Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-07-19
SOMETHING DOING IN THIS VICINITY
An Epitome of Personal Affairs and Local
Events During the Past Week.

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on the fifth inning on account of
the rain. The score was 3 to 0
in favor of the home team.
G. T. Robinson has sold his
farm, south of town, to Chas.
Cunningham, of the eastern part
of the state. Mr.. Robinson is
to give possession the first Of
next March. Consideration SIS
an acre.
Geo. Papineau left Monday on
a visit to his old home in Wis
consin, where he has five broth
ers and four sisters. 1t will be
his first visit in twenty-five years
and he expects to be gone four
weeks.
The democrats Of Broken Bow
township will hold their town
ship caucus in the court house
Saturday, July 2l, at 2 p. m. to
elect delegates to the county con-
vention. See the call in this
issue of the REPUBLICAN.
]. G. Brenizer and A. h. Chris
man have been appointed dele
gates to the Farmers National
Congress by Gov. Mickey. This
congress will be held at Rock
Island, Illinois, beginning Oc-
tober 9th. The governor has
appointed about $50 from Ne
braska, and the two above named
are the only two selected from
Custer county.
u. B. Church services next
! Sunday as usual, Sunday school
at 10 a. m. Preaching at II a. m.
The pastor will preach at Custer
Center next Sunday morning and
at Fleming Valley in the after
noon. Young Peoples meeting
in the evening followed by preach
ing. Bros. WINNER and Hyatt
will lead the Young peoples
meeting. All are invited to these
services.
During base ball game last
Sunday on Ash Creek, Theodore
Johnson was struck in the fore
head with a ball bat and render
ed unconscious. The bat slipped
from the batters hand. The
young man was brought to the
city where he has been under the
care of DR.. Talbot all week. He
is now on fair way of complete
recovery.
A party of Broken Bowites,
consisting of Roy Walker, James
Wool, Geo. Bush, Will Kennedy,
II. A. Hunter and Nels Lee,
joined with II. Mcclellan, of
Alliance, a Burlington R'y pass
enger conductor, and went to in
spect a mine three miles east Of
Hills City, South Dakota, which
they have purchased. There are
now eleven shareholders and as
soon as eighteen the required
number, are secured, an organlza-
ton will be effected to be known
as the Gold Metal Mining Co.
Mr.. Walker says they have
certainly secured a valuable piece
of mining property and if there
are any citizens who desire to get
in on the ground floor with a
good thing, here and now is the
place and time.
| Geo. Papineau informs us that
the finishing touches are
being administered to Nels
Lees residence. This is one OF
the finest residences in the city.
1t has II rooms besides closets
and bath room. Besides the Lee
residence he has built this season
house for Mrs. Nellie Marquis,
four rooms with ten feet posts,
and one for John Turner, four
rooms, II feet posts, and an adj
dition to his own house 1SXlS
with 10 feet posts. He has two
orher houses to build, one Of
which is for w. A. Crisp on the
West Table, which will be bull
by his men while he is away on
visit to his old home. The
other is a 81, 700 house for Mrs
Beck, sister of Mrs. Hunter
which he will build on his return
from Wisconsin.
! President Cornett, of the Bro,
ken Bow Business College, ha'
already enrolled ~ students TO
the college. The prospects ar,
that as many more will enrol
> before the close of the first term
He has employed A. p. Vannic,
to teach in the Normal depart
ment. Mr.. Vannice is a youn,
r man of fine attachments and !