Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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property.
The State Banking board denied
the application of the Farm Land
Investment company of Omaha to do
business in the state.
The members of the Tecumseh
| Christian church have called Elder G.
| w. Cooper of Hartford, Kan, TO the
pastorate there to serve half time.
The Germans of the Lutheran faith
have just completed a substantial
church four miles south of Grafton.
| The church was dedicated Sunday.
Thirty-three of the thirty-five coun
ty assessors of Gage county met with
County Assessor w. w. Scott and dis
cussed the new revenue law as it per.
| tains to assessments.
A. X. Smith of Brainard sold to
Joseph Moravec ana Jacob Soliup four
hundred and eighty acres of land in
Richardson township for Szo,750. This
land is but little improved.
Josephine. the wife OF Joseph
Steele, of Falls City, died several da:A
| ago in Chicago after long illness
following a surgical operation. She
A movement is on foot to organize
building and loan association in Te
cumseh and indications have it the
plan will be successful. Something
over 200 shares have already been
subscribed.
Word was received at Elk CreE
that Harvey Alspoch, a young man
residing east of that place with his
brother in Nemaha county met with
serious accident by having his foot
caught in a horse power.
At mass meeting of voters in TIE.
cumseh it was decided to give the
| license question a direct vote at the
coming municipal election. Two can.
didates were chosen for each of the
offices to be filed and party politics
will play no part in the election.
j. l.. McLain, young mechanic
who came to Humboldt during the
winter and opened blacksmith shop,
quietly took his departure the other
day without informing any of his
creditors and friends of his intention
The barn, cattleshed, granary and
corncrib belonging to j. A. McLaugh-
lin, one mile west of Edgar, took fire
and were entirely consumed. The fire
is supposed to have been set by
sparks from the engine of freight
train.
The coming of spring will mark the
Inauguration OF a building boom in
Humboldt and present indications are
that more business blocks will be
erected than have been put up during
any year recently. Material is al
ready on the ground for some of the
| structures.
The county commissioners of Col
fax county have employed an auditor
to go through the county books, re-
curing him to file bond for the
correct and faithful performance of
the work in the sum of $4,000. Frank
e. Moore has just completed such
auditing of the records of eX-Treas-
urer F. w. Shonka
Carbolic acid was the method and
a Northwestern refrigerator car the
place chosen by Douglas w. Edwards,
Familiarity known to his friends as
Pete" in a successful attempt to
end his life at Fremont He drank
the liquid at 1855 and died within
half an hour thereafter, He was mar
died and leaves a wife and two chill
dren.
G.. Vincent, a representative of the
Farmers Cooperative Elevator COM
pany, has organized branch of the
association at Davey and also one at
Prairie Home. At Davey he secured
fifty-five members and $1,700 was sub
, scribed. Mr.. Vincent said that the
, Havelock association had marketed
, $4,000 bushels of wheat since IS or
ganization and had saved the mem
bership $500.
j. III. Ludwick, a pioneer furniture
dealer of McCooll, was found dead in
bed Deceased had been in poor
health for months, but was feeling
quite well upon retiring. Heart dis.
| ease was cause OF sudden demise.
Following is a summary of the
mortgages filed and released in Col
fax county during tne month of Feb
ruary: Farm mortgages filed, 30
amounting to S67l3O; released, IA
amounting to S13,232.31. Town and
r city mortgages fled 10, amounting to
{ $50SS; released, II, amounting to S.,
+ 072.62. Chattel mortgages filed, %
: amounting to $S,256,25 released, IT,
J. amounting to S2,95S,62.
Diving through a plate glass win
dow, Virgil Kelley, a man of 20 years
attempted to escape from the store
of the Sprague Drug company, Lin
s coin, at an early hour He was
: caught rihing the cash drawer by w
g X. Sprague who had stood guard over
n the store during the night, suspectine
e that burglars had designs on the
e place, The police were called and
y after an exciting chase, Kelley was