McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-10
Wreck of the Steamer Daniel
Steinmann, from Antwerp
for Halifax.
A Review OF the Cincinnati Riot
by the Editor of the
Gazette"
Railroad Accident Through the Care
lessness of q Switchman--.
Miscellaneous News.
NEWS NOTES.

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NEWS NOTES.
The nitroglycerine house of the Re-
panno chemical works at Thompson Point,
N. j., exploded, instantly killing six per-
| sons.
At Dallas, Texas, Michael Borus, a
waiter was shot down in cold blood by Will
lis Adams, drummer for st. Louis
| house.
Joe Livingston has been arrested at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, charged with the
murder of Joe Turner about ten days pre-
v1Ous.
The mayor of Sandersville, Ga, tel
egraphed for 1 200 rounds of ammunition
on account Of fear of a negro uprising.
Members-elect of the New Mexico
legislature have sent to Representative
Springer, to be presented to congress, L
memorial charging tina. over 4, 00O, 900 acres
of land in New Mexico and Colorado have
been converted to private use.
Fred Jackley, a lawyer of Pougn-
keepsie, n. Y, has fled, after swindling
the people out of $40, 600.
The wife of Hon. Geo. w. Julian
died at Indianapolis. She was daughter
of the late Joshua r. Giddings.
Thomas Samon was arraigned at La
coma, n. H., for the murder Of the Ruddy
family and Mrs. Ford, last autumn. His
| assigned counsel announced that SamOn
was determined to plead guilty of murder
| in the first degree, the prisoner declaring
that it would not be just for him to escape
the gallOws.
Disappearance of Nellie Bracket,
a companion Of Miss Hill, plaintiff in the
celebrated Sharon divorce case, is the topic
of conversation in San Francisco. Her
mother says she is in that city, but refuses
| to state where. She says the reason she
left Miss Hill is that they quarreled.
President Lovejoy has dismissed Col.
Dodge from the management of the Dem
yer and Rio Grande road. Dodge refuses
to be dismissed, claiming that by the lease
Of the Denver and Rio Grande and Western
he is made general manager for life or till
resignation, and the officers Of the road
stand by him in the fight.
The grand jury of Philadelphia has
found true bill against Major A. II. Nick
erson. charging him with perjury. This is
the outcome Of the divorce suit in which
the major figured year ago, when he Sc
cured a divorce from his wife.
An unusual demonstration attended
the return of the Columbus military from
large crowds were out to greet the men
with cheers.
At the Methodist Episcopal confer
ence DIR. Hunt Of the Methodist book
concern, said that during the past four
years the Methodist church has paid out
IS, 555, 200 for religious publications and
S., 900, 900 worth Of literature had been sup
piled by the Methodist book concern.
A report made to congress by Stats
tician Dodge, of the agricultural depart
ment, shows that the stock Of wheat on
hands lis, 900, 900 bushels, OF which 4 $780,,
900 bushels are Illinois, $500, 600 bushels
in Iowa, $500, 600 bushels in Wisconsin,
and 13, 500, GOO bushels in Minnesota.
The steamer, Rebecca Birmingham,
Captain George Whiteside, burned to the
waters edge at Fitzgeral landing, Chatta-
hooche river, forty miles below Columbus,
cabin, who were supposed to have suffO-
Gated by the smoke. The boats books and
papers were lost, together with the passen-
gers baggage.
The meeting of barbed wire manu-
facturers at Chicago advanced the price of
wire ten per cent. This is the second ad-
vance within sixty days. An advance Of
one-half cent per pound was made at st.
Louis recently.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
and the Union Pacific conference commit
tees were in session two hours on the Sd,
and at the close it was announced that
nothing had been accomplished and that
the chairman would call another meeting
soon. 1t is denied that the Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy road gave an ultimatum
that the tripartite agreement must be
broken up.
George Lee (colored), age Is, was
arrested at Magnolia, Miss for assaulting
child four years old and lodged in Jail.
Later mob OF 100 men came from Ma
comb, took Lee from Jail and hanged
him.
Alfred w. Burnett, humorist and
caricaturist, died a few days ago in Cincin-
natl Of apopleXy. He was sixty wears Of
age and professionally well-known all over
the country.
the New York Catholic Review has
been informed that the holy father has so
far announced no decision as to the ap-
pointment of the new archbishop of Phila-
delphia.
The amalgamated association of iron
and steel workers met at Pittsburg to ar
range scale of prices for the ensuing year
from June list. Representatives will be
present from every district in the associa-
ton.
The war department is informed that
PaymasterJ. A. Broadhead died at Boston
on the Sd from an attack of pneumonia.
Paymaster Broadhead recently became in
sane on account of troubles arising from
the theft of government money in his charge.
He had Just reached home from his station
at Tucson.
FOREIGN.