The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, September 01, 1899, Image 1
EIGHTEENTH YEAR. McCOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY EVENING , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1899. NUMBER 16 ' < Gone to His Reward. Walter , son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sly , who live on the Robert Barr ranch about fifteen miles southwest of this city , passed away , last Friday , after an illness of about two weeks with typhoid fever. The announcement of his death was quite a shock to many of his friends , xvho thought he was progressing satis factorily with his fever ; but a heart complication quickly brought the young life to a close. The funeral services were held in the Congregational church of McCook , Sun day afternoon , August 27111 at two o'clock. Rev. L. A. Turner of Itidianola preaching the sermon , and Rev. W. J. Turner of McCook assisting. The church was filled with sympathetic friends from the Redwillow , where the deceased for merly resided , as well as from the city , and the neighboihood in which his young life went out. Interment was made in Riverview cemetery. The hearts of many go out to the bereaved parents nd family in their sorrow and loss. [ WALTER SLY was born in Tazewell county , Illinois , July 6th , 1876 , and died on the Robert Ban ranch southwest of McCook , Nebraska , August 25th , 1899 , aged 23 years , I month , and 15 days. One brother and one sister have preced ed him : father , mother and two sisters remain. The departed was a noble young man , well beloved by all who knew him. His life was full of smiles and hearty greetings for all , and his death is deeply and truly mourned by all who knew him ] A CARD. We here express our heart's gratitude to the many kind friends who assisted * is and to all whose S3'inpathy and prayers - ' ers were extended to us in our late sick- iiess and bereavement ; and especially to those who remembered us with beautiful flowers at our home. To all it is our prayer that your homes may never feel the great sorrow that has the third time come to us in the death of beloved Walter. MR. AND MRS. JOHN SLY AND FAMILY. Three Score and More. Three score and more to be accurate , just 77 young people of the city drove out to L. A. Colter's farm , close of last week , and indulged in the luscious de lights of melon eating not a few ; having a high old time , as all agree. The drive \if of the young people through the city was accompanied by the usual musical demonstration. The slight memento left the host and hostess has called forth the following word of acknowledgement from them : To the young people of McCook : Please accept our sincere thanks for the very nice present. This kind remem brance will ever remain fresh in our memory. May God bless and ever keep you are the wishes of your friends , MR. AND MRS. L. A. COLTER. -McCook , Nebr. , August 26th , 1899. Had a Big Time. Rev. W. J. Turner chaperoned a party < of3rouths of the city , early iu the week , in a cauiping-out experience up on the Redwillow creek. The party went out on Monday and returned on Wednesday. They were well equipped for the purpose Avith tent and cooking utensils and en joyed the outing immensely all the boys. Thej' fished , did their own cook ing and had a fine time generally. There was a small rebellion against the way the chaperone cooked the fish , but this matter was easily compromised and the fooys cooked them just as crisp as they -wanted them after that. There were nine "boys in the party : Bruce Campbell , Harold and Robert Sutton , Horace Cole , Lloyd Wood , Fay Brewer , Coy Burnett , Charles Kelley and W. J. Turner. Death Ends Her Sufferings. "Long a sufferer with consumptionMrs. William Francisco passed from earth on Wednesday morning , aged 30 years. Her .husband , Engineer Francisco , and one child , a daughter about six years old , survive her. Her parents and two or three sisters have gone the way of all flesh with the same fell disease. Other sisters survive her some of them simi larly afflicted. The funeral services will 3ie held in St. Patrick's church , tomor row morning at ten o'clock. Interment in Calvary. All S3'mpathy and consola tion to the bereaved. Will Receive the Boys. The Knights of Pythias are laving plans for a big reception to their brother kuight , Stephen Belles , recently re turned from the Philippines. It is pro posed to have a banquet at the Commer cial house and to invite in all the soldier boys