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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1885
Page
3
A condensed Nebraska legislative report covers Forshadowed measures by the Ways and Means Committee, Metz's bill on wholesale license changes, and residents seeking home law amendments. It notes adjournment times, reconvening plans, and key votes on budgets, rail and land acts, school lands, bonds, and infrastructure.
The Senate resumes work on the postoffice appropriation with a uniform one cent rate for all newspapers from the office of publication and discards the sample copy discrimination. The House informs the Senate it will proceed with Washington monument exercises and hearings on the Des Moines settlers title bill continue. Debates cover river and harbor bills, navy reductions, and the Panama mail transportation amendment. The day closes with adjournment after routine business and multiple amendments.
The Senate debated the sundry civil bill and a clause for the New Orleans Exposition funding but took no final action. Van Wyck moved to sell the Bac and Fox Indian reservation in Nebraska and Kansas after a brief discussion, and the bill passed. The naval and pensions bills were approved, and amendments to the river and harbor appropriation were set to continue works.
Senate Hoar introduces a Pacific railroad funding bill differing from the judiciary committee version. It fixes the indebtedness date to April 1584, uses market values for sinking fund bonds, and schedules semiannual maturities starting October 1 1846. It alters bond interest to 3 percent and adjusts how bonds are sized and valued, while adding a reporting clause to Interior on any stock or bond dispositions within thirty days.
A rumor of an infernal machine aimed at Patrick Egan, head of the Irish National League of America, stirred Lincoln. A boy delivered a box to Egan in Sample ball containing a tin case with clockwork and a cocked revolver, surrounded by a sandy substance suspected dynamite. Detection and chemical tests are pending.
A man calling himself Paul Sieber befriended the Garretts near Baltimore and won their confidence with polished manners and musical talent. He and another worker were left at the estate. Sieber later overindulged and ransacked the house, absconding with Miss Garrett’s jewelry and silverware. Detectives say he is a New York actor with a tattoo of a heart pierced by an arrow.
Captain Bedford Pim, prominent naval engineer and former MP, plans to send one copy of every daily paper from the United States and Canada and one weekly from the first week in March to the British Museum. He will address them to Captain Bedford Pim No. 2 Crown Office How Temple E C London and asks the papers be bound by state or province for public archival access.
A large Oklahoma demonstration gathered at Caldwell Kansas the 33rd to form the Caldwell Oklahoma colony Speakers Judge Chelson George R Snely and George Reilly delivered addresses Resolutions invited other colonies to meet March 5 to form a grand movement Harmony marked the assembly composed of merchants lawyers doctors farmers and mechanics.
Mr. Crofut reports that Thomas Jefferson, despite his Jeffersonian simplicity, purchased 8500 dollars worth of aluminum in his first term, highlighting a contrast between public image and private spending.
A technical essay explains how cold air aids combustion by driving smoke out of stoves and boilers. The section then lists 1883–84 farming statistics for crops like wheat and corn in several regions, wood and lumber production figures, and notes on new metal identifications, electrical lighting trials, brickwork labor in Germany, and Burmah rice cultivation prospects.
A converted beggar becomes a fervent preacher in a Primitive Methodists court scene. The magistrates acquit, moved by prayerful zeal and discipline, while a later note warns against overwork and stimulant abuse. An author urges rest over stimulants like chloral.
The American Literary Churchman criticizes teetotal statistics as unreliable and accuses temperance groups of financial motive. It argues moderate alcohol could aid workers, calls for distinguishing alcohol from fusil oils, and warns readers about Dr. Carpenter misattribution in teetotal discourse.
A chloral sensation grips England amid divorce suits and a physician's overdose harming a lady patient. In Brooklyn, Rev. J Rhey Thompson, a leading young clergyman, has been missing for more than ten days as his friends search for him.
Gov. Ireland asserts Texas will protect citizens along the Rio Grande after a wave of murders and robberies by Mexican bandits. Adjutant General King leads Texas Rangers to deter further depredations as federal aid remains unavailable. The governor promises decisive action even amid potential conflict with Mexico.
A Chicago Herald excerpt critiques old sensational reporting as a city editor dismisses florid phrases. It notes modern Chicago women recognize villains by instinct and mocks the era’s melodramatic syntax while urging plain phrasing and local color.
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