The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-07-30

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MINISTERS of Grand Island are NOV
ing for better observance of the Sab
bath in that city.
The different counties in the Black
Hills, South Dakota, will want big
space at the Trans-Mississippi exposi-
ton.
The Southern Montana Coal compa-
ny, with headquarters at Omaha, has
incorporated with capital stock of
$4,000.
THE Modern Woodmen camp of
Stromsburg is making elaborate ar
rangements for fraternal picnic to
be held July %.
WILLIE MERCER, the s-year-old son
of w. C. Mercer, chief of the Fremont
fire department., was killed in run
away accident last week.
DAN FARRELL, a prominent business
man of Omaha, died last week of lock-
jaw, the result of injury by a giant
firecracker on the 4th of July.
The Nebraska State Holiness camp
meeting will meet in Bennett from Au-
gust 13 to %. The grounds are said
to be in fine condition this year.
WILLIAM JAMES, farmer nearly 60
years of age, living about four miles
southeast of Elmwood, was severely
kicked in the right side by mule.
EFFIE M. JACOBS has sued the Bur-
lington railroad company for $4,000,
which she claims to be due her for
damages for injuries received at
Greenwood, Cass county, August 30,
1898.
GOLD mining was commenced in
earnest at the Cyclone mine, near Falls
City, last week. A shaft is being sunk
and in a short time it will be possible
to tell whether there is any gold in the
ground.
A REQUIsITIoN was issued by Cover
nor Holcomb for the return of Reuben
Cabney of West Point. Cabney is a
half breed Indian, who is charged with
seduction, committed in April. He is
now in South Dakota.
THE crop report received by Lin
coin Land company shows that far
mer raised s07 bushels of wheat on 26
acres of land near Upland in Franklin
county. This is considered a pretty
good crop, being an average of over 81
bushels to the acre.
GEORGE MCKEE, well known col
ored man, was drowned in the slough
opposite Nebraska City. He was in
bathing with a white man named
Babbett, who claims he found McKee's
body in about three feet of water.
The coroner will investigate.
WORD reached Sidney that Mrs.
James Willis, living about twenty-siX
miles northwest, had fallen from a
lumber wagon and striking on her
head was SO severely injured that she
died soon after. She was about 65
years old and mother of large family.
EDEN WHALEN of Luckenville was
arrested a few days ago on the charge
upon a 7-year old girl, Winnie Griffith,
is over so years of age, but has no
family. He was bound over in the
sum of $500 to appear in the district
court.
JAMES TRACY and John Gibbons, two
boys living about four miles south of
Exeter, got into an alteration, and
Tracy stabbed Gibbons in the breast,
inficting an ugly though not supposed
to be dangerous wound. The trouble
began at the annual school meeting
and resulted in a fight in the livery
barn in Exeter.
THE state board of equalization met
last week. The total assessment of
the state was found to be about a mil
lion and half less than last year, the
larger part of the falling Off being in
Douglas, Lancaster and Lincoln coun-
ties. There was an increase of $50, 900
in Burt county and $50, 600 in Holt, and
representatives of those counties were
present asking to have their assess
ment lowered.
DURING the last year the farmers of
Saunders county have taken great in
terest in the sheep business. N. B.
Berggren, of Wahoo, shipped $4,000
from New Mexico to be fed in different
parts of the county. He is still feed
ing and making preparations to ship a
large number into the county. At Val
paraiso, in the southwest part of the
county, Denman & Hotchkiss have
brought $4,000 from New Mexico since
the first of the year.
The state board of educational lands
and funds has cancelled school land
leases held on land in Antelope, Chey-
enne, Deuel., Garfield, Hayes, Dakota,
Nemaha and Scott's Bluff counties to
over 10000 acres for the reason that
the holders are in default on the pay
ment Of their rental money. There
are in these counties $4,000 acres of
vacant school lands, and the total that
will be offered in these for lease viii
amount to over zoo, 600 acres.
THE state board of educational lands
and funds last week authorized the in
vestment of S95, 600 in state warrants.
The state will use SEC, GOO of the agri-
cultural endowment fund and $75. 900
of the permanent school fund in war
rants that are not registered. This
makes the state a competitor on the
open market, but it cannot pay more
nor less than the par value of war,
rants. Warrants have been selling at
a little less than par. Brokers de-
clare this investment by the state will