McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-03-20
NEBRASKA INTERESTS.

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Two trains collided near Plattsmeuth
On the 7th, one Of them running at the rate
OF twenty miles an hour. Conductor Eriison
was injured about the head, Fireman Ruse
and Engineer Spurgeon were painfully
hurt and six other persons slightly bruised.
The escape Of the passengers and employees
ts considered miraculous. One Of the Ell.
gines was badly wrecked.
Bishop Cla-kson, who had suffered
for several days from severe attack Of
pneumonia, died at his residence In Omaha
early on the morning of the 10th, aged 58
years.
T. j. Potter, of the Burlington road,
telegraphs to 81. P. Deuel. at Omaha: tsOur
trains out of Omaha will be daily. The
to ascertain when the Burlington trains
leave for Chicago"
w. H. Reid, found guilty of man
given ten years imprisonment In the peni-
Tertiary At hard labor, and to pay the costs
OF prosecution. The court ordered that
during his imprisonment Reid be confined
In the solitary cell on the 22d of each July,
the anniversary of his deed.
James Paxton, of Louisville, left home
February 18th for Ainsworth, Nebraska, by
rail. Bis family are deeply concerned, as
kilograms from there give no trace of him.
He had quite sum Of money on leaving
home, expecting to buy land or locate
homestead.
The Central City Courier tells of a
useful horse owned by Frank Herst, of that
place. Mr.. HIS children hitch up the nag,
and the five pile into the sleigh and away
they 90 to school without lines, and when
they get to school, mile and half dis
tant, they turn the old nag loose and he
goes home alone. At night Mr.. II. bitches
up the horse and away he goes right back
TO school alone, and away they 60 giggling
over the snow back home.
Twenty families from the eastern
states arrived at Beatrice a few days ago,
bringing with them their household furni-
implements. They will all become settlers
here along with thousands of others who
are rolling into Nebraska as fast as the cars
can bring them.
Mr.. Hoback, who has lived in Cass
county thirty years, claims to be the father
Of the first white child born in the territory
OF Nebl aska, the same having made his ap-
pearance on June 8, 1854, or when the
territory was but four days old. Mr.. H.
located his claim and bought the right from
the Indians May %, 1854, the day before
Nebraska organized as a territory, and
months before the Indians gave up pos
session.
Postofice changes during the week
ending March s, 1884. Established-Con-
cord, Dixon county, David C. Learner,
81. Darnall, postmaster; Pickrell, Gage
county, Joseph W. Chandler, postmaster;
Shubert, Richardson county, Frank M.
King, postmaster; Thatcher, Cherry coun-
ty, Loren f. Lewis, postmaster. POST
masters appointed: Ayr, Adams county,
III. A. Howe; Camden, Seward county, E.
Kinney; Stowe, Frontier county, Hannah
NJ. Heaton. -..-.
Theodor Olsen, of Omaha, has been
Nebraska, and received his commission
from the Danish minister on the 18th.
j. Muller, of Council Bluffs, pro-
or lows girl between the ages of 16 and "a,
who at the coming Nebraska state fair shall
show herself to be the smartest in a given
number of points
The kensaw Times thinks that at
best the desert line can be kept within the
borders of Nebraska but few years longer.
It is scientific fact that the rainfall is adj
vancing westward at rapid rate, and suf-
ficient moisture is all that is required to
make the buffalo grass region as productive
as any other.
Cold and long as has been the win
ter North Loup's building boom has gone
steadily forward, and activity in this line
will be greatly increased within the next six
weeks.
In period of six weeks not freight
train left Paramount that did not have as
high as forty cars of grain gathered along
the route. This shows how Nebraska s
cereal products are going to market.
John Ray, of Harlan county, is out
$179 taken from his trunk while he slept.
Matt Daugherty, j. R. johnson and
j. w. Craig, Of Crete, are interested in
%, 200 acres of railroad lard in Keith
county.
A large meeting of citizens was held
at Omaha to give expression to the sorrow
at the death of Bishop Clarkson. Ad
dresses were made by Hon. E. Willard, A;
j. Poppleton, Judges Savage and Popple-
ton and Revs. Harsha and Lemon.
Application was made at a Lincoln
real estate Office for wife. The applicant
was a farmer by occupation, but being
without farm, he Is at present without
job, and wants to secure a widow not over
thirty years of age, who has we'll i'm.
proved homestead. The agent informed
would sec what he could do for him.
A gentleman who returned to Ne
braska City from an extended trip to the
southern part of the state, declares that
emigrants are pouring into the state by the
hundred every day. In nearly every village
he visited it was almost impossible to obtain
lodgings on account Of the vast throng of
land-seekers. He predicts that in year
from now there will not be single piece Of
land to be had for demonstrating purposes
in the southern part of the state.
Salem is excited over stock bitten by
a mad dog and exhibiting signs Of hydro
phobia.
o. G.. Roberts, while out cunning
near Red Cloud, on the Republican river,
shot and killed large white swan which
measured seven feet from tip to tip. Its
neck was nearly three feet long.
The remains of the late Bishop
Clarkson were laid to rest at Omaha on the
18th, an immense throng attending the OBJ
sequies. Burial took place on the south
side Of the cathedral, Immediately opposite
the TRANSIENT window