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Tramps and bums are unusually nu
merous just now.
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Connell & Co.’s.
This week, Will Huber sold his dwell
ing house on the west side to J. E. Petty
for a consideration of $800.
The contract for the building <Jf the
A. O. U. W. temple has been let to Mc
Adams and Rooney for $23,480.
The recent heavy rains have much im
proved the out look for a hay crop. The
crop prospects are good now for quite a
good yield.
No better evidence is required to prove
that the farm is no place for a lazy man
'Lhan one look at a field of corn swallowed
up in a dense jungle of weeds.
The Tribune still insists that the
greatest need of Red Willow cotinty is
better farming. A short trip over the
county is conclusive evidence.
The only happy farmer is he who dili
gently cultivated his corn, and let the
other fellow do the grumbling. For veri
ly the first man’s napie shall be plentj-—
and the other shall be called pants.
Since the re-arrangement, painting and
papering of the interior of their store
room, Messrs. Laycock and Sutton have
■oneofthe most convenient and metropoli
tan appearing business places in the city.
The merchants of the city have signed
an agreement among themselves to close
their places of business during the
months of July and August at 8 o’clock,
which is a very wise action to take, and
will give the business men and their
■ clerks needed rest during the heated
season, not inconveniencing the public to
an appreciable extent either.
Messrs. Lowman & Son are preparing
to move their extensive carpet depart
ment from the cellar to the second story
of their business house. A spiral stair
way of iron will communicate with it
from the main store room. A steam
heating apparatus will be put in, and
other improvements will make their es
tablishment a model of completeness
and comfort.
There is some talk of holding a horse
fair and horse races at McCook, this fall,
and The Tribune is of the opinion that
such a project could be made a success
financially and in every other respect. It is
contemplated to offer liberal purses, and
to absolutely guarantee their payment,
which will draw hither swift horses from
away, as well as from this entire section
of the state. The project is a winning
one, and we hope the matter may pro
gress into a substantial and successful
reality.
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The vexed water question is about to
be settled for a term of years.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Allen were up from
Indianola, Thursday, on matters of busi
ness.
Deacon Morlan is becoming quite an
expert byker. Kyphosis has no terrors
for him.
Herman Fade was called down to In
dianola, Wednesday, to preform a job of
embalming.
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.
J. F. Ganchow left on 6, last evening,
for Ohio. He will be absent until the
last of August, and will take in the great
fair before his return home with the
family.
Bishop Graves of Kearney will hold
services in the Lutheran church on next
Sunday evening at the usual hour. He
will be assisted by Rev. Durant, who has
recently been named the permanent
rector for this city.
Edwin R. Buck, the five months old
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Buck, died
last evening at the family residence at
129 South Thirtieth street. The time
for the funeral has not been fixed.—
Thursday’s Lincoln Journal.
Joseph Dudek of Red Willow precinct
marketed 16 head of extra fine fat hogs
in the city, yesterday morning, one of the
number weighing 715 pounds. He has
about 150 more on his farm, 90 head of
which he expects to have ready for
market in about six weeks.
The members and friends of the Meth
odist Sunday school indulged in a picnic
in Dillon’s grove on the south side, yes
terday. The trip out in the morning was
slightly marred by a shower of rain, but
it goes without the saying that a delight
ful time was enjoyed by all.
It is probable that the water works com
pany will make an effort to secure an
artesion well at this place, this summer.
There have been some negotiations under
way recently which may result in such an
attempt being made. If so a well will be
sunk a thousand feet at least as an experi
ment.
The agreement about to be closed be
tween the city council and the water
works company will give McCook one of
the finest steel water towers in Nebraska
and consequently a fine fire pressure.
The tower is to be 85 feet high, 20 feet
in diameter,and will be constructed of
inch steel.
Red Willow county has entered the
epoch of frame house building, and the
movement has extended all over the
county, this summer: A Mr. Hunter,
who lives 14 miles northwest of the city,
and a man by the name of Nicholas,
whose farm is about five miles northwest
of town, are having comfortable homes
built. Messrs. Kilpatrick & O’Neil are
also putting up a dwelling house for
George Poh out in Perry precinct. So
the good work goes on. Barnett Lumber
Co. of course furnished the lumber.
