The McCook tribune., 1897-10-22
NEBRASKA.


ington.
SAM CANNON, johnson county
farmer, has sued the county for $3.50
for destruction of a thresher that went
through one of the county bridges.
ANsoN CLARK of Minden purchased
nine cars of Colorado and Utah cattle
the past week of Engaard & Christen-
sen and will feed them through the
winter on his farm north of town.
j. w. DAVIS, and early settler of this
county, says Hildreth dispatch, was
found dead in bed at an early hour in
the morning from heart disease. He
was fav0rably known all over the
county.
r. A. TAwNEY, clerk of Pierce
county, has just returned from Mon
tana, where he purchased thirteen
cars of sheep and two cars OF cattle,
arriving with them over the Pacific
Short Line.
THE jennings State Bank of Daven-
port, Neb., has been authorized by the
state banking board to increase its
capital stock to $4,000. The bank has
formerly had a capital of $1,000 and a
surplus Oh $3,OOU.
THE poultry fanciers of Burt county,
have organized poultry association
to be known as the Missouri valley
poultry association. 1t is proposed to
cooperate with the fanciers of neigh
boring counties and hold a mid-winter
poultry show.
MAN giving the name of c. Wal
bure has been at Franklin, cl laiming he
represented some wagon factory and
was looking for a location to put up a
new factory He hired buggy of the
livery and sold the buggy at Riverton.
He was arrested.
In the United States court at Lin
coin the case of Mrs. Anna Blado
against the city of Lincoln was deci
ded by the jury giving the plaintiff a
verdict for $2,250, The suit was for
damages for injuries received in fall
ing on a defective sidewalk.
THE 11-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Scharwath, living ten miles north of
Randolph, accidentally shot hims elf
during the absence of his parents.
The ball took effect in his abdomen
and resulted in his death after causing
several hours of intense suffering.
THE town of Cook, in the northern
part of johnson county, is going to
have a creamery. The citizens have
organized stock company, put their
money into the enterprise and elected
officers to take charge of the concern.
A new building will be put up for the
enterprise.
BUSINESS was rushing at the O'Neill
land Office last Monday. On that day
about 1s, 600 acres of Uncle Sans do
main were opened for settlement,
which formerly comprised the Fort
Randall military reservation. About
all the land in the reservation is set
tied and 10000 were filed upon
Monday and about the same amount
was rejected.
THE Nebraska grand lodge of Good
Templars, in session in Lincoln, cleo
ted the following officers: Grand chief
templar, j. o. Staples, Omaha; grand
counsellor, w. II. Hamilton, Albion:
grand vice templar, c. E. Hedges, Lin
conl; grand superintendent of juvenile
templars, Miss Annie Ellermeler,
Swanton: grand secretary, Miss Emma
j. Hedges, Lincoln; grand treasurer,
Burton Rice.
In the district court at Tekamah.
Horace Brookings and Charles Stauffer
were convicted for assault and battery
and Joseph Smith was found guilty on
three counts of selling liquor without
a license. The evidence against Smith
showed that it Was his practice to car
rT bottle and whisky
glass and GO out along the byways and
seek customers. Success led him him
to act too boldly and he was caught.
THE P. E. o. society, in session at
Wahoo, elected officers as follows:
President, Miss Clara A. West, Lincoln,
reelected; first vice president, Mrs.
Ella L. Allen, Omaha; second vice
president, Mrs. Carrie NJ. Norberg,
Holdrege: recording secretary. Miss
Maud Watkins. South Omaha; cores
ponding secretary, Miss Grace Kipp,
Hastings; treasurer, Mrs. Mary E.
Frush, Wahoo; organizer, Mrs. Carrie
Hapeman, Minden.
VIM. LICHTEMIER, 16 years old, was
burned to death in his fathers barn,
nine miles from Courtland. He was
making an effort to escape from the
NOW, when he fell through into the
seething mass of flames. The property
loss was barn, corn cribs, granary,
hog barns, nine head of horses, two
mules, four cows, 100 hogs, wagon,
nine sets of harness, 1900 bushels of
oats, 1000 bushels of corn, 500 bushels
of wheat. The entire loss is about
$40, 1000, with very little insurance.
A FELLOW called at Gin Ross livery
stable in Kearney and engaged a team
ostensibly forthe purpose of going to
Elm Creek. He has not yet returned
the team. About the same time fellow
called on Seldom Trott and engaged a
team from him for the purpose, as he
said, of driving over to Minden. He
also has failed to bring the team back.
As it was about the time the bank at
Boelus was boken into and the men
answer descriptions of men supposed
to be interested in that affair, the
Iiverymen think there was some con-
nection between the two circumstan-
ces.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says: It is
rronaral1v understood that the SuDrema