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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1894)
A DISTINCT SUCCESS. The Reception and Ball Given by the Ladles of the Maccabees, Last Night. The George and Martha Washington reception and ball given by the Ladies of the Maccabees, last night, was a tre mendous and highly gratifying success. The capacious A. O. U. W. temple hall was thronged with the delighted guests of the order, and the scene presented by the rich and varied costumes was one of unusual brilliancy and beauty. The "Early Candle Light" programme was rendered with amusing particulars. Almost all the participants were garbed in quaint garments of more or less ancient date, and the various numbers of the programme were of the familiar old style sort. The singing school was under the leadership of J. P. Lindsay in suitable costume and the class brought down the house. While the instrument al effort, speaking, etc., came in for a full share of generous applause. At about ten o’clock the grand march opened one of the most felicitous balls ever held in the city, a ball which from the opening grand march to the closing home, sweet home, was full of enchant ment to the gay company. The grand march was headed by Orville Burnett as Columbus, and Miss Grace Waldo as America. J. F. Forbes as the “Father of His Country” and Mrs. Z. L. Kay as Martha Washington followed. Miss Della Johnston was costumed to repre sent Nellie Custis, Mrs. Orville Burnett as Marguerite, Miss Norma Noble as Mrs. Beekman, Phil Simon as Faust, J. D. Robb, A. C. Ebert and M. W. Eaton as grandees of the continental period, E. L. Laycock being quite similarly ar rayed. Mrs. W. S. Perry’s costume for old style carried off the honors. Mrs. C. M. Noble was arrayed in her wedding suit, bonnet, etc. Besides those enum erated above, there were many other pretty and timely costumes which time and space will not allow us to specifically enumerate. Indeed many of the guests, either by dress or coiffure, or both, sought to recall the stirring and historic period in which our forefathers wrought and won for us this great heritage of freedom and liberty. Refreshments were served in the ban quet room of the temple throughout the evening, and the multitude that enjoyed this feature of the entertainment taxed the lavish provision made by the order for the occasion to the utmost, so large was the response to their invitations. In fine, the reception and ball was a social achievement of the first magni tude and the Ladies of the Maccabees are fit subjects for congratulation upon their decided success. Hunt Up The new real estate firm of Cordeal & Fane, over the Fanners and Mer chants Bank, and list your farms or city property with them for sale or trade. They are rustlers, and have a large line of eastern correspondents. 4»4t. They have a sick baby at H. D. Rhodes’ house. Reform and reduce. Reform the mor als of our municipal administration and reduce the expenses and salary list. People by the name of Riley, living ten or fifteen miles north of the city, buried their infant child on Sunday last. “The Fair” announces some extraord inary bargains before enlarging stock for the spring trade. See page advertise ment in this issue. It took four o’clock in the morning courage to get up and build the fire, this week, with the thermometer about ten below zero nearly every morning. Judging from the cutthroat prices the Enterprise blacksmith shop is making on job work, the publisher is preparing to go out of business in the near future, and is figuring on securing all the cash he can befort retiring. Frank Allen has decided to make his permanent home in McCook, and will follow his old business of draying. He asks for a share of public business in that line. His facilities will be increased as business demands. See his advertise ment elsewhere in this issue. Mr. Carpenter has purchased the R. H. Williams brick residence on lot 16, block 5, original town paying $1,200 therefor. Colvin & Beggs made the sale. Mr. Carpenter will move in from the Driftwood and embark in the livery business in the old Way son barn, corner Dodge and McFarland streets. It is the air. The next state to which the tide of immigration will turn is Ne braska. Tired of dust}' California, dis enchanted by droughty Kansas, sick of fever in Florida, dissatisfied with Texas, people are now going to seek and find homes on the fertile, salubrious prairies of Nebraska among its thrifty,temperate and intelligent people. They are coming here because there is a school house on every hill and a church in the valley; because our society is of the friendliest and best; because there is a chance for everybody, rich and poor.youngandold; because we have a fine climate; because Nebraska has the best and most beauti ful state in the union.