Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-04-12
OVER THE STATE.

Burglars entered the store Of T. j.
Frew, Tecumseh and stole some
goods, but overlooked a pocketbook
containing $50 in CASH
John N. Kirby. member of the
Grand Island soldiers home, died re-
Gently at Stockville, Frontier county.
The largest single shipment of live
stock which ever went out of Hum
boldt station was sent last week,
twenty-eight cars of cattle, sheep and
hogs.
The home of William e. Griffith,
Burlington conductor, at Nebraska
City, was burned, entailng a loss of
$4,000, with only $500 insurance
thereon.
Two strangers assaulted the night
Waterman in the Northwestern yards
at Chadron One man struck him with
a club, broke his jaw and otherwise
beat him. They were arrested.
George Woods and Secretary Whit
ten of the Lincoln Commercial club
are negotiating with an eastern starch
factory and are seeking to have the
promoters locate in Lincoln.
An epidemic of measles which has
been prevailing fop couple of weeks
still continues undated and is inter-
fering considerably with the attend
ance at the city schools in Humboldt.
York wants an overall and shirt fac
tory, and it's Commercial club is trying
to secure branch of company al
ready established, and If it cannot do
that will try to organize local COM
pany.
The Holdrege Automobile company
has filed articles Of incorporation with
the secretary of state. The capital
stock is $4,000 and the incorporators
are w. H. Paddock, A. F. Lawson and
w. A. Shreck.
Comparatively no progress has been
made during the last three weeks to-
ward the organization of the district
fair association at Hastings, and it is
believed now that the project will
have to be abandoned.
The funeral of DIR. S. f. Hunt, who
was killed in the railroad yards at
| O'Neill, was held at Stuart and was
the largest ever seen in the county.
Special trains were run for the accom-
mediation of nearby towns.
A. d. Sage of Glenover, Gage county,
was exhibiting an orange which he
raised in green house near his home.
The orange is of the Japanese variety
and is small with very thick skin.
The orange was one of thirteen which
grew on a bush eighteen inches high.
The body of Joseph Shipley was
brought here from Grand Rapids,
Mimi, where he died last week. The
deceased was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Shipley, who have lived in
Battle Creek since 1892. About seven
years ago, when he was 20 years of
age, he left his home in a rather Pc
culiar manner.
Henry Egelback, living near Brock,
met with a serious accident while out
hunting ducks. He was shooting a
No. s shot gun and one of the shells
seemed to be heavier loaded than COM
mon. When he fired it exploded, blow
ing the stock of the gun completely
off, breaking Mr.. Egelback's right arm
in two places and left a bad flesh
wound
Samuel Parker of Thurston county,
who was sentenced to the penitentiary
for murder, has appealed his case to
the supreme court. Parker is an In
dian and his attorneys allege the court
refused to allow Indians to serve on
the jury and that the jury panel was
snade up by the county commissioners,
of which one member serving was not
ever a resident of Thurston county.
At Lincoln, Mrs. Thomas Breckel-
hymer had narrow escape from death
during a storm. Lightning struck and
shattered the iron bed in which she
was sleeping, but did not injure her
in the least. The lightning struck the
roof of the house, tore off a few
shingles, smashed couple of windows
and then struck the iron bedpost. The
bed was torn all to pieces, but the &C.
: cupant was not even shaken up.
A report has been received from
Wilbur recently that the effort of the
National Guard company stationed
there to raise money for the erection
of an armory is meeting with success.
: 1t is unlikely the Grand Army of the
= Republic will participate in the cree
ton of this army. The report states
$4,000 has been promised by the bus
mess men and lot has been donated
1t is the hope of the young men to
raise $4,000 more, which will be suffi-
cient to pay for the building.
James Dowie, the night foreman of
. the Unl"n Pacific round house at
l Grand Island, died as a result of in
ternal injuries sustained by being
crushed between an engine and the
door of the round house. He was en-.
tering the door to shut off the engine
+ which was making for the pit and for.
+ got the proximity of the door, He was
t caught between the engine and the
e door, both shoulders were broken and