The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-08-28


| Articles of agreement were signet
by T. II. l. Lee and E. Costello Of Ex
eter, last week, whereby Mr.. Lee
agrees to pay M. Costello S11O in silver
for Sl0o in gold one year after free
silver coinage shall have been passed
AS a result of SO much rain the Mis-
souri, Pacific track spread near Julian
| and ditched eight freight cars at the
rear end of a south bound freight train.
No one was hurt and but very little
damage was done, as the train was go
ing very slow.
At Nebraska City team belonging
w. G. James ran away throwing the
occupants of the carriage, Mr.. James
and wife, violently to the ground and
severely injuring them. The carriage
was demolished, as was also another
with which it collided.
A searching party of twelve men was
organized at Kimball to try to clear up
the mystery surrounding the Rose cat
tie case Rose is supposed to have
been murdered or kidnapped by the
| thief, Cochran; no trace of him can be
found. The party from Kimball will
Join large party in Logan county,
Col, and no stone will be left uuturned
to find the missing man.
John Currie. the Lincoln sculptor,
commenced work last week on the
piece of marble sent from Tennessee
Tor statue of Abraham Lincoln. He
says he has corresponded with some of
the best sculptors in America and that
I'VE" will have the best statue in
America. Both Governor Holcomb and
Auditor Moore say that he has COM
menced the work unauthorized SO far
as they know.
ALT Bacon, farmer living about ten
miles south of Humboldt, was found
dead in bed by members of his family.
Mr.. Bacon has been hard drinker for
several years and his conjugal rela-
tions have not been as pleasant as
could be desired. About ten days ago
his wife had HIM taken before the in
sanity board in Falls City, but the
charges of insanity were not sustained
and he was released
The fisheries building at the state
fair, which is always thronged, will
again be under the charge of Colonel
Lew May. One of the special attrac-
tions this year will be whale" The
word is used on the authority of Rob-
ert S Oberfelder of Sidney The fish
is described as a "big un," the largest
by far ever captured in this country.
1t was taken near the junction of the
Platte and Missouri rivers.
At st. Edward a man knocked at the
dno,. of ana ~ <bo .oa,ae zf , 1,o4.1 =,
which Mrs. Herberling was stopping.
Answering the call, he made an indie
cent proposal to her. She closed the
door in his face and procured her hus-
bands shotgun as quickly as possible
The man made an effort to enter when
the woman gave him the contents of
the gun. The report called crowd
but no trace of the man could be found
Lightning struck the belfry of the
public school building at Bloomington,
setting it on fire. The building was
nearly destroyed. together with nearly
all the furniture, la bratory and sever
al hundred dollars worth of text books
belonging to the district. Insurance is
SIS, 500 The building is of brick, near
ly new, and the pride of the city. 1t is
only three weeks until school should
begin, and no suitable rooms are to be
had
I. B. Carson of Minneapolis, western
revenue agent; T. B. Parker, revenue
collector and Officer Morrison, quietly
descended upon the home of John
Polander, in Beatrice and
placed him under arrest on the charge
of operating still. In the basement
of house he formerly lived in was
found the remains of still. The &C
cused made no defense and admitted
having made fruit brandies, but claims
he never sold any. This is refuted by
the officers, who claim to have evidence
showing how and where he sold his
product
A smooth appearing stranger came
to Norfolk and made an announcement
that he would start wholesale gro
cery house. He said that he was
heavily backed by Chicago cap
ital and would conduct the largest gro
Gerry establishment in this state He
gave the name of C. w. Jennings,
rented four store rooms in the Pacific
hotel block and set large force of
workmen to work cleaning the rooms
on being pressed by the Chi
cago Lumber company for payment of
his account he hired livery team and
drove to Hoskins and caught the Sioux
City train and disappeared. The team
was recovered.
Minneota (Minn.) dispatch: Carl
Ranberg, an 1s-year-old boy of this
place, was shot and almost instantly
killed here by a stranger who calls
himself Walter 81. Glass of Nebraska !
City, Neb. The weapon used was a
shotgun of large bore. Two other lads, |
Mike Buuce and d. E. Gaeger, who, |
among others, were with young Ran
berg at the time, were also wounded |
BY some stray shots, but not seriously.
Glass gave himself up to the authori-
and was taken to Marshall and lodged !
in the county jail. He says he was
provoked to shoot by insulting Ian
yuage used by some of the boys in
hearing of the prisoner and his wife.
The citizens committee. says the
Lincoln Journal, which has charge of
he 6. A E encampment, held meet
ng at the Commercial club The COM
nittee expects 5000 tents to arrive