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BT' VOLUME VII. * McCOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY EVENING , FEBRUARY 22 , 1889. NUMBER 39. | |
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I YOUR CHOICE
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FACTUAL COS ! : *
m for THIRTY DAYS ONLY at
ME' "
I TIE PIONEER HARDWARE ,
m LaTOURETTE & CO. ,
Ikt 1 ® " Brick : Store , Main Avenue. 4 doors south of J. 0. Allen & Co.
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I A. OPPENHEIMER
t" IS NOW OPENED UP AND
I READY m BUSINESS !
| p I OAERY AN IMMENSE LINE OF
DRY GOODS ,
I : . CLOTfflNCl , Etc.
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R THIS WEEK I WILL QUOTE A FEW
I SPECIAL LOW PRICES
WONE LOT OF SUITS AT $5.00.
1 | ONE LOT OF CHILDREN'S SUITS AT $2.50.
Wy ONE LOT OF YOUTHS' SCOTCH SUITS AT $3.50.
M ; - [ ' SIX FINE ALL-WOOL MEN'S SUITS AT $12.50.
W - ' } - ONE DOZ. MEN'S BLUE BEAVERS AT $12.50.
11- ONE LOT WORSTED SUITS AT $ S.00.
K\ • . JEANS PANTS AT 90 Cents TO $1.50. , . . \
K _ EOYS' JEANS PANTS AT 75 CENTS. * ] * : ' K ' .
B , . BIG CUT IN ODD VESTS. • •
llr " v. ODD PANTS BELOW COST.
E : - ' ONE LOTIOF COTTONADE PANTS AT $1.50.
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f v . Big Bargains in Dress Goods , Ginghams , Etc.
L , Boots 0 Shoes
fe- - . - - - AT PRICES THAT'DEFY COMPETITION.
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m- A. OPPENHEIMER ,
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K | : w " ' . * BABCOCK BRICK , 3IcCQOK , NEBRASKA.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
# J. BYRON JENNINGS ,
ATTORNEYAT : - : - LAW.
Will practice in the State nnrl United Ptiitn
Courts , und before tlio T * " I.uini Ollicns.
Uttreful attention riven > ColloUions. Ollict
over Citizens Dank , McCoouo > .
THOS. COLFER ,
ATTORNEY - : - AT - : - LAW.
AND NOTARY PUI2LIC.
EcalEstnto Bought and Sold and ColIccionF
Made. Money lonned on real estate and Una' '
proof. Agent Lincoln Land Co. Oflico , over
Farmers & Merchants Uank.
R. M. SNAVELY ,
ATTORNEY - : - AT - : - LAW.
INDIANOLA , NEUKASRA.
AVill practice in all the State and Unite-
Slates Courts. Also , before the Land Cilice m
McCook and the department at Washington.
HUGH W. COLE ,
LAWYER ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
Will practice in all the Courts. Commercial
and corporation law a specialty.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Rooms 4 and 5 , First Nafl Bank Building.
A.J. IUTTENIIOUSEV. . H. STAKIi.
McCook. Indiauola.
Rittenhouse & Starr ,
Attorneys $ at $ Law.
OFFICES AT
McCOOK AND INDIANOLA.
T. M. HELM , C. W. DAVIS.
Lite Segister V. 3. L : = i Lite of Gee. Laci 0 : e.
Ofieo , Eirxia , Ea : . Washlaetea , D. C.
HELM & DAVIS ,
Attorneys , Land H Loan Agents.
McCOOK NEBUASKA. .
If you have a difficult contest , caso to prose
cute 'or defend and want to win consult us
Ollice , north of U. S. Land Office. Front base
ment of the Citizens Dank.
H. G. DIXON ,
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Real Estate and Loan Broker.
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
Special attention given tc the sale of citj
property. Houses rented and collection-
made. Office : Rear of Citizens Bank.
T. B. STUTZMAN , M. D. ,
Eclectic Physician and Surgeon
OCULIST USD AURIST.
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
"Office in McNoely Building , Main St.
B. B. DAVIS , M. D. ,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ,
McCOOK NEBRASKA.
"Office atChenery's drug store.
L. J. SPIOKELMIER , M. D. ,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Spesial Attsatia Qivea to Tesila Disease : .
Office hours , from 0 to Jl A. M. . and 2 to IV
M. . mountain time. Office * Over Farmers A :
Merchatits bank.
