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NINETEENTH YEAR. McGOOK , RED WILLOW COUNTY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY EVENING , AUGUST 24 , 19OO. NUMBER 15
Calls County Convention.
As per call , the Republican county
central committee assembled in Indian-
ola , Tuesday , for the purpose of settling
the date and other matters in connec
tion with the nominating convention.
The committee decided upon Thursday ,
September 20th , at two o'clock , and Mc
Cook , as the date , hour and place for
holding said convention , and the appor
tionment was based upon the vote cast
for Hon. G. W. Norris in 1899 , giving
the same representation as the April
convention , two delegates at large and
one for each fifteen votes and fraction ,
& and making a convention of 133 dele
I ; gates.
Primaries were recommended to be
held on Saturday , September isth.
- TAs per instructions of the April con
vention , the following delegates to the
Republican senatorial convention of the
agth district to be heltj in McCook ,
Thursday , September I3th , 1900 , at eight
o'clock , were named by the committee :
A. Barnett , C. F. Babcock , W. P. Elmer ,
T. E. Miller , M. J. Walters , J. H. War-
field , J. W. Bolan , H. 1. Peterson , S. W.
Clark , C. M. Goben , J. B. Curnmings.
A. Barnett of McCook was chosen as
treasurer of the county central com
mittee.
All the east-end couimitteemeu save
Tyrone were present ; and Willow Grove
was the only west-end precinct repre
sented.
An Occasion of Pleasure.
The picnic held at the farm home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Button of Briftwood
precinct , last Friday afternoon , under
auspices of the Ladies Circle of the G.
A. R. and J. K. Barnes post , was a mem
orable one in G. A. R. circles and annals.
About forty members of the circle and
post were present. A splendid and sub
stantial supper was spread in the house ,
and luscious watermelons were after
wards served on the lawn. In addition
to members from McCook and adjacent
country , Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Helm of
Redwillow and Mrs. E. J. Snyder of
Lincoln were in attendance. Mr. and
Mrs. Button dispensed a generous , spon
taneous hospitality and the event was an
altogether pleasurable one.
High School Principal.
The members of the board of educa
tion held a session , Monday evening.
Miss Celia A. Gorby of Harvard was
elected to the High School principalship ,
and she has since filed her acceptance
with the board , The matter of securing
more room was taken up and discussed ,
but no action was taken. The board , in
fact , seems to be in a difficult situation
over this emergency , and it is not by
any means clear what will be the result
of their efforts. One thing is certain ,
more room is absolutely necessary ; but
where to secure it ? that's the rub !
It Won't Go.
There is a fine of $500 attached to
carelessly opening mail belonging to an
other. Mail should be carefully inspect
ed by the receiver , if any doubt or ques
tion exists about its ownership. Bon't
thoughtlessly open another's mail and
then throw it back into the post-office
marked "opened by mistake , " and fre
quently failing even to sign your name
as the person responsible for the mis
take. It won't go with Uncle Sam. You
should be more considerate anyhow.
Left Some Creditors.
C. W. Thomas , late of the city restau
rant and unenviable fame , departed from
the city , last Saturday morning on 2 ; it
is stated that he left a number of credit
ors in the hole for various sums.
Thomas had a flourishing business ,
which he spoiled by conduct which
could not help alienating the respectable
trade of any community.
Incendiary Fire.
Mascot was visited by a $4,000 incen
diary fire , Sunday night. The general
store of Alfred Troutmau , a blacksmith
shop and some large grain cribs were
destroyed , together with the mail and
post-office records.
At $5 Per Ton.
Corr. K Jer for sale , fine quality ,
bound in bundles , delivered in McCook
for $5 per ton. Write or see
J. W. BURTLESS , McCook , Neb.
Seed Rye for Sale.
Seed rye for sale. Inquire of
FRED CARRUTH.
Ball and Bat Free.
To the boy who buys a suit of clothes
at $2.50 or up at BeGroff & Co.'s.
The "Little Hoosier" five-hole drill is
--v the machine with which to put your fall
wheat in the stalks where it does the
best. Cochran & Co. , of. course.
