Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-01-28
THE STATE IN BRIEF.

at his home in Albion last week.
Dodge county will spend $4,000 more
for bridges this year than last The
cost of bridge work for the year is
estimated by the board of supervisors
at $4,000.
While Jacob Bauer, living two
miles south of Blue Springs. was
Smelling corn his foot was caught in
the gearing, MASKING it so that ampu-
tation was necessary.
The case Of the state VS.. Lou L.
Woodruff has been on trial in the
district court at York. The jury after
being out two days and nights could
not agree and Judge Evans discharged
them.
The Omaha Gas company paid
royalty of $15,4O6 into the city treas
ury for the privilege of doing bust
ness in 1903. This amount is $1132
more than last year and the largest
in history
Rising City will have another bank
ing institution in the near future. the
| organization Of which was made last
| week. 1t will be known as the farm
ers' State bank of Rising City Ne
! braska, with an authorized capital
of $4,000.
John Romberg, living eight miles
west of Pender, while driving cattle
near his farm fell under his saddle
horse and fractured one of his legs
in three places. Althouh a serious
! injury. the leg will not have to be
amputated.
The state banking board has turned
down proposition of the Hathron
Mutual company of Minneapolis to as
sumo the obligations of the Debore
Diamond company. This latter CON
Germ was a tOntine company and the
board held that the first named was
too much on the same order.
William Ernst, leading stocliman
at Tecumseh, has bought the mother
Of challenger" the Chicago prize
! winning steer, of Lawrence Murphy
west of town. and the COW is being
shipped to Lincoln, where she will
be used at the state experimental
farm for judging purposes. The farm
bought the animal
Guy l.. Cooper and w. II. Williams,
two well known young men of Hum
boldt, have about completed arrange
ments to accompany a party of Old
World tourists in charge of a state
university professor. They expect to
leave in the early summer and visit
the principal points of interest on the
European continent during their three
months absence,
City Clerk r. H. Burke of Beatrice
has received word of the death of his
brother, Alvin Burke, which occurred
at Los Angeles, Cal, on January II.
Mr.. Burk was born in Beatrice forty
three years ago. For time he was
engaged in the printing business
there, but later went to Wyoming
where he contracted the disease
which caused his death.
The Dwight State bank of Dwight
is new institution that was author.
lied to do business by the state bank
ing board. Its capital stock is $4,000.
Charles a. Erickson, a wealthy
farmer and son of j. w. Erickson,
living seven miles north of Oakland,
committed suicide at his fathers home
by shooting himself through the
brain with a 32-calbre revolver
The OsCeola auditorium is nearly
completed and will be one of the best
buildings of the kind in the state. 1t
will be opened the first of next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. MerWin came
to Fremont and stopped at hotel.
Next morning Mr. Merwin was gone.
He left a letter to his wife stating
that he was going away and would
never live with her again, and enclos.
ed $3.50.
Burt county's rural carriers chaI.
lenge the world to beat S. A. Bryant
run Saturday last. He made his
route, twenty-threc miles and forty
four boxes, in less than three hours
on his bicycle leaving the Office at
8 o'clock a. m. and reaching the office
at 1l:45 a. IN.
Joseph w. Woodrough of Omaha
has asked the supreme court for an
injunction to prevent the treasurer
and county commissioners of Doug.
las county from collecting taxes un.
der what is known as the scayenger
tax law enacted by the late legisla,
ture. He also asks that they be re-
strained from spending any of the
money of Douglas county to enforce
the law, holding that it Is unconsti.
tutiOnal.
Diller is said to have a new bank
with a capital stock of $4,000. 1t
was authorized by the state banking
board. The incorporators are A. May
born, J. i. Bell, O. J. Eayborn, j. w
Touts, William Sparks, John Trim, b.
/. Tillingham, w. G. Smith and j. G.
Medley. At Prague the bank has in
creased its capital stock from $1,000
to $4,000 and at Hebron the bank OF
Thayor county has increased its caIb
itaI stock from $500 to $4,000.
Coroner Thurston returned to Bur.
well from the northeastern part Of the
| county where he was called to hold