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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1893)
'yv'v. y ELEVENTH YEAR. McCOOK, RED WILLOW COUNTY, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING. FEB. 17, 1893. NUMBER 39. ■— -- ... — - ■ . - ....---- - - . *_... __ ...J. ALBERT WELLS... Special Reduction Sale. J. Albert Wells Special Reduction Sale will con tinue until March 1st. All i Winter Goods will be sold at Great Reductions to make room for the Large Spring Stock. Mr. Wells is now in New York making his spring purchases. - - Special Reduction Sale. J. ALBERT WELLS. . . 20 Per Cent Discount Short Length Dress Goods and Remnants of all Kinds Included in This Sale. j , i Our Stock Must be Seduced to make room for immense stock of Spring Goods. C. L. DeGROFF & CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. C. ALLEN. The McCook shops are crowded with work. Contractor .Waite had business in Cam bridge, Saturday evening. Miss Clara Kleven of Culbertson enjoyed the ball, Monday evening. Jay Tubbs was up from lloldrege to par ticipate in tlie conductors’ ball. General Superintendent Calvert was out over the western division, Tuesday. J. W. Lewis, boss carpenter at Holyoke, came down, Sunday, on n visit to the family here. Miss Clara Bonnot is visiting Supt. Phe lan’s family at Alliance, starting there last Saturday morning. FreddieExnier,formerly message boy here, but late of Akron, has been taken to a pri vate insane hospital at Lincoln. L. Blnitfus was delegated to accompany the family ot C. W. Stoddard to McCook, by the A. O. U. W.—Alliance Grip. 11. B. Wales arrived from Jefferson, Iowa, Sunday morning, to make his home among us. The family will follow shortly. Foreman Ritchie now has an assistant in the person of Sir. Johnson, who arrived from the Havelock shops, this week. oBrakcman John Humphreys’ little girl fell against a red hot stove, a few days since, and was severly burned about the hands. Joe Granger, a brother of Conductor Frank Granger, left Ashland, Sunday, on a visit to tiie parents over in Manchester, England. The C. B. & Q. are in the market for some additional power variously stated to be from fifty to seventy-five engines.—Locomotive Engineering. The 18 months old daughter of Machinist Samuel Wilde died, late Sunday evening, of membraneous croup. The burial occured Tuesday afternoon. All agree that the conductor’s ball was “out of sight,” a marvelously dressy ai.d su premely delectable affair, not excelled in McCook’s social history. Passenger train No. 4 came down from Denver, Saturday, minus the brakeman, and Poore has worried through a five days vaca tion because of his “getting left.” He came in on (5. Misses Lizz>e and Mary Stevens and Miss - McKenna of Hastings participated in tlie ball, Monday night, vising McCook relatives until Tuesday evening, wnen they returned home on (5. Dr. E. H. Waters arrived from Wyinore, Monday morning, and assumed his position as assistant in tlie relief oflice here. Mrs. Waters will make her home here as soon as tlie doctor can secure a dwelling. No. 2, tlie east bound passenger, was de tained here about three hours, Tuesday morning, owing to the engine becoming dis abled. Tlie engine of tlie local freight pulled tlie train through to Hastings.—Cambridge Kaleidoscope. Conductor E. B. Odell has purchased M. C. Wayson’s residence property on North Manchester street, and tlie doctor will in the spring add largely to tlie house, build a new barn and otherwise convert tlie property in to one of the cosiest little homes in the city. “Out on tlie western division the farmers are preparing to sow their grain” said a B. & M. man. “Do you know that the winter on that division lias been an exceptionally mild one? When we were suffering witli cold here they were basking in sunshine.”— Lincoln Call. The mail that was kicked off the west bound flyer last Sunday was drawn under the wheels and completely cut in fragments and had to be gathered up in a basket. While such actions might be no fault of the train men, yet it is becoming a too frequent occur ence to be put up with.—Cambridge Kaleido scope. Sunday afternoon Drs. Davis & Gage found it necessary to amputate Brakeman Ditton’s right arm, gangrene and blood pois ening having set in. Mr. Ditton it will be remembered, was injured recently up on the Cheyene branch in making a coupling. Ue is getting along nicely since tiie operation. Mrs. Ditton has arrived and will assist in nursing him back to health. A Righteous Ohder:—Some three years ago the management of the Burlington is sued a circular frowning upon the everlasting custom of giving presents to retiring officials and others connected witli the road. The order has beeu more honored in the breach than in tile observance, and Mr. G. W. Holdrege lias just issued the following circular bearing up on the subject: “The receiving of presents from their subordinates, by officials and oth ers in charge of men, is very objectionable on this road. A little reflection will convince anyone of the evil of such a practice. Too often men who cannot afford to contribute toward such presents feel constrained to do so rather than to run the risk of incurring the displeasure of or seeming unfriendly to those having charge over them. Courtesy toward the employed on the part of those in charge is as much due as is cheerful obe dience on the other side, and does not call for recognition through the means of pres ents. Neither should employes be solicited by these in charge to contribute toward any ob ject—whether charitable, religious or any other character. Every employe in entitled to dispose ef the compensation he receives from the company as his inclination or ne cessity may dictate, and should not in any manner be influenced in so doing by his su perior officers.1’. PEOPLE YOU KNOW. Dev. Henry Uuettner has moved to Dan bury. Oscar V;o«er