Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-02
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit.
ical and other Matters Given
Due Consideration.

Gage county is paying off the court
house bonds 81 900 at a time.
Gage county estates will be made
! to pay the inheritance taxes.
The anti-treating law will be tested
| In a case from Plattsmouth.
Lincoln will make an effort to sup
press Sunday base ball in that city.
Peru, Nemaha county town, will
| organize as city.
David Laffler of Nebraska City, an
old-tlme telegrapher, died last week.
The Southeastern Nebraska Edu-
cational association will meet in Be-
atrice early in April.
John Diener of Syracuse is a can
didate for department commander OF
| the Grand Army of the Republic.
Fairbury needs more school seat
| ing capacity and will take steps to
provide the same.
The Missouri Pacific will make
some much needed improvements in
Auburn.
Lincoln saloon men are on the anx-
ious seat over the prohibition ques-
| ton.
A store in Gering lost $500 worth
of goods by theft. The lost was
found and the thief is in Jail.
In another column of this paper
will be found list Of prominent bust
ness houses in Omaha. In writing
them please mention this paper.
Samuel Rinaker of Beatrice comes
out in card publicly stating that he
is not candidate for congressman to
succeed E. M. Hinshaw.
A thief in Gage county left his
overcoat behind and in the pockets
were found letters that lead to his
apprehension.
Building has gone forward all win
ter In several towns, and as warm
weather approaches, there is re-
newed activity.
j. M. Brookshire of Beatrice identi-
fed a photograph Of the man killed
at Kansas City recently trying to es-
cape from the official, as that of his
brother.in-law, Thomas Price.
Three candidates for department
commander of the Grand Army of the
Republic for the election at Hastings,
May 20, are in the field. and one or
two more may enter the race.
The village of Benkelman has APP
pealed from judgment for $1,000 OBJ
tanned by Ella Ferman, who alleged
that she had been permanently in
jured by falling on defective cross
walk
Columbus had robbery the other
day, the robbers gaining admittance
to the dry goods store OF Theodore
Friedhoff & Co., carrying away over
| $500 worth of silks and other dry
goods.
| Herman Boche, sentenced to
serve ten years for manslaughter
committed in Madison county, has APP
pealed to the supreme court and OBJ
tanned leave to give bail in the sum
of $4,000.
The State Commercial club in ses-
sion at Grand Island, elected officers
as follows: II. NJ Bushnell of Lii
coin, president; A. F. Buechler Of
Grand Island, secretary; G. M. But
terfield of Norfolk, treasurer.
John Kreitner, prominent Ger
man farmer residing three and half
miles from Adams, Gage county, com
mitted suicide by blowing the top of
his head off wit the contents of a
single barreled shot gun. Kreitner,
who was well to do. had been brood
ing of late and it is not known why he
killed himself
The State Railway commission has
ordered the Linwood Telephone com
pany to charge the owners of the
property the same price for tele.
phones that the general public pays.
Heretofore the owners of telephone
stock paid only 81 for residence and
$l.25 a month for business tele-
phones, while non.owners paid $1.25
for residence and S1.75 for business
telephones.
Messrs. Orchard & Wilhelm, the
popular wholesale furniture dealers
in Omaha are establishing quite a
manufacturing industry in Nebraska,
making their Ivory Polish for the
cleaning and polishing Of all kinds of
furniture, pianos, or anything made
OF wood that needs high polish
These home industries should be en-
couraged, as they furnish employment
for large number Of people.
The Farmers Grain and Supply
company of Atlanta, which recently
filed complaint with the state rail
way commission against the schedule
enforced by the Burlington on stock
shipments, has reported that arrange
i. ments have been made for the ship
i. ment of stock every day in the weel
/ instead of twice week. The semi
, weekly shipments We're too far apar
. for the convenience OF the shippers.
I Myra NJ. Lane, Administrative O
, the estate of Paul Lane, has brough