Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-08-25
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.

mated at 500.
A far-reaching cattle quarantine will
soon be established upon the territory
of the northwest, beginning either at
oakdale or at O'Neill, and running
west. The exact line has not yet been
determined.
During a heavy electrical storm at
! Ashland at 1880 in the morning, Mrs.
| H. G. Henry discovered a man stand
ing within three feet of her bed. She
screamed and the burglar retreated,
securing no booty.
The executive committee of, the
Otoe County Old Settlers association
has made arrangements to hold the
thirty-seventh annual picnic in Morton
Park on Monday, September 5. Com
mittees have been appointed to COM
plete the final arrangements.
Captain Ashby, an attorney of Be
atrice, was in Lincoln and made APP
plication for the pardon of Kelley and
| Himebarger, two boys sent UP from
| Wymore to serve three years in the
penitentiary for highway robbery.
| They have served but one year.
Some twenty-five of the heavy tax
payers of Nemaha county filed with
the county board a protest against
running upon the tax list the per
cent increase on the valuation made
by the state board of equalization and
certified by it to the county clerk Of
the county.
A Lingle, employed on hay press
ing machine in Otoe county, sustained
terribly crushed foot while feeding
hay into the machine. The hay got
caught in the wheels and he tried to
push it in with his right foot, which
was caught by the cogs and the bones
were crushed.
Quite a strife is being cried on at
Thurston by parties interested in the
saloon business. The township has
only sixteen freeholders., One man
has secured the signatures of five of
them already and the other parties
say they will stay in the fight, and if
necessary put in another saloon.
Miss Francis Knight Wilson of Ne
braska City has been engaged for the
coming season to sing the prima donna
role in the comic opera 1.-THE Tender
foot" She will commence rehearsals
in Chicago in two weeks. Miss Will
son was the leading woman in 'The
Chinese Honeymoon" company last
season.
John Robertson of North Bend was
found lying alongside the tracks of
the Union Pacific railroad near that
city in a partially unconscious condi-
ton, with some bad cuts and bruises
on his head and body. A partly empty
whisky flask was in his pocket and it
is supposed that while intoxicated he
was walking along the tracks and was
struck by a passing train. He will
probably died,
Myron, the 3-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter l.. Thomas of Platts-
mouth, died from the effects of arsen-
ical poisoning. While the other men,
bers of the family were absent from
the house the little one awoke and
mounted high-chair near cupboard.
Reaching the door-latch, he opened
the cupboard and took therefrom two
rat-biscuits, which he ate, with results
before indicated.
During a heavy hail storm at Ne
braska City thousands of sparrows
were killed. Under tree at the home
of Mrs. e. Krebs over 200 sparrows
were found dead and many other citi-
zens say large number of sparrows
were found dead under trees in their
yards. The trees were not struck by
lightning and the hail stones in the
city did little damage and people are
at loss to account for the wholesale
sle-ghter of these little birds.
The Lexington Chautauqua opened
with good attendance.
A storm near Wayne did much dam
age to crops.
The other day stranger appeared
in the bank at Tamora and offered his
card, saying he was bank examiner
and wished to examine the books.
He said he had just finished examin-
ing the Utica bank. His general ap-
pearance aroused suspicion, and he,
noticing this, ran out of the bank and
caught the eastbound B. & M. train
Word was sent to Seward and the
sheriff took him from the train when
it reached there, and he was lodged in
Jail.
County Assessor Flaherty OF Nance
county came to Lincoln last week to
explain to the state board of equaliza-
ton the discrepancy of $3.50, 1866 in the
valuation of his county. 1t develops
that the county board in equalizing
decreased farm real estate and some
town property 16 per cent. The
county assessor in making out the alb
stract for the guidance of the board,
used the original figures returned to
him by the deputy assessors. These
figures were fooled up in the Office of
the secretary of the hoard