THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, . EVENING, JULY 19, 1895. sirtd Exclusively to ti Qygr.Tygnty-One Million Peopk 7atmWorld's Fairgrounds tlnlversallv acceotea a tbe Leading Roecoflceoftiw World. JOHN HERROD Sells th.e above Coffee together -with a complete line of mi MO FIT IB. Prices Always Eeasonable. HIGHEST MARKET PRICE Paid For Country Produce. -The dance at the opera house Tuesday evening was slimly at tended; probably owing to the hot weather. C. F. Scharmann is putting- in his spare moments attending" to 5,000 celery plants on an irrigated block of land in the Third ward. Do not forget the icecream so cial at Mrs. J. F. Schmalzried's to morrow evening, July 29th, under the auspices of the Ladies of theG. A. R. Fverybody welcome. There was a slight break in the F. & M. irrigation canal "Wednesday at A. M. Stoddard's farm, necessi tating shutting off the water. It was promptly repaired and water is again flowing-. County clerk Burritt and sur veyor Meyer went to Peckham on "Wednesday where the latter ex pected to lay out a road through Gilman canyon to the north line of Walker precinct. By means of a transfer of money from the bridge to the general fund the, county commissioners hope to be able to pay within the next nine- ,ty days all claims which were not allowed heretofore. - The Wild West bicycle club will pYobably have a meet for local heelmenabbut-.the,niiddleaof Au- gust. With, the present enthusi- s&smibver bicycling" races will be . warranted once a month until the close of the season. The H. M. Butt dental parlors are again open to the public, the services ot Dr. De Berry, of Platts bunr, Mo., having" been secured. Dr. -DeBerry comes highly recom mended as an experienced dentist, and all work is guaranteed satis factory. , it has been suggested that a purchase of ten acres of the Dillon land be made, and converted into a city park. If the city is to have a a park the sooner the land is se cured the better. Water for the trees could be secured from one of ' the irrigation ditches. Some fellow turned in a false alarm from. the box in the Third ward Tuesday night at 12:30 and succeeded in bringing" out the three hose companies. Any one guilty of turning" in a false alarm should be ferreted out if possible and made to pay dearly for his fun. For sale, a good heavy work team. Inquire at the Wilcox Dept. Store. A. B. Hoagland made a five mile run on the bicycle track Tues day evening" in 14:47. He was paced, but not up to his best speed. The last mile was made m 2:47: This run will probably quiet some of the boys who have been laboring under the delusion that Arthur is not the speediest rider in town. The county commissioners on Monday canvassed the vote at the late election held for the purpose of forming the Gaslin irrigation dis trict, and found the result as fol lows: For formation of district 26, against 1; for treasurer, Frank Ericsson 22, H. Peckham 5; for as sessor, Emil Ericsson 17, L. D. Rich 10; director of district No. 1, P. B. ; I. Clapp 16, T. T. Marcott 5. The board thereupon declared the dis trict organized, with officers as fol- , Jpws: Treasurer, Frank Ericsson; ' assessor Emil Ericsson; director of district No tt Jet; - 1, P. B. Bloom; direc- -iii 1 '' tor district No. 2, S I. Clapp. . A delegation composed E. M. F. Leflang, Judge Neville, M. C. Har rington, A. S. Baldwin and Lester Eells left yesterday for Omaha, the object of the trip being" to secure, if possible, lower freight rates on the Union Pacific. Prices of farm pro ducts' in the east liave dropped to such a low figure, that after the .f reight tariff is paid it leaves but little for the farmer. One of the oreatest drawbacks to the develop ment of this portion of Nebraska is the excessive freight rates; and in view of the increased business which would accrue, the Union Pa cific can well afford to make a reas onable reduction in the tariff; The delegation whicli left here will be joined bydelegatipas at Lexington, iCozad aj&tb.er Pints' The date of receiving bids for the erection of a school house in Nichols precinct has been extended to July 25th. M. C. Lindsay has a very ex tensive garden in the southwest portion of the city, which he is im ping from the Farmers & Mer chants' canal. Special services at the Baptist church next Sunday morning. The young people will have charge of the services in the evening to begin nt 8 o'clock. All invited to attend. The Lutheran people held a lawn social at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Anderson last even ing. The attendance was quite large and people seemed to enjoy