Are you on to the new walk—the new
gait—of the fashionable girl? The para
grapher of the summer girl does not ap
pear to have caught it, but it is here. It
beats the Grecian bend or anything the
girls have yet adopted as their own. It
can be best described as a swagger. The
head is moved from side to side, the
shoulders and the whole body sway, giv
ing exactly the motion a person apparent
ly has who is standing sideways in a boat
when the waves are rough. It is a
foreign notion, introduced last season
abroad, and the few fashionable women
who are trying it on may think it beau
tiful, but it isn't. It is technically called
the “waggle.”
R. L. Hileman, who is a consumer un
der the Meeker ditch, left a sample of
oats at this office, this week, which
speaks well for his irrigation, al
though the use and application of water
from an irrigating ditch is an entirely
new thing to him, and the ditch was not
in operation as early in the spring as was
desirable. The oats, Mr. Hileman in
forms us, has a spendid stand, and aver
ages from two and a half feet to four
feet in height, and is heading out nicely,
promising a fine yield. With his expe
rience and knowledge gained this year
Mr. Hileman expects much better results
next season, which will doubtless be the
the case with all the consumers along the
ditch.
A piano for sale. Apply to Mrs. T. G.
Rees.
Messrs. John Hart and Robert Doty of
Wauneta were business guests, yesterday.
The police run in a plain drunk, Tues
day evening, for making himself too nu
merous about Altshuler’s wet grocery
house. _
Quarterly meeting will be held in the
Methodist church on Sunday aweek.
Presiding Elder Mastin will preach at
that time. _
A local bicyclist insists that he stoops
to conquer, and has no fear of Kyphosis
and doesn’t care if he does look like the
missing link. So there now!
Look at the date of the printed address
on your Tribune and if it isn’t right let
us know. If it says you owe us some
thing come up to the captain’s office and
fix it up.
Supt. Valentine of the city schools is
absent in Fillmore county, instructing in
the teacher’s institute being held in Ge
neva. He has the topic of Didactics
and kindred subjects.
“A man may smile and smile and be a
villain still,” but this is no sign that
every man you meet who wears a smile
is a rascal. He may prove upon investi
gation to be only a candidate for a po
sition at one of the desks in the court
house.
The Tribune wishes to congratulate
the people of West McCook over their
prospect for an early extension of the
water system to that portion of the city.
It will be a large benefit in the matter of
health, comfort and convenience, and
will add a distinct value to real estate in
that locality.
Among the new patents is one to hold
runaway horses. It is fixed under the
driver’s seat, the buckled end of the
reins passing through it. By a movement
of his right hand the driver can start the
revolving motion which tighten the reins
to any extent. “The Ready” the ma
chine has been named.
The water works company expects to
spend about $15,000 in the improvements
now contemplated on the plant. These
improvements, together with the work
which the workmen expect to commerce
on their temple, Monday if the materials
ordered arrive in time, will give McCook
quite a boost during these dull times,
and will provide labor for many laborers
who would otherwise be idle.
Safe deposit boxes are the proper re
ceptacles of bonds and other valuables,
but greenbacks and currency are out of
place in them. There never was any
thing but foolish fear to justify their use
for this purpose; aud as this fear has
vanished, it is now in order to relieve
them of such contents and put the cash
into the banks, where it will be quite
as safe and will do much more good.
The Methodist brethren are already
preparing for the entertainment of the
one hundred and fifty preachers who are
expected to attend the conference meet
ing to be held in McCook, this fall. The
city has been subdivided and committees
appointed to canvas them at once to secure
pledges from those who can and will en
tertain delegates to the conference dur
ing the week’s session. A generous hos
pitality will no doubt be extended.
Since last Monday a week the where
abouts of Contractor U. C. Killebrew
have been unknown, much to the regret
of sundry creditors in the city. About
$400 of his checks recently issued on the
Wauneta bank have been protested. A
few of them were cashed by McCook
merchants, who will consequently lose
the amounts paid, besides their accounts.
Parties for whom he has been doing work
in the line of contracting unless protected
by good and sufficient bonds, will likely
be at considerable loss. His action is re
gretted and is in a measure hard to ac
count for. His family is still in the city.
