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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1893)
PPRICE’S Powder The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No A!u:r Used in Millions of Homes—40 Years the Stain* %-- . , —..... -.- - Little slots for nickels, Open-mouthed but dumb. Give the jawious school girl Wads of chewing gum. '.Wall paper 5 cents a roll at L. W. Me CONNSti, & Co.’s. It was an even hundred in the shade, Tuesday afternoon. E. C. Ballew has sold his property up atAkron, Colorado. Wednesday was the longest day in the year,—and one of the hottest, too. White stockings for the ladies are re ported as coming into fashion again. J. H. Fowler’s school opened, Monday -morning, with a very encouraging attend .ance. Don’t forget that Divine approbation resteth upon the cash subscriber. This is official. “Put up your wipe; I have the drop on you,” chirruped Old Sol to the per * spiring multitude. McCook Lodge 61, A. O. U. W., will elect officers, next Mon day evening, 26th inst., for term ending Dec. 31st, 1893. An adult perspires 28 ounces every every twenty-four hours. Think of that, boys and give politics a rest during hot ■weather. The opening and closing of the morn ing and evening lawn sprinkling hours are ■now indicated by the deep-toned pump house whistle. The hot weather is playing hob with the already too small church audiences. But picnics and fishing parties are draw ing with old time vigor. At a meeting of the state banking board held in Lincoln,Monday .resolutions were passed calling on the banks of Nebraska .to stop the practice of overdrafts. Messrs. Marsh & Gray are having 600 loads of dirt from the A. O. U. W. exca vation hauled onto their lots on Melvin between Dodge and Dennison, doubtless :for the purpose of terracing the properties. The Nebraska division of the League of American wheelmen have arranged Sot ten big bicycle races to take place at the M street ball park in Lincoln on July 4th. Big prizes are to be awarded and no doubt the event will bring many wheel men to that city. A story is being told of a preacher in one of the towns in the north part of the state which will bear repeating. When looking over his congregation in the midst of the services he was horrified to see his own son in the gallery pelting his hearers in the pews below with pea nuts. While the pious man was prepar ing a frown of reproof for the young hopeful, the boy cried out: “You tend to your preachin’ dad, I’ll keep ’em awake.” ESTABLISHED 1885. The Largest Stock, The Choicest Styles and Best Goods at Lowest Prices AT. GANSHAW’S The Old Reliable Boot and Shoe Dealer. Northeast cor. Main and Dennison streets, McCook. Wall paper 5 cents a roll at L. W. Mc <Connei<L & Co.’s. Wall paper 5 cents a roll at L. W. Mc CONNBM, & Co.’S. They do say that Ed Ballew followed the largest elephant on earth in his bare feet. C. H. Meeker entertained his brother from Greenwood, Nebraska, briefly this week. He went home on 6, Wednesday. Miss Mary Fee, teacher of piano and organ. For terms call upon her at C. L. DeGrofFs, corner Monroe and Dearborn streets. The building association board of di rectors lacked a quorum and did not hold their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening. Call and inspect Kalstedt’s immense stock of new goods. The finest selection ever exhibited in the city. Don’t wait until the line is broken. Fixtures for a restaurant in a live Colorado town, doing a good business, for sale cheap. Rent reasonable. Ad dress “Restaurant,” this office. There is no good reason why the aver age McCookite should not have plenty of sand in his craw. We are getting considerable of that article now exter nally, internally and eternally. The Epworth League will hold a so cial at the residence of Mrs. S. E. Callen, evening of June 29th. Ice cream, cake and lemonade will be served, for which a small charge will be made. Quite a number of new applications have been made for membership in the Workman lodge, and on account of the prosperity enjoyed by No. 61 it would not be surprising to see a membership of 500 by 1895. *There will be a meeting of the Degree of Honor, Monday evening, June 26th,for the nomination and election of officers, and for the transaction of other impor tant business. All members are reques ted to be present. Commissioner Samuel Young prompt ly offers to “set ’em up’’ directly one re fers to his recent three shell game. Sam kicked and the other fellow had to re fund him about $185. So that Sam is evidently ahead of the game. Besides I having valuable experience. August Plasmeyer says that he beat the shell game, but that they stole $120 from him. He squealed and Sheriff Banks recovered his money. Also $20 for S. R. Seamands and various sums for several other of