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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1895)
- ' - - - --v - . . i t . r L . Mc.f ' ' s- r r' 2i" : e v - ' : itj it ' . . : ucoo j , rr , 3'.u r , + Pl. r 1jt rbunc. .o- . { t tiK ok A R . : / THIRTEENTH YEAR. MCCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING , FEB. 1 i895. NUMBER 27. The Reasons Why. To THE PUBLIC : As several persons have asked me why I have started to build a church at Mc- 'Cook during a season of depression such as we are now experiencing , I would request - quest your permission to make reply through your paper , and in reply to that 'question I will say that i find the Epis copalians of McCook have been talking of building for ten years , but have not done so notwithstanding they have enjoyed - joyed the blessings of several good years. Now we have an exceptionally poor year and we must build. I have been sent in charge of these missions mostly because x building was to be erected at McCook this year. Again we only require $300 'now as we have the rest of the money on hand. Suppose each man in McCook who is working will give me one dollar , 1' I can go ahead with the work and comM - M plete it and have no debt on hand. IVill the men of McCook do it ? Had Idream- ed they would not , I should not have started my ladies out to collect it. Most respectfully yours , R. L. KNOX. i Was a Success. The Hard Times ball that came off , last Friday evening m the A. 0. U. W. temple hall , despite the very severe and inclement weather , was a distinct suc- i cess. There was quite a numerous attendance - tendance , and the costumes were many i of them wonderfully and fearfully made. Resides those iii costume there were many spectators , who seemed to enjoy the incongruous scene quite as much as r 'the dancers. The music was very y satisfactory - factory and the dancing was continued until a late hour. t Prizes were given for the most original , unique costumes. Miss Della Johnston carried off the lady's prize , a jewel . basket. Arthur Douglass was awarded the gentleman's prize , a silver collar butt - t iron box. g r The affair was indeed gratifying throughout , and Messrs. Curtis , Jordan and all others connected therewith are be congratulated upon the successsful ' .iutcome of the same , both in financial and social features. NERE ARE A FEW PRICES. I A B.C. Best Crackers ( by box ) lb. . . 6c Hams , per lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ioc Bacon , perlb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I2 C Bork , per lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . be ao lbs. Lard ( dinner pail free ) . . . . . $1.25 so lbs. G. Sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 2o lbs. Rice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 25 lbs. N. 0. Sugar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 6 Cans Best California Fruit. . . . . . . 1.00 Cocoanuts , each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5c Great variety of canned vegetables at lowest prices in the city. ' / We are giving away the Cristy bread and cake knives , also toilet soap. Try ® ur 25 cent tea , positively the best in r town for the money. Four sacks of White Bread flour for $3.00. For the Lenteli season we have just aeceived a fine line of herring , whitefish , Mackerel , salmon and trout. I Try us , we can please you. i MCCooK MERCANTILE Co. 1 , ' Episcopal Missions in Nebraska. The Episcopal clergy and laymen held a meeting , yesterday , at the Commercial club roomsfor the purpose of providing i ways and means to carry on the mission ary work of the church in western Neb- raska. It was stated that $1,500 was wanted to carry on the work success' i fully , and suggestions as to raising the I sum were entertained and thoroughly dis- cussed. It was finally decided that a 1 committee should be appointed to attend o R A the matter as soon as possible.- Omaha Bee. i Here's Your Pork. CA T. Brewer has his packing house in a and his meat market - eration now presents for the sents an unequalled opportunity purchase ofpork tenderloins , spare ribs , ' hogs' heads , lean backs , pigs' feet and usage at very low prices. , A nice variety of ink and pencil tab- vets at this office. Brewer has a large supply of pigs'r feet in market. Nothing finer. There is some talk of holding No. 5 at m Sastingsuntil No. 3 passes. Horrors ! Snowflake flour at 75 cents a sack. r In 500 pound lots , $1.40 per hundred , at Snipple's. 5o.oo reward will be given for proof that the McCook soaps will injure any of finest fabrics that can be washed r r the with any soap. Indianola bas decided not to celebrate t their great victory , butwill vote precinct i bonds for an addition to the court house and for water works instead. Wise. Dr. P rice's Cream Baking Powder World's Fur Highest Medal and Diploma. . - ' } FOUND.