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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1884)
Thursday , August 2ist , 1884. Indicates that your aubscrlption to TUB x THIIIUNK bos expired , and that an Invita 1 tion to renew the same Is extended. TO OTTE ADVEETISEES. ; All locate under thls hcadlng 10c. a line for each insertion , and sumo inserted until order- ad discontinued , unless time IB specified. Bllla payable monthly. CONGllEGATIONAL.-Sunday School at 10 A. M. every week. Preaching services every Sunday nijjht at 7.30. M. T. Also , every alter nate Sunday morning at II , M. T. Exceptions to the above will bo noticed in locals. OBOUOE DUNOAN , Pastor. MKTIiODIST. Services every other Sundny jr morningut.10.30 , M. .T. , and evening at 8 , JI. T. Sunday School every week at 8.80 , M. T. Ser vices hold in Opera Hall. > AM.KN BAIITLEY , Pastor. CATHOLIC. Services will l > o hold in the Opera Hall once every four weeks. CLKUY , Pastor. I. O. G. T. The Independent Order of Good Templars meet In the Congregational Church every Tuesday evening' . Local In telligen c e. PAY UP. We would like to entertain two or three hundred of our subscribers at these headquarters for a few minutes each. Many are owing us from one to two years for their paper , and we give such an earnest invitation to call and settle by cash or bankablepaper. . Graham Flour at City Bakery. For the best Flour in town call at City Bakery. Fine deeded lands , timber claims , etc. , for sale.1 .William Fruin , McCook. Dr. Boyle visits Culbertson the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Take your repairing to Small & War ren , opposite B. & M. Dining Hall. Extraordinary bargains in remnants of all kinds , at Chicago General Store. The Ladies' Union is making prepar ations for giving an entertainment , to day two weeks. All kinds of work done by Small & Warren in wood or iron , opposite B. & 31. Eating House. Kendall's billiard hall has been treat ed to-a coat of paint , this week. Rather sombre colored though. < C -mi . . . . Wilcox Bros , offer special induce ments , this week. Read their adver- ment on our eighth page. The members of the Ladies' Union will indulge in a pic-nic at Royal Buck's home on the Willow , to-morrow. Deeded lands at from $3.50 to $7 per acre for sale by William Fruin. Call ou or address him for particulars. There is no denying the solemn fact. Inebriety has been terribly and distress ingly prevalent the past two weeks. We are requested to announce a con cert by the Mission Band at the Con gregational church , Sunday evening. We offer our entire stock of Lawns , to close them out , at from 7 to 10 cts , worth 10 to 18 cts. Jos. MENARD. WANTED. A woman to take care of an invalid , inquire at the office of 9-tf CHICAGO LUMBER YARD Now doth the nursery representative infest the land , not to speak of the voice of weeping which prevades the same. same.All All kinds of hair work done to order. Langtry Bangs Pinafore Waves and Switches done in first-class style at Chicago Store The City Bakery has just received the finest line of Candies ever brought to McCook. Remember this and go there for your candies. FOR SALE First-class millinery and dress making establishment. Doing good business. Terms easy. For par ticulars , address THE TRIBUNE. Dr. Boyle , one door east of the TRIB UNE office , is prepared to do all kinds of DENTAL WORK. Charges reasonable and nil work -warranted. Administers gas G. H. Rogers has just received a complete line of crockery , which he will sell cheaper than anybody at prices that defy competion. Call and inspect. I have on my shelves a large invoice of Ginghams and Chevoits which I will offer at Special bargains for one week only , commencingSaturday , August 9th. The first watermelons of the season were brought into tcwn , last week , and who-so-cveMvill lugged one or more homeward wearing a smile of benedic tion. There was another small wash-out at Stratton , last Friday night Trains were delayed but a short time. That's n bad run of country up there for wash outs , by the way. * If you afcc looking for a timber claim , call on William Fruin.He has a num ber of fine ones for sale. There were a number of gentlemen from Blue Hill in town , last week , af ter laud and town property. A representative of David May , mer chant tailor of Lincoln has been in town.i this week , taking orders , and has met with considerable success. To OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Do not fail to attach your name to all commu nications. We insist upon this general rule of all journals. Please do not for get hereafter. We would like to have our fanners send us in reports 'of their crops auo. prospects. Send in as complete reports as possible. We want Red Willow county to stand high. Disasters never come single-handed. An engine was disabled on the west end , Thursday night , by running into' a bunch of cattle , and