our brightest citizens wl*o thought they could beat a sure game. Senator Allen addressed a full house at Indianola, Monday afternoon, principal ly dwelling on the question of finance and presenting the free silver argument of the situation. He made a good im pression on his hearers. G. M. Devine of Colfax county also spoke on the issues of the day. Wm. Gerver or “Shorty” as he is fa miliarly known has saved up $130 toward buying himself a pair of cork legs. Wish ing to hurry the matter up he has start ed a subscription list to make up the balance necessary, about $20. He raised $7 in a short time,Wednesday afternoon. —Red Cloud Belt. There was an unusally large gathering of happy folks that met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Modrell up in 4-30 on Tuesday evening in response to a gen eral “bid.” Ice cream and refreshments were served to about one hundred or more and the evening being pleasant all enjoyed the occasion. You never so fully realize the need of the affable fool-killer until the shell fakir comes around with a circus, and smart alecks galore commence bucking his skin game and losing their money by hat fulls. Then it is that we see the wretch edly overworked condition of that indis pensable factotum andTeel like swearing in deputy fool-killers by brigades. Children’s day was very appropriately and charmingly observed by the Metho dist Sunday school, Sunday evening last. The exercises took on the prevailing Co lumbian spirit and form and expression. “Old Glory” proudly waved from a score or more places in the church, in fact the flag that makes us free, together with the national colors in banners and cross, made up the sum total of patriotic adorn ment of the sacred edifice’s interior. Miss Hannah Stangeland was the fair Columbia of the occasion. The music and declamation were not only befitting, but were interesting and enjoyable. It was withal happy in conception and in execution. Wall paper 5 cents a roll at L. W. Mc Connell & Co.’s. At the Harris Hardware you can get a Sewing Machine a good one from $20 to $45 with the company’s guarantee for five years. _ It is not unlikely that the showmen were plucked in the settlement which followed the attachments, Wednesday night, and that some of the parties claimed larger losses than they had sus tained. _ Messrs. Banks, Troxel and Starr will hang up $500 in purses for their various races at Indianola on the Fourth of July. There will be trotting, running and bi cycle races for some very liberal purses, besides good music and various other attractions. The Nebraska delegation to the Chris tian Endeavor convention at Montreal will leave Lincoln, July 3d, on a special fast train over the Burlington, which has been made the official route. Nearly 400 delegates will attend the convention from this state. There is some hope for Missouri yet. The supreme court of that state has just decided that the law authorizing the sale of persons for vagrancy is unconstitu tional. The law has been in force for a number of years, but its provisions only reached as far as the colored man. The Tribune understands that its esteemed friend Stephen Bolles was the only man* who lost money bucking the shell game who did not “squeal.” We are informed that Steve dropped about $50 like a little man and then drove home; while the other fellows who had tried to beat a gambler at his own game and failed, of course, invoked the law to recover their money. George E. Johnston, S. P. Hart and C. T. Brewer left on last Friday afternoon for Kansas City with 21 carload of fat cattle. Mr. Hart had 14 cars. Mr. Brewer 7 cars. At Kansas City Brewer sold his cattle, and he and Johnston bought Hart’s cattle, going on to Chicago with 105 head. They got the top of the mar ket at Kansas City, which was a trifle under five cents, and not a profitable figure. O, for a breeze from the polar seas, where the white bear rears her young and plaintive low of the Eskimo to the heartless air is flung; where the seagull soars and the night wind roars and the iceburg sports about, and the explorers brave find a cold wet grave when their stock of grub plays out. This summer heat knocks me out complete, and I wilt like a frosted pear—it would seem so nice to be packed in ice and slumber for ever there. Governor Francis of Missouri recently said: “Each year the local paper gives from $500 to $5,000 in free lines, to the community in which it is located. The lo cal paper, in proportion to its means, does more for its town than any ten men and in all fairness it ought to be supported— not because you like it, or admire its writings, but because the local paper is the best investment a community can make. Today the home paper does 'the most for the least money of any agency on earth.” Wall paper 5 cents