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    TEE NORTE PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1896.
NOT A MINER ESCAPES
EXPLOSION IN THE VULCAN MINE
KILLS FIFTY-FIVE TO SIXTY.' .
Most Disastrous Accident Ever Known In
Newcastle Camp Explosion Supposed to
a Have Originated Fro in Underground
' .Fires.
Denyeb, Feb. 20. A special to the
News frcm Newcastle, Colo., says:
An explosion occurred at the Vulcan
coal mine at 11-JE0 yesterday morning
which was the incst disastrous ever
known in the history of this camp. To
day dozens of the homes in our little
city are desolate because of some he
loved one, father, husband, brother or
son who left their homes with not a
thought of danger or the awful death
that so surely awaited ihem and are
now lying lifeless at the bottom of the
Vulcan slope. All business is practical
ly suspended; everyone is dazed at tho
. awf nlness of the sudden disaster. No
warning was given the peaceful villag
ers until a sudden report as from a hun
dred cannons iesounded throughout tho
valley, making the earth tremble.
People rushed out of homes and places
of business to sec what had happened
and one look toward the Vulcan
mine was sufficient, for a dense cloud
of smoke issuing from the mouth of the
slope met the eyes of the gazers and
told the tale. A throng of spectators
were soon at the scene of the disaster, a
distance of nearly two miles from New
castle. A glance was enough to dissi
pate any hope for the lives of the en
tombed men. The force of the explo
sion had caused a cavern and the tunnel
and air course was tilled with the fallen
rocks, earth and timber.
The number of victims cannot now be
accurately stated, estimates running
from 50 to 70. Those best infermed
think the number is very likely be
tween 55 and GO. The excitement at
presont is so intense that efforts to se
cure a complete list is useless.
Both Fan Houses Wrecked.
Both fan houses were wrecked and
the slope and vicinity were so full of
debris and the gas so bad that it was
hard and dangerous work to begin the
rescue. Nevertheless willing hands
were soon at work and five men went
down as far as possible to ascertain tho
.condition of the slope and found it such
that it will require much labor to re
gain the miners. The gas was so bad
that after the party had gotten 200 feet
they were compelled to recede. The
party consisted of Superintendent Her
ripk of the Ynlcan and John Evans,
itt:ii: t C" T7:n i t , i l
Wiuijijjt it?tMi, cam niiii uuu xyoptui
Templeman from the Consolidated
niino. The last named mine shut down
immediately upon hearing of the dis
aster and sent their entire force of 150
men to help rescue the unfortunate
ones. The construction of a temporary
fan house was commenced at once and
the work of pumping fresh air into the
mine will soon begin. s It is hardly pas
sible that any of the miners are still
alive, but the starting of the fans will
e made as soon as possible in the hope
hat if any have survived they may be
jjept aliye till help reaches them.
Only Map to Get Oat.
The only man "who get out of the
ruiues at the time of tho explosion was
Edward Walsh, who was near tho
mouth of the tunnel and was blown out.
His skull was fractured, arm broken,
the face badly cut and burned and all
the hair burned from his head. He was
breathing when found, but expired
shortly after without showing con
sciousness. Two young miners, Tom
Connelly and James Petric, met with
narrow escapes. Their eyes becoming
sore, they quit work in the mines and
had just emerged from the tunnel when
the explosion occurred.
A Mi RAGLE HOW THEY ESCAPED.
Out f 6Q Tinman Beings In tbeTroy Fire
Only Three YTere Killed.
Teoy? N. Y.. Feb. in. What seems
almost a miracle in connection with flip
disastrous conflagration in Troy3Ionday
night is the fact made evident last nighf
that the loss of life is no greater. The
list of three killed and 15 wounded is
verified, and iho miracle appears in the
fact that those noted as missing have
reported and that out of the G50 human
beings, who crushed and struggled for
life in the flame bound building, but
three fatal endings came.
The dramatic incident of yesterday
occurred about noon, when, at 101
River street, a member of the firm of
Stettheimer & Co. began calling the
roll of the employes to find the missing.
Pale faced women, nervous from the
shock of the fire, stood in rows before
the caller of the roll. As the call pro
ceeded the answers came readily, and
there were looks of joy upon the faces.
Vheu the names of the dead women
were reached, Mrs. Carrol, Mrs. Carr
and 2Irs. Foley, there were sobs and
tears. When the call was completed
seyen absentees were noted and emis
saries were sent out to find them. The
pppreheusiou in th.e meantime growing
into a settled belief that they were in
the building. By o o'clock all had beeq
located and police and firemen were
alike in their wonder as to how the
great mass of humanity -escaped. In
surance men limit the loss on the build
ing and contents at no more than
100,000.
FOUR KILLED IN A MINE SHAFT.
Skip Jumped the Track and Turned Over
on the Men.
