Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-09-20
OVER THE STATE.


Between fifteen and twenty districts
in Buffalo county are without teach
ers.
Along the banks OF the Blue river
wild grapes are said to be unusually
plentiful.
Saunders county schools opened on
time, all the teachers for most part
being Of the home product.
The first Christian church at Min
den was dedicated free of debt 1t
took the committee only one day to
raise the needed $1,000.
Albert Bolknap of Fremont harbored
the delyslon that enemies were seeking
his life. He was taken to the hospital
for the insane at Norfolk
Henry II. Adams and wife of oxford
have been married sixty years. He is
eighty.four, she one year younger, and
both are in the enjoyment of coed
health.
Master Dewey Tilman of Raglan was
playing on pile of lumber when 1t
caved in. The little fellow was taken
from the wreck with a badly crushed
and broken leg.
Robert Martin Of Beaver Crossing
has a close call. A horse kicked him
on the noggen, fracturing his skull.
He was unconscious several hours, but
Is on the road to recovery
Henry Farley, the telephone man,
has built line from point in eastern
Cunning county to Rosalie, station on
the Ashland cutoff Of the Great North
ern line, and will operate it from Ban
croft.
Crab Orchard was visited by another
disastrous conflagration, the loss be-
ing $4,000. The opera house and four
other buildings were completely de
stroyed, as were five stocks of mer.
chandise.
During a severe thunder storm Bern
hard Nielsen living about five miles
west of st. Paul, had five horses and
two colts killed by one stroke of light
ming in his barn. The lightning also
set fire to the barn, which burned.
Barney Pearson, who has been in
jail at Hastings since July 20 on the
charge of killing Walter McCulla, was
bound over to the district court on
charge of murder and his bail was fix
ed at 100000, which he furnished.
The fruit crop of Pawnee county Is
proving to be immense this season.
Buyers and packers of apples are pres
ent, getting ready for the fall pack.
The prospects are for the largest crop
ever harvested in that county. Fruit
is bringing good figures,
Colonel Benjamin Crabb, aged eigh.
ty-five years, died at his home in Nc
Cool last week. Colonel Crabb was
an early settler of York county and
prominently identified with the up
building of York in it's early days. He
was colonel of the Seventh Iowa vol
unteer infantry during the rebellion.
The Union Pacific has just issued
complete pamphlet showing the bust
ness opportunities and openings along
the lines of that road. This has been
prepared at great expense. Besides
business openings the pamphlet gives
considerable information concerning
| nearly every important station on the
lines.
Fremont on Labor day celebrated its
| semi-centennial anniversary. With an
| excellent parade, eloquent speaking
and national games. the day was ap-
proprately observed. A large crowd
and ideal weather contributed to the
| success of the occasion. Business
houses closed at noon and all the labor
organizations took holiday.
One of the attractions at the Madi.
son county fair is to be band of
twenty Sioux Indians in full WAR
paint and feathers, who will execute
their famous war dances, accompanied
with the savage whoops familiar to
our fathers in the good old days when
real scalping was common along the
wild frontier
Four hundred near neighbors and
friends rendered Mr.. and Mrs. William
]. Bryan a reception at the Methods;
Episcopal church of Normal, near the
Bryan suburban home. Mr. Bryan
made an address, treating in an inter
esting way the religions of the ole
world, He said he returned to the
United States a firm advocate of for
eign missions.
Fred Billings, we'll known younl
farmer of Richardson county, lost ;
fine driving horse and had narrow es
cape from drowning few days ago
while driving home with woman com
panion after the picnic. A drenchinj
rain storm had risen and the hors
walked off bridge and fell with tn
vehicle and occupants into ditch te
feet below. The horse was killed, bu
3 the occupants escaped uninjured.
l AS Mrs. Herbert Stokes was drivin
into Stella with her little girl tire
years old, the horses became frightel
ed at an automobile and Mrs. Stoke
Il jumped out, expecting to lift the llttl
II girl out, but the horses dashed ava
1t md through a wire fence. The buge
t. was literally torn to pieces, but IL
| frightened LITTLE pirl hold onto ~