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McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
4. o. o. r. of Nebraska.

The grand lodge of Odd Fellows, and the
grand encampment met at Nebraska City last
week in annual session, The attendance was
large, and from the reports of the different
grand officers, the order shows a healthy
growth in membership as well as in the finan-
cial condition.
There are 124 subordinate lodges and twen-
ty-one encampments, consisting of 4,740 MEM
bers-an increase of over 800 since last year.
The treasury shows healthy balance-a main
stay of any institution. Great interest is man
ifested, and all parts of the state is well rep
resented. Business is being expedited and
harmony and good feeling prevail.
The grand encampment elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year:
Grand Patriarch-lsaae Oppenheimer.
Grand High PRIEST. b. Sull.
Grand Scribe-D. A. Cline.
Grand Treasurer-Samuel McCIay.
Grand S. VS.. Il. Hail.
Grand 7. W.-D. NJ. Norris
Grand Representative-E. G. Ryley
The newly elected officers were installed
and the grand encampment adjourned, giving
way to the meeting Of the grand lodge.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
The TN Crosse JT,f,./Jer

business was practically suspended on the
18th at La Crosse, the previous days tragedy
being the all absorbing topic. 1t appears that
Mitchell intended, if possible, to kill at least
two more citizens, ore of whom was Charles
A. Mcdonald. 1t was only question of
whom he met first. He was euuipped wifi,
two self-cocking Smith & Wesson reyolvers
and pulled them as fast as the ticking of p
watch. Ex-Chief of Police Hatch is ont of
the city, but the evidence now points towards
MltcneL as the man VINO attempted his assas-
when he supposed him dead. An inquest
mas Deen ordered, and it is probable that
large number of witnesses will be examined
There is no disposition to prosecute any one.
the general verdict being that it was a right,
eous execution The coroner's Jury examin
cd twelve witnesses in the Mitchell INQUEST
among whom were the sheriff. policeman. eve
witnesses OF the murder and the lynchinp No
one recognized any of the multitude who did
the lynchlng. The verdict is substantially
that the deceased was the man who murdered
Mr. Burton, and that he Came to his death nv
hanging at the hands of parties to the iury
N--N JNiJ
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
OCTOBER RETURNS.

The Shoscing Which is Made by the Depart.
nnent of agriculture.
The October returns of corn average higher
for condition than in the past five years, but
not so high as in any of the remarkable corn
years from 1878 to 1879 inclusive. The general
average is SO, which is very nearly an average
with any of series of ten years, and indicates
about twenty-six bushels per acre, the breadth
approXimating 70,000,0O0 acres. The region
between the Mississippi and Rocky Mountain
slope again presents the highest figures, which
in every state rise little above the normal
standard for the full condition. No state east
of the Mississippi returns condition as high
as 100. The lowest figures are IN West Vir-
ginia 70, Ohio "a. Louisiana IL, Texas so, Souti
Carolina So. The reduction was caused by
drought. There is complaint of drought i'll
the Ohio valley and in the Atlantic and Gulf
states, but not sufficiently severe to reduce
seriously the yields. Early planted corn
everywhere matured Late plants in south
and will be light and not well filled. Very
little injury has been done by frosts. There
was frost in Vermont on the 18th of August,
of September with slight injury to late corn.
The damage by chinch bugs and other in
sects had been slight. The wheat crop will
enee that OF last year 6y a69nd tbo
results thus far, confirming the indications of
former reports, that the yield per acre will
average ABOUT thirteen and One-thlrd blShel5
per acre. The quality of the present wheat
crop is generally very good, especially in the
eastern and middle states, on the western
slope of the Alleghenies, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota. Some depreciation in
quality is noted in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas. The average for the
entire breadth is 96.
The indicated yield OF rye is about twelve
bushels per acre, and the quality superior.
The yield of oats is q little above the aver
age, yielding about twenty-seven bushels per
acre. and making crop approXimating go.
100000 bushels, of good quality.
The barley crop makes yield of nearly
twenty-three bushels per acre, and the pro-
duct exceeding 5O,0OO,000 bushels of average
quality.
The condition of buckwheat averages 81.
indicating crop slightly under the average,
of good quality.
The condition of the potato crop is repre-
sented by So, five points lower than in October
last year, two points lower than in 1879 and
1882, and the same as in 1880.
October returns of cotton indicate reduc.
ton of nearly eight points in the average con-
ditiOn, as the result of continued drOuth in ar
resting development and destroying the vital
ity of the plants The drought has been gen.
eral, and its effects are manifest in every
state. Of ten successive crops only two have
averaged lower in condition in October. These
were 1881 and 1883, when the averages were &c
and 6S respectively. The average was IS in
the great crop year of 1852.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
THE AUTUMN CONTESTS.
Returns From the Elections Held la Ohio and
Vest Virginia.

