Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-07-14
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.

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North Platte taxpayers are congratu.
lating themselves over decrease in
city tax levy from twenty-seven to
fourteen mills.
G. P. Emery sold his 160-acre farm,
two miles north of Geneva, for $4,000.
This is one of the best improved
farms in Fillmore county. o. X.
Brown Of Dunbar was the buyer.
Burton f. French, Idaho's only con,
gresham, and the youngest member
of the congressional body, was mar
ried in Norfolk to Miss Winifred Hart
ley at the home of the brides sister,
Mrs. w. G. Baker.
Judge Paul Anderson Of st. Paul left
last week for three months visit to
Europe to benefit his health and to
visit relatives in Denmark. He was
accompanied by Hans Hansen of Bray
ton, who also goes to Denmark on
visit.
According to statements made by
prominent railroad men in Lincoln,
the Burlington may combine the
southern and western divisions, aban-
doning the offices at Wymore and con-
centrating the division forces at Nc
Cook.
James Blair, living near Powell,
Jefferson county, was killed by being
thrown from his buggy, his horse rum
ming away. He was over 20 years Of
age, and had resided in the county
| oil HI ~, i,;n
same farm where he first settled.
A travelling man, giving his name
as F. w. Mueller, was stopping at an
Auburn hotel, in Falls City, the other
day and gave the landlord check for
$50 on bank outside of Auburn. AT
ter cashing it the hotel man found it
worthless, the man being unknown to
the bank. He was arrested and taken
to Auburn.
Supt. and Mrs. Johnson of the Insti.
tuition for Feeble Minded Youth at
Beatrice returned home from Portland,
Me-, where they had been attending the
national conference of correction and
charities for the past week. They say
that the meeting was largely attended,
delegates being present from all parts
of the United States.
At meeting of the public library
of Grand Island it was ordered that
the library be closed for three days
and that all the books be fumigated.
Complaint has reached the library
board, directed at it, that it has per-
milted books to so and come from
home in which there was scarlet fe-
yer, and it is stated that such an Incl
dent did occur, though there are COM
paratively few cases of scarlet fever
One of the biggest land deals made
in this section for some time, says a
Beatrice dispatch, was made of the
H. H. Smith farm of 100 acres to w.
Sloan McHugh of Chester, Neb., for
which he paid SIS per acre, the total
amount being $4,000. The land is To-
Gated four miles south of Beatrice and
two years ago sold for $50 per acre.
Henry Poggemeyer, who lives near
Cook, in Johnson county, was kicked
by vicious horse. While leading one
animal to water, Mr.. Poggemeyer
came up back of another, which kick
ed him squarely in the mouth His
upper jaw was fractured and several
teeth knocked out. The injury was
serious and will disable the man for
some time
August Wachter of Fremont met
death in the Platte river. In company
with number of others, he went
down for a swim after supper He
dived from the upper top span Of the
bridge across the south channel and
never came to the surface. The wa
ter at this point is only thirty inches
deep, and it is supposed that he struck
bottom.
Although new buildings are being
erected in Shelton at rapid rate, it
is almost impossible for all the people
who want to live there to find houses.
This difficulty is common to large
number of towns in central Nebraska.
o. A. Gallatin of Saunders county has
perfected roller and cultivator that
is especially adapted to use with list
ed corn. Farmers who have examined
the work of the new machine say that
it will do as much work in one cult
waiting as other cultivators do in two.
The state banking board has ap-
pointed Jacob F. Halderman of Bur-
chard as special examiner of state
banks. Mr.. Halderman is to succeed
w. A. Hartwell, who resigned recently
on account of i'll health. The appoint
ment will take effect July l.
The corn acreage in Dawson county
is probably double what it was last
year, and is in first-class condition;
some fields a little weedy, but abun.
dance of rainfall since early in May,
and present prospects for corn and
spring grain were never better Pc
tatoes and garden crops also promise
an abundant yield. The acreage of
small grain is doubtless not over 20
per cent. of last years crop