The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-03-04
NEBRASKA.

one day last week.
The store of Peterson Bros, Au-
rora, was broken into by burglars and
about S1O0 worth of goods taken.
While chopping wood at his home
south Of Humboldt Thomas Kinter was
struck in the left eye by a flying
chip, which put the eye out.
Petitions have. been circulated at
Wayne for the privilege Of voting
$4,000 bonds to build an electric light
plant, to be run in connection with
the city water works.
J. d. McKelvey of Geneva, for years
superintendent Of the industrial
school at that town, has engaged IN
business in Tecumseh and will move
has family to that place.
The ten mile foot race between R.
L. Hamon of Whitman and William
Ryan of Iowa was run in the opera
house at Hyannis. Hamon won by two
laps. with ease, while Ryan was very
much worried. Time, one hour and
fifteen minutes. County Clerk Lowe
was referee.
Plans are now being drawn by the
Duff Grain company Of Nebraska
City for large grain elevator which
will be erected in the spring at a
cost of $4,000. The capacity will be
100 600 bushels storage and handling
ond cleaning capacity of seventy-fve
cars per day.
An officer arrested n man at the
Meridian hotel, Columbus. on de-
scription wired from the Grand ISL
and authorities. who was wanted for
larceny from the person. The man
gave the name of James Hall and the
watch and chain was found concealed
in the bed clothes.
Men were at Franklin last week
from Iowa and leased 700 acres Of
land for pasture. They intend ship
ping in about 200. head of milk cows
and furnish milk for the creamery
which has just been started The
amount Of milk brought in for the
creamery has increased daily
Two Young men, Westlev Hale and
William Friend. were taken to the
county jail Of Madison county to await
trial by the district court for stealing
a COW, an Offense to which they plead
ed guilty. The COW was taken from
John Ray. living a few miles west Of
Norfolk, driven to Pierce and sold to
butchers.
This neighborhcod. says Dakota
City dispatch, was visited by horse
thieves sometime during Friday night,
who, so far, have successfully sue
Ill y,
belonging to Stephen Joyce, a horse
Of Sam Nelson's, a buggy of Mrs.
Denis Armour's and harness of Roy
Armour's. No clew.
There is a well defined rumor, says
a Lincoln dispatch. that the grand
jury which is now in session in this
county will take up the Eugene Moore
embezzlement case and bring in an in
dictment under section 12f of the
Criminal Code. This section provides
for the prosecution Of persons who
embezzle money belonging to other
persons or corporations.
On the ranches of Millen in Grant
and Sheridan counties cattle are all
looking well. S,tockmen, have been
obliged to feed hay to their stock
nearly all winter, as the range has
been covered with snow ever since the
2eth of October until recently. At
present the Yange is entirely bare
from snow and stockmen have put
their cattle on the range again.
Charles Daum. a resident of FIRE.
mont for several Yeas and barber
by trade, died in terrible agony. For
several days hehad been drinking bay
rum and lemon essence and finally got
hold of some alcohol. He drank that
and went to bed and soon after jump
ed out and said he had lost his mind
and wanted some one to help find it.
He was gotten to bed again, but soon
after expired.
In the county clerks Office Of Otoe
county were filed articles OF incor-
.,oration for the Morton Brothers
Printing company with a capital stock
of $4,000 to conduct a printing Office
and publish a daily or weekly paper Or
both, at Nebraska City. The incor-
porators are J. Sterling Morton. Carl
Joy. Paul, and Mark Morton. NJ E.
and n. A Duff. J. J. Hochsteller, II.
n. Shewel1, David Brown and Donald
Maccauig.
The case Of the state against Fred
Mecklinberg, which has been on trial
at Harrington, was concluded last
week and the county judge discharged
the defendant Some time ago, J. x.
Reiff had th< defendant arrested,
charged with the burning OF twenty
tons of hay. About twenty-five wit
nesses were examined and great
deal of interest centered in the trial,
rs the parties are both prominent per-
sons and old neighbors.
A disgraceful incident took place
during the progress of religious serv-
ices at Waterbury, Dixon county.
Some one ignited bunch Of fire.
crackers and threw it into the church.
The explosions and scent CT powder
spread temporary CONSERVATION and |
made the congregation think the devil
,ad begun open fiostilities and bonn |
,ardment in earnest. Immediately a
.eward of S25 was made up and offer |
ID for the capture of the guilty one.
The record in the county clerks Of
Ice discloses the following mortgage |
of Richardson county for
he month of January: Twenty-siE |