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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1897)
Ut Stmt - Wttkltt SrHrotw. IRA L BARE, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year, cash in advance, H.25. 81x Months, cash in advance 75 Cents Entered BttheJforthPlBtto(Kebraska)postoClcens second-classmatter. TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1S97. Tooin and County flews. j Dr. Win. Eves was called to Hershey yesterday on professional business. jl iic uuiinsr uau ai me Xticinc hotel is being- repapered and other wise improved. John Hansen, of Fox Creek, is in town to-da making- iinal proof upon his homestead. Thos. McGovcrn. who keeps hot the stationary boiler at the shops, made a mis-step while at work last evening- and sustained a sprained ankle. At a meeting of the Y. M. C. A. directors Saturda evening F. E. Bullard was elected president, TV. T. Banks vice-president, Chas. P. Ross secretary and B. I. Robin son treasurer. Fred A. Reynolds, of Gothen burg, who is well known in this city, has been appointed one of the four bank examiners tor Nebraska. The position is said to be worth about $2,000 per year. The city council held a regular meeting last evening, but aside from hearing the clerk read two communications, and the approval of the third quarter salary bill of the officials, transacted no business. Lincoln county receives $2,551 as its share of the January appor tionment of state school moneys, and the county superintendent has just completed apportioning the amount to the different districts of the county. The books of the Union Pacific railway at Hershey shows the iol lowingcar lot shipments from Her shey for the year 1896: Hay, 214; wheat, 19; corn, 18; live stock, 16; potatoes, 8; oats, 7; broom corn, 3; miscellaneous 4; total 289. The Platte Missionary, the official organ of the Episcopal church of this missionary district, which suspended publication in -October will be resumed this month. Rev. Beecher, of this city, will con tinue as editor and business man ager. Al "Wright, one of the quartette of hunters who left for Clear creek last week, returned homeyesterday. The others of the party will remain for a week or so. Up to the time that Mr. Wright lett the party had killed twelve skunks. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Lincoln county agricultural society will be held at the court house next Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. At this meeting three directors will be elected and other business trans acted. A full attendance is desired. Mr. and Mrs. J. Jacobson en tertained a number of young peo ple last evening, the guest of honor being Mr. Taylor, auditor of the Pacific hotel company. Card games were the feature of the evening's .amusement, followed by refresh ments. The attendants report a very enjoyable time. Dr. Salisbury, the dentist, has been appointed Union Pacific phy sician at Ogalalla. It is said the Doctor graduated from a medical school, but engaged in the practice of dentistry instead of medicine. Some of the railroad bo3s think they will now have an opportunity to get a new set of teeth. A letter box has been put up in the hallway of the court house in which the county officials drop their letters, and afterwards the mail is taken to the postoffice by the janitor. This does away with the possibility of the officials carry ing their letters around in their pockets for several days. The Y. M. C. A. officers yester day made settlement with Weber & Vollraer for the claim they held against the association by reason of damage to goods through the leakage of a water pipe. The claim has been hanging fire for about a year, and the officers are glad that they haveatlast succeeded in liquid ating it. A gentleman residing at Boone, Iowa, has written Mayor Baker for information relative to North Platte and surrounding country. This gentleman desires to put in an electric light and power plant, the power for same to be furnished through the medium of a channel water wheel. It is not believed that the North Platte river is the proper kind of a stream for such a. water wheel, but the mayor and clerk will furnish the Boone gentle man with all the information at their command. Sam van Doran went to Her shey this morning to do some work on the Hershey ranch. The Cody Guard dancing party Friday evening was liberally at tended and proved a very pleasant event. The Episcopal guild will hold a ten cent social at the home of Mrs. C. S. Clinton Friday after noon. The members of the Lutheran aid society are being entertained this afternoon by Mrs. Louis Peter son, of the Third ward. Pearl Armbus had an ankle sprained Saturday evening- while working at the U. P. ice house, and will be off dutT for some time. The revival services at the Methodist church are being contin ued this week. Rev. Snavely says much interest is being taken in these meetings. Two or three hundred persons enjoyed skating on the north river Friday evening, among the number being several