McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-08

past year OF about $25,0OO,0o0.
A fine building. to be used as a machin,
shop, is going up at Orleans.
At Lodge Pole last week four cats wer,
found frozen to death in barn.
The contract has been let for grading fifty
two miles of railroad west from Gordon.
Diptheria has appeared at Alma and in on,
instan ce thus far reported has proved fatal.
The broom factory At Beatrice now employs
eight hands and Is turning out 200 brooms g
day.
| Fender is the name Of new town on the
Omaha reservation and is said to be growing
| lively.
The city steam laundry works of wilkins &
Evans. at Omaha, were partially destroyed BY
fire last week.
Near Lodge Pole. the other night, train OF
cars ran into drove OF cattle, killing seven
| teen head of them.
On and after January LIST, 1885. daily mail
and New Helena.
Pass 1t along. the line that Nebraska's ex.
hibit at the New Orleans exposition is "sim.
ply immense"
Plainview talks of valuable improvements
~ 10 uhuc tuc cunning yeur
John O'Brien, of Fontanelle, Iowa, arrived
in Omaha last week with both hands frozen.
A man named Kady has been indictei by
the grand jury of Kearney for abusing his
family.
The ice gatherers ere busy securing an ex-
cellent crop Of the summer luxury. An un.
usual quantity will be stored.
Soma of Too,,x,eoh,s r,,,,;,o,, L \
their goods destroyed by the recent fire will
open out again at an early day.
The ravages of diphtheria and scarlet fever
brought sorrow to a good many Nebraska
homes during the holiday season.
A dozen frame residences are now in differ
emit stages of completion in Kearney. The
cold weather has put stop to operations.
The fall term Of the Arapahoe public
schools closed with good results, notwlthstaud.
The B. & NJ. r. r. made Gage county accept
able Christmas gift by passing over to the
treasurer Its taxes for the year. The amount
paid was $ls, 353.S6.
A desperate fight occurred in a West Point
saloon. in which one of the contestants was
badly cut on the head with Ratchet.
The new Baptist church at Fairfield was
dedicated on Sunday last. Rev. Harris, of
Omaha, delivered the dedicatory sermon.
Polla Adamson, of Pierce. while oiling ma.
chinery in the mill at that place. caught his
hand in the gearing and had it badly crushed.
Cold as the weather has been, there are nu-
merous peddlers in the state trying to take in
the unwary. The best plan is to give them
the goby.
6 The governors message will soon be along
telling of affairs of the state, and this will
be followed by doings of the legislature which
is about to convene.
The well-known and long-established bust
ness house of John L. Mcconnell, of Lincoln,
has closed its doors. Cause, difficulties of
making collections.
Fort Mitchell is becoming great feeding
post. Immense sheds are being erected, with
the Indictment weather.
Messrs. William F. Mcmillan and ]. A: Grit.
ffths have been appointed assistant general
freight agents of the Union Pacific railroad,
with headquarters at Omaha.
A petition has been circulated at Aurora for
sigpers, petitiOning the incoming legislature
to submit prohibition amendment to the
people of the state of Nebraska.
The new Methodist church of Pleasant Hill
eight miles north from Kearney, was dedicat-
ed last week. An Indebtedness of 5000 was
cleared up at the dedcatory service.
The low price of grain and losses in hogs
makes it utterly Impossible for some farmers
to pay their taxes this year. The legislature
is expected to furnish some sort OF relief.
The eighth annual session of the department
encampment, G. A. R., will be held at Beat
rice. January 18th and 18th. Headquarters
will be established at the Randall house.
The c., b. g. O. cars come through from Chi
cago to Lincoln now. Heretofore they have
been set Off at Pacific Junction, which caused
a change of cars in order to reach Lincoln.
county January Goth for the purpose of allow
ing the electors TO decide whether or not the
county seat shall be removed from st. Helena
to Harrington.
The Indian industrial school at Genoa now
numbers 157 pupils. Of these "a are Winneba-
goes, three Poncas, one Omaha, and the re-
mainder are Sioux from Yankton, Pine Ridge
and Rosebud agencies.
Fire broke out In the large dry goods eStab-
lishment of Grunebaum Bros, Omaha, the
other night, and although the flames were
soon quenched, great damage resulted from
water, aggregating $4,000.
The fourth annual meeting of the Nebraska
State Farmers Alliance will be held at the
Academy of Music in Lincoln, commencing
Tuesday evening, January 18th, 1885, and con-
tinuing four days.
The police of Schuyler have the names of
about forty boys who have been stealing coal
from the railroad company, and it is probable
that their parents will be called upon to pay
for their depredations.
Indians have recently been encamped near
Alexandria, where they busted themselves in
drying and smoking the carcasses of three or
four cattle presented them by farmers, the
same having died from smut.
J. p. Curry, living northwest of Shelton,
made an attempt to commit suicide by taking
about two-thirds of an ounce of laudanum
and teaspoonful of aconite. He was saved
by the timely arrival of a physician. Domes-
tic trouble.
Two Omaha policemeu while on duty, met