Lots of people are bilious , but not
after taking Loar's Vegetable Pills.
McMillen is serving Cantaloupe Ice-
Cream ,
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE.
O. B. THORGRIMSON was a Benver
visitor , Sunday.
MRS. H. W. COLE is visiting in her
old home , Geneseo , Illinois.
F. S. LOFTON departed , this morning ,
for Chicago , to be gone until the last o
September.
MRS. G. W. NORRIS and little daugh
ters went down to Beaver City , Tuesday
morning on 2 , on a visit to friends.
REV. J. W. HICKEY departed , Mon
day morning , for Boston and Lowell , on
a visit to relatives and the old home.
MRS. E. J. WILSON of Lincoln has
been spending the week in the city ,
guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wilson.
MISSES LUCILE AND HELEN LAWSON
went down to Lincoln , Wednesday
morning , on a visit to Miss Helen Laws.
MRS. V. H. SOLLIDAY , Mrs. J. E.
Beyrer and Miss Millie Slaby returned ,
Tuesday night , from their Red Cloud
visit.
JUDGE G. W. NORRIS departed on
Tuesday morning for Wisconsin on a
visit to his old home on business and
pleasure.
MRS. A. A. BATES departed on Thurs
day morning for Centralia , Washington ,
where she will make a prolonged visit to
relatives.
Miss SELMA NOREN indulged her
Sunday-school class in the joy of a pic
nic at Commissioner Bolles' on the Wil
low , yesterday.
Miss MARGARET EVANS and Evan
Sage returned , first of the week , from
their trip to Colorado Springs and Manitou -
itou , Colorado.
MISS ETHEL OYSTER and Master
Howard arrived home , Monday night ,
from their short visit to relatives in
Concordia , Kansas.
WILLIAM LOHR of Red Oak , Iowa ,
was in the city , Wednesday. He has
been visiting his father in Bartley , and
leaves today for Iowa.
MRS. LEIGH BRUCE and Miss May
Livingstone , sisters of Mrs. Belle Hed-
lund , have been up from Holdrege , part
of the week , her guests.
MR. AND MRS. J. W. HUPP departed ,
Thursday night , for Illinois , on a visit
to the old home , relatives and friends ,
after an absence of eight years.
"MR. AND MRS. B. P. CLARK are en
joying a visit from their son Bert of
Cleburne , Texas , whom they shortly ex
pect to accompany home to Texas.
L. T. THORGRIMSON of the First Na
tional bank , departed , last Saturday
night , for Colorado , to spend a week's
vacation among its grandeur and cool
ness.
MRS. C. P. RINKER and two young
daughters , who have been guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Menard for a few weeks ,
left on Tuesday night for their Council
Bluffs home.
MRS. F. A. PENNELL arrived home ,
close of last week , from visiting her
mother and sister in Lincoln. She enter
tained the Kappa Kappa Gammas ,
Wednesday night.
MRS. A. M. CASSELL and Miss Mary
went up to Benver , Saturday night on
3 , in the interest of Miss Mary's health ,
which has been causing some concern
in the family lately.
SUP'T OF SCHOOLS THOMAS arrived
in the city , Monday on i , from Harvard ,
and will remain until the opening of
school Monday , September 3d , get
ting matters in shape.
Louis SuESS departed on 2 , Wednes
day , for Chicago , to make purchases
for the Cash Bargain store , for the fall
and winter trade. He will visit the chil
dren near Crete en route.
Miss AMELIA WILLE of Nebraska
City is visiting in the city , guest of Mrs.
Frank Kendlen. Miss Wille was a for
mer highly-esteemed and efficient mem
ber of the McCook teaclier corps.
C. H. BOYLE and R. A. Green wit
nessed the absorption of the Populist
party of the Fifth district by the Bemo-
crats , Wednesday night , at Holdrege ,
returning home on I , Thursday noon.
