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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1895)
7 a : . 1t 4 .j Ucoiok ribnnc. 3 v ' , I N 3 Y . r THIRTEENTH YEAR. MCCOOK . RED WILLOW "COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING , . MAR. S , 1895. NUMBER. 42 f w I Did Not Pan Out. A meeting o f representative citizens was held in the office of C. F. Babcock , last Friday eveniug , to take some action on the seed proposition made by the Chicago board of trade. After going over the pros and cons of the situation , it was decided to send H. H. Easterday to Chicago to perfect arrangements for securing a share of the offered seed for Red Willow county. Horace took the next morning's train for Chicago , and in I our unsophisticated imagination we saw whole train loads of seed rolling into this county in a few days. But it was I all a figment of the imagination. It was found that less than $ rgooo had , been raised by members of the Chicago ' board of trade for the herculean task of seeding large portions of three states. Not a drop in the bucket was in sight or even in prospect , and Horace came home in the night time , Tuesday. So that the board of trade proposition seems to .be { a complete fiasco , and the seed question is wider open than ever before. And the perfect wisdom of defeating' the bond proposition is by no means proven. It were better to borrow than to beg- when you can borrow. The Riverside Dairy. - ( , Leon Clark is now perfecting arrangements - ments to resume the business of the old t Riverside dairy at the old stand , and on Wednesday of neat week he will be on the route prepared to furnish his old ( customers , and as many new customers as may desire , a first-class quality of milk or cream. Promptness , courtesy r and quality are his motto. He respectfully - fully solicits a share of your patronage. j A Surprise Party. Supt. and Mrs. A. Campbell's commodious - dious home was the scene of an elaborate surprise party , Wednesday evening , in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Z. L. Kay. There were about thirty couples present. Card games and refreshments provided the evening's entertainment. The doctor and wife were the recipients of a number J of elegant presents from tlteir numerous admiring friends. The Council's Work. A Congregational church council corn- posed of Revs. Ricker of Alma , Preston of McCook , Bross of Lincoln , Stewart of Aurora , Mitchell of Franklin , met at , Cambridge on Tuesday , and decided . that the pleasant relations which have existed between Pastor MacAyeal and . the Cambridge Congregational church for so many profitable years , should continue. i Cane Seed Free. Hugh W. Cole informs us that the Oyler Implement Co. of St. Louis , agrees to furnish every farmer who has lost a crop in 1894 enough cane seed to plant one acre. Farmers should at once make application to either C. M. Noble or M. ; A. Spalding , either of whom will give full particulars. But be prompt in call- ing. This is only a little. Howeverevery little will be helpful in this extremity. The serious aspect of the seed question has not in the least brightened , during the past week. In fact the outlook is darker than ever since the Chicago board of trade fiasco. We are still in a measure confronting the old question , where will the seed and feed come from ? With some avenues of escape permanently - nently closed. The Timm Pahl family expects to leave for Germany soon on a visit. Mr. Pahl' will not go , however. This intended visit has been delayed for some time b Y the fact that their tickets went down with the Elbe , some few weeks ago. I At'Valeutine the citizens have formed a stock association and will invest in $5 shares to be used in buying grain for i seed , and the association will take notes 1 with personal security. Cochran & Co. have in stock press drills , discs , endgate seeders , walking , ' sulky and gang plows , and in fact eyery- thing us ually kept in a first-class imPle- I ' { meat house. Charlie Holmes has been night-watch- man while Howe Smith has been running - ning the elevator for H. H. Easterday J- during the latter 's absence in Chicago. C. H. . Boyle has purchased the Frank Carruth dwelling on the corner of Dearborn - $ born and lvIonroe streets , a farm figuring t in the transaction. n The man who would reform McCook must show a cleaner and an older bill of health than the editor of the Weekly Blackguard. t ) The gold mining business is undergo- jug another boom. McConnefl's Balsam for coughs. Dr. Pa cesC ream Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Award. McConnell's Sarsaparilla. . McConnell's Balsam for coughs. A nice variety of ink and pencil tablets - lets at this office. Take a bottle of McConnell's Sarsaparilla - rilla for a spring medicint ! . + The sprinkler made its initial spring appearance , yesterday afternoon. Full line of agricultural implements for sale by S. M. Cochran & Co. Inspect before buying. Now is the proper time to begin taking a spring medicine. McConnell 