-A sure cure for coughs.- McConnell's Balsam. First-class pork tenderloins at Brewer's meat market. Try them , LosT.-A corn , after using 3 Day Corn Cure , prepared by McConnell & Co. Best Fancy Patent flour at $1.00 per sack , $1.95 per hundred , at Knipple's. Sausage of all kinds , fresh and properly seasoned , at Brewer's market. Snowflake flour at 75 cents a sack. In 500 pound lots , $1.40 per hundred , at Knipple's. Mrs. Ella Kilgore , ladies and childrens nurse. I'rompt attention to night calls. At the Union hotel. The Maccabees ball and supper , February - ruary 22d , promises to be one of the social events of the season. The man who is out of debt is out of danger and can snap his fingers at Pate. "As ntucli as in you lieth , owe no man anything , " The probabilities are that the glass- breaking business has received a setback - back , this week , which property-owners will appreciate. Mr. A F. Moore denies emphatically and indignantly that himself or wife have or are needing aid or assistance of any kind , other than that he is perfectly able and willing to provide. That Chase county medic who recently - ly wrote the Lincoln State Journal such a glowing , roseate description of the entrancing - trancing , unalloyd delight of burning "cow chips" in sod houses , as against the chill and cheerlessness of frame , houses , base burners and ] lard coal , needs a vacation or a cathartic. He needs something swift. 'Deed he does. The severe cold and high wind of last Friday an this section of the state developed - oped into quite a blizzard in eastern Nebraska , and at points east. . Besides the low thermometer and high wind , they had a heavy fall of snow , insomuch that traffic was greatly retarded. It was for eastern Nebraska the first snow of any consequence , this winter. At some points east of the Missouri river they report a snowfall of as much as three feet on a level. The eighteenth annual encampment of this department , Grand Army of the Republic , convenes at Hastings , Nebraska - ka , the 13th day of February , 1895 , at 2 o'clock , p. n . , in the Kerr opera house. It is expected that the W. R. C. and the ladies of the G. A. R. will meet at the same hour. Dutton's hall and the G. A.R. hall have been secured for their places of meeting. The hotel Bostwick will be department headquarters during the encampment. The railroad rates will be one and one-third rates for the round trip. . Once A Week for January 31st , 1895. The Great Brooklyn Trolley Car Strike. Illustrated. Cutting the Wires-Over- turning the Cars-Charging the Mob- Around the Camp Fire. The Berkeley Ladies' Athletic Club. Illustrated. The Queen's Private Secretary-Sir Henry Ponsonby. With illustrations. Augusta Holmes-The Woman Composer. With portrait. Comic Journalism in the United States. Second paper. By T. B. Connery , formerly editor of the N. Y. Herald. Illustrated. A Mid-Winter Phantasy. Poem. By Archibald Lamp- man. Illustrated. Military Signaling. With illustrations. The Latest Paris Fashions. Copiously illustrated. Christina - tina Rossetti. With portrait. Herbert Beerbohm Tree-The English Actor. Illustrated. The New French President. With portrait. Our Congressional Gal- ery. Portraits. The Office Dog's Solil- quy. Illustrated , ONCE \VBEK , 523 o1VT 1VT t3 street , New York City. Price ten cents. Young man , did you ever know of a slipshod-farmer , a half-baled lawyer , sleepy merchant , or any undecided man of any kind who amounted to anything ? Do you know of a man any- here who dilly-dallies , hesitates , or hems and haws , to do anything , get anywhere - where , or accomplish any great thing ? On the other hand , don't you know that the man of decision , the positive man , the one who knows what he intends to do , and goes vigorously to work to do it , s the one who succeeds ? Then don't shillyshally , or become befuddled at any time on any question. Be a yes erne no man ; be honest with yourself and with everybody else and you will suc- ceed. The world does not regard an undecided man who never knows where he is at ; but it loves the one who stands squarely up for what he believes , and votes his sentiments at the polls without wavering. Don't permit yourself to be classed among the doubtful on any ques- ion. Be a man of character and stand- ng. Men of energy are in demand everywhere ; so if you hope to go to the front , stand squarely on both feet and look the world in the face.