i Tin is
WILCOX & FOWLER'S.
Successors to WILCOX BROS.
Thanking the customers who have so stead
ily patronized" the old firmwill , assure them
that the new firm will CONTINUE to meet all
competition for all Standard Goods.
BELOW YOU WILL FIND A PARTIAL LIST OF OUR MANY BARGAINS :
12 Ibs. Granulated Sugar for $1.00
13 Ibs. White Ex. 0. " Sugar for 1.00
14 Ibs. Yellow "Ci" Sugar for. . ' . 1.00
New York Buckwheat Flour Cc. a Ib.
Finest Maple Syrup. . $1.20 per gal. New Sorghum. .50c. a gal.
All California Table Fruit 25c. a can.
Wheeler's 3 Ib. Table Peaches 20c. a can. G cans for $1.00
BSF" All other canned goods as low as any'house in town
for same grade of goods.
CAN SAVE Tl
Men's Arctics § 1.75
Mens' and Boys' Boots from $1.00 to $3.00
SS All grades of Woniens' . Misses' and Ghildrens' Slices , from
French Kid to the Coarsest.
Cotton Flannels from Gc. to ISc. per yard.
Heavy Medicated Twilled Flannel 40c. worth 50c.
NEW HOODS , SHAWLS , DRESS GOODS ,
PRINTS , GINGHAMS , HATS AND CAPS ,
GLOVE'S , MITTENS , Etc , Etc. ,
AS LOW AS THE LOWEST !
The First I
OF MeGOOK , JMRBRASKA.
PAID UP CAPITAL , - - $50,000.00.
DOES A GENERAL
- : - - : -
BANKING BUSINESS ,
Receives and Pays Deposiies. Buys and Sells Exchange en New York ,
Chicago and Omaha , and all the principal cities of Europe.
FIRE INSURANCE WRITTEN IN RELIABLE CO.'S.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS :
CE023S HOSSELL , PrsdJsit , A. CA2F2ELL , F. L. B20TOT , Casilcr. B. M. FS3SS ,
lOf Frees * Hocfcnell. ) ( Assistant Supt. K. & SI. ) ( Of Kii'jy Carpenter Co. , Chicago. )
FHE CITIZEN'S BANK OF McCOOK
DOES A GENERAL-
Collections made on all accessible points. Drafts drawn directly
on the principal cities of Europe. Taxes paid for Non-Ecsidents.
Money to loan on Farming Lands , Tillage and personal
property. Fire Insurance a specialty.
Tickets .for Sale to and from Europe ,
C0222SPOH22KC3 : J. AV. DOLAN , President.
First National Bank , Lincoln , Neb. .
Tho Chase National Hank , New York , i V. iKANKLI.V , VlCC-PresidcMit
C. E. MePHERSON & CO.
And Real Estate Brokers.
OFFICE : . West Dennison Street.
HcCOOK , - NEBRASKA ,
TIME'S CHANGES.
[ Svlnburne. ]
In vain men tell us time can alter
Old loves or make old mohiories falter ,
That with the old 3'ear tha old year's lif
clo-es
The old dow still falls on the old bwcet
flowers ,
The old sun revives the ne7v-fledged hoars ,
The old summer rears tho new-born roses.
No thno casts down , no time upraises
Suoh lines , such memorloi and su-h praises
As need no gitico of sun or shower ,
No laving screen from frost or thunder
To tond and houss around and under
The imperishable and peerless flower.
THE FALL OF THE ALAMO.
A. Brief Sketch of tlio Inranious
JTIcxScau illaxsncrc.
The annals of war furnish no bloodier
picture than is recorded of the fall of
the Alamo , on tha Oth of ilnrch , 1336.
The monument that marks the ground
that drank the blood of those heroes tells
the story whan it says : "Thcrmopylra
had her'mcisongcra of death ; the Alamo
had none. " Tho last ono of the gar
rison went down under the violence of
the Mexicans.
