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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1896)
THE; 'NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TKJBTOE FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1896 J : : J si; 1 CITY NEWS. Rev. Groli, of Lincoln, was the guest of Rev.D. Z. Foulk yesterday --Senator Hoagland is campaign- ing tms weeK in .ferinns county. Mrs. H. S. Keitli is expected home to-morrow from her visit in Lincoln. Walter Hoagland returned Wednesday trom a week s visit in Lincoln. The county commissioners ad journed Wednesday evening" to meet on the 16th inst. John E. Evans, of Lincoln, will tor a brief visit with his family. Next Thursday is the Jewish Atonement Day and the Boston Store will be closed until 6:30 in the evening-. John Sawyer returned last from St. Paul, Minn., where lie attended tlie (j. A. K. na tional encampment. R. H. Lang-ford leaves for the eastern part of the state Sunday night where he will make political speeches in a number of towns. James McMichael has the con tract for erecting- four larere bill boards oil which to display the ad vertising posters of the Wild West Geo Mesdames Baldwin, Park and Douglas were in Gothenburg" .yes terdav in the interests of the woman's department of the irriga tion iair. Quite a number of local popu- evemng" Watch and wait for C. M. New ton's new departure. The interior of the - Episcopal church, has been thoroughly reno vated this week. Misses Jessie Bratt and Char lotte Osgood left on No. 2 this morning for Boston, The Presbyterian ladies' aid society was entertained yesterday afternoon by- Mrs. C. F. Tracy. The rain Wednesday night and yesterday forenoon aggregated nearly three-quarters of ah inch. S. K. Ross is making a number of improvements to his recently ac quired property on west Third street. C. M. Newton received a new line of baby carriages yesterday. If you need one get his prices. Geo. Davis, of Des Moines, Iowa, who had been visiting his brothers A. L. and Ed, leaves for home to-morrow. Mr. and Mrs. John Weydert had been visiting relatives in the city, returned to Aurora, 111., this morniner. A. L. Davis and brother re turned Wednesday from a day's .duck hunting up the river. They succeeded in bajnrinsr ;seventy- Chas. Hendy, Jr., resigned his position with Harrington & Tobin vesterdav and will leave next week- is all right, but ttie A dollar bill will buy to resume his studies in the state Furniture now than ever before, university. more We have an elegant line .of FICTURE AND ROOM MOULDING. . . Now is the time to have your chairs and couches up holstered. Bring them in and, we will give you good work, at reasonable prices. E. "b WARNER. (UNDERTAKER.) Grand Display At RENNIE'S. M Fa tot Elegant line -of Ladies' Capes, Ladies' Jackets, Ladies' Coats, New Fall Dress Goods. The Irrigation Fair tvill not w I have a more attractive display than can be seen any day in the .crock- ery and glassware departments at The Wilcox Dept. Store. The officers of the North Platte cemetery association are making arrangements to lay a water main to the cemetery grounds and supply lot owners with city water. Frank H. Edmonds will do clerical work in the county treasur er s office during the absence or Mr. Buchanan, who will take a vacation for about three months. Samples of corn raised in the sandhills are displayed-at several stores in town.. In every instance r the ears are larere and well filled. and compare very favorably with the corn raised on irrigated land. The unsightly weeds along the streets are growing slowly but sure ly less in quantity, and if the gooc work continues the residence streets will present a neat appearance by by fair time. The contracting asrent for the lists including Messrs. Keliher, Beeler and Buchanan left early this morninjr for Buchanan grove to- at tend a populist political picnic. The chief of police this morn ing ordered business men to remove from the sidewalks all sign posts. The order has created some indig nation among those which it effects. A. I. Davis has received a Roch ester globe street lamp which he will erect at the street corner near his residence. It has the appear ance of being an excellent lamp. J. Q. Feltz, the populist nomi nee for senator