VOL. XI.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1895.
NOT 38.
SPECIALS
For the month of May
will begin Thursday May 16th, and con
tinue until May 25th.
" We find our stock too large, and if the following
Jow prices wilrselL the goods we are willing to let them
go. Our goods are all new and iresh and we nave a large
assortment from which to select-
READ OTXIR, ZPIRECE-XjIST : -
DRY GOODS DEP'T.
. 26 yards of yard-wide unbleached
muslin for $i only one dollar's
worth to each customer.
German blue-prints at 7 cts. per
yard.
One yard-wide dress goods, sum
mer shades, for this sale atiaj4 cts.
per yard.
All-wool Fred'k Arnold's Hen
riettas, silk finish, 46-inches wide,
former price $1, at this sale for 62
cts. per 3'ard.
Fast colored table linen, former
price 50 cts., at this sale for 35 cts.
per yard.
Three spools of thread for 10 cts.
Silk veilings in all colors, regu
lar price 25 cts., lor this sale at 18
cts. per yard.
China silk for waists, one-fourth
off from regular price per yard.
CAPES AND JACKETS.
All our $5 capes at $3.25.
All our $3.50 capes at this sale
for 1.75.
We have 36 jackets left, all sizes,
in black, tan and gray, at prices
ranging from 5 to 8, at this sale
your choice for $3.25.
Ladies' black hose, former price
.10 cts., at this sale for 6 cents per
pair.
Boy's bicycle hose, sizes from 5
to 10, at 18 cts. per pair.
Ladies' gauze underwear at 5 cts.
pgarment.
.All colors broadcloth, 56-inches
wide former price 1 to $1.50 per
yard; at this sale for 87 cts. per
yard. ,
Ladies' aists, starched collars
and cuffs, at 47 cts.
All our 5-cent" .embroidery goes
at this sale for 2. cts.
All our 10-cent emroidery-goes at
6 cts.
All our 12-cent embroidery -at
8 cts. per yard.
All our 1 5-cent emproidery goes
at 10 cts. per yard.
All our 20-cent embroidery at 15
cts. per yard.
All our 25-cent embroidery goes
at 18 cts.
All our embroidery goes at the
same reduction.
Xaces will be sold at the same re
duction as embroideries.
GREAT SPECIAL ON SHOES
. AND OXFORDS.
We have them; we have thous
ands of pairs, the latest, all styles
and colors,- the best makes, every
pair warranted. We are bound to
sell them off. We have too many
of them.
NOW WATCH.
All our $1.75 and $2 ladies' fine
dongola shoes, patent tip, French
or square toes at $1.25 per pair at
this sale.
All our ladies' black and tan Ox
fords, former price 81.75 and $2, at
this sale for $1.25.
All our Padan Bros, "fine shoes,
button, gaiter or lace, regular price
from $3 to $4, at this sale tor 2.65.
All our Padan Bros, fine Oxfords,
tan, black and buff Juliets, regular
price from $2.75 to S3. 50, for this
sale at 1.98 pel pair.
Children'ns tan shoes and slip
pers, from 2 to 5 in size, at 48 cts.
per pair; from 8 to 12 in size at 70
cts per pair; sizes from 12 to 2 at 98
cts per pair.
Men's shoes from 85 cents and
upwards.
All the above goods will be sold
for cash only.
Yours for Great Bargains
"THE BOSTON,"
J. PIZBR, Proprietor.
EE DO'V-.L.
It
Having removed my stock of books, sta
tionery, wall-paper, etc.,
TO THE OTTMAN BUILDING
(the old book store stand), shall be pleased to have
everyone call on me when anything in my line is de
sired. First class stock in all branches.
c!ECONOMT IS TflEAmi
ALFALFA, POTATOES, CORN ANB HAY
will make this country prosperous.
Buy ypur Seeds jaf Harrington & Tobin. We are here to stay.
A HYDRAULIC HARVEST .
EE. Tkibuke: In your issue of
the 7th inst. you publish the rumor
"that unless consumers of city water
are less extravagant in the, use. of.
water on the lawns the company
will cut them down to the restric
tions provided by ordinance.' I do
not believe there is a-personintown
who knows -what the instructions"
are. Then it would be well for the
Waterworks Co. to publish the ordi
nance complete in the three papers
of the city. We now use the water
the same as wedidnt the beginning.
It appears to me to be in bad taste
and foolish now to make threats, as
the company has been Well paid for
all the water furnished.
