The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, August 14, 1896, Image 1
i Mil ! saax na > _ a m . . .in. . . . . . . . n-i. - . , ' " - - • - _ _ _ _ . . . . . * " _ _ x . , , | Br y _ _ Hr < * s& _ ' _ _ _ _ 1' _ _ _ : > • 1 _ _ _ HI N _ _ _ _ _ I : } - ® ) ' ! Jttt 00bv' : ® ribttne. : - , ; : IrK I _ _ _ rK . IVI FIFTEENTH YEAR McCOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 14 , 1896. NUMBER 13 H ill : _ HB. _ l Vm ON NEXT WEDNESDAY WwM1 Tlie Beautiful Cantata of "The Sea" KigR ? sons" Will be Given _ • _ $ ' I H 3Y OTJE BEST LOCAL TALENT • Sk Pr There Will be a Chorus of Thirty toftrlj \ Trained Voices , Four Tableaux HP 2w V and ° tner Attractive W mm Particulars. ki VEx * B B ? All arrangements arc now completed _ * _ jft for the cantata to be given in the opera B 9ft house , August 19th , by local talent and HEJB for the benefit of the Episcopal church. " jM * . ! / There will be thirty voices , four fine tab- fcjjBV , leaux by electric light , a specially trained TF orchestra and other attractive particu- K t ' lars. Popular prices. General admis- KxEf _ -ton , 25 cents. Reserved seats , 35 cents , _ 1Ft. -and for sale at McConnelPs drug store. P jBg " The cantata will be well worth a large K ijp liearing. Bc Kr' ' A Bryan Club. EJHK A Bryan club was duly organized in * ? _ > McCook , last Saturday afternoon , with a BjmKI -membership of 150. Patrick Walsh was Brf J ii -chosen president of the club and J. H. iltSfflP M Bayston , secretary. In addition an ex- 5r kill ecutive committee was chosen consisting 4rafjf v of A. J. Rittenhouse , J. B. Meserve , C. ijfljl H. Boyle , J. H. Bayston and C. J. Ryan. Rf | R $ > Speeches were made by J. B. Meserve , _ fe < _ Eh e * > 0Punst nominee for state treasurer , ill" r $ " * * " J" McKiHip. tne Populist candi- KJbtJt ' date for county attorney. Bt'SBw A meeting of the club will be held in Bfcft ) < ji ( 1 the city hall , Monday evening next at lwE :3 ° " " _ M-Hr Suit for Damages. JS < _ _ _ _ lP This week there was filed in the dis- MjnP' trict court a suit for damages by Mrs. He jL Lai la M. Drew against Allen C. Clyde , phjf fl \ „ \ Jesse F. Ingels , Daniel B. Doyle , Phillip fa E ] L Blatt and Ira J. Miller ; Samuel Strasser , UEHL f ; Mioses Stern , Joseph A. Snyder , John l2Calkins and John Shepherd , in the sum MUmJof ) $5,000.00 , for selling Arthur M. Drew , WJjjjmi -ner husband , liquor unlawfully. An- _ fl\ * -swer day is set for September 7th. Rit- PJ * * "teahouse and Boyle are attorneys for $ 4 * ) -Sirs. Drew. BTt ) Youthful Base Ballists. " "The " and "Little ' § ltl Crackajacks" Slug- % ' mmJl ; gers" met in mortal combat , Wednesday K V ) afternoon. "The Crackajacks" were vic- Egtr * torious in the lively score of 38 to 16. BpB\ This did not seem to satisy the youthful ' combatants , and another game was im- _ _ _ k * K3t - for stake of -mediately played a 50 cents , in which the Little Slugger were eclipsed in a score of 16 to 7. Another exciting game , Monday. Fraternal Day. Saturday ' ( tomorrow ) will be fraternal day at the Cambridge Chautauqua , and "to secure representation at the same a -special session of McCook lodge , Star of Jupiter , was held at Mayor Troth's res idence , Wednesday evening. Quite a number of members signified their pur pose to be present. An address will be Jtuade by H. H. Berry. [ An Exciting : Runaway. "Ben Bowen had quite an exciting runa way , Monday evening. While driving by the bicycle track on West Dennison • street his horses frightened at the wheel men , and made a rapid dash down the • street. He circled the team around in an adjacent corn field and finally stopped the frightened animals. The buggy was pretty badly damaged. v A Base Ball Tournament. The Oxford base ball association will bold a base ball tournament , September 10 , rr and 12 , 1895. Prizes aggregating : $ r _ o.oo will be paid competing clubs. [ ! * sy \ Arrangements for all visitors are com- BR $ ? plete. For further information address , H&J * Ed. C. RapaljE , Secretary , Bn Oxford , Nebraska. Hf A Receiver Appointed. HKf A. D. King , president of the bank , has E _ 'been appointed receiver