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- CiiJrjsL ! i 2 2 ! S3S5S * wt ff > : ; -H" I r'J1 i SEVENTEENTH - * * > . McGOOKfRED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY EVENING , JULY 1 , 1898 NUMBER 7 . < * A Dangerous Venture. Editor National Tribune : I wns one of five who went through a dangerou ; scene at Mobile Bny , recalled to mint by Hobson's exploit. After taking Fort Morgan , in Mobile Bay , we inarched up to Spanish Fort and commenced a siege. The rebs brought supplies to the fort with steamer. The next night our boys got a battery on the right ; so next day the boat came down with a hospital boat in tow. Our boj'S let , loose on her , and they cut the hatiser and skedaddled back to Mobile. The hospital boat floated down opposite the fort , and lodged on a sandbar a short ways from the fort. Both armies could look down on her. Our men wanted to know what wns on her. Col. McNulta , 94th 111. , came around among the boys and wanted to know who could row a boat. Several spoke up and said they could , thinking that the Colonel wanted someone to go out to the fleet ; but some of them backed out -when he said that he wanted them to go and see what was on that boat that lodged close to the fort. One Lieutenant of the igth Iowa and four of us boys said we would go. We had to go out to the fleet to get in the channel. Our gunboats lay off about one mile. They could not get nearer , for torpedoes ; they had sunk two of our boats. We started straight for the fort , and saw some torpedoes as we went up. The Lieutenant said we would get some of them when we came back , but when we came back we did not have time to stop for torpedoes. We went on for the fort. The rebels did not fire until we turned our boat , and then they let us have it. Balls fell thick as hail all around , but it did not take long to get around the opposite end of the bp-U , and we were out of sight of them. he Lieutenant and I and one of the other bo3's clambered up on the boat and walked to the other end , keep ing on the west aisle , for their were three rows of bunks and three high. We started back , got about-halfway , when a shot from one of the guns at the water-battery came in at one end and went out at the other. It knocked bunks and everything else around us The Lieutenant said he would not give $2.50 for our lives. The other soldiers said , "Let us stay here until it gets night. " The Lieutenant said that would not do , for they would shoot her all to pieces. "We should try to get away. So we got down in our boat. We knew we would catch it when we would come from our shelter , and we did catch a shower of bullets. They kept up their fire as long as they could reach us with ininie-balls , and the water-battery com menced to follow us with big shells. But we escaped without a scratch. If any of the boys are still alive who were with me , and see this , I wish they would write. T. J. Pate , Co. C , 94th 111. , Mc- Cook. _ The Old Rheumatism Dodge. A woman and a young girl were around over the city , first of the week , begging aid for a rheumatic husband and father , who was said to be confined to the wagon in which they were traveling eastward. They were successful in hoodwinking a number of citizens who had not time to look into the matter and secured some money and provision. One who did look up the case reports that they were in no need of assistance and the robust and healthy men , two of them , with the wagon seemed to be suffering with any thing else than rheumatism. As a rule people seeking assistance JL should be sent to city marshal who will look into the merits of the case and act accordingly. This indiscriminate giving of assistance is wrong and wasteful and should be stopped. Tell the policeman. Furnished Rooms to Rent. f - Furnished rooms to rent. Inquire of Mrs. Laura Hammond , two blocks west of the court house. McConnell's Colicure Cures Colic , Cholera Morbusand Diar rhoea. Money refunded if not as repre sented. _ _ _ _ _ _ FOR SALE CHEAP A second-hand bicycle in good shape. Inquire at this o'rfice for particulars. Machine Oils at McConnell's. "UNCLE SAM'S NAVY. " -4r This coupon and ten cents get a copy of me peerless "Uncle Sam's Navy" Portfolios , at THE TRIBUNE office. The supply is limited , so call early before the assortment is broken. -Or UNCLE SAM'S NAVY COUPON NUMBER 6. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE. R. Q.STEWART was a business visitor , Monday evening. J. A. HAMMOND returned home , Sun day morning , on No. 2. NORA STROUD is spending her vaca tion in Frankfort. Illinois. MOSE STEKN of Chicago was in the city , yesterday , on business. S. M.COCHRAN returned from his trip to Omaha , 3'esjterday morning. J. A. HAMMOND was a west-bound passenger on No. i , yesterday morning. MRS. E. G. BOHANAN of Lincoln is the guest of her sister , Mrs. W. D. Bur nett. MRS. CHARLES GARBER returned from her Red Cloud visit , close of last week. S.M. COCHRAN went down to Omaha , Sunday , on 6 , to see the fair and on business. MRS. G. A. NOREN went down to , Orleans , last Friday , on a visit to her parents. MRS. MAX : ANTON returned home , first of the week , from her visit to'Far- uam friends. MRS. W. A. MOORE of Betlianj- , West Virginia , is here , visiting her sister , Mrs. E. M. Waters. MRS. L. S. SAGE and children of Wy- more and Miss M. A. Evans are guests of Mr. aud Mrs. W. S. Morlan. MR. AND MRS. HOWE SMITH returned home , Saturday night on 3 from their visit in Iowa of several weeks. "MiSS STELLA FINCH came up from Arapahoe , Wednesday evening and is the guest of Miss Nellie Gunu. MRS. ANNA COLFER and Master Ar thur went down to Omaha , Saturday morning , to visit the exposition. MRS. T. F. ROWELL went down to Omaha , last Friday , to visit the exposi tion , returning the last of this week. MRS. HENRY SMITH left , Wednesday on 6 , for Michigan City , Indiana , on a visit , to be absent about two months. E. L. DENNIS of Danbury was in the city , Wednesday. He was on his way home from a visit to Omaha and Kansas City. * DR. A. P. WELLES and son Kenneth went down to Omaha , Sunday night , to see the glories of the Trans-Mississippi exposition. MRS. FRANK HARRIS aud Mrs. C. W. Bronson arrived home from their visit in Omaha and Iowa respectively on last Friday night. MR. AND MRS. JOHN COLEMAN and family , Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Coleuian aud son Archie departed for Iowa , Sun day , on a visit. LiEUT. SHERIDAN of company "L" was in the city , Wednesday , securing the permission of parents for volunteers from McCook who have enlisted. J. W. MCCARTHY has been out from Omaha , for a few days , looking after bis landed interests in this county. He owns a half section over in the Lebanon country. Miss MARY WATSON has received and entered upon a position in the state house at Lincoln as a stenographer. Her many friends here will be glad to hear of her fortune. MR. AND MRS. PETER BOYLE are down from Denver on a visit to their son Charles and family. Both are looking well and are being warmly greeted by many oldtime friends. MisSES DOAN gave a five o'clock tea , last Friday , in honor of the Misses May Stuby , Josephine Happersett and Lulu Beardslee. It goes without the saying that the occasion was one of pleasure. H. H. EASTERDAY returned , Monday night , from his visit to Omaha , the ex position , Tecumseh , aud other eastern Nebraska points. Mrs. Easterday re mained in Omaha aud will return later. J. A. PIPER arrived in the city , Mon day night , and has been spending the week learning the duties of his new po sition as receiver of the land office , upon which he formally entered , this morning. He will make an efficient officer. 