's Sarsaparilla - parilla is the best thing to use. Some handsome new box writing paper - per just received at our stationery de- partment. Prices very reasonable. A girl 12 to 14 years of age that proves congenial can find a good home with Mrs. Fred Carruth , two miles south of town. The celebrated Charter Oak cooking stove with gauze oven door is sold by S. itil. Cochran & Co. It is the best in the F market. A number of McCook people will go down to see "Colonel Sellers" presented at Indianola by local talent , toutojrow evening. On account of the oil company advancing - vancing the price of oil , I am compelled to charge $ r. 15 for gasoline in five gallon lots. H. THOMPSON. Harris Bros , who have a line of elevators - tors on the St. Francis branch , we understand - stand , are furnishing seed to some farmers - ers along that branch in limited quan- tities. We observe that some Nebraska editors continue publishing the Inl R. Hicks' forecasts notwithstanding the fact that the forecasts are copy-righted , and the unathorized publishers subject to flue. A representative of the Ayer patent medicine concern made this city , last Friday. His efforts to secure choice advertising space at a song from the two reputable and responsible papers of the city were properly unsuccessful. THE TRIBUNE does not object to municipal , moral or any other breed of reform. We are only moved to hilariousness - ousness by the present foolish attempt to draw eau-de-Cologne from the fetid depths of skunkdom. Brethren , "it can't be did-without violence to natural laws , and production of an uncanny - canny smell , Miss Bertha Boyle has returned to McCook after completing. the teachers' course on the piano at the Denver Col lege of Oratory , Music and Art , and will now take charge of her former pupils. She will also be pleased to give instructions - tions to any others who may wish her services. Any communication through the postoflice or otherwise , will receive prompt attention. RAIAROAD ITEMS. Mrs. J. F. Forbes has entertained her mother Mrs. Henry Tomblin of Bartley , part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. William Rice have been visiting at McCook and Hazzard , Neb. , for the past week. . . .W. F. Donahue has lost one of his old friends ; Sam Rogers has taken possession of the same for the purpose of starting some new kind of a lodge in McCook. Billy has gone.-Haigler News. Somebody stole Conductor C.W. Bron- son's grip and contents at Denver , on Wednesday morning , within a few minutes - utes after No. 3 arrived in the city , ' His loss is not large in dollars , but some valuable - uable private papers were among the articles taken , in addition to his punch , tickets , rebates etc. Charlie denies that they tried to work the gold brick or the country uncle dodge on him. President StickneY of the Great Western railroad has commenced a novel campaign forpromoting the business - ness interests of his corporation. He has started out to interview personally the farmers from one end of his road to : the other. His object is to impress upon them the importance of cultivating a smaller a number acres and cultivating them well. Just now he is advocating the growing of potatoes along the road. Cases are mentioned where land worth but trifle has been made to pay a good interest on a valuation of $50 per acre by the mere introducion of the cultivation of this crop. Farmers may be disappointed - pointed if they go into the potato culture - ture very extensively all at once , but there is no doubt that prosperity will follow the consistent following of Mr. Stickney's advice to g o into extensive farming , rotating. , crops and carefully watching the course of the markets.- Journal. _ ----7 A Narrow Escape. While out ridiug , Wednesday afternoon - noon , Conductor and Mrs. V. H Solli- day had a narrow escape from serious injury in a runaway. Messrs. Solliday and 1Vi11 Beyrer were indulging in a little race over the smooth , level road leading front the railroad to the middle river bridge. Just as they approached the lull leading down to the bridge , the breeching strap to Mr. Solhday's horse's harness became unsnapped , letting the buggy onto his heels. The animal cont- menced to kick vigorously and run like a white head , Mr. Solliday and wife were both thrown out of the buggy , and Mrs. Solliday was quite painfulljshaken up , though uo bones were broken. The horse con tinued his go-as-you-please as far south-west as Mr. Goheen's farm , where the runaway was captured. The buggy was but slightly damaged. But there is a juicy line of roast in store for Sol. Sacaline Pronounced a Fraud. Bulletins on the flat pea and the giant kuotweed or sacaline have been issued by the Agricultural department. "The greatest value of the flat pea , " says one bulletins , "should be as a soil renovator. The plan has succeeded in the arid regions - gions of South Africa , and may prove an efficient ally of farmers in similar regions - gions in the southwestern states. " Caution is urged in