themselves. Local fancy chicken farmers are complaining of the scarcity of wheat for their fowls just at pres ent. In a very brief time their wants will be filled by the home grown product. H. C. Rennie is irrigating a small tract ot sod corn at the west ern part of the city with water from the Farmes & Merchants' irriga tion canal. He will make a good 'water spreader." The North Platte Town Lot Co. this week re-conveyed to B. I. Hinman all the unsold acre property and lots in the addition to this city on the west. Probably next year the land will be utilized for irriga tion farming. Our local militiamen had better keep their "eye on the gun." Ad jutant Barry and his assistant are down in the South. Platte coontry inspecting companies of the Second regiment, and they are liable to drop into North Platte almost any evening. Peter Burke, of Cottonwood, reports his oats as being higher than his chin and still growing. He is a pretty good-sized man, and this would indicate that he will have a srood crop. He expects to put up something under 2,000 tons of hay this season. Prof. Jos. Benesch, of the Kear ney Midway military band, who has a number of friends in this city, was quietly married to a Schuyler young lady last week. May the little sharps in their life's scale be just sufficiently numerous to cause the theme to be highly enjoyable, Show your appreciation of the Y. M. C. A. by attending the re ception given at Keith's hall this evening. A very interesting pro gramme will be . rendered at the conclusion of whicli refreshments will be served. All grown persons are respectfully invited to be pres ent. Fremont has a young lady trap-shot who at the last club shoot broke nineteen out of thirty clay pigeons. Here is an opportunity for some of Nortli Platte's crack shots to eret a came. Another member of the Fremont club broke thirty straight out of a possible thirty. The Cody Guard is taking in a number of new recruits recently. Among the latest to don the war paint and feathers is J. William Rowland. It is a sight for gods and men to see Willie with his little gun ear cocked to catch the command going through the maneouvres like a bearded, bronzed and bottle scared veteran. "The Under Dog" is the name of a new New York City labor pub lication, which takes the opposite of the silver question from that usually advocated by "walking delegates" and professional "jaw- smiths," and is vigorous in favor of a sound currency, it s subscrip tion price has been placed at 25 cents a year. It's epigrammatic utterances will prove refreshing reading". Prof. Clemons, president of the Fremont normal school, will deliver a lecture at Keith's hall this even ing, and it will form part of the programme of the Y. M. C. A. re ception to be given at the same place. Prof. Clemons is one of the leading educators of the state, a brilliant man and a smooth talker. He comes here through the efforts of Messrs. Orr and Snyder, man agers of the summer school, and those who hear his lecture will un doubtedly be highly pleased. E. A. Stephens, of Crete, presi dent of the state horticultural so ciety, spent yesterday and part of to-day in town. His mission was to arouse the interest of fruit growers in making a creditable dis play at the state fair. Heretofore the fruit display at the fair has come from the South Platte coun try, but this year Mr. Stephens is anxious that the section north of the Platte be well represented. He thinks that the growers of this county should have exhibits in both the agricultural and horticul tural halls.and would impress upon them the necessity of properly caring for the fruit while and after picking. If proper interest is taken a very creditable exhibit froni this county can 'be made. " . Judge J. J. O'Rourke, of Cotton wood, was shaking hands with North Platte friends yesterday. The extremely hot weather of the past few days has materially increased the "bucket brigade." A. L. Davis, the hardware man has just had placed over his store a huge sign which he who runs may read. The usual high-water grocer's story and the fly are going their annual rounds of the bucolic press. Colorado strawberries sold in this market yesterday at the low price of three boxes for twenty-five cents. For satisfactory dental work of all kinds call at the H.. M. Butt dental parlors, First National bank building. Judging from the number of faucets A. L. Davis has on hand he is preparing for a large number of fishing parties this season. A heavy rain visited the locali ty between Julesburg and Sidney on Wednesday evening, and at Kear ney yesterday morning an inch fell. A number