IMPORTANT
SHOE
REDUCTION
I am now making my annual
clean-up of small sizes in shoes
and slippers. Every pair offered at
gg reduced figures is of sterling qual
ity and make. The collection has
' been divided into four lots :
Lot Ho. 1 at only $0.50 a Pair
Lot No. 2 at only 1.00 a Pair
vj Lot No. 3 at only 1.50 a Pair
Lot Ho. 4 at only 2.00 a Pair
tit
All ladies wearing1 small sizes
will find this a most opportune
time to secure a pair of good
If ! shoes or nice slippers at a very
low figure.
i THE OLD RELIABLE ,
J. F. GANSCHOW ,
McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
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At Brewer's old Stand.
I FRESH AND SALT M EATS
Fish , Oysters , Celery , Pickles.
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7 A 'e keep everything usually to 1S
be found in a first-elass city market ,
and respectfully solicit your patronage. % \
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Republican Congressional Convention.
The Republican electors of the Fifth con
gressional district are requested to send dele
gates from their respective counties to meet in
convention in the city of Holdrege on Tues
day , August 30,1898 , at five o'clock , for the
purpose of placing in nomination a candidate
for representative and to transact such other
business as may properly come before the
convention.
The several counties are entitled to repre
sentation as follows :
Adams 15 Harlan 8
Chase 3 Hayes 3
Clay 15 Hitchcock 4
Dundy 3 Kearney 9
Franklin S Nuckolls 10
Fumas 10 Perkins z
Frontier 7 Phelps 9
Gosper 4 Red Willow 9
Hall. 16 Webster 10
The apportionment being based upon the
vote cast for Hon. Albert J. Burnham for
presidential elector in 1896 , giving each coun
ty one delegate at large and one for each 125
votes and major fraction thereof.
It is recommended that no proxies be ad
mitted to the convention and that the delega
tion present be authorized to cast the entire
vote of the county which they represent.
FRED RENNER , R. Q. STEWART ,
Secretary. Chairman.
More than twenty million free sam
ples of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve have
been distributed by the manufacturers.
What better proof of their confidence in
it's merits do you want ? It cures piles ,
burns , scalds and sores in the shortest
space of time. A. McMillen.
Machine Oils at McConnelPs.
One Minute Cough Cure , cures.
That is what It was made for.
Republican Senatorial Convention.
The Republican electors of the Twenty-
ninth Senatorial district are requested to send
delegates from their respective counties to
meet in convention in the city of McCook ,
Nebraska , Friday , August 26th , 1898 , at 7:30
o'clock , for the purpose of placing in nomina
tion a candidate for the office of state senator
and for the transactson of such other business
as may properly come before the convention.
The several counties are entitled to repre
sentation as follows :
Chase 3 Dundy 3
Frontier 7 Furnas 10
Gosper 4 Hayes 3
Hitchcock 4 Red Willow 9
The apportionment being based on the vote
cast for Hon. Albert J. Burnham for presiden
tial elector in 1896 , giving each county one
delegate at large and one for each 125 votes
and major fraction thereof.
It is recommended that no proxies be ad
mitted to the convention , but that the dele
gates present be authorized to cast the full
vote of the countv they represent.
F. M. KIMMELL , Secretary.
FRED. BOEHNER , Chairman.
MARBLE OR GRAHITE MONUMENTS
All Kinds , Sizes and Prices.
A. G. DOLE , Agent. McCook , Neb.
ALSO MUTUAL INSURANCE . . .
FARM , STOCK AND MERCANTILE
In the German Mutual , Om.ilm ; Mercantile Mu
tual , Lincoln ; Farmers Mutual , Lincoln.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers ,
The famous little pills.
McConnell's Colicure
Cures Colic , Cholera Morbusand Diar
rhoea. Money refunded if not as repre
sented.
FOR CASH
CASHOH , LARD !
Pure , Kettle-Rendered Lard
OUR OWN MAKE.
Ten pounds and upwards at 5 cents per pound for a short time.
WILCOX & FLITCRAFT.
TIME TABLE.
fling' BBB * Route
McCOOZ , HEBEACEA.
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
SOOTH. 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 6:15 A.M.
No. 4. Local Express , daily , Hast
ings llroo KM.
No. 6. Chicago Flyer 4:40 i : M.
No.l48. Freight , daily , ex. Sunday ,
Hastings ana intermediate
stations 5:0 ° AM >
No. 76. Freight , daily , Oxford , Hol-
drege , Hastings 6:30 A. M.
No. So. Freight , daily , Hastings and
intermediate stations 7:27 A. M.
No. 64. Freight , daily , Oxford , Red
Cloud , St. Joe , Kansas City 4:00 : A. M.
