McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-02-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
GEN ERAL.

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the Ohio Central railway, living at Rend-
vile, was awakened by two men who ask
ed him to come to the door. He went, and
as soon as the door was opened one of the
men put pistol to his head and fired. Cliff
ford fell into the arms Of his wife and soon
died. The alleged murderer was taken from
the jail and lynched.
jeff Romers, a negro, who outraged
and brutally stabbed Mrs. stifin, in the
northern part of Chambers county, Ala. >,
was forcibly taken from Jail and hanged to
q tree.
The wife and little daughter of Nor
gan Martin, farmer living near Gallipolis,
Ohio, were burned in their dwelling. 1t is
supposed that the wife's clothing caught
fire and fired the building.
A special from Culiacan, Chihuahua,
Mexico, says that Judge Henry Cooper,
formerly United States senator from Ten
essee, was killed by robbers on the 4th.
He was manager of the Polk silver mine.
He left Nashville in November with $50, 900
to pay of the debts of the concern and start
a mill.
Special agents of the postoffice de-
partment at Chicago arrested Robert Riley
and James McCarroll for using the mails for
fraudulent purposes, under the name Of
Winship & Co. The parties arrested have
been acting as agents for the Royal Havana
lottery company.
The dwelling of VIM. Morrison, in
Pocahontas county, West Virginia, was
burned. Morrison and wife escaped with
four children who were sleeping in the
room with them, but two girls aged seven
and eleven, sleeping in another room were
roasted to death before their parents eyes.
The Ohio river is rising at a great
rate, owing to continued rains, and people
along the stream are in great fear that lives
will be lost and property damaged.
The board of inspectors of steam YES
sells began at Boston, on the 9Th, investiga-
ion Of the wreck of the City of Columbus.
The disaster was attended with a loss Of
ninety-seyen lives.
The senatorial contest in Kentucky
has ended by Blackburn receiving the cau-
Gus nomination. The vote stood: Black
burn, SO; Williams, 81. Senator Williams
term expires March 8, 1885.
One thousand people left the town of
Lawrenceburg, Ind, on account of the
flood.
At meeting of tho general freight
agents of the northern trunk lines at Chica-
go on the 9Th, it was decided, to advance
Utah rates.
A memorial to congress to increase
the salaries of the United States district
judges, especially that Of Love, of Iowa,
was prepared by the bar of Davenport. 1t
will be circulated for signatures at every
county seat in Iowa.
The people at Harrisburg fear an ice
gorge and all the iron mills at that place have
suspended.
The Paris academy of mus has,
with one dissenting voice, proclaimed in
favor of the repeal of the decree prohibiting
the importation of American pork.
The cowardly Egyptians, early in the
fight near Takar, threw away their saddles
and turned loose their horses, effecting a
retreat on foot rather than again face the
enemy.
A German farm laborer at Maren-
go, Iowa, killed the daughter Of his en-
ployer and then himself.
A freight train on the Illinois Gen.
trail jumped the track, injuring three en-
ployes and number of passengers.
Billy McGlory, convicted of violating
the excise law in New York, was sentenced
to six months in the pen.
The wife Of Robert P. Porter, ex-
secretary of the tariff commission, received
her diverse on the 9Th. Cause, desertion.
She was awarded $40, 800 alimonv. The cash
was paid down as soon as he decree was
signed.
The body of Frank Huff, of Iowa,
was found under Coon river bridge, near
Des Moines, on the ice. 1t is supposed he
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ing on his head, producing instant death.
A German farm laborer, employed
near Millersburg, Iowa. shot Mary Shuster,
daughter Of widower by whom he was
employed, owing to the girls Discrimination
to accept his attentions. He then killed
himself. The girl cannot recover.
"A construction train on the Vicksburg
road, carrying large force of laborers, had
eight freight cars overturned. Fourteen
men were wounded, one fatally and three
dangerously.
The committee on ways and means
has agreed to grant hearing to the represen-
tatives of the interests Of cotton, wool, met
ais, earthenware and glassware.
A collision occurred on the Baltimore