McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-18

! Trainmen are experiencing consider
able trouble with tramps, who insist
upon decorating the trucks of trains
east-bound.
Atlanta is the name of the new town
on the cutoff. The gentleman who is
to take charge Of that station is now in
the Office at this place.
We had an amusing specimen of ju-
venile pugilism on Main avenue, Satur-
day morning last The granger lad was
rather too much for the town boy.
though.
By the change of schedule that re-
Gently went into effect on the B. & NJ.
No. 9 arrives from the west at 6 40 and
leaves at 7:i0, taking breakfast at this
station.
The Upper Willow men got down to
Culbertson on their roundup, Sunday,
and shipped eleven hundred head of
fine fat cattle from that station, the
same day.
1t is an undeniable fact that men of
more than ordinary good sense and
sound judgment usually make the most
consummate fools of themselves when
intoxicated.
Let the pubic encourage manufact-
urers who are endeavoring to place upon
the market pure goods. Call for Leis'
German Baking Powder. Sold by C.
H. Rogers.
In the further line of improvement,
A. McG Robb is building little barn,
and has purchased handsome square
topped basket pheton, which, with the
sprightly little dun, makes a nobby
turnout
Monday was the liveliest day the
local land office has ever seen. Over
80 entries were made, mostly homestead
and prescriptions. Land is now being
taken way up in the northeastern part
of Dundy county.
This is the way the railroad boys
address ''Neighbor' now: Mr.. r. B.
Archibald The whcnceness of this is
that ''Neighbor'' is the presiding spirit
who hovers over and around things at
the round house as Master Mechanic.
The foundation for LaTourette' S
hardware store is being raised twelve
inches higher than was originally de-
signed. In view of the washing and
filling being done on Main Avenue by
the water, the move is sensible one.
Just little correction. That ante
lope referred to last week was killed by
Mail Agent Alden eight miles west of
Akron, and not in the Circle Ranch
pasture. FL. H. is one of those dough-
ty nimrods who do not have to have
their game cOrraled.
The building adjoining the Central
Hotel, West Dennison street, is being
fitted for occupancy by the young lady
proprietors Of the West McCook Res
taurant. The rooms now occupied by
the restaurant will be used by A. W.
Shaeffer as residence and shoe shop.
Segrist, Howe & Co.'S Great Monster
Aggregation showed at this place, Mon
day night. The canvass was pretty well
filled and the performance received its
full need of approval, rather out of
proportion to the deserts of the same,
however, as the circus can be safely
catalogued in the list called ''snide." |
An evidence of the great increase in
the population of this section of coun-
try is to be seen in the immense amount
Of lumber and supplies now going out
of this town. Great quantities CT freight
are being hauled to Kansas also, show
ing that Decatur and Rawlins counties
are sharing largely in the increase of |
population.
Through courtesy of Mr.. Hotze: agent
for the Crete Nurseries, we enjoyed
some excellent varieties of grapes grown |
by that well -known firm at Crete. We