-Eldora Republican. _ , The Charity Concert. Arrangements were formally cont. pleted last week between time representatives - tives of the King's Daughters and the McCook Philharmonic club , of which Jir. Rohif is president and Mrs E E. Utter , musical director , for a Charity Concert to be given by the club about February 15th , hr aid of the poor of the vicinity , under the auspices of the King's Daughters. The club will have the active aid and co-operation of Mr , H. I' Sutton and the K. P band. This is the first public appearance of the club and the nrograuitne arranged promises to do them great credit Look for further aunounceueuts Tickets on sale at McConnell's drub store , Monday morning , for the Charity Concert by the \lcCook Philharmonic club , Friday evening , 15. This concert is given under the auspices of the King's Daughters for the relief of the sufferers in this neighborhood.V Get your tickets early. See bills for further information. Notice. All persons needing aid must go to their precinct committee whose duty it is to investigate and distribute aid to individuals. The precinct committee will also furnish affidavits and all necessary - sary blanks to fill the requirements of time relief law lately passed by the legrs- lattire and now in force. Blanks will be fursshed : to local conrnmittees as soon as possible , and I would suggest that as fair as possible that time affidavits he made out before their own precinct justices and thereby sage the people much travel and annoyance. All county papers please copy. J. H. BAYSTON , Secretary County Relief Committee. The Sad Plight of a Frontier County Family. INDIANOLA , Neb. , Jan. iS. [ Special Telegram.-A Mr. Smith , who resides north of Box Elder postolnce in Frontier county , died , Thursday , from what was supposed to he lung fever. Investigation - tion revealed the fact that it was starva- tion. When neighbors called they found uo provisions , nor scarcely any clothing. A wife and two small children were found in a pitiful condition.-Omaha Bee. The Pythians Banquet. Willow Grove lodge held a very interesting - esting session , last eveningwhich despite the very severe weather , was largely and generally attended by the members. A number of out-of towu Pythians were in attendance , among them being Grand Chancellor Schuman of Aurora , Vice Grand Chancellor Ford of Kearney , Supreme - preme Representative Scism of Omaha , and plain Gus Norberg of Holdrege , and these gave additional interest to the meeting , which was befittingly concluded with a superb banquet. A FEW FIGURES. ° Little Hatchet Patent , per sack. . . $ r.OO Nickel Plate , per sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8o Bakers' Constance , per sack , . . . . . . .75 At the New Flour and Feed Store. I Come and get our prices on See pound lots. First door south of Strasser's. If , as Colonel Mitchell ofthe Indianola Courier i , endeavoring to make apparent , the farmers of Red Willow county are so strongly opposed to voting county bonds for feed and seed , surely nobody else need rend their under garments in I this matter. But this matter needs unbiased - biased , non-partisan consideration , and if those sought to be most henefitted do not want it , why that settles it. Representative Lamborn , like several others , was not elected speaker of the house , but he has something almost as good. He has been chosen by the state banking board as the temporary receiver of the Bank of Wilcox. Ex-Governor J. W. Dawes was first selected , but he declined to serve.