Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-11-12
Nebraska WoteS

40 GiAnu lSlanu.
At Beatrice some new corn has
D,en sud for feeding purposes for 80
cents bushel.
Carpenters working on the Funke
building at Lincoln struck for a
tisc from 30 to 80 cents an hour.
The farm house of Thomas Ireland,
near MoCreHeld, was totally destroyed
" fire. The origin was defective
ne.
Mrs. David Giesbrecht, an old res
dent of Beatrice is dead at the age
If GO years A tusband and six chill
1ren survive her.
Corn husliug has been stopped at
West Point by the steady dCwnpour
If rain which has been falling for
wenty four hours. Corn is making
| fine yield.
Il. ID. Cramer, "A farmer living near
| Beatrice, lost twenty-five hogs Ey
'holera in the last few days. No
,ther cases have been reported in the
| leiGhbuthOod.
The number OF farm mortgages
| He'd in Gage county for the month
# October was /, amounting to S3l,.
I'll; number released, 30, amounting
to $50, co.
At Lincoln two masked men held
up street car at Seventeenth and
South streets and robbed the motor.
man OF ST.. No ono else was on the
ar
The merchants at Arcadia report
I small amount Of spurious coin in
circulation. The denominations are
quarters and half dollars They
seem to be made Of lead, \
At Red Cloud Henry Jones was
stabbed by Clyde Cummings. The
,tabOing was the result of an old
tcud. Cummings SAYS he struck in
self defense. Jones will recover. '
Oscar Richie Of Norfolk was ser.
iously burned and otherwise hwt'uy
m explosion OF chemicals which he
was preparing for stcreoptican lam
tern. The house was partially
wrecked.
The funeral Of the late Ed Welch
was held in GrCtna. lie formerly re-
sided in that place, but Of late had
been an implement dealer in Belle
Fourchc,. S. ID.
Butte, the county seat Of Boyd
county, will have no new court house
this year. AS a special election held
Saturday to vote 3.mil tax for
= three years for the purpose Of erect
ing 1000 building, the PROPOSE
Il ton was lost.
Bishop Hill Of Chicago Monday de-
u livered the dedication sermon at the
+ Evangelical church at Galloway. The
i cost Of enarging the church was
81, 400 and part of this had been
, raised, The balance was subscribed
!. at the meeting.
u The wedding OF Miss Clara M.
MCGEE and @. A. Patton both OF
"a Arapahoe, Neb., was celebrated at
l. the home of the BRIDES parents Rev.
j. II. S. White officiating. Mr. and
Mrs. Patton are leaders in social cir
y clcs aud have been residents or Arap
" ahoe for many years.
I. Banker NJ. f. Carton of Nebraska
City, who went to Colorado to re-
r main until after the courts had
n passed upon his divorce petition
l., states that he will return and will
r fight his wlfe's cross bill. Carton
=, alleges that his wife became infat-
|. uated with another man.
l.. A Partition suit has been filed In
1t the district court at Plattsmouth by
is terson ct al, for the purpose OF par
10 titioning the real estate left by tn,
late Hon. j. M, Patterson. Tbi!
q. estate is composed Of lots and farm
h, lands in Cass Douglas and EAeyenn'
4, counties.
IN The board of public lands an,
at buildings during the absence OF Com
he missioner FolImer, who had Tough
n. the measure, allowed the claims o
W. A. Bailey for painting and re
%. pairs at the Grand Island Soldiers
I'm Home, amounting to $2,677.70. Tn
he contract for the dynamo and engin
he at the penitentary was let to tn
OF Western Electrical company 70
81, 435
IL Frank BenfeT, former saloo
ms keeper OF PIattsmouth, was place
n. under arrest on a charge of assault
,r. and battery sworn out by Edwar
ri, Donat, local agent for the Gun
ne Brewing company Several week
7 ago, while Donat was on his wa
ico home, he claims to have been al
". tackled by Benfer, and another ma
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