( * By F. M. KIMMELL. Subscription , $1 a Year in Advance OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER , Newspapi or Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co Mayor's Proclamation. The gallant First Nebraska regiment has been mustered out of the service of the Unitei States and its members will return to their homes and their more peaceful avocations o life as soon as the trains can bring them from San Francisco , where they now are. The present schedule of running will bring them through McCook on Tuesday evening , Augus 29th , 1899 , and the people of McCook anc surrounding country , the old as well as the new soldiers , and all patriotic citizens are ic quested to assemble at McCook on the afternoon m noon of August 29th , prepared to form in line and march in a body to the train upon its ar rival to welcome the returning heroes. The following programme has been ar ranged : One hour before the arrival of the train all the engine whistles in the city will be blown and the fire alarms sounded , which will be the signal to form on Main street in the following order : K. P. Band , B. & M. Drum Corps , Old Soldiers and Sailors , Young Sol diers , Ladies of the McCook Circle , Mayor and City Council , Civic Societies , Citizens on foot. March to depot , rcturing in same order , after departure of train , to the band stand , where appropriate exercises will be had , after which the returning soldiers , Fred Kinghorn , Bert Colter , Stephen Belles , Jr. , Frank Traver , Harry Steers , and any others stopping here at that time , and their families , will be enter tain by the citizens of McCook at lunch. Should any change in the running time of the trains be made which requires an altera tion of arrangements , the fact will be made known by hand bills. JOHN E. KELLEY , Mayor. Republican Judicial Convention. The Republican electors of the I4th Judicial District of Nebraska are re quested to send delegates from their respective counties to meet in convention in the city of McCook , Nebr. , on Wednesday tbe 27th day of September , 1899 , at 8 o'clock p. in. , for the purpose of placing in nomination a candidate for the office of District Judge , and to trans act such other business as may come before the convention. The several counties comprising the district are entitled to representation as follows , the apportionment being based on the vote cast for Hon. M. L. Hay ward for governor in 1898 , giving each county one delegate at large and one for each lee votes and major fraction thereof to- wit : It is recommended that no proxies be admitted , but that delegates present be authorized to cast the entire vote of the delegation of the county which they represent. C. E. HOPPING , F. N. MERWIN , Sec'y. Chairman. FUSION and confusion are very nearly related , as seen by the action of the Pop convention , last Saturday. THE Populist state ticket is Silas A. Holcomb for supreme judge ; J. L. Teet ers and Edson Rich for university reg ents. To fuse or not to fuse was the question uppermost in the Pop convention. And in the desire to gain the offices and the emoluments , sight was lost of principle except in the resolutions which were indeed beautifully read by Cecil Matth ews and unanimously passed by the con vention , and then unceremoniously thrown over the transom , when it came to make the nominations. The Pops doubtless figure it that it is better to bear the slings of outrageous fortune for a while and rake in the emoluments , than to stay by principle and get "nit. " Cheap Trip to Omaha. On Thursday , August 31 , the cheap est rates yet offered to Omaha for the Greater America Exposition will be in effect on the Burlington Route. Round trip tickets , good for return until Sep tember 4th , will be sold for $6.So from McCook , Neb. Now that the natives and their exhib its for the Hawaiian and Philippine vil lages have arrived , and the other col onial displays are installed , the Exposi tion is complete , and is worth going a long distance to attend. It is not a repetition of last year's fair. It is grand er , more novel and has a theme distinct ly its own. It is the first national fair to contain a United States colonial ex hibit. The grounds have been marvel lously beautified , $2,500,000 having been expended for this purpose. The electri cal fountain in the Grand Court is far prettier than any lighting effect seen last year. Bellstedt's famous band from Cincinnati has repeated its success of the World's Fair , and caught the crowd with its splendid music. Remember you will learn something of the islands acquired through the