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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1884)
Hloune Thursday , March 2oth , j8S.j , TO.OITE ADVEETISEES. All locals under thin heading 10c. a line for oacb insertion , and satno inserted until order ed discontinued , unless time IB specified. Blllu pttyablo monthly. Local Intelligence. Graham Flour at City Bakery. Call at Pike's New Lumber Yard. Choice Apples , $4.50 per bbl. , at Rogers' . Cash paid for Poultry at Dungan & Shekel1 * . All kinds of blanks -kept for sale at this office. Buckwheat , Flour and Maple Syrup at Rogers' . For the best Flour in town call , at City Bakery. Choice raisins , 10 cents per pound , at Hayden & Co.'s. Highest cash price paid ibr fat cattle by Dungan & Shekel's. We have just received a handsome assortment of calling cards. Choice cuts of beef , ham , pork and mutton at Dungan & Shekel's. Fish and poultry at Dungan & Shek el's , every Thursday and Friday. Fine sugar cured hams and breakfast bacon sliced at Duncan & Shekel's. We call your attention to C.'H. Rog advertisement on the eighth- page of this issue. T. J. Starbuck is having a stable built on the rear end of the lot upon which his office is situated. Great bargains at.Hayden & Co.'s. See advertisement on eigthpage of this issue for bargains. If you want the best flour in town , call at the City Bakery. Samples given to those who wish to try it. Dr. L. L. Jollnson is having an office bnilt adjoining Dr. Boyle's dental offit-.e and rcfcidcnce on Dennison street. A gentle'man from Fillmove county was in town , Monday , with the view of purchasing or renting the Churchill House. The B. & M. began Saturday running mail cars through to McCook , instead of only to Hastings as they have done in the past. Mr. Morris , one of the B. & M.'s most trusty freight conductors , is hav ing a residence built on the corner lot east of A. M. Kelly. It may not be amiss for our people to keep their weather eye "peeled" these days , as men , like things , are not always what they seem to be. Charlie Boyle has been working in the Land Office , this week. The land business has been such AS to keep the officers and assistant bus } ' . "Which do you prefer , a horse or $50 , " is the stereotyped question pro pounded to Conductors Belknap , Mc Coy and Burns , these days. While some individuals were scuffling on Main avenue , another large window pane was demolished , last week , this time in D. Kendall's billiard hall. The carpente/s are rushing the work on the houecs of W. C. LaTourette and Charles Noble. Both these houses will be ornaments in a town of handsome homes. We are informed that A. W. Beard v - , of Washington , Iowa , has rented the building now occupied by the band , and will fix up the same for a furniture gtorc at once. Marble's new photograph gallery it under headway again , and if the weath er keeps fair , will be completed and ready for business in a few days. There will be notice given when ready in Till TRIBUNE or by hand bills. MoCooJc , the second division of the : more , is the neatest looking town along the line. haVcaiitful $ location. * * - -Wymoriaiv -r . v ' { > Bert. Potter was passing around a box ofPeck'd Bad' Boys , " Tuesday mormnff , in honor of tlie arrival of an heir apparent at. his home. The dimen sions of that smile were immense but excusable. A plight fall of snow was visible on the bluffs , south of town , 3Ionday morn ing , which had made its appearance dur ing the night. It was a topic of remark , as none had fallen north of the river at this jlacc. We are informed that Tiff. Babcock has purchased Gflo. A. Hunter's fine bunch of cattle , numbering about 40 head. This purchase includes the fine cow that Mr. Hunter had at'the county fair , last fall. Our streets and alleys present a wretched appearance. The space around the well seems 'to be the "favorite , re- sort" of the hogs , until it has become a miserable mud hole. A little cleaning up would improve the appearance of our town vastly. Thirty-five head of cattle belonging to Geo. Mctcalf were drowned in the Beaver below Danbury , Nebraska , last Friday. A party was wintering them for him and during the storm the herd drifted into the stream , with the above result. Oberlin Herald. J A pony belonging to W. M. Irwin , and attached to a buggy , -took a little go-as-you-please up Dennison street , Friday , finally coming into contact with the City Bakery bign. The pony was uninjured , but