McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-08-28
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Vanderbilt says he has not sold Maud g., as
reported.
A 100000 fire occurred at Roseburg, Oregon,
on the 18th.
Forest fires are raging in Michigan and de-
stroying vast tracts of timber.
Two of the Mexican revolutionists have
been shot by order of the president.
A terrific hail and wind storm visited the
region Of Pittsburg, doing considerable dam
age.
Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana, has taken the
stump in that state in behalf Of the DEM
ocracy.
Another of the Iowa City rioters has been
arrested and held in the sum of $1,000 for his
appearance for trial.
The striking bricklayers of Chicago at
meeting voted down proposition to submit
their claims to arbitration.
The seventh annual convention of the
American bar association convened in Sara
| toga on the 9th with large attendance.
| Five hundred thousand dollars in British
Gold bars, and S125 600 in American gold coin
arrived at New York from Europe on the
18th.
An astonishing act of vandalism has been
| committed in Maine-the mutilation of
Blaine's child's tombstone. The motive is
not apparent.
Capt. R. R. Thompson's residence at Alamo
da, CAL, was totally destroyed by fire. 1t was
one of the finest residences in Alameda. Loss
100000. No insurance.
A welcome rain has just visited portions of
! Ohio, and farmers are more hopeful about the
| corn crop, but with even more rain the crop
will fall short of last year.
The Erie s. North Shore fast freight line,
which was dropped with others from the
Wabash system by General Manager Tai
madge, goes out of existence September l.
Reports to the New England Homestead
from 325 points, covering the British pro-
vinces, New England and New York, indicate
the hay crop just harvested is nearly 80 per
cent less than last year.
Reports from the general offices of the vari-
GUS railroads centering at st. Paul say that
heavy rains recently have caused some dam
age to crops, especially along the line of the
Omaha road south and on the st. Paul divis-
ion.
Continuous dry weather in Ohio has for the
second time this summer threatened great in
jury to the corn crop, as we'll as all tobacco,
pasture and vegetables. There has been no
rain in southern Ohio and Indiana for nearly
three weeks.
A. D. Sly was taken in custody at Minneapo-
lis by detective for the robbery, in Septem-
Der last, at st. Joseph, Mo-, of s1O,5O0 from the
American express company, while employed
DC riy Of hn lo1;
He acknowledged the crime.
Mace, the six-year-old daughter of Lyman
Trumbull, died few days ago. She ran
against an earthen teapot in the hands of q
cook, knocking out the bottom with her
head, the contents scalding her badly. Cause
of death was conclusion of the brain.
Indian Agent McGillicuddy, of Pine Ridge
agency, in letter to the commissioner of In
dian affairs, says that "Son of No Water re-
Gently attempted to take the agents life. An
article in a cheap publication saying the In
dams had right to kill McGillicuddy, caused
the Indians to make the attempt. He was ar
rested and held subject to the order of the In
dian office.
While passenger train on the Mexican Ma
tional railway, with the pay car attached, was
terey, when near Bustamete station was fired
into by band of miscreants from an ambush.
Bullets entered the passenger coaches which
were filed with ladies and gentlemen, but
none are reported injured. 1t is believed the
attack was another bold attempt to rob the |
pay car.
Mrs. Linsley is under arrest in South Haven, |
Michigan, charged with causing the death of |
a little girl two years old by brutal treatment. |
The child did not readily respond to some |
thing the woman wished it to say, whereupon |
she damned it in tub of water and otherwise |
illtreated it, causing death. Lynching is |
threatened. The woman was protected from |
Infatuated citizens by the officers with drawn |
revolvers.
A man living nine miles from lexington |
KY, notified the sheriff that George Alsop |
and Theoplis Graves, the escaped convicts |
who led the recent revolt in the penitentiary |
at Frankfort, were seen in the neighborhood. |
Deputy Sheriff Rogers at the head of posse,
Immediately left for the scene. The fugitives |
were surprised in cornfield. They immedi-
ately opened fire on the posse, killing George |
Cosseil, prominent farmer: The posse re-
turned the fire, killing both Aslop and |
Graves.
New York dispatch says: Coroner Rob-
inson, of Long Island City, to-day visited the
Office of the Cypress Hill cemetery, and says
the cemetery authorities, in view of the re-
cent developments, will not offer any opposi-
ton to the disinterment of Private Henry's
remains, and that the consent of the United
States quartermaster general will readily be
obtained. Although he believes the fact of
the burial having been made under fraudu-
lent permit, the cause of death being starva-
ton, when it was known that Henry had been
shot, is sufficient ground for exhumation, he
will not take any further action until he re-
ceivesa letter from Miss Dora Buck, the dead
mans sister, at Lincoln, Neb., which he daily
expects"
The Io,ca Distiuers' Pool.