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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1894)
That Box Elder Incident. Elder Campbell dropped into our den, Tuesday, and stayed long enough to de liver himself of the following regarding Box Elder’s smallpox scare. He says that while scores were exposed to their supposed case that none have been taken down, altho’ eighteen days have already elapsed since the exposure. But he puts the case in his own language thusly: “The smallpox that old man Campbell carries both ways is a good kind. It isn’t catching and don’t make any one sick. It gives them a little sore arm and a little headache, but don’t keep them from eating, talking, laughing or singing. So we don’t mind them. It only lasts about five days. The girl said to have the smallpox was vaccinated on the 13th, broke out on the 19th, and the scabs fell off in a few days, without much, if any fever. I have seen too many cases of smallpox to be—you know what.” A Disgusted Editor Quits. A retiring newspaper man gives this philosophical reason for quitting the' business: A child is born, the doc tor in attendance gets $10, the editor notes it and gets o; it is christened, the minister gets $4, the editor writes it up and gets 00; it marries, the minister gets another fee, the editor gets a piece of cake or 000; in a course of time it dies, the doctor gets from $5 to $10, the min ister gets another $4, the undertaker gets $25 to $50—the editor publishes it and receives 0000—and the privilege of run ning free of charge a card of thanks. Out of Luck. Our local team, though playing good ball, has met with defeat so far except in the game yesterday at Holdrege, when the score was 12 to 10 in McCook’s favor. Monday at Hastings the score stood 9 to 2. Tuesday at Minden 7 to 4. Wednes day at Axtell, no game on account of the rain. There will be another game at Holdrege today. Tomorrow Arapahoe. Prohibition Convention. The Prohibitionists of Red Willow county are hereby called to meet in mass convention, at the city hall in McCook, on Saturday, September 29th, 1S94, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of nomi nating a county ticket, and for the trans action of such other business as may properly come before the convention. W. O. Norval, chairman. To the People. In order to get our high grade crayon work before the people, we will for one week, commencing Monday, September 3d, make one dozen cabinets and one life-size (14x17) crayon for $5. Photos and crayon first-class and warranted in every respect. . Frames for crayons at lowest prices. Now is your chance, for one week only. Hall & Beinhart. Will Resume September 16th. We have been requested by the va rious Protestant pastors to announce that services, church and Sunday school, will be resumed in the several churches of the city on Sunday, September 16th, unless some unforseen and unexpected emergency shall arise to prevent. Smallpox About Over. There are now but three cases of small pox under quarantine, and these cases are about well, and ready to be removed from quarantine at the expiration of the usual time. There are no new cases and the unpleasant incident is about closed. These are also the exact facts. At the regular meeting of the board of education, Monday evening, W. T. Coleman succeeded to the office of presi dent, made vacant by the resignation of James Ritchie. C. J. Ryan was elected vice president and Z. L. Kay secretary. The superintendent was instructed to rigidly enforce the ordinance requiring all pupils to present a certificate of vac cination, signed by a physician. School will commence September 17th. W. F. Everist of Danbury accompanied a car load of cattle shipped by him from from this place, Thursday morning. Dr. Z. L. Kay is the new secretary of the board of education and C. J. Ryan vice-president. Beaf steak 7c. per pound. F. S. Wilcox. It succeeded in drizzling a little in this vicinity, Wednesday afternoon. Boiling meat 3c. per pound at the B. & M. meat market. Perfumes and toilet powders at L. W. McConnell & Co’s. A nice variety of ink and pencil tab lets at this office. See Cochran & Co. if you want a re frigerator cheap. Toilet soap, tooth brushes and sponges at McConnell's. Dr. L. J. Spickelmier has concluded an arrangement with the supreme lodge, Star of Jupiter, whereby he becomes general manager of the order, and will, until January, 1896, have complete and absolute control of the business of the order. He will devote his entire time and attention to the furtherance of the order, and with the aid of certain eastern parties expects to make things go in sat isfactory shape. He expects soon to go east and complete plans for organizing lodges in certain eastern states. He himself will work in the