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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1884)
The Tribune Thursday , May ist , 1884. Indicates that your subscription to THK X TRIBUNE has expired , and that on Invita tion to renew the same is extended. TO OTJB ADVERTISERS. All locnU under this heading lOc. a line for each itiHertion , and sumo inserted until order ed discontinued , unless time is specified. Hills payable ? monthly. Local Intelligence. Graham Flour at City Bakery. "Thunder and lightning" at Haydcr & Co.'s. Go. to John A. Lee's for sewing machines. Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines at Lee's. All kinds of blanks kept for sale at this office. For the best Flour in town call at City Bakery. Choice raisins , 10 cents per pound , at Hayden & Co.'s. If you want cheap pork call at John Farley's meat market. Receiver Babcock has been making still further improvements on his hand some home. No. 2 was about three hours late , Tuesday morning , and took breakfast at this station. Almost an entire coach of No. 40 , Monday , was filled with passengers from San Francisco. Go and see Tubbs , the new barber. He < jan actually shave a sleeping mouse and never wake him up. Fourteen car-loads of stock went through town , Monday afternoon , des tined for western ranges. Ed. Dolen moved his residence from the rear of Wilcox Bros. ' stgre further up Maefarland street , the first of the week. Our lady readers will be interested in learning that parasols for the coming season will be square instead of round as heretofore. Measles are existing in this town and vicinity in a malignant form. A. P. Sharp's little girl is just recovering from a serious attack. Dr. T. B. Stutzman hangs his card on the outer wall this week , and solicits a share of patronage , wh.ch his ability will doubtless command. Messrs. Fredericks & Son , recently arrived from Council Bluffs , Iowahave , purchased four lots in West McCook , and intend putting up as many houses to rent A number of catle were shipped in from Iowa , Sunday , and were driven down on the Beaver. Almost every week marks the arrival of a bunch of cattle from the east. Parties wishing to purchase a first- class machine can be accommodated by calling on John A. Lee , who has the agency for the celebrated Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines. A number of car-loads of household goods were received at this station dur ing the week , and there are more to follow. A very few years will show a wonderful change in this country. D. Kendall is having a large addition built on to the south side of his resi ' dence on Madison street , indeed it looks as though the addition were larger than the present structure. And thus the march of improvement goes on. Parties from Iowa whose names we have not learned , are making brick at their } rard south of the round-house. Good brick are in great demand and will bring a big price. The demand now is far in excess of the production. The improvement and building spirit affects all parts of our town alike. Adolph "Fullgrabe has a two-story stone house well under way in South McCook. Adolph is a master mechanic in stone work and is putting up a good building. Mr. Rider commenced the erection of a neat house on the brow of the hill in West McCook , Wednesday morning. It is one of a number of houses of square design which H. C. has been building in that part of town , this spring. A mule team succeeded in breaking A wheel off the wagon to which they were attached , upsetting and otherwise demolishing the same , before Starbuck Bros. ' feed store , Wednesday evening , by some characteristic gyrations. Things are becoming interesting at the county-seat ; in fact , are fast approaching preaching that felicitous social state in which "the lion and the lamb lie down together. " We see the dim , dusky out lines of a negro of large proportions in the wood pile. We are pleased to note all evidences of prosperity among our people. The Probst Bros. , who came to McCook , last fall , are building up a good busi ness. They have commenced building a stable , and will soon start a delivery wagon. We have received a considerable amount of seeds from our Junior Sen ator , Chas. Mandcrson , which we have been requested to distribute. We will do so to those calling at this office. H you know of any deserving homestead ers send them in. The building on East Dennison street erected by Conductor Morris is to be occupied by Line Repairer Thompson of Red Cloud. We thought'Mr. Morris was feathering that nest for himself and , but we were mistaken , al though this is leap year. It seems to be impossible to provide residences fast enough for the rapidly increasing population of McCook , so that some of the abandoned sod houses scattered around on the outskirts of our town have