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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1895)
r 1 THE NORTR PLATTE SMI-WEEELY TRJffiUM: FRIDM EVMIN6r AUGUST 30,""1895. 1 4 I ! ' 7"- . gacv Exclusively t tfhrerfaenty-One Million Peopk 'StiiVVorki Fair grounds - rc i a. Tk IJnlversaHv cc8te m ti leading j cffe u Wor JOHN HERROD Bells tlie above Coffee together with a complete line of. Mil D FAKCT IB. Prices Always Reasonable. HIGHEST MARKET PRICE Paid For Country Produce. MINOR MENTION. Next Monday is Labor day. Positively the last call ior the band boys ball and sociable. Give them a little financial boost. J. R. Bangs shipped a number of .cars of cattle the first of the week which" he purchased in the sand hillls, that were very nice. On Tuesday in Well precinct Miss Lizzie Roush, mother of Mrs. John Folchert died, aged seventy seven years. Marshal Morgan will sell next Tuesday at poundmaster's sale a stray equine which was taken up on the streets. Died, on Wednesday, six miles southwest of this city, Marguerite, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Hahn, aged one year and nine months. District court was still in ses sion yesterday grinding away upon the equity docket, a large amount of which has been transacted the present term. Some fellows yesterday man aged to have considerable sport with a badly inebriated individual by setting off a bunch of firecrack ers in his vicinity and informing him that there was a fire. Doctor Aley, the Lincoln specialist, visits North Platte eve ry month. His next regular visit will be Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 9th and 10th. He stops at the Hotel Neville. If you contem plate leaving home for treatment, consult him before deciding. - The local melon crop is now being freely marketed, and although the drv weather has militated against the size of the fruit, it has all the other qualities and charac teristics of the same, and is guaran teed to give the greedy small boy the same old-fashioned case of cramps. A "promoter" of an eastern tobacco company yesterday dis tributed free samples of the pro duct of his factory, and of course he enjoyed a large patronage. The tobacco manufacturers' war is largely benefitting the retailer, but its advantages to the chewers are not so apparent. On account of so many of our young people attending the State fair and the unavoidable delay in securing special music the "Corn Festival" under the auspices of the Ladies of the G. A. R., has been postponed to Oct. 11. The pro gramme promises to be unique and well worthy the patronage of the public. John Lamaster is fully im pressed with the belief that if some inventive genius would put ball bearings and pedals to the family sewing machine, and other domestic machinery, there would be no trouble about the boys remaining at home to operate them. He comes to this conclusion from the disposi tion of the juveniles to tall all over each other in their anxiety to run his lathe. The North Platte tennis asso ciation will hold a tournament next Tuesday (Labor Day), morning and afternoon. The championship . games, singles and doubles, will "be played. The members are very desirous that the people -witness these games, and a special invita- ' tidh is ex'tended the public to be - present. The court is on West Sixth street iust east ot the old North Platte barracks. As will be seen by the following paragraph from the Lincoln Journal ''our deputy sheriff's story of how he assistedVBjrThe capture of the train robbers is like the story of the Irishman who captured the bull by allowing the animal to chase him into the corrall: "Deputy Sheriff Tim Keliher of Lincoln county brought in Charles Nolan to the - penitentiary yesterday. Nolan was sent up for three years for horse stealing. Mr. Keliher is one of the deputies who took part in the chase otthe Gothenburg train robbers re cently. It was his posse, in tact, that drove the robbers into the hands of the officers who fiqally - captured them." Xailroad Committee Meeting, The members of the committee. appointed upon the incorporation and organization of the proposed new railway up the North Platte river are requested to meet at my office this (Friday) evening- at 8 o'clock. Lester Bells, Sec'y. Rev. Dr. Kerr, from Bellview college, will preach morning and' evening in thePresbyteriaachurch. Charley Finney is painting the Unitarian hall in good shape pre paratory to the opening of school therein. An enjoyable lawn sociable was held last night by the Lutheran church people at the residence of Chas. Hendy, in the First ward. A street fight during the "wee sma" hours one night the first of the week kept