u .5 4 hi hi! W JrWUM fW nircumatances. as nf.Wwisfi The meeting of school officers at the WE&mt " - jHI H 4 STEVENS & BARE, Editors and Props. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 1 1th, 1888. Miss Shattuck died at Seward on Tuesday. Having lost both of her feet, it is better that death came to her relief. Nobmax Jackson has purchased - the Wallace Herald. The first is sue under the new management shows that Mr. J. is not a novice at the business, and that he will put out a good local paper. There is evident need of enforc ing the Chinese immigration law. Dennis Kearney says that 40,000 pigtails find their way into the' United States every year by way of Van Couver and Puget sound. Dennis is trying to open the eyes of congressmen. Lou Wessel, chairman of the Florida editorial excursion, says the "editors" are not flocking in with any great unanimity and he is in doubt about making up a car-load: This is a little strange. Nearly every paper in the state should be able to send a lawyer, a doctor or a merchant. Don't allow this "edi torial" excursion to fail, boys; send down your representatives. In spite of the efforts of war parties, indications for hostilities between Russia, Germany and Aus tria are growing smaller. The pub lication of the secret treaty between the last two powers whereby they agree to assist each other, will cool the Russian ardor for war for a short time. It is now in order for the Bear to form an alliance with Mons. Crapo; then we may look for offensive operations against the "Dutch." They are bound to have a war on the continent pretty soon. All sides are anxious for the fray and spoiling for the fight. The rulers cannot hold them in check, much longer. The laws of Nebraska provide for assessing the premiums of in surance companies as personal prop erty. The Phoenix insurance com pany believed that the law was not good and brought an action to test the question. The supreme court sustained the law. In passing upon the question the court said: "The words 'personal property,1 taxable according to the laws of this state, as the same occur in sec tion 25 of chapter 13 of the compil ed statutes of 188o, entitled 'cities of the first class;' held, to be used in the sense of 'taxables or 'subjects of taxation, and to embrace all sub- lects of taxation under the laws of the state other than real estate which is therein specially named." The Sidney Telegraph is warm ing up the commissioners of Chey enne County in a lively manner. Judging from reports, the commis sioners aforesaid are fine workers and would be a credit even to New York City. They are great workers. They worked for the county 160 days and for the state 179 days, all done in 182 days, showing that they only rested about five hours each day. The Telegraph further says: "Another curious feature of their bill made out to the state is the dis tance these men traveled each day. It would not be thought from a casual look at the three commission ers that they would travel fifty miles each day, inspect several sec tions of school land and keep up auch a rush for seven long months. But they did: at least the 8,950 miles, which they swore they trav eled, divided by the 179 days, gives an average of exactly fifty miles per day for each of them. Further more, any one who will take the trouble to sit down and figure will find that our worthy commissioners traveled at least twice as far as was necessary to inspect and examine every section of school land in the county." We thought last week when we gave the very learned, eloquent and lucid disquisition of the scientists of the Smithsonian institution who had been sitting for a year or more upon the bone that Judge Mason found buried in the mud of the Missouri, that it was so. but we could hardly bring our ponderous brain to realize the fact. However, the eminent savant of the Tecumseh Chieftain came promptly to our re lief and we hasten to lay his clear and scholarly explanation before the bewildered public, to-wit: Chiftaut Office, Tecumseh, Neb., Feb. 3, 1883. Manager Lm coln News Bureau of the Omaha Be publican Dear Sir: I noted with pleasure your report of the learned investigations of the Hon. Oliver Perry Mason et al, concerning tbe antecedent history of a certain bone found in the bed of the Missouri river at Rulo, while