Here’s a seasonable item: When flies
become troublesome in a house or room,
they can always be expeled by a very
simple mixture. A half teaspoonful of
black pepper finely ground, should be
mixed with double the quantity of brown
sugar, and the compound to be moistened
with cream. The flies will generally eat
greedily of this mixture if placed where
they can easily reach it, but it will be
their last meal, for the least taste of it is
to a fly rank poison. If watched they
will often be seen to drop dead within a
few feet of the place which they had just
left, and some of the healthiest eaters do
not live to leave the plate.—Ex.
A rumor softly crept up from Indiano
la, Monday, to the effect that the First
National Bank of McCook had closed its
doors. President Hocknell promptly
offered a reward of $500 for the name of
the author of the villainous lie, but the
scamp’s name could not be secured.
Some persons think the rumor may have
resulted from the error in last week’s In
dependent Enterprise. At all events the
report is a lie, pure and simple, out of
the whole cloth. The First National
Bank of McCook is as firm as the Rock
of Gibraltar, financially, and has not the
slightest fear of a run on it. It is amply
able, too, to stand any possibly strain
which may come upon it In fact there
isn’t a banking establishment in the
state in any better condition. We may
boast that all of McCook’s banking
houses are in splendid shape.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS.
The temperance program which was
to have been given, Sunday evening the
16th, has been postponed for a few weeks.
It was found impossible to make adequate
preparation for it in the sfiort time re
maining, and as the C. E. never do any
thing by halves, it was thought best to
put it off until it was complete in every
detail.
Miss Grace Tobert will lead the meet
ing, Sunday evening, the subject being
“God’s Great Command.” If you go
away from this meeting feeling that it
has been rather a failure, ask yourself
whether you have helped to make it a
success, and if you havn’t, just blame
yourself for the whole failure. Let each
one come resolved to try with all their
might to make it the best meeting we
have yet had.
About one hundred pastors of Boston
and vicinity gave President Clark a
hearty and royal welcome from his
around-the-world trip. Such meetings
as these, without any denominational
bias, are but a sample of the way in
which he has been welcomed all over
the world and tend to show the strong
hold the movement has upon the people
the world over.
The one great thing about the Chris
tian Endeavor is that it is adapted to all
kinds and conditions of men. There
are twenty societies among the sailors,
called Floating Societies of Christian
Endeavor. Of these nine are on the
steamships, several of which are on
ocean liners. We believe it could even
affiliate with the democratic clubs of the
country, under certain conditions of
course.
A Prolonged Session.
The city fathers held a prolonged ses
sion, Wednesday night, Mayor Brewer,
Councilmen McAdams, Yarger, Spickel
mier, Steinmetz, Clerk Waren, Attorney
Rittenhouse being in attendance. Bills
as follows were allowed.
F. M. Kimmell, printing.$ 5 00
C. P. Viland, salary June. 5000
Joseph Spotts, salary June. 45 00
George Roper, copying. 1 50
McCook Electric Light Co. 170 50
John Shepherd, labor. 2 30
Clark & Bowen, livery. 3 00
A. E. McManigal, salary June... 60 30
Thomas Devitt, salary June. 36 So
Gray & Marsh, meal tickets. 8 00
Bill of J. A. Cordeal was laid over.
Reports of H. H. Berry, cemetery su
perintendent, and police judge, were
read and referred to the finance com
mittee.
But the principal business of the ses
sion was the settlement of the water
question. The agreement arrived at by
the council and the water company pro
vides for an extension of mains over to
west McCook, 2,100 feet of four inch
mains; a steel stand pipe 85 feet high
and 20 feet in diameter; 32 fire hydrants
at $50 per annum; the lawn rate is to be
$10 per tap; the street sprinkler shall cost
$100 per year, and each additional wagon
at the same rate as two hydrants; water
ing troughs $50 each; it provides for fire
hydrants every 400 feet on all additional
mains ordered, at the rate of $50 per an
num; all regular licensed plumbers under
$1,000 bond will be allowed to do work
on the system; the water rates will re
main as at present, except saloons, plast
ering, billiard saloons, meter rates—none
less than $10 per annum; the contract
holds for eight years, and revision may
be made in 6 j-ears. The council adjourn
ed until Saturday night, when an ordi
nance will be passed in accordance with
the above agreement, and a contract
will then be entered into as the ordinance
shall provide.
WORKMAN WORDS.
Stores will be ready to occupy about
Oct. 1st, 1S93.
