Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-02-16
News in Nebraska

pneumonia are reported from Beat
rice.
John Frederick, aged SIS years, Is
dead at Plattsmouth. His family
lives in Germany.
Perry Pastle is now carrying a
rural mail route from Leigh, vice J.
II. Click, resigned.
The state encampment OF Sons OF
Veterans will be held in Fremont
about February 10.
G. II. Gilbert was injured while
fighting fire which destroyed his car
penter shop at Beatrice.
Glen Bechtel, a German, while
serving on the Jury at Schuyler, sui
cided by hanging himself in his room
Z. Whitney of Humboldt has been
awarded the contract for the erection
of the new $4,000 school building at
Geneva.
The little daughter of Mr.. Ball at
Grand Island saved her life by lying
close to the ground as three freight
cars passed over her.
Thousands of quail are reported to
have persisted during the present cold
spell. The snow has covered up
their feed and in their weak condi-
ton they are unable to stand the in
tense cold.
The remains of T. II. Bowman, a
former resident of Albion, were
brought to that place from Arkansas,
and buried in Rose Hill cemetery.
Mr.. Bowman was the first county
treasurer of the county.
Word has been received at Beatrice
from Chicago indicating that Joseph
Hathaway, who is wanted at Webb
City, Mo-, on several charges and
who recently disappeared from this
city, is under arrest at that place.
A house on the firm of A. p. Ack-
erman, nine miles southeast Of FIRE.
mont, was destroyed by fire with
loss of about 500 on the building
and $500 on contents. Mr.. and Mrs.
N. T. Nelson lived in the house and
they were unable to save anything.
Sixteen carloads Of oranges and
other fruit while en- route over the
Burlington from California to Chi
cago and other points, were run into
the shops at Plattsmouth to prevent
the fruit from freezing during the
coolest nights in that vicinity for
years.
]. d. Cameron of Cambridge sold
his ranch near town to man from
Alma, Neb., for $12,500. The price
paid was $25 per acre. Cambridge
is on the boom. The citizens are
very enthusiastic over the water
works proposition and system will
no doubt be installed this spring.
Frank Otto who was formerly EN-.
ployed in the Burlington shops at
Plattsmouth, but who II now en-
ployed for the same conf ny in Den
yer, has instituted suit against the
Denver Tramway company to collect
! $4,000 damages because of his sons
death from being run over by the
cars.
A wreck on the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha railroad be-
tween Eureka and Tekamah occurred
Wednesday. Train No. Is, going
south, broke in two near Eureka, and
before the train crew could get out
and ag for No. 10, which was follow
ing, they were upon them and the
crew barely escaped with their lives.
The suicide of Glen Bechtel, one of
the jurors on the Wertz-Sprecher Ii
bel case at Schuyler, after it had
been on trial two days. caused the
| case to be dismissed from the present
term aud continued until the next
There is between $3.50 and $500 ex-
pense now incurred that will in all
probability be upon the county in
any event
Geneva Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie gave a reception to Mr.. and Mrs.
Van Vranken, who are moving to
York.
Sheep feeders claim that over 30
900 of this variety of stock have been
fattened in the vicinity of Humboldt
this season and in every instance the
| Feeders made good prohts from the
industry.
]. M. Maher. a farmer residing two
miles northwest of Fremont, has re-
ceived the bronze medal which was
awarded him by the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition for his exhibit of
corn. For several years Mr.. Maher
has spent considerable time in devel.
oping new kinds of corn and wheat
and has met with good success with
both.
Quite an extensive land deal was
closed up at Table Rock between G.
B. Johnson of that place and L. X
Kentener Of Falls City. The former
gets the fine farm of the latter three
miles east Of Humboldt, containing
160 acres, at $65 per acre, while the