Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07
OVER THE STATE.


Many new homes are being built In
Clay Center this year.
There is said to be a great scarcity
OF teachers in Gage county.
The Pierce County Fair and Speed
association has been organized.
The Courier, a new daily afternoon
paper, has appeared at Beatrice.
The new mayor and council of Oma-
ha have been indicted into office.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Croly of Beatrice
celebrated their golden wedding last
week.
A hail storm at Franklin and vicln-
ity lasted forty-five minutes and did
great damage
The Ashland Telephone company is
continuing extensive improvements
began last year
Bloomfield, like many other Nebras'
ka towns, is experiencing a great
building boom this year.
r. ]. Maloney, the 12.year-old son Of
Councilman Maloney of Wymore, was
accidentally shot and probably fatally
wounded while out hunting.
Herman Prowitz was before the in
sanity board of Stanton county and
adjudged fit subject for treatment.
Sheriff Stucher took him to Lincoln.
A skeleton found in the creek at
Prague has been identified by lea
Their belt still clinging to it as that Of
Vaclav Vopath, who disappeared four
teen months ago.
At the risk of his own life, Willie
Dercup, II years of age, of Papillion,
jumped into the whirlpool inside the
mill dam and rescued from drowning
10-year-old Paul Ehlers.
The barn and corn crib and out
building belonging to John Saunders,
living southwest of Oakland were de-
stroyed by fire, caused by the explo-
sion of a lamp in an incubator. Loss
$500.
Pink French, the 16-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John French, who live
nine miles east of Tecumseh, was
drowned in the Nemaha river. He
was taking a swim when the accident
occurred.
The local camp of the Woodmen OF
the World already have one hundred
candidates for the public initiation
which will take place in Nebraska
City at the state log rolling meet on
July 3, 4 and 8.
Harry, the 10-year-old son of Leroy
V. Bowman Of Chadron, was drowned
while trying to swim just below the
dam of a small irrigation ditch on the
farm Of Clifton Freeman. adjoining the
city Of Chadron.
At the coroner's inquest held at the
Hastings asylum over the body of
Martin II McHamara, the inmate who
was struck lI Burlington passenger
train and l,tantly killed, rendered a
verdict CT suicide.
Eighteen years old and q divorced
wife for the second time is the condi-
ton of Iona Grain of Lincoln, who was
granted by Judge Frost a divorce from
Joe l. Grain, her second husband. The
two were married in WILDER July 4,
1905.
Two deputy game wardens from
Lincoln went south of Ainsworth to
Long lake and arrested NJ l. Melon
aid for seining in the lake. The ward
ems secured two seines in his posses
sion and brought them to the court
house in Ainsworth.
DR.. j. l.. Greene, superintendent of
the Lincoln insane asylum, fled a re-
quest with the board of public lands
and buildings for an investigation of
the matter of the death of w. S. Nc.
Cartney of Nebraska City, who was
killed in the asylum during the first
week in November, 1904.
Frank Brown, n well-known farmer
was instantly killed at his home neal
Ayr last week by a stroke of light
ming. He with his son, aged II years
was riding home from the fields in 6
lumber wagon, seated on a spring sea-
over a high box when the bolt struck
The boy was only stunned.
The jury that has been considering
the case of the state against Charlie,
NJ. Chamberlain, Of the old Chamber
lain banking house of Tecumseh, re
turned a verdict at Auburn findiny
Chamberlain guilty as charged in thu
information. The case was tried on
change Of venue from Johnson county
Lawrence CARPENTER, about 20 year
Of age, who was clerk in the Roya
hotel and son of prominent real es
tate dealer n Ped Cloud. was foun,
dead wiTh ballet hole through hi
heart an a revolver lying by his side
Dependency over disappointment in
love affair is given is the cause of tn
suicide
John Dunafon. farmer living abou
three miles southeast of Franklin
while blowing unearthed the bones G
a man thet had been buried about fiv
years. By the teeth 1t appeared tina
he was about sixty years old. 1t
generally thought that the remains ar
those of Hans Holverson, who disal