R i < * , m HI • i- ' % II H - • . : © he1 ifkCoofc Qteibtme.x \ \ IK ' II wmMi . , . . . I | Kfr FIFTEENTH YEAR. McCOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 8. 1897. NUMBER 34 31 Km9 | • , _ _ $ Um A RECHERCHE EVENT B K Young1 Ladies of Christian Endeavor V Kp Society Entertain KRk the young gentlemen of the city ml HBHmi & | w Year Evening : in a Most Cap- H HKl \ , 'tlvatlngr Manner Masonic B V" Hall the Scene of the K Festivities. K The young ladies of the Young Peoples' HEr Society of Christian Endeavor of the B Congregational church gave a reception ft to the young men of the city , New Year Kj > -evening , which in its inception , plan , PB r . .scope and execution was one of the most BK ' V captivating social happenings in many BKL moons. The invitations reached in the Ba neighborhood of a hundred , and about HB -half that number responded by their Hk presence , and all enjoyed the occasion HKand , its pleasures without stint or alio } ' . B ' The hall and banquet room were orna- Ej men ted -with a lavLshtiess and skill that K bore a mute but highly attractive evi- Hfr dence to the taste and boundless energy B E- ° f le y ° un f ladies engaged in the effort. Bk- Curtains , portieres , rugs , pictures , lamps , j flowers , furniture and numerous other R pretty articles were brought into requisi. Bu tion to give comfort and charm to the Bft scene , and how well they succeeded all B present are ready to testify ; and the con- Hjjj > -census of opinion is that no social event BH , in years exceeded it. KS But not only was the effort made teMp Mp please the eye and appeal alone to the H [ aesthetic side of man , but elaborate were He the preparations carried out for gratify- BJjj ing the appetite. The refreshments were B K. served in four courses , each one better HHk than the preceding , and all together H pB- making a feast of good things irresistible. HH Adding the fine linen , delicate china and HBr chaste silver this feature of the reception HHi was superb in all its details , and com- H B/ ' - mendable indeed. Hk * ne a a r was a large one , but the HH/ young ladies carried out all plans with Bf admirable success and The Tribune H K. heartily and warmly congratulates. R . HHf ; ( x Their Usual Dividend. Ki / - At the annual meeting of the board of B' directors of the First National bank of B * , our c'tv on Ja ° uary 2d , the regular semi- H K , Annual dividend of five per cent was de- BB' clared on its capital stock of $50,000. BK ae First National is one of the substan- Bft ) ' ttal and profitable banks of the state , Hjv and a credit to McCook and Western H $ ' Nebraska. _ _ HH ' Redeem Your P. O. Keys. H R' All postmasters have been instructed Bv * -fty order No. 580 , of the Postoffice De- HKk partment , to call in and redeem all box Bfi.keys for which a deposit of more than 20 Ur ? < : ents Iras been made , and re-issue them H K' on deposit of 20 cents each. Keys must B be presented on or before February 4th , B | . * • - _ _ H V Surface Culture Lecture. B An en ort is being made to secure a B [ lecture during the coming farmers' insti- &r tute * > ere from Mr. Campbell of Sioux EL ' City , Iowa , or from some other acknowl- B edged expert on the subject of surface B cultivation and sub-soil packing. We HE. 'VjO hope to be able to announce the result Vbt next wetk. BB Terms District Court. 1397. B K Chase , April 27 , December 6. Bi Dundy , April 12 , November 29. Frontier , March 22 , November 8. Gosper , March S , October 25. r Hayes , April 5 , November 22. Hitchcock , February 23. October 11. „ , Red Willow , February 8 , September 27. = = = = = l\ Bfc > Bond for Settlement. L' It seems to be likely that , the Omaha I K Savings bank , that closed its doors , last B * Saturday , will give a bond to pay all de- Bk positors in full , thus escaping the delay Bp5 % . and expense of a receiver. General SoB - B f licitor Manderson of the Burlington is Bi president of the concern. Ht Charged With Attempted Rape. H Indianola , Neb. . Jan. 2 ( Special ) K Andrew McCart was to 'day bound over to V district court by Squire Beck , charged Bl yvith assault with intent to commit rape Bf of Lebanon this on a Mrs. Emberling , B [ county. Lincoln Journal. B | A Death In South McCook. Be Pearl , the 10-year-old son of Mrs. Best of South McCook , died on Saturday last , \ ofdiphtheretic croup , after a brief illness. _ j ft The remains were buried in Longview 1' ' cemetery , Sunday. B Sol Dewey Dead. B Word comes from Cripple Creek of the B ' recent death of Sol Dewey , a former and B wel1 tnown citizen of this place. movements of the people. Miss Sara Low\an is here visiting her parents. Frank Henderson is clerking in the Wilcox grocery. Wili. Brewer visited his folks at Red Cloud , last week. Deacon Morlan looked in on the statesmen at Lincoln , Tuesday. Mrs. Will Mitchell of Guide Rock is in the city on a visit to relatives. Mrs. C. E. Pope returned , Sunday night , from visiting relatives in Lincoln and Wymore. J. E. KELLEY went in to Lincoln , Tuesday night , to see the Populists work the old machine. Receiver Gibbons , P. Walsh and C. H. Boyle were in Lincoln to witness the inauguration. Tom WhiTMER , we are pained to hear , is very ill at his home northwest of here in Frontier county. E L Dennis , the genial and worthy manager for the Barnett Lumber Co. at Bartley , was a Sunday visitor in the city. H. H. BERRY has been in Minden , part of the week , organizing a lodge of the Star of Jupiter , in which he succeed ed admirably. Jacob Burnett has had some of his patent roofing put on his own house here. He has , by the way , recently sold his in terest in the business at a profitable ad vance. H. E. Callen arrived from Redding , Iowa , last week , -and is manipulating the razor and shears in Bates' barber shop. He is a brother of Conductor S. E. Callen. Mrs. F. G. Westland gave a little party , Monday evening , in honor of her niece , Lillian Romane , in which a com pany of Miss Lillian's friends participat ed with pleasure. J. H. BaysTON has been in Lincoln , part of the week , to witness the organi zation , inauguration and incidentally to catch a crumb if possible from the Pop ulist pie counter. Mrs. Albert McMillen is enter taining her mother , Mrs. McConnell of Trenton , and brother Frank McConnell of Wheatland , Wyo. They both came down from Trenton , Tuesday evening. Cashier W. F. Lawson left on Mon day night for California to be gone a month , visiting his father in Southern California and on business. His daugh ter Helen went with him. Mrs. Lawson - son accompanied them as far as Denver. SCHOOL NOTES. James Fowler , who has been teaching out in Gerver , visited the schools , this week. The attendance was somewhat im paired , Mondaj' , owing to the unfelicitous weather of that day. Erwin Hopt. teacher of the 7th and 8th grades , spent his vacation at the home of his parents , near Bartley. Mrs. C. D. Fergisou of Oxford is teach ing the 2d and 3rd grades east during the absence of her sister-in-law , Miss Kate Fergison. The pupils of the assembly room list ened to quite an interesting talk on the subject of Obedience , last Tuesday after noon at 3:45 o'clock. The high school was called together , Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 , to receive the sad intelligence that there were 37 out of the 112 pupils in the room who were not doing the required work of the different grades. Ten of the thirty- seven were in the 9th grade , ten in the 10th , nine in the nth , and eight in the 12th grade , which consists of fifteen pupils. IN DARKEST AFRICA , Tonight at lantern class. One thousand mites up the Congo river , illustrated by fifty-five photographs recently taken by J. M. Lewis , an American traveler. There has never been a better opportunity of fered to learn the scenery , manners and customs of the natives than by this illus trated lecture in the assembly room , be ginning promptly at 8 o'clock. The second end part of the programme will consist of readings from James Whitcomb Riley and N. K. Griggs by Mr. Valentine. Good vocal and instrumental music. Admission to persons not members of the school , ten cents. The following musical program will be rendered at the lantern class , tonight : Piano Solo Storm Polka Edna Dixon. Vocal Solo. . . Valse Song from Sea King Hannah Stangeland. Piano Solo Vera Lillian Troth. Piano Solo . . ' . . . . . . Sixth