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Dati McCarty , the ' , 'jolly blacl-
smith" of Thedford , was in the
citJ' last Friday.
Henry JIeiiJ , one of the suh-
stantial farmers of Wcsterville
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- caller at
township was a busincss
th s ofiice li'riday.
. The wcat)1er don't sccm to get
cold enou ' h to' prevent theo
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o assembling' a crowd of citi ens
when a dog fight occurs on the
streets.
If the backbone of cold weather
lta not been broken will someone
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'kindly adl 1inister a uaclbone .
breaking blow. ' 'here has been
enough for one stretch.
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Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Christensen :
I nre enjoying a visit from her I
Rister , Mrs. P.- Gibson and two
, childrcn , of Hampton , Neb. , hc.
nrrivcc1 iu thc city Monday.
\ . Tho'\e Df our citizens who
desire to hear something good in
' , . the line of a lecture will go to the
court house tomorrow ( li'riday )
, night aud hear Prof. J. r . Mc-
, Brian elate superintendent of
sclJOols.
Only the otle Cilse of small pox
bas developed at AUGley' aud the
prompt a.ction of the aut1oriti } s
in placing a quaranhne IS
- thought to have been the means
of prcven t iug its ! ; pread iu tha t
. . yilJage and vic"inity.
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H 1S reported hat Rcv. aud
'Mrs. McConnell , who spent
_ e\'cral weeks here last winter in
, vilngclislic meetings are the
proud parents of a baby girl ,
I\vho recently ilrrived at their
nome in Atlanta , Georgia.
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Next 'l'hurs a > . ,
V lentine's day and although
"large stocks of both eomic aUll
fancy souvenirs were purchased
. " . bY our dealers , they have nearly
, .all been jed } , which indicates
" that tl c posto.ffice people will
t. . . . : . b vc all extra amount of work
) I1ex ( 'Neck.
Col. J. E. Iszard ; of Hotel
Reneau , thinls he has just about. .
solved the light problem in a
manner more satisfactorily than
gas at a mint of money per month ,
having installed a double-geared , ,
new-fangled ( or angled ) l < cro7.cn.
lamp which i1lum1:1ates : : the hotel
ofiicc brilliantly and .dispenses
with mans ; words not printed in
the biulc.
L\st Saturday. the 2nd of
l'cbt'l1Vry was what it ; known as
Canc1ll'l11as , or Groundhog , day.
Tradition has it that on the 2nd
oS this month the ground ho {
7"- comes'forth from winter quartcrs
, aud , if thc sun is shinIng , h
I ' will see his shadow and return to
his den anel there remain six
.
weel < s longer in order to escape
the cold weather which will
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, prevaii for that period. If the
hog came out last Saturday he
' saw his shado\v , as the sun shone
i . .a good share of the day.
, - It. O. Brown , of Berwyn , writes
that Leslie. son of "Bud"
, - Skinner who formerly resided at
: . llerwyn , was accidentully shot by
a companion whilc out hunting
near Howland , 1\1.1. , where they
now reside. 'I'he charge strucl {
young' Sldnner on the sIde of the
, head and cut away the flesh for
. the space of nearly 3 inches and
the r ght eye is so badly injured
he will probably lose sight from
, it. A letter written Jan. 30th by
the father of the unfortunate
( boy says th , t although badly
I . injured it is thought he will re-
covcr as he is steadily improving.
Irs C. ' 1' . Crawford , formerly
of this city , died at Ainsworth
last Saturday. 'l'he deceased ,
with her husband was one of the
pioneers of Clear Creek valley
' and later l11o\'cd to Broken Bow
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, 'f where her husband was county
, treasurer four years. A number
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. ; . of years ag they moved to I
p , I Cherry county where th y e\l- \
. . . . . ; t . gaged in the stock business with
' , I ( thclr grandson , C. ' 1' . Anderson.
