Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-08-23
OVER THE STATE.

son for county attorney.
Heavy rains, high winds and hail
recently done a good deal of damage
to crops in Sioux county.
The -Schneider-Fo company
of Fremont is building a 1900 bushel
addition to its elevator, making 1t one
of the largest on that branch.
Congressman G.. w. Norris was re-
nominated by reclamation for a third
term by the republicans of the Fifth
district assembled in convention in
McCook.
over 200 cattle stalls are already re-
served at the coming state fair to be
held at Lincoln the first week in Sep
TENDER and very few stalls are unoc-
cupied in the horse barns.
A horse and buggy were stolen from
j. r. McCashland west of Geneva.
Steps were taken at once to catch
the thief and recover the property, a
liberal reward being offered.
Many farmers in Gage county have
commenced blowing and will soon be-
gin putting in the winter wheat crop.
and a larger acreage than usual will
be sown this fall
Henry Bahr, teacher at the Hanover
school house, northeast of Beatrice,
was pleasantly surprised by the pa
irons of the school, who presented him
with $75 in silver to show their appre-
citation for his faithful service as
teacher.
On account of the low rates, to be
restored August 10, shipping grain out
of Omaha grew to enormous proper
tions. Railroads figure during the
first week in August they handled out
of Omaha about 700 cars of wheat and
800 cars of corn.
DR.. McElwee of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
who came to Nebraska City last week
and going to the river, either fell or
jumped in, and was picked up five
miles below there in a drowning con-
dition, was taken to Pacific Junction
by his brother-in-law.
Word was received in Beatrice an
nouncing the death of Horace Scud-
der, at one time private secretary to
the late Senator Paddock and former
ly secretary of the Paddock Hotel
company of that city, which occurred
in Denver of typhoid fever.
A man giving his name as F. w.
Wilson and registering from Craw.
louisville, Ind, after staying at tho
Watson hotel in Nebraska City, in.
duced Landlord C. M. Derr to cash a
draft for sS5 on New York. The draft
turns out to be fraudulent
Sunday afternoon about / o'clock at
Long Pine Fora Bennett attempted to
catch an outgoing fast stock train, but
got poor hold and. seeing that he
could not succeed in getting on he let
lo' je and fell, getting a part of his
arm smashed under the car wheels.
"A. Walls, a young man who has re-
sided in the community for more than
twenty years, in fit of jealous rage
shot Maggie Bylstra a dining room
girl in the Central hotel at Gordon,
with evident intent to kill. The bullet
entered the left breast, striking a rib
and glancing, inflicting a severe but
not dangerous wound.
The estate of the Lloyd girls of Otoe
county, one of whom was killed by the
other, who died in the asylum ten
days afterwards, is being settled up
and will go to distant relatives. The
estate Is valued at something like $780,
600. The property was left them by
their mother and grandfather and they
lived fhn ~,
years.
Richardson county, according to the
statement of County Superintendent
| oliver, is short fifty teachers and this
result has been brought about by the
enactment by the last session of the
legislature of house roll No. 4S by Mr..
Warner. There is an abundance of
teachers in the county such as they
are. but they have not been able to
qualify under this law
An even 100 divorces were granted
by the three equity judges of the dis
trict court of Douglas county during
the May term, according to figures
compiled in the district clerks office
The period covered by the figures in.
cludes part of May, June and July
less than three months. This means
that more than one divorce day was
granted, This is said to be about the
average of other terms.
There is great excitement in Repub
lican City, Alma and Orleans over the
outlook for a new railroad in Harlan
county. For a number of years the
Rock Island has long sought a shorter
route from Chicago via Omaha and
Lincoln to Denver. 1t is now making
the preliminary survey for this route
and the surveyors have already sur
veyed the eastern portion, from neal
Lincoln to the Republican,
While at camp three miles south
west OF Bloomfield, where number o
= prominent families of that city ar,
spending the summer camping, Mrs
George Ballantine. one of the party
was struck by lightning and rendered
+ unconscious. She regained conscious