McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-29
ew days ago. Physicians hope to save the

] preparing to take in the great show at an ear
| day.
Heidi, on trial at Schuyler for attempted
/ train wrecking. was put on the stand. but
made lame story. He is almost certain to
| be convicted.
There was fifty.nine thousand dollars on
hand for the Kearney county supervisors to
count at the last annual settlement with the
| county treasurer.
| Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Purdum, of. Seward, eel
ebrated the 18th anniversary of their married
| life A large number of guests participated
in the festivities.
The school district officers of Minden have
purchased $4,000 brick toward building their
new school building which the district expect
to build in the spring.
A brace of expert confidence kids or sneak
thieves are operating in the towns along the
line of the q. P. They wound up jewelry
store in Schuyler to the extent Of $l2.
Henry Parks, of Blair, was slugged by some
unknown person while passing the track OPP
posite the old freight depot. A bad cash was
cut in his head by the cowardly assailant.
Nelse Olive, a farmer living four miles from
Mnden, was shot by Nels johnson. his hired
man, in a quarrel over a settlement. The
wound is thought not to be fatal. johnson
has fed,
Morris Smith, of Sidney, was handling a
loaded pistol, when it was accidentally dis
charged, the ball taking effect in the right Leg
making flesh wound. 1t was a close call for
something more serious.
A young man at Lincoln was conf1denced
out Of S25 by couple Of travelling rascals
They were threatened with exposure, and
rather than get into the hand of officers gave
up their illgOtten wealth.
Frank HEIDI. convicted of train wrecking at
sequently recaptured in the cellar under his
fathers house. He will be Immediately hand
ed over to the state authorities.
Sam Cory. Columbus stock dealer, was
assaulted by would-be robbers at Omaha last
week. Cory knocked one of his assailants
down and the other took to his heels. The
wealth they were after was not secured.
The state board of agriculture society
chose D. H. Wheeler as delegate to the ma
tional trotting association meeting at Chicago
next May. It was also decided that the state
fair be held from September 1lth to 18th, in
elusive.
The state board Of agriculture, at it's recent
meeting, passed the following resolution:
THAT this meeting disapprove of the organ
ization of more than one agricultural society
In each county as being detrimental to the
best interests of agriculture in our state.'
The county superintendent of the state
met in convention at the office of State Su-
perintendent Jones, at Lincoln. The object
of the meeting was the general promotion of
educational interests of the state and the dis
cussion of some proposed amendments to the
school law.
The state board of agriculture elected off,
GERS for the ensuing year as follows: Presi-
dent, j. B. Dinsmore, of Sutton; first vice
president, r. Daniels, of Sarpy county; sec
ond vice president, Frank Holt, of Gage;
secretary, R. W. Furnas, of Nemaha; treas
urer, Christian Hartman, of Omaha.
Rev. James Paterson, secre tary of the dio
cesar council, has received word that the
conservation of Rev. DR.. Worthington as
bishop of Nebraska could not take place be-
fore February 24th. owing to the inability OF
the bishops who are to officiate as consecra-
tors to go to Detroit before that time.
At the meeting of the State Horticultural
society r. N. Day, of Burt, was elected first
ce-president; w. w. Watson, of Johnson,
second vice-president; C. Hartman, of Oma-
ha, treasurer; ]. T. Allan, of Omaha, secre-
tary; W. ]. Hesser of Cass, G. F. Warren of
Clay, and Peter Youngers of Fillmore, di-
rectors.
The State f1remen's association elected off,
GERS as follows: President, j. C. Cleland, Ere
mont; first ce-president, ]. H. Butler, Oma-
ha; second vice-president, G. Babson, Sew
ard; secretary. I. L. Lyman, Lincoln; treas
urer, McAlister, Grand Island. The next
tournament was located at Grand Island. The
next annual meeting will be held at Seward.
In the trial at Schuyler of Heidi for at
tempted train wrecking, the jury, after being
out ten minutes, returned verdict of guilty.
The criminal was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for ten years at hard labor. The SYM
pathy, special states, is with the prisoner, as
a poor, ignorant man, who did not compre-
bend all of the consequences of his act, but
the verdict was undoubtedly just.
The young man from New York, heretofore
mentioned as having shot himself, at point
eight miles north of Kearney, seems to have
taken his own life. 1t was at first thought to
be accidental. The coroner's jury found that
he came to his death from pistol wound
caused by himself while laboring under tenn
porary fit of insanity. This insanity is
thought to have been produced by over re-
ligious excitement.
The Lincoln Journal says that the bill in
troduced into the legislature prohibiting the
sale of tobacco to minors is discussed by the
public generally nowadays. It is question
upon which the people seem to be divided.
Many are of the opinion that it would work
great good morally, physically and flnan:
cially to to the youth of the state, and advos
cate the passage Of the bill very violently.
Others hold to the opinion that "boys will be
boys" still. by thinking that it looks manly
for them to use the weed, and will persist in
putting the nauseating smoke and squirting
the offensive saliva, even If they are com
PEELED to gather up the snipes and utilize
guilds on the sly.
House rolls 40. SO and 81. introduced by
Drummer, of Douglas, all relate to the regula-
ton of railways. H. r. 40 is an act to estab-
lish q board of railroad and warehouse com
and prescribes therein powers
and duties, the board to consist of secretary
Of state, auditor of public accounts and treas
urer, and their successors in Office. H. r. so
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