Dr. Z. L. KAY ,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
McCOOK. - - \'kim\ck\
"Rooms : Over new First National Bank.
A. J. THOMAS ,
DENTIST
Administers Gas if desired. { © "Office over
Scott's brick.
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a. W. MINKLER ,
FORMERIiY
COUNTY - : - SURVEYOR ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
Will do all kinds of Surveying : , Grading and
Civil Engineering. Residence north of school
house.
THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL ,
Geo. E. Johnston , Prop.
McCOOK , "NEBRASKA.
This house has been completely renovated
and refurnished throughout , and is nrst-class
in every respect. Rates reasonable.
W. M. SANDERSON ,
DECORATIVE - : - ARTIST ,
SCENIC PAINTER ,
Calcimining , Graining. Paper Hanging , etc.
with neatness and dispatch.
JOHN G. W. F. FLEEMING ,
House and Carriage Painting ,
GRAINING , CALCIMINING , MARBLING ,
McCOOK. NEBRASKA.
Leave all orders at the drug store of Albert
McMillcn. First-class work guaranteed.
J. H. BENNETT ,
GONTRAGTOR
OF
BRICK AND STONE ,
McCOOK , - NEBRASKA.
F. D. BURGESS ,
PLUMBING ,
Steam and Hot Water Heating ,
North Main Ave. , McCook , Nob.
JHT All work receives prompt aitenUon.
BUCKLES'S ARNICA SALVE.
The Best Salve in the world for cuts , brills
es , sores , ulcers , salt rheum , fever sores , tet-
.terv chapped hands , chilblains , corns , and nil
skin eruptions , and positively cures piles , or
no. pay required. It is guaranteed to give per
fect satisfaction , or money refunded. Price
as cents per box. For sale by A. McMHlen.
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DAMNAB JfES.
A ritOFE8SIONAI. LIAIl ON TnB STAFF OF TIIE
"OMAHA BEE" GIVKS MAKtlKO A DOSE FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE "CAUSE" IN NEBRASKA
NOT A WORD OF TROTH IN THE WHOLE COM
POUND.
( .From the Manning ( la. ) Monitor. !
The Omaha Boo has had a correspondent in
lowaforsovoral weeks whoso business istodo-
fame the towns through which this vllllanous
Svretch passes. This tnau ' is paid by the liquor
dealers of Nebraska to show that prohibition
has been a failuro in Iowa , but the statements
made by him aro so glaringly false that even
tho friends of his cause will not believe any
thing that he may hereafter write for his pa-
por. He came to Manning in adrunkcu stupor
and the rounds ho made did not appear to Im
prove his condition. It is also said that this
high-toned correspondent was accompanied to
Manning by a woman of questionable charac
ter and that they razzled-dazzlcd to such an
extent that they could And lodgings only in
the basement of a fourth-class tenement
houso. However this may bo , it is certain this
man has little regard for tho truth , as'note
tho first paragraph of his write-up :
This town boasts of a population of 1,200 peo
ple somethlrg less than wero numbered
within her limits three years ego. There is a
dull and lietless aspect banglngover tho entire
place , wholly different lrotii the scenes of thrift
and business to bo met with .everywhere in
towns of similar dimensions in the State of
Nebraska. Why is this ? One might say that
it Is all imagination , if proof to the contrary
were not so plentiful. It. is a curious matter
of speculation , aiiyway , why Iowa towus ap
pear so lean aud cadaverous , and Nebraska's
so jolly aud rubicund.
The fact of the matter is that three years
ago Manning had & population of barely 1,000
and.tOidaythere : aro not less than 1,500 people
living within the corporate limits and there is
not a more lively town with a brighter future
iu Nebraska or any State in the Union.
Then he says :
It has been quito a lively burg , and in one
sense , is still. It has a planing mill on a Lilli
putian basis , two good sized elevators , and in
numerable small shops and stores. Still busi
ness , in the well-defined channels of commer
cial life , is at an exceedingly low ebb , and the
merchants aud tradesmen sat idly about wait
ing and watching for spring.
The Lilliputian piauing mill manufactures
more screen doors and windows than any estab
lishment in the west half of this State or in tho
whole State of Nebraska , and commercial life
is anything but at a low ebb.
