The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-09-28


Ton CROMWELL, a young farmer liv-
ing east of Elmwood, sold a nice bunch
OF shoats, the other day, receiving in
payment Sis. Itywas too late to take
1t to the bank, SO he placed it under his
pillow and went to sleep. In the morn
ing he awoke to find his money gone.
1t is believed that tramps took the
money.
THE Christian church at Humboldt,
which has been undergoing repairs for
the last three months, is completed and
was rededicated by Rev. DUNCAN of
Cotner university. A new Sunday
school room has Deer added, an entire
ly new arrangement of the pulpit and
seats has been made and handsome
new seats added, all of which adds
greatly to the appearance.
THE Lyford-Johnson company's store
at Humphrey vas burglariZed and
$500 worth of goods taken, consisting
fifteen pairs of pants, watches, jewel
ry, revolvers, and all the change there
was in the drawer. Suspicion points to
two strangers who were hanging
around the store Friday and asked to
look at some pants, but who left with
out buying. The next morning they
were gone, as were also the pants.
HENRY Cox asks the county court of
Lancaster county to grant him ST. 900
damages against Thomas Ollie, who he
states shot him in the back with a tar
get rifle near Waverly on last decora-
ton day. Mr.. Cox alleges that he was
confined to his bed for three months
and was unable to follow his trade of
binr 11,rin r. thot tino anI he
thinks he is not exhorbitant in his de-
mands when he asks for only a thou
sand dollars.
FRANK MOORE, the young man who
was wanted in Beatrice on a charge of
forgery, was taken by the sheriff to
Beatrice from Shenandoah, la. Some
weeks since Moore went to Beatrice rs
the representative of the Omaha Mer-
camille company and organized a suit
club. A couple of suits were made,
and after that, with different excuses,
he succeeded in getting the members of
the club to make their weekly pay
ments until quite a sum had been col
lected, when he skipped the town.
BAD blood was in the wind from one
end of Boyd county to the other last
Sunday. Beginning at Spencer, Bob
Pearsall stabbed one Verely in the alb
domen with a pocket knife, giving him
a wound that may result in death.
South of Butte, on the Niobrara, Jim
Parshall had a row with a Mrs. Heck
over stock, and in the wrangle he shot
her dog and incidentally planted some
of the shot in the body of Mrs. Heck.
She was not seriously hurt, but will
prosecute ParshaI to the full extent of
the law.
DAVID NJ. WELTY, a prominent bust
ness man of Fremont and president of
the Nebraska Harness company, acct
dentally shot himself. He was out
hunting with his son Dick and +. A.
Sears at Patrick's lake, about six miles
from Fremont. Sears and young Welty
were together and when ready to come
home they went to the place where
they had left D. NJ. Welty and shouted
for him. Getting no response they
searched, finally finding him lying on
his face near a wire fence with his gun
about six feet away. He was dead.
THE Holt county board of supervi-
sors met in special session to act upon
the petition presented to it praying for
a special election to vote $40, 900 bonds
to assist the Niobrara Irrigation and
Power company to make the prelimin-
airy survey of the big irrigation ditch.
After dinner the secretary of the irri-
cation company appeared before the
board and withdrew the proposition.
The secretary informed the board that
the company had decided to wait and
see what legislation the next legisla-
ture would enact in regard to irriga-
ton.
The veterans reunion committee are
making very satisfactory progress at
Fremont and it is now certain that
their reunion to be held in the city
park on the 2Sth of this month will be
a grand success. A large number of
distinguished speakers have promised
faithfully to be present. Among others,
Hon. John NJ. Thurston, Congressman
George D. Meiklejohn, Hon. A. S.
Churchill, n. c. Russell, r. E. Moore
and Hon. e. X. Valentine, the four
last named being comrades of the
Grand Army and all have held high po-
sitions in the g. A. r.
THE large barn of Church Howe &
Son at Walnut Grove stock farm was
totally consumed by fire last week with
all it's contents exceptthe horses. which
were saved. Sixty ana seventy
tons of hay, 500 bushels of corn. some
twenty carriages, huggies, sulkies and
carts, twenty sets of harness, saddles
and blankets, together with wagons
and farm implements which were stor-
ed in the barn, were consumed. The
fire extended t. the large granary ad-
joining, which contained about 1000
bushels.o of wheat which was destroyed.
Origin of the fire is not known. The
loss is about $14, 900, with 50, 900 insur-
.ance.
WILLIAM VINCENT, a Valley county
farmer, has fed q good deal of wheat
to his horses and hogs, at one time and
another, and has learned that it should
be fed sparingiy. 1t is a strong feed,
and if given to the stock in generous
quantities they will not chew it prop
erly and loss of grain and injury to
the stock are the consequences. Back
in Michigan he had learned that hogs
turned onto wheat stubble did well and
when he came to Nebraska and found
corn high priced and wheat plenteous,
he began feeding it and shoyeled the
grain out bountifully, just as he would
ooro HUT bic borc 6i1 not do vro11