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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1899)
! ' " , * EIGHTEENTH YEAR. McCOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY EVENING , AUGUST 18,18S9. NUMBER 14 Flowers and Music and Prayer. Last Saturday morning , with the beau tiful and impressive accompaniment ol flowers and music and prayer , were held the last tender rites , were paid the lasl fond tribute of respect , over the remains and to the memory of Kay Ludwick. The services were conducted in the Methodist church by Rev. J. A. Badcon , who came up from the Epworth assem bly at Lincoln for that purpose. The church was Shed with sympathizing friends and the services were touching. Among those in attendance was the Sun day-school class of which the deceased was a member , in a body , headed by their teacher , Mrs. J. I. Lee. The floral offerings were unusually beautiful and numerous. They con sisted of set pieces and a splendid pro fusion of cut flowers and potted plants etc. The music was a special and elaborate feature of the impressive services. Interment was made in the family plot in Longview cemetery. [ HARVEY KAY LUDWICK was born in IVIcCook , Nebraska , November 20th , 1885 , and died August loth , 1899 , aged 13 years , S months and 20 days. Two brothers and one sister have passed on before. Father and mother , three broth ers and one sister remain. Harvey was a true and upright boy beloved by all who knew him , and loved most by those who knew him best. Whether in the home , or on the street , on the farm or in the Sunday-school , he always carried a suiile. The comfort that conies to the parents is that as it was a sudden death , it was a sudden glory. Harve3 * has gone to be with his two brothers and sister and loved ones gone on before. He wiH watch for the loved ones to come , when God shall say , "It is enough. " What a happy meeting that will be. The funeral services were held in the First M. E. church. Saturday , August 12th , at 10 o'clock. The sermon was preached by Pastor Badcon to a large congregation. The sympathies of the utire cointnunitj * go out to the be reaved family. And may they find be neath them the arms of the Great Father , who knows what is meant by this providence , which seems to he so strange to us. The interment was made in Longview cemetery , McCook , Nebraska. 3 Tow fair the rose , that beautiful flower , The glory of April and May ; Hut the leaves they begin to fade in an hour , And they wither and die in a day. ijo frail is the youth and the beauty of man , u Though they bloom and look gay like the rose , 15ut all our fond cares to preserve them is vain , Time kills them as fast as he goes. Then father and mother , I'll not be proud of my youth , Since it withers and fades , \ Hut gain a good name by well doing my duty ; This will scent like a rose when I'm dead. j. A. B. "tt'e desire in this way to express our heart's gratitude to the kind friends who did so much to assist us , and to all t whose sympathy and prayers were of fered in our late bereavement , and es pecially are we thankful to those who remembered us with beautiful flowers at our home and decorations at the church. To all , our prayers are that your homes may never know the awful sorrow that has the second time come to ours in the death of dear Kay. MR. AND MRS. J. H. LUDWICK , AND FAMILY. Again Bereaved. Death has again entered the home of Mr. and Mrs.G.W.Predmore and robbed them of one of their little ones. Last week , their infant child fell a victim to a. complaint of the summer season , and on Monday of this week , their little son Charlie , aged about two and one-half years , also succumbed to the same com plaint. The funeral services were con ducted by Rev. H. H. Berry in the Meth odist church , Tuesday afternoon , being attended by many friends who deeply sympathize with the doubly bereaved parents in their great sorrow. Interment was made in Longview cemetery. CARD OF THANKS. We feel most grateful and thankful to the kind neighbors and friends for all the acts of kindness and helpfulness rendered us during the illness and after the death of our little children , and ac knowledge our appreciation and express our thanks. MR. AND MRS. G. W. PREDMORE. Telephones. Parties.not subscribers.wishiug phones placed for immediate use will please let me know at once , as a man is now here for that purpose. Subscribers having trouble with their instruments or objections from other causes will report the fact to me without deliy. C. I. HALL , Manager. O. G. Vahue & . Son , properly trans lated , means the best of everything in the meat line. Call and see. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE. MRS. M. E. BARGER is visiting over in Carroll. Iowa. MR AND MRS. W. F. EVERIST were Indianola visitors , Sunday. MAYOR KELLEY and Robert Byers were both Lincoln visitors , Tuesday. Miss LILLIAN SMITH of Red Cloud is visiting her sister , Mrs. W. D. Burnett. MRS. J. H. BENNETT was down from the farm near Max , early' part of the week. MRS. CLARA HARBISON is spending a few days visiting Culbertson relatives , this week. MRS. W. R. STARR arrived home , Tuesday night , from her long absence in the east. MR. AND MRS. D. W. COLSON and the baby arrived home , Friday night , from their Wisconsin visit. ANDREW ANDERSON and little son re turned , Tuesday noon , from visiting John Miller at Stratton. MosE STERN was out from Chicago , fore part of the week , looking after his property interests here. H. W. COLE was one of the local Masons who took in the gathering at Denver , close of last week. REGISTER F. M. RATHBUN attended the Masonic gathering at Denver , close of last and first of this week. MRS. ADOLPH MANGLESS returned home , Sundaj' evening , from visiting Indianola relatives and friends. MRS. J. J. CURRAN and the children are visiting in Republican City , going down on 2 , Wednesday morning. RECEIVER PIPER went down to Lin coln , Wednesday night , to be gone the rest of the week , visiting the family. MRS. E. A. HALL , formerly of our cit } ' , was married to George W. Francis in Red Cloud , Thursday evening of last week , August loth. FRED BEARDSLEE spent Saturday night in the city on his waj- home to Indianola on a short visit from Denver , where be is now employed. MRS. T. J. SMITH and Mrs. Jeaunette McCarl , who have been visiting relatives here for the past few weeks , departed for Lincoln , Wednesday morning. MRS. H. G. BORNEMAN , Miss Carrie Frazier and Bessie were guests of Mrs. Borneman's cousin , Mrs. C. F. Herring- ton , at Arapahoe , part of last week. W. F. LAWSON went up to Denver , Monday night , and returned home , Wednesday night , accompanied by the family , who have been spending a few weeks there. O. G. VAHUE and sons will move into the residence of Asst. Supt. Harris ou north Main , soon. This will give them one of the most comfortable and roomy houses in this city. REV. AND MRS. T. L. KETMAN de parted , Monday morning on 2 , for Iowa , on a vacation. Mrs. Ketman will be absent about a month , the reverend gen tleman a lesser time. A. D. STORRS , general superintendent , was out from Omaha , first of the week , getting matters in shape for the opening of the local telephone exchange , which commenced business on the MRS. C. W. BENEDICT of Chicago , who is here on a visit to her parents , Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Bishop , has been up in Trenton , part of the week , visiting her mother-in-law. Mrs. Benedict is here for her health. Miss ANNETTA BALL came up from Lincoln , Monday night , and will visit Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Babcock for a couple of weeks , after which she will return to Lincoln , having resigned her position as nurse and clerk in the hospital here. MRS. Lo' . , M. BOUK , state organizer of the Lady Maccabees of Nebraska , was in the city , last Friday , and had a spec ial meeting called of the local hive , which she gave instructions in the up-to- date ritual of the order , going east on the morning following. W. O. NORVAL and Miss Lulu will de part , next Saturday , for Illinois. He will go as far as Chicago- and will visit his mother while absent. Miss Lulu will go to Peoria , where she has secured a position as a trimmer in a wholesale millinery establishment. MR. AND MRS. H. H. TARTSCH have been entertaining her mother , Mrs. Bal- lance , and his sister , Miss Tartsch , both of Plattsmouth , this week. They came up on last Saturday evening and togeth er with Mrs. H. H. Tartsch went up to Denver , Tuesday morning on No. i , to attend the wedding of Mrs. Ballance's niece and to enjoy a visit in the mount ains. Another Artist Decamps. Last Friday night , David Norris , late boss of the coal chute gang , lord high everything of the klinker and sand piles , departed for the east , without making his friends and they are quite numer ous aware of his purpose. It is thought he went on No. 6 , right after pay-day , it will be observed. Now , there is noth ing of special importance about the de parture of Mr. Norris , except the fact that the city loses one of the most artist ic liars who ever dodged a store bill , and the further fact that he succeeded beyond the -usual in hoodwinking the credit merchants of the city and others with more money than discretion and judgment. He retired , we state , on his laurels , last Friday night. But he went , it is alleged ou good authority , pretty well "heeled , " taking with him money borrowed , goods galore purchased , leav ing behind him sundry unpaid bills. It is stated that two wheels'three suits of clothes , and numerous other items are among the things bought but not paid for. One man is on his note for $30 and he is thankful it is not $60. The wife and part of the family have been east for some time on account of the child having "rheumatism. " Part of the household goods had been sent on east all of which made it easier for him to make his exit unostentatiously. Then a light was left burning in the house all night the night he left which was thoughtful but misleading to the neigh