The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-12-05
OVER THE STATE.

maoe IN ne Lincoln city Jail.
A FIFTEEN year old Lincoln boy has
been arrested for house burglary.
SECRETARY OF STATE CowDERY
states that the actual majority against
prohibition is so. 277.
LEONARD DAVIS, aged seventeen
years, OF Hayes county, had his leg
broken by a horse falling on it.
A. c. DAVIS & Co. of Hebron are
Smelling 5000 bushels of corn. which
they will ship to Western Nebraska.
In Fremont on Thanksgiving day
the Presbyterian church raised a fund
OF $500 for the Western Nebraska suf-
ferers.
A s1xTEEN-FooT flag has been pur-
chased for the public school building
In Stromsburg and waves daily from
the dome.
The creamery at Blue Hill is doing
splendid business and is a great help
to the farmers in that section of the
country.
LEADING capitalists of Lincoln met
the other day and organized the union
depot company with a capital stock of
$500, 900.
FUEL, clothing and provisions are
three things that western Nebraska
settlers must have to tide them over
the winter.
CHARLES Mont and Frank Clark were
run in at Nebraska City for stealing a
skif, the property of the United States
government.
STERLING has organized a fire COM
pany and will soon purchase a fire en-
CINE. the town board having ordered
the purchase.
The Alliance milling company has
just contracted for 20, 600 bushels of
wheat. They propose to grind it all
up this winter.
GOVERNOR THAYER has pardoned E.
ID. Bradley, who was sent up from
Washington county for forgery, nearly
four years ago.
AT the special election held at Lib
erty bonds were voted for the erection
OF waterworks. The amount of the
bond is 81, 500.
A CAMP of the Sons of Veterans has
been organized at Dillon. There were
twenty-five taken in as charter mem
bers and twelve were not present.
KEARNEY now claims that every
thing in the way of bonuses, etc., are
ready and that the cotton mill will
proceed to go right along and build.
THERE will be 526 witnesses called
In the contest which has been insti-
tuted by Ed L.. Lee against Ed J.. Hall.
the representative elect from Hall
county.
The Commercial state bank of Cham
pion, Neb., was incorporated with a
capital stock of $25, 600. The incor-
porators are j. ID. Shahan, W. N.
Jorder, John Higinbotham.
THE Y. P. S. G. E. of Nebraska
closed a very successful convention at
Hastings recently. There were $50
delegates present and fully 900 mem
bers in attendance during the session.
DANIEL KINNEY of Exeter pleaded
guilty to keeping a club where
whisky was drank, and he was fined
500 on one count and bound over to
district court on two counts in the sum
of $500 each.
FRANK FOWLER of Fremont low
travelling in Japan, nearly lost his life
recently while running some rapids in
q Japanese river. His boat went to
pieces, but he landed on a rock and
was rescued.
EX-CHIEF OF POLICE ABBEY of Ne
braska City has brought suit against
the city for 1926 as back salary. being
the difference between the value of
city warrants with which he had been
paid and cash.
THE residence of C. NJ. Root and
w. B. Lumbeck, at Beatrice. were
raided last week by burglars and a
quantity of clothing taken from the
first and silverware, money and cloth
ing from the last.
FAIRBURY people have given about
$500 and a carload of clothing and
provisions to the people of the western
counties. At school one day last week
each of the children appeared with a
large potato to send to the sufferers.
INQUIRIES were made at the insur-
ance department in Lincoln the other
day concerning the Millers' national
insurance company of Chicago. Depu-
ty Allen responded that it was not
authorized to do business in the state.
The Mates brewing company of Ne
braska City is greatly charging its
plant in that city. adding new ma
chinery and replacing the burned
buildings with new ones. A three
story malt house will be built in the
spring.
CAPTAIN NEAL of the Normal cadets
at Peru, has received notice from
Adjutant General Cole to ship all the,
muskets held there at once to be used
In arming the citizens where they are
in danger of an attack from the In
dams.
E. NJ. GIBSON of Clarke shipped
1000 sheep from Idaho a few days
ago, and in coming through a sleet and
storm, every time the cars would jerk
it threw them off their feet. Only about
one-third of the sheep could walk when