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INTERESTING ITEMS.
HARDWARE.
12-quart Galvanized Pails 20c
End Gate Rods, each 10c
Stove Pipe Damper 10c
Painted Buggy Neck Yokes 50c
Good Ratchet 13 race 85c
28 and 30 inch Stanley Levels 85c
Line Snaps 03c
Breast Snaps 05c
Cockeyes 05c
Yi lb box Copper KivctB 18c
New King Air Guns 75c
No. 8 Galvanized Wash Boiler 95c
Common Stove Pipe Elbows 10c
Adjustable Stove Pipe Elbows 15c
Shot, 2 lbs for 15c
Powder per lb 30c
12-guage Rival Empty Shells per 100. 00c
10-guage Rival Empty Shells per 100. 65c
12-guage Loaded Shells per box 45c
10-guage Loaded Shells per box 50c
12-guage Smokeless, Loaded Shells per
box (tOc
HARNESS.
11-inch Halters 85c
Hamc Strap ... IOc
1-inch Breast Straps 45c
1-inch Pole Straps 45c
Riding Bridles (J0c to SI. 50
Sinches 20c to 50c
Bridle Bits 8c to J0c
Spurs per pair 45c to 52.50
Bridle Chains each 10c
Square Horse Blankets.
Shaped Horse Blankets.
Plush Robes.
Eur Robes.
GROCERIES.
Bee Coffee 13c, 2 packages 25c
Bogota Coffee per package 15c
Quaker Oats per package 12c
Quail Oats per package 08c
Tapioca per pound 05c
Sago per pound 05c
Pearl Barley per pound 05c
Diamond C Soap 9 bars for 25c
KingBford's Corn Starch per pkg.. .. . 08c
Kingsforu'B Silver Gloss Starch pr pkg 03c
Bird Seed per lb 07c
Yoast Foam per pkg 03c
On Time Yeast per pkg 03c
Battle Ax Tobacco per plug 35c
Star Tobacco per plug 45c
Horse Shoe Tobacco per plug 45c
J. T. Tobacco per pound 40c
Duke's Mixture Tobacco per lb 35c
Kerosene Oil per gallon 16c
Salt per barrel $.155
Table Salt 2 sacks for 05c
Whcatel per pkg 12c
Baker's Chocolate 18c, 2 cakes for.. .. 35c
Gothenburg Fancy Patent Flour per
sack $1.00
25 pounds Cornmcal 25c
Buckwheat Flour per lb 4Jc
Cranberries 8c, 2 quarts for 15c
Cheese per pound . 15c
3-lb Pail Lard 25c
5-lb Pail Lard 40c
DRY GOODS.
Kearney Home Muslin per yard ..... . 05c
Bleached Muslin per yard 05c
Outing Flannel per yard 05c
Best Outing Flannel per yard 10c
UNDERWEAR.
Men's Heavy Fleeced Lined Shirts or
Drawers each 35c
Ladies' Cotton Ribbed Vests or Pants 25c
Ladies' Fine Quality Vests or Pants. 50c
Dr. Denton's Sleeping Garments for
small children 50c
BLANKETS.
Cotton BlankctB per pair 50c
Extra Heavy Cotton Blankets per pair $1.50
Good Wool BlankctB per pair . $3.00
NOTIONS.
25c
03c
08c
Thread 4 spools for 15c, 7 lor
Velveteen Skirt Binding per yard
Waterproof Skirt Binding per yard...
Black German Knitting Yarn per
skein 15c
Vascling per bottle 05c (JV
Alarm Clocks each 85c (f
Ladies' Wool MittciiB per pair 10c to.. 50c
Binding Ribbon per piece 10c
Sewing Machine Needles per paper.. . 05c
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WILCOX DEPARTMENT STORE. I
NORTH PLKTTE, NEB, S
SUc J&cmi - WcfMjj f&vMnt.
ANNIE O. KUAMP11, City Editor.
