. ' . By F. M. KIMMELL.
I Subscription , $ ! a Year in Advance
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
Largest Circulation in Red Willow Co.
Republican County Convention.
The Republican electors of Red. Willow
county , Nebraska , are hereby requested
to send delegates from their respective
precincts to meet in convention in the
city of Indianola , Nebraska , on Satur
day , September i6th , 1899 , at 10 o'clock ,
a. in. , for the purpose of placing in nom
ination candidates for the following of
fices and the transaction of such other
business us may properly come before
said convention.
One county treasurer.
One county clerk.
One clerk of the district court.
One county superintendent.
One count } ' judge.
One coroner.
One surveyor.
One commissioner , First district.
Eleven delegates to the judicial con
vention and delegates to the state con
vention.
The several precincts of the county are
entitled to representation as follows , the
apportionment being based on the vote
cast for M. L. Hayward for governor in
1898 , giving each voting precinct two
delegates at large and one delegate for
each fifteen votes and fraction thereof ,
to-wit :
Alliance 4 Lnbnnon 7
Heaver G Missouri Ridge y
Bondvillo 4 North Valley 1
RoxEldor 4 Perry 4
Coleman 4 Red Willow 4
Danbury 4 Tyrone 4
Driftwood 4 Valley QranRo 5
East Valley 8 Willow Grove
Fritsch 3 1st precinct 12
Qorvor 4 2d precjnct 8
Grant ! t 'M precjnct 7
Indiauola 7 4th precinct 8
Total 121
It is recommended that no proxies be
adniittted and that the primaries of the
various precincts be held on Saturday ,
Septembergth , 1899. W. H. SMITH ,
W. O. BOND , Chairman.
Secretary.
Republican Judicial Convention.
The Republican electors of the I4th
Judicial District of Nebraska are re
quested to send delegates from their
respective counties to meet in convention
in the city of McCook , Nebr. , on
Wednesday the zjih day of September ,
1899 , at 8 o'clock p. m. , for the purpose
of placing in nomination a candidate for
the office of District Judge , and to trans
act such other business as may come
before the convention.
The several counties comprising the
district are entitled to representation as
follows , the apportionment being based
on the vote cast for Hon. M. L. Hayward
for governor in 1898 , giving each county
one delegate at large and one for each
100 votes and major fraction thereof to-
wit :
Chase IS Gospcr. 4
Dumly 4 Hayes 4
Frontier 9 Hitchcock 5
Furnas 13 Red Willow 11
It is recommended that no proxies be
admitted , but that delegates present be
authorized to cast the entire vote of the
delegation of the county which they
represent. C. E. HOPPING ,
F. N. MERWIN , Sec'y. Chairman.
THE postoffice department is arrang
ing for the first time in twenty years to
take a complete accounting of the actual
total weights of the mail matter carried
by it. In less than twenty years there
has been an increase of 116 per cent in
the total miles of route , aud of 191 per
cent in the gross of annual mileage ,
hence the importance of this movement
to secure absolutely reliable data upon
which to base contracts and payments
for the greatly increased transportation
charges of the postal department.
THE new form for postal money
orders , which went into effect on Sep
tember 4th , has a number of advantages
which will tend to increase the popular
ity of the money order system with the
people. The new order is smaller in
size about the size of the average draft.
The order and advice are made identical
by the carbon sheet process , so that no
discrepancies can result , with the at
tendant delay sometimes experienced.
In addition each remitter is given a re
ceipt for the amount and date and num
ber of the original order.which will be ad
vantageous in case of loss or miscarriage
or delay of order. The figures on the
margin are done away with. It is ex
pected that on or about January ist
next , there will be a material reduction
in the schedule of fees.
THE energetic manner in which the
Comfort commences to "plug" for the
Democratic nominee for sheriff shows
that the colonel still has an eye to the
main chance the sheriff sale notices ;
which is not bad business sense. But
how about the Populist nominees , none
of whom , so far , have received a word
of commendation in the Comfort ? To
be sure they haven't any sheriff's sales to
dispense , but they are Populists , and it
ought not to be an unpardonable sin for
even an alleged Populist organ to say a
word or two in a year or two about the
party nominees. Of course the third-
term boys have fractured the "unwritten
' law" of the party knocked "principle"
sky-high and all that ; but we imagine
that Dick Green , Jake Berge and Boaty
( not to say the county superintendent
though Jasper is the official printer of
the educational department ) would re
cover in due time were any of them to
- receive even a meagre portion of that
'
nominee's " "
Democratic "puff.