of the Hitchcock Bk\ -County Bank at Culbertson , by Judge bf' \ Xorris. There was a fight and a knock B V down incident in connection with the Hhkaffair , and then everything passed off as f merrily as a marriage feast. Vf A Slaughter of the Innocents. H KL The ball game , last Friday afternoon , H Bu between ' the. Cedar Bluffs and McCook HjEfvv clubs was a regular slaughter of the innocents - > | | ( nocents , the score being 40 to 8 in favor HjSiy ? . of the visitors. The particulars are too H PtT " * harrowing for recounter. _ _ K&2 _ rigJff " Store for Rent. _ _ l Wi The-Marquardt building south of Coni- _ _ _ > - ML inercial hotel. Will be fitted to taste of Bis a desirable renter. C. E. Shaw. HJiff Turnip seed 35c a lb. at LaTourette's. Hr/ Only Yz cents a pound for cut nails at HcttS. . M. Cochran & Co. 's. K1 > 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I.OTIR PROSTRATIONS . I.- ! From Electricity During the Storm , Tuesday Noon. During the rain and electrical storm , Tuesday noon , no less than four persons were prostrated by the lightning in dif ferent parts of the city : C. B. Rowell , Mrs. B. J. Sharkey , Dr. A.P.Welles , and a girl in South McCook. Mr. Rowell was the mosi severely injured , being rendered unconscious by a bolt which struck near him as he was approaching his home. His face was cut in the fall. He was observed by Mrs. Rowell lying prostrate in the rood leading to their home. Help was secured and he was re moved to the house and Dr. Gage sum moned. Though still suffering from the shock , he is recovering from his painful experience. None of the others sustained severe or serious injuries. The precipitation was slight but the electrical feature of the storm was lively while it lasted. McCook Lodge No. 1 Held its regular session on Monday evening , with an attendance ensmalled by the heat. A short literal-musical programme followed the regular routine business. There were two initiations and three applications for membership in the order. Arrangements are being made for a special lawn entertainment , at the home of Mayor Troth , on the evening of the 31st. I THE PEOPLE. J BrAr _ _ _ _ tfftir _ _ 6 _ i-V ftr * _ - - ftratTir - MsAt -h V. Franklin was a Lincoln visitor , Sunday , on business. Jacob Burnett was a Denver visitor on business , close of last week. W. S. Morlan came' in from Estes Park , Colorado , Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Berry are the parents of a boy baby , born on last Sat urday. Oscar Callih an of the Bank of Ben- kelman was a city visitor on Wednesday evening. BERT Smith was down from Denver , early days of the week , visiting friends of yore. O. W. DeWald of the Trenton Regis ter spent a few hours in the city , Satur day evening. W. G. DoTTON went down to Lincoln and eastern Nebraska , Wednesday night , on business. Mrs. Frank Qtjigley came up from Red Cloud , Tuesday night , on a visit to McCook friends. Miss Clara Kleven was down from Culbertson , Saturday and Sunday , guest of Mrs. T. M. Mundy. E. McCann left on Tuesday for Ong , Nebraska , where he will engage in the business of buying grain. Mrs. J. F. Kenyon made a brief Den ver visit , close of last week , returning home on 4 , Saturday evening. C. L. DEGROFF was up from Nebraska City , Saturday , looking after his large interests here and greeting his many friends. Mrs. E. M. Jones came down from Palisade , Saturday evening , on her way to Omaha ; her father , J. T. Bullard , ac companying her and the baby. W. H. Wells departed for his home in New York city , Monday evening , the affairs of his brother P. A.Wells having been adjusted on that evening. Mrs. H. A. Rouch returned home , Saturday night on 5 , from a visit to In diana , where she recently accompanied home her sister Miss Clo Jackson. William Valentine , city superin tendent of public schools , left , Wednes day morning , for Sheridan , Wyoming , to spend a vacation of a few weeks be fore the resumption of school. REV. D. L. McBride was down from Frontier county , last Saturday. He re ports crops good until he reached the Willow. From the Willow this way he says the corn crop will be