Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-27
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reported at Clearwater.
The district court of Cunning county
will convene January 18th.
Postmaster McNally of Edgar has
resigned and will remove to Iowa.
Work Is to be started at once on
the new Catholic parsonage in Beat
rice.
Sioux City, Ia and Dakota City,
Neb, are to be connected by inter
urban
Bogus ten dollar bills were passed
in Fremont and q half dozen or more
mmerchants are losers on account Of
them.
John Close of Columbus charged by
Josie Sturek with being father OF her
child, has been bound over to the dis.
trict court
George Meyer OF Platte county was
injured in a runaway accident, and his
blood poisoning.
Measures are being taken to or
ganize an antl-tobacco league among
the young men who are students in
the normal at Peru.
Nebraska has no outstanding bonds
and has $2,O22,SS1 invested in the
bonds Of other states and $3,616,747 In
bonds OF Nebraska counties.
The new state bank at Resale, a
new town on the Great Northern ex-
tension, located q few miles from Ban
croft, opened for business last week.
A man was found a mile from
Greenwood, lying in the road with his
throat cut. He was taken to city
hospital and it is thought he will re-
cover.
Andrew Arnold of Red Cloud was so
badly injured by the horse on which
he was riding falling with him that
very small hopes are entertained for
his recovery.
Columbus Is jubilant oXcr the expec-
.tation OF $46 900 appropriation for
the new public building. Sealed offers
have been put in by number OF
people who have sites to sell.
Thieves entered the Burlington tool
house in Wymore and stole wagon
lead of valuable tools Bloodhounds
were put upon the trail, which was
lost before proceeding very far.
e. j. King, sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for two years and six months
for burglary from Douglas county, was
discharged by the governor, who COM
muted his sentence to term some
thing over nine, months.
The Board OF Supervisors of Butler
county has employed John Streeter as
superintendent of the county poor farm
for another year at a salary OF $500.
He has held that position for several
years and has made a good superin-
tendent.
Jay O'Hearn, Omaha boy murderer
under sentence OF death sentenced for
the killing of Nels Lausten, saloon
keeper, has filed brief in support of
his petition in error in the supreme
court. The brief is filed by Attorney
James p English.
The semi-annual school apportion.
ment which has been made by the
state treasurer gives Antelope county
S3.17632. The amount will be at once
apportioned to the different school dis.
tricts by Superintendent Ward and
the directors notified
The Nemaha county fair grounds
located at Salem were sold at sheriffs
sale in Falls City, to satisfy a mort
gage held by the Salem Interstate
Chautauque association. The prop
erty was purchased by the Richardson
County Fair association.
A conference is now on whereby
eastern capital figures to install ar
electric light and power plant in AL
lance, In case proper arrangements
can be made. The town for some time
has been considering the feasibility O
establishing such a~plant.
A check for S24,955S4 was received
by County Treasurer Troupe of But
falo county from the Union Pacifi,
Railroad company in payment of
part Of the taxes of the company 70
| the year 1906. The total amount o
the tax is s37,112.25, leaving bal
ance OF s12,156.54 unpaid.
A campaign has been instituted T.
do away with the orthopedic hospita
at Lincoln, and to distribute the criI
pied children among the general hos
pitfalls of the state, using them TO
clinical demonstrations and keepin
them at the expense OF the state Thi
movement meets with strong disaI
prevail on the part of most physicians
Governor Mickey has informed d.
f. M, Sisson OF the Omaha child sa,
ing society that he will not commut
the death sentence of Jay O'Hearn {
Douglas county, to life Imprisonment
DIR. Sisson visited the governor to II
tercede for the young prisoner Mr.
O'Hearn visited her son at the priso
and an affectionate interview foilowe,
State Oil Inspector Ed A. Churc
broke the monthly record for the yet
r during the month of November b
turning into the state treasury ba
a once of S143467 as the surplus of r