This.venomous writer continues ;
"In Manning , " remarked a well known con
tractor to me last night , "Prohibition has ef
fected every branch of business but the liquor
traffic , which flourishes just as vigorously as
over , while every other trade and profession ,
seems in the last throes of dissolution. The
town as you can see for yourself is full of
empty store rooms , and those that are occupi-
td are not doing anything like the business
they did before the law came into elTect. I
have literally nothing to do , but lay around
and suck my thumbs , and watch what little
property I have to keep it from melting away.
Before the law was passed town derived a
material benefit from the saloons in the way
of revenue amounting to any where. ! rom $4,000
to 5-4.500 per annum. What makes tho burden
doubly bard to bear is the fact that this 1,000
is now made up off of the taxpayers. Why , 1
own a business room , which now stands idle
• across tho street there , which was valued at
$500 only , nnd yet I am compelled to pay $25
in taxes on it every year , almost as much as it
will rent for. What do you think of that a
tax of five per cent , in a town like this ? Yes ,
sir ; I tell you we are hoodooed from some
cause or other. "
We will deposit S100 in one of tho banks in
Manning , payable to the order of the Bee when
it proves that there i3 a scintilla of truth in the
above paragraph ; or we will give them a bill
of sale of all our earthly possessions if it was
not drawn from the imagination of this un
principled wretch. There is not a contractor
in Manning who has not.been employed at
least seven hours every day during the winter ,
and all the carpenters have had more work
than they cared to do during this season. This
Is also true of painters and laborers. There is
not an empty store room in town , and only
yesterday a gentleman vainly tried to re-rent
a business room to put in a stock of goods.
Besides this , there is not a desirable , and only
ono or two undesirable , dwelling bouses for
rent. The town is steadily gaining in popula
tion and a large number of houses will be
builtin the early spring to supply the demand.
Numerous families who had calculated to
move hero last fall went to other towus to live
until houses could be put up for them. This
does not look like "property melting away. "
The town received , one year , during its "wild
and woolly" days , a revenue of about $1,200
from the saloons.
The correspondent then goes on and tells
about visiting a saloon on the corner of Front
and Woolmans streets. There are no such
streets in town. He had evidently been imbib
ing too freely of Omaha razz' .e dazzle and his
mind wandering back to the happy times he
exeperienced in the debauches in lower Doug
las street , Omaha. Then he visited Chris
Weise's place , he says. We have lived in Man
ning seven years and know that uo one by
that name has ever resided here.
And this :
John Alberts , once the leading saloon keeper
here andamanofconsiderablereputed wealth ,
still continues to run a "lusuingden , " notwith
standing the discouraging fact that bis whole
stock , consisting of § 700 or $ Si)0 ) worth of whis
kies and wines , was seized by the authorities
about a year ago and turned into the gutter.
I was in this place last night and this morning ,
too , and both times found ii crowded with
beer drinkers and high-five players , who
seemed to be doing no one any injury , only
enjoying themselves as the stolid Teuton is
wont. Alberts also handles whisky , but under
the pet names by which it is kuown and called
throughout the town.
The depraved creature undoubtedly means
John Albert , but John never kept a saloon in
Manning. At one time he owned a wholesale
house and did a thriving business , but he
never had any liquor seized by the officers.
Mr. Albert runs a blacksmith shop where he
may be seen hard at work all the time.
The joint of ill-bred humanity who has been
libelinsr towns and citizens of Iowa will do the
cause he espouses no good :
It is contemplated to submit a constitutional
amendment providing for an iucrease of the
number of supreme court judges in Nebraska
from three to five , it Is said in behalf of such
an amendment that the business of the su
preme court is greater than three judges can
take care of. If that is now the fact the im
portance of the proposed amendment is ap
parent , aud it should not be postponed to an
other legislature. The business of the supreme
court is certain to steadily increase , and if al
ready it is beyond the ability of the judges to
dispose of it promptly the earliest practicable
provision should be made for preventing an
accumulation. The Interests of the people
and the cause of justice require that the high
est judicial tribunal of the state shall be en
abled to give prompt attention to issues pre
sented to it and keep up with its business.
The unfortunate situation of the federal su
preme court , in being fully four years behind
with its business , is a suggestive example of
how grcat'an error it la to allow such tribun
als to run behind with their business. The in
evitable Tesult is in many cases a denial of
justice , and more or less hardship to a class of
litigants is inevitable. Thccoatoftwo more
judges would be insignificant in comparison
with tho value of their services In expediting
the decisions rf ourhigheatjribanal of justice.
