The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-05-01
A Knights of Labor organization
has been perfected at Fender.

waiter Leese OF the state library
is happy over the fact that there is !;
rich vein of mineral paint under hi
l63-acre farm, Immediately east of In
dianola- The colors of the paint arr
cream, orange and yellow and are il
thick viens OR strata.
"A number of school children O
the families of Joseph Kral, Joseph Sill.
dek and William Kassabum, living six
miles northeast of Tobias, were poi.
soned by eating wild turnips. One OF
kassabum's children died. Others are
in a critical condition.
Senator Henderson has reserved
passage in the Lloyd steamship Nor
mania, and will sail for Europe May Z.
He will be accompanied by Mrs. Man
derson and maid. They will do the
British isles and the continent and will
be abroad for several months.
Peter Holinquist a Bohemian of
Omaha. charged with having poisoned
a well with rough on rats, was in po-
lice court the other day. A large
number of witnesses were examined
and the case postponed until an analy-
sis OF the water could be made.
Fremont boasts of having had as
a visitor the only man in the world
who could touch the end of his nose
with the point OF his elbow. His name
is Lee and he was only enabled to ac-
complish the feat by having a part OF
the bone OF his left arm removed.
Burglars broke into the Creighton
depot. using a heavy sledge belonging
to William Braasch's coal Office near
by. The cash drawer was broken open
but yielded no returns, as the money
was locked in the safe, which, together
with the ticket case, was not molested.
r. Pimmer, a blacksmith of Cole
ridge, met with a painful accident
while polishing a ploughshare upon an
emery wheel. The force of the wheel
knocked the share out of Primers
hand, and in falling it completely sew
cred the large toe and severely cut
another.
Prof. Rakestraw, superintendent
OF schools in Nebraska City and demo-
cratic candidate in the last campaign
for the position of superintendent of
public instruction, has been appointed
superintendent of the asylum for the
blind at Nebraska City vice J. B.
Parmalee.
A negro named McWilliams, while
cleaning windows in the third story
of a Lincoln building, fell to the pave
ment beneath and vas terribly hurt.
His right arm was broken. his jaw
was split open and his knee mashed.
He also received internal injuries. His
condition is alarming.
Rev. H. R. Miller of the Swedish
Lutheran church of Oakland has
rendered his resignation as pastor of
that church, which will be acted on as
soon as his successor is decided on.
Rev. Miller is one of the leading di-
vines of northern Nebraska, and is a
graduate of Augustana college, Ill.
William Nicholson of Nebraska
City, while suffering from a cough,
got up during the night for a dose of
medicine. He got hold of a bottle
containing ~creosote, and took q large
swallow. He discovered that he had
made a mistake and a doctor and a
stomach pump were required to relieve
him.
Colonel C. D. Martin of Dakota
City fell in a street of South Sioux
City, dying in a few minutes. Death
resulted from appoplexy. The de-
ceased was aged seventy-five years,
and was an old settler. homesteading
in Dakota county in 1856. He was
formerly editor and proprietor of the
Dakota City Argus.
Nearly all of the state officials !
kept their offices open arbor day, but
most of the clerks took advantage of
the legal holiday and refrained from
work. A wagon load of trees was de-
livered at the state house. The state
officials and many of the clerks selected
and had them planted in various
places on the state house grounds.
An old document was filed for
record in the county t~reasurer's Office
at Pawnee City. 1t bears the sigma
ture of James Buchanan, president and
is a general land warrant, bearing the
number 80. $50. assigned by William
II. Henion to John Anthony, for the
quarter of section %, town
The document bears the date
August 8, 1860.
"A peculiar case was appealed to
the supreme court the other day from
Gage county. The papers filed allege
one Lyman w. Allgire took ad-
vantage of an insane man named John
Paulsen and through his Vaccinations
succeeded in beating him out of prop
erty worth Sc, 500. 1t is further al
legged that Mrs. Paulsen through fear
was forced to sign the paper deciding
the land away.
DIR. B. B. Davis of McCook was
awakened about 4 in the morning by
the piteous cries of an infant, and as
be has no children he was at first at a
loss to account for the cries. The
little one was found on the doorstep.
The child was apparently about four
weeks old and neatly dressed. No
has yet been found of the inhu-
man parents who have thus deserted