Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-01-11
OVER THE STATE.

mas trade the town ever had.
Nebraska's seed corn special drew
great crowds wherever Il went
A religious revival, attended with
much interest, is in progress at Dor.
chester.
william Elsanger, on trial at West
Point for illegal voting, was acquitted
by the jury.
The $4,000 in bridge bonds which
were voted by Keith county were sold
to the state treasurer at par.
Following it's usual custom on
Christmas, the Dempster Mill Manufac-
turing company at Beatrice distrib-
uted 265 turkeys among its employees.
The subject of state BASEBALL league
was before a meeting of interested
persons at Fremont. The attendance
was not large and no definite action
was taken.
Grand Island sets forth claim to
first consideration among the cities
of it's class in the state in the mat
ter of federal appropriations for pub
lie building purposes.
Mrs. Christina Kicker of Nebraska
City, an aged woman who resides at
504 South Tird street, was fatally in
jured by falling off steep bank near
South Third street bridge
A sneak thief stole five tickets at
the Missouri Pacific depot in Platts-
mouth. He entered the ticket office
while Operator Kennedy was putting
some express and mail matter aboard
a train.
A little child. two or three months
old, belonging to Mr.. and Mrs Wills,
who reside on the Redfern farm in
Nemaha county, was smothered to
death. While lying on the bed it turn
ed over on its face.
Fire Quilted the large brewery Of the
Mates Brewing company in Nebraska
City. The cause of the fire is I'M
known. The loss of $4,000 is partly
covered by insurance. The plant will
be rebuilt at once.
r. Houser. who lives two miles east
of Beatrice, reports that his field of
fifty-three acres of corn averaged
sixty and one-half bushels to the acre.
This is the best yield that has been
reported in this section.
Macie Knapp, the 13-year-old son of
John Knapp, a farmer residing a few
miles from Ansley was instantly kill
ed by the accidental discharge of a
shotgun which mutilated his head and
face beyond recognition.
A very successful term of Luther
academy at Wahoo closed last week
and the students and faculty will take
a vacation until January 8. A large
increase in the attendance is assured
at the beginning of the next term.
Prof. Hunt, head of the department
of agriculture of Cornell university,
and Prof. Hartley, head of the depart
ment of agronomy in the United
States department of agriculture, join
ed the Burlington seed corn special
The entire issue of the two hundred
8 per cent semi-annual school bonds
voted for the purpose of erecting a
new brick school house in Bancroft
were sold the Bankers Reserve Life
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$500.
Leonard Huffman, an old and high
ly respected German farmer who lived
some eight or nine miles west of Ia
BILE Rock, was found dead in his bed
at his residence. There are no suspi-
cious circumstances connected with
his death
During husking season S. T. Maps
OF York county, on account of sick
ness, was unable to gather his large
crop of corn. His neighbors put TWEEN
ty teams and huskers in his field of
corn and soon had the cribs filled to
overlooking.
The Paddock hotel and opera house
block, the largest business block in
Beatrice, was sold to " A. Shepherd
of Chicago. The deal represents over
100000. The block was erected years
ago by the late Senator A. S. Paddock,
and since his death it has been under
the management of his son-in-law, O.
j. Goldman, who recently located in
Lincoln.
Harry M. Vertress will get a new
trial by the decision of the supreme
court rendered at Lincoln. Mr.. Yer
tress sued Gage county for $4,000
damages by reason of being hurt or
account of rotten bridge givinl
away in Blakely township in Septem
Der, 1908, upon which Mr.. Vertress
was crossing. Mr., Vertress lost hi.
case in the district court, but the su
preme court said he did not have {
fair trial
Switch Engineer Alger last weel
guided the first train over the North
Westerns great new steel bridge owe,
Pine creek canyon in Brown county
This bridge is the highest in the stat,
and is built unusually strong. Their,
are many thousands Of rivets yet t.
be placed, but this will not interior,
with its use In connection with thu
bridge the railroad has built a cut-of