The past year they resided at
Ainsworth where C. ' 1' . Anderson -
son is IlOW engaged in the hotel
. uusiness. 'I'he deccased was an
aunt of Mesdames G. 'V. Apple
and C. E. Rector of this place
While going from the store tc
, his. home last. Friday evening
. . . . dUring the wlIH1-squall a ne. . . .
f black Deruy hat was remo\'e ( ' .
froIU Jeweler Anderson's wanli
locks and started south at such r
.t ra pid pace t ha t he is i ncli ned tc
believe it has reached SoutI
I America by this time. If any 0
our citi cns have relati\'es 0 :
friends residing in Souti
America who write that the sait
described head-piece has reache (
there , they are requ sted tj ) in
( J.C' form Mr. Anderson who will a
. . . ' once send a quict claim dee (
thereto.
George Willing is in Omaha
attending .the annual meeting of
the State HetaillIard ware dealers
of the statc.
Dr. Christensen \Vent to Ansley
on professional business 'J'uesday
will visit that 'vlllage once each
month in .the future.
W , F. Kennedy aud D. R
Hockwell went to Omaha yester. .
day morning to attend a meeting
of the hardware dealers of the
state.
Ir. and Irs. n. L. Ormsby _
are Itwldng 'arrangements for
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their 'annual outing which they
will spend iu 'l'exas , leaving here
next Monday.
Capt. Pickett , who is holding
down a chunk of Uncle Sam'
domain , near Dunning , came
dowu last Friday and. visited with
parents , Dr. and Mrs. C. Pic1etl ,
a couI/le of days.
Mrs. .Tohn Bangs who was
taken sick ten days ago has been
so very ill that It was thought
she could not live. Her condition -
dition today is reported ueHer ,
but she has 110t yet been told of
the death of her son , Arthur D. ,
wh ich occurred last Iol1lay.
Geo. Papineau , who but
recently finished the residence
building of A. ' 1' . Sims , has
talen a contrael to build a fine
residence for pr , Victor Beck.
I'e will build 011 tbe block just
east of Dr. lfarnsworlh's residence -
dence . in the south part of the
city.
'rhe Hoyal IIighlaniers initiated -
itiated eight refug'cs in the
the mysteries of the Brol < en Bow
Castle at their regular meeting
'r"ucsday night by the degree
team putting onthe work. At
the conclusion oi the work about
75 of th members remained to
enjoy a tine oY : . cr sppper.
Richard Yockey , 23 years of
age , son of C. E. Yockey , of
Comstock , who has ueen affiicted
with epilepsy for some years was
before thc insanity board last
r-.rolHlav and it was deemed
advisi ble that he be sent to the
asylum at Norfolk for treatmQnt ,
to which he was taken Tuesday
by Deputy Sheriff 'I'hompson ,
accompaincd by the father of the
unfortunate young man.
Regardless of the fact that
sevcral entertai11ments nd social
functions \cre given last Friday
night there was a goodly number
present to see the "Wild People
of the World' " at Odd Fellow
hall , g'en in addilion to a social
and lunch. After a v ry interesting -
ing literary aJd musical progt'an ,
the wild pcople were exhibited
with much eclat , C. II. Holcomb
acting as spieler. 'rhc wild
people were appropriately costumed -
tumed , and hig-hly painted and
consisted of A. E. Anderson , J.
II. Johnson , Grant Drale , Alvin
Burk , W. . Schaefer and P. A.
\Valtol1. 'fhis little sldt produced -
duced great merriment : lnd it
was \'oted as well-worth the price
of admission.
A numbered ticket is given
each night to every person who
attends the Angell Comedy Co. ,
productions. .Saturday night
the company wIll make a present
to someone of a beautiful china
dinner set valued at S15. Considering -
ering . the cold weather , fair
sized audiences have been in
attendance and the company
have proven their ability to
please , the number present
increasing- with each succeeding
night. 'l'he plays for both to.
morrow anl Saturday nights are
strong ones and the company if
composed of arti ts who wil ]
I present them in an acceptable
'manner. A Saturday matinee :
will be given at 2 :30 : o'clocl { , ' at
which time the beautiful pIa )
"A Soldier's Sweetheart. "
Prices are given on first pagc of
this RHPUnI.ICAN.
