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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1885
Page
2
Nebraska items cover university budget figures for salaries and libraries, the Kenewal lands bill debate with Senator Laird, and tributes to Congressman Duncan. Also notes on Pawnee City church meetings, Union Pacific wage talks, growth in Omaha signals, weather bureau stations, local fires and suicides, rail and cattle concerns, and upcoming state fairs and county boundaries.
Reports from Nebraska towns note Peckenpaugh near Table Rock losing a fine house to fire. Gordon plans more saloons while Cedar Rapids area sees scarlet fever and diphtheria deaths. A Beatrice brewery owner pays 100 dollars for selling beer without license. Platte river ice raises fears of food shortages at breakup. Eight cases to be tried in Kearney county district court. Columbus schools reopen after diphtheria closure. Omaha’s February silent majority counts forty five. Bishop Worthington consecrated in Detroit. Waterloo housing demand grows. Double decked car bill stalls in Senate. Staton creamery to operate by March under H M Lowery. John Winkle of Gage county suffers a broken leg. Fifty insane discharged to make room for new patients.
A group of dairymen met at Lincoln to organize a state chair mens convention. The first annual meeting will be at Fremont on the second Tuesday in December with about twenty charter members. An Ashland boy asked for 25 cents to buy a school book, hoping to attend an Indian war dance instead, and the donor withdrew his aid.
A wide array of brief items includes a Washington theatre blaze on the 26th, Warren’s Wyoming governorship confirmation, Chippewa County treasurer Fred Becker missing with about 12000 short, Ben W. Lewis failing for 600000, and Mrs. M M B Goodman dying in Chariton Ohio. Also notes wage disputes on Wabash, railroad rate shifts, census counts of boilers and steam vessels, a Peru Janga Valley engagement with 300 dead, a shooting in Keokuk, lashings of a Mormon elder in Gainesboro, Bancroft funding a scholarship in Worcester, letter theft in Missouri, divorces and property disputes, a Dubuque murder, Judge Logan’s death in Springfield, New South Wales Sudan fund, Yaguinsurrectión in Sonora, Lords censure talk, anarchist meet in Geneva, and Buller’s Sudan campaign reports.
CAPITOL BRIEFS reports F H Foxworthy of Lincoln Nebraska has been restored to practice as an attorney before the interior department. The house committee on appropriations favors disbursing funds to New Orleans exposition creditors under Louisiana law. Col A M Dawly of Iowa died of apoplexy in a Washington Turkish bath after addressing a committee. Frelinghuysen argues we must seek growth in export trade from nations inferior in wealth and population via reciprocity treaties only with such nations.
Dispatches from Berne report the bundesrath rejected the proposed naturalization treaty with the United States. In London conservatives convened to condemn the government over Egypt policy. The lord mayor appeals for funds to aid unemployed workers. Remains of Mrs. James Russell Lowell were interred.
President-elect Cleveland replies to silver coinage advocates warning that continued silver use and suspension of silver purchase threaten gold reserves and public confidence. He argues maintaining gold and silver masses is essential to avoid widespread economic distress and calls for delaying coinage expansion.
The consecration of Rev George Worthington as bishop of the Nebraska diocese occurred at St. John’s church in Detroit on the 24th with about two thousand in attendance. Bishops from numerous states assisted and Assistant Bishop Potter delivered the sermon.
The court martial found Swaim not guilty on most charges but guilty of conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline. He is suspended from rank and duty for twelve years and forfeits half his monthly pay each month for that period, with President Arthur approving. Col Morrow is deprived of all rights of advancement for two years.
Hon James Harlan ex Vice Chancellor of Louisville and brother of Justice Harlan of the U S Supreme Court endorses St Jacob's Oil calling it an extraordinary cure for all claimed by the proprietors urging every family to have it.
The Washington monument dedication on the 21st drew about 800 attendees with Senator Sherman and W. W. Corcoran delivering orations. Masonic rites by the District of Columbia grand lodge followed, displaying relics tied to Washington’s life and faith. President Arthur spoke of national unity and memory, and Hon. Winthrop closed with a ceremonial address as fireworks lit the grounds. An immense crowd witnessed the ceremonies.
At midnight on the 28th two passenger trains were struck by a freight three miles south of Chebanse on the Illinois Central. The leading train stopped for a broken truck. the following New Orleans express warned the freight and continued, but the freight rammed into the sleeper. Fatalities and injuries followed among passengers and crew. listed are John A. McInnis Alderman Gaynor Rev J M Abbott Brown S M Beareau and wife N E Terry F M Butts Dr Isabell A Mitchell Janks Mitchell and Melroets en route to New Orleans to meet family.
Grover Cleveland expressed annoyance at press speculation about his cabinet and interior choice. He said he will appoint no one until inauguration and refused to discuss potential positions or geography, noting most cabinet gossip was far off the mark.
The report notes seventy eight women studying medicine in Paris with thirteen of them being Paris natives. It adds that this winter nine American countesses and marchionesses are in Rome.
sprawling column of brief items notes varied topics from a law college, divorce plea, cattle losses, construction costs, strange elderly teeth, Connecticut tax bill, a hunting of Indian language, school principal controversy, a large Pittsfield funeral, exotic plant praise, a Georgia jury, extraordinary honey yield near Riverside, snails in dairy cream, a freshman math quip, Maine life saving land, postmaster aging Shaker, a Ohio death shock, crowding for Inauguration lodging, a boy builds a wooden musical instrument, a haunted room mystery solved by a fireplace iron shadow.
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