Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.

his position last week Sheriff II. c.
Hamlin will do all the work alone.
According to the report of Supcrn.
tendent Hayward of the Kearney In.
dustrial school, the total enrolment
during the last month was 1866, and
at the end of the month it was 151.
w. II. Sperry of Weeping Water
was in the vicinity of Papillion look
ing for a stolen team. Bloodhounds
had traced the thieves to the Buffalo
school house, where the trail had
Deen. doubled back to Louisville. The
horses We're found tied near Weeping
Water in a thicket
DR.. j. II. Crabbs, one of the oldest
physicians in that part of the state,
died at Fremont of general debility
at the age of &c. He was a native of
Ohio. He practiced his profession in
that state for about ten years and in
1864 came to Nebraska, locating at
Fontanelle. A year or so later he
came to Fremont.
The new railroad Young Mems
iii lSlltlll dSoONldNlJi DullhlIS at NiloN-
ron was dedicated last Sunday. The
new structure is a fine three-story
brick, and when the finishing touches
have been put on It will have cost
about $4,000. 1t is the finest asso,
citation building in the state consider
ing the size of the town.
Mary A. Manner of Lincoln filed a
$4,000 damage suit in the district
court against a number of Lincoln
saloon men. She claims that the IL
quor dealers are financially RESPONSE
bic for the alleged cruelty and de.
bauchery of her husband, Eugene N.
Manner, against whom she recently
brought suit for divorce.
Rev. w. NJ HOWE, pastor of the
United Presbyterian church of ALI
ance, died of la grippe. after an i'll
ness of but ten days, aged 5S years.
Before coming to Alliance Rev. HOWE
officiated in New York. Chicago, Sc
attic, Lawrence and Garland, Kan,
in all of which places he leaves be
hind monuments of his untiring zeal
as a faithful pastor, covering a pc
Rod of more than thirty years.
County Assessor Teegarden Of Cass
county is engaged in securing a list
of all mortgages on file in Cass
county. He estimates that the total
amount of unreleased mortgages will
be close to 100000. 1t is safe to say
that many have been paid, but
!,
not been released. Unless they are
released very soon they will be as
sessed as tax against the property.
1t is requested ii all horsemen who
expect to make an exhibit at the st.
Louis exposition and wish to take adj
vantage of free transportation from
Lincoln to st. Louis and return, fur
nished by the commission, that they
file their applications for such provi.
sions with o. E. Mickey, secretary,
at Oscoola, Neb., stating breed, sex
and age of each entry. The Commits
sion and Live Stock association will
endeavor to provide a committee to
examine and pass upon the available
ity of these entries as soon as pos
sible.
Mrs. o. S. Ward of Lincoln was
saved probably from a horrible death
by the presence of mind of her 10
year-old daughter, Gertrude Reh-
laender. Mrs. Ward was lighting
gasoline stove when the sulphur on
the match flew off and ignited the
bottom of her skirt. Almost instant
ly the blaze flared up and she was
enveloped in flames. The daughter,
who was in an adjoining room,
promptly threw pitcher of water on
her mother and then followed the
deluge with couple of blankets,
smothering the fire.
Rev. Joseph Underwood, whose
step-daughter stated that he was the
father of her child, has received a
complete vindication at the hands of
the girl and at the hands of his flock,
composing the membership of 1t
Zion church in Lincoln,
The report of the Home for the
Friendless filed with the secretary of
state shows that during the last
month there was received STA and
there was expended $1OO.31, The
home already had $1O5.45 on hand,
so it is still to the good 1914.
The body of Corinnee Jarmin, the
15year-old daughter of w. j. Jarmin
OF Fremont, who was drowned in the
Platte river on New Years day, was
found last week by Carl, the fisher
man, and Luther Normal. They were
out in a boat on the river and saw
something just underneath the sur
face of the water that appeared to
be stationary. They Immediately
rowed to it and found it TO be the
body of the dead girl. 1t was in
about three feet Of water on the bot
tom and not more than 800 feet from
where she disappeared through the
ice.
State Treasurer Mortensen mas is
sued a call for $4,000 warrants num-