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LOCAL PARAGRAPHS. j
Attorney Morrow of Scottsbliiff had
business in the citv this week.
C. J. Wildy of Hemingford lias busi
ness at district court this week.
Goo. W. Lohr of Nonpareil precinct
was at the county hub yesterday.
Henry Broich is confined to his
homo Buffering with a severe attack of
rheumatism.
Among Alliance visitors from Scotts
Bluff county were Mr. Cox and wife
and C. H. Iron.
Mr. Von Bergen of Omaha, repre
senting the Carpenter Paper Co., Sun
dayed in Alliance.
C. A. Burlew of Hemingford was
among those called to attend district
court last Tuesday.
Cashier Warrick of the First Na
tional bank is attending to business in
Custer county this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jclinck and 'Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Bushncll are visitors
from Hemingford today.
J. F. McFarland and C. Patterson,
two Rushvillc citizens, ha'd business in
Alliance a few days since. '
A. "J. Main, living three miles south
cast of town on the 13 ay re farm, is
dangerously ill with appendicitis.
Miss Mattie Kinsley of Hemingford
began teaching Monday morning in the
Skinner district west of thiB city.
Dr. Hand was the recipient of a
visit from bis brother, Jos. Hand, of
Crawford, Nebr., the first of the week.
Among the Marslaud people trans
acting business in Alliance this week
were H, G. 'Furtnan and his wife and
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non. ,
Mrs. L. A. Baschky returned to
Crawford yesterday after a pleasant
visit with her sister, Miss Agnes Row
land. P, Nolan has been making a visit to
his former home in Iowa and incident
ally attending the wedding of two
nieces.
Mr. Burke of Bridgeport, one of the
Herald's constant readers, was ,tians
acting business, in Alliance a few days
this week.
The banquet to be given by the
Daughters of Rebecca will take place
Friday evening at their hall, com
mencing at 7:30. All Odd Fellows
and their families and Rebecca are
invited to participate By orJcr of the
Noble Grand.
Dr. V. K. Miller of Marsland pass
ed through Alliance this week on his
.roturn from an extended visit in Iowa
and Missouri.
560 acres of land formerly owned by
E. V. Reeves was purchased this week
by Pat Dillon. E. T. Kibble nego
tiated the sale.
Last Saturday night's rain was
heavy and extended over most of west
ern Nebraska. At Crawford the dam
age was heavy.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Chapman left this
afternoon for their home at Monmouth,
111., after a very pleasant visit at the
home'of Ira Reed.
Miss Anna Kennedy and Miss Nina
Nation, two teachers of Marslaud, visit
ed friends in Alliance since our last
publication day.
Mr. Hickox, who has been employed
at Sterling, Colo., spent Sunday with
his family, returning Monday accom
panied by his wife.
R. J. Walker of Denver, who is in
terested in the Alliance electric light
plant, is looking after his business in
terests here this week.
J. W. Guthrie went to Norfolk this
week via Crawford, having business to
transact at some of the towns along the
line of the Northwestern.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Gorman of
Fremont are visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Kennedy, Mr. Gorman be
ing a brother to Mrs. Kennedy.
Brakeman G. F. Dodge left yester
day morning for Boone, Iowa, in re
sponse to a message announcing the
serious illness of his father and mother.
Mr, and Mrs. N. A. Rockcy of Hem
ingford were Alliance visitors last Sat
urday. Mr. Rockcy called to have his
name enrolled on The Herald list for a
year.
A charity card party will be given by
the Isabellas at the Knights of Colum
bus hall tomorrow (Friday) evening, to
which all are invited. Admission 25
cents.
C. W. Brcnnan bus bought an in
terest in the Nelson Fletcher insurance
company and will take an active part
in the management of that popular
agency.
Octavo Kicken returned last Tuesday
from France where he went seven
years ago from this county. He was
accompanied by a young man named
Paul Gob, who intends to make this
county his home. They are relatives of
Frank Kicken with whom Octave lived
before he returned to his native coun
try. Tho Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E.
church will meet at the residence of
Mrs. Renswold next Wednesday after
noon at 2:30. The ladies arc cordially
invited.
