Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
ALL OVER NEBRASKA
NEWS NOTES FROM PAPERS AND
PRESS DISPATCHES.
A CONDENSATION OF DOINGS
Matters of a Week as Portrayed by the
Press Locally and Tea-
graphically.

Columbus will have two horses in
state fair races.
Building at Tecumseh this year Is
going to beat all records.
The people of Fairbury are organ
izing to build hospital.
Sterling has unanimously decided to
celebrate the Fourth OF July.
Sleigh bells jingled merrily in the
streets of Crete on the I'd of May.
Thirty-two pupils will graduate from
the Plattsmouth High school this
year.
Norfolk asylum, hanged himself in the
cellar OF that institution.
About June l the Union Pacific will
begin running through train between
Kansas City and Omaha.
A new library building, TO which AM
drew Carnegie has donated $500. is
to be erected at Dewitt.
William Barclay, Plattsmouth sa-
loonkeeper, is in trouble because Of
having sold liquor to minors.
Ashland Masons have one Of tho
prettiest lodge rooms in the state and
substantial growing membership.
The Dawson County Chautauqua aa-
ISOLATION has by subscription pur-
chased new site for holding its meet
ings.
Crawford is rejoicing over the let
ting Of contracts for new buildings
amounting to between 100000 and
100000
Governor Sheldon has offered a re-
ward Of 5000 for the capture of Her
man Boche, the man who murdered
F. ]. farmer, at Norfolk.
The entries of 1913 horses for tho
stake races at the state fair have
been received by Secretary w, r. Mel
lor Of the state fair board.
Hyannis is having trouble over
granting a saloon license, remon-
STRANGE having been entered against
granting license to e. q Martz.
Changes in the articles of incorpora-
ton of the Nebraska Methodist Epis-
copal and Deaconess' home have been
filed with Secretary of State Junkin.
A twenty-five pound catfish was
caught in the Blue river at Seward.
1t was the largest ever seen in that
vicinity and appeared as big as good
sized dog.
The Tilden Citizen calls attention to
the fact that several heads of families
in that town are liable under the
child labor law recently passed by
the legislature.
Frank Benson, young man living
south of Oakland, was taken before
the insanity board at Tekamah and
adjudged insane and ordered sent to
the asylum at Norfolk
A lineman at Chadron fell from q
fortyfoot pole. He landed on the
back of his head and shoulders and
outside of being terribly stunned he
was practically uninjured
A class of thirty-six students at the
school Of agriculture, department Of
Nebraska university, was graduated
after three years course in scientific
farming in that institution.
Cooper Dunn of Nebraska City, who
has just completed a Eve years
course and graduated at the Univer-
sity of Nebraska in forestry and LAM
scape gardening, has accepted a pos
ition in Chicago.
DR.. Frederick f. Clements, profes-
sor of botany in the University Of
Nebraska, has received call to be-
come the head of the department OF
botany in the University Of Mime
sofa. He will probably accept.
| h,,n <;o ~
have entered the corn Growing con.
test in Gage county, the entries for
which closed last week. Four bushel
of seed has been distributed TO con-
testants throughout the county.
According to information received in
Lincoln, Ponca man named McQuil
lin is hopelessly i'll In a Sioux City
hospital with the CHAMBERS. His daugh
ter is also dangerously i'll. They
caught the affection from a colt.
DR.. ]. B. Fulton received word from
the sheriff of Shelby county, Iowa, tc
the effect that the parties captured by
the Beatrice bloodhounds near Har
Ian, Ia, recently, had confessed to the
burglary with which they were
charged.
Upon the occasion of his marriage
to Miss Julia Piersen at Aurora, Sey
mour Jones, formerly resident o.
Central City, received valuable pres
ent from his parents. II was q deco
of sixty acres of choice land, valued
at $4,000.
Following is the mortgage repor
of Gage county for the month Of April,
Farm mortgages filed, 270; amount
$65, 210 Farm mortgages released
$50; amount, $S4,426. City mortgage:
fled $4OO; amount, $25,611 City mort
cages released, $500; amount, s20,S54
John w. Bassett, farmer residing
near Unadilla, has hled q suit in thu
district court against the Farmers AM
Merchants Insurance company to re
cover $500 insurance on his home
which was burned on June II, 1906