. _ ± r - , - , . . _ - , . .o- , , . 1b- + r.-- , . - - - - - . - - - . . - I F Just a little adlet Is your business rnthcr sloir 1 < Placed with careful hand , fltook1 And Y o u r sales a nfltlow2 i t bfakesami h ht Y difference I1o you cart to swell their size. ? t , . In this pleasant land. , Read T1tE TRIBUNE and advertise. .i cada 8ca lcaEct3F Ca _ , , ! " "y t 4 e t FOURTEENTH YEAR , McCOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY EVENING , NOVEMBER 15 , 1895. NUMBER 28 , s . t i Grand Festival. On Tuesday evening , November I9th , and continuing the following two evenings - ( ings , Nov. 20th and 21st , a Grand Pestt ; vat will be held at the A. 0 , U. W. Tern- : a pie under the auspices of the Ladies of St. Patrick's Church Parish. Supper will be served each evening from 6 to 12. Music each evening by the Pythian Or- chestra. - Dancing from 8:3o : to 12. A Prize F ' . Table , and various other attractions r each night. The public is extended a cordial invitation - tion to participate in the festivities each evening , and enjoy a pleasant time. REV. J. W , HICKEY. . Tell the Truth. There has been too much said about the immense crops in Nebraska as a whole , when there is not a word of truth in it. It is misleading and detrimental : to the general'i-rood of our people. It is true there are some sections that have extra good'crops , but it must be - bered that a large section of the state that usually raises the largest crops has r - very little. Thus it can be easily seen - the average is cut down. The two hot weeks in September made not less than 15 or 20 per cent less on the average of the corn crop. Prom the reports of the . daily papers it would be supposed that the railroad could not get cars enough to haul the grain.-Nebraska Farmer. An Unfortunate Woman. ' ' Keller Heist of Sheridan , Wyo. , writes y > t Chief Sigwart to be on the lookout for his daughter , Mrs. Nettie Peterson of Missouri Valley , to have come ' j to this city with suicidal intent. Accord- Y ing to Heist , Mrs. Peterson has come Here with a fifteen-months-old baby , i , : sayingshe would kill herself and baby upon arrival here. She has made three attempts to kill herself , ote at Aurora , once at Grand Island , and lastly at Mc- Cook. The woman is about twenty- : . three ears old five feet five inches in : t. height and of dark complexion , Mrs , Eliza Heist ; mother of the demented woman , lives somewhere in Omaha- r. Omaha cor. Lincoln Journal. ' - He s an American. , u i ' _ y . , "FAIRBURY , Ill , , Nov. It , 1S9J. F , 11 , KIDiMELL , McCook , Neb. ° _ , Dear Sir-I : think my subscription to P. THE TRIBUNE expires Jan. I , ' 96 ; but it seems that you have changed your views since I first subscribed for your paper , and have espoused the cause of "The Old Man on the Tiber" . I am an American and have no use for that kind of literature ; so you need not send the paper any longer. Yours truly , C. H. . Death of Mrs. Thomas Lonergan. . Tuesday afternoon , Sylvester Cordeal received a telegram from Chicago , announcing - nouncing the death at noon of that day of Mrs. Thomas Lonergan. The deceased - ceased will be remembered as the charming - ing and refined old lady who at different i times visited in our city , guest of her daughter , Mrs. F. H. Spearman , now of Omaha , who with her husband were at r Chicago at the end. Many McCook' friends will deeply sympathize with them in this great sorrow. Be More Careful- , ' r ' An officer in the fire department re- quests the publisher to urge upon the people more care in the matter of turning - ing in fire alarms. An alarm , especially at night , means the disturbing of some 35 men , and if false , has the tendency to impair the efficiency of the service by disgusting the members of the department - . : ment , who are every now and then unnecessarily - necessarily called out. The D. of H. Ball. A nice company participated in the dance held , Monday evening , in the Temple hall , by the ladies of the Degree - gree of Honor , A. 0. U.V. . , and every - one present enjoyed the occasion. The Pythian orchestra provided the music. Though not numerously attended , it . . .r was a"successful and pleasing affair. Teachers' Examination. ' County Teachers' Association ' meeting will be held in Bartley , Saturday - day , Nov. i6th,189J , the regular examination - - ' ination day , I will hold a teachers' examination - amination , Saturday , Nov. 23d , at my office in Indianola. . H , BAYSTON County Supt. Hughes--Calkins. MARRIED-On Friday , November Sth , 1895 , at the residence of J. E. Tirrilljus- ' tice of the peace , Samuel J. Hughes and ' . . . Jennie Calkins , both of Valley Grange . precinct , the justice officiating. Here's long life and prosperity and happiness for the young people. - D. Guernsey is here from Salt Lake ' City on business. . . i t e t Hawksworth--Johnson. Last evening , Engineer Frank W , Hawksworth and Miss Grace A. Johnson were united in marriage by Rev. R. L. Knox. The affair was a very private one , only witnessed by the relatives of the contracting parties. The groom's parents - ents , Mr. and Mrs. D. Hawksworth of Plattsmouth , were present. Both groom and bride are well known and highly regarded in this community , which joins THE TRIBUNE in warmest congratula tions , and well wishes. The newly married - ried couple left for Plattsmouth on No. 2 , this morning , for a brief honeymoon , The District Judgeship. The District Judgesbip is still in doubt and a contest may yet result. The official - cial vote gives Welty three plurality , but the change made by an alleged unknown person on the abstract hook in clerk's office in Beaver City , gives Norris three plurality. But the end'is not yet. A telegram received here , last night , we are informed , claims the election of Norris by one plurality. Off the Slater John Kelley had a boomlet , For the auditorship of state ; But IastTuesday sealed his doomlet , And now he's off the slate. Verlie Berry is still seriously ill with an attack of typhoid fever. They have a large order of sleds and skates coming at the Postoflice Lobby. The Junior Epworth League held a successful social in the Methodist church on last evening. People that want the news subscribe for THE TRIBUNE. And they do get it -and in good form , too. The replevin suit before Squire Berry , Wednesday morning , involving some horses , was won by C. M. Noble. Rev. R. L. Knox moved up from Arapahoe - ahoe , Wednesday of this week , occupying - ing the M V. Starbuck residence. The Pythian band expect to matte a large success of their masquerade ball , about December 12th. Wait for it. First of the week , Mrs. Bager moved her millinery store into the A. 0. U. W. building , occupying the room formerly used by C. M. Noble. County teachers should observe the change of the date of County Superintendent - intendent Bayston's regular examination day from the 16th to the 23d. This week , W. G. Wilson retired from R. A. Cole's employ , and embarked in business for himself , sharing an office on Main street with C. J. Ryan. The remains of the late C. C. 11I , Rowell were disinterred on Thursday and were shipped to Mt. Ayr , Iowa , on the evening passenger , for re-interment. Our local contemporaries were shorten on county election news. .But they made up on general news , which had a more pleasing sound than the local music. This week , Mr. Edgerton retired from the management of the Union hotel and Mrs. Adams , who has been running a restaurant - taurant in the old Saylor building , assumed - sumed charge of the house. C. L. DeGroff & Co , report their special - cial sale on Monday as being the best day the Cash Bargain Store has enjoyed since they have been the proprietors of that popular place of merchaudizing. There are a number of individuals in this vicinity , who are yelling "America for Americans" most lustily , whom it would bother mightily to produce their naturalization papers. And thus the country is continuously saved. The regular annual meeting for the election of officers of the McCook Club for the ensuing year will be held at the club rooms , Saturday , November 16th , 1895 , at 8 o'clock p. m. C. F. BABCOCK , Secretary. A false fire alarm was by mistake turned - ed in from the depot at about io o'clock , Friday night. We understand that the errort occurred while an operator was engaged - gaged in switching on the key board in the telegraph office , the fire alarm wire being switched in by mistake. Sometime before election- fact just after the county convention- alluded - luded to a quantity of oleo and a fine