Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-15
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA.

have been reported at Beatrice.
The farmers elevator at Blue
Springs is almost completed and the
contractor expects to have 1t ready
for occupancy by December 20.
Word was received in West Point |
fthe death of William Bossow, who
was a patient from Cunning county in
the hospital for the insane at Hast |
ings. The body was brought home for !
burial.
Tedde, a two.year-old child of Mr.. |
and Mrs. Will Baldwin of Fremont. is |
seriously i'll from drinking carbolic
acid The child got the bottle from off
shelf, pulled the cork out and drank
quantity of the burning liquid The
child will live, but its throat is badly
| burned.
The two brick yards at Table Rock
have practically shut down for the
season, although there is yet some
| burning to do. The season just closed
has been much the most prosperous
one of their existence. The output of
the two plants, is well up to the 49,
100000 mark.
A meeting of the local rural car
riers was held at Wisner last week
with full attendance of carriers.
Resolutions were passed looking to
the betterment of the country roads.
Numerous suggestions for improve
ment were made and the meeting was
very harmonious throughout.
The Board of Public Lands and
nj -. pt, f,,s
legislative supplies. The principal
item, the bill files, was let to the State
Journal for $3.50 each for 800. The
docket, roll calls, maps of Legislative
districts, vouchers and other small
items were divided between Tim Sedg-
wick of York and Harry Porter.
A number of superintendent of
state institutions have sent in their
reports to Governor Mickey, but until
they have been checked over in the
governors office and found to be cor
rect they will not be given publicity
The reports thus far received show
the institutions to be in good condi-
ton and the cost per capita for main
tenance less than for the two years
preceding this biennium.
Word has just been received that
three of Auburn's citizens were eX-
tremely thankful on Thanksgiving
day, as on that day Messers. ]. A.
Burress, T. j. Crummel and J. NJ.
Armstrong struck 100 barrel oil well
on their oil land at Cleveland, Okla
homa. All three of the men were
present when the well was shot and
their friends are congratulating them
on their good fortune
At Fremont Charles Ward, alias
Davis, changed his plea the third time
and said he was guilty of stabbing
: Policeman Conner two months ago
| He was sentenced by Judge Hollen
beck to serve two years and six
! months in the penitentiary. Ward
3 pleaded not guilty the first time he
: was arraigned. When he was brought
up for trial the first of last week, he
/ said he would plead guilty and did so
Tim Sedgewick's large four-story
: new newspaper block at York was
? saved from being burned by the time
S ly discovery of an employee at about
|
" mense underground bin is stored
: twenty tons of COAL which ignitet
: from spontaneous combustion, ant
> was just beginning to blaze when dis
/ covered.
y William Mangan was killed at Sut
: ton by jumping from a thirty foo
bridge. his head striking a stone HI
A ala loo
seems he was walking west on thu
), railroad tracks and was crossing thu
:, bridge three-fourths of a mile west o
4 Sutton. A train was coming from tn
west and being unable to get acros
=. the bridge ahead of the train h
I. jumped.
e Thomas B. Ayers and wife, old Sc
u tiers of Madison county, were kille
d by a Northwestern freight train nea
IL little bridge west of Meadow Grove
and their bodies, together with tn
+ body of their dead dog were foun
by section men.
w. The board of directors of the Al
burn Chautauqua association hay
70 settled all bills for this years assen
=. bly, and find that they have a goo
sum left in the treasury to their credi
"a They are now at work arranging fl
next years program which they i
20 tend to make even better than tn
past year.
Ed O'Brien was brought back to N
braska City from New York by Sheri
e. Shrader, but will not have to, answ'
H. to the charge filed against him
court by Miss Ada Musselman, b
tie cause the two were united in ma
rage.
X Conductor Charles S. Brawdy.
- years OF age, was run over and crus
be ed by a car at Pacific Junction. TT
unfortunate man was brOugh.
- Plattsmouth and attended to by L
T. p. Livingston, but he soon pass'
nwav He had hann in tho arnnlpV