& < v * , V - t " ELEVENTH YEAR. McCOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING. DEC. 9 , 1892. NUMBER 29. FIRE SALE ! All Goods Damaged by Fire , Smoke or Water Will be Closed Out at a Great Sacrifice ! We have an Immense Stock of & Bargains-Goods but Slightly Damag- ed-Everything , However , will be sold at Practically Your Own Figures. 01 i I J. ALBERT WELLS , McCook. OAK > IS BETTER THAN < ASH FOR FURNITURE and costs more ; but- 1 -will sell you a Solid Oak Bed-room Suit for the same price that you have been paying for ASH SUITS. , . . - I ' .i. - 4t V * > . . w = k It.will jpay you to see me-before , " buying/ Store wrill be at Lawler's old i-stand after December 8th. A. H. BURDICK. L. I. Meservc took a new engine for use on the sunflower line down to Or leans , Sunday. Mrs. V. H. Solliday's sister , Miss Slabby , left for her home at Red Cloud on 2 , Saturday. Stipt. Campbell went down lo Lincoln on 6 , Tuesday night , on business at general headquarters. Roadmaster Web Jossely n was up from Orleans , Saturday , having business at western division headquarters. Jim Reynolds has telegraphed from Indiana to his wife at Republican City that he has won the will suit. Conductor Tom Mundy was up from the sunflower branch over Sunday , com ing up from Orleans Saturday noon , Mrs. Hulaniski arrived home on I , Tuesday , from her trip to Illinois , and the Count's smile is something immeas urable. Eugene Q. Robie left , Thursday morn ing , on the flyer , for Ogden , Utah , has gone for his health and also to see about locating there. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris have taken another lusty boy to raise. He applied for admission into the Harris household , Wednesday morning. C. H. Harman , the energetic assistant superintendent of the high line , was with us at western division headquarters , Tuesday , in his official capacity. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lake of Kansas City arrived in the city , last Friday , and will be the guests of Engineer and Mrs. J. F. Heber for two or three weeks. Secretaries of the state board of trans portation , in compiling statistics , Mon day reached railway employes. They find that there are 19,975 employes in Nebraska. Engineer W. A. Holliday.'s mother and sister arrived in the city , last Saturday on 2 , being called here by his illness , from which he is recovering quite rapid ly now. I he United States railway men of America , a railroad organization which may prove one of the most powerful of the time , has been born. Its head quarters are in Chicago and it will in clude members in the United States , Mexico and Canada. It will discard in surance and all such , side features and will have for its object the maintenance of wages and the redress of grievances. Quite a serious wreck took place near Corona. Colorado , Sunday night , freight train number 150 breaking in two , the sections subsequently coming in collsion. John Schindler was so badly injured that he died on the way to Denver. John Tomilson , foreman of the working crew involved in the wreck , sustained a com pound fracture of the _ tibia of the left leg. He is at St. Luke's hospital , Denver , as is also John Artiza , who was badly bruised. Anton Gamucci , the other man hurt , received slight internal injuries. He is at St. Joseph's. Six freight car were badly smashed up in the collision. Chief Dispatcher J. F. Forbes , of Mc- Cook , called in to see old friends at the Democrat office while in the city last week. Mr. Forbes has been in the dis patchers office for the past eight years and has proven his efficiency and relia bility to the extent that upon a recent resignation of Chief Dispatcher Rees , he was promoted to that responsible posi tion. The promotion is a worthy one , and it reflects credit upon the great Burlington Route that they stay by the men who are faithful to them. No one congratulates Mr. Forbes more heartily upon his advancement than this religious publication. Hastings Democrat. Mr. P. D. Galarneau and Miss Lillian Quick were united in matrimony at the residence of the bride's parents at Charl eston , 111. , on Nov. 23. They arrived in Alliance last Saturday morning. Mr. Galarneau as clerk of the train service , has built himself high up in the estima tion of the company , and his genial and social manner has gained for him the universal friendship of every person in Alliance. His bride is an accomplished young lady whose acquisition to the social circles of the city will be greeted with pleasure. As a token of their es teem , the conductors of this division presented the couple with a handsome lounge , and the officials and clerks pre sented them with an elegant set of dish es. The Grip joins their many friends in wishing this estimable young couple a life of unalloyed happiness and pros perity. Alliance Grip. PEOPLE YOU KNOW. Tom Floyd's manly form loomed upon our streets , Wednesday