The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-23

Roy Dixon made flying visit to Den
yer, last Friday night.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Humphreys. Wednesday.
Roadmaster Mcfarland was up from
Red Cloud, Wednesday evening.
A sister of Dispatcher Townsend came
in Monday from Lincoln, on visit.
Tim Foley was up from Hastings, Sun.
day, to see his headquarters friends.
Conductor E. 9. Roby has purchased
the w. S. Coy dwelling in south Nc
Cook.
l.. I. Meserve is in Akron relieving an
engine man there for the next thirty
days.
Mrs. F. N. Washburn is back from her
visit to the old home at Bromfeld, this
state
Roadmaster Haley has purchased DR..
A. J. Thomas residence on Madison
street.
Mrs. S. L. Moench has been entertain
ing Miss Dora Harold of Plattsmouth,
this week.
Clayton Keim came up from McCook
to attend Masonic lodge in Benkelman
last evening. g.-News.
John R. Roxby came down from Nc
Cook last week and spent Sunday with
his folks.-Arapahoe Mirror.
R. r. Woods, general manager of the
Sheridan Fuel company, has gone to
San Diego and Frisco to attend the mid
winter fair-Alliance Grip.
The way the company is getting after
the engine men on the question of coal
consumption is causing many of the boys
to tremble in their boots.
Conductor Line brought in a special of
empty fats. Wednesday evening, from
the east, for use on the construction
train which goes into service west of
here
Engineer Sanborn and daughter Grace,
returned from Lincoln last evening where
they went to visit Mrs. Sanborn. THE
TRIBUNE is pleased to note that they
left Mrs. Sanborn much improved, both
in mind and body.
The destruction of the Union depot at
Denver, Saturday night, removed one Of
the handsomest depots in America. It
cost about half million dollars A de-
feet in the electric light wires caused the
fire. It will be rebuilt at once, finer
than before.
Harry Dixon, eldest SON of Travelling
Engineer Dixon, and bride, nee Miss Anna
Herstrom of Denver, arrived in the city
Tuesday morning, on brief wedding
trip, and are the guests of his parents.
The happy couple were married in Den
Messrs. Wolff and Moench, the hog
fanciers, are cultivating new breed OF
hogs. which according to Roadmaster
Rogers, are destined to become popular
and carry the pig world by storm. Sam
says they have decided upon the name
of ''The Balance Breed" from the fact
that if you hold them up by the ears
they just balance, so long are b Ell +
snoutS.
The Pennsylvania has adopted as its
standard rail weighing eighty pounds
to the yard and sixty feet long, instead
of thirty, which has been laid heretofore,
and the ends of the rails, instead of be-
ing square face to face, form a miter
joint. 1t is claimed that in the use of a
sixty foot rail one danger of passing
curves will be greatly lessened, while a
great saving in wear will result.-State
Journal.
J. J. Wilkinson, B. & M. immigration
agent, IS with us again to make Oxford
his headquarters the present season. He
is firm in the belief that this will be one
of the best years Nebraska has ever
known, both in point of prosperity and
the amount of immigration, and anti
cipates heavy influx of people into
these parts The number of people the
railroads are even now carrying, he says,
has not been equaled with the exception
of the worlds fair season, during the
past two years. s.-Oxford Standard.
DEATH CAMK SUNDAY
Samuel B. Stapp, brakeman, was
frightfully and fatally injured, last Fri
day morning, at Haigler, while attempt
ing to make coupling between two
freight cars. It is thought that he step
ped into hole; at any rate he fell under
the merciless wheels, one of his legs was
so horribly crushed and mangled as to
require amputation at the thigh. Be
sides he was terribly hurt about the alb
domen. He was promptly brought to