in this county who were with the gallant boys in the island campaign. The affair will be a rouser and a fit trib ute to the soldier boys we all delight to Tionor. Last Night's Entertainment. The entertainment by the pupils and friends of Misses Mima Richardson and Helen Groff in the opera house , last evening , was but fairly well patronized , suffering somewhat by its nearness to the school entertainment tonight. Most of the entertainment was unique , but as a whole the affair is well spoken of by those present. The Philippine curios shown and described were interesting. The Committee Meets. The members of the Republican coun " ty central committee met in Indianola , Tuesday , and issued , a call for the coun ty convention , which will be held iu Indianola , Saturday , September i6th , at one o'clock. The full text of the call will be found at the head of our editorial column. , * > / COURT HOUSE NEWS. COUNTY COURT. License to marry was issued to Mark S. Parks and Julia Gortl , both of this city. . A Hot Box is unknown where threshers use McCon uell & Berry's high grade Cylinder Oil. : r- - r3T MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE. L. W. Cox and family were Indianola , visitors , Sunday. MARY E. HOLMES has returned to Tecnmseh , Nebraska. R. M. OSBURN was an Oxford visitor , Sunday , between trains. MRS. MARY MULLEN arrived home , Tuesday , from her trip east. J. R. EASLEY of McConnell & Berry's spent Sunday in Cambridge. FRANK CARRUTH returned , mid-week , from his outing in the mountains. MKS. C. E. POPE and Robert visited Oxford relatives , Sunday , between trains. MRS. J. A. SNYDER and Miss Ella are visiting in Port Townsencl , Washington. MRS. S. L. GREEN and Mrs. Spickel- mier visited friends near Bartley , Sun day. day.Miss Miss MYRTLE PRONGER arrived home , Wednesday night , from her trip to Chi cago. cago.MR. MR. AND MRS. WALLACE THOMPSON of Trenton were city visitors , last Friday evening. MRS. J. W. SPIKER and the family spent the day , Sunday , in Cauibridge-on- the-Medicine. MRS. F. M. KlMMELL , Master Schell and Miss Mokko returned from Lincoln , Wednesday night. MRS. C. H. MEEKER returned home , Saturday night , from her visit in the eastern part of the state. Miss MILLIE SLABY departed , this morning , for Peru , where she will enter the state normal school. Miss KITTIE STANGLAND departed , today , for Bartley , where she will teach during the coming term. MRS. DENNIS CULLEN and the young er children arrived home , early in the week , from their Hastings visit. SENATOR THURSTON was on the spec ial carrying the boys home from the Philippines. He met the bo3's at Den ver. WALT RATCLIFK , the Stratton base lall magnate , was in the city , Wednes day night. The "fans" all took to the woods. MR. AND MRS. WM. MCCALLUM came up from Indianola , Sunday evening on 5 , to enable Mrs. McCallum to take No. 6 to Omaha. Miss IDA BRINTON departed for Des Moines , Iowa , mid-week , after a visit of a week or two with her parents and the family here. MRS. A. PROBST and the younger children departed , last Saturday , for Independence , Mo. , where her parents and a married sister live. COUNTY CLERK C. L. ALLEN and T. J Floyd of the Trenton Register were in the city , last Friday evening , on their way to Omaha , to take in the "midway. " ADJUTANT GENERAL BARRY of Lin- ' coin and Inspector General Lumlean of York , of the Governor's staff , were here to meet and greet the First on their way ° home. u MR. AND MRS. W. W. McMiLLEN and daughter Bertha departed , Tuesda3T , for the east , to visit relatives in Pennsyl vania and elsewhere during their ab sence. C. F. COLLINS of the Bennet Union was among those who came to this point to greet the bo3'S of the Fighting First on their way home. We acknowledge a fraternal visit of pleasure. \V. E. WEST and family will depart , Tuesday night , for New Whatcom , Wash. , to make his home there where he formerly resided. They will go via Lincoln to Billings on the Burlington. DR. A. P. WELLES and Thomas Ben nett departed , this morning , for Phila delphia on the G. A. R. excursion. The doctor will remain in the Cit3' of Broth erly Love about three weeks , taking a special course in his profession. G. W. HENKLE and daughter of Be ! atrice were city visitors , Tuesda3 * , on their way home from spending a week in the mountains of Colorado. He has some real estate interests in our city , > which engaged his attention in part while here. CAPTAIN ADAMS of Superior , Judge