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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1884)
GRAND OPENING Chicao General Store. 48 * IN OPERA BLOCK THURSDAY , MAY 29th ! the Largest and Most Complete Stock West of Lincoln , consisting of Staple and Fancy 00 Millinery , Feathers and Flowers , HATS , CAPS , CLOTHING , Carpet , Oil Cloth , Boots and Shoes. f * STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES ! eROSKEfiY AED GLASSWARE , And Everything Usually Carried in a First-Class Store. All are invited to inspect our goods and be convinced that they can be suited in quality and prices that have not been heard of or seen west of any large city. COME AND COME ALL. Jos. MENARD , Proprietor , McOOOK - - NEBRASKA. Saddles i Harness , [ OETOSITE HOTEL OX THE HILL. ] Manufacturer and Dealer In SADDLES , HARNESS , BRIDLES , COLLARS , BRUSHES , COMBS , WHIPS. Stock Saddles , Cow-Boy out fits , and Spurs. . R. H. HAMILTON. NEW MEAT MARKET. Chas. H. DUNGAN , DEALER IN Fresh f Salt Meats OF ALL KIXDS. CUKEK OF Ham and Breakfast Bacon. Pnrc Lard of our own rendering. Highest cash price paid for Jlldcs , Furs of all kinds , and Pelts. One door west of the City Bakery. C. II. DUXGAS. Proprietor. CITY BAKERY. A. PROBST &BRO. PROPRIETORS. WE KEEP ON HAND * BREAD , PIES & CAKES , GRAHAM BREAD. Cakes Made on Order. Lunch Room in connection , where you can get hot coffee , etc. - f THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST. THE ENTERPRISE WIND MILL Is what is known as a "solid wheel" mill and dis penses with all sliding shafts and .pitmnns. and all segment year , which are liable to become inopcra- th e from snow or sleet. It lias no superfluous joints , weights and levers , to wear and admit of lost motion or make noise. Its multiplying Ball Governor is the simplest , most direct and quickest in use. It Is the most sensitive to varying winds. It Is manufactured by a company of long standing and cxpcilcncc in the wind mill business , with largo capital Invested In special machinery , extensive works , and an efficient corps of skilled workmen. They arc neat In appear ance , noiseless In operation , and an .ornament to the grounds. Parties desiring estimates and costs on an outfit , can obtain them by addressing us , giving plan of grounds , depth of well , points of delivery , etc. We manufacture lion rumps. . Brass Cylinders , Tanks and everything connected with faun , city or railway water supply. SANDWICH SNT22P2ISE CO. , Sasfcrieh , HI. WM. 31. inwiJC , Agent , McCook , Xeb. a FACTS REGARDS ' , Harfe's ' fe Ittrill pwlfV and enrich the Bl OGD , i the LIVER ami KIDNEYSanuitESTOiii. Tils HEALTH and VIGOR of TOUTS ! In : [ ill liiO'-u of muscles anil nerves receive new force. r.hens ttjemlnd and supplies Brain Toner. A F&l o suffering from all complaints L > ADI Ci& peculiar to their sox will fliili-.i DB. HAETER'S ISDN TONIC a sale and spciMly cure. It gives a clear and liealtliy conii.Ifsion. TIio strongest testimony to the value < > i On. JlAllTEIt'S IKON TONIC is that frequent atu-nijilr. at counterfeiting have only milled to Ilii'1" ! ' . Ity of the original. Hyoii eimicIIr : < leslri'li' .i's. : do not experiment get tIieOiiiiiNAi..AM > 1 ' year address to'Jbo Dr. Hnrter Med.C.i.ti St. Louis , Mo. , for our "DSEA2I EOCK. t . full of stranguand nsoful iQfjrinntios.Ji - . DR. BARTER'S IROII TONIC is FOR GALAS. . DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS EVERYWHCHS. ' WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington , D. C. , May 31,1884. THE revelations issuing out of the quarrel among the lawyers in the Star Route cases , are getting to be as inter esting to the people as they are profita ble to the Government. Yesterday Ker was on the rampage before Springer's Committee , and having sworn to tell the whole truth , I don't believe that he kept anything back. From bis testi mony the fact appears to be. conclusive that George Bliss was employed by the Government specially in the interest of Dorscy , and was paid $150 per day , not for convicting anybody but to see that Dorsey above all others should not be disturbad ! His zeal in behalf of Dor sey became so conspicuous that Mr. Merrick was compelled to insist that Mr. Ker should remain in the case es pecially to watch Mr. Bliss. The facts sworn to by Ker , show how the Govern ment has been handicapped not only in its attempt to punish the Star Route thieves , but in the other cases where the power of money could be invoked to effect the conversion of that pliable portion of mankind denominated a "Washington jury. Congress has gone into the business of erecting public buildings at this ses sion by wholesale. So