McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-24
NEBRASKA INTERESTS.

NEBRASKA INTERESTS.
4 party OF duck hunters who went
out from Wayne returned with handsome
white swan, which they had killed. It II
TO be sent to Norfolk to be mounted.
Three incendiary fires were recently
startd In Crete, two Of them accomplishing
their purpose by burning up two stables
A negro has been arrested and Is held or
suspicion. He was seen running away
from one OF the places Just as the fire broke
out.
The local paper figures up that the
improvements In Clarksville as amounting
to little over $40, 600.
The Pawnee Press says that Beatrice
e about the same distance from Omaha as
Fawnee CITY is, yet you can get q round
$40: 1t will cost just s.. 90 to get round
trip ticket between Pawnee City and Lin
ooln, just half the distance. Competition
explains the low rate.
The Beatrice Express learns of ter
rible accident which resulted In the death
OF sixteen months old son of his brother,
Mr.: John Downey, who lives near Plym-
outh, IN JEFFERSON county. A tub Of boil.
no one was there the child came in. It
went to the tub and fell in. It was badly
scalded, but lived thirteen hours in the
most intense suffering.
Orleans county has perfected an i'm
migration society, electing q secretary and
treasurer and appointing standing COM
mittee to take charge Of all matters per.
tanning to immigration.
The stable and hay stacks of Mr..
Henson, Of Wayne county, q newcomer,
were destroyed by fire -ast week. He was
of him and destroyed his stable.
Chas. Oldham, tramp, was arrested
. few days ago for placing an obstruction
on the track between Exeter and Friend
Vile. A couple of 'fsh plates'' had been
firmly strapped on one of the rails In such a
manner that had the train struck 1t wreck
would have been inevitable. Oldham was
arrested and will be held for trial.
The state horticultural society earn
estly calls for early reports Of arbor day
planting, giving the kind of trees, etc.,
from any school district precinct and neigh
borhood In each county.
The Union Pacific is about to put on
solid train from Denver to Omaha, max
Ing the run In seventeen hours or less.
The will of D. w. Stebbins, of Crete,
Wuicu pcQuCotucu al VI Ills properly 10 one
of his children, was set aside by Judge
Corey last week, for the reason that the
child to when the property was given de-
clined to accept only her proportionate
share, and desired her brothers and sisters
to share equally with her, and appeared
and stated that II the will were not set
aside that as soon as she came in possession
Of the property she would make an equal
division herself.
The meat market of w. j. Garvin,
Alexandria, was destroyed by fire a few
nights ago, the loss being about $500.
Twety Union Pacific cars were load
ed with sheep at Beatrice q few DAYS ago |
and started east. The sheep were raised In |
Gage county and belong to r. W. johnson, |
An eastern man. |
The new Presbyterian church to be
built at Lincoln will comfortably seat 500. |
It is to be supplied with all the modern |
conveniences, including parlor, Bible-cla |
rooms, vestry, choir room, kitchen, dining |
room, etc.
Mr.. Mariner, of Johstown, Brown
county lost his store building and entire
stock of general merchandise by fire. There
was 81, 500 insurance on the property lost.
It is supposed the fire was SET by an incen-
diary.
The school population of Nebraska
City is ,555. That Of Plattsnouth 1859.
From the number of her school population
Nebraska city figures her population at
8, 163. According to the same method OF
figuring Plattsmouth's population would
be 8, 1856.
Articles of incorporation have been
fled by the Pioneer Cooperative associa-
ton of Beatrice. The general nature of
the business to be transacted Is the managing
and carrying on of cooperative store and
other business incidental thereto. The
capital stock is 81, 900, divided into 1000
shares Of s. each. There are sixty members
all workingmen.
Frank Peperell, of Pawnee county,
has been held to answer to the United
States grand jury for selling beer at Cath
Ole fair.
A Norfolk man, Henry Schroeder,
went to Pierce, and there intoxicated him
self. In his budged condition he visited
the house Of q German family, lately ar
rived, where, in the absence of the hus-
band, he made an indecent assault upon
the woman. The return of the man fright
by the husband a few minutes later and
overtaken in q saloon, where the late ar
rival from Germany gave the offender a
thorough thrashing.
Postoffice changes in Nebraska for
the week ending April -, 1884. Estab-
lished-Dunn. Lancaster county. VIM. II.
81. Dunn, postmaster. Discontinued
ley county; Ford, Holt county; Latrobe,
johnson county; Spencer, Hall county.
The instruments for Stewards fe-
male band have arrived and the girls are
expected to make their first public appear.
ance on the 4th of July.
High license prevailed in Sterling,
and now it is thought there will be no diff
Guilty about providing more school room,
of which the town stands greatly in need.
The Seward County Coal and Mining
company have made arrangements to begin
operations on the lands leased by them at
once. They propose to 90 down at least
], 900 feet, II they do not find coal sooner,
and have contracted with r. Z. Copeland,
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