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Hs TREASURER'S REPORT.
BJtECAPITULATION : Showing the amonnt on hand July ist , 1896 , the
Hh [ collections since made , warrants redeemed , and amount remaining on hand at the
B close of the 19th day of December , 1896 , in each and all of the several funds and
Hl \ accounts of J. B. MESERVE , County Treasurer of Red Willow County , Nebraska ,
HhjT - ' together with the total amounts of the several items stated :
H HfiiS Amount
BM rWnc on hand An ? ° unt Total. Disburse- Amount
M Jast since ments # now
H&V settleme't.collec'ecl - on hand.
HHf - State.
& > ( General S 9 ° 9 53 S1S2979 $2739. 2 $273932
B Sinking S774 17206 25980 259&0
L School J37 74 27680 41386 41386
W KP University 679S 1-664 20462 20462
[ i m Capitol 32 S3 115 115
| jHK Reform School 22 57 79 79
B | Institute for Feeble Minded 2272 4569 68 41 6S41
Di Relief 2253 4520 6773 W 73
Kr Live Stock Indemnity
| Kc * School Land Interest 32412 91699 1 241 11 1 241 11
E * School Land Lease 7140 72609 797 49 797 49
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KB General 01462 ,9379 485181 3 51 = 85669
B Bridge S126S 104362 185630 105986 19644.
| Bondlnterest 34 ° 97 ° 7167 348137 27500 320637
B County Road 166 01 23088 39689 30468 9221
H District Road 31272 24883 56155 24604 315 51
K > Soldiers'Relief 43557 9470 53027 12972 40055
V Road Receipts 97&43 97&43 97 < M3
m Sinking
K School 500 500 500
R District School Bond 748484 270621 1019105 39509S 624007
H > District School 403075 658969 1062944 o"395 251649
H Interest 99905 99905 99905
t Advertising 17905 17905 17905
U Bank Interest 32644 326 4.1 32644
E North Valley Precinct Bond 207799 4299 212098 1228 91 S9207
A East Valley Precinct Bond " 69624 270 69894 69S94
it Willow Grove Precinct Bond 241307 5802 245199 1514 29 93770
* J tL Indianola Precinct Bond 130169 3658 1318 27 12360 I 194 67
r-m r BartleyVillage Bond 4310 : ; 2007 451 12 8000 371 12
Myi fBartley City 326S 662S 9896 9S00 96
If I McCook City 2118S 152446 173634 159908 13726
IJ Indianola City 12939 13475 26414 18703 7711
B Insane 79 79 79
j Received Tax Sales 46583 1 14053 160636 96773 63S63
H HighSchool 1239 1239 1239
m ! Judgment Fund School Dist. 29 85 85 85
H S2698023 S2455683 5154006 S3275003 S1870003
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS.
Frank Harris made a business trip to
Lincoln , Monday.
Brakeman W. E. DeLong is resting
five days by consent.
Mrs G W. Burnett is entertaining her
mother , Mrs. H. Cook , of Oberlin.
J. B. Culbertson left , last week , for
Chariton , Iowa , on a visit to his parents.
Traveling Engineer C. A. Dixon went
over the Orleans and St. Francis line , -
last week.
Hostler and Mrs. R. A. Brown's New
Year gift was a bouncing boy of regula
tion lung power
Brakeman D. J. Nichols has taken a
vacation , and it is rumored will soon em
bark on the sea of matrimony.
Ed. Beyrer and wife returned , last
Saturday , from their trip to Iowa , and
he went to work , first of the week.
G. W. Vallery , general passenger agent
in Denver for the Burlington , was an
eastbound passenger , Monday morning.
Roadmaster Satn Rogers went down
to Cambridge , Tu s-'ay , and reported
nine inches of good ice on the pond there.
Dame Rumor has it that a prominent
conductor of this division will desert the
ranks of bachelorhocd , some time next
month.
Emerson Hanson , claims .agent , who
has been visiting his family at Bushnell ,
Illinois , arrived at headquarters , close of
last week
Hans Lawritson , agent at Cambridge ,
was the gues > t of hie brother here , Tues-
daj' , on his way to Colorado Springs , to
visit relatives.
Conductor and Mrs. J. H. Burns began
the new year with a new girl baby , who
made her appearance at the Burns' home
on New Year eve.
Oscar Chambers of the depot force was
last Saturday installed as day operator at
Orleans. He is succeeded by Chris Law
ritson , formerly in the company service
here. Oxford Standard.
During the past year 34 railroads with
5,441 miles of road and $102,533 000 cap
ital stock have passed under manage
ment of the U. S. court. These roads
are bonded and stocked for $275,579.00.
Snow , sand and wind delayed trains
on the Cheyenne and Hastings-Red Cloud
runs , Monday. Freights were pretty
much delayed on the main line as well.
The storm amounted to a blizzard in
localities east and north of here.