Nocturn ; Mabel Perry. A MARVELOUS RUN Engineer George R. Johnson Beats All Previous Record's In Iowa , AND NEVER TURNED A SOLITARY HAIR Victory Only Feels Like Perching When the Deadly Derringer is Brought Into Fatal Requisition. Ainsworth , Iowa , Jan. 1 [ Special to the Evening Journal. ] At the home of Jos. Harding , today , occurred one of those old-time family reunions of rela tives and friends long to be remembered by all of the happy participants. B3' way of introduction , all present attended the home talent opera at the Turbott House , last evening , m where Josia's Courtship was rendered in par- excellent style. At 1:30 o'clock New Year day , the hostess invited all into the dining room , where a sumptuous feast was served. The waiters were dressed in red bon-ton frocks , with white cut-a-way aprons to match. And the service they rendered was far too good for a New York count. The table was laden with turkeys , oysters on the half shell , pies , puddings , cakes , and all the delicacies of the season. At 5 p. m. , Engineer Johnson and Con ductors Bronson and McCarl , who run the fastest trains on the C , B & Q. sys tem out of Denver , made a requisition for a special train to take all present out to the home of Wm. Turbott. At 5:30 p. m. , the train , consisting of four mules and a wagon with hay ladders , pulled up in front of station Harding ; Johnson at throttle , McCarl in charge , and Bron son special conductor. Train pulled out ahead of No. 2 , and everything went smoothly , until the double track at long creek bridge was reached , when No. 2 came booming up behind. Bonner Hard ing , special representative for the Seig Iron Co. of Davenport , Iowa , offered Engineer Johnson $100 if he would beat No. 2 into Turbottville. Away we went , side by side , when all at once Engineer Johnson discovered that Fireman T. Y. Wickham had been feeding the mules too little on whip , and we were evidently losing ground , but Engineer Johnson , who would rather suffer death than de feat , quicker than the lightning's flash pulled from his hip pocket his faithful 22 calibre , with which. McCarl says , he ( Johnson , ) shoots jack rabbits from his engine window , running at the rate of seventy miles an hour , took deadly aim at the air brake on No. 2 , and bang went the gun air chamber destroyed , which set brakes on No. 2 , and Engineer John son pulled his mule "train" into Turbott ville seventeen seconds ahead of time. After the firing of a national salute , all ; were ushered into the home of Wm. Tur- , bott , where a grand repast was served , after which the opera of Princess Bonnie 1 was rendered by the Johnson Opera Co. , in which many special artists appeared. ] Dancing and high five were freely in dulged in. The train then pulled out for Ains worth , arriving on scheduled time. All ( report it the grandest time of the season. , Those present were : Messrs. and Mesdames - , dames Harding , Bronson , HuntTurbott , , . Messrs. Johnson , McCarl , Bonner and Deck Harding , Wickham , Turbott.Hunt , . McClean , Sullivan and Pick Turbott , • Misses May and Mattie Walker , Rowan , Sherbeck , EfBe , Eva and Bertha Hunt , , Stockholm , Dillon. To Subscribers of The Tribune. Readers of The Tribune will please remember that cash is an essential in the publication of a paper. The pub lisher has been very lenient during the ' past few years , on account of crop fail ures and hard times , and as a consequence - ' quence many hundreds of dollars are I due on subscriptions. We are now com pelled to request all who can to call and make settlement in full or in part. In view of the facts , our subscribers must feel the justice and urgency of this re quest. * The Publisher.i i c Meeting of Directors. In accordance with a resolution adopted - . ed at the last regular annual meeting of , the Red Willow county agricultural society - . ciety , the directors are hereby called to meet at Indianola on the second Satur day in January instead of in March as formerly. The meeting will be held at the office of Bond Si Beck in Indianola { at 2 p. m. , Saturday , January 9th , 1897. , All are requested to attend. r W. A. McCool , Secretary. ' ' * The First Battle. ' 1 Wm. J. Bryan's book , 600 pages , well ] bound. See prospectus and prices at f postoffice lobby , where you may leave jrour order for the great book. First - come first served. * CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Catholic Mass at 8 o'clock a. m. High mass and sermon at 10:30 , a. m. , with choir. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. All are cordially welcome. Rev. J. W. HlCKEY , Pastor. Episcopal Divine service second and fourth Suudays of every month at nee a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school every Sunday at 10:00 : a m. S. A. POTTER , General Missionary. R. A. Russell , Assistant. Congregational Morning theme , The Unexplored Country. Evening topic , Witnessing. Sunday school at 10. Endeavor society at 7. Prayer meeting at 7:30. Wednesday evening. All are cordially invited to attend these services. Hart L Preston , Pastor. Methodist Sunday school at 10 a.m. Preaching at 11 ; subject , Fed by Angels. Class at 12. Junior League at 2:30. Ep- worth League at 7 ; subject , The Holy Spirit Given , Acts 2 ; 1-13 ; Mrs. Ed. Bey- rer , leader. Preaching at 8 ; subject , Crumbs Under the Table. Let us pray ; many prayers make the strong cable. J. A. Badcon , Pastor. Baptist Services in McConnell hall. Rev. George W. Shafer of Topeka , Kan sas , will preach morning and evening at the usual hours. Rev Shafer conies as a probable candidate for the work here and will remain pending the decision of the church as to calling him Bible school at 10 a. m. BY P. U at 7 p.m. A very cordial invitation is extended the public. COURT HOUSE NEWS ITEMS. Matters of Interest Gleaned From the Several County Offices. DISTRICT COURT. The following filings have been made since our last report : Henry Clarke vs. Hiram H. Jones et al. Equity. J. Ludlow Kendall vs. Michael O'Leary et al. Equity. Application for partition of real estate waS made in the matter of the real estate of Emoline Teeters , deceased. COUNTY COURT. The following business was trausacted since last report : License to marry was issued to Daniel J. Nichols and Tillie A. Roonej' . Suit for breach of agreement has been filed bj' Celeste H. Douglass against Byron H. Douglass. COUNTY CLERK. During 1896 there were 64 farm mort gages filed aggregating $69,110.83 ; the releases number 121 , and amount to $69 , - 609 42. In city mortgages the filings were 36 , the total $16,369 31 ; the releases 35 , total amount $20,554.25. The chattel mortgage filings were 723 in number and { 1109,254.01 ; the number of releases was only 350 , with a total of $59,3oS 95. Thus it will be seen that the releases of farm and city mortgages exceeded the filings , while the reverse is true in a large sum in the case of chattel mortgages. Happily Wedded. Wednesday evening in St. Patrick's church at 6:30 o'clock , Daniel J. Nichols and Tillie A. Rooney were united in marriage by Rev. J. W. Hickey. The ring ceremony was used. The groom is a brakeman in the Burlington service. The bride is one of our well known and highly esteemed young ladies. The young ; ouple have the best wishes of many friends for their future happiness and success. Card of Thanks. X McCook , Neb. , Jau. 4 , 1897. To the officers and members of McCook Lodge No. 132 , A. F. and A. M. : On be half of the young ladies of the Christian Endeavor society we take this opporturl- itj * of expressing their sincere thanks to rou for the use of your hall for their New iTear reception , 1S97. Social Committee. Installation of Officers. Last Wednesday evening , at a meet ing of Willow Grove Lodge No. 42 , K. jf P. , the following officers were in- italled : E.J. Wilcox , C. C ; F. A. Pen- iell V. C ; C. F. Heber. Prelate ; J. F. ? orbes , Master of Work ; L. W. Stayner , C. of R. and . ; R. J. Predmore , M. of ? . ; E. E. Lowman , M. of Ex. ; Ed. Tor- Jan , M. at Arms. The Maccabees with a membership of , : 16,000 paid at Port Huron , Mich. $302.00 " or postage in Nov. 1896. Paid $1803.83 • ? " or printing Bee Hive in same month. Total disbursements from general fund it Port Huron for Nov. 1896 , $12,568.03. This does not include the Great Camp of Michigan with 64,60s members , or the l < ady Maccabees with a membership of > 3ooo with headquarters at Port Huron. