McGooK WEEKLY TRIB
VOLUME III. MeOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , OCTOBER 3O , 1884. DUMBER 22.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
McCook , Nebraska.
Q. L. LAWS , Berfiter. C. F. BABCOCZ , Beccher.
Om-cu Houiis : From 9 A. M. to 12 M. , and
1 to 4 P. M. , mountain time.
J. E. COCHRAN ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
, BED WILLOW COTOT7 , KEB.
Practice in any Courts of the state and Kan
sas , and the frovernmeiit Land Oflico of this
District , and before the Lund Department at
Washington. Satisfaction guaranteed , and
terms reasonable. OlQce 1st door south of the
Q. S. Laud OOice. M8.
JENNINGS & STARBUCK ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW ,
McCooK , - - NEBRASKA.
"Will Rive special attention to tlie practice of law ,
and making collections.
t Offlcc Secondblecknorth of depot , 2 doom north
Green's drug store. 2-JJ2.
PAGE T. FRANCIS ,
COUNTY SURVEYOR ,
Red Willow County
Keeps certified plats of nil lands in the
Hitchcock land district. Special attention
jrivcH to all such business. Correspondence
solicited. ! i-22.
E. C. TOWNE ,
LAND AGENT ,
McCOOK , - - NEBRASKA ,
Docsa'General Land Business In the Mc
COOK LAND DISTRICT , NEBHASKA , and also
in the OBERLIN LAND DISTRICT , KANSAS.
S. H. COLVIN ,
Notary Public & Justice "nl Peace.
Pension papers carefully filled out and col
lections promptly attended to. Office , 2d door
east of THE TRIBUNE office.
L. LEE JOHNSON , M. D. ,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON ,
Gralzato Hoilctl Depiitaest University Wcostor.
Office at Metropolitan Drug : Store , where he
can be found when not professionally enfap-
ed. Residence , corner of Jefferson and .Mad
ison streets.
DR. Z. L. KAY ,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ,
McCOOK. - - NEBRASKA.
"Office at Churchill House.
DR. A. J. WILLEY ,
SURGEON B. & M. Railroad.
[ OFFICE AT B. & H. FHARMACT , ]
McCOOK , - - NEBRASKA.
A. T. GATEWOOD ,
SURGEON DENTIST.
[ OFFICE AT McCOOK HOTEL. ]
"Preservation af the teeth & specialty.
JOHN F. COLLINS ,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER ,
McCOOK. - - NEBRASKA.
Jobbing TV 111 recel\ prompt attention at my shop
on Dennlson St. , opposite McCook Mouse. Flans and
specifications furnished If desired.
C. L. NETTLETON ,
Superintendent Public Instruction
Teachers' Examinations at Indianola on the
third Satxrday of every month , commencing
at 9 o'clock , A. Jr. 25-tf.
W. M. SANDERSON ,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER ,
McCooK , - NEBRASKA.
J3 A11 work guaranteed. Give mo a call.
WILLIAM McINTYRE ,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
OF LONG EXPERIENCE.
All work-warranted. All material furnished
If desired. Work done on short notice.
HINMAN & CO. ,
Painters , Cramers , Paper Hangers
McCOOK , 2-36. NEBRASKA ,
f5 ? De8lgns furnished for Celling Decorations ,
either In paper or Fresco Painting.
NEW BARBER SHOP.
JACKSON TUBES
Has opened up a Barber Shop on "West Dennlson
Street , JlcCook , Neb. , where he Is able to do Shating ,
Hair Dressing , etc. , at all times. Ladles and child
ren's n ir dressing a specialty. Call and become
acquainted. JACKSOX TUBBS.
A. C. TOWNE ,
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
MCCOOK , -
Hat for sale Deeded Lands , Timber Claims and
Homesteads. Alto , will locate parties on Go ; em
inent Land.
wanted for The Lh cs of all the '
APCWTQ Presidents of the U. S. The ,
H il I IV I llarPest , handsomest best book
liVonia Veer sold for less than tw ice our !
price. The fastest selling book In America. Immense \
profits to agents. All Intelligent people want it. Any
one can become a successful agent. Terms free I
UALLETT BOOK CO. , Portland , Maine. 2-35. J
"PIONEER STORE ! "
We have just received our Fall Stock of
Ladies' ' and Misses' ' Cloaks ,
Gents' ' and Youth's Clothing ,
THE LINE
We have the Largest and Most Complete assortment
ever opened out in McCook.
In tliis department we are offering tlie following
bargains. ONE DOLLAB will buy
12 pounds of Granulated Sugar $1.00
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13 pounds of extra "C" Sugar $1.00
20 bars of White Russian Soap $1.00
6 pounds of Arbuckle Coffee $1.00
16 yards of Good Muslin $1.00
20 yards of Prints $1.00
Highest Market Price paid for Produce.
HAYDEN % , CO.
CHAS. NOBLE , Manager.
THE CITIZEN'S BANK OF McCOOK
DOES A GENERAL
BUSINESS
Collections made on all accessible points. Drafts drawn directly
on the principal cities of Europe. Taxes paid for Non-Residents.
Money to loan on Farming Lands , Village and personal
property. Fire Insurance a specialty.
Tickets for Sale to and from Europe ,
C022ESPOSDEKTS : J. W. DOLAN , President.
First National Bank , Lincoln , Neb. V. FRANKLIN , Vice President.
Chase National Bank , New York. W. F. WALLACE , Cashier.
CHEAPEST AND BEST
UNEQUALLED FOR
Power , Simplicity , Durability.
Estimates made of Mill and Pump complete upon application.
Every Mill Warranted. Send for Catalogue.