Col. Bowie , who was sick in bed at
the fall of the fort , fired from his bed
until his last shot was # > nc and he had a
wall of dead about him ; tho Mexicans
dared not approach , but shot him from
a window , and as the enemy came to his
bed , nerving himself for a hist effort , tiio
dying Bowie plunged the deadly knife
which bears his name to the vitals of tho
nearest foe , and expired. The gallant
Col. Travis fell mortally wounded , but
was able on the approach of the fo to
sit up. A Mexican oflicer attempted to
cut oft' his head with n saber. Travis ,
with a death gasp , drew his sword ,
which he plunged into the body of his
antagonist , both dying at the same mo
ment.
Gen. Castrillon took Col. Crockett ,
who htuod alone in an angle of the fort ,
tho banvl of his own shattered gun in
his right hand , in lii.i loft his huge
bowie-kuife. dripping blood. There
was a fearful gash across his head , and
at his feet a cordon of nearly twenty
foemen. dead and' dying , liis captor ,
who was brave and not cruel , took his
silvery-haired prisoner to Santa , Anna ,
who ilew into a rage , and at his com
mand a file of soldiers shot down the
dauntless Crockett. Santa Anna had
given the moat imperative orders that
no prisoners should be taken. A few j
days afterwards Col. Fannin was in-1
duced by the most solemn promises on 1
the part of Santa Anna to .surrender his
little band of beleagnrod men into the j
hands of tho Alamo batcher. : ? , and , as a \
result , on March 2j : , 412 Texans were ;
Ic-d out at Goliad and shot clown like
dogs. It was through such deadly
scenes as those that a republic was born.
John A. Sutler's Grave.
[ "Oath's" ' Pennsylvania Letter. ]
From Lancaster I rodeacross tho
country to Lints , which has grown in
the intervening year.to be a rather
hand omo place , with some nice .summer
eottagttt. There was a p'cnic of deaf j
and dumb people at the Limestone
spring , oi the edge of the town. I saw j
the tomb of John A. Slitter in the cor
ner of tli2 old Moravian graveyard , the
only tomb in that inclosurc much big
ger than a page of letter paper.
Suiter was a native of Baden , who
came out to California by way of the
Sandwich islands , and on hi j ground
they discovered gold while digging a
mill-race. 'Ilia discovery rather broke
the old man up , lea-ling him to restless
hopco , and the rush of miners ate up his i
cattle and tramped over his fields , j
AVhen I saw him at Washington years ]
ago ho was a systematis lobbyist there
for a pension or claim for having let
loose this gold on the globe. No
single event in t'.ic modern world
has so changed the destinies of
the globe "as the discovery of
gold in California. It dispersed the !
races of Europe and , incidentally , thoje
of Asia and brought them into new ,
fields , face to face. It perhaps saved
tho earth from soms kind of revolution
and iMi.lored it possible for scientific
banking , such as our government ha- >
tried , to be adopted. Old Suttcr , who
also loved his grog , retired to Lititx to
educate his grandchildren and live
cheap , after the German .style. There
he heard the trombones play'in the Mo
ravian cupola when people died , and one
day the trombones rang i ; it when he
did not listen , for he , top , was lying stiff
and cold ; the gold of life glistened in
him no more.
ITIore "Odlc" Force.
[ American Queeu. ]
A London weekly is responsible for
the repoit that thero is a man in Paris
who has discovered a .secret , by means
of which he can make any cage-bird set
tle on a tree after a few minutes of mys
terious coaxing. To prove his
power over the feathored tribe ,
ihe man in question recently drove
from one end of Paris to the other in an
open carriage , in the centor of which a
small shrub was set up. I'ound about
this shrub some dozen of canaries flut
tered and hopped and chirped as hap
pily as if they were uncnnfincd , and yet
with no more idea of making their es
cape than if they had boon confined in
the closest boundary of a cage. The
miraculous bird-charmer is prepared at
iny time to take charge of a couple of
trees in the BoLs de Boulogne , and to
promise that they shall b ? inhabited by
jir-ls for any length ot't.myvithoatthc '
bircib making thu slightest attempt to
quit their leafy prison.