RoVAL
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguaixfs the food
against alum *
Alum baking powders arc the greatest
menaccrs to health of the present day.
ROYAL DAKINO POWDER CO. , NCW YORK.
BARTLEY.
That billiard hall proposition was turned
down with a jolt by the free-holders.
Hartley did her share in adding numbers to
the Cambridge reunion crowd , this week.
Miss Emily Hopt commenced a term of
school in the Quigley district north of Indian-
ola , Monday.
F. A. Ilodgkin transacted business in the
county capital , Labor day , going up on 5 the
night previous.
T. J. Merchant returned home on 12 , Tues
day morning , from a week's outing in Denver
and the mountains.
Miss Carrie Scott spent a few days , close of
last week , with her brother in McCook , re
turning on 12 , Sunday morning.
The band has been very much in evidence
at the Cambridge reunion , this week , and
the boys provided an acceptable article of
music , too.
Will Cowles went back to McCook , Sunday
night , in search of employment on the road ,
and , failing to secure it , will probably leave
for the eastern part of the state , first of next
week.
The schools opened on Monday with teach
ers as follows in charge : F. C. Hendee , prin
cipal ; I'erce Catlett , grammar school ; Kittie
Stanglancl , intermediate ; Clara Happersett ,
primary.
Eifert , the jilted lover who ran amuck with
his artillery at the dance here a couple of
weeks ago , was dragged up to the county seat ,
this week , and fined $20.75 f ° r. his funHe
was also placed under bonds in the sum of
$500 to refrain from fracturing the peace in
the future.
" " Baker will walk
"Radiator" Snorting se
renely down street , now and then dodging a
flying brick or a bullet and occasionally
stumbling over the body of a plain drunk ,
and stop on every corner to maintain that the
town is perfectly quiet and that he never saw
an intoxicated man in his life. "None so
blind as he who will not see. "
It is to be expected that the chairman of
he village board would find time to engage
his best efforts in heavy literature , these da ) s
of heat ; his busy season has not yet arrived. A
few moons hence he will be cleaning radiators
every forty-eight hours in his endeavor to dem
onstrate that they will "go all winter without
cleaning ; and his efforts will be just about as
fruitful as his recent attempt at "vindicating"
himself.
"Radiator" Baker rushed into print , last
weekin a strenuous and sterile effort to prove
that he , as chairman of the village board ,
broke all his lacings not long since in his mad
endeavor to bring to account the convivial
gang of hoboes which has been raising merry
hades here for the past few months. That he
acquitted himself , to his own satisfaction , of
inertia in the matter is undisputed , but that he
is the only person cognizant of the facts who
believes his statements also goes without say
ing , lie says the county attorney had the as
surance of the support of the board in what
ever move he might make , but that means ab
solutely nothing , for , if we are to believe the
county attorney , he is not running over the
country digging up lawsuits on his own ac-
CDunt. Not a member of the board would
assist him to the extent of filing a complaint ;
they didn't know anything about it. Com
parisons are ever odious , but there is a mite
of satisfaction for the peace-loving citizen in
recalling what offenders of this same stripe
got handed to them by the village board of a
few years ago. Of course there are good men
on the present board men who greatly de
plore the existing conditions but the honest
efforts of a corral full of such men can be coun
terbalanced by the work of one who is etern
ally kicking and bucking against everything
in the radiator peddler's senseless fashion.
No one acquainted with the facts will take ex
ception to the statement that the past eight
months have witnessed more drunken brawls ,
fights and disgraceful scenes in this village
than any previous five years of its existence.
And no one person has encouraged the law
less element more than the present chairman
of the board of trustees by his opposition to
every plan to restrain the violators , and who
has never offered a better reason for it than
that their prosecution might add a half-penny
to his annual tax.
That Throbbing Headache
Would quickly leave you if you used Dr.
King's New Life Pills. Thousands of suffer
ers have proved their matchless merit for sick
and nervous headaches. They make pure
blood and strong nerves and build up your
health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25
cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by
McConnell & Berry.
INDIANOLA.
S. R. Smith had business of the law in the
county's metropolis , Monday.
R. II. Harrison and wife visited friends out
in Red Willow precinct , Sunday last.
Miss Gertrude Teel began a term of school
over in the Danbury country , Labor day.