been resurrected from their state of delapidation and made ready for occupancy. We can see no other probable result. Our people are long-suffering if they are anything , and something will drop and heavily if there is not some radical improvement in a certain direc tion. There is that at stake which can not much longer be neglected. Don't forget that Menard's Opera tfall , the best arranged and fitted hall for theatrical purposes in the Republi can Valley , will be opened by the Plun- kett Sisters on the 16th of May. Tick ets are on sale at the Citizens Bank. Be prepared to fill the hall to over- Bowing. A fine program will be pre sented on that occasion. We direct attention to the large , > business-like advertisement of Wilcox ; Bros , to be found on our eighth page. These young men come into our com munity well recommended , and have opened up a fine line of dry goods at their place of business on West Denni son street , where they will be pleased' to see you. Give them a call. There are but 14 postal clerks on this route , and not 24 as stated last week. One of the clerks also informs us that they need two more clerks to handle the immense amount of papers and letters carrind through to Colorado , and that the cars now on the run afford poor fa cilities for handling the mail. They have the promise of better cars from the Q. soon. It now appears that the young man Bitner , who committed suicide near Cornell , on the Driftwood , had become enamored with a , neighbor's wife , and had sustained improper relations with her. That on the evening of the day before he committed the terrible act , they quarreled. He was a single man , and was engaged in sheep raising on the Driftwood. Dr. Hewitt , of Friend , Neb. , of the firm of Sugdcn Bros. & Hewitt , arrived 'here on Sunday last. They own the "I. X. L " brand of cattle. The Dr. started on his return , on Tuesday morning , for McCook , with R. F. Crooch. The team ran away and after plunging through a wire fence two or three times and bang ing things up generally , the Dr. made the trip to Culbertson with the mail- carrier , and Mr. Crooch returned to town. Atwood Citizen. What has become of the railroad crossing , east of town , which was to be put in as soon as spring opened up and the frost was out of the ground ? This condition now exist , but the crossing does not. As we have suggested a number of times the present route to the bridge is a round-aTwmt one , and in convenient to put it mild , and many miles of unneccessary traveling , in the aggregate , can be dispensed with by putting in this crossing , and we again direct the attention of the proper au thorities to the matter. We had the- pleasure of an enjoyable ride up Ash Creek , Tuesday afternoon , in company with Dr. Johnson. On ev ery hand were farmers plowing and "pre paring for crops. New houses and im provements of different kinds were no ticeable , and the country presentea withal an unusually stirring appearance. Let the good work continue , and Red Willow county will blossom , can't help it. Ira G. Wickwire died at his residence , about 4 miles north of town , Monday night. Mr. Wickwire has been ailiug all winter , and his constitution.had be come greatly debilitated. He was tak en down with the measles , which , with the attending catarrhal trouble , proved to much for his weakened condition , and death came swiftly to his relief. His brother Nathan 0. , who lives in the extreme southern part of the county , was sent for Tuesday morning. He ar rived just in time for the funeral , which took place at the cemetery , west of town. We < present on our first page an ac count of the recent trouble in the Wola- bach family who live just across the county line in Decatur county. The boy is now kept chained at night , and will be sent to the House of Correction as soon as the papers are received. We have it from a near neighbor that the father of the family is one of the worst men in his family he has ever known , and that his brutal treatment of this 12 year old boy led his son to attempt to kill him. Under the circumstances it is rather to be regretted that the fath er's injuries were not more severe. To be sure any business man has a perfect right to have his job work done awajr from home , even if his local office can do it equally as well , and as cheap , and we know of no constitutional amend ment prohibiting him from not patron izing his local paper and advertising in any other county paper , but is such a ( course based on correct business print eiples ? How many hundred dollars ± worth of merchandise would such business - ness men sell in a year , if the same business ( ? ) principles were similarly ipplied in their own cases ? "We have 10 cause of complaint , and would not make such grievance known in this nanner if we had one. It has been our