of fine pike are being caught out of the North river by our local sportsmen. As the water becomes clearer their number prom ises to increase. Mrs. H. S. Keith, who had about recovered from a severe ill ness, suffered a relapse a day or two ago and is again confined to her bed. ' The condition ot Alonzo Owens, "of the Third ward, has been very critical for the past day or two. There is but little hope of his recovery. Two bicycles came in by ex press this morning, a Waverley for Nellie Zeibert, through H. E. Cox; and the other a Sterling for a cus tomer of Jos. Morsch. The new anti-cigarette law is now in effect, and dealers who have been in the habit of selling these pernicious pests to minors may be brought to justice with a jerk. The members of the Catholic church and their friends enjoyed themselves last evening at a lawn sociable at the .residence of Geo. Austin: -A- -pleasant. ,time is re- - -Mrs. R: Watt's, with Athe aid: of carpenters and painters, has very materially improved the appearance of her residence property, until she has one of the most comfortable Jiomes in the city. A representative of the Grand Island ball team was here yesterday and made arrangements for two games with the local club. The date was not fully determined, but will probably be on Saturday of next week. At. a meeting of the North Platte gun club, held last evening, it was decided to hold the shooting contests ,on alternate Thursdays and Saturdays at tour o'clock. It is impossible for business men to get away Saturday afternoons aud shop employes cannot attend Thursdays, hence it was decided to alternate the days. The summer normal school has delegated Messrs. Snyder and Neal to represent it in -a debate with two representatives of the L. L. A., and the event will take place at the Y. M. C. A. rooms on Monday even ing next. The question to be de bated is: "Resolved, That America has mistreated her Indian wards." The L. L. A., the representatives of which has not yet been named, has taken the affirmative. In ad dition to the debate there will be other entertaining features on the programme. A cordial invitation is extended ladies and gentlemen to attend. to "JSCONOMT IS We are the People who have , The BEST FLOUR, The BEST COFFEE, The BEST TEA, The finest grades of everything in the Grocery lane - -i in tne uiuy; always iresn ana ai prices cnai; DEFY COMPETITION. it - rt'i . i J. HABBINQTOK1 & TOBIN. Summer Belts! tu to $6; also a fine line of Belt Pins from 25 cents to $1. Some thing new in Watches, every one warranted, 2.50. CLINTON, THE JEWELER. THE BICYCLE RACES. The bicycle races at the fair grounds "Wednesday , evening given under the auspices of Clinton, the jeweler, were well attended, but were not as exciting as the crowd naturally expected. The local bicyclists are dropping into the loafing habit, and especially is this true where the race is a mile heat or over; and the only way this can be done away with is by using pacemakers or setting a time limit to the race. The riders, of course, are not to be faulted for loafing; they go into a race to win, and win as easily as possible, but when a bunch of riders go wheeling around at a five minute gait the spectators grow weary. The first event was one mile open. The entries were Fillion, Hartman, Friend and Hainhne. Fillion won in' 2:46 Hartman second, 2:48; Hainhne third, 2:50; Friend falling from his wheel. There were four entries in the bovs' mile: Picdrd. Fillion, Crick j and Keith. Picard won in 3:57 Fillion second. 3:53; Keith third, 3:55Xl Crick distanced. Two mile open; entries: Crick, Friend, Hainline and McGinn. The latter finished in 6:39; Friend second 6:39. Crick third 6:40; Hainline falling on last turn. There was but one entry in girls' race, Mabel Donehower, going half mile against time in 1:52. In the one mile" race for men over fortv-five vears, there were three entries. Fillion started as scratch man and Federhoof and Picard given fiftv vards start. Fillion won in 3:45;Federhoof second 3:45 Picard 3:47. There? were--siecutneinlie five mile handicap. Friend, . Mc Ginn, Hartman'j and Fillion were the scratchvijmen, Ell 125 yards, Crick 175, Edmoiids 225, Chamber lain 250, Steel 3Cf). .Crick won first prize in 14:42" JTillion time and second in 15:08j, ''Hartman third third 1"5:9. i.ii6?iM?totner5 not taken. "WILD WEST WHEELMEN 1 A meeting of tfhe Wild West wheelmen will be held at the Court house Monday evening, July 22d, at 8 o'clock. Important business will be discussed. A -full attend ance is desired. - H. M. Weber, Pres't. J. B. McDonald. SecV. .5- -Wet or dry sow jT5uturnips on the 20th of Julv. F. E. Bullard has' been using ripe tomatoes out of his garden for ten days past. ; A strolling sign-writer did some verT creditable window work in this city yesterday. i An experienced and - practical dentist can be found at the H. M. Butt dental parlors, f It is said that tfie abandoned fields on the road, from Sutherland to Wallace are pretty thickly cov ered with Russian- thistles, and the seed from them i this fall is likely to be blown dyer a large scope of country. This thistle seems to be getting quite a hold in this county, and its eradication may prove a serious matter. 