I * - I fie JfttCnk JVitai * . B By F. M. K1MMELL. H $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. I V' ' SSSf. f ' - - . I RePublican iyBJflg"sPaPer | | The Dingley bill comes out of H the senate scarcely recognizable to H its author. But still its friends H are hopeful. H The senate has rejected the An- H glo-American treaty. It was too H strongly Anglo for the senatorial H American taste. B Speaking of foreign missionary HI work , those who go down deepest H into their pockets for the home H missionary cause generally are the most liberal supporters of foreign H missions. And contrariwise. The H animate Christian is always a foreign - eign missionist. 9 * Id Sockless Simpson of Kansas H came' into violent impingement H with Czar Reed of Maine , the H other day , and came out of the U wreck in about the same condition H one might expect to be in after II passing through a cyclone of his I ' adopted state. Jerry never had R i i sense enough to transport liver to J a bear , anyhow. H ' * j - . H All France is in deep mourning H over the frightful holocaust of H Tuesday , in which about 200 per- Hj sons , mostly women of prominence H ] and the nobility , were burned to H ' death in the fire that destroyed the B | charity bazar , Paris. It is one of B i - the saddest and most appalling ac- B ! cidents of modern times. But half B of the victims are identifiable. B h B ' The indications arq that Supt. B Eall of the Beatrice institute for , B " feebleminded will shortly be in B the past tense. We are not posted B on the merits of the controversy , B but it is of importance that the B state board shall be greater than B any appointee , and when such ap- B pointees come to consider them- B selves paramount to the properly B i constituted state authorities thev B ' B i should be bounced with emphasis. B INDIANOLA. B L. J. Shippie was in town , Sat- B j urday. B J O. D. Mosher was in McCook , B last Friday. I ! B i Dr. Hobson is very seriously B sick , his reccn ery being doubtful. B W.E. Boilings surveyed the gloB - B i ries of the standpipe city , Friday B 1 i evening last. B j Mrs. John Welborn was the B guest of Mrs. Page Francis in B McCook , Saturday. B It is stated that E. B. Banks is B j contemplating moving to Idaho in B { the not distant future. B J. S. Phillips of Indianola's on- B ly Beporter , had business in the B county's metropolis , Monday. B Bev. L. A. Turner of Plymouth , Bj | this state , is to be the new pastor Bj of the Congregational church. B Miss Edna Beynolds attended B the wedding of Adolph Mangless B v and Myrtle Duffy in McCook.Tues- B day. B Commissioner James Bobinson H . and wife went to Omaha , Sunday H v evening , where she will consult an H occulist. H C. S. Quick , Marion Powell and S. B. Smith had business in the I county seat , Wednesday , paying H taxes etc. H Mrs ; W. B. Starr drove up to I ' McCook , Monday , to inspect the H • changes * and improvements being I" made 'their home there " ; on ' new , I' which will be most comfortable I and homelike. I - DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve . " , Cares Piles. Scalds , Bares. HiMr Mr MrB B , ' . . . , ' * diSS Ss.- , . , orAi.uir1 - inmii • lannranarcriMaMlim 1 . -f BARTLEY. The schoolma'ams will be with % us tomorrow. E. E. Smith and wife went to Denver , Wednesday , to spend a few days with friends. The attendance at sohool since the opening of spring work has been noticeably in the decline. The Epworth League will hold a public literary meeting in the hall , Friday evening of next week. Truman Wood has been improv ing the appearance of his residence this week , by a liberal application of paint. Mrs. A. L. Cochran and children left , Wednesday morning , to spend about four months with friends at St. Louis , Mo. , and lola , Illinois. O. Frost returned , Thursday evening of last week , from quite an extended trip through portions of Kansas , Missouri and Arkansas. C. Cowles moved , latter part of last week , into his latest acquisi tion in real estate the Crick resi dence southwest of the school house. Section Foreman Frederick moved into the Cochran house on Wednesday and will occupy it dur ing Mrs. Cochran's absence in Illinois. Mrs. O. Frost assisted Beuben in entertaining a number of his little friends at a lawn party , Mon day evening. The little folks report port- very enjoyable time. After a great deal of wrangling S. W. Clark has finally been ap pointed treasurer of the school board to fill the " vacancy caused by the resignation of F.G.Stilgebouer. James Finnegan has * resigned t his position as section laborer and will engage in agricultural pur suits. A. J. Lohr will give the B. & M. the