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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
MAvERIcKITEMs.

New way to pay old debts: Run new
ones.
Everything is adulterated nowadays.
A San Francisco man bought a cork
leg, and afterwards ascertained that it
was made of paper.
A San Francisco minister found a
slice of dried tongue lying beside the
bible last Sunday when he entered his
pulpit. He took the hint.
If you would hit a roller-skater with
a barrel stave one half as hard as he
hits himself when he sits down ~uninvit-
ed, he would have you arrested for
assault.
A Kentuckian has recently patented
a gin-saw. We don't know what a GIN
saw is used for, but suppose it is intend
ed to saw off his breath. Bet he'll
break every tooth out of it if he uses it
for that purpose.
A Tucson, Arazona, man, while pray.
ing the other day was struck by light
ming and instantly killed. Sorry to
hear that he was killed. There is a
certain somethingness," as Oscar
Wilde would say, in knowing that there
was at least one man in Arizona who
prayed.
'Oh, Miss McSwelter," said a little
Lodi school boy to his teacher, II
heard pa talking to Mr.. Jones about
you"
'.Indeed!' replied the teacher, archly,
''Wha did he say?"
"He said you were the hardest work.
ing teacher he ever saw"
''And what did Mr.. Jones saye." she
asked, pleasantly.
.He said you didn't know anything,
and had to study hard to keep from
forgetting it.
Last Monday when it was raining vio-
lently, we had occasion to visit Oak
land. While on the ferryboat Charley
Mccarthy remarked that it had been a
cold, wet rain all the week.
Young Oakdude, who had been sip
ping ginger pop, thought he would be
smart, and asked Mac if he had ever
heard of a hot dry rain.
Il did," responded Charley. THE
good book tells us that a rain of fire and
birthstone fell upon Sodom and
Gomorah."
'How much for these oysters?" quer-
ried an eastern man, as he stepped to
the cashiers desk in an oyster house on
Market street.
''Six bits"
eyes, you struck it; six bits, and
mighty small bits they are! You ought
to get some Providence river oysters
out here"
81 mean the price is six bits, seventy
five cents"
"Oh, the devil!!"-California Maze
rae.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
Driving at Night.

How to illuminate a road in front of
the horses in driving at night is an inn
pOrtant matter.
The usual side lamps on carriages, or
the attaching of a lantern to the dash
board, fail to reflect the light where it
is most wanted, and the suspending of a
lantern to the front axle is Objectiona-
BILE for many reasons, but it is the best
plan for shedding the light where it is
the most needed that we have seen
tried.
But q Philadelphia physician suggests
the attaching of the lantern to the
breast collar of the harness, which he
says he has tried with perfect satisfac-
ton, and he has evidently had some
experience with the ordinary methods of
lighting, for he says the various forms
of dash lights are pretty much the same,
in that they put the light just where it
is not wanted, illuminating the horses
tail and hips and the buggy
thills with a brilliance quite unneces-
sary, which intensifies the b~lackness of
the shadow cast by them just where n
most wishes to see clearly.
my light is a common tubular Ian
tern, with q reflector, and a spring for
attachment to the dash. In place of
putting it on the dash, 1 slipped the
spring over the middle of the breast col
lar, directly in front of the horse.
Every part of the road in front of me
was plainly seen, so L could drive with
as much confidence as in broad day
light. The conditions necessary for
success are a l~evelheaded horse, with
fair breadth OF chest, and a shoulder
strap attached to the check hook, to
prevent lantern sagging down between
the horses legs when for any eason the
traces slack. 1t would be well to have a
short strap sewed to the inside of the
breast collar, to slip the spring through,
so as to prevent any lateral notion
Scientific american.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
DIED PROTESTING HIS INNOCENCE.
Ten thousand People Witness the Execution
of Henry S. Starr.

