The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-26
OVER THE STATE.

under most favOra bic circumstances.
JUNIATA is making preparations for
doing honor to the day we celebrate.
JOHN HANEY, one OF ne oldest set
tiers in Platte county, led last week
w. B. PORTER, JR- las been appoint
ed postmaster 1T Maynard, Cass county.
Hon. 6. NJ. LAMBERTsoN of Lincoln
will do the grafton act at Auburn July
4th.
THE scheme for a distillery at Ere
mont has fallen through for the pres
ent
JOHN E. GILMORE, an attorney, has
bought a controlling interest in the
Murray bank.
A HANDSOME new depot is one of the
improvements soon to adorn the city of
Plattsmouth.
THE Rocky mountain grasshoppers
are doing some damage to crops in
Deuel. county.
The shoe store of Joseph Henninger
of Edgar was robbed last week of 500
worth OF shoes.
ANDREW S. VAN KURAN, freight audi
tor of the Union Pacific, died in Omaha
last week, aged SO.
HOMER EDWARDS of Wymore has
been adjudged insane and ordered to
the Lincoln asylum.
THE summer meeting of the state
horticultural society will be held in
York, July 90 and rs.
THE mayor of Beatrice is very low
with Bright's disease and his recovery
is extremely doubtful.
THE first annual convention of the
Epworth League of North Nebraska
was held at Fremont last week, lasting
two days.
The next quarterly convention of the
Sherman county Sunday school associa-
ton will be held at Litchtield about
September /.
The fifteenth annual session of the
Nebraska Chautauqua Assembly will
be held on the Chautauqua grounds at
Crete, July to II.
SOME stranger has been handing out
a good deal of bogus silver at Platts-
mouth and the authorities will en-
deavor to find him.
MAYOR DwYER of Beatrice has gone
to the Battle Creek, Mich, sanitarium
in the hope of finding relief from
protracted illness.
THE union depot matter is again be-
ing talked up at Omaha, and high
officials of the various roads have been
looking over the ground.
NOTICE has been served on the boys
in the Union Pacific shops at Grand
Island that no work will be done on
Fridays until further notice.
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Norfolk was badly damaged by fire as
result of gasoline accident Loss on
house is covered by insurance
A YOUNG man named Mike Mugan, of
Eustis, left home very suddenly to avoid
having to marry young lady who low
ed him more than he desired.
GEN. MANAGER HOLDREGE of the b.
& NJ. has gone to Boston, and it is
believed while there he will confer in
regard to the Omaha union depot pro-
ject.
AT the governors Office a handsome
diploma has been received from the
Worlds Fair committee of award for
the educational exhibit of the state OF
Nebraska.
THERE was an election held at Ban
croft for the purpose of voting water
bonds, with the following result:
water bonds.
THE clothing store of William G.
Wiley of Fairbury was burglarized last
week, the thieves taking a quantity Of
clothing, Shoes neckties, the entire
case of jewelry, etc.
PENSIONS to Nebraskans have been
granted as follows: Egbert Fox, Gar
rison, increase; Caleb Lobdell, Bell
wood; Henry Bowerman, Fremont;
John Bain, Harvard.
4 FREE silver conference was held at
Colum bus, which was quite largely at
tended. The outcome of it is that
delegate convention will be held at
Norfolk July 2s.
JOIN A. Casio, one of the oldest
lawyers in Hastings died last week of
cancer of the stomach. For q number
of years he was conspicuous in local
and state repu blican politics.
z FRANK IAMs, of St Paul, shipped
two cars of heavy horses to New York
over the Burlington. The horses will
probab average !, 400 each, and the
freight to their destination was $500
per car.
THE petitions to the Grand Island
school board respectfully requesting it
to reconsider the action on cutting
Down the teaching of music and draw
ing, German and Latin, are being very
numerously signed.
THE annual picnic of the deaf and
dumb of Nebraska will be held at
Hanscom park, Omaha, July 4th.
Representatives are expected from a
numbe of states Prominent speakers
will be present to make addresses in
the sign language.
JOHN WEBER, a lad of Is, was run
down by switch engine on the Bur.
lingtoR at Nebraska City, and was SO
badly injured as to render necessary
the amputation of botli legs, one at the
knee and the other at the hip. The
boy was riding a spirited pony, which,
taking fright at the train. became un-
manageable and attempted to cross the
track Immediately in front of the en-
gine. He cannot recover.
THE 2-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. W. Farrar, residing one and one
half miles west of Davey, Lancaster
county, died as the result of having
eaten concentrated lye. While the
mother was busily engaged in washing
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