McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-25
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10 where you Will over the country,
says the Nelson Herald, you can see great
heaps of corn lying on the ground. Prices are
so low that farmers do not care to sell, and
lumber is so high that they can not afford to
buy crhbage.
The verdict in the suit of Mrs. Lena
Peterson, of Omaha, against Charles Rasmus-
sen and his bondsmen, to recover for loss of
support through sale of liquor to her husband
at Rasmussens saloon, was for $1,000 in favor
of Mrs. Peterson.
At late meeting of the board of
regents of the Nebraska University it was ore
dered that leave Of absence be granted to the
chancellor until the March meeting of the
board for the purpose of visiting other educa-
tional institutions.
The mechanics and civil engineers
and land surveyors have organized state So
ciety for mutual benefit and protection. They
will hold state convention in Lincoln some
time in January. Mr.. j. P. Walton, of Lin
coin, is the secretary.
An Omaha burglar entered the resi-
dence of DIR. Heimrod in daylight and stole a
portion of the gentleman's wife's wardrobe.
AS he was emerging from the house Heimrod
met the thief at the door, knocked him down
and held him till an officer appeared.
A stranger hailing from Leadville,
Colorado, went into an Omaha negro den of
iniquity and fell asleep. While in that condi-
tion he claimed to have been robbed of $500
No guilty parties have thus far been found and
there is no clue to the whereabouts of the lost
wealth.
There is a gentleman in Milford who,
finding a stranger without money or relatives
was dangerously sick, voluntarily supplied him
with nurse and medical attendance for five
weeks at cost of about $40 per week, with
little assurance that his money would ever be
returned.
The team of Frank Levengood, of
Nemaha county ran away, throwing the driver
out but not injuring him. The team ran a
mile, stopping on the railroad track where they
became entangled and were run over by a
locomotive and cut to pieces. The locomotive
was ditched.
A telegraph line party have returned
to Fort Robinson from work, having cut the
poles and dug the holes for over thirty-five
miles of the distance between that place and
Laramie. The work of stringing the wires
will be begun as soon as the material arrives
from Sidney.
Ex-Governor Furnas. who is in charge
of Nebraska's exhibit at New Orleans, desires
to keep a register of the names of all Ne
braskans who visit the exposition. He asks all
Nebraska citizens who contemplate visiting
the exposition not to forget to register their
names at the headquarters of the Nebraska
display.
Farragut post, G. A. R., of Lincoln,
has taken up the search for J. A. Thompson,
who disappeared so mysteriously short time
since. Mr.. Hoagland is sending letters to the
different posts throughout the country and
also advertising in the National Tribune. He
has been given authority to use the post seal
in the correspondence.
Last week Mrs. B. F. Stump's place
of business in Columbus was closed by Messrs.
Oberfelder e Co., of Omaha, under a chattel
mortgage held by them. The collapse was
surprise to many business men who deemed
her perfectly solvent. Mrs. S. leaves many
creditors to deplore the situation, as the avail
able assets will not nearly 60 round
The Bloomington Guard says: VIM.
Morlan & Son, our town nurserymen, planted
rather less than half an acre in peanuts last
spring and the result is fully fifty bushels of
beautiful nuts They sell readily at $500 per
bushel, showing yield of about $500 per acre!
Morlan says there is no trouble to raise them,
and next season they expect to be able to sup
ply the people of the entire valley.
The Wakefield Republican under
stands that negotiations are in progress to ship
extensive quantities of corn to Wisconsin and
Minnesota from that point, one of the condi-
lions of which is that the northern consumers
will pay enough for the same, that in no in
starce the price paid in Nebraska is to be less
than Is cents.
The trial of the case of Mrs. Levina
Calhoun against d.. Schildknecht, of Platts
mouth, for $4,000 alleged damages by injury
to her jaw in the pulling of tooth, came to a
close few days ago, when the jury, after be-
ing out between two and three hours, brought
in verdict for defendant The case was one
of exceeding interest, and the court room was
crowded during the two days trial.
R. P. Beecher, says the Lincoln Jour-
nal. has returned from ST. Augustine, Fla.
On his way back he spent twenty-four hours at
New Orleans. He expresses great qualification
at the splendid display made by the Nebraska
commission at the exposition. He predicts
land the prediction has since been veritied)
that when the exposition opens Nebraska will
make the best showing of any state in the
union.
Grand Islands churches, the Times
is sorry to say. are its poorest public buildings