The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-12-10
NEBRASKA.


Omaha and rents proportionally high.
A course of four popular lectures
has been arranged for the entertain
ment of people at Tobias.
At Bloomfield carpenters have all
the work they can possibly do, and
the rush bids fair to last all winter
Diphtheria in most malignant form
has appeared near Ryno, in Custer
county. Three deaths occurred with,
in two days.
A case of metallic poisoning oc-
CURED in the family of farmer living
near Pender. The family was all sick.
but not dangerous.
The hemp company at Fremont has
benn blowing large acreage for next
years crop. The men have been in
structed to plow deep.
Eli Surber of Emerson has sued his
stepdaughter for $500, which he claims
to have advanced to secure her educa-
tion after she was over age.
Parties are getting after cattle
thieves over about Fairmont and the
near future promises some develop
ments of startling character.
The recent grand jury was Of the
opinion that crime had increased in
Burt county of late years out of all
proportion to the increase in popula-
tiOn
Charles Hagenbuck of Burt county
was caught in the wheels of horse
power one day last week and had a
foot so badly smashed as to necessitate
amcutation.
In or around Valentine there can
not be found an unemployed man who
really desires work. Those who re-
main idle and loaf do so merely from
choice and not for want OF an oppor-
tunity to go to work.
A sample of sugar beets sent to
Lincoln by John L. Mueller of Bayard,
Cheyenne county, tested as follows:
Per cent of sugar in the juice, 9.2; in
the whole beet, S.S, and in ton Of
encouraging.
Andrew Ramstead, swedish farm
er, living about eighteen miles north
west OF Sidney, was found by neigh
bor in his home, where he was living
alone, lying on the floor in an uncon-
scious condition. Medical aid was at
once summoned and his son sent for
from Shelton, but he never regained
consciousness before death came.
The annual meeting of the south
western educational association was
held at Cambridge. A we'll attended
and successful three days session
marks year which affords one of the
most cheerful outlooks in southwest
-ern school history. New officers were
elected throughout. The president,
William Valentine, is succeeded by }.
o. Lyme of Cambridge.
Miller, the alleged cattle thief now
being held at Fairbury to await a
hearing, still maintains that he bought
the cattle and that he paid $465 for
them. He is very doubtful of being
able to produce the men he bought
them of; says that he never saw them
before nor since. When asked who the
quired for at Humboldt, Miller said he
did not remember that he asked for
any mail but his own.
A Fremont dispatch says the Ne
braska Binder Twine company is we'll
pleased with the trial of waterrotted
hemp which was made last week, and
will likely handle 100 of the 1,600 acre
crop next year in that matter. Hemp
made from this process is used by
harness makers and shoemakers for
thread and is of white color and
very strong. The process consists of
submerging the hemp in water instead
of allowing it to rot by the process
of rain and dew.
Corn husking in Butler county is ap-
preaching the end. A dispatch says
the yield has been disappointing to most
of the farmers. Corn that was eX-
pected to yield fifty to fifty-five BUSH
els per acre is making forty to forty
five, and that which was estimated at
forty bushels per acre is making from
twenty-seven to thirty-fve. Grain men
and other competent judges say
that there will be an average falling off
in the entire county of from five to
eight bushels per acre from estimates
made early in the fall.
The Nebraska Academy of Sciences
has just closed it's eighth annual meet
ing, which has been the most success
full one of it's history, both in attend
anee and in the interest manifested. |
The experiment of holding it at this |
oCSSIoU vi uul Ing IuO I1lu III
ter holidays, as heretofore, in connec-
ton with the State Teachers associa~
ton, with it's many distractions, has
proved to be a wise one. The annual |
of the Academy will soon
be issued, as a part of the State His
torica1 Society's volumes.
Henry hammers, wealthy farmer
living eleven miles west of West Point,
was adjudged insane last May. He
was taken by his friends to the Alex
Ian Brothers hospital in st. Louis for
treatment. He escaped from that in
about three weeks ago and
has since then made his appearance
at his former home, creating great
among his neighbors.
who are all afraid of his violence. It
Is alleged that since his return he has
made serious threats against the lives
If number of persons, chiefly those
Who were instrumental in securing his
restraint.
John Williams, farm hand work
ng near Wymore, was thrown from
. load of corn, and as he fell one of
he horses planted a hoof against his
kull. His injuries, though painful.
re not serious.
The state board of public lands and
has approved the voucher