The II.cent rug sale at Groat'
furniture store last Saturda )
attracted more , than enougl
purchasers to tal < e one hundre ( '
l rugs and that in exactly fou :
minntes. As advertised-ex
elusively in the RJU'UIII.ICAJI
> > -the sale uegan at precisel
20'clock and was to clost
r I at 3 o'clock , uut as tht
I whole lot of one hundred 'fl1gi
were disposcd of at minute :
after 2 , the sale closed 56 minute :
earlier than the tUlle set
'I'his ought to convince tli mos
skeptical that it pays to advertisl
in the RHPUBIICAN. Great & Co.
desiring that no one will be with
out a rug have another suppl'
which they will offer at IC ) cent
- each between the hours of 2 ant
3 o'clock ou S turday , Februar'
16th , under the same condition
as the sale on last Saturday.
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County Treasurer Cavcucc was
kept so bus ) last week receiving
money in pa'ment for taxes and
issuing receipts therefor that be
is tbis week laid up with an
attack of la grippe.
Claud Wahl , who has been
indisposcd and not present at his
tousorial parlor the past three
weeks , is again wielding the
ra1.or and ejaculating , "uextl" in I
a healthy tone of voice.
' 1'wo sons of A. J. I obertson
are sick with typhoid fever.
Rob-Hoy , . the younger.oue . , is
COil valesc111g after an illness of
tcn weeks , and last week John ,
the oldest sou , was takcn sicl { .
At a recent reception given by
a 'patriotic society in Washington ,
D. C. , Rc\ ' . George Baile ) ' , son of
J. W. Bailey , of this City , was
the principa 1 speaker and of him
a Wbshington p Ipcr said ; "His
addr s did I1Ql fail to cnthuse
his a'udience nor dihi \ rc.
putation as an orator spO\ . 'I
fir At Cqllnwaf.
Monday evening a block of
buildings in Callaway was
burned. 'rhe fire started in the
pool hall and lunch room of McDermott - I
Dermott & Tierce at about ( ) '
o'clock , causcd by attempting to
fill the tank 011 il gasoliue stove
without extinguishing the burn-
ers. 'rite gasoline exploded-
uSllaluuudcr these circumstances.
The joint . . . . .as soon burned down
aud with it Isaac Brrner' : ) raclfet
and l.rroccn' storel G. A GriO th ,
real estate.offi e ; Dr. Hosldus ,
dental parlors ; Jas. Oliver's resi-
dencej the Cou1" er-Tribul1e printing -
ing ofi ce , and the building occupied -
cupied on the ground Hoer bJ the
telephone ofi cc and Mrs. "atcs
and the upper floor by ' Miss Allie
Woods , dre smaker. The estimated -
mated loss is from 67000 to $8000.
To t.gY r ! ' CJf 9o d Coffee.
TA1It NO'NCE :
We have 011 hand a liue of the
most celcbra ted cotTce that h s
ever been shipped to Brokcn Bow.
It is the White Star and the
f1a\'or JOu cannot forget. Price
25c , ; 30 , ' , 35c and -tOe per.pound.
TUH AD\'O.
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Removal Nollcu.
I have removed my stock of
Undcrtaldng Goods , Picture and
Hoom Mouldings , etc. , to the
room recently vacated by R T.
\ \ ' aler } Grocery Co. , and am prepared -
pared to do all'teiud of furniture
upholstering. Business j > hone ,
85j residence 322. L. E. COI.H.
Ralph ParleUe.
Of Ialph Parlette , who will
lcctut'e under the auspices of tbe
Young People's Union at the
'l'cmple theatre , next Monday
night , Feby 11th , the Abiline ,
Kansas , Daily ReHector said ;
"Ralph Parlette , of Ohio ' , gave
the first lecture of the 'course
last nig t to a largc audience in
the Seelye. He talkcd on ,
"Pockets and Fan di5C" , and de-
ligh tcd every "hearer. IIe is
gifted with a fund of droll humor
and a1 ! abundance of homely ph :1- :
osophy which h mingles in
pleasing combination. His audience -
ence was pleased and frequcntly
applauded his excellent points.