Republic, Mich., Feb. 1G. A terrible
accident occurred at 6 o'clock this morn
ing in the Republic mine, while men
were coming up in the skip from work
ou,t of No. 1 shaft. The accident was
caused by the skip jumping the track
and as there was no signals to be given
to the engineer to stop tho skip, it was
pulled on until it caught and turned
over on tho men. The following were
idiled:
William McGraw. single,
i jaiis Dodge, married;
Adolfu Boitel, married.
JlATn&IS TtGELBUEG, married.
In Their Own LlgbtV
Mrs. Deborah Reed, 88 years old, of
Attleboro, Mass., voted "yes" on the
referendum. She writes to a granduieco
in Oakland, Cal. : "It seems that some
women stand squarely in their own
light, and do not want their rights. So
those who do must wait awhila Equal
suffrage will come some time, though, in
the not far distant future."
Th6 little town of Marcellas. Mich.,
has two women on its school board, a
woman undertaker end awdmiai barber
JULIAN GOULD GET NO FORFEIT.
Threw Away Hi Chance For the Money by
Xot Claiming It Feb. 14.
Ex. Paso, Feb. -38. Martin Julian
came across the Rio Grande this morn
ing for a conference with Stuart and
Buck Connelly. Julian started out by
claiming the forfeit, but was told he
could get no forfeit. The articles of
agreement provide that "The man fail
ing to appear at the ringside" should
forfeit. Maher was ready to appear at;
the ringside, or would be as soon as the
morning train got in from Las Cruces.
In addition to that there was no ring
side, so Mr. Julian was told. There was
a ringside on Friday, the day set for the
fight, and if he wanted to claim any
forfeit for the failure of Maher to ap
pear at the ringside, he should have
done so on that day.
Fitzsimmons dubbed Maher and his
friends a pack of curs. Connelly lost
his temper and returned the compliment
with emphasis. A row was imminent,
but order was finally restored. Julian
then made a proposition that Connelly
name arbitrators, and he (Julian) would
accept their decision. This proposition
was greeted by yells of approval by the
crowd and Connelly accepted it. The
committee named by Connelly agreed
that the articles of agreement of
December 6 were abrogated Friday
and that under the circumstances Julian
could not justly claim forfeit. The com
mittee consisted of Dan Stuart, George
Siler, Louis Houseman, William W.
Naughtou, Tom O'Rourke and Hngh
Fitzceralil.
A compromise was reached aud the
fight is now positively set for Friday,
Connelly posting $1,000 to guarantee
Maher's appearance in the ring on that
dav.
SITUATION IN FRANCE CRITICAL.
Present Crisis May Lead to a Change of
Government.
Paris, Feb. 18. The political crisis
which has ari?eu out of the demand of
the senate for a vigorous and thorough
inquiry into the Southern railway scan
dals, that body having emphasized its
attitude in the matter by twice refusing
a vote of confidence in the Bourgeois
ministry, is now practically a struggle
between the chamber of deputies, which
has supported the Radical ministry, and
the senate, which seems bent upon over
throwing it, even at the cost of most se
rious disturbance. Bat", it is claimed,
the resignation of the ministry will not
alter matters to any great degree, as it
appears to be no longer a question of
confidence or of noucoufideuce in the cab
inet. The chamber of deputies, it is as
serted, has practically, by defying the
senate, endangered the constitution, and
the result is a condition of affairs about
as threatening as any since the trouble
some times of 1870-71. The newspapers
are filled with excited articles and vivid
reproductions of interviews with polit
ical teacc-rs, aud many of them have ex
pressed the opinion that a constitutional
solution of the problem is impossible.
RUSSIA MAKES A COUP D'ETAT.
The Landing .f Marine.? at Seoul, Corea, the
First Move Toward a rrotectorato.'
Londox. Feb. J 7. The Times prints
a dispatch from Kobe, Japan, which
says: News from Seonl, fJarai, proves
that Russia made a rojnarkabli coup
d'etat on the night of Fob 10- That night
200 Russian marines wilh n field gun
wore lauded at Chemulpo and marched
to Seoul. Tho king secretly left the
palace for tho Russian legation, when
he proclaimed his ministers guilty of
treason. Two of the ministers were ar
rested and executed aud the olher,Tain-Won-Kuu,
the father of the king, is a
prisoner at th iegnth n. An anti-Japanese
niiuistry was then formed. A bit
ter feeling has been aroused. A cabi
net council was hold, attended by the
military officials. It is reported the
Russian minister declajed that Russia
was not lespt nsible and that he merely
affrrded protection at the king's re
quest. But it is believed this precludes
a Russian protectorate over C. rea.
NANSEN FINDS THE NORTH POLE.
