The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-08-10
STATE I0ITINeS IN BRIEF.

cost of the monument was $235.
sTkTE I0TTINeS IN BRIEF.
The prohibitionists of Cass county
have placed full Legislative ticket in
the field.
"A number of Wahoo children par.
took of toad stools and were made quiet
sick for a time. but no fatalities occurred.
The McC arthy-Brooks prize fight at
Nebraska City was declared off on ac-
count of McCarthy's failure to appear.
.HoLDREGE has voted So, 900 for engine
houses and fire equipment.
-Ihe o OF q Mrs. Elliott, q
boarding house keeper in Omaha, show
that she has been swindled out of $42p
by members of the salvation army.
Blaine county votes on a proposition
to issue bonds to the amount of S., OOO
for the erection of q new court house on
the LIST of August.
David City Dispatch: A very rare
cactus plant of the night blooming cere-
us variety, belonging to the family of G.
S. Taylor, of this place, bloomed last
night. There were two beautiful flow
ers, pure white, very delicately tinted
opening out at shutdown, and was out in
full blast at about midnight, and this
morning at daylight had closed up
ready to perish. 1t was a thing of rare
beauty, and Mr.. Taylor's house was
thrown open to visitors who watched its
opening and decline till long after mid
night. Hundreds availed themselves g.
the opportunity to see it.
A three-year-old child of Charles S.
Koog, of Holdrege, was accidentally
shot with a revolver. The ball entered
the breast two inches above the right
nipple, and came out n inch on the
right of the spinal column between the
ninth and tenth ribs. The child is still
living, with prospects of recovery. Two
children found the revolver in a trunk
in a sleeping room in tina barn and while
PLAYING with it it was discharged.
The dates of the Adams county falt
have been changed to the 25th to 2Sth
of September inclusive on account of
the former date conflicting with Bar
NUNS circus. Big amounts are offered
for the agricultural department and
speed ring.
A WILDER dispatch says: Yesterday
I. G. Montgomery, a well known c1tl-
zen of Gage county, went with other
parties to spend the afternoon on Frank
Chaloupka's place on the Blue rive
near WILDER. He was accompanied -
his son Lee, a bright boy of ten years
of age. On reaching the place the boy
was sent with the team to Ch~aloupka's
ncuse; a mission he filled. Later on
Che party in going down the stream
found the boys clothes on the bank of
the river. Search was instituted, and
the body was found about 100 yards
further down the stream.
i. c. Cornwell, a freight conductor
ON the Geneva line and former resident
of Fremont, had his foot badly mashed
1T Surprise last week by dropping a
coupling link on it.
1t takes $40, 900 monthly to pay off
the Omaha postofice force.
The First NJ. E. church of Wymore
was dedicated last Sunday. Bishop
joyce, DID,, preached the sermon, and
Chancellor Creighton, ID. d., of Lin
coin, was also present and assisted in the
services.
The Methodist campmeeting for the
Hastings district will be held at Deweese
beginning on the 9Th of August and con
tinuing over the following Sunday. The
gathering has been widely advertised
and will doubtless be a grand success.
Some weeks ago says the Fremont
Tribune, the family living on j. W.
Loves farm called his attention to a
large turkey gobbler which they said
was setting on a large nest of turkeys
eggs. The affair failed to interest Mr..
Love until, being on the place, he was
shown Mr.. Gobbler strutting around
and tenderly caring for a large brood of
young turkeys of his own Matching. He
manifests all the traits of maternal atfec-
ton and adds the superiority Of pluck
and strength which he possesses over
the hen in defending his brood and In
defying too close an approach.
The elopement of Miss Cora Wilcox
and Bob Ingersoll occurred at O'Neill
last week. Miss Wilcox is a daughter OF
A. L. Wilcox of O'Neill, and is consid.
cred a very estimable young lady. Bot
is a cowboy. Dakota caught the way
ward couple.
The body of the boy found floating
ing in the river above Nebraska City
proved to be that of Jacob Helm, OF
the three boys drowned last week while
bathing near the water works at Omaha.
The parents of the dead boy arrived in
the city and positively identified the
BODY rs that of their son.
"A petition was last week filed in the
supreme court in the case of Jefferson
II. Foxworthy VS.. the city of Hastings,
which comes up on error. The litiga-
ton arises ont of o claim of damages on
the part of the plaintiff for S20,0 900 for
injuries alleged to have been sustained
from a fall through the sidewalk.
Michael O'Brien. a laborer in the
employ of Armour & Cudahay, at South
Omaha, left for his work on switch en-
CINE 1859, and when near the depot the
locomotive slowed mp for him to get of.
O'Brien's foot caught in a pile OF Gin
ders. throwing him down, and his right
leo Slipping under the driving wheels
was crushed midway bet ween the foot
and knee. He had to undergo amputa-
tion of the injured member.