The McCook tribune., 1896-08-07
NEBRASKA.

from York to Benedict
The Dawes county fair has been fixed
for September 10, II and II.
The State Sunday School convention
was held in Omaha last week.
Omaha is cutting down its police
force on account of hard times.
Holt county teachers institute con-
vened with an attendance of 12O.
Mrs. Sears of Lincoln was thrown
from a carriage and severely injured.
Wheat near era b Orchard is yielding
from twenty to thirty bushels per acre.
The livery sta BILE at Hickman burned.
Horses and conveyances were all saved.
The democratic congressional con-
vention will be held in McCoolS Au-
gust 13.
Exhibits at the State fair from out
side the state are promised this year in
great variety.
North Platte expects to entertain
$4,000 visitors at the irrigation fair
next September.
The railroad cut in grain rates is
great quantities.
The new Christian church at Chad
ron was dedicated last Sunday. 1t has
seating capacity of 500.
The Frontier county agricultural So
ciety will hold its sixth annual fair at
Stockville, September 81 to 30 inclusive.
This years Knox county teachers in
stitute is credited with being the best
ever held, both in interest and attend
ance.
The young son of j. K. Griffith, liv
ing two miles southwest of Syracuse,
was thrown from horse and the ami
NAL stepped upon his body. His in
juries are quite serious
The B. & NJ. refuses to join in the
union depot project at Omaha on the
Farnam street site. The outlook for
a suitable railroad station in the me-
tropolis is not favora BILE.
George Anderson, living near Waver-
ly, had three good horses and valua-
BILE colt killed by the cars. The gate
to the pasture was found open and the
animals dead at the crossing.
A syndicate of Ohio capitalists has
purchased 125, 600 acres of land in Lin
coin and Keith counties. The ranch
will be coloniZed and irrigated and an
immense cattle feeding plant estab-
lished.
The committee appointed to work in
the interests of the success of the G. A.
r. reunion at North Bend are doing
hard work to make 4 success of the
meeting. 1t is anticipated there will
be large attendance.
Claude Hoover, of Omaha, murderer
of his brother-in-law, Sam Dubois,
some months ago, will have to die on
the gallows unless the governor inter-
fereS. The supreme court found no
error in the trial proceedings.
The preliminary hearing of Andrew
Hulquist of AXtell for shooting Nels
Merryman July 10 occurred before
Judge King at MinGen. The defend
ant was bound over to appear at the
next term of the district court
A severe wind and rain storm pass
ed over portions of Pierce county doing
much damage to ripe grain. In some
the damaged oats. Corn fields in
some parts are laid fat to the ground,
but will probably recover.
July 25, Brasius Delebar was drug
ged, robbed, and his horse and buggy
stolen in Lincoln precinct johnson
county, Nebraska. The horse is bay,
10 years old, will weigh 1000 pounds
and has a white star in forehead. The
thief is a tramp about 35 years old.
The North Bend Argus says that
samples of sugar beets are being
brought in that indicates an immense
crop. There was a year ago some talk
of securing a chemist to test the beets
as they came from the field this season,
and if the beet growers are of the same
opinion now, it is about time they were
making a move to secure the services
OF competent chemist.
Quite number of Grand Island peo-
pie have recently paid so cents for a
tablespoonful of fine salt 1t was put
up in envelopes which were labeled,
-'Improved Moth EXterminator," and
smelled considerably after the sub
stance they were purported to contain.
The odor left the envelope about three
days after being LETT in piano and
the fake was thus discovered.
Quite sad accident happened near
Holstein. Young Munson, the 9-year-
old adopted son of III. c. Minnix, while
riding one of the head horses on the
harvester was thrown to the ground,
and before the horses could be con-
trolled the harvester passed over the
boys body. He was horribly cut up
and it is almost certain that one arm
and one leg will have TO be amputated.
Little Abby Roberts, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Roberts of Minden,
met with a serious accident A self
cooking revolver had been kept on the
shelf of the pantry. Mary, an older
sister saw it, picked it up and pulled
the trigger, causing an explosions: the
ball striking Abby on the right cheek
and coming out of the left eye. She
will live but looses the sight of one eye.
Omaha is making grand hustle to-
ward securing stock in the Trans-Mis-
sissippi exposition. One firm took slO,-
600 worth. Three hundred thousand