Siberian Asrent of the Xorrvcsian Explorer
lirings Xews r Ills Success.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 14. A tele
gram received hero today from Irkutsk
Siberia, says that a Siberian trader
named Kouchuareff. who is the agent of
Dr. Fridt jef Nausen, the Norwegian ex
plorer who sailed in the Fram Jr.ne 2-1,
1893, for the Arctic regions, has received
information to the effect that Dr. Nan
sen has reached the north pole, has
found land there, and is now returning
toward civilization.
Loxdon. Feb. 1(5. The British consul
at Archangel, capital of the Russian
government of that name, telegraphs
confirming the report that Dr. Nausen
is safe and returning from the North
pole.
Maceo Cros-cs the Line.
Havana, Feb. 18. It is now reported
that Maceo has succeeded in crossing the
military line drawn across the island to
prevent his escape firui the province of
Pinar del Rio, that he has passed be
tween Neptune and Waterloo, on the
south coast, and has entered the prov
ince of Havauq.
' MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
Chicago. Feb. 19. Large sales of cash
vrh -at today were responsible for closing 3Iay
wheat " h:?hjr. Xo one xpe;ted it to ope j
strong and higher, t ut it did. and tha closing
strength, after a drop of nearly lc from the
opening, was ju tas much a surprise. Corn
and oats clojed firm and higher. Pro
visions made practi' ally no change.
CLOSIXO TRICES.
WHEAT May, July, CsgCoJ-'s.
CORN May, &)c: July ,31c: September 32V
OATS May, 2lc sellers: July, SLsSHji :bid
POKK Mny, JM.0J; Jaly, iUAo.
LARD May, i57l4: July, S5.?2.'i
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Oil wiA.Rib. la CATTLE Receipts,
200; IJc lower; native beef steers, $3J5g4.10;
western steers. 2.7o(a3.ia: Texas steer3, S2.-r03
8.5 ; cows and hsrifers, ?Ac3 3j: canners,
$L75&23: stcckcrs and feeders. $29J(ff3-75;
calves. .Cj5J: bzlls. stags, etc L75(63 21
HOG SccctJ. 11.M: 5e low-r: heavy, $3 8 J
5&S5;mixed, rAiu.g3.85: light. f3.SJ c3.9Jr pigs,
f3.7ao3.85: bulk of sales. J3.SXg3.9J.
SHEEP Receipts. 6UJ; steady; fair to choice
natives, S2.7i3.6J; fair to choice westerns,
FiS03.5J; co simon and stock sheep, ViO)"iOJ;
lambs, ra&JSJ.iO,
The Spreading; Struggle.
Mrs. M. "Wolsi6uholme edits The
Woman's Voice at Sydney, New South
Wales. Its motto is, "Democratic, but
not revolutionary; womanly, bnt not
weak; fearless without effrontery, liberal
without license. " "The Abbeville (S. GL)
Medium says: "The struggle for equal
rights for women is not coufinetl to our
state, but is going on throughout the
world among the mcst enlightened peo
ple. The "Voice is an advocate of suf
frage, and the question seems to be a
Kvb tsfc m (hr& lairiitiSL
HELEN'S FACE A BOOK.
Helen's face is like a "book
Charming all its pages.
Helen's face is like a book. -
What's tho story I forsook jt
"When on Helen's face I look?
When her smile engages?
There I read an old romance;
Here Iw oue living.
There I read an old romance.
But in Helen's lightest gianca
For a livelier tale enchants,
Wild excitement giving I
What is printer's ink to me?
Commas, dots and dashes?
What is printer's ink to me
If with Helen I may be,
Exclamation points to see
Underneath her lashes I Lark.
A ML0P OP BLOOD.
In 1775 tho brigantine Governor Clin
ton left Philadelphia loaded with flour
for Spanish Town, Jamaica. It was the
loth of December, and Captain Ira
Drake, her commander, expected to eat
his New Year's dinner on the island.
Everything was auspicious, and with a
northwest wind he sailed down the river.
He remarked long after that he felt un
usually flurried by his parting with Mrs.
Drake and his daughter Emma, on the
wharf, but not being of an imaginative
turn of mind the impressions passed,
and he saw the tall poplars and red
roofed farmhouses in the Neck fade
away under tho winter sunset with pro
fessional indifference.
The Governor Clinton was only 430
tens, and she left port in company with
20 others, foreign bound, most of them
square rigged. An the present time there
aro only two ships owned in Philadel
phia, and neither sails from here.
Mrs. Drake and Emma walked up
Second street to their home, which was
in the house then a two story, afterward
the tea store of the late eccentric John
Lamond, who died a few mouths ago.
To be a captain's wifo in those days
was to hold social position nest below
the magnates cf Society Hill, and Cap
tain Drake was reported a prosperous
man.
"Mother," said the daughter, "do
you feel any unusual anxiety in parting
with father this vovage?"
