The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-10

ward at Lincoln the other day. with
the wind. They were not numerous
enough to cause scare. but were
watched with much interest. It is sup
posed that they were hatched in west
ern Kansas and were simply flying to
regions with more plentiful vegeta-
tion.
GENERAL MANAGER DICKINSON and
other officials of the Union Pacific re-
turned last week by special train from
a trip of inspection of the system. Mr.
Dickinson found everything in salts
factory condition and the road in fine
shape. There is a general tendency
toward better times throughout the
west Garfield beach was ordered
opened.
Anticipating one of the biggest
crops Nebraska has produced, the Bur-
lington shops at Havelock, Nebraska,
are putting the equipment of the b. &
NJ. Ry. in the best possible condition.
department will be taxed to it's utmost
capacity. The force at the shops will
be greatly increased; all of which
means prosperity to Havelock.
The safe of Gunther & Needham,
general merchants at ST. Edwards, was
blown open by burglars last week.
The report of the explosion was heard
by several parties, but no attention
was paid to it. There was about $50
in the safe, which they obtained by
prying the money box open. The safe
door is badly damaged and has hole
drilled in the knob where the powder
was inserted There is no clue to the
robbers.
The building belonging to the de-
funct Commercial bank at Weeping
Water was sold for the benefit of de-
positors and was bought by an Omaha
man for $3.50. So far the depositors
have received dividends to the amount
of SO per cent, and this sale will make
it 60 per cent Prospects are hattering
that the total assets will make it possi-
BILE to pay out almost dollar for dollar
in a few months.
The marble donated by the state
of Tennessee to Nebraska for statue
of Abraham Lincoln arrived last week.
This is the first installment, and COM
prises two blocks, 14x12x4 feet in size
and weighing thirty tons John Curry,
the stone cutter who fashioned plas-
ter cast of Lincoln, and who wants to
chisel the handsome Tennessee marble
blocks, says that another instaliment
of the pedestal, weighing $50 tons, is to
follow these two blocks.
When Swanson & Sickman, Aurora
grocers, reached their store the other
morning they found that some party or
parties had cut the lower panels out of
the rear door and also out of door in
a partician near the rear end of the
store, and thus gained an entrance to
the safe and money drawer, from
which they obtained about $40. The
safe had been blown open by means of
fuse, portion of which was found
on the floor. Nothing was taken or
disturbed except the money
A PECULIAR fish about eight inches
in length was caught at Cutoff lake
last week. In general appearance the
specimen resembles a catfish. 1t has
the same ugly, protruding mouth and
antennae, or feelers, as the cat, but in
! addition is equipped with four perfect
ly formed legs, which end in claws re-
sembling human hand: A dorsal fin
extends almost the entire length of the
body and the back is covered with a
dark brown, notified skin. The lower
portion is covered with small scales.
The annual exhibition of the john
son County Agricultural and Mechan-
ical association will be held September
to IL, inclusive. The management is
now at work arranging program of
special features that will be attractive
enough to make the fair a grand draw
| ing card. In addition to the customa
~ races there will be numerous other
| attractions offered. September 9 will
be old settlers day, and the meeting
of the county's pioneers will be held in
| a large log cabin, which is to be erect
ed on the ground. Some prominent
speaker will address the gathering.
THOMAS MACKEY has been found
| guilty in the federal court at Omaha of
having criminal intercourse with a girl
under sixteen years of age. Mackey is
white man and the complaining wit
ness, Martha Macl1ey, is his stepdaugh-
ter and a half-breed Indian. The
parties all live at the Santee agency
| and the illicit relations have continued
for several years, or since the girl was
about twelve years old. The testimo-
nv, which was of revolving character,
shows that the girls mother, the wife
of Mackey, had knowledge of what
was going on and consented to it.
The farmers near Havelock are agi-
tating the question of building a
creamery. Two meetings have been
held. 1t seems probable they will offer
| small bonus and building site in
Havelock as an inducement to any
company that will establish good
plant there. The country has been
canvassed and milk can be had from
at least 500 cows. The oldest settlers
about Havelock say that the present
crop prospects are better than they
have been for twenty years. Oats are
| heading out nicely and bid fair to
yield from fifty to seventy-five bushels
per acre. Corn will be waist high by
July I4th. The ground is in excellent
condition. In the year 1891 Nebraska
had practically two crops, but 1896 bids
fair to excel 1891.
Two women and man were
drowned in the Missouri east of Teka-
NAH the other day. Two young men
and two young women were pleasure
riding in boat, near what is known
as the Ludwick saw mill. The river is
very high. and the boat getting caught
in an eddy, struck a snag, which tipped
it so that it partially filed with water.
One of the girls grabbed one of the
men around the neck in her fright.