McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-03-06
NEBRASKA ITEMS.

the purpose of building bridge across the
Missouri river at Decatur.
James N. o. Sherwood, of New York,
has brought suit in the United States court
against the C ty of Brownville to recover
money due on bonds issued by the city sew
aral years ago. The plaintiffs petition en-
braces seventy-two counts.
Blair Pilot: Sheriff Gross arrived on
Friday last from Ohio, having with him the
prisoner Hiram Lee, having made the round
trip, taking in Lincoln, Neb., and Column
bus, Ohio, to procure his requisition, in five
days. When arrested Lee had on a $50 suit
of clothes that he had just stolen, and they
were identified by the owner, who refused
to take them after he had worn them.
A strange and fatal disease among
hogs has made its appearance in the vicinity
of Fremont, and great many have died.
Those who have observed the effects say
that the hog is very suddenly taken sick,
stops eating coughs some, and within few
hours lies down and dies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whiting, of Nuckolls
county, recently celebrated the siXtieth an
niversary of their married life.
1t is said the B. & M. will build
new and commodious depot at Grafton this
year.
A subscription paper is in circula-
ton at Sidney for building Methodist
church. Fifteen hundred dollars has thus
far been subscribed.
Beaver City is jubilant over its prospects.
Newcomers are arriving daily and the town
has boom of no mean pretensions. Mer-
chants are doing rushing business, and
the outlook on all sides is decidedly en-
couraging.
The Congregational society of Free
mont contemplate building house Of wor-
ship at an early day.
Brakeman T. Farrell, of B. & M.
freight No. 90, was killed at Cedar Greek
quarries by falling under a fiat car which
broke in two. His body was taken to Men,
dota, ILL.,, by his brother, j. P. Farrell, of
Beatrice.
Gen. o. o. Howard is giving series
of lectures throughout the state, his SUBJ
ject being ''The Battle of Gettysburg.o
Genoa Enterprise: The inter marry
ing of white people with Indians is getting
more popular. "A number of Omaha Indi-
ans have for some time been married and
living with whites near their agency. And
recently not only has the matron in the gov
eminent school at the Santee agency taken a
young Santee brave for life partner, but
Rev. S. S. Hinman has taken wife of
like birth. This information may have
tendency to sooth the SORROWS Of some of
the old bachelors of this neighborhood who
have been vainly searching for the last
twenty years for one of the fair sex to share
heir SORROWS.
Valentine Reporter: Yesterday morn
ing an Indian came into the postofice to
buy dollars worth of stamps, telling us
in broken English that he was going to send
letters to his children, who had just gone
to Genoa to attend school. Who says the
Indian is not civilized?
The Hastings Journal says a man on
Capt. Yocum's farm selected twenty ears
of corn from his crib and took five kernels
of corn from each ear. These he placed in
a pan of earth which was kept in the kitch-
en-. After sufficient time had expired he
examined the corn and by actual count
found that ninety-nin kernels had sprout-
ed in good shape and were growing. Other
farmers seem to think that much of the
early planted corn of last year will grow.
A fire at Lincoln on the 9th de-
stroyed property to the value Of 100000, on
which there was partial insurance.
The barn of j. B. Sheppard, near
Fullerton, took fire, and before anything
could be done to save the stock or grain,
burned to the ground. Three span of
horses persisted in the flames, and large
amount of grain was destroyed.
Stock in Brown county are reported
as doing well and looking first class. The
season having been a comparatively open
one and but little snow having fell, it has
been necessary to iced but little, the cattle
picking up their own living on the range.
The tide of immigration expected in
northern Nebraska is commencing to arrive
with the approach of the spring months.
The Omaha Republican publishes the
replies from 300 leading republicans, COW
ering every county in Nebraska. The re-
plies indicate the first choice for presiden-
tial nomination as follows: For Blaine, 107;
Logan, So; Arthur, 81; Edmunds, IS;
Conkling, 10; Lincoln, II; Gen. Sherman,
10; Senator. Harrison, s.; Grant, 4. There
is nearly unanimous preference for Rob-
ert Lincoln for the vice-presidency.
5Postoffice changes in Nebraska for
the week ending February %, 1884, fur
nished by VIM. Van Week, Of the postofice
department: tablished-Nicholas, Lin
coin county, Richard Brown, postmaster.
niscontinuad-Iih inv Dodoe county. Moo