western states. The female of the demi-world who re cently moved here from Hastings (to gether with her “man” and children) and took up her abode in South McCook, indulged in a spree, Saturday night, in company with a number of the opposite sex. She reposed in the bosom of the city bastile over night. Sunday morn she sought the ear of justice, claiming that she had been robbed of $100. Her tale was not believed by the authorities and she was advised to leave town in stanter. It is claimed that the outfit are successful workers of the “Beaver racket.” Mr. Smythe s declaration that wind mill and pump irrigation will make “A new Nebraska” in a very few years is undoubtedly well founded. Five or ten acres watered from a reservoir fed by a pump will keep a family from want. When drouth comes there will be no need of sacrificing stock or going back east for the winter. The rest of the farm may be devoted to pasture or the culti vation of crops that need only a moder ate supply of moisture. Under the new conditions of agriculture the farmer will make money in every part of the state, not excepting the counties on the bor ders of Colorado that are now in such bad repute.—State Journal. The supreme court of the state of New York has decided that children must be vaccinated, and upon refusal to comply, may be denied admission to the public schools. Judge Bartlett handed down the decision in the case which was the suit of Chester A. Walters for a writ of mandamus to compel Principal L. B. Hanaford, of school No. 22, to admit Chester A. Walters and Ada Walters to the privileges of the school. The prin cipal had refused the children admission on the ground that they were not vac cinated. Judge Bartlett holds that the principal of a public school has the right to exclude children who did not conform to the school regulations. Education is a privilege and not a right, according to the court, and therefore he denied the application. Within the next twelve months the taxpayers of McCook will have many oc casions to regret that official salaries were not cut in two some time ago as sug gested by The Tribune. The eight or ten hundred dollars which would thus have been saved, would come in very handy just now when the municipality has been subjected to unusual and heavy expense. There is not a shadow of doubt but that McCook is paying too dearly for her whistle. She is and has been put ting on frills that she is not and not has been able to afford, and it is about time that our taxpayers were coming to their senses about the matter. There are a number of places where the expense ac count can be cut down, and the present city government should not, in justice to the overburdened taxpayers of the city, fail to give the relief before the end of this municipal year. Let us be wise—as we can anyhow. An item is going the rounds of the Iowa press that 25,000 homesteaders have left their fields in western Nebraska and are migrating eastward. A corres pondent of the Chicago Tribune causes that paper to say that something like 15,000 men have quit this state because of the drouth. That these figures are greatly exaggerated must be apparent to the average reader. If it be true that 15,000 voters have left Nebraska, it then means that fully fifty thousand people have quit the state during the last sixty days. Such a claim would be prepos terous. It is true that many men who have rented tarms in the western coun ties have given up the struggle, having suffered two seasons of drouth, but the total number is not great. Few actual land owners or bona-fide settlers have vacated their holdings. This exodus is not as injurious to the state as many may be led to suppose. A favorable season next year will witness an influx of people who will relocate the land and till it. Such changes have been going on more or less for years and the late comers have as a rule proved better cit izens than those who have gone before. —Omaha Bee. Remember all school children must be successfully vaccinated before the open ing of school. Toilet soap, tooth brashes and sponges at McConnell’s. Private Relief the Only Source. The decision of Governor Crounse not to call together the legislature in extra session to consider the question of ex tending public aid to the inhabitants of the drouth stricken area of Nebraska means that private relief is to be the only resource of the destitute settlers. As soon as the extent of the damage done by the hot winds of July and August was brought to light, The Bee called the attention of the governor to the actual facts and presented the case for his consideration. The difficulties of the problem, particularly the excess of the present state debt over the constitu tional limit, was alluded to, and the nec essity of some