making certain excavations for the B. & M. bridge. I conclude that it is very important that the bone those circumstances, as 'otherwise no learned disquisition had ever been given the world concerning it. While agreeing with the report on some points I must write a dissent ing opinion on one or two impor tant details as I consider them. The learned paleontologists who sat on the remains, after the most exhaustive labor and profound re- i ' ri l LLZ- l searcn concerning me pure wus Dime had played in the domestic economy of the animal in which it formerly had a home, evolved a certain alder- manic looking beast with an elon cated neck and palm-tree-like cau dal appendage tnat was wonderful 1 1 1 -1 I -L to iook upon, ana in looxmg at it, one could realize with the Psalmist, that it was fearfully and wonderful ly made. Its neck was said to be sixty feet long. From certain data connected with said bone it was dis covered that this animal was the much noted trisoculus bostogonigus, and that the length of its neck was arranged for a proper appreciation of the far famed baked beans, of which this Boston-gone-cuss is the reputed originator. In Judge Mason's report it is as sumed that this animal is notindig- enous to this loci, but that the bone was washed down with the other detritus which fills the vallev of the Missouri from the Rocky mountains of Montana, or from the interjacent loci, and it is asserted that it came most probably from the mauvaises serres. It would seem that a report so ac curate in most particulars should have been more specific in so impor tant a factor as this. For my own part, I dixL'er very materially from this learned exhortation of the judges and co-laborers at Washing ton, in scope, and theory and prac tice. From the very plentiful data it seems to me to be conclusively proved that this silurio-paleontolo-gic relic once browsed on the palm tree that grew in such plenteousness on the very ground where lecumseh now stands, and that it roamed at will during the early part of the Van Wyck era over the interjacent loci, including rSurchard. Orab Orchard, Vesta, Smartville. John son, Ellk Creek, and other large cities in these ferres. For other wise it would have been impossible for such a hypodermic injectionary gland of this particular ponderosity to excoriate its own effluvia com monly called Rosewater trans versely on its own responsibility from any other rational hypothesis. I am inclined to the theory that the Trisoculus part of the Boston-gone-cuss by some means unknown to the house judiciary committee became detached from the interjacent con chology, and that the abdominal force of gravitation interrupted the azoic flow of the food bag, and that the result was a gradual coolness be tween the board o transportation. Only a farmer and the squatter governor, and that in the bringing about of this very desirable result Attorney-General Leese played first violin and Judge Mason played the tinkling cymbals. This hypothesis seems to me to be the only geologi cal conchological and paleontologi cal concatenation, based on a logical interpretation of the differentials on distance and distributing tariffs and and the soboliferous inertia that sur rounds the tumultitudinous conse quences of the consolidation of the Atchison & Nebraska with the Bur lington & Missouri, together with the kick of the Lincoln lumber lords against discriminating rates. I have endeavored to make my report plain so that the common people may understand, though of necessity a few scientific terms had to be elucidated. Yours scientifically, A. H. Swart, Savant, conchologist. and editor of the Chieftain. ADDITIONAL LOCAL Card of Thanks. Mrs. Ries and her children, and the nf thA deceased, desire us to re turn their thanks to the people of North ... J Flatte for tneir Kind sympatny ana assistance on the occasion of the death and burial of Anthony Ries. Also to the Masons, Knights of Honor and Grand Army for the fraternal and brotherly feeling manifested. A Cheap, Man. A few dav airo a bie load of hav was driven onto the city scales to be' weighed. v-h A I J .V. C xL. 1 1 1 UOwu in me uepius ui me uay iuueiy buried of couree to protect him from the cold, was a big man, a 200 pounder. In due time the wagon returned to be weighed, but the big man was minus. Hay is worth 25 cents per