McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-11

While coupling cars at Harvard, j. j. Cass
dy, brakeman on the b. & NJ, slipped an
fell, and before he could regain himself one O
HIS arms was caught beneath car wheel an
so mangled as to make amputation necessary
Messrs. Lane and Mcconnell, Of the Uniol
Pacific, have been making tour over the 81
Joe and Western road with view, 1t is said
of making an estimate of the value of it
property in case the q. P. concludes to pur
| chase II.
The tallest man in the Fremont reunion
camp was George French, Of Bradshaw. H,
stands six feet nine inches in his stockings
and his comrades say he is still growing. Tht
Illinois soldiers in camp had parade to the
| number of about 300.
The chair made vacant by the death OF
Bishop Clarkson still remains unoccupied
Rev. DIR. Potter, of Hobart college, having de
clined the place. A special council will be
held on the 9Th of November for the purpose
of choosing another name.
A number Of boys at Lincoln not only filed
up in mans melon patch, but destroyed all
the best ones that were left The owner of the
melons had them arrested. and three of the
u
before the matter was settled.
Frank Hauser was fatally hurt by a runa.
way at the Omaha stock yards. The pony
which he was riding ran away and plunged in
to the midst of q herd of cattle. The pony
stumbled over calf and fell, catching its
rider as it went over and injured him so that
he cannot live.
Mr.. E. c. Burns, of Dodge county, has the
autograph of Wirz, the Andersonville prison
commander. 1t is signed to the following:
"Hdqt's Confederate State Military Prison,
Camp sumpter, Ga, Sept. 2, 1854. E. C. Burns
has permission to go to dispensatory and re-
turn to hospital. Good from o'clock a. m.
to p. M
Dispatches were recently received at
Omaha from Chicago and elsewhere asking if
any part of Nebraska had suffered and what
the prospects were. The answer went back
that there were no frosts yet and no immedi-
ate fears of any, and that the general rains
over the state on Sunday had been followed
by hot weather.
The West Nebraska Mission conference con-
vened at Kearney on Wednesday, Bishop Will
bur Fisk Mallalieu, of Boston, presiding. All
parts of the conference territory were repre-
sented. Among the prominent men in atten-
dance were DIR. Frye. editor of the Central
Christian Advocate, Elders Thomas B. Lemon,
of Kearney; Gallagher, of Hastings; Miller, of
York, and President Thompson, of York col
lege.
H. L. Bond, of J. F. Reynolds Post, No. 49,
6. A. R., of Osceola, Neb., was accidentally
shot, being hit by stray bullet from shoot
ing gallery at the Fremont reunion. The ball
entered on the right side of his neck near the
shoulder blade. The wounded man was taken
up town at once, where he received medical
attention. At last accounts he was able to
ak and walk about, and it is thought is not
very seriously wounded.
r. c. Guthrie, ex-city marshal of Omaha, has
,een taken by Sheriff Grebe to the peniten-
iary at Lincoln, to serve his term of eighteen
months. the sentence imposed upon him by
Judge Neville for bribery at the last term of |
he district court of Douglas county. The |
prisoner still hopes for a new trial Pending |
ction of the supreme court on this question |
he prisoner will be allowed to remain ten |
aysin the penitentiary without being shaved. |