The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-10-05
OVER THE STATE.

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THE recent rains have revived the
fall pastures to some extent.
A NUMBER of bad silver dollars have
recently been passed in Omaha.
THE Commercial bank at Weeping
Water closed its doors last week.
An injunction was secured against
the opening of a saloon at Waco.
A CHERRY tree on the farm of A. ].
Freeburg of Gresham is now in full
bloom.
ONE farmer in Nuckolls county has
raised a thousand bushels of apples
this year.
SCHOOLS in Tekamah have been or
dered closed temporarily on account of
diphtheria.
Miss NARY MARNELL of Nebraska
City secured two prizes at the state fair
for fancy work.
A. III. GOULD of Harlan county har-
vested $500 worth of alfalfa seed in
spite of the drouth.
THE Morton Produce company of Ne
braska City has shipped LOIS barrels
of apples since August.
S~NEAKTHIEvEs created sad havoc in
several Madison residences during the
last day of the county fair.
Rev. CHARLES Cross of Hermann, 70
years, and Mrs. Jane A. Clough of De-
catur. SO, were married last week.
A LUMBER of the intellectual people
of Hooper have taken preliminary steps
for the organization of a Chautauqua
circle.
Two WEALTHY Cass county farmers
are having about a SIS steer. The costs
have already reached 5000 and the end
is not yet.
THERE is a little coal war on at
Omaha and the black diamonds that
formerly sold for SO a ton can now be
had for $3.50.
E. d. BEACH, living near Fairmont,
found a Russian thistle on his way to
town that measured three feet from tip
to tip of wings.
THE ~19-year-old son of Henry Borall
of Butte was accidentally shot in the
arm and died from exhaustion after the
limb was amputated.
THE Argo starch works of Nebraska
City will make a display of their goods
at the food show to be held at Cleve-
land, O.. October 81.
learned that Weary had forged his
fathers name. He was arrested by
Vickery. He attempted to blow out his
brains with a revolver when arrested.
CINDERs set fire to the Union Pacific
bridge at St. Paul, but prompt work
by the local firemen saved a disastrous
confiagration. The loss did not exceed
$15O.
Mr.. AND Mrs. JAMES FEGUsoN and
two children and Mrs. William Fergu-
son, of North Bend, left a day or two
ago for a trip to their former home in
Scotland.
ALLEY CAMPBELL. who was arrested for
the robbery of the general merchandise
store of c. III. Meme of Sodton, had a
preliminary hearing and was dis
charged.
THE Union Pacific depot at Sherman
burned and Agent Corbin, who, with
his family, occupied rooms in the build
ing, had a narrow escape from perish
ing in the flames.
THE beautiful residence of W.. D.
Mathews in the western part of O'Neill
was DESTROYED by fire. The fire had
gained such Roadway aided by a strong
wind, that it was impossible to do any
thing.
a MAN in Lincoln county wrote to a
relative living in the eastern part of
the state that in the precinct in which
he lived there were forty-one votes cast
last fall and this year there will be only
five or six.
IT is said that Kearney has more and
better bicycles than n other town of
her size in the United States. There
are 235 wheels in use in the city. and
all but thirty-seven of them are high
grade wheels.
A MAN named Roberts, living near
Fremont, found to men in his field at
night harvesting potatoes. Having a
shot gun he boldly charged the maur-
aders and captured their team. The
thieves escaped.
THE district court of Knox county
adjourned last week. Judge Robinson
sentenced L. q. Clark to the peniten-
tiary for eleven years on a charge of
criminal assault. Fou other parties
were sent to the county jail.
DIR. C. E. ELDER of WILDER has come
in possession of one of the finest medi-
cal libraries in Nebraska, the bequest
" LIZ oiOOhCls l. CSChIiy ulSo 1 Ii
indianapolis and who was one of the
leading physicians of that state.
HUGH GITNA, jr., and Harvey Brock
Ter were up before Justice Mckinney
at Hastings for robbing the store of T.
2. Uerling & Sons at Ayr. The case
was adjourned to September % and the
defendants released on a bond of $500
each.
A S-YEAR-oLD of John Mead, living at
Highland, Washington county, acct
dentally hung himself. He had tried
to crawl into the oat bin, and the slid
ing door dropped down, catching him
by the neck. The boy was found in
this condition nearly strangled to
death. There is but slight hope of
saving him.
Money will never be very plenty in
Nebraska so long as people send all .heir
money outside of the state for goods.
Patronize home institutions: Far
rell 81 Co.'S brand of syrups, jellies, pre-
serves and mince meat; Morse-Coe
boots and shoes for men, women and
children; American Biscuit IL Manufac-
turing Co., Omaha, crackers.
w. A. MASON, Il stranger, who is be-