c ODD VALUE
As in years past our. . . .
UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT
will be one of the leading : attractions. Nev
er before have we been able to offer our
trade such extraordinary values in this line.
We ask the opportunity of proving to you
that spot cash cuts a figure both in buying
and selling.
Don't buy until you have looked over
our line and heard the prices.
Yours for Business-
The Bee Hive , McCook , Neb.
V. FRANKLIN , PRESIDENT. A. C. EBERT , CASHIER.
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BANKSVILLE.
] . G. Relpl : v\n < 5 in this vicinity , Wednes
day.
day.H.
H. H. Benjamin made a tiip to Herndon
"Wednesday.
\V. H. Benjamin was hauling off some
stock hogs , last week.
J. H. Relph was assisting in hauling wheat
for N. J. Johnson , last week.
August and Peter Wesch were threshing ,
first of the week , Joe T. Garden doing the
work.
There was no school , Monday , in order to
give all an opportunity of taking in the big
day at McCook.
We have seen the frail infant when the faint
struggle for existence seemed almost ended ,
resuscitated and made strong by the use of
White's cream vermifuge. Price , 25 cents.
A. McMillen.
NORTH COLEMAN.
T. J. Parsons and W. H. Epperly have re
turned from Madison county , Iowa , where
they each purchased forty acres of improved
land.
Considerable alfalfa and wild hay is being
marketed at McCook.
There was a man in these paitP , last week ,
who bought up a car-load of young steers
which he shipped.
There are thousands of people suffering un
told torture from piles , because of the popular
impression that they cannot be cured. Tab-
ier's Buckeye Pile Ointment will cure them
and the patient will remain cured. Price , 50
cents nrbottles. Tubes-,75 cents. A. McMillen.
INDIANOLA.
A. C. Teel was a visitor of the county's
metropolis , Saturday last.
C. M. Goben. Frank Fritsch , A. C. Crab-
tree , Henry Crabtree , Willis Gossard , W. P.
Elmer of Indianola lodge No. 123 , participated
in the Masonic event in Cambridge , Tuesday
evening of this week , which is described as
having been one of the grandest affairs ever
seen in Masonic circles of the Republican
valley. Robert Rankin of Cambridge was
given the third degree in Masonry , the work
being splendidly given by G. S. Bishop and
members of McCook lodge No. 135. A superb
banquet was served in the opera-house by the
ladies of Cambridge , 136 plates being laid. It
was in every particular an entrancing event.
It Happened , in a Drug Store.
"One day last winter a lady came to my
drug store and asked for a brand of cough
medicice that I did not have in stock , " says
Mr. C. R. Grandin , the popular druggist of
Ontario , N. Y. "She wr.s disappointed and
wanted to know what cough preparation I
could recommend. I said to her that I could
freely recommend Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy'and that she could take a bottle of
the remedy and after giving it a fair trial if
she did not find it worth the money to bring
back the bottle and I would refund the price
paid. In the course of a day or two the lady
came back in company with a friend in need
of a cough medicine and advised her to buy a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I
consider that a very good recommendation
for the remedy. " It is Tor sale by McConnell
& Berry.
In the first game of football played this
season a player was killed. The prize ring is
getting to be a bloodless back number.
No other pills can equal DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for promptness , certainty and
efficiency. McConnell & Berry.
FIVE POINTS
about D.BlONG < SONS
SPORTSMAN
IThe SPORTSMAN is made of WHOLE LEAF by the
hands of the best American workmen.
2The SPORTSMAN is not doctored up to look good-
it Is good.
5The SPORTSMAN is the best-selling 5-cent cigar on
the market proof of its genuine merit.
4The SPORTSMAN has been deservedly named "the
King of 5-cent cigars" by experienced smokers.
5The SPORTSMAN is stamped with the name proof
that those responsible for it are not ashamed of it.
The Sportsman can be had of all dealers.
NAVE & flcCORD MERCANTILE CO. , Distributors ,
ST. JOSEPH , MO.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OK Till !