the pro tem night watchman from going to sleep. No arrests were made. "The Knights of Aksarben," composed for brass bands especially for coming state fair will be the most generally mutilated piece of music ever heard in Nebraska. At a "sassiety" dance over on the north side a few nights ago an inebriated individual and a big jack knife played a star role, but fortu nately without doing any damage. Mrs. Mary Clark will tender a reception to the members, honary members and friends of S. A. Doug las Circle No. 20, at her residence Saturday evening Aug. 31st. An enjoyable evening is anticipated. . The Sisters of the Nativity con vent will conduct a special class in painting the coming school year. An expert artist will direct the class and a liberal share of the public pat ronage is respecttully solicited. 694 Company E, of the National Guard of North Platte were in the city this morning en route to Hast ings where they go into camp. They filled one passenger coach. Company E is known as the Cody Rifles. G. I. Independent. " Rev. S. B. Barnitz, D. D., of Des Moines, Iowa, will occupy the pulpit of the Lutheran church next Sabbath morning and evening. He will address the Sabbath school in the afternoon. The Dr. is one ot the best Sunday school workers in the Lutheran church. All are in vited to be present. A regular patron of the Y. M. C. A. library in this city says that for months he has been endeavoring to obtain possession of the book "Trilby." owned by the association, but the editor ot the Era has in some manner managed to retain this rich volume. Probably that is the way in which the little creature acquired the epithet Trilbyune." Work on the South Side irri gation canal is progressing steadily toward .completion, the greatest amount of uncompleted' ditch being south of town. Several of those who have alread' done the greatest amount of work have agreed to do more. A temporary head-gate will be put in the South Platte river so that the winter and spring waters of that stream may be made available. This will prove the most important irrigation entejr, prise to North Platte that l3& fceen undertaken. One of those annoying little blunders which will occasionally creep into the most careful of news papers occurred in our Tuesday's issue, viz: the paragraph relative to Sheriff Miller's future political prospects. Instead of reading "J. B. Tridle," the name of the pros pective deputy mentioned, it should have read, J. H. Seaton. However, except to persons acquainted with both gentlemen the strength of the item was not impaired. It was simply a case of misinformation as to the identity of an individual. John Keliher who has been employed in Herrod's grocery store or a long time lett Wednesday morning for St. Louis, Mo., whither he goes to take a position in Frank Reardon's office, who is superin tendent of motive power for the Missouri Pacific R'y Co. Some meago he had the tender of a similar situation at Little Rock. Ark., but concluded not to accept it on account of the malaria lurking- in that vicinity. By not doing so he has probably secured a better and more pleasant position, which his many friends here hope he may enjoy here for a long time. Brigadier-General Hotchkiss of the Knights of Pythias of Nebraska, was in the city Saturday and com pleted the arrangements for the competitive drill to be held here in October, at the time of the annual session of the Grand Lodge. The gentleman states that at the lowest calculation there would be 30Q members of the uniform" rank here for the drill and he believed there would be more. The rank in th state has 800 members and figuring for 300 would put it at nearly one third of the members. There will be four cash prizes and one metal prize the latter to be given to the best drilled individual Knight. G. L Independent. The Story of the Train Bobbery as told by the Knudsea Brothers. Since theiiTplea of conviction and sentence the fellows have made a confession of the facts substantially as follows: They procured their-j dynamite at Sioux City, Iowa, and came to this part of Nebraska pur posely to do the job. It was theif -intention at the start to make the hold-up on the Third district up about Sidney, but. upon reaching "Buttermilk Hill," and discovering how near the track was to the sand hills their plans were changed, and they concluded that was a good place to attempt to imitate the great Missouri outlaw. Three efforts were made to capture the tram before one was successful. The first night in attempting to locate the express car they failed to board the train; the second night while-running across the ditch and up the slight embankment of, the track