-Lincoln Journal' J. This section of Nebraska narrowly escaped - caped a blizzard , Thursday. A terribly cold wind prevailed from the northeast and was accompanied with considerable snow. This morning was the coldest of the winter-i6 degrees below zero. Some Hayes county parties , en route home from Kansas with a number of wagon loads of aid , tamed in this city over Wednesday night in a state of unmistakable - mistakable intoxication. Shame ! Feed of all kinds and at the lowest prices. Come and try us. At the New Flour and Feed Store , first door south of Strasser's. This week H. H. Berry distributed two cars of coal , secured in Colorado by Elder Hale , among needy ones in this city and vicinity. W , C. LaTourette has donated the King's Daughters for benevolence $25.00 worth of the coal recently drawn by him in a rafiie. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Award. _ _ _ _ . PEOPLE YUU KNOW. CozIiaissioNER RYAN was aLincoln visitor. close of last week. GEORGE E. JoHNSTON is in Colorado , and Utah looking up a location. FRANK CARRUTII arrived home from his trip to Denver , yesterday morning. PRESIDENT HOCKNELL of the First National is expected home any day now. LARRY ROONEY is back from his business - iness trip to the Indian Territory country. RECEIVER GIBBONS went down to Lincoln , Saturday morning last , on busi- ness. d. H. GOODRICH was down from Wau- meta. Tuesday , looking after some stray horses. ill iss CLARA KLEVEN of Culbertson enjoyed the "Hard Times" ball with us , last Friday evening. MRs. HENRY BAXTER came up from Indianola , Wednesday night , on a visit to Dr. and Mrs. S. L. Green. MRS. C. W. KNIGHTS is away on a visit , while Mesdames McAlpine and Cooper are here from Denver. COUNTY TREASURER MESERVE has rented and is now occupying the A. J , Rand residence in Indianola. DEACON FISHER was down from Wau- neta , Tuesday evening. ant attended the King Cyrus chapter meeting. MRS. VINA WooD gave a felicitous "Four O'clock , " Thursday afternoon , tea a company of neighborhood ladies. : Mss BELLE SPANOGLB of Red Cloud participated in the ball , last Friday evening - ning , She was the guest of Mrs. C. M Bronson. Miss HALLIE BOMGARDNER joined the family in Lincoln , Sunday. She will be greatly missed , especially in our musical circle. W. F. DONAHUE and W. K. Way were dawn from Haigler , Saturday , witnesses for the Benson boys who made proof on some Dundy county claims on that day. I41R. HIGGINS of Orleans , a Sunday school missionary of the Presbyterian church , was a Sunday visitor. He is around looking up nneetly ones of that faith in this section of Nebraska. DEACON MORLAN arrived borne , last Friday night , from a business trip to St. Louis. He reports business conditions very unsettled there , and the weather i very severe , with a heavy snow. STEPHEN BOLLES of Box Elder looked in upon the legislative menagerie , close of last week , returning home , Friday night. He reports a severe storm in Lincoln , Friday , with considerable snow. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. P Miss Meserve of the Sixth grade was the guest of her father at Indianola , Saturday - urday and Sunday. A Wednesday Evening club was organ- zed in the east ward building , Wednesday - day evening , with a membership of 80 , including the high school pupils , the 1 teacher corps and a few others. 1 The supreme court has decided that t w hen a school district appeals to the district court from a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace , it must enter nto an appeal bond as is required by section 1,007 of the code of civil pro- cedure. AT THE CHURCHES. Usual services in the Methodist church on next Sunday morning and evening. Sunday school and Epworth League. Episcopal senicesin McConnell's hail , next Sunday. Morning services at 1I- Eveniug at 8. Sunday school at Io , t The Ladies' Guild will meet with Mrs. . P. Lee , Saturday afternoon at the usual hour. Congregational church-Endeavor Day rally at 7:30 : p. nc. , in charge of the a Christian Endeavor Young People ; a special programme. The Endeavorers ask you to come. Sunday school at to j I. m. Preaching of it a. m. ; topic , "The t Plea of Humanity. " Services in the A. 0. U.V. . temple i hall , Sunday morning at 1I o'clock , by t Pastor McBride. Bible school at 3 p. m. 1 Boys' brigade at 4. Christian Endeavor t fleeting at 645 p. m. , Mr. Howard Fin- rty , leader ; topic , "Sincerity. " All are cordially invited to attend any of these services. ie i An Alphabet social will be given in e the Congregational church by the ladies of the Dorcas society , on next Tuesday evening , February 5th. A "Good Night" e dri ll will be executed by eight little girls during the evening. Refreshments will be served. The public is cordially Invited to be present. It will cost you all of a dime , ten cents , two nickels , ten reds. You can't allot d Go miss ik _ - ' - . . r' s Consult Holmes Bros. , the carpenters. Everybody needs it-McConnell's Fragrant - grant Lotion. FOUND.