benefit of his valuable services in the place vacated by Finnegan. Thus do great men make a start for the general super intendent's shoes. The State Bank of Bartley was opened for businessMonday morn ing. The business will be trans acted in a neat and attractive of fice which has been arranged in W. Y. Vickrey's store. Officers : J. . E. Hathorn , president ; E , E. Smith , vice president ; W. V. Vick- rey , cashier ; A. L. Cochran , assist ant cashier. Not only acute lung troubles , which may prove fatal in a few days , but old chronic coughs and throat troubles may receive imme diate relief and be permanently cured by One Minute Cough Cure. A. McMillen. CEDAR BLUFFS. S. B. Hoppings shelled corn , last week. Church services were well at tended , Sunday. A large drov.e of cattle passed through here on the 2d. * Corn planting is being pushed along with all possible speed. We are glad to note that Mrs. W. H. Cooper has recovered from her late severe illness. Mr. Henderson has returned from Omaha. He reports every thing under water down there. Sunday is quite a visiting day hereabout : Harry Kennedy's fam ily , father and mother , visited the Minnichs , and Messrs. Bobert Kennedy and Ayers , and Misses Mamie Cooper and Fanny Kenne dy with the Jenkins. Unconditional surrender , is the only terms those famous little pills known as DeWitt's Little Early Risers will make with constipa tion , sick headache and stomach troubles. A. McMillen. Omaha has been taking care of a meeting of the Inter-State Land association , this week. This asso ciation has been largely built up by the Burlington and is a factor in the development of the west. ASH CREEK. Fred Gardner has 65 acres of promising fall wheat. Charles Schlutzmier has planted nineteen acres of sod to corn. Ernest Neuman has eight acres of % 'ery fine alfalfa up on the di vide. ' Ernest Neumann sold fourteen fat hogs to Wilcox of McCooklast week. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Boedel are parents of a healthy , promising daughter. Peter Colling on last week bought a fine young mare from W. O. Bussell. . William Dubarko , the Neumann boys , Nelson Downs and others are putting out large crops of corn , this season. The season so far has been very encouraging and the prospect is very good for a large small grain crop , at least. And corn-planting is going on vigorously. When a cold is contracted , cure it at once. One Minute Cough Cure will set you on the road to recovery in a minute. It will cure pneumonia , bronchitis croup and all forms of lung and throat troubles. A. McMillen. COLEMAN. Orchards up here in full bloom. M. H. Cole sowed a few acres to alfalfa. Bob Traphagen clipped the wool from his flock of sheep , this week. B. Traphagen has 125 acres in small grain and it looks fine too. House cleaning and taking up carpets is the proper caper these days. Corn planting is well along and the listers and planters are going early and late. Mr. and H. B. Wales spent a few days with friends in Hitchcock county , recently. One farmer has been _ running two listers for two week. The first planted is up nice. W. M. Sharp invited a select few to eat ice cream with the fam ily , Sunday afternoon. One field of corn up this way stands over four inches high and has been worked once. Win. Coleman has 4- ? acres of fine looking alfalfa. It is 12 to 15 inches highandis on upland where it is 200 feet to water. A letter from Taylor county , Iowa , written last week , says : Oats are about half sown. Not a fur row plowed for corn yet , and the ground soaking wet. The Greeks seem to be catching their second wind and are giving a touch of warlike high-life to the unspeakable , blood-thirsty Turk. • Onion sets , all vari eties , at Knipple's. gjIW-rflV Air-lifer-pffiir 7ViiJV Vlfer jStq $ fry fjVijgg j See Those. . . ? 4 I | Buggies , | I Surreys , fr | Carriages , | 1 I' ' I Road Wagons , • > | Refrigerators , jf \ Gasoline Stoves , | ; i ft i < f Washing Machines , i : i i i 4 BEFORE BUYING , AT h i Cochran & Go s | | . ' . _ " * ' ' * mJi2USOKJSJL lI.jilii ! ! i1 j i i ji n i mi i l i uiiiimi i f r - * 0 NORTH COLEMAN. Ice as thick as a knife blade , al so frost on the 22d. Mary and Millie Shepherd vis ited Fred Brown's school , .Friday a week. " Rev. Badcon of McCook is to preach at Coleman school house , Sunday , May 10. The entertainment by the Cole man singing class at the school house is billed for the evening of May 15. A prairie schooner with its usu al accompauiments from Harlan county en route for AVallacepassed along the road , Sunday. They camped for the night on the Wil low and struck their line of march the next day. Your correspondent took n half holiday , last Friday , taking a ride into Frontier countv. The Willow bottoms present a very pleasant view. The atmosphere is fragrant from the blossoms of plum and other tree , s and bushes. M. L. Brown has as fine a patch of alfal fa as we ever saw. The Frontier county people are awake to the in terest of farming and are up to the times with their crops. Arthur Church has just started his corn listing. Lewis Brown was harrow ing in millet on the Smith place. He said they had sown 10 acres to hog millet and 10 of other millet. It was warm and he was wishing for a drink of water , but could not leave his team. We journeyed on and observer wheat growiug on either side of the road , which promises a good crop. Our jour ney ended at Clay Shepherd's , where we were most agreeablv en- tertained. They have 80 acres of corn listed. . Mr. Shepherd has an abundant supply of youngthriving pigs. Mrs. Shepherd has some fine young chickens and expects some youn rurkevs in the near future. - - - Croup and whooping cough are childhood's terrors ; but like pneumonia , bronchitis and other throat and lung troubles , can be quckly cured by using One Minute Cough Cure. A. McMillen. PROSPECT PARK. Mrs. J. H. Wade has been quite sick , the last few days. Every one is very busy .listing in corn these fine days. Little Myrtle Dunham has been quite sick , but is better. Mattie Shears was the guest of Jennie Goheen , on day last week. Mrs. James Boatman of Mc Cook is visiting in this neighbor hood , this week. Milton and Oscar Hammond are baching on the Duffy place and listing in corn. Quite a number from this place attended preaching at the Fitch school house , Sunday afternoon. Sunday school at the Prospect Park school house every Sunday at' 10 o ' clock. Every one is invited. E. E. Hayes , wife and son drove over from Danbury , Sundav , on a visit to Mrs. . Hayes " parents , B.M. W7ade and wife. Warner and Herman Anderson went over to Tyrone , Saturday and brought back a herd of cattle to pasture this summer. Florence Purvis and Mabel Hartman of McCook spent Satur day and Sunday with the latter's parents , W. S. Hartman and wife. Nebraska will doubtless be the objective point of many an immi grant , this year. The south will offer them no attractions , this year , it is fair presume , and with Neb raska's present prospects it is rea sonable to expect a large movement j to this state. When the spring time comes , "Gentle Annie" , like all other sensible persons , will cleanse the liver and renovate the system with De- Witt's Little Early Risers , famous little pills ' lor the liver and stomach all the year round. 1 A. McMillen. ' t PLEASANT RIDGE. Oats , rye and spring wheat are looking well. We missed our superintendent at Sunday school , Sunday. Otis Boone and A. D Lord at tended church at the south side school house , Sunday. J. W. Jones and wife visited his brother Frank Jones and fam ily of Trenton , Saturday. Archibald Speer and sou James have broken 80 acres of sod on the school section joining the Palmer place. 'They farmers are all very busy in this vicinity and they expect to be rewarded , if the rain continues to come when needed. News is scarce , but there is one consolation. The potato bug sea- sou is approaching and then we will all have something to write about. Mrs. E. C. Goehring and Mrs. J. W. Jones will have to feed all the preachers , this summer , as they are ahead in the number of spring chickens. We are sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Clarence Hunter of Frontier county. The friends of Clarence in this vicinity sympa thize with him in this bereave ment. Bulk Seeds of all kinds at Knipple's. DANBURY. U. S. Leisure went to Omaha , Mondav. Mrs. J. A. Cass was in McCook , Mondar , on business. Thomas Henderson returned , Saturdav , from Omaha. John Tauber is plastering G. B. Morgan's new house , this week. ! Al. Smith of the Wilspnville Re view rode up to Danbury , Sunday. W. H. Harrison sent a car of cattle and hogs to Omaha , this \ week. We understand that Marion Powell has sold his interest in the stock business here to Mr. Kulm of Indianola , who will move here , the last of this week. Archie McNeil of Orleans has resurrected the Dauburv News ml again , and the first issue will be printed Friday of this week. This is the second resurrection. Arch ie also has papers at Orleans and at Stamford. Will Enumerate. The board of education has appointed Clarence B. Gray to take the school cen sus , this year. This work heretofore has usually been performed by one of the " janitors during the summer vacation , especially by the West ward janitor , whose pay is not princely at best. < Alfred A. Farland. \ Wall