constitutional amendment to enable the legislature to meet the emergency was pointed out. Such an amendment or amendments would be of no avail unless they were submitted for the ratification of the voters at the com ing election in November. It was for the governor to take all these circum stances into consideration. Governor Crounse has done so and has come to the conclusion that an extra session of the legislature is not required. Most recent inquiries give ground for the belief that the probable destitute will not be so great as was at first feared, but some measure of relief will none the less be necessary for a considerable por tion of the remaining residents of the western part of the state. The regular session of the legislature which meets in January next, will not be in a position by reason of constitutional limitations to do much in this direction, and even if it were it would be too late after the senatorial contest to be of immediate value. Irrigation projects, undertaken by the various counties and townships, may be of some assistance, but only a small part of the area has available wa ter, and even here the work must await the development of surveys and plans. The only way then to secure timely re lief is to do so through private initiative. Some form of a relief association, whose members will take upon themselves the work and rely upon the people and the legislature, as did the State Relief Asso ciation immediately after the ravages of the grasshopper plague in 1875, to see that their contributions are later reim bursed them and the burden spread over the entire body of taxpayers in the state. It is quite possibe that there are other plans mose feasible but not yet sug gested. If so, they should be proposed without delay. It is incumbent upon the state officials to see that some meas ures of relief are soon gotten under way. The people of the great state of Nebraska will not allow any of their number who are deserving to suffer from actual want of the necessaries of existence.—Omaha Bee. Joe O’Donnell, a well known bibulous character, was up before Judge Berry, Tuesday afternoon, for a little correction. During the temporary absence of Mar shal Bump after a witness, Joe under a pretense of going down stairs after a dnnk of water, disappeared and did not return until sometime during the even ing. Wednesday morning he was again brought face to face with the dispenser of justice and got seven days in the city jail on a bread and water diet—and Joe hates water worse than a rabid dog. Joseph Menard is having the front portion of the upstairs of his building thoroughly overhauled. The carpenters are putting some bay windows in the front while the paper hangers and paint ers are doing the rest. Upon completion of the improvements now under way, the family will occupy their oid quarters which will have been made much more comfortable and cosy. Commander Sharp requests us to an nounce that the next meeting of J. K. Barnes Post G. A. R., will be held in H. H. Berry’s office, on Thursday evening, September 20th, and a full attendance is urgently requested. There will be a meeting of McCook club in the club rooms, next Tuesday evening, at 8 o’clock, to which all mem bers are urged to be present. Mayor Kelley came up from Hastings, Wednesday night, going back on morn ing following, as the death of his father was momentarily expected. The Citizens bank makes a very satis factory and substantial showing in their report that appears in another column of this issue. Don’t neglect your home newspapers entirely. Give them the best support yon possibly can. Soon McCook’s smallpox scare will be but an unpleasant reminiscence—a night mare recollection as it were. Note the change in the Cash Bargain Store’s advertisement, this week. PEOPLE YOU KNOW. H. T. Church took two cars of stock to market Sunday. Sheriff Banks spent a few hours in the city, Wednesday evening. Master Tom Gibbon has returned from his visit with Orleans friends. Mrs. D. C. Marsh left this morning on a visit to a sister in Kenton, Ohio. Emil Kroening, Wilcox’s cutter, ar rived home, Tuesday night, from his visit east. Miss Stella Nodine, Chicago, is in the city, guest of her friend Mrs. Fred Carruth. J. W. Dolan was up from Indianola, last Saturday evening, on some private business. A. E. Harvey, the Lincoln lawyer, had business of the law in this city, last Saturday. W. W. McCollister of Akron, for merly of Indianola, was a city visitor, Monday. Mrs. E. R. Banks and sister were up from Indianola, Wednesday, doing some shopping. Miss Cory decided not to go to Chi cago until after pay-day, on account of collections. Register Campbell was in Hastings briefly, the first of the week, on a busi ness mission. James A. Cline, bank examiner, of Minden, was