H By F. M. K1MMELL.
I ' OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
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ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
H From and after January 1st , 1898 , tbc
B subscription price of THE McCOOK TRIB-
fl J UKE will be $1.00 a year , if paid in ad-
H vance. All arrearages on subscription
H ' will be received on tbe basis of a dollar a
B year. This will make a considerable
H saving to all those that are a number ol
H j years in arrears , and should stimulate
H I an early settlement of all delinquent sub-
H ! scrlptions. It is our purpose to bring : the
H subscription to a cash-ln-advance basis
H as rapidly as circumstances and the times
M | will warrant. THE PUBLISHER.
H The state board of agriculture
H has wisely decided uot to hold a
H state fair , this year. The board
H also recommends that the legislat
es ure be asked to provide money for
H the payment of back premiums.
H The Tribune extends to Hon.
H H.M.Bushnell its hearty congratu-
H lations. May he end his useful
H days licking stamps in the Lincoln
H postoffice. And here's genuine re-
H Sve Brothers Brown and Stone.
H , The recent famine in Indian is
H estimated as having cost charitably
H disposed people and the Indian
1 government about $15,000,000.00.
H Yet many millions more have been
H expended to minimize and prevent
H the possibility of famines recurring
H in India.
H ( Auditor Cornell has rejected
H the fees claim of ex-Treasurer John
H I A. Pearson of Phelps county and
H | the case will now be taken up to
H I the supreme court for decision , in
H accordance with the decision ar-
H rived at by the county treasurers
H in their meeting in our city some
H I few weeks since.
H The state auditor and attorney
H general seem to be after both the
H county sheriffs and county treas-
H urers in the matter of fees : A re-
H cent decision of these gentlemen
H makes quite a difference in the
H fees of the sheriff's office. Instead
H of getting seventy-five cents a day
H for the board of prisoners after
H sentence the auditor thinks they
H ought to got but fifty centsj except
m for the first six days. As to lnile-
H age only actual expenses and $3
H | are allowed.
M The recent raid on pensioners
M has brought on a whole army of
B statistical liars. One of these says :
M "The records of the war depart-
m ment show that one man in every
M ten became a deserter , 210,000
M having deserted during the war. "
M This is false. The war records
1 show that there were enlisted in
H the Union army 2,778,3.04 men ,
H that 110,070 of these were killed
m upon the field or perished from
B wounds received , and the total of
M those marked deserted was 121 , -
m 896 , or about 4J- per cent. When
m it is remembered that men uuac-
M counted for were often marked
H ' 'deserted , " and that in thousands
H of cases this record was false and '
H unjust , people can see how this > '
H list , if all the facts could be ob-
H tained , would become even smaller
H than that. Another of these ma-
B lignant perverters of history says :
H "Four out of every ten men who
H enlisted in the Union army either
H did not leave the states in which
H they were enrolled or did not get
H south of Mason and Dixons' line.
H ! They never saw a Confederate flag
Hj or an armed rebel. " Every man
B who knows the history of that time
H | will easily mark the falsehood.
H Now , what are the facts ? One
Hj hundred and ten thousand and sev-
H . enty were killed on the field of batH -
H tie , 275,175 died from fatal wounds
H and 183,287 died from disease in
H camps , hospitals and southern pris-
H ons. These , with few exceptions ,
W M died south of Mason and Dixon's
H line. The idea of the author is to
H disparage before the people any
H claims of American pensioners up-
H on the people of today. The state-
H ment that "four out of ten" , of en-
H listed soldiers did not leave the
H states in which they enlisted is so
H transparent a falsehood as scarcely
H to need denouncing. Such are
H only a few of the unblushing false-
H hoods that these pretended reform-
H ers and patriots of 1898 are charg-
HH ing upon the men who saved the
H . republic from 1861 to 1865. Ex. |
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NORTH COLEMAN.
Young calves are in great de
mand.
Two incheB of snow fell , Sunda }
night.
Frank Brown has killed three
wolves , this winter.
Corn husking has progressed
nicely and some have finished.
At McCook , Monday , J.B.Smitl :
marketed 17 hogs which averaged
388& pounds.
Mary Shepherd and a Mr.Drake
were married on January 8th. Fur
ther particulars not known.
The singing-class at Coleman
school-house under the leadership
of Prof. Nussbum is doing well.
Louis Brown , who is attending
school in McCook , travels on his
bike home and back almost every
day.
I.B.Stryker was taken suddenly
sick on the 6th , and for a time he
suffered severely , but was able to
be around in a few days.
Robert Johns and family , who
resided on the Nicklas farm , have
gone to Ohio , and Samuel Johns
will occupy the place , this season.
Kev. Mayfield preached to quite
a full house , last Sunday. He is
a very hard worker in the Master's
vineyard. He preaches here every
two weeks at three o'clock.
VAILTON.
Another light snowfall , Monday
morning.
We regret to announce some loss
in stock , this week.
