The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-06-11
NEBRASKA.


treated at the Valparaiso creamery
one day last week.
THERE is an unusually large number
of cattle being brought into Garfield
county this season by local stockmen.
The old settlers of Otoe county will
hold their annual meeting at the Nor
ton Park, nearNebraska City, on the
18th inst.
The state printing board has reject
ed all bids for ther printing of the ses-
sion laws and other supplies and will
readvertise.
The Gordon Journal says many
wheat fields are filed with Russian
thistles and it looks as if the pest
would ruin the crop. They are worse
in fields ON which corn was raised last
year.
Mr.. RASH, the rash Wayne murderer,
is convinced that whatever may be his
doom in the lower court, he will stand
l-'clear on the books in the great here
after"
THE barn of VIM. Lowe, a farmer of
Cunning county, was burned, and with
ut ten horses, ten cows and twelve
Ehogs. The fire is said to be the work
va OH iiSCIoiai
THE KEARNEY HUB asks state papers
to publish the information that there
is a small fortune in the Buffalo coun-
ty court for Elizabeth Adolph, left by
her deceased brother George.
AN Auburn man lost a pocketbook
containing $50 and some papers of no
value to anyone but himself. He re-
ceived the money back through the
mail, but the papers are still missing.
AT the memorial services in North
Bend on the 31st, Rev. c. E. Manches-
ter, pastor of the First Methodist
church president McKinley's church)
of Canton, Ohio, vas orator. He is an
eloquent speaker and is very command
ing.
JOHN JONES of Scribner. was bound
over to the district court of Dodge
county by County. Judge Plambeck on
the charge of being the father of Anna
Tuma's unborn baby. Both live in
Scribner. Jones is a married man and
conducts a hotel.
The real estate and insurance office
of George c.. Maxfeld of Fremont was
entered by some person. Papers were
scattered on the floor and some books
taken. Nothing is missing that can be
of any value to any n except Mr..
Maxwell himself.
THE receiver of the Bank of Com
merce, Grand Island, H. A. Edwards,
announces that a dividend of 10 per
cent will be paid to creditors July 1.
This will make % per cent paid by the
receiver, a Is per cent. dividend having
been declared last winter.
w. e. SHRoCK, of McCool Junction,
York county's largest cattle feeder,
shipped last week to Chicago by the B.
& NJ. nearly a train load of cattle. The
stock was shipped in last fall from
Washington, and have made an extra
ordinary growth and weight.
WILHELM FISHER was arraigned in
the district court of Otoe county for
stealing a team of horses from a farmer
near Nebraska City. He pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to six years
in the penitentiary. He is rs years
old, decrepit and bent with age. He
is said to have served several terms in
the Kansas penitentiary for similar
~offenseS.
THE mortgage record in tie county
clerks Office for Polk county for the
month of May shows that there were
fifteen farm mortgages filed, amount
ing to $11, 922.31; twenty released,
amounting to $16,473. Is; city mortgages
filed, two, amounting to So, $50; releas-
ed, nine, amounting to S., 1888 5; ITO
chattel mortgages fled, amounting to
$2S, 373. IL; thirty-two released. amount
ing to So, 614.97 Z.
MASTER GRELL BEss, aged II, and
Miss Manda Klipping, aged IA, disap-
peared from their home at Decatur
last week. Word subsequently came
from Onawa that they were there and
married. The parents of both the
young people are highly indignant over
the affair. The youthful couple, how
ever have sent word hat they are hap
py and taking life just as they find it.
which, of course, is perfectly delight
full during the honeymoon days.
GEO. w. BURTON, president of the de-
funct First National bank of Orleans,
was at the state house last week. He
is making an effort to reorganize the
bank under the state banking law, re-
ducing the amount of capital stock and
getting in some strong stockholders.
He will make a proposition to the
state officials that the bank be reorgan-
lied if the state funds can be left on de-
post in the new institution for a time
until they can be drawn with safety.
Hall countys mortgage record for
APRIL vas generally considered phe-
nomepal. 1t was shown by that record
that people We're not only able to liqui-
date their indebtedness. but that they
were doing it toa most satisfactory ex-
tent. The record for the month of
May, however, eclipses thatof the pre-
vious month, During the month of
May there WAS filed ten farm mort
cages amounting to S7,7OO; released
twenty-five, amounting to 9 20;
town lot mortgages filed thirteen,
amounting to Ss,91O; released fifteen,
amounting to S35,37O; chattel mort
cages fled, $50, amounting to So ,O34,-
81; chattel mortgages released. 944,
amounting to $3.50, 3Os. OS. This shows
a total reduction of Indebtedness for
the month of 25s,s73.67.
THE Republican valley poultry breed
ers met recently at McCook and organ
lied an association. 1t is intended TO