McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-20
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| as Iowa coal, ton for ton.
Mrs. Mary Ditmar, Of Oakland, received hel
| little children from Toronto, Canada. They
were taken by Ditmar when he left that sec
| ton three years ago, and upon hearing of his
recent suicide at Toronto, the children were
sent for and have just arrived.
Lewis Anguish, the two-year-old son of E.
Anguish, Of Arapahoe, was thrown out of q
buggy and instantly killed. The mother OF
the boy was also thrown out and severely in
jured. The accident occurred early in the
morning while driving to town.
Beatrice has sixteen different manufacture
ng establishments, employing 600 capital
| and 1913 men. The amount of wages paid pei
year is $4,000; value of raw material used
$106,2OO, and the amount realized for the
manufactured products, $2505OO.
The residence of Wesley N. Kerns, of Table
Rock. burned to the ground on the 7th be-
tween 2 and 3 o'clock. Everything was lost;
nothing saved whatever. The origin of the
fire is mystery. Mr.. Kerns met with a mar
row escape, being nearly suffocated.
Charles Schleger, of Omaha, went hunting
last Sunday, and in returning home used his
gun as a walking-sfick. In this manner one
barrel was exploded, the contents entering
the young mans head and killing him in
stantly. He was Is years old and leaves q
widowed mother.
A disastrous prairie fire, says the Valentine
Reporter, swept over the table land north of
town last week, destroying large amount of
property. David Coggswell is the greatest
sufferer 1nainO his cfahl hou civ hoo ~
horses, and being himself burned SO badly
that life is despaired of.
The st. Helena Nonpareil has no sympathy
with the petition which is being circulated
asking that the commissioners of Cedar county
offer reward for the apprehension of the
men who lynched the man who shot Captain
Phillips. The latter is still alive, but his re-
covery is considered doubtful.
Last week an engine was bringing a freight
train down the hill from the Summit, near
Omaha, when all at once there was loud re-
train. 1t was soon found that the steam
chests had been blown off from both sides Of
the engine. No one was hurt.
The jury in the bribery case of ex-Mayor
Chase, on trial at Omaha, rendered verdict
of acquittal without leaving their seats. Ex-
Marshal Guthrie, serving out term in the
penitentiary, was the main witness in the
case, and he refused to answer questions on
the ground that it would eliminate himsclf
There is at length an end to the efforts of
the Episcopal council of Nebraska to secure
successor to the late lamented Bishop Clark
son. The end has been reached by the con-
sent of the Rev. DR.. Worthington, of Detroit,
to accept the position. He will probably enter
upon his duties about the first of the year.
The Y. NJ. C. A. convention at Omaha elected
the following as members of the state execu-
ter; George F. Work, Hastings; B. L. Paine,
John Miller, C. C. Pierce, J. A. Dummett, Lin
coin; H. H. Chaplin, York; C. F. Harrison, o.
S. Wood, J. S. Detwiler, Omaha; Leavitt Burn
ham, chairman; George A. Joplin, secretary;
j. L. Kennedy, treasurer.
There was meeting of citizens of Lincoln
the other evening to revive the town clock
project and consider what measures should
be taken to secure the funds necessary to
purchase first class clock to furnish perfect
and standard time for the benefit of every
body who cares to read and hear. A COM
mittee to solicit subscriptions for the enter
prise was appointed.
A horse stolen from W. G. Weshans, OF
Omaha, was found by detective in the south
ern part of Sarpy county, and along with it
were taken twelve or fourteen others, all be-
lieved to have been stolen. 1t is the theory
of several who have had occasion to investi-
gate the matter that two bands of these
thieves, one in Kansas and the other in Ne
braska, are constantly plying their nefarious
business.
The rapid development of the western part
of Nebraska ;makes the organization of new
counties necessary at short intervals. The
of Governor Dawes relative to
the organization of Hayes county has jus t
been publishtd in the Lincoln Journal. Secre-
tary Roggen also has in his Office petition
for the organization of new county, bearing
The name of Keya Paha, out of portion Of
Brown county.
Secretary Roggen tells the Lincoln Journal
hat both the proposed. amendments to the
state laws are defeated. That providing for
'ailroad commission is badly showed under
md the other wi l lack ten or fifteen thousand
votes of being carried. The latter is the
amendment extending the length of the ses-
ZION of the legislature to sixty days and fixing
he compensation of members at three hun
ired dollars for the session.
John C. Gass, of Pennsylvania, went to bed |
n Omaha a few nights ago in apparently good
iealth. Shorty after, Mr.. Sargent, with |
whom he was making his home, heard strange |
Ind unusual noises in his room. Going in he |
Gass in the throes of epileptic con-
7ulsions A doctor was hastily summoned,
put could afford no relief. The violence of |
he commissions caused lesion of the blood |
vessels, hemorrhage ensued, and shortly |
the sufferer passed away.
A young man from Omaha went out to Mil |
ard to visit his brother, who works for a |
'armer named Allen. The young man arrived |
1t the farm house about 9 o'clock, and found |
he family had retired. All in sport he raped |
oudly on the door, and in reply to Mr.. Aliens |
luery, "Who's there, and what dc you want?"
'eDlied that he wanted his (A1len's money or |