Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-08
OVER TINT STATE.

Indications are that IeCumSen VIII
have a new lighting system in the near
future
Hastings has abundance Of ice for
home consumption and some to sell
abroad.
All of the ice houses at Bremen
were filled and the product Is Of fine
quality.
j. II. Davis & Son have been grant
ed a franchise to put in light plant
at Gibbon.
Six hundred men engaged in a wolf
hunt at Germantown. Three wolves
were captured.
The hotel at Waverly, which has
been unoccupied for some time, Is
about to reopen for business.
e. p. Savage, ex-governor Of Ne
braska, now q resident Of Tacoma,
Wash, has been visiting in this state.
The board of health of Tecumseh
ordered the churches and schools
closed for few days on account Of
diphtheria.
The official records Of the G. A. r.
are being re-classified by Assistant AID,
jutant General Scothern and placed
secured from Auditor Searle.
Mrs Helen Brock OF Lincoln is SUI
ing the Lincoln Traction company for
$4,000 for injuries alleged to have
been sustained while riding on de-
PENDANTS road.
At Seward q delegation of citizens
attended the meeting OF the council
and asked that the question of Ii.
cense be submitted to the voters at
the spring municipal election.
The right of a notary public to or
der person committed to jail for re-
fusal to answer questions asked him
in hearing before the notary Is to
be decided by the supreme court.
Articles of incorporation were filed
by the Farmers Independent Tele-
phone company of Wayne and Thurs
ton counties. The capital stock is
$1,000, of which $4,000 Is paid up.
George Bossung and daughter of Ne.
braska City have gone to Germany to
claim an estate which has been left
them by the death of relative. The
estate amounts to many thousands OF
dollars.
A meeting Of the citizens of Edgar
was held for the purpose of consider.
ing ways and means for the erection
and equipment of Y. M. G. A. build
ing. 1t was decided to build a $4,000
building.
Joseph Lanik, farmer residing near
Wahoo, was taken before the exam.
ming board for dipsomaniacs, and
found guilty as set forth in the COM
plant. He was taken to Lincoln for
treatment.
The five weeks revival meeting in
Hastings conducted by Evangelist
Hamilton at the Christian church
closed with 1871 additions to the
church. At the last meeting $4,000
was subscribed.
A movement has been started at
Harrington among the young men of
the town for the organization of a mi.
litia company. Thirty signatures have
been secured on an application to be.
come members of such a company.
That a soldiers monument will be
erected at Harrington this year seems
now an assured fact. Over 1000 has
been secured by subscription and
about 5000 more will be sufficient to
building such a monument as the COM
mittee has in view.
Governor Mickey will issue a proc
lamation calling on Nebraskans to
contribute to the relief of the Japan
csc famine sufferers. He wishes to
know the names of the officers of the
Red Cross society to whom the con-
tributions will be intrusted.
Governor Mickey has nonored re-
QUESTION from the governor of Kan
sas for the eXtradition of Charles Tor
rey, who is under arrest at Kearny, on
the charge of having taken away six
teen-year-old Myrtle Gildersleeve with
out the consent of her father.
Washington Dispatch The Ne
braska delegation joined in a request
to the president urging the appoint
ment of M. f. Singleton of Omaha, to
some governmental position in recog.
milton of the colored race. Mr.. Single
ton was a candidate for register of
the treasury to succeed Judson w.
Lyons of Georgia, but early in the
game quietly withdrew.
The Nebraska Grain Dealers asso-
citation and other defendants in the
suit Of the state against the Omaha
Elevator company must answer the
suit in the supreme court March G.
The court at the last session decided
against the grain men, overrulng
their demurrer and sustaining the an
thrust laws Of the state. The grain
men must answer whether they will
allow the prayer of the state for a per
petual restraining orcer or nile di
rect answer and proceed to trial.
1t is announced that the Postal Tele
graph cOmDanV is planning an extern