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SATURDAY. DBCEMBEB 10, 1887..
Congress convened Monday and
both houses immediately organized
without difficulty, there being no
fghtinthe Senate as was antici
pated. Carlisle was elected speaker
of the house. The organization of
the Senate was witnessed' by Presi
dent Cleveland and most of the di
plomatic delegations.
The anarchists will hold a meet
ing in Chicago to-morrow to ex
press their adherance to the cause,
the proceeds to go to the widows
and orphans of the gentlemen who
lately died for murdering police
men. The mayor declined to give
them the privilege of selling beer.
As without this indispensible bever
age, the receipts would be trifling
and the proceedings tame indeed, it
may naturally be supposed the or
der created much dissatisfaction
amnncr them. It is not likely the
courts will restrain the mayor.
Tire Gmjrlte.-Journal voices the
sentiment of many of Mr. Blaine's
old friends in Nebraska when it
ars that its oDnosition is based
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upon expediency and not upon per
sonal hostility. No where in the
United States is Mr. Blaine held
higher among his political asso
ciates than in Nebraska, and there
is no one whom his admirers would
rather see in the presidential chair,
but they fear that to nominate him
will be taking unnecessary chances.
If he is the choice of the conven
tion however, he can count on
30.000 majority in Nebraska.
Walt Mason, the 'poet of the
Journal, was up to Omaha living
with the incarcerated councilmen.
He apparently didn't appreciate the
the grub furnished by the sheriff,
for on his return he thus discourses
on bills of fare:
"Some day an enterprisiug aud
intellectual hotel proprietor will
edit and publish a bill of fare in
which the queen's English will be
used instead o'f illegitimate French
and imitation Italian. Nothing de
prives a man of his appetite quicker
than to tackle a bill of fare which
he cannot read. When the hotel
keener in ciuestion makes himself
known he will be escorted around
town by a brass band."
The new President or h ranee is
named Sadi-Garnot, a moderate lib
eral republican, but not much
known outside of France. His elec
tion was a hard blow to the mper
ialists and monarchists, who thought
tbpv saw in the political crisis of
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ifchp fame a chance to advance their
favorite form of government a step.
The time for the return of the
monarchy or the empire now seems
more remote than ever. In the
United States we have never had
much faith in the stability of the
French Republic. The people or
at least those of Paris, and they say
Paris is France are too impulsive.
we might say light-headed. There
is an apparent lack of that solid na
ture of character peculiar to the
Encrlish. Germans and Americans
that gives stability to institutions
A republican form of government
i sf.il 1 on trial in France. We do
aot believe it will be permanent. A
strong man will some day arise and
create a limited monarchy, a form
vAtrnvnmonf. in nrP 111 kPPT)lTICr
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with the character of the people.
TliorA will not lie less liberty, but
restraints unon license, while
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flip fWnra of government will be
administered by stronger hands.
ternal taxes. Mr. Cleveland argues
that' tobacco and liquors are not
necessities, therefore the people
pay this tax of fifty million dollars
cheerfully. We admit that they
are not absolute necessaries of life,
but they are consumed largely by
poor people and the tax does not
lessen the consumption. These taxes
are not popular, and often work,
hardships, especially the-Vtaiion toi
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oacco, which is repungent to our in
stitutions. They are relics of war
measures and should long since have
been stricken from the statue book.
There is no necessity for a tax on to
bacco, while municipalities under
state laws can tax liquor all that is
required. Rapeal those laws and
then adjust the tariff if necessary.
One of the results of the
troubles in umcago is tne prepara
tion of a bill which will "be submit-
ted to congress tins session, con
taining provisions for sending out
of the country such aliens as are
dissatisfied with our government
and are continually making trouble.
The 'only difficulty with the bill is
not comprehensive enough for prac
tical .use. With an amendment or
two the object of the bill could be
more' easily attained. To send
foreign, agitators back to. the coun
try from which they came would
not put nn end to the trouble, for
at home they would continue to
talk and act as they do here and the
germs of sedition would naturally
come back to us. A good plan
would be for all the powers to com
bine in the purchase of some island
or uninhabited country and. to set
it apart for the reception of those
dissatished persons to be found in
every country; in other words, to
found a kingdom of anarchy where
the apostles or anarchy and ninii-
ism could have just such a govern
ment or rather no government at
all, as they now advocate. The
czar has a large number of subjects
of whom he would gladly get rid,
Emperor William has a few, Queen
Vic. a tew more, France could add
to the quota and the number lack
ing could easily be furnished from
our own country. With all these
discontented spirits transplanted to
some one designated spot, the dream
of Johann Most would find a most
startling fulfilment anarchy would
reign supreme. New brumea has
been suggested as a fitting place for
the experiment, it already having
an appropriate designation in the
words, No Mans Land. btate
Journal.