JOHN R. ROXBY has purchased the
Menard five-acre tract in Egan Park ad
dition , and will eventualy make it his
home. The place will be improved ,
this fall , but they may not move into
their new home until the coming spring.
MRS.J. B. MESERVE of Lincoln and
Miss Maggie Anderson of Chicago were
guests of Mrs. F. M. Kimmell , Sunday
and Monday. They departed on Tues
day morning for Lincoln , visiting briefly
in Fairmont and Friend en route. Miss
Maggie is an old-time Illinois friend of
the Meserves and is in Nebraska on a
short visit to different members of the
family. i
A Wicked Wind.
In common with a large area of coun
try , McCook was assaulted on Tuesday
night by a severe wind and dust storm.
The storm was more disquieting and un
comfortable than it was dangerous or
damaging ; in fact the damage was small ,
and was more than compensated by the
.50-inch rainfall which followed the
fierce wind and omnipresent dust , set
tling dust and lowering temperature.
The electric light people report the
wildest night's experience at the power
house in many a day. However , while
the incident was exciting , uncomfortable
and not lacking an element of danger ,
the damage to machinery and system
was comparatively slight , and the effi
ciency of the system was maintained for
the most part throughout the storm
the arcs causing the most trouble.
The wooden awning and the upper
part of the front of the Thole building
on West Bennison street were blown
down , doing no damage to the glass
front or stock in the building , so the
loss is small. The building is ancient
and rather rickety.
The large steel wind-mill on C. H.
Harman's farm .and many small ones
over this section were blown down and
more or less damaged ; hay-stacks were
tossed about and out-buildings over
turned. Reports from the country indi
cate that while the damage cases are
numerous , the amount is small.
A large plate-glass in the front of S.
M. Cochran & Co.'s vacant store-room
was blown in.
An Exciting Foot Race.
One of the most exciting foot races of
the season was that of Monday afternoon
between the barbers and clerks. The
tousorials won by a recorded score of
42 to 39 in a game replete with brilliant
sprinting and phenomenal performances.
The scorer fainted away from exhaus
tion , hence the srnallness of the recorded
c
score. Numerous records were ruthlessly
smashed and Mert Bates won immortal
fame by making three outs in one inn
ing. The counter-jumpers started out
with the deliberate and premeditated
intention of showing the tonsorials a
game ; at the end of the third inning
they had 14 scores to a goose-egg for the
artists. In the fourth inning the ton
serials forged ahead with 15 runs. The
artists considerately "passed" their last
inning , or , they insist , the game would
still be in progress.
Loss About $2OO.
Fire in Mayor Baruett's residence ,
Saturday evening , caused about $200
damage , $75 to the building and in the
neighborhood of $100 to contents. The
fire originated in and was confined to
: he servant's room in the extreme rear of
the residence , how is not known. The
ire was controlled and extinguished by
the prompt use of the lawn hose. The
are department was summoned and made
the run to the scene , but it was not nec
essary for them to throw any water.
The servant girl fainted away in the
excitement and required medical assist
ance , but quickly recovered from her
temporary and passing illness.
Keep Up Winning Gait.
The young boys of the Turner Camp
ing Club base-ball team are evidently
determined to close the season with an
unbroken score of victories on the dia
mond. Tuesday , the lads put on their
fighting clothes and went up to Culbert-
son , where their skill was matched
against that of the older boys of that
burg. The result , however , was the
same : victory perched on the T. C. C.
banner score 23 to 22 and the boys
came home in the evening in fine
feather.
Wedded , This Week.
Rev. J. A. Badcon officiated , this week ,
at the wedding of two young couples ,
who enter married life with the best
wishes and congratulations of their
friends :
Robert E. Parker and Lulu Wills ,
both of McCook. They were married in
West McCook , Sunday.
Charles Van Pelt and Mary Gibson ,
both of Banbury. They were made hus
band and wife , Wednesday , at the Com
mercial hotel parlors.
They 're famous for wear those dress
skirts we make from any one of a dozen
or more patterns of all-wool dress goods ,
made to your measure , good lining can
vas and binding total cost to you $2.50 !
