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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1893)
•if! l w. McConnell & co. 1 Wall Paper. We are Selling. Brown Blanks, per roll, 4 and 5 cents. White Blanks, per roll, 5 and 6 cents. Gilts, per roll, 6 cents and upwards. Nine inch Border, only 1 cent per yard. We Carry The. Largest Stock and Will not be Undersold. 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. 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. WANTED! WANTED! 150'head of horses and cattle to past ure. Ranch three miles east of Mc Cook. Good water and fine pasturage. Call on or address W. N. Rogers. Horses for Sale. Wayson &«Penny keep horses for sale at their livery barn opposite the Cen tral 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. 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. Leave your orders for flour and feed where they will be filled and delivered promptly. The old reliable B. & M. flour store. 211 Mam Street. V{e can and will save you money on wall paper. Examine our prices before buying. McConnell & Co. No better farm wagon on wheels than the Charter Oak sold by S. M. Cochran & Co. — 91 High patent flour $1.10 per sack. B. & M. Flour and Feed Store. Watson & Pennt are putting out handsome rigs these days. Dr. A. J. Thomas, Dentist, office in Union block, over Knipple. Predmore Bros, keep the best cylin der oil in McCook. McMillen meets all prices on wall paper. Machine oil of all kinds at Predmore Bros. fg~Oroceries at Nobles’. If you want fire or tornado insurance in Reliable Companies, call on C. J. Ryan. Put 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, and his stock cannot be duplicat ed in Western Nebraska. 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. 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. Field and garden seeds at reduced prices for the next ten days. McCook Commission Co. J. J. Garrard, Manager. IN QUEENSWARE Noble carries the largest assortment and the richest designs of the season. His prices are reasonable. You will never know how far your dollar will go until you buy your gro ceries at Knipple’s. It will surprise you! We can and will save you money on wall paper. Examine our prices before buying. McConnell & Co. 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. If you want a well drilled in fine shape see McClain & Co. Leave or ders at S. M. Cochran & Co.’s. We can and will save you money on wall paper. Examine our prices before buying. McConnell & Co. 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 lrvery line. Noble carries a large and complete stock of the best brands of canned goods of all kinds. Ice cold meats at 6. & M. Meat Market. McMillen meets all prices on wall paper. Residence property for sale in all parts of the city by C. J. Ryan. Wall Paper. McMillen meets all prices on Wall Paper from 4 cts. per roll up. Call and get Prices before purchasing. / McMILLEN, Druggist. McKenna sells seven bars of good soap for 25 cents. Get prices on wall paper at McMil len's drug store. Finest work in western Nebraska at Best’s Gallery. 110 Main street. If you want a luxury go to the C. 0. D. store and get a pound of English breakfast tea. Noble is also strictly in it when it comes to selling fresh vegetables at a reasonable price. Don't eat tainted meats. Buy them from Acme Cooler. Ice cold and sweet as in winter at F. S. Wilcox’s. W. M. Irwin has a fine Holstein bull for service at his farm northwest of the city, on reasonable terms. We can and will save you money on wall paper. Examine our prices before buying. McConnell & Co. You can buy more goods at Knipple’s for One (1$) Dollar than you can any where else in the city of McCook. We can and will save you money on wall paper. Examine our prices before buying. McConnell & Co. Noble is the only exclusive grocer in the city. His stock is the largest and his prices correspond with the times. S. M. Cochran <fc Co. have an im mense stock of farm implements on hand. See them before buying else where. McCook people can now get as fine photos at home as are made any place by calling on Best, successor to Star Company. Patronize H. Thompson & Co., deal ers in flour and feed of all kinds, west Dennison street, on the corner north of McEntee Hotel. When you want New Orleans mo lasses go the C. 0. D. store. There you will get the genuine article and at a reasonable price. McMillen