teachers and many pupils of the city schools. Smoke Wright's Royal Sports and Havana Rose 5-cent cigar. W. M. Porter, who of late has been teaching school in the west part of the county, has been en gaged to teach the Gandy school and enters upon his duties to-morrow. The A. O. U. W. and Degree of Honor held joint memorial ser vices at their hall last evening. A large audience listened to ad dresses delivered by Judge H. M. Grimes and Judge James M. Ray. The Bachelor Maids held their semi-monthly session at the guild house last evening. Among the en- :rtaining features was a stere- opticou exhibition, with an accom panying lecture. The usual re freshments were served. At the Episcopal church Sun day Hershey Welch rendered a 'cello solo in the morning and Prof. Garhchs a violin solo in the evening. both of which were appreciated. At the morning service Chas. Pool and son Alvin played accompani ment to the choir on violin and Velio. Petitions are now being circu lated asking the Board of Educa tion to call a special election to vote on the proposition to issue bonds to the amount of $28,000 for the pur pose ot erecting a high school build ing and building an addition to the Third ward house. The petitions are being numerously signed. The letting of the contract for the construction of the Dawson and Lincoln county irrigation ditch means the completion of by far the largest canal in the state. This ditch will have its head on the Platte river near Gannett, five miles east of this city and runs east for a distance of fifty-six miles. J. O. Wilcox on Wednesday of last week sold an interest in his de partment store to D. P. Wilcox and the firm will be known as Wil cox Brothers. D. P. has for the past two 3rears conducted the Gandy Pioneer and has a wide ac quaintance with the people of the north part of this county and of Logan county. He is an energetic man and will materially assist in increasing the already large busi ness of the Wilcox Department Store. An effort will be made to have the state reimburse Logan county for the costs in theGilkinson murder case which was tried in that county in the spring of 1890. The costs in the case amounted to $2,000, and to pay this sum bonds were voted. The bonds voted have not yet been paid and the interest on them is long past due; the successive crop failures having made it impossible to collect taxes to pay either prin cipal or interest. L. P. Bradley, of Des Moines, Iowa, has written the city officials relative to the construction of an electric street railway in North Platte, and whether such would be a profitable investment. Judging from the crowded condition of Spruce street these days, an electric street railway is a real necessity to relieve the congested condition. It has been suggested that a trolley line to YVeinerwurst beach would be an improvement, and a conven ience which would make us all very, very happy. Work at the head of the Subur ban and South Side irrigation ditches is progressing rather slowly on account of the water in the ditches and the cold weather, which makes it difficult work for both men and teams. The district bonds of the Gaslin ditch are being offered for sale, and when sold that ditch will be pushed forward to an early completion. Rube Ellsworth, the contractor on the Alfalfa ditch in Keith county, is pushing the work, having only lost but two days on account of cold weather. On the latter ditch work is riot im peded by water Special Sale of Furniture (ST FOR THE MONTH OP JANUARY. Prices away down. Now is the time to buy cheap for Cash. Call and be convinced. Ipiial&tering and, Repairinge Bring in Your Pictures and have them framed this month and save money. ODD FELLOWS BLOCK. E. B. WARNER. Rennie's Slaughter Sale ! PREVIOUS TO INVENTORY GOODS AT YOUR OWN PRICE, We have culled out all the remnants and of fer them at less than one half the actual cost in fine all wool Dress Goods. We will also sell for ten days 75 and 80 cent dress goods, all wool and 40 inches wide at 35 cents, and all other goods at the same great reduction. Just opened, one thousand dollars' worth of Fine Shoes in the latest styles. We ask. you to inspect these shoes. RRNNIE, The Leader in Fine Goods and Low Prices. REMOVED We are now located Rennie's dry goods you call. me ixim to please, and if we don't have what you want we can order it for S?0"Q you. We have received our stock of WAIX PAPAR and will tell you about it in a few days. C. M. NEWTON, Bookseller and Stati A rehearsal of "The Sorcerer" will be held at the Episcopal guild house this evening. The county commissioners are now engaged in checking up the books in the county treasurer's office, which will furnish them steady work for a week or ten days. The general committee has completed arrangements for the Red Men's annual mask ball on Friday evening next. Indications are favorable for the usual large attendance. C. W. Burklund, of Sutherland, was in town yesterday. Mr. Burk lund is an applicant for the post mastership at Sutherland, and it is said