the vehicle was rather the worse for its collision. The people of the Lower Willow are anxious to know what is going to be uone about a road leading into McCook. We understand I. J. Starbuck purposes doing some fencing that will cut off communication from that section , and as the canyons are not bridged , some action ought to be taken , and at once. J. F. Forbes went duck hunting Mon day afternoon , and succeeded in bag ging a number of those aquatic fowls. J. F. is peculiarly adapted to hunting ducks , being possessed of the Nimrouic and water-dog qualities required to kill and to snatch the slain ganiu from the bosom of the treacherous Republican. In a short time the B. & M. will ex tend its postal car mail service to Den ver , McCook being the western limit at present , to where postal clerks run. The regular postal cais that now only run to Hastings will be continued to Denver , and a car added to the night train from the east. Gazette-Journal. W. J. Willson , owner of the Circle Ranch , recently returned from a trip to England , where he disposed of his ranch at $50,000 , and his cattle at $30 per head , and has three years in which to gather. Having a large number of cat tle , this right reserved is a profitable one , especially where the range is great as in this case. Main avenue was the scene of a most disgraceful "plain drunk , " Friday af ternoon. A resident of South McCook became most gloriously drunk , and pro ceeded to make himself obnoxious by his cursing and yelling. After tumbling around pretty much all over the street , pavements , boxes , etc. , he was finally put into a wagon by force and conveyed home. Complaint has been made to us about certain outbuildings and about parties slaughtering within the corporate limits. The proper way would be to speak to the parties themselves first , and if they fail of getting redress , enter complaint before the Board. There are some mat ters tliat need adjusting , and we are of opinion that speaking to the parties will be sufficient A horse rac6 on the half-mile track below town attracted quite a crowd , Saturday. The first race was run by horses owned by D. D. Duckworth of the Beaver and W. M. Doyle of'the Willow , in which the Beaver horse car ried off the laurels. Then a horse own ed by Starbuck Bros , "was matched agaiust the Beaver horse for a race of ; 300 yards , and the Beaver horse was de- I featcd leaving the boys about square. I * at Pike's New Lumber Yard. See'elsewhcre in this ipsue the notice of the village election , -which will be held on > the first Tuesday of April , the 1st. A board of trustees consisting of five members will be voted for. We take pleasure in issuing THE TRIBUNE to our subscribers , this week , enlarged to a6-column quarto. We have done so in the belief that our ef forts to give the people of Red Willow count } ' a good local paper will be ap preciated. McCook needs a lock-up of some kind. Of what particular effect are laws or ordinances in a town without a cala boose. To be sure you can arrest and fine ; but there are many instances in which 48 hours in the cooler would -be far more beneficial. An ordinance be comes worse than null and void when there is a lack of facilities for enforce ment. , - - _ , . . . - - - , _ t The Kansas trapper , > Andrew Mcln- tyre , alias "Old Mack , " "Quick Eye , " "Let him sleep , " etc. , ad infinitum , hav ing threatened the life of Joe Braun , was arrested and put under bonds to keep the peace , Friday. On Sunday , his outfit which has been in Alcott & Dunbar's yard since this modern Nim- rod put in an appearance , was hauled out of the corporate limits. Three new residence buildings were commenced in West McCook , Tuesday , and lumber for another , which H. C. Rider will build for Thomas Mclnroy , hauled on the ground. Five new build ings have been erected in that part of town since January. The McCook part of this world certainly "do move. " Ev erywhere within her limits new resi dences or new business houses are springing up , and general activity pre vails. The Driftwood district tis going through that exhilarating process fa miliarly known in this energetic occi dental country as booming. Wagon loads of household goods , lumber , etc. , have been wending their course that way during the last few weeks in num bers which certainly indicate a consid erable emigration into that section. We understand that a store is to be built somewhere on the Driftwood , and that a number of