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STEVENS & BAKE, Editors asb Props.
SATDEDAY. APRIL 14, 1888.
Republican State Convention.
The republican electors of the state of Nebras
ka are requested to Bend delegates from the
several counties to meet in convention, at the
city of Omaha, Tuesday, May 15. 1888, at 8 o'clock
p. m., for the purpose of electing four delegates-
at-large to the national republican convention
which meets in Chicago, J un I K 1888.
THE APPORTIONMENT.
The several counties are entitled to representa
tion as follows, being based on the vote cast for
Hon. Samuel Harwell, supreme judge, in 1887,
civinc one delegate-at-large to each county, and
one for each 150 votes, and major fraction thereof :
Lincoln 9
Dawson
Arthur 1
Blaine 2
Frontier 10
Keith
IVran
(erenne 11
It is recommended that no proxies be admitted
to the convention except such as are held by
persons residing in the counties from which the
proxies are given.
Gxobgb D. Mktkt.ejohx, Chairman,
Walt M. Sealev, Secretary.
The Third Congressional Dis
trict Republican Convention will be
held at Norfolk on Tuesday, May
14th. Indications point to the
nomination of Mr. Dorsev.
re-
W. C. Rileyt of Sidney will be a
catrmidate for delegate to the .Na
tional convention from .the' 'westj
end of the state. Mr. Riley will1
be heartily endorsed by Republi
cans generally.
J. r. HAETiTAK ot liearney is
mentioned as a delegate to the Na-
tianal Convention from Nebraska.
Mr. H. is one of the best men that
can be selected from the central
part of the state and he will be
heartily supported by the western
counties.
Ix THIS
age
of telegraphs and
perfecting presses, Monday morning
newspapers hare become fashiona
ble. This means work all day Sun
day for editors, reporters, printers,
and nearly every one connected
with the establishment. While
evervbodv else is resting or receiv
ing the much needed recreation by
relief from the cares of business,
newspaper men are working without
any necessity therefor, for the Mori
. day morning paper is only the re
sult of rivalry and not a demand of
the public. The Omaha Republi
can very sensibly offers to discon
tinue its issue on that day if the
other morning papers of that city
will do the same. The offer should
be accepted at once.
Members of the Lincoln County
Republican Central Committee
should not forget the meeting called
for to-day. There should be a full
attendance. It is time to begin to
organize, and when the members of
the committee return home they
should carry with them a leaven
that will rekindle the fires and make
them blaze as beacon lights through
the whole campaign. Anent this
subject, a correspondent from Med
icine writes "I wonder whether
the Republican Clubs of Lincoln
county organized last fall are ready
for the political fight of this year of
our Lord 1888. This year the fight
must be as stubbornly contested in
the National affairs as it was last
fall in county politics, there must
be no bartering nor dickering with
the Democrats, nor appologizingfor
what the Republican party has done
in the past. Its record is glorious.
We must be aggressive, carry the
war into Africa, without fear of
waving the bloody shirt. There is
nothing that makes a Democrat so
mad as this emblem of his past re
cord, and you know whom the gods
make mad are easily destroyed.
But I started out to ask when the
Republican Clubs, of Lincoln county
could have a rally, and if the Re
publican Clubs of Lincoln county
were going to have a Republican
represent thera in the next Legisla
ture, and if the Republican Clubs
of Lincoln County were not going
to have a straight out and out black
Republican elected as member of
the next Board of County Commis
sioners, and if we are not allready to
support Sherman, or Foraker, or
Allison, or Miller, or Edmunds, or
Harrison, or any other Republican
who may fee the choice of the Re
publican National Convention for
T L. A T i-tiCnl- T nan .Via 7-.
tVa-UhhWn Cilnh of Gartfdfc"1 "l
RraHv island, f migaiusxifcfifia in oreaKine our
Maxwell. 'Hall. Birdwood, GaslinTt1 tHs thv M.
matter m the railroad men it
very largely against Mr. Conklia,
awl for reasons beit kaowa to
themselves they did so' in a quiet
way although some of them worked
boldly against him at the polls.
