Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-13
NEBRA SKA STATE NEWS
NEBRASKA BRIEFS.

NiCoNh' hC NhiOlllhtlI was liOs
j. p. Guth of Omaha will draw plans
for an addition to the Masonic Home
at Plattsmouth.
A pin swallowed by a 10-year-old
West Point girl four years ago was
removed from her waist last week.
The Grand Army reunion Of south
eastern Nebraska will be held at wy
more, beginning the week of August
IA.
Superior's Stock Shipping associa-
ton Is handling $4,000 worth of cattle
weekly at an average cost of per
cent.
Mrs. Harry Gongiver, living south
east of Auburn, attempted suicide by
swallowing a small quantity of aconite
but the prompt sevices of DR.. G. A.
Lutgen saved her life. Domestic
trouble and an uncomfortable temper
are given as the cause for the rash
act.
The meeting OF the voters in the
district for the Osceola high school
was harmonious. The board asked
$4,000 with what they had on hand,
and 1t was voted Mr. s. w. Gushee
and Mrs. w. d. Grum were elected as
members of the board for three years.
There are two ladies and four gentle
men on the board.
The business men of Hastings have
raised $1,000 and that city is to have
a salaried baseball team for the re-
mainder Of the season. At business
meeting held last week the following
officers were elected: H. Brewer, man.
ager and treasurer; u. S. Rohrer, Sec
rotary; G. ]. Miles, e. Stein and F.
G. Babcock, financial committee, while
A. H. Airline was elected captain of
the team.
Thomas and Sol Keckler, grain deal
ers at Manley, were found guilty by
jury in justice court at Plattsmouth of
the charge of making an assault upon
G. M. Andrus, a rival grain dealer.
A fine was assessed against both. The
Kecklers alleged that Andrus had es-
tablished an elevator upon property
which they controlled and that they
merely sought to protect their own
interests.
Complaint was filed in the county
court Of Gage county against W. II.
Thompson, charged with assault with
intent to kill and with assault with in
tent to wound Thomas Richardson of
Lanham. The filing of the complaint is
the result of stabbing ARRAY which
occurred at Lanham recently, in
which Richardson was seriously in
jured. Thompson has been in Jail since
the affair occurred.
Anthrax has again developed on the
farm Of F. M. Smith near Pender, he
having lost seven head of cattle,
mostly milk cows, and one horse.
This dreaded disease made its ap-
pearance Of his farm four years ago
and also on the farm of Fred Gilster,
two miles north of the above named
farm. At that time the hogs were
allowed to devour the carcasses, from
which they all died
Martin r, Chittick, for two years
nrior to April l last cashier Of the
Harvard State bank, died in an Omaha
hospital after an illness of about five
weeks. After leaving the bank he, in
company with Mayor HerAog, on May
16, went into North Dakota and in
vestigated some prospective land deals
and while there was taken suddenly
and violently i'll. He was brought as
far as Omaha and there entered the
hospital in which he died.
Fritz Kicker, a young farmer living
northeast of Tecumseh had a narrow
escape from death in a runaway. He
was raking hay, when his team be-
came frightened from the breaking of
the rake tongue and threw the driver
from the seat. His feet caught in the
machine and he was dragged about a
quarter of mile. Just as the horses
reached deep ravine and were about
to plunge into 1t they were stopped by
Mr.. Kicker's fellow workers and he
was eXtricated from his dangerous
position
Attorneys for Mrs. Lena Margaret
Lille, serving a life sentence in thu
penitentiary for the murder of he.
husband. filed an elaborate brief in
the supreme court in support of mo.
ton for rehearing Local prejudic,
at the time of trial is one of the main
contentious in the application. One
paragraph in the brief says: Mrs.
Lille was convicted because of the
prejudice of Butler county jury
against a woman who dealt on the
board of trade"
The village of Arlington voted on
bonds to the amount of $4,000 for the
purpose of putting in a system of
water works, The vote was 1913 for
bonds and nine against, After the
votes were counted and it was ascer-
tanned that the bonds had carried Mr..
/ Pfeifrer made his large cannon roar
and spread the news over the city and
surrounding country Fireworks and