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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1884
Page
2
Nebraska women are urged to send models and samples for the state exhibit in New Orleans. Items sought include women produced inventions, books or articles by women, typewriting, penmanship, textiles, grain, and other crafts. Send samples by registered mail or express to Mrs. S. C. Eniorr, Commissioner for Nebraska Woman's Work, New Orleans.
Fort Sidney quarters finished and occupied. Bloomington revival ongoing. St Joe and Western RR replacing iron rails with steel. Alma housing demand grows with daily inquiries. Immigrants arrive in Franklin county. real estate活. Tecumseh suffered a large conflagration valued at about 220000. Lincoln postmaster petition supported by Democrats. Grain dealers in Alma ship more grain than last year. Omaha to bid for G A R reunion. Sneak thief steals 65 dollars in Dale. Coyotes killed in Lodge Pole for bounty. Lincoln cavalry deserter arrested for return to Omaha. Congressman Valentine’s wife in Philadelphia for Dr Agnew treatment. German M E church revival in Lincoln. War claim Nebraska vs US pending 227,041,438. Walter Mesterrat heir to 15000. Capt Howgate rumor in Nebraska City. Lincoln Presbyterians lose carpenters in scaffold collapse. Ditton accident at Stanton hotel office. Nichols near Wilbur cattle loss from smut. Lena Nelson sues Rasmussen for 25000. Holdrege dairy boom noted. Lincoln penitentiary escapee rode off on Lip’s horse. Fort Robinson telegraph party advances 35 miles toward Laramie. Furnas registers Nebraskans visiting New Orleans exposition. Farragut post seeks missing J A Thompson. Columbus business collapse of Mrs Stump under mortgage. Bloomington Guard reports peanut yield by Morlan & Son. Wakefield to ship corn to Wisconsin Minnesota with price conditions. Calhoun vs Schildknecht trial ends in verdict for defendant. R P Beecher praises Nebraska exhibit prospects. Grand Island churches urged to build better edifice. Swindler selling rights to shelling and grinding machine warned. West Point creamery receiver appointed.
The Lincoln Journal reports a complete history of Nebraska horticulture is being written by order of the state society. J. T. Allan oversees the project through 1882, with over four hundred pages and material from early newspaper files. Printing depends on legislative funding.
Elmore A Kent Selah Young of New York and Abram Poole James M Sherman of Chicago own 80000 dollars in West Point stock. They claim resident manager John King diverts property at the instigation of Benjamin Brown and Thomas King, the controlling owners, harming their interests. A separate note reports a Sherman county school scene where a 15 year old pupil kissed a teacher under threat, prompting revelry among older students.
The Department of Nebraska G A R invites sealed proposals from cities, towns, and villages to host the Seventh Annual Reunion of Nebraska Soldiers and Sailors in 1885. Bidders must guarantee land, hay, wood, water, guards, transport, advertising, insurance, and camp services for 50 000 attendees and 2 000 teams, with deadlines and restrictions outlined.
In Chicago, ex Senator Barnum says Cleveland has not decided on his cabinet though Bayard would be considered. He expects no rapid sweeping changes and asserts Republicans are indispensable only while needed. Barnum denies any rift with Gorham and predicts a simple national committee inauguration.
Lewiston Ti sees a woolen mill blaze at Hows King & Co. with losses reported around 7040 dollars and insurance valued at 305040 dollars. Fire authorities report full isolation of the fire and no injuries recorded.
Reports from Philadelphia note pugilist James Mitchell arrested for a prize fight killing in Bucks county last year though locals deny knowledge. Iowa man Peter Hansen hanged himself due to hereditary insanity. U S Navy cites a Corea revolution. Trenton and Ossipee to deploy there. Murphy revival grows in Pittsburg with 600 joined and 1100 pledging. Missouri river line managers in Chicago fail to fix lumber rates. Baltimore to St Paul express line planned. Methodist conference in Baltimore discards Ecumenical council for 1880. Witnesses doubt Barker in Comptroller Lawrence probe. Barker threatens Judge Lawrence. Baltimore & Ohio to run through express cars to St Paul via union depot. House lands committee frets over English nobles buying western land. Interior Dept lists 83 872 fee contracts under pension act 1984. many pre July 4 claims, $10 fee contested as trick. Buchanan house sale in Louisville exposes lavish residence as family remains inside. Kansas prohibitionists push stronger state law, oppose federal taxes on liquor, seek female suffrage board with health authority powers.
Washington news notes Sheridan named marshal for the Washington monument celebration. The currency controller urges Congress to fund claims against Freedman's Bank. Senate confirms Hugh McCullough as secretary of the treasury. Postmasters listed for Wisconsin and Iowa. House river and harbor panel nears completion with about a quarter of chief engineer estimates for new and existing projects. An eighteen million dollar agere rate is proposed for these improvements. Lieutenant Greely declined a loan request from Captain Howgate via Howgate’s daughter in Cleveland. A health bill seen as unlikely to pass due to state rights debates. A federal health bill proposal forms a national board of health with one member from each state.
Congressional record outlines Senate actions on the Span ish treaty and open session rules, Dakota bill, silver coinage debate, and foreign mission invitations. House considers inter state commerce bill with amendments on travel equality and railroad rates amid holiday recess adjournment.
John L. Sullivan and Alfred Greenfield faced trial in New York for alleged illegal meeting at Madison Square Garden. Greenfield testified no hard blows beyond training, Sullivan claimed no injuries. Jury deliberated eight minutes and returned a not guilty verdict.
Senator Wilson introduces a bill to repeal a joint resolution that lets the secretary of the navy buy plate iron or boiler materials for the U S Navy without advertising for bids. The proposal aims to restore required bidding for essential boiler components.
Guards posted at Madrid endure the deadly air from the Gadaram mountain range, replaced every half hour as officials monitor toxic conditions and maintain vigilance against exposure.
Washington reports memorials including one from the woman’s suffrage party opposing Dakota admission by male-made constitutions and denying women’s rights. Two Van Wyck pension bills were introduced, one for widows and dependents of deceased soldiers and another for three-month Civil War veterans. The inter state commerce bill to create a regulatory commission was debated. votes on non discrimination amendments were tabulated and the section discussion moved to the next item.
The New Orleans fair opened with President Richardson and Arthur addressing a vast assembly. Officials hailed the event as a step toward peace and closer trade among the Americas while railways and cables knit nations together. Colonel Breaux read Arthur’s message. with a telegraph-triggered open, exhibits from Colorado, California, Nebraska, and Dakota Territory appeared, Nebraska drawing notable press attention.
Lieutenant Abercrombie of General Miles staff returns to Portland after a government exploration in Alaska. He traced the Yukon river for twenty seven hundred miles and found rich placers for a thousand miles with earnings of twenty dollars a day to the miners. He notes a short season and difficult mining but praises Alaska fisheries as the finest known.
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