The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-04-28
STATE NEWS
NEBRASKA BRIEFS.

MCCOO now mas IL lullIleuBeu COul'
mercial club.
Knights of Pythias of Beatrice have
reorganized their lodge.
Barneston sustained quite a loss of
fire with not much insurance.
Women of the G.. A. r. of Wayne
have organized a relief corps.
Alma has authorized bonds for a
water and electric light plant.
The United Brethren church at
Beatrice has been formally dedicated.
Henry Peters of Fremont has been
finel $25 for selling liquor on Sunday.
Forty residence and a number of
business houses are being built at
Alma.
Fire bugs continue to operate at
Norfolk, keeping the people in much
t%repidation.
Richardson county's mortgage rec
ord shows ali increase of about $23,-
900 for March.
1t is rumored that the Burlington
will greatly improve the capacity of it's
shops at Plattsmouth.
Robert T. Maxwell, a brother of the
late Samuel T. Maxwell, former con-
gresham, died at Omaha.
Frank Thompson was bound over by
the district court of Dodge county on
the charge of horse stealing.
A contract for furnishing fuel for
the public building at Norfolk, Neb.,
has been awarded to c. w. Braasch.
The April term of the district court
of Polk county will be short, as there
are but twelve cases to be disposed
| of.
1t is said that work on a new Buri-
ington depot for Beatrice will begin
as soon as the depot at Crete is COM
pleted.
In a free-for-all fight near Adams,
one of the participants, Harm Harms,
was stabbed in three places and dan
gerously wounded.
Earl Fairbanks, aged IS, is under
arrest at Norfolk, charged with being
responsible for the large number of
fires which have occurred there this
year.
The town of Adams is very much
elated yer the now assured erection
Messrs. W. E. Bryson and j. A. Miller
are erecting.
Complete rural free delivery service
has been established in Otoe county.
The total number of routs in the coun-
ty is nineteen, of which route No. 8
(Palmyra) is new.
Beaver City is enjoying a healthful
growth this spring, and while it is
by no means a BOOM" its proper
lions are gratifying to citizens inter
ested in the welfare of the town.
J. L. Fletcher and David King, two
neighbors about four miles northeast
of Moorehead, had trouble over stock
which resulted in a shooting. in which
King was shot through the right
hand.
At a number of places in northwest
Nebraska the Northwestern has be-
gun, or is arranging to begin line
Strengthening and grade reduction;
newer and more modern bridges will
follow.
1t is the intention Of the men who
will build Fremont's new auditorium
to have the work commence about
June 1. The company has not yet been
organized, but enough money for the
carrying out of the project has been
subscribed.
Ten of the old soldiers graves in
tho nC0nn1o ann1ntnry- oTA nnw ~ RI
ed with stones received from the gov
eminent. Through the efforts of the
senior commander of the Grand Army
of the Republic post of Osceola these
monuments were secured.
The lighting machine which oper-
ates the a~cetylene plant in Mcdowell
& Ramsey's drug store at Tecumseh
exploded without serious results. Oc-
cupants of the building were not near
when the explosion occurred, other
wise results might have been serious.
Nebraska university debaters were
given the decision over those of
Washington university of st. Louis.
The representatives of Nebraska
were John D. Ringer, Albert NJ. Lazy
and Joseph Swensen. Washington's
debaters were Fred Armstrong, Jr.,
Graham c. Stevens and Henry T. Fer
ris.
Indications point to a success in the
movement to establish a new brick
plant at Humboldt. Investigation by
experts regarding the deposits of clay
have without exception proven the
adaptability of it for the purposes re-
quired and it is expected the promo
tiers will soon take active steps to-
ward the organization of a stock com
pany.
Philadelphia dispatch: Because
she intended leaving the theatrical
company of which both were mem
bers, Edward Smedes shot Bessie Hell
en- Davis at a theatrical hotel where
they were both staying, infiicting a
probably fatal wound near the heart.
and then attempted to kill himself.