a Commercial guest, Tues day evening. Mrs. Charles Eller and daughter are visiting her mother, Mrs. Randall, at Trumbull. J. P. A. Black, the well known Bloom ington lawyer, was a city visitor, Mon day evening. Rev. H. L. Preston arrived home, last Friday night, from his visit with his brother at Curtis. J. S. LeHew left, Sunday evening, for the San Luis valley, Colorado, which country he is booming. Olive Rittenhouse and Hannah Strangeland will teach in the Ruggles district, the coming term. Joseph Dudek of Red Willow pre cinct is entertaining his daughter Katie and her baby from Colorado. Charles Freelove was up from Indianola, Sunday, the guest or Valley Grange relatives and friends. Miss Mitchell went down to Indian ola, Wednesday morning, on a visit to her sister Mrs. J. S. Kikendall. J. A. Rice and family left, overland, Tuesday, for Harrison, Sioux county, where they expect to make their home. Grant Thompson returned to the city, close of last week, and at once re sumed his old position in Anderson’s grocery. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Rees arrived in the city, Tuesday night, and are spend ing a few days here meeting old-time friends. Miss Ellington Wilson commenced school in district 8, Monday morning, with perhaps the largest attendance the school has ever had. Receiver Gibbon departed for Wyo ming, Saturday night, to be absent for a week or ten days, looking after his rail road work up in that country. C. D. Fuller of Imperial, came in from Lincoln, Tuesday night, from at tending the state central committee meeting, continuing his way home on Wednesday morning. A. M. Drew was in Omaha and Lin coln, close of last week, on business. Among his purchases was a mountain lion that now stands guard at “The Fair” in all its stuffed and terrifying shape. Dr. Gage of McCook, passed through this city, Monday morning, on his wheel enroute to Wichita, Kansas. The doctor has a cyclometer on his wheel and says he made the trip from McCook to this place in two hours a distance of 23% miles.—Danbury News. C. E. Eldred, a rising young attorney of McCook, who represents Lawyer Morlan, was in the city, Tuesday, on le gal business. Mr. Eldred enjoys the distinction of having more cases in Dun dy county district court under his super vision than any other lawyer.—Benkel man Bee. Mr. and Mrs. George Pearce are in the city the guests of Mrs. Pearce’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Balderston. Mr. Pearce has given up his position in McCook and will soon open up a general merchandise store of his own out at Henry, a new town in Colorado.—Ben kelman News. Consult Holmes Bros., the carpenters. Buy your tablets, inks and box papers of L. W. McConnell & Co. The shipment of stock is pretty nearly over, so the shippers report. The churches will reopen on the 16th, the public schools*on the 17th. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Warren, last Friday night. Remember the banks now close at three o’clock in the afternoon instead of four.* “It is Reported” is the name of the most flourishing Ananias club on two hemispheres. The subject of deep plowing is being earnestly discussed over Nebraska. Give it a thorough trial. C. T. Brewer will feed about 500 head of hogs. He has contracted for a hun dred tons of chopped wheat. Monday was Labor day—a legal holi day on the national calendar. The banks as usual observed the day alone. Business is becoming too quiet for the sports even, and an immigration is con templated to a more prosperous clime. Janitor Viland was busy, first of the week, unloading two cars of coal for the school board at the different buildings. -__— The fact that the “banisterof life,’ has its splinters does not deter a good many people from taking a slide every now and then. The county central committee will meet in the office of Secretary Bishop at Indianola, September 15th, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. On the whole mud-throwing, political or otherwise, is reprehensible and can not gracefully be encouraged. It's dirty, too, besides being perilous. Patents were received at the land office in this city, September 4th, for Eunice Clark, formerly Eunice Carpenter, and Jacob Zimmerman Jr. The Sunny Side dairy had a little run away, last Saturday morning, and lost a hind wheel off their yellow wagon when the fleeing bronchos turned a corner too short. C. T. Brewer is building a house and doing some fencing at his feed lot, this week, and otherwise preparing to do an extensive hog feeding business this fall and winter. We understand that Messrs. Flitcraft & Clark expect to move their dairy out fit to Ft. Morgan, Colorado, soon, for the purpose of wintering their stock where feed is cheap. It is also rumored that A. A. Phillippi