some of them getting under the engine. Jupiter Fluvius must , in some mys terious manner , have received an ink ling of our cold water proclivities , and generously decided to give us a benefit , Tuesday. A number of prairie schooners drove into McCook , last week , from the east ern part of the state. All drove good horses , and seemed to be in shape to homestead successfully in this country. "Feeders" along the Red Willow , Medicine and other streams of this part of the moral vineyard are being bought up rapidly. In a week or two none of that class of cattle will be in this market. Hundreds of dyspeptic people are go ing down to their graves caused by am monia and alum Baking Powder. Lei's German Baking Powder is used by dys peptic people with safety. Sold by C. II. Rogers. Thos. Golfer's residence on the brow of the hill is now among the prettiest and most artistic homes in McCook. Its commanding and prominent position makes it one of the most desirable 'res idences in town. ' IP you want to be classed with-the dys peptic people , use alum and ammonia Baking Powder : If you wish to avoid this horrible complaint , use Lois'Ger man Baking Powder and enjoy health. Sold by C. H. Rogers. If you want to lie awake all night and belch carbonic acid gas from your stomach ach , and make the room in which you sleep unhealthy for your children , eat for supper biscuit raised with Baking Powder containing ammonia. Dr. Spicklemeir returned , Wednesday morning , from an extcnted trip down the Republican Valley. He went as far as McCook. He reports everything booming in those parts. He purchased a farm near McCook. Blue Hill Times. Elder Lemon of the M. E. Church will hold a Quarterly Meeting at Ash Creek Church , about 8 miles southeast of McCook , on Tuesday , August 26th , and will probably dedicate the Ash Creek M. E. Church at the same time. Quitting advertising in dull times is : like pulling down a dam when the water is low. When trade revives , it will rush by him who- does not stay it with ready customers. The way to have such always on hand is through adver tising. The Pardeys played to a well-filled house. Wednesday evening. Their pro gram -was rather unique , and at times quite mirth-provoking. For the num ber of performers two they succeed in interesting their audience quite sat isfactorily. We have been putting out some fine commercial work the past two weeks. : Having made many improvements in our job department , we would be pleas ed to receive encouragement from our > people in the way of the job work they have been sending elsewhere. Patron ize home. rt We are informed that a Sunday ; School Picnic will be held , September 4th , at Cornell on Driftwood. The oc casion will be enlivened by singing , speaking and address by the Supt. , Asa Trumbo. A general invitation is ex tended to all neighboring Sunday Schools. Mrs. Menard of the Cliicago Store expects to start East about the 15th of the month to purchase a large stock of Fall and Winter Goods and in order to make room for our new stock we sell Dry Goods , Notions"and Ulillinery at > greatly reduced ' prices until September - ; fos. " - - : = ei" : 1st- - . < We desire to call attention to the fact that we have iust received a large stock of new job type , and arc prepared to execute your job work in an artistic and workmanlike manner. The rush of land-seekers has been immense , this week. Our local' office has been rushed. About the only topic of conversation to be heard on the streets has been land. Timber claims seem to be most in demand. Parties who recently arrived from th eastern part of the state brought with them two of the largest draft horses to be seen in this western country any where. They look mastodonic in com parison with the liliputian broncho. The social hop given under the man agement of a committee of our young incn , last Friday evening , was a very pleasant , smooth affair. The attendance was not as large as was to be desired , but the occasion was none the less enjoyable. We have a fine specimen of millet at this office , grown by M. B. Brown on the divide , northeast of here. The stock stands about 5 feet high , and Mr. B has 24 acres of the same kind thatwil average between 3" and 4 tons to the acre. What's the matter with the di vide's this season. Sort of digressing favorably. In response to the call in last week's issue , a number of members of the Odd Fellows Society met at Dr. Shaw's office and took steps toward organizing Lodge , which final action will be taken as soon as a sufficient number of mem bers are enrolled. Meeting will be held every Saturday evening at the same place until that end is attained. Hon. James Dolan , of Indianola , the present Senator from this district and an old army chum of ye editor's sur prised us in our den yesterday and chat ted us pleasantly for awhile of old times. "Jim" has creditably acquitted himself as a representative of