THJC Rifl OBUOAK , COD-NTY , ifBBBASRA.
BUSINESS POINTERS , jg
C , AYNorcutt , lather.
Dr. Bast ; , Dctitist. OverMcConns'
Drs. Fnrnaworth Deck
Thewinter term at Glister Col
lege will begin JdtnJa'ry 4t. 27tf.
Drink "Blue Ribbon" coffee.
Roasted fresh eve y day. 24-tr.
The winter term at Custer Col
lege will begin January 4th. 27tf
A six room house in the north
west part of the city for rent
J. W. White 29 2t
FOR SAWC Four room house
with 16 block of ground. Close
in. H. Simonson 22-tf
' . - " A- man and wife to
work on a ranch for the winter ,
Inquire at this office. 28 tf
The winter term at Custer Col
lege will begin January 4th. 27tf
"
Drink "Blue Ribbon"coffee. .
Roasted fresh every day. 24-tf
The winter terra at Custe
College will begin January
4th. 27tf.
Drink "Blue Ribbon" coffee.
Roasted fresh every day. 24tf .
See J. H. Spain , north side
livery for good teams and
rigs. 27-30
Drink "Blue Ribbon" coffee.
Roasted fresh every day. 24tf.
I have now arranged to take
care of a genera ] collection busi
ness , having secured a competent
clerk and stenographer , and r.ll
collections will receive prompt
and energetic attention.
20-tf N. T. GADD
Dr. Barnes , the eye sight spec
ialist of Omaha , will be in Brok
en Bow , Nebraska , Wednesday
the 6th of January at the Grand
Central Hotel. Dent forget the
date. Remember frequent visits
are made over this road. Call
and have your eyes examined.
The Market Day Sale.
The 4th grand market day sale
managed by Auctioneers Tinder
and O'Rorke last Saturday
brought out a big crowd at the
Bale barn. About thirty head of
horses and hogs were sold and a
lot of household goods found a
purchaser. See the advertise
ment of the next sale on page
five of this issue.
For Sale.
1 am going to offer my driving
team , Prince and Queen , for sale.
This team is broke to drive single
or double , or ride. My wile and
children hitch them up and drive
them anywhere. I have owned
them for three years , and can
recommend the team to anybody
desiring a first class family team.
I will also sell the driving har
ness , the single harness and a
lumber wagon.
E C HOUSK.
News of The State Capitol
DY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
f 4Ti * O r LWT i Ti * J
Lincoln , Nebr. , Dec , 28 , ( Spec
ial Correspondence to the REPUB
LICAN.- The week preceding and
including Merry Christinas is not
assprorificof "things done" at the
Nebraska1 capital as is the days of
Vgood old summer time , " and
while most of the state depart
ments are busy with the work of
the end'of the biennium , the approach
preach of the legislative session
and othe'r's with the contemplated
transfer of official responsibility
to anew head , there is little of
unusual importance in official act
ion in the'seven days which in
clude the Christmas holiday.
Acting Governor Hopewell left
for his home at Tekamah early in
HON. ROBERT BACON ,
Assistant Secretary f State.
the week''as , Governor Sheldon
was expectc'd to return to the capi
tal on Wednesday and resume his
official labors which include the
drafting- his message to the
legislature.
One Contest In The House.
The house of representatives
will be confronted with one con
test for a seat probably ; at least
such a document has reached
Secretary of State Junkiu from
Sioux county , sent in by the coun
ty'"judge of that county. F. W.
Johnson , Democratic * candidate
in the Fifty-third district , start
ed a contest before the county
judge against C. H. Chase , his
successful Republican opponent.
He failed to appear on the date
set for hearing- and on the theory
of "lack of jurisdiction" the coun
ty judge sent the transctipt to
Secretary Junkin with a bill of
unpaid coats for S3 50. The leg-
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FOR OUR
Baldwin Nut and Lump I
and Head Coal
Cannon Nigger fI
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At-SO NOW HAVE NICE PEA COAL f
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TflNDER & O'RORKE
THE MARKET DAY SALE MEN
Auctioneers
Broken Bow
Nebraska
Sale every Two Weeks at
Our Sale Barn ,
Fam ? Sales a specialty ,
4. B.TINDER terms Reasonable5 *
StUMoi Guaranteed. Phone or Wre us for dates at our Expso , Phone 33 ,
islature may have the pleasure of
hearing the contest.
