Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-16
News in Nebraska

l.. c. Todd and wife. Plattsmouth.
last week celebrated their golden we'd
ding
Columbus is booked for a great deal
of building this year There is no
boom; just a healthy growth.
Two spans of the Union Pacific
bridge over Bear creek. four miles
east of Beatrice, were taken out by
the ice, completely tying up the Kan.
sas division
Miss Mabel Owens was awarded a
verdict of sos against the school dis.
trict of Hickman, the fun amount for
which she sued. She said she was dis
charged in midyear without cause
Lieutenant ROderick Dew, son OF
Colonel }. s. Dew of Tecumseh, who is
in the United States army, being sta.
toned at Vancouver barracks. Wash,
has been ordered to the Philippine ISL
ands for service
The bucket shop which has been
operated for several months mt Stella
closed suddenly last week, The man
ager gives no reason. 1t is conceded
he had about all the patronage he
. COUIU take care OF.
While resisting arrest at Fairbury
John Sullivan received injuries from
which he died. He was struck by an
officer and in falling his head came
in contact with the stone pavement,
! producing concussion of the brain.
Rev. w. Il. Nann, for three years
rector of the Episcopal churches of
gah nd h,s hp
announcement that he has accepted a
| charge at Wadena, Mimi and that he
/ will leave for that city by March IS.
While digging Il ditch in North Pa
i pillion, Antoine Nippe was stricken
with an epileptic int and falling face
downward was suffocated in the mud
and water. He was found by some
school children, who summoned help.
The local Knights of Pythias lodge
of Humboldt, at their regular meeting
voted a gift of 5000 to James b. Davis,
one of the leading members, who had
occupied Il place as chairman OF the
building of their new hall, just com
pleted.
With an old army pistol as a weapon
Captain Theodore Suebbes, 20 years
old, a veteran of the civil war com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the brain at his home at
Wilkesbarre, Pa. He formerly lived in
Nebraska
The first potato special ever run in
the United States left Omaha on the
Northwestern for Harrison, Neb.,
where the train starts on a two days
lecturing trip, running east to O'NeilI
and making twenty stops of one half
hour each
The business mems gold medal con.
test took place at Laurel last week.
There were thirteen contestants.
Clinton Price, from the grammar de.
partment of the schools, was awarded
first place among the High school con
testants and a gold medal.
Grain still continues to pour into
Omaha for delivery at the gulf ports,
and in spite of the fact that the Mis-
souri, Pacific has called into service
all of its extra train crews and en-
gines, it has been found necessary to
turn 400 cars of grain over to the
Burlington to be redelivered at Kansas
City.
w. II. Enhart, a farmer who re-
sides near Pacific Junction, was in
Plattsmouth to find if possible, some
trace of his 17-year-old daughter. The
girl left home for the purpose of Wis
iting friends in Portsmouth, but it
now develops that she did not call on
the parties whom she intended to
visit
WASHlNGTON-Jose J. LANCER
of Nebraska, consul at Solingen, Ger
many, has resigned. He asked that
his resignation take effect March /,
but the president has extended the
time until the 10Th, thereby permit,
ting Mr. LANCER to reach the United
States before his resignation becomes
effective.
Washington dispatch: All of the
Nebraska members, save Judge Kin
kaid will go at once to Nebraska upon
adjournment of congress. Mr.. Burkett
will, of course, have to attend the
short session of the senate and par
ticipate in his new Office. Judge Kin.
kaid will visit in Pennsylvania and
West Virginia a few weeks.
A message from Senators Dietrich
was received by Commander Payne
of Silas A. Strickland Grand Army of
the Republic post No 49, Hastings,
stating that he had secured for the
local post complete set of the rec
ords of the confederate and union
armies. This set contains over 100
we'll bound volumes and will be in
stalled in the post library.
In the Nebraska state penitentiary
there is a prisoner whose time expires
March a. but who has made applica-
ton to be allowed to remain longer.
The heroine is Mrs. Worsbaker, sen
fenced for seven years from Dakota
! county for shooting. When the an
nouncement was made to her that she
! had fifteen months good time to her
credit and that she would he released