McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-27


Y
. We understand the Stoughton pest
Office is to be discontinued. Since tn,
bridge has been put in, this has become
the trading point for that section ant
most of the people are getting theil
mail at this postofice.
Buy your Christmas candy at the City
Bakery, where consignment of cur.
iously designed and handsomely deco.
rated candies has just been opened.
The finest, by all odds, ever brought into
McCook. Call and see for yourself.
By reason of the inclement state of
the weather, last Friday evening, the
temperance lecture, which was to have
been delivered by Mrs. Fixen on that
occasion, was postponed. Mrs. Fixen
continued on her way to Denver, Fri
day night.
A bunch Of steers, numbering IS
head, was shipped from Culbertson, last
Thursday, by Schuyler Braugh. one of
the most extensive stock raisers on the
Willow. The shipment Of cattle from
the Red Willow region has been heavy
this season.
An infant child Of 4. d. Custer. Den
nison street restaurateur, died Sunday
morning, and was buried Tuesday after
noon. The cause of the child death is
not known, being discovered dead by it's
its parents upon getting up, Sunday
morning.
The Davis claims south of the river,
and the McQuay and Shaw claims east
of town, were sold last week to whom
and prices received we were unable to
ascertain. Claims along any of the
water courses or near McCook bring
good figures.
The crosswalk ball has been opened
by Messrs. Rogers, Lewis, LaTourette
and johnson & Spalding, who have put
in substantial walk from the hardware
to the drug store. A capital move,
which will amply repay the outlay to
these gentlemen.
A reward of 5000 is offered for the
arrest of Eugene Burdett Fry, alias W.
H. Mccartney, who is wanted by the
sheriff of Red Willow county, on the
charge of embezzling and horse stealing
He is "a years of age and 5 feet 9
inches in height.-Bee.
According to the vote of the towns
in the valley at the late election they
range in population in the following or
der: Red Cloud, McCook, Alma, Indi-
anola, Arapahoe, Franklin, Blooming
ton, Orleans, Riverton, Republican City
and Oxford.-Alma Tribune.
The Ludell (Kas.) Settler says: "a
daily mail to McCook is needed And
the Oberlin Kas.) Eye joins the refrain
saying: LAS the people all seem to
favor it, and our merchants desire 1t,
the next thing to do is to HAVE it"
Why not ;? If not, why not?
The "tin-horn'' gambler is most num-
erous in this vicinage at present writ
ing, and are industriously plying their
trade, without hindrance from the laws
minions, in the face of the fact that we
have a stringent law in our village
against gambling in any and all of its
phases. |
We are informed that meeting of
the members Of the Southwestern Ne
braska Stock Association has been call
ed to meet at Benkelman on Monday,
December 1st. Important business will
engage the attention Of the members OF
the association, and large attendance
is desired.
A new town was laid out in Chey-
enne county, Kas., last week, on the
south fork of the Republican River, 20
miles south of Benkelman. The town
proposed was surveyed by W. NJ. Nc
Kay, and it is expected that it will be
populated by a COLONY from Hutchinson.