Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-27
Condensed Local and Personal Paragraphs

on a business proposition last
Friday and Saturday.
| l. A. Reneau purchased sc
acres of land yesterday of Uncle
Sam, joining his Middle Lour
ranch at public auction for Sl.2S
an acre.
j. w. Boswell and wife, of Be.
atrice, and Rev. G. E. Spore and
family, of Gresham, Nebr.. are
visiting their parents, Rev. and
Mrs. w. M. Boswell.
Ruemont Pigman, who is en-
rolled as student at the Baptist
college, at Grand Island, sur
, prised his parents, County Clerk
and Mrs. Jos. Pigman, by COM
ing home Friday night to visit
over Sunday.
THE Concert Favorites," of
Chicago, will give the next num-
Der of the Young Peoples En-
tertainment Course or Wednes-
day evening, March 18th. These
people are specialists and their
| work is first class.
County Assessor Foster is
busily engaged these days COM
piling list of both real estate
and chattle mortgages. These
holders of such securities might
just as we'll list them with the
deputy assessor, along with their
other holdings, and look pleasant,
because the "goblins will get
'em sure"-anyhow.
A Broken Bowite who has been
attending special and revival SER
vices this winter, listening to
pulpit broadsides against this
and that evil, declares that the
men and women who ought to
have been present to be benifitted
by the sermons and Implications
| were conspicuous by their abb
sence.
Those in charge are determined
that the Custer County fair
this year will surpass all pre-
vious efforts. Arrangements are
already being made for free en-
tertainment features and there
will be a constant series of sur
, prises of the most agreeable ma
ture for the thousands who will
assemble in Broken Bow at that
time.
County Supt., H. M. Plnckney,
returned last Saturday from an
extended trip over the county,
visiting schools. AT the Black
Hills Basin School he learned of
a girl, ten years old, a daughter
of Gus A. Olson, who had at
tended school four years, eight
months in each year, residing
l14 miles from the school house,
and never been absent or tardy.
This is certainly a remarkable
record.
The Ansley Argosy reports
Ferg. Emerson returning home
from Omaha with his 10 year old
daughter who has been in a hos
pital in that city since last Oc-
tober having her eyes treated.
She has been under the care of
DR.. Clifford and her eyesight has
been fully restored. The Argosy
says: ut was very complicated
case, only two other similar
cases being on record
Miss Amy Pirnie, a daughter
of Alex PRIME, residing at Weis-
sert, met with a severe accident
the first of last week while open.
ing a glass jar which broke and
cut her hand, severing a small
artery. She was broght to Bro
ken Bow and remained under
treatment of DR.. Pennington I'M
til Saturday when she returned
home, the wound having healed
to the extent of not being con
sidered dangerous.
Supervisors Gilmore, Headly
and Foley, the county road COM
mittee of the board, were in the
city last Saturday, coming from
Comstock where they were look
ing after the interests of the
countys' roads. Here Messrs.
Gilmore and Headly were joined
by Supervisor Cushman and this
trio went to appraise some school
LAID in the vicinity of Oconto,
Supervisor Foley r2turning to
his home near Merna. Tuesday
Supervisors Cushman, Grint and
Lee left on a tour of inspection
of the bridges in the county.