McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
GENERAL NEWS.

DIR. MARY WALKER is going to re-
side in England, and the Boston Courier
thinks she ought to take up her resi-
dence IN Middlcsex.
MooDE and Sankey have gone to Il
foreign shore TO spread the gospel and
subdue the uneonverted. They will at
first devote 4 couple Of weeks to the
south of Ireland and then take in Lon
don in the prosecution Of their labey5
Mr.. VANDERBILT handed in his per-
sonal check the other Gay iii NewYork
for $3.50, 900 in payraent of his taxes
for the year. He proposes to get
even by watering the stock of some of
the half dozen roads which he
controls
T A CORRESPONDENT who saw Alfonso,
the Spanish king, at Hamburg, says he
is an insipid little creature, who is Civ
en- to cigarettes and garlic. He loves
to drive out. behind fine horses, and is
evident y under the Impression that the
people are anxious to see hilav
THE university of Edinburgh is soon
to celebrate tire 30th anniversary Of its
establishment The occasion will be
COMMUNICATED by the expenditure of
ESQ. 900 on new buildings for the med:
ical school, on which nearly 100000
has been spent the last ten years.
r. C.. GoRNwELL of Crete, teacher
by profession, has disappeared from
that place, after embezziing large
sum of money A. reward is offered
for Cornwell's arrest ana detection.
Cornwell is about fifty years old, and.
!, when he left Crete had long dark
beard and moustache. He has dark
complexion with dark hair and dark.
eyes. ard is. about five feet. six inches
tall.
THE head Srakemen on one. of the
Plattsmouth brid ge division crews had
very narrow escape the other morn
ing. AS the train was coming this
way through the. cut he attempted to
step from the top Of one hex. car to
another: ard missing his foothola ne
fell between the cars, striking in such a
manner on the couplings as to- bounce
off beyond the reach ofthe rapidly run
ming car wheels Bee.
A SYNDICATE of Cleveland capt.
alists has purchased the Denver, Utah
& Paeiffersalfead for $3.50, 09O in cash
and 5000. 600 in first mortgage bonds,
equal to $40, 900 per mile. The first
, move made by the new owners will be to-
thoroughly equip the road An effort
will be made to have trains enter and
depart from the Union depot in Denver
and cemmencerunningP passenger trains ,
to Longment and BoaIder. Next year
+ it is proposed to push the extension of
the read as originally. laiaooa., ana to
connectiwith the Greeley, Iongmon1 &
Western road and build as far north as
CHEYENNE. 1t Is tbouubt the local traf
fic: on this road will more than ,ay
good interest onsthe first cost.
Mr. EvARTS has retained haine ,.e-
lighted with the Northern Pacific aud
the empire which is tributary t., it. ie
finds that it. cOiirn ,nds an UNI. alii.d
bread producing: area; that it Is oaO
miles nearer China from New Y orS-.t.Itu
any other through road, and that All the
Northern harbors are good THIS is al
good, says the Salt. Lake Tribune. but
the route not remarkable in that wa:
| is chief advantage is that along nearly
the whole length Of the road there are
places for homes, where people can ulaze
2 good living and still as mass-nct be-
come too rich Throughout most Ct
the route Of tie Northern Pacific there
are noc gniug to be many very rich mer
ana very few very poor men. This il