Engineer M. Cusick and family re
turned to their home at Newcastle
Saturday after a pleasant visit with
Mrs. Cusick's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
F. McCoy.
W. S. Mctz and wife are taking a
vacation and visiting friends at Falls
City. Mr. Mctz' place in the express
office is being filled temporarily by Mr.
McKcnzie.
The subject of the sermon next Sab
bath moruing at the United Presbyter
ian church will be, "Tho Master Calls."
In the evening the topic will be, "The
Blackest of Sins."
District court in this metropolis this
week is drawing a number of visitors
from neighboring county seats. Messrs.
A. iV. Critcs and B. F. Pitman of
Chadron helped to increase the num
ber. John Cain of Duel county was in the
city yesterday. Mr. Cain recently
disposed of bis land holdings in that
county. He was one of the pioneer
settlers and profited by his ''hanging
on" tenacity.
Word is received here by friends of
Miss Marie 'Hansen of Hemingford
that she is convalescing from the oper
ation for appendicitis which she re
cently underwent at the Methodist
hospital in Omaha.
J. R. Phclan is attending to business
in the eastern part of the state. He
will visit the state capital before re
turning and probably spend a little
time witnessing the making of laws at
the capitol building.
Miss Bertha Parkyn of Hemming
ford, one of Box Butte county's suc
cessful teachers, visited over Sunday
with her father, J. O. Parkyn, of Hills
dale, Mich., at the home of her sister,
Mrs. D. W. Hayes.
The Alliance Fire department is be
ing represented this week at the Ne
braska State Firemen's convention at
Norfolk by Messrs. J. R. Baskins, J.
W. Guthrie, Geo. Snyder, M. O. New,
F. D. McCormick, Bert Laing and
W. S. Ridgell. They hoped to secure
ne.t year's convention for Alliance but
we have not heard &i the time of going
to press whether they succeeded in
getting it.
Tom Beal of the firm ot Boal Bios.,
produce commission merchants, in
forms us that they shipped out 125 cars
qf potatoes during the fall. This is
pretty good for one firm with only part
of last year's crop marketed yet.
Usually Alliance is not afflicted long
at one time with mud, but during the
past week a stranger might suppose
himself to be in a town on the banks
of the "Big Muddy," judging from the
amount of water and mud in the streets
here.
A nine-day-sale is being conducted
at the Norton store that is attracting
much attention. Readers of The
Herald will have a chance to learn
more fully of this wonder sale by
perusing the half page auvertisement
on the eighth page of this issue.
The sisters of St. Agnes' academy
are arranging to have their scholars
give a public entertainment at the opera
house on February 18. The children
arc devoting their spare time so that
they may acquit themselves with credit
to their teachers and themselves.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Healy, Jr., of
Buffalo, Wyo., stopped off at Alliance
Sunday on their way to Los Angeles,
Calif., where they expect to spend the
remainder of the winter. Mrs. Healy
is a daughter of Mrs. Scdwick at whose
home they were guests while in the
citv.
Mrs. W. C. Sedwick departed on
No. 43 yesterday for Buffalo, Wyo.,
where she expects to spend the re
mainder of the winter, visiting at the
home of her daughter. In the mean
time Miss Sedwick will sample the cul
inary art 01 some of our good boarding
houses.
A man ,aud his wife and another
man; a shot at the other man by the
husband of the woman; a get-away of
the man who was shot at, and the ar
rest ot the other two parties, briefly
states an episode that caused a little
excitement in the city Wednesday
evening.
J. O. Parkyn of Hillsdale, Mich., is
visiting this week at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. I). W. Hayes. Some
twenty-two years ago when the editor
taught school in Gosper county, Nebr.,
Mr. Parkyn was county superintendent
there, and of course it was a great
pleasure to have a friendly visit with
him here this week and talk over old
times and our experiences in the early
days of southwestern Nebraska. He
expresses himself as being well pleased
with Alliance and the northwestern
part of this great state.
The subject for discussion at the M.
E. church, ti a.m., will be "A Touch
of Political Economy," or "Godvs.
Mammon." "David, the Duelist,"
will be considered at 7:30 p.m. A
faithful effort will be made to interest
all hearers. The evening subject is
especially profitable for young people.