will then engage in the dairy business. Messrs. Erb & Bush, the new lessees of the Commercial house, gave a sort of an opening dinner, Sunday, to a number of invited guests, which marks the new management as experts in the line of entertainment, and their cuisine as ex cellent indeed. Their little informal affair Sunday was spoken of by all pres ent in very complimentary terms. Here’s success to the gentlemen. Thursday morning, H. H. Berry took charge of George M. Chenery’s stock of goods as receiver for the benefit of Mr. Chenery's creditors. The move became necessary on account of Mr. Chenery being unable to realize on his stock of goods. Mr. Berry and A. M. Spaulding are engaged in taking an inventory of the stock, after which the same will be disposed of in some manner. It is ex pected that enough money will be real ized to meet all demands of creditors, as the assets largely exceed the liabilities. Mr. Chenery is one of McCook’s earliest settlers and has much sympathy in his misfortune, out of which they hope he will emerge in good shape eventually. Book-keeping blank books for sale at this office. Day, cash, journal, ledger, each at ioc. apiece. Tycoon teas are winners. Try them. 35c and 45c per pound at the C. 0. D. grocery store._ Seven-room house to rent. Desirable location. See J. M. Henderson. Buy your tablets, inks and box papers of L. W. McConnell & Co. Patronize the McCook Commission Co. for flour and feed. Perfumes and toilet powders at L. W. McConnell & Co’s. Refrigerators very cheap at S. M. Cochran & Co.’s. Good writing paper ten cents a quire at this office. ADDITIONAL PERSONAL. Judge Welty spent Tuesday night in the city. E. H. I)oan was down the valley, Thursday, on mill business. Dr. W. V. Gage arrived home, last night, from his trip to Kansas. Squire Ftsher has been down from Wauneta a day or two on a visit. J. E. Kelley was called to Hastings, Monday, by the serious illness of his father. Charles O'Brien retired from the employ of L. Lowmati & Son, yesterday. Retrenchment. Miss Blanche Ti pper of the mayor's office, went down to Auseltuo, Saturday, on a visit home. Mrs. A. S. Campbell went down to Hastings, Tuesday morning, on a visit to old-time friends. Fred Olmstead, the robust Hastings lawyer and statesman, wras a city visitor, yesterday morning. Mrs. C. B. Hoag of Indianola, has been the guest of her daughter Mrs. C. B. Gray for the past week. R. L. Hileman and M. C. Maxwell went up to Ft. Morgan, Colorado, last evening. They may also take in the irrigation convention in Denver. William Kilgore Dead. William Kilgore died of smallpox and a complication of lung and heart dis eases, Tuesday night. The deceased was at a low ebb in vitality when taken down, from nursing his wife, which with his other physical infirmities, made his recovery a matter of some solicitude from the first. He was 37 years of age and, with the exception of an interval of two aud one half years spent in California for his health, lived in Red Willow county 21 years continuously. The burial was attended to during Tuesday night as is customary in such cases. Mrs.. Kilgore has the deep and heart felt sympathy of the community in the loss of her husband under the very sad circumstances. McCook Public Schools. The fall term of the public schools opens Monday, September 17th, at 9 a. m. New pupils and former pupils not provided with admission cards are re quested to appear at the Superintend ent’s office, Saturday, September 15th, at 9 a. m. Certificates of vaccination will be required in all cases. Wm. Valentine, Supt. Money to Loan at 6 Per Cent. We have money to loan at 6 per cent on farm or city property in any section of the country where property has a fixed market value. Money ready for imme diate loans where security and title is good. No commission. We solicit ap plications. Blanks furnished upon re quest. Allen & Co., 40 and 45 Broadway, New York. Notice to the Public. The Red Willow county fair has been postponed till October 2, 3, 4, and 5. This will enable a great many more pump and windmill manufacturers to be present with their irrigation pumps. J. H. 3ERGE, Secretary. Corn Stalk Pasture. I have a good pasture for stock. Plenty of good water. See me at once. Elmer Rowell. Buy your tablets, inks and box papers of L. W. McConnell & Co. Patronize the Sunny Side Dairy of Carson & West. HERE ARE BARGAINS . . .AT. . . THE C. 0. D. STORE. Hastings High Patent Flour. $r.oo Fancy Bakers.80 Extra Family.70 4 lbs XXX Soda Crackers.25 3 cans Blue Valiev Sugar Com.25 3 lbs. Ginger Snaps.25 6 lbs. Rolled Oats.25 Sherman Bros. Best Mocha and Java Coffee, 2 lbs. for.75 Sun dried Japan Tea that heretofore sold at 45c, now.35 The 60-cent grade now.45 All other goods in proportion. 7. W. McKENNA, Proprietor,
