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IB .that I have received my stock
BK of Spring and Summer Suit-
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IB ! to do work in the merchant
Iflf * ' tailoring line in a satisfactory
IQf manner. I guarantee a nice fit
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I i | McCOOK , NEBRASKA ,
I JjSfj Is prepared to write Policies on short notice
I itwM in the following standard , and old reliable
H MM companies :
I II _ German American , of New York.
I ifi " * Commercial Union , of London.
I H Hartford , of Hartford , Conn.
B m Orient , of Hartford , Conn.
H I J J * _ Springfield F. & 51. , Springfield , Mass ,
I ' IS Washington P. & M. , Boston , Mass.
H 11 | JH Piremans Fund , San Francisco , Cal.
I 'I Is - Tho American Fire , Philadelphia , Pa.
I ' jl Ludwick & Trowbridge
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S9i Itcli , Mance , and Scratches of every kind
HH cured in 30 Minutes by Woolford's Sanitary c
j Lotion. A sure cure and perfectly liannless. t :
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Mr. David Dudley Field , in a recent
address on law and lawyers , wade some very
pertinent remarks on the useless verbiage
that usually characterizes deeds and other
documents drawn up by lawyers. He shows
tiiat more than 000 words are used in a deed ,
where 200 would answer all purposes. Of
this verbosity Mr. Field says : "They beget
and confirm our dreadful habits of verbosity ;
they make the young lawyers think that
these woids and phrases mean something
and thus teach falsehood ; they lead the
minds of old and young to run in grooves ;
they encumber , and because they encumber ,
they tend to hinder , obscure , and confuse ;
they make it necessary to write , read and
record in the course of a year millions upon
millions of useless words , all of which cost a
great deal of money. ] ) onds , for instance ,
are copied or described in mortgages ; the
mortgages must bo recorded , and when a
foreclosure takes place the contracts are set
forth in the pleadings. All lead to fees , and
the fees are burdens laid upon the shoulders
of the borrowers. The patience with which
the people pay for these things and are furth-
ermore hindered by them is phenomenal. "
Js warranted , is because- is the best
Blood Preparation known. It will posi
tively cure all Blood Diseases , purifies the
whole system , and thoroughly builds up the
constitution. Remember , wo guarantee it.
McMillen & Weeks.
Several years ago county clerk , R. L. Perry ,
sent an envelope containing 5200 and the final
proof of Solomon Daniels , of Palisade , to the
McCook Laud Office. Not receiving the final
receipt after waiting a reasonable length of
time , Mr. Perry wrote the officials of the
Land Office in regaid to the matter and was
informed by them that the money and proof
had never been received at the Land Office.
Mr. Perry made a thorough search for the
money and proof but without avail and final
ly gave it up as lost. This was in October
1884. Last week Mr. Perry received a letter
from C. F. Babcock , late receiver of the Mc
Cook Land Office , stating that in rumaging
over some valuable papers that he had depos
ited in a vault in the Citizens Bank of Mc
Cook , he came across an envelope containing
the Daniel's proof and two one hundred dol
lar bills. The money was returned to Mr.
Perry who has duly credited his profit and
loss account with that amount Culbertson
Sun.
"TrvOtrifl ° TOth any Throat op
VJv v Lung Disease. If you have
a Cough , or Cold , or the children are
threatened with Croupor "Whooping Cough ,
use Acker's English Remedy and prevent
further trouble. It is a positive cure/
and we guarantee it. _ Price 10 and 50c
McMillen & Weeks.
Money Is No Object.
The liyes of your children are of priceless
value. Every child is subject to sudden at
tacks of bowel complaint during the summer
months. It is always alarming and often
fatal , the only rational plan is to be provided
at all times with the safest and surest reme
dy , and promptly treat the disorder in its
first stages , and before the vitality becomes
exhausted. Unexpected delays so often occur
in sending for a physician or medicine , espec
ially during the night or from a distance ,
that no one can afford to risk sucli uncer
tainties when life depends upon promptness ,
keep a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera
and Dianhcea Remedy at hand for instant
use , it is made for bowel complaint only and
is unquestionably the most reliable medicine
ever brought into general use. The price is
no object compared with its value in saving
life. Sold by Willey & Walker and McMillen
& Weeks.