The President's Message.
President Cleveland's message is a
very unique document. It treats of
omly one subject, the tariff, and is a-
free trade argument from beginning
to end. There is not a word about
reducing internal taxes; not a word
.kAnf iho arniv or navy, the settle-
monf nf the fisheries question or of
oar relations with foreign powers.
For information under these heads
congress is refered to the reports of
heads of departments, except that
of Secretary of State, which will in
due time form the subject of
another communication. The mes
sage is plain and outspoken; there
is no diplomacy about the language,
mo beating around the bush that an
uLa mav be inferred rather than
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expressed. In this Mr. Cleveland is
perhaps to be commended. Taking
mlthe whqle, however, it has more;
- tie character ot a stump speech
i3; vtJan that of a state paper.
rhut- nnr rvpnnps should lift rp-
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diced to the requirraents of the
government all will agree. As a
weans to this end there should be a
auction of the tariff; Iiut the first
should be the abolition or m-
Commander in Chief Rae of the
Gr. A. R. has expressed himself as
heartily in sympathy with the pen
sion bill prepared by that organ iza-
tion, ana predicts mac in win re
ceive the necessary support and be
come a law. This bill, similar in
many respects to the service pen
sion bill vetoed last year by Presi
dent Cleveland, provides, among
other things, for pensioning that
large class of invalid soldiers whose
circumstances are such that they
cannot prove, satisfactorily, that
they are entitled to a pension.
Many cases exist where it is well
known by friends that the disabil
ity of the applicant for pension was
caused by the exposure of army
life, but where the lapse of time
renders it impossible to bring con
clusive proof of the facts in the
case. The death of a single man
whose affidavit on a pension appli
cation has been demanded, has been
known to defeat the issues of the
order to place the applicant's name
upon the pension roll. Changes in
residence have often operated to ac
complish the same undesirable re
sult. In view of these facts, legis
lation is needed to sanction less
rigorous requirements than now
prevail in establishing a claimant's
right to the relief he asks. It is
but a matter of simple justice to the
defenders of the nation in time of
peril.
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Russia's action in massing troops
on the Austrian and German fron
tiers is regarded with considerable
alarm in Germany The reason for
this action is given by Russia to be
a precaution to guard against sur
prise and attack should Austria-and
Germany niake - common cause
against her. The cause for4his ap
prehension on the part of Russia is
unknown, and the action taken
seems to be exactly opposite in its
nature to that which might have
been expected so soon after the late
satisfactory conference between the
czar aud Bismarck. A solution of
these seemingly unwarranted move
ments may possibly be found in the
situation of France. Whatever the
meaning may be, or what the cause
of the military activity in Russia,
the continental situation had such
an appearance yesterday as to mate
rially effect European markets.
A misunderstanding seems to ex
ist in some quarters regarding the
case or senator Turpie of Indiana,
to the seating of whom some objec
tion was made before the convening
of congress. The contest was not
dismissed by the fact that Mr Tur
pie took the oath of officej but the
republican senators allowed this
course to be pursued -in order to
facilitate onranization. The com
mittee on privileges and elections
now has charge of the matter, will
examine the evidence, the evidence
produced by the contestant and con
testee and report findings to the
senate, which will then decide
whether Mr. Turpie is entitled to
hold his seat.
"tfiann of the Press on the ITeBScure.
given to the subiect in his message,
that President Cleveland has of late
had free trade on the brain badlv.
His message is literally a stump
speech on that subject. Chicago
Journal. rt.
It is a message of hut one idea
the reduction of the surplus and
but onojidea'how thaVis to, be done.
Ha conceives that the best war to
pul more money in the pocket of
efery Amancan 'citizen 4is. to put;
more money m the pocket ot every
toreign1 manufacurer. Chicago
Mail.
