The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05

mute his sentence 10 Imprisonment for
life.
WIN. Moore, living about four
miles south of Broken Bow. had on
May IA twenty-five acres of corr at
least four inches in height and which
had all been cultivated for the first
time.
during a heavy storm in Saline
county many windmills were blown
down, empty corn cribs were leveled
to the ground and a barn in course of
erection of James Larson's was blown
down.
Steward clearinghouse distributed
SIS, 600 among the merchants of Hast
ing. This is the amount OF indebted
ness the asylum contracted after the
regular appropriation became ex-
hausted last fail.
The Hastings cycle club will have
a Tournament in which all the wheel
clubs in the state will be invited to
participate. The time is not yet def
nitely fixed but will be some time in
July or August.
"A travelling mar named Scott,
while boat riding at Norfolk, careless
ly allowed himself to drift too near the
dam, whe before he could prevent it
was carried over. Besides Il good Wet
ting he was uninjured.
Nicholas Lepoidevin, Of Beatrice.
who died last week from cholera NOR
bus, was under the care of faith curers.
1t is said his life might just as WEI
have been saved if a reputable ph5sl-
clan had been called in.
The Union Pacific baggage q
No. 1926, running between Columbus
and Albion, was broken open while
standing on the sidetrack 1T Columbus
and clothing, books and papers to the
amount of 500 was stolen.
William Bruinson, a Carpenter
working at Beyschlag's elevator in Ne
braska City, fell from a .catfolding,
striking his head on an X and cutting
d long. deep cash in his forehead. The
wound is regarded as serious.
In the district court of Dodge
county Lars Ericsson brings suit against
the Union Pacific railway to recover
81, 999 for injuries received by being
knocked over by a passenger engine
on section TO- October last.
The police of Hastings arrested a
young oma named Elizabeth Sum-
merskill on a telegraph order from
Hebron. She is charged with infanti-
eide, having killed her newborn babe
by compression upon its breast.
The secretaries Of the state board
of transportation last week overhauled
the Office and took an inventory OF
books and papers. There has been
such a demand for reports Of 1890 that
the supply is almost exhausted.
Deputies United States Marshals
Hill and Stewart arrived in Benkle-
man last week and drove out into the
country a few miles, returning with a
moonshiner's shilling outfit which they
had unearthed on a farm north OF town.
The Antelope county agricultural
society is reported in better shape
financially than for years. The pre-
miums for the last annual fair were
paid in full, the first time in its his
tory, and a neat cash balance left on
hand to start in this year.
Walter Douglas, a stock dealer OF
johnson, has gone astray with 81, 400
of other peoples money. The school
district of which he is treasurer loses
$500, and B. Rogers. formerly a citi-
zen of Talmage, loses $500.
j. D. Mckelvy, OF Kearney, has
been appointed superintendent OF the
girls school atGeneva. Mr.. Mckelvy
is now serving his eighth year as as
superintendent the industrial
school and is we'll acquainted with the
work.
Citizens of Bartlett are working
zealously for the organization OF an
electric railway company. 1t is the
intention to construct a motor line
from Cedar Rapids, Boone county, to
Bartlett, Wheeler county, a distance
of t~hirty-nine miles.
-Alittle 9-year-old boy named Helm
rich Schumacher passed through Col
umbus en- route to Humphrey. where
he goes to live with his uncle. He
had travelled all the way from Ger
many alone and ~unguided except by
the friendly aid of strangers.
The Elkhorn put in a bill for
about $40, 600 for passenger and freight
transportation on accoun OF the Indian
uprising. The legislature allowed
sl3, 200 for that purpose and Adjutant
General Cole is figuring on the prob
lem of how to get nineteen into thir-
teen. He has about concluded to re-
fer the conun6rum t o the next legisla-
ture.
Samuel E. Brown. a farmer re-
siding seven miles Southwestern Friend,
while returning from a w~orkingmen's
lodge at Exeter, was thrown from his
road cart. One foot caught in the
and he was dragged to death.
His family found him yet fast to the
cart in the morning. There was evil
dence in the road that he had been
dragged nearly a mile.
The Ainsworth Star suggests that
while certain parties are attempting
to advertise Brown county as n of
the drouth stricken kind. they should
not forget the fact that there was ship
ped out Of Brown county during the
past wear over one hundred and twen-
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