McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29
TIE STATE IN BRIEF.

Hastings, too, will have it's charity ball.
fair.
The postofice at Scatter has been discon-
tinued
There is talk of new morning journal at
Lincoln.
A creamery is being erected at Columbus by
John Miller.
new time table went into effect on the B.
& NJ. last Sunday.
Beatrice's new barb wire factory is fast
nearing completion.
In distribution of Offices in the legislature
Franklin county took FIVE.
Gibbon hotel recently had four different
landlords in three days.
Arrapahoe is counting on large improve
ments the present year.
1t is understood an effort is to be made to
get land Office located at Sidney.
The new elevator at Cedar Creek, just fin
ished, has capacity of 10000 bushels.
Mrs. Colby has been elected president of
the Nebraska woman suffrage association.
Omaha having lost the state fair. is now
account.
that Fairbury expended for improvements
last year.
There is growing opinion that it is time for
permanent and lasting organization of the
county of Sioux.
]. B. Dickeg, of Pawnee City, fell from
scaffOlding twenty feet high, sustaining quite
painful injuries.
The Beatrice canning company is about to
put several men to wo rk making cans for the
current years crop.
Tramps are not allowed lodging in the jail
at Beatrice unless they work on the street to
pay for the same.
Gage counts hog-raisers held meeting to
take steps toward preventing the spread of
disease among the swine.
The contract has been let for removing the
iron bridge near Waterloo. The work is to be
completed in thirty days.
] The Horticultural society, at its recent an
nual meeting, had fine display of fruits. ag-
gregating about 200 plates.
The diphtheria is still claiming many victims
in and about Fullerton. Several fatal cases
have also occurred in Kearney.
Mrs Colby. of Gage county, attended the
National Womans Suffrage association meet
ing in Washington on the 10th.
The Juniata Herald learns that Mr. Signcur,
living three miles west of that place, has lost
thirty head of hogs by cholera.
Lincoln bid for the state fair was accom-
panied by q bond of $4,000 for good and
faithful performance of its contract.
The stste board of agriculture has located
the state fair at Lincoln for Ave years. Omaha
and Grand Island were competitors.
The old maids of Blsir recently moved for
the formation OF an old maids society, but for
some reason the scheme fell through.
More than 800 timber claims and 500 home
steads have been taken up in Cheyenne coun-
~ thus far during the fall and winter.
II the funds are judiciously managed the
poor of Omaha will be benefited to the ex.
tent Of about s.. 500 by the charity ball.
Beatrice is talking of a canal project which,
IL carried into effect, will make that place
take front rank as manufacturing city.
Editor Rosewater, Of the Omaha Bee, was
called to give testimony before the school
land investigating committee at Lincoln.
There is plenty Of good beef around Colum.
bus, but citizers complain that butchers of
that town slaughter nothing but old COWS.
The eolored men of Omaha will have a rep
resentative in the industrial conference of
colored men at New Orleans, February 18th.
The Blair Pilot denies the report that new
hog disease has appeared in Washington
county and is carrying OF swine by the whole
sale.
Joseph zoll. B. & 81. brakeman, had his
leg badly crushed at Ashland By the cars q