Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-18
THE STATE IN A NUTSHELL.


orders to resume operations at the
Argo factory as soon as the machin-
cry can be got in readiness.
Whether money wagered on a horse
race and paid by the stakeholder to
one of the parties can be recovered
by the loser is the question involved
in a suit for SIS just started in justice
court in Fremont. The plaintiff is
John Burns and the defendant A. b.
Robertson. Both men live at Serb
ner.
Mortgages filed and released in
Sarpy county for the month of Jan
uary, 1904, are as follows: Farm
mortgages filed II, amounting to $14,-
250; released Z, amounting to S9032.
Town mortgages filed, none; released
1, amounting to $500. Chattel mort
cages filed 10, amounting to $7,470.05;
released 81, amounting to $17,0S7.52.
o. Beninghoven of st. Louis, is in
Kearney representing large manu-
featuring concern of that place. Mr..
Beninghoven is there looking over
the field with a view to establishing
an alfalfa mill for the purpose of
grinding alfalfa for the export market.
When the will gets to running regular
ly it is expected that two hundred
tons of alfalfa will be used weekly.
The supreme court declares that a
municipal corporation is liable on its
bond for all damages sustained by the
city by reason of the negligence of
agents of the corporation. On this
principle the suit of the Omaha Gas
company against the South Omaha
is affirmed. A citizen fell into an
open trench and recovered from the
city. The city sued the gas company,
and the supreme court says the cor
poration must pay.
A county judge has the authority of
a notary in taking dispositions and he
may commit a person to Jail for neg
lecting to appear at his order. The SUI
preme court makes this decision in
sustaining the action of Judge Edison
of Webster county Edison committed
Mr.. and Mrs. Olmstead to Jail while
settling up an estate. Their appeal
to the supreme court gave the judges
an opportunity to define the scope of
the powers of county Judge.
John Blair, who was tried at the
last term of the district court of York
county and found guilty of commit
ting statutory rape upon Beulah
Thomas and sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for three years, took an APP
peal to the supreme court and his
bond was fixed at $4,000. He sue
in, CT hot
amount and District Clerk Baker ap-
proved the bond. He will remain at
home now until the court reviews,
the case.
Diplomatic relations between educa-
tional departments of Nebraska and
Kansas have been broken off, and
war has been declared on Nebraska
teachers. State Superintendent Fow-
Ter has received word that state GER
tificates will not be honored in the
Sunfower state. and their holders
must pass examination in the common
branches. The trouble resulted from
the failure nj the Nebraska legisla-
ture to pass Wbill recognizing Kansas
state certificates.
John Mccormick convicted of MUIR
der at Nebraska City, has once more
appealed to the supreme court Nc
Cormick was convicted once before
and the supreme court reversed the
proceedings because the trial judge
had failed to ask the prisoner whether
or not be had anything to say before
sentence was pronounced This de-
feet was obviated, Mccormick was
sentenced to nineteen years and now
his attorney has once more appealed
to the supreme court
John T. Nelson has brought suit in
the district court at Columbus and
asks damages against the Union Pa
cific railroad company in the sum of
$4,000. He alleges that he was en-
ployed by the company in the capacity
of laborer and among other duties he
assisted in coaling engines at the
chutes Last November while put
ting coal on an engine, the engine
suddenly started and he was thrown
to the ground and sustained injuries
which have prevented him from work
ing since.
BEATRICE-The sum of $39S, 23397
was collected last year in taxes by
w. w. Wright, treasurer of Gage coun-
ty In 1902 the amount collected was
1924, 497.37, which shows an increase
of $73,S3660 in collections last year
over the previous year.
RED CLOUD-The funeral services
of Daniel and Alice Barker, the vic
tins of the February murder were
held here from the First Methodist
Episcopal church, conducted by Rev.
Hauptman of the Congregational and
Rev. Hutchins of the Methodist Epis-
copal churches. Long before the hour
for services to begin the church was
crowded to its utmost capacity. A
large crowd was here from Inavale.
w. r. Sapp died at his sisters
home in Washington, d. c. Mr. Sapp
was one of the founders of Wilcox,
NeDr., an eX-bankOr and owned LARGO