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TWELFTH YEAR. McCOOK, RED WILLOW COUNTY, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 6, 1893. NUMBER 20.
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NF.W GOODS!
^NEW GOODS^r
Our Fall Stock Complete
In Every Department.
Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Cloaks, Boots and Shoes.
We have made heavy purchases on a
Declining Market For Cash.
And we are going to sell goods
CHEAPER THAN EVER.
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Be Sure to Examine Our Stock
And get prices before making your purchases.
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COMPLETE STOCK OF FRESH GROCERIES.
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C. L. DeGROFF CO.
PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
Mrs. Lee Taylor is quite seriously
ill.
Bert Smith is back from his visit in
Nemaha county.
Miss Johannah Engel arrived home
from Lincoln, Saturday night.
Mrs. J. W. Dolan, of Indianola, was
the guest of city relatives, last Friday.
Will Rowland is back to Gerver
precinct after an absence of seven years.
Hiram Cooley and his latest bride
are off seeing the sights at the world’s
fair.
W. R. Greening and wife will go to
Chicago, first of next week, to do the
fair.
Jas. McAdams and Larry Rooney
followed the crowd to Lincoln, Tuesday
night.
On Monday night of this week, Ed
F'ox and Lura Bates were united in
marriage.
Michael O’Leary of Indianola was
around the metropolis, Monday, on a
business mission.
Miss Belle Morton of Pliillipsburg,
Kansas, is visiting in the city, guest of
Mrs. C. E. Eldred.
A. S. Campbell spent Sunday with
his family in Hastings, arriving back on
5, Tuesday night.
Joe Stephens, representing the Crete
nursery, was in the city, yesterday, try
ing to do some collecting.
Rev. Gill, pastor of the Episcopal
church at Arapahoe, was the guest of
Rev . Durant, Wednesday.
George Etter and Albert Hack
man went to Lincoln on 4, Tuesday night,
to see the Democratic circus.
A. J. Rittenhouse and J. E. Kelley
joined themselves to the multitude at
the capital city, Tuesday night.
Editors Smith of the Inter-Ocean
and Mitchell of the Courier were dele
gates to the county convention,Saturday.
Lawyer Selby of Cambridge was at
these all-around headquarters, Monday
night,on business political and otherwise.
Banker Callihan and Politician
Morse of Benkelman flitted about the
metropolis, Monday, in their respective
lines.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Babbitt left on
6, Tuesday, to spend a few- weeks at the
World's fair and visiting eastern relatives
and friends.
Deacon Morlan wandered into the
capital city, Tuesday night, to take a
hand in the nomination of our next su
preme judge.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Cochran will
leave for Chicago, to morrow, to spend
a uTeek or two viewing the splendors of
the exposition.
J. E. Kelley was called down to Has
tings by the illiness of his father, last
Saturday evening. His father returned
with him, on Sunday.
Frank H. Spearman, J. A. Cordeal
and A. J. Clute took 6, Tuesday, for
Lincoln, to participate in the Democratic
state convention, Wednesday.
J. S. LEHEwandA. F. Moore went
in to Lincoln, Tuesday night, to repre
sent the cause of the white wings in the
Democratic state convention.
-kv. i-4, went uown to
Geneva, Monday morning, to attend a
meeting of the Degree of Honor, repre
senting the McCook lodge of the degree.
Mrs. F. H. Spearman left for Chi
cago, last evening, on No. 6. She will
be joined at Lincoln by her husband and
they will spend about io days at the fair.
J. W. Dolan, J. J. Lam born and
Thomas Duncan, all of the county seat,
took No. 6 here, Tuesday, as delegates
and spectator to the state conventions at
Lincoln.
J. P. Lindsay, V. Franklin, H. H.
Troth, P. a. wells, N. j. Johnson,
A. P. welles, A. D. Johnson, C. F.
Babcock, and J. w. Hupp went down
to Lincoln, Wednesday evening, to the
Republican state convention.
