Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-07-05
OVER THE STATE.

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have been put to work on the streets.
Aurora proposes to spend about
$500 in celebrating the Fourth of July.
Governor Mickey will take up his
residence in Omaha on expiration of
his term of office.
Johnson county, so far, has not been
short on rain, and as result crops
are very promising.
Mrs. Miller of West Point, the Oldest
woman In Cunning county, last week
fell and broke her arm.
The ordinance at Neigh which pro
hibts Sunday sales in the stores will
be tested in district court
The new $4,000 barn of Nels Jack
son, ten miles southwest of Craig,
was struck by lightning and burned
to the ground.
More permanent sidewalks are be-
ing built in David City this year than
on any previous year at this time, all
of which are concrete or brick,
The enrolment at the Kearney
State Normal school is already more
than 400 and more than 200 more stu
dents are expected before the close Of
the term.
While driving the mail wagon for
her husband, north of Columbus, Mrs
H. B. Reed was seriously injured. A
bolt in the tongue came loose and the
horses became frightened and ran
away
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Madison county court house have been
completed. They include new maple
floors in the lower story, papering and
! laying of linoleum in the rooms on the
second floor.
Miss Faith Gullerson, a prominent
young woman of Beatrice, was found
in an unconscious condition near the
tracks on Fifth avenue. She had been
riding a pony and was either thrown
or fell to the ground.
Henry Van Steen, living north Of
Beatrice, had three ribs broken while
swimming in the Blue river. He was
preparing to make high dive from o
springboard when it broke and the
young man fell upon some posts.
SEEMING in the Elkhorn river is the
offense against the state game laws
for which r. d. Vanderbeek of Stat
ford and Lee Downey and Hardin
Longeman of Inman were each fined
$25 and costs, amounting to $2690.
Homer Armstrong, boy Is years of
age, was brought to Beatrice from
Marysvllle, Kan, by Sheriff Trude
and lodged in the county Jail, charged
with stealing horse from Alexander
Armstrong, who resides near Odell.
Miss Josephine Murphey of Platts-
mouth, who for some time has been
employed as a stenographer in the SUI
preme court, has resigned her position
and Miss Mary Greer of the Office OF
Governor Mickey will take her place
By the latter part Of July 1t is
thought that the Omaha, Lincoln &
Beatrice Interurban railway will be in
operation, at least between Lincoln
and Bethany. The track that far is al
ready completed with the exception OF
two crossings.
Mrs. Henry Bruning of Bloomfield
was taken to the asylum for the in
sane at Norfolk. She had been dis
! charged from the asylum some three
months ago, but recently became
worse again and became so violent
that it was thought best to return heI
to the asylum.
j. M. Conrad, cashier of the FRS
National bank of Burwell Neb., er
route to Billings, died in his berth il
the sleeper on train No. 43. Upon ex
| animation heart failure was found tt
, have caused death He was In perfec
: health and spirits apparently when h
. retired. Mr.. Conrad with party o
Y friends was going to Billings to regis
3 ter in the land drawing to be he'll,
2 there soon.
: Governor ]. H. Mickey was Il
/. Council Bluffs last week completing
8 business deal. He has traded land 4
Z Keya Paha county for 500 acres G
e land in the Missouri valley on tn
Iowa side of the river opposite Flo,
ence, Neb. He will thus become
property owner in Iowa 1t is sal
/, that Governor Mickey will remove t
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It fee in January.
s The navy recruiting office, headqua
q tiers at Omaha, has established sui
), Office in the federal building at Has
O ings, where candidates for the nav
q may now be examined. Chief Quartz
f. master e. l.. Benson, whose letter d
scribing his experience in the nav
was published some time ago and we
highly commended, has been placed
s charge of the office. Mr.. Benson We
IS an Omaha boy before entering I'll
d navy.
% Recently there was a record-brea
d ing day at the Grand Island postoffic
L. the former high water mark on r
c. ceipts having been broken. One hui
dred and six money orders were iss
ed, the cause of the unusually lars