I-lis lecture pict red the rear
wealth of the world-happiness ,
good cheer , clean ! ircs-in iwaj' \
that will be remembered. Mr.
Parlette "made good" ; Abilene
hopes he will come back some
day. " _
OrSQn Values.
r am offering the following
exceptional bargains in organs :
1 second hand , $75 grade
Estey urgan , in fine condition
for $40.00.
1 Chicago Cottage , ( ) octave
I organ , slightly used but as good
as new , original value , SS5 , now
S45 00.
1 Dyer Bros. , new , solid oak ,
fine t ne , guaranteed quality for
S4S.00.
1 Dj'er Bros. , new , cleven stops
solid oak case , S75.00 grade ,
S57.50.
These are "cash" prices. Get
r my terms on "Mason and Ham-
lin " " " am1
, "Chicago Cottage ,
"Crown" orga-us. 'rhe uest iI1
the world.1. . A. W A'1'T
34-35 Broken Bow.
'fhere is a chance , if taken
quickly , to invest , with formel
reliable Broken Bow bus 11eS !
man , from S25 to SIOOO in old ,
- paying , Lincoln Wholesale house ,
whicb desires to enlarge territory
If preferable stock can be boug-hl
or money loaned. Address A. M ,
l m'unr.lcAN. 35t
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Los'A note in the amount 0
$ ( ,00 , with interest at 10 per cent
payable to Matilda E. Gandy
or order , 'on or before Jan. 1
11)10 , dated June 28 , 190 ( " signN
, by S. II. Doan ,
On January 17 , 11)07 , the sai (
note was paid in full and al
s persons are hereby warne (
[ ) . against negotiating the sam
li'inder will be rewarded b
y s I returning to JnSSlt GANDY OJ
134-36 MATlIDA E. GANDY
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For S.I. .
Thirty head of horses , consist :
ingof work horses , drivers ,
saddle ponies and brood mares ,
Il'our registered Hereford Bulls.
'I'hree Poland Chinn Bonrs.
' 1'wo Mammoth Jacks.
tf. AI.I.AN H1t\'NItH ,
2 miles south of Broken Bow.
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i BUSINESS POINTERS.
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Doctor Leach , Delltist.
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J. C. Moore , abstracting. 2U
Don't miss us if you want
shoes cheap. MJtvIS & Co.
Dr. Bass , D ntist. Ovcr
McComas' drug store.
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T ineolel1m Lustre is what its
name implies ; pnts a lustre on
the lil1colcum. Get it at Konkel's
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When ) ' 011 have hogs to sell
all up No. 62. II. H. SQUIHHS.
Phina and Queensware mnst be
closed on t. I ! tVI 1 ' & Co.
It'8 the real thing' , better than
the best. White Slar coffee at
'the Advo.
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I wish to do plain sewing at
my roams , at Lilly King's.
32..t f Mus. Lur.A HOIIBS.
i\Iake the lineoleum 1001 , Ji1e
ncw by - appl'ingT4ineoleum
Lustre. Get it at Konkel's.
Dr. Headrick gives special attention -
tention to deafness and catarrh.
Will visit Broken I ow , Monday ,
li'ebruary 11th.
Carpet at cost , to close.
35tf lIWIS & ( , ' o.
Los'l'---Last Sunday , on the
Callaway road. between the farm
of C. S. Hudical and Broken Bow ,
a ( fold watch and chain , Finder
please leave at county clerk's
office and receive reward.
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The White Star coffee has a
fine flavor you can't forget. At
the ; \ho.
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per cent interest.
J AMUS f4ltDWlCn ,
25tf Broken Bo .v , Neb.
Drs. Farnsworth & lleck-
Dentists ,
y , . .
LagJ s overskirts , up-to.date ,
cheap , at MnVls & Co.
It's the very latest an'l best. '
Lincoleum Luster. Get it at
Konkel's. 35tf
W ANTED-Men , women , bo's
and girls to rcpresent McClure's
Mn a ipe Good pay. Address
67 st 23d St. , N. Y. Ciy. ! 34-tf.
