McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23

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The Journal says that Long Pine wants a
bakery and a restaurant very much. Who
ever will come and make good bread to sell,
and understands conducting a restaurant,
cooking oysters, ETC., can do large business.
The Beatrice Express says from the huge
piles of pumpkins and squashes displayed at
the canning factory, one is led to believe that
the canning of these commodities had been
commenced in earnest and to q large extent.
Several councilmen in Omaha are in bad
box. They have been indicted by the grand
jury for bribery in connection with the Sioux
Falls granite company, who paid them money
for voting in favor of their material for paw
ing.
George BruttO, who stole trunk from the
Paxton hotel, Omaha. last March, containing
| property valued at over 800, has been arrest
ed and brought back frop st. Louis, the trunk
also having been recovered. He is held for
trial.
For going down street and knocking down a
| Pi~l-the daughter of his wife who has left
him-and slapping the face and pulling the
hair and tearing the clothes of his sister-in-
| law, man named Wildman, of Lincoln, was
Isaac Jewett, superintendent of the cream
| cry at Grand Island, committed suicide by
| taking morphine. He was a man about 80
| years of age single, and stood well in the
community. He had been drinking hard for
three days. No good reason for the rash act
is known.
The fastest run for freight train on record
in this state was made by a stock train, says
the Lincoln Journal, from Hastings to Lin
coin. The engine was No. 108, Engineer VIII st
Ter, and the train was in charge of Conductor
Webb. The distance is ninety-seven miles and
it was made in three hours, with one stop of
ten minutes.
Information is wanted of David Sherman,
who disappeared from Lincoln on the 27th ult.
He is described thus: Age, about 80 years;
height, a little below medium; weight, about
$50 pounds; light complexion, blue eyes, light
auburn hair, little thin on top, sandy chin
whiskers high forehead, scar on forefinger of
his left hand and same finger little crooked.
When last seen was dressed in gray suit with
dark stripe, black felt soft hat, coarse heavy
boots.
A Lincoln dispatch says: J. Robert Will
Jams, of David City, has been missing since
Friday of last week, when he took the train
for the east. 1t is just discovered that he has
absconded, taking with him $4,000 in money
borrowed from confidential friends in church,
Sunday school, temperance and political Cir
cles, in all of which he was prominent. He
was superintendent of the Sunday school, can
didate for e'ection on the St. John ticket and
ran for district judge last fall. 1t is supposed
that he is in Canada.
A few days ago man named Dobery, resid- |
ng at Schuyler, boarded the train on the
Union Pacific and when about four miles from
that city, jumped from the car. He was
missed by James Whyte, a commercial travel |
er of Omaha, who notified the conductor. The |
train backed slowly and Dobery was picked |
up from a pool of water bruised and bleed |
ing. The train then backed to Schuyler, |
where the man was left. 1t is thought he was |
under the influence of drink. and not having |
a ticket, stepped from the train ignorant Of |
the fact it was moving at rapid rate.
A bold attempt at robbery was made at the
house of Mr.. Dinah, in Cherry county, few
days ago. Two masked men entered his house
in broad daylight, he being absent at the time
Mrs. Dinah was lying on the bed when they
entered, and one of the men threatened her
with death if she made the slightest noise.
She was terribly frightened, but had presence
of mind enough to rush to the door despite
their injunction and scream for her father.
This frightened the robbers in turn and they
dashed through the window and disappeared.
The West Point Progress says: Three officers
from Wheeler county arrived here yesterday
with three prisoners under arrest for horse
stealing. They were turned over to Sheriff
Rupp, and are now under the care of Tailor
Schwenke. The crime was committed last
Thursday. A man from Burnett, in Madi-
son county, was filling ditching contract
over in Wheeler. He camped out while doing
horses tied to the wagon. Friday morning he
discovered his horses were gone. He imme-
diately gave the alarm and posse of indig-
nant citizens were soon on the track of the
who were all armed with A.
calibre revolvers. The gang were driven into
a swamp and captured.
A Fort Robinson special says: A shooting
ARRAY occurred last night at the saloon of
Andy Tabor, or French Andy which result
ed in the death of Ed Williams, a butcher at
this post. Williams had been quarreling with
the barkeeper, but finally quoted down after
lischarging his pistol through the roof of the
A few moments later he was ap-
preached by Joe Crane, a young man of about
Is years, who, making the remark, "Are you
yoing to stop that shooting?" pulled Colts
'evolver and shot Williams through the left
breast, directly over the heart Crane then
escaped. Williams lived barely ten minutes
lfter the shot was fired. Crane is tail, lank,
man who has recently taken
Up claim on Ash creek, and whose parents
lave just reached here from the east.
Testimonial to Mr.. Clark. /
About three hundred employees of the q. P.