Julia Lehn visited her brother Charles and
friends in McCook , close of last and first of
this week.
Arthur Puckett rested under the shadow of
the county's elegant new court house , Mon
day , and was not afraid.
Miss Elizabeth Thomson and Ella Leonard
of the McCook public school teacher corps
visited friends here , last Sunday.
We understand that J. W. Dolan 1'as sold
the old Canaga farm to William Meyer. The
consideration is placed at $1,500.
D. J. Fitzgerald of the state barbers' exam
ining board went up to the county seat , Mon
day , and was looking after political matters
during the afternoon , going on to Lincoln on
Dfficial business in the evening. It's a snap.
A FriprhttuI Blunder
Will often cause a horrible burn , scald , cut
ar bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve , the best
in the world , will kill the pain and promptly
lieal it. Cures old sores , fever sores , ulcers ,
jpils. felons , corns , all skin eruptions. Best
jile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure
juaranteed. Sold by McConnell & Berry.
LEBANON.
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. West were guests of
Slias Canaga and family over on the Willow ,
ast week , one day.
The Methodist people have commenced
vprk on their new church building , which
vill be a credit to the town and the congre
gation.
Friends of THE TRIBUNE in Lebanon and
ricinity will do us a favor and at the same
ime have their section represented in the
xmnty's leading paper by sending us the
tews. A regular correspondent is desired ,
iut news from any source will be very ac-
eptable. It is our high endeavor to print
he news of Red Willow county.
EAST RED WILLOW ,
Noah Sawyer has a new one-horse buggy.
Mrs. McNeil has returned from her visit in
the east.
Mitchell Ilerith will move to the state of
Washington , this fall.
R. II. Harrison and wife were guests of
Will Sexson and family , Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. West of Lebanon were guests
of Elias Canaga and family , one day of last
week.
Mrs. Will Sexson visited her mother , Mrs.
J. II. Harrison of Box Elder , last Friday and
Saturday.
If we have it correctly , William Meyer pur
chased the old Elias Canaga farm from J. W.
Dolan , last week. Consideration $1,500.
Threshing is about finished in this section.
The yield was very light some of the wheat
going as low as one-half bushel per acre.
The news of the sad death of Walter Sly
touched all who knew him in this section of
the countywhere he formerly lived and was a
favorite. All unite with us in expressions of
regret and sympathy.
Spain's Greatest Need.
Mr.R.P. Olivia , of Barcelona , Spain , spends
his winters at Aiken , S. C. Weak nerves had
caused severe pains in the back of his head.
On using Electric Bitters , America's greatest
blood and nerve remedy , all pain soon left
him. He says this grand medicine is what
his country needs. All America knows that
it cures liver and kidney trouble , purifies the
blood , tones up the stomach , strengthens the
nerves , puts vim , vigor and new life into every
musclenerve and organ of the body. If weak ,
tired or ailing you need it. Every bottle guar
anteed , only 50 cents. Sold by McConnell &
Berry.
SOUTH SIDE.
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Very hot and dry at present.
B. C. Bowman and \V. S. Fitch are putting
up hay at present.
The third crop of alfalfa needs more ram
to mature a good cutting.
One young man of South Side cannot be
contented without he sees his sweetheart
every day.
Jennie Golieen and brother Roy returned ,
Saturday night on 3 , from visiting their old
home in Iowa and also
, from the Omaha ex
position.
School opened last Monday with an enroll
ment of twenty-six scholars. Two of the
board were present and the teacher made a
very favorable impression in her mode of
conducting opening exercises.
The meeting of the South Side Endeavor
and the Epworth League of McCook , last
Sunday , was a grand success. There was
not a very large attendance on account of
the terrible heat , and also because of sick
ness : but this was made up for by the great
interest that was shown by those present.
There were a number of very good talks M iss
Berry's talk was especially interesting and
the opinion of all seemed to agree favorably.
The quartette , though it only had a few
days notice gave us some splendid music. If
the young men who are members of that
quartette represent the typical young men of
McCook , it's no wonder McCook is in the
lead in everything.
A Night of Terror.
"Awful anxiety was felt for the widow of
the brave General Burnham of Machias , Me. ,
when the doctors said she could not live till
morning , " writes Mrs. S. II. Lincoln , who at
tended her that fearful night. "AH thought
she must soon dje from pneumonia , but she
begged for Dr. King's New Discovery , saying
it had more than once saved her life , and had
cured her of consumption. After three small
doses she slept easily all night , and its further
use completely cured her. " This marvellous
medicine is guaranteed to cure all throat ,
chest ' and lung diseases. Only 5oc and $1.00.
