TWELFTH YEAR. MeCOOK, RED WILLOW COUNTY, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 10 1894. NUMBER 48.
DON’T BEL
IMPOSED
---UPON!
Don’t be milled by the statements of merchants
... .claiming that they can.,..
SAVE YOU MONEY!
I am selling first-class groceries right along as low
as those who elaim they can save yon money it you
will trade with them. Below we giro a few items.
Pickets, per bottle, - $ .10
Onions, per bottle, - - .10
Chow Chow, per bottle, .10
Catsup, per bottle, .20
Raisins, per pound, .05
Best Tea in McCook, lb, .50
Syrup, per pail, .65
Jell, per pail, .65
Mince Meat, per package, .10
Clothes Pins, per dozen, .02
Peas, per can, - - - .10
Com, per can, ... .10
Alaska Salmon, per can, .12£
Every thing else in proportion.
Always the Lowest and Best
Values Can be Found at
C. M. NOBLE’S.
WAY DOWN!
Goods Were
Never So Cheap
As at the Present Time.
We have a fall »
. . . stock of . .
GINGHAMS,
MUSLINS,
DBESS GOODS,
CLOTHING, Etc., Etc.,
all marked to suit the
. . Hard Times. . . *
.
We will not make any quotations, bat simply
ask a comparison of prices. We have the lar
gest stock and will make the lowest prices.
Bargain louse.
C. Li. DeGROFF & CO.
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Tlly/TB TABLE.
GOING EAST—CENTRAL TIME—LEAVES.
No. I. through passenger.5:40 A. M.
No. 4. Iocs! passenger.0:10 P. M.
No. 78. might.8:45 A. M.
No. 54. freight. . . 4:30 A. M.
No. 80. freight .10:00 A.M.
No. 148. freight, made up here. 5:00 A. M.
GOINO WEST—MOUNTAIN TIME—LEAVES.
No. 8. through passenger.11:85 P.M.
No. 5. local passscnger. *:26 P. M.
No. 88. freight.5:0b P. M.
No. 77. freight.4;* P. M.
No. 140. freight, made up here.8.-00 A. M.
IMPERIAL LINE.—MOUNTAIN TIMB.
No. 175. leaves at.8:00 A. M.
No. 178. arrives at. 5:40 P. M.
BP"Notb:—No. 88 carries passengers for
(Stratton, Renkelman and Hatgier.
All trains run dally excepting 148.140 aod
176. whtoh run dally except Sunday.
No. 8 stops at Benkelman and Wray.
No. t slops at Indianola, Cambridge and Ar
apahoe.
No. 80 will carry passengers for Indianola,
Cambridge and Arapahoe.
Nos. 4.5.148,140 and 176 carry passengers for
all stations.
Tou can purchase at this office tickets to all
principal points in the United States snd Can
ada and baggage checked through to destina
tion without extra charge of transfer. For
information regarding rates, etc. call on or
address C. B MAONER. Agent.
CHEAP EXCURSION TO TEXAS.
Another opportunity of visiting Texas at
nominal cost
On March 13th the Burlington Route will
sell round-trip tickets at the one-way rate.
Ask the company’s local agent for full in
formation and make sure your ticket reads
“via the Burlington.” the best line to all
southern points. J. Francis, General Passen
ger & Ticket Agent Omaha, Neb.
MIDWINTER FAIR RATES ARE DOWN.
The Burlington Route is now selling round
trip tickets to San Francisco at {35.50. One
way {20.
Think of it! Four thousand miles for less
than forty dollars.
See the company’s local agent and get full
information, or write to J. Francis, General
Passenger agent Omaha, Neb.
Saturday was pay day.
It was hard lines railroading on the western
division, Saturday.
Mrs. J. F. Forbes is entertaining her mother
from Arapahoe, this week.
Supt. Campbell went up to Denver,Tuesday
night, on division business.
Auditor Brandt dropped in the city, Tues
day night, on business of that department.
Master Mechanic Archibald is having his
commodious residence artistically painted.
Mrs. Samuel Rogers went up to Longmont,
Colo., Tuesday night, on a visit to relatives.
Ed Ellis and baby, Hi Thrailkill’s children
and Brakeman Cassell are tussling with the
measles.
Felix Kennedy also visited in the city, first
of the week, his wife having been here for a
week or two.
Quite a number of the new machines are
fctill not connected with shafting and power, at
the round house.
The Burlington’s net earnings for February,
1894, were over 872,000 in excess of those of
the same month of 1893.
Z. L. Kay and Sam Rogers are having the
thirty acres bought from Vance McManigal
recently, broken up, and will put in alfalfa
for the hogs.
The board of transportation has decided
that Nebraska’s railroads must provide trans
fer switches, in certain cases, at least, where
the necessities of traffic require them.
