Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-06-13
NEBRASKA MATTERS
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES
HERE AND THERE.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Social, Agricultural, Religious ana
Other Matters Having Reference
to This Commonwealth Alone.

Utica schools have closed tempo
rarily on account of smallpox.
Exeter has enough money pledged
for the Fourth Of July celebration.
Mrs. Komma of Otoe county, died in
Oklahoma while on visit to her
daughter.
The city council of Ashland VAL sell
to the highest bidder refunding water
bonds to the amount of $1,000.
The house on the farm Of r. 8.
Trumbull of Minden was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground.
Tramps and sneak thieves are COM
mon in Ashland, due to the spring mi
grations of jail birds from the cities.
John Bodel of Fremont was found
to be a. fit subject for the asylum for
inebriates and will be taken to Lin
coin.
The farmers elevator at Odell
shipped 7,7G0 bushels of white corn
to the Chicago market one day last
week.
The village Of Weston will hold a
special election on June 10 to vote on
the question of installing a water
works system
Burglars entered the house Of a
banker at Wahoo, but found only 30c,
which for the trouble and danger,
looked mighty small.
Six inches of rain is reported to
have fallen ten to fifteen miles north
west of Indianola. Creeks leading
from that section were out of banks.
In the hearing before County Judge
Palmer at Clay Center the cases
against Mann and jacobson for viola
ton of the game law, both were found
guilty and fined $50 each.
Simon Hanson, who ate phosphorus
from the heads of many matches, died
In Emmanuel hospital, Omaha, aged As
years. The BODY was inferred near
Nehawka, Cass county.
George Frye, farmer living north
of Meadowbrook, walked into Crooks
livery stable and going behind one OF
his horses slapped him on the rump
without due notice or Formally. The
horse responded with kick that left
Mr.. Frye unconscious for some time
and might have proved fatal.
Workmen at South Bend discovered
the floating bodies in the Platte river
of the Workman and Dewey boys, who
disappeared from home at Ashlane
last December. The young men were
known to have started from home to
go skating, and were never heard of
again.
H. H. Pratt, proprietor Of the jewelry
store in Fremont, while ripping the
Gvft ~ h or
found two brilliant diamonds worth
$3.50. The stone, mounted in earrings,
were stuck into paper holder just as
they had been sent to the store twenty
five years ago.
Frank Lahoda of Plattsmouth,
twenty-three years Of age, was run
dow by Burlington yard engine and
instantly killed. The wheels of the
engine passed over his abdomen, cut
ting his body IN two. Lahoda had sat
down upon one of the main rails to
rest and fell asleep.
August Henneman, ST., proprietor Of
the Blue Valley mills, while mending
the mill race Ia Seward county was
hit on the head by a timber 6x6 feet
in length which fell fourteen feet
He was rendered unconscious and be-
lieved to be almost fatally injured.
but later regained consciousness and
may recover.
At meeting of the T. P. A. and U.
G. T. organizations to be held in Ere
mont soon. j. F. Knowles, who was
representative FROM Dodge county in
the recent Legislature. will be pre-
sented with a memorial in apprecia-
ton of the work he did on behalf OF
the two-cent mile bill and the bill pro-
viding for 2,000-mile books on the rail-
roads.
Sheriff Rohrs of Nemaha county.
returned from Lexington with Edward
Mason, who was brought back to an
swer for charge of arson on account
of the burning of the livery barn at
Brownville, the latter part of March.
1907. Mason was indicted by the
grand jury which was in session about
a week ago. lis home was originally
at Brownville.
County Superintendent King of Otoe
county has peculiar question to de-
eide. At the beginning of the fiscal
year saloon license was granted to
man in Burr; demonstrators closed the
saloon, and after few weeks the dis
trict court ordered that license be
granted. Now the man who took out
the license wants the village board
and school district to reimburse him
for the time his place of business was
closed. Some claim that it cannot be
paid back legally out of the school
fund.
A large corps of Union Pacific survey.
ors under the direction of Assistant
Engineer Richardson, commenced
work at Seward running lines to Lin.
coin, The grade between Seward and
Stromsburg Is satisfactory.