Citizens Bank of McCook
[ Charter No. 27GJ
incorporated in the State of Nebratku. at the
cloto of business , September 20 , 1900.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $140.57497
Overdrafts , secured and unsecured 1,608 23
Stocks , securities , judgments , claims ,
etc 1,70704
Othora-sotB 830 00
Other real estuto 9,338 H
Current expenses and taxes paid 2,185 23
Checks ami other cash items 1,303 0(5 (
Due from national , state and private
banks and bankers 23,319 87
Bills $3,23300
Specie 4,52000
Nickels and cents 261 20 &Jff.U 20
TOTAL $188,900 71
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in § fX,000 00
SurpluHfund ' . 5,000 ( X )
Undivided profits 5,509 C9
Individual deposits subject
to chuck $11,031 12
Demand certificates of de
posit 80,53077
Time certificates of deposit. . : 5,425 ( XI
Cashier'b cherks outstanding 2,090 79
Due to . tate and private
banks and bankers 14,117 3t 128.451 02
TOTAI , $188,9(50 71
State of Nebnif-ka , County ol Red Willow , ss.
I , A. C. Ebort , cashier of the above named
bank , do solemnly .swear that the above state
ment is correct and a true copy of the report
made to the State Ranking hoard.
A. C. EUKKT , Cashier.
Attest : V. FRANKLIN , Director.
II. T. CHURCH , Director.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th
day of October , 1900. II. H. BEttRY.
Notary Public.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
John A. Lutz , Jr. , non-resident. You are
hereby notified that there is a well , uncovered
and not in uso. into which stock may fall and
receiveinjur.v.situaled on the south-west quarter
of section 19 , township 1 , range 30 , west of the
Gth P. M. , in Nebraska , and that complaint of
same has been made to the road overseer in
which said land is located. You are hereby
notified to fill or cause to be filled with dirt
said well , from the bottom to the top , as re
quired by law , or the same will be filled by said
overseer and the expense thereof taxed to said
real estate.
Dated , September 2Sth. 1900. 9-2S-3ts.
C. F. ELLIOTT , Overseer.
, NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
Joseph J. Cox , non-rebident. You are hereby
notified that there is a well , uncovered and not
in iii-e , into which stock may fall and receive in
jury , situated on the north-west quarter of sec
tion 17 , township 1 , range I0 ! , west of Gth P. M. ,
iu Nebraska , and that complaint of same has
been niadc to the road overseer in which said
land is located. You are hereby notified to filler
or cause to be filled with dirt said well , from
the bottom to the top , as required by law , or the
same will be filled by said overseer and the ex
pense thereof taxed to said real estate.
Dated , September 28th. 1900. 9-2S-3ts.
C. F. ELLIOTT , Overaeer.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
Katherine W. Griswold. non-resident. You
are hereby notified that there is a well , uncov
ered and not in use , into which stock may fall
and receive injury , situated on the south half of
the south-east quarter of section 8 , township 1.
range SO , west of the 6th P. M. , in Nebraska ,
and that complaint of Paine has been made to
the road overseer in which said land is located.
You are hereby notified to fill or cause to be
filled with dirtsaid well , from the bottom to the
toil , as required by law , or the same will be
filled by said overseer and the expense thereof
taxed to said real estate.
Dated , September 28th , 1900. 9-28-3U
C. F. ELLIOTT , Overseer.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
L. W. Tulle ) s , trustee , non-rei-ident. You are
hereby notified that there i a well , uncovered
and not in use , into which stock may fall and
receive injury , situated on the west half of the
uorth-wet-t quarter of section 7 , Township 1 ,
range SO. west of the Gth P. M. , in Nebraska ,
and that complaint has beeu made to the road
overseer in which said land N located. You are
hereby notified to fill or cause to be filled with
dirt said well , from the bottom to the top , as re
quired by law , or the same will be filled by said
overseer and the expense thereof taxed to said
real estate.
Dated , September 28th. 1900. 9-28-Sts.
C. F. ELLIOTT. Overseer.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
Stull Brothers , non-residents. You arc hereby
notified that there is a well , uncovered and not
in use , into which stock may fall and receive
injury , situated on the south half of the south
west quarter of section 21 , township 1 , rauge 30 ,
west of Gth P. 11. , in Nebraska , and that com-
plaiut of same has been made to the road over
seer in which MI id land is located. You are
hereby notified to fill or caute to be filled with
dirt said well , from the bottom to the top. as
required by law , or the same will be filled by
said overseer and the expense thereof taxed to
said real estate.
