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J. A. TAYLOR , Druggist.
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: DEALERS IN
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Sash , Doors , Blinds , Lime , Cement ,
HAED AND SOFT COAL.
YARDS AT
Bertrand , Elvvood.Oxford , Edison. ArapahoeCambridge. Indianola , McCookCulbert
son , Stration , Trenton and Benkelman in Neb. Yuma and Akron in Colo.
mm Wind Mill ,
Supeiior to any on the market , being Heavier , Stronger Built
and therefore a more Durable Mill. U is the only .
absolutely safe Mill built ; and out of
Thousands Erected During 12
years past , not one has ever blown away and left the Tower
standing. A record no other Mill can show. We offer
to put up any of our 1'UMPIXG MILLS
ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL
And If they don't give satisfaction , will remove Mill at our
own expense. Also Manufacturers of the Celebrated
Challenge Feed Mills , Corn Shelters. Iron Pumps
with brass cylinders , Iron Pipe , Tanks.
Tor estimates , catalogues and prices , apply to
ion ; G. B. NETTLETON , McCoolf , Neb. ,
Agent for Southwestern Nebraska and Northwestern Kansas
' , -janjSce aii Silccn is the HcCcoi Feed Kill , Siilrcai St.
e Howard Lumber Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Coal
MeCOOK , NEBRASKA.
O. P.
-AGENT FOR
FORENTS ,
WAGONS , BUGGIES , WIND MILLS AND PUMPS.
C3f IIaving re-ociied ] my otablislnnent iu ilcCook , I will be ] ) leased to see all of my
old patrons and many new ones , aI ; will sell better goods at lower liguies than ever before
offered in McCook. Call and see me. 40
CORNER MAIN AND RAILROAD STS. McCOOK , NEB.
CITY : - : BAKERY ,
A.
WE KEEP OX HAOT )
BREAD , PIES & CAKES.
GRAHAM BREAD.
Cakes Made on Order.
ROOM
In connection where you can get coffee.suan-
wiches , pies , etc. , at all hours.
HESS & GOODENBERGEK ,
CONTRACTORS
-AND-
BUILDERS ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
"Material furnished if dcsirea.
THE RED WILLOW MILL
Is now in operation and will do
General Custom Work ,
The Mill is complete and we
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Guarantee Good Work ,
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J. W. PICKLE ! & CO.
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As LOMO as Commissioner Black gots
his.fat salary and $100 per month bo-
sides he don't care whether other soldiers
get their pittance of § 8 per month or
not.
Tins month is the glory of all the
year for marrying and given in marriage.
Another year may be too late and some
other fellow may get her. Delays are
dangerous.
THE idea is freely expressed that
Sparks' foolish and previous order has
made the repeal of the timber-culture
and pre-emption laws impossible at the
present session of congress.
THE present fair mistress of the
White House was not born when the
great struggle to save the Union was
inaugurated. One ean see by this how
old > lthe bo3's in blue" are getting to be.
THE State Journal suggests , apropos
of the disparity in the ages of the Pres
ident and his youthful , bride that when
G rover has attained three score vand
four and Mrs. Cleveland is 40 , the dif
ference will not be so manifest. Only
a fraction less a quarter of a century ,
that's all.
Orleans Picayune philosophy :
"If it is wrong to take a drink on Sun
day , it is wrong any day. Fight sin , and
Sunday will take care of itself. Knock
sin down , and respectability will have a
chance to walk abroad. Lctcverj'man
reform himself and any part of the
world will be a safe and sweet place to
live in. "
WHAT would become of statesmen
and if nil
legislators now-a-days a
which seems te have prevailed in th
Long Parliament were to be unfortunate
ly revived ? On Febuary 2 , 1G41 , Si
Edward Dering was "put out of the
House and committed unto the Towe
for his strange , unadvised , and sudden
differing from himself ! ' '
THE Grand Jury in Chicago has re
turned thirty-four new indictment
against Anarchists. Some of the indict
ments are against persons already uncle
arrest and others are against newi3'-dis
covered Anarchists who are charged
with being connected with the Hay
market massacre. Chicago tolerated
the Anarchists for a long time , but it if
now getting to be a very unsafe place
for men of that stripe.