A laborer came to Jimmy Burns, the
genial Burlington roadmaster, and ask
ed for a job. This is what Jimmy told
him: "Sure, there was only one va
cancy at present and that is filled; but
the man we've got today hasn't turned
up, so if he docs not come tomorrow, I
shall send him home again; after that,
be jabbers, there you are."
W. W. Irwin, representative for Al
liance and this part of Nebraska of the
International Correspondence School-;,
was handing out copies of their month
ly publication, Ambition, today fore
noon. The institution which he repre
sents is doing a great work among am
bitious people who wish to secure a
better education by improving spare
time.
The Knights of Columbus at Chad
ron initiated a class of twenty-five can
didates last Sunday. Alliance council
was presented by the following dele
gates who participated in the work and
attended the banquet, both of which
were interesting affairs: Dennis Lan
drigan, W.J. Hamilton, John O'Keefe,
F. B. and Joe O'Connor, Harry Rear
don and J. B. Knicst.
Mr, and Mrs. J. O. Thomas are re
moving from Alliance to the new town
of Polk, on the U. P. railroad between
Stromsburg and Central City, where
Mr. Thomas will be manager of a large
general merchandise store. Polk is a
new town but it has had a phenomenal
growth and is already one of the best
business points in that part of the
state.
Monte Hargraves, Tom Beal and a
few of the other crack shots of Al
liance took a little outing Sunday after
noon. It is reported they left Alliance
via the Burlington (tie pass transporta
tion). Arriving at their destination,
the big shoot was on. Pigeons being
scarce, sardine cans, track spikes and
catsup bottles were substituted and the
war waged merrily on. It is reported
on good authority that Tom Beal car
ried away the honors of this shoot by
breaking a bottle. By this hangs a
tale, as one of the boys claims that
Tom did not bit the bottle at all with
the contents of his zulu, but that he
deliberately kicked it, the bottle strik
ing the rail with above" results. Of
course, Tom will be willing to explain.
We understand that the Fremont,
Nebraska, nurseryman, D. M. Gorman,
contemplates starting a branch nur
sery at Alliance and we hope he will
decide to do so. In our opinion if this
country ever produces fruit in large
quantities it will be necessary to as
certain the kiud3 that arc best adapted .
to our soil and climate, and certainly a
local nursery would assist very much
in bringing this about.
The LaDell-Fox Concert company
of Canada gave one of their concerts
at the opera house last Thursday even
ing to an audience composed of tho
, best musical and literary people of A1-'
liance. The entire audience was of
one accord regarding the ability of
these performers. The work of Miss
LaDell, reader, was exceptionally fine,
and in her delineations of childhood,
outrivaled the babies themselves. Mr.
Fox, the violinist, is a rare geniusf ho
captivated his audience with his first
number and held them throughout the
evening. This concert was the fourth
number on the lecture course. Tho
fifth and last number will appear Feb
ruary 9U1 and will consist of an enter
tainment to be given by Ellsworth
Plumstead, humorist and impersonator,
and will be up to the standard of last
Thursday's entertainment.
F. E. Reddish expects to leave next
week for a trip through Texas to look
over that section with the view of in
vesting in some land if the country ap
peals to him. F. J. Bctzold, J. C.
McCorkle, T. J. O'Keefe and some
others also contemplate such a trip in
the near future with the same object iu
mind. While none of these gentlemen
have any intention of leaving Alliance
and believe that no country offers bet
ter investment opportunities than Box
Butte county and northwest Nebraska
lands, they desire to see what attrac
tions the Lone Star state and NewMexi
co have for inducing the thousands of
people who are constantly going there
from Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and east
ern Nebraska to buy lauds. Texas
and New Mexico are doing great ad
vertising and excursions are being run
there from the north every week.
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16th to
25th
NINE; DAYS' WONDER
Again it is here Our mighty and matchless January Clearing Sale, and this year it is greater and better than ever.
The sale without competition, unequalled in its immensity'and incomparable in its values. AH sales records are to
be broken. It is to be the greatest yet, for every nerve has been strained, every effort has been put forth to make
this the greatest sale ever held. Now for the sensational bargains. Read on, read every word, don't miss a line.