1'rial bottles free at McConnell 6c Berry's.
88 SALE
Selling Out Our Entire Stock FOR CASH ONLY.
MEN'S COLORED SHIRTS ,
$1.00 and $1.25 , - now 750.
MEN'S BALBRIGGAN
UNDERWEAR ,
75c. and $1.00 , - now 500.
EARL & WILSON
COLLARS AND CUFFS ,
250. - - now 190.
SILK AND COTTON
UMBRELLAS ,
50 per cent off from lowest cash
prices. That is exactly one-half !
MEN'S BEST WHITE
UNLAUNDERED SHIRTS ,
50 and 75c. - now 350.
BOYS' LAUNDERED
FINEST COLORED SHIRTS ,
75c. and $1.00 , - now 650.
BEST CELLULOID
COLLARS ,
- now IDC.
BEST CUFFS - now 2oc.
FINEST "C & C" CELEBRATED -
BRATED NECKWEAR ,
75 ° 'and up > " now 49c-
50 and 6oc. - now 3QC.
25 and 35c. now I5c.
Dress Goods-
Please
Black Crepons , Camel's
Hair Plaids , Venetians , Take
Broad Cloths , Tailor
Suitings , Jamestown
Worsteds , Brllliantines , Notice.
Soleils , Etc. , Etc. , Etc.
We carry all sizes In
Dress Trimmings- the indispensable NAZA
RETH KNIT WAISTS for
Silks , Velvets , Ribbons , Laces ,
Boys and Girls.
Jets , Bead Brilliants , Braids , WfNAGWA
Braid Sets , Etc. , Etc. \VEARSTIIE' , Children's Drop-Seat
NAZAIOlM1SJ/
Union Suits of Underwear
for all ages.
Bedding-
Blankets , Comfortables
our own make , Ready
Made Sheets and Pillow
Cases , Yardage Sheetings ,
also Tickings , White
Quilts , Pillow Shams , etc.
HOME MADE COM1 60
" tfl
PORTABLES from - I
have been
Our Purchases
former season. OUR
PRICES will be as always heretofore , those
justified by Absolute Cash Dealing : . Get them
before you purchase.
WE MEAN BUSINESS ! WE MAKE BUSINESS !
F GEO. E. THOMPSON.
Posloffice in Same Building . . . . McCOOK , NEBRASKA
ONE PRICE PLAIN FIGURES = : = CASH ONLY
Having decided to retire from business
permanently , we will offer
( § 10$000) )
worth of the Finest Qualities of
HATS AND FURNISHING
- - - GOODS
These consist in part of goods for which
we placed orders early in the season , be =
fore we knew that we were to retire from
business ; the balance of the stock ( a small
portion only ) was carried over from last
season.
Unprecedented are the bargains offered
in this Great Selling Out Sale. A combi =
nation of High Qualities and Low Prices
impossible in any other sale = = impossible
in any other house.
It's an established fact that the "Famous" make of
Clothing : for Men and Boys is the best sold in Nebraska.
This will be your last opportunity to secure any of this
celebrated make.
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BOYS' COLORED SHIRTS ,
50 and 6oc. - now 35c. \
BOYS' GAUZE UNDERWEAR ,
25c. - - now i c.
BOYS' BEST
BESTLINEN
LINEN COLLARS ,
now IDC.
Choice of any
BOYS' SHIRT OR BLOUSE
COTTON WAIST
in the house
, - - icjc.
BARKER'S LINEN COLLARS ,
Z5C- - - .
now IDC.
MEN'S "ELGIN"best ( on earth )
LAUNDERED ( white ) SHIRTS ,
- - now
"K" brand , next best , -
MEN'S BALBRIGGAN
UNDERWEAR ,
50 and 6oc.
- now 35c.
BEST REVERSIBLE
PAPER COLLARS ,
7 Cp
-3C- - now i5c.
CUFFS , 25c. - now ioc.
BLUE DEXIM BLOUSES ,
now
NO GOODS SENT
STORE PS
ON APPROVAL. FIXTURES
FOR SALE. ? -
SALE BEGINS MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 11TH , AT 9 A. M. OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 ; SATURDAY EVENINGS , 10-30 IP