'MRS. H. C. CHURCH and Mrs. L. R. Hileman are back from the mountains , whither they recently accompanied their husbands , who were on a cattle-purchas ing trip. They report very hot weather in the mountain country and were glad to get home again. MR. AND MRS. E. L. WHEELER of Onarga , Illinois , were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ludwick of our city from last Friday night-until Wednesday of ] this week. Mr. Wheeler is a brother of Mrs. Ludwick. They have been taking in the Omaha exposition , which they will briefly visit also on their way home. The Now Lund Officers. This morning , Register l'M. . Ruth bun and Receiver J. A. Piper took clinrg of their respective duties in the McCook land oilicc , Register A. S. Campbell HIM Receiver Patrick Gibbous retiring at the expiration of their terms of office. The outgoing officers have made n good rec ord for promptness and fnirness in the transaction of the business of the office aud the best of service may be expectec from the new officers , both of whom arc men of ability and experience. With the very best wishes for the outgoing THE TRIBUNE welcomes the incoming. Register Rathbun aud family , wife and daughter , are now boarding , but ex pect in due time to go to house-keeping. Receiver Piper will likely board for some time and his family may not soon make their home in our midst , being now lo cated in Lincoln , "where some of the children are students in the state univer sity. Rlverview Cemetery. H. C. Rider and a committee of ladies of the G. A. R. Circle and of the G. A. R. Post held a meeting on Monday after noon , apropos of the new burial ground , "Rivervifcw cemeter3r. " Mr. Rider made a proposition to do nate a lot to anyone wishing to remove the remains of an old soldier to the new cemetery for interment , from any other cemetery. A committee was appointed whose duty it is to ascertain if there are any who wish to remove the remains of their soldier dead to the new cemetery from any surrounding burial grounds. Riverview has been attractively laid out aud will be enclosed-in due time. There is no reasoir why it shall not be come a desirable burial place. Pass Them On. The Indian doctor fakirs who tried to do business on the hill west of the city and outside of the corporation limits , last week , left for greener fields , Sunday. They were unable or unwilling to pay the high license exacted by the'city or dinance and attempted to run their fake show on the outside of the limits , run ning free conveyances to and from the grounds , but soon tiring of the game they departed for other fields. This is a disreputable and dead-beat outfit and should be passed along the line by every newspaperman in the val ley. Thoroughbred fakirs' they should not be allowed to work their skin games in any community at any price. Pass them along. Shore-Leave at Tampa. Of the twenty-five thousand men on the ships half were allowed ashoie at a time. As there were barely twelve thou sand five hundred square feet of shore for them to stand on , they were about as miserable as on the ships. Shore at Port Tampa means a pier , a wharf a hun dred feet wide and a mile long. To get a whiff of fresh air the twelve thousand five hundred men sat on the rail along the wharf. For recreation they bathed in the water under the wharf. For a whole week the wives of army officers at the inn at Port Tampa could not leave the hotel piazza. Gilson Willets in Col lier's Weekly. A Summer Show of Pictures , The Ladies Home Journal announces that it will exhibit , on nearly the entire mam floor of the mammoth Haddon Hall , at Atlantic City , New Jersey , the originals of the most notable illustrations that have appeared in its pages. The exhibition , opening the middle of July , will include the best drawings of the cleverest illustrators in America , and will remain open to the seashore visitors for three weeks. The Maccabee Social. The ice cream social by the Lady Mac cabees , last Friday evening , on the lawn at A. Barnett's , was a large success. There was an unusually numerous at tendance , an enjoyable social time and satisfactory financial results. The in spiring music by the Brigade was an un expectedly delightful feature of the evening and the affair. Special Meeting R. A. M. There will be a special meeting of King Cyrus chapter No. 35 on Saturday evening , July 2d , for work in the Royal Arch degree. All sojourning Fraters are cordially invited to be present. BY ORDER OF H.P. Card of Thanks. I wish to gratefully thank all the kind is friends for their wiling and helpful as sistance during the late illness of Mrs. Notley , who is now much improved in health. J. P. NOTLEY. Guaranteed Mixed