"No, my dear. Don't let such things
get into your mind."
"Yes, but the Aggy Slade has been
cut over GO days, aud she's bound for
Jamaica tea Poor Mrs. Folsom is just
wild about her husband. Howl do wish
father would give up the sea and stay
ashore 1"
Shipmasters' wives had to have stout
hearts in tbosodays; there were perils
on the sea then that are unknown now.
A West India voyage meant poor
charts, dodging among tho reefs and
keys of tho Bahama banks, northers,
hurricanes and more deadly assaults
from tho desperate ruffians that infested
the coast of Cuba and were secretly up
held by the Spanish authorities, who
shared their plunder, and at this time
both Tardy and the La Fittes were
known to be cruising in the gulf.
Christmas passedt and as New Year's
came on a feeling of uneasiness and
dread entered into the Drake household.
Emma had an additional source of anx
iety. Sam Spain, although only 24, was
first officer of the Governor Clinton and
a splendid specimen of the American
sailor, and before this voyage he and
Emma had exchanged vows. And so
poor Emma fretted and made her moth
er anxious.
New Year's day, 179G, was cold,
blustering and sleety, and after attend
ance at early mass at St Joseph's
both women sat down to breakfast.
"For the Lord's sake, Emma, don't
tell mo anything about your dreams.
You make me nervous. Your father and
the brig arc all right, and whey tho
Quickstep comes in we'll hear frpin
Spanish Town. She sailfroin there to
day." "But, moth,er, there is something in
dreams, and I never had such dreadful
ones before, and you know good God,
What is that?" And the girl's voice
arose to a scream. "Oh, mother! On
your hand, cu your hand 1"
The mother looked and grew pale as
death. There on her plump, white hand
was a drop of ruddy blood. She mur
mured, "Maybe I pricked myself with
the fork." And with a shudder she
wiped away the dread token. But
thero was no wound, the skin being
unbroken. "There, there, it has come
again. Oh, mother, let's pray! My dear
father and Sam aro in peril. I know it.
I feel it."
And they knelt and with heads bowed
down prayed to him who rules the winds
and tempests to spare their loved ones
on the sea.
The Governor Clinton was an old tub
and did her best when sho reeled off
eight knots on a bowline, but this time,
under a fair northeast wind, she was
cutting a feather through the waves of
tho Bahama bauks pn tho i 9th of De
cernber. Here her good luck ended. A
norther set in, driving them 200 miles
off their course, and then head winds
blew for a week! so that it was the last
day in the year before they came in
sight of the Cuban coast, and not over
ten miles off Cape St. Antoiue the wind
failed, and there came one of those dead
calms peculiar to these latitudes. The
sails hung without a shiver, and tho
pennant was as straight down as a yard
of pump water. But this was not the
worst. Captain Drake knew that he was
in the track of the pirates and was prac
tically helpless to keep away from them,
and at this moment he was doubtless
signaled off shore to some of their ves
sels. Everything depended on keeping a
stout heart
His six 24 pound carronades were
loaded with grape and kentledge, the
arm chest was opened, cutlasses and pis
tols were served to the crew, muskets
were loaded, and tho cook filled his cop
pers with hot water ready to repel board
ers. All hands kept watch that night,
and in the morning Mate Spain went
aloft with a glass. Ho at once hailed
the deck. "There is a topsail schooner
lyiDg behiu-1 that point of land off the
starboard quarter. I can't make out
any sail on her. "
breakfast There's trouble ahead. But
there are 23 of us, all good men, and
we ought to make a tidy fight for our
lives."
A strict watch was kqpt at the mast
head, and at 10 o'clock a hail came:
"There's a boat full of men putting off
shore. It is a yawl with a tug. She's
coming fast under sweeps. "
Tho ensign was seized union down to
attract some passing vessel, and all
waited and watched. There were not
less thtm 40 into in tho ray.
the boat, the captain cried, "Fire!" But
as usual two of the carronades missed
fire, the other scattered ten feet wids of
the boat, and next it swept under the
bow, tho leader a white man, springing
into the chains, followed by a gang of
mulattoes, negroes and Spaniards, all
big men. Their captain's head just came
above the bow, when he was run through
the neck by a pike and dropped over
board, but his men managed to get on
the bowsprit and come aboard. Two of
the pirates mounted the channels and
tumbled into the waist. The cook, a ne
gro giant weighing 300 pounds, rushed
at them with a cutlass, beat down their
guard and hewed them down. A third
had grasped the swifter to help him up,
when his arm was cut clean off at the
shoulder by the negro. A splash in the
water told the rest
In the bow the defenders had done
good work, but Captain Drake was
stretched on the bits covered with blood.
