Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
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Of an up-to-date hotel.
The new Lutheran church of Suther-
land has been dedicated.
Axtell has had two fires of late the
last one being quite disastrous.
The golden anniversary will be eel
ebrated in Beatrice next month.
The Auburn Chautaudda had a good
attendance and made SONIC money.
Ray Patterson of Plattsmouth has
gone to Rapid City, S. D., to start a
bank.
Stock shipments from the grazing
country Is now on in full force and
hundreds of carloads are going for
ward to South Omaha.
The Randolph Improvement club
has completed arrangements for a
three days carnival and ball tourna-
ment, September 2, and 4.
Oscar, the fifteen-year-old son Of
nent residents Of Beatrice, was dan
gerously injured by being thrown from
a horse.
Two negroes, while trying to board
a freight train at Gibbon, failed to
get on, and one falling with his leg
across the track had it cut off just
above the ankle.
Moor &c bearing closed deals at
Brule with c. M. Gray of Humboldt,
Ia, and A. H. Winkler of Glenwood,
Ia, two capitalists, Tor Keith county
land to the amount of 100000.
Eighty acres of land lying one-fourth
mile west Of st. Paul limits was sold
at referees sale at $3.50 per acre.
This was the ground value alone, as
there are no buildings on the farm.
A shooting ARRAY occurred at Cody
and as a result Fount Sanderson of
this place lies in a critical condition
from two bullet wounds, one in the
breast and one in the left shoulder, in
flicteG by Jim Butcher, half-breei
Indian. Both men were intoxicated
when the shooting occurred.
d. w. Hoyt OF York county has
been appointed commandant of the
Soldiers Home at Grand Island to sue
coed Commandant Askwith of Omaha.
Mr.. Hoyt is at present a deputy oil
inspector, having been appointed to
that place by Governor Mickey and
reappointed by Governor Sheldon.
The managers of the Nebraska state
fair September 2 to 6, hav ebeen ex-
ceedingly fortunate in securing the
world renowned Liberatis military
band of New York. Each day they
will give four great concerts on the
state fair grounds. This band is COM
posed Of eighty-two famous musicians.
Preparations are being made for the
Gordon county fair and street carni-
val, which will be held at Gordon on
September II, 1S, 10 and 90 Besides
the usual display of mammoth field
and garden products, there will be bal
loon ascensions and other free attrac
tons on the grounds each afternoon.
The past week was prolific of &C
Smith had the misfortune to step off
ciGents at Central City. Mrs. A. C.
the sidewalk and sprain her angle,
frankie, the son of William Porter
was wounded in the hand by the acct
dental discharge of target rifle, and
Ed. Foster fractured bone in one of
his hands while loading cattle at the
srock yards.
The track layers on the North River
branch of the Union Pacific have
reached Lewellen and have laid the
track for several miles from Lewellen
westward on the road to Oshkosh. AS
long as plenty of material is furnished,
such as ties and steel, almost mile
Of track can be laid daily. but the
shortage of supplies has prohibited the
keeping up of any such record.
Charles Shindler, who lived near
Flowersfleld in Banner county, came
to his death under singular circum.
stances. 1t is presumed that he was
standing on wagon, filling a barrel
from a large tank, when he fell into
the tank, where his body was found
later in the day. 1t is reported that he
had been subject to apopleXy, and is
supposed to have had a seizure which
caused him to fall.
The state board of public lands and
buildings has rejected all bids on the
proposed new addition to the Ortho-
peic hospital and the Home for the
Friendless because the estimates of
the contractors exceeded the approp
riations. The legislature appropriate
ed $4,000 for an addition to the home
and the lowest bid called for an expen-
diture of $1,000. The board will prob
ably secure some reputable contractor
to supervise the building of the struc.
ture for an agreed percentage on the
cost of material and labor
President Ell. H. Parishe, of Central
City has been called to large Friends
church at Lawrence, Kas. He will
be succeeded as president of Nebraska
Central college by Prof. Stacy Nc
Cracker, graduate of Penn college,
Oskaloosa, la.
Prof U. s. Conn has resigned the