Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-08-31
OVER THE STATE.

uSpOJ AT ruilSTlOu.
Seven new rowboats have been or
dered by telegraph for Wood River
lake, near Shelton.
The Sarpy County Old Settlers as
ISOLATION claims the oldest man in the
state, Hon. James Cow of Bellevue
Mr.. Cow is in his oath year, hale and
hearty.
Sixteen new residences have been
built in Wood River since January
and Il is probable that eight or ten
more will be erected before next jan
uary.
The Union Pacific's motor car
passed through Wood River on its
way to Galloway, where 1t commences
its regular run on the Black Hills
| branch.
During q thunderstorm lightning
struck the grain stacks Of l.. L. Hardy
farmer living onehalfNmile west of
Blue Springs, burning them to the
ground.
The contractor for the chapel-gym-
nasium building for the State Normal
school at Peru has greatly increased
his force Of workmen In order to fin
ish the building by August 81.
The rush for one-section land at the
land office in North Platte is practic-
ally over now, although q few entries
are made each day. About one hun
dred and fifty sections were filed all
together.
The twehty-fourth annual reunion
Of the Pioneers and Old Settlers as
ISOLATION and the semi-centennial cell
ebration Of the first settlement Of Da-
kota county, will be celebrated Au-
gust 31st.
A long felt want In Oakland of
good hotel will be realized when the
Crane opens for business under the
management of A. A. Stewart. The
building has been newly furnished
throughout
In the village OF Osceola the taxes
this year will be higher than ever be-
fore. The whole levy, state, county,
village, with the school district, will
be 621A mills.
At Fremont Charles Herforth, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Max Herforth, was
severely bitten by vicious dog. A
physician found 1t necessary to take
five stitches in one wound in the boys
face
Clarence Lash, the 13-year-old son
OF ]. o. Lash, who lives southeast Of
Beatrice, was badly hurt by the ex-
plosion of dynamite cartridge. He
was playing at a sand bank where
some workmen had dropped cart
ridge while engaged in blasting
George futile, who was brought to
Beatrice from Salem by Deputy
United States Marshal Homan, charg-
ed with selling liquor without gov
eminent license, was given a hearing
and bound over to the federal court.
l.. G.. Larson of Plattsmouth has
been notified that he has been award
ed the contract for the construction
of the new power house at the Battle
Mountain sanitarium at Hot Springs,
S. D. There were six bidders in all,
Mr.. Larsons bid being S16,529
Preparations are being made for
the feeding Of large number of
sheep at Wood River. Already many
of the feeders are figuring with the
sheepmen of the southwest. The al.
falfa crop has been fine and the pros
poets for large crop Of corn are so
good that successful season for the
sheepmen Is assured.
Earl Bushman of Columbus, q young
man, met with an accident which will
lay him up for some time. He was
trimming up some trees which had
been blown down by the storm, when
the AK glanced and struck him in the
left foot. Two toes were severed as
neatly as a surgeon could do it, and
another was left hanging by mere
thread of flesh.
At meeting of the county commits
sioners of Red Willow county the
matter of the protest against the al
lowance Of assistance from the coun
ty to the fair was considered and the
contest settled in favor of the agri
cultural society, which will receive
about $500 from the county treasury
and will hold fair in Indianola, com
mencing September 26, and ending
September 30.
Thirty-fve patients from the Lin
coin insane asylum were transferred
to the Norfolk asylum over the North
western railroad. The patients are
those properly belonging to the par
of the state supplied by the Norfoll
institution. All insane patients sen
to the asylum from the South Platte
country in the future will go to Lin
coin, while those from north of thu
Platte will go to Norfolk.
Democrats of the state of Nebraski
are called to meet in convention a
the Auditorium in the city Of Lincoll
on Wednesday, September 20, 1905, a
o'clock in the afternoon, for tn
: purpose of nominating candidates 70
the following offices, to be voted 70
at the general election to be he'll