The last pirate had run out on the jib
boom and fired his pistol just as a mus
ket ball took his life, but he had done
his work, for poor Spain got bis bullet
in the head and never spoke after. They
were beaten, audnnder a parting volley
the ruffians sprang to their sweeps and
with the loss of half their crew made
for land.
Suddenly the mainsail gave a flop.
No orders were needed. The topsail hal
yards were manned. " Dp with the fly
ing jib, trim sheets, round in starboard
braces!" was the cry, and the little brig
began to surge through the water.
"See, see! The schooner's making
saiL Up gq her gaff and foresail. The
fight's not over, men ! She'll cut us to
pieces with her long Tom!" Just then
came the sound of a heavy gun, and so
intent were the crew watching the pi
rate vessel that they had not seen, half
a mile away, a British corvet piling
on Eail up to royals. She was a flier,
too, and inside of five minutes swept
down on the brig, hailed and was told
what had occurred.
The pirate craf c was intent only on
saving her men in the yawl, but it was
too late. The corvet ran her down and
at 100 yards gave tho marauders a
shower of grape that tore the boat and
crew into splinters. The schooner made
off, followed by the nian-o'-war, and
both disappeared in the southern board.
Tho second mate took command of the
brig. Her captain had a broken thigh
and a shot through his body, while the
mate and four of the crew lay dead.
The breeze kept steady, and on the 4th
of January they came to anchor in Span
ish Town harbor. Captain Drake lived to
get well and quit the sea. But before
the Christ Church chimes rang for an
other Christmas poor Emma Drake had
followed her lover to a better laud.
Philadelphia Times.
Victor Hugo and Politics.
Victor Hugo, in spito of everything
that has been said to the contrary, w3
distinctly not a republican at the outset
of his career, and it is niore than ques
tionable whether he would have ever
become the blatant one he did if Louis
Philippe and Louis Napoleon had con
sented to take him at his own valuation
as a statesman. Berauger, who was a
republican pure and simple, notwith
standing his supposed share in tho zs
tablishment of Louis Philippe on the
French throne, summed up Victor
Hugo's republicanism in one line. Gae
day, shortly after the February revolu
tion which overtopped that throne as
it would seem forever an acquaintance
of Beranger met him coming out of the
Palais Bourbon. "I shall feel obliged, "
the poet said, "if you will see me horne
for I do not feel at all well. These vio
lent scenes inside there aro not to my
taste."
This, pointing to the erstwhile resi
dence of tho illegitimate daughter of
Louis XJV by Mme. de Moutespau, bat
ter known as the widow of that mis
chievous dwarf Louis, third duke do
Bourbon-Conde, the small minded and
small bodied sou of the great Conde. "I
am not at all well," he repeated with a
wistful smile. "I have been accused of
having held tho plank over which Louis
Philippe went to the Tuileries. I wish
I could be the bridge across the channel
on which he would return now. Cer
tainly, I would have liked a republic,
but not one such as we are having in
there. " And his hand pointed once more
to the home of the constituent assembly.
"You ought to be pleased," remarked
his interlocutor. "Victor Hugo is in the
same regiment with you." "Victor
Hugo is not in the regiment ; he is in
the band." Contemporary Beview.
Churchill's Push.
When Lord Randolph Churchill was
at Oxford, he was constantly in conflict
with his dean at Merton on the subject
Cf compulsory chapels, and on one ocea
iou he was sent for to listen to a grand
remonstrance. It was a chilly day, and
the dean was standing with his back to
the fire when Lord Randolph entered.
After about ten minutes another delin
quent was ushered in, aud found Lord
Randolph standing with his back to the
fire and his coattails comfortably up
raised, while the unfortunate dean was
arguing away out in the cold, near the
door.
I5y Halves.
"I always meet trouble half way,"
Eaid the man who had paid half of his
promissory note and arranged for an ox-
tension of the other half. Detroit Free
Press.
Alice Moore McComas.
Mrs. Alice Moore McComas has beeij
made one of the associate editors of Tho i
Spectator and Woman's World, publish- '
ed in 2?ew Orleans. She will conduct a
mother's department and is to take !
charge of a woman suffrage department,
to which she invites contributions from .
suffragists. j
t
Ann Arbor wants a woman's building i
to house its federated women's clubs.
Boston's building company for the same .
purpose is also active, though tempo- i
rarily handicapped through a necessitat- !
ed change in its incorporation. i
j
Tea cigarettes for ladies' smoking are
pronounced to be a late caprice in Paris. ;
They are expensive just why is not ;
stated and consequently will be kept
exclusive. " j
!
Mrs. Carrie Chapman-Catt cleared
$140 for the national organization com- !
miitee by her woman suffrage calendars, i
which found a ready sale. j
If a few drops of oii of lavender afo !
scattered through a bookcase in a closed
room, it wiii save a library from mold
in Samp wtatSfEfr.
