JV J®t®o0k jgVitaift.
By F. M. K1MMELL.
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
ALL H6ME PRINT.
Republican City Ticket.
For Mayor,
JOHN E. KELLEY.
For City Clerk,
EDWIN J. WILCOX.
For City Treasurer,
CLARENCE B. GRAY.
For Police Judge,
HENRY II. BERRY.
For City Engineer,
CHARLES A. YONT
For Councilman, First Ward,
HARVEY P. SUTTON.
For Councilman, Second Ward.
JOHN II. MOORE.
For Board of Education,
JAMES A. RITCHIE.
FRANK C. STUBY.
Political prudence ia an un
known quantity to Paranoic Pete.
He ought to be driving hogs for a
living.
Governor Waite of Colorado
seems to bo more nearly in the
right in the Denver embroglio,
than the opposition is disposed to
admit. A good deal more.
One of the provisions of Iowa’s
new mulct liquor law is the pro
hibition of the sale of liquor to
anyono who has taken any of the
recognized cures for drunkenness.
Politically Colonel Peterson
promises better things for Mayor
Brewer. But it would hurt our
feelings irreparably to have
Charles Theodosius put up for the
slaughter as a candidate for repre
sentative, next fall.
The profoundest sympathy of
the local press, and iD fact of the
entire press of this section of Ne
braska, goes out to C. W. Barnes
of the Times-Democratin the deep
sorrow that has so suddenly come
into his life in the death of his
beloved brother Bert.
One of the fatal diseases which
has recently become quite com
mon is appendicitis, which is an
inflammation of the vermiform ap
pendix — that little anatomical
freak which the doctors claim has
no known use whatever in the hu
man system ;but is,on the contrary,
often productive of great annoy
ance and positive danger. The
surgeon’s knife seems to be about
the only remedy.
They now say that Professor
Andrews, the man who made so
gallant a fight against McKeighan,
is an all around candidate for sec
retary of state.—Fairfield News
Herald. Nothing of the kind Bro.
Randall, you have been misin
formed. Mr. Andrews has never
thought of such a thing. Just
keep your eye on the congressional
fight in this district and see what
you will see.—Hastings Nebras
kan. Professor Andrews, if he is
nominated by the republican party,
will be elected. He is not, how
over, the only man in the district
ef whom that can be said.—Red
Cloud Belt.
Kentucky chivalry bleeds at
every pore as the testimony of Col.
Breckenridge's side of the case is
introduced at the wind-up of the
celebrated case. The male cravens
who came in social contact with
the plaintiff in the case seem to re
joice in the opportunity of wreak
ing vengeance on the young girl
who didn't like the style of their
courtship years ago. Where is
Kentucky honor? When one of
the sneaks comes into court and
testifies that he was engaged to
be married to Madeline once, or
wanted to be. and that he “took
liberties with her” at the time,
human nature revolts at the spec
tacle.—Journal.
HOPE FOR THE COUHTRY.
There is hope for the country
and it comes from an unexpected
quarter. The committee of New
York capitalists and speculators
who wired the president they were
going over to Washington and
wanted fifteen minutes’ conversa
tion with him on the seigniorage
bill were doubtless surprised at
the President’s response request
ing them not to come.
The country at large was also
surprised. But there was a great
difference in the way the surprise
affected the committee and the
country. The chagrin and morti
fication which doubtless covered
the committee as with a mantle
was in great contrast with the
pleased satisfaction of the people
when they read the President’s re
sponse. After the understood close
relations of the administration
with Wall street and New York
bankers no one dared hope that a
committee representing the latter
would meet with such a rebuff
from the White House.
It would look as though the
president had heard from the peo
ple and seen a new light that dim
med the light from the money
bags. That is the way the people
construe it, aud that is why we
say there is hope for the country.
There was little hope—there was
nothing for it to live on—so long
as Wall street dictated the finan
cial policy of the government and
the bond sharks were in the as
cendant in the ante-chambers of
the White House. To have rea
son to think for even a moment
that this is no longer the case gives
hope that the cause of the people
will be heard, and that truth and
sentiment may outweigh the gold
bags with which it is attempted to
load down the nation.
It is time that not only the oc
cupant of the White House, but
all representatives of the people at
Washington, began to throw away
the theories of the brokers’ shops
and give heed to the condition of
the people that is spread before
them like a map. There never has
been a time when real statesman
ship was more in demand than
now, and we are sorry to see so lit
tle manifestation of it.
Let not the rejoicing be too
great or too much be staked on the
hopes raised by this rebuff of Wall
street. Habitues of that place
know what “flesh pots” are, and
having tasted of White House vi
ands it will be hard to keep them
away. They know their power,
too, and the man over whom they
once gain influence, though he
may resist once in a while, can
only escape them by a miracle. It
is therefore only a hope that comes
from the White house, and it may
be blasted before twenty-four
hours. But cling to it while you
may, for it is darkness to feel that
the house from which Jefferson
and Lincoln governed for the peo
ple is now under control of those
who are against the people.—In
ter Ocean.
