Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-10-05
OVER THE STATE.

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The members of the Tecumseh Ad-
vent Christian church have called Ell
der ], J. Schamberg of Lincoln to the
pastorate.
The passenger tfain on the Bloom
field branch of the Omaha railroad was
wrecked near Bloomfield, two persons
receiving injuries in the accident.
Ex-Chief of Police o. Schoonover,
Of Nebraska City, charged with false
imprisonment and usurpation of office,
has been acquitted by the jury in the
district court of Otoe county.
The boys and girls engaged in the
corn growing contest being held by
the state department of education are
to be entertained at corn banquet
in Lincoln early in December.
G. A. Gleason, for the last two years
pastor of the Congregational church
in West Point has severed his relations
with his congregation and has accept
ed call to the church at Fairmont,
this state.
The grocery store of Bell Bros,
Beatrice, was closed by creditors, the
amount of their liabilities being $3.50.
The stock will invoice about $1,000
and the outstanding accounts will
reach $3.50.
Pat Cavanaugh, we'll known. horse
man of Verdigree, was probably ia
tally injured In race on the Creigh.
ton track during the progress of the
county fair there. He was thrown
from his horse.
The special committee of the south
east Nebraska conference, which was
hearing the evidence in the Rev. f. p.
Blakemore case, at Falls City, re-
turned verdict of guilty, which expels
him from it's church.
Prof W. G. T.. Adams, Phi. D., late
dean of the normal department of Up
per Iowa university, has been elected
to the chair of psychology and peda-
gogy in Bellevue college in place of
Prof. Randalls, resigned.
At Geneva the grades in the school
have become so crowded that the
school board has secured the Freewill
Baptist church for a portion of the
Fifth grade and have had it seated and
furnished for this purpose
James Jones of Greedy county, who
last winter shipped a number of prairie
chickens and quail in barrel of sauer-
kraut, which later was confiscated
by the state fish and game commits
sioner, has been fined $25 and costs
The first new corn has been brought
to this market. 1t was in the ear and
of excellent quality. 1t sold to a local
feed dealer for 35 cents per bushel
Taking eighty pounds for bushel, the
yield was sixty-five bushels to the
acre
The Tecumseh Military band has
been engaged by the management of
the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben festival to par
ticipate in the parades in the metrop-
oils during the carnival The dates
on which the band will appear are Oct.
4 and 5.
The Cooper & Linn electric light
plant of Humboldt was put out of bus
mess by an accident to the machinery,
III Nhl'h VIC tHSlltCl, " III l[OD-
neke, had a narrow escape from
death or serious injury. The fly wheel
bursted.
The farmers of Avoca and vicinity,
at a recent meeting, discussed the
project of organizing a farmers ele-
vator company. 1t was decided to
build an elevator at once for handling
the grain products of those interested
in the project.
Adjutant General Culver has with
drawn his claim filed with Auditor
Searle for $240 70: expenses of himself
and rifle team to Sea Grit General
| Culver will get the money from the
general government.
| Judge f. F. Perkins of Tecumseb
| has been appointed by the state board
of health as local registrar of vital
statistics for Tecumseh and vicinity
under a new law passed by the last
| legislature requiring the registration
of all deaths in the state of Nebraska
Horses are being shipped in for the
! Omaha Horse show, which will be held
at the Auditorium during the week
| of October 8, and every indication
points to one of the most successful
horse shows which any town has ever
held. The initial show of the asso
citation, held last fall, carried eff the
palm of all first shows and from the
present indications this show will fol
low right in its wake. The ring has
been built and the local horses are
being given their daily turn in the tar
bark aNapa to accustom them to the
short turns and to the people who
stand around the rail and by thei
presence brighten the horses All o.
the picturesque features known Il
horse shows will be on the program a
the Omaha show. Tandems, roat
fours, coach fours, spike teams, cocl
horses, the jumpers and the hun
clubs, not to mention the cowboys, ar
some of the interesting features of tn,
show.
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