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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1885
Page
2
December apportionment shows 208 436 school age children and 164 504.85 dollars in apportionment. June total 303 12.19, yearly total 468 117.04, plus 150 300.65 from school land leases to be received in 1884. Lincoln district court discusses fraud cases tied to Valentine and Wyuka incidents.
Summary of Nebraska notes: Creighton gains 75000. Gorham House opens in Lincoln. Beatrice to host Gage County ag society January 24. postmaster petitions circulate. four cats frozen at Lodge Pole. Shorthorns set to show Feb 1 at Lincoln. Beatrice high school building now in use. Dawes hosts legislature reception. Alma merchants report best year. Butler county farmer sells 71 lbs 315 per hundred. Nebraska City seeks public ending room. Lincoln letter carriers processed 51982 pieces in December. Tallman confined in Topeka asylum. York curbs B B drinks. Alexandria residents plan to visit exposition.
A Reno-like flurry of items reports 6000 sheep feeding plans near Gibbon, severe frost injuring Riverton children, seven men frozen to death in Niobrara country, and bonds set for P J Lawrence of Platte county on incest charges. It notes Gov Dawes reception, legislative sessions, busy carpenters, diphtheria cases among Fulerton children, and various local incidents from Alma to Lincoln.
A keeper and a patient fought in a rooms court where an hour later the patient died and Graver and Slattery were arrested for murder in the second degree. The incident followed a broader sequence of violence as police investigate the case.
The Nebraska legislature convened in Lincoln at noon with Senate officers elected led by President pro tem Church Howe and secretary Sherwood Orr. The House chose J. M. Lee as temporary speaker and Field as speaker as rules from 1882 were adopted, followed by joint sessions for canvassing votes and swearing in state officers. Adjournments extended to 4 pm and again until Monday.
Le Couvier argues Canada would become a theater of operations if a rupture between England and the United States ensues over the Nicaragua canal trouble. He warns of loyalty testing and the peril of defending England’s Central American interests.
A humorous remark describes gods laughing at a man described as twelve inches trying to fire a fifteen inch shot, noting such oversized vanity exists only in a few.
A committee of the South western Railway association recommends extending the pool for two more years. The Warm Springs hotel in North Carolina burned, one of the south’s largest, with losses estimated at 100,000 and 50,000 insured. Multiple political and crime items follow, including a Columbus officer Feist shot during a money-counting incident and measures at Wisconsin and Keokuk on prohibition laws.
Gladstone’s health improves. Bismarck abandons southern Europe visit. Auersberg dies. Madame Hugas acquitted for shooting Justice Morin. Pondoland proclaims British protectorate. Griesenau to Zanziban on mission. Chamberlain may resign for liberty. Gladstone may retire from politics. Kasson presses aboriginal rights at Congo talks. Lewal outlines Tonquin plan. 6000 Algeria troops to Tonquin. Egypt negotiations continue. France rejects overtures from powers.
In Swaim court martial a witness is dismissed for lack of belief in a supreme being. Revenue costs across ports are itemized. employes number 4147. Governors of twenty states seek to aid a London 186a exhibition. Missouri river commission proposes funds for river work. Hazen reduces Holtworth for rifling papers. dismissal approved. Sherman comments on Grant fund and future legal defense. Lamont notes Cleveland’s near inauguration and weight lifted from him.
The governor’s resignation takes effect ending an unusually burdensome term and leaving him time to turn toward future plans and duties.
Washington reports show Senator Wilson urging a cautious start to regulate transportation. The inter state commerce bill advances in both houses amid tariff and pension debates, including gains on railroad land disputes and appropriations for Indians and the Missouri River commission.
Cheyenne dispatch reports Wyoming ranges largely pleasant but northern areas show about a foot of snow crusted over. Range cattle mostly endure, while last year's Texas cattle suffer losses. McKinney sees eleven inches of snow with feeding difficulties. Overall, mid weather brings a hopeful outlook.
E L Conkrie of Freport elected speaker in Illinois lower house while George Erwin becomes New York assembly speaker. A resignation from New York governor Cleveland is noted. Postmasters in several states confirmed. A Springfield special hints Ruger may join Democrats in leading the Senate. Logan invited to Springfield. Cabinet lineup proposed in Washington includes Gayard, Randall, Garland, Vilas, Thurman, Manning. Democratic caucus nears agreement. Cleveland aims for an authoritative policy reveal. General Hatch orders Oklahoma actions. troops and supplies move toward front, though local sentiment leans against invasion and favors congressional action.
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