McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-02-14
NEBRASKA ITEMS.

land seekers that they should not wait for
spring to open before looking up locations
for their future homes. 1t says the rush
will be wonderful in few weeks, and the
best land will 60 like hot cakes.
Kearney is experiencing quite re-
ligious revival. On Sunday last nineteen
persons united with the NJ. e. church.
Hastings Democrat: On Wednesday
of last week, on the farm of Carlos Clark, q
couple of miles north Of the city, c. NJ.
BOWS, W. C. Russler, N. w. Wilson and
Lee Clark husked and cribbed three hun.
dred and twenty bushels of corn, or an aver
age of eighty bushels each. We doubt II
there are four men In any one neighborhood
in the slate that can beat this.
Oxford, for a long time without any
ultaneously unbeknown to each other and
determined to remain
The Hastings Journal says there are
great many thousand bushels of corn lying
upon the ground because the farmers refuse
to sell it at present prices and they have no
cribs in which to store it. Many of them
are buying lumber and will build more crib
room and carry their surplus over, II need
ee.
Omaha Republican: William Smell,
of Valentine, the man who accidentally shot
Jesse Snell, alias Wright, some weeks ago,
and who was held for manslaughter and
subsequently bailed out, returned to the
city last evening to await the action of the
grand jury in his case. Smell has all along
shown himself to be a man, and has given
every evidence Of his will ngness to have
thorough investigation of the unfortunate
affair. His return shows that the conf:
dence of his friends was not misplaced. anu
he is ready to abide the consequence Of
trial.
Red Cloud Argus: Fred Fearn and
John Raney, two overgrown youths, thought
it would be tremendously funny to heave
brick-bats through the windows of the new
Catholic church last week. They were
jerked up by the officers of the law last Mon
day and fined $25 each, besides costs, max
ing nearly $50 EACH. The boys say it wasn't
so gol-darned funny as they thought it
would be.
Falls City Journal: David Young
was hauling wood from the tim Der about
mile distant from his farm, and was found
by passing neighbor in the woods, lying
dead beside his loaded wagon, with his
neck broken. There were no marks of vio-
lence upon his body, and the conclusion
was reached that he had fallen from his
loaded wagon and broke his neck.
tNebraska City News: The News
regrets to learn of the sad news of the death
of two daughters of Hon. Levi Kline which
occurred yesterday at his home near Una
dilla. Their deaths were caused by measles,
and their ages were respectively thirteen
and seventeen years Mrs. Kline and her
three remaining daughters are dangerously
ill, but we trust that the crisis has passed
and they will recover. Mr.. Kline has the
sympathy of the people at large in this hour
of affection. The girls, who were both ex-
ceedingly bright, died in less than an hour
of each other.
The store of Stephen Hulfsh, at
Bashbury, was broken into last Saturday
night and goods taken out to the amount of
three or four hundl ed dollars. The thieves
were tracked to Lincoln.
The opening of the Morton house
was the greatest event in the history of Ne
braska City. The house WINS built at cost
of $50, 03O, and is the finest in the state out
side of Omaha. The ball at the opera house
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wealth and fashion of the city being in at
tendance.
Juniata is without house to rent,
and bonanza is said to await the man who
will put down his wealth and provide some.
Uncle Sam disburses $S17.75 per
month to pensioners in Adams county.
The ex-veterans of the army and
navy holding forth in Buffalo county will
hold reunion at Kearney on the 22d,
Washington;s birthday, on which occasion
interesting exercises will take place.
Theodore, son of Adam ICrites, for
merly of Endicott, accidentally shot himself
in the same old way-pulling gun from the
wagon, with the muzzie turned toward
him.
The Odd Fellows of Grafton and vi
cinity are about to organize lodge.
The state is now full of agents for
nurseries in different sections Of the coun-
try. Farmers will do well to give the most
of them a wide birth and patronize home
dealers.
1t is understood the incorporators of
the Warwick, Superior & Hastings railroad
company have organized and elected Off
GERS. They propose to grade the road to
Superior.
A new bank is about to be established
at Plattsmouth. The institution will be
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