afternoon. F. H. Spearman came in from his Chicago trip on delayed No. i , Wednes day. Dr. Z. L. Kay drew the handsome chamber set up at Noble's raffle , Wed nesday evening. Dr. B. B. Davis was called by telegram to Orleams , last night , to assist in the performance of tracheotomy in a case of membraneous croup. O. M. Knipple went down to the east ern part of the state , Monday morning , with a shipment of two carloads of po tatoes. Mrs. O. M. Knipple departed on 6 last Sunday for a month's visit in Bayard , Iowa ; Mr. Knipple accompanied her as far as Lincoln. Secretary of State Allen has returned after a short visit in Cincinnati , where Mrs. Allen is yet detained through ill ness. Tuesday's Journal. Charlie O'Brien , late obliging and efficient clerk in Lawler's has moved his field of usefulness to "The Fair , " with the good wishes of the TRIBUNE. Mrs. R. R. Hanlein has received the sad news of the death of her aged mother Mrs. G. Ifland which occurred on Wed nesday last at Smith Center , Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ballew were pas sengers , Saturday evening on 6 for Princeton , Mo. , where a brother of Mrs. Ballew is very low and only expected to survive a few days longer. Mr. Ballew returned home on Tuesday night. H. W. Cole , who is on the federal pet it jury at Omaha , came home on Friday night , to spend Sunday with the family , returning to his jury duties on Monday night. The probabilities are that the jury will be in session until the middle of the month. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Johnston en- tained a small company of friends , Tues day evening. A five-course dinner was served in exquisite taste at 7:30 , after which cards provided amusement. The invited guests were Messrs. and Mesdames John Hatfield , J. B. Meserve , V. Frank lin , F. M. Kimmell , G. A. Noren , C. F. Babcock. Chancellor Creighton and trustees o the Wesleyan university at Lincoln will be in McCook on next Wednesday to look over the grounds and proposition of our city in the seminary matter. In the evening Dr. Creighton will deliver an address on the subject of "Education , " and it is hoped that our people will turn out in large numbers to hearthe chan cellor. Chief Knights of the Walla Wallas hied him over onto the Beaver , Monday , on a quail hunt. THE TRIBUNE has it semi officially that the doughty chief suc ceeded in winging a sea serpent , among other game , which he proposes shipping for exhibition at the world's fair , as soon as a special flat car can be built of suffi cient capacity to accommodate the ser pent's remains. Hon. A. C. Modie , of Red Willow county , transacted business in this city last Wednesday , he informs us that he raised 80 acres of corn which yielded 56 bushels to the acre , 4480 bushels. Mr. Modie says that his neighbors at least a number of them have corn which is yielding above 60 bushels and on the whole the corn crop is much better on an everage than last season. Culbertson Sentinel. Rev. S. B. Crosby came in from Loomis , Nebraska , Monday evening , on a mission of a delicate nature , departing homeward again on Tuesday afternoon. The ecstasy of joy observable on the reverend gentleman's countenance may be chargeable to the fact that he will lead Miss Josephine McLyman , the ac complished musician and most esti mable young lady of our city , to the altar , next week. The interesting event will transpire at Indianola and Rev. Taylor of that place will tie the nuptial knot. If in order THE TRIBUNE extends warmest congratulations and well-wishes in advance. Mr. and Mrs. William Weygint enjoy ed a brief visit from their son H. D. Weygint of Neligh , Nebraska , early part of the week. The son came here in the spring 1872 , and with the father turned the first furrow ever plowed in Red Wil low county , on their claim where Indian ola is now located , but becoming dis gusted he drifted up north and finally east into the Elkhorn valley where he has resided for a number of years. This was his first visit in Red Willow county for many years , and he found things greatly changed and improved. He left for Omaha , Monday evening , be ing on federal petit jury now in session in the metropolis. Fade & Son , HEADQUARTERS -FOR- CHRISTMAS = A FULL LINE Chamber Suits , Sewing Machines , Parlor Suits , Book Cases , Fancy Rockers , Folding Beds , Extension Tables , Carpet Sweepers , Bed Lounges , And Rugs. Center Tables , Come early for bargains As we make a , specialty of First-Glass Goods at Prices to Suit Everybody. FADE ยง SON. EXTRAORDINARY IS THE WORD FOR OUR CLOAK BUSINESS , THIS SEASON. NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE SOLD SO MANY. THEREFORE WHEN A NEW YORK MANUFACTURER WAS COMPELLED TO CLOSE OUT HIS LINE WE GOT IT : ON : THE- : GROUND FLOOR. : : : : LIGHT , MEDIUM AND L.ONQ QOATS , All Prices-From $1.50 Up f ALL HATS SOLD AT ONE-HALF PRICE TILL JANUARY 1 , 1893. irowtficitt & Sotu You know where we are at.