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Casben , Jr. , have a ion , their first-born , Monday night. LORD KNOWS HOW A Kansas Editor Describes the Greatest Curiosity of the 19th Century. IS THE SPECIAL PET OF PROVIDENCE The Mysterious Existence of the Editor Portrayed How He Lives on Thanks and Grows Fat. "It takes money to run a newspaper" . From the St. John , Kansas , News What an exaggeration ; what a whop per. It has been disproved a thousand times ; it is a clear case of airy fancy. It doesn't take money to run a newspaper. It can be run without money. It is not a business venture It is a charitable institution , a begging concern , a high way robbery. B'Godfrey , a newspaper is a child of the air , a creature of a dream. It can go on and on and on , when any other concern would be in the hands of the receiver and wound up with cobwebs in the window. It takes wind to run a newspaper ; it takes gall to run a newspaper. It takes ciutillating , acrobatic imagination , and half a dozen white shirts and a railroad pass to run a newspaper But money heavens to Betsey and six hands around , who ever needed money in couducting a newspaper ! Kind words are the medium of exchange that do the business for the editor kind words and church social tickets. When you see the editor with money , watch him. He'll be paying his bills and disgracing his profession. Never give money to an editor. Make him trade it out ; he likes to swap. Then when j-ou die , after having stood around for years and sneered at the edi tor and his little jim crow paper , be sure and have your wife send in for three ex tra copies by one of 3'our weeping chil dren , and when she reads the generous and touching notice about you , forewarn her to neglect to send 15 cents to the editor. It would overwhelm him. Money is a corrupting thing. The editor knows it and what he wants is your heartfelt thanks. Then he cau thank the printers and they can thank their grocers. Take job work to the job offices and then come and ask half rates for the church notices. Get your lodge letter heads and stationery printed out of town , and then flood the editor with beautiful thoughts in resolutions of respect and cards of thanks. They make such spicy reading , and when you pick it up filled with these glowing and vivid mortuary articles , you are so proud of your little local paper. But money scorn the filthy thing. Don't let the pure , innocent editor know anything about it. Keep that for the sordid trades people who charge for their wares. The editor gives his bounty away. The Lord loves a cheerful giver. He'll take care of the editor. Don't worry about the editor. He has a charter from ' the state to act as a door mat for the community. He will get the paper out somehow ; and stand up for the town , whoop it up for you when you run for office , and lie about your pigeon-toed ' daughter's wedding , and blow about * your big-footed sons , when they get a $4 a week job , and weep over your shrivelled soul , when it is released from your grasp ing body , and smile at your giddy wife's ' second marriage. Don't worry about the editor ; he'll get on. The Lord knows ' how but somehow. Emporia Gazette. ' ' = = / The Iconoclastic Spirit. Nfc These are disquieting , iconoclastic times , and it is impossible to guess even " ' what new kinks will confront us. The writer happened into the "Child-Study" section of the state teachers' association meeting at Lincoln , recently , only to learn from a serious university professor that all well informed people have de cided that the human soul is a myth. He admitted that all of his hearers might not agree with him , but left the impression - sion that the disagreement must be at the price of not being considered well informed. Well , this was discouraging enough in itself. But the fadist laid on misery more than it could bear when he defined soul as meaning mind. The 1 professor left in the writer's mouth the t bad taste of materialism. Indeed , we t might find courage to disagree with the t professor on two or three propositions e laid down but the idea of , being considered - e sidered not well informed