The arguments which it makes
for a reduction of duties were, prac
tically speaking, all made and
made more clearly aud strongly
by Hayne, Calhoun and their friends
nearly three-quarters of a century
ago- So far as it outlines a policy
at all, however, it presents the pol
icy of the great majority or the
democratic party favors. St. Louis
(xlobe Democrat.
With credit to his own courage
intelligence, arid devotion to a pub-
lie trust, and, .and, to what he may
be confidentially hoped will be to
the advantage of the general wel
fare,1 the president has met a -situa
tion of graver importance and more
general concern than any wBich has
arisen sinceithe. wars' It 'main's
for congress to discharge its duty
in like spirit and discretion. --Chi
cago Herald.
New York, Dec. 7. The Tri
bune says: The president's mes
sage was a disappointment to Wall
street. It had been supposed it
would treat of other matters than
the tariff, and would make positive
recommendations on several sub
jects. The general opinion seemed
to be that the message was remark
able chiefly by neglect of impor
tant objects outside ot the tariff.
In this respect the free trade utter
ances or the message were not en
tirely offset bv the concluding state
ment, "the question of free trade is
absolutely irrelevant. An active
broker, speaking of the messat
said: "It reminds me of the daily
letter which we send out to our cus
tomers. I usualllv write it, and
frequently, after I have demonstrat
ed that stocks ought to advance,
'hedge' by suggesling that in spite
of these influences prices may de
cline."
Michigan democrats are delight
ed with the appointment of Dan
M. Dickinson, of that state, as
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postmaster general, it is not gen
erally known, that Dickinson was
tendered the position of attorney
general in the early days of the ad
ministration. He is admired by the
E resident, who recently gave him
is choice to be secretary of the in
terior or postmaster general. He
chose the latter office because it
would not. interfere with his prac
tice" in tne"upremc Conrfe.' Mr.
Dickenson leaves a law practice
variously estimated to be worth be
tween $30,000 and $50,000 per an
num to enter the cabinet, where his
salary is only 8,000 a year. Mich
igan has had'; four cabinet officers.
Lewis Cass was in Andrew Jack
son's cabinet as secretary of war,
and secretary of state under Buch
anan: Robert McClelland, of Mich
igan was Pierce's secretary of the
interior, and President Grant in his
second term made Zach Chandler
secretary of the interior, a place
which he filled for eighteen months.
Sioux City, Dec. 7. The Franz
Brewing company of Sioux City
closed its doors yesterday morning
and the Selzer brevvery following
the example, shut down at noon.
Mn C. F. Hoyt, president of the
Franz company and Mr. Selzer,
proprietor of the Selzer brewery,
say they are through with the bus
iness of manufacturing beer in
Iowa and Mr. Hoyt says he is
through with the busiuess alto
gether. The federal questions in
volved in the prohibitory law hav
ing been decided against the brew
ers, Sionx City brewers voluntarily
withdraw from anr further contest
against the law.
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Wallace.
E. A. Brainard started for
Aurora, this, state, Tuesday morn
ing, on a two weeks visit to friends
and relatives.
The dance and oyster supper at
Beecher Thomas' Monday evening
was a grand success. ? . n -j
Tommy Drummond and Rever
end Willis both have-tietstliis week';
they call them Tooth-acne.
The Wilson and Summers build
ing is fast nearing completion and
will probably be ready for use in
about a week.
Miss Mamie Nation is at home
having finished her school near
Curtis last ii riday.
The depot and section house are
at last painted. It adds greatly to
their appearance.
Messrs. . Jackson and Jordan
made a flying trip to the Platte last
week, leaving here in the afternoon
of Wednesday and getting back
Thursday.
Mr. Davis, proprietor of the
Davis House, is having a neat and
attractive sign painted.
Mr. Hayden, brother to our genial
Charley, made a short visit here last
week.
'Mr. Cruzen, of Curtis, was here
the fore part of the week on busin
ess. Our coal merchants have an abun
dance of coal on hand. Should ye
North Pktteites need fuel come to
Wallace.
A little f racus in one of our
stores resulted in the breaking of a
glass and the "barking" of one of
the participants. Agricola.
Dec. 7,1887.