Ten thousand People Witness the Execution
of Henry S. Starr.
Nevada City (Mo.) dispatch: Henry S.
Starr, who was hanged here to-day at 1
o'clock, was visited by his father last
night. Large crowds assembled about the
.gallows, which was erected in a ravine,
forming a natural amphitheatre, about a
mile from the jail. Incoming trains brought
hundreds of people to witness the execu-
ton. The crime for which he was hung was
the cold FLOODED and brutal murder OF Ja-
cob Sewell and siXteen-year-old son who
came from Fort Scott sometime last July
with two wagons, and were camping near
here. Sewell became sick and was attend
ed by Starr and a m named Osborn,
who formed a plan to murder the father
and son and leave town with the wagons
for Starts former home in Indiana. On
the night OF August Both Starr accom-
plisled the deed with an axe. He then
placed the bleeding forms in a wagon and
started for the Marmalon river bottoms,
five miles distant, and buried his victims.
The dead bodies were found and pursuit
organized and Starr and the Osborn oma
captured twenty miles distant. They were
tried and both convicted OF murder in the
first degree and sentenced to be hanged to-
gether. A stay OF execution was obtained
in the woman's case and she was granted a
new trial.
Starr was hung at 1:3O p. m. Ten thous-
and people witnessed the execution. The
criminal spoke on the scaffold for half an
hour, protesting his innocence.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
A Bible Filed As a VIII,

A rather bulky will was filed for pro-
bate in the orphans court at Baltimore
in the shape of a large gilt-edged fami-
" bible. The will was written on the
blank pages usually used to record mar
riages, births, and deaths. The will
was that OF Winnie Harris, colored, and
was very we'll written and in perfectly
legal form. 1t is of date Sept. 3, 1885,
things are sold and her debts paid, to
her mother, Katie Jones, of Paramount
or Clairmount, Va Should the mother
be dead, then all is to 90 to the Second
Christian church, Dolphin and Etting
streets, except a gold chain and locket
to A. d. Minds, and the bible in which
the will is written to Rev. ID. r. Wiki
ms, her pastor. By a codicil written
IN a separate piece Of paper, but glued
in the bible, the testatrix disposes of
certain death benefits from lodges to
which she belonged. She desires Mount
Sinai lodge, No. Is, of the Order
of Moses, to give her decent burial, and
if anything be then due her the remain
der is b~equeathed to the lodge. What
ever is due her from st. Paui's taberna-
Gle, No. II, Order of Galilean Fisher
men, and from Queen Esther court, No.
6, Order of Nazarites, is to go as the
will directs-frst to the mother, or, in
case she is dead, to the Second Chris
tian church for the advancement of the
cause of religion. A. ID. Minds, Will
lam F. Allen, and John Mitchell are
named as administrators. The III
officials say that the leaves containing
the will can no be torn from the bible,
but the book itself must be filed. In
that case Rev. ID. Wilkins will not re-
ceive his legacy.-Baitimore Sun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
Going to Stay in Canada.

An inquisitive man on a train on the
New York Central going out of New
York was seated next to a fashionable
dressed young man, who looked as if he
might be a bank clerk.
"Going to Poughkeepsie:s" asked the
inquisitive.
Yes"
"Going to stay there?:"
"No, I'm going on to Albany?"
Going to stay in Albany?"
."No, I'm going on to Niagara Falls"
'Going to stay there9"
No, I'm going or to Montreal"
The inquisitive man smiled, nodded
his head, as much as to say. Now 1
know all about you," and finally added:
well, L guess you are going to stay
in Canada, amt yer?"-Teras SiftinqS.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
THE Eas,,lAyy CHIEF rr1.

John Kelly, OF New York, from all &C.
counts, was quite benefited from treatment
received while at Clifton Springs, but owing
to his intense love for the interests OF Tam
many hall, he has allowed his physicians
advice to go u%nhecded, and is now again
suffering from insomnia and nervous pros
tration. In some respects his sickness is
peculiar, as he appears better one day and
not SO well the next. Medicine does not
benefit him % as it did a year or more
since. or it would surely do him more good.
Cheerful company, riding, and driving are
considered his best ines OF treatment. A
general change, by getting entirely out OF
politics. would do him more real good now
thar all else besides. If this is not done
soon he will gradually grow worse, and be-
come q hopeless case.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
WILL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

A Washington special says that all talk
about the possibility OF a deadlock be-
tween the senate and the president about
the nominations is unfounded. The sena-
tors do not assume the right to inquire
into the reasons of the president, they are
perfectly aware that such a proceeding
would not be proper, but they will con
tinue to call upon the members OF the cabi-
net for such information as is in their pos
session, touching the suspensions and
nominations pending before the senate, and
the cabinent, after discussing the question
at zach of their meetings for two weeks,
have decided that it is not only proper
but just that such Information should be
furnished.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
AJUDGE WHO STILL LIVES.
notwithstanding a Desperate Effort Wa,
Made to Assdssiu0te Hisn.

