The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-01-10
OVER THE STATE.

JOHN MAJORS, of Bradshaw, a brother
OF ex-Lieutenant Governor Majors, died
last week.
FOUR HUNDRED acres of gold" lands
near Alma have been purchased by
spectators.
SUPERINTENDENT MCKELvEY of the
Geneva industrial school will take a
trip to the coast the first of the year.
Hon. THERON NYE of Fremont. about
seventy years old, fell down a fight OF
stairs the other night, receiving inJu-
ries that may prove fatal.
THE Lincoln city council is consider
ing an odinance providing for arrest OF
children found running the streets
after a reasonable hour at night.
A BRIcKMAKERs' convention is called
to meet in the city of Lincoln at the
Capital hotel on January 81, 1896, at
2:3o p m, for the purpose of organic
ing a state association.
Rev. w. II. II. PLLsBURY, county
treasurer of Nance county, died at Full
lerton of blood poisoning, after long
and painful illness. He was a man who
stood high in the community.
A FARMER named Zeigenbine, living
eight miles northwest of Ashland, has
become violently insane over religious
matters. He believes he is Christ and
proposes to impress the fact by force.
THE gold-fnd has been extended to
Saunders county. o. r. Bryan, living
ten miles west on Rock creek, believes
there is paying dirt on his farm. An
other farmer several miles south re-
ports a find.
The residence of Patrick Mulcahy,
six miles north of Harvard, was burned
last week. All the contents of the
house were also burned. The family
was not at home. Loss about $500 with
no insurance.
AT Omaha the jury in the murder
case of Claude Hoover brought in a
verdict of guilty and fixed the penalty
at death. Hoover a few weeks ago
shot and killed Councilman Du Boise,
his brother-in-law.
ALI. merchants of York report a
good trade for 1895 and assert it was
much better than hat of 1894. During
the year there have been but two fail
ures in the city, and at the present
time everything is bright for a pros
porous year.
WATSON HELvEY, son of Frank Hell
vey, one of the oldest settlers of Jeffer-
son county, was instantly killed a
short distane north of Fairhury by the
bursting of a buzz saw. He was saw
ing stove wood with the machine when
it burst, one piece of the saw striking
him in the head and laying the skull
open to the brain. The deceased was
twenty-five years old and leaves a wife.
THERE is a united movement on foot
in Lincoln TO secure the location in that
city of the next annual reunion of the
Grand Army of the Republic. To this
end Il meeting of the business men of
Lincoln was held at the Commercial
club, under call of President HARDWOOD.
1t was the expressed opinion that, with
proper effort, the next reunion could
be secured, together with several
Others.
A COMPLAINT has been received by the
board If secretaries of the state board
of Transportation from L~innwood, But
Ter county, against the rates charged
by the Northwestern railroad company
on hay shipped from that point to
Omaha. The complaint sets up that
the rate from Linnwood is ca cents per
100 pounds, while the towns in the
neighborhood are given much better
rates.
A REoUIsrTIoN from the governor of
Illinois was presented to the governor
of Nebraska and honored. The paper
calls for the transportation to the first
named state OF Hunt Nifong. who is
now living al Nelson in Nuckolls coun-
tv. He is charged with having as
saulted with a pistol, and with intent
10, murder, one George Z. Talkinton at
Modesto, in Macoupin county. N in
March, 1895.
CHA.RNAY J. A. EDeERroS and Secre-
tafy Frank eager of the populist state
central committee met with a few party
workers at the state house in Lincoln
to organize a systematic campaign for
securing the populist national conyen-
ton for Omaha. The three Nebraska
national committeeman will go to st.
Louis prepared to submit a winning
proposition.
THE long talked of railroad up the
North Platte river out of North Platte
now bids fair to materialize soon
enough to move next falls crops, and
the citizens are therefore jubilant.
With a great railroad building out OF
the city, an irrigation fair in prepare
ton, and many new irrigation enter
prises under Roadway, North Platte
bids fair to enjoy a great growth the
coming spring.
FIFTY representative Nebraskans met
in Omaha to organize an association
which shall generally unite all classes
of people in a system of work that shall
develop the industries of the state. The
capital stock of the club is to be $500,
600 in shares of 81 each: The governor
of the state is to be the president.
There will be eight vice-presidents, the
two United States senators and the Sin
congressman of the state.
SHERIFF e. A. HALL of Hemingford
and Ed E. Clark, sheriff of Greeley.
Colo, were in Grand Island the Other
day, where the former delivered te
Sheriff Clark a cattle ~rustler, who has
been a fugitive from justice for Over
two years. The prisoners name j:
Charles Holiday. alias Kid Holiday,
Sheriff Hall and his deputy made the
arrest in one of the northwestern coun'
ties and were compelled to face a re
yolver in the hands of the outlaw: