McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-30
BRIEFLY TOLD.

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John NJ. Buchanan, postmaster at Victor
Iowa, has been arrested for converting money
order funds to his own use.
The president of the toard Of police COM
| missioners of St. Louis has laid all the paruc-
uars of Mr. Preler's murder before Secretary
of State Bayard and the British minister at
Washington and asked their cooperation In
arresting the murderer and bringing him to
justice.
Mrs Mary Ireland, of New York, whose
husband was, as alleged, inveigled into Can
ada by English officials and thence transport
| ed to England for trial on the charge of de-
| sertion from the British army, has received
word from her husband at Sterling Castle,
| Scotland, dated the 9th inst, stating that he
had been released as no evidence can be-
found against him, and he "would not surren
DER
Dispatches from Fulton, Mo-, state that the
people of Galloway county are greatly dis
| couraeed ut the failure so far to stamp out
leuro-pneumonia among the cattle in that
county. Leading stockmen of st. Louis will
make personal appeal to the governor for
an extra session of the legislature. 1t is
stated that the cattle interest in the state has
| Already suffered CepTcCldllou AL soioO VI
| over half million dollars.
| The published reports of the battle of Chal-
| cuhuapa, on March 81, say that the Guatemat-
ans left ], 900 on the battlefield San Salvador
had so killed and l50 wounded, including
many officers. The GuatemalaEs say that to
obtain the body of General Barrios cost
twenty lives. The body was conveyed to
Guatemala and inferred with military hon.
ors. Since peace was signed by San Salvador
| and Guatemala, general confidence in COM
mercal circles is returning.
| The Spanish government has received offer.
from England for several torpedo boats in
process of construction in England on Span
| ish account.
Ernest Williams and Patrick Lawler, miners
and noted pugilists at Wilkesbarre. Pa,
| agreed to settle grudge by resorting to the
prize ring. Accordingly the men met in
| lonely spot on Snake Island. After the first
round, during which Williams had the ad-
| vantage, LAWYERS friends broke into the ring
and general fight ensued. Pistols, clubs and
billies were used, and a number Of Williams
| friends were injured.
The news that General Lawton had declined
| the Russian mission was received at Savan-
nah from Washington on the 21st. General
Lawtons action was based on a desire to save
| the administration any possible embarrass-
ment which a fight over his confirmation in
! the senate might cause.
| Near Greenwich, Conn.,, Barclay johnson.
son of a prominent railroad lawyer, while
| walking in the woods with his mother and SIS
| ter shot and killed them both and then killed
| himself. Mrs. Johnson was shot in the back
| Of the head, the sister in the mouth, after an
| apparent struggle, and again in the eye. The
| murderer then placed the revolver to his right
eye and sent bullet through his own brain.
| He was insane.
| The commission appointed by the Mexican
| government to revise the Mexican Central
| provisional tariff and classification has ac-
cepted the new tariff proposed by the COM
| pany. 1t now goes 10 the secretary of public
works for approval, which is merely form,
| however, now that the commission is notified,
and it will probably take effect June l.
Gen. Grant weighs AL pounds. Three
months ago he weighed 162 pounds.
JB. Hagan, prominent stock raiser and
shipper of southern Illinois, fell under Wa
bash train near the stock yards, in Chicago,
and was instantly killed.
The heaviest snow storm ever known in
| Colorado occurred on the oath. Fully twenty
inches fell. as much as the aggregate OF the
previous falls of whole winter. Toe snow
is very heavy and numberless roofs have
fallen, but without fatal results so far as re-
ported.
At the session of the Iowa encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic vle state
| Legislature was recommended to appropriate
| 100000 for the establishment of a soldiers
| home.
| The revised edition of the Old Testament,
which will appear simultaneously in London,
New York ami Philadelphia May q, will meet
with large sale. but it will not be so large as
that for the revised edition of the New Testa-
ment. This version is the joint property of
the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,
and each will issue its own edition, although
both will be printed from plates from one set
of types. The various publishing houses are
working in harmony, and copies Of the new
work cannot be obtained before the time
specified All the editions offered for sale in
| this country are imported complete, no sheets
| even having been sent forward for binding.
Heavy orders for the work from New York,
ceived, and the sales will no doubt be very
large.
A Washington special says: Representative
| Weaver is here very busy looking after mat
tiers for his constituents and endeavoring to
secure in their places various clerks for whom
he has found office in times past. He will OBJ
ject to certifying to the fitness of his demo-
cratic constituents who apply for office, as
several other republican congressman are
doing under the new era of good feeling. The
entire Nebraska delegation are fully satisfied
with Mr.. Cleveland's course. Laird and Val
entine still linger here.
A grand jury in London indicted Cunning
ham and Burton, the dynamters. for treason
and felony.
Nearly 10000 Sunday school children of Dub
lin marched in procession to Phoenix Park,
with banners and music,to present an address
10 the prince and princess of Wales.
In a Chicago court a cattle dealer from
Texas was awarded judgment for 5000 against
the Western Union Telegraph company for an
error in a quotation sent over the wires,
through which he lost the amount claimed.
The Illinois house declined an invitation of
the Illinois Central road to visit the New Or
leans exposition, Notwithstanding that the