n A - vv H K j I si I i - I Itt y 1 iy Wry tr iW s7 Fine Silverware very artistic in design and of guaranteed quality We can supply you with Sterling silver of all makes for all purposes suitable for presents souvenirs etc We handle the famous 1847 ROGERS R WALLACE GORHAM and COMMUNITY plated silver and will save you money ENGRAVING FItEE L C STOLl CO Jewelers and Opticians CITY STYLES AT HALF THE PRICE You can securo tho city styles the latest devel opment of the photogra phers art at halt the ritiCK charged for simil ar work in the city at Tiik New Studio Also those who prefer them can have tho soot and white - wash with every eyelash sharply defined sort of pictures Why go to tho city in order to pay more for the same thing E Sciiell Kimmell Main ave McCook First Door North of Commercial Hotel BEGGS CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds lfr73 Time Card The Secret of McCook Neb I MAIN LINE EAHT DEPaUT No 6 ContrnlTlmo 16 2t 12nrrJ15pm M Holiday Success lies largely in knowing where to buy the right goods at the right price and in plenty of time Our stock has been assembled in anticipation of a holiday rush and with the idea of making it respond quickly to every demand made upon it In Diamonds we have anything you may want in loose or mounted and at a very advantageous price Watches Watches will be in demand We offer any thing from a Fine Railroad Watch to the Boy Proof one dollar one Jewelry At this time we offer you unusual opportunities in Jewelry and Jewelry Novelties The line contains anthing and everything you may want and is well worth 3our careful inspection Spend a Few Minutes in fly Store H P SUTTON Watch Inspector C B Q R R JEWELER AND OPTICIAN f aj 11 -JO P M -00 A M tt M A 7W a H itlU i i b00 1 u MAIN LINE WEHT DEPART ift 1 MountninTiniu 120 i i 3 1142 P w 5arr80iin flaw a 13 90 A m fi 12i a m 9nrr 750 ntn 7iJ a m IMIEBIAL LINE to 178 nrrivosMountnu Time 420 p m o 175depnrts 720 A M Slenpintr lining nnd roclinlnR chair can--out frco on through trains Ticket ttr nd tuiKKHgu chockod to any point in tlio United niton or Caniidu Kor information timotailos inupd and tick is cull on or write D F Hostvttor Airmit l Cook Nlininkn or L W Wnkeloy General f8Mnor Aghiit Omaha Nobraska RAILROAD NEWS ITEMS Front end repairs were given tho 1904 this weU A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs G L Harmon this week KopairH on N 17 12s dry j ipes and front end ore being made this week Mr and Mrs E irl Spencer mo visit ing friends in tho Uanbury country this week Earl son of Conductor T E Enright is now at the naval academy at Annapo lis Md Engine 20 13 hits had her hickdn cy linder repaired and went into service laas evening Engine 1758a broken frame has been repaired and sho is now ready to go into service again Mr and Mrs Will Norman and daughter Fern spent Thanksgiving with Oxford relatives Mrs C L Buustock and little daugh ter were guests of her people the Gahns of Oxford 1 hanksgiving Eight men were transferred from lLe McCook repair tracks to the Denver re pair track force this week Engine 702 is over the drop pit for u ual repairs The 723 was today run o Jto the drop pit to have her wheels dropped and for other repairs A W Wilson and C F Knosp de parted last evening for Aransas Pass Texas on land business N V Frank lin will join them leaving here on Sun day for the land drawing A new boiler is being installed in sec tion one of the round house It will make the steam to heat that part of the round house the office buildings repair track coaches etc thus relieving the over burdened power and hsating plant which sooner or latter will have to be replaced by a new and modern steam plant DISTRICT 10URT PROCEEDINGS Harry J Uroun v Sarah M Cheney ot al equity salo confirmed nnd deed ordered Herman Berndt v Frank L Spicer Spicer specific performance settled and dismissed David A Goodenbergcr v Mary A Fox et al equity salo confirmed and deed ordered Ella M Ford et al v Geo W ton and Unas II Liston etal s cnt iiurcto m nuir on mttio i tin pctinoi tion sale confirmed and deed ordered I w - rimi etutltli mn public road ns fol LavillaJ Uurtless v Lovina Kendall insane and Lavilla J l3urt ess as guardian of Lovina Kendall ure sale confirmed and deed ordorf d Alvin R Scott v Dan A Hewitt ot al appeal settled and dismissed State Bank of Lebanon v Sophia Boos and Joseph Boos foreclosure sale confirmed and deed ordered In the Matter of the Estate of Robert Fischer appeal setted and dismissed Lavouia Finch v Albert R Weeks damage dismissed for want of prosecu tion Olive R Rittonhouso v Albort R Rttenhouse et al partition sal con firmed and deed ordered In the Matter of the Application