Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-10-03
Town Topics of a Spicy Tint
Practically All the Now. That. Fit to Print


the Broken Bow Steam laundry,
will go to Alliance tomorrow tc
visit his mother over Sunday.
Miss Pearle Hunter of this city,
has been elected as principal OF
the Arnold schools for the en-
suing year. She will teach the
9th, 9TH and Sth and part of the
9th grade work.
Mrs. Elmer Coons and three
daughters, of Moulton, Iowa,
arrived in the city last week to
visit her brother, Ed. Upton,
and family, and will remain here
for couple of weeks.
A. w. Drake, the popular
salesman at Nevis & Co.'S store,
who has been sick and unable to
attend to duties during the past
two weeks, continues in the same
condition to the great regret OF
relatives, friends and patrons of
the store.
DR.. Pennington has sold his
residence property on the North
side to George Meyers for $4,000
and is to give possession March
LIST next, after which the doctor
and family expect to go to
Chicago and reside. The trade
was consummated the latter part
of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alpha Morgan
and Mrs. ]. S. Molyneux loaded
a barouche with shot-guns, fish
ing tackle and themselves and
went to Tuckerville last Satur-
day for the purpose of killing or
catching something. They re-
turned Tuesday and so far as can
be learned killed time and
caught cold
The sale of cattle and horses
at the II. c. Talbot farm, one
mile northwest of Berwyn, next
Tuesday, the Sth, beginning at
10 o'clock in the forenoon,
promises to be one of the most
largely attended auction sales
held id the county during the
year, almost every man you meet
and ask if his going answering
in the affirmative.
Contractor r. w. Stevens has
just completed a magnificent,
large residence on the farm of r.
M. Sewers, eleven miles west of
Merna at cost of $4,000. 1t is
colonial architecture, full two
stories and covers a ground space
of almost seven thousand square
feet. This is an elegant struc-
ture for farm home and shows
what can be erected from the
fertial soil of Custer county.
DR. w. E. Talbot and wife, ].
G. VanCott and wife and Lutte
Sheppard left Sunday morning
for Brownlee in quest of ducks
and prairie hens. They took a
complete camping outfit (and
preventatives for snake bite) ex-
pecting to remain there until
tomorrow. Agent Ormsby says
if they kill game in accordance
with the amount of baggage
they took along there will not be
any game left for the REPUBLICAN
editor.
During the early hours Mon
day morning streak of lightning
landed on the cupolo OF the barn
of George Porter, deputy register
of deeds, and aside from ripping
off yard or so of shingles and
causing the cow to absolutely and
fatty refuse to "give down
at the regular milking time, nc
damage was done. George says
the bolt started for that sinner Of
a Vanlandingham, but he had
out lightning rod and it passed
him up and took the next best
thing in sight.
We often hear some of the
knockers" ask: what ha:
become of the Broken Bow 6
Western railway company?
don't hear anything more about
it," The company; as a matte,
of fact, have been Saving WOOD
and saying nothing" not caring
whether the knockers, know it OF
not, because the road will bt
built and in operation early mex
year without asking their con
sent. The company has thu
money to complete the projec
and it will be completed.
M. S. Eddy came down from
Merna on Tuesday bringing
large ard very precious roll o
paper which The delivered safel,
INTO the hands of County Clerl