The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-12-10

THE Omaha fair association has been
presented with about $500 by the several
railroads centeringin that city, the amount
being from sales of tickets to parties who
took advantage of low rates to reach
Omaha, but did not 'take i'm the fair.
lOMAHA had another gasoline stove ex-
plosion the other day, which resulted in
the burning Of the building in which it was
located. One man was quite badly
scorched.
THE female base ball club that som
weeks g played If a number of Nebraska
where they are meeting with poor success
in a financial way.
THE south end OF the new chemical labor.
atory building at Lincoln will be orna.
mented with two medallions purchased in
Germany by Prof. Nicholson. They are
on the way and are expected soon.
l Mr.. TUCKER, Of Geneva, has purchased
Belle K, the running mare which made
such a phenomenal record at the fairs in
Nebraska this fall, giving $500 for her.
SHoP-LIFTERs are annoying Falls City
merchants to some extent. One OF the
crowd was recently detected in the act and
punished.
A YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
building is to he put up in Omaha. The
question is whether the investment shall be
Ar FULLERTON, the other morning, Attor-
ney Banks found on his Office door a notice
signed by a vigilance committee asking him
to leave town within forty-eight hours. He
had been taking money from four or five
different men for contesting the same piece
of land.
JAEGGI & S~cHUPBAcH, OF Columbus, have
procured forty subscribers, and will pro-
coed Immediately to put in machinery for
electric light.
In THE Home Of the Friendless at Lincoln
there are thirteen babies. Good homes are
constantly being found for children sent
there.
SHERIFF CURRAN, OF Dodge county, arrived
IN Lincoln the other day with Samuel
Granger, sentenced to eighteen months in
the penitentiary for larceny. Granger was
turned over to the tender mercies of War
den Nobes.
Miss CORA HARDY, who has been one of
the most popular and efficient teachers in
the Lincoln public schools, has been mott.
fled OF her election to a positionin the pub
lie schools of Kansas City.
The Omaha Republican thus speaks OF
Lauer, who is confined in the Douglas
county jail on the charge of killing his wife:
Yesterday was Lauer's second day in the
county Jail. He appeared much better yes
han Tuesday and talked consider
able, but said nothing about his trouble.
He is furnished with copies OF the Omaha
which he reads with apparent inter-
est. The floor OF his cell has been carpeted
and an arm chair has been added to its
furniture. The books OF the nail
works were brought up to him yesterday.
He was allowed to leave his cell for an
hour or SO and spent his time in checking
them up. He expresses himself willing at
all times to receive callers, but has very
little to say to newspaper men. His sister
has been to see him once only and his
send him his meals, of which he
partakes moderately in his cell.
QUITE a stir was created the other day at
by the arrest of Henry
jr., for seduction. The alleged
victim is Miss Mary Murphy. Public senti-
ment is about evenly divided as to his in
nocence or guilt.
The Friend Telegraph says: There APP
pears to be a regular organized band ofbur-
glars operating in this state and Kansas,
who are committing their depredations
without let or hinderance. What is the
most surprising of the whole matter is the
TACT that they are turning their attention,
almost wholly to cracking postofices. We
are not posted on the manner OF which the
present detective force is organized, but we
that were John B.. Fury and Geo. A.
on the Nebraska force, the crooks
would lave been run in long ago.
THE price of human legs at Hastings has
been fixed at $3.50. That is what Rev.
Van Deren recovered from that city last
week for one of his that was broken on a
defective sidewalk.
THE B. & NJ. has contracted for the grad
ing OF a branch line from Elwood into Cos
per and Frontier counties, a distance OF
thirty-eight miles.
THE family OF Mr.. Egberts, OF Douglas,
has recently buried his fourth child from
diphtheria.
CAREFUL estimates show the 1885 corn
crop OF Nebraska to be five per cent larger
in acreage and ten per cent in yield, so that
the crop this year will be about $50, O0O,-
900 bushels, worth at 20 cents per bushel,
600, 600 to the farmers OF Nebraska.
Lancaster county leads the list, with
bushels-Saunders next.
THE Beatrice Democrat says that there
5 a clock in that city that has been run
ling continuously for ia years except
rhen it was in transit. 1t has been in the
possession of one family through successive
enerations all that time. 1t has never
ost all told five dollars for repairs. 1t is
he oldest calendar clock in the United
shows all the phases OF the moon
nd keeps accurate time.
ALBERT RUNNER, OF Platte county, re-
shot and killed on the island south
f Columbus a gray eagle which weighed
and a half pounds and measured
rom tip to tip of wings ninety-three inches,
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