war with Spain , if you visit the Greater America Exposition. Join the Burling ton Route's cheap excursion on.August 31. The rate is low ; only $6.So from liere. For tickets or further information apply to nearest ticket agent of the lingtou Route. BARTLEY. J. Bantham moved back to the farm over toward Lebanon , close of last week. C. W. Keys hiked up from Cambridge , Sun day , on a short visit to the home folks. Rev. R. 11. Chrysler of Orleans was in town Tuesday , looking after his property. Ralph Scott went up to McCook , Thursday evening , on a short visit to his brother. A. G. Dole of the county seat passed the glad hand around to acquaintances , Wednes day. Ruby Fletcher , Winnie Epperly and Katie Dietsch visited Danbury friends early in the week. We are now connected with McCook by phone. F. A. Walsworth has the local office in his drug store. E. O. Scott wheeled down from the county capital , Saturday evening , and visited the home folks over Sunday. Wm. Cowles spent several days in the west end city , this week. He expects to move his family there in the not distant future. Mrs. II. S. Ayer , wife of the agent at Frank lin , and children arrived here , Sunday , for a short visit with her brother , Agent Hanson. Charles R. Lee and Marguerite Maisel took a chance in the matrimonial lottery , Tuesday. They were married by the county judge at McCook. H. P. Hodgkin and wife drove up to Box Elder , Sunday , with Miss Nellie Stephens , who had been their guest for a week previous. Edith Ogg accompanied them and will visit the Stephens family for awhile. The material is on the ground for a new passing track at this place , and work on the same will be commenced soon. The need has long been felt as the business track is always in use by the elevator and stock yards people. The Pops down in this end consider the action of the convention at Indianola , last Saturday , a pretty hard dose to take , and not a few show a disinclination to take it , too. It was a pretty rank deal for the east end patriots as Ike Sheridan is the only man to whom they can "point with pride ; " McCook and the Democrats got the rest. Robert Loveland of Marshall county , South Dakota , stopped off here a few days , early in the week , on his return from a trip through the west , to swap yarns with the chum of his boyhood days , A. B. Wilson. The "deacon"- drove him around a bit and gave him a few jgures on crops and resources with plenty of coloring , as might be expected of any patriot , and was just congratulating himself on hav- ng scored a point when his guest came back it him with the statement that they had a ten- thousand-acre field of in his - potatoes up coun- ry and that one man kept ten threshing out- Its of his own running all fall to thresh his crop of wheat. That prostrated the "deacon" and he has been in a pretty wabbly condition ever since. BANKSVILLE. Eugene Dunham was in this neighborhood , Tuesday. Peter Wesch is the first to thresh in this vicinity , commencing Tuesday. The Populist primary was held at the school louse , Thursday evening , and the necessary delegates chosen for the county convention. That new school-house is still in the dim uture as there was an error in the bonds voted and a call has been made for another election. J. G. Relph and family departed , overland or Iowa on a visit and will spend a few days n Omaha and take in the exposition en route The United Brethren Quarterly conference was held at the Dodge school-house , last Sun day , Rev. F. M. Kennedy conducting the ser vice. We learn that some of the Populist nomi nees have already figured out their majorities. [ t may be easier to do so now than after elec tion. The sudden and mysterious disappearance of Robert Barr , the well known cattle dealer , las caused considerable excitement and anxi ety among his many friends and acquaint ances m this part. BOX ELDER. D. D. Wildman is on the sick-list. Mrs. James Oakley returned home , Monday , From her visit in Kansas. George Harrison and Robert Langlry have gone east for a load of apples. A. W. Campbell says he knows'who the. Box Elder correspondent is. Ask him. Frank Lytle is building a Nebraska brick on the corner , and will occupy the same soon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hodgkin of Bartley are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stephens , this week. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Campbell are entertain ing their daughter and two children from Wymore. Richard Brewer has gone out on an expedi tion for the sale of his pantries , expecting to be absent about a month. Mrs. E. J. Vivian made her farewell calls in this vicinity , latter part of last week. They expect to move to Kansas to make their future home. The last quarterly meeting of the year for the Box Elder charge was held in the Box Elder M. E. church , Sunday and Monday' Presiding Elder C. A. Hale preached the ser mon , Sunday evening. SOUTH SIDE. Things are getting a little dry again. John Randall is putting up hay , this week. H. Stone is selling lots of fine water-melons. S. G. Goheen threshed , the fore part of the week. John Whittaker is doing a big business with his wire-tightner. Mrs. Mathew Johnston was the guest of her niece , Mrs. W. S. Fitch , the fore part of the week. Messrs. Roy Barnes , Enoch Hoover , Ed Hoover and Hubert Ploussard are helping John Randall put up hay. Gerald Wilcox's machine will go from S. G. Goheen's to B. C. Bowman's and W. S.jFitch's and then to Frank Cain's. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum * Alton baking : powders are the greatest xnenacers to health of the present day. ROYAL CAKINO POWDER CO. , HEW YORK. REDWILLOW. Ben King is building on his farm north of town. Mr. Powell has his scales in and is ready to buy hogs. Jelley making is the older of the day among our women. Threshing machines are not paying extra well about here. It is the first year we have heard a man's crop of grain enumerated in gallons. Charlie Byfield accompanied his father to Denver , Sunday , when he shipped the last cattle. Charlie will spend a few days in Boulder visiting relatives. The people of this precinct will be grieved to learn that Waltei Sly is very ill with typhoid fever. Walter was a favorite among the young people when he resided here. This is not an unhealthy locality , but it would be real nice if we had a drug store and a doctor. One of those kind of doctors that sit up nights and help nurse and don't get in to big a hurry for their pay , would be popular liere or anywhere else , perhaps. That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you if you used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands of suffer ers have proved their matchless merit for sick and nervous headaches. They make pure 3lood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by McConnell & Berry. DANBURY. That Democratic sheriff deal is not testing at all comfortably on the local Populistic stomach. R. Q. Stewart was here , Tuesday , looking after some revenue matters , driving over to McCook from here. After the way that his fellow Populists sat down on Doc Minniear at the late conven tion , it is expecting too much of human nature o expect him to feel "first-rate. " S. II. Stilgebouer is selling out his farm chattels of all kinds , and expects to go into msiness in Danbury confections etc. lie was in McCook , first of the week , advertising the fact per circulars. A Frightful Blunder Will often cause a horrible , burn , scald , cuter or bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve , the best in the world , will kill the pain and promptly lieal it. Cures old sores , fever sores , ulcers , boils , felons , corns , all skin eruptions. Best pile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by McConnell & Beiry. COLEMAN. Wm. Heun has a chance to work at the tinner's trade in Lincoln. One of the Dolan boys of Indianola was driving over this precinct , this week. J. W. Corner and wife were in town , early in the week , laying in a supply of edibles for the threshers. Roy Coleman was in town , Wednesday , and Drought out a load of coal. He is getting ready to thresh. George Crane of Macoupin county , Illinois , was feasting his eyes on the beauties of nature in these ends of the earth , Wednesday. Uncle Billy was driving over the precinct , Wednesday , with three gentlemen from Illi nois , who were looking at the country. Some of Matt Droll's wheat made fifteen Dushels per acre. He had over 3,000 bushels of wheat , See of rye and about 400 of oats. He put his wheat in with a drill and did it right ; it pays. Mrs. Schilz and family are now very com fortably located in their new house. It is a Ine , two-story frame , and a place where they can enjoy life. It is one of the many fine : arm residences up here. [ OFFICIAL r AUTHORITY. ] Commissioners' Proceedings. McCook , Neb. , August 21,1899. Board of county commissioners met pursu ant to adjournment. Present , James A.Robin son , Henry Crabtree and Stephen Belles , com missioners , W. R. Starr , county attorney , and R. A. Green , county clerk. Minutes of previ ous meeting read and approved. In the matter of the bids for lathing and plastering the rooms on first floor , in the court riouse , from main hallway east , to east side of court house. The bid of Yarger & Notley , being the low est and best , was on motion accepted , the cost of said work to be paid by the board of county commissioners from the money appro priated by the city of McCook to aid in the construction of the county court house. The following claims were audited and al lowed and on motion clerk was instructed to draw warrants on the county general fund , levy of 1899 , in payment thereof as follows : Red Willow County Agricultural Soci ety , appropriation for county fair.