When the company started there
were at least sixty windmills in
town, and all were taken down to
patronize the enterprise and have
less work in watering our lawns.
The mills furnished all the water
necessary, and owing to the conven
ience of water, the mills could be
again erected at a trifling expense:
and if we are annoyed bj the Water
works Co. up go the mills again.
Besides if the city or company
would bring water from one of the
irrigating ditches through the
streets of the city, dams could be
placed in the ditches so that you
could overflow almost any lot in
town. The water being warm and
full of sediment would be far pre
ferable to cold hydrant water. We
could easily dispense with the water
works except for fires.
James Beaton.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Headquakters Stephen A. )
Douglas Post. No C9, G. A. R.
North. Pxatte, Neb., May 8, 95. )
General Orders
No. 1. In compliance with the
rules and regulations of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Thursday,
May 30th, will be observed as
Memorial day.
2. In accordance with .our cus
tom, Stephen A. Douglas post, will
in a body attend divine services at
the Presbyterian church on Sunday
evening, May 26th, where the Rev.
Mr.Graves will deliver an appro
priate sermon.
I earnestly hope that all priests
and ministers in our citv will de-
liever appropria te sermons on that
day, calling attention to the. pro
per observance of Memorial day
and its lessons.
3. Memorial day being a legal
holiday, and a day that brings to.
the minds of all the patriotic citi
zens memories of these days "that
tried mens souls." I earnestly re
comend that our citizens lay aside
their usual vacations and devote
the day to the honor of those "who
died that the nation might live."
And I protest against the profana
tion of the day by the indulgence in
unseemly sports.
4. The National Guards and the
various civic societies of our city,
and. all our people are cordially in
vited to participate in the ceremo
nies of the day.
5. With especial emphasis
would I request that the children of
our schools participate in the cere
monies of the day. that by so doing
they might be imbued with that
patriotism that will prompt them in
after years to emulate the example
of those they now honor.
6. "With malice toward none and
charity for all," let us unite in per
forming this sacred dut. Let us
on this" occasion inaugurate a re
vival of patriotism, that on each
recurring aniversary of the day
will burn brighter and brighter, so
that in after ages, when we who are
now participating in these cere
monies shall be gathered to that
Grand Army above, it will not be
said of our fallen heroes, whom we
now honor, that the- died in vain.
G. H. Bush A. M. Maso.
Adj't pro tern, Post Com.
PROGRAM A. M.
Stephen A. Douglas No. 59, G. A.
R. and Women's Relief Corps No.
110, will meet at the post hall, at
9:30 a. m.t sharp, and in company
with Co. E., Neb. N. G., will march
to the cemetery.
The post will there render the me
morial service, as laid down in the
ritual, oyer the grave of a deceased
comrade, to be followed with the ser
vices to the "Unknown Dead" by
the Women's Relief Corps, after
which the graves of deceased sol
diers and sailors of the Union will
be strewn .with flowers by the joint
committees of the post and Women's
Relief Corps.
AFTERNOON PROGRAM.
The parade will form at 2:30,
sharp, on the east side of Court-,
house, right pn Fourth street, in'the
following order: ;
1. Co. E. Neb. Nat Guards.
2. S. A. JJouglas post No. 69.
3. Women's Relief Corps No. 110.
4. " School children with flags.
5. -The fire-department and civic
societies; " -
Col. Bush' willt be marshal of the
day, and -all societies participating
in the, parade will reportfto him for
a place therein.' 1
The school children participating
in the parade will each be presented
with a flag.
The line of march will be north on
Spruce street to Sixth street thence
east to Lloyd's opera house, where
will be carried out he following
order of exercises:
1. Reading of orders by "the .ad
jutant. .
2. Memorial service by the post.
3. Address by the Hon. Church
Howe.
4. Poem by comrade J. S. Hoag
land. ,
5. Address by Mrs.. E. M. Cooley.
6. Song.
Campfire at 8.p. m. at opera house
speaking and songs.
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SPECIAL
MILLniEET SALE
Grand Display of Millinery at
RENNETS DECORATION SALE.
For Two "Weeks
All our fine Millinery at Fifty Cents on the Dollar.
WE : ARE : DETERMINED : TO : LEAD : IN : LOW : PRICES.
1
Miss Kate Wood will show you the Lowest Prices
for the Choicest Millinery in the west Eemember spe
cial sale begins at once at 50 CENTS on the DOLLAK.
at RENNIE'S.
at RENNIE'S.
