The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-12


Blaine county who left in the depressed
times of couple of years ago and
west to California, and subseque ntly
to Texas, has returned to Nebraska to
STAY, satisfied that it is the best place
after all
A CARLOAD of corn for Texas lorna
do sufferers arrived in Lincoln last
week and was sent south by the Bur
lington. 1t carried an inscription tell
ing of it's destination and adding Com
pliments of 1884, The car was from
Greeley county.
FREE METHODIST campmeetlng and
conference will be held in Mr.. Welburn's
grove. two and one-half miles east of
Wellfeet' Neb., commencing June 10
and lasting until the 2Sth or over two
Sabbaths A large tent 40x60 feet will
be used for services.
ONE William Baker war arrested at
Lincoln by Deputy Sheriff Jones of
Wahoo and brought back for trial. At
an unseemly hour Baker is accused of
going into the barn of Frank Neitzel
in Valparaiso, and stealing one set of
harness and other articles.
f. v WOODRUFF, one of York coun-
tvs earliest settlers, aged "a years, got
up the other morning and walked out
to the barn. His family noticing that
he did net return, went out to look Tor
him and found him dead. Heart
trouble was the cause of his quick
death.
COMPANY X, First regiment Nebraska
national guard, was mustered in at
Colum bus last week by Adjutant-Gen-
eral Barry and Major Fechet. The
officers of the company are: j. n.
Kilian, captain; C. w. Jones, first lieu
| tenant; C. J.. Stillman, second lieu
| tenant
A PETITION, signed by ffty-seven of
! the best and ablest people of Eight
Mile presinct, was handed to the coun-
ty commissioners of Cass county, ask
| ing that that that body call special
election in Eight Mile precinct for the
purpose of voting $4,000 bonds for
bridge purposes.
BARNEY LEWIS, of McCook, last week
laid away the remains of his only
child, a charming little daughter. BY
an extraordinary fatality and coinci-
dence, this family has lost all OF their
children with whooping cough. Three
| died in Lincoln. where they formerly
resided, and three have died since they
moved to McCook, two of them within
| Il week.
The Seventh Day Adventists have
perfected arrangements with the Ere
mont Chautauqua association for their
state encampment 1t will commence
the oath day of August and be in ses-
sion until the 7th day of September
1t is thought that there will be in at
tendance from 1000 to 1,200 people
The meetings will be conducted by the
best talent of the United States.
THE state supreme court mas made a
ruling in the case Of Morgan and Hoo.
yer, two murderers under sentence of
death in the Douglas county jail. In
each case the verdict of the trial jury
is upheld This means that these men
will have to die on the gallows unless
there is executive interference. Nor
gan ravished and then killed little Ida
Gaskill. Hoover shot and killed his
brother-in- law, member of the city
council OF Omaha.
The State Druggists association. at
their meeting in Lincoln last week,
elected officers as follows: President,
John j. Teton, Nebraska City; first
vice president, Theodore St. Martin,
Wahoo; second vice president, a. w.
Buckheit, Grand Island; third vice
president, J. E. Gerke, Seward; fourth
vice president, c. L. Smith, Omaha;
fifth vice president, F. r. Carlton,
Palmyra; secretary, w. l.. Heilman,
Tecumseh; treasurer, Jerry Bowen,
Wood River; local secretary, C. II.
Smith, Plattsmouth.
The twenty-frst annual session of
| ~. oh 0f No Slyo lrHa =
of the Eastern Star, closed last week at
Fremont after very profitable and IN
teresting three days' session. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: u. w.
NJ, Mrs. G. NJ. Stires, Columbus; g. w.
P, Rev. Pinkham, Grand Island; G. w.
S., DIR. Eleanor Daily, Omaha; G. w.
T., Edwin Davis, Omaha; 6. W. c.,
Mrs. Maud Bronson, McCook; assistant
G. w. c., Mrs. Clara Wright: assistant
G. w. NJ, Mrs Baldwin. North Platte;
assistant G. w. P, D. B. Howard,
Lincoln.
A MEETING of the county commission
ers of northwestern Nebraska was held
last week at Norfolk. 1t was decided
to change the name of the association
to the County Commissioners and Su.
pervisors Association of the State OF
Nebraska, making it state associa.
ton instead of simply North Nebraska.
as heretofore The next meeting will
be held at Lincoln on the second Tues
day in December, 1886.
MARK BUsICK. a batchelor about &c
years of age, living twelve miles south
of Chadron, committed suicide by talk
ing strychnine. Busicb has suffered
for years with rheumatism and recent
ly with neuralgia of the stomach. He
remarked to his sister that he believed
he had lived long enough and walked
out of the house toward the river
Not returning in a short time, she
went to look for him and found him
lying dead upon the river bank.
GOVERNOR HoLCoMB has received the
following letter, written by Mr.. j. w
Madden, privaue secretary to Governor
Culbertson: ''Since the receipt of your
telegram of the 21st inst, in which yor
so kindly rendered aid to the bereaved
storm stricken and home-wrecked peo
Pile OF our state, Governor Culbertsor
has been unavoidably absent from the
capitol, and is so now. but has instruct
ed me to express to you on behalf o:
the people of Texas thanks for your
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