TWELFTH YEAR. MeCOOK, RED WILLOW COUNTY, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 17, 1893. NUMBER 26.
ANDERSON,
™e GROCERYMAN.
Cigars and Confectionery.
Hecker’s Self-Rising Buckwheat On Hand.
Log Cabin Maple Syrup Is Guaranteed.
Try Our Club House Cheese. It’s Delicious.
Handsomest Line of Lamps In The City.
GIVE ME A CALL.
WILLIAM. M. ANDERSON,
IN THE MORLAN BLOCK.
IMPORTANT
Announcement.
Beginning Saturday, November 18th
We will place on sale a
Manufacturers § Importers
^Special Line
CLOAKS!
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/^gTThese goods will be here for a few days only. Please call
and make an early selection as this will be your opportunity of the
year to purchase a Cloak at Jobber’s prices.
C. L. DeGROFF & CO.
Note the changes made in the time
table, this week.
Working hours in the shop have been
changed to from 8 to 5.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Pomerincke, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Langdon are the
parents of a daughter, born Sunday.
Mrs. J. E. Robinson arrived home from
her visit to Lincoln, first of the week.
Miss Anna Haley is visiting friends in
McCook, this week.—Holbrook News.
Mrs. C. W. Keim arrived home, fore
part of the week, from visiting Lincoln
relatives.
Auditors Brandt and Foreman have
been in the city, this week, on business
of the auditor’s office.
Mrs. V. H. Solliday arrived home, last
night, accompanied by her two sisters,
Misses Lizzie and Nellie Slaby.
Conductor and Mrs. E. Q. Robie came
home, Sunday night, from their sorrow
ful journey back to New Hampshire.
Dispatcher C. J. Townsend now occu
pies one the Wells cottages 011 corner of
Madison and Dudley. His sister is keep
ing house for him.
California and coast rates are liable to
take a great tumble for the winter travel.
The Canadian Pacific has already cut
present rates half off.
Twin daughters were bom to Mr. and
Mrs. Prank Harris, Sunday night. All
parties to the interesting event are doing
nicely—even the somewhat surprised
pater familias.
The family of Lew Barger moved the
first of the week to McCook. Mr. B. has
a postal run on the Imperial branch, but
makes his headquarters in the afore
mentioned city.—Oxford Standard.
Two of Walter Godfrey’s little chil
dren came very near climbing the golden
stairs, a few days since, by drinking half
the contents of a bottle of Railroad
cough medicine, which doubtless con
tains opium.
The east bound B. & M. passenger
train from Denver to Kansas City struck
an old man who was driving a team across
the track, just west of Bloomington,Neb.,
last Tuesday. The man received injuries
from which it was thought he would die
before medical assistance could be ob
tained.—Oberlin Opinion.
Regular railway mail service has been
authorized on the B. & M. line, between
Edgemont, S. D., and Sheridan,Wyo., to
begin November 15th. F. M. Moore and
H. H. Alden have been transferred from
the Pacific Junction and McCook route
to the new route, and they will be suc
ceeded by F. L. Keller and W. J. Gilles
pie on the Pacific Junction line.
On application of the federal govern
ment the United States district court at
Omaha, Monday morning, appointed J.
W. Doane of Chicago and F. R. Condert
of New York additional receivers of the
Union Pacific railroad, without opposi
tion. The petition sets forth that the
claims of the government against the
road entitle it to a larger representation
among the receivers.
A rather fascinating railway project
has been broached in connection with
the immense power goining to waste in
the Niagara river. It is proposed to run
electric cars from New York to Chicago
at the rate of ioo miles an hour, power
to be generated in the most picturesque
way imaginable. At Buffalo the road is
to cross the Niagara river on a great
bridge, and the electric current is to orig
inate at monster steel water wheels under
the bridge, moved by the current of the
river. It is figured that the bridge will
furnish power enough for the whole line,
and leave a neat surplus to sell.
It is safe to say that at no time since
the construction of the Kenesaw cut-off,
some eight or nine years ago, has the
railway service at this place been so mis
erable and unsatisfactory as at present.
With four trains discontinued, the past
several months, there are now but two
passenger trains each way daily on the
main line and but one between Oxford
and Kansas City. In the face of this re
duction it is intimated that even further
retrenchment will be made. In view of
the fact that both passenger and fre.^ht
traffic hold up well, it is difficult to com
prehend the whyness of the policy pur
sued by the usually enterprising Burling
ton Route. There is evidently some mys
terious reason,best known to the officials
themselves, but it does not appear fo be
clear to the average Nebraskan at this
writing.—Oxford Standard.
Another new freight crew, this week.
James Kendlen is up from Arapahoe,
guest of his brother Frank.
Rheumatism has Engineer Westland
in its painful grasp, this week.