In connection with the Workman
building it is pleasant to note the contract
was secured by the town people, as this
will insure work for our mechanics for a
number of months.
About $25,000 will be expended for la
bor and materials, which at this dull
season comes very opportune to all con
cerned.
McCook Lodge 61 can well congratu
late itself on its prosperity and ability to
handle such a project, as there have been
very few attempts by A. O. U. W. lodges
to own their own buildings, and that
only in the largest cities. Members of
the order regret the lack of interest
shown by outsiders in not subscribing
sufficient stock to have added the opera
house.
Next Monday evening will be quite in
teresting to members of No. 61, A. O. U.
W. Several visiting members will be
present to entertain those who come out.
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A Slight Error Corrected.
Editor Tribune:—As you have plac
ed my daughter’s name before the'public
I think it is due her to correct the state
ment given in last week’s paper which
infers that she married a man with whom
she was unacquainted. She has known
him for five years, for he lived in the
same town with us, and we knew him to
be a man of good reputation.
Mrs. Heist.
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Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
A. J. Clute is in Chicago on a visit.
Mrs. J. H. O’Neil is visiting in Chats
worth, Illinois.
E. C. Ballew accompanied his wife to
St. Joe last night.
. County Supt. Bayston is in the city,
today, on business of his office.
Captain R. O. Phillips was a business
visitor in this city, Wednesday.
J. M. Sewell, the grain merchant, came
up from Hastings on business, Monday.
J. W. Dolan was a business visitor,
Friday evening, from the county-capital.
A. R. Wilson was a guest at the Capital
hotel, Lincoln, Friday and Saturday last.
Judge Welty and daughter of Cam
bridge were Commercial house guests,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Weygint left on
6, Wednesday, on a visit to Chicago and
the fair.
Miss R. A. Van Dusen of Arapahoe is
the guest of May and Ethel Howard of
our city.
C. S. Quick and familjr of Indianola
were up on a shopping expedition,
Monday.
Miss Kittie Bowen left for Galesburg,
Illinois, Monday evening. She will also
visit the fair.
Miss Norma Noble arrived home, last
Friday, from a two month’s visit in Iowa
and at the fair.
J. P. A. Black, the Bloomington law
yer, was here on business of his profes
sion, Monday.
W. S. Morlan expects shortly to go to
the mountains on a month's absence
hunting and fishing.
H. W. Cole arrived home, Tuesday
night, from his visit to Geneseo, Illinois,
and to the World’s fair.
Miss Hattie Yager of Hastings is the
guest of Mrs. A. C. Clyde. She is on her
way to the mountains.
W. R. Starr of Indianola exhibited his
Paderewski-like locks to the people of
the metropolis, Monday.
Representative Sheridan, “Our Genial
Ike,” mingled with the busy throng in
the chief city, Saturday.
Captain R. O. Phillips came in from
Lincoln, Friday night, and spent Satur
day here on company business.
Miss Evans came up from Furnas
county, Tuesday noon, and is the guest
of her sister Mrs. W. S. Morlan.
Mr. and Mrs. Ami Teel of Indianola
on the classic Coon creek were business
guests of the metropolis, Saturday.
Rev. A. H. Bartlett is up in Frontier
county looking after his farm interests.
He will be absent until after harvest.
Rev. James Lisle of Indianola was uo,
Wednesday- evening, on business connect
ed with the coming Methodist conference.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Easterday, who
have been spending a few weeks at the
old home in Tecumseli, arrived home on
Saturday night.
Mrs. E. C. Ballew left, yesterday, for
her home in Missouri on an extended
visit. She expects also to visit the fair
during her absence.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. G. Bartlett came over
from Stockville, last Friday. We under
stand that Mrs. Bartlett has a class in
painting in our city.
Mrs.W.C. LaTourette and the children
arrived home from Missouri, Monday
night. George was somewhat improved
by his visit, we learn.
M. Leach has been up from Lincoln,
this week, on business connected with
the A. O. U. W. temple, of which he is
the architect and designer.
Mrs. J. B. Meserve and Miss Edna de
parted, Thursday, for Chicago. They
will also visit other points in Illinois and
wall be absent a month or two.
Charlie McConnell was a passenger,
Wednesday evening, for Chicago. He
will also visit at his old home in Virginia,
Illinois, and will be away a few weeks.
