The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-05-27
NEBRASKA.


The Frontier county exhibit for the
exposition has been shipped.
Hon. H. NJ. Wills, Crete's new post
master, has entered upon his duties.
Nick Gregen of Shickley killed five
pelcans and crippled one with two
shots.
Valparaiso gave fourteen bows to
the army, all joining company E, First
regiment.
e. o. Morgan, an inmate of the
Grand Island Soldiers home, died
last week.
The Elkhorn Valley Association of
Congregational churches will meet at
Pierce, May "a to 26
Omaha newsboys have declared war
upon two department stores that
are giving away the daily papers to
customers.
A large number of hogs and pigs are
reported to have died in various pr
tons OF Antelope county during the
last few weeks.
VIM. Brehm, of lancaster county,
has been pronounced insane, and will
be given a place in the asylum as
soon as oom can be found.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Humpall
against David City, claiming $4,000
as damages sustained by injuries rs
ceived by a fall caused by a defeetive
sidewalk, returned a verdict awarding
her s. 1000.
While starting and adjusting lis
steam brick machine. Fred r. WOOL
ley Of Seward had the misfortune to
have three fingers or one Of his hands
cut off in the machinery.
At a special meeting Of the exoosi-
ton association, the board by a unan-
imous vote directed the executive
committee to reconsider their action
as to premiums for live stock and in
lieu of the proposed medals and d.
plomas to offer $35, 900 in cash prizes.
The First battalion of the FIRST reg
iment in camp at Lincoln dropped its
tents in response to the signal from a
bugle and the loading of the baggage
on the train that vas to run in over
the B.. & M. was begun on the 18th.
The troops started for San Francisco
and from that point will doubtless be
sent to the Philippine islands.
At Beatrice, in the damage suit for
$4,000 of Hill VS.. Schmuck for defam-
alton of character, the jury rendered q
verdict in favor of plaintiff for 81 900.
Schmuck is the party who was found
guilty in federal court a few weeks
ago at Omaha of sending obscene let
tiers through the mails to Misses H II,
and the damage suit grew out of the
same.
A telegram from Seattle, Wash, to
c. M. Cowan Of York, announced the
death of Ephraim Morgan, who with
his brother Roswell left that place in
March last for the Klondike gold
fields. He died at Lake Linderman
as a result of overwork. His father is
Judge w. E. Morgan, formerly of
York. who is now postmaster at
Greeley.
Herman o. Oehrich, a prominent
stock feeder and merchant of Column
bus, is having trouble with cattle rust
lers. He owns a large ranch one
mile south of Benton, in Colfax Dun
ty, and has just found out that some
one has been helping themselves to a
couple of carloads of cattle. About
one week ago some men drove out
during the night thirty-seven head of
two-year olds, and last Thursday
night they took nineteen head If
three-year-olds. The loss was not
discovered for several days. The men
shipped from Labert. a side-track BE-
tween Benton and Schuyler and as the
stock was billed from Schuyler it nat
urally attracted the attention of TIE
local shippers, as the men VINO
shipped them gave the name Of SCall
and was unknown to them. They in
vestigated and as a result the South
Omaha commission firms were mott
fed and payment on the last car was
stopped. although Stel tried hard to
get a small advance on the consig.l-
ment.
Lincoln dispatch: The stockmen from
over the state held a meeting in the
university chapel last night to cen
slider matters relative to the live stock
exhibit to be made at the exposition.
C. H. Elmendorf. president of the as
ISOLATION, reported that the commit t.
tee appointed to confer with the state
commission had only been able to Sc
cure $4,000 out Of the s100.0 900 appro-
priation made by the legislature. All
members present agreed that this was
a very niggardly sum and tho com
mittee was instructed to work further
with the commission, in the hope Of
a larger appropriation. 1t was ina ly
agreed that of the $4,000 1000 be d.
vided among cattle. 1000 am-ng
swine, $3.50 among horses and s2"0
among sheep. The remaining $3.50
was set aside to pay the necessary ex-
penses of working up exhibits and
committees were appointed to rush
things along. Considerable satisfac-
ton was expressed at the action cf
the Trans-Mississippf association in
voting $4,000 in cash premiums for
live stock.
Dawson county was represented III
the great naval battle at Manila har
Dor John Atkinson. a son of Samuel
Atkinson, late postmaster at Cozad,
was on board the Olympia.
The jury at Dunning in the Gaze Of
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