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3 V } * * * andere prevented by Dys
pepsia , use Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
They are a positive cure for Dyspepsia , In
digestion , Flatulency and Constipation.
We guarantee them. 25 and 60 cents.
McMillen & Weeks.
THE REASON WHY.
Bocrgo Cooper , in ST. NICHOLAS for Juno.
O nAprr birds amonpr the boughs.
And silver , tinkling brook bolow !
Why are you glad ,
Though skies look'sad ?
"Ah ! would youwould you know ? "
A pleasant song to me replied ;
"For some one elsewe sing.
And that is why the woodlands wide
With rapture 'round us ringl"
O daisies crowding all the fields ,
And twinkling grass.and buds that growl
Each glance you greet
With smiles , so sweet 1
"And why ah ! would you know ? "
Their beauty to my heart replied :
"For some one else we live ;
And nothing in the world so wide
Is sweeter than to give ! "
CYV A and reliable Medicines are thebest
VJ vvfc. to depend upon. Acker's Blood El
ixir has been prescribed for years for all im
purities of theBlood. In every formof Scrof
ulous , Syphilitic or Mercurial diseases , it is
invaluable. For Rheumatism , has no equaL
McMillen & Weeks.
Purify Your Blood.
If your tongue is coated ,
If your skin is yellow and dry '
If you have boils ,
If you have fever ,
If you are thin and nervous ,
If you are bilious ,
If you are constipated ,
If your bones ache ,
If your head aches ,
If you have no appetite ,
If you have no ambition ,
one bottle of Beggs' Blood PuniFmu axi >
Blood Makek will relieve any and all of the
above complaints. Sold and warranted by
McMillen & Weeks.
Indianola Courier : On Tuesday Sheriff Wel-
born and Wm. McCool went over to the Beaver
and arrested Roberts. Gore on his farm near
Hamburg , on a requisition from Illinois , in
which Gore is charged with having murdered
a man in that state some fourteen years ago.
We understand that on some of his drinking
sprees in the last few years Gore admitted
that he had killed one man and came near
tillinganother. . When taken into custody he
was out plowing , and McCool asked him if he
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had any weapons about his person. At first
tie denied that he had but on being more close
ly pressed he took from under his overalls a
six-shooter. Gore was brought to town and
lodged in jail to await the orders of the Illi
nois sheriff.
Salt Rheum or Eczema ,
Old sores and ulcers ,
Scaldhead and ringworm ,
Pain in the back and spine ,
Swelling in the knee joints ,
Sprains and bruises ,
JJeuralgia and toothache ,
Tender feet caused by bunions , corns and
milblains , I warrant Beggs' Tkopical Oiil
o relieve any and all of the above.
McMillen & Weeks.
_ iimin'iiniftl li I mr MJMIHT * r iiiTrr hit i i ;
TOWN. 4 , RANGE 30.
Geo. Coleman has just completed a now milk
house.
O. F. f aiii and Tom. Whitmer were in Mc
Cook , Saturday , and reported that ferop pros
pects were flattering.
Georgo Coleman and the rheumatism have
about dissolved partnership. It withdrew
and Georgo pays the bills.
N. J. Frame and W. K. Forsoy wero in Mc
Cook , last Saturday , seeing the sights and
laying in a stock of provisions.
John McCottor reports that ho has lost somo
of his pigs. He thinks the coyotes took them ,
as they arc numerous , this spring.
Wm. T. Coleman's family and Mary Thrail-
kill came out from McCook , lust Sabbath , and
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Thrailkill.
M. H. Colo was in McCook , Saturday , and
had his breaker sharpened. He intends turn
ing over a good many acres of sod , this season ,
on his farm.
F. Amend is baching on his claim. He wont
to McCook , Saturday , and had a clean meal.
Frank is a splendid follow , all but his politics-
bo is a democrat.
