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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1884)
IN THE FAR WEST Offer Rare FOR THE ARTISAN , -RADESMAN AI2D SPESULA OR , ' THE TOWN OF MsSOOK. . _ . . , . In Red Willow County , Nebraska , lias been surveyed , and lots in the market , for ; just one year'and has nogv population of 1000 people. This point has been designated by theC. , B. & Q. as the DIVISION STATION between the MISSOURI ' $ " ' ' * * * ' * ' % RIVER < fe DENVER , where the principal Vshqi3s a 15' tall round house and other R. R. facilities hav"eeeVkcated on the Denver Line. A complete system of Avter 7ork | costing $25,000 is just being completed giving alfilM facilities'for comfort posessed of old cities. Lots will range in price from . $150 to $500 for business lots , and $50 to Bfor-residence lots. The history of points like McCook show an increase of more than three hundred per cent , in from one to five years , and this town promises to be an exceptional chance for invest ments. For further particulars apply to R. O. PHILLIPS , Or W. F. "WALLACE , Secretary , Lincoln , Neb. McCook , Nebraska. . , ARAPAHOE STAR MILLS FLOUR WARRANTED TO BE TH FINEST FLOUI 112 THE MARKET , . 'SALE HAYDEN CO , AGENTS , McCOOK , - NEBRASKA. Great Western Furniture Emporium , OQ , ( - * CS o tn o on 5 QQ = * ziu o < u o taOf 3 . . . .1.V l j * | .fJUMIllMJJP" * * * ' PS J. E. BERGER , Proprietor , McCOOK , NEB , 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 pltmans. and all segment gear , which arc liable to liecome Inopera tive from unow or sleet. It has no superfluous Joints , weights and lever. , to wear and admit of Ic t motion or make noise. Its multiplying Hall 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 experience tn the Wind mill business , with large capital Invested In special machinery , cxtensh c works , and an efficient corps of skilled workmen. They arc neat In appear ance , noiseless In operation , and an ornament to the ground ; . Parties desiring estimate * and costs on an outfit , can obtain tnera by addressing us. giving plan at grounds , depth of well , points of delivery , etc. We manufacture Iroa Pumps , Brass Cylinders , Tanks sad everything connected with farm , city or railway water inppJy. &AOTWIC3 ENTIEPHEE CO. , Gi:4irlh , HI. M ; ntWIN , Agent , HcCook , Neb. TON ! FACTS REGARDING Dr. Ear U Iron U diseases renulrinu a certain anil cmcleu ; i u.lu , t of Apiielltc.liitllccs- especially l > jspepsIaAVai tlotf , LacX of StrcncUi. etc. . Us use Is marked with immediate andwomlerlul results. Hones. muscles and nerves rccel\ new force. Enlivens the mind and supplies Brain Tower. . % A suffering from all complaints L A DI Efi > pecuUar to tlielr sex will &nIn DB. HASTEB'S IKON TONIC a safe and speedy 'cure. It gives a clear and healthy complexion. The strongest testimony to the value of DR. HAKTEU'S IRON TONIC Is that frequent attempts at counterfeiting have only added to theponnlar. Ity ofthe original. If you earnestly desire healtn do not experlmpnt-getthe OBIGINAI. AND BEST S Dd jour addreMtoTheDr. Barter Med.Co.\ SLLoois , Mo. , for our "JPRTiAM BOOK. " B \Fullof strange and osefnl information , beef DR. HARTER'S IRON TONIC is FOR -SALE BY AU. DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS EVERYWHERE. % I IIP1 Agents wanted for authentic III 11 I M L edition of his life. Fublished at III 11 I ! Angnsta , his home. Largest , U imim 111 khandsomcst , cheapest , best. By the renowned historian and biographer , Col. Conwell , whose life of Garficld , published by us , outsold the twenty others by 60,000. Outsells every I > ook ever published In this world ; many agents are selling flfty dally. Agents are making fortunes. An new begin ners successful ; grand chance for them. $43.50 made by a lady agent the first day. Terms most liberal. Particulars free. Better ecnd 25 cents for postage , etc. , on free outfit , now ready. Including large pros- p"ectua book , and save valuable time. 2. ALLEN & CO. , Augusts , Maine. ON-the-14th of Noveraber1848 , Daniel Webster delivered an address in the Supreme Court of MasFacftusctts , on tilt ; death of Chief Justice Mason. The following Upautiful and impressive passages arc among the closing address : "But , sir , political eminence and profes sional fame fade away and die with things earthly. Nothing of character is really 'permanent but virtue and personal worth. These remain. What ever of excellence is wrought in the soul itself belongs to both worlds. Heal goodness does not attach itself merely to this life ; it points to another world. Political or professional reputation can not last forever ; ut a conscience void ot' offense before God and man is , an inheritance for eternity , lleligion , therefore , is an indispensable clement in any great man's character. There is no living without. llcligiou is the tie that connects man with his Creator and holds him to His