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Take your old rags
to the McCook Pro
duce Company.
To Our Advertisers.
You are entitled to have your display
advertisements changed once a month
at the regular price. Changes more
frequent will be charged extra accord
ing to the amount of composition.
Local advertisements may be changed
every week at usual price.
Copy for new advertisements and for
changes of regular advertisements must
be in this office by Wednesday of each
week to insure prompt insertion.
Notice of discontinuance of any dis
play advertisement must be given not
later than Wednesday. Local adver
tisements may be discontinued at any
time before Thursday evening.
A strictobservance of these necessary
rules is respectfully requested.
The Publisher.
January 1, 1893.
Of Interest to Farmers.
If you want to renew a loan falling
due and make a new one on your farm
patronize the Nebraska Loan and Bank
ing Co. of McCook, a home institution.
Office in rear rooms of 1st National
bank. Interest payable in McCook.
Wanted.--A dining
room girl at the Com
mercial Hotel.
The burning question with house
wives of all lands, all creeds, and all
ages is: “Which is the best Cooking
Stove?” S. M. Cochran & Co. answer
this question today by proclaiming the
“Charter Oak Stoves” to be the
best in every conceivable shape._
Money to Loan at $ per Cent.
On first class McCeok or Red Willow
county real estate. Send me your ap
plications. H. G. Dixon,
Kennett Square, Penna.
Horses for Sale.
Way son & Penny keep horses for sale
at their livery barn opposite the Cen
tral hotel.
Hay! Hay!
Best blue stem bulk or baled. This
hay was cut early. Leave orders at B.
& M. meat market. F. S. Wilcox.
Dr. A. J. Thomas, Dentist, office in
Union block, over Knipple.
If you want fire or
tornado insurance in
Reliable • Companies,
call on C. J. Ryan.
Best Refrigerators
in the city at Pade &
Son’s.
The Call Leads the Procession.
We call the attention of our readers
to the advertisement of The Call in
another column. Since its reduction
in price The Call is the cheapest
daily in Nebraska, and its spicy ana
independent policy is too well known
to need comment from us. In reduc
ing the price of The Call so as to put
it within the reach of everybody, the
management have placed themselves a
decided step in advance of all other
publishers in the state. This is an era
of popular prices for the newspaper,
and The Call is, as usual, at the head
of the procession.
Fut your $ $ $ where they will do
the most good, where they will secure
the best and the most groceries for in
stance. You will make no mistake if
Noble’s is the place of deposit. He
gives the limit in quantity, quality and
value, atad his stock cannot be duplicat
ed in Western Nebraska.
Make Noble your family grocer and
many other blessings will fall to your
lot, besides having the best groceries on
your table that the market affords.
Residence property
for sale in all parts of
the city by C. J. Ryan.
You will never know how far your
dollar will go until you buy your gro
ceries at Knipple’s. It will surprise
you!
You get a Seaside Library free with
a year’s subscription to The Semi
Weekly Journal. The offer will not
last long.
Noble, the leading grocer, makes a
specialty of fresh, clean family grocer
ies. He will treat you right.
Wayson & Penny can fix you up com
fortably and stylishly in any thing you
may desire in the livery line.
Noble carries a large and complete
stock of the best brands of canned
goods of all kinds.
If you are thinking of buying a set
of new dishes call to see KnipplS’s stock
and get his prices.
No better farm wagon on wheels
than the Charter Oak sold by S. M.
Cochran & Co.
Cash paid for rags
by the McCook Pro
duce Company.
Wall Paper. ,
Artists’
Material.
A. MCMILLEN,
Druggist.
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H. & M.
Guaranteed
Mixed
...Paint..
Paints, Oils and Glass.
A car-load of furni
niture—direct from
the manufacturers
just received by Pade
& Son.
_
Quality Up-Prlcea Down!
Knipple excels in the quality of the
flour he keeps in stock, and in the re
markably low prices at which he is sell
ing. Think of it!
Fancy patent flour at.$1.25
Snowflake flour at.85
And remember that he warrants every
sack. At the old stand in the Cole
brick. _
By the Ton
Is the way John Whittaker orders
the steel for his Wire Tightener and he
is also putting in some new machinery
with which to make the machines. In
about ten days he will be ready for your
orders.
Beware of peddlers. Call and in
spect the Household sewing machine
sold by S. M. Cochran & Co. before
buying a machine. There is no better
on earth.
Give your orders for 84 Patent, Lion
and Legal Tender, also Wauneta High
Patent,White Fawn and Pride of Wau
neta flour to Hugh Thompson, the oil
man.
