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LINCOLN , DENVER ,
OMAHA , HELENA ,
CHICAGO. BUTTE ,
ST. JOSEPH , PORTLAND ,
KANSAS CITY , SALT LAKE CITY ,
ST. LOUIS and all SAN FRANCISCO ,
POINTS EAST AND AND ALL POINTS
SOUTH. WEST.
TRAINS LEAVE AS FOLLOWS :
CENTRAL TIME.
No. 2. Vestibuled Express , daily ,
Lincoln , Omaha , St. Joe ,
Kansas City , St. LouisChi-
care , and all points south
and east 5:55 A.M.
No. 4. Local Express , daily , Lin
coln , Omaha , Chicago , and
all points east 9:00 r. M.
N0.148. Freight , daily , ex. Sunday ,
Hastings and intermediate
stations 5:00 A. M.
No. 76. Freight , daily , Oxford , Hol-
drepe , Hastings 6:45 A. M.
No. 80. Freight , daily , Hastings and
intermediate stations 7:00 A. M
No. 64. Freight , daily , Oxford , Red
Cloud , St. Joe , Kansas City 4:30 A. M.
MOUNTAIN TIME.
No. 5. Local Express , daily , Den
ver and intermediate sta
tions 8:15 P.M.
No. 3. Vestibuled Express , daily ,
Denver and all points in
Colo.Utah and California , 11:40 P.M.
N0.149. Freight , daily , ex. Sunday ,
Akron and intermediate sta
tions 6:00 A. M.
No. 77. Freight , daily.Stratton.Bcn-
kelman , Haigler , VVrayand
Akron 1:30 P. M.
No. 63. Freight , daily.Stratton.Ben-
kelman , Haigler , Wray and
Akron 4:10 P. M.
N0.175. Accommodation , Mondays ,
Wednesdays and Fridays ,
Imperial and intermediate
stations 7:00 A. M.
Sleeping , dining and reclining chair cars
( seats free ) on through trains. Tickets sold
and baggage checked to any point in the
United States or Canada.
For information , time tables , maps and
tickets , call on or write C. E. Ma ' gner , Agent ,
McCook , Nebraska , or J. Francis , General
Passenger Agent , Omaha , Nebraska.
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS.
John Mullen returned home , Tuesday
evening.
T. H. Hampsen is a new brakenian ,
this week.
Will Brown is on the night force at
the depot now.
A daughter was born to Engineer and
Mrs. J. H. Moore , Sunday night.
Train-masterWeb.Josselyn was at headquarters -
quarters , Saturday , on business of his
office.
Engineer G. R. Johnson entertained
his father/close / of last and fore part of
this week.
Agent and Mrs. J. E Robison returned ,
from Lincoln , Sunday night , going up to
Wauneta , Monday morning.
Herb Stone has been promoted and
transferred to Denver , where he is employed -
ployed in the freight house.
Engineer and Mrs. Traver and ther'
younger members ot the family are visiting -
iting over in Iowa , this week.
C. T. Watson was a Lincoln visitor ,
Sunday , going down on Saturday evening -
ing : and returning Sunday night.
Fireman W. H. Bennettof the Western
Division arrived from McCookyesterday
morning ; , and will work out of Alliance.
Alliance Grip.
The snowplows were needed on the l
west end after Tuesday's snow storm ,
which considerably delayed traffic on
that 1 part of the Western division. No. \
5 had a plow on its engine , Tuesday
night.
Thursday a new way car No. 34 was t
placed in commission with Senator Beck c
as conductor and F. E. Kidder and John
Hoelzel as brakemen. This makes 20
crews on the main line , the largest number - *
ber \ ever on the road , except for a while *
in 1893 , when there were 23.
T. W. Benjamin is reported to be run
ning a freight train on D. & R. G. out of
Salt Lake , Utah. He was given a 30-day
lay-off at the time of the Blue Hill wreck
and he went west to spend the time. It
is possible he will sever his connection
with the B. & M. , although there seems
to be no definite information to this ef-
feet. Republican City Democrat.
Protection to railroad employes is not
keeping , step with the remarkable in
crease in the safety of travel. Nearly
1,900 employes were killed during the
year ending June 30th , 1896 , and almost
30,000 were injured , while only 181 pas
sengers were killed and about 3,000 in
jured. One trainman was killed out of
every 152 employed , and for each 10 em
ployed one was injured. Only one pas
senger was killed in 2,827,474 carried *
and only one was injured in each 178,132
carried.
