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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1895)
kttz VOL. XI. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER. 27, 1895.. -NO. 103: 1A r p BOSTON STORE Watch this Space for future Announcements. The Boston Store, J. PIZER, Proprietor. C. M. NEWTON, Stationer and Book Seller, Attention is called to our fineline of WKITTNGr PAPERS, INVITATION GOODS, CALLING CARDS and other Stationery demanded by polite society. SPECIAL SHOE SALE AT Otten's Shoe Store PRICES CUT IN TJnZO. Ill order to swap shoes for money -we will offer our ladies' - fine Ludlow Shoes, Regular price $4,00 to $4.75, at $3.00. Here is a chance to have a fine shoe for a little money. All our Men's $3.50 Shoes at $2.25. All our Boy's fine lace and button shoes, the best made, $2.50 Shoe at $1.65 $1.65 Shoe SI. A large line of Ladies', Misses' and Children's Slippers will be sold at prices that will Save you 1-3 to 1-2 of your money. Children's Shoes, the best goods that money can buy, will be slaughtered at the same rate. Otten's Shoe Store. C. F. IDDINGS AND GRAIN Order by telephone from Newton's Book Store. osnsw xnrviEiRY" jljstjd peed stable Old XTazt Doran Stalolo.) a. Prices Good Teams, Comfortable Higs, Ezedtal AccoBiobliou Ms hmw Fubli:, ELDER & XjOOSZ. tW Nortkweet corner of Courthouse square. THE FABM2ES' INSTITUTE. To the Editor: The proposition offered in your Tuesday's issue by Wesley Iewis in relation to the farmers of Lincoln county organ izing" a farmers' agricultural asso ciation (or if Mr. Xewis will accept the new name of farmers institute) is a proposition that should be en couraged by the citizens of North Platte in every manner possible. Having had the pleasure ot at tending several of these institutes during the past two years, I think that for meetings where genuine, practical information was the ob ject that these institutes excel an3r thing I have" ever attended. Western Nebraska is commenc ing- to look up and forward to a better and brighter future. 'Its present residents and those who will come to our county need just such an organization effected as has been mentioned by Mr. Lewis. He should have the help and en couragement of our citizens and the press of the county, and a meeting should be called some time in February to effect such an or ganization. This -meeting should irrifrotinn hogs and other stock, cannot ' Jas. be solely a farmers' association, managed and controlled only by farmers.for if organized in any oth er way it will be a failure and farm ers will refuse to attend. A meeting of this kind where there can be an interchange of ideas, of the ways, means, methods and systems now in use in our county to successfully grow crops ot every character, either with or without of feeding" cattle or but be of great help to the agricultural interests of this portion of the state and, to North Platte. By all means Mr. Lewis should be assisted and his proposition carried to a successful issue. Mr. Lewis, although at present en- rnrfrl in f frjrli?nnr crlinnl iti rrr?fr to help out the farm, is one of our countv farmers. Who is the next to advocate this needed associa tion?, I. A. Fort, SUTEEBLABD NEWS. Martin, of eastern Keith county, was hauling corn from the ditch country on Monday. Jas. Ditto and wife came in from Illinois the latter part of the week. John Keith shipped a fancy spaniel to Omaha Monday night The Christmas tree passed off very quietly and a rousing old time was enjoyed by everybody. E. Coates and wife are spending Christmas with Mrs. Coates' par ents at Wood River. C. P. Iddings was in town Friday ening looking after his business interests. Wm. Holtry shipped a car of corn to Colorado on Monday. Alex. Neilson made a business visit to Paxton Monday. W. C. Blackmore & Co. imported some very pretty Modern Woodmen watch chain charms for the holiday trade. School has closed till Monday, Jan. 5th, and the little folks will have a good rest alter their four months of study. Geo. Bookwalter, who left this county in "93, writes that he is very likely to put in next year on an irri gated farm in this locality, J. N. Thornly, who has been in Colorado the past two years, is cir culating in this vicinity again. J. D. Tallmadge has been offered a clerkship in a general store at Cripple Creek and will ' probably spend the winter there. John Bergman, of Hershey, tran