Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-04-20
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Inc uuyOI-CleCJ OF Lincoln is gong
to give saloons in the vicinity of the
new postonice building just one year
to hunt new locations.
The Burlington is spending q largo
amount of money for riprap work
along the east bank Oh the Missouri
river, opposite Plattsmouth.
Debaters have been selected at the
state university to represent the uni
versity in the interstate debates with
Iowa and Missouri.
The Standard Beet Sugar company
will increase the capacity Of its fac
tory at Leavitt before the sugar sea.
son opens next fall from 500 to 1900
tons per day.
The barn belonging to Frank San
dalls of York was burned to tho
ground, together with several hun
dred bushels of wheat feed and hay
Only $500 insurance.
Fitzpatrick Bros. of Beatrice have n
large force of men and teams at work
on the Narysville-Topeka cutoff of
the Union Pacific, and work is being
pushed as fast as possible.
General Manager Mohler of the I'm.
ion Pacific says that the trackago
facilities at Omaha at the Union sta
ton will soon be increased to provide
facilities for handling increased traf.
fic.
S. G. T. Dodd, chief solicitor of the
Standard Oil company, issued a vehe.
ment defense of John d. Rockefeller
in connection with the controversy
over the acceptance of the 500, 900
gift by the American board of foreign
missions.
Following is the mortgages record
for Gage county for the month OF
March: Number of farm mortgages
filed, 60; amount, $134,9SS released,
10; amount, $12S,SS7; city mortgages
filed, 81; amount, $16,733; released,
80; amount, $22,467.
William T.. Ingraham, one of tho
best known men of Gering and vicin-
ity, died at his ranch in Mitchell val
ley as a result of the kick of horse.
He was one of the earliest settlers of
that section, coming as a cowboy in
the early eighties.
School superintendent and teach
ers are considering the plan of organ
izing the Eastern Nebraska Teachers
association, to include the teachers in
ColfaX, Butler, Dodge, Saunders, Sar-
Ply, Burt, Washington, Douglas and
Cass counties.
Henry Paper, prosperous young
farmer living seven miles southeast
of Leigh, sold his 195-acre farm to
Alex Marolf of the same neighbour
hood for $14,500. Five years ago Mr..
Paper purchased the farm for $1,000,
and has made no improvements.
The Union Pacific has not yet ap.
pointed a superintendent to succeed
Mr.. Deuel., who is to become general
manager of the Denver, Northwestern
d Pacific. 1t was stated at headquar-
tiers that the general superintendent
had not yet made his recommends
ton.
The record of mortgages filed and
released for Polk county for the
month of March shows: Twenty-eight
farm mortgages filed, $64,290 twenty
nine farm mortgages released, $780,.
966; eight town mortgages filed $4,.
9S875; seven town mortgages releas-
ed, $6731.36.
Joseph Marsh. a carpenter of Mo.
brara, shot another carpenter named
Will Davis during a quarrel, in which
the injured man is said to have been
the aggressor. The bullet from
Marsh's revolver entered Davis right
hip, just below the groin. He will
probably revocer.
Kacinski Curt, an Austrian who
was captured near Dewitt by a posse
after it was discovered that he was
suffering from hydrophobia, commit
ted suicide in the Dewitt jail by max.
ing a hanghan's moose with his belt
and suspenders. Gura was % years
old and leaves a widow and three
children in Austria.
The supreme court has reversed the
decision in the damage suit of A. T..
Langdon against James Edward Clarke
of Papillion and the case must be
tried over again by the district court
of Sarpy county, the lower court de-
termining just how many dollars
worth of injuries Langdon received
when he was knocked down by Clarke.
Miss Marion Ray the 10-year-old
daughter of Mrs. w. l.. Ray of Tecum.
sch, was the victim of very peculiar
accident. She was sitting on the back
of the family COW, which is very gen.
tie and which was lying down, when a
playmate struck the bovine and caus-
ed her to rise very suddenly. Miss
Marion was precipitated to the
ground, with the result of a broken
arm.
The contract for the leasing of con.
Wet labor at the penitentiary for the
present biennium has not been award
ed by the state board of public lands
and buildings, but probably will be
considered at a meeting of the board