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

Thomas Howe, burned to the ground the othel
day. Loss on the building and machinery
$4,000. Insured for one-third.
H. H. McLain, proprietor of the Clifton
house, Lincoln, has disappeared, leaving no
only his family but several large bills behind
amounting in the aggregate to 81 800.
young man at York, to whose care hat
been entrusted a registered letter, broke oper
the same and took therefrom 800, 800 Of
which was found in his possession.
Now Pawnee county comes to the front with
a lively corn husker, gathering in one hun
dred bushels in seven hours and forty-five
minutes. This is the best on record.
Hon. j. f. Boyd, Of Omaha, the pork packer
presented to each of his employees who is al
the head of family a plump turkey fol
Christmas. 1t took over 100 birds to &C
around.
The Beatrice Express says that in Gage
county the hog cholera has about quoted
down. While the loss was serious in some
droves, the spread of the disease did not be-
come general.
The fourth annual meeting of the Nebrasks
State Farmers Alliance will be held at the
Academy of Music in Lincoln, commencing
Tuesday evening, January nth, 1885, and con-
tinuing four days.
A Nebraska lady, who was crossing the
river from Covington to Sioux City the other
day, broke through the ice. She was rescued
by gentleman near by, but was greatly
chilled before being housed.
The annual meeting of the Nebraska State
Bee.keepers' association will be held at the
court house IN Tecumseh, January IA, 1885, at
2:3O p. m. Questions of general interest to
every bee-keeper will be discussed.
M'ss'rri sheriff put in an appearance in
Nebraska a few days ago to get Clinton Wade,
q murderer confined at York. The prisoner
was taken to Missouri, where common report
says he is guilty of thirteen murders, though
three are only positively known.
Mr.. Howard Capper, OF West Union, Custer
county, went out to the barn and found one
Of his fine well-matched three-year old colts
dead. After feeding the remainder of his
and went to milk his COW, but found her dead
also.
The Creighton Pioneer says the fair-minded
press of Nebraska are urging the next legis
lature to frame laws regulating freight and
passenger tariffs on Nebraska railways, and if
the legislators are as Jealous in their efforts as
the papers, there will be no trouble about it's
passage.
The crossing of the Missouri river between
Nebraska City and Eastport, which has been
difficult to maintain during each winter, is
now to be spanned by an ice bridge, which the
Burlington road is building. Part of the ma
terial is on the ground and the driving of the
piles will begin at once.
George Medlock, the sexton of Prospect Hi
cemetery, Omaha, celebrated his ed birthday
last week. He has been sexton of the cemel
terry for 25 years and in that time has superin-
tended the work of putting in the ground the
remains of nearly five thousand people.
Omaha wants the state fair another five
years and has taken the initiatory steps for
securing the same. One meeting has been
held and others will follow. A long pull, a
strong pull, and pull altogether seems to be
the order of exercises. Lincoln and other
towns will have to look well to their laurels.
J.C. Bonneil. just from New Orleans, says
that on the streets of that city and in the
street cars you can hear of Nebraska's fine
display at the exposition. Its all over
town." Nebraska day-the day set apart for
Nebraska's dress parade-will be March II,
on which day she will be seventeen years and
ten days old.
A Lincoln judge married q couple few
weeks ago who returned the other day and
asked the official to put aside the decree and
set them free again. The judge informed
had no power to urbind. and as far as he was
they must remain as they were, at
which they went away Borrowing.
There are many different rules for measu1-
ing corn in the crib. The following is said by
parties who have tested it to approach ac
cnracy as nearly as any rule now known:
Multiply the length, breadth and height
together to give the cubic feet. Multiply the
product by FIVE, and divide this last product
BY eleven. The result will be shelled bushels"
Unicn Pacific yard brakeman named
Wiltse, while in the performance of his duties
1t Omaha a few nights ago, fell from the top
If car to the ground, being SO badly hurt
hat death ensued in about one hour. He was
;. years of age, and leaves wife in Lincoln
With whom he had not lived for some time.
lie carried accidental insurance to the amount
If $1,000.
AT recent meeting of Rawlins Post No. 81,
J. a. r., of Beatrice, the following was unan-
mt usly adopted: Resolved. That our rep
to the department encsmpment.
o be held at Beatrice, January 18th and goth,
re and are hereby instructed to use ali honor
bile means to secure at Beatrice the next an
lual reunion of the G. A. r., and that a copy
# these resolutions be rendered to each rep
sentative"
In the early part of the month. as is learned
rom the Albion News. Father Bristol, of St.
edward, left his home, attended Sabbath
ehool, went home with his daughter, took
Inner, arose and seated himself by the stove. |
Tot ng fter, while walking towards the
oor. was seen to falter, was caught, and
led i'm few minutes. 1t is supposed that
analysis of the heart was the immediate |
ause of his death.
Two young men applied at Spears livery, in |
ieneva. for rig to drive TO Bclvedere and |
ack. The team was furnished and the next |
ay it was learned that the parties had dis