sndeavor to print a local paper worthy ) f support and how far we have suc- icerted is for our people to decide. We lave done as iittle soliciting as possi- ) le , hoping to MEIIIT support , and such hall ever be our rule. We suggest this o those who seem by their actions to \ivor foreign more than home industries. ITo t ; An exchange puts it in this sensible ivay : "Nothing presents a sadder corn- uentary upon the present condition of society than th'e large number of fami- ies , both in town and in the country , nit more especially in the latter , that subscribe to no paper of any kind. Many families are thus growing up ut- ; erly ignorant of what is transpiring in ; ho world around them ignorant of the mighty events of the day and age in which they live. But who can tell the vast amount of injury that is being inflicted upon the rising generation those who are to take our place in the busy world at no distant day are grow ing up without any knowledge of the present , or any study of the past ; this ignorance , too , being imbued into them by the sanction of those who should and doubtless do know better , did they only think of the injurious effects of their course. Let the head of every family think of this , and let him place iu the hands of those for whom he is responsible the means of acquiring some knowledge of the moving panorama iu which we act our different parts. " Notice , Stockmen ! The stockgrowers of the Red Willoxv and Blackwood creeks met on the 28th day of April , 1884 , and organized an association called the Red Willow stock association. The following officers were elected : William Black , President ; Schuyler Braugh , Vice President ; M. McKillip , Secretory and Treasurer. It was decided to commence the round-up at Proctor's ranch at the mouth of Spring creek on the loth day of June , and to work up the Red Willow creek to headwatars ; thence to head of Blackwood - wood ; thence down Blackwood to its mouth. CHARLES BAILEY , M. McKiLLip , Captain. Secretary. R. S. Cooley has bought a lot and contracted for a residence in 'West McCook. A large stock of wall , paper just re ceived rtnd for sale cheap. cheap.S. S. L. GREEN. PERSONAL POINTERS. C. S. Quick was in towny Monday. Dr. Shaw of Lincoln came up to Mc Cook on 39 , Wednesday. A. C. Clyde's family of Button spent a lew days of last week in McCook. II. G. Mitchell and wifahave gone to housekeeping in L. B. Stilear house. Dr. Z. L. Kay is having a neat little residence , 2G feet square , built in West McCook. A. E. Martin of the Orleans Sentinel made THE TRIBUNE a nocturnal visit , Thursday last. > Senator Dolan and Judge Ashmore of Indianola came up to McCook , Tues day , on business. Mr. Remington from the southern part of the county , called at these head quarters , Friday. * JI. } A. Spalding went to Hamburg , Iowa , the first of last week , returning on Thursday night. Chief Dispatcher Recs had a bored well put. down on his premises and his property fenced in , this Avcek. J. E. Cochran is very proud of that ; bouncing boy who made his first appear ance at his residence last Thursday. Charlie Love , until recently editor of the Culbertson Sun , is now working on the Journal published at Ord , Valley county. Mr. and Mrs. M. Y. Starbuck came up from Indianola , Sunday. Mrs. Star- buck returned home the following af ternoon. L. W. Marble has built an addition to his photograph gallery , which he will occupy as a residence. Mr. Wilcox oc cupies the house vacated by Mr. Marble Frank Cosgrove , one of the brakerncn on this division , can now with propriety be styled "pa. " The latest edition of bhe Cosgrove family was born Tuesday morning. A. C. Towne adds hs card to our busi ness directory , this week. Our very general and rapidly increasing circulation - < tion is making THE TRIBUNE a valua1 1 ale advertising medium. D. M. Tomblin , the Arapahoe bank- jr , was in town , Tuesday. D. M. came pretty near going to the National Con tention only the small voice down the /alley wasn't loud enough. W. Y. Bissell , state agent for the Hartford Insurance Co. , with headquar- ers at Columbus , was in town , in the nterests of that company , last Thin-s lay , and made us a short call. ; Norman Forbes started for his home n Kanuckland on Sunday morning. ETc was accompanied as far as Detroit jy J. F. , who will spend some ton days risiting Chicago and elsewhere. i John Drinkwater has sold his entire interest in the 47 Cattle Company to Tames Ljron. Mr. Drinkwater goes to Colorado shortly to see after some busi ness interests of his in that state. L. 0. Marble started to drive to Hastings. Wednesday morning. He re cently disposed of his span of fine horses to an M. D. , of that city , and delivers them in person. They make a hand some team. Michael McCarty of Cullom , 111. , is recent arrival from suckerdoin