Patronize H. Thompson & Co., deal
ers in flour and feed of all kinds, west
Dennison street, on the corner north of
McEntee Hotel.
IN QUEENSWARE Noble carries
the largest assortment and the richest
designs of the season. His prices are
reasonable.
An elegant stock of
sideboards just re
ceived by Pade &Son.
When you need flour, feed, garden
and field seeds go to the Old Reliable
B. & M. Store. McCook Commission
Company.
J. C. Russell is prepared to do cast
rating promptly. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Send orders through McCook
postoffice.
S. M. Cochran & Co. have an im
mense stock of farm implements on
hand. See them before buying else
where.
Knipple leads them all when it comes
to selling a fine patent flour cheap. Try
him once and you will be convinced.
Remember that S. M. Cochran & Co.
now carry in stock a full and complete
stock of builders’ hardware supplies.
Noble is the only exclusive grocer in
the city. His stock is the largest and
his prices correspond with the times.
McMillen Bros, have a nice lot of Lap
Robes they will sell at greatly reduced
prices. Splendid bargains in these.
You can buy more goods at Knipple’s
for One (1$) Dollar than you can any
where else in the city of McCook.
—
We guarantee our flour to give satis
faction and at prices that defy competi
tion. McCook Commission Co.
If you want a well drilled in fine
shape see McClain & Co. Leave or
ders at S. M. Cochran & Co.’s.
S. M. Cochran & Co. carry a large
line of buggies in stock. See them if
you want a good vehicle cheap.
We sell the Empire letter copying
books. Also best grades of type writ
ing paper.
Why buy foreign flour when home
made flour is cheapest. B. & M. Flour
Store.
Do you know that Knipple pays the
highest market price for butter and
eggs. _
Seventeen pounds of Granulated
Sugar for One (If) Dollar at Knipple’s.
You can buy a sack of flour for 75
cents at the B. & M. Flour Store.
S. M. Cochran & Co. can sell you a
bicycle very cheap. See them.
Predmore Bros, keep the best cylin
der oil in McCook.
Machine oil of all kinds at Predmore
Bros.
ES^”Groceries at Nobles’.
Wanted by
the McCook
Produce Co.
County Commissioner’s Proceedings.
County Clerks Office, Indianola. Nebr., J
April 25, 1893 I
Board of Couuty Commissioner met pursuant to
adjournment. Full board present.
On motion the following bonds were approved:
L, J. Fauss, Assessor Driftwood precinct.
John Whitaker, overseer district No, 8
W F Esher “ ** 44 9
Frank A 11am 44 ** *‘ 25
JTBirdsall “ “ 44 30
it appearing to the Board that L B Stiles was as
sensed for $3.22 In McCook city for tne year 1886,
that the tax list' for.that year shows that said
Stiles was assessed at $322.00, therefore on mo
tion the clerk is directed to correct the tax list
computing the tax list on $3.22 valuation.
The following claims were audited and allowed :
J C Oakley board pauper H G Smith $11.20
James Doyle assessing Perry precinct 60.10
Geo W Roper postage and express 35.99
J H Bayeton salary 1st quar. & Expos 200.50
J E Kelley list lands for taxation 2.00
P A Brower mdse for pauper 4.65
W O Bond postage and expences 6,70
C R Green board for pauper Lizzie Craig 5.10
Robt Anderson “ “ ** 22.00
C T Brewer money advanced Ben Stoddard 4.00
W T Henton postage and express 43-27
H H BerryJustice fee state vs Rice 5.45
J H Dwyre costable “ “ " 7.15
Mrs C Adamire board Ben Stoddard 12 (JO
Sidney Dodge salary 1st quarter 200-00
Harris Hdw Co., supplies for bridges 5.30
S Billings work on bridges 4.75
Geo Younger “ 44 7.50
Geo Howell “ claim $19,50 allowed at 18,00
F. S. Wilcox road damages 105.00
Board adjourned to meet April 28th 1893.
Indianola, Neb., April 28, 1893,
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Full
board present.
Petition of Robert Barber, Charles Barber and
others asking that a public road be located, on mo
tion same was granted establishing a, public road
as follows: Commencing at the n e corner ^sec 16
thence south on section line to the south east cor
ner said section 16 all in town 4 range 28, and ter
minating thereat.
It appearing to the Board that the personal tax
of N PloubS.ard was assessed in Valley Grange pre
cinct for the year 1888 at $626.75, the board find
that said tax was erroneous therefore on motion
the clerk was directed to correct the tax list com
puting the tax on $402,75 valuation. •
On motion the following claims were audited
and allowed.