Hans fell down and filled his pistol with sand so that it would not work; and they concluded to not make the attempt. The third night there happened to be some emi grants camped near where they had their horses, and vhere they wished to have the train stop. After boarding the engine the smaller one, Knude, held the engi neer and" fireman under cover of his artillery while the larger one stood in the gangway, between engine and lender, watching for. the spot where they had their horses hitched. Upon reaching this point they compelled the enginemen to get down on the right side of the engine, followed by Knude, while the larger jumped down on the left side, ran around in front of the locomotive, and as he passed the head-light fired a couple of shots into it. The method of their obtaining access to the car and their efforts to blow open the safe has heretofore been correctly de scribed, with the exception that previous accounts have claimed that they did not go into the car at all after the explosion of the dyna mite. Hans says this is not cor rect; as he went into the car, but having no light, the explosion hav ing extinguished them, he- was compelled to feel for the resul fc of his shot with his hands. He thought the jar had in some way moved the safe, as he could not dis cover by feeling over the top that there were any effects, concluded that if the three sticks of dynamite was thus ineffective there was no was no use in trying any more. It was while he was in the car that Duke made his escape with the en gine. On discovering that the en gine was leaving, Hans ran after it for about fifty yards, but as the sand was so deep he could not catch it, although at one time he was within three feet of the same. He said that if he had been suc cessful in his chase he would have made Tom bring it back a great deal quicker than they went away. Now that the affair is off their minds the boys enjoy telling how they made the engine and train men dance a la cowboy. After mounting their horses and starting it was buta short time until Knude, the smaller one, mounted upon the smaller horse, rode into a wire fence, was thrown into the same by the badly frightened animal, (which then escaped), and was un able to extricate himself. Hans went to his assistance, and while helping to free him his own horse got away. The horses, old wagon and har ness the latter of which they ex pected to leave behind were given to T.; Fulton Gantt, their attorney, for services rendered. Tim Keli her has a handsome new revolver which they authorized him to sell for them and send the money if to the warden of the penitentiar-. nor for them. The new Winches-! ter is in possession of a Brady Isl and man. By a singular coinci dent engineer Austin and fireman Duke last night had charge of the engine which bore the fellows away on the road to the peniten tiary in custody of Sheriff Miller, D. W. Baker and Thos. Miller. "jecoNoiir We are the People who have The BEST FLOUR, The BEST COFFEE, The BEST TEA, , The fisest grades of everything in the Grocery Line in the City; always fresh and at prices'that V DEFY COMPETITION HAERINGTON & TOBIM. Summer Belts! -:- -:- WE have just got in some very pretty Ster ol ling Silver mounted Belts, price 2.00; Ladies' Shirt Waist Sets at from $1 to $2.50 nnd the new Lonsr Watch Chains from $2 to 6; also'a fine line of Belt Pins from' 25 cents to $1. Some-tMtio- fmin Watches," every one warranted, $2.50. -."W V CLINTON, THE JEWELER. IT BE BUILT. The North Platte and Wyoming-Bailroad up A;hastily. improvised; meetin was held Wednesday niht at the Court house ior the purpose of tak ing the initials'teps toward devising ways and means for the building of a railroad from this city up the North Platte iver to Scott's Bluffs county, and eventually through to the cattle, cosd-and coal-oil fields of Wyoming. Although no public notice of the meeting by either press or poster had beeu given, yet it was fairlv well attended, and the interest and enthusiasm manifested was marked. The assemblage organized by electing Judge Wm. Neville, chair man and Lester Eells secretar The former then very forcibly, yet briefly, logically illustrated the im portance of the proposed enterprise as. traversing- the greatest area of irrigated agricultural country within the United States. He de picted the importance to North Platte of I not allowing- the - products of :the North river country ta be -transported to W A. another competing line, which would have the effect of upbuilding towns in other communities. This was a vital matter and should not be overlooked. Upon motion of T. C. Patterson a committee upon incorporation and permanent