| OHIO.
| Columbus-The election here passed off In
comparative quiet, there being but few dis
| turbances and those due to the appointment
| of special police by the republican mayor and
precinct there was a conflict of authority, re-
sulting In the arrest of deputy sheriff by the
police. There was sharp night for the organ
iZation of the polls The number of citizens
that turned out was unprecedented. Bands
and drum corps paraded the streets at day
break, awakening the voters. The vote was
the heaviest ever polled in the city.
All over the Western Reserve the vote was
larger than expected. The eXcieme was in
tense throughout the day. Members of both
parties displayed the utmost possible watch
fitness of the interests OF themselves and
their fellow voters. Crowds were early at the
polls, and even before noon was reached the
tally sheets showed long lists of names, in
many cases covering two-thirds and some
times three-fourths of the entire voting pOpu-
lation.
The republicans concede the reelection OF
Foran (dem.) to congress in the Twenty -tirs
district. The democrats are hoping for law
0rable returns from Butler, Mercer, Monroe,
Licking and other strong democratic counties,
so as to keep the republican majority below
10000 Seven hundred and sixty-five wards
and precincts show q net democratic gain of
156 over the vote for secretary of state in 1880.
The same wards and precincts show net re-
publican gain OF u 1853 over the vote for gov
ernOrln 1888. Indications at this time are that
the republicans have carried the state at from
1900 to 10000.
Coumbus.-Unofficial returns have been re-
ceived from all the counties of Ohio except
the five following: Carroll, Geauga. Lorraine,
Medina and Trrimbull. These counties in 1889
7,O12. The following counties show unofficial
republican ma Orities on the state ticket:
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
Protecting the Ballot Bor.

a Columbus Ohio dispatch says: a citi-
zens' meeting was held to-day consisting of a
joint committee appointed by the Cleveland
and Hendricks clubs and by the republican
executive committee to take some action to
prevent illegal voting. a long conference
was held, at the conclusion of which it was de-
cided to appoint four citizens, two of each
party, for each precinct in the city on election
day. 1t is learned similar meetings were held
Ill other cities and committees appointed who
will be at the polls all day. designated by
badges, and will have authority to scrutiniZe
everything about the ballot box, and the man.
sheriff of the county appointed between thirty
and forty deputies TO be present at the polls.
and the mayor of Columbus, believing the
sheriff had interfered with his authority, call
ed meeting OF the police board and secured
permission 10 appoint one hundred extra po-
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
STEPPED IN MYSTERY.