Mr. and Mrs. VanRiper, late of
Denver, have organized a dancing club
in our city. The club will meet on
Wednesday evening of each week, we
understand. The parties have organ
ized clubs in a number of neighboring
towns in the valley, but will make
McCook their headquarters.
George E. Thompson left on this
morning’s train for Chicago and the east
to lay in a supply of goods which will
very largely increase his present stock.
Goods can be bought now very cheap
for cash in hand and he expects to buy
lots of them and to give the trade the
advantagesarising therefrom. He will
return the close of next week.
G. w. Bowman and Thomas Catt both
have very sick babies, with the chances
against recovery.
Harry Crandall has been confined to
the house for past week, but is now able
to be about a little.
Jacob Burnett came in from Colorado,
Sunday, going down to Wyrnore, Wed
nesday morning, on business.
George Frederick is up from Orleans,
today, stirring around among the boys
and his many friends at headquarters.
Conductor Travis Benjamin was up
from the sunflower line, Saturday after
noon, visiting friends at headquarters a
few hours.
Wm. Higlin returned, Tuesday noon,
from his trip to the World’s fair and an
extended visit with friends at other Illi
nois points.
Alex. Stewart was in the city, Tues
day, on business of his interests here,
leaving for Wyrnore via. Lincoln, Tues
day evening.
The Union Pacific railroad company
has announced its withdrawal from the
Western passenger association, to take
effect October ioth.
Trainmaster J. F. Kenyon left on 6,
Tuesday, to join his wife at the world’s
fair. He will take in the Democratic
state convention en route.
Conductor A. P. Bonnot left on 6, Sun
day afternoon, to take in the World’s
fair and the appurtenances thereunto be
longing, in his characteristic way.
Paymaster Floyd and the pay car will
be at this station, October 12th, at about
5:30 p.m. Also on his return from Den
ver, October 14th, at about 9:45 p. m.
The Archduke of Austria in liis special
car passed through here, attached to No.
2, Monday morning, on his way to Chi
cago and New York from the Yellowstone
park.
Fireman and Mrs. John McNeff are
very much taken up with a promising
and pretty young Miss who took up resi
dence at their home, Wednesday night of
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. McG. Robb came in
from Omaha, Wednesday night, to visit
her mother whom she has not seen for
fourteen years. They are the guests of
Leonard Stiles.
Operator and Mrs. Letford departed
on 6, Sunday, for Norfolk, where he
formerly lived, and where he now goes
to resume his old position as dispatcher
for the Elkhorn system.
Tim Foley is now running a passenger
train out of McCook and Frank Quigley
has taken his place, running one week to
Hastings and the next to Oxford. Con
ductors Cromwell and Green run the
Oberlin passengers.
Sol Smith, of Trinidad, Colo., an old
Burlington engineer, spent two or three
days here, middle of the week, seeing
old time friends, on his way home from
a trip to Cambridge, near which place
he owns three valuable quarters of land.
Supt. J. R. Phelan came in from Alli
ance, Monday night, to make proof on
his timber claim near our city, and to
greet his many friends at western divis
ion headquarters. He went to Lincoln,
Tuesday night, to take in the Democratic
state convention.
Frank Martin has resigned his posi
tion as yard master in the B. & M. yards
to take a position with the U. P. rail
way at Grand Island, with a raise of
salary. H. N. Starkey takes Mr. Mar
tin’s place. The new yard men will be
Starke}-, Rank and Sterner.—Red Cloud
Chief. _
Miss Julia Vineyard, of Hastings,
is visiting in the city, the guest of her
sister Mrs. A. J. CluTE.
Dr. E. T. waters was among the
many east-bound passengers from this
place, Tuesday evening on 6.
Mrs. N. Costenborder departed for
Indiana, Thursday morning on a, to visit
relatives and friends and to receive med
ical treatment.
There is no fushion in the Republican
ticket, but good, straight goods through
out. Vote for it.
Thompson & Co. will occupy the west
Dennison street store room of the A .O.
U. w. temple block, November ist.
The Indianola Courier says that the
convention was not entirely harmonious,
but that the ticket is a strong one, and
one of whom the party need not feel at
all ashamed.
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