bors and men under him , who were anxious for certain borrowed money al leged to be due them from him. He was going to buy sundry houses and property in the city , when his cattle arrived from Iowa they were being driven overland to Hastings from which point they would be brought here by cars. And then he had money on hand besides. Mr. Norris is said to be a pasttuaster in his specialty , and he will be missed. It is estimated that Mr. Norris' "winnings" will approximate $500. So we state that lie is an artist , and so much of our artistic life will be lost temporarily. Next ! One Reason Why. The great business concerns of the land sell for cash. They do no credit business ; consequently have -no bad ac counts and save expenses of book-keep ing. And this fact will explain why it is difficult for local merchants to com pete with them. It also explains why close and discriminating buyers purchase of cash houses. They get more tor their money and do not have to pay for the bad accounts of the credit man. It is clear that if local merchants expect to meet the competition of the department stores the cash dealers they will have to sell for cash themselves. There ought to be no such word as credit , retail cred it , in the bright lexicon of business. Closed for Repairs. The Commercial house is closed for repairs. Otto Ballew has turned the house over to the owners , his lease hav ing expired and henot being able to make satisfactory arrangements for its re-lease. J. E. Kelley has leased the hotel , and will assume charge as soon as the somewhat extensive repairs and im provements contemplated are completed. It is understood that Ed. Jordan , who is an old and accomplished hotel man , will have charge of the same. Happened Just the Same. The regular weekly concert of the Brigade band happened , last Saturday night , notwithstanding the threatened storm which did not materialize. It deferred the pleasure somewhat and continued the joy until a rather late hour , that's all. But the splendid pro gramme given in last week's TRIBUNE was rendered in faultless style , just the same. Historical Conundrums. The Misses Mullen entertained the of the "Awl-O" club members - , Tuesday evening of this week , in an altogether happy manner. Historical conundrums constituted the chief feature of the even ing's entertainment. Refreshments were served , and the affair was a fit compan ion-piece to the other felicitous gather ings of that famous club. Telephone Service. The exchange will run day and night , but only emergency and train service calls will be attended to between 10:30 p. m. and 7 a. ni. C. I. HALL , Manager. Fine Pigs for Sale. Thirty-five head of O. I. C. pigs , 10 to 12 weeks old , at reduced prices for thirty days. Address , J. H. WARFIELD , Box 328 , McCook , Nebraska. Don't Forget the Number when you want a good article of meat. It's 14. Nor the place to buy. That's O. G. Vahue & Son's market. The phunny man is getting in his work on the phone , these nevr days. CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. . CATHOLIC Mass at S o'clock a. m High mass and sermon at 10:30 : , a. m. with choir. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m All are cordially welcome. REV. J. W. HiCKEY , Pastor. BAPTIST Sunday-school at 10 a. ni , Preaching service at n ; subject , "Loy. ally to the Master , " by Elder George Scott. B. Y. P. U. at 7. Union service ; in the Christian church at 8. Prayei meeting on Wednesday evening at 8 p. m , T. L. KETMAN , Pastor. CHRISTIAN Bible school at 10 a. ni. Communion and social meeting at n , Union services at 8 o'clock , Rev. J. A. Badcon of the Methodist church to de liver the sermon. Prayer-meeting on Wednesday evening. T. P. BEALL , Pastor. EPISCOPAL Sunday morning at.11:00 : o'clock , Morning Prayer and Litany. Sunday evening at 8:00 : o'clock , Evening Prayer. Sunday-school at 10:00 : a. in. Friday evening lecture at 8:00 : o'clock. Holy-communion the first Sunday in each month. HOWARD STOY , Rector. METHODIST Sunday-school at ioa.ni. Preaching at-ii by Rev. C. A. Hale. After the sermon the administration of the Lord's Supper. All members of the church are especially invited. Epworth League at 7. Union service in the Christian church at 8. Subject , "The Unpardonable Sin. " Prayer and Bible service on Wednesday evening at 8. All are welcome. JAS. A. BADCON , Pastor. The Aid society of the Methodist church will serve dinner and supper on September iSth Ringling Bros. ' show day. The public will observe that the union services for coming Sunday evening will be held in the Christian church , instead of in the Congregational church , as an nounced on last Sunday evening. This change has been made necessary by the fact that the Congregational church is undergoing repairs , which make it im possible to use the building at that date. A Mild Protest. McCook is far from being Puritanical in the observance of Sunday , ( in some respects it has a hard job of being legally decent about the matter , in fact , ) but there seems to be small excuse for