The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-11-24

Mrs. CIV. Bronson was numbered with
the sick, first of the week.
Mrs B. F. Martz has badly poisoned
finger, resulting from pin scratch.
Auditor Foreman came down from
Denver on official business, Wednesday.
Mrs. J. E. Sanborn is much better and
slowly recovering from her recent illness.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick Of Lincoln, has been
the guest of McCook friends during the
past week.
Engineer Westland is able to be about
again, after a seance Of few weeks with
rheumatism.
Chief Clerk Harris was confined to bed !,
the close of last week, by an attack of
the prevailing distemper.
noon train carrying mails and pas
sengers is talked Of Let her come. The
| first train come in Wednesdav.-Curtis
Courier.
Mrs. Jennie Baxter and young daugh
ter departed, Tuesday morning, for Alme-
ma. Kansas, after brief visit here to her
sister, Miss Allison.
Richard Lombard fell into the pit at
the round house, last Saturday, and
broke his left leg in two places. DR..
Gage has been in charge.
4 tramp jolted from passenger train
near Benkelman fell on his head and
shoulders and will probably die. His
folks live in Sioux city.
W. H. Rankin has moved his family
to McCook, where they will make their
home so long as the dining cars are run
as at presentation Pioneer Press.
Some of the boys would like to see an
election about once week One Oft them
realized, it is said, $40 for his influence
and vote, another SIS, and so on.
George J. Frederick is local agent for
the Workmen building and loan associa-
ton of Lincoln, Nebraska. See his ad-
vertisenent elsewhere in this issue.
When Lincoln citizen attempts to
shuttle off this mortal coil little irregu-
larly, the newspapers refer to the trans
action gaily as an attempt at "Hubero-
mania" Thus the colonel will become
famous
DR.. J. A. Gum Of Spearfsh, South
Dakota, has been appointed Burlington
surgeon at this point. The doctor is an
accomplished surgeon and clever gen
tleman. He is an old-timer in the valley,
having formerly lived in Arapahoe. His
many friends in the valley will warmly
welcome him back to his old haunts.
The present train service on the Has
tings and Oberlin line has been the cause
of much complaint since the change of
time, November 5th, but it is likely that
change for the better will be made
very soon. 1t is rumored that the mixed
train now in service will be discontinued
and that two trains, passenger and a
freight, will be again put on the line.
Such a change will be appreciated by
the patrons of the Burlington.-Red
| Cloud Argus
Twenty Burlington & Quincy engineers
left Galesburg, Tuesday night, to take
the places of the strikers on the Lehieh
Valley road. Several persons are out
west hiring men for the Lehigh Valley
road. There is a large surplus of men on
the Burlington, and it is believed many
will go. The Burlington furnishes trans
portation and 80 days leave of absence.
Some Of those going came here six years
ago to take the places Of the strikers on
the Burlington
While riding on a B. & NJ. train. a few
| days ago, the gentleman beside me was
much annoyed by the cinders that shot
in above the lowered window of the front
| door of the car, covering the car seats and
the clothing of the passengers. Several
| times he left his place and went forward
to hoist it, but always came back unsuc-
cessful. In his final effort he was seen
by brakeman, who, pressing the spring
in the proper way, at once raised the
window and stopped the annoyance.
When that was done, and done SO easily
by the company's employe, the gentle
man turned to me and said: chats what
comes of knowing how to do it, The
very accomplishment of knowing how to
do it, or the lack of knowing how to do
it, is what makes man success or a
failure in life. There are very few of us
that know how to do it, but great many
who think they know. When a man
fails in business of kind not suited to
his capacity or experience, it is generally
because he was mistaken in thinking he
knew how to do it. This possession Of
the knowledge of how to do a thing, or
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