Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-07-07
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.

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ing was saved 1t was partially in
sured.
| John e. Carlson, single man, aged
20, residing near Malmo, was adjudg-
ed insane by the examining board and
was taken to the hospital for the in
sane at Lincoln.
| The assessors returns show that the
assessed valuation of Adams county
property, exclusive of railroad. this
year is $4,012,5S3, as against $2,1O1,-
1913, the valuation last year This is
q gain of 80 per cent. While the valu-
alton given has not yet been equal
lied, it is not expected that the fig
ures will be materially changed.
| An Ogalalla dispatch says Mat
| Daugherty came in on the train from
the west yesterday and was shaking
hands with his many friends. He was
met here by his brother, and they went
to their ranch in the North river coun-
try for vacation. Mat is living at
Salt Lake, and the western country
seems to agree with him. as he is
looking fine.
Roy Osborn and Dan Banum are the
names of two youths, 10 and IS years
| old, respectively, who are making
their way from Denver to the Worlds
fair in a sixteen.foot boat, five feet
wide, passing Grand Island last week
The lads expect to reach the Missouri
before the water falls materially and
within two days. They have been on
the way three weeks.
At the urgent request of the city
board of Papillion, r. f. Barton, city
clerk, has resigned his position. This
request followed upon the examina-
| ton of the books and the discovery of
a shortage in the accounts. There
were two warrants, amounting to
about S25, which, it is alleged, had
been forged by Barton, also another
warrant that had been raised several
dollars above the original figures.
The acceptance by Paul Morton
second vice president of the Atchison,
/ Topeka & Santa Fe railway, of the
position Of secretary of the navy, was
complete surprise to his many
friends in Nebraska City, where he
was born and reared. He has repeat
eddy stated to them that he did not
want nor would not accept any public
Office, and desired to be left out of all
political combinations.
Dallas Fortner, an insane man cap,
tired near Fairmont Decoration day,
was brought to Geneva and placed in
Jail. 1t was found that he had been
in the asylum in Iowa, from which he
had been paroled some time ago. Sher-
if Page will take Fortner to Omaha,
where he will meet an officer from
Jackson county, Iowa, who will take
charge of the man and return him to
the Iowa asylum.
The Ministerial association Of the
United Evangelistical church, Lincoln
district, which closed a three days
lected officers as follows for the COM
ing year: President, Rev. S. ]. Shupp
Of Lincoln, vice president, Rev. W. l..
Dillow, Dawson; secretary, Rev. G. p.
i Netherly, Beaver Crossing. Imme-
diately after the adjournment of the
Ministerial association the K. l.. c. E.
convention opened and held an inter
esting session.
New Haven, Conn, dispatch: An
nouncement will be made tomorrow
at Yale university of the senior ap.
pointments, and the list will include
thirteen for philosophical orations,
twenty-five for orations, twenty-nine
for dissertations, fifteen for disputes,
thirty for second disputes, Twenty-Five
for first colloquies and thirty-five sec.
ond colloquies. Among the winners
in philosophical orations is Guy B.
Morrison, Lincoln, Neb.
Sheriff Bauman of Dodge county
took Gottlieb Finder to Lincoln. He
was before the board of insanity and
found q fit subject to receive atten.
ton at the state hospital.
A man who gave his name and resi-
dence as John Dunkley, Mankato
Mimi, was found lying about $50 fee;
east of the stock yards chutes with
both legs crushed between the knees
and the body. The accident probably
occurred shortly before midnight. lie
was trying to beat his way east OF
extra 1881, which registered out nj
11:45 D. m. No one, so far as can be
ascertained, knows anything about tho
occurrence. He died from his wounds
The residents OF the vicinity of OTIS
pond, near Grand Island, were awali
ened the other night by deep roal
as of a cannon. They knew not wha
it meant, but as there was no recur
renee of the shot nothing more was
thought of it until. on the next morn
ing, dead fish by the scores were found
upon the shores of the lake, contain
ing about seven acres of water. 1t is
presumed to be the work of some one
for whom the sport of fishing with tho
hook, though even this was forbidden
on the private grounds, was too slow
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