Two of the supreme court
judges have filed vrucbera lor
December salary bused on the1
rate of compensation established
by the constitutional amendment
recently adopted. Chief Justice
Reese and Justice Barnea Lave
presented the vouchers which are
on file. The former rate of pay
was 52,500 per year , the new rate
$4,500 per year. AuditoSearle
has not yet passed on the points
involved , while AttorneyvGeneral
Thompson has given expression
to his opinion that the claims
were proper and legal in every
respect. The additional'Decem
ber pay lor all the'membera of the
supreme court and' all the judges
of the district courts of the state ,
who also received a raise of sal
ary in the amendment , amounts
to a little less than $3,600 , tlu-re
beingtwentyeight district
judges in the state.
The Telephone Hate War.
The state railway commission
journeyed to Columbus ou Wed
nesday to hear a case involving
the compulsory connection of
telephone systems. The tele
phone systems. The telephone
company at Leigh has asked the
commission to require the Platte
County Independent Telephone
company to give a connection to
he Leigh system. A rate war
eems to be on at Norfolk be-
ween rival telephone lines and
he Nebraska Telephone com
pany has applied to the commis-
ion for permission to reduce the
ates on residence phones from
$21 to $18 per year. The Madi-
on Telephone company has ask
ed the commission for permission
o make a "school-house" and
lodge-room" rate of Si per
nonth in Madison. Both re
quests are grinding through the
commission mill and no order has
yet been entered.
The Millers Association of the
South Platte country met in an
nual convention at the Lindell
lotel on Tuesday winding1 up the
session with a banquet in the
evening. The session was large-
y occupied with a discussion of
he recent proclamation of Secre
tary ot Agriculture Wilson that
the bleaching of flour Amounted
to adulteration. Thc'millers de
cided to call on their National as
sociation for help in fighting the
' ecreUry's order. It was con
tended that considering the pe
culiarities of Nebraska wheat
the order would put Neb
raska millers out of busi-
iness if allowed to stand.
The association elected D. M.
Dean of Lincoln , president ; B. O
Cooper of Humboldt , vice-presi
dent ; H. U. Smith of University
Place , secretary ; Burdette Noycs
of Seward , treasurer.
Pails To Get Pardon-
Judge Hamer is evidently not
quite satisfied with the results obtained
tainod from Acting Governo
Ilopewell in the matter pf the ap
plication for executive clenienc ;
for W. T. Turley , the acting
governor having refuocd * o gran
any relief toTwrlyon theorigina
application heard last week
Tuesday Judge Ilarner filed a new
application in the governor'
office. As a certain period o
publication is required by law the
date of the new hearing is se
for January 26 , which will brin
it into the term of Governor
elect Shallcnberger. Turley
lived in Buffalo count ? , but the
crime for which he was' given
seventeen years was the filling o
a farmer , N. T. Bliss , across th
line in Hall county.
Legislative Political Gossip.
Political ' 'gossip on'the' organl
xation of the legislature is jtia
now busy with the names of Ralph
Cfark , of'RichardBod , and H. R.
Henry of Holt , in the matter of
the spcakmhip. The political
prophets pick one nf the two to
win. "Next" Oil Inspector Mul
len is said to be j ho guide , phil
osopher and friend of the Henry
boom , while R. E. Lee Herdman
of Omaha , is said to be close
enough to the Clark boom to lay
his hand on it without straining
a muscle. This situation is not
egarded as accidental not by
any means. Opponents of Henry
isaert that he favors coiinty opt-
on legislation aud represents
hat idea in the speakership con *
est , while nobody not anybody
has ever accuacd Mr. Herdman of
Omaha and Douglas county of
being "tainted" with any county
option ideas calculated to make a
noise like a statute in the big law
)0ok of the state and us the brew
ers aud the railroads are admit-
edly "close together" this year
n Nebraska , the friendship of
Jr. Hcrdrnan forMr. . Clark's
) oem for the speakcrship needs
no long explanation. Anybody
WM. E. COREY ,
fmlttant of the Unltod State * atooJ
j. Corporation.
n Lincoln with two glasn eyes
ind one wax ear knows that the
brewers and the railroads intend
o organize tbe legislature "fav
orably" if they can and the "lines
of cffoi t" are beginning to appear
on the master-woikman's trestle-
joard.
