The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-10-29
NEBRASKA.


visit to England.
The Merchants National bank of
Nebraska. City has been approved as
one of the reserve agents of the gov
ernment.
Someone spiked the big cannon
which has been standing in the court
house yard at West Point since it an
nounced the election of Mckinley.
Triplets, two boys and girl, were
born to Mr.. and Mrs. George Eager,
residing three miles north of Grand
Island. The little ones are all doing
we'll.
The ministerial association for the
Nebraska City district of the M. E.
church Chased two days meeting at
Auburn. There was good attend
ance.
Thomas Mcdonald and Patrick Muir
ninghan, two Saunders county farmers,
were seriously injured by driving over
a high bluff. Both were unconscious for
a time.
The general merchandise store of j.
M. Wondra & Co., of Weston, was to-
tally destroyed by fire. Loss, about
Sc 900, half of (which is sccovered by. in
surance.
Landon. the divine healer. has be-
gun operations in Beatrice and will
give open air meetings every evening
and heal free Of charge all who come
to him.
Thirty car loads of potatoes, aggre
eating over $4,000 bushels, have been
shipped by the Gordon merchants up
to this time, while thousands of BUSH
els are yet to be marketed. Buyers are
giving 80 cents "a bushel.
The comptroller of the treasury has
declared third dividend of 10 per
cent in favor of the creditors of the
Citizens National bank of Grand Is
land, making in all so per cent on
claims proved, amounting to 1882, 1885,
97
A command Of the Union Veterans
union was organized in Grand Island
by T. J. Dunlap of Erie, Pa, the ma
tional organizer, who was there for
that purpose. The command will be
known as Lincoln command, No. 8 Of
Grand Island.
Contractor Pontione has returned
to Harvard from Haddam, Kas., hav-
ing completed the job of tearing down
the Touring mill. The material is all
loaded on cars and will arrive in Har-
ward in few days. The mill will be
re-erected without delay.
John Hanna, squaw man from the
Winnebago agency, who for six months
past has been lying in the county Jail
at Dakota City awaiting his trial in
the district court for theft, was last
week found guilty of petit larceny, the
jury celebrating ON their verdict for
three hours.
The business men rof McCool juno
tion are much interested in having the
Stone roller water power -four mills
adjoining McCool operated. The right
man taking hold with some capital will
find it most profitable and will have
the entire patronage and encourage
ment of the business men of McCool.
In the district court of Jefferson
county in the case of Kate Smiley
against Zimmerman & Barnlister and
their bondsmen for $4,000 damages by
reason of the sale of liquor to George
S. Williams, under the influence of
which he killed her husband, the jury
returned verdict of 81, goo for the
plaintiff
At Wflber verdict for $400 for
damafAs by libel was given in favor
of Philip j. Gossard against Sylvester
Andrews. The parties are rival hog
breeders near Friend and 'brothers-in-
law. TheFdefamatory matter consisted
of reflections upon the methods of Cos
sard as breeder in a circular sent out
{ by Andrews
A young man by the name oof John
Jones, living few miles south Of Fair
field, son of Tom Jones, was brought
: before the board of insanity and adj
: judged insane He had been developing
peculiar species of arrangement for
some time, burning straw stacks and
= outbuildings. shooting at peoples
wagons and .setting fire 80 school
r houses.
While stockmen about Gordon have
been buying and selling cattle by the
train load, the sheep industry has not
= been altogether forgotten. Over $4,000
came to that placer from eastern mar
kets this season ineexchange for the
wool shipped out The lamb crop is
worth another $50,000, and any invest
ment that will net $160, 900 in twelve
months on a capital of 100000, and
@when-a few dollars invested will bring
as great proporienate return, it is
certain that farmers will more largely
interest themselves in sheep raising.
At the Grand Lodge assembly Of Ne
Hraskar0d Fellows, in session in Lin-
coin, the grand secretary made public
the following report: In the state
there are 201 lodges, with member
ship of 1856, gain Of 456 members
for the year. The total paid out for
relief during the year was $40, 1925.
OF this amount sS,106 was paid for. re-
lief of members. S1,1S6 for burying the
dead and 81 ,010 was paid for special
relief Families of ten widows re-
ceived smah amount in benefits. To
tai asests of subordinate lodges aggre~
gate $401 ;567. Total receipts of subor-
dinate lodges for the year was $62 ,535
and the current expenses were $40,601.
The grand lodge has $5,531 in the
treasury.
Link Lowrey of Bayard just return
ed from Montana with 700 eve lambs.
He has 5000 more on the road.
Business has grown to such an ex-
tent at the stock yards at South Onfa-
ma that the Burlington has been COM