At The Thompson Bry Goods Co.
You may be thinking about buying a
new range as the fall season approaches.
You can't afford to buy anything but the
Great Majestic. It is the best purchas
able at any price.
Arapahoe's base-ball tournament will
open on Monday , September 3d , and
conclude on Friday.
Bo you know Lear wants your drug
.rade ?
RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS.
Max Anton has added another story
to his stable.
Conductor C. O. LeHew was up from
Hastings , yesterday.
Fred Zell of Benver has been Sup't
Campbell's guest , this week.
Conductor T. E. McCarl has gone to
Chicago on a ten-days lay-off.
Ed Ellis of the round-house force has
been quite ill , pait of the week.
Conductor William Shinsel has Con
ductor T. E. McCarl's run for ten days.
L. E. Cann of the dispatcher's office
has been on the sick-list , most of the
week.
The Pennsylvania railroad will no
longer employ lady telegraphers in their
service.
Sup't Campbell arrived home in his
private car 10 , yesterday noon , attached
to No. r.
Conductor Mose Carrnony's wife and
children are enjoying'a visit in Benver ,
this week.
W. C. Cole , G. A. Carter and F. G.
Foe are new employes in the train ser
vice this week.
There were three No. is , Wednesday ,
and two 33. Thursday , there were three
775 and two 6s.
Conductor A. L. Knowland has Con
ductor Bonno's run while the latter is
visiting in Wisconsin.
Trainmaster Kenyon was in Omaha ,
yesterday , on business at general head
quarters , returning on 3.
R. B. Carlton visited his sister in Nor
ton , Kansas , Saturday and Sunday , ar
riving home on i , Monday.
Conductor C. J. Snell and family are
at the old home in Wisconsin , enjoying
their annual visit of a few weeks.
A machinist by the name of Cook ,
from Joliet , Illinois , went to work in the
machine-shop , Thursday morning.
Mrs. Addison Miller of Benver is ser
iously sick , and her two daughters are
temporarily with R. M. Osborn and
family.
It was a year , yesterday , since Steve
Belles was mustered out of service in the
Philippines , and he celebrated the day
by taking a day off.
Conductor L. E. Gilcrest and Brakeman -
man L. M. Best are off duty on account
of sickness. Conductor H. A. Beale has
Gilcrest's run meanwhile.
Foreman M. E. Wells and C. A. Ward
attended the meeting , last Saturday
evening , of the Rocky Mountain Rail
road Men's club in Beuver.
A brother of Conductor C. E. and
Brakeman W. C. Pope is quite ill in Lin
coln , where an operation has been or is
to be performed for his relief.
Pursuant to instructions from head
quarters , Trainmaster Kenyon has added
four more flagmen to the service on the
Western division , all the passenger trains
nit 5 and 12 now having flagmen.
Engineer William Wood's wife and
children are visiting her parents in Red
Cloud , this week. Her brother , George
Bindley , and a niece , Miss Ehlers of
Culbertson , accompanied them.
Conductor A. P. Benne departed ,
today on 2 , for Eau Claire , Wis. , where
Mrs. Benne has been spending the sum
mer with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Williams. He will be gone a number of
weeks.
Chief Clerk Montrnorency has been in
Omaha , this week , going in with his
household goods. Sunday's Omaha
World-Herald announces that he has
been appointed assistant general freight
agent. However , he has not made known
liis resignation of the chief clerkship at
this place.
Engineer George R.Johnson returned ,
a few days since , from a trip to Betroit ,
Michigan , where one of his brothers
lives. George has resigned his position
on the Burlington , and will engage in
other business. It is said that he will
engage with his brother in the promotion
of mining stocks ; and again , in railroad
circles , it is understood that he will be
connected with a short electric line run
ning out of Betroit , as engineer or in
some other capacity.
Mike Curran , an older brother of Jack
and Tom , died at Laramie , Wyoming ,
Sunday , with some stomach trouble.
Jack went up to Laramie after the body ,
passing through here on 2 , Tuesday
morning , for Oxford , where the remains
were interred on Tuesday afternoon.