Bros, carry a complete stock of dusters—the cheap as well as the finer articles. Give them a call if you need anything in that line. A fine assortment of dusters may be seen at the harness shop of McMillen Bros, on east Dennison street. They are very reasonable in price too. Try a sack of Monogram at $1.20, the best flour in town; or a sack of Charm at $1.10, a high grade patent flour. Mc Cook Com. Co. 211 Main Street. Try one pound of McKenna’s un colored Japan tea at 45 cents per pound. Guaranteed to be as good as you can buy elsewhere for 60 cents. We can and will save you money on wall paper. Examine our prices before buying. McConnell & Co. With our Acme Cooler we are en abled to furnish meats in better condi tion during warm weather than any other market in the city. F. S. Wilcox. NOTICE. Best at Star Photo Co. rooms will give you finest photos ever made in Mc Cook. For Sale Very Cheap. Property formerly owned by Lawrence and Mary Shevlin, lot 11, block 12, fifth addition to McCook, l^eb. Address E. E. Zimmerman, Trustee, room 432 Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. Quality Up—Prices 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. 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 strict observance of these necessary rules is respectfully requested. The Publisher. January 1, 1893. CAUGHT PILFERING MAIL One of Uncle Sam’s Men in Disgrace. Thomas E. McCracken of Red Wil low County Under Arrest at Washington. Washington, D.C.,June 10.—[Spe cial.]—Thomas E. McCracken of Red Willow county, Neb., a $900 clerk in the dead letter office, was arrested today for robbing the mails. McCracken has been employed for three years in the dead letter office as a letter opener. For six months past money has been reported as abstracted from letters opened for identification and McCracken was suspected. Yesterday a marked "bill and two $1 bills were slipped into an envelope which was subsequently placed on McCracken’s desk, and when his evening report failed to show that he had handled the letter his criminality was established. This morning a mes senger was sent to borrcw $2 ot the Nebraska clerk, who had been doing a 2 per cent money loaning business. He returned shortly with the marked bill. McCracken was at once arrested and searched and on his person were found the two marked one dollar bills, with the other bill he had abstracted from the loaded letter. He was pi omptly conveyed to jail and will be tried on the charge of robbing the mail. McCracken is a man nearing sixty years of age and was much thought of in the office. He was originally ap pointed from Iowa as a $1,200 clerk upon the recommendation of Senator Allison and Representative Dave Henderson. This was in May, 1881. In August, 1882, he was promoted to the $1,400 class. He resigned by request in August, 1886. McCracken meantime had removed from Iowa to the Republican valley in Nebraska. In 1890 he claimed reinstatement under rule 10 a^ a disabled and discharged soldier, who had a record of service in the forty first Indiana cavalry, and the second cavalry. Senator Allison and Represen tative Henderson joined Senators Pad dock and Manderson and Representative Laws in recommending him for reap pointment. On the 14th of April, 1890, he was reappointed as a $900 clerk in the dead letter office. Old Man McCracken, as he was called was popular with his associates. He sat at a compartment of the long table all day and opened letters under the supervision of Mr. Bowen. He is said to have laid away some money. He soon started in loaning small sums to the clerks. He lived very frugally with his wife and expressed the inten tion of shortly resigning and going to Denver to make his home with his sons. The officials state that he was one of the shrewdest thieves ever caught in the dead letter office. With all his pilfering he managed to show up daily a larger amount of cash found in letters than any of his associates. This he did by coming to the office early and selecting the packages which ho would open and examine during the day, in every case opening those with foreign and New York postmarks, which are notoriously rich in money remittances. The culprit will probably get from three to five years in the penitentiary.