allow ing such an enterprise as the Wild West show to run on Sunday , as was the case , last Sunday afternoon. True , the boys do play ball , some merchants do more than necessary business on that day , etc. . and there is a Parisian air about the town as to Sunday observance , but it seems to THE TRIBUNE that this was an entirely unnecessary and inexcusable disregard of the law and of the religious and moral sentiment of this community , and on their behalf we protest against the same. Let us be as decent in this matter as we can. Silhouette Social. Notwithstanding the evening was not propitious , the silhouette social , Monday evening , by the Ladies' Guild at the res idence of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Tartsch , was quite successful. After some little difficulty the instrument was adjusted and turned out very creditable silhou ettes , which were a souice of much mer riment. The literary-musical programme was first class , each number being well received and several of them warmly encored. Miss Lillian Smith of Red Cloud and Prof. Watt of Chicago were among the out-of-town performers. Both were thoroughly appreciated. At Box Elder. The fourth quarterly meeting and con ference for the Box Elder charge will be held on Sunday and Monday , the 20th and 2ist. Quarterly meeting on Sunday night , and quarterly conference on Mon day morning at ten o'clock. HELLO. NO. 14 ! Yes. O. G. Vahue & Son , of course. Best meats of all kinds. There is being displayed in one of McConuell & Berry's windows what seems a rare bargain in a teacher's bible. They are showing an octavo size , flexible leather covered bible with all notes and references , such as has usually sold for two to three dollars. Price on this lot one dollar. Drills will be in great demand , this fall , and the manufacturers have already shown their inability to fill orders. Per sons expecting to buy drills should not delay leaving orders. S. M. COCHRAN & CO. Herman Kapke of McCook was here the first of the week circulating a peti tion for a saloon , but met with very poor success and gave up the experiment and returned home. Danbury News. The Barnett Lumber Co. commenced to unload lumber for its new yard at Redwillow , Wednesday. Guy Curlee is on the ground and in charge of the new yard. Campbell Bros. ' show was only fairly well attended , Thursday. RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS. Brakenmn D. P. Crowe has resigned F. N. Engstrom was up from Holdrege , Tuesday. Sometimes it is easier to resign thac to pay up. D. F. Shaw made a flying trip to Tren ton , Monday. M. C. Wayson was a Benkelman visit or , Wednesday. Engineer George Starks was up from Oxford , last Friday. Operator C. M. MaLette was a Hast ings visitor over Sunday. Conductor John Morris was in Norca- tur , Kansas , Wednesday. Conductor J.T. Brady had the circus special to Alma , last night. Lay-offs are difficult to get , at this time , ou the Western division. C. V. Kerr went down to Hastings , Saturday , returning on Monday. W. C. Sparks was up from Holdrege , Saturday , briefly visiting at headquar ters. ters.C. C. J. Snell and wife arrived home , Tuesday noon , from their visit in Wis consin. F. S. Curry and wife made a short visit to Benkelman relatives and friends , this week. The number of engine and trainmen on the sick-list at Alliance , last week , was a record breaker. The sand house at Alliance was aurned , last week. Thought to have caught from the stove. Brakeman W. A. Bryant was sum moned to Edgar , this week , by the seri ous illness of his child. Conductor Frank Quigley of the Hast- ings-Oberlin run has taken a 15-days lay off. E. M. Cox is relieving him. Operators MaLetle and Pate have changed tricks : MaLette taking the night trick and Pate the day , for a while. The Cincinnati Enquirer special of ten cars passed through here , Wednesday morning , for Denver. It took a doubleheader - header to pull them. Chief Dispatcher J. F.Forbes has been quite ill , this week , with a severe attack of a seasonable trouble , which has con fined him to the house and bed , part of week. Conductors C. W. Bronson , C. E. Pope and G. W. Willetts and Fireman Roy Dixon swuiig around the circle with the Masons at Denver and the mountains , latter part of last week. Switchman W. J. Crawford was sum moned up to Akron , this week , by the serious illness of his wife. Brakeman William Hegenberger went down to Hastings to relieve him. The Burlington does not encourage "dead-beating" among its employes , whom it pays good wages and whom it expects to pay the butcher , the baker , the candle-stick maker etc. Fireman Roy Dixon , who has been spending ten days in the mountains , taking in the sights and attending the Masonic "doings , " returned to his run from Wymore to Oxford , Tuesday morn ing. Engineer F. W. Bosworth and Fireman Otis Shaffer brought their engine up from Hastings , Saturday night , for re pairs , remaining here until Monday afternoon , when they returned home , "dead-head. " Mamie , Nell and Jack Hedge