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SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
CONaUEQATlONAL. Sunday School at 10
A. M. every week. Preaching sen-Ices every
Sunday nljrht at 0M M..T. Also , every alter
nate Sunday mornlnjr at 11. M. T. Exceptions
to the above will be noticed In locals.
OEOUOE DUNG AN , Pastor.
METHODIST. Service * ? every Sunday at 10 :
150 A. M. and 7 P. M. . inountaln time. Sunday
School at 3 P. M. The services and Sunday
school will beheld for the future in the new
church. All ura cordially invited. Scats free.
W. S. WHKHLEK , Pastor.
EPISCOPAL. Services in the Opera Hall the
first and third Sundays , morning and evening ,
of each month. .1. A. FULFOHTH , Hector. '
CATHOLIC. Services will be held in the
church once every four weeks.
THOMAS CnLiEN , Pastor.
AV. C. T. U. The W. C. T. TJ. will meet in the
Heading : Koom every Wednesdav afternoon nt
2 o'clock. M. T. The Band of Hope will meet
in the Heading1 Itoom every Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock , mountani time.
A. O. U W. McCook Lodee No. 01. will meet
thcllrst.nnd third Mondays of each month in
the Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren cordially
invited. Dn. K. H.-DAVIS. M. W.
W. H. DAVIS , Recorder.
McCOOK LODGE A. F. & A. M.
Kegttlar mentingH , Tuesday night on
or before full moon of every month.
\ S. L. GKEEN , W. M.
x F. L. McCitACKCN , Secretary.
Wu.i.ow OHOVB LOPGK K. OK P. , tf.
. Meets the first and third Wednes
day evening of each month.
.1. \ \ ' . C tMIMIKU , , CC. .
A. M. Si'Ai.ni.NC. 1C. H. S.
HOCKNKI.I. HOSB COMPANY. Ueg-
ular meetings on the Hrst Wednesday
'evening ' of each month.
K. D. AiicnmAi.il. Chief.
II. OF L. H. Hrotherhooil of Locomotive En
gineers. Meet flr t and fourth Saturdays of
ciich month. S. E. HOOK. Chief.
.1. C. AXPKHSOX. K. A. E.
J. K. IJ.utSns POST O. A. K. Regular meet
ings second and Inurtli Monday evenings of
each month at Opera HnU-
.1. A. Wii.oox , Comuiandcr.
.1. H. YAiior.it , Adjutant.
POST-OFFICE HOURS.
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Open from.7 A. M. to 8 P. M. , M. T. Office
will be closed thirty minutes beforearrival and
departure of malls. SUNDAY , office will be open
front 1to H P. M. mountain time.
A. P. SHAHP. . M.
B. & M. TIME TABLE.
n.vsr M\VKS : KAST I.KAVEB :
Xn.U lirlX ) . A. M. ' No. 40 5:25 , P.M.
WKST I.KAVES : WEST LEAVES :
No. Itfl 12:5(1. ( P.M. Xo.l 8:55 , P. M.
JSF'Eustboiind trains nn on Central Time ,
and westbound trains on Mountain Time.
Freight trains do not carry 7mssengei-s
K. It. WOODS , Agent.
THR COMMERCIAL HOTEL ,
OKD. K. .JOHNSTON , PIIOP.
McCOOK. XEKKASKA.
This house has been completely renovated
ami rclurni.shert throughout , and is lirst-class
in every renpeet. Hates rea onnlili : . 44K5
SPOTTS & SThMSOX.
BARBERS & HAIR CUTTERS.
Opp'isiti' Chtrn o Liitultcr Vanl.
MAIN STRKKT. - MfCOOK. NKItKASKA.
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MERCHANT TAILOR ,
MAIN &TREKT ,
.McCOOK . NKIJKASKJV.
CITY : - : BAKERY.
r-1 * HO PIU KTORS.
i : KEKT ON HAND
BREAD , PiES & CAKES ,
OKA HAM UK B AD.
Cakes Made on Order.
ROOM
In connection where yon ein tfet coffee. smd-
wichpp. pios , etc. . at nil hours.
CATTLE !
Rain Does Not Affect It.
FOR SALE BY
'BEES & HOCKNE1L ,
SULK AGKNTf.
JOHN T ? . BLACK.
Hreeder of iMPitovnn SHEEP
Jela-.e. Meri
no and
al inspection
and corres
pondence so
licited.
Addiest' him
atKcd Willow
J-an/i QfTica Receipts Iot Fi iaj.