Wm.Evans of Xindcn , Iowa , is visiting old
friends in this town. Ho is well pleased with
the country and contemplates purchasing a
furm and making this his future homo.
Carrlo Moore came out from McCook , Satur
day , and spont the Sabbath with her sister
Hettie. As it rains over time she comes out ,
we suggest that she comes out once a week
for the next two mouths.
ChaB. Chilcoto broke the Bod attachment to
his corn planter and went to town so early in
tho morning to have it repaired , that when the
blacksmith came to open the door he found
Chas. lying on tho outside waiting with the
pieces in his hand.
While wo were in McCook , Saturday , Tom.
Murphy , in building his pasture fence , had a
post set right in our road. While returning
homo at a late hour , and the night being quite
dark , wo ran the 6nd of our buggy tongue
againstsaid post. Result wus a broken tongue ,
while the post was not phased.
Last Wednesday , while at John McCotter's ,
Hi. Thrailkill's bronchos became frightened
and started to run. Mrs. Thrailkill was in the
wagon at the time , and seized the lines ; but
unfortunately the bridlo of one of the horses
was hanging on the hames , where it had been
placed while watering tho animal. She man
aged to keep them out of tho big ditch in the
canon as they made the turn and started for
home. As they neared the stable she headed
them over the manuro pile and against a bank ,
where they had to stop. Hi. tried to keep up ,
but he said it seemed to him ho never ran so
slow in all his life. However , he did his best ,
and soon arrived and whispered , "the blamed
bronchos , I'll sell them if I don't get over § 300
for them. " Hi. had been to town and laid in
a supply of groceries which wero found to be
somewhat unevenly mixed , while a pup which
was in the wagon , was contentedly sampling
a beafsteak , and Mrs. Thrailkill was gracefully
holding the lines. Truly it was a fortunate
run and a narrow escape. Gkangku.
Old Pleasant Ridge Doings.
Mrs. H. E. Dunham is having a hard time
with decayed teeth.
Early planted corn is coming up splendidly
and reported a good stand.
J. L. Thomas has Ave children down with the
measles. All doing well at this writing.
W. W. Dunham owns three sows that have
between them 33 pigs. Who can beat that ?
E. Gj. Dunham has moved on his pre-emption.
The sun does not shine on his bouse until 10
o'clock. He is lost in a draw.
Machine agents can be found at any hour of
the day , everywhere , all kinds , from a Yankee
notion peddler up to New York ouflts.
If any one wants to see a fine strawberry
patch , just 6tep into Miss Sue Kneffs yard and
see the fruit half grown. It is enough to
make a person's mouth water.
A man by the name of Looper , in range 27 ,
has the longest corn rons in tho county. They
are two miles long. Where is the man that
can take his hoe and cultivate twenty of them
before dinner ?
Danbury is a lively town now-a-days. One
of the sub-contractors will commence grad
ing at Danbury with 40 teams , Wednesday.
They will work east and west. Things are on
the bound in our little town.
Who is the lucky girl who will captivate that
good looking young man , Georgo Zimmerman.
Just look at that splendid grove and that nice
sod house. Also that white hog lariatted by
tho foot. Girls don't all fight , but the one who
gets George will be lucky.
Your Correspondent.
BARTLEY BOOMINGS.
J. C. Schur is having his houses painted.
F. Picket has put a complete stock of drugs
in the old postoffice building.
Mr. Barnhart intends to put a stock of jew
elry in his new building soon.
Prof. Andrus spends a portion of his time
every day exercising his new bicycle.
Wm. Hamilton has returned from Wisconsin
and is building in the north side of town.
Curlee & Co. have bought the stock of gen
eral merchandise formerly owned by Sibbitt
& Green.
The Misses Burton have opened a bakery
and ice cream parlor in the Schur building , on
Commercial A-s enue.
Mrs. F. C. Fair of Hardy , this state , and Miss
Lotta Stover ot Republic , Kas. , are visiting
with their sister , Mrs. R. H. Chrysler.
The citizen's of Bartley are making exten
sive preparations to celebrate the 9th of June ,
the anniversary of the beginning of the town.