$263 55 Mrs. Peter Brockham , maintenance. . . 18 oo Mary C. Hurlburt , taxes paid under protest 10 70 And on county road fund , lexy of 1899 , as follows : E. L. Quigley , road tax refunded Si 37 On motion board adjourned to meet August 26th , 1899. Attest : R. A. GREEN , County Clerk. 1 Entertainment. The announcements and programmes for the entertainment to be given by the pupils of Misses Richardson and Groff are out. The entertainment will be held in the opera house. Thursday evening next , August 3ist. Prices are 25 and 35 cepts. Reserved seats at Mc Connell & Berry's. The programme promises an evening of pleasurable entertainment. The Mystery Unsolved. The m > stervsurrounding the disappearance of Robert Barr , the stockman , after over two weeks have lapsed , remains as deep and im penetrable as at the beginning. Up to the time of our going to press , nothing definite has been developed. He left home , Tuesday two weeks ago , going to Oberlin and the trace of him was lost about two miles north oi Dresden , over on the Rock Island. Search ing parties are still looking for him or clues , PLEASANT RIDGE , Mr. McFarrin has moved back to Norton Kansas. Austin Dutcher is having some bad luck with his threshing machine. Mrs. J. W. Jones' mother from Falls City , Nebraska , is visiting her. Thomas Ruggles and Lafe Miller were combining business with pleasure in this vi cinity , Friday. A good many hog buyers were in this vicin ity , last week. Four cents were all they of fered for hogs. The ladies of the sod church have made a crazy quilt and will quilt it , Wednesday , for their pastor , Rev. Darby. There will be more corn in this vicinity at gathering time than people thought , a few- weeks ago , there would be. The pemocratic caucus which met in this part of the world , Friday , was attended by ever so many of that political faith. Rev. Ferris , family and sister of Cherokee , Iowa , are visiting his brother Charles of Vail- ton. They departed for their home , Tuesday morning. The people of Vailton had the pleasure of hearing two splendid sermons , Sunday. Rev. Badcon preached an interesting sermon in the afternoon from the text , "What is Man ? " In the evening Rev. Ferris preached from the words , "There is No Discarge in That War. " He referred in his discourse to the Philippine war , and said that there might come a time when this war would be a 3lot on the escutcheon of the United States. [ Applause. ] He presented many able illus trations and said there should be no discharge from the war on the saloons. His remarks on prohibition and the way the war against saloons should be carried on to accomplish anything were very applicable. The Vailton school-house could not accommodate all who were present , and we feel that the solemn , earnest words of this excellent minister will long be remembered. A Thousand Tongues Could not express the rapture of Annie E. Springer of 1125 Howard St. , Philadelphia , Pa. , when she found that Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption had completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies and doctors could give her no help , but she says of this royal cure "it soon re moved the pain in my chest and I can now sleep soundly , something I can scarcely re member doing before. I feel like sounding its praises throughout the universe. " So will every one who tries Dr. King's New Discov ery for any trouble of the throat , chest or lungs. Price SOG and $ i. Trial bottle free at McConnell & Berry's drug store ; every bottle guaranteed. VAILTON. This week opened unfavorably for corn. Rexford Simpson has returned from his Kansas trip. We are sorry to report one of the McFarrin children quite sick. We notice Neighbor Baldwin is making ex tensive preparations for fall wheat and rye. Quite a few witnessed the parade , balloon ascension and show in McCook , last Thurs day. day.The The corn crop in this section will be lighter than last year , though all around us it will be much