Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-06
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, PoIit-
ical and other Matters Given
Due Consideration.

ClOSluB movement
Stock sheds, valued at several hun.
bred dollars, were burned at Geneva.
Rev Mr.. Buechner has rendered his
resignation as pastor of the st. Paul
Lutheran church at Blue Hill and asks
to be released from his duties in about
three months.
The annual Johnson county farmers
institute will be held in Tecumseh on
February II, 10, 10 and IA. Six state
speakers will be in attendance and
there will be a corn show.
The smallpox condition at the state
industrial school at Kearney is much
improved, and 1t is thought that in a
short time the quarantine will be
raised. There were three cases OF
genuine smallpox.
Joseph NJ. Shivcly, deputy land com
missioner, has announced his candi-
dacy for land commissioner, to sue
coed his chief II. M. Eaton. Mr..
Shively halls from Dodge county, the
home of Mr.. Eaton.
The diner attached to Burlington
train No. 3 took fire between Dorches:
ter and Friend. The burning car was
pulled to Friend, where the fire was
extinguished, though the car and con-
tents are a total loss.
August Swartund, wealthy farmer
living near Holdrege, tried to kill him
self with razor. He made two deep
gashes from ear to ear, when the razor
broke. He was found unconscious,
but will probably recover.
A 14-yearold son of Peter Obbody,
Bohemian farmer residing eleven
miles south of Friend, lost one of his
legs while driving the horsepower of a
corn shelter Physicians amputated
the limb just below the knee.
Attorney Charles w. Seymour, one
of the best known and, perhaps, the
Oldest attorney in this state, at this
writing is lying dangerously i'll at his
home in Nebraska City, and no hopes
are entertained for his recovery.
Governor Sheldon has received $4,000
from the government as the seminar
nual appropriation for the support Of
homes for soldiers and sailors In Ne
! bTaska, being at the rate of 500 a
year for each member of the homes.
Orland Pierce, by his attorney, john
c. Watson, has filed a suit in the dis
trict court of Otoe county against the
Morton-Gregson Packing company, ask
ing for $4,000 damages for injuries
received while working for said COM
| pany.
Senator Norris Brown, emphasizing
"the Importance of the financial legis-
lation now before congress-" has writ
ten to the secretaries of the CONNER
cial clubs, including that of Lincoln,
| for a statement by the secretary as to
the wishes of the members OF the club
Valeria w. Coad, wife of Mark NJ.
Coad of Omaha, filed suit for divorce
in the district court at Lincoln. Ac-
cording to information received in Lin
coin, Coad Is a ranch owner and erst
while business partner of w. F. Cody,
known as Buffalo Bill" Mrs. Coad's
petition is brief. She alleges non.
support.
The state auditor has returned the
$4,000 school bonds of the Sidney dis
trict, properly registered. The bonds
!
run from one to twenty years, drawing
5 per cent interest optional after five
years, issued for the purpose of build
ing an addition to the high school
building in Sidney.
The railway commission issued two
orders, one permitting the Union Pa
cific to put in a lower rate on feed
corn to st. Paul Amherst, Riverdale,
Odessa and Buda and intermediate,
and to permit the Union Pacific to put
in lower corn rate to Genoa, Kent
and Merchison and intermediate
points.
Succumbng to an attack of nervous
trouble, Jerry Hennen, a Fremont
drayman, who came into possession OF
fortune eighteen months ago by n
legacy died last week. Mr.. Hennen,
who was in moderate circumstances,
was hequeathed a valuable farm, iron
and coal land worth $4,000 by a dis
tant relative, who died in West Vir.
ginia.
State Food Commissioner Johnson
announces that the requirements of the
law in regard to the handling of milk
and cream will henceforth be enforced
In regard to testing cream, he says;
THE Babock test must be employed
using n weighed sample of eighteen
grams, weighed on a delicate balance
and tested in nine-inch bottle, gradu
ated to at least per cent Of the fat
column and read between the tempera
ture OF 1870 and 140 degrees Fahren
heit.
Three fine mich COWS belonging tc
]. A. Zimmerman, who resides north
west OF Beatrice, were drowned in the
Blue river The animals disappeared
and after search of two days thei
bodies were found in the stream.
Exeter was visited by another fire
1t was the West Side livery barn. Tn,
contents of the barn were owned b.
Attorney Delaney and consisted o