The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-04-17
OVER THE STATE.

IEFFLER STULL, the latneF Oh jugs
Stull, of Auburn, died last week.
THE rainfall over Hall county
amounted to one and a half inches.
Gus. b. SPECIE, the mayor.elect OF
Colum bus, ''got there" by four ma
jority.
STEPS are being taken to organize a
G.. A. r post at Harrison, Sioux
county.
REPUBLICANS of the Fifth district re-
nominated Congressman Andrews by
reclamation.
of Kearnev, recently died at Longs
mont, Colorado.
THE German Lutheran Teachers AS.
ISOLATION of Nebraska was in session in
Fremont last week with a good attend
ance.
FREMoNT's new city directory con-
tains 4, go of adults, doubling
which gives the city a population of
e,24o.
CHADRoN people are determined on
having a sugar beet factory and are
encouraging farmers to cultivate the
vegetable.
SWAN OLSON, of Omaha, last week
took his life by hanging. Accounts go
to show that he had been deranged for
some time.
FARMERS of Cheyenne county not 9TH
erwise engaged find plenty of work
fixing up the old irrigation bitches and
digging new ones.
HoN. LoRAN CLARK of Albion, who
was thought to be fatally injured, is
A. Da<x1a Croa1r Mich conf
tarium, and said to be slowly recov-
ering.
c. j. BILLS, colonel of the Second
regiment, Nebraska National Guard,
has beer chosen brigadier general, sue
ceeding Gen. Colby, who refused re-
nomination.
THE shipment of packing house pro-
ducts and dressed beef from South
Omaha during March was 1877 cars
more than during February and 16s
more than during March, 1895.
COMPTROLLER ECKLEs has been noti-
fed of the selection of Ed L. Gallagher
as cashier of the First National bank
of O'Neill, and Benjamin Lindsey as
president of the First National bank of
Pierce.
THE thirty-fourth anniversary of the
battle of Shiloh was celebrated at Mil
ford by the Shiloh veteran association
in it's fourth annual reunion On April 6
and Z. The exercises included music
and r~ecitations.
CHARLEY HALEY of Lincoln covered
the distance. forty-three miles, be-
tween Lincoln and Beatrice on his
wheel in two hours and eight minutes.
He says he lost forty-tive minutes re-
pairing a p%uncture.
THE Young Married Peoples club,
an organization of the younger Bene-
diets of North Loup and their wives,
for purposes of social enjoyment,
has entered upon its fourth year of I'M
interrupted existence.
N. E. BoTToM, of Ong, who was clan
destinely married to Alma V. Sandberg
the first part of last week, has left Tor
parts unknown. 1t is charged that he
made an unsuccessful attempt to shoot
his brother-in-law, Oscar Sandberg.
A YOUNG son of Ed Alderman, living
six miles northeast of Liberty, was
playing with matches about the stable
and set fire to it, burning stable and
contents. Alderman is a poor man
the loss falls very heavily upon him.
THE Commercial hotel in Ogalalla is
a mass of ruins. Fire caught from a
defective 1ue and only by hard work
was the Delmonte hotel, adjoining,
saved. A small portion of household
goods were saved. The loss is 81, 500.
Insurance, So, 600.
THE supreme court has made an or
der suspending the sentence of John
and James Casey, who were convicted
in Richardson county of robbery and
sentenced to three years each in the
p~enitentiary. The cases have been
brought up to the supreme court for re-
view and the suspension is pending the
hearing.
ONE thing that has particularly
favored the Nebraska farmer this year
has been the exceptionally mild
weather during the past winter. This
has enabled farmers to bring their
stock through in excellent condition
and at a minimum cost, which they
are now selling for very fair prices and
at a good profit
JAMES L. PAXTON, Chief Government
Live Stock Inspector Ayers and L. C.
Reddington, a prominent live stock
commission man. were recently in FIRE.
mont The object of their trip was to
examine an improved apparatus for the
inspection of diseased sheep at the
South Omaha stock yards if any such
should be received there.
JOHN ANDERSON, a wealthy Swedish
farmer residing about five miles east
of Wilcox, committed suicide by hang
ing himself. The body was found in a
cow shed on the premises by members
of the family with the knees almost
touching the ground and life extinct.
No cause is assigned for the action.
He was an old settler in the COM
munity.
JOHN O'DoNNELL, who lives neal
Goodwin, Dixon county, was badly in
jured by being attacked by a fierce
bull The bull hunted him. throwing
him about ten feet The blow crushed
one of his shoulders, and he was other
wise considerably bruised. Assistance
came to him before the infuriated ami
NAL had time to repeat the attack and
trample upon him.
TWINS were lately born to Nh. and
Mrs. Everhart of Grand Island, but as
one was born before midnight and the
other afterward. the same birthday
can not be observed only. as Captain
Billingsley would say, by stipulation.
A EppafoNT man was fined five dol