mess of parsnips. We withdraw the al- lusion-or illusion , if you please. There is no oleo and the parsnips are ditto. There are absolutely no goods to deliver- The trough is empty His friends are having not a little amusemeut at the expense of Electrician Ray Hall , who went gunning for geese , Sunday. Like Al..Bump and Chief Knights , he did not know that they were decoys , until he had plunked them so full of lead that they could not fly if they halt been real birds. Wants to know. OaAHA , Neb. Nov. 9 , 1895 To THE MCCOoK TRIBUNE : I would like to use your columns to ask a few pertinent questions , and make a few remarks : First , how does it happen - pen that yourself and C. T Brewer conic to have so many votes ? Only last week the Times-Democrat said that you two were the only dissatisfied Republicans in McCook ; but by THE TRIBUNE ( for which I had to wait to get the returns , as it was not seen fit to make any report to the Omaha papers , as is customary ) I see that the would-be Republican party was defeated It must be that you and Brewer stuffed the ballot box. Second , early to the campaign I was informed by Mr. Kelley that I would be a detriment - ment to the best good of the would-be Republican party ; that I could not make a satisfactory run , consequently I was left by the roadside. I would now like to ask Mr. Kelley if he can run for office successfully. Having the management - ment of the would-be Republican party , and having the entire ticket defeated. Accept my congratulations , Mr. Kelley , on your success. Next time don't tell people that they cannot have any office on account of theni supporting a petson wliont you are afraid to have run. I think that the Republican party as a party is still better than any one-man party , and I think that the would-be party has been taught a lessen that they will remember ; and remember that in the future that because the party is in the majority that they can not force any one man , or men , onto the party that you may see fit to place in nom- ination. Now , Mr , Kelley , where is your solid " 36" ? Respectfully yours , a Republican from principle , WM. M. ANDERSON. Mud ( ? ) Slinging. Our old time friend and subscriber John Shepherd discontinued his paper , this week , on the alleged grounds that he was opposed to mud slinging. ( We might add right here that our old friend's idea of mud slinging is , opposing such A , P , A deals as defeated the Republican - can county ticket , last week. ) Of such mud slinging we plead guilty. We take pride in opposing what we esteem erroneous - roneous , as well as satisfaction in promoting - meting what we hold true and honorable and right. As to mud slinging in its true and detestable - testable sense , we emphatically and indignantly - dignantly deny the imputation , and we are fully prepared to substantiate any statement made ( luring the campaign just closed. We have no objection to any one stopping - ping THE TRIBUNE , if the course of the publisher is unsatisfactory. But we prefer to have such persons state the true and genuine reasons for so doing , or none. Inexcusable Delay. The delay in ascertaining definite news from the district judgeship seems to he chargeable to the county clerk of Hitchcock - cock county , who refused to canvass the returns until late on Saturday evening , All the other .counties were in quite promptly. . The public is entitled to know election news as promptly as the same is ascertainable - tainable , and the county clerk who will in any way retard or obstruct the earliest securing of such official information is not performing his duty to his constitu- ency. And the public should hold all such officers to a strict accountability. It should be a pleasure to those in authority to do all in their power to enable - able the press to give the public the authentic - thentic result of elections at the earliest possible moment. Quit Your Meanness , Boys. The McCook Electric Light Co. have been so annoyed and put to so much expense - pense by the malicious destruction of incandescent - candescent lamps on their city circuit , by gangs of young boys , that they have been compelled to post notices all over the city offering a reward for information Leading to the conviction of any one guilty of destroying their street