his constituents and they are going to show their appre ciation by re-electing him this fall. Gosper County Citizen This season has been unusually pro lific of accidents and deaths among the cow-boys of the range. The latest ac cident of which we are informed hap pened Will Fitch of the JB outfit , who was recently thrown from his horse and pretty badly used up , receiving a brok en collar bone. It is really note worthy that so few fatal accidents occur. The life of a oow-boy is perilous. Every little rag-tag and Joob-tailed burg in this state has a cooler in which to reduce the temperature of her over heated citizens and aliens. Why not skirmish up just sufficient enterprise we say enterprise to build some sort of a receptacle wherein to deposit those overcome by heat or bad whisky , as you please. The disgraceful scene enacted in our town , last week , demands action. Will steps be taken ? WE have recently received from Mr. B. F. Stephens , manager of the Crete Nurseries , the finest lot of fruit and ) rnamental trees we ever planted. The roots were on the trees and in stood or- c ler , while the general appearance of the recs show that Mr.Stephens thoroughly inderstands his business. It is a mat ter of no small importance to have such i nursery in our midst , and if our people ple will patronize home institutions of ibis kind in place of the abominable tree Deddler , there will be more satisfactory esults in the tree planting enterprise. Nebraska Farmer , May , 1884. Our merchants are probably not aware ) f the fact , at any rate we will take the ) ccasion to remark that they are doing ximparatively nothing in the way of mcouraging their local paper in the way f advertising. Just glance over our olumns and see what our four large general stores are doing in the way of idvertising , and then direct your eyes ver the columns of the Indianola Courier. Gentlemen , McCook is loos- ng trade by her lack of enterprise in Jiis direction. Intelligent , judicious idvertising always and always will bring he advertiser big returns , other opin- ons to the contrary notwithstanding. Something New ! At Chicago Store , under the Opera lall. A Calico Dress given away with ivery $10 worth of Dry Goods , Cloth- ng , Millinery or Boots and Shoes pur- ihased at my store for the next 30 days. yi goods marked in plain figures. Jos. MENARD. U. S.Dyspensatory , page 107tells , you he origin of ammonia. We will give 500 reward if any ammonia or alum is s found in Leis' German Baking Pow- ler. Sold by C. H. Rogers. Two farmers , who had been inisin formed to the effect that there were parties in McCook buying grain , brought each a load of rye into town , Tuesday , and their chagrin and disgust may be better imagined than expressed. After all that has been written and said about this matter it does now appear that no arrangements whatever have been made for handling the grain of this section. It is simply a matter of justice to our farmers that some arrangements be made by the people of this town. Is it not here they do their trading and spend their money , and those thus ben- efittcd ought to take this matter in hand for the accommodation of their patrons , not to be sure at a financial loss to themselves , but while there may not be any big money in handling grain , this season , it may be handled at a profit , in addition to bringing people and mon ey into the town. It is a mistaken idea that McCook has reached a point where she will march right on without any effort on the part of her business men in her behalf. The past two weeks have been preg nant with "the benedictions which the liberal internal use of spirits fermenti is want to bestow on all the benighted sons of Adam. Our pugilistic friend , Pat. Kelly , who was desirous of polish ing the editor off in the highest style of the manly art some time since , at last met a foe worthy of his steel. King Alcohol laid bare his almighty arm for the finale and soon had the puissant Patrick in chancery. In plain Anglo Saxon , Pat had so outraged his consti tution during his jamboree of the past month or more that he was seized with a bad attack of tremens. He retired one night , and arose , not to find him self famous , but beset on all sides by every hideous creature which his over wrought and diseased imagination could conjure up. Fleeing the place without even taking time to go through the for mality of a toilet , he was taken in tow by Constable McCormick late in the afternoon , after having spent almost the entire day terrorizing the populace of South and West McCook in that nude state. He was taken to the Col- vin House and placed under a physi cian's care. He lingered some time in a dangerous condition , when nature re asserted herself , and he was sent down * to Oxford , Sunday. There were a num ber of other tremen-candidates , who luckily escaped that terrible sequence , but let us draw the curtain. Quite a disastrous