of Oma ha , who have been visiting their uncle and aunt , Agent and Mrs. A. P. Thom son , departed for their home , Thursday morning. Matt Thomson accompanied them and will visit in Omaha a week or two. Engine 198 had her crown-sheet plug melt out at Indianola , Tuesday letting out the water in her boiler , and the fire had to be pulled. No. 309 went down and pulled in the dead engine and her train. Conners and Boyer were in charge of the big machine. S. C. Heliker of the agent's night force , has been suffering with a badly poisoned hand. It is supposed the hand was poisoned in handling hides. There was a small sore on the hand , and the indications of poisoning appeared shortly after handling some hides which were being shipped from this point. Railroad men express the belief that before very long all of the prominent roads of the land will have adopted the pension scheme recently taken up by the Pennsylvania system and now being worked out. Employees who have at tained the age of seventy and all persons on the pay rolls for thirty years are to be benefitted. It will cost more than $300,000 annually. Alliance Grip. MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS. It is at the new drug store , The people gather in by the score To buy their drug ! , paints and oils , And prescriptions , filled for sores and boils. So you should always find the door And buy your drugs of D. W. Loar. . Hammocks at McMillen's. Business changes seem to go in com pany. A fine and soaking rain , Sunday. It's "dead easy" now. Wall paper , paints , oils and glass at McMillen's drug store. THE TRIBUNE will club with any pa per you may want. Try it. Call up 19 if you have any newspaper or job printing business to do. Repairing promptly and neatly done at The Old Reliable shoe store. A number of cases of typhoid fever are reported in the city and vicinity. Cash is "the stuff. " It's the best for both seller and buyer. And it's business , : oo. You can order the best coal in town if you call up No. i on your phone. Ask for S.-B. Do not be deceived ; Bullards is the on- y place where you can buy semi-bitutn- notis coal. Speaking of responsible grafts the Western Distributing Co. occupies not a rear seat , anyway. The Athletic club and B. & M. foot ) all teams are both practicing already or the fall games. J. H. Ludwick lias rented and is now occupying the store room recently va cated by Mrs. Barger. The McCook exchange of the Nebras- ta Telephone Co. commenced business , Tuesday , the I5th. Hello ! Saturday is the day set apart for hold ing the Populist convention and for buy ing threshing coal of Bullard's. fl The next regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held in the-South Mc Cook church , Friday , August 25 , at 2:30 D. in. in.When When you are having fun with your phone , call up No. i and ask Bullard's to send ycu some of their semi-bitum- nous coal. FOUND A gold chain. Owner can \ lave the same by calling at this office , describing property satisfactorily and Daying charges. Yesterday was the day when they sold red lemonade and popcorn. It was also the da } ' when Bullard's sold lumber and coal ; but then they do that every day. Our book stock is arriving. We expect to carry the largest line of miscellaneous ) ooks between Lincoln and Denver. MCCONNELL & BERRY. When the local publisher sees the ucrati\fe home legal notices appearing n outside papers , the question comes unbidden : "Is it a consideration of pub- icity or price or rake-off. " THE TRIBUNE believes in giving even lis satauic majesty his. dues , in render- ng unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's ; but how much credit is due one who only does his duty , anyhow ? Tuesday morning , Mrs. C. T. Brewer assumed charge of the Garrard restaurant recently purchased by her. Mr. Garrard has not decided just what he will do , but will likely engage in some business here. Cards are out announcing the approaching preaching wedding of Mr. E. E. Magee and Miss Edna Meserve , both formerly of our city , but now of Lincoln , where the event will occur on next Wednesday , the 23d. The local society of the W. C. T. U. will weekly occupy space in THE TRIB UNE. They will aim to bring about an increasing measure of temperance by educational means and measures , in this community. S. M. Cochran & Co. wish to state that on account of the scarcity of iron it will next to impossible to secure all the drills demanded for the fall trade , and all who expect to buy will be wise to place orders early. The remains of Mrs. Herrmann , wife of Rev.M.Herrmann , German Methodist minister of Culbertson , were brought down on the Imperial branch train , Monday evening , and forwarded to Su perior , on No. 6 , the same evening , for k. 41 interment. I The Vesta club cleared about forty dollars at their ice cream and cake booth , last Saturday night , during the band concert. The affair was given- for the purpose of booming the finances of the park improvement fund , and the ladies realized very handsomely from their ef forts. C Q
