McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-07-03
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.

NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
An Omaha bull terrier and dog
from Iowa fought for purse of 500 at
point four miles north of Omaha few days
ago. The Nebraska canine got away with
the honor and wealth. Another match Is
on the taps, but the authorities will pre-.
vent the meeting II possible.
The Canning company at Beatrice is
receiving the necessary machinery to begin
operations at an early day.
The census taken by the assessors
give Hall county q population of 1884, q
gain of l451 over last year, of which Grand
Island gains 765.
The B. & M. has just Issued orders to
dulge in the use of intoxicating liquors nor
visit the saloon during working hours.
The people of Harvard last week
nabbed q farmer named D. B. Hannah,
whose raids on granaries and barns In the
neighborhood had been numerous and
profitable. For six nights he was watched
and seen to enter either barn or corn CRIB.
Iespector General Franklin B. Sweet
has finished his inspection OF the Nebraska
National Guard, but has not yet made his
final report to the acknowledgement.
Work has been suspended in the
Seward coal prospect hole, owing to the In.
sufficient strength of the machinery. Heav-
Ter machinery tools have been ordered.
In Nebraska City, according to the
census, there are n who cannot read and
81 who cannot write; one insane and one
idiot.
Louis Hoover was drowned at Grefe's
mill, Merrick county. In company with
L. Gel xrff1 OH OF
the mill, and had just taken up one OF the
ropes to cross the race, when he stepped
into hole beyond his depth and was
drowned.
A lightning rod hend bled a hotel
keeper in Wymore last week. He made
square bargain with the agent to have his
house rodded at certain rrice. After the
work was done the lightning rod man
charged more than four times the amount
agreed upon, and demanded and received
note for the full amount claimed.
The Red Cloud National bank is is
suing its own currency, having received the
first instalIment of $11, 600.
OF the $S1. 900 tax of 1883 in Webster
county only $44, 900 have been paid in.
As far as heard from Saline county
has II pianos and 314 organs. 1t is pre-
sumed that there are quite a number that
Miss Bugie, the 14-year-old daughter
Henry B. Miller. OF Wayne county, died on
the 10th of lockjaw, the result of running q
rusty nail in her foot.
A loafer at Beatrice who while walk
ing the streets of that city laid violent hands
on several ladies whom he met, was s'laid
out'' ty well-directed blow from citizen
who had been watching his capers till for
bearance ceased to be virtue.
The election in Long Pine on the
question Of water works resulted in favor Of
the enterprise.
Messrs. Howe & Richards, from
Shenandoah, Iowa, are about to establish a
barbed wire factory at Beatrice.
Bob Norval, the "boy preacher" as
he delights to be called, has been holding
forth to outdoor audiences at Chester.
While he is gifted with q tremendous flow
of words. the Tribune fails to see that he
did any good to any one except himself
while there.
Large beds Of fine kaoline, or china
CLAW, have been discovered in various local
titles to the north, south and west Of Omaha,
and within easy hauling distance OF that
city. The material is said to be very fine,
and the deposits are SO extensive that ar
rangements are being made for the manu-
facture at Omaha, on grand scale, OF pot
terry, drain pipes, tiles, crockery, etc.
A young lady at Tobias, Saline
county, horsewhipped young man there a
few days ago for circulating scapdalous re-
ports regarding her character. The young
man subsequently packed his gripsack and
left for parts unknown.
John Heefner, aged fourteen years,
of Grand Island, met with perhaps fatal
accident lew day s in that place at the
mills of the Goshen Milling company. His
left arm was torn of at the shoulder, and
he was otherwise bruised and injured about
left of the arm at the shoulder, and the boy
has since rallied from the shock, with
possibility OF recovery.
Aconvict from Pierce county has just
been placed in the penitentiary, bis offense
being the killing of horse. Warden Nobes
SAYS this is the first convict he has had Tor
horse murder. 1t will strike the public as
a profitable example. There are few
meaner ways of taking revenge upon man
than by killing his stock.
On the OCCASION of the visit of the
circus to Beatrice thieves piled quite pro-
itable business, watches, money and other
valuables being taken.
G. W. Forseman, of Tecumseh, was
shocked by lightning few days ago, and is
still quite sick therefrom.
Mark Stringer, who resides about
two miles northeast of Wayne, is in posses
sion of one of Natures whims in the shape
of chicken with three legs. The chick is
now about four weeks old, and is as lively
and healthy as any of the brood.
The Stockville Faber says it is a
peculiar fact that Frontier county is re-
ceiving very few settlers directly from the
east side Of the Mississippi river. They
nearly all come from Iowa and the more
eastern counties of this state.
Carrot Harmsen, engaged in break
ing about two miles west Of Wayne, at
tempted suicide last week by shooting him.
self In the head. The gun used was an or
binary shotgun, loaded with No. shot.
He had evidently placed the muzzle Of the
gun at the base of the forehead. But two
or three shot pierced the skull, and it is
probable that he will recover.
A man named Palmer, who lives in
the outskirts of Crete, took q dose Of Paris
green recently in an attempt at suicide.
Physicians we're promptly summoned, but
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