Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21
News of a Local Nature
Get the fever-clean up.

Nevis store, is taking vacation
of month.
Let every citizen expose him
self to the contagion, catch 1t
and-clean up the premises.
The article by the Litchfield
Mfg. Co., this week on the
editorial page should be read by
ou1 subscribers.
]. ]. Joyner, a retired farmer
now residing in Merna, enjoyed
life in the capitol city of Custer
county Tuesday.
Rev. II. NJ. Pinckney went to
Westerville Monday and con-
Quoted funeral services of a
daughter, aged 2 years, of Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Cannon.
Deputy Sheriff Ernie Thomp-
son left Tuesday for South
Omaha, accompanying two cars
of cattle belonging to himself
and Sheriff Richardson.
1t is quite evident that Broken
Bow is unsteady inclined burg,
H. A. Watts having sold five
pianos and three Victor phono-
graphs within the past thirty
days.
Those nimrods who have gone
out from Broken Bow to kill
ducks have not met with success
to bowling extent. They report
plenty of ducks flying-high up
but none of the hunters took air
ships with 'em
The continued story of the
Litchfeld Mfg, Co., on our
editorial page should interest
every reader of this paper and we
think ii will be found profitable
to follow this series as they
appear week by week.
The Chautauqua Reading
Circle met at the court house
Monday night at which time Mr..
H. Lomax read a paper which is
said to have been one of the most
interesting ones presented in the
history of the society.
The board of supervisors met
Tuesday morning last week and,
by the members applying them
selves closely to the work, sue
ceeded in completing the busl-
ness on hand and adjourning
Saturday evening until June.
E. Miller, of the real estate
firm of Sherman & Miller, Sar-
gent, who has resided in the
county twenty-five years, was in
the city last Friday for the first
time in several years and stated
that he noticed a great improve.
ment in his county seat town
since his last visit.
On Tuesday Link Trotter, oil
Weissert, was released from the
county Jail where he has So
iourned since February 18th, his
sister, Miss Jane Trotter, becom
ing surety for his appearance a
the next term of the District
court, in the sum of $500, the
amount fixed by the County cour
at the time he was arraigned fo>
preliminary hearing. Link il
accused of having found poke
| book containing $50, belonging
to A. G. Spencer and converting
the lucre 20 his own persona
needs, knowing at the time thu
identity of the loser, the charg,
lodged against him being CRANE
larceny.
Three letters have been held a
the Broken Bow postofiice 8
days addressed to G.. w. Christy
c. II. Johnson and II. A. Mar
shell, and if they are not calle'
for within the next 80 days will
be sent to the dead letter otiic
at Washington. During tn
time these letters have laid i
the Broken Bow Office seVera
dozen letters have arrived tina
were not called for, but tn
writer's had a return reques
T printed on the corner of tn
< envelopes and they were sen
back to the writers. Wher
: letters are sent to the dead lette
, office the writer's do not kno'
but that the parties addresse
received the letters.
John Blum, a big, double-!iste
] man, while working at the raj
road coal schutes at Anselnc
! became slightly unbalanced
l mentally, and he was taken