TUESDAY, JAN. 9, 1900.
M. II. Kelly, who has been suf
fering with a severe attack of ery
sipelas, is able to be out on the
streets again.
The ladies aid society of the
Lutheran, church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Fred Bock' next
Thursday afternoon,
Lorcn Sturges. jr., one of the
clerks in the postoflicc, has been ill
for several days and Postmaster
Hill has been compelled to do double
duty.
For Runt A five room house on
Fourth street, six blocks west of
court house. Also household furni
ture and house plants .tor sale. In
quire at once.
Mrs. C. K. Martini.
Col. W. F. Cody, who has been
in Washington endeavoring to make
60ine arrangements with the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs for
Indians for the Wild West show, is
expected home in a lew days.
Every man who examines these
Suits parts with his $10 unhesitat
ingly, willingly. And why not?
Better values were never offered.
Cheaper Suits at S5, 56, 57 and 58.
Star Clothing Housi:.
George Barbce has severed his
connection with Longley's drug
store and has gone to Syracuse
where he has purchased a drug bus
iness. His Bisters expect to join
him at Syracuse in a short time.
The young people are very popular
here and will be greatly missed.
The work of laying the stone
sidewalk in front of the Ronnie,
Schmalzned and Warner blocks
was completed yesterday. The
walk will be re-laid with concrete
in the spring. It adds very ma
terially to the appearance of Dewey
street.
Mrs. H. S. Boal was in town a
few hours this morning, She
came up from Grand Island for the
purpose of bringing her son Cody
who will remain here while Mr.
and Mrs. Boal are attending the
meeting of the National Live Stock
Association at Dallas, Texas.
Max Beer returned Saturday
night from a ten days visit with
relatives at New Orleans. He had
a very enjoyable visit but unfor
tunately the sudden change from
the warmth of the southern states
to the cold of the northern states
brought on an attack of rheumatism
which has disabled him.
Aunt Jemimas Pancake Flour IOc a
package at Wilcox Department Store.
Eugene and Ben Delatour spent
several days in town as the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Muldoou.
They were euroute from their home
in Keith county, where they had
been spending the holiday vacation,
to Kearney where they arc attend?
jug the Keaipey Military Academy,
500 Ladies' ant Misses'
Capes and Jackets to be closed
out in the next 30 days at
The Hub,
"His Better Half" a hilarious
funny farce comedy with Boyle &
Graham and a galaxy of artists,
each one belonging to a different
FChool of entertainers, will occupy
attention at Lloyd's, Wednesday
evening, Jun. 10th, and judging
from newspaper reports, It is safe
to predict that laughter will run
riot on a very large scale. Boyle &
Graham have established records of
pronounced kinds for remarkably
clever work in the realm of vaude
ville, and on more than one occas
ion have demonstrated their special
fitness for the requirements of
iarce comedy. It is therefore in
teresting to know that in "His
Better Half" they have discovered
means whereby their individual
talents are allowed to blend so har
moniously together the subdued
humor of the one aid the spirited
wit pf the other act as splendid
foils to the characters necessary to
evolve a plot replete with comicalities.
The initial services of the week
of prayer were held at the various
churches last evening.
Dr. E. E. Northrup has been in
Gaudy for a couple of days attend
ing to the wants of the people in
his professional line.
North Platte still continues to
hold its own as a winter resort, the
weather being all that the most
critical could desire.
The Kiotc Club is making ar
rangements to move into the suite
of rooms boou to be vacated Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Minor.
The Era announces that it will
abandon the semi-weekly plan and
revert to a weekly issue. The
twicc-a week gait was evidently too
swift.
: Commissioner Carpenter spent
yesterday in the south part of the
county making an inspection
of bridges and giviug orders for
necessary repairs.