Beginning with next Monday , Hol-
drege will become a relay office for the
Western Union telegraph company , this
business having been transferred to this
place from McCook. The change is
necessitated by an increase in the volume
of business. From this time on all tele
graphic messages from the Highline and
Edgar branches will be transferred from
Holdrege instead of McCook as hereto
fore. The change necessitates some re
arrangements of the instruments at the
depot and the employment of one extra
telegrapher at this point. The adjust
ment of the wires and instruments is
now being made and everything will be
in perfect working order next week.
Another employe will also be added to , ,
the depot force in the capacity of helper
which will be filled by Clyde Kocker.
Holdrege Progress.
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ADDITIONAL RAILROAD NEWS.
Mrs. J. J. Curren spent Monday in
Hastings.
Mra. H. H. Miller was a Hastings visi
tor , Monday.
Canductor L , E. Gilcrest spent Satur
day and Sunday in Akron.
Brakemau Al. Sharp went to Hastings ,
Tuesday , to visit a brother.
Mrs. H. C. Brown went down to Hol
drege , Sunday , on a visit.
Extra Brakenian W. R. Gregg has
been transferred to Denver.
The Burlington ran the first train into
Denver after Tuesday's storm.
Brakeman William Shinsel is laying
off scarlet fever in the family.
Switchman J. R. VanHorn has gone to
Kansas City for medical treatment.
Switchman John Colgin resigned with
out objection from the company.
Miss Bertha Cullensister of Mrs. E.M.
Cox , returned to Republican City , Wed
nesday.
Extra Brakeman F. L. Hayes of the
Hastings-Oberlin run has been trans
ferred to McCook.
Mrs. W. O. Simons left on 2 , this
morning , for Hannibal , Mo. , on account
of illness of her father.
General Supt. T. E. Calvert of Lincoln
went through to Denver , Tuesday night
on 5 , returning eastward on 2 , yesterday
morning.
The western end of the St. Francis
line , from Atwood west , has been snow
bound since Tuesday , the first train get
ting through today.
One of Engineer J. H. Moore's chil
dren , was taken down with the scarlet
fever , close of last week. Like the other
cases , it is a mild one.
The Imperial line was badly blocked
by snow. Wednesday's train did not
reach Imperial until Thursday afternoon.
One 1 drift was 800 feet long and averaged
about ( 6 feet high.
The Union Pacific announces a remark
able run recently made between Evanston -
ton , Wyoming , and Omaha , Nebraska.
The entire distance of 955.2 miles was
run ] in 23 hours and 55 minutes , at an
average ' speed of 39.93 miles an hour ; de
ducting ' lost time the speed was 47.44
miles per hour. For 13 miles a speed
of , 78 miles an hour was attained. A dis
tance 1 of 438.9 miles was covered at an
average schedule speed of 45.51 miles an
hour. The average schedule time for
516.3 miles was 55.51 miles an hour. The
average running speed for 137.5 miles
was 61.1 miles an hour , and for 153.4
miles 1 was 57.52 miles an hour , while the
average speed for 290.9 miles was 59.17
miles 1 an hour. The special consisted of
the 1 engine , one baggage and two special
cars. The cars weighed 264,775 pounds.
The engine and tender in working order
weighed 226,833 pounds ; total 491,608
pounds. Neither the engine nor tram
crew was changed for the entire distance.
County Judge Smith is in Indianola ,
today on a mission political.
John and Jesse Welborn of Indianola
were hearers of the Bryan speech , Satur
day.
R. O. Phillips of Lincoln is in the city ,
today , on business of the Lincoln Land
Co. interests.
Last night was , politically , the liveliest
of the campaign , locally speaking. And
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there are others.
The authorities are fumigating the
infected i homes and the scarlet fever
scare J and incident seems to be about
over.
The gun club indulged in a successful
shoot , last Friday , which was participa
ted in by many local sportsmen and 03 *
quite , a number from neighboring towns.
The Republicans of the Second com
missioner district are making a heroic
fight for Henry Crabtree and are greatly
encouraged over the prospect of over
coming the usually large Populist maj
ority in that district.
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