J. H. Ager, who officiates effectively in
the political affairs of the Lincoln Jour
nal, spent a few hours among the boys,
Monday, in these political headquarters
for the upper Republican Valley.
A. E. Baker departed for Chicago, last
week. After viewing the sights at the
seat of wonder for a few weeks he will
visit in New York city. From there he
will go to his home in London.
Sixty Dollars
Will buy a complete set of the peerless
Encyclopedia Britannica, bound in ele
gant half seal. If you mean business
call at this office promptly.
An unknown individual was slugged
and robbed of $27 in a South McCook
dive, last night. I
Painting Lessons.
I am prepared to give lessons in oil,
pastel and water colors at C. T. Beggs'
residence west of the Catholic church.
50 cents a lesson.
Mrs. W. G. Bartlett.
Coleman Precinct.
Corn is about laid by.
Baxter Davis was cutting wheat, Thurs
day.
Mr. Aulricht was cutting fall wheat,
Tuesday.
William Nichlascut rye for M. H. Cole
last Saturday.
Corn is looking fine, but small for this
season of the year.
Frank Caruthers was chasing a wolf
one day recently.
J. Betz rides the cultivator in driving
cows out of his com.
Fruit trees of all kinds have made a
splendid growth this season.
John and Dallas Divine have gone to
Illinois to be absent some time.
Wm. Nichlas is hauling out lumber for
his new house. It is 24x26 feet in size
and fourteen foot posts.
There was a Smith re-union recently
at the residence of Mr. J. W. Smith,
where a grand jolly good time was had.
The Sabbath school at the Coleman
school house joined in with the M. E.
Sabbath school of McCook in the picnic.
Thursday.
Wm. Coleman is out almost every day
showing the country to land seekers.
Those having land to sell should see
him at once.
The new church in the western part of
this precinct will be dedicated to the
worship of God on next Sabbath. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all.
A.W. Otis and I. Smith of Perry, Iowa,
were in McCook, Saturday. They re
ported to “ye scribe” that the corn from
Omaha to Crete was not quite so good as
in Iowa, but from Crete west the com
was better than in Iowa.
Mr. Traphagan purchased a fine quar
ter section, all smooth, erected a house
on the same and broke out eighty acres,
and planted it to crop. Thus the buffalo
grass is being turned over and brought
under cultivation and there is little doubt
but drouth will have but little effect on
crops when the buffalo grass is gone; and
if each farmer will do as Mr. Traphagan.
the buffalo grass will be a thing of the
past in a very short time.
While we are suffering with dry hot
weather our friends in Iowa are suffering
a deeper affliction. Let those who’ are'
inclined to complain at the weather read
the following:
“IOWA’S DEATH ROLL.”
The (lead number sixty-three with fif
teen fatally injured.
“Fort Dodge, Iowa, July ioth:—The
death roll of the fearful tornado of Thurs
day evening in this section of northwest
ern Iowa has been made up. The dead
number sixty-three and the injured many
scores, of whom at least fifteen and possi
bly twenty will almost certainly die. The
property loss is estimated at $250,000.
The scene of the worst desolution is Pom
eroy, where the dead numbered, forty
four and the injured 108. In the city
hall the worst of the injured lie and the
sights are terrible. Every dwelling in
the place now standing has from two to
eight injured constantly under care.
Physicians and nurses are needed badly.
Ten physicians are all that are here today
and calls cannot be promptly answered.
The neighboring cities and towns are pro -
viding nurses liberally, but more are
needed. Seventeen of the dead were buried
yesterday and today twenty more were
laid away. The deviatation in Pomeroy
was frightful, yesterday, horses, cattle
and other animals lay dead in the streets
and at places human blood was seen.
Not a bush on the other side of the rail
road was left standing. When the storm
appeared people became panic stricken,
ran out of their houses and fled up the
streets crying and shouting till struck by
timbers or whirling trees. The destruc
tion is so complete that hundreds of what
were happy families are now broken up
and are homeless and destitute." What
a fearfully, awful sight that must have
been. Friends and neighbors with their
families, house and home with all the
home ties and tender and endearing
memories of home swept away in a mo
ment. Father comes home from town to
find his dear wife and sweet children
cold in death, his house buildings and
stock all blown away and crops all de
stroyed. It is heart sickening to think
of and we close the curtains contented to
stand a little hot weather.