a roll at L. W. Mc Connell & Co.’s. The following is a synopsis of a new school law approved April 28th. It will go into effect August first. It provides that children living more than a mile and a half from the school house in their district and residing “a half mile or near er to another school house, may attend school at nearest school house, and that the district in which such children reside shall pay to the district in which they attend school the share of the apportion ment to which they are entitled.” It al so provides that the teacher shall keep “a record of the above pupils.” The line of a woman’s face are the tracings of her life history. Temper, emotions, principles are plainly written there. A woman who exists like an oy ster can keep her face unlined. The woman who lives must expect to show the march of years. Too many women play with their emotions; they cater to nervous excitement. Then reality fails to furnish the necessary potion, fiction, sensational reports of disasters—com mercial, social, accidental—become the basis of supply. To thrill becomes as necessary as to breathe, and every emo tion leaves its tell tale mark and be comes the enemy that deprives life of its power. __ Sells & Rentfrow gave two exhibitions in our city on Wednesday. The morning performance to a crowded tent, but to a light audience in the evening, owing no doubt in a large measure to the appre hension felt by many that trouble would occur. It is due Sells & Rentfrow to state that they gave an excellent Circus performance. It is also due them and the public to state that they carry with them about the toughest gang of thieves and sharpers and thugs that has ever visited this city. Ample preparations were made for their entertainment here, however, and they were reasonably civil. During the day the shell game man had bilked some dozen or more citizens in the total sum of about $45°. This money was recovered by the authorities before the show was allowed to leave the city. Jones-Bullard. At high noon Tuesday the little burg of Palisade up in the fertile and pretty Frenchman valley was the scene of a notable and charming marriage, the un ion of Mr. Edward M. Jones of the Oma ha conservatory of music and Miss Jose phine, the accomplished and amiable daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bullard of that place. The cosy new residence of the bride’s parents was prettily decorated with flowers for the occasion, while the bride carried a beautiful and elaborate bouquet of rare flowers. The bride was elegantly arrayed in a white India silk empire gown, trimmed with white and eminence India silk and white ribbon, white gloves and slippers. The groom was dressed in a conventional black Prince Albert. Rev. D. L. McBride, performed the ceremony in brief but impressive phrase, —the same being witnessed by a small company of relatives and friends. Among those present were: Mr.-and Mrs. U. J. Warren, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hackman, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reizenstein, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Kimmell; Miss Sara Low man, Miss Rose Lee, Miss Mary Walters; Mr. E. E. Lowman, Mr. E. W. Clarke, and Mr. Burt Sutton of McCook, Mr. Charles Jones of Chicago. A wedding feast, elaborate in plan, ex quisite in detial and tastefully served fol lowed the ceremony. The gifts were rich and handsome. Prof. Reizenstein’s orchestra of our city provided a choice program of music during the day. The happy couple left on the evening train for their home in Omaha, and the best wishes of a host of admiring friends follow them. The County Institute. Indianola, June 17, 1893. To the Teachers and School Officers of Red Willow County:— I hereby appoint a two weeks’ session of Institute work for Red Willow county, to be held at the Indianola high school building, beginning with a lecture Mon day evening, July 24th, and closing Aug gust 5th. By commencing the work of the Institute Monday evening, it enables all of you to get here Monday, locate at your boarding places, and be ready for work Tuesday morning at half past eight o’clock. INSTRUCTORS. Supt. J. J. Burke; of Fillmore county, and Mrs. E. F. Tucker, of Lincoln, who are well known to all of you who attend ed the Institute last year, will instruct in the Institute. Examinations will be held for teachers’ certificates, August 5th. Bring your cer tificates with you. All teachers who hold second grade certificates of good standing, who have done good work, will not be required to take the examination. All teachers holding 3d grade certificates will be required to take the examination. I will be at the school house, Monday, to assign teachers to boarding places. In one of Dr. Price’s articles in the Forum, where