McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-02
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An EXPLOSION of gas In the eeei mtres
,fbu. Chill. ceused tho death Of th:rty.I*t
miners. Thirteen were dangerously wounded
General Grant receives daily about twenty
applications for autographs. and his son give
notice that these requests cannot be com
Piled with.
The ssth anniversary of the birth of Empe-
FOR william was celebrated at Berlin with
treat enthus I'm, the streets being brilliant
with decorations.
The postofIice at CeIma. Ohio. was burglar
zed. The safe IVES blown open and large
,umber of registered letters and stamps and
5000 in money stolen.
Peter Dutley, of Locust Point, Miss. hard
working man Of misery habits, was robbed
| IF $4,000 by burglars, who entered his hut
while he was absent.
The Illinois board of health is advised that
| here are fifty-one cases of smallpox at
Mound City, caused by infected negroes at
| tending revival meeting.
Prof. David Swing, formerly identified with
| The Alliance, and latterly with the Weekly
Magazine. has Withdrawn from the after ana
become permanently connected with the Cur
/ rent IN an editorial capacity.
| M, Robinson, of Dubuque's most enter
| orising and active citizens, died on the 2Itn
| lfter brief illness OF acute peritolitis, aged
| is. He was former law partner or Judge
Austin Adams, of the supreme court
At meeting of the executive committee OF
| The Western export association, at Chicago
was resolved to reduce the production of
;ob, M naDacity
y per cent. of the capacity. This Is for April.
A resolut on was offered to reduce the pro-
auction for May to 20 per cent, but this was
| aot acted upon.
The North German Gazette tB ;smarck's or
GAM states that during the recent official Wis
It of Count Herbert Bismarck to London the
relations between Russia and England were
not dis cussed. The Gazette also says it Is not
true the Emperor William has communicated
with the car on the Afghan dispute between
England and Russia.
The Armour packing company at Chicag
On the 9th received another cable order from
the British war department for S,CO) add ton
al cases of canned beef. representing about
$50, GOO pounds, and another proposal for III,
OO0 additional cases, which, however, could
ment is made tina. orders are already in hand
to have Invested all establishments in the
country, from England in this particular in
1ustry of their available stocks.
The steamer Mark Twain. running as fer
ry-boat between Memphis snd Mound City,
Arkansas, five miles up the river, exploded
her boilers on the 2Sth, while lying at the
Mound City bank, killing VIII f. Ties, A. j.
Demerich, two young men from Louisville
engaged in newspaper advertising schemes,
also the fireman, deck hand and another
unknown negro. Capt. Gus Engleman had u
lcg broken. Capt Geo. Malone, pilot. also
had leg broken. The barkeeper was badly
scaIded, and L. W. Jones, colored messen
ger, had an arm broken.
The Chey enne (Wyoming) Leader completes
D series of in erviews with the leading stock
growers Of Wyoming, Colorado and Nebras-
ka, gathered at Cheyenne to attend the an
nual meeting of the stock growers associa-
ton. The parties interviewed representatives,
million cat ie, ranging at widely separated
points. All agree that the past winter has
been the finest for years, both for range and
trail CATTLE The losses will be below the av-
erage, and are estimated variousy at from l
to per cent. The larger portion of the
losses were in trail cattle. which reached the
ranges late in the season.
The prevalence of hog cholera in Ononda-
ga and ether parts of Oswego county, New
York, is creating much excitement among
the farmers and others engaged in raising
hogs, 1t is estimated that nearly SEQ hogs
have died within a few miles of Syracuse in
three days. The disease seems to have spread
in all directions. B. F. Dresher, an extensive
farmer, has lost forty. The state inspector
gives it Us his opinion that the disease was
introduced by western hogs, which are
slaughtered at Syracuse extensively. During
the recent cold weather and snow blockade
several carloads of Iowa hogs were detained
near Rochester.
VIM. Neal, the last of the Ashland murder
ers, was taken from Sterling to Gayson, Ky.
on the 9th for execution. Large crowds
greeted him at each station. He was firm and
and maintained his innocence to
all of the many visitors who called upon him.
At l o'clock he was taken to the galloWs,
where large crowds were waiting to witness
the exc cution, and was escorted by band OF
100 guards armed with double barrelled shot
guns and pistols. Neal assembled the scafold
with great composure and said: II say to one
and all, you know this is no place to tell lie.
I stand here to-day to suffer for heinous |
crime did not commit. At one day my in
nocence will be established beyond doubt. |
I bid you one and all goodbye. o Lord,
Thou knowest am innocent; into Thy hands
I come, for Thou knowest 1 am innocent"
The last words were spoken just as the drop
fell. He was pronounced dead in ten min
utes. None of his relatives were present.