Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-07-19
OVER THE STATE.

! to the asylum at Lincoln on account
! OF insanity. He has been home sew
eral months on parole
! Work on the Crofton extension OF
the Omaha railroad from Harrington
has been progressing quite rapidly OF
late, and It is thought that the road
will be ready for business about Sep
TENDER 10 or October l.
Mrs. Kate Ripley of Hastings has
recently accepted position as matron
Of the Kearney Industrial school. The
ladies Of the Home Missionary society
Of the Methodist church gave fare.
well party in her honor.
Avis Dam r, ST., wealthy
farmer and Ian. owner. who lives one
and one-half miles north of Rulo,
while doing his chores found that the
lightning struck his fine barn and
killed six head of fine cattle.
Too many carpenters happened to
be on a small section of the sheds of
Louis Schmidt's new brick yards in
Grand Island shingling and the shed
collapsed. Ed Mernina was caught
underneath and his hand was severely
injured.
The Farmers State bank of Eddy
vile, Dawson county has been incor-
poratcd with capital stock of 5000.
The incorporators are A. U. Damn,
George j. Stanley James Cunningham,
Nick Kopf, |. S. Irwin and James Nc
Mahan.
Lester Armstrong, son of ex-Repre-
sentative Armstrong of Auburn,
brought suit against the city of Au-
burn for damages to the amount of
$10,229, for injuries to himself and
wife, for which he holds the city re-
sponsible.
Henry Reece. young man "a years
Of age, who has been wor4ing for
some time at the home of his brother,
east of Barada, has disappeared, and
on behalf of relatives there is much
anxiety, as he had made threats of
killing himself
A. III. Brice. who has been running
a brokerage business at Minden for
the last eight months for Sewell Sleu.
man of Omaha. has left for parts un.
known, and with money belonging to
people of Minden which they had
paid on margins.
Bessie the 13-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. w. N. Greer of Grand
Island, was seriously burned about the
lower eXtremities while reviving O fire
in cook stove. The fire had smould-
cred and she took a can of oil and
the common result followed.
Frank Davis. who has had the con.
tract for delivering the mail to and
from trains in Beatrice for the last
eight years, turns the work over to w.
H. Otto. the successful bidder, July /.
During the eight years Mr. Davis had
the contract he never missed train.
Acting for Land Commissioner Ea-
ton, Attorney General Norris Brown
has filed an answer in the case of the
state against Rutledge, alleging that
the land commissioner Is not compell-
ed to deed away school lands unless
the appraisement is satisfactory. The
question of sale of school land in JEFF
ferson county started this case
Uhling, which is finely located on
the Great Northern railway, is little
more than six weeks old. but it al
ready has two newspapers, two hard
ware stores, two lumber yards, two
banks, two general stores, one eleva-
tor doing business and one in course
of erection, barber shop, jewelry
store and one of the best drug stores
in the county.
The price charged consumers for ice
is out of all proportion 10 the value of
ice is returned by the county asses.
sors. According to the ice man this
little household necessity is worth not
less than $40 ton. According to the
assessor in Deuel. county, ice out there
is worth so cents ton, while in How.
ard county it is worth SIS a ton the
highest price placed upon this com.
modify by any assessor.
A peculiar accident happened in the
GarVey Bros. saloon at Harrington
One of the proprietors and bartender
were in the liqour storeroom when tho
bartender pulled the faucet out of an
empty SIN bdllSl Ut dUOuJ JHe same
time as the proprietor struck a match
to light cigar. terrific explosion
resulted and the end of the empty bar.
rel was blown through partition wall
and the two men stunned barrels of
liquor came tumbling down and in o
moment the room was on fire.
Mrs. Calhoun OF Spencer, was
burned to death. She tried to start
the kitchen fire, and after two OF
three unsuccessful attempts she
poured kerosene in the stove out of o
gallon can, which caused an explo
sion, bursting both ends out of the
can and scattering the oil on her and
all about the room, which imme
| diately became mass of flames. she
fell to the floor and the fire and heat
was so intense that help could not
| roach hnr until tbo 6ro