-A sure cure for coughs.- McConnell's Balsam. Try McMillen's Damask Rose Lotion for face and hands. Slight snows nn Friday of last week and Tuesday of this week. j "Life isn't worth living without a taste of those spare ribs at Brew'er's. LosT.-A corn , after using 3 Day Corn Cure , prepared by McConnell & Co. : McCook soap is guaranteed to do twice as much work as White Russian soap. Best Fancy Patent flour at $ r.oo per sack , $1.95 per hundred , at Knipple's. Patent envelopes for mailing envelopes at TIIE TRIBUNE stationery department. Snowflake flour at 75 cents a sack. In 500 pound lots , $ L40 per hundred , at ' . Knipple's. _ If you are in need of aid , God knows you are welcome to it , but do not impose upon the committee. They closed the Culbertson public schools , Monday of last week , on account of reported cases of diphtheria. Abstracts of title will he furnished promptly and accurate by byC. C. T. BEGGS. Remember that you , and each of you , are cordially and earnestly invited to hand in any little or big items of news you may at any time have in your pos- session. Chancy Brewer wields the editorial pen with quite as much vigor and vivacity - ity as he handles time cleaver or the butcher knife with discrimination and success. Alt , there , Theodosius ! Colonel Bishop of the Indianola Weekly - ly Reporter , and who is incidentally the pride of hemispheres two , is having more fun all by himself just now titan any newspaper man in the wild and woolly west. s The state press are saving such charming - ing things about Mr. Barnes of the Times-Democrat , apropos of his recent marriage , that he is no doubt sorry that lie did not sooner enter the realms of connubial bliss. Cards are out announcing the marriage of George Edwin Searles and miss Luzena Starbuck , which will be solemn- zed at residence of bride's parents , Mr. mnd Mrs. M. Y. Starbuck , Wednesday evening , February 13th. McCooK , NEB. , Dec. io,1894. L. W. McConnell & Co. , City. Gentlemeu-I have had a cough for about t6 years , and have tried all of the oPular remedies without being bene-I Pfitted. fitted. I used one bottle of McConnell's Balsam and my cough is gone. I therefore - fore cheerfully testify to its merits. Yours truly , LITTLE ANNIE RooNEv. 4n Main Avenue. - A ministerin amadjoining town recent- y startled his congregation with the fol- owing language : "Before the stewards ake up the collection , I would like to make a few remarks. There are over 200 persons in this house counting sinners and saints , crooked and straight , big and little , male and female , not incluing the crying babies. If each person here thinks my sermon worth the price of a glass of beer or a nickel cigar , five red tens of a dime , let him pay that amount. If each pays a nickel it will make a total of $ io this evening. This repeated every day in the year would pay my salary. A sermon that isn't worth a nickel isn't worth coming to hear , and a person that will beat the Lord , the preacher or the printer , is a goat of the most odoriferous - ous . " ' Alfalfa is a curious grass , but a paying one , says an exchange. It is better than bank account , for it never fails nor goes into the hands of a receiver. It is weather proof , for the cold does not inure - ure and the heat m tkes it grow the bet- er. A winter flood will not drown it and a fire will net kill it. As a borer it s equal to an artesian well. When grow- ng there is no stopping it. Begin cut- ing a twenty acre field and when your ast load of hay is handled at one end of he field the grass is ready to cut at the other end of it. For filling a milk can , an alfalfa fed cow is equal to a handy pump. Cattle love it , hogs fatten upon t and a hungry horse will want nothing lse. Bees will leave all other blooms for alfalfa. If your land will grow alfalfa - fa you will have the drop on dry weath- r. Once started on your land alfalfa will stay with you like Canada thistles or a first-class mortgage , but only to make you wealthier and happier. Put up a windmill plant and try it. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Awarded Gold. Medal btfdwinter Fair , San Francisco. The Royal Arch. On Wednesday evening King Cyrus Chapter3Sofourcityconferred the Royal Ar h degrees upon Companions Jesse E , Harden of lVauneta , Williuu R. Cunr- tnins and Charles J , Wi'cox of Palisade. There were present from out of town : Companions , W , Fisher timid W S. Fisher of Wauneta , C. D. Fuller of htt- perial , J. T luilard of Palisade , Oscar McClellan of Ezra Chapter 23 , Canada. In town Companions : IIV. . Cole , G. J. Burgess , L. C. Wolff , E E. Lowmnan , T. G. Rees , H II. Easterday , J. D. Robb , J F Ganschow , J A. Wilcox , Sylvester Cordeal , J R. Roxby , harry Tyler , C , M. Noble , C. W Bronson , S. L. Green , J , M , Trammell , B. C. Ballew , J. W. Hupp , G. F. l'ronger , A. S. Camp- hell , U. G. Wolff , C. E. Magner , W. M. Anderson , J A. Tubhs The affair was cliutaxed with a banquet - quet , after midnight , .in Tony Probst's best style. Try Sub-Soiling. The subject of sub-soiling is attracting a good deal of attention and is a very encouraging indication. It shows that the .people are beginning to study the situation ; that tile ) are seeking to solve the problem of dry weather. Sub- soiling would be of special value in this country , because there is rarely a spring when we tlo not have several soaking rains. If the soil is loosened to time depth of two feet it will usually become moist to that depth during the months of May and June. Our niost dangerous cnontii is July. Witir the soil thoroughly - ly saturated withn water to the depth of twenty-four inches it will be an exceptional - tional season that the corn : crop will not pass through the nmonth of July comparatively - paratively unhurt and receive the fall rains iii time for its maturity. A Happy Birthday Party. Last Thursday was Eva Mitchell's birthday , and time happy occasion was celebrated with a party at the home of her parents , Mr. and Mrs. 1V. A. Mitchell - ell , in a very delightful w ay , with the aid of the following little friends : Luella Thompson , Alice Harris , Minnie Berry , Jessie I'ope , Ethel I'ope , Edith lraite , Edna Waite , Tack DeLong , Lulu Moore , ? Hattie Schmidt , Hazel Coleman , Bessle Borneman and Alberta Davis. Besides time good time enjoyed by the little folks in each other's company , games , etc. , refreshments consisting of ice cream , cake , candy , fruit , etc. , were served , and filled the cup of joy to the brim. Judge Ashmore Dead. H , M. Ashmore , an old-tinme resident of Red Willow county and Indianola , died on Monday near Denver' His remains - mains were shipped to Indianola , where services and interment were held on Wednesday. Mrs. Ashmore accompanied the remains front Denver. Among those present at the services were Miss Carrie Ashmore and Mrs. A. J , Vennum of Palisade - isade , Neb. , attd Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher and son WilI of Wauueta , Neb. The family and friends have much sympathy expressed in their behalf. The deceased was about 58 years of age , and had been a sufferer for many years , AT THE C. 0. D. STORE. 20 Granulated . . . . . . . . . . . . $ . I Excellent Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 I ? Good Uncolored Japan Tea. . . .25 1 i Extra Good Uncolored J. Tea .35 I " Best Uncolored Japan Tea. . . . 45 3 Cans Blue Valley Sugar Corn. . -25 6 Cans of Best California Canned Fruit ( assorted ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 Mustard Sardines per can . . . . . . . .10 Oil Sardines per can . . . . . . . . . 05 3 ? California French Prunes. . . . .s5 4 ; 4 Soda or Oyster . . . . . . . 3 ql ; Ginger Snaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Ar TIIE C. 0. D. SToRE. SOUTH SIDE ITEMS. i + Irs. Ella Wood Freelove has been quite ill with pleuro-pneumonia but is. note rapidly recovering. Literary society was postponed , last' week in district 31 , on account of sickness - ness in the neighborhood. Ice is being taken from the ice pond. belonging to A. C. Marsh. Most of it is , twelve to thirteen inches thick. Thirty' or forty loads have been cut and hauled away. For Sale or Lease. The butcher shop and tools on West Dennison street. Inquire of S. M- Cochran - ran & Co. , or of PERRY STONE. t 60 Acres For Sale. 70 acres old ground. 9o acres under the irrigation ditch. Two miles from McCook. Terms easy. F. S. Wn cox. "Hogs' heads at Brewer's old reliable - able meat market. They are fine. Good writing paper ten cents a quire at this office.