WASHINO OS , January 2 . - [ Specinl
Telegram ] Commissioner Sparks of
the general land office to-day received
delegations from Aberdeen ( Dak. ) and
Otnaba ( Neb. ) In each instance his vis
itors called to protest against certain
rulings of the land office , and learn from
the commissioner verbally something
definite regarding his intentions. The
Aberdeen delegation presented a long
memorial , signed by Delegate Gifford
and se'veral other western representa
tives , setting forth the troubles of the
j land business. It was claimed thai the
i withholding of patents and the cancella-
'
tion of entries were inflicting hardships
upon innocent persons and frightening
capital out of the new settlements. The
burden of the address in effect was that
the receipts given by the district land
officers should be final , in order that
! money loaned on such receipts would be
secured. Another feature of the memo
rial was the statement that investiga
tion of fraudulent entries after the is-
i "
suance of land office receipts inflicted
injury upon the innocent purchasers of
the land.
j Commissioner Sparks met the vari-
! ous phases of the case in the following
'sentiment : "The land office receipts
j eiinnot be final under the law. [ f you
wish the law changed you must appeal
, to congress. The decisions of the courts
arc plain upon this point. This depart
ment cannot amend the law. It is our
duty simply to enforce it. A person
! loaning money upon the land office re
ceipt and taking-a mortgage is perfectly
secure if the entry was made in good
faith. I apprehend that no man loans
money upon public lands in this stage
without knowing something about the
improvement ? , the actual residence and
the good faith of the pre-eiHptor. If he
does he is not ordinarily prudent. The
bona fide settler who is making his
I home upwn the land , and has substan
tial improvements , will not be molested.
The man who goes there with all ho has ,
enters land in good faith , maintains a
habitable dwelling , and does what he
can in the way of cultivating his farm ,
is a safe person to loan money to. lie
is not going to be disturbed. On the
contrary , I mean that he shall be pro
tected. It. is the chap who is nut mak-
i ing the improvements or an actual res-
ulciice.iiu has u wortiilf.-s > iiaut\ or
j
s-he' " lr . ' irjrih lit
- : ! : 0" ? j.'lave / ; occa
sional ly spends a night , and who proves
up by means of perjury and other kinds
of sharp practice that this department
is after. This is not a sufe person to
loan money to , for if the land is clesert-
| ed as soon as the loan has been made ,
or if our agents discover and leport the
I inaniHT in which the entry was made ,
1 no patent can be issued. I would not
advise anybody to loan money upon lane
taken by a non-resident who leaves tht ,
country as soon as lie has made his final
proof , but a loan would be perfectly se
cure in a ca.se where there is actual set
tlement. The court * havu decided that
the government has not parted with the
land issued , but we have taken the po
sition that when a claimant has secured
his receipt it is equivalent , to a patent
for the purpose of mortgaging or alien
ating the land , provided he has complied
with the law in obtaining his rec < ipt. .
In loaning money it is wise to ascertain
that the borrower has made a proper
residence and otherwise observed the
law in good taith. Then it is perfectly
safe to deal with him the same as if he
haji a patent , llegarding the statement
that patents are being witheld to an un
usual extent. I can assert that they are
being issued faster by 500 or 1,000 per
month than ever before in the historv of
this country. "
The visitors acknowledged the fair
ness and justice of General Sparks' po
sition. An Omaha banker slated that
he considered tho commissioner to be
right on the subject , and he declared
that ho would not loan money to any
man who was acquiring land fradulcntly.
THE Williamson family , whose head
was arebel brigadier , " seems to be
enjoying a good thing of it at the Crow
agency , M. T. A dispatch from Wash
ington tells the story as follows : "When
Brigadier General Williamson arrived
at his post , he found all the places fill
ed by faithful and capable employe ? .
From the beginning he has pursued a
policy of replacing these tried servants
of the government by his own family ,
until now they are provided as follows :
Brigadier Gcneial Williamson , confed
erate army. agentnt$2,000 ; Mrs. Brig-
idier General Williamson , confederate
irmy , matron of boarding school for In-
iians , at $800 ; Brigadier General Wil
liamson's seventeen year old son , olork ,
at $1,000 ; Brigadier General William
son's daughter , toacher in the school ,
it $720 ; Brigadier General William
son's son-in-law , farmerat , 300 ; Brig-
ulier General Williamson's half inter-
; st in the boarding house , $080. Total
unouiit of salary drawn bv Brigadier
' "
Williamson's family , SG.fiUO. " Tho
* hvoe shows that Gen. Williamson , ex-
. onfL'derato , has an abiding faith and
ilniost overwhelming confidence in the
ibility of his family. Thi.s port of tiling ,
lowever , in rrpubhcap. days was called
lepotism. Topics.
.TuE tobacao-oliowing young man
decorates the floor , regardless of
be is.will be very apt to give a certain
Harrisburg church a wide berth hereaf
ter. The church in question had jus-
bought a new carpet and a specimen o
the kind of biped hoc mentioned hac
ruined a considerable area of it durhij
one evening's chewing performance. I
was publicly announced in church tha
he would have to buy a new piece o
carpet or stand a law suit for damage
' and a criminal prosecution for misde
' mcanor. Everybody will be glad tha
one such individual is to be taught a
lesson. Philadelphia Times.