collision to the rolling stock at least occurred , Satur day morning at about 3 o'clock , between No. 1 going west and No. 2 , east-bound. On account of the wash-out at Stratton , the meeting point was designated at Laird , a few miles beyond the Nebraska state line. No. 79 , Donahue engineer , was drawing No. 2 , and just before pulling into Laird , which has only a f.ide-track , the chimney of her head light broke. While on the main track at Laird , the lamp was replaced by a lantern , which gave out at best only a faint light. In the meantime No. 101 , Dickson engineer , who claims that he mistook the putting of the lantern into 79's headlight as a signal "to come ahead , " came thundering along at a high rate of speed , going into 79 with terrific force , using up both engines and one baggage car badly. No. 101 is one of the new engines recently built for speed and for use on the west end. She is much heavier than the ordinary run of engines on the B. & M. , and is very speedy , and coming into the other engine as she did at high speed , the wreck of both engines was complete. No. 101's front trucks and both cylin ders were taken off slick and clean , her heavy frame was bent and twisted , large castings were cracked and broken , and her entire machinery pretty well strain ed. No. 79's pilot , smoke stack and bell were torn off , cylinders injured , water tank moved from its position and otherwise demoralized. The tender of 101 was driven into the end of the bag gage car about eight feet. It is almost supernatural that none were injured or killed , as the paralyzed condition of the locomotives attests the terrible force with which the powerful and weighty 101 came into the stationary train. The engines and baggage car were taken to Plattsmouth , Wednesday night. Just arrived , at the City Bakery , a car-load of the Cream and Fancy brands of Grand Island Flour. Also , a supply Df white bolted corn meal. If you want cheap pork call at John Farley's meat market. Blank notes , neatly bound , 50 in a j < book , for sale at this office. PERSONAL POINTERS. Squire Fisher came down from hi ranch , Tuesday. Mrs. Gco.Dungan is entertaining he sister from the cast. Mrs. W. S. Perry returned from a visit at Red Cloud , Monday. Miss Lillie Rowell has been quite sick with the fever , for aomo days. J. B. Meserve and Leonard went up to the ranch , Tuesday morning. Mrs. S. D. Hunt went west on 39 , Monday. She will spend some time in the mountains. A. W. Huntley moved into his resi dence recently completed in West Mc Cook , on Monday. Mrs. A. E. Lytlo and Mies Lytle spent Sunday in Culbcrtson , returning home on 40 , Monday. Master Mechanic Hawksworth oi Plattsmouth was in town , Monday , viewing the wrecked rolling stock. Dr. A. J. Shaw has moved his office from the rear of the Citizens Bank to the old Babcock lumber yard office. A. McG. Robb left a basket of delic ious plums at this office , Wednesday. They were grown at the Crete Nurseries. Mrs. E. H. McCormick is visiting in the eastern part of the state. She may visit at Pittsburgh , Pa. , before her return. Fred. Harris of the Roaduiaster's office , going under the sobriquet of "Cow Coroner , " has been indisposed this week. Miss Ada Medlyn of Cambridge ar rived in McCook , Monday , and will visit here some time , the guest of Mrs. Thos. Campbell. Register Laws and Representative Hocknell were in attendance at the Congressional Convention at Hastings , Wednesday. Dr. and Mrs. Shaw and children of Indianola came up to McCook , Satur day , and visited at Mrs. J. Berger's until" Sunday afternoon. W : YBlackmore , Z. L. Bass and J. F. Purnphrey of Friend were in McCook and vicinity a number of days , last week , purchasing feed cattle. W. 0. Moody , with Frees & Hocknell , lias enclosed his property on the hill Mr. Moody , by the way , has one of the liandsomest but , oh , pshaw ! We for- jot about that. A. K. Huber , E. M. Schrock and Geo. Devaughn , all traveling agents of the Crete Nurseries , are working up this western country , and report very fair success. They are confining themselves mainly to streams and valleys. J. R. Neill of Crete returned from lis trip up the Willow in search of "feeders , " the first of the week. He succeeded in buying about 200 head ? rom Messrs. McKillips , Black , Coons ind others of that locality , and pro nounces them first-class "feeders. " Communicated. VAILTON , August 18th , 1884. ED. TRIBUNE. Sm : The altercation ) etween Messrs. Cruts and Haining , as noted in the TRIBUNE of last week , did not end then and there. After leaving the Magic City , the "Gooseberry rules" ) eing considered inadequate , were dis carded and the antedeluvian tactics adopted by mutual consent. They pass ed up Driftwood , sandwiching their > rofanity with sundry flourishes of their war clubs , neither party however seeui- ed to be in danger of receiving any ser ous bodily injury ( at the hands