very light in deed. Joseph Malcomb was summoned to Weeping Water , Nebraska , Saturday morning , to attend the funeral of his eldest daughter. His wife was too ill to accompany him. His friends in our city all deeply sympathize with him in his multiplied misfortunes and sorrow. Rev. L W. Dwire was out from Nor mal , near Lincoln , close of last week. He has retired from the Santee agency and expects to resume work in the min istry soon in this district. He filled the Methodist pulpit , Sunday morning , and returned to Lincoln , on Sunday morning. Binding Twine at LaTourette's. _ _ i i t Urn ji 1 1 wmi 1 - ! mmtn mm n 11 i ia r wgi UNDER DIFFICULTIES So G H. Russell Finds Collecting in the County of Hayes. QUITE EXCITING EXPERIENCE Had by the Agent of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. . Last Week , in the Discharge of His Duty. C. H. Russell , collecting agent for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.had quite an exciting experience , close of last week , up in Hayes count } ' , where he was engaged in replevining a binder and some stock , mortgaged to his company by some German farmers of that county. He had repleviued the chattels , when the mortgagors repleviued the same from him quite an uncommon proceedure we are apprised. The suit was heard be fore the count } ' judge , last Thursda } ' . A.J. Rittenhouse went up from here to try the case for him. During the prog ress of the trial suggestive references were frequently made by the audience to rope and hanging in connection with Mr. Russell's name , all of which was ex hilarating to say the least. One of the suits was finally continued to September 7th and the others were decided in favor of the company. The chattels were again replevined by the mortgagors and the case comes up today before a country esquire for settlement. Mr. Rittenhouse left for the scene of war , yesterday morn ing. Judge Rittenhouse was greatly amused and Collector Russell quite a little shocked at the result of a confidential talk had by Russell with one of the Ger mans , after the trial. Russell , after relat ing that some of them wanted to hang him , asked the German if he thought they ought to do such an act as that. The reply was as swift as unexpected that he thought Russell ought to be hanged down the most convenient well , or words to that effect. Russell imme diately jumped into his buggy and put the bud to the team , muttering words of a burning nature. Today's trial promises to be more- ex citing than last week's as it is stated that the Germans will have sympathiz ing friends present in numbers. Denied a Rehearing. On Wednesday of last week Secretary Smith denied the motion for review and rehearing filed by the defendant in the case of James F. Boyd against Joseph B. Levis , from the McCook land district. The motion was denied on the ground that is is based on a mere technicality and the former decision cancelling Levis' eutry is adhered to as having been made upon the statement of fact. A Series of Catastrophes. "Last night yesterday morning about one o'clock in the afternoon before break fast , C. W. Barnes went byking. He fell off and broke his right ankle above his left knee and fell in the Republican river and got drowned. " F. G. Westland will support the above With the proper affidavits. Miss Williams Married. On Wednesday of last week , in Monroe , Wisconsin , Miss Sylvia J. Williams , for merly of our city , and Albert T. Barber were united in marriage. They will be at home in Brodhead , Wisconsin , after August 25th. Miss Williams' many friends and admirers here will join The Tribune in congratulations and best wishes. A Sunday School Picnic. There will be a Sunday school picnic at Spring Creek , near M. L. Brown's home , on August 18th , next Tuesday , which promises to be an enjoyable suc cess in every particular , The Chief Badly Hurt. C. W. Knights' many friends in this part of Nebraska will be pained to learn that he was badly injured , last week , by a cable car on Broadway street in Denver. Store Room for Rent , July 20th , store room now occupied by L. Lowman. Inquire of H. W. Cole or C. F. Babcock ; Turnip seed 35c. a lb. at LaTourette's. 12-qt. Anti-rust tin pails 57c. at La Tourette's. . Rev.Knox will sell his horses , carriage and harness very cheap. Glass Fruit Jars one quart 75c. a dozen at S. M. Cochran & Co. 