Willie Hawley, who has been
spending his holiday vacation with
relatives here and at Sutherland,
will return to Kearney in a few
days to resume his studies at the
K. M. A.
U. G. Sawyer, the new grocer, is
receiving a nice line of goods and
from this time forward will be in
shape to furnish patrons with all
goods m his line. Mr. Sawyer so
licits a share of your patronage.
Mrs. Carrie Ralston, who had
.been spending several weeks here
as the guest of Mrs. E. W. Zeibert,
left for her home in Keokuk, Iowa,
yesterday njorning.
F. E. Wood and J. II. Scaton arc
in town today on business connec
ted with their petition to be de
clared bankrupts, the first hearing
having been appointed for to-day.
Underwear that does not cling like
a porous plaster or hang like an
e'ephant's skin; Underwear that fits
forty cents to two dollars.
Star Clothint. House.
Chris Sutter and Chris 2ehr ar?
rived from Milford..last night and
will spend several weeks looking
over land in the south part of the
county with a view of locating
there.
We sell chimneys and man
tels for gas lamps.
Harrington & Tobin.
The Chicago weather forecast
for North Platte and vicinity; Gen
erally fair weather to-night and
Wednesday; much colder to-night.
The maximum temperature yester
day was 41 degrees; one year ago
it was 42. The minimum tempera
ture this morning was 28; a year
ago it was 10.
Nebraska apples, sorted,
25c a peck.
Harrington & Tobin.
Oyorcoat Stolon.
Some unscrupulous person en
tered P. A, Norton's residence Sun
day night while the family was at
church and appropriated a fine
chinchilla overcoat belonging to
Mr. Norton and thirty cents which
happened to be lying on the dresser.
The thief evidently obtained en
trance through the hall door which
had been locked from the inside
and the key lett in the door. Marks
on the outside of the kerholc indi
cate that he unlocked the the door
by inserting pinchers. The over
coat was hanging in the hallway,
Very few things about the house
were disturbed and the theft was
not discovered until yesterday
morning when Mr. Norton went to
get his overcoat. When he was
unable to find it Mrs. Norton re
membered having noticed when
she returned from church that sev
eral things were misplaced on the
dresser and upon looking closely
around the house they found sev
eral traces of the thief but unfor
tunately he left no clue to his iden
tity. ' NOTICE.
All parties indebted to Rcnnie's
Dry Goods Store will please call
and settle,
Mrs. II. C. Rknnh:.
Local Expansion.
A deal will soon be completed
whereby the firm of Harrington &
Tobin will become the possessors,
of the Holteen building on Dewey
street. That building will be con
nected with their present store as
soon as the weather will permit the
laying of brick, The firm will put
in a line of merchandise in the
Dewey street building, but it has
not yet been definitely decided
what it will be. As soon as pos
session of the Holteen building is
obtained a number of improve
ments will be made in it to make it
better adapted to the handling of
merchandise. In the spring the
south wall will probably be move.d
so aB to take in the space now oc
cupied by the outside stairway.
Although the head of the firm is
an admirer of Bryan, it is also
quite ocident that he believes in
expansion as well as in the future
of North Platte. The firm is an
enterprising one and will undoubt
edly make a success of the expan
sion in business.
Carpet Warp
ON SPOOLS.
Colored, per pound l'Jc
White, per pound 17c
Wilcox Dept. Store.
Company E Association.
A civil association of the mem
bers of Company E was formed
last night, the purpose of which is
to awaken greater interest in the
company. The following officers
for the ensuing year were elected:
President, W. E. Morley; V.ice
President, Fred Douglass; Secre
tary, Howard McMichael; Treas.,
Capt. F. J. Grau; Directors, Chas.
Brown, Bert Brown, Burt Lam
bert, Romeyn Dillard and Myron
Dourte. A set of bylaws was adop
ted and considerable routine ot
business was transacted. The as
sociation will make an effort to
stimulate the social sde of .the
company life.
NOTICE.
All parties indebted to Reuniu's
Dry Goods Store will please call
and settle.
Mrs. II. C, Rknnmi:.
