McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
NEBRASKA ITEMS.


Doniphan Index: A thousand dollars
have been raised at Kenesaw for the erec-
ton of Freewill Baptist church, and the
ground has only been partially canvassed.
1t is thought that enough will be raised to
build fine church. The house when
erected twill be occupied, in common, by
the churches holding services in that town.
Tecumseh Journal: E. Keplinger
met with very narrow escape Tuesday
while leading COW. The animal became
unmanageable, and after knocking KEEP.
He was dug out Of about eight inches Of
mud, with one finger broken, and the entire
eft hand badly bruised.
Broken Bow is to have a new school
house.
A stock and agricultural exhibition is
to be held at Broken Bow in a few weeks.
New rollers, to cost $1,000, are to be
put into David City's Touring mill.
Mrs. Neff, lady of sixty-nine years,
sustained broken leg by being thrown from
a wagon near Lincoln on Wednesday. The
injury necessitated amputation, and it is
feared she will not recover.
A member of the Omaha board of
education has sued out an injunction to re-
strain the hiring of music and drawing
teachers in the Omaha schools; also to pro-
hibit hiring teachers from abroad while
''local talent' is idle.
Blair Republican: Saturday morning
last John j. Cooper, an old and well-known
resident of this city, employed in Bendort's
brick yard, west of town, met with we'll
nigh fatal accident. He was digging under
bank of clay, and at the instant he turned
to throw shovelful in a cart standing by
the bank fell, throwing him violently for
ward as it struck his back, and his face
coming in contact with some of its timbers
or corners was crushed and torn terribly.
He was taken to his home in DeXter's
addition, and Doctors Taylor and Bedal
were called. The found the upper jaw
fractured and the lower broken in three
places. Dentist Smith bored through it
and wire was inserted to hold it in place.
His condition is precarious. all nourishment
being conveyed to the stomach through
tube, but as he has sustained no
vital injuries, DR.. Taylor has hopes of his
recovery. Mr.. Cooper has family who
were dependent on his earnings, and his
friends and others subscribed quite sum
for their assistance, to which more will be
added.
The mother of Prof. McKinnon, of
Lincoln, took a large dose of carbolic acid
the other day by mistake. Prompt applica-
lion of antidetes saved her life.
Ord has killed it's first rat. None
had ever been seen there till then.
Fairfield Herald: Mr.. M. L. Byrkit
while hunting on the Sandy Tuesday even
ing noticed two ducks of strange variety,
quite as large as the Mallard duck, migrat-
ing southwark, and apparently after
a long flight were anxious to set
tie down for nights rest. In Ia
short time they approached within gun shot
and he succeeded in killing the pair. After
his return home, in the crop of one was
found 50 little fish, about IL inches in length
declared by our best judges to be black bass.
The fish from indications had not been cap
tured more than twelve hours previous, and
as none of that variety are found for hun
dreds of miles northward, it is evident that
the ducks had made very long journey dur
ingithe day-it seems almost incredible that
one duck could devour such basket of food
and though ''fish story" yet nevertheless
true.