he speaks of some of the best schools he visited, in searching for the reason of their being superior he found that one of the important causes of their success was the well conducted teachers’ meetings, they being held as often as once in two weeks. For the country teacher the Institute takes the place of these meetings, and you cannot afford to be absent. You need to associate with your fellow work ers. J. H. Bayston, County Supt. Just Listen to His Whiskers. The editor hereof is in recept of anoth er brief but interesting communication, this week. Here it is: McCook Neb F. M. K. Ed Tribune. Dear Sir The short letter you put in last weeks Paper from Mr Bowles, is also my sentiment. My sub. is out. stop the Paper. & put this in your next issue if you have noth ing of more intrest to your readers. & add another twist of sack cloth & an another pail of ashes if your condition warrents. yours of the last 8 years. F H Preston We but add: We will follow our vine gary friend’s advice and have kindly ad monished the fool killer to deal tenderly with him. General Order No. 2. G. A. R. Eewood, Neb., June 15, 1893. Comrades: The officers and members of the district will meet at Curtis, Neb., on Tuesday, June 27, 1893, at 2 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of perfecting arrange ments for the Re-Union to be held at Curtis, Neb., August 21-2-3-4, 1893. Citi zens of Curtis are requested to meet at the same time and place. M. Robertson, F. d. Lee, Adjutant. Dist. Com. CURRIER’S EUROPEAN HOTEL, Chicago, (formerly the St. Charles), 15 and 17 South Clark street. Established 25 years. Strictly first-class. Central location. Hot and cold baths free. Good elevator. Rates $1.00 per day. No ad vance during the fair. Currier & Judd, Proprietors. A six-year-old son of Stephen Boyer, who lives over on the Beaver near Dan bury, died on Wednesday of diphtheria and was buried same evening. There are five more children down sick with the same dread disease in that family. The Tribune hopes that Colonel Clute may reach the persimmons in his effort to be appointed a special agent of the general land office. Andy can fill any office in Grover’s gift with dignity. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report ABSOLUTELY PURE PEOPLE YOU KNOW. J. A. Rudd was down from Trenton, Wednesday. Mrs. B. S. Marvin was up from Indian ola, Wednesday. Captain Holmes was a passenger on 6, Saurday night, for Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Cox and Miss May Cox have gone to Hastings. Judge Roberts was ovgr from Beaver City, Tuesday, on some business. Frank Carruth has been absent in Plattsmouth and Lincoln, this week. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. McConnell drove down to the county capital, Monday. H. C. Jacobs has been down from Hayes county a day or two on a visit. Mrs. J. B. McCabe expects to move to Lincoln to live, some time next week. Mrs. Frank Harris is visiting Mrs. T. B. Stutzman at Davenport, Nebraska. Frank Stillman is entertaing his father who arrived from Illinois, close of last week. C. W. Knights made a flying visit up the Frenchman valley to Imperial, on Tuesday. Miss Clara Bonnot and Miss Lizzie Carroll went down to Holdrege, last evening, on a visit. Rev. James Lisle of Indianola was a business visitor at these headquarters, Saturday afternoon. Maihew Lawler returned to Omaha, Saturday night, on 6, after a brief visit here on business matters. Mrs. John Adams went to Omaha, yes derday, to be absent during the summer months, guest of a sister there. F. H. Spearman was a passenger on 6, last evening, for Omaha, on business personal, political and otherwise. Mr. and Mrs. Albert O’Neil have been over from Goodland, Kansas, part of the week, visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. L. Shaffer, Misses Ada and Nona Shaffer were passengers on 6, Monday for Hastings, to be gone until September. J. W. Hupp came up from Lebanon, Wednesday on business, and incidentally followed the band wagon under the can vas. F. J. Fisher of Blue Spring and daugh ter Mrs.J.G. Vennum of Indianola visited McCook friends betwen trains, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bullard were down from Palisade, on Wednesday evening, returning home on the morning train yesterday. County Superintendent Ba3ston is ab sent iu Chicago, gazing with rapture upon the marvels of the great Columbian exposition. Miss Rachel Berry left on 6, last even ing, for Illinois. She will visit in Vir ginia, Chicago and other points during her absence. A. H. Burdick came in on Thursday morning and is looking after his collec tions and closing up his business matters at this place. John Costenborder left on 2, this morn ing, for his home in Pipe Creek, Indiana. John McCall takes his place in the