organization was appointed consisting of the chair man and secretary, T. C. Patterson, W. W. Birge and C. F. Iddings. The motion was amended so that John Bratt and M. C. Keith were included in the committee. A second amendment to .ihe above added the name of M. Gering-, of Scott's Bluffs county, who was present, and .pledged the. people of his county to work as a unit for the construction of tlie road. On motion,, the above committee was ordered to ' confer with the Union Pacific officials and see what aid could be expected from the corporation. In speaking of the zeal with which the people of Scott's Bluffs county- would take hold of . the enterprise Mr, Gering said they de sired the building of the road im mediately for the transportation of this year's crop, and that after the preliminaries were arranged the dirt could hp flying, within sixty days. The importance of this road to the people of North Platte and Lincoln county can easily be seen by the most casual observer at a glance. "With, this city made the gateway to what is one of the surest and largest safe agricultural districts in the country (for drouths come to every locality except those under irrigation), its growth and permanent prosperity is assured. Our citizen ' shduld press every method to secure this advantage, and the enternriKP. is assured. On motion the meetincadiourned ; subject to tliecall of the chairman &nd mtigaing cpmmittee when they were ready to make their re port, which it was generally underr stood was to be obtained as speedily as possible. Smoke Wright's Royal - Sports and Havana Rose 5-cent cigars. is wraith PEOPLE "WHO" COME AND 00. Mrs. C. A. Diamond returned to Lincoln this morning. Mrs. J. H. Donegan attended the reunion at Hastings this week. Mrs. A. H. Church participated in the soldiers' reunion at Hastings this week. Dr. N. F. Donaldson returned home last nio-ht irom his visit to Pennsylvania. A Mr. Cronin, ot Columbus, is visiting- his uncle J. M. Cronin, of the Third ward. Mrs. J. E. Bush left yesterday morning for a visit with his parents in Cfcuncil Bluffs, Iowa. W. T. Wilcox went to Arcadia, Valley county, this state, the first of the week on legal business. Miss Jennie White returned Wednesday night from a visit with friends at Aurora, Neb. Mart Cryderman returned Wed nesday evening from his visit with his parents near Solomon, Kan. A Mr. Heath, who is connected witn tne .Nebraska Farmer was in this city the middle of the week in the interests of that paper. Isaac Lamplugh left last night for Omaha to minister to the wants of his wife who is receiving- treat ment at a hospital in that city. John L. Minor and wife and Miss Cormack returned Wednesday from their trip to Salt Lake. John esti mates the value of his trip at $150. Editor Ellingham is engaged in the heroic work of endeavoring t save the "pop" party from its man ifold errors at Lincoln this week. Geo. Nauman and E. F. Myers shook hands with their old soldier comrades at Hastings this week. They report everything in a very muddy condition there. Mrs. J. S. Eng-le and Miss Fisher, cousins of Mrs. J. B Jeter, left yesterday Utah. The husband of the former is principal of the public schools in that city. RAILWAY EZSUHE Messrs. Park and Barnum left last night for a brief trip to Denver, H. J. Clark left yesterday morn ing on No. 2 for a brief visit to the reunion-at Hastings. S. H. H. Clark passed through the city this morning on his wav home frojn Salt Lake City, C. M. Cohagen is this week chMng the rustling in the freight house during the absence of H. O. Evans. A Mr. Benjamin, traveling agent ior the C. & N. W. was in the city Wednesday in the interests of that road. Eugine lot will be turned out of the back shop probably to-morrow wnere sne nas oeen receiving- an overhauling. Engine 1209 went west yesterday from the Omaha shops where she had been receiving an overhauling. She is a Goliah-like machine Ralph Chamberlain returned this week from his visit "daown east and next week expects to inove his family to this city from Sidney. D, O. Clark, formerly at the head of the coal department of the U. P R'y Co. passed through the city this morning on his way eastward- A cloud burst down near Elkhorn washed out about fifty feet of the Union Pacific track on Wednesday night and delayed trains for several hours. P. J. Nichols, superintendent of the Nebraska division was in the city the middle of the week and went down to the jail to have a look at the train robbers. A couple of new apprentices will enter the machine sop tlje 1st of September Pjiilip Picardand Geo. Schatz. John Dwyr a machinist who learned his trade here reenters the shoo on the same