in quest of land in this vicinity. McOook stands forth so prominent in the Upper Valley that they all want land in her immediate vicinity. "Jeans" Moore , who has been em ployed in the B. & M. office at this sta tion since last fall , left for Boise City , Idaho , Friday. lie will spend some time visiting Salt Lake City and other points of interest along the route. John Delay of Culbertson was a call er at this office , last week. He started , this week for Texas , where he intends to purchase 2,000 steers , part of which he will sell , and the remainder he will put on the range north of Culbertson. Mr. Cole , formerly conductor on the E. V. division , but now of the Q. , was in town the first of the week. "We hear the rumor that he intends forsaking the walks of single blessedness and try the felicity of married life , at an early date. Mrs.T. B. Baboock and baby started , Wednesday , for Kockford , 111. , where she will visit for several months should * the change improve her health. T. B. accompanied Mrs. Babcock to Pacific Junction. He was also a proxy from this county to the State Convention , whieu mejr to-day iu Lincoln. j , BENKELMAN , The pleasant weather of the ? past few" days changed into a rainyr blustery day Friday. Cattle men arc preparing' for the ronnd-ap , which commences at the hcat of the Frenchman , May 25th. Collins & Trwillingcr , who have fcce in the hide business , this spring ; haver made several hundred dollars in the same. Mose , being better posted at McCook , always takes the hides down to do the trading for , well , it don't matter. A young man from Massachusetts arrived in Benkehnan , last week , and like all the y. m. who come west belongs to the order called "Smart Alecks" of which the woods are full , and became a frequenter of the "Dew-drop , > r known all over this county , and a participant n sundry games of our great national jame called poker. He recently was engaged in a game with Mose Collins , George Evans and W. Wheeler , and a dispute arising between Collins and Ev ans , both drew their45's and commenc ed firing at each other. The y. m. from he Bay State was standing in between ihcm at the time , in the act of imbibing some "red-eye , " and at once took to his heels for dear life , making for the skating rink. But the enraged gam blers , thinking that he had run off with the stake , followed him , shooting all the while , a half-mile up the railroad track , where ha hid and remained con cealed until 12 o'clock at night. The only damages done was shooting through the crown-of a $5 hat bought by the y. m. that day. But the y. m. was so badly D ly frightened that he is now receiving medical attendance. He telegraphed home for money , and swears that he I would sooner be home crimping boots , than punching cows in Benkelmnn. April 25th. ST. LAWRENCE. TIIEUE is great excitement among steamship men on both sides of the : Atlantic over the remarkable run of the Oregonrthe new ship of the Guion line. She arrived in New York on Saturday last. The time of the run , 1 ] distance 2,861 miles , was six clays , ten ; hours and ten minutes , beating by seven hours the best time ever before made. The Captain of the Oregon thinks she can make the voyage in V O five hours' less time. Her averae ° was401 miles t ; speed was - per day miles per hour. This is faster time > than was made on. the plains railroads > three years ago _ o A BILL was introduced in the House , . ) f Representatives the other day , which , f it becomes a law , will effectually put end to the crowding , shoving and > bustle which is so common on all railroad - n road trains to obtain scats. The bill provides that no person will be required to pay fare on any public conveyance unless he is furnished a seat. The percent a cent of travellers in this country who . > would submit to the inconvenience of standing to save fare is very large. Courtesy on street cars would also receive ; ceive an impetus which would be ex- treniely gratifying. f LATER developments tend to show that it was very lucky that the people of Audubon , Iowa , did not follow so many examples recently set in their state , and lynch the murderers of old man Jellersou. It seems now that C about all the lynching that ought to nave been done was when the old man was strung up. If those who perform ed that piece of work can make their story good , there are no tears to be shed over Jellerson's fate. Hanging is not any too severe a punishment for the indescribable fiend who debauches his own child. make of the annual round-up of cat tle an occasion for a grand excursion from the east to Colorado. The pro jectors believe a large number of eastern people will be attracted by the opportunity to witness the extra ordinary feats of horsemanship of the cowboys , and that Colorado , and Den ver in particular , will be enabled to realize a profit both present and pros pective. Belinda B. Lockwood , the female lawyer , daily appears , on the avenues in Washington , riding a tricycle. " T. B. STUTZMAN , M. D. , PHYSICIAN & SURGEON , McCOOK , - NEBRASKA. a. Office'one floor east of Tun TRIBUNE office , vhcro all calls will receive prompt attention , [ day or night. | " "DELIGHTFUL" No Medfcfns Can ba Compared to Marsh's Golden Balsam. "Last month I took a serverc coughed terribly and. could nights. I had a aruggist some cough syrupv but it did good. I then triecF MAKS ALSA3B and was cured at once. It' & a delightful remedy/r Henry L. Cook , Sednlia , Mo- . "I have asetl many cough remedies in my family , but none that could pos sibly be compared to MARSH'S GOLDEN BALSAM. " F. E. Anderson , . Lcavcn- worth , Kansas. "Please send me six dozen MARSH'S GOLDEN BALSAM. Everybody likes it and all call for it. " M , W. Wilson , Druggist , Burton , 3Io , MARSH'S GOLDEN BALSAM , the fa mous throat and lung medicine , and MARSH'S GOLDEN * BLOOD & LIVER TONIC , the great blood purifier and liver corrector , are for sale by S. L. Green , Druggist , McCook. Large bottles 50 cents and § 1. 4G. BUSINESS POINTERS. Locals under thin head 5c. a line for each , insertion. Bills payable monthly. We have just received a handsome assortment of calling cards. Great bargains at Hayden & Co.'s. See advertisement on eigtkpage of this- issue for bargains. No LADY SAFE in attempting to use my other Soda than DeLand's. All 3verthis broad land their name is a synonym with excellence. Sold by tlayden & Co. Noah Mishler's celebrated stallions , rampaco Messenger and Marquis will stand at Russell's barn , McCookr on Saturday of each week , from May 1st o August 1st. Call to see them. Blank Deeds , Real Estate Mortgages , . Jeases , Bills of Sale , Bond for Deed , Juit Claim Deeds , Contracts for Build- ng , Mortgage Deeds , Release of Mort- age , Official Bonds , Soldiers Discharge- petition for License , Notes , Receipts , . stc.at , THE TRIBUNE office. Important Notice. To the people of McCook and vicini- y : Don't go without pure water , or orrow it from your neighbors ; reuiem- er what Poor Richard said : "He who joes a-borrowing , goes a-sorrowing. " 30 , be wise , and have wells of your wn. It will cost you only 40c. per bet , all complete , anywhere in the city vhere you do not strike slate. Send in our orders , and all work will be romptly and thoroughly doner in a irst-class manner. I can cheerfully efer you to the following parties in own : Philip Wcick , Olcott & Dnnbar , Fno. Dwyer , W. M. Rollins , T.G.Rees , ind Tom Mclnroy , besides a large num- er in the country. I would also call ittention to the fact that I can furnish iuperior building stone from my quarry wo miles west of McCook on short no- ice , and at the lowest cash price. Give- no a call and satisfy yourself. Don't 'orget the name. LEVI JOHNSON , The longest Johnson of them all. Account Book Lost. Between N. Burtless' residence and McCook , or in town , an account book , jontaining some papers and letters. A suitable reward will be given to the find- 2r by returning the same to this office. L. B. JUDSO.V. For Sale. A desirable residence in McCook. Address B. , McCook , Neb. PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS. J. E. BERGER , Plaintiff , 1 InJnsticoCourt vs. J-Red Willow Coun- Wjr. H. HENDERSON , Deft. ) 13Nebraska. . "Wm. H. Henderson , Defendant will take notice that on the 5th day of April. 1881. J. B. Berger , Plaintiff , filed his action before V , ' . W. Fisher , Esq. , a Justice of the Peace of Kc-d Willow county , Nebraska , against paid Defen dant , the object and prayer of which are to obtain a Judgment , an account for goods sold and delivered tn the amountof Fifteen Dollars and Seventy Cents , ( § 15.70) with interest from January 1st , 1881. Plaintiff has caused the following lowing- goods to be attached as the property of said Defendant , viz : One cook stove , one sofa , on ; bedstead , one be < l spring : , two mattresses , two pillows , one tablefive chairs , one tub , one wash board , one pail , which said1 property is in said State and County and sought to bo taken by said attach ment tor the payment of gaid debt. You are- required to answer said action On or before * the 10th day ofMay , IbSi. Dated April 7th. 1884. . JENNINGS & STARBUCK , Attorneys for Plaintiff" Attention , Land Attorneys. We Lave in stock "Cash Application. " ami "Proof" blanks , under act approved June 17 , IfcSO. Same arc put up in $1 and § 2 packages , ready to mail. Sund in your order to. THE TRIBUNE , McCook , Xeb. TAKEN UP. : By the undersigned , 2 miles east of McCook , . brown 3 year old man * , a little lame in left foreleg1. Leather halter on. Owner can have jcr after paying1 for this notice. -17. IJ. . STARBUCK.