his prospects of being ap pointed are good. The series of meetings at the Presbyterian church closed the lat ter part of the week, and on Sun day four were admitted to member ship in the church by confession of faith and two by letter. Dr. Y. A. DeBBRRY PENTIST. First Nat'l Bank Bld'g. At the Friday evening meeting of the local free silver club no defi nite action was taken relative to putting up a ticket at the municipal election. The matter will be fur ther considered at a future meeting. A. T. Geyer, who was in from Cox precinct a few days ago, in- 1UU1ICU LUC Wllltl LI1UC lllSL StUSUU he raised about 10,000 bushels of corn. He is feeding a carload ot steers and 120 head of hogs and will therefore realize about twenty five cents a bushel for his corn. Red Men's Masquerade Ball Jan. 22d, 1897. The county commissioners or rather the populist members of the board on Friday last designated the Era as the official paper of the county, and directed that all notices be published therein at full legal rate. Tee Tribune solicited the publishing at one-third legal rate, and the Telegraph had in a bid full as low, but both were ignored by Messrs. Hardin and Garrison. Commissioner Thompson appealed to the populist members to put aside partisanship and do business according to business principles and in the interests of the tax paj'ers, but Hardin and Garrison said nay, Had The Tribune bid been accepted the tax-payers would have been saved at least one thou sand dollars during the year 1897. In Dawson county the publishing was awarded to the populist paper at Lexington at one-sixth legal rates. If the commissioners of Dawson count have the legal right to accept the lowest bid, why have not the commissioners of Linoln county the same right? But with Hardin and Garrison it is not a mat ter of legality it is a matter of ex treme partisanship, and the tax payers foot the bill. in our store, new quarters iust north of and wili be pleased to have oner. --Red Men's mask ball at Lloyd's next Friday evening. Two engines were taken off at this point 3esterday which places Sanford Hartman and Gus Norton on the extra list ot engineers. Fifty cars of ice came in from Laramie yesterday and more is on the way. The company is rushing the ice harvest while the opportu nity to secure a crop is at hand. This is one of those days which has resulted in making" western Ne braska noted the world over as the home of pleasant January weather. Colonel William Collins and a few other prominent city farmers will begin gardening to-morrow. Martin Gress has made, or caused to be made, a very hand some Red Men's shield which will oeaispiayea at tne masic oau on Friday evening next. And, by the way, if 3011 fail to attend this ball you will miss one ot the amusing events of a life-time. The Platte Forks Poultry Yard Association is the title of the or ganization perfected by the raisers of fancy poultry In this city. There are about a dozen members of the association, wit) as many different strains of ebjekens. The object is to increase the interest in fine poultry and at the sarne tjtne create a market for the egg product of the hens owned by the members of the association. The meeting of the teachers' association to be held in this city next Saturday promises to be one of more than usual interest, and barring disagreeable weather the attendance of country teachers promises to be large. In the even ing Rev. Foulk will deliver a lecture on the battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Foulk was an eye witness of this memorable engagement, the house in which he lived with his parents having been pretty well punctured with shot and shell, a piece from one of the latter hitting him on the leg and making quite a wound. The persistency with which a hobo will stay by a passenger train was shown Sunday night, when one of these travelers boarded train No. 2 at Cheyenne. At each stop the brakemen drove the fel low from his lodging place on the train, but he succeded in getting on again when the train got in motion. Dave Evans and his fellow brake men grew weary of this work, and five miles east of Ogalalla they pulled the bell on the engineer an4 the train came to a dead stop.. Thp brakemen caught hold ot the fellow and held him until the train got in motion and then let him go just in time for them to swing onto the last car of the train." This little episode caused a delay of ten min utes to the train, but the brake men succeeded in beating the plans of the active and persistent hobo, - C. E. Osgood, of Leadville, visited his family in this city Sunday. J. H. MacCall, of Lexington, was in town for a few hours yesterday. P. L. Harper, of Wallace, trans acted business in this city yester day. Dr. N. F. Donaldson has been in Omaha on business for a few days past. Miss Minnie Sorcnson was the rucst of friends in Grand Island Saturday. Milton Doolittle has been trans acting business in Omaha for several days past. Mrs. C. L. Williams went to Kearney yesterday to see a sister who is sick. George Jones is this week en joying a visit from his mother, who resides at Julesburg. Fred Thompson returned Satur day night from a visit with his family at Weaubleau City, Mo. Mrs. N. F. Donaldson goes Omaha this week, where she ex pects to remain for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Baskins re turned Saturday night from their visit with relatives in eastern Kan sas. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Hughes re turned Sunday morning from a trip to Cripple Creek and adjacent towns. Chief Graves, of the tire depart ment, will attend the convention of state firemen to be held at Colum bus this week. J. W. Cheney returned Saturday evening from Washington, where he had had been called by the death of his sister. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Park and ivir. ana ivirs. m. iv. Jbarnum re turned yesterday morning- from a brief visit in Sidney. Miss Blanche Weidmever, who had been visiting- her mother for a couple of days, returned yesterday to Brady, near which place she is teaching- school. Engineer Kittle family in this city prior to assuming is visitinjr his for a few days j the duties of chief ensfineer of the bir Dawson and Lincoln Conn tv irrigation ditch. Miss Josie Hofmeister returned Monday trom her visit at North .Platte. She was accompanied by Mrs. Broatch, who has been spend ing the week with Mrs. G. C. Stod dard. Wallace Tug. W. L. Park, of North Platte, called at Sidney with his private car a few daj's ago. He was de sirous of having- some of our citi- zens interest ijieniseives 111 a ex j ii t periment station under the soil culture system. Sidney Poniard. SHIPPING ALFALFA SEED. Harrington & Tobin, of this city, shipped a carload 465 bushels of alfalfa seed to the Chicago market last Saturday. The seed was prime, and it is believed that this carload will establish a reputation for the alfalfa seed grown in the Platte valley. The growers who sold their seed to Harrington & Tobin received $2.50 per bushel for it. The acreage of alfalfa in the Platte valley in this county will be largely increased the coming year, and it is likely the growers will have several thousand bushels of seed to sell next winter. Down at Omaha the impose a ljcense of twenty dollars upon each coal dealer. As might be expected, the dealers are raising quite a kick and may test the legality of the license in a court of justice. The weather forecast: Gener ally fair to-niffht and Wednesday; colder Wednesda. The maximum temperature esterday at North PlaUe was 51 degrees; minimum in past 24 hours 19 degrees; precipita tion none. For the same period and time one year ago the maxi mum temperature was 34 degrees. minimum 26 decrees; at 7 a. m. 31 degrees; precipitation none. Katie Emmett, that little sotib rette, who comes to Lloj'd's opera house next Thursday evening was playing an engagement in Detroit recently, and her portrayal of Wil lie Rufus, a newsboy, so caught the fane of the newsboys and bootblacks of that city, that they determined they must do something to show their appreciation of the manner in which she held their pro fession up to public view. So they got together, a couple of hundred strong, and headed by their own band an excellent one, by the way they started for the hotel at which Miss Emmett was stopping. Miss Emmett was at dinner at the time, but notliing daunted, their leader marched down tlje dining hall and startled Miss Emmett by an nouncing that she had been elected a member of their union, aud that they had come to serenade and es cort her to the theatre. So, leaving her dinner untasted. Miss Emmett proceeded to the theatre, escorted oy about aUU newsboy and pre- ceded by the Newsboys the Band. Then the entire airrejration filed You would call a man if you saw him throwing" his money away. You can avoid living in a glass house while throwing stones at the other party by trading with us. We Sell. Thread, 3 spools for 10c, Elastic cord, ic per yd, 6 slate pencils for ic, Vaseline, 5c a bottle, Sewing machine oil 5c, Liquid stove polish 10c, Breast snaps, 5c each, Line snaps 2c and 3c, Swivel snaps 5 cents, Queen City hats $2.00, Tin Plates 35c a set, Overalls, 65 cents, (the ones others get 75 cents for.) Handled tea cups and saucers 42 cents a- set, a saving of 29 per cent. I These are iust a few save you money on. The Wilcox into the theatre, and never did an actress plaj to a more enthusiastic audience. They laughed at the bright lines, hissd the villain, ap plauded the hero and howled over the exciting climaxes, and at the conclusion of the performance gave three cheers for "Our Katie", as they persist in calling her. Explorer Nansen'a Great Strength. From his childhood Dr. Nansen has been an athlete, a hunter and an expert skiboler, or snowshoe traveler. He is moro than six feet tall, with muscles like iron, and the medals he won made him known long ago as a champion of sport in Norway. These qualities, Avith the courage and endurance they imply, besides skill in kayak and ski