AAS~
The Hon. John B.. Livingston, presiding
Judge OF the courts of Lancaster county,
Pa., very narrowly escaped assassination
at the hands Of Joseph Doesch. About IL
o'clock the door-beIl of the dwelling was
rung and Mrs. Livingston found a man who
politely lifted his hat and inquired for the
Judge. He was invited in and shown to the
library, where the judge was in converse
ton with Ellmaker, member of the Lancas-
ter bar. The stranger advanced toward
The Judge h was sitting down, and made
a motion as if to draw a paper, pulling in
stead a self-cocking pistol. He placed the
weapon at the judges head and vainly
pulled the trigger, at the same time num-
bling some words which were unintelligible.
Springing to his feet, Judge Livingston
seized Doesch and a desperate struggle en-
sued, the men grasping each other with a
deadly grip and overturning almost every
article OF furniture. The judge had his in
tende murderer at the head OF the stairs,
designing to hurl him over, but by a power
ful effort Doesch saved himself. Finally the
Judge threw his assailant over a chair and
disarmed him. Doeschis the owner OF con-
siderable property. LAST spring Judge Liv-
ingston refused him a saloon license on ac-
count of his keeping a disorderly house, and
this act led Doesch to attempt the judges
life. On his way to the sta tion-house
roesch said ''The Judge is not fit for the
place he holds and must die. Ii | get q
chance | viii kill him.. If l don't, some one
else will. The dealer who sold the pistolto
Doesch, suspecting some unlawful purpose
placed in the weapon cartridges not suited
to it, and it was this fact alone that saved
the judges life.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
POLITICAL NEWS AND NOTES.

ExLCongressman Grape wants the next
republican nomination for governor vi
Massachusetts.
Fitzhugh Lee continues to decline the gifts
sent him, even when they come in the shape
] of thoroughbred horses.
In Portugal elections are held on Sunday
in the churches and the ballot box stands
between two saints.
Governor Lowry was ~inaugurated on the
14th for his second term, in the presence OF
the two houses OF the Mississippi legisla-
ture IL joint convention.
The West Virginia democrats are looking
about to find a man who can overcome the
| 200 majority republican Congressman Golf
had in 1884 in the First congressional dis
trict Of that state.
Among the nominations withheld by the
president is that of Charles Jonas, editor
| of a Bohemian paper at Racine, Wis. He
was appointed consul at Sprague, his old
university town. The Austrian government
| objected to him because he chad published a
pamphlet on military CONSUMPTION while a
student.
A Washington special says: Some time
ago the case OF Mr.. Kent, nominated to be
naval officer at Boston, was referred to
Mr. Frye, as a subcommittee, to report
whether Daniel Hall, his predecessor, had
been legally suspended, Hallhaving received
no official notice OF his suspension. Mr..
Frye finds that there must be a legal and
actual notice OF suspension served upon an
official who is to be removed and also that
the actual and legalnotice was never served
upon Mr.. Hall and that his surrender OF
the Office under protest was not a resigna-
ton or an abandonment n he is still de
jure naval officer. The conclusion is that
the president should be requested to with
draw the present nomination and renomi-
nate Mr.. Kent in the place of Hall, re-
moved and not suspended. The facts in
this case apply to a number OF customs
officers.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21

farmer with small means can not make
all the Improvements he wants at once,
but he can make what he is able to SC
that they wilfform parts of his entire
plan. Year to year can see his place
approaching nearer to what he designs
to have it. He will have no reconstruct
ing to do. He may not be able to
plant a large orchard in a single year,
but he can set out one row of trees
where he wants them, and other rows
in succeeding years. He can pursue
the same course with forest trees. Sheds
for protecting cattle and sheep car be
erected On the side of a yard, with the
view of building a barn at the end Of it.
A plan for a house can be adopted and
a wing built in advance of the main
structure. Corn-cribs can be erected
now where the barn is to stand. A
lawn can be seeded and %shrubbery plant
ed in front of the place to be occupied
by the dwelling. The plan of the farm
can be made during the winter. when
there is sufficient time for consideration
OF all details, and an opportunity afford
ed for visiting places that are regarded
as both beautiful and convenient.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
A CURIOUS PLACE FOR MORTGAGES