better. E. S. Dutcher and son are pushing the work of threshing on the various small grain ranches around Vailton. J , W. Speer , Charles Boatman and Joseph Schmidt were delegates to the county con vention at Indianola , last Saturday. C. S. Ferris entertained a brother and sister for a few days just past. Mr. Ferris was also accompanied by his wife and daughter. Rev. J. A.Badcon preached at Vailton , Sun day afternoon. W. L. Ferris , pastor of the Congregational church at Cherokee , Iowa , supplied the pulpit in the evening. Robbed the Grave. A startling incident , of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia , was the subject , is narrated by him as follows : "I was in a most dreadful condition. My skin was almost yel low , eyes sunken , tongue coated , pain contin ually in back and sides , no appetite gradual ly growing weaker day by day. Three phy sicians had given me up. Fortunately a friend advised trying 'Electric Bitters ; ' and to my great joy and surprise , the first bottle made a decided improvement. I continued their use for three weeks , and am now a well man. I know they saved my life , and robbed the grave of another victim. " No one should fail to try them. Only sects. , guaranteed at , Mc Connell & Berry's drug store. INDIANOLA. Mrs. D. J. Fitzerald was a McCook visitor , mid-week. Sheriff and Mrs. J. R. Neel departed , Tues day night , for Omaha , on a visit. D. J. Fitzgerald attended the Democratic convention in Omaha , this week. Miss Lillian Welborn had business in the seat of county affairs , Wednesday. Bernice Barton returned home , Sundav night , from a week's visit in Republican City. O. D. Mosher was in McCook , Tuesday night , in consultation with the local Populist political managers. Robert Welborn was down from Denver , close of last week. He is employed by the Colorado Coal and Fuel Co. Fred Beardslee departed , . Sunday evening , for Denver , where he enters the employ of the Colorado Coal and Fuel Co- W. H. Wadsworth , Clark McClung , Harvey Reed and Clarence Dolan -visited Wads- worth's farm in East Valley precinct , Sunday , all biking down and back. C. B. Gray has been down from McCook on a visit since last Saturday. Mrs. Gray and the boy have been the guests of her mother , Mrs. Charles Hoag , for some time. - stvwrt F * T"tJtv sraLf1 $ ? . > f J > , i' ' j ytf t , -t * ' ' % ' 'waf'fe-'nSV1' * ' ' . ABOUT "toy i 'ij\j ' - * f'l - tit COTTON ATTiNO Most people suppose that a Cotton Batt is a Cotton Batt and that is all there is to it. NOT SO AT ALL . . . . as you will quickly discover when you put one of ours alongside the other kind. Most Batts can be unrolled and un folded only with difficulty , and by pulling them apart in many places. OURS open out like a piece of clotb easily , quickly and whole. Most Batts when unrolled are not the length of a Comfortable nor proper width ; they have to be pieced out or cut off and patched around to make them go. OURS open out just the length of a Comfortable and just the right width. The kind of Comfortable that most Batts make pulls to pieces inside with a little use and the cotton bunches down into the cor ners. OURS make Comfortables that will not pull apart and that give perfectly satisfactory service for years. The average merchant buys his Batts from a jobber who gets from the manufacturer and the only test applied by any of them is WEIGHT. WE buy direct from the maker , and all the requirements that practical comfort-making points out as desirable are provided to our special order. Notwithstanding that ours have all the "points , " they also have more weight than jobbers' Batts. READY = MADE COMFORTABLES . . . made by us right here in our store , 6 feet wide and 7 feet long , containing 6 of our special Batts , are constantly in stock and our price only $1.60. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS . . . . for BLANKETS , COMFORTS , HEMMED SHEETS and PILLOW CASES We Solicit Your Trade , Postoffice Per in same Building. GEO. E. THOMPSON. McCOOK , NEB. ONE PRICE PLAIN FIGURES CASH ONLY r n 114- DOZEN GLOVES Tl Beyond a doubt this is the largest shipment of unlined gloves ever re = ceived by one retail store in this part of Nebraska. This line was carefully selected by fir. Colson while in the east. Quality , fit and price were all considered. Let us fit you out. We have any size , any color , any price. We mean to maintain our past reputation. Headquarters for the best gloves in town. r TH EE HIVE Leading * Xotioii House , McCOOK , - - NEBRASKA. ! * & * b// S < SbSr e3 * & / ยง / < & < / 'Q / > ARNETT LUMBER GO , OF COURSE. Telephone No. 5.