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notion Department.
White Cotton Tape 1 cent a roll
Elastic Cord or Tape 1 cent a yard
Thread 3 spools for 10 cents
Crochet (any color or clouded) 3 spools for 10c
Knitting Cotton ........ .4 5 cents a ball
Agate Buttons 12 dozen for 3 cents
Curling Irons 4 cents each
Hair Pins 4 bunches for 1 cent
Imported Saxony 6 cent a skein
Envelopes 2 bunches for 5 cents
Good Writing Paper 40 sheets for 5 cents
Buttermilk Soap 5 cents a bar
Fan Veils 5 and 10 cents each
Frilled Elastic 8 cents a yard
Ladies' White Linen Collars .. .12 cents each
We have ribbon used for bows to tie them with
Vaseline 5 cents a bottle
2-quart Fountain Syringes 50 cents each
2-quart Hot "Water Bottles 60 cents each
INFANTS' CAPS.
We have a full line of both silk and Swiss em-
broidered from 10 cents to $1.00
E HANDKERCHIEFS.
Embroidered Handkerchiefs 5c, 10c, 15c, 18c, 25c
Gents' Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 5c, 8c, 10c,
S 15c and 25c.
TOWELS.
Heavy Turkish Towels 10 cents each
g- Large Bath Towels 20 cents each
The Best 25-cent Towel in the market.
Hosiery Department.
. Men's Heavy Socks Scents
j: Men's Fine Socks 10 and 15 cents
21 Men's Extra Grade Socks 3 pairs for 50 cts
SI Men's Fine Grade Socks 20 and 25 cents
gT Ladies' Seamless Black Hose 8 cents
g Ladies' Seamless Black Hose 10 cents
Ladies' Seamless Black Hose 15 cents
Ladies' Fine Quality Hose 25 cents
Ladies' Extra Fine Quality Hose. . 3 pairs 85c
These are better than the boxed goods, three
pairs for SI. 00.
Children's Hose in all grades, from the cheap
est to the finest.
Lace and Embroidery Dept.
Torchon Lace, Valenciennes Lace, Chantilly
Lace, Narrow and Wide Embroideries, at
about 50 per cent less than you have been
paying.
Clove Department,
Guaranteed Quality Ladies' Kid Gloves, 95 cts
to $1.65. All colors, blacks, tans and reds.
Men's Gloves We have a full line from 23 cts
to $1.25. The best values for the money
3'ou ever saw.
Call and inspect them and you will be con
vinced that these gloves are exactly what we
represent them to be.
Underwear Department.
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.
Drawers 25 to 75 cents
Night Gowns 50 cents to $1.25
Skirts 43 cents to $1.35
Infants' all-wool Shirts ..25 cents
Misses' pants and vest, all sizes. 15 cents each
Ladies vests, long sleeves 18 cents
Ladies' vests, long seeves 23 cents
Ladies' summer vests, 3 for 10c, 5c, 8c, 10c,
12c, and up to 50 cents.
Children's Summer Uundcrwear 5c to 15
Men's Underwear, all grades.
This department is the largest of its kind in
North Platte.
Furnishing Goods Dept.
Colored bosom laundered shirts . . .50c to 1 .25
Good grade unlaundried shirts 4Sc to 1. 25
Work shirts,, all grades except trash
Gents' night shirts 50 to 70 cents
Boys' white shirts 45 cents
Boys' linen collars 10 cents
Boys' linen cuffs , 15 cenis
Men's linen collars 15 cents
Men's celluloid collars 10 cents
NECKWEAR.
We have all the new things in the lastest
spring shades.
Hat Department.
Children's Caps,
boy's caps, men's
caps, children's
hats, boys' hats,
and men's hats.
Queen City Hats... $2
Everv hat Guaranteed
Pants and Overalls.
Fair grade Denim overalls 45 cents
Good grade Denim overalls 50 cents
Best grade Denim overalls 65 cents
Cottonade pants .- 75 cents to $1.00
Apron overalls 5,0 to 85 cents
Jumpers 40 to 85 cents
Railroad trade will find we carry what they
want.