was up from linldaege over Sunday. C. A. Leach is in l'lattsmouth at his home, quite sick. County Clerk Itoper was up on oflicial bus iness, Saturday. George J. Burgess spent Sunday with his family at Arapahoe. County Clerk Fuller of Chase county was a business visitor, Monday. Col. James Adams of McCook is io town, says Monday’s Lincoln Call. C. 11. Meeker went t* Lincoln, Monday evening, on water works business. Mrs. T. G. Bees, we are sorry to learn, is confined to the house, with the grippe. Miss Lizzie Carroll went to Holdrege, Wednesday, on a visit of a few weeks. Dr. A. T. Kiee lias returned to Stratton and resumed the practice of medicine there. Dr. J. S. Shaw was up from Indianola, Sunday, guest of M. Y. Starbuck and family., Mrs. J. D. McAlpine came down from Denver, Tuesday on <>, on a visit to her par ents. Receiver Bomgardner and family are mov ing into temporary quarters in the Meeker block. I’. A. Wells arrived home, Saturday night, from his trip in York state, much improved in health. Mrs. W. S. Coy and Miss Lena of Holdrege were among tile happy guests at the ball. Monday night. Judge Cochran writes that he is well pleas ed with Arkansas. He will not be home un til about the 20th. J. Albert Wells left, yesterday, for New York City to make his extensive spring pur chases of dry goods, millinery etc. I). L. Machamer of the Minden Democrat spent Monday in the city. The Tribune received a pleasant fraternal call. Mrs. W. S. Cornutt of Nebraska City and Mrs. W. W. Brown of Culbertson visited McCook friends on Saturday last. Oscar Callihan, the Benkelman banker, was in the city, Sunday, in consultation with his McCook correspondent, V. Franklin of the Old Citizens bank. E. J. Scott of the Yuma Prairie Farmer was down to attend the Stoddard obsequies, Sunday. Ed formerly worked on various McCook newspapers. A. J. Armstrong was in the city, fore part of the week. Andy has sold his farm at Ough and has purchased land near Orleans where he is moving now. '■ County Judge Woolman of Culbertson [and Publisher DeWald of Trenton were members of the Hitchcock county contingent at general headquarters, Saturday evening. E. F. Couse and family arrived from Bur wood, California, Saturday afternoon, and will probably remain in Ked Willow county for the future. They have many friends here who will warmly welcome them back. E. E. Low man left on C, Wednesday, for New York, to lay in a spring stock of goods. He will be joined at Lincoln by Miss Sara, who will assist him in making a rich and ex tensive selection of seasonable goods for their several lines. B. B. Mosher, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Mosher, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hager, Mr. and Mrs. Teel, Mr. and Mrs. M. Williams, all of Indi anola, and Mrs. Erwin, who has been with the family at Alliance, attended the funeral of the late C. W. Stoddard, Sunday. Banker Peck, the Trenton irrigationist, Banker Vennum of Palisade, and Dr. Peter son of Stratton, together with Politician Wildnian of Culbertson, all spent a brief while here, Monday evening, on their way to Lincoln and other eastern points. A. W. Cox and H. S. Dungan were up from Hastings, Saturday, to close the snle of the old Hayden corner to C. L. DeGroff & Co., returning home on C, the same day. Mr. Cox is administrator of the Yeazel estate, and sold the property at administrators sale. Captain It. O. Phillips dropped into his favorite city, Sunday night, on company bus iness, leaving for Lincoln on 0 the following evening. The captain indicated that exten sive improvements would be made to the water plant here, in the spring, upon the plans submitted to the company by Superin tendent Meeker. The display of jewels at the conductors’ dance on Monday night surpassed anything we have seen this winter. There were dia mond wristlets, string of pearls with dia mond ornaments, ruby, emeralds and sap phire. Arthur Douglas, son of Engineer Douglas has a young brother who in about five years may become a member of the Primary school of our city. The event took place, a few days ago in Chicago. Wnen the news reached McCook the engineer conducted himself like an Apache Indian for the space of five minutes. W. G. Cole who was one of the operators in the dispatcher’s office, pot leave of absence last Friday to visit his parents at Bird City, Kansas, promising to return to his post the following Tuesday. Unfortunately for him he got the days of the week somewhat con founded, and while in the act of registering in Thursday he was informed that the com pany, after due deliberation, had decided to discontinue its business relations with him, or, as the boys would say, he "got let out ” It generally pays to be prompt, as the yonn* man with a “black diamond” name learned to his ultimate Borrow. 42nd. 42nd. 42nd. 42nd. —SfssSemi-Annual— CLEAR TNG SALE. * 'I*HIS week we inaugurate our 42(1 Semi-Annual Clearing Sale in Nebraska. Heavy Goods in at 1 lines will be sold at Extraordinary eductio 11s. Every article in our store will be sold at discounts never before given by us. Come in and see our prices. No other Mercantile Es tablishment in Western Nebraska will save you the same amount of money. We expect to go east soon; you know what that means. COME AND SEE US. b. bowmau Sou. * * * « GREAT SENSATION! C. W. KNIGHTS, Yes, it's a fact. I am over-stocked with pants, and n.n I need more room for my new spring stock, I have marked the price down to such astonishingly low figures that ANYBODY car now afford to wear pants. In fact my ENTIRE STOCK OF WINTER GOODS, such as Overcoats, Heavy Clothing Underwear, Gents’ Furnishings (and many other things too numerous to mention, } 4 Hist Co aid Keprdless of Cost -IM^this is A<3=§* General Slaughter Sale! and will continue for 30 days only. Come, and > me. I can save you money. The £agle0totfting House, C. W. KNIGHTS, Prop.