The Sandhills for Fruit Growing.
Windmill irrigation seems to have
solved the very important question
for this state of the best and most
profitable method of the utilization
of the sandy lands of Nebraska.
The actual demonstration of suc
cessful fruit growing that will com
pare with the best of Grand river,
Col., products, creates a feeling of
satisfaction that a day will come
when this class 'of lands will be cov
ered with thrifty and fruitful bear
ing trees that will prove a source of
wealth to our'cbunty and state.
This class of soils is precisely
similar to the famous iruit-srro win
lands of southern California. The
success of Mr. J. C. Keen has shown
that others would do well to follow
his example, and that fruit-growing
can be made profitable as well as
successful in the so-called sandhills
of this section. ' He has also dem
onstrated the -value of irrigation
from wells b,;windmills. The
question arises shall we have a
boom in fru it lands? We aire ready
for it, fop-MrvrJs,suicessshows
that these lands have been created
for a purpose, although many have
wondered -why hey were 1 placed
here, and to what profitable use
they could be put.
Nichols and 'Hershey Hews.
A fine rain visited this section
Thursday .night and Friday fore
noon. J"
'Potato planting is all the rage
this week.
Sheriff Miller was up in this
country on business recently.
The frost Friday night damaged
garden '-truck," potatoesjand corn
that were, above the ground to some
extent. J
Constable Lemon, of the hub,
transacted legal' business in the
we'stern part of this precinct one
day last week.
The schools at Hershey and this
place will close; ;the last, of this
month. .
About thirty i attended prayer
meeting at this place on lat Wed
nesday evening and over forty
attended Sabbath school last Sun-
dav.
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Poultry growers in this locality
report excellent success in .that
branch so far this season. The
business the past two seasons was
somewhat discouraging.
H, W. Fogel, the Hershey black
smith, is doing a rushing business
in his line these days which goes to
show clearly that? his work gives
entire satisfaction.
Rev. Graves, of North Platte,
immersed Archie Anderson and
Lewis Randall in the old ditch north
of Hershey Sundayafternoon, and
in the evening preached to a large
audience in the Maccabee hall at
that hamlet.
The old ditch conjpany erected a
bridge a "few daysj. ago over the
O'FallonMateral . wnjch crosses the
highway 'near this.,station. Sam
Funkhouser and Everett Ware did
the work.
Wei. Ware transacted business
at the county capital" one day last
week.
The April showers were some
what late for May-flowers, and in
consequence thereof the crop will
undoubtedly be limited.
The lumber for the bridges span
ning the Farmer's & Merchant's
ditch was side tracked at this place.
A bridge spanning the Spurrier
lateral crossing the-highway north
of the Nichols schools-house, is in a
horrible condition and several mis
haps have occurred lately. It has
not received the proper attention of
the overseer of highways in this
precinct notwithstanding the fact
that he has been several times noti
ce i
fied of its condition. Trouble "is
liable to ensue.
J. M. Dwyer made atrip to North
Platte on his "bike" the latter part
of the week. -
We are pleased to note that Fore
man Erickson's mother, and little
daughter, who havebeen critically
ill for some time, are reported on
the gain at this writing.
W. H. Sullivan has about recov
ered from his accident, which we
reported last week.
J. L. Strickler will do the court
ing for this precinct as a juror for
the June term" of district court.
The trees throughout this sec
tion are neatly adorned in their
spring attire.
Mayor Baker, Ben McMichael,
W. E. Parks and Will Hardin of
the Platte, were constructing
bridges for the Farmer's & Mer
chant's canal in this locality last
week.
John Kenworthy, who has the
Ferguson place rented for this
season, has had a gang of men
plowing upon the sam? the past
week for corn.
Mrs. N, B. Spurrier is somewhat
disheartened over the loss of her
strawberries, which were nicely in
bloom, and destroyed by the recent
frost, She had probably the largest
and finest bed in the valley.
The Farmer's & Merchants canal
company constructed a first-class
bridge across their ditch at this
place on Friday.
The Sullivan boys irrigation
pump and windmill is working to
perfection and their reservoir which
covers about one half an acre of
ground, is about full of condensed
moisture.
The U. P. through this country
has been lined with the gay and
festive tramp lately.
W. J. Crusen, of the county seat,
preached to a large audience at this
place on Sunday last.
We understand that the prayer
meetings at Hershey are a thing of
the past.