's. Now is the time to circulate a petition to locate the postoffice. Also to subscribe. Likewise to advertise. Cultivate your corn late with a Five- Tooth Hoe Drill. S. M. Cochran & Co. keep them for sale at a very reasonable figure. i _ . ' * ! BnyW3k _ _ ' * ' 'M 3lJ-- _ _ . ri * C2-ai--BB-- " ALLEGED ATTEMPTED RAPE. No Arrest Yetand Consequently nc Facts Obtainable. Last Saturday , William Hammel made complaint before County Judge Smitb that on or about January 19th last , Sam uel D. McClaiu attempted forcibly and feloniously to make an assault on his daughter Luella Hammel , a woman child under eighteen years of age , to ravish and.carnally know her. A state warrant was issued by the county judge and placed in the hands of Deputy Sherif ] Ryan , who went out to the farm a few miles northwest of the city for the pur pose of making the arrest , Saturday night. McClain was not , to be found. Another trip , Sunday , was also fruitless. So the case rests at this point. The case has created some excitement and much astonishment. McClain is one of the well-known , leading farmers of his neighborhood , and the Hammels are well spoken of by all. The attempted rape is alleged to have been made in January , but the girl said nothing to her parents and the matter was brought to Hammel's attention , last week , by a neighbor. A New President. At a special meeting of the Epworth League , Tuesday evening , L. E. Cann was elected president of the league , vice Mrs. H. L. Kennedy , resigned on ac count of ill health. Miss Hannah Stange- land succeeded Mr. Cann as third vice president. I THE CHURCHES. | _ _ -rfs- aate _ -rfhr - rffeA if Mr tVrfs - - * - - ateanjgfa : afficaffitrfhr * Catholic Mass at 8 o'clock a. m. High mass and secmon at 10:30 , a. m. , with choir. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. All are cordially welcome. Rev. J. W. Hickey , Pastor. Baptist Services in McConnell hall. Bible school at 10 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. B. Y. P. U. meeting at 8 p. m. , sharp , will be concluded with a short sermon by the pastor. A cordial welcome extended to all. G. P. Fuson , Pastor. Episcopal Services will be held at the Episcopal church , January 12th and everjralternate Sunday at n a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m. every Sundy. . Ladies' Guild meets every Wednesday evening after the 7:30 ser vice. R. L. Knox , Rector. Methodist Sunday school at 10. Preaching at 11 by Presiding Elder Rev. C. A. Hale ; Communion service after sermon. Epworth league at 8 p. m ; re port of Beaver City convention will be given. All Epworthians are especially requested to be present , J. A. Badcon , Pastor. Christian Sunday school every Sun day afternoon at three o'clock in the German Congregational church. We have no pastor at present , but the Disci ples will continue to break bread , each Lord's day after Sunday school. En deavor society on Tuesday evening of each week at 8 o'clock. You are cor dially invited to attend these services. By Order of Committee. * PERSONALS. Rev. R. L. Knox arrived home , Tues day night , from his trip to Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Burnett re turned home from Hastings , Monday night. Mrs. W. S. CornuTT of Culbertson visited McCook friends briefly , Tuesday evening. Mrs. S. L. Moench arrived home , Tuesday evening , from a short visit to Orleans. W. C. LaTourETTE arrived home Tuesday , from his visit to various points in Colorado. James E. English represented the Cudahy Packing Co. ot Omaha in our city , Tuesday. William Smith of the Bartley Inter Ocean had business in the county seat , Wednesday evening. W. A. DiLWORTH , the well-known K. of P. from Hastings , made this city , Wednesday , on a political mission. Mrs. P. T. Francis and the children are temporarily living in the city , ex pecting to join him in Dakota soon. A. A. Hatch and J. W. Cole , states men from Hayes Center