Operating oil tlso Brain.
[ Chicago Herald. ]
Efforts are now being made by dis
tinguished surgeons in England to cure
cerebral disease by operation. Second
ary inllammation can be absolutely pre
vented , and there can be a good deal of
diminution of tho cranial hemisphere
without danger. The seat of the dis
ease can thus bo positively ascertained
and remedies uscd'to modffv or remove.
Oldest mu ! Largest ,
[ Exchange. ]
The oldest and largest tree in the
world is a chostnut , near the foot of
Mount j-Etna. It ia hollow and large
enough to admit two carriages driving
abreast through it. The circumference
of the main trunk is 212 feet. The ,
Grizzly Giant , monarch of the ilaripcs ? j
prove , measures ninety-two feet.
STOCK DIRECTORY.
KILPATRICK BROTHERS.
( Successors to E. D. Webster. )
Hoises branded on left hip or left shoulder.
P. O. nddrcfes , Estelle ,
Iluycs couiitv , inn ! Reat-
.rlcc. Neb. Itnngp. Stink-
jinjr Water and Krench-
! mmi creeks , Chase Co. ,
I Nebraska.
Brand as cut on side of
| some animals , on hip and
sides of some , or any
where on the animal.
STORKS & TROTH.
P.O. address , Carrico.
Hayes county. Neb.
Range : Ueil Willow
creclc , above Carrier
Stock branded : u
above Also run the
lazy c > J brand.
EATON" JJROS. & CO.
P. O. address , McCook ,
Nebraska. Itanjre , south
\ - } [ McCook.
Cattle branded on left
hip. Also , ] Q 5 , A aild
11 brands on left hip.
Horses branded the
same on left shoulder.
7 PAXTON CATTLE CO.
J. B. MKSKiirrj. General Manager.
Postollice address , Mei i
Cook , Neb. Haneh : At
Spring Csuijun on the
Frenchman Kivcr , Chase
I t county. Nebraska.
Stock branded as above.
ilso 717 on left side ; 7
. on'the right hip anil L on
the riKtit snouiTier ; L on lelt shoulder and X
on lett jaw. Hall' under-crop left ear , and
square-crop rifjht ear
1IEN11Y T. CIIUHCH.
Postofllee.Osborn. Xcb.
Ranpc : Ked Willow
crcck. in S. W. corner of
Frontier county.
Cuttle ! irui < io.l Q L 0
on right biilu. Also , mi
over croji on riff lit car
l uml.r crop on left.
Horses branded 8 on riht shoulder.
SPUING CREEK CATTLE CO.
J. D. WELBOHN , Vice President rind Supt.
P. O. ii'ldtcss , Indiano-
la , Nebraska.
Han Itepulilican
Valley , oast o.f Dr
Creek , and near head of
Spritur Creek , in Chase
county , Nebraska.
JOSEPH ALhEIv
Posloflice address , Os-
born , Nebraska.
Kanch on Ued Willow
creek. Y mile abo\ Os-
born postoflice.
Cuttle brand.-d on rix
side and hip as above.
G'EOKGE J. FREDERICK
* Postollice address , Mc
Cook. Nebraska.
Itnnch : Four miles
soutlnvcst of McCook ,
on the Driftwood.
Stoelc branded AJ on
the left hip.
JOHN F. BLACK.
FOH S.IYR. . Five im
proved. Deeded F.irms of
ItM acres c.icii all in a
body , with Farm Houses
and other improvements
Under jrood cultivation
Timber and water and
hay land. Convenient to
pood school privileges. '
Situated on Republican River , near mouth of
Red Willow Creek. Gallon J.F. Black on prem
ises , or address him at Ked Willow. Neb.
CATTLE !
Rain Does Not Affect it.
FOR SALE BY
FREES & HOCKNELL ,
SOLE AGENTS.