1. 3 i 11 1 WE have just got in some very pretty Ster ling Silver mounted Belts, price $2.00; Ladies' Shirt Waist Sets at from 1 to $2.50 and the new Long Watch Chains from $2 PURELY PERSONAL. Max Beer came in from Denver this morning. T. C. Patterson made a business trip to Wallace Wednesday. Miss Jessie Bullard left last night for a visit with Fern Griffin in Den ver. Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Newman were Julesburg visitors last Satur day. Master Bert Williams went to Kearney on Wednesday to visit with friends. Jake Richards, who has been east for some time, returned to town Wednesday. Mrs. Ada Lee is spending a. few days at Cozad, the guest of Mrs. Harry Lefler. Mary E. Hosford, who had been in Denver and other Colorado points for about two weeks, returned home this morning. Harry Kramph came up yester day from Cozad, and will remain in town for a tew days. J. W. Bridges, a Gothenburg "wet grocer" and an old time cow man, was in the city on business on Wed nesday. Mrs. J. E. Edwards, of Salida, Col., arrived this morning", being- called here by the illness of Alex. Adams. Wm. Jefters, night operator at Kimball, came down last night and will- remain in town a few davs to recuperate. Mrs. A. G. Barrett left Tuesday night for a month's visit at Colora do Springs. A brother from the east accompanied her. Chas. Cheney,-vwi"feui&" daughr ters.rof Omahavsare j the guests of TvTr jiTrirl ATfe Tii TtVi rr in orfnn. TIipv '? J are en route homeward from a visit to Grand Junction, Col. TV. W. Cameron, who had been receiving treatment at St. Joseph's hospital, in Omaha, for two or three weeks, returned home last feeling much improved. night. RAILWAY RESUME. Engines 693, 716 and 686 will be out of the back shop in a few days, each having receiyed general re pairs. Engine 773 has this week received some light round house repairs, and had her paint re-touched by the artists. A. M. Dill and John Minor of the store department are making prep arations for a trip to the Utah Hot Springs near Ogden, in a few weeks. A little touch of the "emergency application" of the air on train 19 yesterday while coming into the yards resulted in the dislocation of a couple of draw-heads. The 818 went into the back shop yesterday for an overhauling aud Geo VanCamp will probably get his old love, the 807, in her place while the repairs are being made. Some stock is now being mixed in among the east bound fruit trains, and it is not long before the second section of No. 7 will consist of empty fruit and stock cars. Some boiler work was done yes terday on the stationary boiler in the round house, and the 1013 was pressed into service to furnish the motive power for the machinery used at the round house. Farmer Wm. P. Collins who is incidentally holding a position in the machine shop is showing some of the boys who think they know something about amateur garden ing, a trifle or two of which they never dreamed. During his spare moments this season he is cultivat ing a couple of splendid gardens one at 111s residence on csecona street, and the other at the Dillon property in the east part of the city. The uncomplimentary term of "scrap-pile" will hardly be appreci ated by a former master mechanic at this city, Frank Reardon, when applied to one of his passenger special engines. Yet it was the term used by the rail-rogue corres pondent of a city contemporary in speaking of the engine pulling the Missouri Pacific special which passed over the road last week. In ;tive was the peer if not the superior of either the 300 or 500 class in use on the Union Pacific. Henry Appleford, living on Brady Island, is in town to-day. He is feeling pretty good over the prospects of excellent yield of oats. beat and barley. Washburn's Superlative " Has no superior no equal. It is the result of studied im provement in milling machinery the product of the hard, excellent wheat of the north. If you are not using- the Washburn Flour, try it. It is sold by JOHN HERROD, YOU BORROW MONEY AT TEN PER CENT To pay cask for what goods you need, and then make from 25 to 50 per cent by so doing if you bring your money to us. 4c- dozen Hooks and Eyes for 1 cent. 5 Lead Pencils for 1 cenfc. 