sacted business in our village on Tuesday. Mr. Beaumont, of Madrid, spent Christmas with W. C. Blackmore. U. P. Auditor Mahoney was in town on Monday. A. W. Hoatsou, H. Coker and Swansen & Linden are shipping ha' to Chicago this week. A runaway team. belonging to A. Bergstrom ran over G. C. White's baby buggy and badly demolished it the last of the week. Geo. Emerson departed for Water loo Monday. Fred Pierson returned from Per kins county Tuesday. Jno. Ellinghatn, of North Platte, was in town Tuesday and spent Christmas witli John Hawley and family. Harry Lute, of Paxton, Sundayed with friends in the village. Roscoe Zimmers, of Keith county, was in town on Tuesday. F. A. Carpenter is in somewhat pf a quandrey jqst at" present. A party husked his sweet corn and secured thirty-eight bushels and now he has presented a labor claim of $56 for shucking and sorting" it. and is holding the corn t until the. bill .s paid, and threatens to get a deficiency judgment against Car penter if the corn when sold does not fully pay it. Carpenter is think ing of resigning and going to farm ing by contract. J. H. Johnson delivered.sweet corn at the depot on Monday for the Western Seed & Irrigation Co. Dr. Salisbury, of Ogalalla, and a relative from Chase county were in town. Tuesday looking up a location for- a hardware store ,. CmzEX: S 0HE IffATTEBS OFBETENTIE. -(Chicago Inter Oceari.) Pearl buttons, concerning "the infamous McKinley duty of i4J per cent," on which we heard so much from our democratic friends prior to the disastrous elections of 1892 and 1894, are not perceptibly cheaper to-day than they then were. But somebody one Uncle Sam has lost something by the "tariff reform" that dealt with them. In 1892 the income collected as duty on pearl buttons was $428,048: dur ing the first ten months of 1895 it wes$241,193. In 1893 the foreigner paid $113,537 as toll tariff for selling his manufactures of shell and mother of pearl in the United States. During the first ten months of the present year he paid but $26,282. In 1893 McKinley tariff foreign makers of decorated earthenware paid $4,022,656 as cus tom duties; for the first ten months of this year they paid but $2,291,-j 444. The Canadians paid $164.792 ! as tariff on eggs m 1893, and only $78,160 in 1895, and yet eggs are neither cheaper or better now than then. In 1893 the revenue by tariff on foreign paintings was $313,015. In 1895 it has been $9,069 for the first ten months. And yet foreign works of art are not peddled-at a thirtieth part of their former price. In 1893 the revenue of duties on cotton laces, edgings, etc;, was $7,688,399; in the first ten months ot 1895 it was $5,694,481. Iu 1893 the govern ment drew a' revenue or $4,596,481 from duties on? silk dress goods, and in 1895 of but '$2,718,657; and yet many who were abl&. to -wear silk in 1893 are content with- wool and cotton in 1895. In 1893 the lux ury of velvet paid $2, 179, 961 as tariff revenue; in 1895 $371 877 was col lected from the same source. In 1893 our imports of woolen goods contributed $36,451,522 to the treas ury; during the first ten months of 1895 $20,698,265 was the sum of the" collections, and yet the woolen goods of 1893 carried a far less percentage of shoddy than those of 1895, and, quality being considered, were cheaper. Is it not time to end the farce of Shoes at An immense stock of new shoes just -opened for public inspec- ? tion. " Celebrated fedo'dsiEuoifi. - "4 SELZ, SCHWAB & 'S FACTORY. Shoes for Men, Boys and Children at bottom' Priced ;at ReriniVs. 1 - threatening to make war upon Britain while we are presenting her with something like $100, 000,- 000 a year in the form of reduced tariff duties, in addition to other hundreds of millions by the way of profit upon the goods that we im port from her instead of making them for ourselves? It is said that English invest ments in this country represent tour billion dollars, and this is one very strong reason why England will not want to go to war with the United States. How about Jack MacColl, of Lex ington, as a gubernatorial candi date? Did the fight tor the nomi nation two years ago put a quietus on Jack's ambition,or has his Colo rado gold mines drawn him off the track? W. S. Raker, editor of the Gretna Reporter, has been sentenced by Judge Scott, of Omaha, to one year in the penitentiary at hard labor. Last spring Raker saw fit to