is too terrible i to face. / X A New Shorthand Class. / , L. W. Stayner will start a new shorts hand class on the iSth of this month in c the east ward school house. Start j with the new class. c Dr. Z. L. Kay. - rj Office , rooms 4 and 5 over Leach's a jewelry store. Residence , front rooms j over Ganschow's shoe store. S PETITE PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS. 11 "This world is but a fleeting show And few are they , alas ! I Who can rake up a pull that's strong Enough for a free pass" . McMilleu's Cough Cure is sure. Do you know McMilleu's Cough Cure is effective ? The Republican entered its thirteenth I year , last week. < H A daughter was bom to Mr. and Mrs. James McAdauis , last week. H McCook seems to be gaining some rep H utation as a Gretna Green. H Remember the farmers' institute in H McCook , January 20th and 21st. | Staple stationery , best quality at lowest - M est prices , at The Tribune office. | Note change of advertisement by the M popular Cash Bargain Store , this week. > H Did you ever burn any genuine Mail- H land coal ? Bullard sells it at $6.50 per M ton. Try it. H For Biliousness , Indigestion etc. , try a | bottle of McConnell's Health granules. | 25 cents a bottle. H The almanac and calendar trade needs < H no pushing. There is a rushing trade in ' H these and blotters. M For Biliousness. Indigestion etc. , try a M bottle of McConnell's Health granules. H 25 cents a bottle. M Sheridan Nut coal is used by a good H many people , and they say it is all right. M $4.50 per ton at Dullard's. H A minstrel show and a concert by the H Brigade band are among the entertain- j H ments listed for the next few weeks. H | The Ladies of the M. E. church will H have their annual Washington fair and | dinner , February 20 instead of the 22(1. | Fifteen (15) cents will buy a box jf H nice writing paper at this office , containing - H taining 24 sheets of paper and 24 envel- | The McCook Electric Light Co. . this H week , moved its office into the rear of Dr. Green's store , a more convenient location - H cation to their power house. H The Labor Exchange is for the pres- | | 2iit meeting every Wednesday evening | it 7:30 in H. H. Berry's office. Those j H feeling interested are welcome to attend H md become posted. H Six inches of snow is reported as far H .vest as Holdrege , this week , but none H ell here ; a high , cold wind being the H jnly evidence that an incipient blizzard H prevailed elsewhere. H The county commissioners commenced H : heir annual settlement session , Wednes- H lay morning , and will continue in ses- H ; ion for a number of days , making set- j H dement with the several county officers. H B. C. Bowman will farm part of W. S. H Pitch's land , coming season. Mr. Fitch H A-ill erect suitable house , stable and other H outbuildings as soon as the weather will H permit. Albert Goheeu will farm Mrs. | | Sarah Hileman's place , this year. H The Courier entered its eighteenth Hear , -ear , this week , as the only paper in H McCook of known circulation , and with | argest circulation on two hemispheres , | | Colonel Mitchell wearing his honors with | : otntnendable meekness and growing fat. | A church fair is thus defined by Ed. | [ { owe , the philosopher of the Atchison | 3-lobe : "A church fair is a plac/ where | ve spend more money than we \ an af | brd for things we do not want , in order H o please people we do not like , and to | lelp heathens who are happier than we H H It is hinted that Weyler's army is j H argely made up of soldiers who are in | | he habit of having the postmasters mark | he newspapers they haven't the courage | | o stop themselves , "refused" . This may | xplain why the Cubans are having H verything their own way on that fair H sle. It pays to be manly and courageous. H Mrs. Clara D. Fergison has been ten- | ered a position in the McCook city H chools during the enforced absence of H ne of the regular teachers , Miss Kate | fergison ( a sister-in-law ) , who will dis- | ontinue school work for an indefinite | ime in order to undergo medical treat- | lent. Mrs. Fergison has signified her H cceptance and expects to depart for | IcCook next Sunday evening. Oxford H itandard. H