An Illinois Farmer Knocked SenseieSs by a
Bloc from Unseen 1iSsailants and His
House Set Fire.
George Atkinson and his FIVE motheress
childi en- lived in Il twO-story house about ten
miles east of Springfield, III. The other night
the father and three of the children had gone
to bed. Mr.. Atkinson was awakened about II
o'clock by the noise of voices outside the
house. After being annoyed by the continued
conversation he dressed himself and went out
into the yard. and had gone but Il few steps
when he was struck from behind by some per-
son and felled to the ground. The blow
knocked him senselesS. How long he laid
there he cannot tell but when he recovered
his senses he says he had the power of thought
and could see and feel but he was powerless
to move hand or foot. His house was on fire
and in the second story were three of his chill
dren. The flames burst through the lower
window and climbed upward. Still Mr.. Atkin-
son was helpless as child. Finally sense of
slowly returning strength came over him and
by superhuman eXertion he crawled to the
house. The fire had reached the doors and
almost every approach was cut off. The father
thought of his children and pushed through
the cloud of fire and smoke which had reached
the second story. Mr.. Atkinson pressed on
till the bedroom was reached. Snged and
burned and almost suffcated, he found the
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
The Election Riot in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati dispatch: The democratic and
republican press agree that the election in
Cincinnati was the bloodiest ever held here
The democratic papers assert that the one
thousand deputy marshals were employed
mainly in intimidating the honest voters,
while the republican press CONSTITUTES the con-
duct of the police and deputy sheritTs in sim
liar manner, comparing it TO the Mississippi
policy. The following is a list of those injur-
ed in the outbreak: Killed, Albert Russell,
lcolored; Joe Lowry, shot in spine,
fatal; Bridget Hughes. struck in breast
with a boulder, dangerous; John
Murphy, shot in stomach; Andrew Ben
net tcOlored), shot in side, not dangerous:
John Dalton, shot in leg, not dangerous; sam
Tas lor, shot in side, serious; Mike German.
policeman, shot in back, dangerous; Henry
Sherlock, shot in back, dangerous; Henry
Brown (cOlOred), shot in abdomen, fatal The
last three men were wounded in an ARRAY at
the corner of Sixth and Freeman streets. late
last night Between fifty and one hundred
people took part in fight which grew out of
an attempt of German to arrest q negro.
German was shot in the back by an unknown
person and general fusilade followed in
which one hundred shots were fired. The riot
alarm was sounded and the disturbance
quelled after two policeman and Brown had
been shot
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
CROPS IN NEBRASKA.
The United States AGENTS. Report on Their
Condition and Yield.

The United States AGENTS. Report on Their
Condition and Yield.
The following is q summary of the report
| transmitted TO the United States commissioner
| of agriculture, showing condition and yieids
of crops October /, as shown by the reports re-
| ceiyed ND TO that date from eighty-two corre-
| spondents:
| Wheat, reported in 81 counties. averaged l!
| bushels per acre and grades in four counties
| No l, tifty-six counties No. and two couhtieo
Rye, reported in sixty-two counties. aver
| aged 22H bushels and grades in thirteen conn-
ties No. I, forty-seven counties NO. = anu wv"
Oats. reported in sixty-four counties, aver
aged 81 bushels, and grades In Twelve c91 az
ties No. ], thirty-seven counties NO. anu III
Barley. reported i'm fifty-three counties and
averaged q bushels. and grades in twelve NO.
2, and forty-one counties No. ana reJecteu,
20 counties reported buckwheat, anu t Sno
average condition at 81 per cent: o. countes
report corn, and the average condition az over
los per cent; 20 counties report irish potatoes
and the average condition AT l0i per cent; one me
county reports damage to crop by potato poC
of - per cent; Al counties report sweet pota-
toes, and the average condition at I; per
cent 30 counties report sorghum anu inc
average condition at 1O2 per cent
The quality of all ~ ain is better than usuai
ard will we think grade in market even pet
ter than reported. The reports show tnat tne
hay crop is large and of a most excellent qual-
ity. A much larger area has been sOwn III
winter wheat than ever before in the history
of the agriculture of this state. From reports
received we judge that the average yield or
the win or wheat harvested this year VIII ex-
coed % bushels which for u state heretofore
considered an exclusively spring wheat state
is most excellent showing. Taking the esti-
mated acreage of 1888 and adding 10 per cent
for increased acreage of 1884 and we will have
a total yield of wheat of 80, 400 bushels for
1884 us against g, 4Si 900 raised in 1888. Our
Oat crop poor it is, will yield over =, OO0OOO
bushels, but of an inferior quality. Our bar
ley crop will exceed 4, 100000 bushels, and our
rye crop raised more for pasture than the
grain, will exceed /, 100000 bushels. The corn
crop is simply immense, but us little has been
gathered thus far will wait u month or
more before we approximate its yield.
Some disease among hogs called cholera 1--WE
suppose it is so called simply because it is not
chOlera) for want of a better name, Is proving
quite fatal in some six counties of the state.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
THE FULLERTON TRAGEDY.
Startling Disclosures Wade Concerning
the Object of the Murderer.

