The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-11-30
STATE IorTINGs IN BRIEF.

KEY. L. ID. dllton, pastor OF The
NJ. E. church at Fremont, has been
granted leave of absence for several
weeks for the purpose of soliciting sub
scribers to the stock or lots on the newly
purchased camp ground of the North
Nebraska conference. The grounds
comprise sixty acres, which Is plated
into parks, avenues and cottage lots, the
latter being offered for sale at $50 each.
A destructive fire swept over Holt
county, south of O'Neill, a few days Ago.,
in which an immense amount of hay
was consumed. Mr.. Blabon's hired
man was arrested for setting the fire and
has been sent to Jail. Mr.. Elwood, on
Dry creek. has sued Mr.. Blabon for
81, 900, on the charge that he allowed it
to be done. Mr.. A. j. Potter lost 300
tons of hay, and Mr.. John Drake about
the same amount. A school house was
burned. Mr.. McCarty lost his stable
and four horses. Mr.. William Ryan
lost q stable and three horses and one
large COW barn.
The increase in sickness and deaths
in Grand Island will, the Independent
thinks. ere long persuade the people of
that city that a system of sewerage is an
absolute necessity.
Robert Taggart, treasurer of Otoe
county, sports q handsome silk tile, pre-
sented him by an overly sanguine dem
ocrat who bet the same way he voted.
Judge Croft, at Omaha last week,
fined a SASSY Swede" 500 for con-
tempt of our.
1t is proposed to build at least TWEEN
ty cottages On the Soldiers and Sailors
Home grounds at Lincoln next year.
Last week burglars broke into A.
Bergstrand's tailor shop, at Fairmont,
and took therefrom clothing to the value
of $3.50. No clue has been discovered.
Work on the Broken Bow water
works is progressing with vigor. The
system is expected to be ready for use
by January Let
A child at Ohiowa had its mouth
badly burned by an attempt to drink
concentrated I've.
The PAYERS in Fremont are working
nights and Sundays to get out of the
way of cold weather.
Several farmers about South Fork
and Chambers are feeding quite extern
sively, and they are busy o in build
ing their corrals and sheds for the win
ter. The sides of the sheds are built OF
sod and the roofs are latticed with heavy
wire over q few ~rafters, and covered with
shrubbery and matched hay.
The farmers of Holt county, says a
correspondent, are becoming %reconclled
to their big losses, occasioned by the
last winters blizzard. Several talked
strongly of pulling up and going else
where, but only a few have left. MIR.
John Kellar lost ove $50 head OF cattle,
and Mr.. Adams and several others
nearly as many.
AT South Omaha last week, the Ar
mour, Cudahy company killeds, 545 hogs
and 1874 cattle; the Omaha Packing
company 1887 hogs; Swift & Co., 1856
cattle, 9S7 sheep and 1873 calves, and
Hammond & Co., $50 sheep, 1924 hogs
and 1888 cattle.
The city marshal of Lincoln has re-
ceived from the police department OF
Chicago a description and photograph
of a Frenchman named Charles @. Mar
din, who is wanted there for the embez.
cling of $40. 600. Five hundred dollars
reward is offered for the arrest of Mr.
Nardin.
Over 200, 900 votes was cast in Ne
braska at the late election
About s~ixty-fve thousand dollars
were expended in building church edi'
fees in Grand Island this season.
Mrs. Anna NJ. Buchrer, of Dorches'
ter, was robbed Of s65 at the Burlington
l. Missouri depot in Omaha last week
The robbery was performed by a sneak
Chef who had Swallowed the woman
The money was taken from q lunch bas.
het while the lady stepped to the ticket
Office to procure transportation.
"A degraded character known in
Plattsmouth as "Jack" Murray died in
the Jail in that city while talking to his
fellow prisoners and standing with his
hands firmly gripped IN the cage bars.
He had been drinking to excess fol-
about the last two weeks and has been
threatened with delirIum tremens sew
eral times.
The North Nebraska normal college,
a. Madison, which has entered upon it,
-..o,d college year, has q good attend.
Saa Notwithstanding that this fal
Ill., have been unable to attend fol
msni Of funds, who otherwise would.