Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-09-21
OVER THE STATE.

ed postmaster at Newport Rock
county.
W. T. Snavely, employed as a Bur
tngton section hand at Falls City, lost
his left hand under the wheels of a
freight train.
Fremont schools opened with large
enrolment. The high school numbers
40. The exact figures cannot be
learned from the other schools.
The 11-year-old son Of Jacob Bru-
neimeier, living in Boyd county, re-
ceived possibly fatal injuries as the
result of a runaway accident on the
farm.
The State bank of Bladen, Webster
county was chartered by Secretary
Royce of the state banking board.
The capital stock of the new institu-
ton is $4,000, paid UP.
Miss Bertha Stotenberg. a domestic
employed at the home of Fireman
Wood of the Northwestern at Norfolk,
was very nearly burned to death as
the result of lighting gasoline stove.
Work was begun Saturday on the
new four-story hotel that is to be built
at Alliance by G. l.. Drake of Guern-
sey, Wyo. 1t is proposed to make
this one of the best hotels in the
state.
Passenger train No 7, southbound,
on the Omaha road. ran over and kill
ed an unidentified man about four
miles west of Tekamah. The man APP
peared to be working man. about 3S
years old.
Word received by Schuyler parties
states that the Thirtieth infantry, Uni
ted States regulars, who will make a
practice march through the state,
will go into camp there for two days
this month.
Phelan & Shirley of Omaha, it is
reported, have been awarded contracts
for excavating three divisions of the
thirty-four-mile government irrigation
canal at Glendive, Mont, at a con-
tract price of about $S57,000.
A conference of German Lutheran
ministers was held at the church
southeast of Tecumseh last week.
Nearly 100 ministers from over the
state were in attendance and the ses-
sions were filled with interest.
The jury in the Haddix-Butler case
brought in a verdict of murder in
the second degree at Broken Bow.
Sentence will not be passed until At
torney Sullivan of the defense has
presented arguments for a new trial
Peter Barber, a single man, who had
worked on the farm of John Burger,
seven miles north of Auburn, for some
months. committed suicide. He was
of an emotional nature and frequently
threatened to put an end to his exist
,ence.
Much new lumber is being sold at
Wood River every day and taken into
the country. where the farmers are
building granaries. barns and resi-
dences. This has been the busiest
building season ever known in that
part of the state.
The $1,000 city hall refunding bonds
of West Point have been sold to the
Bankers Reserve Life Insurance com
pany of Omaha at a premium Of
$112.70. The bid of this company was
the highest received. The new bonds |
bear interest at Az per cent.
Governor Mickey honored a requisi- |
ton for the return to Adair county, |
Missouri of J. N. Hatfield, wanted for
forging a note. Hatfield is in Jail at
McCook and Sheriff Curry Of Adair /
county went there for him as soon as
the requisition was honored
Washington dispatch: Fifty-five |
men, under command of First Lieuten-
ant Laurence P. Butler of the signal
corps, with camp equipage, have left
by the Pennsylvania and Rock Island |
for Fort Omaha. This is the begin
ming of the big post, as it is known in
army affairs, for the signal corps.
Michael Caulley, for thirty-nine
years a resident of Fremont, was ia
tally gored by vicious COW and died |
a few minutes later from his injuries. |
Mr.. Caulley, who is 80 years old, was
leading his COW out to pasture near
the round house and passed a COW |
staked out which belonged to Amos |
Christensen. The Christensen COW at |
tackled him. tossed him several times
on her horns. and tramDled him.
Ralph Clair, a young section hand |
on the Northwestern lies at the point
OF death at Winnetoon, as the result of
the wheels of a handcar running over
his head, splitting the skull wide open.
When the car passed over Glars head |
it was derailed and upset and the four
other men riding on it were thrown
into ditch. The car was rolling rap
idly down a grade when Clair slipped
and fell forward, striking the rails
John Rankin of Fremont, teamster,
fell off load of coal and sustained
injuries which will probably result ia
tally. He was coming up the street
when the axle broke, dropping the rear