Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-04-09
NEBRASKA POINTERS
STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON.
DENsED FORM.
THE PRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC
VIVA, Is Going on Here and There That
is OF Interest TO the Readers
Throughout Nebraska.

mer, IL is said, Will be cheaper than
FOR some time.
The cases Of smallpox at Gretna
have disappeared and no new devel-
ovmCuts are recorded.
Columbus had fifteen saloons last
year and applications are in for the
same number this year.
Mrs Anna Maxwell for thirty-one
years matrou OF the Nemaha county
poor farm died last week.
The Paddock hotel block in Beat
rice has been sold to Telford & Wat
son, TWO Chicago capitalists.
With mumps and scarlatina pretty
much out of the way Guide Rock is
now having russell with chicken pox.
Sutherland has for sometime been
advocating n water works system,
and now the authorities are about to
favorably act.
A preacher at Utica who denounced
women who attend kensingtons was
pounced upon by three irate hus-
bands and badly beaten.
4 petition in involuntary bank
Iuptcy has been filed in federal court
against Faugler |. Munneke, a dry
goods merchant of Pawnee City.
The ladies' auxiliary society to the
Young Mems Christian association of
Fremont has swelled the membership
to 500 and expects to soon increase it
to 1000.
Daniel Freeman, the first home
Sta ~, Nnhrogl-o hrn,,uht 10
his home in Gage county from Okla
homa on stretcher. He is quite sick,
but his condition is not serious.
A refrigerating plant to cost about
$500 will be bought by the board Of
public lands and buildings for the
penitentiary. This cost will not in.
Clude power or a motor to operate
il.
At a regular meeting of the town
board the petition of T. A. Clements
to convert the village of WILDER into
city of the second class was laid on
the table. Nothing further will be
done in the matter.
Jennie Brat of Leigh has been re-
reported by the deputy state food COM
missioner for prosecution on a charge
of selling unbranded cheese. Cheese
in packages is subject to the same
branding regulations as package but
ter
A, leak in the gasoline tank of an
automobile owned by Dr.. Z. F. Ste
wart Of Beatrice caused the machine
to blow up on the highway four miles
southwest of Beatrice. The machine
caught fire and was practically de-
stroyed.
At Nebraska City a city baseball
league has been organized with NJ. r.
Thorp, president; John c. Miller sec
rotary, and Richard Schanot, official
umpire; F.. H. Marnell, H. B. Swalley
and George NJ Thomas as a board of
managers.
The students Of Peru will enjoy
short vacation from April to 6 in
elusive. This is the time of meet
ing of the majority of the district
teachers associations in which many
OF the members of the faculty will
participate.
Stanton E, Mansfield of York has
been reported to County Attorney r.
70. Randall for prosecution on a
charge of selling adulterated cream of
tartar. An analysis of a sample by
State Chemist Redfern revealed the
presence of phosphate of lime.
Arrangements for the boys corn
growing contest in Gage county to be
held next fall, are about completed.
Seeds have been purchased from two
of the best corn growers in that part
OF the state, and it is planned to make
the contest even larger than the one
held last year
The Commercial club of Central
City has decided togo after the
Union Pacific railroad and induce it,
if possible, to rescind it's order COM
polling all passengers on westbound
train 10 get on and eff the cars on
the north side of the track At the
last meeting of the club a resolution
was adopted setting forth the disad-
vantages and hardships imposed upon
passengers by this regulation.
The town board OF Valentine,
through their chairman, w. S. Bar.
ker, applied TO Congressman NJ. p.
Kinkaid last December for the north
west quarter and the north half of
the southwest quarter OF 3O-34-27, then
a part of the Fort Niobrara military
reservation, to be granted to Valen.
tine for the purpose of using the land
as site for reservoir and dam
for water 10 furnish power to pump
water and run electric light system.
Mr.. Barker has received message
that congress has granted his request
and that the land Gao acres) comes
TO Valentine without the payment of
a dollar.
The foundation for the new Catho.
lie church at Fairbury has been com
pleted, and now the remainder of the
work will go briskly forward
The Guthrie boys, who farm the
land lying to the north and west Of
Exeter cemetery, had put out some
fire to help clean off some of the