There will be the largest acreage
of sod corn by far planted in this
country this season ever known in
its history.
We hope as there is to be a new
school-house erected in this district
this season that our people will be
united in building a commodious
and first-class structure, and also
that there will be no trouble in
locating the same, as the neigbor
hood is now in perfect peace and
harmony.and we would dislike very
much to have it broken ;and we are
of the opinion that if all do what
they think is proper it will not be.
Will Johnson is the proud posses
sor of a new carriage recently pur
chased of Joe Strickler.
North Platte butchers are ran
sacking this country in search of
beef cattle, but meet with poor
success.
The ice cream sociable at Her
shey Saturday evening in the K. O.
T. M. hall was quite well attended
and a pleasant time is reported.
We understand that the proceeds
were donated to the Maccabees tor
the use of their hall in the past for
church services.
N. Snow called on friends at
Ogalalla recently. Pat.
Eugene D. Carter of N. C, is an
other prominent southern democrat
who has grown tired of the old slave
method of using the bogy man to
keep white men in the democratic
party. "We h aye at last reached
that'point in the south," says he,
where honest, thinking men can no
longer be dragooned into silly incon
sistencies in national politics by any
fear of that worn-out bugbear of ne
gro domination." Mr. C. is not an
exception in the south. He is rep
resentative of many thousands of
intelligent white men who have be
come disgusted with the use of this
once great bogy of the, south. Inter j
GRAND I
am mm
-AT THE-
Star Clothing House.
THE LAKGEST STOCK OF
Spring Clothinj
Gents5 Furnishings,
Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes
ever shown in the city of JNorth Platte,
or any other city west of Omaha. Our
Prices Defy Competition.
Immediate Inspection Invited.
STAR CLOTHING HOUSE,
WEBER & VOLLMEB, Props.
Mail orders promptly attended to.
Adjoining Counties.
The Sons of Veterans camp at
Lexington will soon receive from
the state its complements of arms,
which will consist of thirty-three
new rifles and equipments for the
officers.
On account of low finances, Lex
ington has cut off her electric lights
and the old reliable coal oil can is
now in demand.
Thieves hypnotized a watch dog
kept in M. Cole's store at Lexing
ton one night last week and carried
off a wagon load of shoes and cloth
ing. The thieves have not been
apprehended.
The total exports of breadstuffs
from the United States during the
last ten months has been less by
553,700,000 than during the previous
ten corresponding months. The
decrease in exports of provisions
during the same period is S5, 700, 000.
Compared with the famous years of
the McKinley tariff, 1891-2-3. the
volume of our exports of farm pro
duce shows a lamentable shrink
age. The nation is now fully aroused
on the question of silver. No issue
since the war has created so much
universal interest. It is the same
in the south as in Chicago; the same
in New York, New England, and
all over the western states and
territories. It, however, is but a
forerunner of a greater issue.
rhether silver or gold, or both,
was the stendard of our fathers,
matters but little. What is best
for business, what will cure poverty
and employ labor is what we want
to know most of all. foilet (111.)
News.
Homtfeeken Excnrsioas.
On April 30th, May 21st and
June 11th, 1895, the Union Pacific
System will sell tickets from Mis
souri River points and stations in
Kansas and Nebraska, to points
south and west m Nebraska and
Kansas, also to Colorado, Wyom
ing. Utah and Idaho, east rf Wmcor
and south of Beaver Canon, at rate
of one first class standard fare for
the round trip. Minimum rate S7.
See your nearest Union Pacific
ticket agent. E. L. Lomax,
Gen'l Pass, sand Ticket Aent,
Mrs. Lease is talked of as a re
form candidate for mayor of Wichi
ta, Kan. The Beacon' ot that city,
interviewed Mr. Lease as to his
wife's intentions, with the following
result: 4 'Mr. Lease was seen at
noon, and stated that he had not
been down town much of late, and
had not heard of the report. He
smiled and seemed pleased when in
formed of the association of his
wife's name with the mayoralty can
didacy, but said that he would wait
until 'mother' came out before ex
pressing any opinion on the subject."
Governor Turney endeavors to
ease his conscience by remarking
that he had sworn to support the
constitution and the laws of Ten
nessee, and that if he had aban
doned his office to his republican
opponent he would have been a per
jured man. Of course he knows
better. If he doesn't let him con
sult about all the democratic news
papers of his state, which plainly
tell him that, politically speaking,
he is little better than a thief.
Boston Herald (Ind. Dem.)
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