Dated , September 2Sth. 1900. 9-28-ts. ! !
C. F. ELLIOTT , Overseer.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
Ahnoii E. Davis , non-ret-ident. You are here
by notified that there is a well , uncovered and
not in use , into which stock may fall and re
ceive injury , situated on the north half of the
north-west quarter of sectiou 21. towns-hip 1 ,
range 150 , west of Gth P. M. , in Nebraska , and
that complaint of same has been made to the
road overseer in which said land is located. You
are hereby notified to fill or cause to be filled
with dirt said well , from the bottom to the top ,
as required by law , or the same will bo filled by
said overseer and the expense thereof taxed to
said real estate.
Dated , September 28th. 1900. 9-28-Sts.
C. F. ELLIOTT , Overseer.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL. '
H. A. Marckes Co , non-resident. You are
hereby notified that there is a well , uncovered
and not iu use , into which stock may fall and
receive injury , situated on the south-west quar
ter of section 17 , township 1 , range I0 ! , west of
Gth P. M. , in Nebraska , and that complaint of
same has been made to the road overseer in
which said land is located. You are hereby
notified to fill or cause to be filled with dirt said
well , from the bottom to the top , as required by
law , or the same will be filled by said overseer
and the expense thereof taxed to said real
estate.
Dated , September 28th. 1900. 9-28-its. !
C. F. ELLIOTT , Overseer.
NOTICE TO FILL OLD WELL.
John Key Robinson , non-resident. You are
hereby notified that there is a well , uncovered
and not iu use , into which stock may fall and
receive injury , situated ou the west half of the
north-east quarter and the east half of the
north-west quarter of section 7 , township 1 ,
range IX ) , west of the Gth P. M. , in Nebraska ,
and that complaint of same lias been made to
the road overseer in which said land is located.
You are hereby notified to fill or cause to be
filled witli dirt said well , from the bottom to
the top , as required by law , or the same will be
filled by said overseer and the expense thereof
taxed to said real estate.
Dated , September 28th. 1900. 9-28-ts. : !
C. F. ELLIOTT , Overseer.
NOTICE TO LAND OWNERS.
ROAD NO. 351.
To Ernest and A. B. Fuller. Ernest Fuller ,
Johu Morris , Lizzie Meyers , heirs of Arkansas
Downs , William N. Downs , and to all whom it
may concern : The board of county commiss
ioners has established and ordered opened a
road commencing at the north-east corner of
section eighteen , in Bondvillo precinct. Red
Willow county , Nebraska , running thence south
two and one-half miles to the south-east corner
of the north-east quarter , section tliirtv , said
township and range , aud terminating thereat ,
and all objections thereto or claims for damages
must be filed in the county clerk's office on or
before noon of the 3d day of December A. D.
1900. or said road will bo established without
reference thereto. R. A. GRUEXCounty Clerk.
By O. R. RITTENHOUSE , Deputy. 9-12-4ts.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of an order of sale , issued from the
District Court of _ Red Willow county , Nebraska ,
under a decree in an action wherein Mary F.
Thomas is plaintiff , and Irvee S. Hadley and
Julia A. Hadley are defendants , to me directed
and delivered , I shall offer at public sale and
sell to the highest bidder for cash , at the east
door of the court-house , in McCook , Red Willow
county , Nebraska , on the 22d day of October ,
1900 , at the hour of one o'clock p. m. , the follow
ing described real estate , to-wit : The south
west quarter of section numbered twenty-seven
(27) ( ) , in township numbered three (3) ( ) , north , in
range numbered twenty-eight (28) ( , west of the
6th Principal Meridian.
Dated this 20th day of September , 1900.
W. R. STARR , Att'y. G. F. KINGHORN , Sheriff.
9-21-5ts By A. C. CRABTREE , Deputy.
The best method of cleansing the liver is
the use of the famous little pills known as
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Easy to take.
Never gripe. McConnell & Berry.
NO ILLUSTRATIONS
Pictures of Clothing do not
convey the character = = the
workmanship and style.