M. C. Pope is visiting a sister up in
Broken Bow and a brother in Wymore.
Conductor C. E. Pope arrived home,
Wednesday morning, from his California
trip.
Joe Conklin and Jennie Cain were mar'
ried by County Judge Beck at Indianola,
Tuesday.
Supt. Campbell has been in Denver,
part of this week, on western division
business.
Rumor has it that one of our young
firemen will shortly take unto himself
another rib.
Mesdames Elmer Rowell, C. C. M.
Rowell and Miss Grace, visited Hastings
relatives, Saturday last.
John Dwyer of Beatrice, a brother of
our only Steve, and a Burlington claim
agent, has been visiting in the city, this
week.
Engineer Conner was able to resume
his engine, this week, after a long fight
with that terror to all humanity.—rheu
matism.
The Junior league of the Methodist
church met at the residence of J. R. Sir
coloumb, last evening, and the young
folks had a very happy time.
Hard times have not prevented the
directors of the Burlington road from
declaring the regular quartarly dividend
of one and one-fourth per cent.
Ed Hall, son of B. P. Hall of this place,
who has been at work for the B. & M. at
Republican City, has been promoted to
night operator at Benkelman.—Trenton
Register.
Mr. S. J. Talcott of Orleans, arrived at
Edison, Monday night. Mr. T. is our
gentlemanly railroad agent now. His
family will follow in a few days. All ex
tend a hearty welcome.—Edison Mirror.
The State board of transportation re
ceived application from the various rail
roads operating in this state asking to be
exempted from the penalties prescribed
by the transfer switch law nearly two
months ago.
The good people of Edison are indig
nant over the removal of their popular
railroad agent, J. W. Watkins, who has
given such general satisfaction to the
public. There has been some under
handed work done against Mr. Watkins,
and his friends, who are legion, are de
termined that the guilty ones shall be
exposed and their motives made plain
to all.—Arapahoe Mirror.
Some of the mountain railroads in
Switzerland find it advantageous to open
long before the snow melts on their up
per parts, and to do this an enormous
amount of snow has to be shoveled away.
Last May, when the road from Glion, on
Lake Geneva, up to Rocher de Nave was
opened, the cars ran for some distance
between walls of solid compressed snow
twelve to twenty feet high. When the
work began one of the upper stations
had disappeared, and it was supposed
that it had been swept away by the
winter storms. A rounded elevation was
recognized as the site of the water tank,
and from this the position of the station
was determined and excavations were
begun. After digging down six feet the
shovelers struck, not the foundation but
the roof of the station, which was in its
place intact.
Republican City.
Operator Talcott of Orleans takes Edi
son office. Operator Hill succeeds him
at Orleans.
Four stock trains on the “Sunflower”
line since Wednesday, the 8th. “How
high is dot?”
If the “Sunflower" had a few more
main line crews the regular ones would
not have to make a trip.
Extra Agent Barden goes to Cedar
Bluffs while Agent Davis goes east with
his little boy to have his boy’s leg oper
ated upon.
Operator Hall of this station, frho has
been acting as agent’s helper, goes to
Benkelman as night operator. Harding
from Trenton succeeds him here.
D. B. Hollinger and Prof. Heard spent
Friday evening at W. W. Green’s. Music
was a feature in which every body took
a part. Prof. Heard rendered some of
his unapproachable selections on the
guitar,—a treat not to be missed by any
means.
Agent Reed at Herndon asked for and
received a change from that station on
account of the existence in the town of
two factions who are always at war and
who try to rope every body else into the
fight. Operator Carl takes his place.
We extend our sympathy to him.
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WE DO AS WE
The Cheapest Goods do not always Save
you the most Money. It has always been and
still it our aim to sell the best qualities at the
Lowest Possible Prices. Lor instance: Men’s
All-Wool Undershirts at 45c each; Men’s Mixed
Natural Wool Undershirts, Heavy Weight, at
40c each, others ask 60c; Ladies’ and Misses
Trimmed Hats from 67c up; Ladies’ and Misses'
Cloaks and Jackets at Lower Prices than have
Ever before been offered.
L. lowman &, Son,
DRY GOODS, CARPETS, MILLINERY.
_ _
A DOLLAR
or two is considerable these hard
times, but there are times when
you are wholly justified in the
expenditure. For instance if yon
are looking for a
Round Qaft
Heating Stove, don't let some un
scrupulous dealer sell you some
other Stove for the
Rouud Qalt
or sell you some cheap imitation
; which is* just as good'" for
Or Two
I
Less. Remember that imitation is
An Acknowledgment of Superiority,
So Buy The
GenuineJ{ ]flK Origninal
See the name cast on the legs, also on the nickel name plate.
CALL AND SEE THEM
_AT THE_
THE PIONEER HARDWARE,
W. C. LaToubette, Propr.
