The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-08

a year.
Mrs. S. H. Goodenberger is on the
sick list.
2I2 came in from Havelock, last Fri
day night.
Mrs. George Weick of South McCook
is under the doctors care.
Solliday brought the special up from
Hastings, yesterday morning.
Mrs. Harry Conover has gone to Red
Cloud on a visit to her mother.
The company is a heavy loser by the
floods on the Lyons branch in Colorado.
Mrs Dull is visiting her daughter Mrs.
George Frederick at Oxford, this week.
Oscar Yarger was down from Hudson,
Colo, Saturday night, on a tender mis-
sion.
Harry Conover has retired from the
train service and will switch in the yards
at Red Cloud for the present.
]. Inglis' baby-recently recovered
from an attack of the measles-is suf-
fering from an abscess on the neck.
Twelve years ago on Tuesday of last
week, May 2eth, the Burlington ran the
first train into Denver, says the Akron
Pioneer Press.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
and the Chicago & Northwestern have
each contracted for $1,000 tons of stee
rails at the lowest figure rails have ever
been purchased, it is stated.
Conductor Joe Williams of the St.
Francis line has retired from the COM
pany's employ with the company's con-
cent. Joe carried two cars of stock for
Kansas City by Oxford.
John Green Of McCook has taken
charge of a new ballast gang at Oriva,
as foreman. Senator Grier of Seneca is
running the boarding train in fine shape,
so the boys say.-Alliance Grip.
The Burlingtoni is putting in four stone
bridges between Kenesaw and Heart
well. There are 80 men in the gang
and it is stated that it will require three
months time to finish the work.
P. Churchill, conductor of McCook,
was a pleasant visitor at Alliance, last
week, looking over the country. He
likes Alliance first rate and says she will
soon beat McCook if she keeps on at her
present rate of prosperity and growth
Alliance Grip.
The B. &. NJ. enjoyed a somewhat
novel experience for this locality the
present season when a freight train went
into the ditch near Bostwick on Tuesday
by reason of the track having been I'M
dermined by the rains of the previous
night. Six freight cars badly wrecked
was the total damage.
The p~ostofice department has sent
to all railway service employees circulars
attention to the postal regulations
requiring postal clerks to accept all pre-
paid mail matter offered them at their
cars, and to forward it to its destination.
Inquiries have been received at the de-
partment from almost every section of
the country indicating a general mis-
understanding due, it is stated, to the
of a number of articles in
correctly intimating that the section Of
the regulations making the obligation
has been repealed. The rule is declared
to be still in force, and refusal to comply
will render clerks liable to dismissal I'M
less special authority is given.
The trunk line association has in prep
a telegraph code which is in
for use between itself and its
members and among members them
The code is in book form and
beside constituting a very marked effort
at economy in telegraph tolls it will, it
is believed, largely tend toward effecting
a nor rapid method in the dispatch of
business. The code has been in prepa.
ration six months and is arranged in
alphabetical order. The freight com
Of the association has supervised
and adopted it and the book is now with
the passenger committee for such addi-
as will be found necessary for
a~daptability to that department. The
telegraph lines will be losers by the new
code, which will cause an annual saving
of many thousands to the railroad com
A sad and probably fatal accident oc-
CURED at the depot Wednesday night.
Mart Colicott with two tramps were
the blind baggage of No. 4 and
when it stopped he claims they pushed