of the enemy ) owing to the shortness of the sticks. When near the end of their ourney a compromise seems to have > een effected , the clubs were-to be laid aside and a settlement made on the 'root hog or die"principal. . In this > uts came off victor. He then invited laining's companion , Kerns , to get out of the wagon and allow himself to be spread over the west end of the state of Nebraska. This Kerns declined to do. and drawing a revolver said that that was his war to fight Cruts club not being loaded he concluded to not press the matter. PETER. PATENTS. U. S. LAND OFFICE , ) McCook , August 15 , 1SS4. } Patents to the following named per sons have been received : Perley H. Schultz , Charles Bailey , Mahlon B. Scott , Salem T. Clark , George 0. Street- er , Nellie E. Miles , James A. Porter. David J. Osburn , Jr. , David C. Eaton. To obtain patent the Receiver's dupli cate receipt properly endorsed must be. presented. BONDVILLlB. J | 1 'All is quiet on' ' ( Bomlfilfuj ? 1' f J. P. Laffcrty circulated around our city , Monday. Mrs. J. A. Carter is on the sick list , but convalescing slowly. Miss Irene Phillips closed her school , Friday last , with a picnic. Perry Jones and N. Whitael leftfor Indianola , this morning to'bring the j * scats for the new church. Quarterly meeting convenes there , Tuesday , Au gust 2Gth. Elder Lemon is expected. Mrs. John Furr and aon , Harry , have once more made their appearance in "God's country. " Mrs. F. is delighted with Nebraska ( as it now appears ) and thinks she can , without regret , bid farewell to the Hawkeyc state. The first republican primary of Bond- ville precinct was held at the postoffice , Saturday. Bondvillc is disappoifitetL She had boasted of being solid for Jim and John , but in taking the census of her presidential votes for November next , finds she has ONE Cleveland vote. Last Sabbath ended the conference year and also closed the worjc of Rev. } 0. T. Moore among us. Mr. 3Ioorc ifl ! a young man of promise and during his short stay among us has made many friends whose best wishes follow him as he enters upon the duties of school life at Evingston , 111. Hear ye ! men of prince alcohol ! Kerosene cans arc becoming useful. Too many have converted themselves into a piece of household furniture. Things are becoming uncomfortably luminous on one of our streets. Is it a fact that McCook furnishes the high-o lonesome and Indianola the cans ? How generous in the two sister cities to thus divide the spoils. We notice in the last issue the editor requests the farmers to report their crops. Very little grain' has been threshed , therefore we can only answer approximately : The SMALLEST yield of wheat we have heard of as yet is IS bushel per acre. Rye and oats equal any ever grown in the eastern states. Corn is well filled , past all danger and would make better crops than ever had here before , even if we have no more lain. Potatoes are largo and delicious. There can be no scarcity of that article , this winter. S. J. Stockton has a large field of millet which is averaging 4 tend per acre. August 17 , ' 84. MOTHER'S SON , BASE BALL. Arapahoe TS. Indiauolat On Friday , August 29th , the Arap * ahoes and Indianolas will play a game on the fair grounds at Indianola for a purse of $75 , made up by the citizen ; ] of both towns. Game will be called tit 2 o'clock P. M. In the forenoon the Danburys and Coon Creeks will play at ten o'clock for a purac of $10. In the evening the Indianola club give a grand ball in the opera house , admission , $1.00. Lovers othe national game should be present at the meeting of these clubs , as the greatest games of the season will be played. Let everybody come. All kinds of blanks kept for sale at this office. BUSINESS POINTERS : Locals under this head 5c. a line for each nsertion. Bills payable monthly. 11. S. Cooley has deeded lands for pale n various parts of the county. Homesteads and timber claims for sale. R. S. COOLEY , McCook. One good house , 1 acre of land , good well , etc. , for sale. Price , $450. R. S. Cooley , McCook. J. E. Berger is agent for the Western Cottage Organ , which he will sell cheap "or cash or on long time. 4. FOR SALE : One house , with 2 lots , jood well on property. Price , $450. L S. Cooley , Office 1st door south U. S. Land Office , McCook. IT is a mystery to many where so nuch Soda as Delands make can be used. 3ut the country is large , and every- vhere the popularity of their goods is unparalleled. Sold by Hayden & Co. Blank Deeds. Real Estate Mortgages. Ceases. Bills of Sale , Bond for Deed , Quit Claim Deeds. Contractsfor Build- ng. Mortgage Deeds , Release of Mort- rage , Official Bonds , Soldiers Discharge , Petition for License , Notes , Receipts , etc..at THE TRIBUNE office. INDIANQLA ELEVATOR. I am now prepared to offer Flour and Mill Feed in exchange { or Wheat , and am also prepared to buy grain to ship. July 5 , 'S4-Gm. CLARK WARD.