The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-03

NO. o, local passenger. IL :00 Z. M.
X. NJ. Taggart of Nebraska City is in the
city.
Sam Wilde's little girl is recovering from
her recent illness.
Engineer Westland is back from Lincoln
and OIL duty again.
A steel rail lasts. with an average wear,
abotu eighteen years.
The cost of palace sleeping.ca is $4,000,
or if 'vestibuled," $4,000.
The cost of railroads iu the United States
has been nine billion dollar.
The average daily earnings of an Ameri-
can locomotive is about 500.
| J.W.Trammell, the eating house manager
was nong the elect yesterday.
The cost of high-class elght-w pas
senger locomotive is about $500.
Conductor Eliza Odell has purchased the
HOllister dwelling from c. j. Ryan.
Engineer Jack Cook was over from the
Republican branch, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. G. E. Pope and the children went to
Red Cloud, Wednesday evening, on visit.
j. d. McAlpine is down from Assistant
Supt. Highlands Office helping on the pay
rolls.
The longest mileage operated by single
system is that of the Union Paciic-1O 92s
miles.
Roadmaster JOsselyn was up from Orleans,
Wednesday, OH business at western division
headquarters.
The highest railroad bridge in the United
States is the KinZua vaiduct on the Erie road
$50 feet high.
The average cost of constructing mile of
railroad in the United States at the present
time is about $4,000.
Agent s. E. Reed of Herndon, Kansas. was
married to Miss Nora Smith of Inland, Ne
braska, Sunday, February 10Th.
Car famines will be familiar conditions,
this spring and summer. Local merchants
report touch of hunger already.
Mrs. George E. Leming returned home,
wednesday night. from short stay with old
time Red Cloud friends, and relatives.
The highest railroad in the United States
is the Colorado Midland, at the Continental
Divide-l1 $50 feet above the sea level
The line of railroad which extends farthest
east and west is the Canadian Pacific, run
ming from Quebec to the Pacific Ocean.
Mrs. J. E. Sanborn came home from Hast
ings on Sunday night, having placed Miss
Grace in school there for the spring term.
The lower house of the Nebraska legisla-
ture has cut out of the appropriation bill all
allowance for the board of transportation.
The store car got on the wrong track and
in the way of the switch engine, yesterday,
and was in consequence pretty badly disfig-
ured.
Miss Rhetta Method is making her sister,
Mrs. H. V. Lord, an extended visit, arriving
last Saturday from McCOok. ok.-Stockville Re-
publican.
Engineer Reynolds, more familiarly known
as windy" has resigned his position on this
division and will go to Pattsmouth.- .-Alli-
ance Grip.
Mrs. Writ and Miss Georgia, who have
been visiting Mrs. Will Brown for the past
week or two, returned to Hastings on 6, Sat
urday evening.
Superintendent Phelan's daughters La
Vauhn and Edith will be two of the six pupils
to be graduated from the Alliance public
schools, this year.
Mrs. A. j.. Chambers made Holdrege
friends brief visit, first of TIE week, going
down on 6, Saturday evening and returning
home on Tuesdays flyer.
| The twins born to Engineer and Mrs.
Frank Arson, last Friday evening, were too
frail for this stern existence, and passed
away the following day.
Engineer Frank Campbell has painfully
| injured right eye, received Saturday evening,
while looking out of his side cab window,
when running over a torpedo.
Freight train No. rs had "a carloads of EN-.
igrant mOvables out of Red Cloud, Wednes-
day evening, peddling them out along the
line between that point and this city.
Conductor L. C. Wolf, who does the honors
so gracefully on the Imperial run, is visiting
friends in Burlington. Iowa. M. Carmony is
holding down the run during his absence.
Mrs. Nettle Cronkhite, who some years ago
ran the eating house at Hastings for this
company, was in our city last Friday visit
ing friends on her way east from Sheridan.
Alliance Grip
Several changes in the position Of night
operator has occurred this week. Skinner re-
signed to go to California, then his successor
was transferred to McCook and now a Mr..
Charnabeu. from C0ncordia, Kas., fills the
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