Wolff and Moench shipped their hogs down
from Imperial, Friday evening, and the same,
about 60 head, were hauled out to their ranch
at the west river bridge, Saturday morning.
The boys have a fine little hog ranch to be
sure.
There was over fifty carloads of stock
shipped off this branch Wednesday. Wilson
ville was right in line with six cars, five cars
of hogs and one of cattle. A.W. Hunt shipped
3 cars of hogs, Rice & Son one of hogs and
one of cattle, and C. Callaway one of hogs.
The regular stock train had more than it
could do and an extra train was sent up the
line as far as Wilsonville.—Review.
C. P. Jude, B. & M. bridge carpenter boss,
arrived in Benkelman last evening with his
gang. They will be engaged during the next
month repairing the railroad bridges in the
vicinity of this station. Judge is a clever, big
hearted man and one of the B. & M. compa
ny’s most efficient and trusty boss mechanics.
He is prospering well in the world and is now
building a fine home in McCook.—Bee.
The friends of Conductor W. G. Reddin and
Dispatcher W. B. Mills are having a bushel
of amusement at the expense of these two
young men. And it all came about from the
virtuous resolution of the conductor to treat
his phaeton to a washing. Last Friday after
noon was the time chosen and the Republican
river the place of cleaning. The dispatcher
went along as referee. All went as merry as
marriage bells until an effort was made to
drive onto one of the numerous sand-bars in
the river, south of the middle bridge. Alas,
the treacherous quick-sand settled about the
wheels of the vehicle and the legs of the horse
and the boys “were stuck” in midstream. The
horse in its flounderings broke the harness
and walked out of the vehicle, dragging the
conductor through the water holding to the
ribbons with a death grip. Still the phaeton
had to be rescued. The quicksand baffled all
attempts to pull it out, and nothing remained
for the boys to do but to wade boldly in and
dig it out This they succeeded in doing by
dint of hard work, in an hour or so. But in
the operation both were pretty thoroughly
soaked, and it is most likely that such jobs
will be performed in the future by the young
men strictly by contract or proxy.
Communicated.
Mr. Editor:—In your issue ol March 2d
you tell the story of a young woman who hes
itated to go on in the ceremony that would
have made her a wife, because she did not
wish to “vow obedience" to her husband. It
was only when the matter was placed before
her in its “proper light;" that it was an “idle
and inoperatiye form,” by some married wo
men present, that she consented to a'low the
ceremony to proceed. Poor little thing! Poor
married women! Worthy disciples all of their
Washington trousered goddess. Now it is in
defense of that word “obey,” and also in de
fense of home—prospective—brides who may
not be so fortunately!?) surrounded by worthy
matrons, capable and willing to explain away
the antiquarianisms of the marriage service
that I write.
The term “obey" has but one meaning,
whether used religiously, politically, juridi
cally or otherwise. Before priest or poten
tate, police judge or preacher, “obey," in the
highest interpretation, in this case the only
interpretation of the term, is the willing ac
ceptance of a state of being in conformity
with absolute right A mechanical temper of
mind, obedience to mere custom, outword
impulses rather than inward spirit recogniz
ing no higher law than the opinions of others,
no higher authority than that which drives the
galley slave, is not obedience, is not “to obey.”
It is simply slavishness, making of one’s self
an echo, a machine, a “reel shaken by the
wind,” a “straight staff bent in the pool."
The development of mind illustrates the
case in point very nicely. We are born into
a state of lawlessness. A child knows noth
ing about law, it has no notion of law: it is
a little savage, very lawless; volatile; gaseous
rather than solid. Little bv little it begins to
learn law, natural law. As of heat, by burns;
of gravitation, by falls. In society it learns
other laws, of school, state, society. If these
laws are obeyed the man is called moral; if
disobeyed he is immoral. Now custom has
made different standards of morality, but con
science, the voice of God, has but one stand
ard. It is absolute. Hence I will do what is
right, not because of any outword authority—
father or mother, legislature or society. And,
to go further, not even because my own con
science demands it, and not even because it
is the law of God; but because God, the great
Lawgiver, is love, I no longer “must,” I no
longer merely obey, I wish and desire to con
form to the law, to have that law part of my
life, to be the natural expression of it This is
obedience; then, I truly obey.
The original question. One bride comes to
the minister and says: “Do not ask me to say
‘obey;’ I do not wish to be a servant of my
husband; I am his equal.” Another bride
comes and “obeys.” Not that she wishes to
be a servant, not that she is not her husband's
equal, but because reverence and love are at
work, desirous to make her life one with his.
She looks up to him and wishes to have all
her life run in the channel of his noble life.
