Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-05-12
THE STATE IN BRIEF.

VIENNA this year.
Three cases of scarlet fever are un-
der quarantine at Columbus.
A meeting of the directors of the
City and September 20, 81, % and %
was set as the fair dates for this sea-
son.
The Law and Order League has
withdrawn its remOnstrance against
the three saloonkeepers of Papillion
and at meeting of the town board
licenses were granted.
John Casebeer. for the last thirty
years resident of Blue Springs, was
adjudged insane by the board of in
sanity commissioners and ordered
committed to the asylum.
Madison county commissioners are
seriously thinking of putting the wolf
scalp proposition before the voters
at the next election. They feel that
the county is being skinned on the
wolf deal
A pig with two complete bodies at
tached to one head was born on the
farm of Matt Smith, farmer living
four miles north of Columbus. Each
body had four well formed legs and
feet The monstrosity was born dead.
The greatest wonder of the TWEEN
tieth century in Polk county is the
amount of property that is being
found in Little Polk" that has never
been assessed before The people are
coughing up more diamonds than
ever
Mrs. Ed Ewing of Jackson town
ship, Hall county, was accidentally
shot by rifle ball, the weapon being
in the hands of a neighbor, Mark Ly-
on. The latter was shooting to scare
dog. The ball was eXtricated and
she will recover.
The Golden Rod Telephone COM
pany that came to Osceola a couple
of years ago, reducing the rates a
third from what had always been paid
or phones in the town and county,
has sold out to party OF gentlemen
from Ida Grove, la.
Ed Wilcox, who was arrested in
Omaha on the charge of horse steal
ing, was arraigned in police court at
Fremont and waived preliminary eX-
animation. In default Of bail he was
committed to the county Jail. Wilcox
| belongs in Shelton, Neb.
Jacob Miller, arrested in Ravenna
and now held in custody of Sheriff
Summons in Kearney on the charge
Of burglarizing a waycar, has made
two desperate efforts to escape and
the officers are of the opinion that he
is wanted someplace else for some
thing more serious.
Frank Kaberda, Bohemian farmer
who lived a few miles northwest Of
Lawrence, was found by neighbor
dead in his house. Mr.. Kaberda was
a bachelor and lived alone. He had
been dead several hours when found.
The cause of death is not known.
George NJ. Burchart and Harry Ray
mond were arrested and lodged in the
McCoolI Jail, charged with burglariz-
ing the store of c. l.. Degroff & Co.
Goods to the amount of SIG We're
found on their person. They had sold
some articles and have more in hid
ing. During the night both broke out
of Jail.
|. B. Strong of Beatrice received
word that his father, Albert Strong,
an engineer had been killed in a
wreck on the Iron Mountain railroad
running out of st. Louis. Mr.. Strong
was well known in Beatrice and for
several years had a run on the Union
Pacific road between that place and
Manhattan, Kas.
An accident happened to John c..
Gribble, one of the pioneer farmer
citizens residing four miles southwest
of Dakota City, that may prove fatal.
He was crossing his barnyard about
dark when young stallion chased
him down and ran over him, trampling
| him down and badly bruising him up
around the face and breast.
| Inc science OF COOKING Will be
taught in the summer school at the
state university. The announcement
has been made by Miss Rosa Bouton,
head Of the domestic science depart
ment. The course will consist of lee
lures and actual cooking in the Ntch-
en- laboratory The work will be given
each morning during the summer SEES
sion.
Fraternal insurance companies will
not have to pay tax on the securi-
ties deposited by them with the state
auditor. This the state board of
equalization decided after having lis.
tened to arguments from insurance
men on seV,.a al occasions. Governor
| Mickey, Auditor Weston and Secre-
tary of State Marsh voted not to tax
the securities and Treasurer MOrten.
sen and Land Commissioner Follmen
voted to follow the opinion handed
down by Attorney General Prout and
assess the securities.
The house of Don MerteS four miles