THE WOODMANSB ,
This minis a "solid wheel" and the best self-regulator made. The
"VVoodmanse Xo. 6. Pump Is the best single acting force pump In the
market. "Will work In wells from 10 to 200 feet la depth , and has back
attachments to force water Into elevated tanks. Can be used by hand
or windmill. Parties contemplating the erection of a Windmill Bill
consult their "best Interests by calling at my Homestead , lj $ miles
iiortnwcst of McCook , or at B. Johnston's , 5 miles southeast , and ex
amine the.worklng of the "Woodmansc.
W. M. IRWIN , Agent ,
Woodmanse Windmill Co. . Freeport , 111.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington , D .0. , Oct. 26 , ' 84.
In a former letter I referred to the
starving condition of the Piegan In
dians , whose reliance for subsistence
has depended entirely on the Govern
ment. There are no less than four
thousand five hundred of these unfor
tunate creatures , for whose care and
comfort Congress appropriated last
year $40,000 , or less than two cents
per day for each Indian ! Their res
ervation is entirely non-productive
so far as game is concerned , and the
Government has never attempted the
encouragement of this particular tribe
to arts of husbandry. The Indian De
partment cannot and ought not. to be
held responsible for the terrible con
dition of these Indians , except for its
adherence to a rule which limits the
agent to furnishing supplies for each
week to one fifty second part of the
amount of subsistence for a full year.
One can readily imagine then , the
actual suffering that these people ;
have already endured , when four
thousand human beings were com
pelled to subsist on an allowance of
food as limited as that of the Greeley
party in its most desperate strait.
And now with our Treasury bursting
with money and the granaries of the
country groaning under the magnifi
cent crops of the past season , it has
been determined to keep these poor
people during the approaching winter
on half rations ! It is no wonder that
the Piegan considers his own civili
zation superior to ours.
The "Conscience Fund" of the
Treasury is a matter that is worthy of I
a little study. It is a fund composed '
of small amounts generally , and large
amounts rarely. In fact it is a mat
ter of surprise that so many con
sciences should be disturbed by so ! <
small a sum of money that their owners - j
ers have euchred the Government out t'
of , and so few that large stealings <
havebecn { able to make an impression j
upon. The back pay salary grab , 11
believe , was not credited to the con-1
science fund , and rightly so , because !
it was the fear of results rather than ,
remorse which prompted its return to '
the Treasury. The records of the j
Treasury fail to show that any of the
gigantic plunderers of the Government - !
ment have ever exhibited remorse of |
onscience enough to cover a cent of |
their "boodle" in the Treasury , but' '
here is a poor crank of a chap taking
the pains to send a one cent stamp to
make up the postage that he thought ,
lie had swindled the Government out
of , when in fact the Government had
never forwarded his letter at all. Yes
terday S89 was received from an in
dividual down South who had become
converted , and desired to remove this '
$89 burden from his soul. A Chica
go man , forgetting that nobcdy had
ever gotten into Heaven from Chica
go , thought that he might squeeze
through by returning the $2 he had
wronged Uncle Sam ont of in a whis
key deal. The largest sum that has
ever been credited to the conscience
fund was $1,100 from a Salem ( Mass. . )
postmaster away back in days gone
by , but even in this case the Govern
ment declared that his accounts were
corre.ct , and his money was returned
to him.
I see that the lobby has already )
commenced to rally at the hotels , |
with Congress six weeks off and the
Presidential election yet to come.
Some of these third house chaps have
an office in view , some are in the in
terest of some sort of a Government
orab , but a good majority are for ex
tra appropriations for public build
ings in different portions of the coun
try , and have simply come on in ad
vance of Congress to enlist the good
offices of the heads of departments.
Here is a fellow from a one-horse
town in Florida who has got a § 150-
000 appropriation , but he wants a
quarter of a million. Little Nevada ,
wtih scarce population enough to en
title her to a Congressman , wants a i
$100,000 post office building for one
of its towns that never had and never '
will have 4,000 people. Proctor |
Knott's Duluth has had $125,000 , j
and wants more for a post office , when I
the town is going backwards with
twice the celerity that it ever came'
forward. As a matter of absolute
business , three-quarters of the public
buildings that were authorized to be
constructed at the last Congress were
entirely unnecessary , but they fur
nished magnificent opportunities for
corner-lot owners to rake in fortunes ,
and building contractors to quarter
themselves on the Treasury for an in
definite period. Dem PKDKO. j
THE BESSEMER HEATER.
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Call at LaTOURETTE'S
AND SEE THAT AMGNIFICENT
Hard Coal Base Burner
THAT HE IS GIVING AWAY TO PURCHASERS OF
HEATING STOVES !
Every Purchaser of a HEATER receives
a , ticket for the drawing , which takes place
JANUARY 25th , 1885. Party drawing the
stove and not wishing to take it * will receive
$30 in cash. Don't fail to call and see it.
W. 0.
Three Doors North of the Chicago Store.
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-GENERAL DEALERS IN-
I faff H U Koa' y flEBtitttT Bni\iaHflSBa aB
Agricultural implements and Barb Wi're ,
HEADQUARTERS FOR
The Celebrated Bain Wagon
The Best "VVagon in tlie Market
MANUFACTURING AND REPAIRING OF
Tin , Sheet-Iron & Copperware
By Practical and Experienced Workmen , Promptly
and Ueatly Executed.
Corner Store , Opposite Citizen's Bank , McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
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L. L. JOHNSON M. D. M. A. Sl'ALUIXU.
METROPOLITAN
D'RUG STORE !
Everything ( Except iquor ) Usually Kept in a
First-Class Drug Store.
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WE ALSO HANDLE
SEWING MACHINES.
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McCOOK NEBRASKA ,
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