far no less than G7 have been ordered , ranging in price from $50,000 to $2,500,000 , and the end is not yet. But there are some things about this public building busi ness that should be ventilated , and this very week two bills were adopted in the Senate that never should have been. One is the giving of $250,000 for the- new custom house at Portland , Oregon , a place of 30,000 inhabitants , which already has a building that cost the Government $200,000. The other is the appropriation of $100,000 for a public building at Saratoga , a little watering-place of 10,000 population , which has not half the need of a public building of this cost that it has for mis sionaries during the gambling season. It will be remembered that through the efforts of the saintly Mr. Fryc , of Maine , ahd the theological Mr. Blair , of New nainpshire , the truly good men in the Senate concluded to abolish , so far as resolution could abolish it , the dispensing of "cold tea' ' in the base ment of the capitol. Frye declared that the whole capitol had become a veritable gin-mill , and Aminidab Sleek Edmunds turned his eyes to the ceiling and called down upon the Senate the terrors of public sentiment if this "cold tea" abomination should continue. I don't know how it is about Fryc , but it is well known that Edmunds makes out to get rid of more of the exhilerating fluid than any man under the capitol dome. But I was going to say that the anti- cold tea resolution was a joint one , and had to go to the House for concurrence. The temperance folks have been now just six months watching this resolu tion , or watching for it. and you may bet your silverware that Edmunds has been watching it too , for it has never yet reared its head over the Speaker's table in the House , while the infinites- simal "tea-cups' " down stairs arc clink ing from morning till night yea from night till morning , too. As the result of a logical corrollary , the fact is established that the revenues of the Post Office Department increase as postage is reduced , I cannot see why Congress should hesitate about passing Mr. Robinson's bill which provides for a still further reduction of postage on letters to one cent for each half ounce. The Stationer's Board of Trade of New York , aud other commercial organiza tions of the country arc petitioning for the measure , and should it fail in the present Congress , as it doubtless wiil , there will be a good chance for the economists in the next Congress to perpetuate its record as being distinct ively a party to which alone the people need look for benefits like these. And here is one thini ; that the attention of a * . n postal and political economists should be called to , and that is the fact that the Government is paying the price of mail-steamer every year to carry our mails to Europe by a single line ! And the Government contracts with half a dozen of these foreign lines. What sort of economy is it to do this thing subsidizing - 3 sidizing English , French , German and Scandinavian vessels , with whole a fleet equally serviceable vessels for tins purpose , rotting at our navy yards and belonging to our own Government ? Do\r PPDUO. v Base ball is still on deck. So is the straw hat. Ditto the linen duster. Like wise lemonade. Also ice cream. THE foundation-for the pedestal and statue of Liberty in New York harbor is coinpleted. It stands on Bedloe's Isjaiid and is 91 feet square at the. bottom and rises 52 feet above the surface. Upon this the pedestal will rise to a height of 117 feet , while the statue itself is 157 feet high , mak ing the total height from low -water 332 feet. From the top of the statue the view will be superb , and elevators will run up through pedestal and statue. The chief engineering diffi culty after getting money enough for the work is to devise moans for preventing the statue from being- blown over by the strong winds. MK. W. AY. COKCOIIAX , the million aire philanthropist , has asked Con gress to erect a monument to Pierre L'Enfant , the French engineer who laid out the city of Washington. Al though Congress appropriated money to pay him for his services and gave him a piece of real estate within the city limits , this patriotic Frenchman refused to accept it , and the work of beauty was to him a work of love. In his letter to Congress advocating the erection of a monument , Mr. Corcoran says that he knew L'Enfant person ally , and in the early part of the cen tury saw him frequently. "He was very poor and very proud , " says Mr. Corcoran , "refusing to receive the small compensation offiere : ! him , and I believe still due him , for the great work of laying out the city. " THE Journal