civil service reform will be a school for the education of hobos for the position of section laborers.-Alliance Grip. Grip.W. W. D. Capps is having his house remodeled - eled and a stone foundation put under it. Mr. and Mrs. Capps have a cosy and comfortable house , and with these improvements - provements it will be still more conven- ient. The family is temporarily occupying - ing one of Mr. Little's houses. . . .Gen- eral Manager Holdrege and Superintendent - ent Campbell of the Burlington road and A. W. Campbell of Sioux City , Iowa , were in Akron , last Tuesday , looking at the results of the experiments with sub- soiling and the Campbell surface packing - ing methods as conducted on Mr. Hol drege's farm near Akron. Taking into account - count the drouth of the past year , which was not broken until May 3oth , the damage - age done by hail on June 24th , and the last and worst , the grasshoppers , the result - sult is very satisfactory. Mr. Holdrege thinks that Nebraska and eastern Colorado - rado have passed the crisis and that better - ter crops and easier times are in store for the people. He is also of the opinion that deep plowing and 'thorough ' cultivation - vation will bring the country out all right.-Akron Press. 1 AIIITIONAL ) ) R. R. NEWS. Any items under this heading will be gladly received from those In the service by the publisher. Mrs. Tom Wilkinson arrived home , last night. Mrs. Fred W. Bosworth is down from Denver on a visit. Frank Harris will go to Chicago , next week , on relief business. Frank Harris. bought the 0. C. Gaston residence through C. J. Ryan. They have a new daughter at Brakeman - man Tlpton's , since Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Parks are visiting in the city guests of their daughter Mrs. E. Hanson. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and Mr. and Mrs. Parks went up to Denverlast night , on a short visit. H. G. Borneman went down to Oxford on 4 , Wednesday night , to meet the family - ily on their return from a long visit in Illinois. Dr , and Mrs. R. T. Waters are rejoicing - ing in an addition to their home-a sweet little bundle of femininity that made her appearance one day early in the week. To California in a Tourist Sleeper. The Burlington Route personally conducted - ducted once-a-week excursions to Colorado - rado , Utah and California are just the things for people of moderate means. Cheap , respectable , comfortable , expe- ditious. They leave Omaha every Thursday - day and go through , without change , to , San Francisco and Los Angeles. The tourist sleepers in which excursionists travel are carpeted , upholstered in ratan and have spring seats , spring backs , mattresses , blankets ; curtains , pillows , etc. Only $5 for a double berth , wide enough and big enough for two. The route lies through Denver , Colorado Springs , the wonderful canyons and peaks of the Rockies , Salt Lake and Sacramento. For rates and also for illustrated folder giving full information , call on the nearest - est agent of the Burlington Route or write to J. Francis , G. P. & T. A. , Omaha , Neb. Half Rates to Boston via the Burlington Route. August 19 to 24 , the Burlington Route agents will sell round-trip tickets to Boston - ton at the one-way fare. Return limit October S. The train to take : The Knights' Templar official train , having on board Grand Master Finch and escort will leave Omaha via the Burlington Route at 4:45 p. m. , Thursday , August 22 , after arrival of all trains from the west. Through to Boston without change. Seven hours stop-over at Niagara - agara Falls. Tickets and sleeping car reservations on application to any agent of this or any connecting line. Send for free folder giving full information. J. FRANCIS , G. P. & T. A. , Omaha , Nebraska. We Burn Wood When we can get it. If your subscription - tion is delinquent and you have the wood bring us in a load or two. Horse for Sale. A good family driving horse for sale. Inquire of J. H. Burns for particulars. Refrigerators , gasoline stoves , screen doors and wire cloth. COCHRAN & CO. Fifteen (15) ( cents will buy a box of nice writing paper at this office , con- taming 24 sheets of paper and 24 envel- opes. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Buy a patent lever hose coupler .from Cochran & Co. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria ; Rocky Mountain News. The Leading Daily Populist Paper. A PAPER FOR THE DISSATISFIED CROWD. "Free Coinage is a fight for commercial and financial independence , for progress , prosper ity , freedom and happiness of gg-x00 of the race , and in importance overshadows and dwarfs all other questions presented for the consideration of mankind. " "What man can love his country when his country lets him starve" . TRY A SUBSCRIPTION. By Mail ( in advance ) , Postage Prepaid. Daily , with Sunday issue , one year.$7.5o Daily , with Sunday issue , six months. . . . 3.75 Daily , with Sunday issue , three months. . i.qo Daily , with Sunday issue , one . . . . . . Sunday Edition ( i6 pages ) , year. . . . . . . . . 2.50 Weekly , One year in advance. . . . . . . . . . i.oo Address THE NEWS , Denver , Colo. We want a live subscription agent in every town. Write us for terms. Sample copies 5c. FOR THE CAMPAIGN ! THE OMAHA WEEKLY BEE Will be sent to any address in this country or Canada from now to. . . . December 31 , 189x ; , FOR 25 CENTS. Send orders at once to THE OMAHA BEE , Omaha Nebraska. i i . % % % ; ' Thingi in k z ; H and Children's Clothing in. r . 4S. New Stock of CottonV 1 Flannels. Yarns , Fleeced Flannels. Flannels , i , i 25c. yard. y r b i , i Remaining Summer Dress Goods , Waists Etc. to be closed out at reduced prices. AT THE . . . asft : . . i A f . fi .t 1arjaiii : % tOr. . . i C. L. DEGROFF & CO. r L O - - - - - - - - : : - - : i p1 . / / : . . \ ° \ i Is the Mau Who Sells Fresh AAA i GR 0 CEll ES. And He Sells Them Right Too. When you want to buy anything in the Grocery line , Noble is the man you want to see. He keeps the very best goods and sells them at remarkably low prices. He also carries a magnificent line of Lamps , Queensware of all kinds and Crockery. His line of Hanging and Stand Lamps is undoubtedly the finest in Southwestern Nebraska. Go an(1 See Noble He Will i i l . 3 5