other buildings are expect ed to be erected during the summer. If the ordinance referring to astrays is intended to be enforced , a pound ought to be built , and a pound-master appointed , whose duty it will be to at tend to such animals running at large in violation of said ordinance. We de sire to earnestly impress upon the minds of the boys that TIIK TRIBUNE office lias not been selected as the village pound. A number of young American's ffho were successful in capturing astrays ast week , came to us for instructions which we were unable to give. We re fer them to His Honor , the Mayor. A gentleman named McGrue from lay county , who has purchased a ranch about 8 miles up the Driftwood , was engaged in hauling his household ef fects , two car loads of which had been shipped to McCook , up to his ranch , Thursday and Friday. He had some seven or eight teams at work forming quite a spirited scene. Mr. McGrue belongs to an order of men whom we take pleasure in welcoming to our coun ty , having about 70 head of cattle now on his range and preparing to drive in another bunch at an early date , is in position to take advantage of what this country seems at present to be best adapted to stock raising. Dr."Kay of Cullom , 111. , made Mc Cook and surrounding country a visit , last week , and was well pleased and sur prised at both. The Doctor entercc claims a few miles northwest of town , and is considering the advisability oi moving here. . He informs us that al ! the way from Holdrege to McCook people ple took tlic voluntary inconvenience upon themselves to disparage the coun try , this wise : McCook is all there is to that country. Nothing but sand hills etc. While our town beyond a peradventure - venture cuts a pretty large figure in thih country , still the story about the sane hills is rather gauzy. He says that ev ery possible objection \ ? trumped up to try to keep parties from coming up to McCook. Our village certainly occu pies an enviable position in the Repub lican Valley feared by all and not par ticularly perturbed by any. Call at Pike's New Lumber Yard. At the meeting of the Board of Trus tees held Wednesday evening , the following - lowing apppintments for the April elec tion were made by the Chairman : S.L. Green , D. Kendall and W. W. Fisher , Judges of Elcctionj Charlie Boyle and Dr. Johnson , Clerks of Election. An ordinance relating to the planting of shade trees was passed and will appear in our next-issue. The ordinance re cently passed , which treats on animals running at large , it is proposed to add an amendment thereto , so as to provide for the appointment of an Poundinaster- Mr. Menard , who has been in town for the past two weeks superintending the erection of his spendid building , es pecially the putting on the fire-proof Asbestos roofing with which it is cov ered , returned to Chicago , Wednesday afternoon. Should the weather continue propitious , the building is expected to be ready for accupancy about the first of May. The topography of Red Willow coun- y is just what you wish for farming and tock raising , one portion of it being evel and the other undulating and roll- ng. We have up-land , low land and able land. That part that is too rough f > till is just what the farmer needs to I 'ence for pasture ; thereby' giving his tock the benefit of the shelter from all torms. McCook is none of your slow coach , dead-and-alive old historic easy going , - - towns that have outlived their useful ness and are Sying of "dry rot. " It is * a live , driving , progressive and modern town , full of first class men in every epartment , and eminently worth of its commanding position. The Ladies Union will give an enter- aimncnt next Thursday evening , March 27th , at the Band Hall. There will be i short programme consisting of tab- eaux , literary and musical exercises , after which refreshments will be served. Admission and supper 25 cents. The Republican County Central Com- nittee meet Saturday , at 1 o'clock , P. M. , at the Court House , for the purpose of calling a County Convention and ap- lortioning the delegates thereto. There will be services at the Catholic Church in Indianola on Sunday , March } 0th , at 11 o'clock , A. M. Rev. J. A. Fanning , of Orleans , officiating. CARRICO. Weather fine. Grass springing up. Wild eyed land hunters are on our soil. Up from the south comes the geese nd duck , telling that spring is here. Miss Lucv Branch isat North-Platte * aking instructions on the