Work has commenced on the University
building. Mr. Wolf has the contract of ex
cavating for the basement and is pushing the
work as fast as possible. Max.
May Soth. 1887.
SOUTH SIDE ITEMS.
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Will Long's brother is with us and we wel-
come him in our midst , hoping that liking this
country he may settle hero.
One house on the Oberiin road which has
been several times visited by house-breakers ,
was again visited , last Saturday.
We rejoice to see the rain and we feel very
thankful to the Almighty Ruler of the Uni
verse for it. It will help the country wonder
fully.
One of the finest pieces of scenery to be en
joyed in this vicinity , te to stand on tho sum
mit of our south divide and see the city of
McCook and surrounding country.
We aro nflllcted in our neighborhood with
partios , living about seven miles from town ,
who are notoriously opposed to schools , but
bringing up a house full of children in total
ignorance , idleness and in the art of plunder
ing , stealing even men's groceries out of
their wagons , in town , caught in the very act.
Such ought to be drummed out of tho country.
Reporter. *
Soother at hand. It is tho • only safe :
medicine yet mado that will remove all i
infantile disorders. It contains no Opium '
or Morphine , but gives tho child natural
ease from pain. Price 25 cents. Bold by !
McMillen & Weeks. ]
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It is proposed to erect a statue to
the cigarette-smoking dude before the
species becomes extinct.
Woman's inquisitiveness : The rec
ords of the patent office show that
women have obtained patents on 1,900
inventions.
The empress of Russia , notwithstand
ing the anxiety she feels concerning her
husband's health , is a hearty consumer
of good dishes. She loves American
pie-ovitchskL
A big bully in Chicago undertook to
thump a cripple because he was mad
with the cripple's brother. The maim--
ed man promptly resented being knock
ed down by shooting his assailant , in
which he will no doubt be fully justifled.
Lincoln Democrat.
Dr. Howard Crosby advocates the
opening of beer saloons in New York
city for two hours on Sunday , for the
sale of beer on draught , lie thinks
that all reforms should be reasonable ( ? )
if they would be successful. Wo are
impressed with the obvious fact that the
learned doctor belongs to a considerable
family known under the generic , but
rather harsh term , fools.
Every jackleg lawyer in Nebraska
who wants it gets a railroad pass on the
ground that he is an emplo3'e of the
roads. Every politician whom the roads
want to use at conventions and in other
useful places has his little "employe"
annual. Not a solitary abuse has been
corrected by the alleged abolition of
passes. The same subornation of law
yers and politicians goes on , except more
guardedly than before. The main herd
of common editors are not allowed to
have passes , so that their moans will
deceive the public and make it imagine
that the passes have been abolished.
Any man of political influence , who is
unscrupulous enough to ask for it and
use it , can get a pass just as he used to.
He must only be a little more explicit
than formerly in his pledge to stand by
the company. Lincoln Democrat.
A house without children , saj-s the
Des Moines Register , is like a garden
without flowers. It is lonely and deso
late , and devoid of the sweet confusion
and pleasing disorder that follow little
children , whether they dwell in king 's
palaces or poor men's cottages. Parents
need the discipline and teaching their
babies give them. The wise father of
manly boys and gentle daughters is a
greater , as well as a better man , than he
into whose heart has never shined the
gracious power of a child's influence.
Many a parent has been led out of dark
ness into light by a baby's hand. Sel
fishness has yielded to love. Coarseness
has disappeared under the reproach that
looks out from eyes that cannot under
stand evil ; falsehood and meanness
never thrive in the intimate companion
ship of absolute sincerity and perfect
purity. Strength must temper its force
to the weakness of infancy , and maturity
learn anew the first lessons of dependent
and trustful childhood. How soon the
world would grow old in sin , hard and
cruel , and greedy , unlovely and unlov
ing , were it not for the saving grace of
the new generations of babies that daily
bring the light of heaven with them into
earthly homes. Sometimes a heart too
hard to soften easily even over the cradle
of a new born babe , must learn the
needed virtue over its open grave ,
crushed into tender feeling by the most
pathetic grief a human heart can know.