in this district, came down from Ogalalla last night and lett this morning for the popu list picnic at Buchanan's grove. A McKmley and Hobart bicycle club will be organized in this city in the near future. These organi zations exist in thousands of towns and cities throughout the country. Ed. Roushart & Co., of Omaha, will begin work on the unfinished portion of the F. & M. canal next Monday. Patterson &. Alexander have sub-contracted the east end of the work. Mrs. Annie F. Church is ex pected home io-night. During her absence she attended the reunion at Lincoln, the national encamp ment at St. Paul, and also visited friends in Omaha. Eight freight trains were marked out on the Second disdrict yesterday, which indicates excel lent business. The increased traf fic has resulted in taking Sanford Hartman from the extra list of engineers and making him a "regular.' G. McKay is temporarily occupying an additional store room in order to better display certain lines of goods. He has received very large stock of fall and winter ornnrlc Hie county commissioners have consolidated Circle Hill pre cinct with Ritner precinct. The former precinct was so sparsely settled that it did not pay to keep up a precinct organization. The supply of ice is getting un comfortably short for -consumers, especially the meat market men Mr. Edis gives the assurance that he will have his lake in such shape this winter as to guarantee a full supply of ice next season. Aletter received in this city a few days ago conveyed the information that W. W. Cameron is sick at Hampton, Va., with typhoid fever. At the time the letter was wrrtten it was believed that the danger point had been passed. Mr. Cameron has been employed as book-keeper at the Hampton industrial school. Chas. P. Ross, who is chief en gineer or tlie Airaiia irrigation ditch in Keith countv, informs us that excavation on that ditch will begin. next Monday. It will require the removal of 192.000 yards of dirt to complete the ditch, which will water 6,000 acres of land. Mr. Ross will go up Monday to get the work properly started. John Singleton, who was mar ried at Pittsburg on the 1st inst. to Miss Annie Leety, arrived home Wednesday night accompanied by his bride. The Tribune extends its best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Singleton, and trusts the latter will find North Platte a pleasant. place in which to live. The street lamps ordered by the city have not yet arrived, and, the city officials are being to fear that it will take some, rustling to get them located and in running order by the first ot next month. The council will invite ,bids for furnish ing the necessary oil and lighting the lamps after thev have been A Several old soldiers of the city will drive over to Curtis next week to attend the G. A. R. reunion, which opens on the 15th an closes on the 18th. W. C. Elder will con duct the campfire in the evening of Pced in position cuv. mat uay. The Chicago weather forecast The report that the full capac- for to-night and Saturday is show- ity of the Pacific hotel had been ers and warmer. Southerly wind. engaged by the Wild West Show The maximum temperature yester- for October 11 th and 12th is erron- day at North Platte was 56 degrees; eous. Part of the show people will minimum in past 24 hours 42 de stop at that hotel but Manager grees; at 7 a. m. to-day 42 degrees: precipitation .04 in past 24 hours. Elegant Dress Patterns in .the latest styles in colors and black. In our shoe department we offer choice goods at 50 Wild West Show was in town Wed- per cent oft during this sale. Our millinery department will nesday and made contracts for hay be open on bept. 25th. The most choice and elegantly se 1 j 5 ' 1 t . . .1 . n r T-N 1 'ill iccieu 5cock ever snown in me citv. miss uecker will oe in charge of this department. RENNIE. THE 1 LEADER. Jacobson will have accommodations for lots of other people. The Gordon cornet band will give a concert on the streets to morrow evening beginning at seven o'clock. This will be the closing concert of the season, and the boys will try and make it the best The thanks of the citizens are due the band for the music rendered the past season North Platte school teachers seem to be in demand in the country