the introduction of giant knotweed owing to its strong , spreading and persistent root locks. Investigations - vestigations make by thedepartment indicate - dicate that its success in the arid regions of the west is very doubtful. Horses and Asses. The recent idiotic ravings of the hired man of the Weekly Blackguard recall a solemn passage which' recently appeared in Sylvester Cordeaf's bible-the New York Daily Sun : "There are horses and there are asses. " We violate no confidence - fidence when we state that the hired man of the Weekly Blackguard is no horse. Republican Caucus. A meeting of the Republicans will be held in the city hall , Wednesday evening - ning , March 13th , 1895 , forthepurpose of placing in nomination a city ticket and such other business as may regularly come before the meeting , PRECINCT COMMITTEE rAN. On Probation. In the days of chivalry , a knight had to win his spurs ; so the recent convert of the Weekly Blackguard will have to earn his assumed title of reformer , before the people of McCook will take seriously his splenetic nastiness. Enforced Sobriety. It's amusing to read the "castings" of the hired man , who now keeps sober because he hasn't the price , of men who drink and pay for their drinks. The boys at the First National bank were somewhat amused acrd just a little startled , a few days since , on receiving a telegram from President Hocknell , from Los Angeles , California , inquiring as to their health. It seems that the president - dent had not received any mail since his arrival there , mail sent to his hotel being - ing returned here. The hotel clerk was evidently not able to read the president's beautiful "spenccrtan" signature. It is estimated that it will take at least $27,000 to seed Red Willow county. This estimate includes 20,000 bushels wheat , 12,000 bushels oats , 6ooo bushels corn , 2,000 bushels millet. This estimate is doubtless conservatively low. ATTHE CHURCHES. Usual services in the Methodist church , next Sunday morning and evening. Regular meeting of the Degree of Honor will be held in the A. 0. U. W. hall , Monday evening next , at 8 o'clock. Remember the social in the Congregational - tional church , by the ladies of the Dor- cas society , next Tuesday evening. Good programme and refreshments. All for a dime. Preaching morning and evening at the Congregational church. Morning topic , "The Great'Division. " Sermon followed by the reception of members and the Lord's supper. Endeavor society meets at 6:30 , led by L. L. Dennis. The topic , "Everything for God. " PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. SUPT. BAYSTON was up from Iudian- ola , Monday , on aid business , for the county. SHERIFF AND MRS. BANKS and Mrs. W. 0. Bond drove up from the county- seat , Tuesday. C. 1 ; . DEGROFF arrived home , Sunday night , from the east , where he has been laying in an extensive line of.spring and summer goods. s. . . ' PEOPLE YOU KNOW. WILL HUBER has returned to the city. 0. FROST of Bartley was a Lincoln visitor , Tuesday of this week. S. C. KING arrived home from his visit to Iowa , Monday night. DEACON MORLAN meandered off to Lincoln , Monday night , to conference. REv. C. A. WEBSTER ofDanbury was a city visitor , last I nday and Saturday , REGISTER AND MRS. A. S. CAMPBELL arrived home from Hastings , Sunday night. C. H. PECK of Trenton , of irrig ution and bank fame , sojourned briefly with us , last Friday. I J. GRUNDV expects to start overland for Oklahoma , this reek , where he will farm this spring. MRS. J. W. DOLAN was up from In- dianola , yesterday , guest of her sister , Mrs. E. C Burkett. GEORGE E JOHNSTON'F family expect to leave for Salt Lake City , Utah , Thursday of next reek. GEORGE HAI LEIN arrived home , Sunday - day night , from an absence of a month or two in Emporia , Kansas. DR. W V. GAGE was in Lincoln on easiness , early portion of the week , returning - turning honie Tuesday night. JUDGE H. Ii. BhNSON has been engaged - gaged to deliver the Memorial day address - dress at Itulianola , this year. MISSES ONA SIMoN and Della Johnston - ston went down to Lincoln , this morn- itYg , on a brief visit to Miss Selma Noren. MR. AND 1 < 1RS. J. T. BULLARD 50- journed in the city over night , Monday , on their way home to Palisade from Omaha. T. E MCDONALD , the banker , and William Sandon , the merchant , were over from Danbury , Tuesday , on some business. MESSRS. J. W. DOLAN , G. W. Roper and William McCallum attended the seed and feed meeting lucre , last Friday evening. MISSES HATTIE AND EDNA YARGER will go down to Red Cloud , this evening , to be gone over Sunday , the guests of their brother Oscar. J. H YARGER went down to Lincoln , yesterday morning , as a delegate from the McCook lodge to the grand lodge meeting , K. 0. T. M. C. T. BREWER spent most of last week in Colorado on cattle business , visiting Brush , Ft. Morgan , Denver and elsewhere - where during his absence. CHARLESSTEWARTgfEaston , Penna. , owner of the Stewart ranch , has been elected president of the Philadelphia & New England railroad. PRor. CLAUDB SMITH has been visit- ingltis parents at Arapahoe , since the latter part of last week. Recuperating , so an Arapahoe exchange puts it. REV. T. F. STAUFFER of Lincoln who occupied the Congregational pulpit of our city , last summer one Sunday , is very ill , and but slight hopes of recovery are entertained. ED. FLITCRAFT'S family and effects arrived from Fort Morgan , Colorado , Wednesday , and they have moved out to and occupied their old home , the old Luman N. Howe farm. LEE WALLACE moved in from Beatrice - atrice , Monday , and occupies a dwelling in the northeastern part of the city. He has a farm up in Coleman precinct , which he will farm this year. MRS. G. W. C0NNER entertained a large party of friends , Friday evening , at her home on Monroe street. Refreshments - ments were served in the dining-room on a table handsomely decorated in green , in the center of which was a large block of ice hollowed out to hold bunches - es of pale green grapes. Ropes of smilax were drawn from the corners of the table forming a canopy held together in the center by green ribbon acid grapes. Lotto was the game of the evening. Prizes were awarded , Mrs. J. E. Robinson - son winning the first prize , a basket of roses , and Miss Addie Doan the booby prize , a plaque , upon which was painted a flock of geese-very appropriate and pretty. The guests were : Mesdames J. E. Robinson , E. H. Doan , C. T. Brewer , S. B. Strasser , A. Campbell , C. B. Magner , W. C. LaTourette , H. P. SuttonVina Wood , C. L.DeGroff , C. W Bronson , F. A. Pennell , J. W. Hupp , H. W. Cole , W. W. Archibald , A. J. Chambers , 0. M.Knipple , W. S. Mor- lan , H. F. Pade , J. F. Gansehow , A. J. Clute , D. Magner , W. D. Burnett and .Misses Margaret Evans , Addie i Doan , and Josephine'Roy of Fa1Is City , Neb. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder wrt4l's Pdg' Iti be.t L4iI e.o Olpinr An Important Decision. The assistant attorney general for the postoffice department has made an important - portant ruling in regard to what are known as "newspaper laws , " which rttay be of importance to many of our people here who are being constantly blackmailed by a local disreputable sheet of forced and gratuitous circulation : "These so-called laws provide that subscribers to newspapers are liable for the price thereof unless they give express - press notice to discontinue , or when they give notice to discontinue without paying - ing arrearages , or refuse to take papers front the office , and that the publisher of a newspaper can have any one arrested - rested for fraud who takes a paper and refuses to pay for it , and that it is a dangerous trick to allow a subscription account to run on for six months or a year and a half and then tell the postmaster - master to mark it refused or send the editor a notice to discontinue the paper. The department has time and again informed parties making inquiry and the public generally that there are no such laws. The ruling now made , however - ever , goes beyond this. It was to the effect that a publisher who makes a demand - mand for payment of the subscription price of his paper through the mails , accompanied by a threat of enforcing such pretended laws in the case the de- niand is not complied with , may be prosecuted for attempt to'obtain money under false pretenses , providing he knows that such so-called laws have no evistence as laws or decisions of the courts. " McConnell's Sarsaparilla. Consult Holmes Bros. , the carpenters. Try McMillen's Damask Rose Lotion for face and hands. Take a bottle of McConnell's Sarsaparilla - rilla for a spring medicine. For Insurance on Farms and City property call on C. J. RYAN. The street improvement gang is a reliable - liable harbinger of an approaching city electton. David Kelliher this week moved from Indianola to the P. A. Wells' farm south of the city. R. M. Osborn's little boy ais improving - ing from a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism. B. F. Troxel bought four head of horses from Sheriff Banks , this week , for shipment - ment to the Phildelphia market. Abstracts of title will be furnished promptly and accurate by . C. TBEGGS. . The Chicago board of trade has ignominiously - miniously flunked in the seed proposi- tion. Don't depend. upon that source for anything , and you will not then be disappointed. They are down over 200 feet with the well at the pump house , and for the past 50 feet or more have been striking strong smelling indications of oil or gas , while going through what is called the soap stone formation. Well , a gas well will do if you can't tap the artesian flow. An adjuster of the Farmers and Merchants - chants Insurance Co , of Lincoln , was here on Wednesday , but Dr. Kay was unable to settle with him on the loss on household goods. If payment is not made in due time the doctor will promptly - ly bring suit. At the home of Mr. Andrew Carson in Perry precinct , in the presence of a number of the invited guests , at eight o'clock on