The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-15

who has been expected IN Ihedford Tor
some weeks, arrived on the 9th from
Idaho and went to work at once sur
veying a line for an irrigation ditch for
County Clerk Matthews and expects to
have water on the land in time to save
his crops. BY the end of the summer
the entire Middle Loup valley in the
county will be a network of bitches.
Recent reports from the farming dis
tricts of Gage county give a far
hopeful outlook for the wheat crop
than appear a few weeks ago. The
stalks are short, but the whead heads
in most instances are filling out re-
narkably well, and many fields will,
from present indications, go thirty
bushels to the acre. Corn looks tine.
Oats are practically a failure. With a
few more rains the hay crop, especially
wild hay, is assured.
Gus Haeler, deputy United States
marshal, arrested Joe Bittner of Hum
boldt on the charge of using the mails
for fraudulent purposes and took him
to Omaha Bittner advertised in free
want columns of a great many papers
for agents, offering a big salary, with a
request to sen % cents to cover the
expense of shipping agents outfit. His
mail has been quite numerous. One
party in Minnesota autographed for a
job. Bittner is about twenty-one years
old.
Considerable excitement, occurred in
Lincoln, caused by a dog belonging to
Mr.. +. w. Heling. The animal showed
signs of madness and was locked in the
cellar by his owner, who then tele-
phoned for the police. Officer Green
answered the call and finding the ami
NAL apparently tractible led him along
with a string. Before he had gone far
the beast jumped for him, fastening
his jaws in his arm. After a snort
struggle the officer succeeded in dis
patching him.
Henry Brunse, a wealthy German
farmer near Napier, was fatally stabbed
by a man named Charles Hill, claiming
to be a special constable from Chelsea.
Holt county. Hill, who has no papers
to show his authority, having lost his
warrant in the fracas, says he was dep
utized to arrest one Gottlieb Krause,
oul IAIbLSC IcSloUSU III Cdllcu lOI hClp
and about thirty-five or forty Germans
responded. In trying to get away, Hill
says he stabbed Brunse, who was strik-
ing him with a heavy whip.
Thieves forced their way into ST.
Patrick's Catholic church of McCook
and stole sacred property therefrom to
the value of about $50. Among the
,niGcinr n rtia1ac " thn r11l aihnrirup
the contents of which were scattered
over the altar, the silver chalice, a cru
ciiX, the silver altar wine flask and
some brass candlesticks. The contents
OF the sacristy and articles on the altar
were rudely disturbed, but nothing
was defaced or damaged. The out
rage is generally and severely o
demned.
The State Pharmaceutical society of
Nebraska, at its recent session held in
Hastings, elected officers for the en-
suing year, as follows: President,
Henr5 Gering, Plattsmouth: first vice
president, A. V. Pease, Fairbury; sec
ond vice president, E. E. Capps, Su-
perior: third vice president, H.. A. Snow,
Omaha: fourth vice president, NJ. II.
Bates, Hazard; fifth vice president, c.
b Compton, Curtis; secretary, W. L.
Heilman, Teenmseh; treasurer, Jerry
Bowen, Wood River. Omaha was chosen
as the next meeting place and the first
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in
June, 1895, fixed as the time.
The state banking board and Deputy
Attorney General Summers have a
large amount of business on hand. Last
week the supreme court issued a batch
of orders in the various banking cases
before it. Receiver Lamb of the Plain
view State bank was ordered to pay a
dividend of 100 cents on the dollar.
Receiver Chapman Of the Bank of Ans
ley was given an to pay a divi-
dend of 20 per cent Claims must be
filed with the receiver of the Picker
ing Banking company at Steele City by
August 6, and an order was issued for
the receiver of the State Bank of
Franklin to sell a lot of real estate.
In the lOO-mile race by cowboys at
Chadron out of nine horses entered,
four are dead and warrants have been
sworn out for the arrest of the parties
owning and riding the horses. 1t is
not known whether they will plead
guilty and pay a fine or fight the mat
ter. In all probability they will not
plead guilty and the courts will have
to say whether or not they were guilty
of cruelty under the statute. The mem
bers of the local humane society swear
vengeance on the managers of the race
and all the parties connected with it,
although some of their members wit
messed the race and they either did not
have the stamina to stop it. or believed
that the horses were not in danger.
The state supreme court has handed
down an opinion that the eight hour
law is unconstitutional, paying: Sec
tions l and 8 of chapter "a Of the ses-
sion laws of 1891 having provided, in
effect, that for all classes of merchants,
servants and laborers, except those en-
gagged in farm or domestic labor. a
days work should not exceed eight
hours, and hat for working any en-
ploye over the prescribed time the en-