districts. Miss Thea Hansen is teaching in Medicine precinct, Miss Francis McNamara at Sutherland, Miss Abbie Day at the Chapin school house and Miss Josie Day in the McNeal district. The Hershey Review of yester day contained the following item: The well known firm of Paxton & Hershey, who have been actively engaged in real estate, stock rais ing and farming at this place for several years, was disolved by mutual consent a few days since. Mr. Hershey, we understand, gets two sections of land at the east end of the ranch and will remain in his present location for another year. - Bill Green, pop candidate for congress has declined to discuss the money question with R. H. Langford of this city, although the latter issued him a fair and very gentlemanly challenge. Blatant Bill, in his speech here last Satur day challenged any one to discuss the .money question with him and Mr. Langford took him up promptr ly, but as with Mr. Cady, he craw fished. These two instances go to prove that Green is a coward or .a.-demag'ogue. For the same period aud time one year ago the maximum temperature was 100 degrees, minimum 64 de grees, at 7 a. m. 65 degrees; pre cipitation none. H. Otten has rented the west storeroom in the Hinman block on Front street and will buy and sell haT, graiu, fruits and all kinds of country produce. He will also handle these lines on commission. Asa starter he received a carload ol apples and a lot of grapes yes terday. It is Mr. Otten's inten tion to handle all kinds of market able farm produce, and Ave believe it is possible for him to build up quite a business. His large ac quaintance with the farmers of Lincoln county will be ot material assistance to him in building up a trade rapidly. The city council held a special meeting last evening aud selected the locations for the fifty street lamps. The plan adopted will give one lamp to each block, and the lamps will cover a territory five blocks north and south and nine blocks east and west on the south side of the track and a proportion ate territory on the north side. On Spruce street there will be a lamp on the Star clothing house corner, another at the North Platte National bank, a thir;d at Sul livan's store aud a fourth atAthe courthouse. By this method each j side of the street yifl be lighted. Lewis Tift transacted business in Kearney Wednesday. Mr. aud Mrs. Milton Doolittle have returned from their visit in Omaha. Mrs. W. F. Cody goes to Omaha to-morrow, to spend Sunday with her daughter Irma. T, S. Bishop returned the mid dle of the week from a visit with Council Bluffs friends. A. F. Parsons, of this city, will address therfree silver club at Her shey to-morrow evening. Master Mechanic Manning and J. H. Stafford, general storekeeper, were in town yesterday. Mrs. H. V. Hilliker and Miss Irene Hartman are spending a few days at the Hershey ranch this week. Mrs. G. S. Huffman, who had been in the east selecting a stock p'f fall millinery, returned home Wednesday. t . The Wilcox Dept. Store have added a flow blue pattern to their crockery stodk. It is all the rage this year. David Buchanan, , of Pennsyl vania, is the guest of his brother and sist.er, Butler Buchanan and Mrs. W. M. Baskins. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Collins, of Brooklyn, who had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Dillon, left for the east yesterday morning. Miss Annie Kramph and Alfred Gilman go to Lincoln Monday, where the latter will resume his studies in the state university. It is worth the trouble to go to The Wilcox Dept. Store and see their new lamps. They want to show them to you whether you want to buy or not. The Cod' Guard have com pleted all arrangements ior the en campment and about fort' of the fifty-three members will leave for Lincoln Sunday night. A grading outfit from Lexing ton passed through town Wednes" day enroute to the head of the F. & M. ditch where it will be employed for several weeks in excavation work. The Episcopal choir, assisted by other talent, will give a concert at Keith's hall on Thursday even ing, Sept. 17th. v A very interest- Novelties in Silver. t Leather Belts with Silver Buckles, the latest, Ladies' Shirt Waist Sets, Buttons and Link Cuff Buttons, Hat Pins, Book Marks, Souvenir