The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-06-19
OVER THE STATE.

THERE was large attendance at the
Valentine races.
THE old settlers of Otoe county held
their annual picnic last week.
THAYER county's institute COM
mences June 22 and will last one week
The Norfolk district of the Epworth
league will hold their next meeting at
Wayne.
THE residence of DIR. Anderson, Wa
hoo. was entered by burglars. They
got a watch and $4 in currency.
GAGE county's teachers institute had
an attendance of 250, which was larger
than that of any previous meeting.
AUBURN was temporarily without
police protection because of a disagree
ment between the mayor and council.
A SOW owned by farmer in John
son county has smashed the record,
by giving birth to sixteen nice, healthy
pigs.
THE annual Methodist conference for
the western part of the state will be
held at Ogalalla, commencing Septem-
Der 30.
PAT SULLIVAN, a former Hastings
boy, has been arrested in Cripple Creek,
charged with robbing the postoffice of
that place.
The Carrico postoffice will be dis
continued on the 18th of this month
and the mail for that office left at
Hayes Center.
Buy home made goods and build up
home industries, is good policy. Far
rell's Fire EXtinguisher, made by Far
rell & CO., Omaha
THERE was tremendous rainfall in
Gage county last week. Scores of
bridges were washed out, though crops
did not suffer much.
c. S. RAY of Thayer county was ar
rested for violation of the fish law. He
was let go on promise to be more cir
cumspect in the future.
HENRY BACKNER of Nehawka wrote
an unseemly letter to q lady and the
federal court adjudged he should pay a
fine of $40 and costs.
BUSINESS men of Grand Island have
taken in hand the matter of celebrat-
ing the Fourth and propose to have a
patriotic and enthusiastic time.
WILLIAM REAM, of Thurston county,
is in Jail at Pender on the charge of
stealing cattle from the reservation
and shipping them to South Omaha.
BURGLARS entered Morris Mayors
store at Norfolk and carried away three
silk dress patterns, some silk handker-
chiefs, suit of clothes and a valise.
SURVEYORS are at work laying out
additional cattle pens at South Omaha.
The extensions will be such as to ac-
commodate about sixty cars of cattle.
BURGLARS entered a number of resi-
dences in Hastings the other night,
but in none of them did they secure
much of that for which they were
loolling-money.
JonN HILL, one of the first settlers
near Lanham, Gage county, was found
dead in bed. He had been in i'll health
for several years and his sudden de-
mise was not unlocked for.
THE Nebraska State Sunday School
association, which was to have met in
Norfolk June IA to 16, has been trans
ferred to Omaha, where the annual
convention will be held July os to 30.
j. L. BRoTT, near Marengo. was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed while working in the field near
his house. The horse was also killed.
Mr.. Brott leaves wife and five child
rem.
THE army worm is ravishing the rye
fields in the. various parts of York
county. Postmaster Bradham of Bene
dict tells that the worms destroyed
twenty-five acre field of rye near that
village.
ED CROSBY, for some years in the
hardware business at Fullerton, lately
committed suicide at his home in New
York. He made an unfortunate mar
riage in the west and his life has since
been burden.
GRoTH TRIMMER. editor of the Filley
tNeb.) Repu ublican, was drowned N
the Cottonwood river at Emporia, Kan
sas, while bathing. He was in that
place attending commencement exer-
cises of the State university.
The following pensions have been
granted for Nebraska-John c. Logue,
Stromsburg; William NJ. Knots, Oma-
ha; Henry A. McCune, Red Cloud;
Thomas Moore, Macon; William G.
Smith, Stratton; Peter p. Head, North
Bend.
THE governor of Texas asked of Ne
braska but one carload of supplies, but
three were sent. 1t was all contributed
and the railroads made no charge for
carrying. The Nebraska Club took
hand in the work and largely helped
TO push it along.
B. I. CARTER of Gordon and j. B.
Fenny of Ainsworth left last week for
Oregon, where they expect to purchase
10, 600 sheep and viii sell them to farm
ers and stockmen of Nebraska. This
will put about $4,000 sheep on the
range near Gordon.
PETER JOHNSON, of South Omaha.
while intoxicated. drove in front of a
freight train on the Elkhorn road and
was killed The team passed the track
in safety, but the wagon was badly
wrecked and johnson killed. He leaves
q wife and children.
VALLEY county's mortgage indebted
ness for the month of May is as fol-
lows: Farm mortgages filed, s7,s3a-
81; satisfied. So. 14s: town mortgages
filed, 81. 726 so: satisfied, $3.50; 142 chat
tel mortgages fled. SIS, ,3O7. &c; seven
teen released, 81, s32, ,9S: six sheriff's
deeds.
The residence of VIII Pace in West
Beatrice was struck by lightning dur