4z Thimbles for 1 cent. A good Purse for 2 cents. Tin Pans from 2 cents up. A yard of Elastic Web for 2 cents. Clark's 0. N. T. Thread for 4 cents a spool. Children's Shoes for 22 cents a pair. Ladies' Hose A 3 O . A'2-quart Fountain Syringe for 1.07. A good book by best authors for 7 cents. Boys' Waists for 17 cents up. Men's Working Shirts for 17 cents. ; We handle nothing but first-class goods;s If you are, not satisfied with the quality or price bring back the goods and get your money. We handle a full line of Shoes, No tions, Furnishing Goods, Millinery, Tinware, Woodenware, Queensware, etc. Call and get our prices. ' Ti Wilcox Dm First door south of Streitz' Drug The largest corn crop this country has ever produced was in 1889, when the yield was 2,112,892,000 bushels. The government crop report esti mates this year's yield at 2,353,000, 000, or more than 140,000,000 above the best record. The estimate of the wheat crop is 408,000,000, though well informed experts believe that the harvest will show 30.000.000 bushels more than that amount. The Modern Miller of this town estimates that without regard to supply or prices from other sources Europe will take 125,000,000 bushels of our wheat, whicli will leave a little more than 300,000,000 bushels for home consumption. That will be ample to guarantee from hunger, but not sufficient to put the price down to low figure reached last year. In other words, wheat will command a fair price between this and the harvest of 1896. Kansas City Times-. Thad Stevens Mouse DcmolUhed. One of the historic old houses of Cap itol hill is now being demolished to make way for a handsome modern resi dence which is to bo erected upon the site. People passing along B street, be tween First street and New Jersey ave nue southeast, have noticed for years an ancient residence on the south side of the street, which has been ono of the landmarks. Tho oldest inhabitant when asked about it would say it was former ly the home of Thau Stevens, and there upon the house assumed renewed inter- i est in the eves or many, a project was on foot at one time to purchase the house with money contributed by col ored people and to make it a memorial to the regard which tho colored race en tertains for the memory of Thad Ste vens. Ex-Senator Bruce and other col ored men of note were interested in the scheme, but it was abandoned. Wash ington Star. Advertised tetters. List of letters remaining uncalled for in the post office at North Platte, Neb. for the week ending July 19, 1895. GENTLEMEN. Bfibcock, Will Kreawald, John ' McLaughlin, Jobu. Persons calling for above will pleaeo say advertised." M. W. Cuur, Postmastor When Buying Minneapolis FLOUR Tin . . .t T- T- - rri - vyuy iiul get me DJc.01 f SOLE AGENT. CAN 3 for 5 cents a pair. i TP tore Store, - - NORTH PLATTE, NEB. NOTICE FOR BIDS. Sealed bids will be received up to 12 o'clock noon of July 25, 1895, by the board of directors of School District No. 11, of Lincoln county, Neb., for furnishing material and constructing a school house in said district. Plans and specifications can be seen by calling at The Tri bune office, North Platte, Neb. The board reserves the right to re ject any or all bids. F. M. Terry, Sec y. Irrigated Land for Sale. I have for sale 480 acres of land, four miles northeast of Maxwell; 200 acres of good farming land, 60 acres under fence, 40 acres broken, a portion of the remainder is good hay land. A part of this land is under a never-failing- irrigation canal. I will make no price upon this land but will sell it so cheap that it will surprise the purchaser. Call on or address Napoleon St. Marie, Nortli Platte, Neb. 573t The Lincoln County Immigration Association will give 610 to any boy or girl in the county 6enchDg or bringing to tho Uitenstem building the best display of grain sheaves, consisting of rye, oats, barley and wheat, showing tho longest straw and head3. Sheaves should be four inches in diameter, tied up neatly and tagged. Each straw may be select ed separately. All must bo immediately wrapped in newspapers or cloth, and put in a dark place until ready to bring in. These specimens must include the root. The largest number of varieties of each will be considered in making the award. Millet seed for sale. O. P. IDDINGS. Studebaker Wagons at Hershey & Co's. SMOKERS In search of a good cigar will always find it at J. F. Schmalzried's. Try tbem and judge. J m