1306 'of the Julesburg
end collision
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pulled; in toward the Union depot
and going, ankiiad the" curve by the
electrijj engii koserarf into the
K. P.: train whiclT had waited. the
required time and had started to
pull bat. Enfiner Smith after
trying to sfo!his train and seeing
that aa accident was unavoidable,
jumpei froai hie engine thereby
sustnw aVry painful fracture
of his right laakk. His fireman,
Otto Aadcraea, ran back into the
with'coal Iwt atd''injuryexcept;
a f eir WqitM aad general! shak- r
lngup. :No,o tlse was injured.
The engiswewDadly smashed.
We underalattd engineer Smith
called Jor iiiti'iiiJb Once and that
coudwterAtfaOM said "I don
know,' hpwtL ; Vafiroad anyhow,
hnr wf arr iif .rfiA. flnminn if ho RirV
tit he s the -oaly ome who thinks so
notwithstanding this piece of bad
luck. "Track has been in the
employ of'the lltJnidn Pacific for a
long tiraa aaa tncre is no more
popular man.' t He and Mr. Smith
have, been given a thirty day lay-
on: .wnicn will give rne. ooys
chance to ea joy, a needed rest.
John Owen Snyder, of Blackford
county, tad., wfceee peculiar nerv
ous affection inade him notorious
and gave' him tie soubriquet of the
waiKing manoamonaay enaea nis
Ion or walk' and daed at his home on
his little fafiti. During the past
enree years e;naf oeen waiKing al
most nisht arid aav. a morbid hallu-
ci nation haviag taken possession of
him that he f&ftd obtain no relief
irora lOFLTnrains m nis legs
unless ne were walking. He ate,
drank, shaved, mik bathed as he
waisea, ana ne xtc up ine move-
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meat , wniie apparently in souna
sleep. His evernletive feet have
worn deep cireular. paths about his
little farm, and a; 'conservative esti
mate places theastance that he has
walked at 90.000 miles. He goes
on the annals afl-tbe greatest walker
on record
A call has been-iwued, signed by
450 citizens. forra convention at
Aberdeen, Dak., on the 15th inst-.
The object of 'the - convention is to
oppose the division of the territory.
A call israTsb published for a north
Dakota anti-aloori .convention to
be held at Fargo,-Dec 15, to devise
meanaf to eiiore ijuie prohibitory
Tauplfchfh, adopted in all
but six of the counties of the north.
The league in' Cafli.county, of which
b argo is the county seat, claim to
have provided a faid of $20,000 for
the enforcement of the law.
An. objection urged against Secre
tary Lamar s probable appointment
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to rue supreme oencn is mat ne is
too old to take apon himself the
duties Of the office If a man with
Lamar's records it to be appointed,
which seems 'to be demanded bv
one wing of the democracy, Lamar
is the man for the place simply for
the reason of his mature age. lie
isn't likely to last as long as some
others.
COrtN HELLERS.
Wff claims Mve. the best in the
market anet fojpeTcash we wit!
give well, that is the way to buy
cheap. Farmers, call and see us
and save money.
. HER8HBY & CO.
L. Haynes at the Front street market is
manufacturing' -extra v fine bolognat and
other-sausage.,"- UTie meutstTiSd are care
uiiv seiectea
Dv .team.
article. Is- 1
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iand the mitculnery lstun
Iftwiring'tlie very best
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
This cornier never wies.
Strdngth and -vrhotemaMBess.
A marTcl oE parity.
More economica
lhall"thp. orflinartr Wuk aacl cannot be Bold in
competition 'with tke noltitado ot low test short
weight alnni or phosphate powders. Bold only
in cane.- Eotai. Bakiko Powder Co 106 Wall
Street, New York '
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TO THE PEOPLE OF LIMI0M COUNTY AID
WESTEBN IEBBASKA :
We solicit the honor of your presence at our
which will be the finest ever seen west of Omaha. Over
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS'
worth of the latest and mbst elegant designs of ( ;
, Mies, Jewelry, Silverware,
Clocks, Pianos, Organs
and Fancy Goods, which will be sold at the lowest price
possible to sell good goods,
be engraved free of charge.
All goods bought of us will.
Every visitor will be pre
sented with a number which if fortunate will entitle you,
if a lady to an elegant diamond lace pin, if a gentleman to
an elegant diamond scarf pin. In addition to this every
purchaser of $2 worth of goods for cash will be presented
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with a ticket entitling the holder to a chance on a mag
nificent $125 music box.
