McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-23
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Eight fve-story houses in Sixty-second
street, New York, fell on the 18th. Many
workmen were injured, probably some of
them fatally.
Justice Andrew wylie, of the supreme
court of the district of Columbia, has notified
the president that he wishes to be placed on
the retired list. He is II years cd.
Agents of the Pennsylvania railway CON-
| pany have been instructed to restore passen-
ger rates on all it's lines, which is taken to
mean that the Pennsylvania management has
got tired of the rate war.
Bud Farris, white, and Freeman Ward. col
ored, were hanged at the fair ground at Union
| City, N. c. by q mob of masked men number
ing about two hundred. They belonged to
| gang of thieves who recently have committed
| many depredations on the citizens OF that
place.
j. Henry Shaw, a democratic member of
| the lower house of the Illinois legislature
from Cass county, was found dead in bed at
the Palace hotel, Springfield, Sunday. This
| makes the third death in the Legislature since
| the opening of the session. Shaw's death
| leaves the house tiled"
The Prince and Princess of Wales, on their
| way to Cork, received an enthusiastic wei
come. At Lismore, in the counties OF Cork
and Waterford, 800 laborers presented an adj
dress of welcome. At Dungarron, in Water
| ford county, when the train passed all vessels
in the bay lowered their flags.
The Philadelphia Times says John Roach
has been offered 500, 900 more for the dispatch
boat Dolphin" than this government has
nv, hn
| Russian government and Roach demands an
| immediate answer to his letter requesting
final payment by the United States.
At Delaware Blue, Indian territory. Frank
Roberts, alias Pierce, q notorious desperate
of Denton county. Texas, with posse, was
pursuing a band of cattle thieves when they
ran upon Roberts ON the bank of Red river
Roberts opened fire upon the posse and was
slain in the fight. Hardin Wilson, one of the
gang, was captured.
In Chicago the states attorney entered
nolle prosecute in the Cook county criminal
court in the case Of Hansbrough and Shields,
two of the judges in the Eighteenth ward,
where the election frauds were committed
last fall, declaring he had no evidence upon
which to convict them. An ind ictment is still
district court.
A. r. Dimmick, charged with being one of
the men who set fire to the town OF Weston,
Oregon, year ago, when S309,0JO in property
was burned was discovered in Gervas, Ore
gon, recently. The sheriff, with posse of
six, made an unsuccessful attempt to arrest
the fugitive. The sheriff presented double
barreled shotgun and ordered Dimmick to
surrender, but the latter sprang On him, tore
the gun from his grasp, and covering the
crowd with it made his escape.
The following figures are taken from
statement compiled by Secretary Stone of
he Chicago board of trade, to show the visi-
blesupply of wheat corn, oats, rye and barley
in the United States and Canada on Saturday,
April H.. and the amount of increase or de-
crease for the week ending at that date:
Wheat, 46, S51 ,232 bushels, decrease of 49,
0S6 bushels; corn 9,95S, 466 bushels, an increase
of Dr. 03 bushels: oats, 2,4lS,3l0 bushels,
decrease of 246, 1873 bushels; rye 3l2, 799 bush
els decrease of A, 142 bushels; barley, 752,5,o
bushels. The stocks of grain in store in Chi
cago April IL were: Wheat, 15.S75,429 BUSH
els; corn. 1868 $50 bushels; oats, 425,949 BUSH
els; rye, 1868 bushels; barley, 50.43S bush
ole