McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-04
BRIEFLY TOLD.

BRIEFLY TOLD.
A fire at whitehall. Ill, consumed six busi-
ness houses. Loss, 81, 600; insurance. $4,000.
Payne, the Oklahoma boomer, died sudden
| ly at the breakfast table In Wellington, Kas.,
| last week.
| There is no truth in the report of miners
| riot at Angus, Iowa, in which Foster. mine
boss, was reported killed, as sent out from
Boone.
Captain william Wilson, engaged in the lum
| Der business at Meaomonee, Wis.,, made an
assignment. His liabilities are placed at
| 100000.
| Governor Cleveland has declined grand
banquet at the Academy of Music, Philadel-
phia, rendered by a number of prominent
democrats.
| Mrs. Wattacounit and her 12year-old daugh-
| ter were frozen to death near Oconto, Wis
They lost their way in a swamp and were un-
| able to get out.
Charles T. Goodwin, cracker manufacturer,
suicided at Rochester, N. Y, by placing his
| head on the railroad track. Recent business
troubles affected his mind.
The total Indebtedness of the several subsi-
died Pacific railroads to the United States on
June 80, 1884, is reported by the commissioner
of railroads to be $127, ,0161s
The bank of Middletown New York, failed
last week. Among the directors of the sus-
pended bank are United States Senator Van
Wyck, of Nebraska, formerly Of Middletown.
Joseph Patterson, Adam Williams and Chas
Currier, the last named aged l6, were arrested
at Peoria under an Indictment for counter
feiting. They are farmers, connected with
wealthy families.
| Daniel Shea, aged 10, and Margaret Miller
have been next door neighbors in Marion
| street, New York. Daniel was kept awake by
Margaret's cat and he killed the animal. The
same day Daniel and Margaret quarreled, and
the woman was fatally stabbed.
The order issued by the coal combination
lately for a general suspension of work at all
mines the first week of December is rescinded.
Since lthe notice was published orders have
poured in upon retail and wholesale agents,
and large contracts have been made.
The death sentence of Mrs. Boutel, the Que
bee murderess, was committed to imprison-
ment for life. A number of leading ladies,
including the wives of eX-Judge Fascherau.
of the supreme court; Hon. ]. Langelier,
mayor of Quebec; Senator Pilletrin, Judge
Caron and others signed collective letter,
which was forwarded to Lady Landsdowne,
begging her to intercede with the governor
general.
The report of the commissioner of pensions
shows that at the close of the fiscal year 1884
there were 49,. 756 pensioners. There were
added to this roll during the year the names
of "a, 1872 new pensioners and 81 previously
dropped were restored to the rolls, making in
the aggregate 81, 413; and 1856 were dropped
for various causes, being a net increase on the
roll of 1905.
J. C. Dore, merchant of Chicago, has been
at St. Louis to ask the cooperation of the Mer-
chants exchange of that city in a scheme of
the Chicago board of trade TO induce congress
to make an appropriation for the improve
ment of the Illinois and Michigan canal, which
connects Chicago with the Illinois river.
President Francis called a meeting of the Mis-
sissippi river improvement committee of the
exchange to take action on the matter.
The secretary of the interior, in his annual
report, says that thirty-ive hundred and thir.
ty-one alleged fraudulent entries of public
lands, embracing an area of 100000 acres, have
been investigated and reported, principally in
California, Colorado, Dakota, Minnesota and
New Mexico, and lesser number in all other
public land states and territories; $50 entries
have been Cancelled on final proceeding, 1872
held for cancellation, and hearings have been
ordered in ISL cases. About 5000 entries have
been suspended awaiting investigation.