No. 5. Local Express , daily , ar
rives at 8:05 : P.M.
MOUNTAIN TIME.
No. I. Denver Flyer 6:20 : A.M.
No. 3. Vestibuled Express , daily ,
Denver and all points in
Col9.Utah and California , 11:40 P.M.
No.i49. Freight , daily , ex. Sunday ,
Akron and intermediatesta-
tions 6:45 A. M.
No. 77. Freight , daily.Stratton.Ben-
kelman , Ilaigler , VVrayand
Akron 1:50 P.M.
No. 63. Freight , dailyStrattonBen-
kelman , Haigler , Wray and
Akron 4:30 P. M.
No.i/5. Accommodation , Mondays ,
Wednesdays and Fridays ,
Imperial and intermediate
stations 6:38 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 A.P.Thomson , Agent ,
McCook , Nebraska , or J. Francis , General
Passenger Agent , Omaha , Nebraska.
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. T. E. Enright is home from her
visit to Iowa.
Annie Clark of our city is visiting
Edna Crone in Red Cloud.
Arthur Douglass went up to Denver
Saturday night on 3. on a visit.
Conductor Al. Sharp of the Akron
Denver run is very ill with fever.
Agent L. Cann of Danbury returned
last Thursday , from his trip to Canada
James Magee visited in Wauneta am
Imperial from last Saturday until Mon
day.
day.G.
G. W. Burnett and family returnee
home , Sunday night , from a long visit
in the east.
M. Sweeney was over from Norcatur
Kansas , last Saturdayvisiting old friends
and sights.
Millie Slaby returned , last Saturday
from her visit to Red Cloud relatives
and friends.
Mrs. L. A. Hulburt and children re
turned home from the exposition on 3 ,
Monday night.
W. C. Bulger , who was called away
recently by illness in the family.arrived
home , last Saturday night.
Brakemeu on a certain eastern railroad
announce at each station , "Don't forget
your bundles. " It might profitably be
followed by all roads.
Paul Miller raffled off his bicycle and
Walter Duffy won the same. The cow
he disposed of in like manner became
the property of one of his countrymen.
A.D. Miller returned home from Oma
ha , Sunday morning , and the wife and
child followed the next day. The little
girl is much improved by the operations
and treatment received.
The Burlington's passenger train from
Omaha to St. Joseph , last Thursday
night , was held up about two miles
north of St. Joseph , by six armed rob
bers. They made a water-haul.
Mrs. H. Thrailkill arrived from Iowa ,
last Sunday night on 3. Edith Colernan
accompaning her from Omaha. Mr.
Thrailkill is here from California , for
which state they will shortly depart.
Mrs. A. D. Miller and little gtrl re
turned home , Monday morning , from
Omaha , where the little girl was oper
ated upon a number of times for an in
jury received some months ago in a run
away. A number of pieces of broken
bone were taken from the ugly wound
on the face below the right eye , and it
is hoped in due time that the little one
will be entirely well of the terrible in
jury that threatened her very life.
The Burlington will put on the Deadwood -
wood line , sometime this month , four
of the largest locomotives in the world.
They were built by the locomotive works
of Pittsburg , Pa. , and will have a capac
ity sufficiently powerful to pull a full
size freight train over the heavy grades
of the Deadwood line. At the present
time six or eight loaded ears are all that
the heaviest engines now in use can pull.
The following table will give an idea of
the size : Firebox , inside width , 3 ft. 4
in. ; firebox , outside length , 9 ft. 6 in. ;
number of 2-inch boiler tubes , 292 ;
length of tubes , 14 ft. 6j in. ; total heat
ing surface , 2,675 square ft. ; steam pres
sure , 180 pounds ; diameter of cylinder ,
22 in. ; length of piston stroke , 26 in. ; di
ameter of drivers. 52 in. ; total weight of
engine , 269,200 pounds ; total length of
engine , 62 ft. 7 in. ; total height to top
ot saud box , 15 ft. The heaviest engine
now in use on the Burlington weighs
54,000 pounds ( exclusive of water tank )
which is just one-third that of the new
machines. Grip.
ADDITIONAL RAILROAD NEWS.
Clel Pope went in to Omaha , Monday ,
to see the fair briefly.
Mrs. J. H. Burns was a pilgrim to
Hastings , Thursday.
G. R. Johnson was a passenger on No.
6 , Sunday afternoon.
Operator W. S. Pate was at headquart
ers , first of the week.
Mrs. A. J. Clute is entertaining her
mother and sister Julia.
Brakeraan E. Dyer is enjoying a two
weeks' lay-off in Chicago.
Brakeman H. C. Kiser visited Oxford ,
during his Sunday lay-over.
