The McCook tribune., 1897-12-31
NEBRASKA.

The gambling houses at North
Platte have been closed up.
The Methodists are having very
successful revival at Bradshaw.
The Burr creamery has been COM
| pleted and is ready for business.
The mayor of Hastings has issued
/ and order abolishing ali slot machines.
| The merchants of South Omaha are
discussing the advisabiiity of selling
for cash only.
The Republican Valley Poultry as
sociadon will have show at Superior
on January 4, 5 and 6.
II The merchants Of Newport report
more than double the trade this sea-
son over the same period fo + last
! year.
The Farmers Creamery company
has completed a $4,000 building at
Newman Grove and turned out its
first pound of butter.
/ While starting fire at her school
! house, Miss Ines SHnsen, teacher in
the Bancroft schools was badly burn
| ed about the face and neck.
/ United States Marshal Donnella ar
rested Fritz Gouger, a farmer living
thirteen miles southwest of Bloom
tngton for passing counterfeit money.
A man near North Platte who tried
to beat the hired man out of six
months wages was cinched in court
for 5000, including costs of prosecu-
II tion.
III ]. A. Graham, managing editor of
the st. Louis Republic, has promised
to respond to the toast "The Press" at
the Jacksonian banquet in Omaha
January 8.
N Seventy-five citizens in the vicinity
Is OF Tobias have cases filed against
n them in court to recover from them as
members of protective elevator as
sociation.
The ladies of Hastings are organiz-
u Ing to take part in the woman's work
& at the Omaha exposition and to as
q sist i'll forwarding the girls and boys
Il building project.
Il, There is a noticeable awakening in
many of the towns in the state among
the business men looking toward Or
ganized work for the benefit and profit
of their localities.
NJ. ]. Drummond died very suddenly
Mt his home in Columbus last week
from heart trouble. Mr. Drummond
was about fifty years of age and had
been i'll for about three months.
II John Siler young farmer living
II seven miles northwest of Humboldt,
II was shot in the leg by a companion
with whom he was out hunting, caus-
ing flesh wound which will not
II prove serious.
II The postoffices at Exeter and Ra-
VIENNA, Neb., will be raised from fourth
class to presidential offices January
/. The salary of the postmaster at
the former place viii be 81 200 and at
the latter $1,000.
Senator Allen introduced a petit
tion from S. M. Benedict of Lincoln
praying for the recognition of the bel
1igerency Of Cuba, also papers relat-
ing to the application Of Sam H. Shir-
ley for an increase of pension.
A. c. Hoffman of Chadron, who
lost both his hands on the road few
months ago, has just received $1,000
insurance from the B. & r. T., of
which he was a member in good
standing at the time Of the accident.
Congressman Strobe has been in
formed by President John R. Proctor
OF the civil service commission that
j. w. Kerns of Lincoln has passed the
clerk copyist examination with gen.
II eral average Of 80 20; that he will
H remain on the list until December II
II next, and that there are thirteen per-
/ sons ahead OF him on the register from
L the state.
Il Captain Edward Kemys, one of the
most noted sculptors of wild animals
i and Indians in the United States, if
not in the world, has arrived in Omaha
to confer with the management Of the
exposition regarding the placing of
Z permanent statuary on the exposition
grounds to remain in the public park
4 for all future time as memorials Of the
4 great exposition.
4 The little 2-year-old daughter of
& Rev. E. B. Young of Wayne got hold
/ of bottle containing earbolic acid, on
E Sunday, and before being noticed had
& drank about a teaspoonful. Mrs.
II Young at once administered melted
lard, causing the child to vomit. DR..
i Blair arrived in less than ten min
{ utes, and it is now thought the child
4 will survive, although it was a very
& close call.
The Hastings Republican gives this
1 picture of a revival in progress there:
ErQuite a sensation was created by two
Fmen that had been associated in sin
z ana ICr the nrSC time met III Ine mouse
q of God. In giving their testimony they
recognized each other and then grasp
{ ed each other by the hand, saying
Il that the house of God was better than
the saloon and other places of sin. The
! entire congregation was greatly af-
s fected by the scene"
AS an illustration of what Buffalo
& county farms are worth and are ca
pable of producing, there were ship
/ ped from Elm Creek, the first station
& west of Kearney on the Union Pacific
& railroad, during the months of Sep-
I tember, October and November, g.
900 bushels of wheat. 20.S50 bushels
4 of corn, 64,400 bushels of cats, 81 800
bushels of barley and 1875 bushels
of rye, and the farmers received S64,-
804 for the grain at their home mar
{ ket.
{ The Lincoln Street railway property
was put up at auction and was bid
in by the reorganization committee for
$50, 600. Two or three branch lines
lnrIyy