McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-02-21
NEBRASKA ITEMS.

against VIM. Smell, Of Valentine, who shot
Jessie Smell at Croft's road-house near
Omaha. Smell, who had been out on 81 900
bail, was surrendered BY his b0ndsmen and
put in the county stronghold in default of
$4,000 bail, the amount required since his
Indictment.
A fire at Omaha on the 10th destroyed
property to the extern of $55, 900; insurance
probably about half.
The citizens of Humboldt are discuss
ing public library project. At recent
meeting Mrs. Bruen's proposition to donate
81, 900 and $500 a year toward maintaining
It was accepted and committee appointed
to determine how the library can best be
conducted.
Valentine Reporter: Monsieur Rulo,
of Pine Ridge, was in town yesterday. He
is a very old man, and was in the employ Of
the Hudson Bay company fifty years ago
and assisted in building Fort Laramie. The
story of his life would be as interesting as
the adventures Of Robinson Crusoe.
Two men by the name of Brennan
and Cunningham got into an alteration at
the Nebraska City packing house, and Gun
ningham cut Brennan on the arm near the
wrist quite severely.
Two overgrown youths thought it
would be tremendously funny to heave
brick bats through the windows of the new
Catholic church at Red Cloud, but got over
that idea when jerked up by officers of the
law and fined $25 each, besides costs, max
ing $50 for the two.
The Culbertson Sun says that already
the boom has commenced. Strangers are
arriving every day in search of locations.
By next fall the Frenchman valley will be
dotted with the residences of thrifty farmers
who will combine stock raising with agri-
culture.
Hardy Herald: One of the prospect
ing shafts sunk at Omio, filed with salt
water to within four feet of the surface.
Three gallons of the water were evaporated
and produced six pounds of salt. Should
this salt prove pure, there is every reason
to believe they will have salt works as well
as coal at that place.
j. M. Sewell & Co. have shipped over
three hundred cars of grain from the town
of Holdredge since the cars have been rum
ming to the place. This is an indication that
that portion of Nebraska is not much of
desert after all.
Schuyler Sun: Frank Smith, the
eldest son of S. P. Smith, of Colfax pre-
cinct, met with a very serious accident
while out hunting on Saturday last. From
an overcharge his gun exploded, small
piece of iron from the lock striking him
just above the right eye and fracturing the
skull. For time his recovery was uncer-
tain, but at this date the wound is doing
nicely.
Hastings Gazette-Journal: The COM
mittee appointed by the board of trade to go
to Washington to meet the mississippi
river improvement committee did not go.
They were unable to procure transportation
beyond Chicago, and thought they would
leave Nebraska interests in the hands Of the
state delegation. Attending conventions at
long range is just little mite expensive.
Two of the hogs of H. w. Shubert, of
Nemaha county, that had been bitten by his
dog, an account of which was given few
weeks ago, went mad, thus establishing be- |
yond doubt the fact that the dog had hydro.
phobia. A day or so afterwards steer and
calf also went mad and were killed
City Attorney Cornell, of Omaha,
is in receipt of telegram from the clerk of |
the appellate court at Chicago stating that |
the judgment Of the lower court awarding |
him SIS 900, damages against the Pennsyl- |
vania railway company has been confirmed. |
Deputy United States Marshal Allen,
ofLincoln, was quite painfully hurtin work
ing at a fire in Omaha few days ago.
Youngsters of Syracuse have habit
to take them to the public school. The
school board has decided that the revolvers
must 60.
Within the short space of one week
W. d. Page, of Palmyra, buried wife and
three children from that dread disease,
diphtheria.
Valentine is to have in the near flu
ture court house, Jail, new school house
and church.
Parties interested in creamery pro-
iect are looking over the ground at Cedar
Rapids. The local paper of the town as
sures all such that better opening for an
enterprise Of this character is not to be
found.
A Butler county lad rode one of his
fathers horses to Schuyler few days ago
and sold it. He then bought ticket at the
depot to some poi mt in Kansas, with the in
tention Of running away from the parental
roof. He was overtaken by his father be-
fore starting and persuaded to return.
Utica Record: George Landon, liv-
ing ten miles southeast of Unadilla. Otto
county nyyns a very nrolific cow She navo |