Trunks and Valises.
Good size metal-covered trunk $2.85
Valises and telescopes, all grades.
Curtain and Shade Dept.
Window shades, complete with spring fix
tures 15 cents
Opaque window shades, complete with spring
fixtures 25 cents
Opaque window shades, complete with spring
fixtures 40 cents
Opaque window shades, complete with spring
fixtures 45 cents
Lace curtains 65 cents to $6.00 a pair
Chenille curtains S3.25 and $4.25 a pair
Crockery Department.
"We have added several new patterns in dinner
and chamber sets. Call and see them.
Glassware Dept.
If you want anything nice for a cheap present,
you can find it here. We are just unpack
ing several new patterns.
No. 1 common lamp chimneys 4 cents
No. 2 common lamp chimneys 6 cents
No. 1 heavy lamp chimneys 8 cents
No. 2 heavy lamp chimneys 10 cents
No. 3 Rochester chimneys 15 cents
Lantern globes 7 cents
Harness Dept.
Sweat pads 20 cents
Hame Straps 10 cents
Hook names ; 35 cents a pair
Trace chains 40 cents a pair
Back bands 20 cents each
Plow bridles, with blinds 50 cents each
Collars, all grades.
Open-throat leather collars $2.00
6-ring leather halters 75 cents
Bridle bits 8 cents
Harness leather by the pound, cut in strips.
Valve leather.
We intend to make this one of our leading-lines
Hardware Department. 3
Nails 3 pounds for 10 cents
Nails by the keg $2.60
Hame staples 2 for 5 cents
Hame clips 2 for 5 cents
Cockeyes 5 cents
Alligator wrench v 15 cents
Hill's hog rings 8 cents a hundred 2
Maydole hammers 55 cents 12
12-inch plow files 17 cents IS
Seat springs 40 cents 33
4-strand cowboy rope 12 cents a pound
2-pound plow hammer 45 cents
Ax handle 9 cents
Welding compound 15 cents
Copper-bottom lantern 45 cents 12
No. 8 galvanized wash boiler 95 cents
No. 8 copper-bottom tin wash boiler $1.00
No. 8 ail copper wash boiler $2.00 rig
No. 1 galvanized tub 60 cents Z3
No. 2 galvanized tub 65 cents
No. 3 galvanized tub 75 cents
12-quart galvanized pail. 25 cents
Halter chain 15 cents Z
Shoe thread 5 cents
Shoe wax 1 cent
No. 8 copper bottom teakettle 50 cents
No. 8 granite tea kettle 85 cents 13
14-tooth garden rake 18 cents
Steel garden hoe, full size 20 cents
14-inch lister lay 90 cents rS
Steel spade 50 cents IS
Black gunpowder 30 cents a pound
Shot 7i cents a pound
12 gauge loaded shells 40 cents
10 gauge loaded shells 45 cents ZS
Maynard irrigation shovel best made .. ..1.20
Wheelbarrow, iron wheel... 1.90
Galvanized hog fence ". .25c and 30c a rod :r3
24 inches high.
We order barb wire for $2.50 per hundred, de-
livered in North Platte.
REFRIGERATORS. 3
We will handle the Siberia, the best in the
world. A poor refrigerator works on ice IS
use a rea not stove on a snow bank.
We handle no shoddy goods and guarantee every article to be just as represented when sold. If you are not satisfied with the goods after taking
then I home, bring them back and get your money. No gootls given out on trial without haying been paid for.
RTIHENT STORE
orth Platte, Neb. I
I Toum and Gounty fleois. i
Mr. and. Mrs Chas. Black hae
returned from their visit to Kansas
City.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bonner and
Mrs. L. Stebbins have been spend
ing this week at Lincoln.
Mrs. C. F. Iddings gives a Ken
sington this afternoon in favor of
her sister, Mrs. W. B. Conklm, of
Austin. 111.
-r-Several loads . of broom com
raised on the ditch were marketed
in the city to-day. The quality is
said to have been very good. Unfor
tunately the price of this product
is low at present.
