Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-09-06
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be one of the finest in that part of
the state.
r. y. Sutherland OF Superior was
nominated by the democrats and pop
ulists as the fusion nominee for con
gresham from the Fifth district. The
two parties met separately though at
the same time About twenty-five del.
egates attended each convention.
large crowd or the friends of
Judge ]. A. Williams of Pierce as.
sembled down town and being pre-.
coded by the Pierce cornet band,
marched to the judges residence in
the west part OF town and congratu'
lated him upon his nomination to the
Office of railway commissioner
Prof John Matzen, county superln-
tendent OF Dodge county, lost peck,
etbook containing nearly 5000, besides
soma notes and valuable papers A
part of this money was paid to him
at the New York hotel, where he
boards, and he put It in his pocket
and went direct to his Office at the
court house. When he got there he
had no pocketbook, and it is still
missing
A movement has been started in
| Grand Island for an elaborate celebra-
ton of the fiftieth anniversary of the
settlement of Hall county and this
section of the state in July of next
| year, and, in connection Herewith,
| to erect and dedicate an appropriate
monument to the original colony of
| twenty-five settlers, to the first set
tiers Of every township in the county
and the old soldiers of the county.
President Clemmons of Fremont
college has made up his list OF in.
| structors for the coming school year.
There are three changes. Prof. New
| ton M. Bogges of Chicago succeeds
Prof. Frank Read as head of the mu-
sic department; Prof. White of Chi.
cago takes the head of the depart.
ment of business; Prof. John Cloud
of Valparaiso, Ind, will teach physics.
! The other positions on the faculty
will be filled as usual
Arensen Kuwtzky Of Nebraska
City an aged man, was severely bit
! ten on the lip and part of the lip torn
away by a dog which was supposed
to have been suffering from rabies.
Physicians cared for the man and the
poAce killed the dog The family Of
Mr., Kuwitzky are carefully watching
him, but the physicians say they have
done all they could and are inclined
to the belief there will be no bad
results from the dog bite.
The repubican state committees
was organized by the candidates on
the state ticket, who appointed the
following officers: Chairman, W. B.
Rose of Lincoln, present deputy at,
torney general under Norris Brown;
vice chairman, William Hayward of
| Nebraska City; secretary, Clark Per-
liins, editor of the st. Paul Republi
can; treasurer, Charles Il. Morgan of
Omaha The committee voted to con-
tinue the headquarters at Omaha.
No more liquors will be dispensed
in the cafes of Lincoln hotels. This
was the edict of the excise board at
meeting held last week 1t was
charged that young girls were per-
mitted to drink at the cage of the
Capitol hotel and that while intoxi-
Gated they were taken away by some
men. Saturday morning julius Wo-
empener and John Sullivan were ar
rested at the Woempener drug store
in company with two young women
who gave assumed names.
An election was held at Stanton,
pursuant to orders of the commander
| in inf NV hnr In ~
pany b. First Regiment infantry, Ne
braska National Guard, to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the promotion
of former Captain Eberly to be ma
jor 1t resulted as follows: First
Lieutenant liver S. Johnson was unan-
imously elected captain; Second
Lieutenant Howard II. Antics was
promoted to fill the vacancy created
by the election of Captain johnson.
The imposing church building, once
owned by the congregation of the
First Christian church, located at the
northeast corner OF Fourteenth and
X streets, Lincoln, caught fire and is
in ruins. 1t was erected seventeen
years ago at cost or $4,000 or $685.
900 and was at one time regarded
as one of the finest places OF wor-
ship in the city. Over two years ago
it was bought at foreclosure sale by
Bishop Bonacum of the Catholic
church for $4,000. Two weeks ago
the work of remodeling the structure
/, was begun and it was expected to
complete the work early next year.
If indications count for anything,
the meeting of retail merchants of
Nebraska in Nebraska City on Sep
TENDER IL and ~ will be one of the
best meetings of the kind ever held
. in the west. Arrangements are being
made by the hotels there to accommo
: date several hundred merchants, who
: are expected to be present from all
sections of the state. The sessions
which begin at $3.50 o'clock on Sep
TENDER IL, will continue until Wed