date. Fred Fredrickson left yesterday morning for a fortnight's season of rest and recreation at Excelsior; Springs, Mo. Missouri mineral water and "moonshine" appear to possess wonderful recuperating powers. lingme 102, one of the Jumbo passenger engines used on the Sherman hill, in Wyoming, the highest point on the Union Pacific system, passed through the city Wednesday on her way homeward from the Omaha shops where she had received an overhauling. She had a inai tram 01 seventv-hve cars behind her in charge of skipper W, H. Bjood. Washburn's' Superlative Has no superior no equal. It is the result of studiedim jDrovement in milling machinery the product of thehafd)A excellent wheat of the north. If you are not using the Washburn Flour, try it. It is sold by JOHN HERROD, m So 1 and buying goods for his numerous family he would buy his supplies of W1L60X DEPARTMENT STORE, J for King Solomon was and. knew a good saw it. Tip ARE THE . V Platte that duct so-called "Special Sates;) month, for the reason that we have a spe cial sale "that lasts 365 days in the ye&iy at prices that are less, quality considered7 than our competitors buy for. Remember you are not paying losses on bad debts when you buy goods of us; only, and will save you money. Call and see us ie Wilcox Departmen First door son th of Streitz1 Drugstore, - - NORTH PLATTE; NEB. Rev. M O'Toole goes to Oeral- lala next week' to hold religious services there. A pleasant lawn sociable was given at the home of Chas. McDon ald on Tuesday evening by the M. E. church people. 'Wheel fetes" are the latest fad in Fremont, where those who do not haye or are unable to ride wheels may go upon ha3T-racks. Ah Say, of ISvanston, Wyo., who is the main man over the Chinamen employed on the Union Pacific sys- itn, passed eastward thrpugh this pity this morning. Mrs. Fred Ginn arrived jn oup city Wednesday tnorqing from Dps Moines, Iowa, and with her hus band will make their future home on South Spruce street. The Keith County News has added and republican" to its heading. It has lately been an in dependent paper. Thus does another see the error of his ways. The latest wrinkle out that Davis the hardware man has is glass washboards, which are quite a. novelty in this city, and appear to be a superior article to the old tylef - Rev. D. Z. Faulk has been offered a little vacation by ljis con- gregationv of which he intends to avail himself, and has procured a substitute from Des Moines. Iowa, o take his place. - The ladies of the M. E. church will give a lawn social at the resi dence ot Mrs. Watts, on Thursday evening, Sept. 5th. Refreshments will be served. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. Evidences His Appreciation. The "poor devil of a fellow" who w,as taken from a refrigerator car last week, as mentioned in our last editiop, desires to thank those in authority who attended him for-tlie kjnd attention shown to him during his sickness. ' ' Respectfully yours, Rcdoleh K. Knurr, Grand Island, Neb. When Buying Minneapolis - - '.I t --. "i I . i ; ' ;'Why not getthe BEST?.; sole mmi re Alive m a wise" man 5 thing wjjen he ONLTStore in Forth does nt .have. to con- (?) every for we selL for cash and get prices'. V Y0EK K0LLEE MILLS. First Premium Flour Nebraska Stato Fair of 1894. J. H. Bush, of the Front street feed store, has been appointed agent for these mills at this point, with express stipulations to offer to consumers their various produc tions at verv low prices. A full stock on hand. Call and see it. Full stock of North Platte flour also caraied with same stipulation as to price. The Fair Store Milliner. All persons knowing themselves indebted to me after July 4th were expected to call at McDonald's, bank aijd settle and greatly oblige. Mrs. Pucket$. Will return to the city Oct, 1st For Sale or Trade For Cows. Ten head of horses for sale cheap for cash, or will trade for cows or stock cattle. If you want a good trade call on S. W. Van Doran. North Platte at once. 69tf. Advertised Letters. List of Jotters remaining uncalled for in the post office at North Platte,. Neb., for the week ending August 29, 1895. GEXTLEMlEf. Buswell, AT Mier.John 1 Berry, J Y Parker, William Decker, Alonzo 17pynol'd, J B, LADIES. Edwards, Lano Murphy, Sadie" Overman, Blaqcfjo Persons caljinp for above wil please say ''advertised." M. W. Clair, Postmaster Sfcudebaker Wagons at Hershey & Co's. - SMOKERS In search of a good cigar win always nna it at J . F. Schmalzried's. Try i them and judge. w Suburban acre lots of irri gated land for sale on reasonr able terms and timet and in amounts to suit purchasers. 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