Messrs. Wright, Rebhausen
and Fred and Perry Sawyer re
turned last evening from a couple
of days shooting up at the Bird
wood. They brought home four
teen geese and thirty-three ducks.
Chas. Bowen, who has been
farming on the Dillon land for the
past two seasons, is temporarily
living with his daughter Mrs.
Hilliker and building up his
health, which is none the best at
present.
The Wilcox Dept. Store will
order 2 inch galvanized .pipe forlSA
cts. a foot, 1)4 inch galvanized pipe
for 9cts a foot, i inch galvanized
pipe for 4cts a foot. 8 foot Aremo
ter Windmill 22.50. These prices
are delivered in North Platte.
H. V. Hilliker has purchased
of A. B. Wyman 120 acres of land
three miles west of the cit'. The
land is under the Suburban ditch
and it is Mr. Hilliker's intention to
at once improve the property by
getting it under cultivation.
Seeds! Seeds! For the farm.
field, irarden and the lawn. Our
ovtm fnnr.v blue rass. direct from
Paris, Kentucky." is the best sold in
this countrv.
Harrington & Tobin.
The local division of the Lin
coin countv teachers association
will meet at the hiffh school build
inr in this city to-morrow. Teach
ers are reauested to bring- the read
ing circle books. Papers and dis
cussions will form part ot the pro
gramme.
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Subjects at the M. E. church
for next Suuday: Morning. "The
Church of Victory is the Church of
Faith." Evening; the first of a
series of sermons on the Christian
and Amusement," opening the dis
cussion on dancing. These discus
sions will be as thorough as data
will permit. You are invited to be
present.
"Will Baker leaves Monday for
New York city, where he will join
the Wild West Show.
Attention Eebekahs! Staff
drill at 8 o'clock Saturday evening,
March 27th. By order of Captain.
A. S. Brown, of the New York
Life, says he finds business rapidly
picking up in all sections he has
visited.
Mrs. H. S. Keith, of'Holdrege,
will arrive in North Platte on this
evening's train for a visit with
friends.
John Lemaster yesterday sold
to Fred Fredrickson a Pacific bi
cycle. This is one of the high
grade wheels built by Mr.Lemaster.
Prof. Garlichs has selected
about 100 children to take part in
the operetta'he proposes to giye in
a month or so. Two or three hun
dred wanted to take part in the play
but of course they could not all be
accepted.
Captain Hamilton and wife of
Lexington. are in the city to-day,
being delegates to the O. E. S. con
vention. The Captain has a large
number of acquaintances in town
and tney are glad to meet him.
On one or more occasions J. E.
Evans appeared before the city
council and protested against the
grading of certain streets on the
grounds that the city could not
stand the expense, and suggested
that the council keep the city ex
penses more within the bounds of
the receipts. This is certainly an
indication that Mr. Evans as mayor
will not favor large expenditures
for grading the streets, and that
such work as is absolutely neces
sary will be awarded to the lowest
bidder.
- The Wilcox Dept. Store sells
Ladies' corrugated cloth covered
belts at 20c; celluloid covered, 42c.
Also a full line of Metal Belts, "all
kinds, at about 50 per cent of what
others ask.
Married, at the residence of
the bride's parents, at Sutherland,
March 24th, 1897, Christen Paulson
and .Miss Nellie Applegate, in the
presence of a large number of rela
tives and friends, Rev. T. H. Thur-
ber officiating. After the ceremony
the guests proceeded to unload
a table groaning under the bounti
ful products of Lincoln county's
irrigated farms. A very pleasant
evening was spent. The vounir
couple received many valuable and
useful presents: Thev are highly
esteemed and have the best wishes
of the entire community. I. C. U.
Fred Letts has purchased' the
Will Dolson property on west Front
street.
The time for filing petitions ot
nomination for city offices expires
to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bird are
happy over the arrival of a new
baby at their home.
Baled hay is still being shipped
from this station, although the
market price is low.
Claude Weingand is not ex
pected home from the east until
about the 10th of April.
D. E. Fowles, of Maxwell is in
town to-day. Last evening he was
initiated into the mysteries of Odd
Fellowship.
