Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-16
NEBRASKA POINTERS
STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON.
DENsED FORM.
The PRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC
What ic Going on Hero and There That
is Of Interest to the Readers
Throughout Nebraska.

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A recent fire at Edgar destroyed
$4,000 worth of property.
Formal dedication of Ashland's new
B. G. M. passenger station took place
last week.
The barn on the farm of Laurence
Byars, two miles west of Valley, was
completely destroyed by fire.
The State Savings and Loan asso-
citation and the Beatrice Building and
Loan association, both Beatrice insti-
buttons, have declared semi-annual
dividends.
The first term of the district court
in Butler county for the year 1908
will be held February 10, George f.
Corcoran presiding, with Mr.. Sprague
of Aurora as court reporter.
The Blue Valley Fruit and Grocery
company has changed its name to the
Blue Valley Mercantile company. The
concern was organized three years
ago to handle fruit and produce.
Following is the mortgage record Of
Gage county for the month of Deem
Der, 1907: Farm mortgages filed, %;
amount $5S,5s6; number of farm mort
cages released, %; amount $40,310.
Carl Schroeder, 20 years Of age,
hanged himself in his woodshed at
Scribner. When found his body was
cold in death. There was no appar-
ont cause for Schroeder to take his
own life.
Notification was received at Fair
bury from Andrew Carnegie that he
had donated $4,000 for a public libra
ry for Falrbury under the usual con-
ditions--the donation of site and ap-
preparation of $1,000 year for main
tenance.
Maxwell Spencer, aged &c, of "a
East Ninety-sixth street. New York,
young man of evident wealth, died on
the eastbound Burlington train as it
entered Lincoln last week. The body
was taken from the train and shipped
to New York.
John A. Miller, living two and one
| half miles east of Arlington, in what
| is known as the Pleasant Valley neigh.
| borhood, has just refused an offer OF
| S127.50 per acre for his farm. This is
| the highest price ever offered for a
| farm in that neighborhood.
A number of members of a religious
J order new to Nebraska-the Oblate
Fathers of Mary Immaculate-have
| reached Lincoln from their home in
Canada. They will take charge of the
church and parish at McCook and
also of number of missions.
Henry c. Richmond, president Of
the State Editorial association, was
in Lincoln stirring uD some interest
in the meeting, which is set for the
latter part of February. President
Richmond lives at Fremont and is
editor of the Fremont Herald.
James Hoagland of Beatrice, who
was arrested after trying to fire his
own home while intoxicated, was
| given a hearing before the insanity
| commission on an inebriate charge.
| Owing to the fact that his wife died
recently and he has family of chill
dren to care for, the commission sus-
pended sentence.
Benjamin Gossard, eX-county treas
urer of Red Willow county. was dis
charged from the Hastings asylum as
cured and was taken to McCook to an
swer a charge of embezzling county
funds in the sum of $4,000. At his
preliminary hearing he was bound
over to the district court and, failing
to put up the bonds of $4,000, was
remanded to jail.
Sutton has made a larger growth
the uast year in both business blocks
and residences than for many years
past. The public buildings are the
new Catholic church, 100000; George
Honey, furniture, 66x140 feet, two
stories, $4,000; ]. B. Dinsmere, mod
ern postofiice building, fire and bur
glar proof, furnished complete, $4,000;
Henry Brehm, meat market, $1,000
Frank Bowers disappeared from
Odell Sunday and all efforts to locate
him proved futile until Wednesday
Bloodhounds were procured from
Beatrice and searching parties secured
the country, but nothing could be
learned except that he went out hunt
ing Wednesday a letter was received
from him, dated at st. Joseph, stat
ing that he had been kidnapped by two
men and taken to that place.
The contest brought by D. c. VIVA
ley against d. e. Lincoln, who was de
clared elected sheriff of Dawson coun
ty at the last election, was decided
before Judge Turner in favor Of Wha
ley. Mr.. Lincoln was the populisi
candidate, but was not endorsed by
the democrats. 1t was ascertainet
that some of the election boards
counted straight democratic votes fol
Lincoln This caused Whaley t
bring contest proceedings.
The contract between the Nebrask;
Telephone company and the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy railroad, allow
ing employees of the railroad 20 pc
cent reduction in their telephone bills
has been abrogated.
A car was loaded with horses IL
Council Bluffs to be shipped to Macon