Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-03-19

Ounuay'
Clifford Rogers spent part of
last week in the vicinity of
Lillian.
Miss Jessie Pope, of Denver,
Colo, is visiting her aunt and
cousin, Mrs. G.. h, Russom and
Mrs. Frank E. Taylor.
Mrs. Matt Olsen, of Kensett,
Iowa, who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. A. J. VanAntwerp,
left for home last Saturday.
II. d. Huntington has leased
the II. w. Edwards residence,
south of the Presbyterian church,
for a period of one year from and
after April lSt, next.
G. h. Russom, left Tuesday
morning for SanAntonio, Texas,
on a business deal which will re-
quire his absence from home for
"a period of two or three weeks.
Clip Thompson has always had
an abiding faith in Broken Bow
and he's pinnlng it there by put
ting up new residence on his
lots just north of lack Thosten-
sens on the Northside.
Street Bros. have Just COM
pleted a hydraulic we'll 125 feet
deep for Thos. Smith, on his
residence property just west of
the court house, and he says it
is proving very satisfactory.
Mrs. Addie McGaffey, of Boise
City, Idaho, arrived in the city
last Friday and will remain
several weeks visiting the
families of her brother and sister,
L. f. Cole and Mrs. E. G. House.
The last two numbers of the
Young Peoples Entertainment
Course are the following: HURRY
Bros, Quintette, April 2. and
Lecturer DR.. May, of Washing
ton, d. c., April 10. Don't fail
to hear them.
Mrs. Mary E. Hopper, Nation
al w. c II. u, lecturer and or
ganizer, will speak IN the Bap-
fist church next Sunday, March
22nd, at 3 p. m, and in the
United Brethren church at 7:30
in the evening.
James Thomas, the popular
young man who has tilted the
front chair in the City Shaving
Parlor the past two years, and
pleased his victims, is not as
sociating with friends this week
on account Of being very busy
attending to a severe attack of
mumps, until today.
A letter from J. M. Knox, who
recently went from here and
located near Moriarty, New
Mexico, states that they all
arrived there safely and like the
country so far as they have
seen-quite we'll. He also say:
everything there is new, lots oil
settlers arriving and that there:
heaps of hustle and business.
1t was nice little family O
porkers that John Webbing
brought in yesterday and sold t
Tierney Bros. There were 20 il
the bunch, from s to 10 months
old, and the average weight o
them was 273 pounds. At tn
prevailing price Mr.. Webbing
received a few dollars over S0
for the family.
A fire at Merna last Saturda
morning destroyed the VanBus
kirk " Wells meat market. Th
flames had gained such headwa
before an alarm was turned i
that the fire department, whic'
responded quickly, was unable t
prevent the building from tota
destruction, but succeeded in pre-
venting the spreading of the fir
to adjoining buildings.
Does Deputy County Cler
Osborne smoke cigars? No; h
does not. Since last Saturda
William has been smoking pip
and tobacco and his male frient
have been smoking the cigar:
Why is this thusly? Well, 20
see, to supply his friends wit
cigars and keep up the gait hin
self is rather expensive in col
nection with the outlay nece
sarily occasioned by the adver
of bran new boy, so Villa
smokes a pipe and is happi
than he would be with ciga
and no boy.
It was reported that a chan!