Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-24
News Of a Local Nature


a land contest.
h. A. Hunter left Tuesday
morning for Kearney and Am
herst on a land deal, and will be
absent from the city several days.
John Scales, of Burlington,
Iowa, who has been visiting his
daughter, Mrs. c. o. Jones, since
last November, left for home
Tuesday morning.
The lumberman's convention,
being held in Lincoln this week,
attracted II. T. Bruce to that
city, whittier he went Monday,
accompanied by Mrs. Bruce.
Capt. Horace Kennedy, who
recently took charge of the
Standard Oil company business
in this city, has completed a new
barn on his home premises.
Barney Mohatt, since assault
ing Mrs. Grant ten days ago,
has been confined at the county
Jail, but will be taken to the
asylum at Lincoln either today
or tomorrow.
On Friday night, February 1st
the Rebekah's will give a museum
and serve lunch at the Odd Fell
lows hall. The public is cor
daily invited. Admission zoe.
Doors open at 8 p. m.
/. DR.. C. Pickett suffered an
attack of vertigo ten days ago
and was confined to the house
until yesterday when his many
friends down town were glad to
see him sufficiently recovered to
again associate with them.
Mrs. w. S. Amsberry, Of
Gillett, Wvo, arrived this MORN
ing from Alliance where she has
been visiting the past week.
She will remain here while w.
S. is getting located in his new
position, as agent on the Rio
Grande railroad at Florence,
Colorado.
On Monday Mr.. and Mrs. G.. l..
Turner went to Lincoln where
they will spend the week, Mr..
Turner attending the lumber
mems convention, after which
they will visit her relatives at
Kansas City and his people at
Bedford, Iowa, being absent
from home about three weeks.
Sixteen members of the Broken
Bow lodge, Knights of Pythias,
visited the lodge at Ansley last
Thursday night and each and al
of them enthusiastically declare
they were never in their lives
more royalty entertained or en-
joyed themselves better than
upon this occasion.
! Frank H. Smith spent from
Friday until Monday at Lincolr
visiting his sons, Harry and
Floyd, who are students at the
State university. Harry viii
complete four years course at
that institution and graduate
next month with high honors
Floyd entered the university
last fall.
This morning the winter wind:
do blow and the supply of Goa
ia very low, but the dealers think
with what they have Oh hant
and several car load that will
surely arrive this week, they viii
be able to supply the demand i
no large orders are placed Will
. them and that is not likely a
this time of year.
, There has been about on
. hundred residences built L
, Broken Bow each year the pas
three years and from the npmbe
who have declared their In
tentions for 1907, there viii
: probably be near that numbe
erected before Santa Claus come
again. There should be, as
matter of fact and for convenience
> twice that many in order t
I accommodate the people who or
i: coming here to reside. We opln
that the census this spring wi
show a large increase over Las
year.
S When the Boston Ideal Com
{ Opera company presented "Tt
e Mikado" in this city at the Opel
> house on the night of the a
n inst the hall was fairly we'll file
le at S1.OO per ticket and all preset
rs STA tl,ov l,a6 racaiUaI Valua f