The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-07-20
EVANSVILLE and VICINITY

EVANSVILLE and VICINITY.
a large herd of cattle passed through here.
bound for Idaho, Oh the 18th.
The Q. B. church held their quarterly meet
ing at the Dodge school house, on Saturday
and Sunday, the 14th and 18th insts.
Geo. Lincoln went for a load Of wood, and
duritlg The trip he ran two or three tires of,
broke his AK and didn't get any wood either.
He got home with the teaTa, however.
Samuel Ellis and w. H. Benjomin went to
lndianOla, on Saturday, the 18th, to represent
Gerver and Grant precincts, respectively, at
the meeting of the republican committee men.
a sister of Fred and Ed Benjamin (our esti-
mable COUSINS is on Il visit which she expects
to prolnng four or six weeks. We trust she
will carry Il good report of our country to her
home.
The republicans of Gerver precinct viii meet
on saturday night, at the Dodge school house,
and organize a republican CLUB. We propose
to make this campaign Il success Grant pre-
cinct will follow with an organization.
On Saturday last, MIR. Joe Whitaker was
called upon to bury his child. Mr.. Whitaker
has the sympathy of the people. 1t Was only
last October that he buried his wife and now
comes another afiiiction and another BOND is
established between this world and the future.
Miss Lincoln and her sister, Mrs. Frost, were
the herOineS of quite an interesting event, the
first of the week. 1t seems that a raccOon, for
some occult reason, had strayed on their place
and the ladies, armed with d spade and other
deadly weapons, attacked this diminutive
member of bruins family, and dispatched him
without quarter. Bravo.
Some men seem to imagine they can say or
do anything they choose and yet their party
will be unable to exist without their saving
presence. a short time ago we remember a
man, who was canyasSing for the nomination
to the Office of county treasurer, who said that
if the party did not nominate him, he would
bolt the ticket and now he wants the republic
can party to overlook this and make him rep
resentative. Oh, consistency, thou art a virtue.
Harry benjamin is over from Cornell rum
ming the binder for his father. Apropos to
harvesting, we must say, that there is a good
crop of small grain in every instance where it
was farmed in q workmanlike manner. All
that is necessary to raise good crops here, is
the same that is necessary everywhere, viz:
A thorough cultivation of the ground and
planting of the grain. You can't raise good
crops and slight your work any more than a
merchant can SIT in his store with his feet on
the counter and without paying any attention
to his customers, expect that his business will
prosper.
Goal Baron'and Iron King Scott, of Penn
sylvania, democratic member Of congress and
member of the committee that prepared the
sO-called Mills tariff bill. advocated with much
enthusiasm the placing of wool and divers
other raw Materials as he termed them, on
the free list; but did he place iron ore on that
list? oh, no, this e~mbryonal cabinet officer,
virtually said, with Pecksnifian candor. to
other producers, Free trade is good enough
for you, but am an iron producer and don't
long for free iron ore" This bill created, as
Mr.. Mills stated, to destroy trusts fails to
reach King Scott, who isamember of the COM
binatiOn in Pennsylvania, to limit the coal out
put and control prices. y small amount of
consistency would form an excellent ingredi-
ent to stir up with democratic craftsmanship
we apprehend. SMART.