Reese of Broken Bow , and Senator Gra ham of Beatrice , who is also postmaster at that city , were the official represen ? tatives of the G. A. R. of the state hereto ; to assist in the welcome extended to the S ] First Nebraska. BENJ. BAKER has arrangements made to make a visit in the state of Washing ton. He will leave for that state , next Monday a week , and expects to make j ; . pretty thorough investigation of its re sources. He has some property and a married son living there. : SHERIFF NELSON , Attorney A. H. Kid and S. S. Peters of the Express , all > of Beatrice , formed the delegation that came from the pride of the Blue to greet the bo3'S of the First. The sheriff had a : son in the regiment , and his eagerness n and anxiety to see the special pull into this station was something great. ' w MISSES MAUD CORDEAL and Selma' ai Noren and Messrs. O. B. Thorgrimson aiai and L. C. Dole indulged in a select pic nic iu the park at Redwillow , Sunda3' . U The band met them at the depot and tl escorted them to the park. They went tlC down on 12 and returned home on 5 , tl having had a delightfully warm day. tlbi > PRIVATE PATTERSON of ' bias compan3' as "L" better known as the Thurston tl rifles of Omaha made this office a brief tlcc visit during his short sta3' in this city. re He was formerly of the News-Reporter , tr Gretna , and expects to resume the news fu paper work in the Papilhon Times cc Fudge Howard's great unwashed paper. ccA MRS. A. L. CAVINESS arrived home , ruesday noon on I , from her vacation in Michigan. The superintendent was w detained a few hours in Chicago , and It 3id not return until 3 , the same night , ItO ) rhe superintendent at once adjusted bis harness and set to work on his prep arations for the opening of the fall term jf school , next Monday morning , Sep- ember4th. Bi Welcome the Fighting First. That the people of McCook are en thusiastically patriotic and wide-awake was again demonstrated , Tuesday morn ing of this week , in the reception ac corded the Fighting First Nebraska boys upon their first stop in their native o adopted state. After vexatious and re peated delays , until the special wai turned over to the old reliable Burling ton route , the first section of the specia pulled into this station shortly before eleven o'clock , Tuesday morning. Due and full notice had been given of the approach of the train , by sounding whistles and wringing bells , about ai hour before the train arrived , so that the people of the city , surrounding country , and visiting delegations from various towns and cities of the state were on hand at the depot in force , al eager to catch a first glance at a familiar form and feature. The entrance of the train into the west end of the yard was the signal for a tremendously noisy ova tion and welcome to the gallant boys. Every available whistle and bell in the city was drafted into the service of mak ing a noise. The mosquito battery belched forth its loud welcome , from thousands of throats went forth the same gladsome refrain , and the city's pride the Nebraska Brigade band entered the lists with harmonious en thusiasm , and it was a wild moment a touchingly pathetic moment in some in stances and ever and always enthusi astic and genuine. At the depot the boys were met and welcomed by a delegation of old soldiers and ladies of the relief corps , who es corted them to the tables nearby where the hungry heroes were given a generous lunch and breakfast. This performance was repeated with the second and third sections until all were fed , and still there was food to spare after all the brave lads had taken their departure for their re spective homes over the stace amidst heartiest cheering , "tigers" and good byes. It was a privilege and a pleasure for the people of McCook to give this wel come and reception , and this pleasure was greatly heightened by the evident appreciation of the soldier boys , whose martial spirits were fired anew by the sound of the cannon , the music and the patriotic decorations everywhere in bright tri-color evidence. Business was practically suspended during the reception , everyone adding his mite to the heartiness and joy of the occasion , which has never been excelled in this part of Nebraska for spirit and enthusiasm. Lower Main avenue , as it leads away from the depot was gaily decorated with flags and bunting ; in fact the colors were everywhere in evidence , even the tables being covered in part by patriotic bunting. The