IT is neither in the interest of trutl
nor to advance the welfare of Florida
| that half the reports of the recent dam
ages by the cold wave in that slate are
published. Undoubtedly great damage
has been done , but that the state has
received any shock from which it is im
possible to promptly recover is absurd
Fiequently the seeming calamities tha
visit communities are in reality bu
blessings in disguise , as the handsome
_ buildings that now stand whero tumble
i down tenements once were the order on
i
the streets of improved Chicago bea
witness. If this experience teaches the
people of Florida not to devote thci
land entirely to the production of one
fruit it will probably have been cheaph
learned. As for the assertion that nr
more Northern capital will find its waj
to Florida , it may be said that Northern
capital will find its way to any and everj
place where it can secure profitable am
reasonably safe investment.
TIIK civil service law is a thorn in the
sides of the spoils Congressmen , bu
they do not care to fly from the ills o
a1 want of patronage to the worse ill o :
a want of votes when they come up foi
re-election. For this very convincing
reason the House committee on civi
service reform has decided to report ad
versely upon all bills looking to a re
peal of the law.It is understood.how
ever , that the committee is not averse
to amending ihc law under the claim ol
I making it more1 cft'cctivi1. In view ol
!
this fact it will bjs well for the r al civil
service reformer ? to keep a very sharp
eye on all amendment bills. Pretended
friendship has been known to be more
fatal to a righteous cause than open en
mity before now. The pass-age of ai
amendment that will take the teeth oui
of the civil service law is one of the
things that will need to lie guarded
against.
Some one has liirure < l out that life is Iik <
harness because it contains "traces" care ,
'lines" of trouble , "bits"of good fortune ,
"breeches" # > d manners and "In-idled *
tongues , and every one has a "tut ; " to pull
through a severe cold miles * they take Cham
berlain's Cough Ueinedy. 15et buy a bottlt
before you get straiiped. riold by 31. A. Spalil-
ing and Willey A Walker.
SIXTEENTH YEAR.
THE
BRIGHTEST AND BEST.
Our 14th premiuinlist.ioinprisins-overo2-
OCO worth of presents , is now ready. Everv
subscriber tothe Weekly Times at S'i.OOa year ,
when order is received before April 30. isi'B ,
will receive 11 prom in in worth , at retail , from
5.00 to $1.000. Full particulars and specimen
copies free to any address.
PRICES FOR SUBSCRIPTION :
Weeklynth prais = , per 7:1 : 5 2-03
WooH ? , without sreaiaa. per 701 ? 1.03
SKII ? Tines , per 7Cir 2.00
Daily Tise : , per 701 : 10.00
Address all orders to
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JST"Specinl terms to Agents.
Horice of Dissolution of Partnership.
The partnership heretofore existing between
J. VT. Dohm and V. Franklin , under the linn
names of'The Hed Willow Conritv Hank. " of
Indianola. Nvb. . and "The Citi/.cns Hank of
McCook."pf Met'ook. Neb. , is hereby dissolved
by limitation and mutual consent. AH notes
and accounts due The Hcd Willow County
Hank will be collected by .1. W. Uoian. who
assumes all liabilities of the said Hcd Willow
County Hank. And all notes and accounts
due The Citizens Hank ol McCook will be col-
ected by V Franklin , who ass-unics all liabili
ties of the said Citizens Hunk of McL'ook.
Witness our hand and seals on this llrst
tlavof .lannarv , A. D. . ISKfi.
J.V. . IOIAX. [ L. S.I
V. FIIAXKI.IX , f'1
ANY ONE
'n line i of n a-ootl liniment , please < v I i , .ur
store and yret a hottle of liKttfi's Titoi-ii'Ai. OIL.
one of the most perfect medicines e\erpro
luced. and warranted to cure ; alds. burns ,
bruises , etc. , and relieve pain of all kind * . For
sale by M. A. Spaldiiifr and S. L. Green.
Send 10 cents postage , and wo
i will mail j-ouFitKK a"royal.val-
"
B liable. Mimple box ol"jroods
3 that will put you in the n-avof
iiiakjujr more money at once , than anything
3lse in America. Both se.vcs of all axes can
live at home and work in spare time , or all the
time. Capital not required. We will start you.
Immense pay sure for those who Mart at once.
4-iVlyr. STI.VSOX it Co. . Portland. .Maine.
"BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP
[ s a perfect snccfss. " is what TVC hear on all
Jidcs by those who have used it and ! Sml it n
jertain cure for coughs , colds and all bronchial
Toubles. Forstile byM. A. paidins-amlS. L. .
