The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1902-11-07
BRIEF NOTES.

A movement is on foot at Grand ISL
aud for starting a canning factory.
The soldiers monument on the court
house square at Beatrice has been COM
pleted.
Rev. Hess of Beatrice last Sunday
preached his farewell sermon. He will
locate at Upton, Iowa.
Nebraska produced in 1902 the fol-
lowing: Wheat, 60,216,670 bushels;
oats, 5S,5O3, ,0O7; rye, 11,797, ,123; barley,
2,152,522
Fifteen houses have been built in
Yutan during the last few months. One
$4,000 church has been erected and two
more churches were renovated.
P. w. Birkhouser of Sarpy county
has been showing his friends second
growth of Strawberries that he picked
from his farm south of Papillion.
While threshing near Ellis, Gage
county, Chris Knoche, a prominent
German farmer, had the misfortune to
run the tine of pitchfork in his right
eye.
Nebraska's corn crop for the past
five years shows the following: 1902,
24,201 $50 bushels; 1900, 241, ,935, ,527;
1899 244,125,O ,O93; 1898, O,611, ,944; 1897,
229,9O7,S53.
Alfred J. Anderson, farmer living
east of Oakland, had a valuable riding
pony stolen. The animal was taken
while its owner was attending an en-
tertainment in town.
From some unknown cause the High
school building at ArraDahoe was
burned and is an entire loss, not even
the brick walls remaining intact. The
aggregate loss is $4,000, with $4,000 in
surance.
One of the largest stones ever quar-
ried in the state was cut at the Blue
Springs quarry, recently. The stone
is forty-fve feet long, four feet wide
and eighteen inches thick, and made a
good carload.
A horse driven by E. B. Cowles, for
mer county superintendent of Jefferson
county, ran away and, while crossing
the railroad tracks, overturned the
buggy, throwing Mr. Cowles to the
ground, severely injuring him.
Capt. A. H. Hollingsworth, who pt-
loted company C while the First Ne
braska regiment was on duty during
the Philippine war, and Miss Myrtle
Ross, leading society girl of Wilber,
were married at the brides home last
week.
At a special meeting of the Board of
Directors Of the Luther Academy at
Wahoo it was decided to erect a new
school building at cost of $4,000. P.
l.. Plym, an architect from Lincoln,
was appointed to draw up the plans
and specifications.
At dance given at the home of Da-
vid Kluck, farmer living two miles
north Of Richland, a man named
Young, about 25 years old, was serious
ly stabbed during an alteration with
fellow from Schuyler. Youngs con-
dition is said to be serious.
Charles Ogoms committed suicide at
his home eight miles northwest of Glib
bon. He was a farmer in good circum-
stances, owning a farm of $50 acres,
with stock and good crop. He leaves
wife and five children. His home re-
lations were pleasant and comfortable.
Land in Boone county is changing
hands rapidly. Within the past two
weeks 5000 acres of the ranch and
farm lands recently purchased by a
New York syndicate, has been sold by
McKillip & Swallow, their agents. This
land has all gone to individual land |
owners.
A peculiar freak of nature occurred |
on Martin Klim's farm, near Adams, a |
few days ago. About twenty-five days |
ago one of his COWS gave birth to a |
calf which was dead when it was born.
Sixteen days later the same COW gave
birth to another calf which is alive and |
doing well.
The verdict of the jury in the Lille |
murder case at David City before DR.. |
Sample, the coroner. was rendered af- |
ter being locked in room three days |
and three nights, and is as follows: |
That Harvey Lille came to his death |
by a gunshot wound, feloniously in
ficted by a party unknown.
The senior class of the State uni |
versity has received a report from the |
committee to select a list from which |
the class orator shall be picked. The |
names submitted embrace Henry Wat |
terson, Senator Beceridge of Indiana,
Mark Twain, Thomas B. Reed and |
Hamilton Mabie, editor of Outlook
The list was presented to Chancellor
Andrews.
Coroner McCabe of Lincoln county |
was called on to examine into the cause
of the death of two men Word was !