Spoons, Watch Guards, etc. Also a complete line ot Harps. CLINTON, The Jeweler. Three doors south of old stand. ing programme is being prepared. An admission of twe'nty-five cents will be charged. Mr. and Mrs. Haus Gertler re turned Wednesday from their visit to Salt Lake, Grand Junction and other western points. The trip wasa very pleasant one, and both returned feeling improved physi cally. rl2-quart anti rust tin pails 48 cents at the Wilcox Dept. Store. Mesdames Baldwin, Hendy, Seeberger. and Fowler drove up into the irrigated section Wednes day afternoon and met a number of ladies and readily interested them in the woman's department ot the irrigation fair. The ditch farmers are this week threshing their last cutting of alfalfa, and will be rewarded by a yield of from three to six bushels of I seed. The present price for alfalfa seed in the local market is about $3.50 per bushel. Wednesday's Kearney Hub con tained nearly a column article rela tive to the Irrigation Fair. The Hub and tire-Grand Island Indepen dent are en titled to the thanks of the fair officers for the liberal ad vertising they hae giv'en the fair. Sidney Dillon left Wednesday morning for New York city where he will attend school the coming 3'ear. Miss Mary Scharmau. late saleslady in McKay's store, has ac- v.cjjLcu u. tjimuur position witu rcicu- arastsros. t B. B. Warner, Dentist, office in Hinman block, up stairs Spruce st. J. M. Caress, who taug-lit school near the city for several years past, left a few days ago for Whitman, Neb., where he will probably make his future home. ' . A big bicycle meet will be held at Kearney on the 24th inst. A number of North Platte people will attend, and some of our' crack-a- jacks .may enter the races. J. H. Turpie and T. C. Patter son have been holding" a series of political meetings in the country precincts this week, and have been speaking to good sized, audiences. 3Vhat is probably the largest corn stalk ever shown in North Platte is on exhibition in the show window of R. A. Douglas. The stalk is said to have been raised in the sandhills north of town. Photographer VonGoetz has on exhibition in the. Star clothinsr house window a.very creditable dis play of photographs, both of the ordinary cabinet size and of the large group size. Tlie work show up well for the Ideal gallery. -The advertising car of the Wild Wrest Show will be Jiere next Monday and this section of the coun try will be flooded with advertis ing matter. The arrival of the car will set at rest the croakings of those who have said that the show would not exhibit ill this city. H. Otten expects to begin pick ing his grapes to-day and will place them on the local market. They are of the Concord and and Worden feed, groceries, etc, thus leaving with our merchants orders for quite a large sum of money. Supt. Ebright reports a large attendence for the opening week of the citv schools. Several of the rooms are over crowded, and it would seem as if additional accomo dations must be provided Don't forget.-thaf the place to buy bolts is of The Wilcox Dept. Store. At the Tuesday evening meet of the Board of Education, P. J. Gilman handed in his resignation as a member of that body.. The 2 considera tion at the next meetinsr of the Board. Lumber was received at Her shey Wednesday for the erection of a scnool House in tlicit village, 'l liis building, together with the eleva tor which is now practically com pleted, will make quite an improve ment at this enterprising trading point. Judge Ray on Wednesday issued a marriage license to Win. Ander son and Miss Margaret Jay, both of Colorado, and later in the day the CO 11 pie was married at the M F. parsonage by Rev. Snaveley. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson left the same niffht for a visit in Ohio. -Frank Overturl and Mrs. Carrie Owens were married early vesterdav morning" bv Judge Rav. Overturl was brought from Iowa Wednesday by Sheriff Miller to answer the charge of assrult upon Mrs. Owens, but it seems the mat ter was settled and the resulted. That Hay Rack You will need Bolts for it. : Don't send off or .'pay two prices for them at. home. ich Bolts for . . . . . ". .-. . . . . . lc .lie. " 2c. " s" 3c. " u 2c. .2ic. ' 3c ,.,..