The annual report of the Bur
lington system of railroads shows
that the annual 5 per cent, divi
dend was paid to the stockholders.
The decrease in the surplus is
marked; but at the same time, the
fact that the company paid its
usual dividend in spite of the loud
ly pr«claimed depression proves
that the company is not upon the
verge of bankruptcy. It must be
borne in mind that the earnings of
the road netted a dividend of 5
per cent, not upon the actual in
vestment of the shareholders, but
upon the fictitious investment If
the water could be squeezed out of
the railroad systems of the United
States last year’s business, de
pressing as it was, would have paid
a net dividend of several times 5
per cent—Bee.
DEATH THROUGH A KIS3.
While Caroming His Grandchild tho Old
Man Inhaled a Hair Which Killed Uim.
It was a joyous company of young,
middle aged and aged peoplo who con
gregated at the borne of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Larkin in Susquehanna, Pa.
They met in honor of tho fiftieth wed
fling anniversary of their host and host
ess, who had passed their allotted three
score years and ten and were still in tho
enjoyment of perfect health.
Several sweet faced, laughing grand
children were present to contribute
their share of sunshine to the occasion.
Little 5-year-old Mary Edwards, with
her bright blue eyes and light tresses,
was there. After kissing her grand
mother affectionately she sprang upon
her grandfather’s lap, exclaiming,
"Grandpa, I have lots of kisses and a
bear hug for you.”
Then the old man pressed tbo sweet
face of his favorite grandchild to his,
fervently remarking: "God bless you,
Mary. No company would be complete
without you. You aie the embodiment
of sunshine itself, and I trust you will
grow to be a noble woman.”
"Tell me how much you love me,
grandpa,” said tho child, “and then 1
will give yon the kisses and the bear
hug.”
“I cannot tell you how much 1 love
you, child,” answered tho old man,
“but I can assure you it is a big lot.”
Then Grandfather Larkin imprinted
kiss after kiss upon the ruby cheeks,
and the child, delighted at tho mani
festation of affection, returned the com
pliment, and then, throwing her little
arms about the old man’s neck, gave
the promised "bear bug.” She then
crawled down- from grandpa's lap and
busied herself for a time among others
of the company. An hour later, and
just before the joyous party were about
to partako of dinner, the same little
Mary approached her grandfather, re
marking, “Grandpa, I want to give you
one more kiss before dinner, and then 1
want you to sit by me at tho table.”
Tho old man smiled and lifted the
little girl in his arms. Two minntes
later he felt a tickling sensation in his
throat and realized that in retnrning
the last kiss a hair had caught in bis
month and been sucked into his wind
pipe.
This immediately produced hard fits
of coughing, and before relief could be
obtained a blood vessel was raptured,
and death resulted instantly.
Consternation reigned for a time, and
the aged partner of the nnfortnnato sep
tuagenarian, overcomo with grief, fell
in a swoon. She rallied an hour later,
but it is thought her great grief will
cause her death in a short time.—New
York Herald.
NOW A DESERTED VILLAGE.
Virginia City, Nev., Once Gay and Prosper
ous, Rapidly Falling to Ruins.
“A poet could write on ‘The Desert
ed Village’ with Virginia City as a sub
ject and surpass Goldsmith’s immortal
production on the same topic,” said E.
L. Hearne of San Francisco to a Globe
Democrat man. ' * The first time that I
was ever there the population of Vir
ginia City was greater than that of the
entire state now. Everything ran wide
open. Magnificent hotels and opera
halls, palatial residences, stores that
would have done credit to New York,
millionaires who spent money freely,
maintaining a society that for brillian
cy and gayety could not be equaled in
the United States. I was there a short
time ago. Tho hotels and opera houses
are closed, the residences empty, the
stores removed to other and more pros-'
perons places. Dwellings that cost hun
dreds of thousands of dollars are given
over to the bats, and the broken panes
of glass, the shutters hanging upon a
single hinge or flapping in the wind,
give a grewsome sense of loneliness.
In years to come it will afford magnifi
cent spectacles of ruins, and even now
in some sections of the town there is a
sense to the beholder of being in a city
of the past. Millions were made and
lost, and the history of Virginia City
wonld be one of the most thrilling sto
ries ever written. ”—St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Savages In Modern War.
It was curious to see the effect of
the seven pounder and hotchkiss shells
upon the Matabeles when they were re
treating. On the shell bursting among
them we could see through our glasses
the Matebeles turn round and fire at the
place where the shell had burst, think
ing it was some diabolical agency of the
white man. From information we re
ceived after this fight we learned that
the enemy had intended attacking ns at
10 o’clock the previous night, hut ow
ing to the rocket having been sent up
to recall Captain Borrow they were
afraid to do so, thinking that we were
holding communion with our gods by
shooting at the stars and bringing them
down.—London Telegraph.