Paint atMcMillen's ' Drug Store. - Machine Oils atMcMillen's drug store. Guaranteed Mixed Paint atMcMillen's Drug Store. CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. ClMus'ftAN liiblu Hchool each Lord's day nt io a. m. Social and communion services nt n a. m. Y. P , H. C. K. nt 7 p.lut CATHOLIC -Mans at 8 o'clock a. m , High ninsa ntul sermon at 10:30 : , a.m. , with choir. Sunday Hchool nt 7:30 : p. m. All ate cordially welcome. t Ritv. J. W. IUCKitv , Pastor. i. Sunday-school nt 11:0011. : m. Evening service at 8:00 : p. m. Even song and instruction on Thursdayn at 8:00p.m. : RKV. HOWARD STOY , Priest in Charge. * CONGREGATIONAL Sunday-school at io. Morning subject , "The Bible ; its Authority as a Book of Life. " Endeav or at 7. Evening subject , "The Provi dence of God in American History. " All ate cordially invited. W. j. TURNER , Pastor. BAP-TIST Sunday-school at io a. in. Preaching service at II. Junior Union at 3 p. ill. Senior Union at 7. Preach- service at 8. Morning subject , "The One Lawgiver. " The evening theme , "Seeking a Wife" will be the first of a summer series of sermons on 'The Home. " All are welcome. T. L. KETMAN , Pastor. METHODIST Sunday-school at ioa.ni. Preaching at n ; subject , "The Tomb a Terminus or a Tunnel. " Junior League at 2:30. Epworth League at 7. P.reach- ing at 8 ; subject , "Patriotism for the Fourth ; Heroism of Reform.Prayer and Bible study on Wednesday evening at S. All are welcome. JAS. A. EADCON , Pastor. There will be a social and entertain ment in the Methodist parsonage and church-July 14 , 1898. The Junior League served ice cream n the old Wilcox store building , Tues day evening , to a profitable trade. COURT HOUSE NEWS. COUNTY COURT. The following licenses have been is sued since our last report : Johu.AWatkhis aud Kittie Breternitz , ) Oth dfCurtis. The were married' by lev. J. A. Badcon on the 27111. William G. Hiatt of Cambridge and Mrs. Ella M. Hodgkin of Bartley. Mar ried by the county judge on the 2gth. Johnson Marcellus and Letha D. Feii- on , both of Stockville. The county udge married'them on the 29th. The cases of the city against the Adams Express Co. and the Western Jnion Telegraph Co. , to collect occupa- ion tax , have been continued until July 8th. DISTRICT COURT. The following cases have been filed ince last week's report : Sophia Griswold vs. James R. Gris- wold. Injunction. Charles H. Haywood vs.-Edward T. Hoppe et al. Equity. Postponed Until the Eleventh. On account of it being the evening of he Fourth of July , the regular instal- ation of officers of the Star of Jupiter vill not take place , next Monday even- ng , but has been postponed until the following regular meeting , July nth. On that occasion a delegation of breth ren from the Culbertson lodge will be vith us , and it is desired and hoped that here may be a large attendance of meiu- jers of No. i. In Fact as in Name. The members of the Christian Endeav or society and their friends held a "Good Time" social on the lawn at J. F. Gaii- chow's residence , last evening , which vas true to name. There was a large attendance of the city and joy was the teynote of the evening. For Sale Cheap. Good five room house and lot , part cash , balance in monthly payments 6-io-rots. Write C. E. MAGNER , Kearney , Nebr. We understand that Henry Bosserman , vho 'lives southeast of town , has tried he method of poisoning grasshoppers hat we published a few weeks ago , and le says it works like a charm. He says he poison kills them off by the thou- cands , and that the dead ones are being eaten up by the live ones , and he is sat isfied that his place will seen be cleared of the pets. Trenton Register. What you would not like done to your-self , do not to your neighbor. This the whole law ; all the rest is commen tary. Go learn this. Rabbi Hillel. The past few days haven't been prize weather , to be sure ; but then nobody has been hurt to speak of. Don't "holler 'till yer hurt. _ The Benkelman separating station re ceived an average of 3,632 pounds of milk daily for tneweek ending July iith. Machine Oils at'TMcConneH's. ! ] Trnln Load of Ntival Hocrulta. A