Tom came down from Sheridan , Wyom
ing , .and paid a last sad tribute to the
memory of his departed brother. The
boys have the sympathy of all in the
ieath of their brother , who in their
younger days was a father to them , as
well. Tom briefly visited in our city.
A Long Ballot.
A Bouglas county printer has made an
estimate on the length of the official
ballot in that county and he finds that
owing to the number of legislative can
didates nominated by several parties the
official ballot at the presidential election
will be about five feet long. To avoid
pasting two sheets of paper together the
printers will have to order a special size ,
and it is doubted whether any press will
print the ballot at one impression. The
length of the ballot will differ in differ
ent counties. This condition is the com
bined result of the new ballot law and
of the large number of officers to be
elected. The law provides that the ticket
shall not be printed in blanket form ,
but that it shall be on a long strip of
paper upon which the names will appear
one below the other. It specifically pro
vides that each name shall be printed in
capitals one-eighth of an inch in height ,
that the squares opposite the names shall
be a quarter of an inch and that spaces
of either three-sixteenths or a quarter of
an inch shall be left between each name.
Vailton Post-Office Closed.
An order has been issued by Fourth
Assistant Postmaster-General Bristow
to the effect that the post-office at Vail
ton , this county , will be closed on the
3ist day of August , and that after that
date patrons of that office will be sup
plied from the McCook post-office.
As a matter of fact , however , the office
was closed by Postmaster Rexford Simp
son on last Saturday , and the goods ,
jood-will etc. of the office stored on that
day in the vault of the McCook post-
office , in anticipation of the order of the
department , as he was arranging to at
once remove from the county , expect
ing to leave on Tuesday of this week.
Consequently , patrons of that office will
necessarily have to be supplied from the
McCook office in the meanwhile as well.
All patrons will please call for their mail
as above indicated.
LATER Since the above was put in
type , Mr. Simpson has re-opened the
office and will maintain service until the
3ist.
WIIHams-Starbuck.
Lee F. Williams and Florence Star-
juck were united in marriage at the farm
iome of the bride's mother , Mrs. E.
May Starbuck , over on Briftwood , Tues
day of this week , County Judge Bishop
officiating. The ceremony was performed
n the presence of relatives and near
"riends of the estimable young couple.
A splendid wedding dinner followed the
ceremony. Both are highly esteemed
foung people and that entire section
unites with THE TRIBUNE in wishing
them a prosperous and happy wedded
ife. Mr. Williams is foreman of a
> ridge-gang at Pueblo , Colorado , for
which point they departed on Wednes
day noon , with the congratulations of
all their friends and neighbors.
Will Meet and Classify Irregulars.
The superintendent will be at his office
n the East Ward school building , Thurs
day and Friday mornings of the next
week , August 3Oth and 3ist , from 8 a. m.
until noon , to meet and classify irregu-
ar and non-resident pupils , and all
others who do not hold cards of admis
sion , except beginnners , who expect to
enter at the commencement of the fall
term. Parents are notified that the pre
paratory for beginners will be conduct
ed at the city hall building , and they
are requested to send their children
there on the morning of September 3d.
G. H. THOMAS , Sup't.
Household Furniture for Sale.
All my household furniture at private
sale. Fine secretary , good bed-room
suite and full complement of household
goods ; all in good condition. Call at
house after 6:30 o'clock , or inquire of
M. H. HOLMES.
You'll Be Sorry :
If you paint or paper your house with
out seeing what we have to offer in end-
of-the-season bargains.
McCoNNELL & . BERRY.
For Sale.
A good second-hand windmill , cheap.
J. A. BRINTON , McCook , Neb.
Exclusive agents for the Jamestown
Worsted Mills Celebrated dress goods.
50 styles and prices in stock. Bress
skirts to your measure from any of them
from $3.25 up. The Thompson Bry
Goods Company.
It is announced that the T. C. C. club
will soon cross willows with the Oxford
kids and whip them of course.
Wall paper remnants enough for one
room very cheap.