They are Christ's missionaries , these
blessed babies , and they do His work
well. When every soul shall grow into
their likeness then His kingdom shall
have come on earth. :
BORROWED WISDOM.
Hell is for those who delight in making
other people miserable.
Der tuyfel vas der most endoobiastic feller \
in der retormin pishness. <
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There is glory in winning from the strong
and dividing with the weak.
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The man who is religious on Sundays only
is always honest if well watched.
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The blue laws prevent the use of red paint
in New York for decorative purposes.
Quit wishing and go to work , and you will
have less to wish for and more to enjoy.
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Positive , wait ; comparatne , waiter ; super
lative , do it vourself if jou want it done.
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Woman is mortally atraid of a mouse , they .
say , but a mouse-tache don 't scare her a bit. .
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An optimist is a woman with a new spring
suit. A pessimist is a woman without a new
suit. *
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Theie is no rule for beauty ; this enables
every man to have a better looking wife than
any of his neighbors.
Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup.
Will relieve that cough almost instantly
and make expectoration easy. Acts simul
taneously on the bowels , kidneys and liver ,
thereby relieving the lungs of that soreness i
and pain and also stopping that tickling
sensation in the throat by removing the
cause. One trial of it will convince any one
that it has no equal on earth for coughs and
colds. McMillen & Weeks have secured the
sale of it and will guarantee every bottle to
give satisfaction.
WE HIT HIM HARD ! I
We name no names but leave you to I
draw your own conclusions. I
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GOODS iST BE SOLD CHEAPER ! J
And we are the wfefders of the battle axe and the v * ' 1 1
Champions of Low Prices ! I
Who will place Bright frew Goods on a Low Price I
Easis that will make you marvel.
R HANDLR I
The Celebrated J. C. Bennett and Baunakd I
Ladies' Fine Siioes and Slippers.
No better goods on earth. I
AND THE POPULAR I
Edwin Clapp Gents' Fine Shoes In hand and I
machine goods. Kangaroo , Cordovan 9
and French Calf Stock. Every pair
bears our name and trade mark
and are fully warranted by us.
Rousing ReduGfionall Goods , this week ! I
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BOWEN & LAYOOOK , I
citizens bank building. The Square Dealers. I
I CITY BAKERY.1 |
| FRESH BREAD | I
| DELIVERED EVERY DAY FREE OF CHARGE. ? ' I
\ -PIES-CAKES-CANDIES-NUTS- \ I
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! A. PROBST & BRO. Ii i I
THE G1TSZEMS BANK OF McGOOK
( INCORPORATED UNDER STATE LAWS. )
Paid up Capital , - . $50,000.00 ,
General Banking Business ,
Collections made on all accessible points. Drafts drawn directly on the principal
cities of Europe. Taxes paid for Xon-Residents. Money to loan on fanning
lands , Tillage and personal property. Fire insurance a specialty.
Tickets For Sale to and from Europe ,
CORRESPONDENTS : V. FiiAXKLixPresident.
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First National Bank , Lincoln , Nebraska. I Joas B. Clark , Vice-President. j
The Chomical National Bank , New York. ) A. C. Ebeut , Cashier.
The Superb Lamp Filler and Oil Can Combined.
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? rr > lp vention. No spilling or
IllfteifioDs5 f S dripping of oil on floor ,
ilffgr & a ? I \ 4lfy i table or outside of can.
JkJ ) \ * S@ | Use it once and you will
g llK lrfSN no * e w nou it for 5
TSpSir * * S&fi times its cost.
fl Pl-'g & > -PKICES. -
ffiaW'l W 2 Gallon Complete $125
Hffi&i&bzi _ _ Ss , 3 Gallon Complete 1-50
: ? ! i5'Bfl"lil"'r' . = I , " " - 5 Gallon Complete 2 CO
gS j. ffiStSgl - 10 Gallon Complete 3 00
i " Wholesale to dealers
prices
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LYTLE BROS. & CO. , Sole Agents for Red Willow Co *
FOR SALE RV
Flie Frees & icW ! Lumber Go. ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
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