The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-10-30
NEBRASKA.

The telephone line has been extende'
from Ashland to Wahoo.
The Sterling band have ordered uni
forms and will soon appear to good ad
vantage.
Grand Army day at the North Platt
Irrigation fair brought out a grea
crowd of old veterans
Ed Arnold of South Omaha is suffer
ing from broken leg caused by beinl
imixed up in runaway.
South Omaha will reorganize it
board of charities for the winter ant
endeavor to look after the poor of thu
city.
Five covered wagons passed through
Antelope recently headed for Perkins
county, where they left over yeai
ago for Missouri.
Thieves entered DIR. Atkins drug
store at Waverly some time during tn.
night. A lady's gold watch and a sill
yer watch were taken.
August Hult of Osceola, who had in
jured his hand, was attacked by lock
rived. He was 81 years old.
At Lyons Ford's dry goods store, j.
Thomas hardware and Enfield's drug
store were entered by burglars and !;
large quantity of goods stolen.
While Mr.. Miner, living near Area
dia, while drawing load from shot
gun the opposite barrel was discharged
hoH lot /, &c .;or1,
Someone placed lot of old hors.
shoes and other old iron in a sheaf o:
wheat near Sterling last week with
the intention of running the machin.
that was doing the threshing.
Joe Lawson had quite an experience
while threshing near Humboldt. Two
bundles of grain had been loaded with
old iron, and did some damage to hi.
machine. Luckily no one was hurt.
The farm house belonging to Johr
Wallis, north of Swanton, was destroyed
by fire. A 4-year-old boy was burned
to death. The mother and little CIR.
Were badly injured but will recover.
Thomas Z. Tonge, a mining experi
from Denver. is in Stanton for the pur.
pose of ascertaining whether or moi
the gold taken from that neigh borhoot
will warrant the expense of working
it.
The farm house of L. ]. Jones, two
and half miles west of Clarks, was
destroyed by fire. A child being sicE
Mr.. Jones arose and started fire, anC
it is thought 4 defective fiue was tc
blame.
The fortieth annual meeting of the
general association of Congregations
churches of Nebraska is in session a;
Harvard, and will continue severa.
days Each church is entitled to two
delegates besides its pastor.
Guilty of murder in the first de.
gree" was the verdict brought in by
the jury at McCook in the case of Ed.
ward Larense for the murder of Mich.
ael Travers- The jury fixed the pen.
atty at Imprisonment for life.
Arthur Stull, alias McCay, and A. j
Bauer were arrested in Grand Island
as the suspected robbers of the Bank
of Shelby, and the men who attempted
to rob the bank at Brainard. They
are being held for Identification.
Citizens of Eight Mile Grove precinct
Cass county, are going to have another
vote at carrying an election for the
issuance of "a, 600 for the erection anc
maintenance OF free wagon bridge
across the Platte river at Cedar Creek.
The new Methodist church at Yorb
was dedicated last week, Bishop Nc.
Cabe officiating. The edifce was built
by fire year ago A debt of So, ,0OC
present.
Jacob Nicewonger, an aged farmer
from Pickerell, had his pocket picked
while en- route at Beatrice on a U. p
train. He lost $40, note for 500 and
a number OF receipts. A stranger who
sat beside him in the car did the
smooth job.
The farmers around Julian are max
ing preparations for gathering the i'm
rnense crop of corn now ready for crib
bing. Every day lumber is being
bought to build new cribs The crop
is not only unusually large, but is OF
extra Qual1ty.
jacob Gergens, prosperous German
farmer living near Hum boldt, was at
tackled by vicious OK while herding
cattle near his house, and had several
ribs broken. Fortunately the animal
was a muley or he might have gored
the man to death.
The jewelry store of Neihart & Co.,
at Eimwood, was entered and about
$50 worth of jewelry, optical goods,
etc. taken. The money drawer was
broken open and 40 cents taken. All
the gold watches and more valuable
goods were in the safe.
The Oakland Independent says: ''The
price of coal has gone down 81 a ton.
but that it will have to go down sever
al more before the people living in that
locality will Guy to any extent, as the
times are hard and corn cheap, and
they will use the latter as fuel
The wheat crop in The territory
about Shicllley is pretty nearly all
threshed out and the quality is far SUI
perior to that which we have had for
the past three years. The yield of
fionr is not as large as it has been in
some years past, but the quality is en-