scene , as it canie to the eye of ex-Commander of the Ne braska G. A. R. , Captain Claire Adams , was one of the most inspiring he had ever witnessed , and the affair was , in his estimation , a high tribute to the people of McCook , who never fail when such matters are placed in their hands. The soliciting of the refreshments and their serving at the large tables specially erected in lower Main aveuue for the svent , was in the hands of the ladies of the Vesta club , and the ladies with their assistants acquitted themselves of that great undertaking most creditably indeed. And the rapid work was most trying in the hot sun of that torrid daj' . The Nebraska Brigade band came infer for its full meed of praise for the de lightful music rendered by them during the stay of each section in the city ind handling instruments in that broil ing sun was no mere pastime , either. Bert Colter has a fine display of curiI jsities from the Philippines. The Mosquito battery , Captain John Eloxby in command , was in evidence as istial , and saluted without incident. j The Baptist brethren indulged in the pleasure of a picnic in a little grove on he Flitcraft-Wilcox ranch , Tuesday. His comrades in arms say that when Steve Belles drew a bead on one of the ittle brown fellows there was always ne more good Filipino. There were txvo Spaniards with the egiment , one of them having a record is a fighter for the American cause. Neither were enlisted men , however. All the engines and cars carrying the r irst were appropriately decorated ome of them very tastefully with designs - s signs , words of welcome and words set- ing forth their accomplishments. c Red Willow county's representatives n the regiment all stopped off at this joint. They were : Harry C. Steers. Jert Colter , Stephen D. Belles , Jr. , Bert > abtree , Fred Kinghom.Fred Freyand rank Traver. The round-house men and their fami- ies are entitled to much credit for their art in the success of the reception. Besides donating the coffee for 315 gal- ons of the amber fluid , about $40 in ash , they willingly donated their labor building the long string of tables put ip on Main avenue at which the boys vere fed When it conies to generosity ind willingness , the round-house boys nd their wives never take a back seat. The officers and men of the First were : manitnous and loud in their praise of " he manner in which the people of Mc- k received them and fed them. As he regiment proceeded eastward the oys frequently referred to the euthusi- .stic and generous reception accorded hem here a personal letter from Lin- oln says that the first thing the boys emarked about when they got off the \ rain there was concerning the delight- ul , warm-hearted and enthusiastic wel- otne given to them out in McCook. md they meant it. Don't Forget the Number -hen you want a good article of meat , ; t's 14. Nor the place to buy. That's . G. Vahue & Son's market. HELLO. NO. 14- ! Yes. O. G. Vahue & Son , of course , test meats of all kinds. CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. CATHOLIC Mass at 8 o'clock a. ni. High mass and sermon at 10:30 : , a. ni. . with choir. Sunday school at 2:30 : p. in. All are cordially welcome. REV. J. W. HlCKEY , Pastor. METHODIST Sunday-school at ioa.ni. Preaching at n. Subject"The Love of Christ. " Epworth League at 7. Preach ing at 8. Subject , "The Power of the Gospel. " Prayer and Bible service on Wednebday evening at 8. All are wel come. JAS. A. BADCON , Pastor. EPISCOPAL Sunday morning at nee o'clock , Morning Prayer and Litany. Sunday evening at 8:00 o'clock , Evening Prayer. Sunday-school at 10:00 : a. in. Frida3f evening lecture at 8:00 : o'clock. Holy communion the first Sunday iu each month. HOWARD STOY , Rector. BAPTIST Sunday-school at 10 a. ni. Preaching service at n. Junior Union at 3. B. Y. P. U. at 7. Preaching at 8. The Lord's Supper will be administered at the close of the morning service. The pastor will preach both morning and evening. All are welcome. T. L. KETMAN , Pastor. CONGREGATIONAL Sunday-school at 10. Preaching at n. Subject. "The Power of God Unto Salvation. " Y. P. S. C. E. consecration meeting at 7. Preaching at 8. Three nature sermons. First , "The Earth. " Text , Ps. xcvs : , And his hands formed the dry land. " Prayer-meeting on Wednesday evening at 8. W. J. TURNER , Pastor. There will be services at the Garden Prairie and Spring Creek appointments on next Sunday at the usual hours. These will be the final sermons of the