is somewhat disgrunt led to notice that some , if not all , of the railroads that are endeavoring to reduce expenses are doing so by cut ting down the wages , increasing the tasks or discharging tlieir lower grades of employes. It would be better to begin nearer the top. Cut down the salaries of the presidents and managers , most of whom get about twice what they are worth , dis charge some of the way up super numeraries , and reduce the number of assistants. There are no more station \ helpers , trainmen , yardmen , etc. . than are needed , and none of them are overpaid. We remember a newspa per that spent § 300 a week in salaries for editors and business managers , and only $125 for composition. It died. When at the last gasp a man bought it who reversed the figures , lie brought it to life in short order. The same policy would -work well in any kind of business. Topics. ONE of the greatest Avrongs .that can be inflicted upon woman is to stain her name with dishonor , and the one who docs it is a robber who pilfers human happiness and barters it for material with which to ruin human souls. It is far too common for persons to cast re flections upon the character of woman , and those who do it seldom stop to con sider that they are trifling with that Avhich is more sacred than even fife it self. Whenever the honor of woman is destroyed she has lost all that can ever secure for her the respect of the world. No other excellence of character can take its place. Amiability , charity or intellect arc of no avail to her that is wanting in purity. It is all that woman has which the world venerate ? . With out it she is but a broken idol that ex cellence ignores and even depravity holds in contempt. She is the Hagar of her day and generation with no home except in the wilderness of sin. In tin.- * respect it is not character alone but reputation as well that is necessary to protect her from the fatal loss of the world's esteem. Smirch the reputation of a woman , touch it with the venom of scandal and the deadly work is more often thus done than otherwise from that moment , unless her vindication ie swift and overwhelming , her life is blighted forever. A man can live down bad name , but a woman must perish. The dreadfulness of the sentence and the awfulness of its execution should seal the lips and paralyze the tongue whenever a breadth of suspicion spcks expression in a word that carries in it a sting of death to the purity of woman kind. It is the duty of every man , young or old , to hold the name of a woman sacred. If they do not do this , they ai'js more yile than murderers , and more to be feared than the scourge of ieath. There are not near so many bad tvomen as there are bad men , and if uorc respect was cultivated for , Ulc I rhino of womanhood , the proportion yould be still less. Topics. JEXXY LINO'S oldest son has just" uarried an English girl. GOOD GOODS WILCOX BROS. The extension and new glass front being about completed , we have purchased and will next week have a full stock of JCS , Which will with our supply of Dry Goods , Clothing , Hats , . Caps , Boots and Shoes , Notions , Etc. , Give us as good a stock of General Merchandise ANY IN Our expenses are light and we will give * ' BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS , Let us quote you prices before you buy elsewhere. "We want your trade and will try hard to please , and if honest dealing and low prices will accomplish that end we know we will please you , WILCOX BROS. Two Blocks West of Bank , West Dennison Street , McCoek. FREES HOCKNELL PROPRIETORS OF THE Tl 1 Ll 1J HDEALERS IX Lumber , Lime , Cement , Sash , Doors , Blinds , Hard and Soft Coal , YARDS AT ItfcCook , Indianola , Cambridge , Arapahoe , and Oxford. injre Wind Mill , fcupcrior to any oa the market , being Heavier , fctromrcr Built , and thureforu .1 mure Durable Mill. U I * the only absolutely r.ife Mill bailt ; and out uf Thousands Erected During 12 Years past , not one has ever blown away and left the Tower standing. A record no other Mill can show. We offer to put up any of our Pt'MPIXG MILLS ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL , And if they don't gh u Vitisfactlon. will remove Mill qt our pvn cApcnsu. Ai-o ilnnuiacturcrsof tha Celel'.rMcij tnallunge Feed JIMI- , Corn SlnMlcr * . Iron rumps with brass cylinder8 , Iron 1'Ipe , Tanks. For estimate ? , cntaingnu * and prices , apply to G. . XETTLETON , McCook , Neb. , Agrnt for bouthwe-ti rn Nebraska and Xorthwestcrn Kansa . RESORT , A . / * -J ! 2 = as THE PLACE KOIJsrrr , & Cold Lemonade Beer Nuts ce , Ginger , Pop , , CHOICE CIGARS , CANDY , ETC , ELLIAED ami POOL TABLE. CALL and ENJOY TOUBSEEYES