Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-09-28

Herb Watts has bought the
news and book store of Marquis
Bros, in the post Office lobby.
Jas. Boggs of Weissert was
city visitor Monday, The Rep
ublican acknowledges friendly
call.
The ladies of the Raptis.
church will serve dinner and sup
per election day. Particulars
later.
John Mulvaney Of Mason City, !
was a city visitor Friday attend
ing a of the Soldies Relief COM !
mittee.
]. b. Oshourne of Elk Creek,
was a city visitor yesterday.
He made the REPUBLICAN Office
business call.
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw announces that he will
leave the cabinet February lst.
He will be a candidate for presi-
dent.
J. c. Haney has accepted a
position with the Western Union
Telegraph Co., as operator at
Edgemont, s. d., aud entered
upon his duties as such last week.
N. ]. Ottun'of Round Valley,
who has been sick most of the
summer is in the city taking
treatment at the City Hospital.
His trouble is catarrh of the
stomach.
Joe Pigman and wife, who
have been visiting in Colorado
for the past three weeks, for Mrs.
Pioman's health returned home
Saturday. Mrs. Pigman is very
much improved in health.
J. w. Robinson of Eddyville,
has bought Nels Lees farm just
east of town for which he paid
| 500 an acre, Sil,l00. He. is to
get possession the first of March.
1t is a fine place and good in
veStment.
We note in the GAINESVILLE, IlD
Banner that II. NJ Brownel, ar
rived there two hours too late to
attend the funeral Of his father;
who left here on the | 9Th to visit
his parents. His father died on
the 18th and was. 80 years old.
Attorney Evans and Dan Nc
Carly of Thedford. were in the
city Tuesday investigating the
cement block as a building ma
terial. Thedford is going to
build a school house and the CO.
ment block is being considered.
Mrs. Harry Henderson of
Cheyenne, is in the city visiting
with her sister Mrs. Dodds, who
holds the position of clerk in the
u. S. land Office. Mrs. Hender-
son is the society editor of the
, Cheyenne Leader, and her hus-
| band is state examiner of Wyo.
: J. l.. Williams, who recently
returned from Indiana and To-
Gated near Anselmo, where he
bought, was down in this part OF
5 the county recently and bought
: twelve head Of mich cows of c..
: Fl. Jeffords for which he paid
y $500. Mr.. Williams is located
S only about five miles from town
r and will sell ere am in connection
{, with farming.
- A number of the church mem
q bers and friends OF Rev. and Mrs
Levack gave them pleasant
J, surprise Monday right in the
:. way of pound party. There
:, were between thirty and forty
present, all loaded with provis
ions. The approaching storm
! prevented number from attend
" ing and shortened the stay o
those that did attend, but yer,
y pleasant hour was spent in ;
y social way by all.
Ed. Penn was captured a
North Platte Tuesday night AM
II will be returned to the Fremon
t Jail at once. Penn is the younl
n man who was using the mail
/. out of Oconto for fraudulent pur
e poses, working green goods
d scheme and was captured by tn
rs United States authorities. ii
/. was tried before Judge Munge
s in Omaha, and sentenced to on
ID year in the Dodge county Jail
" After serving IA short time, h
IS escaped couple of weeks ago
y Tuesday night gang of hoboe
lie were rounded up IN North Plat