Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-07-06
OVER THE STATE.


county died last week.
SCOTS Bluff is counting on having
electric light at an early day.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Cardiff Of Fair
bury last week celebrated their golden
wedding
The teachers institute of Holt
county was unusually we'll attended
this year.
The new $4,000 Young Mems Chris.
tian association building Of York was
dedicated clear Of debt.
| Johnson county farmers are harvest
ing their wheat and find the crop one
Of the best for a number Of years.
The Nebraska Banking association
will hold a meeting in Lincoln October
10 and II and the Lincoln bankers
are making elaborate arrangements
for the entertainment OF their guests.
Thieves entered the slaughter house
of H. A. Hansen at Elkhorn, stealing
dressed beef and the hide. The sup
position is that it was taken to Val
ley, as wagon tracks were traced to
that place
| W. " lOppIISJ uhCuldh I'll
train No. Is of the Chicago. St Paul.
Minneapolis & Omaha road, while
switching in the yards at Oakland, was
thrown fro mthe car and sustained a
number of broken ribs.
Among the improvements Of mo-
ment which McCook will see this sum-
mer will be the investment of about
$4,000 in betterments by the Nebraska
Telephone company in the local ex-
change, which means a quite complete
overhauling.
! A man was killed near Gannett,
about five miles east of North Platte.
His body was badly mangled and is
unacceptable. He was probably a
| tramp riding on the rods on train No.
2, and fell off. His head, arms and legs
were cut off and his body almost en-
tirely dismembered.
John Foilen, residing just over the
county line in Nemaha county, came
to Nebraska City and filed complaint
against his two brothers, Henry and
Nicholas Foilen, charging them with
assaulting and beating him until he
was insensible. He was so badly beat
en- that the services of a physician
was needed
Max Ploehn. charged with the muir
der Of Alma Coos, pleaded not guilty
before Justice M. Archer at Pats
| mouth. He was bound over to the dis.
trict court. The prisoner will be ar
raigned before Judge lessen of the
district court in few days, at which
time 1t Is believed he will change his
plea and receive sentence.
F. e. LANCE, a farmer living ten
miles north of Tekamah, died from in
juries received in a runaway. Mr..
Lange was driving team of colts
and in crossing a bridge the tugs
came unlocked, letting the tongue
down, throwing Mr.. LANCE out of the
wagon and rendering him unconscious
from which he never recovered. He
was IS years old and was the Oldest
settler of Burt county.
The farmers in Saunders county dc
not seem very anxious to donate prop
erty to the Great Northern for sta
ton and elevator site near the Nc
Lean farm. The company wanted
twenty acres of land and Mr.. Mclean
offered to donate ten acres, the farm
ers to pay for the other ten. Severa
meetings were held to consider the
matter and it was finally decided tc
call the deal off.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Busl
is holding daily sessions at Labor
Temple, in Omaha, to arrange fol
sending harvesters to the Kansa.
wheat fields. In answer to his adver
Using he is getting good many ap
! plications and expects to send away
several hundred men. The railroad.
, have granted rate of cent mile
for men going to the harvest fields
i. and Mr.. Bush says there Is demand
which will assure all who go of get
ting work.
Denver (Colo.) dispatch Coming t,
Denver with has savings, $1,000, BY
ron Gage Of Ord, Neb., has been miss
Ing more than month His brother
Harry, came last night and asked tn,
aid OF the police in finding him. TIL,
brother believes that Gage was swim
died out Of his money and perhap
murdered. Gage came here to go int
O business. He wrote his relatives h
a had met rich mining prospector an,
q expected to make plenty Of money
: Since then nothing has been heard O
him.
Now that the biennial election la,
has been Knocked out IL means tina
the terms Of Office of these officials
= who would otherwise have held owe
= until next year, will expire, and sue
- cessors must be elected In the state
One supreme court Judge; two regent
OF state university. In the county
:, sheriff, county treasurer, county clerl
? county judge, surveyor, coroner, s,
:, perintendent Of instruction. The of
ces OF register Of deeds, county asse
Is sor and county commissioners go owe
)" one year, as contemplated by the Law