Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09

have gone to Iowa for a visit OF
from ten days to two weeks.
The hog market in South Oma-
ha is reported, by Clay, Robinson
& Co., to have declined 10 cents
per 100 yesterday. The firm also
report that cattle have declined,
since the first of the week, from
IS to 20 cents per 100.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Farms
worth, of Grand Island, arrived
in the city Sunday and visited
their son, DR.. Farnsworth and
family until yesterday. They
had been touring California; the
past two month, and stopped
here enroute home.
A play entitled "Topsy Turvy"
will be rene cred at the Prairie
Centre school house, six miles
northwest of Broken Bow, on
Saturday evening of this week
April IL. A cordial invitation
is extended the public to attend.
Admission IS cents.
The fire laddies attracted quite
crowd of spectators yesterday
afternoon while out testing the
fire hose in order to learn if any
of it should be condemned, and
while thus engaged sprinkled
the trees and grass in the park
which will aid quite materially
in assisting it to take on its
green garb.
A party consisting of S. j..
Lonergan and h. A. Hunter, of
this city, VIM. Dunbar, w. w.
Dye and E. c. Reed, of Comstock,
left Broken Bow Tuesday night
for Hill City, South Dakota, for
the purpose of inspecting the
Gold Medal mining property in
which quite a number of our cit
liens are extensively interested.
That season of the year has
arrived when the small boy and
matches combine to cause con-
sternation-and in some cases a
vacant chair at the dinner table.
If you have a little Willie you
prefer to feed for a few more
years rather than stow him away
IN the cold, damp ground at
present, better examine his little
breeches pockets and if any fire
starters are found therein, adj
minister a rebuke that will sink
deep down in his memory and
stay there.
A wedding occurred at the
home of Richard Gift, one and
one-half miles northeast ofMerna,
Tuesday, April 2, 1908, at high
noon, Mr.. Walter Bryan and Miss
Mamie Gift being the contract
ing parties and Rev. A. p. Nor
ris officiating. Miss Bessie Gift
and Mr.. Harvey Taylor attended
as bridesmaid and best man, and
Mrs. John Haney presided at the
piano. After the wedding a
bountiful dinner was served.
Many handsome and valuable
presents were bestowed.
! Yesterday at high noon the
residence of Henry Tuttle, in the
northwest part of the city was
burned to the ground. OF course
it was quite fashionable and at
tended by large number of i'm
mediate friends and others, &C.
curing as it did at high noon.
The Tuttle family decided to
move to the San Luis Valley, in
Colorado, and during the fore
noon Mrs. Tuttle was upstairs
engaged in packing articles and
burning things she considered
useless. Shortly after II o'clock
she loaded the stove with truck
to burn and went down. to pre-
pare the MONDAY meal. Just
before "high noon," she heared a
cracking noise and upon open
ing the stair door discovered the
building on fire. The fire de-
partment responded to sum-
mons, but were unable tC SUBJ
due the flames. Nearly all the
contents of the lower floor, in
Guiding a fine, new piano (pur-
chased of Herbert Watts, the re-
liable music dealer) were saved.