The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-07-28
STATE NOTES.

Will Hubresky a young blacksmith
or Schuyler, aged 20 years, was
brought before the board Of insanity
this morning and found to be a fit SUBJ
ject for the asylum.
The Union Pacific Railroad company
Is going to put in new stock boards
east of the present yards at Fremont,
which will accommodate more stock
and be easier of success.
The churches of Humboldt are hold
ing union open air services in the city
park each Sabbath evening during the
summer months, the various ministers
preaching each alternate service.
b. j. Straver, a farmer of Edgeley
township, brought seven wolf scalps to
the office of County Clerk Doe of
Dodge county and asked for bounty on
them. He dug the animals up on his
farm.
The Evangelical denomination has
organized a church at Naponee, with
the Rev. A. Essley as pastor. A par
sonage has already been bought and
money is being raised for a church
building.
Benjamin T. Purdy died at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. J. G. Kesterson,
IN Fa!rbury. He was 80 years old and
his death was the result of an acct
dent which occurred a couple of day.
preceding.
At a public meeting held in Alliance
it was decided to petition the city
council to employ a competent engi-
neer to make a survey and plat for a
sewerage system and give an estimate
as to it's cost.
L. H. Brammeier, living five miles
from Syracuse, Otoe county, marketed
wheat this week that made ~forty-four
bushels to the acre, tested sixty-two
pounds n brought rs cents at the
local market.
Charley Nolan, who resides with his
parents west of Wood River, was kick
ed in the face by a horse and severely
injured. The force of the blow struck
him just n side of the nose and un-
der his right eye.
Hans Schwartz, a former resident of
Cass county and for whom relatives
in Ohio have been searching, has been
located in Oklahoma. Mr.. Schwartz is
an heir to an estate valued at $4,000,
which was left by his father.
A. steel span is to replace that part
of the Platte river bridge in Dodge |
county carried out by the foods this
spring. The contract for the construc-
ton of the same has been let and it
will be put up in a few weeks.
Chicken thieves are operating on a
large plan in Brownville precinct and
their depredations have proven costly
for their victims. One night recently
Mr.. McCulley had his hen coop raided
and $50 young fries were stolen.
Secretary Brooks of the Boone
County Agricultural association is
making extensive improvements on
the fair grounds and the society will
be much better prepared to handle ex-
hibits the coming fall than ever be-
fore.
]. W. Robinson of P1attsmouth, who
was wounded On July 4 while repair
ing a toy pistol, died from lockjaw.
Mr.. Robinson was wounded in the
hand but the injury was almost heal
ed when alarming symptoms of lock-
jaw set in.
Timothy Lane, a farmer who lives
west of Tecumseh, came into the coun-
ty court and swore out complaint
against Harry Casford, another farm
er, charging Casford with assault on
the person of his 1~3-year-old daughter,
Grace Lane.
Johnnie Svehla, an ~S-year-old boy,
was drowned in the Missouri river at
Plattsmouth. He had been warned
against getting into the river, but paid
no attention to the advice and was
soon in seven feet of water from
which his companions could not res
cue him.
At a meeting of the Board of Mana
gers contracts were let for the cree
ton on the fair grounds of one swine
barn of fifty pens capacity; also of an
addition to the amphitheatre 1913 feet
in length. In the matter of Polled Dur
ham cattle, which were not assigned
a lot in the premium list, it was or,
dered that entries may be made under
the head of discretionary, and that the
rules and classification shall
govern as in Red Polled cattle and
the same money premiums be offered.
A young man representing himself
to be an agent for some New Jersey
commission firm has been in the vicin-
ity of Ashland offering farmers IS
cents a bushel for their wheat, but
was unable to secure any at those
fancy prices, as he failed to show the
cash.
That there is much land in Nebraska
still subject to homestead entry is
shown in a fifty-page pamphlet just is.
sued by the passenger department Of
the Burlington railroad. A great deal
Of the land also, can be obtained in
640-acre homesteads under the Kin
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