McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-06-19
STATE CONVERSATIONS.

STATE CONVERSATIONS.
The sheriff of johnson county has
Just overhauled thief who stole three
mules In that county last November and got
away with them. He was caught some.
where In northwestern Iowa, where heiwas
quietly living of the bounty of relatives.
he had sold two of the mules and one Of
them had died.
An attempt was made at Lincoln a
few nights ago to chloroform Judge Mason,
the intention, no doubt, being robbery. II
was discovered that chloroform in consid.
cradle quantities had been thrown into his
room through screen, the window being
up and the blinds open. Luckily, the Judge
was not In town on the evening named and
his room aud bed were empty, otherwise
the scheme Of the villains might have proved
serious.
Major Sweet, inspecting officer of the
Nebraska National Guards completed his
inspection Of Company "C''at Beatrice last
week. AS usual, says the Beatrice Ex-
ter condition and better drilled by far, than
the majority Of the companies of the legi-
ment.
A company of the Nebraska state
militia has been raised in Falls City through
the exertion of N. B. Mcpherson. They
elected the following officers: Captain, r.
A. Wherry; LIST Lieutenant, Frank Elliott;
Cd Lieutenant, E. E, Metz; Orderly SER
geant, B. f. Story; LIST duty sergeant, j.
Pherson; Sd duty sergeant, DR.. Randall;
4th duty sergeant, Ed Minnick; Commits
sary sergeant, B. G. Metz.
The original oldest inhabitant, says
the Journal, was loose in Lincoln yesterday,
hoi yph in ho
to the westward of Grand Island. He has
been in Nebraska for thirty years and yes
terday was the first time he ever SsOt eyes
on them thar street keers.' He was where
Lincoln now stands when the territory
hernandez and hereabouts was the home of
the wild elk, the buffalo and the Indian buck
and buckess.
At Orleans the other day a large
iron safe, supposed to be both burglar and
fre-proof, In the general merchandise store
Of Dale Bros, of that place, was blown
open and the contents, amounting to $3.50
in money and some papers, were stolen.
The robbery was not discovered until morn
ing, when scouts were sent all over the
country. Soon two men were arrested
near Holdrege, who proved to be the right
men, the money and papers being found in
their possession. They were taken to
Orleans and locked up.
Regarding crops, reports from Beaver
City say the acreage of corn is not material
ly changed from last year. Owing to the
wet weather, planting is later, but is now
about completed. What corn is up is look
ing very well and growing nicely. Scarcely
any has rotted, and the stand is even and
good. With continued good rains no doubt
the crop will be larger than ever before.
Rev. F. F. Teeter, of BrownvilIe, and
Mr.. Huckins, of Nebraska City, have Just
closed series of very successful temper
ance meetings at Tecumseh.
Nearly hundred railway conductors
from points as far east as Boone, Iowa, and
representing the roads centering in Omaha,
met in the latter city last week to form
division of their brotherhood. A division
which will be No. 120 of the United States
charter members.
About four hundred excursionists from
Grand Island and vicinity, made the first trip
into Omaha over the B. & NJ. railway on the
9th. They were enthusiastic over the ride
and the route, the west end of which, from
Aurora to Grand Island, is the new extern
sion of the road just finished and which the
excursion was given to open.
A Swede named Olsen, fresh from
the cow pastures of Wyoming, was conf
denced out of $500 by two sharpers in
Omaha a few days ago. The racket was
was for $50, drawn By Munroe s. Co., on
the First National Bank Of Omaha, and
payable to the order of j. G.. Crawford &
Son. Would Mr.. Olsen lend them $500, and
the check as security until the bank
opened? OF course he would, and did.
The money was handed over, andl excusing
bar room to 'tsign receipt" Olsen has
been looking for them and his money since,
without success.
An Omaha young man who was
f'held up'' by robber, after surrender
ing all bis wealth drew revolver and fired
at the retreating thief, who dropped a
stolen watch but held onto the cash. It is
supposed the shot took effect, but with
what result is not known.
When the excursion train from Grand
Island to Lincoln was passing through Sew
ard, man by the name of Stewart, want
ing to stop at home, and as he did not see
and was found with his skull cracked and
face badly disfgured and several bad
bruises. His injuries are serious and may
prove fatal.
One Legnard, of Chicago, the gov
eminent officials claim, has been guilty of
frauds in trying to gobble up more land in
Brown county than the government pre-
sumes one man has the right to take out OF
Uncle Sans domain. 1t is claimed that by
fraudulent entries, by hiring men to prove
up on land on which they had never resided
and on which they had no improvements,
and by other crooked means, Legnard
sought to obtain possession of about 1000
acres of land.
Workmen engaged in excavating the
race at the new mill in Wakefield unearthed
an old-fashioned revolver of antique type,
the relic of some remote generation, about
three feet below the surface. Not far dis
tant were the bones of a horse. The re-
volver was wrapped up in handkerchief,
and had evidently been secreted there.
What the motive was, and why it was never
reclaimed, will probably never be known.
The question of organizing an agri-
cultural society at Ainsworth, The county
seat of Brown county, is being agitated.
A very severe accident happened,
last week to the 7-year old daughter
of Mr.. Carnes, living 3k miles east of Long