The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1895-05-24
McC onnell's Sarsapariila.

Ice cream soda-5 cents-at McCon-
nelrs.
Lawn Sprinklers and hose and hose
couplings. COCHRAN & Co.
c. w. Britt of the store house will go
down to Hastings tonight on a little bus
mess.
Mrs. A. ]. Chambers was a Hastings
visitor, close of last and first of this
week.
F. a. Thompson have moved into one
of the Wells cottages on north Madison
street.
Assist. Supt. Highland was down from
Denver, Monday, on some western divis-
ion business.
Mrs. Ed. Mckay left for Batavia,
Iowa, last Saturday night, to be absent
about a month On a visit.
Mrs. ]. D. McAlpine and friend Mrs.
Will Cooper of Denver are in the city on
a visit to the formers parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Knights.
We hear it stated that Ella Odell
contemplates returning from Los An
geles, California, as the work in the
yards there is too hard for him.
Dispatcher and Mrs. J. E. Robinson
went down to Lincoln, Saturday night.
She expects to be absent about a month.
He returned in a few days to his work.
Engineer and Mrs. J. w. Holiday de-
parted Wednesday afternoon for Lyons,
Colorado, where they will live in future
The doctor will take the run from Den
yer to Lyons. Here's success to them.
Conductor Frank Kendlen, who has
been visiting his brother up in Mime
sofa, arrived home, last Saturday night.
He visited St. Paul, Minneapolis and 9TH
er Minnesota points during his absence.
"BoRN-May 10, 1895, at Washington
Heights, Chicago, Ill, to Engineer and
Mrs. B. H. Douglass, a daughter. Moth
er and child are doing well" is the read
ing of a note received from Chicago,
Tuesday of this week.
The wrecker and crew went up to
Hudson, Colorado, from this point, Fri
day afternoon, to pick a portion of a
freight train out of the ditch. Engine
2SI was drawing the train. The damage
was not very severe, we understand.
An article in the Cambridge Kaleido-
scope of May 10th grossly misrepresents
Conductor Frank Kendlen, one of the
B~urlington's most capable, trusted and
courteous passenger conductors. The
kaleidoscope pretends to recount the
facts of the Gromm incident but with
marvellous success and dexterity sue
ceeds onlyin misrepresenting about every
single fact in connection with the affair.
A man named A. E. Gromm of Kansas
City was a passenger On No. 3, Friday,
May sd, for Cambridge. Groom knew
from several sources hat No. 3 would
not stop at Cambridge and when Con-
ductor Kendlen demanded the fare to
McCook, SI.o2 with the rs cent rebate
included in the amount) Gromm refused
to pay, although the demand was simply
in compliance with the rules of company
in such cases. The demand was made a
second and a third time, the last time
train was stopped and with the aid OF
two brakemen an effort was made to put
Gromm off the train. Seeing that the
man could not be put off without injur-
ing him the trainmen desisted and
Gromm rode on to this city. The story
that Conductor Kendlen demanded $4.oo
fare is variest bosh, as the regular fare
is only II cents. The statement that
Gromm's clothing was disarranged as
though che had been playing with a
Kansas cyclone, is also a mere fgment
of the imagination; while the fable
about Gromm "getting the brakeman
around the neck and threatening to push
him through the window is an anus
ing, impossible yarn. Groom seems to
have deported himself on the train in a
manner which warranted more forcible
treatment than he received; and there are
men in the passenger service who would
have fired him off the train without GER
emory. After arriving here, Groom
kept up his blowing and Dragging about
the depot. The proper thing for the
Kaleidoscope to do is to correct its mis-
representations promptly, and thus right
as far is possible the injustice perhaps
iunwittingly done Conductor Kendlen.