IT has always been the business o
the authorities of a State wherein capi
tal punishment is in vogue to discover
and apply the most humane method of
taking the life of a convicted culprit
sentenced to death. Opinions on thh
point apparently differ among nations
In Spain the garotte is used , in France
the guillotine , in Germany a somewhat
similar instrument , in Russia shootin
or hanging , and in England only the
latter. Buffalo State , in America , ha
fixed upon a new plan , and one that
seems to be efficacious and merciful
Someone over there has invented an
electric chair , wherein the condemned
person sits , and is dispatched to hi
last home by a series of momentary
strong shocks. The idea has often been
mooted , but until lately not carried out.
Science has done much tor civilization
if it can now spare us those shocking
scenes on the scaffold.of which we have
recently read too often , it will indeed
confer another boon on those who. while
admitting the necessity of capital pun
ishment , yet desire that there shall be
no possibility of cruelty or miscarriage.
London ! News.
IN passing sentence upon some con
victed rumsellers recently , Judge F. M.
Ilubbard uttered the following terrible
truths which it would be well for every
one to read and remember. He said :
"There is something in the taking of
iiuman life instantaneously that shocks
and terrifies the minds of all ; and yet
we look upon the man who takes human
life quite as surely but by a slowlinger-
"ng process , if not without condemna
tion , at least without horror. You , who
stand before the court for sentence , are
n overy moral sense murderers , and you
are in the spirit , if not the letter , guilty
of manslaughter ; for the law says that
whoever accelerates the death of a hu
man being unlawfully is guilt } ' of the
crime. Your bloated victims upon the
witness stand , and who undoubtedly
committed perjury to screen you from
the law , not only do abundantly testify
.hat . you are accelerating death , but that
you are inducing men to commit still
reater crimes than your own. You
still maintain the appearance of respec
tability , but how morally leprous you
ire inwardly ! The ruin , poverty and
dleness which you are inflicting upon
, his community declare , as if from the
louse tops that you are living in idle-
icss and eating the bread of orphans
vatered with the widow's tears ; you
ire stealthily killing your victims , and
murdering the peace and industry of the
community , and thereby converting hap-
> y , industrious homes into misery , pov
erty and rags. Anxious mothers watch
and pray in tears nightly , with desolate
icarts , for the coming home of your
'ictims , whom your are luring with the
wiles and smile ? of the devil into mid
night debauchery. "
KEEP QUIET
And take Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and
) iarrhnea Remedy. It cures jiain in the
tomacli almost instantly , get a > cent hot-
le , take untiring else. Von will need notli-
ng else to cure the worst case of diarrhoea ,
liolera morons or bowel complaint. This
ledicine is made for bowel complaint only ,
ml lias been in constant use in tie | west for
early fifteen years. Its suc-cens has been
nboinided and its name become a household
vord in tlioiihands of homes. Trv it. Sold
y Willey & Walker.
THREE PLAGUES OF NEW YORK.
A P.irk Fnllcaman's Kemnrkt Mts-
chlovons Boys , Sparrow * , nn.l Cut * .
[ New York Times. ]
"Hoys , cats , and sparrows tlcse aro
tho three plagues of New York and of
Central park , " remarked Sergt. Meany ,
of the park police , to a group of ollicers
and reporters the other day. "The
boys steal birds' nest and squirrels and
Hewers , tho cats prowl around the
pigeons' houses , and the sparrows steal
whatever they can lay their bills on.
Why , only to-day we arrested a boy
with a s juirrel , which he had stolen , in
his possession. How did ho manage to
catch it. ' Well , that is a mystery , a
secret of his own which he would
not reveal to us. Ho had caught
several before ; we knew it , and lay for
him , and to-day wo caught him trying
to sneak out of the park with the s.juir-
rel under his arm. We asked him how
he had caught it , and what do you think
the young rascal replied' t h , you want
me to give away de racket , so you fel
lows can go and catch rhem yourselves.
111 sell you as many'as ' you want for 10
cents apiece , but I'll not tell you how
it's done. '
"And , " continued the sergeant , "there
is no one in this park who knows how
to catch squirrels except with traps or a
gun , and the boy did not have a trap or
a gun. We locked him up , because
there are few squirrels in the par , : now ,
and it's against the rules to kill thorn.
Some time ago ihe park was full of
them , and the people complained that
that they ate up"the song birds' eggs
and tho newly hatcbed robins I think
there was some truth in the complaint ,
for these squirrels were often noticed
fooling around the neots , while the
old birds fluttered about and utter
ing cries of distress So the commis
sioners gave orders to thin them o'ut.
