McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-31
NEBRASKA ITEMS.

Falls City Observer: Last Saturday
morning might have been seen the smoking
ruins OF the Hetter school house, in Rulo
precinct, by parties travelling In that direc-
ton. The building and furniture were en-
tireiy destroyed, rs the fire originated early
in the morning, and was not discovered un-
Ill It had consumed everything. The cause
is unknown, although 1t Is believed to be
the work of an incendiary, as there had
been no fire In the stove In the building
since the day before when school was dis
missed.
Leap year parties are now all the
rage. The girls have made good begin
ming and propose to keep 1t up throughout
the year.
The youths of Grafton have organ
lied band called the Grafton Juvenile
brass band, and have been supplied with
the instruments formerly used by the Graf
ton band.
Shubert O.: The creamery is to be
one element In the emancipation Of woman
Every woman should work for 1t; 1t will
give her much needed leisure that cannot do
otherwise than good. The historian OF the
"evolution of the good" will not fail to
mention the great benefit which the cream
cry conferred upon the human race.
The Gosper County Citizen contains
the following peculiar advertisement, signed
by Mrs. M. j. Smith: "Wifl the people Of
the community understand, that some little
over q year ago. +. n. Cats was cleaning
out r. N. Smiths well. He changed
clothes in the stable and by some means
lost bis pocket knife, which he accused
Christian Smith of stealing and trading off.
Said knife was found in the manure pile last
week, and can be seen at any time, as Mrs.
Smith has It In her possession
Ainsworth News: The rush of set
tiers to this country in search Of free homes
continues undated. Last Tuesdays even
fng's train brought In 20 men, all In search
of homes. This is remarkable considering
the time of the year, but people know that
the chances to get good land for the mere
taking will soon be thing of the past.
There are yet hundreds of good claims to be
had In Brown county, but few months
hence and land -seekers will be compelled to
push farther to the front
Raymond, the squaw man, who had
twenty head of horses stolen from his ranch
on the Keya Paha last fall, has.recovered all
Of them but four or five. They were found
somewhere up the country in the vicinity Of
the Rosebud agency.
It is said no town in the state ap-
pears to be enjoying more of a boom than
Nebraska City. 1t has for long time been
living In somewhat dormant condition, but
now 1t has awakened from this unpromis-
ing existence and a genuine era Of prosper
ity has set In.
A Lincoln Journal special from Sac
ramento says: VIM. Anderson was burnt to
crisp last night between II and II O'Clock
in his drug store st this place. Nothing was
saved, aud the loss Is about 500. The de-
ceased had been on protracted spree for
about a week, and slept in the store on
Pile of straw by the stove, and 1t Is supposed
ne either upset the stove or sparks rolled
ON 1t and set the straw on fire.
Miss Mary Lewerjahn, young Ger
man girl, sixteen years Of age, was killed
near the Summit, west of Omaha, on the
ed. She was returning to her home.
which Is near the scene Of the accident,
and was walking on one of the railroad
tracks, when she saw the Union Pacific en-
igrant train approaching. Stepping across
+ the next track to get o.. of the way, she
unwittingiy placed herself in the path OF
the Missouri Pacific train, which was COM
ing from the opposite direction.
Postoffice changes in Nebraska dur
ing the week ending January 10, 1884: Es-
tablished- Wheeler county,
John Thompson, postmaster. Postmaster
neutrality-suspicious., Seward county,
Linus II. Nash.
Fremont Tribune: From Hon. Geo.
F. Blanchard, who has just came down
from Pine Ridge agency, we learn that the
people in the northwestern part OF the state
do not consider the prospects for extending
the Sioux City road beyond Valentine this
wear very hopeful. AS yet there has been
no grading beyond that point; and there
will be no directors meeting until May,
after which there will be little time for get
ting material on the ground and preparing
for the extension.
Franklin Echo: VIM. A. Cole and
d. Mcdonald are about to sink shaft
ON Cottonwood creek for the purpose Of
prospecting for coal. They claim they have
abundant indications. We wish the boys
success, and hope they may strike ''oil.'
Sidney Plaindealer: Not the least
pleasant part of life in the Lodge Pole val
ley Is its agricultural resources. Very little
is raised now, only enough to satisfy the
wants of the planters, but the time will
come when the valley will blossom like the