Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-02


the first part of the week.
Mrs. c. O. Jones, formerly of
this city, now residing at Litch-
field where Mr.. Jones is station
agent, spent last Sunday IN the
city with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Foote OF
Dunning, are rejoicing over the
occasion of another son to their
family Monday night, at the
home of her parents in this city.
Mother and child are getting
along nicely.
Rev. Conor of Anslcy &C
| companied by several OF his MEM
bers came up last Saturday morn
ing and held baptiSmal services
IN the Baptist church Of this city.
Ten candidates who had been
converted recently were baptised.
At the United Brethren parson-
age, Sunday evening, December
goth, Mr.. Charles f. Foster and
Miss Ola E. Thomas, residing
about six miles northeast of Bro
ken Bow, were united in mar
rage, Rev. w. M. Boswell offici-
ating.
At the Baptist parsonage last
Saturday evening, Dec. %, 1907,
at o'clock, Fred f. Cram, of
Sargent, and Miss Florence
Thostensen, of Broken Bow, were
united in marriage. Mr.. Cram
is hustling farmer near Sar-
gent. The happy c'uple left
the following day for home.
Judge Reese is at Omaha as a
witness in land cases now on
trial, in which Perry A. Yeast
and Harry Sutton are under in
ldictment for conspiracy to de-
fraud the government out Of
large tracts of land III Grant
lcounty by means of fraudulent
and fictious filings in the year
1905.
The splitting ordinance does
not seem to be very well en-
forced in Broken Bow. This is d
good ordinance and one that
should be strictly enforced. 1t is
very little trouble to use the
gutter when it is necessary to eX
pectorate, aud when one gets the
habit it is done without taking
any thought of the action.
Mrs. j. E. lizard entertained a
dinner on New Years day, at the
Commercial hotel, several fai
young collegians who are spend
ing their Christmas vacation a
, home. The invited guests were
, Misses Irene flanders, Irma Will
f ling, Effie Shinn, Mary Dumbell
Mary Lonergan, Keo Currie
Hazel Molyneux and Nell Gutter
son.
= John G. Boyce of this city ha;
+ recently filed on a section home
stead in the northwest part o
the county where he will locat
r in the spring. He is among tn
fortunate who has several hun
: dred acres of level land as wei
r as sufficient quantity of ha,
. land to winter feed all the stool
his section will furnish sunme
pasture for.
The employees at the B & N
a depot and some of the drayme
= presented Agent Ormsby with a
u elegant Office desk with typ
y writer cabinet, also office chair
- and now that gentleman find
the work of making out report
!, and posting books much easier
- Nothing could have been NOR
!, appropriate for a Christmas pres
= ent or pleased him better. AS
l. matter of fact he is so tickle
u that if it was small enough he
take II TO pea with MIN.
> Residents OF Broken Bow an
% vicinity are just now deplorin
v the announcement that train
-, . Nos. 80 and 40 are not to be ru
N after Saturday of this weel
n These are the trains that hay
:. been doing the local passenge
,, traffic between Lincoln and tn
in city-known to many as 18th
80 stub"-and its discontinuance
of sure to cause much roaring /
70 patrons, but the company say
n n is not paying and their superb
officers will not stand for luxnri,
except for themselves.