lamps. President Carruth informs us that as many as fourteen incandescent street 7 lamps have been destroyed in one week , by gangs of boys , who use poles , nigger shooters , etc. in their destruction. THE TRIBUNE would advise those engaged - gaged in such work to quit their meanness - ness at once , and for good. A fine and possible imprisonment may thus be averted , as the company is determined I t0 put a stop to such malicious work. t Special Notice. t E. & W. Collars and Cuffs will not be subject to a Discount or sold at less than Regular Prices during our Special Sale nest week. THE FA3fous CLOTHING Co.t s Dart has sold his Beaver City Times to Kelley and "For Revenue Only" will be merged into the Times. > . ; t s - r zr1 r , THE PEOPLE. L s t d' ' lx c tic A. J. RITTENHOUSE had business in Stockvilfe , first of the week. SUPT. BAYSTON was up front Indian- ola , yesterday , on school business. FRANK ODELL , a Lincoln lawyer , was a city visitor , Thursday of this week. Mess BELLE Bor.ToN of Akron was the guest of Miss Doan , first of the week. - MRS. E. C. DOLLINGER of Wheaton , Illinois , is visiting in the city , the guest of Mrs. H A. Easterday. G. W. NORRIS of Beaver City and Perry L. Hole of Arapahoe sojourned in the nietropolis , Friday night. GEORGE FIOCKNELL and family expect - pect to leave for California. Saturday of next week , to spend the winter. MRS. E. E. LowMAN arrived home , Wednesday night , frouta two weeks visit - it to her parents at Brownville , Nebras- ha. ED. BOHANAN of Lincoln , who was a McCook business man early in the 'Sos , a partner of H , T Church , was here , Tuesday. E. E. WELLER came up from Syracuse - cuse , Nebraska , Monday night , and spent a few days here , the guest of his business - ness partner , C. L. DeGroff. REV , H S. MACAVEAr , of Omaha , 'formerly of Cambridge , was in the city over night , Tuesday , going down to Cambridge on the freight of the following - ing morning. HENRY MEYERS , who on the 6th was united in marriage with an Iowa lady , arrived home , first of the week , with his bride , and is receiving the congratulations - tions of his friends. REV. D. L. MCBRIDE of Frontier county will on next Thursday leave for his old home in Illinois , Taylorville , where he expects to serve for a couple months as "supply" . JUDGE WELTY of Cambridge and Stenographer - ographer Stevens of Arapahoe were city visitors on Saturday evening , coming up to get the latest returns on the district judgeship election. MRS. IMOGENE ROWELL left , last night , for Mt. Ayr , Iowa , near which place she will make her home iu the future. She and Miss Grace carry with them the kindliest feelings of many McCook friends , who will join THE TRIBUNE in wishing them" all things desirable in their old home. C. M. NOBLE and family took their departure , last night , for Bethany , Mo. , where they expect to make their future home. The Nobles are old settlers of our city , and their departure is most keenly regretted by a host of friends , all of whom join us in wishing them the fat of the earth , wherever their lot may be cast in future. Ltk THE CHURCHES. J. A. Badcon will preach at Box Elder , Sabbath evening and Monday morning , and on Tuesday , at Indianola , will preach and hold quarterly conference for Rev. C. A. Hale , P. E. , who is in Denver , Col. METHODIST-Morning services at II. Sunday school at 10. Class meeting at 12. Junior League at 3 ; Mrs. Mitchell , Supt. Epworth League at 7 ; subject- Foundingof Church atAntioch" . Agnes - nes Wentz , lead er. Song service at S. Rev. E. C. Condtt of Denver , superintendent - tendent of the American Bible society , occupied the Congregational pulpit , Sunday - day morning , preaching a very instruc- tiveBible sermon. A special collection was lifted for the society he represents. CoNGREGATIoNAL-Morning topic , 'The Tower" . Strong Evening topic , :4 Life Center" . Endeavor society at o'clock ; Miss Grace Torbert , leader. Sunday school at 1o o'clock. You will be welcome to all services. HART L. PRESTON , Pastor. The Endeavor reception , Tuesday evening - ening , at the residence of President T. B. Campbell , in honor of Miss Norma Noble , was a very happy affair and was argely attended by the membership of be society , who generally regret that bliss Norma leaves out city , this week , o make her home in Missouri. BAPTIST-Services in McConnell hall. Preaching at II a. m. and S p. m. Bible school at 10 a , m. Young Peoples' meet- rig 7 p. m. ; leader , Miss Martha Batter- hall ; subject , "Obedience" . A very scordial cordial invitation is extended to all to attend any of these services. G. P FUSON , Pastor. . . The Modern Weekly Newspaper. There are still some people who do not recognize the difference between county newspapers now and twenty years ago. A paper in the earlier days represented an investment of $200 to $ .100 , and was indifferently managed , usually as a tail to some one's political kite. Receipts were uncertain , and often the withdrawal of the business of one patron brought consternation to the establishment or necessited reducing the sheet or its sus- pension. The established papers of the present represent investments , few less than $4,000 , many $ Ioooo to $15,000 , and sonic even more. The paper is in a sense a public institution , like a bank , anyone may enjoy its advantages by becoming - coming its patron. It bestows confidence - dence and favors as a bank reposes trust in those who by their conduct and reputation - tation seem to deserve it. A paper is naturally biased more than any other enterprise in favor of the place of its publication. Other concerns may move away , the paper is part of the city. For this reason it works harder and more zealously than any other factor to at. tract trade and to insure prosperity. The power of a progressive and liberal paper in this direction cannot be esti- mated. No calling today is more deserving - ing of encouragement. The work , which is exacting if properly done , has its com- pensations. Aside from the pleasure of helping one's home , townsmen and neighbors , the material returns will been on the whole as large as those of any other business representing the same in- vestnient.-Ex. A Bible Depository. Union services of the Protestant churches of the city were held in the 111. E. church , Sunday evening , Rev. E. C. Condit of Denver , superintendent of the American Bible society , filling the pulpit. His sermon was a continuation of his excellent Bible sermon iii the Congregational - gregational church on the same morning. A collection for the society was raised. At the conclusion of the evening services - vices , an auxiliary of the American Bible society was formed , to be known as the McCook Depository of the American Bible society , with T. B. Campbell as president ; J. A. Wilcox , vice president ; E. H. Rohlf , secretary ; Albert McMillen , treasurer. The drug store of the treasurer - urer was made the Depository. It is proposed to place a copy of the Bible in every home in the city and vicinity , either by sale or gift , in due time. The union services packed the edifice. In addition to the speaker Rev. J. A. Badcon , Rev. J. P Fuson , and Rev. H , L. Preston occupied the pulpit. Drowned in Meeker Ditch. The seven-year-old daughter of John Wacker , a Russian tenant on C. H. Meeker's farm south of the city , was drowned in the Meeker irrigating ditch , early Wednesday evening. It is thought that the little girl had started to cross the ditch on a plank , to go to her mother , who was at work in a neighboring corn field , and that site missed her footing , fell into the ditch and was drowned. Searching parties looked for the missing - ing girl all night , but without success. Early this morning the water was shut off , and the remains were soon recovered. This is the second sad fatality since the construction of the Meeker ditch , the other being the drowning of the young man in one of the small lakes up near the head of the ditch. The bereaved parents have much genuine - uine sympathy. Are Appreciative and Thankful. The Lady Maccabees are very thankful - ful to all persons connected with the play presented in the opera house , last week , with such gratifying success , under - der the auspices of the lodge , and in accordance - cordance with the action taken by the lodge , they desire to express their appreciation - ciation and gratitude to Mr. J , F. Forbes and the members of the company that so nobly assisted him in the product.on of the comedy , and to the ladies of the committee having the arrangements and business in charge. A Special