Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-08-14

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f. A. Walton, wife and Mrs.
Bacon of Lee Park, were city
visitors yesterday.
VIM. Blair, who drives the
daily hack to Galloway says:
Jesse Candy has the best field of
corn on the route.
], S. Squires is negotiating
with 5. u. Groat q Co. for their
store with view of taking
charge the first of September.
BY the action of the Ministerial
Association the Sunday night
park meetings are hereby discon-
tinued. Geo. TRIES, Pres.
Mrs. O. II. Conrad's mother
has bought the southeast corner
lot of block to, old town, Just
north of the Conrad residence, on
which she is building a house.
Mrs. w. II. Andrews father
and mother arrived recently from
Pennsylvania. They will make
their home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrews. Her father is quite
feeble.
ID. O. Brown, who is here
looking after his property inter
ests, is having his residence
property in the city reprinted.
Jas. Cosner is doing the work
this week.
John Wall of Arcadia, from
his farms in Lee Park, has
threshed 1900 bushels of winter
wheat that yielded on an aver
age of 40 bushels per acre.-Ans-
ley Chronicle.
Claude Pickett was offered and
has accepted the principleship of
the Eddyville schools. Claude is
one Of our best teachers and it is
with pleasure we note that he
has secured this school.
While bathing in a pool last
Wednesday, Miss Madge Potts, a
canpmeeting guest, became
strangled, and but for the timely
assistance of Fred Britain, would
have been drowned. Queen.
Moses E. II. Sydenham of
Kearny has recently resurrected
"The Central Star of Enpire".
This Office acknowledges the re-
ceipt of copy. Mr.. Sydenham
established the first newspaper in
Central Nebraska in 1862 at
kearny.
II. M. Weaklin has beat all
records so far on heavy wheat
yields. He has just finished
threshing a field of wheat that
went 52l2 bushels per acre. This
beats Mr.. Evans big yield report
ed in the Chronicle last week. -
AnSley Chronicle.
Jess Candy was in town Satur-
day ostensibly to attend the camp
meeting, but we are afraid he
was really trying to arrange a
horse race. While in the city he
made us pleasant call and gave
us some valuable politica
pointers. Courier.
d. l.. Herrick of Ash Creek
was among the city visitors
Tuesday. He says of his 2l5
acres of corn that 40 of it is in
good roasting ears and that the
rest is caring nicely. He has 145
head of hogs to feed it to and is
milking II head of COWS from
which he realized S4S for his
cream in June.
The REPUBLICAN advertised
for a Shepherd dog last week,
and inside of - hours two differ
ent parties made application foI
the reward. But the owner OF
the dog is not in the city anC
which of the two dogs is tn,
right one can not he determined
until the owner sees them. Blu
But the value of the REPUBLICAn
as an advertising medium i
again demonstrated.
Division superintendent Ware
of the Union Pacific, passec
through the city Thursday OF
No, o, and while the train wa
standing at the depot he inform
ed Agent Clinton that the com
pany had commenced that day t,
remove machinery from tn,
North Platte shops. He saiC
some of the machinery was billie,
to Grand Island and some to Sid
ney, but did not say the com
; pany intended to wholly abando
and remove its shops entirev
, from the Platte. In view of tn