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McCOOK , NEBRASKA- .
. A. SPALDING , PROPRIETOR. 5 " 0
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DEALERS IN
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Sash , Doors , Blinds , Lime , Cement ,
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YARDS AT-
Berlrand , Elwooa.Oxford , Edison. Arapahoe.Cambrickje. Intiianola , McCook.Culbert-
son , Stratton. Trenton and Benkelman in Neb. Yuma and Akron in Colo.
1 | 0HEAPEST AND BEST
J ! UNEQUALLED FOR
I Power , Simplicity , Durability.
ia
Estimates made of Mill ami Tumi * complete uppUcntton.
il Every . * Mill Warranted. Send for Catalogue.
THE WOODMANSE
Iliisiu'lllsn " ultd wlicol" .ir.d tinln > vt eoir-regulntor made. The
Woodman1No. . n. Pump i > tin1 nest sfn h * artini ; force pump in the
m.irkut.Vill work in wells from li to 2m ) feet In depth. a : I lias back
. .icliinrtus to U > rro ivatrr Into i-loxati'd ranks. Can be usr-il liy band
or windmill. Part IP * contciiiplHtliis iho erection of \VInilniill will
t-onsiilt their licst IntiTi'sts. l.j calling at my IlonifitPad. 1 } mill" * X.V. .
of McCook. or at It. Johnston's , . " > mill's s. K. . aiiil at llcxvitt > Market
( iardi'n , S. K. of Mi" ook. and i-xainini' tinworking of the Woodmanse.
. M. 1RV/IN , Agent ,
Woodmanse Windmill Co. , Freeport , 111.
C. A. NETTLETON , Prop.
CORX SHKLLEJ ) AND GKOUN1) . ROLTEI ) . ETC.
2. BLOCKS EAST OF RUSSELL-S BARN ,
McCOOK - - NEBRASKA.
STOCK DIRECTORY.
KILPATKICK nU
es-Jors to K. I ) .
Horses branded on loft hip or left .shoulder
I * . O. address. KMello ,
Hayes county , ninl iteat-
rice. Neb. Kaime. > ti'ik-
lintr Water ami Fn-nch-
: man creeks. Clm o Co. ,
I Nobmska.
Brand a < cut on 'idiof
onic animals on hip and
' sides of some , or any
where on the animal.
1'AXTOXTTLrTcO. ( .
.7. H. MINKKVI. , General Manager.
Tostofiiccaddre * * , Mc
Cook , Neb. Kanch ; At
jSprinsr Canyon on the
J Frenchman Kiver , Clia = e
| conntNebraska. .
Stock branded as above :
Jalso 717 on left side ; 7
.on thcrijrhthipand Lori
he riKlit should'cr ; L on left shoulder and X
in left juvf. Half nndor-crop left ear. and
| u re-emp rislit rnr
CTiKKK CATTLE CO.
y , V ce "r"-iiVnf rn-1 npt.
1 * . O. address , Indiano-
la. Xelirasica.
It u n pro : iJepnbhcan
Vuilcy , oast nt Ory
'
Creek , and near head o'f
Sprinjr Creek , in Chase
county. Xebra.ka.
EATON BROS. & CO.
I' . O. address. McCook ,
Nebraska. It iffi ! > , Miuh
f McCook.
Cattle branded 0:1 left
! hip. Also , } Q 54 -ind
11 brands on left hip.
Horses branded the
same on left shoulder , i
STOKES A : TROTH.
' I'M. a .
I Hayes county. Neh
I Uansre : HedVilJo. .
creek , above Carneo
Stock branded as
aliove Also run th
lii/y CM bmnd.
IIKVUV T. C'lll'llCII.
I'o5toIice.O ! born. Xeb.
Han so : Hcd Willow
[ creek , in S. W. corner of
rronticr county.
Cattlebranded Q L 0
on ritfht side. Also , an
over crop on ritrht ear
and unil-r crop on left.
Morses branded 3 on rijjht shoulder.
JOSKPFI AhLKX.
I'ostoilH-o addn-ss. ( K-
born. Nobmka.
Hsnich on ] { e < \Villo\v
crec-K. , . mile a'.o.e iJs-
horn po tolici .
CatUcbrandcdon ri ht
side and Iip ns ab ve.
GKOKGK J FKKDKIITCK
ail.lrcss , Mc
. .
uanch : Four miles
southwf.it of McCook ,
on theDriftwood. .
StfCK branded AJ on
the left hip.
"I WANT A GOOD COUGH SYETJF"
Is a very frccj-u-nt request in our tradeand we
invariably u'lvc the person maklnsr it HEC.I-.S
riiKUiiv coi 1,11 SVKIT. as we knowitto betbe
best and most reliable on tho market FOJ
snle by M. A.SpHl-linjf siml f. r ( Ireen.