Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-04
OVER THE STATE.

A fine team of horses was stolen
from Frank Olesen at Grand Island.
Norfolk officials have decided that
saloons must be tightly closed on Sun
day.
At Grand Island last week quar-
scarlet fever.
The friends of Geo. w. Marsh of
Richardson county are booming him
for congress.
Congregations of the various
churches in Wahoo Joined In union
services for one week.
Little girls playing with matches re-
suited in the burning of two haystacks
for L. G.. Sack of Cass county.
The Fremont Commercial club is
making preparations for it's annual
banquet to be held on May Is.
Mrs. Hattie Orowchow of Fremont
attempted suicide by poison, but
physician arrived in time to SAVE her.
John Beal of Broken Bow was
thrown from a horse receiving a
broken collar bone and other ini~ries.
During a high wind in Nemaha
county a number of corn cribs were
blown over. Several windmills were
also blown down.
The town of Florence, Douglas
county, has organized an Improvement
club and propose to get busy in be-
half of that thriving burg.
Although the early fruit and vageta-
ton was somewhat damaged by the
severely cold weather and frosts, yet
the prospect is fair for a good crop
in Pawnee county.
The Security Fire Insurance com
pany of Baltimore has received from
the insurance department of the audi
tors Office license to operate in Ne
braska during the coming fiscal year
The company has a capital stock of
100000
The preliminary hearing of Scott
Haddix, charged with killing Melvin
Butler April 16, was resumed before
County Judge Armour at Broken Bow.
Haddix was bound over in the sum of
$4,000 to appear at the next term of
district court He is looking for bail.
John Lynch and John Doe are the
names given by the men arrested in
the north part of Franklin county and
placed in jail at Bloomington on
charge of blowing the safe in the post
office at Franklin. The men, who re-
fuse to talk. are believed to be guilty.
1t is not probable that Fremont will
A h,ti11inc in tho
near future The canvass which had
been in progress four weeks was
given up and the committee at a spec
ial meeting held there, voted to not
pursue it further, 1t has been decided
to abandon the project, at least for the
present.
Orders have been received at the
Plattsmouth shops for the employ
ment of forty additional men in the
coach department. Principally eXper'
fenced car and truck men will be en-
ployed All the other departments
with the exception of the machine
shop, have their full numbers of men
now at work.
Mrs. Harve Beckner filed com
plant in a justice of the peace court
at Nebraska City charging her hus
band with desertion and abandonment
Beckner is under arrest at New Rich
mond, Wis, and Sheriff Shrader went
to Lincoln to secure requisition pa
pers and will leave for Wisconsin tt
bring back the transgressor for trial
! Insurance Deputy Pierce is doing {
land office business in the matter O.
collecting fees this year, surpassine
the business for any previous year fol
the same period of time. So far thi!
year he has collected in license fees
for agents the per cent gross tax anC
entrance fees, $92,797, while for 81,
months last year he collected onl!
S72,772.
The supreme court has handed dow
an opinion refusing to appoint a re
ceiver for the Paxton hotel. ROM
Miller of Omaha started the sui
against James B. Kitchen, Miller com
planning of alleged mismanagement o
the Kitchen Hotel company The cour
declares that no receiver can be ar
pointed when a concern is CONDUCTING
an apparently profitable business
AS Lena Holly living near Hardy,
14-year-old girl, was driving HON
from school she was accosted and he
horse stopped by William Zumhof
who made indecent proposals to hel
BY whipping the horse she manage
to elude him, although he tried t
catch hold of her. He was arrested
pleaded guilty to the charge of az
sault, and was fined $50 and costs.
Ten more depositors have begu
suit to recover damages from Ban
Examiner Whittemore and the Eide
fly and Guaranty company of Mar!
land at O'Neil. They charge nogl
gence on the part of the examiner i
the examination of the condition {
the Elkhorn Valley bank and clail
over $4,000 damages. The legal claim
against the bank now aggregate $45
O00
Mrs. John Mcpherson of FremoI
was severely burned while cleaning