Dr , Headrick's practice is
li m ; ted to ch ran ic d i eases.
Consultation and examination
free , Will visit Broken Bow ,
Monday , ! ! 'ebruary 11 the
Lel us be your printer. 'I'he
oed kind of printing only.
Beautiful underskirts at
35tf htVIS & Co.
r am making farm loans at 5
per c'nt interest.
J A1\IltS T4HDWIcn ,
2&tf Broken lJow , Neb.
Go to J. W. Scott's for unadulterated -
adulterated flour-pure , just as
the wheat growed.
Great variety . of blankets and
comforts at MnVIs & Co.
For bargains in real estate see
Bowman & Anderson , just west
of the Security State ank. . lOt !
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Great crowds buyir.g goods
daily at MnvJs & Co.
W AN'l'HD-the year around ,
ten men , with or without families.
HUlUS G. CAltH ,
20tf Doris , Nebraska.
Couch co\'ers and portiers
cheap at MHVIS & Co.
Don't forget to order your coal ,
oats and corn at we side cleva.
tor. HiANDHRSON. : .
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111 and going fast.
35tf hWIS & Co.
W AN'l'ltD-A girl for genera'
housework in small family
I Stead ) ' employment. Will pa )
I S3.50 for right Idnd of girl
. Enquire at this office.
. I am making farms loans at
f per cent interest.
f J AllHS : T4IWWICH ,
25tf Broken Bow , NeLJ
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R. B. Mullins , M. D. , D. D
S. the Dentist. 37t
MARTHA K. Dr LL ,
INSTRUCTOR OF PIANO.FORTE
Clnsses in Theory of Mnsic , Harmon
. nnd.Kindcj'gnrtcn. . . .
" Plnno lessons of 40 mlt1utes , 50 ccnl
Ii per ICEson , paynble monthly.
, I In Gleim & Mycrs block.
IIrokcl1 now Ncbraskl
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Heart Talk"
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ma ) ' be developed through the
agencof
VALENTINES
We ha\'c thcm all.
COMIC ,
UEAUTIl UL ,
SI NTIM ] N'l'AL. ,
Ic to $1.50
S. I-t. LEE
i "rh Busy Druggist. "
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' 1'0 FIIJL AN OUDER
for any kind of lumber is an easy
matter for u . We carry a ful1
supi > ly of all kinds required for'
exterior and interior work. It is
all well seasoned 'nnd in perfect
condition for immcdiate use.
01 ' large or small quantities
we can quote very attractive
prices. ' ,
Our mill work IS of superior
grade both in material and work-
mnnshi p.
Dierks Lumber 'and Coal Co.
ROSS G. MOORE , .
Attorney-at-Law.
lteBI 8tBto RU" loan I.Irol.Office In APlle
0101111 : lIrnklln lIow , Nllhr..I < , . .
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P ale's Bulletin'
FOR F E B R U A R Y . i $
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. . ' ] 'rosh Veget bles ' .
Fresh Oysters !
. . O ster Oounty 110ney
11 Buokwheat ] j'lour . . ' , . 9 ,
Fruits'of' ' AlllCinds . '
Fine Butter a Specialty
rtm I vel'ything Good to l at
' . 'tV 0 guarantee the best at the lowest priees J. ,
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J. N. PEALE
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t Hp.alty Block , Broken Bow.
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Clothing at Cost !
Be S11rQ you see
MEVIS " CO. ,
for OLOTl-I1NG and OVEHOOA1'S. lj'spec-
ially those lines to be closed out at cost.
Largest Stock of
Mens Shoas
in Broken Bow.
Sboe I epairing' a Specialty.
Ladies , Misses nd Childr n's
Shoes in abundance.
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SPECIAL BARCAINS
i During the month of February we
will m ke some very low : prices en .
ODD CHAIRS ,
. DRESSERS ,
I C OMMOD ES
. and m ny other articles iudis ensi.
ble to good housekeeping.
Our spring' stock of carpets and
rugs are beginning to arrive. Call
and inspect them.
Our "quick . . delivery" " still t
l : your serVlce.
D. . C. . KONKEL.