hundred. Two hundred pounds of man, 50 cents. Cheap man. The U. P. New Train Service. On the fourth nase is a full descriDtion of the new local train service of the Union Pspifir rnwrinit nil its lines in Nebraska. To the citv of North PI Ette and the people along the road between here and Grand Island, this new service is of especial im portance, an accommodation that has long hpon remiired and iust what is wanted From this city to Omaha, both east and west, the train makes a daylight run, giving travelers an opportunity to stop at anv noint durins: the day time. Leaving North Platte at 7:30 a. m., a person desiring to visit Omaha or go down the road to any point, is not obliged to break his rest by getting up at an unseemly hour, but can proceed with some degree of leisure and comfort. Already this service is having a beneficial effect in oar city. People from the smaller towns east come in on the evening train do their shopping, or transact other business and return in the morning prepared to do a full days' work at home. Another great accommodation is that these trains will arrive and depart on time. Being local trains, they will not wait for Chicago trains, which are nearly always delayed passing throueh stormy Iowa, Their arrival and departure will be about as regular as the rising and setting of the sun. The meeting of school officers at the office of County Supt. Langford last Sat urday was well attended, twenty-eight districts being represented, either by the officers in person or by written communi cations expressing the views of the districts from which they came. The publishing houses represented were Harpers, Barnes & Co., and Ivison, Black man & 'Co. In making selections, of course it was desirable and the wish to have the books come from as few houses as possible, and in making selections binding and the letter press was taken into consideration as well as the quality of the text. Swinton's readers being con sidered much better in point of binding and equally as good in other respects, they were unanimously adopted. Following is a list of the books accept ed: Swinton's Readers, Swinton's History, Smith's Physiologies, Harrington's Speller, Harper's Geographies, Harper's Arithmatics, Townsend's Civil Government, Harpers' Copy Books, All wine's Book-Keeping. Where these books are not already in use very liberal terms were made for ex changing the old books for these new ones, The county superintendent was appointed agent for the sale of the books selected. Cedar River. Eds. Tribune: In last week's Tribune I notice a writer regrets that the beautiful stream which takes its rise a short distance northwest of this city, and which he calls "the Dismal," is so named. And so he may regret, for that is certainly a mis nomer. But he as well as other writers ought to know that the right name is Cedar River, after the large number of beautiful cedar trees which formerly covered the hills and canyons bordering its banks. That is an appropriate name and one which in my opinion should be adopted. H. 0. If the right name of the stream is Cedar, we should like our cor respondent to give his authority. Ge ographers as well as others have fallen into the error of calling it Dismal which we assume to be an error for it certainty should be called something more ap propriate. If we can find good authority we will have the stream rechristened. NEIL BURGESS. Neil Burgess in his play of "Vim," caused a large audience last nignt to collapse with laughter. As Tryphena Puffy, Mr. Burgess is a complete host and is to the play itself what Hamlet is to the play of that name. There is nothing to prevent "Vim" being one of the greatest successes of the season in this city. Pittsburgh Leader, Jan uary 8. Shouts of laughter greeted his every effort and fun reigned supreme throughout the entire en tertainment. Mr. Burgess is inim itable and his performance is one of the most perfect stage creations of the day. It ranks with all the fa mous portraitures, and no wonder it is the talk of the town. Syra cuse Daily Courier, January 30. The Neil Burgess company will appear before the North Platte pub- i i nr i . .. ts l. m lie next juonaay evening, reo. xo. 1 . 