Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Pollt.
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.


Hastings celebrated their golden wed.
ding.
The Missouri Pacific In Otoe county
has not paid its personal tax for last
year, amounting to over $4,000.
The barn of Charles Confer at Be.
atrice was destroyed by fire, entailins
loss of $500. Probably incendlary.
In statement filed in the district
court at Lincoln Fred Whittemore
receiver of the Citizens bank of Firth,
asserts that the depositors have re-
ceived 70 cents on the dollar.
The Sarpy County Agricultural so.
ciety will hold its annual farmers In.
stitute at the opera house in Papillion
February 11-12. The women have been
given one day on the program.
Ed Cramer, young man of FL
years, who came to York from Grand
Island, and who had been working at
the lie Grand hotel, attempted to com.
init suicide by taking carbolic acio.
John Fredericks of Wisner was ar.
rested and brought to West Point
on a charge of insanity. He was ad.
Judged to be fit subject for treat
ment and was taken to the hospital
at Norfolk
Governor Sheldon has honored the
requisition Of the governor of Illinois
for the return of Bud" Brooks, who
is wanted on charge of burglary,
Brooks was out on parole and VIC.
lated his parole.
The city fathers of Nebraska City
have become ashamed of the city jail
and have ordered all of the old con.
tents removed and burned and after
the Jail. has been overhauled, painted
will refit the same.
BY popular subscription taken
up among the Bohemians of the state,
$500 has been raised for the use OF
the state circulating library. The
money will be used to buy books re-
lating to Bohemian history.
The swine plague is devastating
many herds of hogs in York county.
Already many farmars have lost
nearly every hog and those who have
not lost by cholera are selling off and
say they will not commence again.
The State Railway commission
signed its order in the oil rate case
and formally promulgated the 30 per
cent reduction, together with al or.
| der that the railroads return empty
barrels at half the rate now charged.
The Dempster Mill Manufacturing
company, Beatrice, observed Christ.
mas by presenting every employee with
fine Christmas turkey. The com.
pany also made the semi-annual div.
dent to employees, which amounted to
s2,116.
The appointments of George l.. Car.
ter to the position OF chief game war.
den, w. j. O'Brien as superintendent
Of fisheries and e. Hunger as deputy
game warden were announced by Gov.
ernor Sheldon. Game Warden Carter
has been In the department since his
first appointment as deputy by Cover.
nor Dietrich.
In Omaha while DR.. w. H. Latey
was extracting teeth for Mrs. George
Dierk of Bennington the woman died
from the effects Of less than half an
ounce of chloroform, given by Dr.. S.
N. Hoyt, who ascribed acute spasm
of the heart as the cause. Mrs. Dierk
was to have twenty-siX teeth extract
ed and desired to take chloroform.
The great growth of York has kept
the York Electric Light and Power
company employees busy installing new
service and at times they have been
unable to wire the new houses and
business blocks as fast as wanted.
Owing to the great increase OF buSl
ness they have had to purchase a 200
horsepower engine and install q large
new motor.
Oney Nauel the two-year-old child
OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Nauel of Ray
mond. met death in a strange ana
startling manner. While the mother
was busy the child got some pop corn
designed for the decoration of q
Christmas tree. A grain lodge in the
child's windpipe and despite the fran
tic efforts of the mother the little one
died before medical aid could be sum.
| moned.
AS provided by section OF the
terminal tax law the several county
and city clerks shall prepare separate
assessment rolls for the assessment
of local railway property in the cities
and villages. In order that the work
may be uniform throughout the state
George d. Bennett, secretary of the
State Board of Assessment, has pre-
pared blanks for the guidance of the
clerks and will forward them at an
early date, together with two copies
of senate file 261, which is the ter
minal tax law.
The Norton-Gregson packing com
pany has moved its headquarters from
Chicago to Nebraska City and the of.
fees are in charge of r. w. Barnes
and A. Girring, and all business will
be done there in the future, all eastern
offices having been closed
| The Salvation army did n good