Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-27
NEBRASK STATE NEWS
NEBRASKA BRIEFS.

new wheat INTO Beatrice brought
S41s cents.
Simeon S. Baker, the oldest citizen
of David City, died last week.
The state republican convention
meets in Lincoln September Ia.
The old settlers picnic will be held
at Union, Cass county August IS and
10.
William Majors, young man in the
Sutton News office, lost the thumb of
his right hand while working on job
press.
McCook is preparing for great
street fair and carnival to be held in
September.
At Pierce a stranger held up Mrs.
G. w. Golf and took from her $40. The
rascal escaped.
The total assessed valuation of per-
sonal property in The city of Beatrice
for the year 1905 is $1,91S,4S0.
David Smith, ST., one of the pioneer
farmers of Seward county, passed
away July 3, of heart trouble.
Albert Easter, aged 10 years, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alder. Easter, of FIRE.
mont, was drowned in the Platte river
while swimming.
j. w. Robinson of Plattsmouth, who
was injured by toy pistol while cele.
brating on the Fourth, is now critic
ally i'll with lockjaw.
The ]. B. Durland farm of 400
acres, near Staplehurst, has been pur-
chased by Mr.. Jacobs, the banker Of
that town, for 100000.
BY the blowing up Of boiler on a
thresher machine engine on the farm
of Fred Keikner, near Johnson, three
men were seriously injured.
An employee of the railroad was run
over by a handcar near Wood River
and had his right leg broken and was
bruised badly about the head
Clyde Wright, young man who was
being taken to the reform school at
Kearney, jumped from the window Of
toilet room on fast train in Sew
ard county and escaped.
Earl Noyd, the 3-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. r. S. Noyd, living two miles
west of Stromsburg, was accidentally
killed by his 5-year-old brother while
playing with a shotgun.
Hans Hanson, an unmarried man of
about forty years, and brother of Chris
Hanson, a we'll known farmer living
north of Hardy, killed himself by
shooting the top of his head off.
At Tecumseh the case of incest
against August Schroeder was dismiss
ed in the county court, Mrs. Schroeder
coming into court and swearing that
the victim, his supposed daughter, Is
not his daughter
At Plattsmouth complaint has been
| filed in county court against l.. Bare
| lay, saloon keeper, charging viola
ton of the Slocumb law by selling
liquor to James Jones, a minor. The
information in the case was furnished
by the mother of the boy.
! Louie Kohrell, a farmer residing
south of Plattsmouth, killed timber
rattlesnake which measured five feet
in length and twelve inches in circum-
| ference. When killed it was found
that the snake had a full sized gray
|
What is believed to have been the
body of a floater was seen in the river
by several citizens of Plattsmouth as
it fioated down the stream. 1t was
quite dark at the time, and as there
was no boat near at hand. no effort
was made to investigate the discovery.
Owing to recent very disastrous
floods the wagon bridge over the Re-
publican river at Franklin was en-
tirely carried away and the bridge at
Napome so badly damaged that it was
impossible to cross. The board of SUI
pervisors have arranged for their re-
construction.
Frank Dolezal and McNish & Ora
ham have brought suit against the
Standard Cattle company Of Dodge
county for $4,000 attorney fees. They
were attorneys for the company in the
protracted litigation growing out of
the cutoff bitches in the vicinity of
Ames, which resulted in victory for
the company. and now allege that the
defendant will not pay them for the
full value of their services.
, Through her efforts to save COM
panion while bathing in the Elkhorn
river, Eva Beard. aged 20 years, was
drowned near Stanton. A camping
party was out and number of young
girls went bathing in the shallow
waters of the Elkhorn near a deep
! hole. Lou Underburg got beyond her
depth and Miss Beard went to heI
, assistance, and while thus engaged
| went down, The Underburg girl was
rescued.
Figures taken from the records OF
the county clerks office show the as
5 sessed valuation of lands in Gage
county this year to be $4,919,852; as
= sessed valuation of railroads, $1,444,
| 036; household goods, $1O4,625; mum
Der of horses in Gage county, 17,104
valued at 1921, O59; cattle, 37949, val
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