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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1893)
> TWELFTH YEAR. McCOOK, RED WILLOW COUNTY, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 25, 1893. NUMBER 14 W. M. ANDERSON’S ^»NEW^ oooooooooo oooooooooo GROCERY * ® 9 STORE. QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO oo * It is not the only Exclusive Grocery in in the city, but my prices are as low as the lowest. My Goods are All New and Fresh. A full line of SPICES, strictly pure and un adulterated. Also a complete line of good CROCKERY which will be sold at remark ably low prices. When in the city give me a call. Respectfully, W. M. ANDERSON. MORLAN BUILDING. BARGAIN * • • MONTH. To Reduce Our Stock During the month of August we .... will make.... -lisS WEEPINGS R lUCTIONS .... ON ALL.... Summer Cioods. ALL OTHER GOODS WILL BE SOLD AT A BIG DISCOUNT UNTIL THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. Cash Bargain House. C. L DeGROFF & CO. oooooooooooooooo o o o ooooooooooooooo Hfc/EE TABLE. GOING EAST—CENTRAL TIME—LEAVES. No. 2. through passenger. 6:40 A.M. No. 4. local passenger.11:40 P. M. No. 6, through passenger.4:10 P.M. No. 80, freight.9:00 A. M. No. 148, freight, made up here.5:00 A. M. GOING WEST—MOUNTAIN TIME—LEAVES. No. 1, through passenger.11:25 A.M. No. 3, through passenger.11:35 P.M. No. 5, local passsenger. 8:45 P. M. No. 63, freight. 5:00 P. M. No. 149, freight, made up here. 6:00 A. M. ^9“Note:—No. 63 carries pussengers for Stratton, Benkelman and Haigler. All trains run daily excepting 148, 149 and 176, which run daily except Sunday. No. 1 stops at Stratton, Benkelman & Wray. No. 3 stops at Benkelman and Wray. No. 2 stops at Indianola, Cambridge and Ar apahoe. No. 6 does not stop between McCook and Oxford. No. 80 will carry passengers for Indianola, Cambridge and Arapahoe. Nos. 4. 5.148,149 and 176 carry passengers for all stations. You can purchase at this office tickets to all principal points in the United States and Can ada and baggage checked through to destina tion without extra charge of transfer. For information regarding rates, etc. call on or address C. E. MAGNElt, Agent. - Nebraska state Holiness association camp meeting, Bennett, Neb., August 1S-28, fare 1/ rate for round trip. Tickets on sale Aug.15-28. State G. A. R. reunion, Grand Island, Neb., August 28 to Sept. 2, rate one fare for round trip. Tickets on sale August 27-28-29. Limit for return Sept. 4. Annual conference of the M. E. church at Beatrice, Nebraska, September 13 to 18. For above occasion we will sell tickets September 10 to 18, inclusive, to Beatrice at one and one third fare for the round trip on certificate plan. Special Ticket Rates. _ We will until further notice sell tickets to Spokane, Wash., Portland, Oregon, and inter mediate points. 1st class continuous passage $30.00. 2nd class continuous passage $25.00. C. E. Mac.ner, Agent. Conductor King has joined the cyclists. Bridge Boss Perry is back from his visit to the World’s fair. A. Johnson has been transferred from Republican City to Axtell. George R. Johnson is off east, doing the fair and visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Burnett were west bound passengers, Wednesday noon. Pronger has the 324 during the absence of Johnson, and Mullen is running 277. Mrs. P. F. McKenna and her mother departed on 6, last evening, for Chicago, on a visit. Mrs. F. P. Brainard arrived home on Tuesday evening, from visiting friends in Bloomington. John Wentz lacerated several of his fingers quite painfully, Monday, on the grind stone. Conductor King and Engineer Noren are doing ten days each for laying out fast freight 76. X,. I. Meserve went up to Akron, last night, to run the switch engine at that place for a while. George Beck and wife indulged them selves in a visit to Denver, close of last week, arriving home early this week. Frank Rank, Robert Maling and John Young were removed to McCook, leaving Frank Martin and Geo. to ruu the yards at this place.—Red Cloud Chief. Engineer Johnson, one of the finest boys and best engineers on the B. & M., stopped here, last Saturday, for a day’s sport with his friend, Rev. MacAyeal.— Cambridge Kaleidoscope. A stock special ot 20 cars of cattle and 3 cars of hogs left this station, Tuesday evening,for Chicago. C. T. Brewer made the shipment, which was the largest sent out from here for some time. The B. & M. has cut down the office force at this station, and A. Guy, the agent, is now without assistance. H. L. Cooley, the operator, returned to Bart ley, Wednesday.