of Alico M Adams Administratrix of tho Estate of Ida L Kaime for Licenso to Sell Real Es ate sale confirmed and deed ordered Lula Snyser v Jay H Snyder di vorce granted plaintiff Ed Towle v George Sigwing appeal settled and dismissed St tto of Nebraska v Ernest F Wright criminal all five eases nolled Anna Morgan v Nels Morgan divorce granted paintiff In the Matter of tho Application of Fred B Duckworth Guardian of How ard Duckworth Minor for Liconse to Sell Real Estate confirmed et al title quieted in plaintiff John F Helm v William C En ton title quieted in plaintiff Maude lark v Guy Earl Clark di vorce granted plaintiff State of Nebraska v Harvy Rowland discharged defendant Plaintiff E E Pembroke pays co ts Willard G Walker v Annie C Ar nold Walker Annulment of voidable marriage granted John P Notley v Bert Billings et al title quieted in plaintiff B F Johnson v A O Farrar ap peal settled and dismissed Henry C Adams v John W Houli han replevin settled and dismissed The Mercantile Bank and Trust Com pany a corporation v George C Heck man attachment settled and dis missed Robert W Devoe v John Lutz et al title quited in plaintiff Charles F Lehn v Margaret II Heade et al decree of forclosuro Oliver Hanthorn v Sarah J Hafer at al J L Townley appointed referee William Halsey v David M Wilson et al title quieted in plaintiff State of Nebraska v Minnie Brown criminal found guilty on two counts for selling liquor State of Nebraska v Rudolph H Quaduor criminal dismissed Jennie B Mclntyre v Frank RMc Intyre divorce granted plaintiff Ralph Peterson v Chas S Sersen equity sale confirmed and ordered Alpha C Warner v George D War ner divorce granted plaintiff 500 ali mony Hattie W Richter v Chas Richter divorce granted plaintiff Ordered to Restore Trains The Nebraska State Railway commis sion has ordered the Burlington to re store its freight trains to the schedule from which they had been dropped some time ago The Burlington bad been droppitg same of its regular faeight trains and stock trains and is running them as specials When this was done the Burlington issued an order that passen gers would not be carried on special freights and stock trains This worked such an inconvenience to traveling men that they protested to the commission and their houses protested for them The commission also has ordered the Burlington to appear and show cause why action at law should not be begun against that road for discontinuing train service without authority One traveling man representing one of the South Omaha packing houses showed the commission where his livery bill had been increased over 600 a year by the action of the Burlington in with drawing some of its regular trains from the schedule and running them as spe cials Omaha Bee Conductor T A Nash is off duty with an injured hand Engine 1749 is in the baokshop for broken frame repairs The Denver engines Nos 723 and 1401 are here for new flues A Sterling engine No 1388 has just arrived for a new cylinder Nick Snyder has been temporarily transferred from the repair to the air department This division now has 110 engines the biggest number on any division west of the river Brakeman W E Wade was recently severely injured at Oxford by being struck on the head by the water crane as the train was passing the water tank Ctiuuty uimniissitmci PiocohiiKS McCook Nebrnku NommiiIxt 1Ui Tho bouril of comity coinmishioiu rK met pi prouutS Prcincr C H limy and K S Lofton county coiiimiionert mid Chas Skaihi county clerk Tho minutes of tl meet tut held November 12 were rend and on motion ni proivd The petition of S V FrjU J K Pordiu nnd others iwkiu for the o tablUhment or public road was rend and con idered tin Honrcf finds that a I oiii rs of I and ouitlie lino of tho propoud road have jtlve 1 their con- lows drud Itui I to b no vn n Rm I No Jjoi 1 GotnrtMSnciiiK at a p int in tho north lino of Road No uiiirii U t rwU ur r i line of dm S E H or the N K i L t No 7i o section 15 in towitip t north of ritum27 in Red Willow County thence north 2 rods thecco westerly a id parallel with mid road N r 8tl rods tpa point two rods north ofthn north I ne of said Road No 152 thi iico south 2 rodi to the north lfne of sid Road N 02 md teriiiiiiatiui thercat Aiid that that pirt of said Road No C2 between tie nbove described pi its be va cated On motion the Cleric was instructed to notify the OvirVecr of Hiuhwnys to open Miid Road The bond of the Standard Hrido Co or Omaha tXi0i covering their contract for the buildiiuof bridges in tho Comty for tho jear beKinnitiK November 12 19 S was examined antl on motion approved and ordered placed on file On mo ion tho Treasurer was instructed to refund to L P