The McCook tribune., 1897-10-08
NEBRASKA.

A NEW Methodist church has been
dedicated at Chambers, Holt county.
Rev. H. c. HARMON of Nebraska
City has accepted a call at Lead City,
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THE business men of Hastings are,
contemplating holding series of car
niyals this fall.
MERRICK county voters will this fall
settle the question whether the county
shall issue bonds to build a new Jail.
THE state banking board has re-
ceived the articles of incorporation of
the State bank of Liberty Gage county.
JAMES CoNAUGHY of Sidney sold his
wool clip this year for II cents per
pound. Nine months ago the same
grade of wool brought hut cents.
CHARLES MENTOR, an old settler in
South Omaha, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head
with bali from 3S-caliber revolver.
WARD HOPKINS says that he is of the
opinion that Dixon county has better
corn crop than it has had for the past
ten years. He has Il good opportunity
to know.
THE Burlington &c Missouri depot at
Bluc Hill caught fire and would have
burned to the ground but for the quick
work Of the fire department.. The loss
will be small.
THE directors of the Dawson county
fair association report that all the pre-
miums and purses have been paid in
full and that there is small surplus
in the treasury.
THE Richardson county Sunday
school association will meet at Salem,
commencing on Thursday, October IA,
at 4:30 and closing on Saturday, Octo-
Der l6, at II IN.
THE county commissioners of Doug
las county will submit a proposition to
vote 100000 in bonds to enable the
county to participate in the Trans
Mississippi exposition.
THERE was stolen from James Creas
man at Syracuse horse, cart and har-
ness. The cart broke down and the
thief called Oh Judge James w. Eaton
and took n covered buggy worth $75.
CHOLERA is bad in Otis and Valley,
in Hamilton county. Tom Pagan lost
100 head of hogs, Hans Gibson $50 and
4. Henderson 105, Flick, just over in
York county, lost twenty in two days.
THOMAS HURLEY of Chadron. a brake
man on the Fremont, Elkhorn IL Mis-
souri, Valley railroad, slipped and fell
beneath the cars at Douglas, Wyo.,
sustaining injuries from which he died
an hour later.
THE Ponca fair association is not
only able to pay all premiums in full
this year, but to finish paying the pre-
miums of a year ago. After all such
Indebtedness is wiped out there will
still be some money left in the treas
ury.
THERE have been more cattle shipped
into Osceola during the last week than
in any other week since the organiza-
tion of the county. About fifty car
loads have arrived and the farmers
have bought them up quickly to feed
their corn to.
ALL the roads in the central passen-
ger committee have been notified by
Commissioner Donald to cancel all
homcseckers' excursions and rates to
the territory south of the Ohio river
and east of the Mississippi river after
after October 10.
S. w. W. WILSON, of Columbus, who
accidentally shot himself with his own
wounds. He belonged to Uniform
member of the Maccabees, carrying
about $4,000 in these two orders.
IDA C. HELD asks the court for an
injunction restraining her husband,
julius Held, from medd1ing or interfer-
ing with her in the management of a
small hardware business located at
Platte Center. The petition is fled
supplementary to an action for divorce.
AUGUST. DRoIL of McCoolS has just
completed the delivery of a large con-
tract of wheat. Off of seventy acres
of land he threshed out -2,5s3 bushels
OF wheat. This is a yield of almost
thirty bushels per acre. This at
the lowest market price even of this
fall realized more than the market
price of the land is per acre. The
wheat averaged sixty-two pounds to.
the bushel.
THE barn on the farm of L. E. Wal
worth, six miles south of Lonp City,
burned 10 the SrOunO. insurance,
$500. The 4-year-old daughter of A.
p. Palsen, the tenant, perished in the
flames. Mr.. Palsen also lost four
head of fine work horses, wagons, har-
ness and nearly ali of his farm imple-
ments. The cause of the fire is not
known. The trunk of the child was
all that was found, the head and limbs
being burned off.
The sale of the Union Pacific rail-
way under foreclosure will be held
November 9. That has been settled
finally. The government, representa-
tives of which expressed some doubt
as TO whether it's interests were sufi-
ciently protected without further pro-
ceedings and held up the sale, which
was originally proposed to be held the
latter part of this month, is agreeable
to the original terms and this date and
the sale has been thus arraug ed.
The sale will take place in Omaha.
WHILE DR.. and Mrs. w. A. Cate Of
Nelson were out driving, their team
took fright at a brass band playing
near the street and ran away, throw
ing the occupants OF the buggy to the
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