Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-23
OVER THE STATE.

| periencing a great religious revival.
Franklin is moving in the matter
Of providing a system of water works.
An Omaha family came near being
asphyxiated by a cat turning on a
gas jet.
An extended tour through the west
and along the Pacific coast Is TO be
made by the University of Nebraska
Glee club next spring.
Farm help is so scarce in the vi
cinity of Auburn that girls are putting
on male attire and going into the corn
field to gather crops.
Nearly 10000 head of sheep have
| been received at Wood River and
more are coming on nearly every
train. Conditions point to a very sue
cessful season for sheep men.
e. r. Moon, 70 years old, one of the
oldest and most prominent residents
of Randolph, Kan, was struck by
Union Pacific train at Beatrice and
instantly killed. He leaves large
family.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob Johnsons Cash store at Kear-
ney, but the robber, or robbers, were
frightened away by the manager of
the store before any booty had been
secured.
Burlington Tax Agent Pollard was
in Tecumseh and offered the county
treasurer sum, about $4,000, in set
Element of the railroad company's
taxes in Johnson for the past year. The
offer was not accepted.
Mrs. Vaclay Wacha was struck and
instantly killed at the mill crossing in
Schuyler, by the mail section of Union
Pacific train No. 10. The body was
thrown fully 1926 feet, the head being
knocked entirely off the trunk.
Forty years ago Hon. Fenner Fur
geson, the first chief justice of Ne
braska, was buried at Bellevue, Neb.
Last week there was a granite stone
placed at the grave of the Judge and
his wife in the Bellevue cemetery.
York county farmers are alarmed
because of the rainy weather, which
has prevented them from getting in
corn fields and gathering another
large bumper crop. AS high as
cents is offered for corn shuckers.
D. S. Crippen, the town marshal of
Plainview. who was stabbed by saber
in the hands of Carl Liesner, an aged
farmer, will recover. The blade of the
saber pierced the flesh eight or nine
inches, but luckily did not strike any
vital portion of the body.
While burning trash in the yard,
Mrs. Bridget Whalen, of Auburn,
caught fire and was completely envel-
oped in flame in a seconds time. Help
reached her in time to prevent the &C
cident from proving fatal though her
clothing was badly burned.
o. " Eaton of Lincoln, elected
councilman at the June election, was
run over and killed by Burlington
switch engine. Eaton was walking
along the track near K street and
stepped to another track to avoid a
train and was struck by the switch
engine.
Near Bassett John Stockdale was
held up and robbed of small amount
of money at about p. m. He was
driving into town when two men
stopped his horses and demanded
that he hold up his hands. Having
| no weapons to defend himself he al.
lowed the men to go through his peck
3 cts.
The Odd Fellows of Emerson cele
2 brated the completion of their new
: building. Over 200 visiting members
: were present from Lyons, Bancroft
9 Fender, Craig, Wakefield, Dakota
City, South Sioux City and Ponca
Ten candidates were initiated. Deputy
Grand Master O'Hanlon of Blair de
livered an address. The Rebekahs
served a sumptuous supper.
. Land Commissioner Eaton will star
! out within a few days to review the
= appraisement of school land. There
Q is school land in ffty-one counties
!, which will have to be looked aftel
:. this year, as a number of lease hold
ers have defaulted in their payments
In all about twenty counties will b'
visited before the LIST of January II
p which the land commissioner will re
q view the appraisement.
c Great interest is centering in thu
k dnnudl JOnHSou Ouhly ldluels ihoIi
tute, which will be held in Tecumsel
some time during January. Alread,
the program committee is at work ant
). is endeavoring to learn from thos
8 interested what topics to put dow
% for discussion. A road day will b
d held, for the method of dragging tn
y public highways by the King dra
p plan is gaining popular favor there.
Powell Wood, young man Twin
! near Staplehurst, who, with hi
70 brother, runs a threshing outfit, me
with serious accident while at wor
on farm near Seward. The thresl
ing had been completed and the me
were about the machine when tn
50 blower became choked up, and youn