Many were then shot and others were
caught in traps. If tho squirrels had
only eaten up all the sparrows'
eggs theyould have been public ben
efactors , but the sparrows are fighters
from Fightersville , while the s [ uirrels
are not very brave , so the feathered
thieves were able to hold their own. "
"What do the squirrels live on , do
you ask ? They pick up nuts and eat
them , and what they can not eat they
bury in the ground for future use. You
ought to see them hiding nuts. They
will scratch out a hole in less than two
seconds , drop in a few nuts and then
cover them up again with earth. In
winter , when the snow is on the ground ,
they are fed with corn. They are good
builders , too , and build substantial
nests. When the leaves will have ail
fallen you will notice shapeless bundles
stuck in the upper branches of .some
trees. These are their nests. They are
so firmly fastened to the branches that
the strongest wind can not blow them
off. They are made of twigs , moss ,
straw and other materials , and are per
fectly waterproof. "
" \Yell , what about the sparrows ,
whom you call thieves ? " asked one of
the reporters.
"The sparrows are good-for-nothing ,
lazy thieves , and ought to be extermi
nated , " continued bergt. Meany. "Let
the keepers go to feed the pigeons and
the sparrows are there eating faster
than the pigeons. A sparrow can eat
nearly as much as a pigeon , and when
a hundred sparrows invite themselves
to breakfast with a Hock of fifty pigeons
there is not much left for the pigeons ,
and the keeper is obliged to issue double
rations Why , these sparrows have the
cheek to go into the eagles' cage and
try to sample the meat that is given to
the royal birds. There were a couple
of active male sparrows who had the
impudence to pull the feathers out of
the eagles' backs for their nests. Did
it make the eagles mad' You bet it
did , but they were too big for the spar
rows and could not catch them. Why ,
the eagles had no more show with the
sparrows than a bull has with a fly in
summer.
"Sparrows are lazy loafers , who live
by their wits upon the fruits of other
birds' toil. You ought to take a ramble
some evening in the upper part of the
park , where there are not many visitors ,
and you may see the spcirrows robbing
the robins. These fellows have studied
the habits of the robins and know when
these birds go out foraging. A sparrow
will mark out a robin and follow him
at a distance. The robin will alight on
the roadside and begin to peck away at
the earth until he finds a delicate white
grub , of which lie is very fond. lie
will puil it out of the ground and fling
it down to rub the dirt off. I > own comes
the sparrow like a riue bullet , seizes the
grub and swallows it , and then mock
ingly chirrups to the robin , as though
to sa.v. 'How's that for high ? '
"A\hen the sparrows have gorged
themselves and can eat no more they
get up a fight among themselves. They
can no more live without fighting than
can a Dutchman without. Limburger
cheese and lager beer , and when they
fight they mean business every time.
on will first see the feathers fly , and
then four or five , or perhaps a do/en ,
of the birds will clinch , and all will fall
to the ground in a bunch. That is a I
good time to catch them if you happen
to be near. Clap you hat upon them or
throw your coat over them and you've
got the'm. A male sparrow h always
has a black breast is a fraud.
"As for the cats. " added the sergeant ,
"they're not any better. If you give
them plenty to eat they will not catch
"
any mice , and if you do "not give them
what they want , they will steal your
meat and your pigeons. "
Sergt. England differed with his col
league , and thought that a cat when
properly educated was a valuable ani
mal. .
Grief HTnile to Order.
ll'liilade'plu'a Times. ] ,
Crocodile tears are things of ancient
iiistory , and tears produced with the
lid of onions are equally well knewu ,
but it has remained for modern science
: o find a way to produce onion tears
without betraying the presence of the
iggressive onion itself. In fact , the
iggressivo onion need not be present at
ill. An essential oil is extracted from
t which has all the tear-compelling
jualities of the solid vegetable itself.
Jne drop of this oil on a handkerchief
s good for one flood of tears , two drops
iroduco a persistent fit of sobbing , and
ibree drops an appearance of utter
ibandonment to consuming grief.
D
Jud Lafagan : If a man can't learn by
jxperience , he will make a poor fist with IK
wok .
knowledge. e\
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
DR. THOMPSON ,
DENTIST ,
OFFICE : COMMKRCIAL HOTKL.
C3r Kirst-class work guaranteed. Gold nil"
inga specialty.
THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL ,
GEO. E. JOHNSTON , PROP.
McCOOK , : : NEBRASKA.
This house 1ms been completely renovated
and refurnished throughout , and is llrst-class
in every respect. Kates reasonable. 4-3U
S POTTS & STDISON ,
FASHIONABLE
BARBERS & HAIR CUTTERS.
Opposite Chicago Lumber Yard ,
MAIN STHKET , - McCOOK. NEBRASKA.
