Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-22
STATE NOTES.

golden wedding.
The White Shield League is the
name of new temperance organiza-
ton effected at Humboldt
A party of twenty-eight residents
of Tecumseh have chartered coach
and will spend the winter months In
California
Typhoid fever has become quite pre-
valent in and about Papillion. Severe
cases are reported in different parts
of the county.
Miss Bertha Shelp. a well known
young woman of Tecumseh, was bit
ten on the cheek by vicious horse
and the flesh was considerably LAGER
ated
At Lincoln the Burlington confessed
judgment for $1,000 for the death of
Arthur Mari Daisy Mari, the widow,
bringing the suit. Mari was killed
near Louisville some time ago.
The dead body of Welcome David
son, aged Go, was found in a field near
Foster. The dead mans face was hor-
ribly gashed and his feet were en-
tangled in straps.
State Treasurer Mortensen has
closed a contract with three bond
companies to furnish him a 81 100000
bond at a cost of $4,000, the same as
the bond cost last year.
The Mcdonald Mercantile com
pany's store at Meadow Grove was
entered by burglars. -Four coats, silk
skirts and waists were taken of the
value of about $1,000.
Tecumseh is to have the fifth rural
mail route. 1t will be established on
January 2, 1905, and will run east
from that city. The route will be
twenty-five miles in length.
Frank Bonner, convicted of cattle
stealing in the district court, broke
Jail at Neigh. He was confined in the
corridor and pried off the bars of the
windows with an iron stove shaker.
A new manufacturing company
known as the Triple Heating Stove
and Gas Trap, has been organized in
Beatrice. The company has been in
corporated with a capital stock of
100000.
While on a hunting expedition near
Springfield, George Bartels, young
lad, was accidentally shot by John
Dolley. Bartels received the contents
Of shot gun at close range, but was
not severely injured.
The night operator OF the Union
Pacific Railroad company at LeXing-
ton, was held up about o'clock in
the morning by a stranger putting
gun through the ticket window and
demanding all of the cash, about $50.
The large Touring mill at Holmes
Vile, which was partially destroyed
by the cyclone Of last summer which
swept over that section of the coun-
ty, Is now In full blast, the building
having been overhauled and repainted
and new machinery installed.
Dave Rogers, a 1G-year-old boy of
Saunders county, while hunting, got
Ice in the barrel of his gun and when
he shot 1t burst, knocking him sense
| less, He lay for some time, as he was
alone. When found he was still I'M
conscious and remained so for some
time.
James Yaryer of Fremont, was prob
ably fatally injured while attending
his duties at Nye-Schneider-Fow
company's elevator b. Yaryer's right
leg became entangled in a coil of rope
attached to a steam shovel, and the
result was that She limb was terribly
mangled.
According to the quarterly report
Of Secretary Royse of the state bank
Ing board, loans have increased since
the last report and deposits have de-
creased. This is supposed to be due
to the action of farmers in withdraw
Ing money for running expenses while
/ holding their grain and stock for the
higher winter markets.
Nebraska is able to pour forth on
foreign foe 1875 able bodied mill
tiamen in case of necessity. This does
not include returns from Blaine, Boyd
| Greeley and Mcpherson counties,
| whose county clerks have absolutely
refused to comply with the law and
send reports to Adjutant General ].
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There are being fed in the vicinity
of Schuyler $4,000 head of sheep and
1,6OO head of cattle by various in
diyiduals and companies. The amount
Of corn required for this amount of
live stock, about 1900 bushels per
day together with the normal amount
used daily by our local millers, the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Co, $500 makes
total daily requirement of some
thing like 1000 bushels.
A Mr. Vohland, a farmer residing
near Shelton, arose the other morn.
ing to find his best team. two fine,
heavy draft horses, and wagon, valued
at nearly $500, gone. The team was
traced in the direction of Grand Is
land, and finally was found near Aida
in corn field, where it is supposed
to have been left by the thief or
thieves, to be secured the next night
and driven further out of the country.