—Journal. Don’t build a fence around your property until you have seen and priced that woven wire fencing at S. M. Cochran & Co.’s. Nothing cheaper, neater or better. We are still selling the best grades of flour cheap. Give us a call and get our prices. McCook Com. Co. 2ll Main Street. S. M. Cochran & Co. carry a large line of buggies in stock. See them if you want a good vehicle cheap. If you are thinking of buying a set of new dishes call to see Knipple’s stock and get his prices. If you want photos equal to Chicago, Omaha or Denver call on Best, success or to Star Co. Do you know that Knipple pays the highest market price for butter and eggs. _ Seventeen pounds of Granulated Sugar for One (1$) Dollar at Knipple’s. Remember I am making special prices on crayons to introduce my work. Best. S. M. Cochran & Co. can sell you a bicycle very cheap. See them. Seventy-five cents buys a scale book of 500 tickets at this office. Get prices on wall paper at McMil len's drug store. Knipple makes a specialty of fruits of all kinds. Knipple sells canned goods cheaper than ever. Sewing machines at $5.00 per month on the installment plan at Fade & Son’s. SOLTIE - STATEMENTS! The Largest, Strongest, Greatest anil Best RAIL - ROAD - SHOW On earth, and the only performance of the kind in the world. This big show will exhibit at McCook, Wednesday, June 21. SELLS & RENTFROW’S Collossal Aggregation of Sensational Features. Monster Museum, 3-Ring Circus and Great Double Menagerie. Real Roman Races. You can’t afford to miss seeing World’s Fair on Wheels The most extraordinary of principal bareback equestrians. William Sells, a veritable centaur; a paragon among all horsemen; none dare to challenge his supremacy; the pride of America; the wonder of Europe, who for over three continuous months was the popular hero at Olympia, London; received the most enthusiastic recognition from royalty, nobility and commoners, and was unanimous^' recognized by the British press as the pre-eminent feature of the circus in which he was then performing. Mr. William Dutton, in his brilliant feats of Equestrianism, performing at will forward and backward somersaults on the bare back of swiftly running steeds. One of the most dash ing equestrians of the age, engaged at an enormous ea'ary to ride at this faultless exhibition, Mr. Charles Watson, the greatest 6-horse rider the world ever saw. A wonder to behold. The Dutton sisters, undoubtedly the finest lady riders on earth. Miss Mildred Murray, the finest menagerie rider. Edgar Wilkinson, the celebrated European hurdle rider. The great Livingstone family, 4 in number, aeriali6ts, gymnasts, acrobats, bicyclcists, in sensa tional aerial flights, dazzling and intrepid feats. Fearless and astonishing features that heretofore have seemed impossible accomplished by these wonderful artists with such ease and grace as to establish them the undisputed champions of the gymnastic world. Two Immense Menageries of Wild Beasts. Open dens of savage brutes; mammoth elephants, lions, tigers, hienas. bears, wolves, leopards and panthers. Zebras trained to drive like horses. Knights in armor, ladies as princesses, male and female jockeys, squadrons of princes, nobles and cavalier in royal robes and rich costumes, mounted on spirited horses like in days of old. The best performing elephants. Sea lion, leopard and baby camel. Twenty great circus acts. Three great bands in street parade. Courtly knights and dames. A drove of monster camels. Zebras, bears and baby monkeys. Twenty great leapers. ltichly carved carved and gilded tableau wagons. Myriad cages, dens and lairs. See the twenty clowns; first in wit, first in fun, first in the hearts of the public. A Mile Tumble from the Skies. Grand Balloon race and double parachute jump by Miss Anna Bell Holton and Miss Lillie Rice. To be witnessed positively each day of the exhibition at the show grounds. Be sure and ask your agent for cheap excursion rates. Every rail road gives cheap ex cursion rates to this big show. At 10 A. M. a glorious grand holiday free street parade. One day only; afternoon and night. Doors open at 1 and 0 o’clock. No extra charge. One ticket admits to all. You all know us. Our past record a guarantee of the future. McCook, Neb., Wednesday, June 21st, 1893. NOW-OPEN. W. M. ANDERSON’S -m|^*NEW oooooooooo oooooooooo GROCERY AND QUEEN S WARE oooooooooooooooooo oo STORE Everything fresh and clean and pure. Lar gest stock in Red Willow county. Prices as low as the lowest. Call in to see his stock. The as sortment is complete. Remember the place. MORLAN BUILDING.