ftpcclitl tr/iiti of rccruita from Phil- mlelphiu punned through McCookThurs day about one o'clock , hound for Snn Francisco , Calif. There were about 150 of the * recruit ! ) , and a jolly , lively act they were. A very brief Mop WHS made at UiSfJ point , to tnlce water on the train , nnd in a few minutm the train went on its way toward the Golden Gate. Though short notice W B given of the coming of the Hpectnl. there wa a large number of citizen * nt the train to see and Godnpcccl the Hiiiloni. There were four cara of marines , one KBng car and Supt. Campbell's pri vate cur in the train. The sailor boys were deliglrted with the brief but hearty reception given them here. The Shakespeare's Annual. The ladies of the Shakespeare club gave their annual supper , Tuesday even ing , at the home of Mrs. C. II. Meeker. It was given in honor of the husbands of the members of the club , and a few in vited guests participated with them. The spread was a poem of substantial excellence , served with dainty and at tractive napery , silver and glass The only tragic element was projected into the function when the "lords of creation" were turned loose on the provisions. It wasn't high tragedy , either. The ladies are to be congratulated on the fact that their study of the "Bard of Avon" has iu no wise interferred with their skill in the culinary art or in the finer art of enjoyable entertainment. Borrowed a Horse. The Indian horse doctor who attempt ed to work this community last week , borrowed a horse from the owner of the outfit , the day before they decided to leave this section , and he forgot to bring it back , so the owner says. The owner hails from Cambridge , we understand. He and his wife drove back to Cam bridge , after having loaded the tent and stuff on a freight car , to raise the money with which to pay the freight charges down to Cambridge. The owner had better put the outfit to better use. He seemed to be a pretty square sort of a fellow. 'But he was lu bad coufpany , that is sure. A Delightful Lawn Party. A most delightful lawn party was given , Wednesday night , by Misses Ma bel Perry , Lulu Beardslee and Nellie Guun , on the lawn at the residence of W. S. Perry. The lawn was decorated and lighted by Chinese lanterns , head lights , Japanese parasols etc. , and the scene presented was one of charm and beauty. Refreshments were served and the function was altogether entrancing. Over one hundred guests participated in the affair. Joined the Celestial Hosts. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Russell passed away , about two o'clock , Monday afternoon , after a short illuess with a disease which the doctors do not agree on as to the name. The little one was about six months old. The funeral was rather private and was held on Tues day afternoon , from the house , Rev. J. A. Badcon conducting the brief services "held. The parents have the sympathy and consolation of many friends in their sorrow row aud bereavement. To Reorganize the Club. A meeting of Republicans is called in the city hall , Saturday evening at 8:30 , for the purpose of reorganizing the Mc Cook Republican club. This is in prep aration for the state meeting of Repub lican clubs to be held in the Boyd opera house , Omaha , July I2th , and for the national meeting to be held in Omaha on July 14111. Charles Garber has purchased the A . McG. Robb place. MRS. A. P. BoNNOTisill. CLARK McCLUNG of Indiauola was a city visitor between trains , last evening. MRS.C.F.HOAG of Indianola is in t\ic city , the guest of her daughter , Mrs.C. ( B.Gray. HARRY TROTH will go up to Benkel- man on the 5th to take a position in the State Bank at that place. MRS. H. P. SuTTON and the children will leave for Ainsworth , Nebraska , to make her mother a couple months visit. GLEN HUPP is suffering from an at tack of typhoid fever. His father was summoned home from an eastern trip , last night. c MRS. D.L. McBRlDE and father came down from Frontier county , this morn ing , on their way to Cambridge , on a v visit to a son aud brother. . MARION PLUMBER arrived home from Missouri , fore part of last week , with a bride. THE TRIBUNE has no particu lars to give , but offers its hearty con gratulations. MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS. Machine Oils nt McConnell's. Machine Oils ntMcMilien'fl drugstore. Joe Moko is delivering for Joseph JHe- JKud. A nice Jot of Move wood for sa } & by the Bnrnett Lumber Co. You can get Bee Hives at BuHard's In the "knock down" complete. GIJU. WAJ.