The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-13
NEBRASKA.

their convention August 25th.
The school census shows 762 persons
of school age in the Wayne school dis
trict.
THE Burlington railroad shops at
Havelock are now being operated on
full time.
THE First Congregational church of
Fremont last week celebrated its for
tieth anniversary.
THE work Of brick laying has com
menced on the new depot being built
by TIE b. & M. at Omaha.
EARL EPLUCT of Kennard place fell
from a ladder and broke his arm so
badly that it had to be amputated.
PURDY PLATT of johnson county has
lost about three hundred head of hogs,
old and young, during the past month
by hog cholera.
THOMAS GULLIAT, aged "a, resi-
dent of Nemaha county and the vicin-
ity of Auburn for more than forty
years, died last week.
MISS LENA LEMP, daughter of Got
lieb Lemp, was buried at Duncan last
week. Her death was caused by brain
fever brought on by exposure to the
hot sun.
THE board of public lands and build
ings has let the contract for building
the new wing at the Hastings asylum
to Hester t& McCaslin of Lincoln, whose
bid was $21 ,020.
THE large barn and contents. and
also crib of $10,0 900 bushels of corn,
belonging to John and VIM. Sirnms,
who live near Dove, Otoe county, was
destroyed by fire.
ARTICLES have been fled in the Office
of the secretary of state by the Con-
Meeting Construction company of Da-
kota City, which concern is authorized
to have $1OO, ZOO in capital stock.
FRANK MITCHELL of York was taken
to Grand Island to be arraigned be-
fore U. s. Commissioner Bode on the
charge of selling whislkey without the
proper license. He has been suspected
for some time.
S. T. WALLACE has completed his
tour of inspecting sheep in Sheridan
county. He has inspected $4,000 head
and reports them all doing well. The
sheep business is panning out better
than was expected.
THE board of transportation fixed
Aug. 90 as the day for hearing the
oral argument on the motion OF the
railroad companies to have T. FL. Tib-
blcs make his complaint against local
freight rates more specific.
TEE laying of the corner stone of the
citV hall at Johnston was a great event.
Editor Ray Schofeld was the orator of
the day Photographs of Mr.. Bryan,
t. P Boyle and Hon. A. P. Wilson
were placed in the corner stone.
Miss VERA BRUMBACK, daughter of
DIR. n n Brumback of Beatrice, died
of typhoid fever. Three other child
ren and the father and mother are all
stricken with the dread disease and
one at this writing is in critical con-
dition.
Gov. HoLCoMB has sent letter to
each of the twenty-seven governors of
states east of the Mississippi river in
viting them and the citizens of those
states to visit and participate in the
Mississippi and international
exposition.
PRESIDENT REESE has rendered his
resignation as president of York col
lege to the board of trustees. The res
ignation has not yet been acted upon.
but it is probable that Mr.. Reese's re-
quest that he be relieved from this in
stitution will be complied with. 1t is
understood that President Reese has
an offer from Westfeld college, Illi-
noiS.
A LEXINGTON dispatch reports: E. D.
johnson, under the direction of the
state commission, is busy gathering
grains for the Trans Mississippi expo
sition. Some splendid samples have
been secured. The county fair Off
eials also offer special premiums on all
kinds of grain with the understanding
that they be kept for the exhibit at
Omaha.
MUCH to the surprise of farmers Of
Dakota county, when they went to
stack their small grain, they found
that crickets and grasshoppers had
played havoc with the twine around
the bundles in many fields, not missing
one. This necessitateG the small grain
being threshed at once, and all thresh-
ing machines have been called into
active use.
YORK county last week paid off S2s,-
600 worth of the railroad bonds which
have been held by the state as an in
vestment of the permanent school
fund The bonds have been running
for twenty years and as they drew 10
per cent. interest they were desirable
securities. This will make the board
of educational lands and funds look
about for some place in which to invest
this amount of money.
THE number of real estate mortgages
filed and released in the register of
deeds Office in Dodge county is less
than for any month in the last eight
years. Farm mortgages fled, 10;
amount, S1O,555; released 6. amount,
$500: town and city mortgages fled
6. amount, $4,316; released 8. amount
SS,443: chattel mortgages fled. SO,
amount, $50, 146; released IS, amount,
$40. .636.
GEORGE MANSON. farm hand who
has been working for Al Heacock all
the season, drew SIS, went to Gretna.
got his moustache shaved off and took