Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-01-25
NEBRASKA BRIEFS

state banking department to the Citi-
zens' bank OF Giltner.
The barn of William Brown of Ne.
braska City was destroyed by fire, to-
gether with a fine team of horses.
The Hastings Building and Loan as
ISOLATION has fined it's twentieth year
OF operation without having foreclosed
single mortgage. 1t now has $S1 900
of loans in force.
70. g. Rathbun, farmer and stock
raiser who has lived near Ellis for
many years, was adjudged insane by
the board of insanity commissioners
and ordered taken to the asylum.
number of local capitalists have
taken hold of the brick plant PROPOSE
ton at Humboldt a second time, and
1t now looks like the project would
be pushed through at early date.
j. G. Hobart of Lincoln tossed an
old sheet into the fire, and after it
had been reduced to ashes he remem-
bered that $40 in currency had been
pinned on its inside for safe keeping.
The Presbyterian Theological semi
nary of Omaha has received $4,000 as
a gift from John H. Converse, one
of the controlling factors of the Bald
win Locomotive works of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Fred Snyder of Vesta precinct,
Johnson county, was quite seriously
burned. She was standing with her
back to red hot stove when her dress
caught fire and she became enveloped
in flames.
Jacob Cool, farmer residing seven
miles northeast of Galloway, disfig-
ured his face with corn knife while
sharpening the implement. The upper
lip was cut through and one side or
the nose badly lacerated.
Rev. Van Dyke Wight remains un,
til June 13 president of Hastings col
lege, his resignation of that office to
enable him to devote all his time to
his work as pastor of the Presbyter-
ian church taking effect then.
Judge Harrington arrived at Aims
worth and gave sentence to the fol.
lowing criminals: Fred J. Zylman,
one year for stealing a watch and $12
in money; Bert Valentine, three years
and six months for stealing two
horses, wagon and set of harness.
Governor Mickey has announced the
appointment Of Adam Breede Of the
Hastings Tribune and Ross Hammond
of the Fremont Tribune to represent
Nebraska at the Seeing America" con-
ference to be held at Salt Lake Janu,
airy 25.
Will Neff, young man living near
Ruby, met with severe accident while
skating on pond near that place. He
tripped and fell and the ice gave way
and a sharp edge of the ice cut his
head open from the eye to the back
or his ear.
While Albert Fleishman and his
county were hunting the latter shot
at rabbit, but the whole charge of
shot entered his brothers limbs and
left arm. About sixty shot entered
the arm and body.
The horse stolen in Auburn and be-
longing to LATE Higgins was discov-
cred three miles northwest of John
son. The Nemaha County Farmers
Protective association had men out
looking for the animal and a reward
of SIS was offered.
The safe in the Bank of Salem was
blown open. Cashier r. B. Huston
found the doors wrecked but the in
ner door still firm and the money safe.
Postage stamps to the value of 800
which had been left by the postmaster
and not locked up, were taken.
With 100 marriage proposals on her
list as a result of holding claim on
the Rosebud reservation Miss Ella
Rogers, young newspaper woman Of
Ames, Ia, passed through Norfolk en-
route to the Rosebud reservation to
make final proof on her property.
The Union Pacific is active in build
ing up the North Platte river. About
fifteen miles of track has been laid,
and the work is still progressing. No
work except survey has been made
by the Burlington, yet the general i'm
preston is that both of the roads will
build to the west along the valley of
the North Platte as soon as spring
opens up.
Judge Paul lessen OF Nebraska City
has awarded a new trial in Miss Oh
lie Holbrook's personal damage suit
against William Leibold. In this case
Miss Holbrook sued for $4,000 dam
ages for the loss of her scalp through
an accident that occurred while she
was employed in the Leibold bakery.
The jury heard the case at the present
term of court, finding in favor of the
| defendant.
A circular which will doubtless
arouse much interest among the boys
and girls of Nebraska farms, as it tells
how they may secure books, has been
issued by Miss Edna d. Bullock, sec
rotary of the Nebraska Public Library
commission. Any inquiries as to par
ticularS NAV he obtained nv address,