Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-19
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Poiit'
ical and other Matters Given
Due Consideration.

Police at McCook made a raid on
gambling house, gathering in six play
ers.
SO far this season there have been
220 cars Of cattle shipped from Hyan-
mis-. Shipments started early and
will finish much sooner than in any
previous year.
During an alteration at Hyannis
between A. b. Hosman and John Nc
Michael, the latter struck the former
with knife inficting deep cash in
the arm. McMichael is now under ar
rest.
The state board of public lands and
buildings eentered an order that War
den Beemer of the state penitentiary
shall no longer charge a fee of 10
cents for visitors desiring to inspect
the institution.
While r. H. Jefferies, southwest Of
Clearwater, was threshing, spark
from the engine set fire to the stacks
and burned about $50 bushels of rye,
which was fully insured in the Ante
lope County Mutual
The preliminary trial of Jim Butch
er, who shot Fount Sanderson at Cody
two weeks ago, was held at the court
house in Valentine, and Butcher was
bound over to the district court under
a $500 bond, which he furnished.
Sam Belenky, an Italian grader, was
killed by No. 10 on the Union Pacific
M To
handcar from the track and appar-
emily did not see the approaching
train which was running five hours
late.
severe rain and electrical storm
visited the section about Beatrice.
Lightning fired the wheat stacks on
the farm of S. Pheasant and a mans
grain near Ellis, causing a heavy
loss. Several barns were struck and
badly damaged.
County Surveyor Norton of Holt
county has completed diagram for
new town that has just been laid
out in Holt county at Dorsey The
town as plated comprises two eighty
acre tracts of the McElhaney land
defunct Flkhorn Valley bank and
which was sold under execution a
short time ago.
The men sinking the deep we'll for
the Otoe Development company are
having all kinds of bad luck. Last
week they lost their drill and were
compelled to go to Lincoln to get ma
oh Will VIII; 10 IN,
then sunk the well to a depth Of 625
feet when the large cable broke, and
as it was 5000 feet long, it will be
some time before it can be replaced
Rock Springs coal has been ad-
vanced in Sidney from So to SO ton
The local dealer claims it has gone
up 81 ton at the mines. "If there
is anything on earth that will make
the people steal coal" said Sid
ney man, "this new deal will GER
tainly have the desired effect, and
the Union Pacific will have to put on
q better night Waterman.
Mrs. Jacob Martin, wife Of pros
porous farmer living about eight miles
southeast of Cortland, was murdered
Ii.
was, found lying under the bed with
the victims head crushed at her home
by Mr.. Martin, who had been away
for several hours attending the pri-
mary election. She was about As
years of age.
Fitzpatrick Bros. of Beatrice have
resumed work on the Marysville-To
peka cutoff of the Union Pacific, after
shutdown of several months, due it
is said because the 2-cent rate went
into effect in Nebraska. The contract
ors have put large force of men to
work and if nothing prevents it is the
intention to have the line to Marys-
vile completed within the next sixty
days.
Mrs. Florence Lewis. wife of c. l..
Lewis, president Of the Citizens bank
of Fairfield. died last week Mrs.
Lewis was in the prime of lfe and
the best of health up to few months
ago She was prominent club
woman and church worker, public
spirited and especially active in
everything that tended to the better
ment and identifying OF her home
town.
AdOlph Hogenkamp, a farmer resid-
ing FIVE miles northeast Of Cambridge
was found dead, having shot himself
with a shotgun. For some time his
health has been poor, and it is thought
that he did the deed through de,
spondency. The affair took place dur.
ing the night while the family was
asleep, and he was not found until
morning, when he was found seated
upon a wagon on which was a hay
rack.
A letter received in Nebraska City
announced the death of Mrs. May MI
Ter at Salt Lake City on August %
She left there some two weeks age
with her mother to visit her sister