Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-08-18
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.


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The David City Chautauqua is prov
ing a great success.
A case of smallpox was reported at
Virginia, Gage county
Dodge county has organized an anti
horse stealing association.
Lincoln has commenced making
preparations for Labor day.
Seven persons were baptized in the
Missouri river at Plattsmouth.
The recent hailstor min Lincoln
county did much damage to crops.
o. p David is getting the Nemaha
county exhibit ready for the state fair.
The Auburn Canning company will
commence work about the 10th of this
month.
The wheat yield in Johnson county
this year will average ten bushels to
the acre.
Three thousand people were on the
grounds at the opening Of the Fremont
Chautauqna in Fremont.
The Otoe Poultry company Is en-
gagged in preparing a forty-acre tract
upon which to raise chickens.
Wayne people believe that they
have one of the best towns in the
state, both artistically and CONNER
cially.
Two hundred and ten acres of unim-
proved land five miles northeast of
Kearney was sold recently for ten
thousand five hundred dollars, or an
even fifty dollars an acre
From $500 to 1000 people partici-
pated in the annual meeting. and pic
mic of the Custer County Old Settlers
association at Broken Bow. ]. w. Dry
den of Kearney was orator of the day.
| Alma is to have an alfalfa meal fac
tory, with capacity of twenty-five
tons a day. This is expected to in
crease the local demand for alfalfa to
| such an extent as to raise the value of
alfalfa land in the vicinity.
News was received to the effect that
Charles inscott, a former employee of
the Burlington shops in P1attsmouth,
had one of his lower limbs blown off
as result of an explosion in the
Union Pacific shops at Omaha.
The barn of H. w. Shufeldt, farm
err residing two miles northeast Of
Friend, was burned The building
was well filled with hay and grain.
| The stock and tools therein were
saved.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state by
the San Jose Mining and Milling COM
pany of Albion and Los Angeles, Cal.
The incorporators are Raymond A.
Gardner and John P. Mccullough of
Albion.
While blowing in field, Ivan, son
of A. U. Marshall of this county, rolled
out a rattlesnake nest containing thir-
ty-two eggs. He killed the old one,
which had six rattles, and in the eggs
he found little snakes about three
inches long.
Thomas Haitian, residing about six
miles south of Edgar fell dead while
threshing wheat. He was in his usual
health, and had been feeding the ma
chine, and stepped down to get
drink of water, and while in the act
of taking a drink dropped dead.
M. Pellen, packing house striker,
and wife were struck by Union Pacific
passenger train No. IL, the Colorado
special, at point about half mile
east of Avery, about three and half
miles south of South Omaha. and In
stantly killed. Both were quite aged
people.
Sixty men, neighbors of Gerhard
Tieken of York county, are searching
cornfields, straw stacks and out-of-the-
way buildings hoping to find Tieken,
whom the neighbors believe has lost
his mind through the death of his
wife and Illness of his family. He has
been missing for some time.
The tenant house on H. e. Clarf's
farm, three miles northwest OF Stella,
burned. The house was occupied by
John Jenkins. The fire caught from
the kitchen f1ue.
The secretary of the state banking
board has authorized the Security
State bank of Plainyiew which is in
} corporated by NJ d. butcher, J. M.
butcher w. M. butcher, J. D. Dutch
} err and R. E. butcher. The new bank
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paid-up capital is $4,000.
: Henry Rhodes, a resident OF Hall
: county, south of Doniphan, attempted
suicide by taking three teaspoonfuls
of arsenic. He is 55 years OF age and
has wife and two sons. He was for
merly well to do, but recently had
, financial reverses, and took to drink
ing heavily, which is believed to have
caused the dependency.
Out of 800 people who Registered for
! claims on the Rosebud drawing eleven
Seward county people were winners.
, The highest number was 2l02. Dr.
, John Anderson of Seward and James
, Mahoney of Germantown drew Nos.
lS2 and 483. At SIS expense bin for
, the trip, Seward county spent $4,000
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