The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1892-09-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.

france grape crop promises TO De
only fair.
The National Coffin Manufacturers
association is in session at Chicago.
The old-time telegraphers are hold
ing their annual convention at Omaha
/ Four soldiers died from sunstroke
in Southern France during military
drill.
An old Spanish silver mine has been
explored near Bracket, Tex, and the
find is creating excitement.
The grand jury at Madison, Ind, has
returned 1.7OO indictments for selling
liquor, and is still at work.
George Sherwood, a locomotive en-
gineer on the Gulf road, fell dead in
the round house at Fort Scott, Kan.
Mrs. David Kelsay of Virgil City,
Mo-, was run down and killed by 4
passenger train at Nassau Junction.
Inspection of cattle and hogs killed
for export will be begun by the Agri-
cultural bureau at East st. Louis Oc-
tober l.
Fire in .Tekoa, Wash, destroyed
nine blocks in the business portion of
the town. The total loss is estimated
at $40, 600.
Jesse CANCER, a wealthy bachelor
farmer of Goshen, Ind, Don to be
married, committed suicide by taking
strychnine.
William Wilmuth, a noted horse
thief, who escaped from the Arkansas
penitent,ary, has been caught in the
Chickasaw nation.
The Union Transfer and Storage
company's building at Indianapolis
was destroyed bv fire. Loss $500, 900;
insurance unkno .yn.
The Scarritt Bible and Training
school of Kansas City was yesterday
formally dedicated to the uses of
christian education.
Fourteen members of the Pana, Ill,
fire department resigned, as they were
opposed to the further use of the en-
CINE house as a morgue.
The Rev. William Grissom, a promi-
nent Babtist minister, died at Nevada,
Mo-, from the effect of eating fifty
castor beans for stomach trouble.
Joe, alias "Red" Devlin, instantly
killed his half brother, John Sullivan,
by stabbing bin in the abdomen at
the lodging st by their mother
in st. Louv
The natu--> lvention of BIZ
chloride of gold .:S in session at
Dwight, Ill, with 100 delegates pres
ent. DIR. Leslie E. Kelley delivered
the principal address.
George Forrest, a nephew of the
confederate general, Forrest, shot and
perhaps fatally wounded R. l.. Duke
and wounded John Taylor in the store
of Rootes. Taylor & Co., at Memphis,
Tenn.
Fong Hoy, Ben Yoe, AL Gun and Lee
Yung, Chinese laundrymen of ST.
Louis have been arrested, charged
with being the st. Louis agents of one
of the boldest gangs Of smugglers of
opium in the country.
In the Quetz river, state of Wash
ington, a Mr.. Harris, his wife and two
children were in a which struck
a boulder and capsized. The husband
was thrown on the bank insensible
while the wife and children were
drowned.
W. C. Reynold and Miss Sadie o.
Jenkinr, prominent society people of
Lincoln, Neb., were married at Ne
braska City and returned to the hotel
In a short time the minister fastened
to them, pointed out an error in the
license and remarked them.
81 The United States circuit court has
entered a decree of foreclosure on the
mortgage held by the Fidelity Trust
and Safety Vault company against the
Mobile Ala, street railway system,
the property to be sold after four
weeks advertisement to satisfy claims
of S535. 73d 81