the evening of March 6th , H. H. Berry performed the ceremony that made Mr. Thomas 0. Battreall and Miss Mary K. Schneider husband and wife. Elsewhere in this issue will be found the call of C. W. Barnes , committeeman for Willow Grove precinct , for a city caucus. Wednesday evening , March 13th , for the purpose of naming a Republican city ticket. This caucus should be largely represented by the Republicans of this city , to the end that a good ticket may be nominated. Miss Bertha Boyle , who has just returned - turned from attending the Denver College - lege of Oratory , Music and Art , announces - nounces that she will resume teaching music in our city , at once. Miss Bertha returns strongly recommended by Oscar Mayo as a highly talented and correct performer - former , and thoroughly acquainted with advanced methods of teaching. We hope she may secure a profitable class , believing - lieving she will do faithful and efficient work for her pupils. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Awudd Gold Medal Midwinter' Fait , San Frauidsca. The Deadly Slingshot. Last Saturday afternoon , while at play with a party of comrades , George' Pahl ' the ten-year old son of Timnt Pahl , was I shot in the right eye by one of his playmates - mates , Norman Campbell , and severely injured-there is saute doubt yet whether - er or not the lad will regain the use of the member. This accident , we understand - } stand , resulted from a banter given by the injured boy , and the serious result is deeply deplored by all concerned. However - ever , it should serve as a warning to the boys'of the city to destroy those dangerous - ous playthings , and in the event of failure to promptly do o , the authorities - ties should confiscate the slingshots and make an example of those who persist in using them. These slingshots are not only damaging to property as there are numerous evidences all over the city , but they are , a menace to life even , as the recent unfortunate accident sadly proves. Are Scrapping for the Pension. The several wives of the suicide , John A Walters , are now striving to get hold of his $12 a month pension. His Pennsylvania - . sylvania wife says that he deserted her twelve years ago , and then returned last November saying he had married several other women , but that as lie hint never been divorced she would have the pen- sion. Tire Nebraska wife has his discharge - charge papers , having been given tlicnt with the assurance that she was to have the pension. She , however , married Walters last year and does not come under the law. Another Mrs. Walters is supposed to have married hint before 1890 : the legal limit , and might get the pension if Walters was ever divorced from his first wife.-Journal. Died in the Sand Hills. The remains of Mrs. Ed. Rotlierrnel. who ( lied in the sand hills , about two weeks since , were ou last Friday afternoon - noon buried in the cemetery at Zion Hill church , up in Coleman precinct. The services were conducted in the Rotlier- mel home by the Methodist pastor from Culbertson. The bereaved husband and family have the deep sympathy of all that community. We Have Them. We have contracted this week the john Heim creamery butter. If you appreciate - ciate quality try it. Only 20 cents per pound. We are offering a bargain in Bread Knives and Toilet Soap with Baking Powder. We still continue to give away those elegant dinner pails with each Io pounds of lard purchased. Received this week a fine line of men's shoes suitable for heavy railroad work. Try a pair. Farmers plant the new fodder plant this spring. Superior to alfalfa. Call and examine the seed. MCCooK MERCANTILE Co' For Rent. The Johnston farm , one and one-half miles from town. Good implements , pasture , with I6o or 250 acres in cultiva- tion. Good chance for the right man. C. H. BOYLE. Good Summer Pasture May be secured on the Stewart ranch at Soc. a month for horses and Soc. a month for cattle. Call on or address JAMES A. REsH. Irrigated Land for Rent. Fine irrigated land for garden. Call ' on or address , J. A. GOHEEN , McCook , Neb. We Burn Wood When we can get it. If your subscrip tion is delinquent and you have the wood bring us in 3 load or two. For Sale or Lease. The butcher shop and tools on West Dennison street. Inquire of S. M. Cochran - ran & Co. , or of PERRY STONE. , i House for Sale. $300.00 will buy a comfortable dwelling - ing house on the lull. Inquire at this office. W. H. Campbell , of Fritsch precinct made a trade with J. F. Miller , Saturday , thereby becoming owner of a farm three miles northwest of Box Elder post- office.-Indianola Courier. Charles Benjamin and Miss Barbara Coiling , both of Indianola , Red Willow county , secured a marriage license , yes- terday.-Hastings special to Wednes- day's State Journal. On account of lack of business , the ; gambling house has closed temporarily. There is plenty of politics raider the surface , my countrymen. Good writing paper ten cents a quire at this office. McConnefl's Balsam for coughs. I ai i