1. -J and Shoe Store ire FOR THE NEXT TWENTY .!' DAYS Boots, Sfcti.fi all kinds of footwear, of the very best manufacturers in the "-iifrjniiwiHnjr of such celebrated makes as the Beynolds Bros. Fine IiiMV8kM; nothing better made in the way of shoes in the United StaMt. Fie hoes of a dozen manufacturers in Men's. Boys', Ladies' ni ChiHrW; all sizes, all grades. This includes the celebrated HiBNDEESON SHOE, for whick we rt the exclusive agents. Children sizes, 5 to 8, will go for $1.00, wlSl;50;irom 9 to $1.25, worth $1.65; from 12 to 13, $L35io$1.85; from 1 to 2, $1.65, worth $2.25. Nothing bet ter for chiiifcW.Henderson's Red School House Shoes. Each pair has the pirti school house oh bottom of, shoe. All other shoes represehtfCw tnoll ire frauds on this justly celebrated school house shoe. Ladies' Fine Kid Shoes, worth $3.00 go for $2.00. Ladita' Fine Kid Shoes, worth 2.50 go for 1.75. lUn't Fine Shoes, worth $5.00 go for $3.75. lien's Fine Shoes, worth 4.00 go for 2.75. Men'i Fine Shoes, worth 3.00 go for 2.25. Boys1 Shoes in a great variety of styles at the same slaughter reduction. Every pair of our shoee, be they for ladies,children,men or boys,are good. WE HANDLE NO SHODDY. WELLFLEET. On this dav of srrace, to-wit. Monday Feb. 6th, We have had over a week of fine weather; don't under stand me to say that all this fine weather took place on one day, for if there is one thing I pride myself on it is my ability to tell the truth in fact I claim that I was the boy who couldn't tell a lie, and the good character tnen formed has ever stuck to me but the fine weather referred to occured previous to this date; now I think you understand, and I will proceed with my story. Quite a number of farmers have been plowing and making prepara tions to sow grain. Casper Bolish, T.M. Lee, W. C. Elder, Joseph Buchanan and others contemplate sowing large pieces of wheat. As soon as the planting season is. over I will try to send you a list of the areas sown People will go "to law," or in other words they too often resort to the courts to obtain that justice which could be secured in an easier manner and at less expense by arbi tration. In consequence of this dis position to litigate, bquire ILlder and the efficient constables who wait on his court, have had a "right smart" of business lately. Curtis lawyers have the bulk of the prac tice. When I see the glorv that these young disciples of Blacksone achieve, although I have seen the snows of many winters, I feel like studying law myself, and to be a hero. Lawyers" areA the greatest men on earth. Judging from reports, potatoes will be almost as scarce as hen's teeth next spring. A great many nave oeen rrozen. farmers aia not anticipate such extreme cold. The loss will be a lesson to all of us, and I hope teach us to cover our tubers better on the approach of cold weather. To make time pass pleasantly and give variety and spice to life, there was a hop at Mr. Lane's house, at which I hear there was a good turn out and pleasant time. Mel Wood made the music, and he is hard to beat for a homesteader. Sheriff Baker slipped through here on the 4th, apparently in hot Eursuit of some one rumor says a orsethief, and that he rounded up his man near oomerset. Constable John T. Labille has been kept quite busy lately serving papers. He admits that his "boys" are all girls, but says they are "all right while warm weather holds out. Frank Wilburn has a fine lot of hounds to run down coyotes, etc. Seems to me some of your North Platte sportsmen might come over and have a "fox" hunt. I understand there is a petition going the rounds to procure a sa loon at Wellfleet. While, personal ly, 1 would prefer not to have a saloon, but if licmor is to he sold hereand T arn infornied that it Most of our goods' are warranted and we hold ourselves responsible for the quality of material and workmanship. We have a large stock of , . FBflrj(iIES' AND CHILDREN'S HOSE, 4 that we will clote out for less than wholesale cost: All sizes and fine grade of goodi. Ladies7 hose, usually sold for 75 cents hy our competitors, can be had of ns for 40'cents. All-wool ribbed children's hose, fine goods, for 20, sell at 35 cenjs at any other store in town. Our reason for tius break is, we have placed some very large orders for footwear with eastern manufacturers and we must have room. Next month we will receive 'y, CAELOADS OF SHOES and room we must have, and at once. Buy now, don't put it off. Buy