conference year. J. A. Badcon will speak at Benkelman , Labor day , Monda3' , Sept. 4th , for the A. O. U. W. lodge of that county. ADDITIONAL RAILROAD G. W. Starks was up from Oxford , ast Saturday. Agent Thomson was a Denver visitor , Monda3' , on business. Edna and Scott 811103- are here from Sheridan , W3 < oniing , visiting friends. A. G. Borneman went up to Denver , Sunday night last , returning on Monda3' , accompanied by Mrs. Borneman. Engineer J. H. Moore and famil3' re- urned home , Thursday morning , from Colorado , where they have been canip- ng for the past few weeks. J. E , , Leary , night opeiator at Brush , Colorado , has resigned and has applied or a position in the dispatchers' office of the D. & R. G. at Denver. He visited n the city , todays Engineer Viersen and wife and sister- n-law , Irene Bradlev , all of Hastings , lave been visiting Engineer and Mrs. ? had Shepherd , this week. From here he guests go on to Denver , to witness he carnival. ulia Gortl were united iu marriage at he home of Conductor O. R. Aniick , Vednesday evening , Rev. T. P. Beall of he Christian church officiating. Con gratulations. c ADDITIONAL PERSONALS. u b J. G. SCHOBEL has a younger brother visiting him. MARCELLA HALLIGAN returned to Sutton , todav- . MRS. BASS of Indianola is the guest of Mrs. W. R. Starr. MRS. C. E. THORNBURG is the guest of Mrs. H. H. Tartsch. Miss HELEN GROFF will leave for Lincoln , in the morning. JUDGE NORRIS is in the city , toda3' , on a little matter of business. a MRS S. E. GRIGGS was up from Hol- : drege , Thursda3 * , between trains. MRS. J. R. PHELAN is down from Alli ance , the guest of her daughter , Mrs. W. : V. Gage. MRS. D. L. McBRiDE and Emma > were down from the ranch in Frontier county , Saturday. MRS. WALTER BABCOCK came up from Cambridge , Thursday * noon , on a short visit to relatives. ) Miss ELLA LEONARD arrived in the a cit3' , Thursday evening , to be on hand for the teachers' meeting , tomorrow. > MRS. SARAH SPICKELMIER returned , > last night , from visiting Mrs. J. A. Mc- Main , near Freedom , Frontier count3' . MAGGIE CULLEN has retired from the Model and has taken a position in Dr. Gage's office as clerk , stenographer , etc. : Miss ELIZABETH THOMSON arrived borne , last Saturday night , from her , summer vacation , most of which was spent at Ypsilanti , Mich. MR. AND MRS. A. McMiLLEN depart ed , this morning , on a visit in the old iiome , Somerset count3' , Penna. , and nher points east. Louis SoESS went down to Crete , 3unda3 * , to see the children , end from ai he to to make here went on Chicago ti "all purchases for the Cash Bargain store. ti MISSES MINNIE AND MAY WHITTA- li : arrived home Friday from vER , , 2. Colorado Springs , where they have been 2.V injoying a vacation and outing of a few IK veeks. MRS. F. H. HIGGINS and daughter C ! \.nna of Kansas City arrived in the city , et Chursday noon , from Pawnee City , in etSi iearch o'f health for Miss Anna. They Si ire guests of their cousin , F. M. Kimtnell. \ \ flT Was Quite Enthusiastic , The attendance upon the concert by M he Nebraska Brigade band , last Saturpi lay evening , was large. This is not an to musual fact , for when the weather is at lo ill fair , large attendance is the rule ; but hs n the feature of appreciation and apth ilause the crowd was quite unusually m lemonstrative , warmly giving the glad be land a number of times. er RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS. W. L. Reynolds succeeds G. L. Rifen- bery as flagman. James Woolard has resigned and C. C. Scnnlau has been discharged. Conductor II. A. Rouch and family arrived home , Thursday night. Brakeman W. F. Piersall is laying off on account of the serious illness of his wife. wife.New New brakemen and switchmen : J. F. Amick , S. S. Hall , W. S. Brink and B. M. Boyd. Conductor and Mrs. J. W. Line arrived home , first of the week , from their visit in Vermont and other points east Sand has been delivered on the ground and the work will shortly be inaugurated of laying the brick walk at the depot. The receivers of the B. and O. system , during their administration , spent $35- 000,000 in improvements , equipment etc. Engineer Noren and family , this week , moved into the Cronkhite residence , where they will make their home for the present. Nearly every week produces evidence that the company means that its em ployes shall pay their debts , or give good reasons why not. To ask the company to help collect a iquor bill amounts to