Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-01-19
Nebraska News

good one.
Citizens of Lincoln are moving in
the matter of building new street
railway line.
The Burlington railroad is doing a
large amount of riprapping near Ne
braska City.
An unknown man committed sui.
eide in the depot at Ames last week.
He stood in the waiting room and shot
himself with a revolver.
The farmers of Cass county held
an old.fashioned wolf hunt. One wolf
was caught, while half dozen
broke through the line during the
day.
The Updike Grain company OF
Omaha is to build 100000 bushel
elevator. 1t is to be located on land
obtained from the Union Stock Yards
company.
The wholesale grain firm of Cum
mings C Laughlin of Beatrice, sold
over 100000 bushels of corn to per-
sons in Missouri, Kansas and Okla
homa.
A telegram was received at Louis
vile, by Mrs. f. H. Nichols that her
brother, Chas. Ross, brakeman in
Montana, had been killed by falling
from the train.
H. H. Bartling, head of the Bartling
Grain company and mayor Of Ne
braska City, dropped dead in Misplace
of business Mr.. Bartling was one Of
the pioneer residents of Otoe county.
While Ed Ruby was chopping wood
southwest of Plattsmouth his AK was
caught by limb and, glancing struck
him just back of the right ear, cut.
ting off a portion of the bone and cut
ting through the ear.
Albert Blacker, convicted Of for
gerry in the Keya Paha county district
court last fall, has filed poverty
affidavit in the supreme court stating
that he has no funds with which to
pay the costs of the appeal.
NJ A. Brown of Kearney will carry
the electoral vote of Nebraska to
Washington and turn it over to the
president of the senate. This was de-
cided at meeting of the electors in
the office of Governor Mickey.
Myron T. Richards, who for the last
two years has carried the mail to and
from the state house to the postoffice,
will do the same thing for the next
two years. The State Board of Public
Lands and Buildings reappointed him.
William Lewellen, serving out fine
of 5000 in the county Jail at Beatrice,
for keeping a disorderly house and
selling liquor without license, Is suf-
fering from tuberculosis and the city
physician will recommend his re-
lease at once.
Rev. P. c. Johnson, d. D., of Tecum-
sch, is being very highly spoken Of as
a candidate <9r department command
or of the Grandy Army of the Repub-
lie of Nebraska. Friends of the gen
tleman from over the state are urg-
ing his candidacy
Two small children, aged six and
three years, after travelling alone all
the way from cortland, Ore, reach
ed Fremont safely. and were taken in
charge by City Ticket Agent Trail
who sent them on to Tilden where rel
atives were expecting them.
William Washington reported to be
the first of the name to go wrong, had
executive clemency melted out to him
and consequently will not have to
serve a year in the penitentiary for
forgery. Instead he will spend the
time in the Douglas county Jail.
Prof K. Fosenbech of Danbury, Ia.
has been selected by the board of edu-
cation of West Point to fill the posi-
ton of assistant principal of the
High school made vacant by the re-
signation Of Prof. w. V. Niles, who
has entered the government service.
A mandate was issued by Harry
Lindsay clerk of the supreme court,
TO carry out the orders of the court
in the matter of Mrs. Margaret Lena
Lille of David City. convicted of the
murder of her husband. Mrs. Lille
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
life. and will be taken there at once.
The marriage license record of the
county judge of Cunning county shows
113 marriage licenses to have been
issued during the year 1904. This is
twenty-siX more than the preceding
year. The judge is engaged in de-
monstrating to interested parties that
the increase was caused by last year
being leap year.
The Sarpy county mortgage record
for the year 1904 is as follows: Town
mortgages filed, sixty-six, amounting
TO $1l4,GS395; farm mortgages re-
leased, eighty-nine, amounting to
$lO6,7O2.OS; town mortgages filed,
forty-three, amounting to $28,693 0S;
town mortgages released, forty,
amounting to s17,119.47.
The largest real estate transfer
that ever occurred in Nemaha coun-
| ty was filed for record when Harmon
Ray presented deeds transferring his
entire real estate possessions in the
county of 1855 acres The considera.