—Beaver City Tribune. 6HI RTS TO ORDER! Dress or Neglige* Large line of samples to select from. We take your MEASURE ami WE GUARANTEE FIT and PRICE. FAMOUS CLOTH INC CO. A Wet Spring. March will have great extremes of weather, immense rains and snows, and altogether the greatest variety of weather the greatest extremes that have occurred in March for years. This condition will continue till about the 7th of April, after which dry cold weather will continue to the end of the month. The weather looks bad for spring farming and while nine times out of ten earty planting is best, this year appears to be the exception, and in the northern corn belt planting in May will be more successful than earlier planting. These difficulties, however, will prob ably be remedied, to some extent by favorable weather later in the season and late frosts in the fall. Killing April frosts are threatened in southern latitudes where April frosts sometimes occur. Fair crops are expect ed for 1894. Rainy years seldom cause crop failures.—Foster. Warmly Commended. The article in last week's Tribune calling for a more economical adminis tration of our municipal affairs, has been warmly commended by a number of business men and large tax payers of the city. And especially is the proposition to purchase an expensive and practically useless (to the city) grader, roundly de nounced as a piece of extravagance which should not be dreamed of at this time Once our business men and tax payers are fully alive to their interests this extravagant, and in some respects lawless, style of running this tax-ridden city will be rectified. A public office is not a private snap. At the coming spring election will be a good time to correct some of the glaring evils which disgrace us as a city, and threaten to confiscate our property. The banks observed Washington’s natal day with closed doors. “The Private Secretary” did not call out a very large audience, Saturday night. Monday was the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the order of Knights of Pythias, and was celebrated by the lodges of the state quite generally. The building association sold $1,500 of their surplus funds, Tuesday evening, at a premium of five per cent. The asso ciation is having a ready demand for its money. The Red Willow county teachers' as sociation will hold a meeting in Indian ola tomorrow. A number of the Mc Cook teachers expect to be present and participate in the proceedings. G. B. Harris and Miss B. Lincoln of McCook are in the city this week in the interests of a fraternal beneficiary order for ladies and gentlemen called the Star of Jupiter.—Red Cloud Chief. Many of the business men throughout the country are adopting the cash sys tem. It’s the only safe way to business, and it is better for the buyers well as the sellers—when the prices are made ac cordingly. Since the lord high mayor has express ed his emphatic disapproval and inde pendence of the genus crank, it is to be expected that the entente cordiale recent ly existing between him and Colonel Peterson, will be more or less rudely shattered. The colonel prides himself on being the rarest and juciest specimen of the genus in this satrapy. And his pride is well founded. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that “pink dinners,” “yellow dinners,” “violet luncheons” and the like are not “good style,” although they are con tinually recommended to the public by writers on decoration. Yellow satin ribbon and yellow tissue paper flowers can never take the place with people “who know”of the spotless napery,brill iantly polished silver and immaculate crystal of a well kept table. Monday evening at Maddux’s livery bam as James Troy was driving home ward with a small load of coal the burr came off of the right hind wheel of the wagon. He was thrown from the seat and under the wagon, [which dragged him some distance,] and quite severely injured about the head and face. The mules were caught before any further damage was occasioned the wagon. Dr. Gage sewed up the man’s wounds, and on the following morning he wended his way home. With the characteristics and instincts of the newspaper pirate and deadbeat, a local contemporary issues