Paper at McConnell's. : Lightweight underwear just opened at the Famous Clothing Co. { Announcements must reach this office by Thursday evening. Parties interested will please comply with this request. * . l Local fanciers are preparing for a show of fancy chickens in the near future , and a fine showing may be expected from the * number of faddists there are in the burg. * House Paints , Floor Paints , Buggy Paints , Wagon Paints , > \ Family Paints , Enamel Paints , * And all kinds Varnish Stains at McConnell's. i Awarded = HighesV Honors World's Fair , K dr ; * CREAM I BAKING POWDER MOST PERFECT MADE. 4 \ pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free = from Ammonia , Alum or any other adulterant. I 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. , an- - - * -irf6nyTiniriii ] lniiirwrfiw < i i B - - - . . M l , , 1 1 1 1 , , i , | rtlfftr P gSiI | V | taKIIftf I POWDER M Absolutely Pure. H Celebrated for its great leavening r H strength and healthfulness. Assures the f M food against alum and nil forms of adul- , m brands. ' H teratiou common to the cheap Royal Baking Powder Co. , New B ( H BEST REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM. From the Fnirhaven ( N.Y. ) Register. M Mr. James Rowland of this village , states | that for twenty-five years his wife has been a J H sufferer from rheumatism. A few nights ago > H she was in such pain that she was nearly crazy. P H She sent Mr. Rowland for the doctor , but he \ , H had read of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and instead - # ' M stead of going for the physician he went to J M the store and secured a bottle of it. His wife < H did not approve of Mr. Rowland's purchase H at first , but nevertheless applied the Balm M thoroughly and m an hour's time was able to H go to sleep. She now applies it whenever she { H feels an ache or a pain and finds that it always M gives relief , lie says that no medicine which H she had used ever did her as much good. The H 25 and So cent sizes for sale by L. W. McConnell - H nell & Co. , Druggists. H Onion Seeds , guaranteed - H anteed of IS90 , Red H Weathersfield , at 50c H a ponnd. Kuipple. ' B The Westtield ( Ind. ) News prints the fol- J H lowing in regard to an old resident of that J H place : "Frank McAvoy , for many years in the H employ of the L. , N. A. & C. Ry. here , says : H 'I have used Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and H Diarrhoea Remedy for ten years or longer 1 am never without it in my family. I consider H it the best remedy of the kind manufactured. M I take pleasure in recommending it' " . It is a H specific for all bowel disorders. For sale by H L. W. McConnell & Co. , Druggists. M Hand-picked North H Carolina seedpeaimts M at Mrs. L. . . J. Beck's , JH news-stand. H According to the newspapers , an Ohio bus- j H band became the happy father of seven chLU H dren not long ngo. Of the seven all lived but , H one. It is to be hoped he laid in a supply of < j J Chamberlain s Cough Remedy , the only sure H cure for croup , w hooping-cough , " colds • and H coughs , r.nd - • > insured his children against | these diseases. For sale by L. XV. McConnell H & Co. , Druggist- . j A 100 bushels of Seed < H Sweet Potatoes 3 cts. J | a lb. at Knipple's. M Thirty years is a long time to fight so pain | ful a trouble as piles , but Jacob Mitchell , of M Unionville , Pa. , struggled that long before he f H tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve , which H quickly and permanently cured him. It is M equally effective in eczema and all skin af- J | fections. A. McMillen. H Early Ohio seed po- a H tatoes 55 cents per H bushel at Knipple's. - H Personal The gentleman who annoyed | the congregation last Sunday by continually M coughing will find instant relief by using One H Minute Cough Cure , a speedy and harmless H remedy for throat and lung troubles. A. Mc- j l Bulk Seeds of all H kinds at Knipple's. H "IT IS THE BEST ON EARTH" . | That is what Edwards & Parker , merchants 1 pf Flams , Ga. , say of Chamberlain's Pain Balm 1 tor rheumatism , lame back , deep seated and H i muscular pains. Sold by L. W. McConnell & A H Lo. , Druggists. ; - 1 tl Palace Meat Market f | $ & Two doors south of X H K Commercial Hotel. Jjjjf H j A. CARSON , Proprietor. $ H # ' y H * t Everything usually in 1 ? | K a First Class Market will W M J ? be found here. < g | 9 H ft leave Orders for Milk Here < ft H I EDWARD E. L0W3IAX | ( B I CUCSSSC2 CO EL12E2 E0W2LL. J . H j Fire , Life & Accidents i * V \ INSURANCE. $ j-9 l Houses rented , collections and f 1 [ conveyancing. Taxes paid , for S - ( C non-residents. 113Easttoa ? | son street , McCOOK , NEB. $ , H m