The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-09-04

Colorado for the return to the state OF
! David A. Cochran. who is charged with
| the murder of Paul P. Rose in Kimball
county. Cochran is now in jail at Dem
yer.
Fairbury yonng ladies recently gave
minstrel performance at that place
and the two fellows who worked up
| the affair, financially speaking, left
| town between two moons with the pro-
ceeds of the show, which amounted to
over $50.
A seven-year-old son Of James Kemp
er, farmer living four miles north OF
Fairmount, was found dead in the pas
ture field with one arm and one leg
supposed he was killed by bull, there
being bull and cow in the pasture
John Peysen of Dakota City, who
was arrested for embezzling 500 of
school money belonging to district No
/, LOG, of which he was treasurer, was
given hearing in Judge Regan's court
and upon motion Of complainant was
dismipsed. Peysen was Immediately
rearrested on similar charge and his
hearing will come up for hearing Sep
| tenn ber 10.
A party of Beatrice hunters recently
returned, reporting that one of their
number had been accidentally shot or
drowned. While searching party
was being organized the missing man
returned. He had made mistake
with regard to the meeting place, and
it took some time to convince him that
his companions had not wilfully de.
serted him.
State Engineer Akers has issued an
opinion on review in the matter of the
claim of the Elkhorn Irrigation com
pany. This company has ditch l2
miles long which covers or reclaims
$500 acres of land. In the former
opinion the priority of application for
water was fixed at May /, 1894. The
new opinion fixes February 3, 1894, as
' the date of priority.
While Charles Casselman was un-
loading wagon load of wheat in the
elevator at Ainsworth. stock train
passed and frightened his team They
ran, and while turning the corner of
Main street the wagon struck n hy-
drant, breaking it completely off. The
water flew several feet high, coming
out with terrific force. 1t was checked
before great damage was done.
At Curtis Editor Race of the Courier
was shot twice by Simon Carey, both
wounds being very serious. There has
been i'll feeling between the men for
some time, but no one expected such
tragic outcome, and the news of the
assault and it's result causes much ex-
element in the town. Both men
have their friends but there is univer
sal regret over the occurrence.
At this writing entries are coming in
thick and fast at the state fair, and the
distant points from which many of
them are received indicate that the
fame of the Nebraska state show is
by no means local. One entry is for
fine display for the women's building
was received from Virginia. There is
a great demand for space, and the in
dications are that before the fair opens
even the smallest space will be at
premium.
An epidemic which is causing much
loss and which is alarming hog-raisers
has appeared among the swine south
east Of Stromburg. So far only the
hogs iu limited territory have been
affected, but within the last few days
the disease has begun to spread and it
is feared it will become general. George
Larson, prominent farmer and stock
raiser. has lost forty head of hogs. Ed
Marker. one of Larson's neigh bors. has
lost 100 head.
w. E. Brown, a depositor in the
Rushville bank before that institution
failed, has brought suit in the supreme
be not allowed to compromise with w.
L. May and other stockholders in the
matter of their liability. Mr. Brown
sets forth that after he had deposited
his money the bank reduced it's capi-
talized stock from $4,000 to SIS, ,0OO.
and that this reduction netted the
stockholders some SIS, 600.
The coroner's jury ut Kimball re-
turned verdict as follows: AT an
inquest holden at or upon section IL,
township 12. range Sc, in said county.
on the 10th day of August, 1896. before
ty. upon the body of Paul 2. Roe.
lying dead. by the jurors whose names
are hereunto subscribed, the said jurors
upon their oaths do say. that the said |
Paul P. Rose came to his death by two
gunshot wounds, the gun fired by one
D. A. Cochran with feloneous intent"
While Jake Olson and family OF |
Franklin county were returning from
campmeeting their 10-year-old daugh-
ter lost her hat and was sent hack tc
hunt for it. They waited for her re-
turn for some time and then returned |
to camp, but she was not there and il
was raining by this time and con-
tinued throughout the night. No one
offered to hunt for the child until
morning, when town and country
turned out in search but the child
found her way home about 10 o'clock
in the morning, being wet and hungry.
At the Depot in York, Alfred B.
Christian has built an arch and on il
has display of south York county
farm products There are corns,all,s
fourteen to sixteen feet high. on which
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