-THE-
( FULL ROLLER PROCESS , )
is sow nn.vnv TO no A
Genera ! Failing Busines
Your patronnd ? so'.icilotl.
JAS. HETHERINGTON. Manager.
_ 1
E. M.BRICKEY&C.O.
ARE NOW SHOWING THE LARGEST AND'
FINEST ASSORTMENT OF
-AND-
FURNISHING GOODS
EVER BROUGHT TO McCOOK.
Their lines embrace all the
Nobby Patterns and Styles in the
Market , and their prices are posi
tively the Lowest ever seen in the
West.
COME AND SEE US BEFORE BUYING.
IL CO.
lo JJ e .
DOORS NORTH OF POSTOFFICE.
THE1 McCOOK
TTCTPA .
OF McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
Makes First Mortgage Loans on Farm Property ,
OFFICE IN FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
A. CAMPBELL , PRESIDENT. B. M. FREES , 1ST VICE PRESIDENT.
GEO. KOCKNELL , SECRETARY. R. O. PHILLIPS , 2ND VICE PRESIDENT.
F. L. BROWN , TREASURER.
HALLA0K & HOWARD ,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS IN
-H-Ge SjVi-i'VC-
- - , atft'7 - ' -
DOORS , BLINDS. MOULDINGS ,
SMcficb , Ccfcctt. Swfc ? , h tc , cK'aiv , Cement- ,
SlWcrSTctib cmfc Coat
MeCOOK , NEBRASKA.
PI ! ni
S'lpirlnr to any on the nsrkot , bpfn ; ; Hcsilcr. Stionsur nuilr ,
r.m ! thm-fore a more Durable Mil ! . It Is the only
aVsotr.tely afe Kill built ; anil out of
Thousands Erected During 12
ye.-.rs pa t. nut one lias ever Monti away and left tltc Tower
Mantling. A record noothrr Mill can show. V.'c offer
MILLS
ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL ,
And If t'nej don't pl\e MtUfJclIon. will riiKioie Mill at onr
own expense. ANr > Manufacturer * of the Celebrated
ChillcnRi ! Feed MI1 ! . Corn SheKei ? . Iron Pumps
n Ith lrr.5F cylinilurs , Iron Pipe , Tanks.
> "or estimates , catalogues and prices , apply to
G. 33. NETTLETOX , McCook , Neb- ,
Asciit for Southwestern Xcbranka and Xorthivcstern K
CENTRAL MEAT MARKET
,
CPIUECH & WHITTAKER , PROPS.
VEGETABLES
STILUYBERRIES
IN SEASON.
BUTTER AND EGGS
ALWAYS ON HAND.
FRESH : FISH
AND CHICKEN'S.
,
|
( CHEAPEST AND BEST
' ' UNEQUALLED FOR
i
- , Poorer , Simplicity. Durability.
1 Estimate * in ? < lc of Mill anil Pump complete npou .application.
ji Every Mill Warranted. Send for Catalogue.
! i THE WOODMANSE
!
| This nilI ! Is a "solid wheel" au-1 the bc t aelf-rcRuIator made. The
I TooiJinanKe No. G. Pucip In Jlie K-t "Injflc actlr.s force pump "in the
1' ' marici't Will work in wells from lu to aw > tvvl la depth , nml h s bac"-
attsrlimratu to furct : water Into tk-\Etr < i tunics. Can be n eU hr hAnd
or nindinill. PartJri cimtniirlatln ' ilic erection uf a Windmill will
cor. ult their lift fuurtMtc l > r c.-.Illns : at my Homciitcad. 114 mll < - v W
il of McCuok. or at 1 ! . .l.ihnKtin' * . 3 inIr [ S. K. . snd at HcwlJt'n JJarkc-
It Oardci , S. E. of Mc ( o K. and examine the working of the Woodmans-
| W. M. IRWIN , Agent ,
i "Wocdffianse Windmill Co. , Freeport , 111.