The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-02-18
NEBRASKA.


calves and then died.
That big Union Pacific mortgage has
been filed all along the line.
North Platte people are hopeful that
the newly organized Union Pacific
company will build the proposed
branch line through Keith, Deuel.,
Cheyenne and Scott's Bluff counties.
Myrtle Young, The 16-year-old daugh-
ter of Nightwatchman Lee, OF David
City. made an attempt to commit sui
eide by taking a dose of laudanum.
The timely arrival of physicians saved
her life
Rev. IT. w. C. Cheeseman of Seward
Neb., who has been holding revival
meetings in the Congregational church
in Ashland, has been called 10 the pas
torate to succeed Rev. Wilson Denney,
who moved to Charles City, Ia, in
December. He will take charge about
March l.
The five men who were being held
In Wahoo on suspicion of the Rising
postoffice robbery were taken to Lin
coin by the postoffice inspector and
Sheriff Farris. The postmaster at Ris-
in the possession of the men when ar
rested. The authorities are sure they
have the right men.
Little Ruth aged three years and
six months, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
i. G. Grabill of Shenandoah, Ia, the
latter of whom, with her two children,
was visiting the family of Joseph Reed
of Ponca, fell into a boiler of hot suds
Thursday afternoon and was so badly
burned that she died the next morning
at $3.50 o'clock.
There will be new houses and barns
galore built by farmers of Wayne
county this year. Many of them have
paid off their old debts during the past
year, says the Republican, and have
unbounded confidence in the future
and money with which ito improve the
farms, and they will use it.
The dwelling house on the farm of
r. Clark, few miles north of York,
and occupied by Charles Johnson,
caught fire from a defective fiue and
was entirely consumed, together with
nearly all the household goods belong
ing to Mr. Johnson. The loss was
about $1,000, with no insurance.
The Union Pacific paid its Valley
county taxes last week, amounting to
$2,55S31. This was after deduc ing
S8S64 which they claim was Illegally
assessed The question of the latter
amount being due or not will be set
tied in court, and by stipulation the
amount is received so as not to preJu-
dice the case in any way.
Harry Rasdall, William Brown, Will
liam Phillips and a man giving his
name as "Dutchy," all of Homer, were
placed under arrest by Deputy United
States Mars hall Allan at Dakota City,
and taken. before United States Com
missioner Sloan to answer to the
charge of selling liquor to the Indians.
Rasdall gave bonds and continued his
case. Brown was adjudged not guilty
and Phillips and "Dutchy' were given
sixty days each in Jail at Omaha.
A car arrived at Palmyra from New
York via the Pennsylvania and &
M. railroads billed to J. o. Moore,
commander of Mansfield post No. 54,
G.. A. R., upon which was loaded one
1OO-pounder Rified Parrot cannon,
length, twelve feet nine inches, cir
cumference at breech, six feet ten
inches, bore, six and one-half inches,
weight, 300. This cannon is to be
mounted on the G. A. R. lot in Rose
wood cemetery, as monument to the
old soldiers.
Following is the record Of NOR gage
indebtedness for the month. of Janu-
ary. 1898, for Platte county: Thirty
same released, thirty eight, S2S,19SIO;
nine town and city mortgages hled, so'-
7S4.49, same released, twenty, $25,963.-
80. seventy-eight chattel mortgages
filed, s31, ,26S.12; same released, sixty
nine, s17,75556. The $4,000 difference
in the chattel record is caused by the
large number of mortgages given on
stock to be fed, and is no 1ndlcatlon
that the farmers are renewing thelr
paper.
Lincoln dispatch: Treasurer Helm
rod and Chairman Kierstead OF the
Douglas county board of commission
orc came down this morning and
turned over the 100000 of exposition
bonds to the state treasurer. They
were given checks on an Omaha bank
for s104 800 in return therefor. Ihe
money paid by the state treasurer
comes out of the permanent school
fund. The interest on the bonds goes
into the temporary school fund, ana
the permanent fund is therefore de-
Melted $4,000, the amount OF the prem
ium paid for the bonds.
The county commissioners of Nema-
ba county discovered that last year
they levied q of a mill more than the
status would allow. The levy amount
ed to 9A mills for ordinary county
revenue. including the support OF the
moor. The statutes are very plain that
q mills is the limit and as conse-
ouence the B. & NJ. railroad, through
;ts agent, Mr.. Thomas, rendered Coun-
Nv treasurer Engles last week Ss,S4S.-
en- the amount Of its taxes on the
basie of mills for the general luna.
Tbis amount Mr.. Engles could not ac-
aont ac his books called tor more.
number of robberies of passengers
-, the burlington trains near Lincoln,
eavs a dispatch from the capital, have
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