A Full erton (Neb) dispatch to the Omaha
Herald says: The finding of some letters
among the effects of Furnival show that the
theories heretofore advanced are all wrong.
After committing the five murders Furnival,
as he then thought, burned all OF his clothing
and letters. A close hunt by the coroner
brought to light q number of letters written
to Furnyal by "a certain scion of nobility in
England which prove that Furnival came to
Mebrask a with purpose; and that IT., was to
large estate in England, and FurnivaPs CORE
spondent was the next of kin. Pcrciyal, be-
ing of a naturally adventurous disposition,
came to America about three years ago. He
went to Minnesota, where he married the
daughter of a clergyman and then came to
Nebraska and settled in Nance county. He
had plenty of money and expected to run
cattle ranch on "A large scale. About a year or
so ago Furnival made his appearance at
Fullerton, coming here direct from England,
where he had been Il neighbOr of Percival.
Furnival was warmly welcomed by Percival,
and given lift financially. Watching his OPP
portunity the fiend killed Pcrciya and his
wife and child, and then knowing that MAR
and Baird would discover the crime and
assist in hunting him down. murdered them
as described in the dispatches. The Nance
county authorities are keeping the letters
closely to themselves, for obvious reasons.
chief among which is said to be desire to
communicate with detectives in England be-
fore the writer of the tcll-tale missiyes be-
comes alarmed and Skips out. Enough is
known, however, to make it reasonably GER
tain that Furnival was hired by PercivaPs
kinsman to put the family cut of the way, so
that he could inherit The estate, which is
of the richest in England. If Furnval had
been sharp enough to have destroyed these
letters, it is not probable that the real object
of the terrible crime would ever have come to
light The chances are that Furniva ia many
miles from Nebraska by this time, but Sheriff
Iibbcll holds to the belief that he is in hiding
in western Iowa, and that he will be captured
before many days have passed.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
Testimonial to Ml. Clark.


About three hundred employees of the q. P.
shops, at Omaha a few nights ago, marched to
the residence of Mr.. S. H. H. Clark, to formal
ly take leave of him as generalmanager of the
q. P. road. They carried with them beauti-
fully engrossed address, which it was intend
ed to present to their late superintendent. 1t
was learned that Mr.. Clark was absent in the
west and in his absence the address was hand
ed to Mrs. Clark who accepted it in behalf of
her husband. The address is as follows:
Mr. CLARK, RESPECTED SIR: Tonight you
see gathered before you the employees of the
T. P railway, some of whom have served
nineteen years, most of them under you in
your several positions as division superinten-
dent, general superintendent, general mama
ger, and vice-preSident OF the great Union
Pacific system.
Your friendly notice. announcing that, after
eighteen years of unremitting labor, in the
interest of the company, you felt 1t 1mpera-
tive on you to sever your official communica
ton with ii, has been received. ecome here
tonight, sir, to bid you a formal and respect
full farewell, and to express our sincere re-
grets that the condition of your health rem
ders it impossible for you longer to continue
to direct, to the measure of our liking, the
varied interests of this great corporation
which your labOrS in the past have done SO
much to build up.
In parting from you, as our honored and re-
spected head and leader for so many years,
we wish to give expression to the unanimous
and spontaneous feelings of those who have
been under your management, that in each
and every position you have been caied 10
fill you have shown yourself a mobile ex-
ample of a man, true to the trust reposed in
you, whether by employer or employe; thor
oughly approaching that capital has Its duties
and responsibilities. as well as its rights; ana
to your credit be it said that your heart has
always beat kindly for the weaker side. In
the name of the employees of the U. +. railway
company, we, the committee, would beg leave
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
Nebraska Schools at the Exposition.


