Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-13
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIoUs SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social Agricultural, PoIit
lcal and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.

A great deal of sickness prevails in
and about Guide Rock.
Pawnee Clty's public library build
Ing is nearly ready for occupancy.
In. a fight in a pool hall at Giltner
Robert Wolcott killed Frank McNeff
VIII McCubberson, a confessed big
amist with one wife in Kansas and
one in Platte Center, this state, was
arrested at Norfolk.
Fire starting in the kitchen of
Goosic's restaurant at Hardy destroyed
several buildings and caused a loss
estimated at $4,000.
Sneak thieves entered the Second
Congregational church of Norfolk and
stole 1876 pennies that had been col
lected to purchase picture.
Grace Lambert, daughter of
farmer living south of Eagle, took a
large quantity of carbolic acid. Prompt
medical attendance saved her life.
The Hooper High school, two-story
brick building. was totally destroyed
by fire. A defective fiue is supposed
to have been the cause Of the fire.
During the year of 1907 there was
shipped from Herman to Omaha 3,342
cans of cream by express. There was
also forwarded 1900 cases of eggs.
The Scoville meetings being held
at the Christian church in Beatrice
are drawing large crowds from night
to night. Up to date 154 have been
converted.
In another column of this paper wiz,
be found list of representative Ne.
braska business houses. When you
write or call on them please mention
this paper
Bert Shoemaker. accused of holding
up William Miller of Oakland, in an
alley in West Point and robbing him
of IS was bound over to district court
in 800 bonds.
A call for $4,000 in general fund
warrants has been issued by State
Treasurer Brian. This is in addition
to the recent call for $4,000 Of war.
rants from the same fund.
While crossing the railroad tracks
in the outskirts of Bancroft Charles
Tlghe and his son Frank, were struck
by the Omaha road through freight
No. 20. Neither were badly hurt.
At q shooting match on the farm of
B. L. Garrison, east of Cozad, Kent
Vasey was shot and almost instantly
| killed by the premature discharge Of
gun in the hands of Harry Hess.
York county farmers will realize
from SIS to $50 per acre on their tame
grasses. The clover, timothy and al.
falfa seed crop made fine yield and
! is commanding remunerative prices.
Frank o. Ellis of Grant township
Gage county, sold his farm of Il quar-
ter section to William Sherman for
$4,000. Mr.. Ellis bought the same
piece of land less than year ago for
$4,000.
The Hastings company of the Ma
tiOnal guard will be equipped with the
new United States magazine rife
after February 1G, according to IN
structions received from the war de-
partment.
I, S. Vose "a widower, of Beaver
| City, was bombarded with eggs OF
doubtful vintage, thrown at him by
three women, on the public streets.
Of the three.
The republican congressional con-
vention TO select delegates to the ma.
tional convention from the Fourth dis
trct has been called for WILDER March
A. The convention will have 1917 dele
| gates from eleven counties.
The sum of $4,000 is awaiting
Ernest Kuhlmann If he can be found.
Attorney Charles A. Love of Aurora,
H., has been employed by the rela.
tives to locate the missing man, and
has been in Lincoln to look him up.
Frank Gotava was almost instantly
killed and w. |. Jones, l.. Keller and j.
g. Hornburger hurt by the bursting
OF a circular saw near Octavia. The
men were at work saving up cotton
wood logs when the accident occurred
Patronize a Nebraska Life lnsur.
ance Company. You can get as good
old line life insurance and at as low
cost in the Midwest Life as you can
anywhere in the United States Write
to the home office, 1907 20" Street,
Lincoln, for particulars as to the new
low cost policies which the Midwest
Life is now issuing.
I. w. Thomas, homesteader living
eleven miles southwest of North
Platte, lost his life while trying to
thaw pipes in a well. A scar was
found on his head Just how he met
death is not known. 1t is surmised he
climbed down into the we'll lighted
some rags and then some board from
windmill struck him and rendered
him unconscious.
Charged with fraudulently obtaining
Sll5 on sight draft at the Union
state bank of Beatrice, drawn on Rigs
by Bros. of Miniature. Neb, l.. l.. Tres
sler, agent for the North Platte Land
company, was lodged in Jail at Beat,
rice.
! McCook's splendid new high school
building had a narrow escape from