Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-14
IN AND AROUND BROKEN BOW
An Epitome of Personal Affairs and Local
Events During the Past Week.

year returned home Tuesday
night.
Mrs. Carl Foote, of Dunning
is in the city visiting with he1
parents. She arrived last Satur-
day morning.
Mrs. ]. S. Baisch and children
arrived Monday night from Over
ton, where they have been visit
ing for a couple of weeks.
Geo. Porter, deputy register of
deeds, has traded for the w. b.
Estham residence property in the
north west part of the city.
Misses Florence Thorpe and
Madge Potts left last Saturday
for Denver where they will visit
for an indefinite length of time.
Bills are out announcing a
grand celebration of the 4th OF
July at New Helena. The An
selma brass band will furnish the
music.
Eight hundred head of year
ling steers, belonging to F. M.
Currie, we're unloaded here Sun
day night. They were shipped
from Denver.
The M. E. church edifice is
being cleaned and as conse-
quence Sunday school and SER
vices at II a. m. will be held in
the court house.
A. ]. Elliott, proprietor of the
Grand Central, is having the ap-
pearance Of his hotel improved
by new coat of paint. England
and Cosner are doing the work.
Jas. Sloggett has purchased
the frame building opposite the
post Office which he is moving to
lots near the B. & M. depot, with
the view of fitting it up for a
restaurant.
L. H. levitt is at Omaha this
week attending the post masters
state convention, The Post
master General has granted the
post masters of the state, that
will attend five days vacation.
George f. Bray, whom the
Republican last week doctored
up from a severe illness so that
he was able to attend to du ties
in the store, has been laid up
since last Friday with rheumatism
which puts the kinks IN him fast
and furious.
Miss Maude Marquis left Tues.
day night for Gillett, Wyo. She
will be met at Alliance by VIM.
Robinson. They plan to get
married at Alliance and then
proceed to Gillett where Willie
holds position with the B. &
NJ. Mrs. Marquiss accompanied
her daughter to Alliance.
a freight train came tearing
into town from the east last Fri.
day noon with flames rolling
from a cattle car and fiat Cal
upon which was loaded a part oil
an old depot, being taken tc
some side track west. The cars
were halted under the water tank
and the flames eXtlnguished by
the train men in the presence ot
a goodly number of citizens.
Prof. J. II. Caywood has ar
ranged to start a commercial
college at Ansley the first o
September. He has rented {
room in the opera building fo
that purpose. Mr.. Caywood il
an eXcellnnt young man, a fine
scholar and has had considerable
experience in commercial teach
ing. The REPUBLICAN, predicts
successful school for him.
Ansley Chronicle: prof ]
II. Caywood, of Broken Bow
was in Ansley Wednesday will
the view of opening a Commercial
college at this place. Prof. Cay
wood taught two terms in tn,
shorthand department in Ere
mont Normal, and has alsC
taught in the Broken Bow Bust
ness College. 1t is Mr.. Cay
woods intention to start colleg
in Ansley, commencing sometim
next September"
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Farris, o
Tuscola, H., arrived IN Broke
Bow last Thursday, to visit witt
the parents of Mrs. Farris, MI
and Mrs. VIM. Barrett. MI
Farris was formerly a resident o
Broken Bow, his father at on
time being proprietor of tn
Commercial Hotel. For the pas
eight years he has been chic