The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
THIS IN NEBRASKA


The Burlington's new depot at Ere
mont is nearly ready for occupancy.
The chief of police of Grand Island
Is making an effort to stop can rush
ing"
The new high school building at
Beaver City has been formally dedi'
Gated.
Roy Cosson of Seward county has
been indicted by the grand jury for
stealing a lot of colver seed.
A case of d%iphtheria has developed
in Humboldt schools, and there Is
much anxiety among parents.
If a bill that Senator Burkett has
introduced becomes law postoffices in
Nebraska will not open on Sunday.
There is rumor that Secretary Shaw.
when out of the cabinet, will become
identified with banking interests In
Omaha.
Bruce Woods, a young farmer living
some three or four miles west Of Table
Rock, was severely hurt in a runaway
accident.
r. l.. Metcalfe, editor OF Bryan's
Commoner at Lincoln, win give the
Washington's birthday address at Ere
mont college.
A prominent attorney of Lincoln Is
trying to negotiate for the purchase
of the franchise of the Nebraska City
street railway.
The Burlington railway is having a
Inp0n onnn,,nf ne iDrannin0 dNnn 1tOr ~
the east banks of the Missouri river
above its steel bridge at Nebraska
City.
Rev. G.. w. Palmer has resigned as
rector of st. Stephens church of Ash
land and has accepted a call to Kane.
Pennsylvania. in the diocese of Pitts
burg.
Business men OF Ashland have ar
ranged to hold a corr show and a
poultry exhibit in connection with the
annual farmers institute for February
1 and 2.
The Polk County Fair association
closed the year with money in the
bank. 1t had $50 in the treasury at
the beginning of 1906, and now has
$464.1O.
The Young Mems Commercial club
of Blair has signed a contract With
the Redpath lyceum bureau for the
holding of a Chautauqua in. Blair from
July 2 to s..
Caroline Herrick, aged II years, who
lived with her son, w. r. Herrick, a
mile north of Shelton, was burned to
death by her clothing catching fire
from a stove.
Dorchester is making a fine record
in new buildings. There have been
more new residences added the past
year than in any five years of the
towns history.
The Union Pacific passenger train
from Omaha ran into a drove of sheep
about two miles from Lincoln, near
the Burlington crossing, and killed
over 100 head.
Norfolk has a new creamery com
pany, and butter will begin to be made
at once. Prominent local business
men have formed an organization with
a capital of $4,000.
At Aurora a gasoline lamp exploded
in the home of John Sullivan, Burling-
ton roadmaster and made almost a
complete wreck of the house. No one
was seriously injured.
Henry Smidt, living a few miles
north of Fairbury, committed suicide
by hanging. The deceased was about
thirty years old and was single. He
had been in poor health.
Rural mail route No. 1 has been or
dered established out of Anoka, Boyd
county, Nebraska, March IS. The
route will be twenty-five and one-half
miles long and serve 500 people.
Gold and copper found in the crops
of a dead goose and a dead duck led
to the discovery of gold and copper in
the sand around a spring at the farm
of Peter Bussey, west of Norfolk.
The fees received by the various
county officers of Cunning county for
the year 1906 are: County judge, ST.
56S.45; county clerk, S3,003.7e; clerk
Of the district court, 81 1889 .55; sheriff,
S931.57.
George Waite of Fremont, aged 15
JCdlS, was oChlCICCu " HtLSSH udyS
in the county jail for stealing a BIZ
cycle belonging to Ceylon Wilcox.
There have been many wheel thefts
In Fremont lately.
Mortgages in Platte county for the
last year, as shown by the record of
County Clerk John Crafts Office, were:
Filings, s1,595,667.S2; releases, s1,O72,-
311.33; showing an increased Indebted
hess of s~523,356.49.
The board of supervisors of Buffalo
county have offered a reward of $500
for the apprehension of the person or
persons who killed Richard White, just
west of that city, On the night of
Thursday, January 8.
Nicholas W.. Rrace of Grand Island
has received patent rights on a new
valve for steam. water or air pipes,
which, it is claimed, is destined to rev.
o~lutionize the entire valve system. Mr..
Race alleges that he has been offered
$50, 900 for the patent.