Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-11
NEBRASKA BRIEFS.

~ bGbii' NOOh pld't 1T 'ffhllltt bD
tween representatives of the High
schools of that city and Lincoln.
The Soldiers Home at Grand Is
land was inspected last week by the
state board of public lands and build.
ings
Amos Burnett an old veteran OF
Plattsmouth, Is to be furnished home
in the Nationol Soldiers Home at
| Leavenworth, Kan.
| George Westgate Of York county
has returned from Kentucky with a
carload Of driving horses which he Will
DISPOSE of in this state
The Offering in the Methodist
church at Osceola on Easter Sunday
for the missionary cause was S45t.33,
about double that of last year.
William Chatter pleaded guilty be-
fore Judge Taylor at York for the kill
ing Of four wild ducks. He was given
the regular fine of So for each bird.
Earl Terwillerger, a farmer, living
one mile south of Bee accidentally
shot himself through the hand while
handling a target rife. The wound is
not serious.
Mrs Mary Wagner of Gage county
was adjudged insane and ordered
taken to the asylum. The woman is
but 81 years of age and the mother of
four children.
The date for the annual high school
fete at the State university has been
set for May 10. 1t is expected that
representatives from high schools all
over the state will be present
Games Warden Carter has received
word from a special deputy in York
county that William Chottin and
Grover Denbo were arrested with four
teen ducks in their possession. Chot-
tin, the elder of the two was fined
$50 and costs, while the younger, who
was a mere boy, was given his free
dom,
A 500 deficiency item allowed the
state banking board has been left out of
one of the appropriation bills passed
at the last session Of the legislature
and as a result the board will be kept
out of the money for another two
years. The error is due TO the negli-
gence of the enrolling and engrossing
clerks. The item cannot be paid for
two years.
Word reached Beatrice that A. N.
Brenneman, a former printer of that
city, but who is now living at Bartels-
vile, Mo-, stating that he has been
awarded a special prize of $4,000 in a
guessing contest, The guessing was on
the total paid attendance at the
Worlds fair. Brenneman's guess was
12,SO4,635, just nine short Of the actual
paid number.
During the recent heavy rains near
Mason City w, q. Amsberry had two
COWS drowned. w. d. Amsberry had
three calves, eleven pigs and seventy
five chickens drowned. George Null
vaney last two horses, which floated
away. The approaches to every bridge
within five miles of Mason City are
damaged and at least three bridges
have been washed from their founda-
tons.
Believing that Mrs. Lena Margaret
Lille has been unjustly condemned to
life imprisonment for the murder of her
husband, her friends are planning a
series of petitions which will be cir
culated among the members of the
women's clubs in all parts of the
United States asking for her release.
When these are signed they will be
presented to Governor Mickey asking
him for .clemency.
The building by the Great Northern
of the Sioux City-Ashland cut off has
stirred up considerable interest in
Northwestern railroad circles. The
Northwestern regards the proposed
new line as an invasion of its terri
tory and there is much talk of the
construction of a road from Hooper to
Oakland to connect with the Omaha
road, thus making a short line for the
system between Lincoln and Sioux
City.
Lester C. Winterton, who was a for.
mer Seward boy, met his death by ac-
cident in Egyrt while employed as an
expert prospective driller for a ma
chinery company of Chicago. He is
buried near the third cataract of the
Nile river in Egypt OF eight men sent
to the gold coast of west Africa, he
was the only one alive at the end of
the year of their going. He was SO
years OF age aud was married last No.
vember.
Department Commander Herman
Bross in his Memorial day order lust
promulgated, calls attention to The
law enacted by the late legislature TO
prohibit baseball playing and horse
racing and such forms of amusement
on Memorial day and fixing a penalty
for violation thereof. AS a matter of
fact, that law will not apply this year
md therefore there can be no viola
ton of it. IL was passeG without the
emergency clause and therefore does
not go into effect until July /.
Mrs, Pauline Anderson of York was