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VOLUME V. McCOOK , RED WILLOW' COUNTY , NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , JULY IB , 1886. NUMBER 7.
EVERYTHING HAS GONE TO PIECES !
to be Closed Out at Less
WE HAVE NO OLD SHOP WORN GOODS , :
BUT EVERY' HING W. , EAN 9 STYLISH !
We Guarantee to Sell Goods for Less Money Than Any irot Stock Dare To ,
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OUR STOCK MUST BE SOLD. GOME AND GET OUR PRICES.
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McCRACKEN'S JEWELRY STORE
WHEN YOU WANT A
OR. BILVKRWARE.
Always go to McCracken's first and save time and money
and you will invariably find just what you are looking for.
Beware of buying from those outside the regular jewelry busi
ness. There is no advantage of dealing with uuprincipled trad
ers , deceiving they care not who.McCraeken is a square dealer
and guarantees satisfaction. Only first-class work done and
warranted.
EAST SIDE MAIN AVENUE. McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
( INCORPORATED UNDER STATE LAWS. )
Paid up Capital , - - $50,000,00 ,
DQES a
General Banking 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 ,
CORRESPONDENTS : \ V. FilASKLix , President.
First National Bank , Lincoln , Nebraska. L JOHN B. CI/ARK , Vice-president.
The Chemical Notional Bank , New York , j A. C. EBEIIT , Cashier.
Superior lo uny on the nurket , being Heaxicr , Stronger Built ,
anil therefore a uion1 Durable Mill. It Is the only
absolutely safe Mill built ; and out of
Thousands Erected During 12
Years past , not one lias e\cr blown away and left the Tower
standing. A record no other Mill can show.Ve offer
to put up any of our PUMPING MILLS
ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL ,
And If they don't give satisfaction , will rcino\e Mill nt our
own c.\pcn t * . Also Manufacturers of the Celebrated
( h.illenge Feed Hills , Corn Shelters , Iron Pumps
with brass cylinders , Iron Pipe , Tanks.
For estimates , catalogues and prices , apply to
G. . NETTLETOK , McCoolf , Neb. ,
Apentfor Soutlrwestirn Nebraska and Northwestern Kansas
Sce isd Silesrccs is the HeCci Feed 2511 , Biilrd St.
% The Howard Lumber Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
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McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
'ALL political parties arc made up of
foxes and geese about five thousand
geese to one fox. "
' 'TliE groat beauty of charity is pri
vacy ; there is a sweet force even in an
anonymous penny. "
GOVERNOR FORAKER is reported as
saying "that the American public must
have either a hero or a victim. "
THE President remarked to a visitor :
"Tain tired. " The people by a large
majorityvould be jilad to see him take
a long rest.
' THE great mass of mankind can only
gaze and wonder ; if they undertake to
think , they grow listless , and soon tire
out. "
MR. ELAINE is reported to have once
paid , in reply to a remark : "In politics
there is no gratitude. Politics means
ambition and success. "
XEAL DOAV says , "Democrats are
showing a remarkable capacity for
blundering , and I believe Republicans
will again elect the President. "
A BUTLER COUNTY aspirant for legis
lative honors is described as soft-hand
ed , palms uncalloused by toil , parts his
hair in the middle , big mouth and bel
lows , and the possessor of two galls.
' STORMY JORDAN , " who kept the no
torious saloon at the Ottumwa ( Iowa )
depot , whose sign bore the appropriate
legend , "The Road to Hell , " has been
jailed for violation of the prohibition
law , and will serve a sentence of 300
days. ' 'Stormy' ' has been converted to
the belief that prohibition docs prohibit
sometimes.
IN passing sentence upon u negro
rapist , the other day , Judge Davis of
Chillicothe. Mo. , expressed the follow- '
ing "unprofessional , " though eminent
ly sound doctrine : "It is well for you ,
sir. that the offence you are guilty of
was not committed in my family. Tf
it had been you would not be hore now
to bother this court. You would have
answered foryour crime long ago. You
would have been at another bar of jus
tice now. Mr. Clerk , give him four
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years.
THE latest spook story is to the effect
that a man who cheated a contractor
died soon after. His ghost came back
and apologized for the villainy commit
ted in the flesh. Xot much good in that
story. If the spook had brought back
the money and paid it to the defrauded
man , it would have been a great hit.
But a spook that only comes back and
'fesses up is of no material advantage
to the world and should be frowned
down. Topics.
THE evil days have come when the
dealer shall say , I am sick of this. At
the rising of the sun he goeth to his
place and no man interfcretli with his
slumbers. He sitteth all day like a bot
tle of castor oil , but the people of the
sheckcls come not nigh him. He ad-
vertiseth not his wares and his face is
forgotten on the face of the earth. Who
hath dried apples ? Who hath gingham ?
Who hath baking powder without end ?
He that knoweth not the way to the
printer. Exchange.
THE way in which Cleveland is veto
ing pension bills clearly indicates that
he is not the soldier's friend , and this
fact will be remembered by the boys in
blue in 1888.