elec tric light plant. Representative Sheridan and Sheriff Banks of the count3'-capital had to bor row children to take in to see the ani mals, Wednesday. C. W. Barnes of the Times-Democrat spent Sundav' with the family at Indian ola. One of his local men, Mr. Peterson accompanied him. Mrs. Z. L. Kav left for the World’s fair and a visit to her home down in Tennessee, Monday. She will make quite a protracted visit. Miss Blanche Kenned3- of Plattsmouth, niece of S. H. Colvin, is visiting in the cit3', and is enjoying a royal good time. She will remain a number of weeks. Register Lindsay is in Chicago, taking in the exposition and attending a class reunion of the universit3\ He will also visit in his old Iowa home, Indianola. A. J. Clute of the Times-Democrat ar rived home, Sunday night, from seeing the sights in the white city, and inci dentally doing some political work on the way. Mrs. W. C. LaTourette and the chil dren will leave, Monday, for Missouri, where it is hoped that Master George, whose health has been seriously impaired by his recent attack of pneumonia, may be benefitted in body. If such does not prove to be the effect, California will be visited. Th? many friends of Mr. and Mrs. LaTourette fondly hope for their son’s prompt and complete recovery to his former vigorous health. F. B. Duckworth and wife were city guests, yesterday. Lawyer Selby of Cambridge had busi ness with us, yesterday, J. M. Sewell, the Hastings grain dealer, was up on business, yesterday. A. J. Vennum, the Palisade banker, was a business visitor, yesterday. Dr. B. B. Davis arrived home, this af ternoon, on 6, from a short trip to Denver. Clarence Dolan and Joy Holland of Indianola visited with McCook friends, Tuesday of this week. Lincoln Cox, who has been in charge of the Barnett lumber yard at Indianola for a week or two, arrived home, Monday night. J. A. Cordeal and family are absent taking in the world’s fair, and visiting other eastern points. C. T. Brewer arrived home, last night, from his trip to Chicago with a shipment of cattle. Mr. Johnston will remain a few days longer. J. F. Heiler of Hastings, grand patri arch of the Nebraska encampment, I. C). O. F., is in the city today and will do some work in the special meeting of the Golden Cross encampment of our city to be held tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler Wilcox departed for the east on 6, last evening. They will visit a week or two in Chicago, and from there will go to York state, and on their homeward way in September will again briefly view the wonders of tin big show. Wall paper 5 cents a roll at L. W. Mc Connell & Co.’s. W. O. Norval is ascertaining the num ber of children of school age, this week. The A. O. U. W. band enjoyed an out ing, Sunday lost, in one of the south side groves. Women have given almost three snd one-half million dollars to colleges in Massachusetts. In 1664 Bridget Wynds gave Harvard $20. The assistant secretary has affirmed the decision of the commissioner in the case of William Huber against the heirs of Nehemiah Burtless from the McCook land district. The commissioner dis missed Huber’s contest and he appealed to the department. Leland Stanford, whose body will soon be placed in the magnifi cent mausoleum which he erected some years ago, in a sarcophagus of purest marble was a type of the American rich man. He was born poor, but with profound sense of the value and power of money. Stories are told of his accumula tive shrewdness when a mere child, but his plans and dreams of fortune seemed unsubstantial enough when at 28 years of age he contemplated the ashes of his law office and library at the littte town of Port Washington, Wis. That was, as it has been to many men. of his character, the “dark hour” which precedes the day. The catastrophe sent him to California, where he went to mining gold, and he con tinued to find gold one way or another to the end of his days. All he needed was the field, and then he had the indomitable courage the tireless energy, the iron nerve, the foresight (unintelligible to those who have it not ) that belong to the husbandman who harvests gold. He virtually built the Central Pacific railroad and accumulated millions from every enterprise he undertook. As he had made money in great sums so he spent it. Finally he endowed a great school following his usual rule, “Never mind the expense.” He provided for everything in connection with the school, just as he did for his stables and everything that was his even the tomb in which his son and himself were to be laid. His name will be preserved longest in that of the university to which youth will resort to be taught by the example of the sages of all time that the first ambition of the founder was among the least worthy of human incen tives.