McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-05-29


case and his present Strengthened condition
financially, asking his aid Ia procuring the
amount he was entitled to from Uncle Sam.
In reply he received an encouraging letter
from the senator, and nicely folded In one
corner was fve-dollar William. That
kind Of charity goes good Wa 70, and dis
counts well wishes two to onf
An irate husband of p vince City
severely thumped youngI an of that town
for providing around his no Use after night
and frightening his wife.
A prairie fire burned over a |, rye
tract In Nance county last week, doing
trees, and would have sacrificed q cow or
two but for the timely arrival of help.
Thousands OF plum trees, in full bloom,
went up In fire and smoke, much to the re-
greet of.all.
The Nebraska Sunday School associ-
alton have changed the date for the annual
convention. 1t Is now called to meet at
Waboo, June "a, 25 and 20.
Rev. DIR. Worthington, of Detroit,
has been chosen bishop of Nebraska, to
succeed the late Bishop Clarkson.
The state republican central commit
tee have fixed upon Omaha as the place and
August 9th as the date for holding the
state convention. The basis of representa-.
eioH Wos uAcu VIC sauo ID tuc last Statc
convention.
Horse thieves are said to be raiding
Kearney county. One of the gang stopped
one Of Henry Hurlburt's men In Keene
township, while he was blowing, making
him unhitch the horse, while the scoundrel
mounted the animal and rode away.
George Allen stepped into al Omaha
drug store few nights ago and called for
ing it he suddenly fell to the floor, dead.
Heart disease.
A hand-car with four section men
jumped the track near Filley the other day.
George Boughman had a leg broken and J.
S. White was hurt about the head. None
of the others were injured.
w. L. Sprague, while out hunting
near Wood River, Hall county, was the
victim of q premature discharge of his gun,
injuring his left hand so badly that ampu-
tation was found necessary.
A syndicate recently formed in
Bloomington, will at once commence the
erection of upwards of fifty new tenement
houses
Mr.. Memo, aged 20, while blowing
with sulky pillow lately, was thrown from
the seat and caught between the wheel and
lever. After the team had run three miles,
the lever worked loose and let the pillow
drop, stopping the horses. When picked
up the old gentleman was dead.
There are but few towns in the state,
says the Sentinel, that are SO fortunate as
Humboldt as to have among its citizens one
whose magnanimity and generosity is ex-
hibited In way that Is calculated to be Of
such lasting nature IS that OF establishing
public library and reading room. The
library now has on its shelves over 1, 900
volumes of car efully selected reading mat
ter, which will be added ito as the occasion
requires, suitable for all ages.
In Clay county, last week, two men
were sentenced to the penitentiary for bur-
glary-one for five years and the other for
one year. Two bastardy cases were also
tried. There was disagreement in one
case, and in the other the defendant set
tied by planking down $500 to the young
lady whom he had ruined under promise Of
marriage.
A tramp whose name was not developed,
was run over by the cars at Wood river,
last week, the body being mutilated in q
most horrible manner. The coroner's in
quest failed to develop any particulars, fur
Their than stated above. The tramp was
probably attempting to climb on the truck
and fell under the wheels.
The Protestant Episcopal church at
its recent session in Omaha resolved that
a committee of six, consisting of the rectors
and senior wardens of the Omaha parishes,
be appointed to take into consideration the
erection of q monument to the late Bishop
Clarkson; also that the council recomm end
to the parishes of this diocese the propriety
OF erecting suitable monument to the
memory of the late reverend diocesan.
During the prevalence of high wind
some scoundrel started prairie fire in
Knox county which destroyed the stable,
hog pens, two fine sows, large quantity or
hsy, etc.. belonging to Charles Cline. If
the man who started the fire can be appre-
hended there is likely to be slight reduction
in the population of Knox county.
Burglars entered the house of S. X.
Hole, at Lincoln, and, chloroforming him
and his wife, proceeded to 60 through Mr..
HIS pants pockets, securing silver watch
and So in currency. They also visited sew
eral other houses the same night, but did
| not succeed in gaining: entrance. The cap
ital city has its full quota of crooks, for
| whom plenty of shotguns and other fire.
| arms are held in readiness.
An entertainment was recently given
at Lincoln in behalf of procuring a town
clock. The same thing was tried in Omaha
| few years ago, and although the concert
was literally patronized and much money
| paid in, the metropolis of the state is still
minus the time sounder. Plans of the pro-
| jectors were all On tick.