The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-10-05

A slight wreck on this division, Satur
day night.
Hi. Thrailkill is home from his TRIP
to the Pacific coast.
Charlie Parsons was the guest of Jake
Burnett, close of last week.
Mrs. F. w. Campbell has joined he,
husband, the engineer, at Alliance.
The company's gauge indicated a rain.
fall of three inches, last Saturday, at
Wilsonville.
Roadmaster Web Josselyn wa up from
Orleans, on official business at division
headquarters.
Mrs. J. o. Lindley is visiting relatives
at McCook and Culbertson, this week.
Red Cloud Chief.
Mrs. M. A. Campbell went down to
Wymore, last week, to visit her daughter
Mrs. D. N. Ritchey.
Mrs. CIV. Bronson will be home from
Iowa soon. He mother, who has been
sick, is expected to accompany her.
Fireman and Mrs. c. E. Benedict came
home, Monday night, from their we'd
ding trip of a week Or two. Cigars were
in order.
Agent Hawker of Stamford has been
laid off by the company. He is succeed
ed by an operator from Long Island, KS.
c. V. Shields is now in charge of Long
Island Office.
Engineer Heber, wife and son John
departed on last Friday night for Cali
fornia. Charlie will remain here and
hold down his old position in the Office
of Supt. Campbell.
J. F. Heber, who left for California on
last Friday night, has, we are informed,
secured a passenger run between Sacra-
mento and Los Angeles. His success has
NohoSo SOAIS Vi LIN IL u1Sl hSiC IL
look longingly toward the coast.
The services of station agent at Laird
have been dispensed with and the agent
transferred to Wray as night operator.
T. P. Haines, 0 special agent for the
Burlington, is acting agent here during
Agent B~urghardt's vacation ofa few days
in Denver. Tommy is a steady young
maj and will soon merit a good position
from his employers.-Haigler News.
Night Operator Hendley was given the
G. b., Monday. AS neal as we can learn
Hendley was too fond of the girls, he
having one or two transients with him
nearly every night, and when the COM
pany heard of this it decided that he
could not attend to business and give the
proper attention to the girls; hence he
was given the latter privilege and his
services were dispensed with entirely.
Ed. Malridge is the gentleman who sue
ceeds him.-Haigler News.
Lanterns issued to engineers are now
painted black. Train and section men
have no use for black lanterns. We are
reliably informed that Roadmaster Cur
rem is the inventor of a new machine
worked by the friction of the air and an
imal heat, to be worn in roadmaster's
hats while on trains. 1t will record the
speed of trains. Also has an alarm that
will go off when a train exceeds its sched-
ule time. This he says will be of great
value to roadmasters. Mr.. Curren is COLI
fdent that he can still improve it so it
will record bad places in track and
bridges, as well as the speed.-Alliance
Grip.
The postal clerks on the Kansas City
and Oxford route are going to make a
vigorous kick for change of grade. This
would result in a raise of salary. This is
one of the hardest and longest runs in
the state and its clerks have been lily
paid, so far. It is to be hoped that sue
cess may crown their efforts, and we be-
it will, if they kick long and loud
and all kick together. Conductor Green
and his crew had an unusually long,
heavy and exciting run, this week, as a
stock extra. They left St. Francis at 2
a. m, Wednesday latter having run there
the regular Locally for Hastings via Ok
ford with about IS cars of stock. Arriv-
ing at Hastings they were turned and
sent to Holdrege with a train of empties,
and from there they came home, getting
here at4:35 on Thursday morning. While
the boys were coming down the line this
side of Oxford, they run into a drove of
horses, the property of an emigrant
camped neal the track. The train was
stopped and slowly backed up to where
the stock had been struck, and it was
that four horses had been killed
and several others injured. The
owner could not be found, however. It
was evident that he n1istook the boys
with their lanterns for white caps or train
wreckers and took to the woods in negli-
gee attire. The place where he had been