16th to
25th
MEN'S OVERCOATS
25 Discount
NORTON'S
Ladies' Suits,
25 Discount
Clothing Specials I Any Suit in Stock, 15 percent Discount
Men's Overcoats and Suits,
worth up to $io, sale
price $6.50
Men's ami Youth's Over
coats that sold up to $6,
sale price 3.50
Men's Suits, worth up to
$7, slile price 4.50
Men's finely tailored Suits,
that sold for 1 2. so and
$15 10.00
Men's all-wool pants, good
values 3. 50 to $4 ... , 2.65
Boys' Overcoats, $1.50 up
Men's heavy wool and cor
durov pants, worth up to
$1 ..'. 1.98
Men's corduroy pants, $1.50
Men's cordijroy overcoats,
blanket lined, worth
$6.50....'. 4.75
Duck Overcoats that sold
from 3.50 to $4 2.65
Men's duck and sheep lined
coats, worth $4 to 4.50, 3.45
Men's Shoes
Our entire line High Cut
and Heavy Work Shoes at
a discount of 25 per cent.
Special lot of Work Shoes,
worth $2.00, sale
price $1.48
Men's Sanitary Fleeced Un
derwear, worth 75c... 46c
Broken Lines Wool Under
wear, worth up to $1.25
79c
Men's heavy Flannel Work
Shirts, worth up to
$1.00 69c
Men's heavy Flannel Work
Shirts, worth
Si. 75 1.75
Sweaters
Men's all-wool Sweaters,
worth $2.50 $1.98
Men's all-wool Sweaters,
worth 3. 50 to $4 2.98
Men's all-wool Sweaters,
worth $5, sale price... 3.50
Underwear
Wright's health underwear
for men, the $1.50 value,
priced at $1.00
Men's heavy fleeced Under
wear, 50c values, priced
at 38c
Men's Black ' and Brown
Sox, the i24c kind, per
dozen $1.00
Good Solid Suspenders go
at 19C
Ladies' Furs at 20 per cent Discount
DRESS FABRICS
50 pieces Suitings and Sack
ings, 36 to 54-inch widths,
worth up to $1, per yd.. 62c
22 pieces suitings, good pat
terns and excellent values
at from 65c to 75c, sale
price... 47c
All-wool Tricot Flannels,
35c values, sale price.. ..22c
Large assortment heavy
Outings and Flannelettes,
were 1 2 4c to 1 5c 9c
BLAISKETS
$ 1 2. 50 wool Blankets, $8.75
7. 50 wool Blankets, 5.75
1.25 cotton .Blankets, 1.05
.65 cotton Blankets, .48
Entire line of Men's Caps
at 25 per cent discount
LADIES' SHOES
One lot Ladies' dress shoes
that sold at 3.50 $2.50
One lot Ladies' dress shoes
that sold at 2.50 L76
One lot Ladies' dress shoes
that sold at $2 1.39
One lot Misses' shoes, sizes
12 to 2, that sold at
i.75 U9
UNDERWEAR
Ladies' union and 2-piece
suts, the 85c to $1 values,
priced at.. . , 65c
Ladies' Jersey ribbed un
derwear, vests and pants,
60c values at 49c
Ladies' Jersey ribbed un
derwear, vests and pants,
40c values at 25c
Children's Underwear, en
tire line at a discount of 1 5
per cent.
Children's Gray Union
suits at 25c
Ladies' Coats
Broadcloth Coats in blacks,
blues, browns and greens,
full satin lined, beautifulh
trimmed, from Si'5 to 17.60
values, priced at. .$12.65
Kersey coats with fur col
lars, Meltons 7.85
Kersey coats, 7.50 to $10
values, priced at -4.75
Entire line of Misses' and
Children's Coats at the ver)
low price of ' off.
Ladies' Suits
One lot Ladies' Suits, this
season's newest creations,
17.50 to $22 values.. 14.95
One lot Ladies' Suits from
$12.50 to 17.50 9.85
Ladies' Silk Suits in blacks,
blues and browns, 12.50 to
$ 1 5 values 9.85
Entire line of Ladies' Crar
enettes and Storm Coats
priced at -4.85
Ten Per Cent Discount on all Goods not Mentioned Here.
This- Sale is for Cash Only.
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