either a resigna tion or a discharge. The company wisely draws the line there. Conductor and Mrs. G.V. . Willetts , Mrs. May Clary and Walter Sayers took n the picnic at Lyons , Colorado , Sun- lay , returning home , Monday. Asst. Supt. Harris was down from Denver , Saturday , on business. He also accompanied the First Nebraska special lere and on to Hastings , Tuesday. Since that fine boy baby came at ? rank Rank's home , last Saturday'tnorn - ng , Frank has been stepping so high hat his knees interfere with his chin. Miss Allie Enright , who has been vis- ting her brother. Conductor T. F. En- right , for sex-eral weeks , departed for icr home in Mason City , Iowa. Tuesday morning. The shed from which the coal is sup plied to the depot buildings during the winter is being considerably enlarged , necessitating the removal of the train men's shed a short distance. Mr. Coates , agent of the Galena Oil Co. , was at headquarters , Thursday. He is western agent of the concern and makes his borne at Denver. The com pany's headquarters is at Franklin , Pa. Mrs. E. M. Cox and the children went down to Hastings , Thursday morn ing , to see Conductor Cox , who is on the Plastings-Oberlin run during the ab sence of Conductor Quiglej- the east. The automatic block signal is only partially responsible for errors in signals once in 30,000 signals. Abouf one en tirely erroneous signal is made in one million movements , which is a better result than can possibly be secured from any system of block signals depending upon human agency. Two new tanks have just been received at Western division headquarters. They are of the latest pattern and for use on the company's fast runs. Having a water capacity of 5,000 gallons and a coal capacity of twelve tons. This will [ mean a big saving of time , and Neigh i bor thinks they are strictly all right. The largest cargo of railroad materials : jver taken from any port of the United btaatesat one time , on August I2th , left tl Philadelphia. It consisted of forty Baldwin locomotives and tenders and eighteen steel railroad bridges , for the Chinese Eastern railroad. Besides there ivere several tons of miscellaneous cargo. The drum corps returned home , last Saturday night , from their trip to Wy- nore , where they covered themselves all jver with glory. The boys were selected is the headquarters and staff drum orps and received all colors of compli- nents upon their playing. They had a rail to Beatrice , but were not able to ac- ept. Conductor and Mrs. Frank Kendlen b f our city , Mrs. Mary Stevens and Miss Vlary Stevens of Lincoln , who have been ipending a few weeks in the mountains , w irrived home , Tuesday morning on 2. tl Hiss Stevens departed on Wednesday uorning , for Lincoln , where she is em- ; loyed in the land commissioner's office [ is : stenographer. The Pennsylvania has recently sent irj ut from its Altoona shops a new class irjni f the locomotive flyer , class "E 1" , nioi vhich is doing remarkable work. On uly3tst engine 700 of this class made ai he run from Camden to Atlantic City , vith eight cars weighing 526,650 pounds , ai arrying 369 passengers , 58 3 miles , at tl he rate 0 69.3 miles an hour , covering tl o 6 miles at the average rate of Si.6 niles an hour , 24.9 miles of the distance aioi oi > the rate of 63 miles an hour. The great Trans-Siberian railroad , vhich is being pushed to completion in vith all possible speed by the Russian oc government , has no equal in many re- och pects on earth. The system will com- re tieuce with 6,000 miles of track , before ny feeders are built. The longest con- inuous line on the North Americrn con- inent is the Canadian Pacific ; its main ine from Victoria to Montreal is but foG .900 miles long. The distance from G Hadivostock to St. Petersburg will be 6,700 miles. ce Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kendlen of Meni ook , Neb. , Mrs. and Miss Mary Stev- ns of Lincoln , Neb. , Miss Dollie Ha3'- to en of Indianola , Neb. , and Miss Kate > ds iullivan of Salida , arrived in the city , bt Wednesday , and were the guests of Mr. he nd Mrs. Julian Hulaniski , of whom bey' are old time friends and neighbors. anwl Ir. Kendlen is an old time and popular th assenger conductor on the Q , Denver th Lincoln. The party could not tarry jng and departed , the next day , after aving visited Box canon , with which bey were enraptured , and viewing the lajestic mountains that wall in our lot eautiful city. The Silverite-Plaindeal- Lt , Ouray , Colo. MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS. It is at the new drug store , The people gather in by the score To buy their dnigi , pnints 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. Monday will be a holiday at the shops Labor day. School entertainment on A. Barnett's lawn , tonight. Harry Thompson returned to Denver , this morning. Wall paper , paints , oils and glass at McMillen's drug store. TIJK TRIHUNK will club with any pa per you may want. Try it. Call up 19 if yon have any newspaper or job printing business to do. Repairing promptly and neatly done at The Old Reliable shoe store. Others MAY sell lumber. We KNOW Bullard does. Does he sell YOU ? The present plan is to open the Com mercial house on the tenth of the month. Oh , there are others ! Yes , but they are not like Bullard's Semi-Bituminous. Havana , Frontier county , is a new postofiice. It is supplied from Indian ola. Two large and two small nicely furn ished rooms for rent. Enquire at 204 Monroe St. O. G. Vahne & Son , properly trans lated , means the best of everything in the meat line. Call and see. Do you know what Compo-Board it , ? We didn't until we saw it. You can see sample and get prices at Billiards. The telephone line was , this morning , completed east as far as Cambridge. Office in James Johns' drug store. We have on the car enough i8-inch stone to curb a 50 foot front. Who wants it ? W.C.Bullard&Co. Phone i. Parties were down from Hayes county , Tuesday , after a burial case for Mrs. John Heinlein's sister , just deceased. A little local wind-storm blew down and destroyed G. B.Dinimitt's windmill , Monday , on the farm a few miles north west of the city. Word of a private nature from Chicago announces the birth of another boy to Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Spearman. Sun day. Congratulations. A child of Fred Unger , who lives on Ash creek , died on Wednesday , and was buried in the Ash creek cemetery , Thurs- ilay. It was a twin child. Don't lose sight of the fact that Sep tember 8th is Library day. McConuell . Berry donate the entire receipts of their soda fountain to the fund. Two false fire alarms , this week. You ivill have no false alarms if you burn Jullard's Semi-Bituminous coal ; you get fire every time. Phone No. r. The new management of the Comuier- ial hotel unloaded a car-load of furnit- ire at the hostelry , Thursday. Every- .hing will be new from the skillets up. The Ladies circle of the G. A. R. will neet in regular session on September ist. his afternoon , at half past two o'clock. Ill members are requested to be present. And September 8th will be Library lay. Remember that on that day Mc Donnell & Berry will donate the entire eceipts of their soda fountain to the und. Labor Day , Monday' , September 4th , vill witness a foot ball game between he B. & M. and Athletic clubs at the all ; park. Game will be called at four 'clock. The writer has no recollection of a verse season for flies. So annoying are hey to cattle and horses as to be a reat pest. Many horses are rendered uite frantic by their constant bites. A lady agent who has been canvassing the city , this week , has attracted tiore than passing attention on account if her colored maid-in-waiting whom verybody agrees is "just too sweet for nything. " The First Nebraska is homeagain. We re all proud of them and of the record hey : have made. We are also proud of he : record that our S.-B. coal is making nd want you to try it and become one f Bullard's satisfied customers. The burning of some Russian thistles South McCook , Wednesday , was the ccasion of a fire alarm , to which the ook and ladder boys responded , but eturned to the hall city after making a artial run to that part of the city. The city fathers were in session , Mon- ay evening. Salary bills of the police jrce were allowed , and the bill ofj. J. rarrard for $6.30 for meals for tramps. designation of Marshal Jordan was ac- epted and J. G. Rogers , the night police- lan , was appointed to succeed him. The fire department was called over the residence of John F. Custer , Tues- ay afternoon , by a gasoline stove fire , ut it was not necessary to connect the ese and throw any water. A neighbor nd a bed-quilt extinguished the fire , hich was confined to a pantry in which le stove was located. The interior of ae pantry was considerably damaged. Machine Oil. We can and will compete with all cal or eastern dealers on Machine Oils , et us quote you prices. & BERRY.