Lobbyist Record And Expenditures-
According to the anti-lobby
law passed by the last session of
the Nebraska legislature , all tin
"promoters" of legislation out
side the ( filcial membership ol
the two bodies which enact the
laws are compelled to register
with the secretary of state ant
"own-up" as to what legislation
they are interested ID. Thu sec
retary is now engaged in prepar
ing a big book for the purpose
and in the next three months that
book is destined tn become
'mighty interestin1 rcadiaV
The lobbyist , under severe penal
ties , is also required to file an
itemized account of all the money
he spends , thus adding to his cm
barrassment should he dcbire to
aid some poor soul who net-ds the
money.
Secretary Royse of the State
Banking Board has filed his quart
erly report showing a splendid
condition m the state banks o
Nebraska. The total deposits in
the state banks at the close o
business ou Nov. 27th labt ex
ceeded sixty-five million dollars
The number of bankb have in
creased seven during the year
uud , a Battering item of the gen
eral statistics is that in the pas
six years there has been but three
failures of state banks , all 3
which have paid out in excess o
50 per cent ot tbe deposits , two
of them in excess of 70 per cent
with strong prospects of paying
The Reneau Slots ! and Gale
ONE BLOCK NORTH
BURLINGTON DEPOT
Board by Day or Week
FURNISHED ROOMS AT RKASONABI.K KATES
Open Day and Night. - : - Meals at All Hours.
out in full before the business is
Inally wound up.
Food Commissioner Joe John
son has notified the druggists
of the state that he will institute
prosecutions wherever a druggist
! s found with proprietary reme
dies in his stock which contain
prohibited drugs under the pure
food and drug act and which are
not properly labeled as to the na
ture of the contents.
W. II. Thompson For Judge.
A new prophecy in the appoint
ment to the vacancy on the su
preme bench of the stntu puts to
the from the name of W. II.
Thompson of Grand Island , the
"little giant" of Nebraskstdemoc
racy All the basis there is for
the prophecy is that some days
ago Governor Sheldon and Mr.
Thompson held a brief confer
ence. It is asserted by the know
ing ones that Mr. Thompson will
accept the plum if the governor
dangles it within his reach.
Treasurer Brian has made an
offer to Douglas county to take
some of the court house bond is-
que of that county at a rate that
will net the state 4 per cent on
the investment. The state will
take them in blocks ou 60 days'
notice. The total issue of these
bonds will amount to 81,000,000.
Walil's Experience
Claude Wahl is an expert at
cleaning out stovepipes and those
wanting lessons in this class of
work should consult him at once-
the story goes that the stovepipes
at the house were all clogged up
and as he had read in the Satur
day Blade about someone blowing
the hole out of u well down in
Kansas , tho't he sure could blow
the soot out of the pipe here in
Mcrna. With this in mind he
purchased some gun powder ,
placed it in the stove and wow
he blew the soot out alright , blew
the stovepipe down also. Rath
er startled the household by scat
tering stove , pipe and soot
through the room. A few hours
strenuous work replaced things in
their proper order , and he says
one experience of this kind ia
enough. Merna Postal Card.
Chas. Springtube and daugh
ters , Elsie and Roxie , of Madison
County Nebraska , are visiting1
with Mr. Spritiglube'sj sister , Mrs
Qeo. Schmittand his brother Al
bert Spriugtube. Mr. Spring-
tube was formerly a resident pf
this county and has many friends
in this neighborhood.
Edwin F. Myers spent the first
I of the week with his parents on
the South Loup.
ALSO HAVE a large stock of Hard
WE and tfoft coal of all kinds. Buy youc.
coal now before cold weather cornea.
We semen all our coal. Alsu a full
line of building material.
LUMBER AND
COAL COMPANY
J. S. MOLYNEAUX , MGR.