The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-02-26
NEBRASKA.


THE ice house at Ashland is said to
be the largest in the United States.
SEVERAL brick business blocks will
be erected at Crawford the coming
season.
j. Il. CURTIS of Portland. Me-. is feed.
ing 4, 200 head of cattle on his big farm
near Gothenburg.
DOG supposed to have rabies was
killed near Elmwood after having bit
ten two small boys.
CEDAR COUNTY is putting four delin-
quent tax collectors in the field. The
county has about $25, 900 of delinquent
taxes.
AT many points in the state dealers
have ceased buying corn because the
cribs are full, and they do not feel like
building more.
The Catholics of Ponca will soon
erect a new church building to take
the place of the one destroyed by fire
a few months ago.
STONE has been purchased and the
foundation of the new Swedish Luth-
eran church will be laid as soon as the
weather will permit.
O'NEILL people are greatly agitated
over the prospect of the removal of
chicory factories from that place. and
have called a public meeting to devise
ways and means to retain the enter
prise.
GEORGE HEMRoD, treasurer OF Doug
las county, last week made his month
ly statement for January with State
Treasurer Meserve. Mr.. Heimrod
turned over $40, 442.23, which was cred
tied to the various funds.
A sCoURGE of lagrippe has been
sweeping over the section about Brad
shaw, in some instances whole families
being down. The revival meetings
which were in progress at the Meth
odist church are closed on account of
it.
Mrs. j. III. MACKAY, in her applica-
tion for divorce from DR.. j. III. Mac
kay, says the Madison Reporter,
charges her husband with extreme
cruelty and adultery and names Miss
Anna Grabel, formerly supervisoress at
the Norfolk asylum, as correspondent.
VIM. MURTz of Unadilla has had the
principal of the Unadilla school ar
rested for whipping his 14-year-old
daughter. Murtz says the teacher
tried to instill free silver ideas into the
mind of his daughter, and she not be-
ing in receptive mood was ferruled.
The town of Clarks is pretty evenly
divided over the saloon question, and
one side prevails about as often as the
other. The past year the saloon ele-
Sment held forth, but the temperance
people are stirring themselves with a
view to shutting out the saloon this
year.
IA LINCOLN county lady became sud-
denly insane while attending church
and assaulted the preacher, tearing a
handful Of hair from his head. The
men who interfered for his protection
Jared no better. She was finally in.
duced to leave the house, and has since
recovered her senses.
PROF. H. w. CAMPBELL. of Sioux City.
Ia, will lecture in York upon the sub
ject of How to Hold the Moisture. In
connection with the lecture there will
be discussion on the advantages of
chicory raising. York county farmers
are becoming more favorably inclined
toward this product, and there is
prospect of greatly increased acreage
this year.
THE dry goods merchants of Norfolk
have for some time been greatly an
noyed by shop-lifters, A number of
suspects were closely watched, and last
week search warrants were sworn out
against Mrs. Manske and Mrs. Christian,
and three officers, accompanied by
number of merchants, made a search
of their homes, and found great as
sortment of dress goods, ribbons and
other wares.
SECRETARY WAKEFIELD has received
letter from Congressman Mercer. fix.
ing Omaha as the place and March 4
as the date upon which the women of
the Second congressional district shall
assemble to elect two members of the
board of lady managers of the educa-
tional department of the Trans Missis-
sippi exposition. The secretary will
issue the necessary call for this meeting
in few days.
AN enterprising York county farmer
living east of York, named Henry Ma
Dor, has started a skunk farm. He
will go into the raising of the little
pests extensively, and there is good
prospect of his coming out of the ven
ture financially successful. The skins
bring fair average price and the fat
is sold Tor one dollar pint. It is sup
posed to be valuable external remedv
for many ailments.
Mrs. L. C. LAWSON of Lincoln. wife
OF Burlington conductor, will proba-
ably lose an eye as the result of an ac-
cident that marred charter day eyer-
cises at the campus With some
friends Mrs. Lawson was standing
close to the artillery when the gun
ners We're giving their exhibition drill.
A piece of the material used in making
blank cartridges struck her full in the
right eye with results before stated.
JOHN III. EHRHARDT, the newly elect
ed department commander of the G. A.
r., was visited at his home in Stanton
by large number of the principal men
of the city. DR.. w. L. Bowman. as
representative of the gathering, made
a short address, congratulating the
new commander upon his selection,
Mr.. Ehrhardt responded, speaking
briefly and feelingly of the present and
future of the G. A. R. and afterwards
RECALLING the company with fruit and
cigars.
BURGLARS broke the glass front door