Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
THE STATE IN A NUTSHELL.

to be opened
The new Carnegie library at Bea-
trice has been formally opened.
Mrs Jerry Adams attempted to light
q fire with kerosene and was fatally
burned at Valley.
The Ancient Order of United Work.
men and the Degree of Honor held a
competitive drill and entertainment at
Harvard.
Miss Lucy Smith. employed at the
Fidelity laundry in Fremont, had one
of her hands badly burned in a piece
CT ironing machinery
Thieves visited the home of Frank
Thomas of Nebraska City and robbed
his cellar of it's contents. They car.
led off a wagon load of canned goods.
Rev. Henry B. Smith and family ar
rived in Falls City last week from
Fon du Lac, Wis. Rev. Smith comes
to take charge of the Episcopal
church in that place.
The mortgage record of Cunning
county for the last three weeks shows
mortgages filed during that period of
$4,000 and released $17,460. This is
about the proportion that the county
has steadily maintained for the last
three years.
February term of the district court
convened at Albion with Judge Paul
presiding. The docket contains turty.
five cases, most of which are civil, al
though there are four actions for the
violation of the Slocum law.
At Beatrice the jury in the case of
1onn A. Forbes, who brought suit for
$4,000 damages against the city of
Seatrice for injuries received by fall
ting on an lex walk, brought in YER
dict in favor of plaintiff for $3.50.
McKibben's store at Loretto, six
miles northwest of Albion, was broken
into by burglars and a quantity of
merchandise taken. The postotflce is
in the same building and clean
sweep of stamps and money belonging
to the office was made.
The announcement that the Bur-
lington contemplates the building OF
new line from Table Rock to Tope.
ka, Kans., thus connecting the CAPT
tails Of the sister states. coupled with
a revival of the talk in regard to the
removal of the railroad shops from
Wymore to Table Rock, seems to au-
ger boom for Table Rock.
The report of Game Warden Carter
for the year just passed shows that
during that time 3,744 resident licesses
were issued, being 800 more than were
ever issued before, and eighty-four for
eign licenses were issued at $40 each,
The commission cost the taxpayers
this year $1,000 and $1,000 of this
was for permanent repairs to the fish
hatcheriec.
j. B. Palmer, n retired farmer of
Fremont, was struck by train No. l
on the Union Pacific at a crossing two
miles west of Ames and sustained SER
ious injuries. He was driving an
empty wagon and evidently did not see
the train until it was almost upon
him. His left arm was broken, his
back hurt and he sustained other ser
ious injuries.
Among the opinions expected at the
close of the session of the supreme
court is one in the appeal of James
Robinson, sentenced to life imprison-
ment for murder in Mcpherson county.
The territory of Arthur and McPher-
son counties was consolidated and at
torneys have raised the technical
point that the murder was committed
in Arthur county.
DIR. Woodward, in consultation with
DR.. Gray of Osceola, who once had the
disease himself. decided that Charles
DevauX, the proprietor of the hotel,
at Shelby. has the smallpox. DevauX
was broken out and thought he had
the chickenpox. The local Board of
Health placed the family and some
OF the boarders under quarantine, and
displayed the red flag.
The Insurance department of the au-
'ditor's office is just now busy receiving
money for agents licenses and for tax,
es imposed on insurance companies.
Last month $4,000 was taken iii and
this month Deputy Pierce figures that
all of $4,000 will be paid in. Already
2, 500 agents licenses have been issu-
ed and it is believed the list will
be greatly increased over last year.
The members of the Dutch Reform
ed church OF Holland would like to
know who is going TO pay for their
costly glass window, stained AMI
adorned in the latest fashion. 1t was
unloaded and allowed to rest against
the depot wall at Holland. William
Wilson's COW got on the track and the
train that doesn't shop at Holland
threw the animal through the Grated
glass.
Hon. G. A. Luikhart of Norfolk was
dangerously, and maybe fatally, hurt
NY being run down by a horse. He
was lodging to get ont of the way of
one team and stepped directly in front
OF an oncoming spirited horse, He
was kNoked down ana badly trampled
about the face and head, his cheeks
being cut into shreds by the sharp
calks on the horses shoes and his
skull penetrated by one Ii is also