The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-01-30
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.

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Religious revival meetings are in
progress at Wymore.
The town of Orchard, in Johnson
county, has been incorporated.
| Grandma" Powers, one Of Polk
county's oldest citizens, is dead.
The B. & NJ. depot at Greeley caught
fire, but the blaze was quickly sup
pressed.
| Wolves have been seen on the island
near Fairmont, and a grand hunt is
on the tapis.
The matter of establishing free mail
delivery in the vicinity of Plattsmouth
| is being investigated.
The Millard hotel at Omaha on the
list of February will pass into the
hands of Rome Miller.
1t is estimated that Galloway does
more business in the way of shipments
| than any other town in Custer county.
The farmers from the vicinity OF
Ellis will meet and consider the pro-
position of building a 100000 bushel
| grain elevator.
Rev. Blakesen, pastor of the Congre
gational church, Ashland, has accepted
a call from Wisconsin and will soon
remove to that state.
1t is reported that a United States
army recruiting station is soon to be
established in Beatrice, and that 1t
may become a permanent thing.
A. M. Walker, rural mail carrier,
who delivers on route in the vicinity
of Cedar Bluffs, has bought an auto
mobile, which he will use in his work.
The north wing of St. James orphan
age in Benson, suburb of Omaha, was
gutted by fire, causing a loss of about
$4,000 None of the inmates were in-
jured.
Mr.. Lou Frazier of the Fairmont
Chronicle, has been appointed secre-
tary for the state printing board. He
succeeds l.. A. Williams, editor of the
Blair Pilot.
Ex-State Senator L. H. Woods fine
residence on his farm, adjoining Vio-
let, was completely destroyed by fire,
entailing loss of $1,000, which was
partly insured.
Miss Carrie Rasmussen of Lancaster
county has brought suit in Beatrice for
breach of promise and $4,000 damaged
affections against Thomas G. Mont
gomery of Gage county.
The January jury term of the Dodge
county district court proved to be the
shortest on record. The jury was ex.
cused for the term without case haV.
ing been submitted to them.
The four rural mail carriers from
the Tecumseh postoftfce walked their
respective routes one day recently as
the result of banter. The average
walk for each was about twenty-five
miles.
Governor Mickey has appointed Mrs
Sohus as superintendent and Mrs.
William Faulkner as matron at the
Lincoln Home of the Friendless. These
two have held these positions for the
last two years.
p The large general merchandise store
of Langdon & Drake at Odell, Neb.,
was burned to the ground. The stock
was valued at about $4,000, with very
little insurance. The loss will be total,
as very little was saved.
NJ. T. Rowland of Central City left
for Valdez, Alaska, in which district
he has some valuable mining property.
George Batty of Clarks, William Ira
yer, G. Peterson and C. S. Beard, late
of the Nonpariel, accompanied him.
Much apprehension is being felt by |
the Griswold Seed company of Lincoln |
over it's inability to obtain cars. 1t |
has orders for fifty cars of seed corn |
to be shipped to several different |
points in Texas and, although planting |
time is nearly at hand in that state |
and their customers are urging imme- |
diate delivery, they are unable to make
shipment
The State Board of Agriculture elect
ed the following officers: ]. B. Dins-
more, Sutton, president; w. B. Ewing,
Franklin, first vice president; C. W.
Galley, Creighton, second vice presi-
dent; E. Mcintyre, Seward, treasurer;
W. R. Furnas, Brownville, secretary
The following were elected as board
of managers: c. H. Rudge, Lincoln;
L. E. R. Williams and Peter Younger,
Geneva; w. R. Mellor, Loup City, and
T. A. Mckay, Aurora.
Secretary Furnas has issued the fol-
lowing report to the state board of
agriculture: The total resources of
the board were: Balance on hand
from last year, s39l.73; current re-
ceipts for the year including state aid,
s3,015.00 with which to pay premiums
s38, 1868; from this sum s13,968.62
were expended in payment of prem.
iums $22,S3146. For all other expendi
lures $36, ,800.08 were used, leaving a