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IHllljfl HcCOOE , llEBSACU. OBHliill I
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. Louis.Chi-
cage , 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 : P. 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. So. Freightdaily , 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 nd all points in
Colo.Utah and California , 11:40 P.M.
N0.149. Freight , daily , ex. Sunday ,
Akron and intermediate stations - ,
tions 6:00 A. M.
No. 77. Freight , dailyStrattonBen-
kelman , Haigler , VVray and
Akron 1:30 r. 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. Magner , Agent ,
McCook , Nebraska , or J. Francis , General
Passenger Agent , Omaha , Nebraska.
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS.
Frank Harris was in Lincoln , Tues
day , on business.
Conductor Frank Kendlen was in Den
ver , first of the week , on business for the
company.
Frank Traver is laying off with a sore
eye , the result of having gotten a piece
of steel in it.
We understand that T. A. Erb is con
templating taking charge of the eating
house at Akron.
The jury disagreed in the company's
damage case in Denver , this week , which
grew out of the wreck at Cody.
The company is carrying lots of tur
keys in the express cars , now , which re
minds us that Thanksgiving day is about
here.
Conductor and Mrs. E. Q. Robie will
remove to Hastings and make that place
their headquarters. They will take with
them the regard of many friends. .
J. A. Washburn has resigned his posi
tion as section foreman at Holbrook and
has returned to McCook. Peter Kern of
this place is his successor at Holbrook.
The gravel pit at Wauneta was the
scene of a pretty lively mill , last Satur
day , between Tom Fenton , the cook ,
and Jim Sert , the boss , in which , onr
informant stated , Jim came out second
best by a considerable majority.
S. R. Cannon was recently fatally in
jured in the yard at Alliance. When he
was told that he could not recover and
was asked whether he had any relatives ,
he replied that the only relative he had
is a brother and that he did not know
where he lived , but that they should
"Just let her go Gallagher , " and he soon
passed away from internal hemorrhage.
The daily train which creeps up the
Beaver valley branch was two hours late ,
Wednesday morning. The delay was
caused by a wait at Orleans for a car of
cabbage from the west Thursday morn
ing the train was four hours late an
other car of cabbage was responsible.
The patrons of the road wish that the
importation of cabbage would cease or
that a passenger train oe substituted for
the present mixed accommodations. We
can squeeze along without sauer kraut ,
but we must have our sight drafts and
other mail matter Thirty cars of
stock have gone to market from the
Beaver valley branch of the B. &M. ,
this week , and it wasn't much of a week
for stock shipments , either Presi
dent Perkins , of the Burlington , is up at
Ludell where he is enjoying his annual
hunt upon his ranch in that vicinity.
The train service of this branch is so
execrable that he was compelled to go
up the line on a special. Poor man.
Beaver City Tribune.
A petition has been circulated in Wil-
sonville , this week , requesting the gen
eral manager of the B. & M. to place a
passenger train on this branch , and of
course received the support of every
body. The inducements for better ser
vices are manifold , and the arguments
varied and convincing. It is a rare oc
currence when the train going west is
not from one to five hours late , while
the early stock train Wednesday morn
ings is almost useless to the people of
this valley. This line is one of the com
pany's best paying properties , and there
is no reason under the sun why the people
ple who patronize the road should not
be given better service. Other roads
that furnish less business are given pas
senger trains and our people should be
extended the same recognition Presi
dent Perkins , T. E. Calvert and A. Campbell
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bell of the B. & M. went up the line on ;
a special train , Saturday. Mr. Perkins
will spend a week or so hunting in the
vicinity of Ludell. Wilsonville Review.
W. H. Dttngan is a new brakeman.
Mrs. O. D. Keith has been visiting in
Hastings , this week.
The Robies shipped their goods to
Hastings , this week.
Mrs. Ed. Beyrer was a Hastings vis
itor , close of last week.
Trainmaster Kenyon was in Hastings ,
Thursday , on company business.
Extra Brakeman F. L. Hayes had his
fingers badly mashed at Blue Hill , Mon
day.
Mrs. M. Thorgrimson arrived home ,
Monday night , from her visit in Michi
gan.
Engineer Dave Magner was in Den
ver , first part of the week , on a company
lawsuit.
' JS. DeLong and father were up
from nastings , close of last and first of
this week.
Roy Smith of Superintendent Camp
bell's office has received an increase of
$15 in wages.
Supt. Campbell went up to Denver ,
Tuesday night , in his private car. J. E.
Kelley and daughter Edna accompanied
him.
Chief Dispatcher Forbes was in Den
ver , close of last week , with his eldest
daughter , seeking the skill of an expert
in her behalf.
Mrs. M. C. Wayson is down from the
ranch at Haigler , this week , on a visit to
her husband
Mrs. Fane died at the home of her
daughter near Dixon , Illinois , Wednes-
da } ' of last week , the 10th of November.
Conductor J. J. Curren had Conductor
Frank Kendlen's run while the latter
was in Denver on company business ,
first of the week.
Extra Brakeman O. B. Woods is on
the Hastings-Oberlin run vice Extra
Brakeman C. L. Olmstead , who is rest
ing up ten days by permission.
A big tool chest door fell on Engineer
Westland's head with painful resultf ,
last week. He was laid up a number of
days with a sore head and neck.
The western joint freight bureau an
nounces that there will be less passes is
sued to stockmen , next year , on account
of the abuses which have crept into the
system.
Mrs. B. C. Monpleasure has returned
to Oberlin. Mr. Monpleasure expects
soon to leave the road and return to the
farm. They will make their home in
Oberlin.
U. G. Wolfe came down from Denver ,
last Saturday , and is visiting here a few
days. He expects soon to go to New
Mexico in company with Jack McAlpine
and Ed. Laycock on a prospecting tour.
The 2,000-mile mileage books are only
on sale in Omaha. They are not good
locally in Nebraska , except between
Omaha and Pacific Junction and Ne
braska City and Nebraska City Junc
tion.
Engineer Chambers has been laid up
a few days with a severe cold , received
on the west end , where they have been
having quite cold weather as compared
with the mild weather on this end of
the division.
The Burlington has posted notice that
it will not be able to make the exclusive
change to the patent couplers demanded
by law to be made by the first of Janu
ary , 1898 , and that the company will
apply for longer time in which to make
the change from the old to the new
style of couplers.
Cochran & Co. expect to move soon
into the Temple building , part of which
was recently purchased by them. They
will occupy the room now used by the
Pades. They expect to make numeraus
changes and improvements in the prop
erty.
erty.The
The G. A. R. posts of the state will all
be inspected before the 31st of Decem
ber. J. C. Gammill ofStockville is one
of the assistant inspectors recently an
nounced by the department.
Miss E. F. Kester of Denver , a home
opathic physician , has been spending
two past two weeks in the city , in the
line of her professional work.
The brief applying for a new trial for
Edward Lofenz , convicted of the murder
of Michael Travers , will soon be filed in
the supreme court.
McCook will likely be represented at
the Paris exposition in 1900. A number
of individuals are already making ar
rangements to go.
West McCook is joining the procession
with some new crossings and sidewalks
That part of the town is improving quite
substantially.
One of the city banks cashed over ten
thousand dollars worth of pay checks ,
this pay-day , in one day.
Reserve your space for Christmas ad
vertising now before the most desirable
is taken.
A national meeting of stockmen will
be held in Denver , January 25 , 26 , 27.
The Blind Boone Co. played accepta
bly to a crowded house , last night.
Capt. R. O. Phillips is up from Lincoln
today on business.
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