State Journal Co. Stationery for Co $103.55
A T Johnson attendance B Stoddard 12.00
W C Bullard & Co coal.for Mrs Purdy 6.00
E J Mitchell supplies forco 5 00
Barnett Lbr Co coal for Mrs Bryant 4.25
»• •* “ Purdy & Best 16.00
Wm Cowels moving Mrs Bryan ^ 1.50
G W Arbogast work on bridges 3,00
Timothy Hannan 44 44 4.00
On motion Board adjourned to meet April 29th
1893.
Indianola, Neb., April 29th, 1893.
Board of Commissioners met pursuant to ad
jouinment. Full board present,
Petition of Stephen Bolles, K S Campbell and
others asking that a public road be located be lo
cated, read and considered. On motion sane is
granted establishing a public road as follows:
Commencing at a point 1 chain east of s w cor
ner sec 22 thence north parallel with section line
20 chains and 68 links, thence north 60 mins east,
3 chains and 87 links, thence north 6 chains and 57
links, thence north 44 min west 5 chains 03 links,
hence north 4 min east 7 chains 35 links, termi
nating there at, all in town 4 range 29.
County clerk directed to draw warrant on county
road fnnd levy 1892 in payment of road damages
by reason of the location of said road to Stepbcu
Bolles for $60,00
On motion the following claims were audited and
allowed:
Samuel Young service as commissioner $32.75
S S Graham “ •* 21.40
C J Ryan * 44 44 34.40
C W Lindsay Co printing, proceedings, etc 11-70
S E Hager & Co., coal for county, 22.05
Board adjouraed to meet May 10th 1893.
Attest: S, S. Graham,
Geo, W. Roper, Co Clerk. Chairman
Hogs for Sale.
A few choice brood sows with their
pigs. John Whittaker.
Seventy-five cents buys a scale book
of 500 tickets at this office.
91 High patent flour $1.10 per sack.
B. & M. Flour and Feed Store.
Remember 16 cabinet photos given
for every dozen ordered until May 20th.
Four cabinet photos free at the Smart
gallery.
Parties contemplating building this
spring who need money can obtain
same at reasonable terms from P. A.
Wells. Office in 1st National bank.
Rear rooms.
Call and see Marcellus, the new pho
tographer. All pictures made with the
beautiful celluloid water proof finish—
no extra charge—at the Smart photo
graph gallery.
Don’t build a fence around your
property until you have seen and priced
that woven wire fencing at S. M.
Cochran & Co.’s. Nothing cheaper,
neater or better.
A good live paper every Tuesday
and Friday, is what you get in The
Semi-Weekly Journal for one dol
lar. The Tribune and Journal both
one year for $2.50.
McMillen Bros, carry the best and i
most complete stock of Harness and !
Saddlery in the city. Call to see them
if you want a good article in their line
at a reasonable price.
—-——
A state and national paper combined
is The Semi-Weekly Journal. The
Tribune is your best local paper.
Subscribe for these and you are fixed
for a year. Both for $2.50.
|3^”Noble, Purveyor to tne Great
Common People, is now exhibiting
about the handsomest and largest as
sortment of plain and fancy lamps to be
seen in Southwestern Nebraska.
A Story About Tin Foil.
Some years ago a tobacconist discov
■red tho utility of tin foil for wrapping
shewing tobaccos. Theretofore paper
lad been exclusively used for tfee pur
x>se, but it did not serve to kefep the
noisture of the atmosphere away from
he tobacco nor preserve the natural
noisture of the tobacco from the effects
>f a dry or‘heated atmosphere. Paper
llso absorbed the aroma of the weed and
ivas not sufficiently lasting. Therefore
in foil was used for wrappers. But it
secame costfy and could only be rolled
to a certain thickness or thinness be
yond which the ingenuity of man seemed
to find it impossible to go. The fact was
that no rollers could be made to sustain
the pressure necessary to mashing tho
tin foil to a leaf sufficiently thin to suit
the manufacturer.
Many ingenious inventors struggled
with the proposition for months and
gave up the problem as unsolvable,
when a simple workman about the shop
one day, after rolling two sheets to the
customary thinness, put the two sheets
together into the rollers and made both
halves as thin as one was before. This
was as simple as standing an egg on end,
but it created a revolution in the manu
facture of tin foil for tobacconists’ use
and made a mint of money for tho boss
of the discoverer. The man had struck
upon the idea by accident, but the dis
covery was as great and as profitable as
if he had been a great inventor and
spent years of his valuable life over tho
question.—Boston Herald.
A Church Usher’s Humor.
