Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-14
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The new Roman Catholic church al
West Point is soon to be dedicated.
There has OF late been two deaths
from typhoid fever in the insane
asylum at Lincoln.
The Standard Beet Sugar Company's
factory at Ames can take care of LOCO
tons of beets a day.
Lee Allen of Seward county died last
week from injuries received by jump
ing from a haystack onto a pitchfork
Mrs. NJ. Turely has been appointed
by Governor Mickey to the position
of matron in the Nebraska insane hos
pital at Norfolk
The 14-year-old brother of George
Guenther, dealer in guns and sport.
ing goods, Grand Island, was attacked
by shitepoke and may lose an eye as
a result.
Blanche Baker of Grand Island is
alarmed over the mysterious disap.
pearance of her husband on October 8,
since which time she has not heard a
word from him.
Mrs. S. ]. Weaverling has sold her
farm of 100 acres near Barneston,
Gage county, to Peter Weir for $50
per acre. This land was purchased
twenty years ago for Sc an acre.
Charles A. Gore, Humboldt mer-
chant who is shipping his stock to
Colorado, met with quite loss a few
days since, when he laid down his
pocketbook, containing nearly 5000,
and has since been unable to find it.
The gathering of the second crop Of
Strawberries and grapes in the vicin-
ity of Beatrice was equalled, If not
surpassed, last week when B. H. Oden,
a resident Of Beatrice picked 165 ripe
pumpkins from one vine.
News has been received at York an
nouncing the death of Mrs. Philip
Ritger in California, from appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ritger three years ago
moved from York to Long Beach, Cal
They were pioneers in York.
John Beeber, employed on the Sew
ard court house, was struck on the
head by piece of thing dropped by
another workman, and seriously in
jured. He was unconscious for many
hours, but is recovering
After an illness Of less than a quar-
ter Of an hour DIR. John o. Dawson
died Of heart failure in his Office at
Lincoln DR.. Dawson was we'll known
in Lincoln, having practiced medicine
there for more than twenty years
Louis Dahl of Scribner was the first
man sent to the asylum from Dodge
county under the new law for the cure
Of dipsomaniacs. The complaint was
filed by his friends, who believed that
confinement and treatment was what
he needed.
The annual convocation for the
clergy of the diocese of Nebraska will
be held in Beatrice November Z to TO-
Bishops Worthington and Williams
and also many prominent priests of
the diocese will be present and take
part in the discussions.
Robert j. Brown, aged II years, was
found dead at Cambridge. Mr.. Brown
and little boy, who was staying with
him, retired in the evening without
ceased, and on awakening the boy
found his sleeping companion dead
George Baker, accused of horse steal
ing, pleaded guilty in the district court
of Fillmore county, and was sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary.
Baker is the man whom Sheriff Page
OF Fillmore county captured near
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Der.
The McCook Commercial Clubs rail.
road committee is preparing to make
campaign for more adequate facili-
ties at McCook for handling the big
freight business of that place, not to
mention the large transfer freight
business done there
The students attending the Kearney
Normal school and who live in the
dormitory are up in arms against the
quality Of food served in the dormi-
tory and have made complaint to the
State Normal board. Such is the re-
port that has reached Lincoln, but it
cannot be confirmed by the minority
members of the board because they
know nothing of it.
The special committee appointed by
| the Commercial club of Bellevue to
confer with the Omaha Street Rail-
way company have had several meet
ings with the company and as a result
| they succeeded in getting it to send
out it's engineer to look over the route
OF entrance into Bellevue. The engi-
|
ing and looking over the route.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Bush
has returned to Lincoln from North
Platte, where he went to inspect some
fire escapes, and at once started an
investigation OF the violations OF the
female labor laws in Lincoln. While
no formal complaints have been filed
with Se department 1t has been re.
ported that in several millinery stores
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