Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-05-19
THE STATE IN BRIEF.

received a new hook and ladder truck
from the factory at Chicago.
Farmers claim that never in the
history of Fillmore county was the
prospect of the wheat crop better than
today.
E. d. Hall, an employee in the Bur
lington shops at Alliance, who became
violently insane, was taken to the asy-
lum at Lincoln by Sheriff Reed.
The vicinity of Plymouth, Jefferson
county, was visited by a cloudburst
and it is estimated that between three
and four inches of water fell in short
time.
John Casebcer, an old citizen of
Blue Springs and father of James
Casebeer, editor of the Sentinel. has
been adudged insane and sent to the
| asylum.
Two hundred and fifty head of cattle
owned by w. A. Washington and Fred
Nichols of Beatrice, were taken to
Fairbury, near which place they will
be pastured the coming season.
Following is a copy of the mortgage
| Indebtedness record for the month of
April, 1894, for Platte county: Twenty
eight farm mortgages filed, SOS ,42135;
thirty-eight released, 500 64S.75.
In the contest between the Leider-
kranz and Elks' Whist clubs of Grand
Island, covering the last three weeks,
the former won $3.50 tricks and the
Elks 1929, the Leiderkran2 winning
the series by thirty points.
Earl, the 10-year-old son of w. Z.
Marts. who lives on the Weller farm
a mile south of Stella. met with a
severe accident. He ran into a wire
fence that had been built that morn
ing and tore the flesh to the bone
across the cheek requiring a number
| of stitches to close the wound.
c. I. j. Barker o. David City has
secured a patent on a weed eXter-
minator which seems to be a success.
1t is constructed very much on the
plan of a lawn mower with a revolv-
| ing reel of sharp meal cutters, which
pass obliquely over a cutting blade
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the frame.
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The state game warden was at
Franklin with a deputy and made six
arrests. The Burlington has a gang
of Italians there laying new steel and
| they have been hunting evenings and
Sundays, killing rabbits for their
meals. AS they are not residents of
the county and failed to get a license
their hunting was illegal.
Frank Morehouse of Dodge county
has just marketed the last of his flock
of 2,400 sheep, which he fed during the
past winter The animals averaged
131 pounds and topped the market at
$50. Mr.. Morehouse finds that his
flock put on an average of thirty-one
pounds of flesh during the winter and
produced an average Of eight pounds
of wool.
]. T. Aiken farme" who lives in
Vesta precinct, Johnson county, lost
his barn by fire. BY prompt work on
the part of the members of his family
and a few neighbors the horses and
harness were gotten out of the burning
building and the flaues were prevent
ed from spreading to nearby corncrib.
The barn, with considerable grain and
hay, was lost. Cause of fire unknown.
Sheriff Carrig is gathering strong
evidence against James Kelley who is
in jail in Columbus charged with the
murder of Arthur Snowden in Hum
phrey township plast March. Sheriff
Summons of Kearney was in Columbus
and says there is no possible doubt
that the murdered man was Snowden
and that Snowdec parents have made
the identification positive
The enforcement of the scavenger
law in Washington county is bringing
to light many hundreds of dollars in
back taxes, which all the land holders
are willing to pay in order to make
their land clear, but in many instances
the interest is ten times as much as
the principal and in some cases it is
working hardships on innocent pur-
chasers.
Lincoln lawyers are preparing a bill
to present to the nett Legislature,
which, it is claimed will effectually
prevent the money sharks of cities
from preying on the necessities of the
poor. In Lincoln and Omaha fragrant
cases of eXtOrtiOn have been uncOv-
cred and the bill will prescribe a fine
and jail sentence for usury in short,
time loans. At present a conviction
limits punishment to a loss of interest
At the annual meeting of the Beat
rice board of education the reports
showed that the total enrolment OF
the city schools is 2,2l3. The secre.
tary's report shows the total receipts
for the year were $3.50 ,Sl4.33; disburse
ments, S37 1SSS7; net floating indebt-
edness, $24,G24.20 A compiled report
of state schools shows that Beatrice
pays better salaries than the average
to its teachers.