Even a church usher can show a keen
sense of humor in the pursuit of his du
ties. Not long ago a prominent young
business man of Rochester promised his
little daughter that she might have a
party on her birthday. The birthday
happened to come on the Sunday before
Easter, and the little girl came up to her
father the day before to remind him of
his promise. Her father told her that of
course he eould not let her have a party
on Sunday, but that he would take her
to church instead. As the father him
self was little given to church going,
and the daughter had never been but
once, the idea struck her as absolutely
unique and absolutely delightful, so she
accepted the alternative eagerly—much
to her father’s regret.
They went down to church together in
the morning—Mr. Robinson and little
May—and by dint of careful examining
of charts Mr. R. located his pew. He
had hardly seated himself when up came
an usher with a humorous twinkle in his
eye and wouder in iiis countenance at
the unexpected appearance of Mr. R. at
church. Him did the usher make straight
for, and leaning over he whispered in a
loud stage whisper:
“I beg your pardon Mr. Robinson, but
haven’t you made a mistake? Next Sun
day’s Easter 1”—Quips.
Aii Odd Love Letter.
A lady has written the life of the Arch
duke Carl Salvator, the brother of the
Grand Duke of Tuscany, who died sud
denly about a year ago. A letter now
published, sent by the king of Naples’
sister, Maria Immaculata, to the arch
duke, then 20 years old, who had hon
ored her with an offer of marriage, is
worth reading. The princess, who was
15, and became the archduke’s wife two
years lata.. wrote: “My Dear Cousin—
Your honored letter gave me all the
more joy because I see from it that you
have for a long time entertained the
idea of marrying me. I hope that God
and the Holy Virgin will give me grace,
that I may satisfy you in everything;
that I may make you happy all your life
long and be devoted, obedient and re
spectful to your parents. I ask them to
receive me as their daughter. I thank
you also for the photograph you sent,
and hoping soon to see you in Rome re
main ever your devoted cousin, Maria
Immaculata.” It would be interesting
to know what governess or tutor was re
sponsible for this composition.—London
News.
The Personality of Arabi Pasha.
Clement Scott relates in a London
journal an interview he had with Arabi
Pasha, the exiled Egyptian leader, at his
home in Ceylon. Arabi was then at Kan
dy, and with him was Ali Fehmey, an
other exiled pasha, once a general in the
Turkish army. "I found Arabi a tall,
well set up, grave faced and eminently
soldierly man,” says Mr. Scott. “He is
only 51 years of age, but he looks 10 or
15 years older. His hair and beard are
completely gray and rapidly turning to
white. His face wears an expression of
resignation and sadness, and his eyes are
dimmed and filmed with impending cat
aract. The form is not bowed or bent,
but still firm and erect, and it did not re
quire two glances to see that he was a
man of strong determination. I could
not help smiling as he took out his watch
when I arrived and gravely compliment
ed me on my military punctuality.”
Toasts at Temperance Meetings.
Is there not something perverse and
contrary to nature about having toasts
at temperance banquets and drinking
them in water out of goblets? Water is
unquestionably the best drink in tire
world, but not for toasts, it is right
and proper that our temperance friends
should eat together and that their souls
should flow, but they ought to get up a
new apparatus for the exploitation of
their after dinner remarks. The livery
of Silenus is not adapted to the service
of Lady Henry Somerset and Miss Fran
ces Willard. Twist or turn as you will,
it does not fit.—Harper’s Weekly.
Wouldn't Pay For Illumination.
One day this week a fellow with the
worst kind of a toothache crept timidly
into a certain Lewiston dentist's office.
“What do you ask for pulling a
tooth?” queried he, holding on to his
face.
“Fifty cents without gas, a dollar with
gas,” replied he of the forceps.
The fellow started as if he was shot.
And what do you suppose he said?
“If you can’t pull my tooth in broad
daylight without gas, I’ll go somewhere
where they can?”—Lewiston Journal.
A FAMOUS QUAKER MAIDEN.
Dolly Mi.ill»on's Youth and How She Met
Her Distinguished Husband.
Dolly was the second of tho six chil
dren and was named after her mother’s
aunt, Mrs. Patrick Henry. She was a
bright, pretty child, whose interesting
chatter and winning ways won hosts of
friends.
Her parents, who were members of the
Society of Friends, in accordance with
their religion, denied their children all
ornaments and accomplishments save
those of "a meek and gentle spirit.”
Until she was 12 years old Dolly lived
quietly in the country and attended the
village school where most of her educa
tion was received. Every morning be
fore starting out her sunbonnet was
sewed securely under her chin by her
careful mother and with the addition of
a white linen mask to still further pro
tect her complexion and long gloves she
trudged along the country roads to tho
schoolhouse, a grotesque little figure.