EGBERT DllYSDALE ,
MERCHANT TAILOR ,
IN STJTEET ,
McCOOK . NEIMASKA.
SANDERSON & BEAN ,
DECORATIVE - : - ARTISTS ,
SCENIC PAINTERS ,
CalsominingGraining , Paper Hanging , etc.
with neatness and dispatch.
WILLIAM McINTYBE ,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER ,
CULBERTSON. NEBRASKA ,
All work warranted. All material furnished
if desired. Work done on short notice.
JOHN F. COLLINS ,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER ,
McCOOK. - - NEBRASKA.
Jobbing ulll receive prompt attention nt my shop
311 Dennison St. , opposite McCook House. Plans and
specifications furnished if desired.
J. E. CASTBERG ,
COUNTY SURVEYOR
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KEI ) WILLOW COiJXTV , NK1J.
J2f Onicc in court Iiousc , Indianola , Neb.
DEPUTY COUNTY SURVEYOR.
Leave orders at his house northwest of
school House , McCook. All kinds of SunvKV-
x , GitAmxfiand ctvir , EXOI.VKF.UIXO. Will
vqrk anywhere , especially in west hall of Red
iVillow county.
H. G. DIXON ,
Real Estate and Loan Broker ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
Special attention { riven to the sale of city
iropcrty. Houses rented and collections
nade. Oflice opposite Commercial Hotel.
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
CONGREGATIONAL. Sunday School at 10
i. . M. every week. Preaching services every
iunday night at 7:00 M. T. Also , every nltcr-
late Sunday morning at 11 , M. T. Exceptions
o the above will be noticed in locals.
GKOIIOE DUXOAX , Pastor.
METHODIST. Services every Sunday at 10 :
0 A. M. and : 'M P. M. . mountain time1. Sun-
; ay School at 8P. M. All are cordially invited ,
ieats free. \V. S. WIIEELEIS , Pastor.
EPISCOPAL. Services in the Opera Hall the
irst and third Sundays , mornmgand cuing ,
if each month. J. A. Ft-'LFoimi , Rector.
CATHOLIC. Services will be held in tho
hurch once every four weeks.
THOMAS CITM.EX , Pastor.
W. 0. T. I'-The W. C. T. U. will meet in Jhe
tending Uoom every Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock. 31. T. The Band of Hope will meet
11 the Beading Koom every Saturday altcr-
ioon at 2 o'clock , mountain time.
A. O. U. W. McCook Lodge No. ( il , will meet
lie first and third Mondays of each month in
lie Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren cordially
ivited. Du. H. 1 $ . DAVIS , M. W.
W. H. DAVIS. Uecordcr.
McCOOK LODGE A. F. Jc A. M.
Regular meetings , Tuesday night on
I or beiore lull moon of everv montii.
S. L. GREEN , W. M.
F. L. McCitACKEX , Secretarj.
McCOOK CHAPTER , t . D. Meets on tho
rstand third Thursdays of each month , at
lasonic Hall. Visiting companions cordially
ivitod. W. W. FISIIUH , H P.
T. G. REES , Secretary.
Wir.r.ow GUOVE Lonni : K. or P. . No.
; i\42. \ Meets every Wednesday evening
isat ] Masonic Hall.
Hall.J. . W. CAMl'lJEI.L , C. C.
C. H. IlOVLE , K. R. S.
I. O. O. F. McCook Lodge No. 137,1. O. O. F. .
ict'ts every Friday evening , at 7 o'clock , in
lasonic Hall. AH visiting brothers are invit-
1 to meet witn us. H. H. 1JKRRV , N. G.
H. TnownuiUGE , Permanent Secretary.
HOCKXELT , HOSE COMPAXV. Reg-
nicetings on the tlrst Wednesday
evening of each month.
R. H. AncniiiAi.u , Chief. b
B. OF L. E. Brotherhood of Locomotive En- . .
inccrs. Meet first and lourth Saturdays ot - ' !
ich month. S. E. HOGE , Chief.
J. C. AXDEHSOX , F. A. E.
J. K. BAUXES POST G. A. R. Regular meet-
igs second and lourth Monday evenings of
ich month at Masonic Hall.
.1. A. Wncox , Commander.