a circular to lawyers and loan companies offering to do legal printing at a ridiculously low price. This same wart has a memory that cost the other papers of Red Willow county $300, last year; and a gall which enables him to get printers’ stock from employes of other city papers, during absence of the proprietors, and refuse payment therefor. Such actions deserve the contempt of all men. RELIGIOUS MATTERS. Services in the Masonic hall, Sunday tnoring and evening, by Rev. Erank Durant. Services by Elder McBride in the Lutheran church, Sunday morning and evening. Services in the Congregational church, Sunday morning and evening, by Rev. H. L. Preston of Rico, Colorado. Sub jects, morning, “Leadership;” evening, “Why Felix Trembled.” At the M. E. church, Sunday, Febru ary 18: Sunday school, io a. m. Preach ing, ii a. m. Junior League, 300 p. m. Epworth League, 6:30 p. m. Preaching, 7:30 p. m. A. W. Coffman, pastor. Rev. Frank Durant went up to Haig ler, Wednesday morning, in his ministe rial capacity. His trip will embrace visits to Trenton and Imperial before his return to conduct his Sunday services in this city. There will be a box social in the Luth eran church, next Tuesday evening, by the Baptist ladies and young folks. Quite an interesting program has been prepar ed in connection with the social. Every body invited. At a meeting of the Baptist church members last Wednesday evening, there was organized a systematic scheme for the conduct of the Wednesday evening prayer meetings of that church. The following order of exercises will give a good idea of the matter: 7:30 p. M., song and prayer service, 7:45—evening topic. 8:15—question box. The question box is designed for the use of friends who have difficult questions regarding the Bible that they wish answered, a box having been placed in the rear oi the church for this purpose. Neat programmes have been printed giving a list of topics for six months. Copies of these may be had on application to Mr. McBride or Mr. Watson. Everyone will be welcomed. Among the possibilities for the mayor alty are W. T. Coleman and L. J. Spick - elinier. A. J. Rittenhouse of our city and J. S. Phillips have associated themselves to gether in the law business. The people of the Quick neighborhood contemplate investing about a thousand dollars in a church and furnishings, this year. Churches are a profitable invest ment. Mrs. Dewey's delivery horse ran amuck among her clothes lines, Tues day, finally tearing down Dennison street with a number of garments hang ing to the delivery wagon, the top of which was considerably damaged in the scrimmage. The board of directors of the McCook building and savings association, met on Monday evening and organized for the ensuing year with T. B. Campbell as president, J. F. Ganschow as vice-presi dent, G. W. Kaime as secretary, and W. F. Lawson as treasurer. A livery team from the barn of C. B. Hoag at Indianola spilled out two or three commercial men, last Saturday, at the east railroad crossing, and then cel ebrated the event by running all over that neighborhood, finally running in to Maddux’s barn, smashing up a cutter in the way. State Organizer John Powers, was in Red Willow county, last week, re-organ izing the alliance. Subordinate lodges were organized in Danbury and Drift wood, among other places in the county. His lectures are highly spoken of. We understand that the reorganization is along non-political lines. After Colonel Peterson gets that board of trade compactly organized, and peo ples and factories flocking into McCook in innumerable multitudes, he will per haps bend his indomitable and invincible spirit of enterprise toward that idol of his restless soul, an air-motor factory. The colonel will subscribe all the neces sary wind. When the Arkansaw Traveler asked the squatter who was playing the fiddle in front of his cabin why he didn’t mend his roof, the reply was: “When the weather is good it don't need it, and when it’s raining I can’t do it.” This must be the idea some merchants have of advertising—when business is good I don’t need it, and when it’s bad I can’t afford it—the reductio ad absurdum. Colonel Peterson pretends that The Tribune is attempting to retard the wheels of progress, when we puncture some of his mirth-provoking air bubbles. For eleven years The Tribune has stood up for McCook. Has encouraged every laudable enterprise. Has invest ed more dollars therein than the comical little Colonel has pennies. And the Colonel so recently walked into