Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-06-15
STATE NOTES.

The Farmers Independent Telephone
company, which was recently organ
lied at Blue Springs, is doing much
business. II is extending it's lines in
all directions through the county.
An ordinance regulating the sale and
use of firearms, firecrackers and other
explosives in the city of Seward has
been passed by the city council and
passed and approved by the mayor.
At Clay Center August Anders of
Chenille was bound over to the dis
trict court by the county court on a
charge Of exploding dynamite in the
Blue river for the purpose of killing
fish.
Word was received at Beatrice that
Percy Oliver, the 14.year-old son of
Mrs. Della Oliver, a former Beatrice
resident, was drowned in the Republi-
can river near Superior while in swim
ming.
At Raverna burglars pried open
the windows of the saloons belonging
to e. G. Stanton and Wesley & Mot
sick. They secured 500 and some
cigars and whisky They were ar
rested.
telegram reached Grafton from
Canada announcing the death of James
Longman of PanoRa, Province of Al
berta The remains will be buried
there. Deceased removed from Graf
ton two years ago.
According to the government rain
gauge kept by c. c. Gray of Colum-
bus, the total precipitation for the
month of MAJ was 500 inches. While
this is unusually heavy, yet May, 1903,
beat it by just half inch.
Prof. Charles G. Danforth, recently
reelected principal of the schools of
Sidney, rendered his resignation and
the same has been accepted. Mr.. Dan
forth has been elected superintendent
of the city schools of Tecumseh.
Lightning struck the house of Geo.
Hannel, a Bohemian farmer residing
five miles from Leigh. His 6-year-old
daughter was instantly killed and his
boy of 8 years was seriously burned.
The house was not much damaged.
Henry Kautfeldt, a prosperous farm
err living a short distance northeast
of Minden, was found dead in his bed
late Sunday morning and his death
Is attributed to heart failure. He and
his mother, who is about 70 years old,
were living alone.
Mrs. A. H. Haley, wife of a former
merchant at Red Cloud committed
suicide by hanging herself to the
rafters of the barn Her mind had
become unbalanced by grief over the
death of her daughter and her own
long continued illness.
Friends of Amos H. Gould, the
wrecker of the Bellwood bank. made
an appeal to Governor Mickey to grant
him a communication of the six-year
sentence of which he has now served
one-half. 1t is claimed that the man
ought to be permitted to assist his
family.
A prominent Missouri Pacific official
who visited Plattsmouth, is authority
that that road has under considera-
ton a project to ballast it's main line
track between Omaha and Kansas
City with ebert" fine crushed rock
which comes from the zinc mines of
Missouri
"Jake" Rife, a young man who
works for B. SOmberg in the latter's
drug store at Graf, a village in John
son county, was brought into the coun-
ty court on the charge of selling drugs
without a pharmacists license. He
pleaded guilty to the charge and was
fined SO and costs.
One Of the city markets of Fremont
is displaying number of channel cat
fish caught in the Flkhorn in the
northern part of the county. The
| largest TIPS the scales at ninCty-two
pounds. Catfish are no more plentiful
in the Elkhorn this year than usual,
but they are above the ordinary size.
James Fl. Crisis and William H.
Thompson were lodged in Jail at
Beatrice by Sheriff Trude, charged
with assaulting and cutting a man
named Richardson near Lanham Sun
day night. Richardson was nearly dis
emboweled, and it is thought that he
cannot recover The men were in a
saloon playing cards when the trouble
arose
A curiosity in the form of a calf
with two heads is owned by Edward
Mitchell, farmer residing near
Plattsmouth. The heads of the mon
strosity are so heavy that it canrot
hold them up. Nevertheless, it con
tinues to cat lively and is hungry
The calf is fed at both mouths-both
tongues wagging in hungry way un
til appeased
F. f. Blakeslee of Hastings, had
the muscles and bones of his right
arm badly crushed at the elbow IL
the west yards of the B. & NJ. r. r. il
that city. 1t is not definitely known
Just how he was hurt as he was in al
intoxicated condition at the time bu
it is thought that he fell under {
wheel while trying to steal ride OF