throne. If that tie be all sundered , all broken , he floats away a worthless atom in the universe ; its proper attractions all gone ; its des tiny thwarted , and its whole future nothing but darkness , desolation , and death. Anman with no sens.c of religious duty is he whom the Scriptures describe in such terse but terrific language as living 'withoutfGod in the world. ' Such a man is out of his proper being , out of the circle of all his duties , out of the circle of all his happiness , and away , far away , from the purposes of his creation. " A XKW industry has developed among sharpers. A young lady , hand some and accomplished , appears in a village alone. She goes to the pastor of the richest and most fashionable church and- confides in him. She has escaped from a tyrannical guardian and wishes to remain concealed until she becomes of age , which will be in 11 few months , when she will come into the possession of a large amount of wealth. She came to him because she has every trusfc in a preacher of the denomination to which her father and mother belonged. She is welcomed , goes to teaching music , and her story being whispered about , she has plenty to do and gets high prices. She takes a Sunday school class , deports herself admirably and wins the good graces of everybody. About this time a young man enters the village and obtains employment , lie is a mem ber of the same church , is fine looking , devout and all that sort of thing. He meets the young lady , they iall in love and court. Everybody approves. The wedding is announced. It is held at the church and is a grand affair , f Every body tries to see who can give the most expensive 'present , and "hundreds of dollars worth of fine things are accum ulated by the happy pair. The girl quietly borrows money from everyone who will lend , so thatMie may prosecute her wicked guardian , she being of ago , and recover her property. Many citizens are happy to advance in confidence the needful. The newly married and happy pair disappear , only to turn up .in some distant place , -which is thoroughly worked in the same way. Topics. A \VIUTEU in the San Francisco News Letter explains a paradox why the left side is the right and the right is often left , so to speak : "The left side of the face is the right ; statistics proves the paradox. Artists always put the best touches , finest shading and most delicate tints on the left' side of the profile. Actors , actresses , and public singers always make a half turn to the right when they wish to impress their audiences. Young ladies desirous of bewitching their gentlemen friends al ways walk on the right-hand side. Why ? Because science has shown that the left side of the face is the more beautiful or less ugly. The left hand is more magnetic than the right , the left breast has a more graceful contour than the opposite , and the glance of the left eye has a bewitching power of which the right is hopelessly innocent. The theme will bear infinite expansion , but we forbear to pursue it. The re markable part of the now well-known fact is that the discovery was made by the Chinese. In the year 1385 , Ah King Fy Fey had a family of seventeen daughters. They were all-left handed and greatly sought in marriage by mem bers of the royal household. So irre sistible were the charms of these moon- eyed maidens that every man who look ed upon them became enslaved. To save the empire from internecine war for their possession the emperor made an edict that the daughters of Ah King Fy Fey should be allowed to have thir teen husbands each , but in the future all left-handed girls should be strang led at birth. " A YOUNCI lady friend of these Topics writes back , from California : "I want to expose a traud. You know the news papers have been for years telling about the great preponderance of men over women in this section ; how.many rich bachelors there are , and how impossible it is for a girl to stay , anywhere over twenty-four hours without an offer of marriage. Indeed , one paper said that every pretty girl held a continual levee , in which suitors took turns , the same as a barber shop. Now , I have been here six months , and I want to denounce such statements as frauds. There arc more men here than women , it is true. But if my judgment goes'for anything , the most of them have run away from marital bonds elsewhere and come out here to have a quiet , peaceful' timc ; away-from the pestiferous sex that has caused their woes. A woman is of less consequence here than anywhere in the world. The Chinese do most of the washing and housekeeping , and work at about the same wages that girls and women would find necessary. There is mighty little marrying and giving in marriage here. The men don't seem to be anxious about it and the girls are so well up to snuff that they won't encour age a man till they know all about his former life and make sure he hasn't a surplus wife or two somewhere