trav el, and ability to live as the Eski mos do, have had no small part in making his success. He has the grip of a giant, as a misguided pickpock- et learned to his sorrow when he toyeu witli tne Norseman s watch 1 chain. Nansen had just arrived in London to tell the geographers there abouf his polar project. He saw a great crowd at Buckingham palace and pushed to the front rank jus as the Princess of Wales arrived to hold a drawing room. As ho waved his hat with the crowd ho felt a twitch at his chain and grasped the wrist of the too familiar person. He cheered and waved until enthusi asm subsided, meanwhile holding an umbrella firmly under the arm to which the thief was attached, and then handed his prisoner over to a policeman. Nansen said he merely held the man tightly, hut the fellow was howling with pain and declared ho would rather go to prison than have his bones crushed. Cyrus C. Adams in McClure's. Ixjnpstrcct'H Estimate of Grant. General Longstreet, who com manded a corps in Lee's army, told me, several years airer tno war, that the evening on which news was received that Grant intended to give personal direction to the army which was. to operate against Lee he had a conversation on the subject at Lee's headquarters. An officer present talked very confidently of being able to whip with all easo the Western general who was to con.- fxont them, at which Longstreet; said, "Pq you know Grant?" "No," the officer replied. "Well, I do, continued Longstreet. "I was in the corps of cadets with him at West Point for three years, I was present at his wedding, I served in the same army with him in Mexico, I have observed his methods of warfare in the west, and I helievo I know him through and through, and I tell you that we cannot afford to underrate him and the army ho now com mands. Wo must make .up our minds to get into line of battle and to stay there, for that man -will light us every day and every hour till the end of this war. In order to whip him we must outmaneuver him and husband our strength as best wo can." General Horace Porter m Century. Land Wanted. Apply at 315 East 6th St., NORTH PLATTE, NEB. J. l hm ! a saving of 25 per cent. " " " " " 4 " 44 44 ( 1 . ft; f U ' . 1 1 V ' f ' . f c 150 " 100 " 100 " 100 50 " 50 " 66 50 I . tit , .0 3 i 1 44 It T - t of the many items we can Dept. Store, 8100 Reward, S100. The readers of this paper will bo pleased to learn that there is at least ope drpaded disease that, science has been able to cure in all its stages, apd that is catarrh. Hall's Cntarrh Curo is the only positive cure known to the meqV ical fraternity. Catarrh being a constu tutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and raucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation'of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and as sisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in it curativo powers, that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. Chenev & Co. "Tole lo, O. Sold by all druggist?, 7uc. Hall's Family Pills are the best. For Sale Cheap. Sl4 acres of land one-halt mile south of city. Fenced and under ditch. Address: T. Keliher. Hin j Washington Ave.. Denver, Col. oxyjnvn meeting. 1 lie annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Lincoln countv A"ri- cultural Society will be held at the court house, at North Platte, Neb., ot 2 o'clock p. 111. Saturday, Jany 23d 1897, for the election of officers for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such business as mtiy come before it. Lester Eeu,, J. B. McDonamj, President. Secretary. Carl Brodbeck, DEALEK IN" Fresh, Smoked and Salted Meats. Having re-opened the City Meat Market, opposite the Hotel Neville, I am prepared to furnish customers with a choice quality of meats of all kinds. A share of your patronage is rer speclfully solicited. F. J. BE0EKEE, i Merchant Tailor I 1 A well assorted stock of foreigu aud domestic piece goods in stock from which to select. Perject Fit how Prices. SPRUCE STREET. A npREBS AND PLANTS. j A full lino Frccrr Tkkes of Best JL Varieties at Hard Timks Prices. ouiau iruus m great supply. Mil lions ui oLrauoorry i'lants, vory thrifty and won rooted, tiot THE BEST Dear home and s-nvo freight or express. Send for pneo-hsfc to NORTH BEN'D NUR SERIES, No-th Bond, Dodgo Co., Nob. .0TICK FOK lTI'LICATIO.V. Land OlHeo at North Plntte. Not)., ) January 115th, IS07. f Notice is herubr eivnu that thn fiinin ' i settler h8 filod notlee t.t his Intention to make Snal proof in supiwrt of his claim, aud that sai.1 -.. uo itin.1T uttiuru nuKi:ittr find Koceivof nt North IMiitlf, Nob., on Fobrunry 27. 1807 viz UVFAYKTTK UOI.KOOM, ' . 1. 1 . . . . A .... yruo iuatio liomeuemi Kntry ivm. for the twt ...... ... ...u . i.u, nunuiu vuuifiiu jj and north Imlr nf lhaiuuitli iiik.l .nH.i.v . r ! ?r ', lie naraen tho folUivlitH wtUuwiv to nrovo his oontinuoH renWowHi uihw nh,1 cultivation of. said land, viz: Alhttrt V Sluln, Qeorce sr. Uroofc Donnis llrothers, and alln Otothlor, Uu Xoablt' ,'-10' li-gltr.