CobleskiH dispatch: An east-bound
freight train left a car at this statior on
December goth because OF a broken wheel.
To-day aniron box was discovered wedged
between the truck and car bottom, and it
proved to be the inside chest of a safe. The
contents consisted principally OF western
farm mortgages made by different PERSONS
and amounted to upward OF $4,000. The
securities are no~n-negotiable. except three
certificates Of stock of the Adams National
bank, OF North Adams, Mass, which are
assigned in blank. The box is bent and
defaced and plainly shows the work of bur-
glars. The Endorsements on some loans
are as late as December 18th.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
Entering Town i'm STYLE

Cant you drive faster, John?" said
a farmers wife, well never get to the
village at this rate"
Cant help it" replied John. Them
bosses has plowed all the week, an /
want to say what life they is got left
for a dash past the tavern."-New York
Times.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
BATCH OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

The senate in executive session on the
18th confirmed a large number Of nomina-
tions, including George A. jerks, assistant
secretary OF the interior; Henry T. Null
drow, first assistant secretary of the in
terror; William E. Mclean, first deputy
commissions OF pensions; Joseph j. Bart
lett, second deputy commissioner OF PEN
sions; Robert B.. Vance, assistant commits
sioner of patents; James w. Whelpley, Of
New York, assistant treasurer OF the Uni
ted States; William E. Smith, OF New York,
assistant secretary OF the treasury; Con-
rad F. Jordan, of New Jersey. treasurer OF
the United States; Col. John Gibbon to be
brigadier general; Col. Absalom Baird to be
Inspector general, with the rank of briga-
der general; Capt. Henry J. Farnsworth to
be inspector general. with rank of major.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21
CLYDEsDALEs. rrindar A. Croft Of G;

CLYDESDALES: Trinder & Croft, OF Sim.
coe, Canada, nave this month established
themselves permanently at Atlantic, Cass
Co., Iowa, for the purpose of distributing
their thoroughbred stations through the
West. Cut this out for future reference or
show to friends requiring stock. Catalogue
on application. Mention this paper.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1886-01-21

There is no such thing as an Insignificant
enemy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-16

The last number OF the Union Signal,
published in Chicago, IA n memorial mum.
her Of John b. Cough, containing on its
first page a portrait Of the venerable hero,
his last words, other words Of condensed
wisdom from his lips, and poetic tribute
from Mrs. Mary T. Lalhrop,
The number containing Heart offerings
and memorials from Miss willard, Mrs,
West, DR.. Cuyier, Joseph Cook, May E.
Scott poems by Mrs. l.. Elliot, Mrs. DR..
Yelling and Laura j. Brown, Coughs
Apostrophe TO water, his description of
his mothers burial, the B,uakdyd's Ldnens,
sung by him with 30 much effect, and
other items Of interest, all ol which we
would gladly present TO our readers we're
this column long enough. But better
thing would he Tor each one and everybody
to send for copy OF this rrccioua number,
B cents per single copy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-16
LATEST nv rELnrmoNn.

Mr.. Charles @. hampman, who went to Los
Angeles, CAL, iast fall, dropped in to see "thc
old folks at home" on Wednesday evening
wholly unexpected, and the surprise was COM
plete.
Mr.. VIM. Ackenburger, who had his leg ann
putated two weeks ago Monday, was ont on
crutches in JUS, two weeks after the operation
was performed, the stub being almost entirely
healed over.
Mr.. NJ. II. He'll, of Delta, has accepted pos
ition in the lin department oifthe Halliday Bros /.
Hardware store, and is making preparations to
remove HIS family here at anearly day. Tho
Journal xtends a welcome.
Miss hille 8, Monroe, who has just complct-
ed course ID college at bingham, Mass, has
been on visit with her brother DR.. Monroe,
aud left yesterday for Wooster, Ohio, to COM
plete her musical education.
On Tuesday Mrs. J F. Fleming and the re-
mainder of her family started for Lcavenworib,
Kansas, to join her hukband and two daughters
who had proceeded her. The family have
many warm friends who regret their departure
from our midst, and whose heartiest Wishes ac-
company them 70 their new home IN the West .
Having traded his residence property here to
Toledo parties, Mr.. john Zurnuh removed his
family to Toledo Yesterday whore his business
has required the close attention Of himself and
portion of his family Tos two or more years
past. Mr.. Zur6uh was an excellent citizen and
himself and family will be greatly missed in
this community where they have no enemies
only friends. His many friends in Wood
county should remember that they ALWAYS will
be fairly dealt with when they call ut 30 Mon
roe Street, Toledo.
Mr.. Corwin Webb, of Sinking Springs, High
land Co., o., accompanied by his wife and two
children, dropped in on his Perrysburg rela-
tives and friends Tuesdht morning. his FIRST
visit to his old boyhpod home since his we'd
ding tour some seven years ago. Mr.. Webb
left his lett arm in Dixie id the cause of Union,
and this Is about all that is. lacking to make
him perfect man. He paid the JOURNAL a
fine compliment by stating that his falher-in-
law looked Tor its weekly visit and took greater
interest in reading it than he did his own local
papers. They, have some we'll condurted
| papers, too, in Hi!lsbOro.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-16
Farrer On Temperance In
America.

