The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1906-04-27

Boss Boilermaker w. E. Heating re-
turned, this week, from a visit to rela-
tives at Rome, New York.
o. w. Sampson, lately retired from
the train service, has gone west, expect
ing to secure a job on the coast.
w. S. Tomlinson has gone up to Sid
ney to investigate claims against the
company on account of a big prairie fire
near Dalton, covering a territory 10x35
miles.
Engineer M. R. Gates and family, ex-
cept Henry, left for Republican, Satur
! day night last on IA, to make their home
there, where Mr.. Gates recently purchas-
ed a residence property.
C.. H. Stennett departed, Sunday
morning on No. 2, for Fairbury, Neb.,
where he takes a position as substitute
in the railway mail service into which
he was recently appointed.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Eastman went
down to Kansas City, last Friday night,
on a visit to his sister of a few days.
Mr.. Eastman is off duty with an in
jured hand. They arrived home on 3,
Tuesday night.
Roundhouse Foreman w. j. Krauter
was down from Akron, Thursday morn
ing between trains, completing the
transfer of his residence property here,
recently sold by him to Engineer W. c..
Schenck, on Melvin etreet.
Mrs. Gray, who has been running
"The Elberon''on Curtis ST.. Denver, has
moved to "The Bell' rooming house on
California street-No. 1850. This will
be news to the railroad boys who have
been stopping at the Curtis street
house.
One of the special relief trains run
over the Burlington, last Sunday, made
the distance from Hastings to McCook
in two hours and 81 minutes. The dis
lance is 132 miles. Pretty good time
for a freight train. The company run
ten trai' of that character on Sunday
alone
Mrs. Warren Fuller of Denver is one
of the few wives of Burlington engine
men to receive an annual pass. Mr..
Fuller is now running on the Denver
Lyons branch, and has been in the en-
CINE service of the company for over a
quarter of a century, ard was with the
company when the ferry was in use at
Plattsmouth in the early days of Bur-
lington history.
R. M. Tucker, a B. & M. engineer of
Wymore, Neb., was in a wreck in Colo
RADIO three weeks ago and was badly in
jured about the head. He is recovering
but the railroad company will send him
to California to spend a year, and will
pay him So a day and expenses during
his absence. If that isn't giving an en-
ploye ''a square" deal we don't know
what the words mean.-Concordia
Blade.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Bross were called
down to Lincoln, Sunday morning on
No. II, by the death of Mr.. Bross's
brothers. wife. The Lincoln Star of
Monday makes brief mention as follows:
''Mrs. Bessie G.. Bross, wife of Phillip
F. Bross, died at Ills o'clock Saturday
night at her home, S17 North Twenty
sixth street. She was 26 years of age.
The funeral will be private and will be
held at three o'clock tomorrow after
moo Burial will be inWyuka cemetery"
Phillip Bross, it will be remembered,
was in the Burlington emplcye at this
point, three or four years since, as shop
clerk.
Conductor and Mrs. A. P. Bonnet
departed on No. Is, Monday morning,
for Alliance, Nebraska, on a visit to
General Sup't and Mrs. J. R. Phelan,
on their way to EauClaire, Wisconsin,
whittier they are bound to make their
future home. This removes from our
railroad circles one of the oldest con-
ductors on the McCook division-Mr.
Bonnet having been in service for "a
years, and of this time 81 years as a
passenger conductor running out of Nc
Cook. Conductor Bonnet resigned his
position to engage in other business in
Wisconsin. After visiting a week or
two in Alliance they will make a short
stay in Southern Wisconsin, before
finally making EauClaire. They have
the best wishes of many McCook friends
in and outside of the railway circles for
their future prosperity and happiness in
their Wisconsin houe.