C. L. Patterson will take to the
Birdwood country to-morrow sev
eral additional teams which will be
employed on the Hinman & Patter
son ditch.
The Degree of Honor will give
a dime social at their hall next
Monday evening. Refreshments
will be served and the evening
spent in playing games and other
amusements.
There are a number of idle men
around town who claim to be look
ing for work, yet C. L.- Patterson
has experienced considerable
trouble in securing laborers to work
on the Birdwood ditch. The wages
offered were $15 per month and
board.
Poultry Netting 1-2 cent a
square foot at the Wilcox
Dept. Store.
G. E. Girling, editor of Irriga
tion Age, of Chicago, and secretary
of the Homeseekers' Association, is
in town to-day obtaining statistics
relating to irngaiion in this coun
ty. He is well pleased with the
progress of irrigation in this sec
tion and has promised to visit us
during the growing season,
when the full effect of irrigation is
visible.
County Superintendent Mrs.
Frauklin has completed and mailed
to the teachers of the county the
programme of the meeting of the
Western Nebraska Educational
Association to be held in this city
on April 30th and May 1st. Chan
cellor McLean, of the state unirer
sity and Prof. Taylor, of the same
institution, will be present at the
sessions and each will deliver a
lecture.
New and second-hand
for sale. Jos. Hershey
waffons
The Dorcas Girls' sewing school
will open next Saturday afternoon.
All girls or young ladies who wish
to joii please call at the rooms on
Wedde sdays or SaturdaTs from 2
to 5 p. m. A fee of twenty-five
cents a month will be charged; as
this will enable the society to provide
material, etc. The society would
be glad to receive any old clothes.
Please send to the rooms Wednes
days or Saturdays.
Royal Sports
-Smoke Wright's
and Havana Rose 5-cent cigar.
The
RENNIE Department Store
THE I."B.jD.
The district convention of the
Order of the Eastern Star, compris
ing chapters at McCook, Sidney,
.ueiington, ozad and one or two
other places, is now in session in
this city. The first session of the
convention was held at the Knights
of Pythias hall yesterday. The
exercises last evening consisted
principally of an exemplification of
the secret work bv the members nf
the local chapter, which by the way
o giTcu luc creuic 01 oemgtue oan
ner chapter in the state asexempli-
ners ot tue worK.
The nimble Sixpence plan. Eead the list of prices
below. Goods positively sold as advertised at Remiie's.
Best Check Ginghams 4i cts ner vard
Best Calico at 5 cts per yard
Good Calico at 3 cts per yard
Lonsdale Muslin GA cts per yard
Fruit of the Loom .7 cts per yard
15-centFolards . . 10 cts per yard
15-cent Cordalets .6i- cts per yard
12 1-2-cent Dress Gingham 6i cts per yard
Best Cambric Dress Lining 3 1-2 cts per yard
50c all wool Dress Goods 25 cts per yard
65c all wool Dress Goods ..... r. .35 cts per yard
1,000 -yds. beautiful Silk Dress Goods-25 cts per yard
An Immense Millinery Stock
now open; first class trimmer from Chicago in charge.
We will sell 1,000 children's Sailors on Saturday at
20 cents each, all worth 50 cents. Don't fail to call on
Saturday at The Bennie Department Store.
$500 in Granite Ware, consisting of wash boilers, tea
kettles, stew pans, wash pans all classes of Granite Ware
used by the public.
THE RENNIE DEPARTMENT STORE,
i THE LARGEST IN THE WEST.
$20,000 in Merchandise Displayed. Grand nargains every day.
DEGORflTE YOUR HOMES.
A beautiful line of Engravings, Artist's Etchings, Im
itation Pastels and Water-Color Pictures just received
and will be sold at remarkably low prices and framed
to suit you.
f v BARGAINS IN FURNITURE.
This month Iwe wish to make room for our immense
spring stock
E. B. WARNER.
ODD FELLOWS BLOCK.
J. P. McGoyern is building- a
16xlS addition to the house he re
cently purchased of C. G. Hall, and
is also re-arranging- the interior of
the building-.
