Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-03-20
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Valley business men have formed =
commercial club.
A bank with s25, 900 capital stoch
has been formed at Stuart.
Among the municipal ornaments
II the city OF Lincoln will be an
$4,000 fountain.
A six weeks session Of the south
west Nebraska teachers institute DO
gins at Culbertson May q.
Ex-Sheriff Kavanaugh, OF Colum-
bus, has been adjudged insane and
will be taken to the Lincoln asylum
Otto Hitchcock and John Deur
ming, OF Fremont, have been SEN
fenced to 10 months each In the dis
trict court for hog stealing.
1t is now thought that Frank Al
len of Grundy, who was badly In
iured by the accidental discharge OF
shotgun several days ago, will re-
cover. His left arm was amputated.
Kilpatrict Bros. and Collins, OF Be-
atrlce, have secured the contract to
lay 30 miles OF railroad for tho
Southern Pacific from Moore to Ano,
work to begin at once.
S. b. Cain, politician who has re-
sided at Newman Grove for many
years, shot himself In the head three
times Monday evening but failed to
finish his career.
A meeting of the business men Of
Table Rock was held Saturday night
at Woudman hall to organize COM
mercial club. A temporary organi-
cation was effected,
Thieves entered the Rock Island
depot at Fairbury, and got away with
Ss5. Bloodhounds were brought from
Beatrice on a special train, but I'M
mediately went to the home OF q
prominent citizen who Is above SUE
piclou.
Edmund Schneider was robbed In
Rising City of 1905 and gold watch.
He recognized his assailants and filed
a complaint charging Thomas Gar
shaw, Henry Garshaw, Edward Dotys
Henry Ingalls, and Frank ingalls,, all
of Rising City with the crime. Tho
men all pleaded not guilty.
Albion Is rejoicing at having beea
promised a new depot by the Union
Pacific railroad. The company asked
the city to vacate short line OK
street for the purpose OF station
site, which the city quickly did. The
new station will be placed close to
the Elkhurn depot.
General Manager Bidwell, Of tina
Elkhorn. announced that his road
and the Union Pacific would begin
the construction Of new freight
warehouse at Fremont within short
time. The building will cost be-
tween $50, 600 and $4,000. The prop
erty has not yet been bought.
At the meeting Of the American
Leag ue of Protection at Lincoln,
there were delegates in attendance
from Wyoming, Nebraska, Washing
ton, Colorado and Oregon. A change
was made in the constitution, so that
each harbor of fifteen or more MEM
bers, could have representative in
the supreme harbor.
A dispatch has been received that
@. w. Bullock, formerly Of Kearney,
has been sentenced to death by q
Canadian court, and will be executed
March 90, at Fort Saskatchewan, AL
berta. Bullock shot a friend named
Stanton In 1900, and was captured
after long search.
For the second time in six weeks
Mrs. Martha Granger has begun suit
In Lincoln for divorce. Before,
under the name Of Mrs. Davis she
applied for divorce from her pres
ent husband. 1t was shown that she
had never been divorced from Mr..
Granger, who still lives, so her mar
riage with Mr.. Davis was declared
void. She now wishes to be divorced
from her first husband.
Brainard will from present indica-
tions have first-class building boom
this spring. The Fremont. Elkhorn
& Missouri Valley Railroad company
now has seven car loads of material
on the sidetrack for the erection OF
new depot. A. j. Posvar, as soon
as weather permits, will build q
handsome two-story residence to cost
about $1,000.
Another forged check has turned
up in Nebraska City. 1t is an exact
duplicate of the one which was passed
on Mullen Bros. This one was
offered to Fred Boehm, butcher, In
payment for small purchase, and
was accepted and the change given
to the stranger. The amount of the
check was $500. Cashier John w.