and Culbertson respectively , were brief sojourners at po litical headquarters , Tuesday evening. Frank Lyon of Omaha , special agent of the Fireinans' Fund Insurance Co. , spent Tuesday in the city. He reinsured that company's risks in the Connecticut of Hartford , and transferred the agency to C. J. Ryan. J. H. Christner , the well-known Hayes Center statesman , dropped into these headquarters , Wednesday evening , on matters and things more or less po litical. Mr. Christner was down to meet Congressman Andrews , who was to speak there , yesterday , but who for some reason failed to come. He returned to Hayes Center , Thursday morning. a23gefflSj _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NICELY ENTERTAINED By the Energetic Members of the Star of Jupiter in Cambridge. A DELEGATION FROM McCOOK Attend the Regular Session of Their Lodge and Enjoy Their Hospi tality Musical and Lit erary Program. 1 Last Friday evening furnished an epoch in the history of the Cambridge lodge , Star of Jupiter , and 35 members of McCook lodge helped to make it auspicious. On the occasion mentioned the Cambridge lodge had thirteen ini tiations of new members , and among the delightful particulars of the fraternal affair were a splendid banquet , and a felicitous musical programme made up of orchestral and vocal selections. The vocal part was given by the male quar tette and Misses Ellington Wilson and Grace Sanborn of our city. It was of a high order and greatly appreciated. Among those present from McCook were : Messrs. and Mesdames Frank Har ris , C. F. Babcock , N. Newkirk , Hugh Brown , V. H. Solliday , Ed. Beyrer , Mes dames J. A. Wilcox , H. H. Troth , Misses Mary Watson , Grace Sanborn , Ellington Wilson , Lillian Troth , Mabel Jordan , Ona Simons , Mary Koebel , Messrs. Tom , Charles and Bert McCarl , C. W. Britt , G. R. Johnson , C. T. Watson , C. A. Ward , L. W. Cox , H. H. Miller , Charles and George Leach , Roy Dixon , and H. G. Borneman and wife. The Cambridge people entertained the party handsomely and they returned on No. 3 , the same night , in fine feather over the entire affair , the trip , their treatment and the hospitable , clever people ple of the town on the Medicine. The Melon Barbecue On the Congregational church lot , Wednesday evening , was a source of much merriment , if not of large profit. The prize was won by Charlie Leach who would have thought it with Scott Doan a close second. Maude Wood was the best guesser and got the big water melon. The Deal Closed. The stock of the McCook Mercantile Co. was on Monday purchased by C. Armstrong at fifty cents on the dollar and the goods were at once moved to his quarters in the Temple block. I RAILROAD NEWS-NOTES , j I _ _ _ (1 ( Mrs. J. E. Robinson is home from her trip to Pueblo , Colorado. L. W. Stayner will go down to Edgar , tomorrow , on a visit to the home folks. Assist. Supt. Highland came down from Denver , Monday evening on No. 4. Assist. Supt. D. J. McFarland was Holyoke , Tuesday evening , to get pay checks. F. I. FOSS of Crete was in the city , first of the week. He was up on Culbert son ditch business. Stephen Dwyer left , this week , to join his family in Rockford , Iowa , where they have been visiting for a few weeks. Master Mechanic Archibald was a Chicago visitor , close of last week. He reports very hot weather in the Lake City. Conductor Harry Beale returned , Sun day evening , from the Oberlin branch , where he has been relieving Conductor Benjamin. Robert Byers , who is to have charge of the new dining hall and lunch counter , was up from Holdrege on business , Mon day evening. G. W. Burnett left , Wednesday morn ing , for Union City , Michigan , to visit a few weeks with his family , who will re turn home with him. Otto Ballew left for Princeton , Mis souri , Monday morning on 2 , being called there by a telegram announcing that one of his brothers was dying. Trainmaster Kenyon made a trip to Denver , Sunday night , on business , and to see C. W. Knights who was recently injured by being struck by a cable car in Denver. Supt. Campbell returned home , Mon day evening , from Colorado in his spe cial car. Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Mor lan remained to see the Pike's Peak country and its wonderful scenery. W. S. Tomlinson left on 2 , Wednesday morning , for Barnesville , Ohio , where his family is now visiting. He will be absent two or three weeks visiting the scenes of his birth and boyhood , where he has not been in many years. THEY MET AND ADJOURNED. Will Met at Holdrege on the 18th With the Populists. The Democratic congressional conven tion for the Fifth district met in this city , Thursday morning of this week. Upon the question of nominating a can didate for congress there was a division among the small number of delegates present ; so after considerable talk on the outside , the convention was called to order and an adjournient was taken to Holdrege for August 18th , the place and date of holding the Populist congres sional convention , when and where an other attempt will doubtless be made to have Thompson , the "Little Giant" from Grand Island , nominated or endorsed by the Populsts. Vain hope. Only a few counties were represented. There were between 15 and 20 delegates present. It Was Acceptable. A slight rain , with rather vicious lightning and thunder , fell here about noon , Tuesday , settling the dust and cooling the atmosphere delightfully. With the remainder of the country we have been having continuous and exces sively hot weather for the past few weeks and the change was enjoyed bv the perspiring populace. Arrested the Ditch. J. V. Hunter of Culbertson had the big ditch in court , Monday , for not "let ting down" to suit him. Water seems to be a pretty scarce article. FOR A CENT. I J Fishing tackle at McConnell's. Barrel churns $3.48 at LaTourette's. 4-tined hay forks 49c. at LaTourette's. Flowerpots for sale by Mrs. B. H. Douglass. Scythe , Snath and Stone , $1.20 at La Tourette's. Quart Tin Cans at 45c. a dozen , at S. M. Cockran & . Co. 's. Glass Fruit Jars one quart 75c. u dozen at S. M. Cockran & Co. 's. The McCook base ball men would rather forget all about that game of ball on last Friday. The pay checks came in on No. 5 , Tuesday evening. Auditor E. O. Brandt distributed them. J. B. Meserve sent another shipment of fat hogs into the Omaha market on Wednesday morning. The postoffice removal matter is grow ing daily more interesting , and petitions galore are being circulated. An invalid brother of E. C. Ballew passed away in Princeton , Missouri , Monday afternoon , with dropsy. The Dungan dwelling is being over hauled and repainted. It will be occu pied by Otto Ballew and family when completed. There was no meeting of the Republi can club , Wednesday evening , on ac count of Congressman Andrews' speech , tonight. C. Armstrong has stored the recently acquired McCook Mercantile Co. goods in the Morlan store room for the present , instead of consolidating them with his south Main avenue stock. Oxford has arranged for a base ball tournament , September 10 , 11 and 12. $150.00 in prizes. It is proposed to make this the most successful base ball event of the season. McCook should have a team on the diamond on that occasion. The Northwestern Yeast Co. 's agent is around again with samples of the won derful Yeast Foam which is better than ever this year , owing to the new machin ery being used for pressing out the cake ; no excuse for having poor bread when you can get Yeast Foam , good flour and a hot oven. "Giants" and " " The the "Juniors" were lined up in battle array , last Saturday. When account was taken of the stock of scores the "Giants" found thirty-four tote to their credit , while the "Juniors" could only find 11. We have it on the vera cious statement of the gladiators that it was a redhot game 100 in the shade. H. S. Keith and Robert Beyers were up from Holdrege , Wednesday , on busi ness. J. B. MESERVE went down to Lincoln , yesterday morning , on matters personal and political. Jacob Burnett lias about decided to engage in some manufacturing business in Denver , and they expect to move to that city as soon as they are relieved from their present position. ' < _ _ _ ' _ _ _ ! 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