J. H. YAnnEit , Adjutant.
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B. & M. TIME TABLE 44 44 -
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EAST LEAVES : EAST LEAVES : 4-
0.2 0:40 , A.M. No. 40 . . . - > : > , P. 31. 44
WEST LEAVES : WEST LEAVES :
0.39 12:00. P.3I. No.l . . . 8 : . " > , P.M. 4
JS Eastbound trains run on Central Time , 4-
id westbound trains on Mountain Time. 44 - '
Freight trains do not carry jmssengers
R. R. WOODS , Agent.
-GO TO-
5YSONG ' & SMITH
FOR A FIRST-CLASS
iliave or Hair Out ! 4- ;
4I I
and Children's Hair
Tossing a Specialty. II. 11. N. has el mi :
3 connection with this shop what- liv tii
; er , Remember this , In
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THE FULL BLOOD FRENCH NORMAN ,
VOLTAIRE.
Will mnko the season nt the barn of B. T.
OLCOTT IN McCOOK. Neb. , commencing
April 1st , mid closing July 1st , 1880.
4j ( A. H. ilALiLhK.
The Fine Clydesdale and Sweet Briar ,
BIRD OF THE WEST ,
BONNIE SCOTLAND ,
Will conimencc'thc season the 1st of April.
Will be found at my barn south of the Badger
Lumber Yard , McCook. on Mondays , Tuesdays
and Wednesdays. At W. 1C. Lynch's barn , In-
dianola. on Thursdays , Fridays and Saturdays.
See bills. . 4S A. J. PATE , Prop.
Kix , Groom.
KILPATKICK BROTHERS.
( Successors to E , D. Webster. )
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Horses bruiuled on left hip or left sliouldtr.
P. O. address , Estelle ,
Hayes county , and Beat
rice , Neb. Kunge. Stink-
jinjf Water and French-
Jinan creeks , Chase Co. ,
Nebraska.
Brand as cut on side of
spine animals , on hip and
sides of some , or any
where on the animal.
JOIIX F. BLACK. < : T
Breeder of IMPKOVEU SHEEP
Dclane. Meri
no and South
down. Person
al inspection
and corres
pondence so
licited.
Address him *
nt Red Willow'
Nebraska ,
el *
GKORGK J. FREDERICK 31
Postollice addrcsfp't
Cook , Nebraska. \ <
Ranch : Four io
south west of McCd
on the Driftwood. ' C-
Stock branded AJ oBC
the left hip. v :
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SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO.
ISN , Vice President and Supt.
P. O. address , Tndiano-
Ia , Nebraska.
Range : Bepublican
alley , east of Dry
Creek , and near head of
spring Creek , in Chase
county , Nebraska. -
EATON BROS. & CO.
P. O. address , McCook ,
Nebraska. ' Rangesouth
lOt'McCoolc.
I Cattle branded on left
hip. Also , 10 5 and
, , ft
11 brands on left hip.
Horses branded the
same on left shoulder.
STOKES & TROTF.
P. O. address , jJarrico ,
Range : Red Willow
reck. above Carrico.
Stock branded as abovi
Also run the following
1)n ls : s , j-r. u , x f }
Horic brand , lazy w . L . /
LAND OFFICE BLANKS.
o -
In ordering , give ofiice number and title of
lank , with quantity of each blank wanted.
ut only one blank on aline to avoid mistakes.
oney mn'-t invariably
accompany the order.
- ADDIiESS -
THE TRIBUNE , McCook , Neb.
: : :1I : . ritls cf 31a = i. ? er Per
2c : : = . Essirel.
APPLICATIONS TO ENTER.
007 Homestead I aw . 15 Ct < ! 1 - .
( XKi Timber-Culture Law r i -
7 : " ; Soldier's Homestead. . . . ! J5 iTJ )
JTOO
AFFIDAVITS.
Non-Mineral $1.00
078 Timber Culture _ . 15
ot : $ Homestead Entry. . ir i.'oo
oi ; : CommutationHil . . . 1.1
070 Final , Homestead ! . -
072 Content , Homestead. . 25
000 Contest. Timber Culture" 2.1 2.00
Homest'd. under See.SSH 13
Service Letter 10 .
" .75
Service Notice . 10 .75
NOTICES.
S47 ForTublication
J4C Timber-Culturecontest ! 15 "
PROOFS.
OT ) Homestead Final 50Cts. , §
MISCELLANEOUS. " - \
Relinquishmcnts.
i' ! "Mnts Postage , and wo t
l
mail
yon FKEE u royal. val
uable , sample box of Soata
a n tlmt will put in
you the way of
uk ns more money at once , than anything
so In America. Both sexes of all aces
can
e at home and work in time
spare , or alUhe
lie. Capital not reuired
yr