to-day, don't1 wait' until to-morrow, for the very shoe you wanted may then be sold. We will positively sell for the next twenty days as here represented. Don't fail to call and see us slaughter fine footwear. North Platte tat k Sloe Store IF YOU WISH TO SECURE BARGAINS! It is just one year since I began business for myself in North Platte. Mv sales have far surpassed my expectations. I have endeavored to aivm, my many patrons advantage of the very lowest prices. It has been my, aim to act fairly and honestly with my patrons. I have made it my most careful study to suit the wants of the people as to style and quality of goods. I have every evidence that my efforts to please have met with; success. I have now on hand a large and well selected stock of and as I have ordered largely from eastern manufacturers for spring and summer trade, I find I will not have sufficient space in my room for all this additional stock and will therefore offer for sale the stock on hand at a m btioi m m m, atv :- Especially my winter goods and. odds and ends, I will sell almost your own offer. Below is a- price list of some of my goods which wilj . give you an idea of how low I am offering them: Infants' Shoes 25 cents, former price 50 cents. Children s bhoes 90 cents, former price $1.25. Misses' Shoes $1.25, former price $1.65. Ladies' Curacoa Kid Shoes $1.75, former price $2.25. Ladies' Curacoa Kid Shoes $2.40, foamer price $2.75. Ladies' Dull Dongola Shoes $2.40, former price 3.00. Ladies' Bright Dongola Shoes $2.25, former price 3.00. Ladies' Combination French Kid Shoes $3.75, former price $4.50. Ladies' French Kid Shoes $5.00, former price 6.50. Boys' and Men's Boots and Shoes in all styles and grades proportionately. low. But what is the use of srivme prices so low if I should not ante stantiate them? Come and examine goods and set prices on them and I will prove to you that I mean what I say. Yours Most Willing to Please, McDonald's Block, ) North Platte, Neb. J C. C. NOBLE. "And beautiful maidens moved down in the dance, With the magic of motion and sunshine of glance; And white arms wreathed lightly and tresses fell free As the plumage of birds in some tropical tree." wrm-w-wk VaaaaJ fcvvvJ Star Boot pSte Store, B. OTTEN Prop The Annual Masque Ball -0F- has been it had better be done un der the sanction of law. I still ad here to the opinion that a petition for a church would be better. Stuniteb. IfZDICINX. mi i i i a ne lose is round, ior nere we are, feeling better, since the bliz zards. Squire Elder averages about two tnps to tbe Platte each week. He went up Monday and returned Tues day, and on Wednesday disposed of nine cases which were brought be- 1 t TT' i l iore nis court, ne wui pernaps make two more, trips to the Platte this week. The squire is a rustler for sure, t A. B. Van Loanv has secured position as guard in the asylum at Lincoln . xiarKin ioran nsfl.aocepcea a po sition as clerk in a. stem at Uurtis. George Kidner is a&Tinsr at home now but he does tradf 'aorses some- lt ' v: times. There will be quite a number of families immigrate from Iowa to our Nebraska this spring. A big dance was five by A. J. Bish last Friday .treiwg. There were about twenty-six lsiiea present A leap-year party tM among the possibilities of the near future. Of course I don't expect a bid as I am too old , but I weuld eijby seeing the young people have-a good time. Green is workumvlibjae on his tree claim near;tijsf aaaljhcHMe in district-No. iSmmm ,spend most of their tisfte MBOons gofiSng mm. xney sayifp.xvguiar pic nic as he always hM" something to say aoouc nis neiflMan. Joseph McMitMaL oor new con stable, cut his foot severely with an adz the other dayjUpbrts tav he is able to go visitkff already. - Nonstable Lee -h improving and is making preparations ior rarming. Josiah Thomas one ' of the old settlers of the Medicine Made a bus iness trip to these parts a few days ago. He resides al present at Hay Springs, Colorado? oFfc'Gk Raitgir. Feb. 1,1888. jj . fbom jraras. A. J. Blougher'ijl' ii last supreme ly happy havivg reciVed his teach er's desk. We tiesrstajid A. H. Davis has given A. I. a position as collector. That shits the squire as he can now call at the store three times a week and'no epe will sus pect but what he is om bosmess rel ative to collections; bat we pity Lizzie. G. W. R. Fergmso has announc ed his intention of giving a dance some time this roeata. Wm. Locke isipattiBsrthe finish ing touches on A- 2. Davis' house in Wellfleet Walla Walla Lodge o. 56, I. 0. 