-TJJI > To do general kocse- Mxa. C. If. MEKJCUK. There i quite a demand for reaUl propertieu. juM now , of desirable sort. William /Ant has added a large fan to the comfortable arrangements of his bar ber shop. Abstract books of Red WiHow cematv for sale or trade. J. JJ. Barngrover , Creston , Iowa. The banks have stamps for their cus tomers under the revenue Jaw , which went into effect , todav. " " * This week , Julius Knaert do&d the purchase of the Charles Hine * dwelling house in North McCook. Why be troubled with the Sies WAMI you can buy a screen door for Si. Paacy screen doors $1.25 and 1.50. A full stock and low prkes oa wfette and red cedar posts at the Baraett Lea ner Co. Call and examine oer stock. Twenty-four members of coaipeaT * * L' . failed to pass the exaaiinatioa-ztOni 3sfe , and nineteen of them retarded h nse , Tuesday night. II. T. Church and L. R. Hilezses bought a couple train loads of cattle dar- ng their recent trip to Co4orad zad other western points. An army of chintz bogs on tae : aeve was a scene observable on lowtr Mar shall street , jast above the electric Hj K. louse , Tuesday night. After some delays , work ba = beea re sumed on the foundation ibr tie coec : house , which it is hoped to be able IQ push right along now that the weatherfe more settled. , McCook applied for slraesf < Sb 3 < worth of the new uar bonds. The posr- niaster found it necessary to tele-rapfe for additional application blanks , wkich were all used. A "human pin cushion" played to Ae multitudes here , mid-week , on tbe pob- lic street. The eating of poisoas , gas old boiler iron , microbes and soca Kk trifles were his specialties. Miss Tillotson's elocutionary enter tainment in the Congregational chercb , Thursday evening , July i4th. Resjeat- ber the date and arrange to go aim hear an enjoyable entertainment. We carry a large stock of tae B Perfect barbed \ \ ire. Also agents for t Page Woven Wire Fence Co. , aad Mulleu's Nettings. BARNKTT LCMBKK. Co. A move should be made to secure prop erly aud regularly laid out roads be tvree * the city aud Longview cemetery. Tic roads leading out west and BOrtttxvctt of the city are anything but smooth s d comfortable. The Indian doctor outfit gave s free show , Sunday , that was uotiloxvn OR the bills. While loading their outfit OKSV freight car , their horses became fright1- encd aud ran away with the frout wheels of the wagon , which wns somcwhnt tittm aged in the accident. We see by the McCook papers the board of education of that place Us employed Miss Mary Powers , of this place , as a teacher iu the McCOok schools. We congratulate the peopie of that city iu securing the ! > ervieos of of Hitchcock county's best Trenton Register. The Lotus Quartette \\tll give c cert iu Mcnard's hnll , Thursdoy Hi July 7th , consisting of quartette * . sn etc. The young men ate titte nud cannot afford to miss ItCHttug Master Harry Brings is but rtftcou old , but is one of the ttuest pmtitttts ott the road. They come under the auspice of the Christian Endeavor society of th J Christian church. Aduttsstnti is 35 cents. Doors open at 8 o'clock We are extremely sotty to ehvOHiCu > the fact that Prol. A. 1. . C.mucfc * hits decided to give up his \voik. hoto , a l has accepted the i > ostltou of Mtj' < ! UU > tcndent of the McCook schools. Mr Caviness has been with us for ctpht yont * and has proven himself an rvccllcut teacher , and his place will bu lmv \ to fill. We understand that the clmugtt was made by his own election , and that the board were loathe to gtvc him up , but as his new position is so much bcttot , they could not retain him. Ho Icfl Monday for McCook , to make arrn\t > ; c incuts to enter upon his duties the of July. Syracuse ( Neb. ) Democrat.
