Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-12-26
NEBRASKA POINTERS
STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON.
DENsED FORM.
THE PRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC
What is Going on Here and There That
IL Of Interest to the Readers
Throughout Nebraska.

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John Crowley is resting thirty days
in Jail at Beatrice for stealing a suit
Of clothes.
The Methodist people of Pauline
dedicated fine new $4,000 church
free Of debt, last Sunday.
The Ainsworth State bank will in q
few days be known as the Ainsworth
National bank, with r. s. Rising as
president and c.. A. Barnes as cash.
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At Lincoln Mr.. and Mrs. w. P.
Lynch narrowly escaped death when
a street car struck the buggy in
which they were riding. The rig was
demolished.
The block system will be used on
the new division of the Burlington at
Pleasant Dale. Switch towers VIII be
crested a mile and half east and
west of Pleasant Dale.
The 13-months-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. Evans, living three miles
south of Steele City, died from the eff.
fects Of scalds received while playing
about a washing machine.
The hog cholera which has been
prevalent In Nemaha county for the
last few months shows no signs OF
abating. Several farmers have lost
many of their hogs of late.
The First National bank of Wymore
had $4,000 on deposit in the Bank of
Commerce, which failed at Kansas
City, but withdrew the amount in full
a few days before the crash came.
Merchants of Columbus say that
there has never been a month that
their customers had more ready cash
and paid their bills more promptly
than they have at the beginning of
this month.
At Albion, after a elaboration OF
twelve hours, the jury in the case of
Jennie Simpson against Orve Webb
OF Boone county, for alleged breach of
promise to marry, returned verdict
against the defendant for $780,
A force of fifty men began work last
week laying the new 85-pound steel
on the Missouri Pacific road, begin
ming at point III miles from Falls
City. They will continue from there
as far as Union, in Cass county.
Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Pattison of
Table Rock, who have resided there
about forty years, celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary last
week. They were married in Grundy
county, Illinois, December 5, 1857.
Miss Clara Kegel arrived in West
Point from Germany last week to en-
ter upon novitiate preparatory to be-
coming member Of the Franciscan
Sisterhood, which has charge of the
Home for the Aged in West Point.
The Fairbury Electric Light and
Water company has just completed
the installation of new machinery.
looking to better service in the future.
These improvements were made nee!
essary by the rapid growth of the
town.
County Attorney Ringo of Sarpy
county has made arrangements with
the sheriff-elect of Douglas county to
board prisoners sent from that county
at 90 cents per day. Heretofore Sarpy
county has been paying 81 a day for
all prisoners.
Governor Sheldon has been asked
by President Fisher Harris to appoint
delegates to the second annual meet
Ing OF the Trans-Missourl dry farm
ing congress, which will be held in
Lincoln January % to 26, and to at
tend himself.
large granary and barn on the
II. Fl. Bacon ranch, eight miles south
OF Cozad, was destroyed bv fire. The
grana:y contained about $500 bushels
of corn and about 1900 bushels OF
wheat. The corn was completely
burned, but n large portion of the
wheat was saved
call has been issued for a Trans
Missouri dry farming congress to
meet in Lincoln, January 1926, for the
purpose of boosting dry farming meth.
DDS. The governor is asked to an.
point Nebraska delegates to the meet
ing. The call Is issued by Fisher Har-
ris Of Salt Lake City.
Miss Bmma r. Miller, who was re.
Gently elected by the republicans as
county superintendent of Cunning
county, has resigned her position as
the teacher of the kindergarten and
primary grades in the public schools
OF West Point after nineteen years
continuous and faithful service.
or late the Burlington railway has
experienced considerable trouble in |
the matter of coal being stolen from
the cars which were In the yards at |
Nebraska City, and the police were |
appealed to, and they arrested two
girls and boy, who were loading two |
wagons from a car. The parents of |
the children will be prosecuted.
Charles Mack, clerk of Elm camp |
No. 20, w. o. W., Nebraska City. Is |
missing, and it is said that he is short |
In his accounts with the local camp
to the amount of several hundred dol.
lars. The books are in the hands of
an auditor.
The Peru box factory, which closed