The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-08-20
NEBRASKA.

annual picnic of the old settlers Of Ne
maha county.
The 12-ycar-old son of J. S. Nelson
of Beatrice was drowned in Indian
creek while bathing.
j. w. GEHR of johnson county has
twelve acres of artichokes upon which
he proposes to turn 300 hogs.
Mr.. AND MRS. f. H. DoBBs of Gage
county last week celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary.
TIE little child of Mr.. and Mrc. c.
Cline of Sterling, died of lock jaw. Ten
days previous he ran a nail in his foot.
HENRY CATO of Madison fell ON
water hydrant, painfully injuring his
proboscis, which henceforth will be
awry.
A SPOON fish captured in the Platte
river when dead on the scales with his
own scales removed, weighed eleven
pounds.
ANTON MERRICK of Omaha shot at
his wife and then turned the weapon
upon himself; both shots failed of
their purpose.
A FINE herd of sixty western horses
were on sale at Ashland the other day,
sixteen of which sold at prices ranging
from S14 to S24.
TIE b. & NJ force at Nebraska City
Is working day and night to do the
large amount of work necessary to
sandle the increase of traffic.
JAMES P. GORDON, ex-county treas
urer of Howard county, died at San
Barnardino, Cal, and his remains were
brought to Nebraska for burial.
A. C. DOVE of Crawford, as he thinks
of the rich Nebraska harvest of 1897,
will recall that year as the time he
lost one of his fingers in self-binder.
JOE Cross of Atkinson took his i've
stock, wagon, harness, and decamped
for parts unknown, leaving behind him
his bride of few weeks to shift for
herself.
THE Turple brothers of the Birdwood
ranch, in Lincoln county, started
herd of 400 head of horses for Arkan-
sas, where they expect to find a good
market.
THIEVES broke into and thoroughly
ransacked the residence of George
Coddington of Fremont. Jewelry sill
verware and small articles of value
were taken.
BLISS MLTIMoRE, boy 12 years old,
son of James Miltimore Of Hastings,
was. drowned at Lake Hartwell in the
Northern part of the city. The body
was recovered.
WHILE Fred Mindrup and wife, liv-
ing near Columbus. were doing the
chores, their home caught fire and
burned to the ground. Their two
children narrowly escaped.
The Grand Island Independent says
that trains are becoming SO thick on
the road that set of dispatchers will
be sent up from Omaha to dispatch
trains on the second district.
JOHN JENKINS, the newly appointed
consul of the United States at San Sal
vador, was rendered very pleasant
surprise at his home in Omaha previous
to his departure for his post of duty.
THE Sioux county agricultural So
ciety met and arranged for holding
county fair this fall The dates are
September IA. Is and 16. Sioux county
will also send an exhibit to the state
fair.
BY the resignation of President w.
S. Reese, the board of directors of the
York college elected Rev. w. E. Schell
of that city as president. President
Reese has accepted the presidency of Il
United Brethren college at Westtield,
Ill
JIM and Kid Gabriel passed through
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they are to finish Il contract to ride
2.50D miles with one horse each. The
object is to test the western range
horses and to introduce them into the
Russian cavalry. They started a Sher-
idan. Wyo.
Mrs BoEHNE. formerly matron of
the Grand Island and Milford soldiers
homes and Geneva reform school, has
been elected matron of the ladies' de-
partment of Doane college, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Mrs. Mary Leavitt, who goes to Downer
college at Milwaukee.
WM. VoLK and Carl Schmeideberg
were caught under a falling clay bank
while at labor in the brick yard of
Herman Gerekc at Norfolk. Schmeide-
berg, who was an old man, was buried
beneath two feet of earth. Two ribs
were broken and probably fatal inju-
ries internally received.
AL SHUsTER of Bloomfield has been
arrested by government officials,
charged with selling liquor to Indians.
The particular Indian to which he is
alleged to have sold the liquor is
Joseph Taylor. While battling with
the effects of the firewater Taylor laid
down on the railroad track and was
killed.
The Epworth League session at
Lincoln closed with the election of
officers as follows: President, l.. o.
Jones, Lincoln; vice president, c. +.
Sanderson Lincoln: corresponding sec
retary, Elmer Z. Lesh, York; record
ing secretary, Charlotte Meade, Sutton;
treasurer, Iva NJ. Howard, Edgar;
Junior league superintendent. Mrs. 6.
W. Isham, Hastings; secretary chris
tian citizenship league, Il. A. Barnes,
Cedar Bluffs; secretary mission work,