The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, December 09, 1898, Image 4
By F. M. KIMMELL. OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER THE treaty with Spain is by the daily papers of this morning de clared to be ns good as signed , and the early closing of the incident ie expected. OMAHA can't afford , in this ex position matter , to fly in the face of the almost solid public opinion against the holding of the exposi tion. If she does , she will rue the day when the decision to dose so was made. JUDGE ABBOTT of the Hayes Center Republican has leased his newspaper and job office to 0. M. Reynolds , who is now in full charge and contract. Mr. Rey nolds has a heroic model to follow and he can't do anything better than copy the grand old Roman closely. THE house , Wednesday , passed the anti-ticket scalping bill by a vote of 119 to 102. This is the culmination of a struggle of over ten years duration on the part of railroad companies to down the business of ticket scalping. The wisdom of the measure is yet an undemonstrated problem. THE president's message to con gress , which convened on Monday , is in keeping with all his public and political utterances : wise , con servative and dignified. The pa per covers the facts fully , fairly and frankly as the situation would permit , and leaves to congress the great work of completing the move ment and projects now so grandly under way. His suggestive wisdom lacks the dictatorial spirit of the gentleman who preceded him in the presidential. As a state paper it will be memorable one , dealing as it does with a new and glorious epoch in American history. RED WILLOW. There -will be an oyster supper at Mr. Rinck's , Saturday night. Mollie McKey has been suffer ing with lagrippe for some time past. There is to be a basket social at the Willow sometime in the near future. Mrs. Byfield has a fine lot of spring chickens , as the result of an experiment with the Sure Hatch incubator. Nettie Helm is spending most of her time with 'her sister Lu. Myers , helping care for the little blonde maiden that came to live there two week ago. Jacob Taylor departs Thursday , for Ohio. Some think there is a powerful feminine lode-stone at tracting Jake away from fair Ne braska. The good wishes of his new made friends go with him. This neighborhood will soon be noted for its fine hogs. Horace Taylor has lately come into pos session of some fine Duroc Jerseys and Mrs. Byfield swapped ducks for a Poland China sow with an aristocratic pedigree. Mr. Benjamin Baker departed , Wednesday morning , on a pantry tour. Pretty near all the women of Red Willow county are made widows , temporarily , by the craze for peddling portable pan try s. If the men are all as good agents as the man who sold the counties to theiu , we predict a lull in farm ing next year. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair , OR ; CREAM BAKING WHTOffi MOST PERFECT MADE A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free from Ammonia , Alum or any other adulterant. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. BARTLEY. E. E. Smith shipped three cars of cattle and Oliver Bush to Den ver , this week. Prof. L. V. Patch awl Harry Aden made a trip to Cambridge , Sunday , returning on No. 5. Dame Rumor has it that the wedding bells will be both loud and numerous here , this mouth. B. F. S her \vood and Howard Miller of Cambridge were doing business in our village , Tuesday. Frank Unteidt sold E. E Smith , this week , 140 porkers. They av eraged about 300 pounds apiece. Mrs. J. 0. Moore and children were over from Tyrone , this week , visiting her parents , Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Baker. Rev. Foutch began a series of revival meetings , Sunday evening. Presiding Elder Hale preached on Monday evening. The little folks spent a merry evening at the home of W. E. Rol lings , Thursday. It was a sur prize on the twins. Seven new members were taken into the Star of Jupiter lodge , last Friday night. Refreshments were served and a royal good time is reported. J. H. Sipe , the hog man from Cambridgestayed over both Mon day and Tuesday nights , on ac count of the weather being unfit for driving. Parrish & Smith are improving the appearance of their elevator with a new coat of paint , this week. Painters from Daubury are doing the work. Mrs. A. Dietsch , who has been very low with typhoid fever for many weeks , is improving slowly and with careful attention will soon be able to be around again. Mrs. Delia Mangus is contem plating moving the hotel over on Main street , which would certainly be of great advantage both to her self and the public generally. Heber Vickrey and Guy Curlee each received one of J.W.Pepper's silver slide trombones , the first of ; he week. They expect to shine as musical stars at the Paris expo sition now. Mrs. R. F. Goreley's father ar rived , Wednesday afternoon , from Princeton , Indiana , and will spend some time visiting with her. Mrs. jroreley had not seen her father : oi sixteen years. James Finnegan , Francis Sells Dane Fletcher and John Jones are recent acquisitions to the band's membership roll , and they aren't doing a thing less than shattering : he atmosphere in their respective neighborhoods. There will be Christmas enter tainments at both churches , this year. The Christians people will lave a tree with the usual exer cises , and the Methodists will have a treat for the children with an appropriate program under direc tion of the Epworth League. The Odd Fellows had a banquet at their last meeting , and all in dulged in the elaborate spread freely. Every member was per fectly content and at peace with his fellows except one brother who insisted that it was right and prop er that bananas should be served. The oyster was conspicuous in its many forms and phases. H. P. Hodgkin's dray team took a frisky spin over town , Wednes day afternoon , with a wagon load of chicken coops , depositing them at various points en route and leav ing the subsequent extremity of the wagon in Beeson's pig pen. They finally stopped at Fletcher's corn pile where they were cap tured and taken the shops for re