criti cize Judge Scott and he was arrested for criminal libel and found guilty by the jury. , One ot the great hunting feats of the year was that of George E. Farnbam of Canaan, Me.Twhoafew days ago entirely alone, and while standing in the wagon, holding his frantic horses with one hand, shot two very handsome deer. 1 t Missouri and Kansas have been having unprecedented rains the past week, and there is reason to hope that J. Pluvius will select Ne braska as the next state in which to ring his surplus moisture. One great, big crop is all that Nebraska needs to get her out of the present slough of despondency. An Atlas You Need ii if m NEW General Atlas 8 m ftlErjf' WITH Marginal Index 1 m -oyer our Great Stock of- Clothing, Gents' Finishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, "flats, Gaps,, Gloves and Mittens. Surprised, First at the Large Assortment; Second at the Superior Quality: Third at the Immense Yariety; Fourth at the Low Prices. . (I 3 We have been some time in getting these Sur prises here and ready for you, but at last ate able to announce Bargains all Through the .House. "We solicit a comparison of Goods and. Prices: knowing thai you willjind our, stock ihe Best and ihe. Cheapest." ' " ' Star Clothin WEBEE & VOLLMEE, Props, PEOPLE MUST EAT, Even if times are a little quiet and dol-' lars rather scarce. They must have Groceries, Provisions and Flouy and they want good goods at low prices. We Don't Blow Much, But when it comes to selling fresh and - clean goods for little money we are "in . . it" just as extensively as any dealer. We're, after Trade, That's what we are here for and we so licit you to call and "look us over." We are confident we can please you. V. VonGoetz, The .Grocer, Ottenstein Block. Issued in 10 Parts 10 Cents Each. Or The Tribune one year and the Atlas for $2.00. This is an unparalled offer. Call at this office and ' examine the Atlas. It is up-to-date in every particular. A full regiment of Ohio volun- f teer infantry on bicycles reported to Governor McKinley It is the first bicycle regiment prepared for war in the United States. President Perry of Doane colleage received fifty-one members into the Congregational church at Grafton ast Sunday, all but two on profes sions of faith, the results of a re vival meeting- conducted by Evan gelist C. S. Billings. Others are to lite next Sunday. Grafton Christians are reioicinsr over the - j ' grand results of their labors. j Sound financiers believe that busi ness is bound to. improve during" the coming- year. They cite the fact that there are no overstocks of merchandise in the factories, as there were at the beginning- ot 1893; that there are no big- lines of doubt ful credits out, as there were prior to the great national business clean-up; that business houses and banks have been running- close to shore for two years and have just about disposed of their old stocks and bad paper. There is no danger of a panic now because the country has reached business liard pan. The doubtful houses and bad assets have mostly been weeded out. If there is to be anv rhano-A ; near future it will be in an upward ! direction. Journal. Minister Bayard is in a trying- position. He will find it very diffi cult now in. tranquillizing and harmonizing both sides of the Atlantic. His speech at the actor's benevolent banquet Wednesday was a sort of sop to England and was applauded lustily by the John Bulls. "Tonight," he said, "no sea divides us." The president is said to be very offended and Grover C. may divide him so his salary will be in another man's pocket. It is whispered at Washington in a loud tone of voice that he-will be recalled; This will save impeaching him, ac cording to the old program "befoli do wall." One thing or the other ought to happen to him. Fremont Tribune. Dr. Sawyer; DcarTSIr: Baring used your Pas Ulles, I can recommend them to the public. I have been attended by four different doctors, but one and a half boxes of your medicine has dona me more good than all of them. Youra rsspect tz&L & FP?. I ohDSn, Bronson, Branch County. Mleb. Sold by r. H. XonRley. The thing the fleeing people of the Osage valley in Missouri most; desire at present is a prolonged drouth. They are receiving more than their share of rain and at a time when they do not need a drop. Do you want that vault attended to? Send your address I do the jt Box 176, city. n