Now for the figures: The total
i Jt .1.1 t A
voie ior uocn caumaates ior mayor.
was 4D. ne vote tor the differ
ent candidates for school- loard was
John Bratt 300, B. I. ffinman 288,
B.Buchanan 277, W. W. Conk-
lin 205 and W. S. Peniston 21 J
total 1,091. Each voter voting for
two persons, the number of voters
must have been 546, which shows
seventy-eight more votes for school
than for city officers, but if 100
women voted it shows that twenty-
two voted for city officers and re
fused to vote for school officers.
Now if those twenty-two had .all
voted for Mr. Conklin it would
make his vote only 227, which
would be eight short of a majority
of the city vote. It is plain if the
women did not vote. Mr. Conklin's
vote among the men would be! so
small you would scarcely know he
m
was running. Trusting your cu
riosity is satisfied and that your
charge of inconsistency is proven
f 1 1 T "
you meant tne men, l remain your
Obedient servant,
Betsy Ann.
PINKBRTON TOUGHS!
The engineers of Creston, Iowa,
have issued the following address:
Creston, Iowa, April 1, 1888.
To the publicand citizens of Creston
It is now five weeks since begin
ning ot the present dimculty which
he radical omcials term "strike,
but all American citizens recognize
it as a right that belongs to every
man in this free land: that is, to
quit when they see fit, The late
employes had been black-listed and
bulldozed by the tyranical omcials
until they could bear it no longer,
and there was but one thing left for
them to do and that wjis to quit.
This they did quietly and peacea-
.Now it is not necessary for us to
say that the majority of these men
are property holders and tax payers
of this place and are peaceable citi
zens. Their conduct in the past
lew weeks proves this without a
doubt and they have always stood
ready to guard and protect "the best
interests of the city. The stern
and passive resistance which thev
lave shown has discouraged and
disgusted the "Q" officials, as they
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laye aone everyemng in tneir
i i mi
power to break the ranks. They
tried to bribe some of the best men,
to others they sent jugs of whiskey
hrough the express, and to others
they have sent busy women to see
heir wives. These same busy wo-
men saw ht to stop some or our
men ana electioneer them on the
streets, also requested some of our
men to go to work on other roads
and told them they would get good
o.bs tor them. Anything, thev
bought, to raise a stampede among
he men, yet they have failed in
r
every instance.
Now we would call the public
attention to a desperate card they
are trying to play. Thev are not
satisfied in shipping a lot of tramps
from all over the country to enr
danger the traveling public on
heir trains and destroy their roll
ing stock. They tire now .shipping
the scum of the " country 'in here:
hey arm these men and call them
Pinkertons. These scab tramns
lave taken the quietness of our citi-
zens as cowardice and since these
scums, so-called Pinkertons, have
arrived they parade our streets.
crowd citizens off the walk, flourish
weapons and ask some one to call
hem scabs.
All this they patiently bore until
ast night when twoof the so-called
company aetectives came on our
main street with, the superintendent
and master mechanic and arrested
man who was attending
to his own business and took him
the "cooler." These men, we
understand, have not been depu-
ized to act in this county in the
capacity of officers.
In this the public will recognize
the domineering actions of the
:Q." They have not been satisfied
with trying to make the laws of
his county and make slaves of their
employes; now they want to flood
our city with "Pinkerton's tramps"
as they claim to protect their prop- j
erty, out in ova: mina to create a
this - wav ther
Peckham, Walker, (John Rylander
shonhnsr amen) Cottonwood, Deer
Creek, Fox Creek, Greenwood, Med
icine. Watts, Somerset, Willow,
Wallace. O'Fallon, Miller, Osgood,
North Platte and all the other pre
cincts shouting back the glad re
frain of victory."
OUR CURIOSITY SATISFIED.
Eds. TfiTBmcE: The following
appeared in your paper last Satur
day: "About 100 ladies voted.
M Conklin was one of the first
after the Board of Education was
formed to urge them to use the
elective franchise; yet they voted
almost solid against him and for
men -who have always been opposed
to women voting. But just
for curiosity we would like to have
some one explain this apparent in
consistency. If you will carefully
examine the figures given by you,
you will perceive that there is no
"inconsistency", but that the wo
men voted almost solid for Mr.
Conklin although we did not know
that Mr. Bratt and Mr. Hinman
were mortal foes of our sex, but if
they ever run again we will re
member them. The fact of the
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asking
and we think we are not
too much of the citizens of this
in demanding of the said company
the removal from our midst the
said Pinkerton tramps or whatever
they may term them so that the
good name and reputation of thlsJ
city may be preserved in the fu
ture as it has been in the past and
Ave guarantee to the public the
same good conduct on the part of
the brotherhood as their record
shows in the past, in full protec
tion of their lives and property.
