Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-19
NEBRASKA POINTERS
STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON.
DENsEp FORM.
THE PRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC
What ie Going on Here and There That
is of Interest to the Readers
Throughout Nebraska.

Miss Magnetic Marks has been APP
pointed stenographer in the Office OF
Secretary Mellor of the state board
of agriculture.
Harry Haverly, recently resigned as
steward at the Hastings asylum has
begun his duties as proprietor OF the
Bostwick hotel in that city.
Five members of the family OF
Horace Kuwtzky, a plumber and con-
tractor, of Nebraska City were as
phyxicated and came near losing their
lives.
A stick of dynamite exploding pre-
maturely seriously injured j. w. Bow
lin employed by the Lincoln Brick
company. The men were blasting in
clay bank.
In the district court Of Sarpy county
Judge Kennedy sentenced Edward
Hike of Bellevue to a term of two
years in the penitentiary on the
charge of burglary.
Mary Tucker, of Lincoln, filed a
suit for $4,000 against the H. Herpol-
sheimer company. She was hurt in
front of the store and alleges the
sidewalk was defective.
The new high school building at
Grand Island is practically completed
and will be ready for occupancy i'm
mediately after the Christmas holi-
days. The furniture is now being in
stalled.
While playing with a revolver in
his room in Hastings hotel Robert
Harris, 1S-year-old son of Engineer
Harris Of the state hospital. was acci-
dentally shot through the hand re-
ceiving a serious wound.
The Anti-Saloon league Of Lincoln
is making a campaign to have the anti
treating provisions of the Slocumb law
enforced. Governor Sheldon has re-
ceived more than fifteen petitions ask
ing that treating be stopped.
Mrs. Emma G. Johnson, superintend-
cnt of the home for the friendless,
has been appointed by Governor Shell
don for term of two years dating
from March 1. She has been at the
head of the institution since March /,
1906
son has notified the county attorney
of Cass county to begin prosecutions
against a number of liquor dealers in
Plattsbouth for violating the pure food
law by not properly branding the bot
ties in which they keep liquor for
sale.
Amos II. Gould, the banker of Bell
D,,t1n ,hn x,-oC o.
an eight years sentence in the peni-
Tertiary was released during the
month of November, according 10 a
report filed by Warden Beemer with
the governor.
Attorney General Thompson has re-
ceived permission to file motion with
the supreme court for a mandamus to
compel the Union Stock Yards com
pany at South Omaha to file report
with the State Railway commission as
do the common carriers.
New industries in Cass and Saun-
ders counties have opened for business
in the face of the hard times, notably
a company in Wahoo for the manu-
facture of automobile devices and
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Cedar Creek, and a tile factory at
Louisville.
The state board of public lands and
buildings has made a change in the
material in two of the buildings to be
| constructed at the Norfolk asylum
without increasing the price but at the
| expense of fireproofing for one build
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pressed brick.
The supreme court has appointed
| three of the bar commissioners to
| take testimony in the matter of dis
barment charges against Attorney AL
| len G.. Fisher of Chadron. The COM
| missioners chosen are G. H. Sloan of
| Geneva, w. l.. Anderson of Lincoln and
| II. p. Leavitt of Omaha.
The Nebraska City board of educa.
ton is up against a serious PROPOSE
ton. They increased the salaries of
all the teachers at the beginning OF
the school year and now they find that
because of the fact that over $50 of
the school children are out of school
at work, they will have to start a
night school and they have not the
funds.
Claiming that her husband, James
Harrington, has been absent twenty
five years, Mrs. Sara Harrington, OF
Fremont, in probate court filed petit
ton asking to be appointed admins
tratix of his estate and for the court
to find Harrington legally dead. A
quarter of a century ago Harrington
then young man, started for Omaha
on business trip, kissing his wife
goodbye. He has never been heard 'o
since.
The statement Of county recorder
G, NJ. Lathrop of Otoe county shows
that during the month of Novembe
there were fifteen farm mortgage!
filed, amounting to $4O,958.S9, anC
thirteen released to the value of $27,
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