STEVENS & BAM, Editom ab Props.
SATURDAY. AWL 27, 1
Republican
The republican elactea )1m tart tl Kafcraa
ka an requeeted to ami mmwm from the
trend ooantiM to Met ia ruiaieeHee). at the
eitr of Omaha. Toeeder, Mar M. e'elock
p. m., for the parpoee ef electing four delegatee-et-larga
to tba national. republican conrention,
which meets in Chicago, Jon 19. 1888.
THS ATFOBTIOmaXT.
The ereral countie are entitled to representa
tion at followi, being based on the Tote cast for
Hoa. 8aaoel Maxwell, supreme judge, in 1887,
giving one delegate-at-large to each county, and
on for each ISO -rotes, and major fraction thereof ;
Lincoln 9
Dawson 8
Arthur 1
Blaiae 2
Frontier 10
Keith
; 2
Cheyenne 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.
GbobobD. Mxikltjohs, Chairman,
WaltM. Sxaijct, Secretary.
Call for Convention Third Congressional
District.
The Republican elector of the Third Congres-
caeated to send delegates rom their several
eouues to meet la convention at the city of Nor
folk, on the 14th dav of Mar. 1888. at 7 o'clock P.
v., for the purpose of selecting a candidate for
Bepresentative in Congress, and to elect two del-
agates to toe National uepuDiican uonvenuon
which meets in Chicago June 16th, 1888.
The apportionment, will be one delegate for
each 150 votes and fraction thereof cast for the
Honorable Samuel Maxwell, Judge, in 1887, and
oae delegate at large for each county. Making
the representation of each county approximately
at follows:
Lincoln County is entitled to 8 delegates.),
t is recommended that no proxies be admitted
to the convention except such as are held by per
sons residing in the counties from which proxies
regiven-
H7W. Mathsws. E. H. Barnard,
Secretary. ocainnan.
Republican County Convention.
The Republican Electors of Lincoln
County are requested to send delegates to
a Republican County Convention to be
held at the Court House in North Platte,
JJeb., on Saturday, May 5, 1888, atone
o'clock P. M. for the purpose of electing
nine (9) delegates to the State and Dis
trict Republican Conventions and for the
transaction of such other business as may
properly come before it.
The basis of representation is one dele
gate for each 20 votes or major fraction
thereof , cast at the last general election
for Hon. Samuel Maxwell, Supreme
Judge.
The various Drecincts are entitled toH
representation as follows:
No Platte No. 1.. 6
No Platte No. 5.. 7
No Platte No. 3.. 3
Birdwood...-. 1
Brady Island 2
Buchanan 2
Cottonwood 1
Deer Creek 1
Fairview 1
Fox Creek 1
Garfield 2
Gaslin 1
Hall 1
McPherson 1
Medicine 2
Miller 1
Morrow . . .
Mylander .
Nichols...
Nowell . . ,
O'Fallon .
Osgood...
Peckham .
Somerset .
Spannuth .
Sunshine .
Vroman . .
Walker. . .
Wallace . .
Well
Whittier . .
Willow...
X
The primaries will be held in the
various precincts on Thursday, May 3d
1888. between the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock
P. M. at the usual places of holding elec
tions.
It is recommended that no proxies be
allowed in the convention except such as
are held by residents of the precincts
claiming such proxy representation.
The primaries in North Platte City
precincts will be held open from o to is
o'clock P. M. on Thursday, May 3d, 1888
By order of Central Committee.
John I. Nesbitt, Chairman.
C. P. Dick, Secretary.
' . . n -i
To stop the numerous rrauas on
the ballot box, some examples
should be set. The grand jury of
. w m -
Jnrontier county lias touna six in
dictments against citizens of Curtis
crowing out of the -county seat
election last fall. If the managers
of the Lincoln Land Company can
be reached, the jury would haul in
the butt cut.
The Republican primary election
for delegates to the county conven
tion will take place next Thursday,
May 3d, m JNortn flatte uity pre
cincts from five until eight o clock
p. m. and in the country prepincts
from six until eight, at the usual
place of holding elections. The
convention will select delegates to
the state and also to the congres
sional convention. To the state
convention, delegates will be carried
the round trip tor one ana one-
third fare, by procuring blank cer
tificate of agent where ticket is
purchased, and we presume the
same rate can be secured to the
congressional convention.
Ix consequence of the early date
of the congressional convention,
gentlemen who would like to warm
Mr. Uorsey s seat m congress are
?utting in some pretty lively work,
'he time is short and they see the
need of improving each shining
hour. Lincoln county will proba
bly go to the convention at Nor
folk unpledged, with a desire, after
consultation with members from
different Darts of the district, of
placing in nomination the man
who will be the best for the party.
This also seems to be the prevail
ing sentiment among the candi
dates and the politicians of the dis
trict.
There is some surprise expressed
among politicians because the
committee included the nomination
of a candidate for congress in its
call for the congressional district.