—Beaver City Tribune. Express Messengers Martin and Sher lock are both back on their runs again; the former being home from an Illinois trip, the latter almost completely well from his injuries received recently in jumping from his car to avoid a threat ened collision. The following death announcement is taken from the Chicago Tribune of Au gust 21st. The Count’s many friends here will learn with sincere regret of his be reavement: “Banker—At her residence in Western Springs, Sunday, August 20. Mrs. Joseph Banker, daughter of Julian Hulaniski. Funeral Tuesday, 2 p. m. A number of the railroad men went down to Indianola, Tuesday, to give evi dence in the county court on the validity of the instrument filed as the last will and testament of Ira E. W. Casey. The county judge rejected the will, and James Harris was appointed adminis trator of the estate. Considerable inte rest has attached to this case from the start on behalf of employes. REPUBLICAN CITY. The “Dormitory” hotel is headquar ters for the railroad boys. Agents have to get out and rustle with the rest of us now. Cause, retrenchment. Conductor A. D. Green expects his wife and daughter from York state, this week. Extra Agent Talcott has charge of the Atwood station, temporarily, in place of Agent Vaughn. W. W. Green and family start on their return trip from points in Illinois, next Monday, the 28th. Trainmaster Kenyon was a visitor at these railroad headquarters, on Sunday, coming down on No. 16. Foley and Moench run Nos. 63 and 64 between Red Cloud and Oxford and Nos. 141 and 142 between Red Cloud and Hastings, week about. Roadmaster McFarland had his annu al Arkansas banana train out, last week, in charge of Conductor Benjamin, J. B. Conklin first assistant conductor. Brakeman Steve Dwyer is with Con ductor White. Just think of the combi nation—White, Lyman and Dwyer—and then drop a sympathizing tear for us. Conductor Joe Williams has a 30-day lay-off and will spend it in company with his family at Hot Springs, South Dakota. His run is in charge of Conductor Ben jamin. Twelve cars of stock from the “Sun flower” line, Tuesday. The stock ex press had 10 and No. 172 picked up 2, which should have gone on the stock train, but through some misunderstand ing they were left. Engineer Cook, after receiving orders to go to McCook and run the switch en gine, got his goods all loaded in the car and billed, and had his family at the station ready to go out on No. 63. But m;.n proposes and R. B. A. disposes, in such cases, for just as the train whistled a message came countermanding the former order. So Jack has a run on the St. Francis line. Dave Hollinger, formerly of Oberlin, but more recently from the Rock Island between St. Joe and Phillipsburg, as pos tal clerk, has taken the place of Clerk Wilson on the Republican and St. Frmn cis run. Wilson resigned and has gone to Lincoln where some of his people live. He will pursue the study of medicine. He says he feels like he had just been serving a sentence and escaped. Brakeman Conklin is serving five days. Engineer Holliday is entertaining his sister, since last week. Mr. and Mrs.W. S. Morlan are visiting his brother up in North Platte. Mrs. E. C. Ballew arrived home from an extended Missouri visit, Sunday. Farmers are beginning to post up those “No hunting on these premises” notices. We are constantly reminded that there is a vast and pleasing difference between brains and prunes. Mrs.Will Krauter returned to her home in Aurora, Illinois, Wednesday, accom panied by her sister Lora. Etter & Miller of the Commercial hotel have leased the Burr house at Alma, and Ed. Jordan will shortly go there and as sume the management. The Democratic state convention will meet in Lincoln one day earlier than the Republican convention, or on October 4th, by a coincidence. The A. O. U. W. band was out on the street, last evening, and gave the public the pleasure of a few of their choicest se lections, showing improvement at every appearance. Among the lay delegates to the Cath olic congress to be held in Chicago, on September, from Nebraska, are Frank H. Spearman of McCook and James W. Dolan of Indianola. J. D. Robb of McCook, Nebraska, who has been doing the World's fair for a few days, is visiting in the city, a guest of his brother C. J. Robb of the News.— Michigan City (Ind.) News. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carruth and little daughter, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. N. V. Cole for some time past, left Thursday for their heme in McCook, Nebraska.—Michigan City (Ind.) News. [They are now at Plattsmouth for a week or two.] We direct your attention to the an nouncement of George E. Thompson which appears elsewhere in this issue. Mr. Thompson succeeds and is now in possession of the J. Albert Wells estab lishment in the Meeker building. He promises to make it interesting to the public if they will call and get his prices, which will be unusually low for the next thirty days. We Never Lie! We Need MON E Y! FOR 30 DAYS We Will Sell OUR ENTIRE ATOCK ....AT.... 20 to 30 Per Cent Discount. L. Lowman & Son. DRY GOODS, CARPETS, MILLINERY. m 00000000000000000000000000000000000000 Something * Extra. ty. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOu i Until September 1st * We offer our entire stock of Summer Goods at Actual Cost. The following are the lines on which we are willing to In order to close them out. ] Refrigera tors, Gasoline Stoves, Ice Cream Freezers, Screen Doors, and Screen Wire, All at Your Own ..Price.. ♦ THE PIONEER HARDWARE, W, c. LaToubette, Propr.