The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-03-16
Saturday was pay day.

Saturday was pay day
division, Saturday.
Mrs. ]. F. Forbes is entertaining her mother
from Arapahoe, this week
Supt. Campbell went up to Denver, Tuesday
night, on division business
Auditor Brandt dropped in the city, Tues
day night, on business Of that department.
Master Mechanic Archibald is having his
commodious residence artistically painted
Mrs. Samuel Rogers went up to Longmont
Colo, Tuesday night, on a visit to relatives.
Ed Ellis and baby, Hi Thrailkilrs children
and Brakeman Cassell are tussling with the
measles.
Felix Kennedy also visited in the city, first
of the week. his wife having been here for a
week or two.
Quite number of the new machines are
Still not connected with shafting and power, at
the round house.
The Burlington's net earnings for February,
1894, were over $4,000 in excess of those of
the same month of 1907,
2. L. Kay and Sam Rogers are having the
thirty acres bought from Vance Mechanical
recently, broken up, and will put in alfalfa
for the hogs.
The board of transportation has decided
that Nebraska's railroads must provide trans
fer switches, in certain cases, at least, where
the necessities of traffic require them.
Wolff and Moench shipped their hogs down
from Imperial, Friday evening, and the same,
about 20 head, were hauled out to their ranch
at tine west river bridge, Saturday morning.
The boys have fine little hog ranch to be
sure.
There was over fifty carloads of stock
shipped off this branch Wednesday. Wilson
vile was right in line with six cars, FIVE cars
of hogs and one of cattle. A.W. Hunt shipped
cars of hogs, Rice & Son one of hogs and
one of cattle, and c. Galloway one of hogs
The regular stock train had more than it
could do and an extra train was sent up the
line as far as Wilsonville.
c. P. Jude, B. & M. bridge carpenter boss,
arrived in Benkelman last evening with his
gang. They will be engaged during the next
month repairing the railroad bridges in the
vicinity of this station. Judge is clever, big
hearted man and one of the B. & NJ compa-
ny's most efficient and trusty boss mechanics
He is prospering well in the world and is now
building fine home in McCook.-Bee.
The friends Of Conductor w. G. Reddin and
Dispatcher w. B. Mills are having bushel
OF amusement at the expense of these two
young men. And it all came about from the
yirtuous resolution of the conductor to treat
his phaeton to a washing. Last Friday after
noon was the time chosen and the Republican
river the place Of cleaning. The dispatcher
went along as referee. ALI went as merry as
marriage bells until an effort was made to
drive onto one of the numerous sand-bars in
the river, south Of the middle bridge Alas,
the treacherous quick-sand settled about the
wheels of the vehicle and the legs of the horse
and the boys Awere stuck" in midstream The
horse in its founderings broke the harness
and walked out of the vehicle, dragging the
conductor through the water holding to the
ribbons with death grip. Still the phaeton
had to be rescued. The quicksand baf1ed all
attempts to pull it out. and nothing remained
for the boys to do but to wade boldly in and
dig it out. This they succeeded in doing by
dint of hard work, in an hour or so. But in
the operation both were pretty thoroughly
soaked, and It is most likely that such jobs
will be performed in the future by the young
men strictly BY contract Or proxy.