Very fond of pretty things, her grand
mother, with whom she was a great pet,
often made her presents of old fashioned
jewelry, which, not being allowed to
visibly wear, she sewed into a little bag
and wore around her neck under her
gown.
Her father was one of the first of his
sect in Virginia to become doubtful of
slavery, and his scruples finally led him
to liberate his slaves, sell hiB plantation
and remove to Philadelphia. Hero he
engaged in business, but as his efforts
proved unsuccessful after several years
the family became very much reduced in
circumstances.
In the meantime Dolly had been grow
ing daily in grace and beauty. At 19
she was tall and slender, with a “deli
cately oval” fact;, well formed features,
a “dazzlingly fair” complexion and blue
eyes of “much sweetness under her de
mure Quaker cap.”
John Todd, a wealthy, good looking
young lawyer of'the same religion, soon
fell a victim to her charms and made
her an offer of marriage which she de
clined, saying she never intended to mar
ry. Hearing of her refusal her father,
who was ill at the time, immediately
summoned her to his side and told her
it was his greatest wish to see her well
provided for before he died, that it would
make him very unhappy if she persisted
in her refusal, so like a dutiful daughter
she reversed her decision and became the
wife of John Todd.
Her marriage proved to be a very hap
py one. but after the brief space of three
jears her husband died, and she was left
a widow at 22. Rich and very attract
ive, she had many admirers.
James Madison, at that time consid
ered an unreclaimable bachelor, chanced
to see her one day while she was out
walking with a friend and was so much
impressed with her beauty and grace of
bearing that he did not rest until he had
obtained the promise of an introduction.
A few days later she met him at her
own house, and in the first interview cap
tured his heart. She wore on this occa
sion a gown of “mulberry satin, with a
silk tulle kerchief over her neck and on
her head a dainty cap, from which the
curls would escape.”
An engagement soon followed, and in
September, 1794, Mrs. Todd, accompa
nied by the enamored Madison and sev
eral friends, left Philadelphia for Hare
wood—her sister’s estate in Virginia,—
where the marriago ceremony was to
take place. The journey occupied a
week, but the weather was delightful,
and it was accomplished without inci
dent.
Friends and relatives from far and
near were assembled to greet the bridal
party, and many of them remained for
days after the wedding to keep up the
festivities. For momentos of the oc
casion the girls cut the mechlin lace
from Mr. Madison’s shirt ruffles, and
amid showers of rice the laughing bride
and groom drove off to spend their
honeymoon at Montpelier.
The close of the year found them back
in Virginia, where, at her husband’s re
quest, Mrs. Madison laid aside her Quak
er dress and for the first time in her life
began to enjoy society. — New York
Times.
A Scathing Reply to a Bishop.
At a clerical meeting the subject of the
separate mode of administering the com
munion came up. One of those present
said that when there were a large num
ber present at the celebration he often
preferred to give the exhortation to sev
eral persons together, as it made the
feast more of a communion than when
each was isolated from his fellow wor
shipers by the separate mode of adminis
tration. Bishop Wilberforce, with sar
castic mien and tone, replied, “I under
stand you, Mr. Eardley, to prefer admin
istration by wholesale?”
Mr. Eardley rejoined, “My lord bish
op, when the divine founder of the feast,
addressing the 12 apostles, said, ‘Drink
ye all of the cup,’ I do not think that
even Judas Iscariot would have dared to
sneer at him as a ‘wholesale administra
tor.’ ” The bishop's usual readiness de
serted him, and he had nothing to say.—
1 San Francisco Argonaut.
A Girl’s Taste For Exercise.
Miss Lena Tuttle of Connecticut is
amusing herself by clearing a farm and
cutting down cedar trees, for which task
she is receiving the plaudits of admiring
editors. It seems to be a matter of taste.
Different people have different minds.
A great many women make themselves
useful in a great many ways. Miss Tut
tle likes to chop wood—a very invigor
ating and health producing exercise. It
amuses her and doesn’t hurt the neigh
bors. Miss Tuttle, if she marries at all,
will perhaps espouse a man who will be
able to wash the dishes and attend to the
J knitting, and thus harmony and domes
ticity will be established.—New York
World._
Gladstone’s Way of Saying "No.”
The verbosity of Mr. Gladstone is pro
verbial, but itlias never been more mark
edly put in evidence than when, want
ing to answer a querist with a negative,
he used these words, “I must reply with
that brief and simple monosyllable—
‘No.’”