And so the child looks to and beyond the
parent, so the citizen looks to and above the
statute. It is one of the awful disappoint
ments of life to find our trust and confidence
violated; where we look for a man to find a
thing; but true obedience demands high
standard. May we men not be found want
ing, then the brides may not be found
hesitating. F. D.
Invitations are out for the fourth annual
ball and banquet of Harvey Division No. 95,
O. R. C., to be given on Tuesday evening,
April 17th. The banquet will be given under
the supervision of George L. Etter, and will
be 50 cents a plate. Ball tickets $i.oo. Rei
zenstein’s orchestra.
Mrs. Tom Wilkinson is expected home from
Holyoke, tomorrow.
Notice.
The following-named persons have been
appointed bv the mayor and council, to act as
the election board, at the coming city election,
to be held April 3,1894:
FIRST WARD,
First Precinct—J. S. LeHew, I. J. Holt, D.
Cullen, judges. H. W. Cole, N. Crawford,
clerks.
Second Precinct—B. F. Olcott, Jacob Bie
ver, Charles Weintz, judges. S. H. Colvin,
D. C. Marsh,clerks.
SECOND WARD,
First Precinct—W. S. Morlan, L. McEntee,
F. D. Burgess, judges. L T. Benjamin, Chas.
Heber, clerks.
Second Precinct—W. H. Roberts, A. A.
Bates, John Hughes, judges. Chas. Lehn, M.
W. Eaton, clerks.
Dated this 15th day of March, 1894.
U. J. Warren, City Clerk.
Election Notice.
An election will be held on April 3d, 1894,
in the city of McCook, Nebraska, for the pur
pose of electing officers to the following
named offices, for the ensuing term:
M ayor,
Clerk,
Treasurer,
Engineer,
Councilman for First Ward,
Councilman for Second Ward,
Two members of the Hoard of Edncation.
Dated this 15th day of March, 1894.
U. j. Warren, City Clerk.
United States Land Office,
McCook, Nebraska, March 12, 1894.
Public notice is hereby given that under and
by authority of instructions received from the
commissioner of the general land office, the
southwest quarter 01 the northeast quarter of
section 4, township 3, north of range 30, west
of the 6th P. M, containing 40 acres, will be
offered for sale at this office on the 25th day
of April, 1894, at ten o’clock, A. M, to the
highest bidder for cash and at not less than
81.25 per acre, under section 2455, U. S. re
vised statutes, and act of March 3d, 1891.
J. P. 'Lindsay, Register.
,D. E. Bomgardner, Receiver.
J. E. Kelley, Attorney. 43-Sts.
Dissolution of Partnership.
By mutual consent the co-partnership be
tween Colvin & Beggs, is hereby dissolved.
Silas H. Colvin will pay-aU-bills against said
firm, and collect all accounts due same, and
complete all unfinished business.
Dated McCook. NeK, March 15th, 1894.
Signed. - Silas H. Colvin.
43-6t. Carey T. Beggs.
Notwithstanding
TRK UNIVERSAL OPINION OF
HARD TIMES
-OUR
BUYER IS NOW IN NEW YORK
-SELECTING
A Full and Complete
STOCK OP
Dry Goods, Millinery
AND CARPETS. Vi,™,,
'ard bot
' Oi, so
L. Lowman & Son,
DRY GOODS, CARPETS, MILLINERY.
Easter Opening
BJrr1^ Spring Millinery!
MISS CORY,
Friday and Saturday, March 23rd and 24th.
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Miss Cory will, on these dates, have ready for inspection of the ladies of
McCook and vicinity all the latest and most fashionable creations in Spring and
Summer Millinery. Don’t fail to see her display before making purchases. The
prices, too, will be just exactly right.
jSAVE^MONEYr**]
9 Wall Paper, per roll - 3a White Lead, - - - $5.50 1
9 Gilts, per roll, - - - 6a Linseed Oil, - - . . 65 9
9 Mixed Paint, - - - 90a Other Goods at Reduced Price. 9
P t^*Painting and Papering at Especially Low Prices. Leave your orders with V
■ the painters and paper hangers. Don’t give middle men a profit f
? McCook Paint and Wall Paper House. \
f CORNER Pf MAIN AND DOUGLASS. I
f GEORGE ELBERT w R COLE, P
Carson & West
-OF THE
SUNNY SIDE DAIRY
WILL SELL MILK
During the month of April for 4 cents a quart. Wait fcr their
wagon. Purest of milk. Courteous and prompt treatment.
STOCKMEN
Attention!
I still have a few good young Bulls that
I will sell very cheap, if taken soon. All
In want of anything of this kind will do
well to call and examine my stock.
W. N. ROGERS, PROPRIETOR
Shadeland Stock Farm.