Sy order or organizations.
Martin Deguan, T. C. Clegg,
C. Kirfmau, W. C. Berry, Jas.
Bryan, Committee.
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DUTCH FLATS.
Everything is booming out here.
Our school commenced Monday
and is being taught by Herbert
Covell of North Platte; it will be
teaching both ways, he teaches the
Germans to speak Jlinglish, and they
in turn will teach him Dutch.
Wm. Finch of Old Missouri has
arrived here after a five weeks drive
with teams and three big boys.
His wife and small children will
soon come by railroad. They arai,
.it.
mtoBd to loctftMMt. f
Mr. BrahH hm sowtd 40
or wheat. If ne don t raise a crop
it will not be his fault, for he is in
dustrious and go ahead.
There are a few pieces of wheat
up and green and doing well. .
JohnT. Labille says the partr
who dug his well will finish it soon
or get into trouble. There is rea
son- in all things but Mr. Labille
will not haul water from the creek
much longer.
. mi . v,
' ine strike or some other cause
has caused a scarcity of; feed, flour,
etc., at the store in Wellfleet. We
hope that the difficulty will soon be
obviated. Stuiner.
April 9, 1888.
GARFIELD.
Your valuable paper has found its
nrr. M 1
y w uui jLumuy again ana is "very
mucn welcomed and appreciated.
To return the compliment we will
give you a few items from this pre-
cincu.
Garfield is getting to be auite a
surprising part of the country if we
can depend on what visitors sav of
it. Mr. Sprasrue. of 'Arnold, fluster
Co., yesterday visited us for the first
time and attended church and at the
1 J? T
uiuse ii services says: i am sur
prised to see what a fine countrv
you have here and to see the iniel-
ngence ana good. , morals otrihe
society; and most of all to be at:a
wedding," Mr. C. C Siver and Miss
Minnie G. Campbell being married
at the close of the services in the
church by Rev. J. T. Lewis. Well
this is leap year and this is not the
first surprise of this kind we have
had in the matrimonial line, for
about the 3d, one Mr. Frank
ITralkey and Miss Nellie Clatfe and
also Mr. F. W. Jones and Miss
Emma Martin surprised us in the
same way and we think there is
chance for others.' Improve the op
portunity girls, Leap year only
comes once in four years. We con
gratulate you all and wish you long
and happy lives strewn with flowers
and sunshine.
We think Mr. Sprague or some
one else would be surprised how
well they could sell goods if they
would put up a general merchan
dise store "here. We have a post
office, blacksmith shop, schools and
church, but at present no store, Mr.
Hardin having moved his store on
his farm four miles south west of
here.
Farmers are busy putting in small
grain, 'wheat mostly 'all in, and how
commenced sowingt oats, making
garden, planting potatoes, etc.
Ground is in splendid condition,
weather fine, health, good.
There is everr indication for good
crops this year. Markets good .both
for stock and all kinds of grain.
Farmers are jubilant over the pros
pects of the coming season.
Miss Jennie Auble is teaching in
Custer Co., Miss Stubbs is. teaching
in Whittier, Miss Lida Campbell, at
Logan, and Miss Iona Goodnowe
will' teach at High Point, Logan Co.
Miss Minnie Clark will go east soon
and Miss Mary Hughes took the
Rebecca degree at Gaudy last week.
Yours resp'y,
t Some One.
WALLACE. v : -
A. R. Cruzen and wife of Curtis
visited with Mr. Shaw Friday.
Rev. Flemming, preached at the
Scofield school house Sunday.
SC. G. Gris wold lias the'-duraber on
the ground for his new dwelling
house.
Geo. Blauchard from near Hayes
Centre was in town trading Satur
day. Summers & Wilson sold a bill of
furniture and Nation a bill of im
plements to a party at Moorefield,
fifty miles east of here; what's the
matter with Wallace downing
Hastings in a few more months.
Mr. Rounds was in the Platte
last week making final proof.