piano forte. Heavy clouds lay off to the west on Tuesday , and anon the thunder growled .n a deep base. Miss Lucy Buckendoff returned to icr home on Blackwood , Wednes-lay. tlas been in Iowa for the past six nonths attending school. Grandpa Stokes brought from the east apple and pear trees , grape and trawberry vines. Says he will give the soil of Hayes county a test. We are ( leased to receive the friends into our midst. . March 13th , 1884. "UNEQUALED. " Marsh's Golden Blood and Liver Tonic is an Incomparable Remedy. "We have used MARSH'S GOLDEN BLOOD & LIVER TONIC in our family with excellent results. For Blood and Liver complaints it is unequaled. " Henry L. Moore , La Crosse , Wis. "MARSH'S GOLDEN BLOOD & LIVER TONIC is an incomparable remedy for purifying the Blood and regulating the Liver. I have used it myself and rec ommended it to others with unvarying success. ' ' James II. Walke , Kansas City , Mo. "Your GOLDEN BALSAM for the Throat and Lungs , and GOLDEN BLOOD & LIVER TONIC , have cuied my wife of incipient consumption. They are the best medicines in the world. " ' J. T. Fowler , Davenport , Iowa. MARSH'S GOLDEN BLOOD & LIVER TONIC and MARSH'S GOLDEN BALSAM , are for sale by S. L. Green , Druggist , McCook. Large bottles 50 cents and $1. ELECTION NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that on Tues day , the 1st day of April , 1884 , at the office of Starbuck & Jennings , an elec tion will be held for a Board of Trus tees of the Village of McCook , consist ing of five Trustees. Polls will be open fronrO o'clock , A. M. , until 7 o'clock. P. M. F. M. KIM.MELL. Clerk. BARBED WIRE. "A penny saved is a penny earned , " .likewise a dollar. All manufacturers of Barbed Wire have recently advanced theipricb of wire one ce'nt per pound , with prospects of a still further advance. If you are wise you will buy your wire immediately , for delays are dangerous. Two'car loads of A No. 1 Wire just " received by LYTLE BROS. , , 42. , McCook , Neb. Attention , Land Attorneys. Wo have In stock "Cosh Application" and "Proof" blanks , under act approved June 15 , IBM ) . Same are put up in $1 and $2 packages , ready to mail. Sand In your order to THE TRIBUNE , MeCook , Net ) . . PERSONAL POINTERS. Ed. llyan of Stratton was in town , Friday. Senator Dolan and Judge Ashmore were in town ; Monday. Mr. and Mrs. V. Franklin visited the county seat , Saturday. C. F. and T. B. Babcock made a visit to the county-seat , Sunday. Chief Dispatcher and Mrs. Rces went to Denver oji a visit , Tuesday. Mrs. T. S. Bosley returned from her visit to Fairmount on Tuesday. W. II. Hayden came up on 39 , Mon day , to look after his interests in Mc Cook. Cook.Will Will Warren has stopped "hash sling ing" and gone to work in the round house. Mayor Berger , wife and family and Miss Shaw went to Indianola on No. 4 , Saturday. Geo. W. Bowman , of Cullom , 111. , has entered claims about 7 miles north west of town. Mrs. A. P. Sharp and family were among the McCook visitors at Indian ola , Saturday. Miss Susan Roop of Lincoln has mov ed into Red Willow county , and taken land south of town. Mr. A. J. Brent and 31issp > Jcnnie Jamison of Bondville , this county , drove up to McCook , Friday. W. Z. Taylor , II. B. Straut , J. M. Williams and Editor Love of Culbert- son were down , Monday. Messrs. Leaven worth and Papan and Mrs. W. H. McCartney of Indianola , were visitors in town , Sunday. S. E. Hibbert of Mission Creek , this state , who has taken land in this vicinity , is putting up a house on the same. Mr. Ford of Lincoln arrived in Mc Cook , this week , with a car-load of stock and household goods. He has taken land south of town. Mrs. A. J. Willey and daughter , Miss Orpha , who have been in McCook for some months past , returned to their home in Mt. Ayr , Iowa , Thursday morn ing of last week. Mr. Relph , who lives about 6 miles west of Stoughton , tells us that ante lope are unusually numerous , that he s > aw 14 in one bunch while on his way to McCook , Tuesday. J. B. Meserve went tft Denver. Fri day , to be present at a meeting of the Stock Association , of which he is a member , which held a special session the last of the week. W. J. McGillin of Benkelinan , was in town Monday and Tuesday , on busi ness , lie reports cattle as being very thin and weak on account of lack of feed hay being very scarce. J. G. Schaupp of Grand Island , and A. W. Schaupp of Linn Grove , Ind. , were in town. Tuesday. Mr. Schaupp of Grand Island is