Davis nnd to II F FeeUin each the iiimofSMJU being tho amount f I assessed againit each of them in 1909 nnd pmt j by them under protest for tho reason that they are uiemberio the Fire Department On motion the Treasurer was instructed to re fund to J E Moss the sum orlbC beiiiKtlie ninount of lKJ taxes paid by him under pro test for the reason that he was illegally assessed on 300 00 of building and loan stock On motion tho Treasurer was instructed to ro fund to Jake Schilz of Coleman Precinct the sum of 225 being the amount of ISXXI tuxes paid by him under protest for tho reason that lie was assessed twice on the aiiio team of mules On motion tho Treasurer was instructed to refund to Roy Zint the sum of U being tho amount or VM taxes paid by him under pro test for the reason that his furniture was ass essed at iTM 10 w hen it should have been 10000 On motion the Treasurer was ii structcd to r Henry Bromgard v Katie Walker fund to tho Lebanon Farmers Co Operative Association the sum of 1 bring the amount paid by them uuder protest in tieir IWKi taxi for the reason that the were ase ud on 00 of Grain and Livi Stock when this mm tint wns already assessed in their Goods and Mer chandise on hands The Claim for HW Poll tax refund for J20U of Albert Overleesc which was paid by him un der protest for the reason that he served in tho regular army was on motion rejected as the law does not exempt him Tho following claims 01 the Road fund of Commissioner District No 1 were ordered paid out of the Road District fund of District No 13 orders to be drawn by the Road Overseer Henry CoHnsr Road work in Hondvile S 2JIHJ Henry ame ir0 Jonu Smith same tjo Chas WVintz same 2r0 Henry Karpeck same li0 Jacob Wall same 300 John Seaman same 550 Joseph Weskamp same 900 Fred We kamp same fitO Adolph Weskamp same 85J The follow ins claims were audited and allow ed and the Clerk was instructed to draw war rants on the Road funds of the respective Com missioner Districts ns follows W P Wood iiiiildiug and Grading 2 bijdges Dist No 1 ir000 Henry Kicker Road work in Valley Grange Dist No 1 1200 Will Fleischmau Road work in Perry DistNo5 60 James Doyle same CiO Henry Corcoran same 775 W Hickling Road work in Willow Grove Dist No a00 and on the General fund levy of 1909 as follows J K McCarl Canvassing Election re turns i days 800 N J Uerling Canvassing Election re turns 3 days and 12 miles 720 Geo Cramer Putting up booths in ianola and Red Willow 250 Barnett Lumber Co LumLor 13275 E G Caine fc Co sanio 710 E G Caine Co same 1303 H C Whitmore Meat for Mrs Morgan 530 B Lehn House rent Mrs Vandervoort 3 months 1300 John Clouse Road Plow and sharpening 17C0 Jones Crawmer Nails 441 James I Lee Ice for Court house sea son 1909 1730 C T Caswell Electric light wiring in Court House 14 57 Dr C L Fahnestock Mileage Profes sional Services 1600 Geo Elbert Paper hanging and Paint ing in Court House 4010 Chas Skalla 1909 Tax List 13333 lines at4 cents a line 53332 Hammond Stephens Co Supplied to Co Superintendent 440 Geo D Barnard Co Straight Jacket claimed at 1200 10C0 Klopp Bartlett Co Pencil Carbon for Treasurer 5C0 L W McConnell Wall paper and plies to County 4250 C A Rodgers Appointing Election Boards Stamps - SS0 On motion the Board adjourned to meet De cember 20 1909 S Premee Chairman Attest Ciias Skalla County Clerk Snap Relinquishments No 21320 A A fine farm for some one Price 800 No 22 320 A 4 room house stable for 8 head everything new well 7 feet to water mill and tank 60 A in culti vation Reason for selling owner has big bunch of cattle and has bought large ranch and must sell Who will be the lucky one to get this at 1500 No 23320 A 9 mi to co seat 53 to small R R town 16 miles to R R A snap for 500 Nos 25 262 dandies all level fine as silk 320 A each For a short time 500 each Nos 28-29-30-320 A each or 960 A A chance for three parties to locate to gether All three for 1000 Many other choice relinquishments See L E BARGER Room 3 over McConnells Drug Store jjMPBMPMMnrnMi ft THE HI fvw iflw iUiliim Wl MV R SEASON IS HERE We are anxious to show you THE RELIABLE BRAND at prices most reasonable Mens Fur Coats at 15 to I i I I L L BCbroii Co 5 regJTZZSreJ2S5rg3 Extraordinary Engagement 64 Temple Theatre Saturday Dec 11th SAM S AND LEE SHUBERT INC present The Lyric Theatre New York Success The Great John Ganton A Play of American Finance By J HARTLEY MANNERS From the Novel of ARTHUR J EDDY Six Months in New York Four Months at the Garrick Chicago Great Scenic Production Cast of Favorites i Seats on Sale at McConnells Drug Store I I Prices 25c SOc TSc 100 and 150 j nr 1 in tTCTjS ftj aawgrfj4 A 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