and Genuine Sale. In this issue The Famous Clothing Co. announce a great special and genuine t sale , embracing any and all goods in their large establishment. The sale will commence on next Monday and will continue for ten days only. They quote i somevery attractive figures , which will doubtless draw them a large trade. You will not this season have an opportunity to purchase such first-class , genuine bargains. Call and see what they have to offer you. A successful protracted meeting is in progress at the Fitch school house. The court house at Elwood , Gasper county , with some records , was burned Thursday , - - - - - - - - ocT - } 1 eWs. E E. P. Bolton wns down ( rout Akron , Tuesday. t A new time card will go into effect , t Sunday. ! Saut Dulaney started , Tuesday , overland - land for Jennings , Kansas , on a visit. Arthur Douglass is in the company's employ now in charge of the oil house. The shop men are now working from 8 to 5 The change being just recently made. Mesdames T , 11I , Mundy and J. W. Line went up Denver , last night , on a short visit. F Brakeman . S. Tomlinson has moved f into the Lentiug residence on north Marshall - shall street. Auditor E. 0 , Brandt was out from Omaha , over Sunday , on business of his department. Frank Harris arrived home , Monday night , from attending a meeting of the Advisory Board of the Burlington Voluntary - untary Relief Association at Chicago. The branch train going to St. Francis lost a part of itself , \Vednesday. The passenger coach and the caboose broke loose from the main train about a mile west of town , the train going nearly to Stamford before the loss was noted.- Orleans Progress. The Burlington made a plicnominaI runSundaybetween Galesburg and Men- tlotawithapassenger train. The distance is 8o niileswhich was covered in So minutes - utes , including five stops and two slow- ups , which caused a loss of 20 minutes. This makes the actual running time 6o minutes or at the rate of So miles an hour. This same train made the distance - tance last week in 95 minuter. Ed. Kane of Fox Lake , Wis. , spent part of the week here on his way home from Denver , whither he went to seek the help of the healer. He feels quite encouraged over his prospects for regaining - gaining his eyesight. And its that event he wants to make his home here , as there seems to be no place like McCook for him. His ninny friends here hope that his brightest expectations tray be may be realized , Machinist W. C. Lambert of Sheridan ; had the misfortune to let a branch pipe , fall on his foot , last Sunday , and is now 1 nursing several bruised toes. . . , Mr. Jas. ; Doyle of McCook arrived in Alliance , yesterday morning , Mr. Doyle is looking - l ing for work , and we hope lie will succeed - ceed in getting a position as he is a brood man and an old acquaintance of the writer. Master Mechanic Jas. Ritchie of Sheridan was taken sick with typhoid fever , Monday , and he will not be able to attend to his official duties for several weeks. Mr. W. C. Lambert is looking after the shops and Mr. Krae- nier ai11 have general charge at Sheri- Ian until Mr. Ritchie recovers.-Afli- attce Grip. s NICKELS AND DIME _ S. School supplies at McMillen's. McMillen has a full line of Lamps. Lamp Shade Frames at McConneil's. Consult Holmes Bros. , the carpenters. Lamp Shade Frames at McConnell's. McMiIIen has a very fine assortment of Writing Tablets. 6I Dennison's Crepe Tissue 25C. a roll. American Crepe Tissue loc. a roll , at 14IcConnell's. The McCook Commission Co. guarantees - tees you the best quality of flour acid the Lowest price. International Stock Food makes poor stock fat. 3 feeds i cent. Sold by L. W. MCCONNELL & Co. Everything , in the flour , feel and grain line for sale by the McCook Commission - mission Co. The verylowestprices , too. The McCook Commission Co. wiil make you a specially low price if you vant 500 pounds of flour , or more , and of any brand in stock. We will posi- ively not be undersold. Dwelling for Rent. A well located , new five-room dwell- rig to rent , reasonable. Call on P. \VELLS. . To Exchange. Denver lots , clear , for Red Willow county farm. Address 1 D , care TRIBUNE. For Sale. Nearly new hard coal stove. 2ts. I. T. BENJAMIN. Quarterly meeting at the Methodist ' church , Tuesday evening.