Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30


aud Sunday, February Stn and
9th in the Christian and Metho-
dist churches.
A series of religious meetings
will begin at the Baptist church
in Broken Bow on Sunday, Feb.
9th, Evangelist s. ]. Baker
preaching. Citizens are earnest
" invited to attend.
Mrs. John IL. Russell, OF
Merna, was brought to this city
Monday and examined by the
insanity board who found her
reasoning faculties greatly inn
paired and ordered that she be
taken to the hospital for the in
sane.
A team belonging to Judge
Reese became frightened by an
automobile Tuesday evening,
broke from their moorings near
the post Office and made detour
of the city at rapid gait, ac-
companied by lumber wagon.
No damage resulted.
George w. King, whose age
was past 80, father of Mrs. Fred
Arthur and Mrs Robest Led wich,
died at the home of the latter, in
this city, at 1880 o'clock p. M,
Ian. 2Sth, Funeral services will
be held tomorrow (Friday) after
noon at the Nj. T.. church.
Since last Thursday only one
marriage license has been issued
in this county and that was to
Edward l.. Jameson, age %, and
Mamie E. Ford, age l9, both of
Walworth. The situation, there
fore, might properly be desig-
mated as "matrimonial strin-
gency."
Last week the large plate glass
was placed in the Caldwell block,
which djoins the Custer Nation
al bank building This improves
the looks of the block very much,
and if improvements are con-
tinued it will certainly become
one of the handsomest structures
in the city.
A jury term Of the District
court in and for Custer county
will convene at the court house
in Broken Bow at 9 o'clock next
Monday morning, Judge Hostel
Ter presiding. There are on the
trial docket sixty equity cases,
to be tried by the judge, forty
civil jury cases and one criminal
case.
There is but one criminal case
on the calendar for trial at the
term of District court which con.
venes in this city next Monday.
In this James e. McGough is
charged with poking a knife
blade into the anatomy of Theo-
dore Leserve with the intent to
do great bodily harmon words
TO that effect. The alleged at
tempt to tap the interior depart
ment of deserve occurred at
Westerville last fall and created
considerable excitement in that
vicinity at the time.
BY uniting in marriage al
Greenfield, Iowa, last Saturday,
Don G. Wilson and Miss Evah
Gadd sprung quite a surprise or
their hosts Of friends in this city
and vicinity. They arrived here
Monday and will remain couple
Of weeks before taking up their
residence in Omaha where Mr.
Wilson holds a position as cleo
trician. The contracting parties
are among our most popular anG
highly respected young people
and many boquets laden with
good luck wishes will be extend
ed them.
While Mrs. Bartholomew ant
her friend, Miss Elsie Raymond
were driving towards the fai,
grounds Monday evenig, one OF
the shaft pockets on the axle
broke, dropping one side of tnC
shafts and frightening the horse
which started to run, but mad,
only a few leaps till the buggy
came in contact with a telephone
pole. Both ladies we're thrown
violently to the ground. Mrs
Bartholomew was severely brulseC
but not injured so badly as Miss
Raymond who did not regain
consciousness for several hours
That they escaped without NOR
serious injury is almost a miracle
The ladies IRE now Convalesced
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