The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-07-03

rested a couple of weeks ago at Au-
burn. Brown pleaded guilty, stating,
in eXtenuation of his crime, that he
was unable to work, being q sufferer
from nervous prostration. He was
sentenced to three and half years in
the penitentiary.
IT is seldom that farmers leave Polk
| county for greener pastures and bet
ter country but that they come back
satisfied to stay. George Ward sold
| out last spring and wentdown near Sey
| inour. He came back the other day
| with his stock and says that part of
Missouri is no place for farming or
stock, either He will summer his
| stock in Nebraska where they can get
| something to eat and get fat.
A RAILROAD accident occurred near
| Hastings Passenger train No was
| wrecked just after entering the yards,
| as a result of a heavy wind storm that
| passed over the city a little while be-
| fore. An empty stock car that had
been standing on the stock yards
switch was blown onto the main line
and the passenger train collided with
| it just west of the round house. the
engineer and fireman saved themselves
by jumping. q
A MAN was arrested at Beatrice in
| the act of disposing of some harness to
secondhand dealer 1t was diScov-
cred that he had a camp west OF that
| city and upon investigation wagon
containing eight sets of double harness
| was found. He had with him boy,
| who gave his name at Bert Morgan, II
years old, and his home as Grand IS
| land. Police are holding the harness
| to see if owners thereof cannot be
| found
A NEW pocket leatiet has been issued
and is being distributed by the state
| board of agriculture. In addition to
information about county collective ex
hibits for which twelve premiums
amounting to 3,3374 will be awarded,
the bulletin advertises the Feast of
Olympia, under the direction of the
Knights OF Ak-Sar- Ben, the biennial
| musical festival of the Northwestern
Scandinavian Singers associa ton, and
| other attractions during state fair
week.
1t is now believed at Valparaiso that
| Frank Tobin, a paroled convict, is the
man who assaulted and shot Mrs.
| Hinkle last week. Mrs. Hinkle, who
is still alive. identified Tobin as her as
sailant. IL appears that Tobin was
very much smitten with Mrs. Hinkle
when she was Miss Addie Edwards,
bat his attentions were not appreciat-
ed. One day when he called and got
gay her brother sent couple of loads
of buckshot at him, but he was not in
jured SO far as has been learned.
ANOTHER claimant for the reward of
81, 600 offered by the Rock Island for
the arrest and conviction of the party
or parties guilty of causing the Salt
creek wreck near Lincoln in August,
1894, has come into court. This is
Lewis Ryan, one of the witnesses, who
testified to seeing negro man near
the treStle on the night before the
wreck. Ryan claims that his informa-
ton led to the arrest and conviction of
g. w. Davis, the colored man. There
are two other claimants and the whole
matter will have to be settled in the
courts.
A SPECIAL session of the district
court OF Dodge county convened last
week, Judge Marshall presiding, for
the purpose of trying the case of Caro-
pany. This is the second one of the
large number OF cases which were
commenced last fall by citizens of
Dodge whose property was destroyed
by the big fire there in September last
to recover damages against the COM
pany. The first case on the list was
tried last January and resulted in
verdict for the defendant. An appeal
to the supreme court was taken.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER c. R. CLARK.
of Polk county, met with a painful ac-
cident the other day that will lay him
aside for some time. One of his neigh
bor's boar pigs went down to Clark's
pen and while there ran across his
boar and of course they had to have
pitched battle. Clark thought that
his boar was getting u little the worst
of it and undertook to separate them,
when one of the hogs turned and snap
ped Mr.. Clark in the right leg, tearing
out the flesh and mustle to the bone
and it was necessary to take quite
mum Der OF stitches to close up the
wound.
A TRAMP applied to i. p. Main of
kenwood for breakfast the other
morning and he looked so forlorn and
hollow that the lawyer decided to fill
him up. He told the wanderer to hoe
no the potatoes in the garden, however,
SO that there should be no question as
to his appetite. The tramp. either
through ignorance or malice afore-
thought dug up all the potatoes and
neatly piled the vines The tramp got
his breakfas on the strength of his
good intentions. but the next time Col
Main employs one of his genus he will
put him to breaking stone, or some
sucil All niliar occupation.
GOVERNOR HoLCoMB has received the
letter. made publ through the press.
referring TO Tennessee generous do
nation OF block OF marble intended
TO be used in making n statue of Abra-
ham Lincoln. This was the purpose
for which it was donated to the state
OF Nebraska by the state OF Tennessee
through Governor Turney. 1T comes
as q testimony of respect which the
people of ennessee have for the mem
orv of the nartyred president. The
presentation of the mar bic 10 Governor
Turney at knoxville seems to have
been cele brated with all sincerity and
The letter received by Governor liol-
comb notifying him of the shipment of
the block is kind and generous. The
stone will be thankfully received by
state authorities and there is talk OF