Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-30
Nebraska News


A fire at Nemaha destroyed two
stores and the postofiice building.
Mrs. Brantner of Pattsmouth has
Just celebrated her eightieth birthday.
In the attempt to separte two dogs
that were fighting Mrs. Hedges Of Ia.
mora was badly chewed by the angry
animals.
Senator Willard has returned to Ne
| brasla, having paired with an Arkan-
sas senator for the balance of the ses-
sion The senator is looking and feel.
ing we'll
The Goehnor Elevator company was
incorporated at Goehuor, Seward
county. one hundred of the county's
most substantial farmers are the in
corporators,
Legitimate expenses paid to purchas.
ers of fine imported Percheron, Bel
giam, English, Shire or German Coach
Stations. See Lincoln Importing
Horse Co. ad in this paper.
George Goolsby, living a mile north
and a quarter of mile east Of Straus.
Vile. was the victim of an accident
| WHICH W az IlpbcDlN VIII lVohiN ~
his death. He was hit on the head by
falling tree
| d. II. Cramer Of Omaha has been
awarded the contract of building a
13,000.busbel capacity elevator for
Blythe & Patton at Blue Springs to
take thu place On the one recently de-
stroyed by fire.
| ba -
ing of Neigh has been sold to Gus
tave and Louis Hahn. a couple of re-
tired farmers. They will remove the
building and replace it with a double
brick to be used for hotel.
The finishing touches have been
put on the farmers elevator at
Straussville and it is now in shape to
do and is doing a lively receiving and
shipping grain business This is the
only farmers elevator in the county.
Conrad. the little 6-yearold son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kroeger, of Grand
island, was frightfully mangled and
instantly killed by freight train a
tew days ago. 1t is supposed he was
endeavoring to jump onto the moving
cars.
The Burlington has a large number
Of men doing rip-rap work along the
east side of the Missouri riv,-r oppo-
site and southeast of Plattsmouth, to
prevent the water from e>@~-oaching
upon its right-of-way end riuoding the
lowlands.
In fit Of 6espondency Mrs Chas
Odell of Rulo, in the east end of Rich
ardson county attempted to take her
life by administering poison, but re-
ports indicate that the drug failed to
10 its work and she has about re-
covered from the experience.
House roll No. 255, the bill pending
before the state legislature relating to
county bridges does not meet with
much favor in Cunning county The
board of supervisors at their regular
meeting registered very emphatic OBJ
lection to the provisions of the bill
Carl Zeplin, aged so. who was kill
ed at West Point a few days ago,
when his horse stumbled and hurled
him to the ground is the fourth
brother Of the family to meet an UNI
timely death, and others in the line
nave suffered peculiar ends at the
hands of fate. Three of the brothers
were killed by horses or on account of
horses.
Captain G. w. Kirkman. who is I'M
Ter arrest in Valentine being tried on
charges that may result in his dismis-
sal from the army is said to have
tried to commit suicide after he was
informed of the suicide of Mrs. Bessie
Chandler in Omaha. The story goes
that he took morphine and also open
ed the arteries in his wrist, hut WAS
ithwarted in his intentions.
G. r. Bastelo of Omaha. supreme
deputy of the Bankers Union, who
has been at Table Rock for some
time, concluded his labors by organ
tzing lodge with the following of
6cers: William Bankson, president;
p. w. Quackenbos, vice president;
Isam Balm. banker; J. II. Talbot sec.
retary; Nicholas Muller. chaplain:
Mrs, NJ. e. Talbot, overseer; Peter
Muller. guardian
The insane commission was in ses
sion at Madison the past three days
examining witnesses in the case of
Charles Tesks, wealthy farmer OF
Green Garden precinct, Teske, who
had been acting strangely, was taken
to a private sanitarium nearly year
ago. He was afterward released and
sent home. His brother lodged the
complaint against him before the
commission at this time.
Russell Leidy, a 13-year-old son of
T.. j. Leidv a farmer living near
Bower, Jefferson county is dead from
the effects Of a gunshot wound re.
ceived while hunting
BY means OF little private detec.
tive work Marshal Todd of Humboldt
effected the capture of one Williams,
who is wanted at Auburn for swind.
ling number Of citizens ont of vari.
Gus sums on bogus library project