THEY DO NOT EVEN SHOW THE WRINKLES
We have some new wrink =
les in Nobby Vestees and
3 = Piece Suits. In fact , ev =
erything in fl
AND MEN'S CLOTHING
THF . .
M. M. M JLW
Leading Clothier C
McCook , Nebraska
SOUTH SIDE.
Politics is on the wane since "Teddy" has
come and gone.
Sunday school and preaching , last Sunday ,
and a large turn-out reported.
\V. S. Fitch was a Cambridge visitor , last
Friday , takng in one day of the reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Stone were Frontier
county visitors , the latter part of last and fore
part of tins week.
L. A. Fitch left for Oxford on 2 , last Friday
morning , for a short business visit before le-
turning to his home in Oklahoma.
A Republican caucus will be held in Drift
wood school-house , Saturday , October 13. at
8 p. m. for the purpose of nominating precinct
officers.
Those of this vicinity who heard Senator
Allen's eloquent address , last Saturday eve
ning , weie greatly disappointed ; they ex
pected to hear a talk upon the issues of the
day and instead they listened to nothing more
than a string of abuse of President McKinley
in particular and the Republicans in general.
August Flower.
"It is a charming fact , " says Prof. Houton ,
"that in my travels in all pans of the world ,
for the last ten years , i have met more people
having used Green's August flower than any
otiier remedy , for dyspepsia , deranged liver
and stomach , and for constipation. 1 find for
tourists and salesmen , or for persons filling
office positions , where headaches and general.
bad feelings from irregular habits exist , that
Green's August Flower is a grand remedy.
It does not injure the system by frequent use ,
and io excellent for sour stomachs and indi
gestion. " Sample bottle free at A.McMillen's.
Sold by dealers in all civilized countries.
Feelings of safety pervade the household
that uses One Minute Cough Cure , the only
harmless remedy that produces immediate
results. It is infallible for coughs , colds , croup
and all throat and lung troubles. It will pre
vent consumption. McConnell & Berry.
DANBURY.
0.15. Woods and wife were visitors of the
county seat , last Friday.
The high price of corn , 39 cents , is discour
aging the catlle-feeders , this fall.
Messrs. and Mesdames J. W. Ambler and
T. J. Dimitt were McCook visitors , Monday.
F. T. Davis was among Danbury's pilgrims
to the county's commercial metropolis , Sat
urday.
Ernest Galusha and Nell Plumb were united
in marriage by the county judge in McCook ,
Monday afternoon.
Dr. W. A. DeMay and daughter , Miss Nan
nie , drove over to the county capital , Monday ,
to hear and see "The Noble Outcast" as pre
sented by the Colson Stock Co. They re
turned home , the same night. F. L. and Jen
nie Ilendershot were also in the party. Mrs.
DeMay is now visiting in her old Iowa home ,
after an absence of 27 years.
Bismark's Iron Nerve
Was the result of his splendid health. In
domitable will and tremendous energy are
not found where stomach , liver , kidneys and
bowels are out of order. If you want these
qualities and the success they bring , use Dr.
King's New Life Pills. Only 25 cents at Mc
Connell & Berry's.
Why You Should Insist on Having
Unequaled by any other.
Renders liard leather soft.
Especially prepared.
Keeps out water.
A heavy bodied oil.
HARNESS
An excellent preservative.
Reduces cost of your harness.
Wever burns the leather ; its
Efficiency is increased.
Secures best service.
Stitches kept from breaking.
OIL
| s sold in all
Localities
Manufactured by
Standard Oil Company.
McCOOK SURGICAL HOSPITAL ,
D. W. V. GAGE.
McCook. - - - Nebraska.
Office and Hospital over First National Bank.
C. H. BOYLE ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
McCook , Nebraska.
Telephone 44. P. O. Building
COLEMAN.
borne wheat is quite green up here.
Thos. Coyle is back from his visit in Illinois.
Farmers are busy picking corn and sowing
grain.
William Heun , our traveling man , is here
for a few days.
Robert Moore was in McCook , Monday ,
with a load of hogs.
Joe Sanders is nursing a very painful car
buncle on the back of his neck.