Almost all have finished gather
ing corn , which has yielded better
than was estimated in the early
part of the season.
We l arn that Pleasant Ridge
lyceum is still running in good
shape , every Thursday night , and
svill continue till spring opens up.
The surprise party at the Starks
lome was a very pleasant affair ,
imong the features of the evening
vere games , instrumental music
) y Homer Starks , lunch and withal
i fine social time.
Mrs. John Burtless was quite
mwell , last week , and indeed she
md some thought of closing her
chool , but the board encouraged
ler to resume with the return of
lealth and strength.
INDIANOLA.
I. A.Sheridan and S.R.Smith had
uisiness in McCook , first of week.
John Barton spent Saturday
ivening and Sunday with friends
n the county capital.
Will and Frank Dolan rode tip
o McCook , last Sunday , on their
( icycles. Will also visited the
a/
ounty seat on Tuesday evening.
Frank Fritsch , George Cramer ,
j. B. Kerns and others were wit
nesses in the Duensing-Kemp land
ontest case in McCook , this week.
TheDuensing-Kemp contest suit
ailed quite a number of our citi-
ens to McCook , fore part of this
peek. A valuable timber claim
bout one mile west of this place
3 involved in the suit , which was
ontinued till February 10th.
General Booth , it is said , is
isappointed because he did not
ucceed in bringing about a union
etween the Salvation army and 1
tie Volunteers. The masses of the '
onerican people will not be disap-
ointed. Both organizations are i
oing good work. They will prob- . '
bly do better work as independ-
ut organizations than they would :
do were they concentrated. The
American idea is better represent
ed by Ballington Booth than by
General Booth or by Booth-Tuck
er , and the people will not be sorry
to have him continue his work in
his own way. Ex.
RED WILLOW.
Wm. Byfield and J.F. Helm are
filling .their ice houses.
John Kummer finished corn-
husking with an oyster supper.
There is preaching pvery night
this week at Red Willow school
house.
Boylston Woodworth celebrates
his birthday , next Saturday , and
the little folks of district 72 are
invited to take dinner with the
little man.
If the Pleasant Ridge correspondent
pendent will do the poultry show
in verse after the style of Will M.
Carlton , her fortune is made and
pastoral poetry from other quar
ters will decline in value. There
will be a humorous side to that
show as sure as it is a first attempt ,
and there will be just enough of
the pathetic to awaken poetical
genius. Bearing away the inelig
ible birds will be the pathetic
strain , sweet poetess.
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PLEASANT RIDGE.
J. W. Jones and wife went tc
McCook , Wednesday.
Thomas Harris is husking confer
for W. F. Esher this week.
E. W. Harris is hauling rye tc
McCook for David Carpenter.
O. E. Boone has finished gath
ering 200 acres of corn on the
Ritchie place.
Mr. Marks of the Upper Drift
wood , helped us out on the pro
gram at the literary.
Miss Florence Johnson is teach
ing a successful eight months
term of school in this district.
James Harris had business in
Culbertson , Monday. Ha said that
things were booming over there.
E. C. Goehring and family at
tended literary , Thursday evening ,
and assisted ns in the proceedings.
It was A. J. Hatcher that husked
so much corn and he says that he
ate his dinner at the right time.
We hope that the so-called tem
porary prosperity of this coun
try will last for ages , and to judge
by the way the farmers are talking
wheat if this proves to be a good
season we think prosperity will be
permaueut.
Somebody has been roasted
about singing , ' "The Old Oak
Tree" at the literary. Well , all we
have to say is that persons who can
but will not sing ought to be pun
ished by hearing those who would
sing if they could.
Subject debated at the literary
last week was , Resolved , That pros
perity is on the wane. Mrs. Jas.
Harris , affirmative ; Miss Florence
Johnson , negative. Decision in
favor of the affirmative. Subject
this week , Resolved , That morality
increases as civilization advances.
Ernice Eller , affiirmative ; Ira
3ombs , negative.
CEDAR BLUFFS.
We are having fine weather for
all grain.
Harry Kennedy is doing a nice
ivery business.
George Ayer is very proud of
lis new baby boy.
Our literary is well attended ,
fou're all invited.
There is talk of building a town
tall in Cedar Bluffs.
Joe Dodge shelled corn for Mr.
Jinor , last Thursday.
There was a large prairie fire
ver this way , last week.
Husking corn is pretty well flu
shed in this neighborhood.
Mr. Minor is doing a nice busi-
iess in buying and shipping stock
rom this place.
We miss one of our old settlers ,
> . W. McKee , who started for Ok-
ahoma , last week.
They hnnled away one of the
West buildings in the Bluffs , the
ther day on a hay-rack. There
3 hope for the town's recovery
ow.
TYRONE.
Pete Pearson is sick.
There is talk of starting a far- \
iers' alliance.
Mrs. Shaffer , who was very sick ,
3 much better.
Three good men shovel the corn
a , and Fifer's sheller does the rest.