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Hall , Cochran & Co. ,
DEALERS Ei
HARDWARE ,
Implements , Etc.
A complete stock of
CUTLERY ,
STOVES , * „
TINWARE ,
BARB WIRE ,
WINDMILLS ,
OILS , ETC
Lowest Living * Prices.
WEST DENNISON STREET ,
McCOOK , - - NEBRASKA.
File Woolens !
Yon will find a splendid line
of Cloths , Cassimeres , Wor
steds , London Suitings , and
Trouserings , and a complete
assortment of Spring and Fall
Overcoatings. Also Esqui
mau Beavers in all shades at
DRYSDALE'S
Fine Custom Tailor Shops ,
opposite the new postoffice.
Good fits guaranteed. Thir-
ty-fiv.e years' - experience in
New York City.
MAIN AVENUE , McCOOK , NEB.
ALLEN'S TRANSFER ,
Bus , Baggage Dray Line.
F. P. ALLEN , Prop. ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
S3f Bost'Equipped in the Citv. Leave order-
at Commercial Hotel. Good well water fin
nished on short notice.
Herian & DesLarzes ,
Proprietors of the McCook
Transfer % City Bus Line.
Bus to and from all trains. Coal Iianlinj :
and general delivery. Three drays. All
work promptly attended to. Leave orders at
Frees & Hocknell Lumber Yard.
Blue Front Livery Stable
D. B. SMITH , Proprietor.
Livery , feed and sale stables. Finest turn
nuts in the city furnished. Barn , rear Mo
Kntec Hotel.
Hotel.R.
R. H. COLE ,
"The Leading"
OP McCOOK , FOR
First-Class Tailoring- .
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Having a large stock of Fine Suitings
: md Trouserings , I will furnish them
-heap for the next 60 days.
t. e. Mccracken ,
The Insurance Ag't '
McCOOK , NEBRASKA ,
Writes Indemnity against Fire , Light-
iiing , Tornado and Hail Storm.
H. C. MAXWELL ,
BREEDER OF
Short Honi Cattle.
Stock on 1 aud at all times. Farm :
one mile south oF McCook , Neb.
BliBaMMBMiHHMMH
The "Mascotte : ' I
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Improved Heel-Plate 11
- / MACHINE. 1
mj9 | - "We have the only ' §
HflBS Machine in town. il
H k Plates attached to : | I
JH3SA Kubbers of all kinds > fl
I HI / at our STOKE. | |
sI HUS * tifet fe "RTIV "YOTT1- "fl
4kmWmW > RTTRBFRS I
THE "MASCOTTE. " ± . \-\J ± J ± J A-J ± \ VJ 1
With our IMPROVED HEEL PLATE | |
on and show theni to your friends. 3 |
They will make your rubbers I
fBAD WWH hQ TfflllP Jill I
No where in this country can be found ilmWmWi
a , better assortment of rubber goods. See Rll
our line of B9R3 |
Pure : - Gut - : - Sf eialties. w .
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In Rubber Shoes , all made of fine Jersey cloth ,
are the most stylish , best fitting goods in the
market. These goods are especially adapted to
fine city trade. We sell "first quality" goods at
the same prices other dealers ask for second and . j
third grade brands. |
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For Wool Boots and Leather Boots and Shoes of
every description. NOVELTIES in Ladies' and
Gents' Slippers. We save you money on every
purchase you make at our store.
"BOSTON BARGAIN SHOE STORE. "
OPERA HOUSE BLOCK , - McCOOK , NEBRASKA. I |
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I CITY BAKERY. 1
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\ FRESHBREAD j
\ DELIVERED EVERY DAY FREE OF CHARGE. \
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\ -PIES-CAKES-CANDIES-NUTS- |
I -OYSTERS-CIDER-CIGARS- | *
I TOBACCO-ETC-ETC- I
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| LUNCH ROOM IN CONNECTION. I
; Cakes Made to Order. St. Paul Patent Flour. \
\ A. PROBST , PROP. ! : '
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The Candy Kitchen 1
Is now located in its new quarters in the - -
8GOTT BRIGK. |
A fine assortment of Candies of ' : v
OUR OWN MAKE . : |
Constantly on hand. OYSTERS SERVED IN EVERY STYLE. ' . %