The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-09-17
NEBRASKA.


MANY farmers near Tekamah are
erecting handsome residences.
EARLY corn in the vicinity of Rising
City is said to be out of danger.
J. C. McCLEARY of Exeter claims to
have sure cure for hog cholera.
NEAR Niobrara Wendell Vilar, boy
OF 13, while crawling under fence
with a loaded shotgun, shot and killed
himself instantly. The charge entered
the back of his head.
THE general merchandise store of
Stahlhut e. Hobein at Nebraska City
was entirely destroyed by fire. The
building and contents were valued at
$4,000, with $12, 800 insurance.
JOHN MARAZALEKs, a Polish farmer
living about ten miles north of st. Paul,
fled complaint against Victor Nc
Cracken, a young man of st. Paul,
charging him with attempted rape.
MISS EMMA DAVIS, one of Nebraska
City's best musicians, and graduate
of the New England conservatory of
music at Boston, has been elected as
piano instructor at the state normal
school at Peru.
A FORTUNE teller has been consulted
in regard to the strange disappear
ance of Agent Roy of Ithica. She says
he was murdered by two men, his body
put in a wagon and taken to the Platte
river and thrown into it.
MARTIN KAzDA, recently given his
freedom from the county court of Burt
county on his personal recognizance to
e.. 49, ok1 of IL
gally selling intoxicants in a temper
ance town, has disappeared.
MORTGAGES filed and released in
Dixon county during August: Farm
fled, sixteen, 1916; released, twen-
ty-one, SIS, ,4SO.92. Town-fled, four,
$s7s.77; released, four. $s6l.95. Chat
tle-filed, 1O4, $45, ,629.4O; released,
forty-nine. S17, ,35S.9O.
REV. T. E. KIMBALL closed three
months service as pastor of the Bap
tist church at Tekamah last Sunday
and next day left for Rochester, N. Y,
where he will finish his college course.
This leaves the Herman Baptist church
without a pastor again.
M. L. WILLIAMS left Lincoln last
week with special carload of farm
products and fruits for the Iowa and
Illinois fairs. Mr.. Williams will stop
first at Mt. Ayr, Iowa, where he will
put his exhibit in shape. He has car
load of as fine agricultural products as
were ever taken out of the state. The
greater part of the samples were made
up in Lancaster county,
Word was received in South Omaha
last week to the effect that the investi-
eating committee of the United States
senate would most likely arrive there
on September 81 to inquire into the
workings of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry at that point. This committee
is composed of Senators J. c. Pritch-
ard of North Carolina. Horace Chiffon
OF Texas and w. A. Harris of Kansas.
A MOTION was fled by the attorney
general in the Office of the clerk of the
supreme court last week to have the
proceedings In error in the j. S. Bart
ley case dismissed because the brief
had not been filed by Bartley's attor-
neys in the time required by the rule
of the court. This motion will be heard
by the supreme court on the first dav
of the sitting, which commences Sep
'tember 21.
E. II. ANDREWS the Union Pacific land
agent, Kansas City, was in Omaha last
week. He reports that he brought
from La Porte, Tex, five families that
left Nebraska three years ago to settle
on the plains of the Lone Star state.
They all have bought or rented Nebras-
ky farms. Mr.. Andrews also says that
he knows of many other farmers who
went into Texas and Arkansas Il few
years ago who are getting ready TO re-
turn to Nebraska or Kansas.
THE Nebraska India relief commits
sion. composed of Ii. O. Rowlands.
president; M. d. Welsh, secretary and
treasurer; A. H. Wier, J. E. Utt and
w. n Mason, have filed the report of
its work with the governor. The re-
port shows that the commission hand
led thirty-six carloads of corn, amount
ing to 24,557 bushels, which was
donated by the people of the state, and
all of this was shipped to the fam
inc district of India, besides $509.67 in
cash. donated by Nebraska's people.
THE family of Mr.. Hull, farmer
living southeast of Tekamah, were
surprised the other morning on going
to their barn to find a boy baby snugly
tucked in box with nursing bottle
and label saying it was born August
8, and a present to Mr.. Hull. Mr..
Hull, ST., being away from home. his
wife dead and the children of the fam
lily being alone, the little one was
taken to Tekamah and turned over to
the county authorities, who placed it
in charge of the superintendent of the
poor farm.
A PECULIAR instance of the payment
of conscience money has occurred in
Lincoln, or rather the money comes to
that place. Ten years ago Tom Draper
was running a restaurant and a board
er named q. Christensen ran away,
leaving $40 board bill unpaid. Up to
last week the man had never been
heard from. Then Draper received
letter from Christensen, dated Germis-
ton, South Africa, and enclosing 912
English money, amounting to about
$60 The man wrote that he had wan
dered into the land of the barbarians
and had made considerable money, and
now desired to pay his debt, with some
interest added