A Fatal Blunder. *
Blunders that are literally worse than
crimes are not uncommon. Such a one
was committed in 1880 by a New York
druggist, who, by putting up the wrong
prescription, caused the death of two
girls named Holtz by morphine poison
ing. But the consequences of the ter
rible mistake did not end there. The
betrothed of one of the girls. Dr. Low
euthal, whose prescription was misread,
went insane. And now their father,
Christian Holtz, has died abroad, where
he retired, broken hearted, as soon as he
could close np his large business inter
ests in New York.—Rochester Herald.
Boston’. Crowded Tenements.
In the most crowded precinct of Bos
ton, the recent tenement honse census
found the average number of persons in
a honse to be 17.81, and the average
number of persons in a room 1.03. In
the most instances, the average number
of persons to a room was 3.30, hut in
ill Boston there were found bnt 656
persons occupy tenements in which the
iverage number to a room was three or
•ver.—Boston Commonwealth.
Established 1888. Strictly One Price.
iTTTTTV rr^-^ _ /-• • .
-^THK^5—
|j! I
y |F
SPRING OF 1894.
Call and See Our New Line of
AND BOYS’ and MEN’S CLOTHING.
Don’t Fail to Look Through Our Stock Before Buying.
_ _ 'H
Mc^'i“’ JONAS ENGEL,
&^_Manager.
S. H. COLVIN,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Real Estate, Collections,
Loans and Insurance.
McCook. - - -
—W. V. GAGE
Physician & Surgeon,
MCCOOK, NEBRASKA'.
|3f"OFFiCB Hours: 9 to Jl.a.rn., 2 to 5 and
7 to 9, r*. m Roomp ov«*r F*'rpt National hank
fc^TNiplit calls answered at office.
I)o you know that woven wire
fencing is the best and cheapest
fencing on earth ? S. M. Cochran
& Co. have a large stock of all
sizes. Don’t fail to see their line
before buying.
Cochran & Co. have the hugest
and completest stock of standard
farm machinery to be found in
Red Willow county. Look them
over and get prices.
Corked faced collars, light, eool and
elastic, waaranted not to gaii horse’s
shoulders, for sale by L. Fenner. Sec
ond door south of the A. 0. U. W.
temple building.
We carry a complete line of the
latest revised legal blanks for sale
at this office.
A general line of farm machin
ery of the very best manufacture
at S. M.Cochran & Co.'s.
Remember that S. M. Cochran
& Co. have a complete line of shelf
and heavy hardware.
List of Patents .
Received at the McCook United Stales land
office on March 27th, 1894:
Brennan William. Kaurel.Wm. A.
Clark, Isaac. Davies,John G.
Dick, James A. Droege, George.
Gleason, William. McMlilam, Alexander.
Rogers, Peter. Spooner, lohn A.
Teal, Wilber G.
’©
r\
/>“ t
cc i ~
I ©
C/3 < " I
© Q tf ^
S- L“J J § tL
l< >—• cr1 g
> LU S |!
^ i Q j I!
■*■“" [d 3 o
^7 --M g
? U) - -g
3, 5
J C O
C/3 d : -
Sh > 1 =3
CC * I *3
U II
tr s
| s HH
5 a
o
tp
_ >
SPEEDY mad LASTING RESULTS.
✓EVFAT PEOPLE/^V
m am ret ■ faeoneenlenee. Simple, a(a Ja
ABooLom? rsii|e“*u>l
V1*1*.# from any injurious subetance. M
mw mema »»nm»n
Mfe GUARANTEE a CURE or refund rear awaor.
,W««. M.OO parbottle. Send 4 e. tartooafiio.1
nSMOHT MEDICAL CO., Boatos, ~
WALL PAPER.
About 200 Patterns in Stock at “Hard
Times Prices”—From 3 cents up to 30
cents per roll. Our Prices Guaranteed.
L. W. McConnell & Co.
Fo Of To 1 A> wilcox & son’s
j THEj^ Where They
FUSil £“**“
Below is a Partial List
**--*-*•**■
0/’ the Many ...
sr- BARGAINS. g
- - S
Seven Spools Coates’ Thread, only.S0.25
One Hundred Yard Spool Silk, only.07
Fifty Yard Spool Silk, only.Ot
Twist, per spool.02 S'
Steel River Fancy and Cambric Print®, per yard.05 *2
Dress Cambric, all colors, per yard.05
Indigo Blue Prints.06
Herman Blue Prints.10
Outing Shirt®, worth 50 cents each, reduced to.25 [Vi
White Carpet Warp, per pound.20
Colored Carpet Warp, per pound.12J£ it]
Large Boxes Anchor Matches.19* £>(
Export Matches.OS
Twenty five boxes Mule Matches.25 _
Tooth Picks, per bunch.03 ^
Twenty-five pounds New Currant®. 1.00 ^
California Evaporated Peaches.12J^ J2
Six Cans California Peaches . 1.00
Two 3-pound cans of heavy Syrup Peaches.25 [L.
Corn, 10c. Pumpkin, 10c. Oyster and Soda Crackers, .07
Ask for prices on all-wool Henriettas
anti Cashmeres. Doing a strictly cash business
and needing money has reduced the price on all
our goods. Come and see us.
IT WILL PAY TO INVESTIGATE!
W1LG0X & SOT