the owner of the cel ebrated flouring establishment of the same name at Grand Island. J. G. Good of Falls City , who owns considerable land on Driftwood , and who is building a store up that creek , has been in town this week , superintending the unloading and hauling away of sev eral car loads of household goods. Miss N. II. Rankin , ex-Superinten dent of Fttrnas county , spent Monday and Tuesday in McCook , the guest oi Mrs. G. L. Laws. Tuesday night Miss Rankfn went west , where she. will spent the coming summer in the mountains George-Henkle of the state of Beat rice , has-been in town a number of days this week , looking after his real estati interests. Mr. Henkle first visited Me Cook when she was in her swaddlinj clothes , and is pleased with the progress ! and improvement now apparent. i I i - * "NOTICET 1 $ The annual meeting of District Red Willow county , Nob.wiirb < fhel < ? . * " * * " * * * * - * ± f f- * fi * * % * * * * it fin \ in the church in the Village W McCo on Monday , April 7,188'4 , at 7 P. Jfy for the-purpose of electing a Director , j t I a Moderator , and for -the purpose "oT NJv/ transacting any other business that may , legally come before such meeting. ' G. L. LAWS , Director. March 9th , 1884. Something Perhaps You Don't Know : One hour is all the regulations re quire the postoffice to be open on Sun day any more is for accommodation. The door is never locked between * 12 M. and 1 P. M. TIIOS. SCOTT , P. M. BUSINESS POINTERS. , _ _ , . . Locals under this head Bo. n line for each Insertion. Bills payable monthly. ' Extra copies of Tire TRIBUNE at this office. Call and sec our artistic.designs in Envelopes. A fine up-land , deeded claim for sale. Inquire at this office. Samples of the latest designs in Wall ? apers at W. M. Sanderson's. "Cleanliness is akin to godliness. " lall at Sharp's barbershop , and become ilean. Fine teams arid good carriages at Dunbar & Olcott's livery stable. Drop n to see them. A. P. Sharp has all the conveniences ind apparatus to insure a good bath. Give him a trial. If you want to buy a deeded claim me of the best on Driftwood creek : all at this office soon. Hereafter we will require that all con- : est notices and proof notices be paid 'or ai the time of their first insertion. We put up all letter heads , note heads , hill heads , etc. , in blotter tabletSj f desired , without extra chaige. They are very convenient. " \V. M. Sanderson is prepared to de all kinds of Paper Hanging , Kalsomin- ng , and Carriage and Wagon Painting ) n short notice. Give him a call so/in. _ _ L Blank Deeds , Real Estate Mortgages , [ leases , Bills of Sale , Bond for Deed , Quit Claim Deeds , Contracts for Build up , Receipts , etc. , at TIIK TRIBUNE . Dunbar & Olcott have two stallions : uul two brood mares for sale. . If the stallions are , not sold they will stand 'or ' service during the season at their ivery barn. Any one desiring to pur- hase a fine blooded stallion should call at their livery stable. THE TIDE KISES ! DeLand's Cheui- cal Baking Powder has quickly taken ts place in the very front ranks of pure powders. It has few equals and no su periors. It is made of Grape Cream Tartar and pure BL-Carb. Soda. Noth- ng else. Sold by Hayden & Co. Forest Leaves. A practical work on Forestry.Tells how to grow trees from seed and how to manage them afterwards. The book , containing six COLORED PLATES , will be sent free to any address on receipt of 50 cents. Send for one. W. W. JOHNSON , Snowflake , Antrim Co.,3Iich. FOR SALE. A first-class bedstead , bed and bed ding , wire mattress , wool mattress ; also , 1 round table and 1 square taUe. En quire at this office. STARBtJCK BROS. * t Have for sale Alfalfa seed. Sorgum seed , Millet seed , Sea Island Wheat and Oats. Buy before it is all gone. WANTED. Agents wanted to canvass Nebraska and Colorado. For particulars inquire of Mrs. S. A. Kowcll. 42. FOR SALE. A three-fourth Durham bull , 3 years old. Apply at my ranch , 2 ififes' north of McCouk. C. D. ERCANIWACK. . WANTED. Girls to learn drc&s making. Apply at S. A. & L. C. HOWELL'S. LANDS AND PATENTS , E. M. MAEBLE. Upwards of three y.irs Assistant Attorney General- of tlir Unltrd States for the Interior WepaMmcm , I'ractlccslwfore the yencral I nu l Office antltbe ln tcrltir Department In land and mining cajcu.r Ob tain * patents fur Inventions in this and forelcn countries. Nearly tlirec aucl onc-lmlf jears Com * nil -linn'r tf patents. OSlcc , Lc Drult u-ton , D. C.