east. Oh , no ; this is no place for a girl who wants to marry , and I'm coming back to Nebraska this fall. " Topics. A LE.VDINO German paper of New York recognizes the indisputable fact , that the masses of the republican party preferred James G. Blaine to any one of the candidates. lie represents , this German paper says , the aggressive ele ment which is uppermost in the party. lie is a leader whose courage and re sources are of the highest order , a man of the people , in the true sense of the term'whose , virtues are also the virtues of the people , and whose faults arc shared in common l y them. And in this circumstance lies the elements of his popularity. In admiration of his qualities the American people admire themselves , in overlooking his faults they excuse their own. His popularity is the miracle of the clay. No amount of villification during the hibt ten years lias been able to decrease , much less de stroy it. His enthusiastic nomination by the convention furnishes the proof of this assertion. It is true that he was not the choice of the so-called purer elements , but he was emphatically tiic choice of the masses. With neither patronage nor possession of political power at his back , he was able to over come all rivals , and the unbounded cn- thushisin with which his name was hailed inspires the belief that the mass es of republican voters will extend to him their unlimited and fullest suppo'rt. MATTHKWJMoitUAN & Poxs. bankers , of New York , have suspended. The an nouncement caused a depression in the stock market , but it soon recovered and became steadier. The firm was an' old one but did not belong to the stock ex change. The suspension is attributed to shrinkage in the values of railroad bonds , principally Denver &lvio Grande , of which they were large holders at high prices. Edward Morgan is expected from Europe in a few days. Their liabilities are mainly due on exchange , but they have no liabilities on the stock exchange. The members of the firm arc large real estate owners , the New York hotel being one of their holdings , and it is believed that inability to realize on their real estate is the immediate cause of the suspension. The firm has been in business in the city for forty-five years. They came originally from New Orleans and have always been corres pondents of several London houses. They rate at $1,000,000. ONE by one the millionaires , who have fraudulently acquired their im mense wealth , are throwing up their hands and crying enough. The stocks , which they have been inflating , continue to have a downward tendency , and have not yet reached low water mark. Again comes the report that C.P.Huntington , of the Central Pacific , is hard pressed , and we should not be surprised to hear at any moment of his failure. Mrs. Colton , who is suing for a large amount , proposes to apply for a receiver of the stocks and bonds in custody of the Cen tral Pacific , and in her petition she will assert her belief that the Central Pacific is on the verge of bankruptcy , on ac count of reckless management , and furthermore that a movement is on foot to eend out all stocks and bonds involv ed in litigation. Mrs. Colton probably knows what ahe is talking about Bee. OPPORTUNITIES GSO'D GOODS WILCOX BROS. The extension and new glass front being about completed , we have purchased and will next week have a full stock of GROCERIES ! Which will with our supply of r Dry Goods , Clothing , Hats , Boots and Shoes Notions Etc Caps , , , , , Give us as good a stock of General Merchandise ANY IN * Our expenses are light and we will. give ARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS , Let its 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 Avili please you. WILCOX BROS. Two Blocks West of Bank , West Demiisoii Street , McCook. FREES & HOCKNELL , PKOlTiIKTOJRS OF THE ER YiD HDKALKHS IXII Lumber , Lime , Cement , Sash , Doors , Blinds , Hard and Soft Coal , YARDS AT McCook , Indianola , Cambridge , Arapahoe , and Oxford. Challenge Wind Mill , siiprnor to .my u' tinuiarku , Iicing He.uirr , Stronger I.uIIt. , . ui > l ihrrcTurc a mure Durable Mill. It h the only . . .iolutclytv Mill Iitiilt ; anil out of Thousands Erected During 12 . Yeanpait. not one lus e\crj > lonn away and left the Tower standing. A reeord no other Mill can show. We offer to put tip any of our 1'PMI'IXG MILLS ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL , And If they don't she satlsfattlun. will rumo\c Mill at our . own expense. Alto Manufacturers of the Celebrated Challenge Feed Mlllc , Corn Sh llers , Iron Pumps ulth brass cylinders , Iron ripe , Tanks. For et-tlmate , catalogues and prices , apply to G. B. NETTLETON , McCook , tfeb. ; Agent for Southwestern Nebraska and Korthweitern Kansas. D. KENDALL'S BILLIARD HALL & FAVORITE RESORT. THE PLACn Ice Cold Lemonade , Ginger Beer , Pop , Nuts , CHOICE CIGARS , CANDY , ETC , BILLIARD and POOL TABLE. CALL and ENJOY YOUKSELYES