Aunt Rhoda Phillips left , Tuesday , for her
Iowa home. Miss Viola Corner went with
her.
J. W. Corner , left Thursday , for Iowa , to
visit a few weeks. This is his lirst visit back
since coming here a little over sixteen years
ago. We hope he may thoroughly enjoy it.
While the boys up heie were playing base
ball , Saturday , the bat slipped out of Charlie
Simmerman's hands and went sailing through
the air , striking an English sparrow that was
flying by and killing it.
When you cannot sleep for coughing , it is
hardly necessary that any one should tell you
that you need a few doses of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy to allay the irritation of the
throat , and make sleep possible. It is good.
Try it. For sale by McConnell & Berry.
In degrading Prince Tuan the empress
dowager generously allowed him to retain his
head tor use in any other business he might
go into.
You assume no risk when you buy Cham
berlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. McConnell & Berry will refund your
money if you are not satisfied after using it.
It is everywhere admitted to be the most
successful remedy in use for bowel complaints
and the only one that never fails. It is pleas
ant , safe and reliable.
Mrs. Corbett's fight with James J. seems to
have also been a fake.
For sprains , swellings and lameness there
is nothing so good as Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. Try it. For sale by McConnell &
Berry.
Dr. W. II. Lewis , Lawrenceville , Va. ,
writes , "I am using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure in
my practice among severe cases of indigestion
and find it an _ admirable remedy. " Many
hundreds of physicians depend upon the use
of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure in stomach troubles.
It digests what you eat , and allows you to eat
all the good food you need , provididg you do
not overload your stomach. Gives instant re
lief and a permanent cure. McConnell &
Berry.
Kansas has just added to her wonderful
collection of freaks a deaf and dumb man
who talks in his sleep \vith his hands.
It is well to know that DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve will heal a burn and stop the
pain at once. It will cure 3czema and skin
diseases and ugly wounds and sores. It is a
certain cure for piles. Counterfeits may be
offered you. See that you get the original
DeWitt'b Witch Hazel Salve. McConnell 6c
Berry.
An exchange says Mrs. Mary E. Lease is
the greatest woman America has ever pro
duced. Oh , we don't know ! There was
Lydia Pinkham.
It brings to the little ones priceless gift of
healthy flesh , solid bone and muscle. That's
what Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35c. Ask
your druggist.
A class of old maids in a New York town
are learning to play the violin , perhaps that
they may be able to boast of having bows.
Do not get scared if your heart troubles
you. Most likely yea suffer from indigestion.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat
and gives the worn out stomach perfect rest.
It is the only preparation known that com
pletely digests all classes of foods ; that is why
it cures the worst cases of indigestion and
stomach trouble after everything else has
failed. It may be taken in all conditions and
cannot help but do you good. McConnell &
Berry.
H. P. SUTTON
JEWELER
MUSICAL GOODS
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
DR. FICKES
Gold and Aluminum Plates.
Crown and Bridge Work
Office over McConnell & Berrv's Drug Store
JOHN E. KELLEY ,
ATTOENEY AT LAW and
BONDED ABSTRACTOR
McCooK , NEBRASKA.
of Lincoln Land Co. Office- -
Rear of First National bank.
J. B. BALLARD.
& DENTIST. ©
All dental work done at our office is guar
anteed to be first-class. We do all kinds of
Crown , Eridge and Plate Work. Dr. I. B.
Taylor , assistant.
McCook Transfer Line
J. H. DWYER , Proprietor.
attention paid to
hauling furniture. Leuve orders
at either lumber yard.
F. D. BUKGESS ,
Plumber
McCOOK , NEBR.
Iron. Lead and Sewer Pipe , Brass
Goods , Pumps , an Boi'er ' Trimmings ,
Agent for Halliday , Waupun , Eclipse
Windmills. Basement of the Meeker-
Phillips Building.
spepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food and aids
.Nature in
strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
gans. It is the latest discovereddigest-
ant and tonic. No other preparation
can approach it in efficiency. It in- f
stantly relievesand permanently cures 4 '
8EBSSS
? ' Gptralgia.Crampsand
allotherresultsofimperfectdigestion.
Prepared ,
McDonnell & Berry , Druggists. A
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