A. G. Willis came near meeting with
a serious accident , this week , by being
struck by a box car which was being
switched to a side track. When the car
struck him it knocked him off the track
instead of on the track as is usually the
case. Red Cloud Chief.
F. G. Westland is thinking of patent
ing a spring seat for the locomotive ,
which ought to be popular with the boys
that have been enjoying fifteen days for
indulging in a snooze while on duty. It
is warranted to bump the engineer's
head against the top of the cab upon the
first indications of sleep.
Engineer and Mrs. W. D. Trout of
Sheridan are visiting with relatives at
Crete , Nebraska. . . .Assistant Master-
mechanic James Ritchie oi Sheridan has
been confined to his bed for the past two
weeks with a severe attack of pleuris3T ,
but we are pleased to learn that he is
now convalescent. Alliance Grip.
Miss May Wilburn , formerly of this
place , but now of Roggen , Colorado , has
been visiting relatives and friends here
for a week Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Burge of McCook spent Christmas with
Mrs. Bnrge's parents , Mr. and Mrs. C.
B. Kith cart N. Bowman will leave ,
Saturday , for Hudson , Colorado , to re
sume his duties as section foreman , after
a week's visit with his parents , Mr. and
Mrs. A. Bowman The B. & M. rail
road officials say the recent change in
the running of trains on this branch cuts
down the expense of operating the line
by about 20 per cent. Wilsonville Re
view.
Cline is laid off the road and has gone
back to Orleans , to the jewelry business.
Under the redistribution Cropp and
O'Neil are braking for Curran while
Wilson and Cox perform a similar act for
Lyman Hazelbaker has been trans
ferred to McCook. Mrs. Hazelbaker and
daughter Bernice went to Edgar for a
visit with her parents Will Yeiser
has been laid off the B. & M. road and
is at present visiting friends in Red
Cloud. The young people will miss
"Yeis" Engineer Harris and Fireman
Koll have been transferred to McCook ,
and are now running first in and first
out of that place. Their families still
remain here and will for a time , at least.
. . .By the change on the St. Francis
branch it is reported that the section
men are carrying the mails on the west
ern end every other day. We can hardly
credit the veracity of this statement ,
however Tie railroad boys lefton the
St. Francis run will have their pay great
ly increased under the new time card.
The taking off of one crew compels the
crews now here to go over the track
every day , which does away with the
lay over at this end and adds sufficiently
to their mileage to increase the pay
about $20.00 a month. Republican City
Democrat.
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Engineer Harris is moving his goods
and chattels from Republican to McCook.
Brakeman Hazelbaker shipped his
household goods to Edgar , on Monday ,
from Republican.
No. 63 arrived at Republican at6p in. ,
Monday , and did not get out until after
No. 15 , the latter slso being late
The St. Francis train onlv reached
Danbury , on Monday , and doubled back
to Republican on account of blockade
west.
Roadmaster Wilburn found a drift of
snow between Briekpon and Hastings , on
Monday , 1200 feet long and 6 to S feet
deep. *
Geo. Hughes went to Cambridge , on
Monday , on account of the ice season
opening up with good prospect for an
abundant harvest
Monday was a red letter day for the
snow plow. No trains moved between
Hastings and Red Cloud Conductor
Benjamin doubled back to Uberlin from
Red Cloud on No. 141.
The station of Ayr was opened , last
week , with Mr. Conrad agent pro tern.
W. E. Davis of Blakeman will officiate
peimanently , the latter station being
closed. McDonald is also closed and
Agent Taylor goes to Holbrook.
His Foot Crushed.
Orleans , Neb. , Jan 2 ( Special ) Tom
Smith , the sixteen-year-old t > on of Law
rence Smith of this place , was severely
injured at the B. & M. depot grounds ,
yesterday , by having his foot crushed
between the bumpers on freight No. 63.
No oue witnessed the accident , but it is
supposed he was crossing over the train
while it was standing still , but it started
before he got over. He was taken to the I
office of Dr. Bently , where the foot was
dressed and cared for The foot was
terribly lacerated and may.result in the
loss of the entire foot. No blame seems
to attach to the train crew for the acci
dent , as it resulted as so many accidents
do , from bo\s carelessly jumping on and
off cars about depot grounds. Lincoln
Journal.
The people living on the railroad line
from Culbertson to Imperial have been
making such a kick for a daily mail that
the railroad company has made arrange
ments to have them accommodated.
Three days in the week the mail will be
carried by train and on the other three
days the mail will be earned out on hand
cars specially constructed for that pur
pose. •
Dr. Denney , assistant superintendent
of the Burlington Voluntary Relief , from
Chicago , was in the city , Thursday , on
relief business.
A barn in South McCook , belonging
to Lewis Casten , was burned down ,
Wednesday noon. Origin of fire un
known.
The force of carpenters has been in
creased here , and many freight cars are
now undergoing repairs in the 3'ards.
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