town, too. _ An Indianola woman after burying her seventh husband erected a monument to the whole lot. It consisted of a marble hand with the index finger pointing to the sky, and on the base, instead of names, ages, etc., etc., were the words “Seven up.” We have this report from a man who claims to have a cinch on all the latest news. He avers that he is no joker and that there is no miss-deal abont this. The Fakir Acquitted The trial of Clark, the patent medicine sharper, held before Squire Berry, last Friday evening, resulted in the jury un animously acquitting Clark, despite the eloquence of Prosecuting Attorney Dodge and his assistant, James Harris, whose united pleadings for reparation for the injured dignity of the law, were something along the line of the uncom mon. The audience which thronged the city hail to suffocation, gave the fakir quite an ovation after his acquittal; not so much, we take it, because of his ac quittal, as indicative of the popular dis approval of the act of “squealing” when one has been “taken in.” The audience then “took something” at Pat’s wine parlors at the fakir’s expense. Take your medicine more gracefully another time, gentlemen, or don’t bite so vora ciously. A daughter at William Bronger’s close of past week. W. R. Starr and wife of Indiauola were city guests, last evening. A bouncing boy baby took up his resi dence at L. H. Rooney’s, Monday. The aged widow of the late John Fred ericks is ill with an attack of bronchitis. This week, George Chenery is having his store repapered. Cole is doing the work. _ Conrad Beck was up from Indianola, this week, and had Dr. Gage operate on his eyes. _ Mr. Liebrandt of the Ash creek neigh borhood has been seriously ill with ap pendicitis. _ J. A. Cordeal and Wm. Fane have as sociated themselves together in the real estate business. The doctors are being kept very busy. Considerable sickness prevails in the city and country, among the young es pecially. Almost every business man in McCook is feeling more or less the unmitigated curse of gambling unfortunately so prev alent in our city. A sick man needs medicine. A weak man protection. The ladies of the Baptist church will give a box sociable at the Lutheran church, Tuesday evening, February 27. Everybody are requested to bring lunch for two, in a shoe box. Price of boxes, 25 cents. All invited. Supreme lecturer McBride is in Lin coln, this week, in the interest of “The Star of Jupiter.” He expects to organ ize two or three lodges of white mem bers and a lodge of colored members be fore the work in the capital city is ended. ' McCook has no more use for a $1,000 grader than a dog has for two tails. The councilmen of our city should see to it that such an unnecessary expense is not saddled onto this tax-ridden community. Every tax-payer looks to them for pro tection. _ It is now rumored that two or three of the irregular gambling places in our city will next be proceeded against. Such action would be a god-send to a lot of men who monthly blow in at these places a large portion of their earnings. Let the good work continue and be thorough. Anybody can do business when busi ness is booming, but in times like these only the long-headed, nervy men make the money by getting the trade. While his timid rivals are moaning over dull times and creeping into their shells, the man of pluck is putting his most catchy and advertising work into the local pa pers, and making his store look as much like the world’s fair did as his space and material will permit.—Nebraska Trade Journal. Governor Crounse will not call the legislature in syecial session to pass a law prohibiting the Russian thistle from growing on Nebraska soil, but he earn estly recommends all lovers of good gov ernment to combine and pull the thistles out by the roots before they go to seed and stand these roots up where the vert icle rays of a tropical sun do its perfect work. The destruction of other weeds at the same pulling, it is thought, will insure better crops and pay for the labor. Wednesday afternoon, Squire Berry officiated at a big wedding in South Mc Cook. George P. Weick and Mary P. Devirney weie the parties to the marri age contract, which the Squire closed up in fine shaoe. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weintz stood up with them. The pres ents were numerous and fine. There were a large number of guests, and the affair was altogether a happy one. A regular German wedding dinner was served, which means that the guests sat down to the fat of the land. Here are our congratulations. Mes dames Campbell, Strasser and Stern visited in Denver, forepart of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Burnett enter tained a small party of friends at cards, Tuesday evening, very pleasantly. The guests were: Messrs, and Mesdames Z. L. Kay, J. E. Allen, Frank Harris, C. L. DeGroff, Frank Kendlen, and Mrs. Geo. Hocknell. The card party was given in honor of their daughter, Mrs. Will Yet ter of Hastings. PEOPLE YOU KNOW. Mrs. Manous of Bartley is visiting in the city. J. A. Cokdkai. was in Lincoln, Sun day, on business. Mrs. E. A. Hall is visiting Red Cloud friends, this week. Reporter Gibbs was up from Cam bridge over Sunday. W. O. Bell of Lincoln was in the city a few hours, Wednesday. Frank Gockley aDd family have moved up from Holbrook. C. D. Fuller of Imperial, was a Sun day guest of the Commercial. F. A. Pennell’s baby is seriously ill with an attack of scarlet fever. L. W. Snow came in from Lincoln, last night, on a visit to his wife. The Congregational Sunday school is preparing for an Easter entertainment. President Hocknell made a brief business visit to Omaha, early part of the week. D. L. McBride went down to Lincoln Monday morning, on business of the Star of Jupiter. F. H. Spearman departed, Saturday night, for the Pacific coast, on business and pleasure combined. George Sheppard and wife were down from Benkelman, closing days of last week, guest of McCook relatives. O. M. Peterson, editor of the Mc Cook Times-Democrat, was in the city yesterday.—Tuesday’s Lincoln Journal. Miss Cory left, last night, for Chi cago, to be absent until about March 2oth, buying her stock of spring millin ery. Judge Benson who has heen here most of the week went in to the G. A. R. meeting at Lincoln, Wednesday morn ing. Miss Selma Noren returned to her studies at the state university, Lincoln, Monday morning, after a brief holiday at home. Gus Norberg, the Holdrege lawyer, was in the city Tuesday evening, be tween trains, on his way home from Im perial. Mrs. L. W. Snow has been out of school all week on account of sickness. Miss May Stuby has been substituting for her. Judge Welty and Reporter Gibbs came up from Cambridge, Sunday night, on their way to Imperial, to hold dist rict court. I. M. Douglas was in Culbertson, Monday, arranging to put some plays on the boards there with the assistance of home talent. S. H. Colvin and family arrived home from California, close of last week. Mrs. Colvin has been very materially improv ed by her visit. T. J. Majors and Jacob Good of Peru, Nebraska, came up to the city, Wednes day night, returning east on the follow ing morning’s train. Mrs. J. W. Relph of Gerver precinct is absent on a visit to relatives and friends in Indiana. She went on Wed nesday of last week. George E. Johnston has been con fined to bed for past week with a severe and obstinate stomach trouble. He is some better at this writing. Thomas Bennett went in to Lincoln, Wednesday morning, to represent J. K. Barnes Post at the state G. A. R. meet ing in the capital city, this week. Sidney Dodge made a brief visit to Red Cloud, this week, to organize a lodge of the Star of Jupiter, but found the work of the canvassers incomplete. H. L. Millard, general agent for the Columbian Fire Insurance Co. of Louis ville, Ky., was in the city, this week, to establish an agency of that company, in McCook. George E. Thompson will be in the city, next Tuesday, to prepare the resi due of his stock here for shipment to an Iowa town, where he has traded for a stock of general merchandise. Mrs. W. S. CorncTT, Miss Clara Eleven and G. G. Eisenhart of Culbert son, and J. W. Babcock of Cambridge were among the out-of-town guests at the Washington reception. Mrs. Day was the object of a happy surprise party, Monday evening, the anniversary of her birth. The chief conspirators in the felicitous affair were Messrs, and Mesdames C. F. Babcock, Harry Crandall, L. B. Stiles and I-f. H. Easterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ganschow were at home to a few friends, Thursday even ing, at seven o'clock. The guests were Messrs, and Mesdames Frank Harris, W. j F. Lawson, T. B. Campbell and Albert I McMillen, and Rev. H. L. Preston, of | Rico, Colorado. Misses Viola Odum and Joe Moore of Denver arrived in the city, Tuesday morning, visiting friends here until Wed nesday morning, when they continued on their journey to Chicago, where they enter the millinery establishment of D. B. Fisk to work up the latest fancies for the spring and summer trade. The Law Inoperative. The supreme court handed down an opinion holding that the state depository law in so far that it requires the deposit ing of the permanent school fund is in operative, because the law is in conflict with section 9, article 8 of the constitu tion, which provides that educational funds shall not be transferred from one fund to another and shall not be loaned except on United States or stute securi ties or registered county bonds. The decision is considered a practical victory for State Treasurer Bartley. The opinion is given in the case of the state ex rel the First National Bank of Crete vsj. S. Bartley, state treasurer. The bank asked for a peremptory writ to com pel the state treasurer to deposit with it money according to the depository law the bank being one of the state deposit ories under the act of 1891. The re spondent state treasurer, at the time of such demand and refusal, stated that all of the moneys belonging to the state, which he is empowered by the act to de posit, were already deposited in the sev eral banks, except moneys belonging to the following funds: Sinking, relief, permanent school, temporary school, permanent university, library, agricul tural college endowment, normal school endowment, temporary university, nor mal school interest and saline lands. The sole reason given by the respond ent for his refusal to deposit in the bank of the relator any of the moneys in the above mentioned funds was and is that none of said moneys are current funds within the meaning of the said depos itory law. The court closes its opinion by allow ing the peremptory writ of mandamus, and the bank is therefore enticled to re ceive its share of the funds which the treasurer must deposit. The permanent school fund, which is not to be deposited, remains in the hands of the treasurer. This fund has usually amounted to $750, 000, but recently the board of education al lands and funds invested in $200,000 of Douglas county bonds and £ 150,000 of Lancaster county bonds, so that the fund is supposed to have diminished to about $500,000. Another test case will soon settle the question of investing this fund in state warrants. Look Us Over. I have for sale, in addition to all lots in McCook owned by the Lincoln Land Company, a number of choice residences and business lots, among others: No. 6l—5 roomed residence on Man chester Avenue. No. 62—8 roomed residence on Main Avenue. No. 63—Two choice east front lots on Melvin street, opposite high school. No. 64—Small residence on McDowell street, only $350.00, a bargain. No. 65—8 roomed residence on Monroe street, first class property; close in. No. 66—The Dr. Davis residence, cor ner Marshall and Dolan streets. No. 67—8 roomed residence corner Douglass and Monmouth streets. All bargains. Prices and terms made known on application. J. R. Kelley, Office First National Bank Building, ground floor. SCHOOL NOTES. The teachers’ institute for Red Wil low county will be held in McCook. Lt will begin July 9th and continue four weeks. A prospectus will be sent out soon to all the teachers, giving a de tailed plan of the work. A four weeks institute will give all an opportunity to prepare for better work in the school room. J. H. Bayston, County Superintendent. The Home Market. Oats .30 Wheat.. . .35 to .45 Corn . 23 Potatoes.90 Hogs. $4.25 Hay.$6 to $8 Steers. . ,$3to$3.50 Cows,$1.75 to$2.00 Butter.15 Eggs....15 Flour . ..80 to $1.50 Feed.70 to .So Irrigated Carden Tracts. I have for sale, on easy terms,5 and 10 acre tracts, one mile from McCook, with permanent water rights. Just the thing for market gardening. J. E. IvELLEV, Office First National Bank Building, Must Have the Cash. From and after February 1st all ac counts must be paid monthly. No credit will be given any one who does not com ply with this rule This is final. M. E. Knipple. Bills Must be Paid. All bills must be paid on the 1st and 15th of each month. Otherwise no credit will be given. Ed. F. Flitch aft. Fine Printing. We make a specialty of fine job print ing. Our samples of fashionable and ele gant stationery for invitations, programs, etc., is not excelled in Nebraska. Residence Lot for Sale. A desirable residence lot on Melvia street for sale. Price, very low, $225.00. Call at this office for particulars. Wanted. A woman with two children wants a situation as housekeeper. For particu lars enquire at this office. Farm Loans. We are prepared to make loans on a few choice farms Colvin & Begcs.