Brakeman T. E. McCarl made Oxford
between trains , Saturday last.
Deputy Collector Stewart checked up
the boys , Thursday of this week.
Conductor O. R. Aniick moved his
goods up from Hastings , this week.
Mrs. Cal Kenady is down from Holyoke -
eke , this week , on a visit to relatives.
Conductor Harry Beale returned from
his Omaha trip , Sunday morning on i.
Brakeman J. J. Barry will leave the
last of this week for Iowa to visit his
mother.
Harry Conover moved his family and
household n ods UP from Red Cloud ,
this week.
Otto Penner was herefirst of the week ,
visiting friends. He was a former brakeman -
man on this division.
Conductor Tim Foley took in the ex
position , first of this week , returning to
his run on Wednesday.
Mrs. J. F. Kenyon and Mrs. J. H.
Burns returned home , last evening on 3 ,
from a short trip to Hastings.
Mrs. J.J.Curren and sister , Miss Grace
Huston , spent the early part of the week
in Denver and the mountains.
Supt. Campbell was over the Cheyenne
line , Wednesday , returning home , yester
day evening , in his private car.
Mr.and Mrs. Emerson Hanson depart
ed on Saturday morning for Bushnell ,
Illinois , on a visit to the old home.
Brakeman William Shinsel is spending
the week in Grafton on business con
nected with his interests thereabouts.
Brakeman and Mrs. Will McCarl and
Mrs. H. H. Miller are taking in the fair
and visiting Omaha relatives , this week.
Brakeman Clyde Olmstead of the
Hastings-Oberlin run is laying off , this
week , on account of sickness in his fain-
ily.
Mrs.C. M. Bailey and the children will
go down to Havelock , tomorrow , on a
visit to the Grissells. They will also
take" in the exposition.
Mrs. A. Carmichael and son , who were
here for the past two months , visiting
relatives , left last Saturday night , for
their home , at Franceville Junction ,
Colo.
Auditors W. P. Foreman and S. M.
Sampson and Storekeeper J. H. Water
man of Lincoln were here , Wednesday ,
checking up the boys at division head
quarters.
Hi. Thrailkill and his family will leave
for California , Sunday evening , visiting
some Denver friends enroute. Mrs. C.
K. Coleman will accompany them as far
as Denver.
Brakeman D. P. Crowe and Liveryman
E. T. Maddux went down to the eastern
part of the state , the first of the week ,
and purchased a fast running horse , with
which they expect to defeat all comers.
SHEET MUSIC.
We have just received 200 new
pieces which you can buy at 3c.
each , come at once and have first
choice. THE "BEE HIVE. "
McCook Markets.
Corrected Friday morning.
Corn $ .20
Wheat 48
Oats 15
Rye 28
Barley 18
Hogs 3.25
Eggs 08
Butter 14
Potatoes 40
For broken surfaces , sores , insect bites ,
burns , skin diseases and especially piles
there is one reliable remedy , DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. When you call for
DeWitt's don't accept counterfeits or
frauds. You will not be disappointed
with DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A.
McMillen.
We have put our entire line of
California novelties into one lot and
will close them out at lOc. each.
They are going like hot cakes at
The "BEE HIVE. "
Truth wears well. People have learn
ed that DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
reliable little pills for regulating the
bowels , curing constipation and sick
headache. They don't gripe. A. McMil
len.
English experimenters announce that
: hey have been successful in producing
a valuable cross of wheat and oats , with
he best qualities of both grains.
The artist on the Indianola Reporter
s strong on tombstone advertisements ,
lis displays are so gleeful and inspiring ,
hat he is out of place outside a tomb
stone establishment.
Machine Oils at McMillen's drug store.
BIG REDUCTION
We still have a few Wash Goods
which we are closing' out
regardless of cost.
We have some Genuine Bargains in
> SHOES
( "losing- out our line of Ladies'
Oxford Ties. Call early
before the assort
ment is broken.
NOTICE THE CHANGE
CLOTHINeTEPAjiTIIEHT mt
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? iW this ; liiiA. You can save
money by givingus a
call when in need
of a new suit.
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C. L. DeGROFF & CO.
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Authorized Capital , $100,000.
Capital and Surplus , $60,000
GEO. HOCKNELL , President. B. M. FREES , V. Pros.
W. F. LAWSON , Cashier. F. A. PENF1ELL , Ass'i Cash.
A. CAMPBELL , Director. FRANK HARRIS , Director.
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OF MeCOOK , NEB.
Paid Up Capital , $50,000. Surplus , $5,000
DIRECTORS
/ . FRAHKLIH , W.F.RlcFARLAHD , A. C. EBERT ,
H. T. CHURCH , OSCAR CALLIHAN , C. H. WILLARD.