"Dreams! Dreams r
i Soon after Disraeli had quitted the
active arena of the house of commons
for the "gilded mausoleum" of the
houso of lords lie was visited at his
house by his friend. Lord Gower. The
two men sat by the fixe in the grate, and
the ex-premier talked of his own polit
ical career. At last he ceased talking,
and gazing abstractedly into the burn
ing coals muttered, "Dreams! Dreams!"
The mournful, half audible exclama
tion is suggestive. Apparently it incf
cated that he who bad for long, labori
ous years devoted himself to his country
found in that fact no solid satisfaction.
Is that the usual fate of retired states
men? Tho incident is quoted by Mr. Tucker
man as a thought provoking addition to
his account of an interview with Wil
liam H. Seward, published in "Person
al Recollections of Notable People."
While Mr. Seward, in. 1S72, was suf
fering from paralysis at his home in Au
burn, N. Y., Mr. Tuckerman went on
j of his way to pay his respects to the vet
eran statesman. He found him unable
to use his anus and legs, but with his
mental faculties unimpaired. For the
two days the guest enjoyed the states
man's hospitality he was entertained
with reminiscences and anecdotes.
When he was departing, Mr. Seward
took him asido and said: "Now tell me
what I can do for you. If I possess any
influence with the present administra
tion, I am at your service."
Mr. Tuckerman replied that the only
service ho could do for him was to get
better health at his earliest convenience,
and to let tho world hear from him oc
casionally. "Do you mean to say," asked Mr.
Seward, "thai you camo out of your
way to visit a broken down old man like
me without a single interested motivo
beyond that of seeing me:"
He noticed that his guest was annoyed
by the implication, and added, with
emotion, "I do not have many such vis
itors nowadays." Youth's Companion.
The Vajjuo Laureate.
It would bo pleasant to think cf Spen
ser as poet laureate to Queen Elizabeth,
and there aro those who do so, but strict
criticism cannot allow the claim. It is
true that Spenser became a courtier and
flattered the queen in the extraordinari
ly exaggerated style of tho time, and
that when he dedicated the first three
books of the "Faerie Qneene" to Eliza
beth she gave him a pension of 50 a
year. It is true also that Spenser speaks
of himself as the wearer of the laurel
leaf. In one of the sonnets to the lady
who was to become his wife he Eays;
The laurel leaf, which yon this day do wear.
Gives me Rreat hope of your relenting mind,
For, since it is the bause which I do bear.
You, bearing k, dos-m to me iaclin'd.
But this is nothing more than the
usual formal reference to the laurel as
the poet's special tree. No such office as
that of poet laureate, as it is now under
stood, existed in Elizabeth's time, and
few peers who have flattered a sovereign
have had such bitter experience of tho
fickleness and cruelty of a conrt as
Spenser. Like some of his more formal
ly appointed successors, he was indeed
buried in Westminster abbey. Yes, but
hehaddied.of starvation. Temple Bar.
Dr. A. P. Sawyer Sir: Afiep snoring foHr
years with female weakness I was perMiaded by a
triead o try your Pastilles, and alter Esing them
for one year, I can say I am entirely well. I can
not recommend them too highly. Mrs. 31. S.Broei
Bronson, Bethel Breech Co., Mich. For sale by F.
H. Loaylcy.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
by local applications as they cannor reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There
is only one way to cure deafness, and
that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by hu inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of tha Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
ly closed. Deafness is the result, and un
1 es the iniiamntion can be trken out
aud this tube rest"red to its normal con
dition, heiiring will be destroyed forever:
nine cases out of ten are caused by ca
tarrh which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh)-that cannot bo cured by IlaH's
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars: free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
tW Sold by all Druggist2, 75c.
SMOKERS
In search of a good cigar
will always find it at J.
F. Schnialzned's. Try
them and judge.
Claude weingand,
DEALER IN
Coal Oil, Gasoline,
Crude Petroleum and
Goal Gas Tar.
Leave orders at Newton's Store
HUMPHREYS'
SPECIFICS are scientifically
prepared Remedies; have
been used for half a century
with entire success.
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1 Fevers, Congestions, Inflammations.
2 Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic...
3 Teethinsr. ColIcCryins, Wakefulness
i Diarrhea, of Children or Adults
T Co i:s 5 is, Colds, Bronchitis.
8 Xearalcia, Toothache, Faceache
9- IIeadaclies, Sick Headache, Vertigo.
10 Dyspepsia, Bfllousness, Constipation
11 Suppressed orPnlnfal Periods....
12 AVhites, Too Profuse Periods
1 3 Croup, Lnrynrftis, Hoarseness
1-1-Salt Iihenm, Erysipelas, Eruptions.
