Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-09-27
OVER The STATE.

Wy ooHo anu surrounding tDuhbaI
sent 700 people TO the state fair.
Plattsrnouth schools opened with an
increased attendance.
DR.. Peabody, one of the ldest physi-
clans OF Omaha, is dead.
Custer county'S fair will last four
days, September rs 10 2S. inclusive.
York is going to have an establish
ment for the manufacture Of alfalfa
meal.
Hon. w. j. Bryan of Nebraska will
make several speeches in the Iowa
campaign.
A solid train containing flfty-elght
cars of California fruit passed through
North Platte.
The Hamilton county fair at Aurora
was more largely attended this year
than ever before.
tons OF clover hay. He theshed the
clover seed, which yielded seventy
nine bushels to the acre.
It cost two bolsterous characters at
Riverton twenty-five dollars for doing
a rough house act at the street fair.
gunshot wound in the foot, re-
ceived FIVE years ago, caused the death
OF William Crounse of Republican City
Upon fiftecn-acre tract of land J.
]. Show. a farmer living few miles
south Of Beatrice, raised twenty-five
Alma's superb baseball team has dis
banded 1t made a great record in
,t,i, t,,a hat
cially.
Government range rider, Medley
White, reports 25,024 head of cattle
summering on the North Platte forest
reserve.
Farmers of Phelps county are pre-
pairing to SOW more winter wheat than
usual. The crop has proven very
profitable.
The birth rate at Grand Island for
the month of August was nearly one
day, the sum total amounting to
twenty.four.
The small boy in Nehama county
does not need to steal peaches; he is
help himself.
Charged with driving his family
away from home after threatening to
kill them, John Barnhart, living near
Rockford, was lodged in jail.
s. ]. Oliverius, who was the only
successful drawer of Rosebud claim
from Cunning county, has just sold his
farm for the sum of $4,350.
Ira Wooster of Beaver City has
been offered a profitable position as
representative of the International
Harvester company in South Africa.
Leroy, the twenty-year-old and
youngest son of Jacob Schlanker, re-
siding four miles southeast of Elm
wood, was kicked in the abdomen by
mule, resulting in his death.
The date of holding the live stock
show and sale of Nebraska City has
bene changed to October II and 1S.
over $1,000 in cash prizes has been
offered by the association and no
entry fee Is required.
Some time next month the Wood
men Of Grand Island propose to cele-
brate the 10Th anniversary of the or
ganlZation OF the camp in that city.
1t will be a great occasion with two
bands and some fireworks at night.
L. p. Bogardus OF the United States
recruiting station at Beatrice, who
escaped from Mrs. Bogardus this
| morning by jumping from a second
story window at the Markell hotel. He
was later found wading in the river,
south OF town, by the officers and
lodged in jail.
Hon. Fred Hedde, who Is believed to
be the oldest, or one Of the oldest edi-
tors in the United States, celebrated
his eighty-eighth birthday anniversary
at Grand Island. He was active in
the profession until five years ago. He
Is also one of the eight surviving pio-
neer settlers of Hall county and many
friends called upon him to extend their
best wishes and congratulations.
The new cottage at the Nebraska
state insane asylum at Norfolk has
been completed and accepted by the
stats board of public lands and build
ings. The members of the board there
were Land Commissioner Eaton, Sec
rotary of State Galusha and State
Treasurer Mortensen, They agreed that
the contractors, Killner & Worth of
Scribner, have fulfilled the contract
faithfully and satisfactorily.
Alex Brlsby, aged % years, son OF
James Brisby, laborer of Omaha was
killed by the train in Stella while at
tempting to board it. Brisby had
missed the passenger train to Auburn
where he was going TO see young wo
man, and attempted to climb on a
through freight which dashed through
the city at high rate of speed, He
missed his hold and fell across the
rails, four cars passing over him,
"The state fair was the greatest W.
have ever had" remarked w. r, Mel
lor, secretary OF the state fair board
Thursday while in Omaha. 1--WE had ,
week Of ideal weather and the larges
crowds we have ever had were in at
tendance, The board Is still busy pay
ing off the premiums and until this 4
( done, together with other bills whicl
/ have to be met, 1t Is impossible to tel