pairs while Harry went over the trail on a collecting tour. The editor of the Indiauola Re porter remarks in his latest slop- over of grey matter that without her flouring mill Indianola would n't be any better than Bartley. If the editor will come down the vil lage council will find pleasure in designating a guide to show him through one of the finest mills in this western country , and he may sjo boating on the waterpower aux iliary. And we could also direct liim with pride to our university and carriage factory. Indianola must not think that because she ias a watch factory and paint mix ing establishment she is the only : iu can in the alley. Royal Bakes the food pare , wholesome and delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL DAKINd POWDER CO. , NEW YORK. PROSPECT PARK. Small grain is looking fine. Walter Sly shucked 1,080 bush els of corn for Eugene Dunham. W. G. Duttou is losing some cattle. Several have already died. Preaching at the school-house on the llth of this mouth by Rev. Vivian. One of Mr. Smith's boys had his face badly mashed by a kick of a horse , lately. Warner Anderson is suffering with a broken leg. Gesta is also on the sick list. Mrs. Barnes found one of her hogs , shot and lying in a neigh boring field , recently. Arrangements for a Christmas tree at the Prospect Park schoolhouse - house are progressing favorably. Plans are being laid for a basket supper in the new school-house in the Anderson district , in the neai future. THE First Nebraska volunteers , now at Manila , will likely be soon relieved by regular troops and will come and be mustered out. It is stated that the Third regiment is likely to go to Cuba for garrison duty and will be the last regiment to be mustered out. THE government should not fail to give the government ownership of telegraphs and telephone a trial. in Porto Rico. \ I NORTH COLEMAN. Henry Mitchell and family have moved near McCook and are missed in this locality. There was a hunt just north of hero on the same eventful day HB the Spring creek hunt. James McCoy killed fifty-four bush rab bits , four jack hares and twelve quails. Tlmir Thanksgiving sup per was held in the Duelaml school-house. It is safe to sur mise that it passed with all pleas ing particulars. The annual hunt came ol ? as previously scheduled. Ed. Shep herd and Harry Groves were elect ed captains and there were twenty hunters chosen on each side , but some of thorn did not report. The ones who did meant business and several of them wore very success ful. Lee Summers carried off the highest honors , making 202 points. Captain Shepherd's side won. The supper , Thanksgiving evening , was a complete success , the schoolhouse - house not being so crowded as sometimes on such occasions. The winning side wore ribbon badges displaying the number of points the bearer had made in the hunt. Suffice it to say that all had ? good time and returned home with a stomach replenished with the deli cacies of the season. TYRONE. J. Coe had a rib broken Tues day. Rev. Robertson preached here last Sunday. N. Walton's new frame house makes a fine appearance. Sam Young finished up several jobs of threshing here , last week. Mrs. J. C. Moore and children are visiting her parents in Bartley , this week. Our Jim says he will have to get smoked glasses ; the new wagons make his eyes tired. Our own and only Uncle Billy is said to be "all sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought" . It's a boy. GEORGE CROSS of Fairburv has < been named for postmaster of that thriving city. . * r > - \ S Siii / \ \ FTS THE HOLIDAYS We > vould respectfully invite you to call and inspect our line of Holiday Goods consisting - sisting of . Medallions Smoker's Sets Albums Match Holders Autographs Ink Stands Mirrors Games Pocketbooks Game Boards Card Cases Music Rolls Hair Brushes Manicure Sets Cloth Brushes Writing Companions Collar & Cuff Sets Dressing Cases Toilet Sets Silver Novelties Necktie Boxes Celluloid Novelties Glove & Hdkfs. Sets Paper Weights Paper Knives Vases Fancy Thermometers Statuary Shaving Sets Blacking Sets Photo Holders A line of IMPORTED JAPANESE GOODS including Umbrella Stands Jardinieres Portieres Large Vases Rose Jars Bisque Figures Cups and Saucers Chocolates Bon Bon Boxes Tete a Tete Sets ' Crumb Sets Trinkets , &c. BOOKS = = Over 600 Volumes Bound Books. Popular Authors in Prose and Poelry Bainty Gift Books Padded Books Culluloid Covers- Hand Painted From 2Sc. up. Juvenile and Toy Books in Large Variety PERFUMES in bulk ; in plain , fancy pressed and cut glass bottles ; in plain and artistically decorated packages. & Co. ! 1L. W.McCONNELL . WEST SIDE MAIN AVENUE. SifitSS Nothing better than serviceable goods for Holiday Presents for Man or Boy. The Special Low Prices we are naming to reduce stock enables every one to buy such dependable gifts for very little money. Everything desirable for Men's and Boys' wear. No matter where you go , you will not find such perfect-fitting and well-made clothing and at such low prices as you will find here. Handkerchiefs , Neckwear , Hosiery , Shirts for Dress and Work , Nightshirts , Collars and Cuffs , Underwear and Hats in great variety. Come in and make your selections t early and before the rush. Remember , a special price on Over coats and Suits for Men and Boys. V/X * -x 'VrV' XWxX > - - > - iiave a special sale on Boys1 Waists. Gome in and see and prices. Buy here. The best goods for the least money too early now for deciding what the Holiday purchases ought to be and none too soon to se cure them. We offer the suggestion that gifts of substantial usefulness carry just as much of seasonable remembrance as do things that are only pretty. When you combine UTILITY and BEAUTY you can do no more. That's the claim IMPORTANT OFFER TO THE A1EN. We will allow exchanges of dresses purchased for Holiday Gifts for other s dresses where the quantity is the customary pattern and the price 50 f per yard or less. That makes it easy for you to do the handsome thing by wife , mother , sister and sweetheart. We < take the risk. Soliciting your trade , si Drr . Per In Meeker Bids : Adj. County Offices GEO. E. THOMPSON