They think that it is making the
nomination too early, being in ad
vance of the state and national
nominations, and before the people
had properly canvassed the subject
and become acquainted with the
candidates. It is likely after se
lecting delegates to the national
convention, that there will be a
move made to adjourn to a later
date. The first of August -will be
time enough to make a nomination,
at which time Mr. Dorsey can be
at iom And attend to his interests
in person. '
of
ofter man in' the natiom. In a it
cent speech .before tke Icoqiiduj
club' in Chicago lie said, among;
things arraigning the Republican
party upon the condition of the
country when the Democrats came
into power, "the flag of the repub
lic had disappeared from the ocean,
only a few rolling hulks remaining
of the great navy which in early
days had made the fame of the
American sailor familiar in the re
motest quarters of the globe."
But Mr. Black forgot to say that it
was Democrats who had caused this
magnificent navy to disappear from
the ocean. He couldn't remember
anything about the Confederate
cruisers, commanded by his Demo
cratic brethren, destroying this
merchant marine which, he says had
made the American sailor familiar
in every quarter of the globe. That
would be "raking open the wounds
of the war," that the partisan
might continue in control. These
fellows inveigh terribly against al
luding to Democratic record of this
character, but still they charge the
Republicans with being responsible
for results. They destroyed our
merchant marine, but it was done
under Republican administration,
ergo the Republicans are responsi
ble. Consistency is a jewel, but its
name is not Democrat.
General Crook has been assigned
to the command of the Division of
the Missouri with headquarters at
Chicago. It was generally expec
ted that the command of this divis
ion, which is the largest in the
ormy, would be given to General
0. 0. Howard, who is very anxious
to go to Ghicago. General Scho
field is the senior, and would be
given his choice, but is not believed
he cares to leave the division of the
Alantic, where the duties and loca
tion are very pleasant. It was in
tended, therefore, to place General
Howard in command of the division
but it was found that it would in
volve much to get General Howard
from the Pacific slope to Chicago,
and it was thought best to assign
General Crook there temporarily.
In the end General Howard will be
given his choice ard sent to the Di
vision of the Missouri and General
Crook assigned to the Pacific.
Brigadier General Brooke will be
assigned to Omaha in General
Crook's place as Commander of the
Department of the Platte. No
other changes in the brigadier gen
erals will occur.
J. C.
peniions
ttr,ACK. commissioner
has more gall than any
The Democratic papers announce
that a part of their campaign this
year will be directed to the capture
of the Senate. As the case stands
now with Barbour, of Virginia,
elected to succeed Riddleberger, and
supposing that there are no other
changes, the next Senate will be a
tie, and with a Democratic Vice
President that party would control
the upper house of Congress. But
the Democrats don't propose to be
satisfied with this. They are hop
ing to capture the legislature of
Oregon, to be elected in June, and
choose the successor to Senator
Dolph, whose term expires next
March. Michigan is another state
to which they are looking with
hopes born of Postmaster General
Dickinson. The only state in
which the' believe it possible for
them to lose a senator is in New
Jersey, and on that contingency
they are speculating anxiously.
Some recent movements in that
state prove that the administration
is trying to conciliate Senator Mc
Pherson and unite the Democratic
factions.
Old soldiers begin to complain f
the avarice of the "physical wreck v
At the recent veterans' reunion
near Concord. N. H., it was present,
made a speech praising itself, and
then charged the veteraus $25 for
helping its little boom along. Now,
this is evidently wrong. The
"physical wreck" is mighty particu
lar when it sees an opportunity for
''holding up" the pension of a vet
eran unable to quite complete his
case, or screws him down to the
last dollar in the interest of econo
my and reform and -the "boomlet."
aforesaid. But it does't think it
dishonest to absent itself from its
desk and devote time, which ought
to be given to the perfecting of
those stupendous problems of re
form now rampant in the pension
office, to electioneering and make
such electioneering a source of rev
enue at the rate of $25 a day. while
at the same time it draws a salary
of 5,000 a year and a pension of
SI 00 a month. This is mean, and
the "physical wreck will recognize
this as soon as its attention is called
to the outburst of indignation
with which its recent mercenarv
treatment of the New Hampshire
veterans has been greeted there as
well as elsewhere. JV. Y. Tribune.
Alt, men mourn the death of
Roscoe Conkling as one who has
been cut ofE before his career was
rounded out: but the Democrats
weep tears of anguish for selfish
motives. They recognize in his
demise the death of a possible ally
of great strength, and their grief is
proportionately strong.
Dexter's best trotting time, 2:16,
was at one time written m gold.
Goldsmith Maid.and St. Julien were
in turn successors in lowering the
record until Maud S. brought it
wn to 2:8, where it still re-
mt f
mams, me trotting time is at
present down so fine that it has a
gilt edge, but there are horsemen
who predict that eventually a mile
will be trotted in two minutes.
Minister Phelps say that Presi
dtit Cleveland is very popular in
England. The English have never
seen him, to be' sure, but he is doing
his best to please them.
