Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-06-04

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injured In the storm. .--,....
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Joseph Mathews Of Weston, was
brought before the examining board
today on complaint OF citizens q
that town and adjudged insane. He
Is forty-fve years old and single.
Sheriff Webster took him 10 the asy-
lum at Lincoln. ..
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Invitations have been issued by Mt.
and Mrs. william BEDFORD, for the
OF their daughter, Miss
Mezzie Il. Redford, to Mr.. Howard
Colmap on Wednesday, June 10, at
high noon, at their home In Seward
Summer school at Peru, opened
Monday with enrolment Of 300. The
largest enrolment Of all previous
schools Is exceeded. Stud
ents are coming in on every train.
The school is largely made up III
teachers.
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b. Penrod Of Beatrice Is report
ed to have been seriously injured at.
Florence, Kansas while enroute east
with a car OF poultry. A ton of feed
was piled up in one end Of the cas-
with timbers from floor to roof to
hold 1t. In switching the car around
it jammed SO hard that the braces
gave way and Penrod was caught
under the feed. ~,
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Louis Keezre, OF Plattsmouth BY
Of seventeen years Of age, pleadcc
guilty in district court this morning
to the charge Of grand larcency ane
was sentenced to the Kearney reform
school. Keezer was accused OF steal
Ing $40 from Henry Inhelder OF
Cedar Creek. He went to Neigh,
Neb., whore he was captured by the
officers. re. 90 - RI
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A valuable horse which was
stolen from Joseph Lynn at Union
several weeks ago has been located
by the local officers. It was found
In the possession of farmer named
Christian. residing near Ashland
The farmer claimed that ST. anger
brought the animal to his place
and that he traded another horse
for 1t. ~.,. -.,-..,.,..-,- T.,
A heavy rain and windstnrm played
havoc in Omaha early today. The
tracks were rendered useless at the
Union station and an engine pulling
the Union Pacific fast mail was de-
rallied by the soft track, blocking
two west bound passenger trains
which were unable to move until
the tracks were repaired. a number
OF roofs were blown away ia the
southwest portion of the city.
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The Seward high school gave re-
ception for MI, and Mrs. W. W.
Stoner On Tuesday evening at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. S. Norvai
Invitations were extended to the
members Of tie school board and the
teachers Of the city schools.
The hall and dining room Of the
Norval home were prettily decorated
with the high school colors. Mr..
Stoner has been superintendent OF
the Seward schools for the past three
years. He will leave Seward to take
care Of the York schools. Mr.. and
Mrs Stoner have made many friends
in Seward d ring their stay in the
city. -
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G. q Elger, of North Bend. had
r disagreeable and dangerous expert
ence on a muddy road near town.
While he was driving over a bridge
one wheel If his buggy slipped OF
throwing him out. He held to the
yeins and after being dragged some
distance stopped the horses. After
making repairs he drove ON until q
single tree gave way, the horses broke
loose and the vehicle came to a
sudden stop, hurting him over the
dashboard and overturning the bug
gy, The sottness Of the ground pre-
vented him from receiving any bard
ynocks, but le was covered with
mud from hea5 TO fooU
Mrs. Bess 5earneGl E,r"soc, ga