-.V. V... 4c. sc. . t .24-26-28-30-32-36- x6 ix!2 x6 Jx9i Kxl2 Kxl4 WE ARE STILL SELLING YOU - . 20-inch screen wire for. 7c a yard. 22- " " ' 1 ... 9c. a ....lOga .; " 41 ' .... .riic a. 44 . ...i"2ca 44 4 4 - . 4 4 44 .,.,-.v.l24a 44 44 44 ."."i..'.;.13ia.. 44 44 4 4 . ."15ca Screeh doors 2 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 6 irf. 95c. . Screen doors 2 ft. 8 in..x 6 ft. 8 in. . . f . .95c. 40 sheets of writing; paper. . .. 5c. 2 bunches envelopes . ... L. ,.. . . . 5c. 6 slate pencils .......... . . ..... . .... lc. 2 1-pint tin cups ". . . .ti-. .4-v 5c. 1 plow single-tree o . ,20c. A 12-quart galvanized pail. ...25c. A galvanized wash boiler . . ... . . ,95c. A tin wash boiler, copper bottom . ...... . .$1.00. An all copper wash boiler ... .$2.00. Hame clips, 2 for . . . : ; 5c. Hame staples, 2 for 1 5c. A 2-pound plow hammer .".. . . .45c. A 14-tooth garden rake ........ 1 .. . ; . . . . 22c. A Maynard irrigating shovel $1.20. Stove pipe, per joint . . .- 15c Elbows, each .'.......'..... 10c No. 1 common lamp chimneys . 4c. No. 2 common-lamp chimneys V. 6c. Tubular lantern globes- '.' 7c. A copper bottom tubular lantern 45c. A set of handled tea cups and saucers ....... .42c A set of 7-inch dinner plates ... . 35c. 6 engraved tumblers Y. 25c: We carry poultry netting, screen wire, tinware, hardware, notions, hate, caps, ladies' and gents' fur nishing goods, trunks and valises, decorated dinner sets, chamber sets, and the largest line of crockery, lamps and glassware in North Platte. If you pass us by you lose money. It only takes a call to prove it. Price and quality talk. The Wilcox Dept. Store, North Platte, Neb. on this marriage It is said that in the future the Cody ranch will be used exclhsively as a cattle feeding plant. "With the thousands of tons of alfalfa raised annually on the ranch and the im mense crop of corn raised in close proximity, there would seem to be no reason why the feeding of cattle would not prove profitable to Colonel Cody. Such a plant would create a good home market for corn. Several hundred head of cattle are now being fed at the ranch. John Bratt went east morning's train. E. B. Warner returned Wednes day night from a business trip to Omaha. Misses Mary and AnnieReb- hausen are home from their visit in the east. Mrs. C. Iv. Williams has returned home trom a visit with Kearney friends. Wagon scales are being erected n front of the Bratt building on Front street. A popular young man and lady of this citv will be united in marr ! riage on Wednesday evening ot next week. Smoke Wright's Royal Sports and Havana Rose 5-cent cisfars. LLOYD'S OPERA' HOUSE. ONE NIGHT ONLY , Sept. 18. THE COMEDIAN - CHARMING COMEDIENNE IN THE NEW SI PERKINS! A Superb Scenic Production. Judge Neville went to Lincoln the early part of the week to shake hands with Billie Bryan upon his return trom the east. -A Hip! Hurrah! Hilarious Sensational Comedy DramaT A Roaring, Rpusing Rally of Fun, Laughter and Yells. -The meeting of the republican club Tuesday eveninsr was attended by an audience that filled the court room. Senator,Hoagland spoke for over an hour on the silver question and made a rattling good speech and was vigorously applauded The Senator's remarks were to the point. He was followed by J. H Pierce, a representative of the Omaha Bee, who made a very tell ing speech of about twenty minutes length Fruit jars and fruit cans at The Wilcox Dept. Store. Lincoln county will be found:in the republican column this year, if present signs count for anything. varieties, and compare favorably Many ot tlle farmers wuo are not with those which are now beinjr tnorougniy convinced eitner one shinnpd in frnm Trtn-n nn,i ic0,i,0 way or tne otiier admit tnat tor The demand for premium lists for the irrigation iair is sucn as to indicate that the people are taking a lively interest in that coming great event, The opera house was crowded last night to witness the perform ance given by the Si Perkins com pany. The performance proper Vrnf r r Vonro'c SOLO ORCHESTRA IIOI. Lr, Kj. V dllLC b of twelve skilled musicians, is the strongest ever presented to to the public by a traveling- company. One of the most necessary features for a ilrst class performance is the best of music ren dered in an artistic manner