P. H. McEVOY, Leading Jeweler,
Keith's Commercial Block, North Platte, Neb.
Note Every lady and gentleman will receive a ticket
and is und:4r no obligation to purchase. Goods sent
0. O. D. on Selection.
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An opinion has been delivered in
the United States supreme court by
Justice Matthews, in the long de
layed Kansas cases, involving the
constitutionality of the prohibitory
liquor laws. The judgment of the
court in the cases before it is in ef
fect a declaration of the validity of
the laws. This will settle the towa
cases, which are tests of the same
kind.
The back-window boodler who
stole the Morgan diamonds the
other day in New York was run
down within three or four days of
the robbery, and m less than two
weeks after the burglary he was
sentenced to nineteen years' impris
onment. The dangers attending
the profitable profession of boodling
depend much upon the branch pur
sued and the amount of reserve cap
ital the boodler holds to employ
eminent counsel.
tlie Children. They are eft
peclally liable to sadden
Colds, Coughs, .Croup, Whooping Cough,
etc. We 'guaranteo Acker's; Eighth
Remedy ft positive cure. It 'saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
A. P. Streitz.
Sow Le
s Have Attention !
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
Sealed bids will be received by the City
Piorir f,f "North Platte, to construct the
istfose Houses, forihe city of JSforth Plattej.
according To plans aud specifications now-
on tue at my omce. jciacu nousu iu u urn
upon separately. All bids to be filed on
or before Dec. 13th at 7 o'clock p. m. The
city to reserve the right to reject any or
all bids. E. B. Wabker,
City Clerk.
NOTICE
is hereby given that bids will be received
at the County Clerk's office up to Jan. 1st ,
1888, for books, blanks and stationery, to
be furnished for the use or .Lincoln county
or the year 1888:
One Trial Docket, (Judges) .
One Mortgage Index .
One Numerical Index of Lots, lined
or 20 lots to block.
One Deed Record , 640 pages.
One Mortgage Record 640 pages.
One dozen Arnold Ink, quarts.
One dozen Boxes pens, Falcon and
Spencerian .
One dozen Blotters. -One
hundred Road Petitions .
One hundred Bill Heads, large.
Five hundred Bill Heads, small.
One thousand Letter Envelopes with
return card.
One thousand Legal Envelopes with'
return card. t.
Two thousand Warrants General Fund.
District Court Blanks.
Twelve dozen Pencils. -.r
Twelve boxes Rubber Bands.'
-Two thousand Tax Receipts.
Two'thousand Letter Heads and Envel
opes for Treasurer.
Tnree aozen uverseers notice ana re
ceipt Books.
The Commissioners reserve the right to
reject any or all bids.
J. j. JVV'ANS,
; County Clerk.
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We are oyer loaded with goods and want to reduce our stock to get ropw
and in order to do so we will sell yon the best Base Burner, Codumii
Heating or Cook Stoves at
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT LESS MONET
than thev hart ever sold in this market. Remember oar stoves are no
old style goods bat are at the front in the way of improvements. Tm
will find our stock of
HARDWARE AND FURNITURE
is complete and we assure you we ean save yon money on these goofo.
We also have a complete line of pumps and the water packing cylinder
which has no leather on to wear out and cause trouble. We hart the
DEMPSTER AND ALTHOUSE WINDMILLS
which are the BEST made beyond donbt. Come and see us and we guar
antee to give you satisfaction. Special attention given'to tin, sheet inm
and pump work of all kinds. Yours respectfully,
L. STRICKLER, Front St. Hardware Store
N 3400
FIRST NATIONAL
North. Platte,
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BANK,
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Authorized Capital, $200,1
Paid in Capital, $50,000.
Banking In All Its Branches Transacted
Sell Bills of Exchange Direct on Great Britain and Ireland, Switatr
land, Jrrance, Belgium, noiiana, Norway, oweaeu, ucuuimm,
Italy, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Austria.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
Brick
1 ZESu.n To3T 3D.
LiYEEf Stable,
. Hit
FIRST-CLASS RIGS FURNISHED
on short notice and at reasonable rates. IJorses boarded by the wjtkor
month. Careful and competent employes. Stable opposite the Hawtey
House on east Fifth street,
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA
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