Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-02-05
Local
entiOn.

IuIllS lcdU Ol NNllO, was Trans
acting business in the city
Saturday.
Geo. Thummell, Clerk of the
L. S. District Court of Omaha
was city visitor Monday. - -
L''1The Galloway Cornet Band re-
Gently received a new lot of in
struments. They now meet twice
a week to practice.
Mrs. N. l.. Reynolds and chill
dren visited with Mrs. w. H.
Reeder of Merna last Saturday,
returning Sunday morning.
Mrs. II. w. Edwards was called
to DesMoines, Iowa, last Satur-
day morning by the serious illness
OF her only sister, Mrs. Murray.
The State Senate passed a re-
solution Saturday recommending
that the fences on the govern
ment land be removed by June
4th 1904.
Hon. J. J. Tooley, came home
from Lincoln last Friday night
to remain with his family during
the recess of the legislature,
which will be February 9.
The State Legislature took a
recess Saturday until February
9 in order to give the committee
on revenue legislation opportun-
ity to draft a bill on that
question.
The Sioux City Journal States
that the Chicago and Great
Western II. II. Co. has secured an
option of the Pacific Short Line
h. r. which extends from Sioux
City, Iowa to O'Neille, Neb.
Rev. J. B. earns d. D. deliver
ed temperance lecture at the
opera house Sunday afternoon to
a good audience under the
auspices of the state Anti-Saloon
League. He remained over
Monday.
DR.. II. w. Bass, who holds a
position of one of the clerkships
in the Senate, came home Mon
day morning to remain during
the recess of the Legislature. He
went up to Anselmo Monday
night to visit with relatives.
Everybody will be grieved to
learn of the serious illness of
Reuben Johnson, living three
miles east of Westerville. Mr..
Johnson is nearly 80 years old,
and for many years has been one
of the best known and most re-
spected residents of the county.
-Chronicle-Citizen.
Messers. c. r.. Bristol and John
Patrick performed the maracul-
Gus feat of walking from Broken
Bow to their respective homes af-
ter the adjournment of court in
the evening. They arrived at
Ansley at SIS o'clock and an hour
later they were taking a hot air
bath at home. Chronicle Citizen.
= Ed. Meth, agent for the Stan.
dard Stock Food Company, re-
turned from a visit to Omaha the
first of the week where he went
on the solicitation of his firm.
5 To his surprise he had credit with
the firm for selling more food il
the past year than any other agen,
in the state with one exception
/ The company prevailed on him
: to work for them another year.
We notice in the Sundays
Illustrated Bee grouped will
the other officers of the State
Supervisors Association the pic.
ture of G.. H. Thorpe of Broker
e Bow as vice president. On thu
! opposite page is picture of thu
members of the Association il
attendance at the Omaha meeting
in which we recognize the coun
u tananCe of two other of Custe
!, county's illustrious statesmen il
e the pictures of Geo, Greenwal
O and ]. II. Arthur.
Last Saturday night an at
It tempt was made break into tn
Is Office of E. A. Butler & Co. b,
e some unknown person or persons
n The wire screen was first remove,
u from one of the windows an
.s while in the act of prying tn
n window lose, the Mattley boy
~ who sleep in the Office, were a
n wakened by the noise, and tn
al robber or robbers, hearing a nois
K within, were frightened away
o 1t is not supposed to be the wor
of local thieves as it is we
known around town that the OF
flee is IlSad &C the Slaanit1u anart