Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-02-01
IN AND AR OUND BROKEN BOW
An Epitome of Personal Affairs and Local
Events During the Past Week,

INC CITY tHlS morning on VlSlt.
Supt. j. c. Birdsell, of AL
lance, spent Sunday in the city,
returning home Sunday night on
43.
Geo. w. Brock, of Merna, was
a business caller at this Office
yesterday. He advanced his
fathers subscription several
months.
.Chas. Pixley, formerly of this
city, who has been located at
Ainsworth for the past seven
years, was "A city visitor several
days last week and the first of
this.
Sheriff Richardson commenced
building a feed and livery barn
last Saturday, just east of Cad
wells building on Cedar Street.
Mr.. Ellis has charge of the car
penter work.
G.. o. Joyner, of Merna, called
today and requested his address
be changed to Broken Bow. The
REPUBLICAN is pleased to well
come Mr.. and Mrs. Joyner to
Broken Bow.
DIR. c. Pickett went to Lincoln
yesterday to deliver lectures be-
| fore the medical college, in which
he holds chair. He informs us
that he will be back in time for
pension day next week.
w. ]. Rice, of Rest, was a
friendly caller Monday. He had
been in the city several days as
Juror. He was Que of the jury
in the Morrison lynching case
that failed to agree on a verdict.
If YOU intend to have a public
sale call at the REPUBLICAN office
and get your bills printed. A
tastely arranged and neatly
printed poster attracts attention
and draws bidders ten fold more
than a slovenly peice of work and
costs no more. The REPUBLICAN
is especially equipped to print sale
bills in neat, up-to-date style.
Messrs George & Bray, of the
Eagle grocery store, have install
led "A new peanut rooster and
corn pepper, propelled by a z
horse power steam engine, at a
cost Of $500 which certainly
days over" anything of the kind
in the matter Of beauty while
| it does the work for which it was
made to the entire satisfaction
of all who patroni2e it. The
corn is automatically buttered
and sailed and each grain is
thereby seasoned evenly instead
of some grains being soaked with
butter and some not buttered OF
sailed as by the method of pour
ing melted butter on the corn
after being popped. 1t will be
in operation in front OF the
Eagle Grocery Saturday wealth
er permitting.
S. X. Warrick, who was in the
city Tuesday informs us that in
stead of securing $2S5 of the
money for which VIM. Hardy
had sold the horses for in st.
Louis. he received at the time of
the arrest all Of the money for
which they sold but 1885, and
that since then he has been able
to locate $500 more money which
fully covers the amount realized
from the horses disposed of. He
further stated that the two SINH
lar cases in which the parties
had not been apprehended were
not in Thomas county, but the
parties lived in Cherry county. Ia
speaking of the authorities OF
Thomas county, he says they
lent him all possible assistance
in locating Hardy and that
Sheriff Crow is entitled to special
credit for the part he took III the
matter.
Popular Lecture on the Land of the
Pharohs.
| Rev. ana Mrs. Levack will de-
liver lecture OH Egypt, its peo'
pies, religion and customs in the
Baptist Church on Tuesday, Feb.
9th, at 8 p. III.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levack have la
bored in Egypt for three years as
missionaries and will speak from
personal experience.
Tickets IS cents each,
| Proceeds to go towards renov'
alton Of Church building.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Garvices in the RoDtiSt Church