0. 4 WILL BE HELD OX FeTo. 21st, LLOYD'S OPERA HOUSE, NORTH PLATTE. One of our young ladies is snort- 1 1 f TTT mg a ring on nerinaexnnger. we hear it whisp.ered that the partv who gave it to her has been trving for some years, to find a finger the ring would ht but we are glad to Tickets: Gents MasKed, 1.50; Ladies Masked, 75c; Spectators, 50c. Dtv ib uts mis uuriiuuiar linger very . , . niceiy. .look out ior a weaamg " . 'uluhuu oalcuul-u luc puuuu. nu spemm inn- followed by squalls. Scribbler. tahons will be issued but the management reserves the right to exclude an improper persuus. j or inis purpose an inspecting committee will be The porter who takes care of Sen- uco - lu T1" w tu Bee Wlb "I1S 1! ri81Qiy eniorcea. ator Leland blanford s private car Committee of Arrangements: J. E. Evans, P. J. Gilman, P. M. Klenk, uaaa II II M A l I I 1 I I I H Tm T W k m - recces a monin. mis is j. n. iangs, a. a. rangoorn, w. u. JUlder, U. M. Duncan, J. C. Hupfer. uiuie uuaii me iiveiciue uuiickc piu- xv. u. JLiiuiusuil. jr. n. onion, .las. Jonsnop. j I ' lessor earns. n t? i: n n r n TT -r . jjj uiuw uj. lucxiAcuuuvc irum mil tee: v. yv . rnce, o. n. otamp, ju. A. Small OA" JLilJJULtJXCOO iJUUlU LIU 13 I V VO. PJUiali TV UvUj Urn kj. XXUCUlalXU JKI UJiXliL LCt?. not yet sixty, is said to look much - s! 4' older, and is very infirm and pale. bhe has been obliged to use a cane in walking since 1879. $25.00 Reward. The above reward will b paid for any case of rheumatism not benefited by Ballard's Snow Liniment. There is no pain it will not sabdne, uo woand it will not heal. It is the most pena t rating liniment known for all pain, for man or I beast it stands without parallel. Ladies who have backache should never be withont it. Price 50 cents. G. W. Price, Agent. 1 Americans have always enjoyed the repution of being the quickest and smartest people m the world. No doubt they were so at one time, but that time has disappeared. American children are vastly duller and more incapable of learning than German children for example. At least this is what the objectors to the public schools tell us. They say the course of study is too hard j and is killing American children., As the latter at sixteen years in the public schools are trying to learn a part only of what uerman children do in their schools at thirteen, it follows that the mental and physi cal hbre of Americans has deterio rated immensely. If our native youth has become too delicate to stand the onerous labor of study, why not turn the public schools over to the children of emigrants? mis WATCHES AND CLOCKS. 4 --j THE FINEST LINE IN THE CITY AT 7 DIAMONDS & JEWELRY SOLD AT ACTUAL COST. sum ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. McEVOY, KEITH'S COMMERCIAL BLOCK. 4 Vy CVWXV 0f 1110 good things of this alone on account of Dvsrjemim. Aeker'Ml liyapeptia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia, I juiuigwuoa sua vxmstipation: sold on a I poaiuve guarantee at 25 and 60 cents, by A. P. Streitz. L. STRICKLEK, h hi hi Mwi aid Mim Dealer. . v 7 -4 OFFERS TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY PLATTE AND NOTICE TIMBER CULTURE , , U. 8. Land Office. ? North Platte. Nh.. Vah. 7fh. Ifififl. I , Complaint haring been entered at this office by William C. Borchardt against John N. Hertz for failure to comply with law as to Timber-Culture .Entry No. 3131 dated 8ept. 17, 1883, upon the UNPAEALLED SEDUCTIONS IN PRICES ON soathweet quarter of the southwest quarter and lots 1.2 and 3. section H tramMn 14. mneo 34. in Lincoln county, Nebraska, with a vier to tho V-": - i ' SB" at- ti cancellation of said entry; contestant alleging to be broken any part of the ten acres required to be broken by law- that nn nartnf said tract has been cultivated and that no trees, seeds 01 cuttings haTe been planted on said tract and said defects exist np to date; the said parties are here by summoned toanraar At. thin nffics on the 4th day of April, 1888, at 9 o'clock a. m., to respond and famish testimonv Rnnmrnitur said alleged 4 FURNITURE, HARDWARE AND STOVES. 5 Tin and Shwt Iron Work Premier BjaWOrted. t T f' -