THAT offensive smell that is spread
ing over the country comes from one of
the rottenest administrations that ever
disgraced the American people. Incli-
anoplis Journal.
THE Nebraska press excursion , by
reason of inability to procure Pullman
cars , has been postponed until about the
middle of August , the date to be an
nounced hereafter. The trip may posj
sibly extend to California.
THE veto is Cleveland's strong card ,
because it is the only thing he can do
that resembles originality. He is work'
ing it to the fullest extent for the rea-1
son that he has somewhere imbibed the
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impression that he can thereby convince '
the that he is states-
country a four-ply statesj j
man of a new brand. Detroit Tribune. I
CLEVELAND continues sending in his
vetoes of bills , for the relief of old sol
diers , with the intelligence and compla
cency of a stall-fed ox. And thus is
insult added to injury to the nation's
heroes by the rotund hulk , who smelled
the smoke of battle afar off. while those j
he now sneers at were fiphtmir th ir
country's battles.
POLITICIANS in Ohio are puzzled to
know why , under Democratic rule , the
Penitentiary of the State always runs
in debt , and under Republican rule has i
a surplus. The last Democratic year it
came out § 200,000 short. This year ,
under Republican rule , it pays its way
and has money to spare. It may be
because Democrats are made to work
harder.
COMMISSIONER SPARKS has just re
ceived another clear knock down from
Secretary Laraar and it practically set
tles the practice for the settlor against
everything involved in Sparks' orders
and circulars as to the order of proof in
cases of entries. Mr. Lainar decides
that where an entry has beeu reported
as fraudulent by one of Sparks' spies ,
and a hearing has boon ordered by
Sparks , the "special agent" making the
report must make his report first and it
must be sufficient to make a prima facie
case. Until that is done the eutrymen
need make no proof whatever and when
in such a case , if the agent fails the
local land officers must dismiss the case
and kick the special agent out of court.
This is precisely what Congressman
Laird has been contending for all winter
and it is just what Sparks has by orders
and circulars attempted to refuse to the
eutrymen. Laird is ahead by a large
majority. THE TumrxK is constrained
to take a little stock in Lucius Quiutus
Cassius , who is beginning to show some
indications of horse sense , if not of
transcendent legal lore. As to the
yclept general , he is no less the super
lative long-earned quaruped he has ever
been since his induction into office.
Willey & Walker the McCoolc Druggists ,
positively assert that Chamberlain's Colic ,
Choleraami Diarrhoea Ueinedy is the safest
and best treatment for gripiny pains , diar
rhoea , cholera morons or summer complaint ,
and TIIKV KNOW ! It is not only recommend
ed out guaranteed , and is just such a medi
cine as should be kept in every house ,
LYTLE BROS. & CO. ,
DEALERS IN GENERAL
HARDWARE.
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MARSHALLTOWI ! - ; - : - WIRE ,
IRON AND WOOD PUMPS , ETC. ,
McCOOK AND BENKELMAN , NEBRASKA.
Trowbridge ,
-PROPRIETORS OF THE-
Of all descriptions. We have the be-4 oitini-nt in We-.te.rn Nebraska , consisting of Fine
Parlor Furniture , Mich as Lounges. Easy Chair- . Kocker.Window Chairs. Gionp * .
Ottomansetc. . We offerpenal inducement.- -tj le. quality and prices of
In Walnut. Maple. . A h. Chein and Imitation Mahogany. A No. UcdteadBureau - , Side
boards. Extension TableLihr.ny Ca-e-.herretuiu- ; DekTable - * and Stands.
AIM ) , full equipment- Home-trader ; . . : it sueh prices a- > \ \ \ \ \ be in reach of all :
.Single Cot Beds ( Wire and Cotton Topi. PHIoxv.s , Blanketand Quilt- ,
Chairs and Common TableHotel and Public Hou-e J-'nniiturea
. ' specialty. Pier and Mantel Mirrors , Window .Shades and Cornico
a Jspecialtj. Vetor - prinjadapted to the trade.
UNDERTAKING
In all its branches.'e handle Wood Burial Cases and Casket5 : . Fine Cloth Covered
Telegraph orders promptly attended to.
on us. iVe guarantee lavprices and a positive bargain.
No. 25 South Main Ave - McCOOK , NEB.
The First National Bank
OK McQOOK , NRBRASKA.
PAID UP CAPITAL , - - $50,000.00.
DOES - : - A - : - GENERAL
BANKING BUSINESS ,
Receives and Pays Deposites. Buys and Sells Exchange on New York.
Chicago and Omaha , and all the principal cities of Europe.
FIRE INSURANCE WRITTEN IX RELIABLE CO.'S.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS :
OE02GE SOCSHSL1 , r : idet. A. CA2P3SII. . ? . L. 333171T , Citii : : . 3.21. r2ZI2. 7i-siest.
( Of Freei & Hocknell. ) ( Asslitant Supt. R. i M. ) ( Of Klrby Carpenter Co. , Chicago. )