15 Rheumatism, or Rheumatic Pnlns..
16 Malaria, Chills, Fever and A pie
19 Catarrh, Influenza, Cold ia the Head
20- Whoopinc Couch,
27 Kidney Diseases,
28-SerTou3 Debility
30 Urinary Weakness..........
31 Sore Throat, Quinsy, Diphtheria
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N. B. OLDS. Agent.
No.
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No.
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No.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TEAT THE
L Board of Directors of Gaslln Irrigation
District has filed ia the office of the clerk
of the district court of Lincoln coantv. Ke
hraska. its petition, the object and praVer of
which is to have the proceedings ot said dis
trict and said Board of Directors of said
Gaslin Irrigation District oreanizinc said dis
trict and issuing the bonds ofsaid district to
the amount of ?S.00O. to be examined by said
District Court of Lincoln county. Nebraska,
and to have said proceedings to be declared
to be legal, regular.and vahd. and that said
bonds be declared to be a valid lien upon the
land within the boundaries of said district.
And by order of the Hon. H. M. Grinr.es.
judge of said district court, said petition
will be heard and decided on Mondav. the
0th day of March. 1S86. at nine o'clock in the
forenoon, or as soon thereafter as it can be
heard, ami all or anv persons interested in
the organization of said district or in the
proceedings for the issue and sale of said
bonds, may on or before the date fixed for
the hearing of said petition, viz: Mondav.tke
9th day of March. 18PS. at nine o'clock in
the forenoon of said dav. demur or answer
to said petition.
Witness my hand and official seal tbls 1-tth
day of Febrnarv. 1SS6.
Y. C. ELDER. Clerk of the District Conrt,
f!44 Bv R. A. ELDER, Deputy.
rp C. PATTERSON,
X.
STTQ F5 NEY-RT- L.7iA.
Office First National Bank BWg., j
NORTH PLATTE. XEB.
JRENCH & BALDWIN,
ATTOIiNEYS-AT-LAW,
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA.
Office over N. P. Ntl. Bank.
yiLCOX & HALiLIGAN,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, -
rfOBTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA.
Office over North Platte National Bank.
D
R. N. F. DONAIdOSON,
Assistant Sargeon Union pBcfio Kp"-'
end Member of Peatioa Board,
NOSTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA.
Office over Streltz'a Drnij Stere.
NORTH PLATTE
MARBLE : WORKS,
W. C, RITNER,
2SaaPr e ani De&ler ia
MONUMENTS, .- HEADSTONES,
Curbing, Building Stons,
And all Ua6s t Moaautestal aad Cemetery work,
Carefat atteatlan iven to kiUeriw; of avevy de
scription. Jabbing dooe m hort Notice. Oafere
solicited and estimate freely fn-aifbed.
Jos. Hershey,
DEALER I"
Africntal : Implements
OP ALL KINDS,
Farm and Spring "Wagons,
Buggies, Road Cart's,,
Wind Mills, Pumps, Barb
Wire, Etc.
Locust Street, between Fifth and Sixth
OF TH
PIECE OF
EVER SOLD FOR
i NOTICE POR POBIJ CATION.
t n. S. IjmmI Oflie. North Platte. Xeb .
JanaMry 7th. IbtS.
Complaint )vin- been entered at this office r
AMaii B. TnrBfcfe against tW heirs of Mf r-. u a
C. Fornix. d-eci1. for failure to cowpiy Vi.h
i law as to T1afcr-ca&nre entry Jtf. KR late-: c-
nwr .iin. iTW. iipim im rt'uia ut iw
et quarter ot SecMu 1ft, To shJp v . Ita.:e
'Jit W.. in !Unco:r. county, r tor ari.'i x. i v
tfce Ckaceii&ti.! nt aid catry, cr-i.i. -..: - nlitn- ,
that there hmm nevtT been xn? ir. e cut . r
cultivated ) any of ibt year :. . f- '. t .ii.ii Ta-
takes and tliat no tree have K-eu ?ia: ' -u -.u I
Hiiwi; tk said psgta are here!'? - r.. ane.l '. ,
appear at that nffic oa the "7 th : x fcruu.
lHift. at 9 oalock a. m., to ie-K u ;. . : furr-u.
tagtioay aoataiaar mid a!l.-"-' :
lilS JOHX V. HIV.IW. fjr: -
NOTICE FOS PfULIt ATK s.
U. S. Land OSc?, J.;;b Pi. t -. to..
Jcri'.irj i h I - . .
XHe is herrhf gHeo ta he iAl jv ; uaw '.
scttlr aits Alert luitica of hi in?MitinoJ' ici.
lioat proof in support ot air- claim and Tha -mI
proof will be msuUi before the KetcMer and Re
ceiver at North Platte, Xeb., on February 21-;,
1SK, viz:
joskpk w. arrujip,
who made Honestead Kntry No. 6U'0 for the
Northeast quarter of Section It. Township 11 N
Range 30 w. Ue naaa tba followia -lit:.- a
to prave hfc eontianoas rojidoncc mpm and cnVi
vatioa of imid huxi, vis: Actua D. Oct. at North
Platte, Xeb., dittos C. Daw-oe, of Eefco, Neb,,
and UeWltt W. Vaelirockha aad Xante Van
BreekUa, of Watte. Xtfb.
jll JOHN F. KXMAX, Xagteier
LKGAL NOT2CK.
