Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-03
TIE STATE IN A NUTSHELL.

organization OF commercial CluD
has been perfected ut Beatrice.
A series of revival meetings have
been inaugurated in Columbus.
Steps are being taken to provide
new court house for Burt county.
Mrs. Paul Schmicke of Nebraska
City was seriously burned by a gas
explosion.
Revival services have commenced
In Table Rock and will be continued
for some time.
At Beatrice John Iacliubofsliy, a Po
lander was sentenced TO thirty days
in the county Jail for beating his
wife.
Charles Hagedorn OF Papillion lost
one of his large stations, the animal
dying of lung trouble. It's value was
$4,000
Mrs Prof. Graham of Papillion COM
pletely severed tendon in her wrist
by falling upon a piece of broken
china. The injury is severe.
Marcel. | the free rural delivery sys
TEN of Adams county will be extended
by the installation Of seven new
routes from the following centers:
Two from Juniata. two from Kenesaw.
one each from Roseland Ay" and Hol
stein.
Antoine Sacks, an S-year-old boy, re-
siding at sos North Twelfth street,
Omaha, was run over by rig driven
by Frank c. Egan and received in,
juries which resulted in his death
Egan was arrested on charge of as
sault.
State Treasurer Mortersen has I'M
der advisement an offer from the
county board of Burt county to pur-
chase $4,000 in bonds issued for the
building OF court house. He is fav-
orably impressed with the offer and
will probably purchase the bonds. The
interest rate is per cent
Mrs. Julia Smith, shot by a man
named Sigler at st. Louis, was for
mcrly resident of Lincoln. In that
city she lived with her husband near
Twentieth and n streets, She created
a sensation by digging the sum of
S1,4S6 up from the cellar floor, de-
Claring that her husband was cruel
and starting a divorce suit. She was
allowed to retain the money and soon
after left the city.
Mrs. Henry Schneider, aged forty
iva years. wife OF farmer livin~ ~
Washington county a mile and a half
from Fontanelle, died, following an
accident which made necessary the
amputation of an arm. She was
working near feed grinder when the
limb was caught between two cog
wheels, breaking the bones twice above
and twice below the elbow. Blood
poisoning and death resulted. -,,,,-,
Attorney General Prout has gone to
Washington, where he will defend the
right of Nebraska to Island precinct,
a piece of territory isolated from Ne.
maha county by the Missouri river.
The commissioners appointed by the
court completed their labors in De
cember and the attorney general
claims the evidence in the case is faV'
orable to Nebraska and against the
contentious of the Missouri attorneys.
The case will be heard in the United
States supreme court.
Butte is looking forward to large
growth this year. Thirty business
houses and residences will be built the
coming summer, and the town is now
recognized as the largest in North
west Nebraska and the business cen
ter for a large territory. drawing ter
ritory from Holt. Gregory and Keya
Paha counties. The large Touring
mill and electric plant operated by
c. A. Johnson and Picker, is running
both day and night. 1t also furnishes
the electric lights for Butte. A court
house will be built early in the
spring.
Andy Mann, a business man Of Hast
ings, came home from Mlnden with
the bone of his leg fractured just
above the ankle joint, which he re.
ceiyed by fall,
The Argo starch factory at Nebras-
ka City has commenced operations
and will begin grinding corn. The full
force will be employed by March and
a steady run is expected.
William Bearinger, who had been in
the asylum at Lincoln about three
months, returned To Orchard last
week, and attempted suicide by chok
ing himself with a belt. He will be
returned to Lincoln.
Conductor Radcliffe of the Ord
branch passenger train had an expert
ence the other evening while bring
ing his train down from Valley county
which caused the passengers in the
first coach to think that possibly the
Russian navy was in the vicinity The
fuses and torpedOes on hand in the
baggage coach suddenly began to dis.
charge without just cause or proyoca-
ton and ii was necessary to stop the
train and apply all the crew toward
putting out the fire, The flames were
extinguished and no serious damage
was done.
At its session recently the county
board of Hall county by unanimous
vote adopted a resolution calling for