Rev. Coslet on Sundaj after
noon married, at the Funk
houser home at Hershey, Albert
Stenson and Miss Susan Prickett,
two well known residents of Nich
ols precinct.
Yesterday A. S. Brown, travel
ing agent for the New York Life
Ins. Co., received a draft for the
amount of the policy held by the
late F. jn. Dick. The sum of
1,078.33 was promptly turned over
to Mrs. Dick.
The Club House brand of
canned goods are sold only by us,
and if you will trv one can of corn,
peas or pumpkin you will never use
any other brands but these.
Harrington & Tobin.
Rev. A. G. Pinkham, of Grand
Island, will conduct the services at
the Episcopal church this evening-,
and will remain over and offi
ciate at the Sunday services. Rev.
Beecher went to Grand Island this
morning- and will hold services for
Rev. Pinkham.
Best grade Harness Oil. in
DuiK, e0 cents a gallon at
Wilcox Dept. Store,
On Wednesday last the Ladies'
Aid Society of the Presbyterian
church purchased the Wyman lot
on the corner Spruce and Fourth
streets for a consideration of 1,500
dollars. Whether the society will
hold the property with the expecta
of. a rise m price, or whether it wil
-4 ft
oe used tor a luture cnurcn site, is
not at this time known.
Sweat Pads 20 cents each
at the Wilcox Dept. Store.
Dave Moffatt. of Denver, backed
by the suar trust, is about to in
augurate a g-igantic proiect for
manufacturing- beet sugar in Colo
rado. The project will involve an
outlay of from two to five million
dollars. We are not a very great
admirer of the sugar trust, yet we
would like to see it invest a million
or so in the beet sugar industry in
Lincoln county.
The weather forecasts: Increas
ing cloudiness with probably rain
to-night and Saturday, warmer to
night. The maximum temperature
yesterday at North Platte was 62,
minimum in past -J4 hours 30. at 7
a. m. 30, precipitation :00 For the
same period and time one year ago
SAILEOAD NOTES.
Supt. Park went to Denver Wed
nesday night, accompanying- a
party of Union Pacific officials.
A car of fine bred sheep enroute
from California to South Africa
passed through the city last even
ing.
George Winkowich, night hostler
at the Sidney round-house.has been
visiting-North Platte friends for
several days,
Foreman Gress, of the rustler
gang-, accompanied by his wife, left
Wednesday night for visit at Ham
burg, Iowa.
The Tribune is pleased to state
that engineer John Bonner, who
had a collision at Willow Island
some five months ago by backing "
into the rear end of a broken train,
has been reinstated.
the maximum temperature was 71.
minimum o0, at a. m. 33, precini
tation :00.
If there are any weddings in
sight and you are interested in the
contracting parties, don't forget to
buy them a present from the mag
nificent line of French and Carlsbad
novelties in china ware at
Harrington & Tobin's.
The North Platte Mandolin
club went to Gothenburg Wednes
day evening and assisted at a
church entertainment. This or
ganization is gaining a very favor
able reputation.
The second number of the Y.
M. C. A. course will be Prof. J.
Arthur Loining, of Chicago, and
will be given at Lloyd's on Wednes
day eveniner, March 31st. Mr.
Loining is one of the best" entertain
ers now on the stage, having at one
time been associated with Booth,
and also with Barrett. He is highly
recommended by pastors, young
people's societies, lodges, schools
and the Y. M. C. A. He is a mas
ter in humor, tragedy, dialect and
oration. The programme is varied
and entertaining throughout, con
sisting of selections from the best
authors as well as of. his own pro
duction. Among them might be
mentioned The Tea Party" from
Nicholas Nickelby; in contrast to
this the ghost scene from Hamlet;
also "A Night of Trouble" from
Josiah Allen's Wife. He is also n
tragedian of rare ability, handlin"-
his subjects in the tragic scenes nf
Shakespeare with natural aotitudp
and ease. All who nffnri
promised a rare treat.
SEED WHEAT.
I have Minnesota and Nebraska
seed wheat for sale and will take
native wheat at full market price
as part payment.
C F, Iddings,