Arthdeacon Farrer, on his return from
America, was greeted by an influential and
crowded meeting held under The auspices
of the Church OF England Temperance So
ciety, in Princes Hall, London, TO whom
he spoke of the gratifying reception Civ
tfy and he spoke also in highly encourag-
ing tones Of the growth and progress of
the temperance cause here and especially
of the knowledge he gained concerning the
beneficial results OF prohibition wherever
adopted. Following are short extracts
from his remarks
at is quite clear that America is far
ahead of us in all matters OF Temperance
legislation. There are no fewer than five
of the thirty six States OF America, which
by the voluntary action of their people
have adopted slre very stringent measure
Of actual prohibition. am we'll aware
that there sre cities in America as in Eng
land, where the votes are swayed more or
less by rum, and where the government
mas Dttn uSHCIlDeu anu btiIeNe COTTtCtiS,
as a government of liquor-sellers, by liq-
uor-sellers and for liquor sellers but still
the fact that FIVE out of the thrty-six
States of the Union are governed by pro-
hibitory law is one OF the deepest signif-
canoe; and, am bound TO say, il am to
speak about what | observed, that in my
personal view prohibition is productive OF
the most beneficial results in every State
where the moral sense ef the people is
sufficiently alive and the conscience OF
the people sufficiently educated TO give to
that stringent measure hearty and vol
untary acceptance"
Speaking of Neal Dow he says 81
never saw any man OF his age equally Wig
i, orous and equally active. He il u splen-
did specimen OF total abstalner. . . Talk
ing 10 Neal Dow, our conversation turned
largely upon The subject OF prohibition and
became more and more convinced tha
the Maine Liquor law il in no sense of III,
word dead letter. II had any doub
it would be dispeled by observing how in
tense is the hostility Of the liquor interes
against the law OF prohibition.
They would not oppose II with sucl
frantic vehemence il they were not consid
erabfy afraid OF it.
Now what constantly happens in this
some ira veler from England visits PorlIan
or some other city in Maine, aud doe
manage, as oi course he can, to get dfin
but the drink is Illegally sold and surrep
= tiohrly taken, and IN spite 0f That, the fss
thg, the liquor lSallc has been nude tii'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-16

reputable by being under tho p,ohibi,ion
law has tended to q vecy large extent TO
decrease the consumption OF spirits II has
educated the conscience Of the community
and, although the measure was first pro-
posed nh tlubions experiment even by Its
friends II Is now not only entirely satis-
factory TO those who proposed II, but many
even OF ils early opponents would not on
any consideration allow il to be repealed.
II You once aucceed in making drunken
hess difficult, you diminish almost indef-
niteiy The. ApioNnt nT drunkenness,
How oft tile sight of means 10 do i'll deeds
Makes i'll deeds douer
Take away the glaring public Bar with
all itS glitlerlng nrporatuS and make the
people feel thnt they are not this attracted
ike moths to candle, to shrivel them
selves in that scorching Zime OF tempta-
ton, and you will be astonished At once to
lind that the number OF arrests for drunk.
emness had been almost indeG nlIely dimn-
shel
The ahshrdity of ohr present. system con-
sists in this. that we frat OF all do our
beat to lead men into temptation and then
we imprison them because they succumb.
We permit the causes and punish the
elieciS,
The diminhtidn OF drunkenness in Maine
means also the Iiminuuou of every form of
crime. | read in the statistics Of the Uni
ted States that IN Maine there is orly one
convict 10 every 800 of the population,
whereas in Massachusetts where there is
no prohibition there is one to every 500.
Maine has therefore tried not only n
most valuable experiment, but has also set
most noble example to all the world"