Cy Fox, of Garfield, has been in
town for several days transacting
business,
Mrs. B. A. SpalTord, who had
been spending several days in town
visiting friends and transacting
business, returned to her home In
Garfield this morning. .
I Railroad Notes.- jjj
Yardmastcr Vernon now rejoices
in the glory of a desk of Ins own in
the chief dispatcher's office.
Ice operations have been tempor
arily suspended because the warm
weather made the ice so soft that
in wasn't fit to be stored.
The greater portion of the .im
provements around- the station
have been completed and foreman
Fries had his gang at work yester
day clearing up the debris.
Supt. Baxter came in on train
No. 101 Friday afternoon in his
special car No. 013 and went on
west on a special Saturday morn
ing. Four engine crews have been
taken olT the Second and Third
districts. This has set back a
number of the extra engineers to
firing and has put several firemen
on the extra list.
Frank Tracy came up from Oma
ha last night and will spend a lew
days here visiting his family. He
says that the work o( the greivance
committee is practically at a stand
still because of the absence of
President Burt in New York City.
The committee does not expect to
get through its work until the 15th.
Five new dining cars are soon to
be added to the equipment of the
Union Pacific. The first one is
expected to reach Omaha from the
shops to-morrow. The interior of
the cars is finished in very much
the same style as the new Pull
mans which have just gone into
service. The fittings of the cars
arc of the latest improved patterns
and arc very elaborate.
Agent Scan Ian expects to have
a house warming tomorrow to cel
ebrate the opening of the new
waiting room which will then be
completed and ready for occupancy.
The new waiting room is an im
mense improvement over the old
one and will be heartily appreci
ated by the citizens of North
Platte who have put up with the
former miserable accommodations
for so many years.
The standard engines are again'
to be relegated to the storage
tracks and the thirteen 1700 class
engines now in use on the Third
district will be uied n both the
Second and Thiid districts. Seven
will go Into service on the Third
district and six on the Second.
The standard engines will be used
only on Irnius No. 27 and No. 28.
This change is made so that greater
milage will be. gotten out of each
enyine. The engines will either
be pooled or double crewed.
Hogs Wanted.
I will be in North Platte on Mon
day, January 15th for the purpose
of purchasing hogs.
M. S. ClIAl'l'ULL.
MONEYTO LOAN.
$1, 500 on good real estate
security.
T. C. PATTERSON.'
CALIFORNIA
THE LAND OP SUNSHINE
There is no Climate like it on
this Continent for a
Winter Resort.
Fine Train Service via the
UNION PACIFIC.
Palace Sleeping Cars, Dining Cars,
Free Reclining Chair Cars,
Bullet, Smoking and Library Cars,
Ordinary Sleeping Cars,
Pintsch Light, Steam Heat,
5 Trains Daily trom Missour River.
For thno tnblos, folders, illustrated
books, pnmjhlotH,doBoriptivo ot tbo ter
ritory truvorscd, call on
JAS B. SOANLAN, Agent.
LLOYD'S OPERA HOUSE.
Wednesday, Jan'y 10th
That Funny Farce Comedy.
His Better Half.
The funniest show on earth.
Twenty warm and merry com
edians, all post graduates in
the profession. New and novel
dances, new and original spe
cialties, new and catchy songs.
BV?"k Powder
iiBSSiuffey Pure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
HOYAt HAKIHO rOWBH CO., WtW YORK.
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Do- You Know
.THAT,
f.F.itoi'Co
I lave opened up at their new store in the
Odd Fellows' Building with the best stock
of Groceries in the city at prices that are
right?
Club Mouse Coffee,
Naban Ceylon Tea,
Pure Spices,
Fancy N. Y. Apples,
Queensware,
Heinz Bottled Pickles,
Heinz Bulk Pickles,
Heinz Kraut.
Washburn Superlative Flour,
Snow Flake Flour. North Platte Flour.
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