The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-05-12

Mrs. Samuel Rogers returned on 6, Wednes
day, from her visit to relatives and friends up
| west.
Auditor w. P. Foreman was down from
Denver. early portion of the week, checking
up the boys.
Superintendent Campbell came home on e.
Wednesday, from his visit to Denver on com.
pany business.
Miss Shabby, sister of Mrs. " H. Solliday
returned to her home at Red Cloud, Wednes-
day evening on g.
Engineer Farrell and Fireman Murphy are
in seclusion for ten days for itching Dray-
man Carl at the west end yard crossing, last
week
Engineer Brown is resting ten days for
spelling the usefulness and symmetry of one
of the horses at the gravel pit above Waune ia,
last week.
Master Mechanic Archibald started out over
the western division on Monday morning
seeking whom he might decapitate. He had
many on the list.
The national meeting of railway surgeons
will be held in Omaha on May 1925. DIR. B.
B. Davis, the company surgeon here, will
attend the meeting
Tim Foley, Conductor on the Republican
City branch is back from his vacation of two
or three weeks visiting in South Dakota and
numerous other points.
1t is reported by the railroad men that with
the change of time card trains on this branch
will stop for dinner at Beaver City. 1t is hoped
that the report is true.-Tribune
J. w. Trammell, present eating house man.
ager, Of Oxford. and Joe Swan. of Lincoln.
who had all the eating houses from Lincoln
to Denver in charge in the early days, were
city visitors on Wednesday.
Engineer and Mrs G. A. Noren are enter
tanning the latter's sster-in-law Mrs. Munson
of COTS, Kansas, who arrived in the city, last
night and will make quite a visit here, as well
as in Denver, Orleans and elsewhere.
The Relief Dept. report for March is out. 1t
gives accidents paid as SII,6II.25; sickness
paid So,357.oo; total disbursements for the
month S3So2o.75; number of cases of disability
carried over to April Cos; total paid out since
organization sS3o,r27.25.
Passenger train No. on Tuesday after
noon carried a Southern Pacific baggage car
containing II head Of horses from the stables
of Mcdonald, the millionaire horseman of
San Francisco. They were en- route for St.
Louis. There was complete outfit of jockeys,
stablemen, ETC., with the car, together with
grain and hay for the string.
Station Agent Brown made a t1ip over to
Beaver City on Monday to see his wife who is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Forney. Their little
boy was taken severely sick shortly after her
arrival there but is much better now and they
will return in a few days. Ed made round
trip from Arapahoe over to Beaver City on a
| bicycle in two hours and one half-Cambridge
kaleidoscope.
J. W. Trammell and the fire insurance ad-
| justers of the various companies involved in
his loss in the burning of the eating house met
here, Wednesday, in an effort to adjust the
| loss, which has been in dispute. However
no settlement was arrived at, and we under,
stand that Mr.. Trammell will invoke the aid
of the law to compel the companies to pay the
| loss.
Albert Guy, the chief official of the B. & NJ
at Beaver City was in Benkelman on Saturday
for the purpose of proving up on tree claim
he holds near Allston. He is looking well
and is the same big hearted mortal he was
when he recorded his signature on freight re.
ceipts and jerked lightning for the Burlington
& Missouri in Benkelman in earlier days. He
seems to be basklng in the sunshine of pros
perity at Beaver City.-Benkelman Bee.