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

cred such.
Three inches of snow fell in parts Of
Maine on Monday.
New York sold 100000 of the new
cent stamps the first day and Chicago $50,
600.
A severe frost on Sunday night did
severe damage to grapes and vegetables near
Montreal.
Kansas City had a severe rainstorm
Monday night, many houses being flooded
and others blown down by the wind.
The democratic ticket won, as gen.
eral thing, at the Boston municipal election
on Monday.
A severe wind storm at Lexington,
KY, Sunday afternoon blew down the Gin
cinnati Southern engine house, took off the
roofs of the First. National bank, Press
office and Baker & Mason's warehouse.
Forshee's tobacco warehouse was demol-
ished. No lives lost.
In the Connecticut town elections on
Monday the republicans are reported to
have made large gains.
A pupil in a shrieking fit caused q
stampede in New York grammar school
Tuesday, during which an alarm of fire was
turned in. BY the time the firemen arrived
the pupil had nearly all gotten out without
injury.
Pillsbury & Hulbert's elevator, at
HARDWOOD, D. T., burst Tuesday by the
pressure of 60, 900 bushels of wheat therein.
Most of the grain was saved.
Mitchell and Sheriff fought seven
rounds in a secluded spot on Long Island
Tuesday afternoon, without attaining any
results.
Christine Nilsson arrived in New York
from Europe on Tuesday.
John Hoey, of the Adams express
company of New York, advertises caution
ing people not to cash drafts, checks, etc.,
upon him made by his son George, givinaas
a reason that the young man is of unso,nd
mind.
Bancroft, the historian, was IS years
old on Wednesday and celebrated the event
at Newport.
The Canada Pacific railroad authori-
ties have issued a circular directing that con-
ductors shall not allow passengers to turn
over the seat or anyone to take parcel of
any kind into the car, even lunch baskets
being ngidly excluded.
5 A fire in Hahnemann hospital, Chi
cago, on Friday night caused general alarm
among the patients, and damage amounting
to 81, 900. The library was destroyed.
A locomotive ran into a street-car at
Philadelphia on Friday evening at cross
ing and demolished it. The car was full of
passengers, and two of them were fatally
injured, all being more or less hurt. It was
a bob-tail car, and the driver claims he
could not do all required.
There is bitter temperance war in
Washington, the prohibition people making
an attempt to prevent the issue of licenses
to about 1 800 saloon keepers who have been
Minneapolis was visited by severe
thunder storm on Sunday night, during
which large sash and blind factory was
struck by lightning and burned, occasioning
a loss of 1858, ZOO.
A dummy car was derailed in Chicago
Sunday afternoon and one passenger fatally
injured, eight others receiving slight bruises.
Dallas, Tex, had terrible confag-
ration in the cotton pressing district on Sat-
urday, destroying ninety buildings and en-
failing loss of about $500, 200.
A second mortgage of 800, 100000 on
all the property of the Northern Pacific is
about to be issued.
Memphis suffered damage amount
ing to ST., ZOO by fire on Sunday afternoon,
> large dry goods house and number of
minor establishments being burned out.