The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-03-11
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out saloons and hopes to be success
full.
Enough stock has been subscribed
to build creamery and cheese f3ctory
at Ponca.
A brick yard is one Of the new n
dustries that will be started at Raven
ma this season.
Secretary Morton's new paper in
Nebraska City is expected to get under
way about April 1st, without any fool
ing.
Ex-Governor Grouse, Of Fort Cal
houn has Just returned from Florida.
His orange orchard which was great
ly damaged by tho freeze several years
ago, has come out and this season
brought In very satisfactory returns.
Harry McCuTbers, who has been
employed eight years in the elevator
at Shubert, got entangled with the
large belt on ri, balance wheel and
was so severely injured as to render
amputation of his leg necessary, from
the result of which he died.
William Fritz. former treasurer of
,
struck it rich up in Klondike. A claim
owned by himself and five others is
yielding $1,000 TO the ton of dirt. and
they have been offered by New York
capitalists $1,009,000 cold cash for it.
At public sale at Fairmont S1,500
worth of property consisting of cat
tie, hogs, farm machinery and house
hold furniture, en- which one years
time was to have been given and no
discount for cash. there was over $3.50
in cash paid.
Ex-Auditor Eugene Moore arrived
in Lincoln last night, says dispatch,
from Stanton, where he has been Wis
iting relatives for several days. and
It is announced that he will fight the
attempts to get an indictment from
the grand jury.
The state board reports two banks
as having gone into voluntary liQui-
dation for the purpose of quitting the
business. These are the Bank of Cor
dova, Seward county, which has u cap
ital of $4,000 and the Citizens Bank of
Bradshaw. York county, which has a
capital of $4,000.
In the district court of Dodge coun-
ty in the case Newman and Shields
against the Union Pacific, TIE jury
found verdict for plaintiffs, allowing
them $3.50 for eight head of cattle
lost from the feed yards in Fremont,
from the ten car loads being shipped
from Kimball to South Omaha. The
case will be appealed.
The hearing of H. w. Monroe.
whose Temperance hail. was raided
some weeks ago, was held at Tekamah
and he was bound over to the district
court. The hop ale taken from his
place was analyzsd by an expert chem
list, who said it contained four-tenths
alcohol and that it would only take
three-tenths to make it an intoXicant.
The dedication of the Episcopal
church at Ord vas solemnized last
Sunday. Bishop Graves was the Off
ciating clergyman and the pretty SER
vice was gone through in beautiful
and impressive style. This chapel is
very neat edifee, especially on the
interior, and is 9 credit to all con-
cerned and is an ornament to the city.
A serious accident occurred to a
farmer living five or six miles south
west of Nelson, by the name of Saren-
sen, who had driven his team up to
a corn shelter which was at work and
was waiting for load of cobs. The
train came in and frightened his
horses and by a sudden start jerked
him out backwards and in falling he
struck his back across the endgate of
his wagon. He is completely paralyzed.
Charles Smith of Fremont. is nurs-
ing a revolver bullet in his leg, as a
result of an attempt to escape from
custody. The sheriff was returning
from the court house to the Jail, hav-
ing two prisoners, Smith and June
Roberts At what he deemed an op-
perfume moment, the former started
to run. The thiri shot from the sher-
IFS pistol brought him down.
Hall county experienced a Jail de-
livery. Jim Hall. prisoner awaiting
trial in the district court on the
charge of grand larceny, took the oc-
casion while the deputy brought the
suppers to the jail to carry out the
ashes. He did not put on hat or coat
in order not to cause suspicion and
when out of the doors of the Jail took
lively scoot out of town, hatless and
coatless. 1t is a case of good rid
dance.
The State University exhibit a. the
Mississippi Exposition will oc-
cupy a space of 1920 square feet. 1t
will represent the work of twenty
two departments, including. agricul-
ture, horticulture, dairying, the Sugar
School, skilled carpentry, blacksmith
ing, electric engineering, assaying,
and manufacturing processes, physi-
cal experiments, weather bureau, an
imal husbandry, veterinary science.
art and music, besides the regular
academic literary, and law courses.
The University exhibit in itself viii
be a miniature representation of Ne
braska energy and industry in all its
branches and will emphasize the lead
ing idea of Nebraska University work
that it is a school for WORKERS
not one merely of literary polish.
A party of prospectors left last week
Cor Alaska from Lincoln and vicinity
under the guidance of Sam Henry OF
that city, who returned from the