The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-10-13

S. A. Haley was a Grand guest at Lin
coin, Sunday
Too many men for the number of en-
gines-hence the pool
| The Burlington Route is doing its share
of Worlds fair business.
Ask Jack Moore about the trade with
the Hayes county hayseed.
See that your air couplings are in the
keepers when not connected.
Engineer Mes1er's wife is confined to
the house with severe attack of facial
erysipelas.
Among the passengers Oh No. s. Tues
day, was a Pullman car full of well-to-do
Mexicans. bound for the fair.
Windy" Reynolds, who visited in the
city briefly, close of last week, expects to
return to work on the western division.
1t will be learned with regret by all
the railroad men that Conductor Frank
White has been let out Of the company's
service
Twins-a boy and a girl-were born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Anton, Monday morn
ing. Max, by the way, does nothing by
halves.
Travelling Engineer, Mrs. and Miss
Edna Dixon are all away seeing the var
led sights at the Worlds fair, leaving on
Saturday last.
It is reported that passenger trains
numbers one and six will be taken out of
the service after the Worlds fair closes,
the last of this month.
George B. Harris, third vice-president
of the road, passed through here from
Denver, attached to No. 6, on Sunday
afternoon, in his special car.
Dispatcher T. G. Rees has sold his res
ldence property on Marshal street to Syl-
vester Cordeal. The lot just north of the
dwelling has been purchased by H. H.
Easterday.
The infant child of Thomas Catt's,
whose illness was mentioned, last week,
died on Monday, and was buried in the
city cemetery, Tuesday afternoon. Their
friends sympatEize with them deeply in
their sorrow.
The enginemen and trainmen on the
Denver & Rio Grande road have agreed
to a reduction of 10 per cent in wages,
with the understanding that conference
will be held, first of the year, looking to
a readjustment.
Passenger train number 2, on Sunday
morning last, was the largest and the
finest passenger train that has ever run
IS cars i'll the train when it reached this
station, where the number was increased
to IS There were 45o passengers aboard.
The railroad men are beginning to ad-
NIT that they made a mistake in with
| holding low fares to Chicago until SO
| late in the worlds fair season. They
have no one to blame for the blunder
but themselves. The newspapers warned
them last May that they were following
in the paths of the gentlemen who
slaughtered the goose that produced the
golden egg.
Superintendent J. R. Phelan departed,
Monday, for McCook, to prove up on his
timber claim near Parks. He has held
it ten years and planted $500 trees be,
sides nearly seven acres of walnuts. His
ranch near Parks contains $4,000 acres
and is one of the finest places for cattle
raising in the state, controlling sever
miles Of water front and easily worth
twenty-five thousand dollars. Alliance
Grip.
Mrs. George Lerning received the sad
news, Saturday afternoon, of the sudden
and unexpected death of her mother al
Salt Lake City, Utah, where she had
been visiting one Of her daughters He1
sister, Mrs. Robson, and son Luzerne
left on the night passenger for Salt Lake
The remains will be taken back to the
Oregon home for interment They have
the profound sympathy of many friend:
| here.
Brakeman Frank Casse1s of freight
I5o was the victim of an accident al
Brush, Colorado, last Saturday, which
was most extraordinary in its results
While preparing to make coupling, he
fell, and two wheels of an empty freight
car passed over both legs above the
knees. He managed to drag himse1
out of the way of the rest of the cars anc
feel to the ground. Upon investigation
by the doctors they pronounced no bone:
broken. The skin on his legs was moi
even broken, although the weight which
passed over his legs as they lay acros:
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