MCCONNELL & BERRY.
Pay as you go and for what you get.
Credit is wasteful and costly.
Something new McMillen's Canta
loupe Ice-Cream.
MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS.
Take your prescriptions to Loar.
Belicious ice-creum soda with fruit
flavors at McMillen's.
Make your dollars go as fur as you
can. Loar's is the plnce.
Br. S. L. Green has quarters in W. W.
McMillen's harness shop.
Mrs. Trehel and children of Oxford
are visiting Max Anton and family.
Another large Invoice of cookies and
crackers just received at Eller & Co.'s.
Recipe for blues : Buy your drugs ,
wall paper , glass etc. of Lear of Mc
Cook.
Material is being collected north of the
ice-house by A. C. Clyde for a rooming
building.
Buy your confectionery at Taffy Char
lie's candy kitchen , opposite Pioneer
hardware store.
It is reported that Cambridge was the
scene of a lively , if not damaging , wind
storm , last evening.
The fourteenth annual fair for Fron
tier county will be held in Stockville.
September 18 to 21.
The McCook Circle No. 33 , Ladies of
G. A. R. , meet the first Saturday of
every mouth in Odd Fellows hall.
Prof. R. E. Button has -opened an
office in the Meeker-Phillips building ,
in the recently vacated club-room.
Soaps , perfumes and toilet articles ;
everything that's new.
MCCONNELL & BERRY.
You know it ! Everist , Marsh & Co.
are at the head of the procession when
good meats are on parade. Try their
market.
Pretty Polka dots and mixtures in
Worsteds for school dresses at 27 and
32 } c per yard , at the Thompson Bry
Goods Co.
Barnes , the optician of Benver , will
again visit McCook , September the 5th ,
Wednesday afternoon. Call and have
your eyes examined.
Everybody's Magazine for September
is out and on sale. Stories all complete.
Handsome illustrations. Altogether a
great ten cents worth.
We have just received another invoice
of the celebrated Batavia coffee the
coffee which leads the market in all lo
calities. R. T. Eller & Co. are agents.
"Notices to Hunters" are in season
now , and in proper evidence on not a
ew farms. The action should become
general over this section of Nebraska at
east.
The addition to the W. H. Campbell
cottage , now well advanced , will make
t one of the convenient and comfortable
homes of that neighborhood North
VIelvin.
The people will have the best and
won't be satisfied with anything less ; so
S. M. Cochran & Co. have gotten on an
other shipment of that unequalled antirust -
rust tinware. It's "it. "
Fritz Buhr is building a frame dwell
ing-house pnd John Pfaff has a frame
barn under way , while Joseph Allen is
having his dwelling-house re-arranged
and added to. All live on or near the
Red Willow-Frontier counties line.
"Z" series of stock of the McCook
building association , opened on August
20th , is rapidly nearing the hundred
mark in sales , already almost ninety
shares having been taken. The associa
tion is one of the substantial and profit
able institutions of the city , and is at
tracting outside investors. Its success is
quite gratifying indeed.
The North-Western Yeast Company ofFend
Fond du Lac , Wis. , and Chicago , 111. ,
are out again this year distributing free-
samples of their now famous Yeast
Foam. There is hardly a man , woman
or child in the United States not familiar
with the good qualities of their favorite
bread raiser. You make no mistake
when you buy Yeast Foam at sc a pack
age and refuse to take imitations.
Any one who makes bed comfortables
of the proper size , weight and materials
( as we do in quantities during a season
knows how important for convenience
in handling is a proper sized Cotton
Batt ; also how necessary to have a batt
that can be unrolled and opened without
having to pick and pull it to pieces. Our
batts open out like a piece of cloth al
most , and are therefore easiest to handle
and will not fall to pieces in the comfort
with use. Prices,6cioci3 > < candi6Xc ,
THE THOMPSON BRY GOODS Co.
The High School library in the East
Ward building is open each Saturday
morning from 9 till 10 o'clock , when
pupils may return and draw out books.
McMillen serves pure fruit flavors
with ice-cream soda.