McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-18
NEBRA.SKA ITEMS.

While driving delivery wagon
short time ago at Fairbury James Short wa
thrown from it, breaking one of his legs.
Wheat raised near Brock threshed 8
bushels to the acre.
1t is said the town of Sacramento viii
be moved to the line of the "cut OFF, wher
completed, distance of five miles.
Mrs. Briggs, of Ainsworth, fell from
her wagon the other day and broke an arm
David City Republican: j. WinshiE
is certainly the most thoroughly hoggisl
man in Butler county. This week he mar.
keted eight porkers aggregating 3, $40 lbs,
an average weight OF 413A lbs. He mus,
surely raise something on which to feed his
hogs. Prairie grass would not produce
such results. If any man can beat this in
"swihishness'' we would be glad to hear
from him.
Potter, the man who forged the
name of his father in law to note for $3.50
and secured the money thereon at the First
National Bank, Tecumseh, was sentenced to
three years imprisonment In the peniten-
tiary.
Greenwood Eagle: While digging
the trenches for the foundation of his new
brick residence on Friday last, II. II. Alden
found the head of an Indian arrow twenty
six inches below the surface.
A messenger from the north part of
the county reported at Kearney sad acct
dent which happened about noon Monday.
day. Mrs. Lizzie Watson and months
old son were driving along the road, having
COW tied to the rear end of the wagon.
The cow became unmanageable and upset
the wagon, instantly killing the baby and
injuring the mother to such an extent as to
render her recovery doubtful.
An Omaha Republican special from
Columbus on Sunday stated that fatal ac-
cident occurred one mile north of that city
at O'Clock Saturday evening. A family of
five Polanders in a heavy lumber wagon,
with young spirited team, were journey
ing homeward, near Platte Centre, when
one fore wheel suddenly struck into a rut,
breaking the front axle. The team becom-
ing frightened and unmanageable, started
on wild run, pitching the occupants out and |
instantly killing one of the women. The |
others escaped with only slight injuries. |
But the strangest part of the occurrence is, |
up to this writing, the driver of the team
has not been found, although diligent search
has been made in all directions. If not sud-
denly demented by the catastrophe, his mys-
able. All the parties are Polish and have re-
sided for the past siXyears about three miles
north of Platte Center. The names could
not be learned.
The farmers in the vicinity of Gibbon
have formed a 'sprairie- association,
the object of which is to protect their lands
and property.
Twenty miles more of grading on the
B. & NJ. cut off through Phelps county
have been contracted for.
Work will soon begin on half dozen
new buildings in Stuart. The town grows.
Stuart Ledger: A man named Cato c
pheffer, the government tailor at Fort Mo- I
orara, was fatally shot on Tuesday, but I'M +
Ter what circumstances, whether accident +
lily or otherwise, we have been unable to t
earn. His body was taken to O'Neill for C
nterment. a
The freshmen and sophomores of the
have settled the question whether
''freshie" can wear a cane by a general
ght of the classes, in which the superior ~
numbers of the younger ones made their
ictors. So canes they will carry.
At the annual session of the Grand
lodge of Good Templars at Crete on Friday, q
he following officers were elected for the .
nsuing year: G. w. G. T., Frank J. Sib- -
"; G. W V. T., Anna NJ. Saunders; W. n
James Morrison; grand secre- =,
Try, NJ. Weaverling. Delegates to the -,
light Worthy Grand Lodge: F. J. Smith
nd George Scott; alternates, A. H. Bowen
nd 81. NJ. Mccartney.
Confirmation was administered to 80 y.
by Bishop O'Connor in the Blair p
atholic church on recent Sunday. CT,
The state university has 260 students of
lrolled. wi
Opposition The merchants and bust
,ss men of WILDER Monday evening held a us
Getting looking towards organizing stock NJ
mpany and building another grain eleva- it
r of 80, 600 bushels capacity. Committees att
ere appointed to ascertain cost and secure tn
ounds, and if their report is favorable the ag
svator will be built at once.
Greenwood Eagle: We learn that on :