The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-04-17

information regarding rates, ETC., call on or
address &. +. WAGNER, Agent.
Mrs. T. B. Campbell has been i'll and
belfast part of the week.
Mrs. T. M. Monday has been quite
sick with an attack of bronchitis.
S. S. Wilburn, late of Wilsonville, is
now located at Roggen, Colorado.
Miss Anna Haley is here from Hol-
brook and is the guest of Mrs. Sarah
Haley.
Mrs. v. H. Solliday and sister, Mile
Slaby. spent Saturday with Red Cloud
relatives.
Travelling Engineer Dixon and family
arrived home, Sunday night, from their
trip to Chicago.
w. S. Morlan was in Holdrege, Mon
day, defending the company in the Oys-
ter damage suit.
Mesdames Sarah Haley and John Car
ter visited Holbrook relatives and
friends, last week.
c. w. Britt vent down to Plattsmouth
Saturday night, to minister unto his
father, who is quite i'll.
Mrs. c. w. Bronson arrived home, first
| of the week, from a visit of a few weeks
with her mother in Iowa.
Miss Josie Mullin went in to Omaha.
last Friday night, returning home on
Tuesday night of this week.
Mrs. Sarah Haley arrived home. Sun
day night, from a visit to Holdrege
friends, the family of Peter Smith.
Frank Harris is having his house
painted and other improvements made
upon his premises on upper Main ave-
nue..
Mrs. William Lambert arrived from
Sheridan, Wyoming, last Friday even
ing, and is visiting old time McCook
friends.
c. T. Watson's mother arrived from
Lafayette, Indiana, last Friday evening
on No. 3, and under her care he is get
ting along nicely.
The pay car made its usual monthly
| visitation here, Friday and Saturday
evenings of last week. 1t is agreat event
in McCook's commercial life.
Sam Gilcrest and family spent last
week visiting his parents in Akron. Mrs.
Gilcrest made final proof on her home
stead in that section while there.
Mrs. Margaret Oyster and the little
children attended the damage trial
against the company at Holdrege, Mon
day, returning home, the same night.
His many friends here will be pleased
to know that Assistant Master Mechanic
James Richie of Sheridan, who has been
long very i'll, resumed work on Monday
of last week.
Wednesday morning, a little son of
Lewis Caster was struck on the head by
a hoe by a young playmate sustaining
an ugly cash about three inches long,
which the surgeon had to repair.
The recent supreme court decision
touching the interstate commerce COM
mission is said to seriously effect the
pass question, combining the issuance of
passes alone to railroad employees and to
them only when on company business.
The Massachusetts supreme court has
decided that school teachers have no
right to require scholars to peach" on
each other. The decision is in the inter-
est of morality and will improve the
esprit de corps of the average Yankee
kidlet, no doubt.
On the recent trip of the president of
France two of the private cars were
lighted by acetylene gas. The expert
ment succeeded perfectly and the Paris
Observation-Disclosures railroad will prob
ably supply most of its coaches with the
apparatus. The new gas is coming into
use slowly but surely. After the specu-
lative period is over there will be a time
of genuine development. Then we may
look for substantial reductions in the
cost of the Illuminating fluid.