Superintendent Jones has issued q circular
in respect to Nebraska's showing in public
school work at the worlds fair at New Or.
leans. He says:
The work of the children of the state is of
the highest Importance, and should occupy
the most prominent place. The teachers of
the State are especially requested to make
this department most credi able.
Examination, daily written work map-draw.
ing, freehand drawing, compo itions speci-
mems of penmanship, which may be copies of
several lines of prose or poetry, specimens of
handiwOrk in or out of school, in fact any
thing that shows what our children are doing
in an educational way.
Ungraded, graded and high school work viii
be included in this department. The county
superintendent, teachers and principals are
earnestly requested to lend their assistance
and urged to cooperate in making this de-
partment all it should be.
All pupils work should be upon one paper
of uniform size, So XII inches, with margin
of one inch, written only on one side and neat
ly bound for preservation.
This department VIII be in the hands Of
Superintendent j. j. Points, of Omaha.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
In Schenectady. n Y thnro

In Schenectady, n. Y, there is a
crow which seems to be possessed of al
most human sense. The bird has y
great habit OF tearing into strips and
destroying every scrap of paper upon
which 1t can put its claws and beak
One day, however, the owner noticed
that the crow had scrap of paner.
which it guarded most carefully. and tn.
which it seemed anxious to attract his
attention. The gentleman picked nm .
scrap of paper. and upon smoothing If
out found it was 81 bill,
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
OhfO'S Official Ret,,,.,,s

columbus dispatch: The official vote was
counted by the county clerks on the 18th.
returns from sixty, and semi-official from the
other tWenty-eight, give Robinson for secre-
tary OF state 1l,a2l, and Flickinger for board
OF public works 11.4S6. The semi-officiaI re-
turns 90 not report on other republican can
dldates, but with the sixty counties the min
ralty OF Johnson for supreme Judge is esti-
mated at between 15,0G0 and 1900 The total
vote or maJorltes by congressional districts
cannot be given, but the vote by counties nm
congressman shows 57-544 republican maiori
ties, and 4O,l25 democratic: net republican
majority of congressional vote Ii. AS
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
The Nebraska HO0 Disease.

The following dispatch from Omaha appears
in the st. Louis Globe-Democrat:
A new and very fatal disease has broken out
among the swine in Northern Nebraska. 1t is
called cholera for want of a better name. The
first symptoms are a weakness of the kidneys
and loss of appetite. Next the ears become
SWOLLEN almost to bursting. Following this
is bleeding from the nose, and then death is
from five to ten days. Nearly every hog at
tackled dies. The only treatment which has
been found beneficial so far is to remove the
swine to new pens or pasture, use whtewash
freely about the troughs, and feed liberal
doses of sulphur, charcoal and salt. The sick
hogs seem to have an abnormal appetite for
coal ashes. the use of which has given good
results The disease was imported from Iowa
last fall, but did not become epidemic until
early in September. Since then fully $1,000
have died in Burt, Washington and Dodge
counties. The cattle feeders in that section
are closing their yards, because they can not get
stock hogs, and it is not profitable to feed cat
tie without hogs to pick the leavings. The dis
ease is slowly spreading west and south, and
more serious results are feared. The belief
obtains that the first heavy frost will check
its ravages for the winter.
The family of widow Elizabeth Ellis of Able
,,;Ilo South Caroline ,,r,uhers 1Q1
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
Both Lored the Same Girl.

Henry He'll and James Frank, rival lovers,
called at the house of Miss Ella Metz, young
lady residing with Captain J. II. RhOades, a
wealthy farmer. near Ellisburg. Pa. Both
young men have had frequent quarrels over
Mss Metz, and when they met neither was
able to govern himself. Frank stabbed He'll,
and left him, taking Miss Metz away with him.
On her return she informed Captain RhOades
that He'll was lying dead in the road about $50
wards from the house. Wueu officers went to
arrest Frank it was found that he had fed.
Miss Metz also has decamped, taking with her
S225 belonging To Captain RhOadeS.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23

to bid you respectful farewell, and we trust
that prosperity will attend you and yours In
all future relations of life.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23

The family of widow Elizabeth Ellis of Able
vile county, South Carolina, numbers 195.