David G. Gate, non-resident e tndant
will take notice that on the 1st i . f !
roary. The First National I .i:. i f Klk a.
der. lova. plaintiff herein, fik i T:.t a
in the district conrt of Linria .v. Ne
braska, against said defemiai-T. t h f .
and prayer of which are to t'.r- a e---tain
mortgage executed bv tbe;e:. ianf t
one W. .1. Wroughton np.!i t.e half .
the southwest quarter and t: e .tlu-a-.
quarter of the aouthv est quarter. . .:; .-,
i. and the northeast qnarter of nr!-.-west
quarter of section 11. lour.- rar.o
2. in Lincoln county. Nebraska se ur
the pa v meat of a certain pron tv l,
dated January 7th. ir ti -urn i
i-i&I.Si. payable one vear tr.au .t.- aere r
that said note was by the pa.tr nl a.--signed
to plair.tlfl herein: th; t'i. Lr..v
doe plaintiff npon said note r, rta
the sum of and plaint; T t. . rsi.r
decree that defendant be requ r. t jw
the same, or that said premise- . .j. be -n 1
to satisfy the amount found due.
Yoa are required to answer Ki I ietill i
on or before the 14th dav of Marcij. 1&&
Dated Februarv 1st. lfl.
FIKST NATIONAL BANK OP KLKADLTT
IOWA.
f U By T. C. Patterson, its AUorne v
In the County Court of Lincoln Copntr Xr
braska. Whereas, on this 1st dav of Febra. -v. t-.-'
Joseph Schati. in vbose care and '.-usix
the child hereinafter named was left bv tr.
mother thereof . both parents of sad ch...I
being now deceased, has made and lied :
said Court but sworn statement dnir 3ttetc
and therein has stated that he desire 1 to rc
Haqnish all right and custody of ;nu pw er
and control over George Strassbu: t a m in. r
and orphan child, and all claim a.. 1 nterv-r
ia and: to the services and Ma:- f -a -i
child: and at the same time ab a:.. "Jharit -,
L Black and Hannah Black v ie. a -u
' under oath duly attested, that t ftc- esirt
j adopt said George Straps bur: a i. ir vn
cbmu: i nave tneretore appointe l 'he j5tr
day of February. l!e. at 1 tMk -' m. jl
the county "court room in North i'Jatie .n
said county as the time and pia - v- l en ar.n.
where a hearing will be hai ja -a s maUer.
at which time and place ail part.e interested
may appear. A cow of this order will e
published in The TniBrxc a legal week.;
newspaper printed and published in North
Platte In said coantv. for three succe-irc
weeks prior to the time .-e for said hear..iK'
1 JAMES 3L KAY. County Judge
SHERIFF'S SALS.
By virtue of an order of sale issued bv VV
C Elder, clerk cf the district cout of I, . .-
coin county. eDraska. npon
foreclosure rendered in sad urt
of the McKinley-Lanning L'r. j.
Company, (a corporation). :tnl a.
tha m. L. Thoelecke Lou u. T::
husband. et aL. I have le ie-i - -lowing
deCTfbed rea! estate a- t
Tee
., fa r
. Trv.-
m Be i -ke.
h.
the -oi.v
rt
.. . L .
ti
tL
. e-.i a...l
Xo i
..h '.a
ot -a,-i
- -hou-c
tie ia-:
ntv. .a
at jPi'r-
ot the said Bertr.
M. 1
D. Thoelecke. her r
Lot Ten t of "W x - .
ne t and r&), ;h 'i.
Fifteen ll&. in ft
Platte. Nebra.k .
of March. a:
day. at the east tr'.
(that being the btul
lan;
' i ' - .
.k o-
rig;.-,
I will ...i
ci k ;
ioor of t'r!t
ling nc r .
term of court was heidi.of -a. 1
North Platte, sell the said real eta
lie auction to the highest tidd -to
satisfy said order of sa!e. tK
; ( a- h
. -imou r. ;
at; bein
louna one taereon in ine a cere
me sum oi nasa ana fis.Gb c-ts an-: accr
in? costs.
Dated North Platte. Neb,. Feb'y lu. 18B6
fI15 JACOB MILLER. Sheriff.
GEO. NAU MAN'S
SIXTH STREET
Meats at wholesale and re
tail. Fish and Game in
season. Sausage at all
time?. Casll paid for Hides
MEAT