Jones will farm Smith's place , ,
mth will farm Thompson's , and
'hompson ' , Jones' . '
Rev. Chrysler commences a ser- ]
is of meeting , Tuesday , at the :
leochner appointment. !
Ryan's orchestra furnished fine <
music at Roy Israel's entertain
ment and its running in our heads
yet that is the music is.
Very few are through corn husk
ing yet and some fear they will be
unable to clear their fields in time
for putting in another crop.
The funeral sermon of Nicholas
Flury was preached at this place ,
Tuesday , by Rev. Layton of Cam
bridge. Mr. Flury had been very
low for several mouths , and died
last Sunday. He was respected by
all ; was an honest , intelligent man
and a consistent Christian.
Royal makes the food pure ,
wholesome and delicious.
P ° yAl
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POWDER
Absolute/ ! Pure
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ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO. , NEW YORK.
GERVER.
J. F. Lawthers was putting up
a wind mill , this week.
Rev. White is sti holdiug meet
ings at Pleasant Prairie.
Thomas Fowler of McCook paid
the folks a few hours' visit on
Wednesday of last week.
Goodenberger & Cribben , car
penters , of Danbury , are building
Mrs. V. J. Johnson's barn.
Rev. White and wife and Sam
Ellis and wife were visiting with
0. L. Thompson and family , Tues
day.Mr.
Mr. Bulvard's horses stiayed
away on Sunday evening and gave
him considerable trouble in hunt
ing for them.
Quite a number were disap
pointed on coming to the Pleasant
Praire school-house , Tuesday even
ing , in not finding literary , but
church in its stead.
The wheat growing farmers of
this precinct would like to see Mr.
Underwood's figures on wheat-
growing. They think that they
are fairly well on to the ropes in
growing this cereal , but when it
comes to raising it for twelve cents
a bushel , that must be out of the
question.
We notice now and then smoke
oppearing in the distance. It has
been five years since there has
been a prairie fire of any consequence
quence through this precinct. Dur
ing these years there has been a
constant mulch forming on the
prairies which holds the water
when it falls , so that it cannot
readily run off and down into the
3anyons. If the people will try
: o keep the fires down and not set
my out in some old weed patch ,
) ur surroundi ij country will be
imply remard fl bv more even
listribution of water fall.
PROSPECT PARK.
Charley Boatman hauled a load
> f coal , Tuesday , for the school.
Don Thompson and Jay Scott
md business with the blaukbu ith ,
kfonday.
Miss Hattie Bunnell spent
Wednesday night with Mrs. J.
1. Wade. ;
J. Pickrell has been sick with ,
he grip for some time , but is get- i
ing better. '
Floyd Roberson , of the South '
> ide , attended Sunday-school at
his place , last Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. White and Mr. '
nd Mrs. Samuel Ellis visited at
) . L. Thompson's , Tuesday.
Mrs. L. A. Stephens visited in
IcCook , last week , guest of her
aother , Mrs. James Boatman.
Educational Exhibit.
The educational exhtlnt whirh will be
lade by tbe schools of Nebraska at the
rans-Mississippi and Inter-National ex-
Obition to be held in Omaha from June
> t to November ist , 189S , promises to
e one of the leading features of that
reat exposition.
A great many schools have made ap-
lication for space , which is free , but a
reat many more should avail themselves
f the opportunity ot taking part in this
reat enterprise.
Teachers and school officers should1
ear in mind that application for space
lust be made direct to the state super-
itendent of public instruction before
le first day of February , 1S9S , as space
ill be apportioned to the several schools
hose applications are on file at that
me.
Fill out the blank application sent you
y your county superintendent , or make
jplication as per the form below , and
ail it to the state superintendent at
) ur earliest convenience. The county
tperintendent , who is county manager ,
ill , from time to time , furnish teachers
ith such blanks and information as will
enable them to proceed with the work of
preparing the exhibit.
School boards are earnestly requested
to lend their support to the undertaking
and thereby encourage the pupils of the
public schools to put forth their best ef
forts.
The schools of Nebraska are the pride
of her citizens , and well may they be our
pride and boast , lor Nebraska stands at
the head of the list of states , with the
least per cent of illiteracy of them all.
Let us make the educational exhibit one
that will attract the attention of thous
ands of visitors to this the greatest of in
terests , namely education.
The following is suggested as a very
appropriate form of application for free
space :
FORM OF APPLICATION.
Supt. W. R. Jackson , Lincoln , Neb. :
Dear Sir You are hereby notified
that School District No , of
County Nebraska , with the permission
of the School Board , applies for free
space for an educational exhibit at the
and Inter-National Ex
Trans-Mississippi -
position.
The applicant agrees to see that an ex
hibit is prepared and sent to the county
superintendent of schools , not later than
April 1 , 189S.
The number of teachers employed in
school is
Name of applicant ,
Official position _
Postoffice address ,
Dated this day of 1898.
Cuticular soap at McMillen's ; 15c.
McConnell's Balsam cures coughs.
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