Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-17
STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON-
DENsED FORM.
THE PRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC
What Is Going on Here and There That
is Of Interest to the Readers
Throughout Nebraska.

national Dank, the First National OF
Bancroft having commenced business
with capital of $4,000
j. b, Smith, proprietor of the Jersey
dairy at Beatrice secured first two
second, three third and four cham
pionship prizes on his herd OF Jersey
cattle at Kanses City
The report of the county recorder
OF Otoe county for September SHOWS
there were five mortgages to the
value of $14,50O filed and thirteen re-
leased to the value of S24,20395.
The Burlington railroad is planning
to straighten It's main track through
the city og Tecumseh. At the presen,
time 1t forms a letter S within the
corporate limits, coming into the sta.
ton on q bend, both from the north
and south.
The second day of the Greeley coun-
" fair was n success, $500 people
passing through the gates. The
weather was fine and the pogram for
the day was carried out in full. While
no record-breaking time was made, the
races were interesting from start to
finish.
The Central City bottling works is
the name of new business institu-
ton which will shortly commence ope-
rations and manufacture pop, root
beer, ginger ale and other soft
drinks. Eliza Ury and Jacob Fuehrer
are the promoters of the project and
expect to put in $4,000 plant.
The Plattsmouth Telephone COM
pany has called a meeting of the
STOCKHOLDERS of the company for the
purpose of increasing the capital stock
and bonds from $150,0O0 to 100000
for the purpose of greatly enlarging
its toll lines and to make further i'm
provements to the entire system.
A bill for S1,257, for 10000 maps of
Nebraska ordered by the railway com.
mission has been presented to Clerk
Frazier of the state printing board
The bill is accoding to contract and
will be approved. The maps are in
nine colors and the cost of prepar
ing the copy or drawing is included.
Mrs. Levi Davis a we'll known pic.
neer lady, residing north of Hum
boldt, was found by her husband upon
his return from town, lying in an I'M
conscious stupor in the barnyard,
where she hal gone to assist in work
about the yaluS. She was removed at
once to the house but death occurred
before the arrival of physician.
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bion dispatch, was never more thor
oughly saturated with moisture than
at this time. A heavy rain fell the
laetter part of last week, and Tuesday
there was a continuous downpour from
early in the morning until after dark
What that was sown before the rain
is in splendid condition. and ia. .ners
will now finish sowing
DR.. Kern, suerintendent of the asy-
lum at Hastings, reported to the state
officers that his cutter for ensilage
broke all to pieces and he bought an,
other for $3.50 without asking for a
requisition. He does not know what
broke the cutter and he reports that
1t was not only broken In one place
but was broken all over. lie thinks
an ear of corn got crosswise and takes
no stock in the suggestion that some
one might have run a few crow bars
through it.
Early in the season F. A. Reynolds,
Jr., of Washington county, decided
that he would try and raise tobacco
Fifty plants were started and given
but the ordinary care aside from the
cleaning they received to kill Off the
tobacco worms, with which they were
at times infested Mr. Reynolds har
vested the crop the other day and had
the leaves examined by an expert
who pronounced them of a good quail
ity and fit for a good trade. Some of
the leaves grew to an immense size
and all were of q very high quality.
Ole Anderson, who resided five miles
northwest of Greeley, was adiudged
insane and taken to the aylum at Hast
ings. In November, 1886, this man
killed his wife in Brown county, Neb.,
by striking her over the head with a
water pail, throwing the body into the
well and filling the well with snow.
He was convicted of murder in the
first degree and sentenced to be hung.
He appealed to the supreme court, and
the evidence falling to show malice
and generalization upon petition ask
ing that the sentence be modified, the
court sentenced him to Imprisonment
for life
Fifteen chicken pickers employed ar
the plant Of the Beatrice Poultry and
Cold Storage company walked out.
Mr.. Fishbach, president of the com
pany, says the trouble was not caused
by a disagreement over wages, but
because the men refused to do the
work as he wanted it done
The latest census of the penitentiary
shows that the average population was
S64, which was the number of unfor
tunates on hand October /. This is
ipnrpaca ~ t,raa for month