Mr. Fye, living a few miles this
side of the Platte was down here a
few days since looking for seed oats.(
He succeeded in getting all he need
ed of B. A. Shinkle, and while here
1 Jl 1"H n n i
purcnasea a jarge dui or xence wjre
of Summers & Wilson, several hun
dred weight of flour of Chase & Co.,
and a lot of farm implements of J.
W. Nation. He says Wallace will
be his trading point in the future.
The, Crete and the Jefferson Co.
Nurseries have been making deliv
ery here the past week. It is sur
prising at the amount of fruit trees
the fanners are setting out A few
years and this will be a second
California for fruit.
I. Smith & Son received eight car
loads of lumber the past week, and
now have a complete stock on hand.
A prairie fire was raging in the
south tier of townships of this coun
ty, and the northern part of Hayes
county the latter part of last week.
Considerable damage was done,
hundreds of tons of hay being burn
ed, also some other property.
"A petition was circulated this
week praying the commissioners' of
Lincoln county to grant a license
for a saloon in Wallace. We un
derstand it has been impossible to
get the necessary number of signers
thirty free holders," says the
Wallace Herald. We want to say
amen to the Herald's compliments
on the saloon question, and would
like to add something but haven't
words sufficient, but are proud to
think that we live in a free com
munity where such petitions die for
want of proper nourishment.
Mr. Green is planting out a nur
sery this spring. He purchased of
the Jefferson county nursery 10,000
root grafts, and a large amount of
seed to start in with. Wallace
Nursery won't sound Jbad.
AofticbkA..
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Mrs; Bro4fn's mother, Mrs. Wil
kins 'from ' Iowa arrived on last
Wednesday and you can hear Phill
and Carrie smile oyer a mile away.
We had a fine rain on Sunday
nicht." the first of "the season. The
farmers all feel cheerful and now
"wear a broad smile as it is a great
benefit' to the small grain as well as
gardens.
. Oii. last Friday afternoon a visitor
camera O.sV. Coulter's if being a
young lady of diminutive dimen
sions. ! She was very welcome.
This being O. V.'s first girl, he feels
almost isure he can walk the waters
of the Korth Platte.'
, Friday the 30th day of March
school closed with a short program
consisting or singiprg and speaking.
Miss Blaker will return to Ogalalla
where she has a pre-emption. We
regret to loose such an amiable lady
and she takes with her our best
wishes" and we 1 hope she will not
SorgeH'er many friends in Lincoln
county.
I The Sunday School re-organized
on last. Sabbath with the following
officers: Supt., JohnH. Johnson;
Assistant Supt., Joe Wier; Secy.,
P. H. Brown; Treas., George Hitch
ings; Chorister, Mrs. Carrie Brown;
Librarian,' Miss Ottie Johnson.
mlljneet on each Sabbath at 10
tifetock-Ar-m. All are invited to at
tends
T JohnH. Johnson an old timer as
well as an experienced hunter has
come to the front with a new way
of fooling wild gee3e. He is the
owner of-a very Targe and gentle
cow and he has make him an extra
large pair of saddle bags, with very
large pockets. He throws them
over the cbw's back, puts a weight
on one side "to equal his weight, gets
in and. turns the cow loose. She
goes down into the corn where are
hundreds of geese and from 25 to
40 geeseis a small days hunt for
him, lie .says he has sent off for
powder that makes no report and
.expects to come to the front with
the largest record of the season.
Guess Who.
ekct Sam Cox sraWf ia kia ptett.
Now a to lepew. ue wui fH
the convention at Chicago suppor-
tpd bv New York, New Jersey
and part of New
"Rnfrlnnrl. nnd will make it on the
third ballot. A western soldier,
Gresham or Harrison will go on
the ticket with him, and carry New
YnrV juid Indiana and be elected.
Ex.
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Jacob Sharp died in New York
on the 5th inst , thus putting an
end to the lawyers wrangling in his
case The district attorney's little
indictment is more potent for death
than the hangman's knot in the
Empire State.
C. M. C. Woolman has leased the
Grant Enterprise to Lacey & Baker,
who will henceforth be the pub
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BavetEe spirit of -prophecy
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"and I want to have you write it
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day April; did in the presence of
two witness predict that John G.
Carlisle will be the next chier -jus
tice of the United States and that
Chauncey M. Depew will be the
next president. Carlisle will be
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the presentcsession of congress, in
time to allow him to be confirmed,
and thfi last hn sin esc; th bnnsft of
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