especially is this 80 In SI PERKINS, running over with songs, dances, catchy music, where a good orchestra is absolutely necessary. See the street parade at noon by the famous Pugfytowr; Farnper Bar;d Free Concert in front of opera house at 7 o'clock p. m. Prices 50 and 75 -cents. Bucklen's Arnica Salve- The best salve in the world for cuts, Mr. Otten will make the fair next month. an exhibit at Dr. Dennis is now located over the First National bank with Dr. DeBerry. The Doctor comes bring ing good credentials from the Chi cago Homeopathic Medical College, where he graduated, and also took a post graduate course. A hospital diploma for a year's service and two years iu general practice go to make up his experience as a phy sician and surgeon. The North Platte gun club has placed an order for 500 live pigeons with a Grand Island party, the birds to be used at the shooting tournament to be held during the fair. The club is anxious to secure all the pigeons that can be obtained in this city and will pay S1.20 per dozen for'them delivered at the resi dence of Wm. Dolson on Front street. this very reason they do not care to take part in any experiment. And Bryan's own admission that a free- silver victory means a continuation and an ajnrravation of the panic has caused many of them to fall on the other side of the fence. Wal lace Tug. Among the varied features to be introduced during the perform ance of ,4Si Perkins," which will be presented by the BurtoiirColeman company at Lloyd's opera house Friday evening Sept. 18th, is their olio of specialties and the famous "Si Perkins" orchestra, directed by Prof. G. G. Vance, which is sure to be entertaining. Of the play itself we need only to say that for laughing purposes there, are no better, and this has been proven by the lanre audiences it alwavs was preceded by a descriptive piece ; bruises, sores, ulcere, salt rheum, fever of music by theorcbestra, entitled. tigJgS& STpc A Trip to Coney Island." The j iiVelv cures mles. or no nay reoaired, rendition of the piece was the best given by any orchestra that has visited this city lately. In fact the Si Perkins company is as good a company as ever played in our house. Si Perkins is a whole show within himself. One thing must be said for Si Perkins' company, and that is, that the company furnishes better music both on the street and in the house than the companies that arc wont to stop inland cities. Newton (Kan.) Republican. At Lloyd's on Friday evening of next week. It is cuarantt-ed to cive perfect satisfac tion or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by A. F. Streitz Maccaline will cure any case of itching piles. It has never failed. It affords nstant relief, and a cure in due time. Price 25 and 50 cents. Made by Foster .Manufacturing Co. and sold by A. F. Strejtz. of the says: The ing --The WestNebraska Conference of the Methodist church will meet at Ogalalla on Sept. 30th. Speak- conference the News West Nebraska Con ference was organized in 1880, hold ing its first session in Kearney, Bishon Warren nresidinsr. It oc- j. t CT cupies all that portion of Nebraska lyinjr west of Grand Island and south of the Elkhorn line. It is sun-divided into three districts pre sided over by Revs. C. A. Hale, B. Smith and Jas. Leonard. At the last conference report there were nearly 9,000 members and proba tioners; one hundred traveling and thirty-five local preachers; ninety five churches valued at S157.550: fortv-eirht oarsonasres valued at ox S31.200. One hundred and sixty eight Sunday schools with over 10,000 officers and scholars. To U - . . a Z(A attracts. The paradegiven bv the itI,1Lrt,w " " -V . famous Pughtown farmers' band is were expended m 189d for running great. I expenses alone. Change of Firm. I have decided to move my inter est in the Price, Gaunt & Ross blacksmith shop from the present stand to the building on Locust street at the Comer of the Alley, where I will be pleased to see all my old friends and customers, and as many new ones as possible, when wanting anything in my line. W. E, PRICE. Ml : I 11 1 Il'i A threshing -machine al most new; has been used' only nnp season. Will be sold cheap. This is a bargain for, some oner" Inquire -of-W: V' Hoagland' or Victor Meyer, North Platfe.