The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1897-01-08

Valley county than farms TO rent.
Eight thousand cattle, 1000 hogs and
1000 sheep are being fed near Ncbras-
ka City.
James Johnson of Saline county is
one of the '!old settlers" He was born
there thirty years ago.
Eight girls of Niobrara debated
woman suffrage with the same number
of boys and won easily.
Joseph Krafka, living nea Weston,
attempted suicide by shooting himself
in the bowels with a shotgun.
Mrs. Libbey's residence at Lyons was
entered by burglars and S25 in money
and other articles stolen. There is no
clue.
The story that n Boone county farm
err received a Christmas present from
his wife of five girl babies, has not
been confirmed.
The Presbyterians of York will adopt
the tithing system the coming year,
devoting a tenth OF their net income &c
sustaining the church.
Christian Hertx, a Dane of Omaha,
grew respondent and turned on the
gas and died. He left a request that
there be no funeral, but that his re-
mains be sem to u medical college in
the interest of science.
burglars entered the house Of J. II.
Rising, while the family were attend
ing Christmas services at the church.
They secured a lady's gold watch and
chain and some other jewelry. A gold
watch was also taken from w. f.
Downing.
Some malicious wretch threw a large
stone through the front of Chase's gro
Gerry at Beatrice, breaking a plate glass
which it will cost the owner of the
building 500 to replace. a reward
has been posted for the apprehension
of the guilty party.
A St Paul boy attended a stock sale
and in a spirit of fun bid ten cents on a
animal was his, and an hour later he
had disposed of it for a quarter, and re-
~tained|the halter which was worth
O than the animal.
Mrs. James. HINES, who lived in the
southwestern portion of Fairfield, died
at her home Sunday morning from the
effects of being badly burned. In
some unaccountable manner her dress
caught fire Sunday morning a week
ago, while she was preparing breakfast.
Corn in Burt county is not keeping
we'll and it is feared a large quantity
that has been cribbed will spoil. Many
ears did not ripen well and most every
field has some soft corn in it. None of
the corn dried out as it should have
done. Elevator men are paying under
the market prices, and are very careful
to get the best corn, refusing any that
is wet.
The state of Nebraska has appealed
two suits to the supreme court in which
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railway company is the defend
ant The suits were commenced in
Burt county by County Attorney w. G.
Sears, who charged the road with fail
ing to blow a locomotive whistle and
ring a bell at several certain public
highways in Burt county which are
crossed by the line of road.
While waiting for a train at the
depot in York, H. c. ~Shepardson
dropped dead. Paralysis of the heart
was the cause. He was going to Brad
shaw to meet a daughter and some
friends. AS the train rolled in which
was to bear him away, he was rapidly
stiffening in death upon the floor where
he had fallen. Shepdrdson was an
old settler in York and was well known
and highly respected.
Il correspondent of the Lincoln Jour-
nal would like to have the incoming
legislature so revise the banking law
as to throw safeguards around our
savings banks to make them a safe
place in which the people of moderate
means a deposit their savings and
at the same time feel that the state
banking board vas interested through
its examiners in keeping the people
posted as to who are the officers and
directors of the bank in which they
had their deposits.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
by burglars to blow open the safe Of
the Fremont milling company. The
knob of the safe had been broken off
with a sledge hammer. a hole drilled
in the opening and a charge of powder
exploded in it. The explosion started
all of the rivets around the door and
evidently smashed the mechanism of
the lock, but left the door as securely
closed as ever. Some empty grain
sacks with large holes burned in them,
were lying in front of the safe.
York Republican: If more men
planted sugar beets it is reasonable to
suppose hat more sugar beets would
be raised. If there were more acres
of sugar beets planted, less acres would
be planted to corn, hat is certain. If
less acres were planted to corn, less
corn would be raised. If less corn was
raised, what was raised would COM
mand a higher price. So you see sugar
beet culture means not only profit from
the beets, but profit from the increased
value of other products. Can't you see
the point?
Scientists at Beatrice are pulling
their brains over a peculiar unheard-of
occurrence which happened at Block
Bros Touring mills. About 4 o'clock
in the morning workmen discovered
that the power was Stacking and it
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