M m
Governor Gray is not disposed to
appear as a Democratic dark horse
in Indiana. The refusal to com
pliment ex-senator McDonald with
a seat in the convention is one of
those small things that will develop
and fall with a dull thud on the
Gray boom.
Out in Montana a man is as good
as his bond. A miner out there
who couldn't pay a debt of forty
eight dollars offered to let his credi
tor shoot at him twice with a pistol
at a distance of two hundred feet.
He was wounded both times, but
not seriously. ,
A most singular and astounding
revelation, if true, has just been
made to the.public by the Nebraska
Teacher for April, a monthly jour
nal known as the "official oigan
of the state teachers' association,"
says the Hastings Gazette-Journal.
The statement is sensational in its
character and will doubtless cause a
further investigation to be made
concerning the information given.
The Teachers1 article is as follows:
"All are familiar with the story
going the rounds of the press in re
gard to the heroism of Miss Free
man, a teacher of Howard county,
Nebraska, during the storm of Jan
uary lost. Thousands of teachers
whose hearts beat in sympathy for
her on hearing the thrilling story
of her efforts to save her pupils
and many more who have given
their money freely for a supposed
wortny object, will be pained to
hear that tnis story is a fabrication,
but such is the case and we have the
evidence before us to prove the as
sertion. A telegraph operator, who
is her lover, wired the Omaha Bee
the deeds of his visionary heroine,
and all know the rest. Had she
immediately corrected this report
she would now be considered one of
the 6,000 .sensible teachers of our
state. The people of her county
urge her to do this yet, and stop
receiving the money which is still
being sent to her.
"The facts come to us that the
roof of her school house did not
blow off, she did not tie her pupils,
together with a rope, string or
handkerchief, as she had none of
these. There were sixteen pupils
instead of thirteen, and two of the
larger ones escorted her home, and
say she would have perished but for
them. Her parents are wealthy
not poor, as reported.
"We give this because it is our
duty, and we do not wish to shrink
from shielding a public sympathy
from such gross impositions.
. . .
DUTCH FLATS.
Dutch Flats, April 24th. The
weather is nice, but a little rain
would be a benefit to gardens and
small grain. Wheat is coming up
nicely and there is a large acreage
of it.
Squire Bolish is setting out five
acres of trees on his timber claim,
planting thirty bushels of potatoes
and everything else in proportion.
J. Bouf man has planted three acres
of potatoes and is now busy plow
ing for corn.
Our school, which is being
taught by Herbert Covell, is pro
gressing nicely and satisfactory to
the patrons. The teacher goes
home to North Platte on Friday ev
enings and returns Sunday.
James Elder went up to North
Platte a few days ago on business.
Wm. Finch and two sons went
to North Platte with three teams
last Saturday for his household
goods and farming implements
which were shipped from Missouri.
He has taken a homestead and he
and his family are satisfied.
John Labille has not been able to
do much work this spring. Rheu
matism keeps him down most of
the time.
N. A. Davis, of North Platte,
was in this vicinity last week tak
ing orders for farm machinery.
He succeeded in selling a few har
vester about Dutch Flats.
We have a good lumber yard at
Wellfleet, but the' best lumber is of
a poor quality and high price at
that.
What is the matter withyour
correspondent at Wellfleet? He
or she should wake up and give us
some items; it won't do to sine die
yet, for we must elect a Republican
president next fall without fail.
Stuiner.
PLEASANT HILL PRECINCT.
Taken from the Paxton Pilot
Farmers are quite busy, grass is
plenty, cattle are looking better,
trees are putting out their foliage,
the green carpets of wheat and oats'
can be seen in many directions, and
most of the farmers are preparing
corn ground.
From the amount of onion seed
planted in this vicinity we hope to
buy them at two cents per pound.
The writer has paid seven cents per
pound before farming was tested
nere. All that is needed is to plant
or sow, and with cultivation Lincoln
county will give a big yield.
A soliciting agent for the North
Platte Creamery called on the peo
ple of this vicinity and made ar
rangements for the gathering of
cream. The company offers 15 cts
Eer guage for cream, at our doors,
ets give them a trial.
Still they come! Mr. House and
family of Denver, Colo., have
bought the Priest claim on section
2, town 13, range 34 and Are pre
paring to build next week. Let
them come from either direction
they will find a healthy climate and
a productive soil.
Mr. Slootskey, our County Sur
veyor is improving his claim.
Mrs. Wilkins, after a two weeks
visit with her daughter Mrs. Brown,
left Sunday evening for her home
in Iowa.
Yates' and Coulter report the
largest spring of flowing water yet
discovered. It is eighteen miles
north of IJaxtpn and covers a space
40 feet in, circumference. It has
six places shooting up water a foot
above the level of the surface. The
girgling' of the sprouting water can
be heard quite a distance. The
spring is over a foot deep and eight
feet wide. This wonderful spring
is on the banks of the Birdwood and
the back of the spring is a half cir
cle of the bank cut in the side, dot
ted around the base with trees and
vines and small fruits such as cur
rants and strawberries.
Merritt Hitchings has recently
moved on his claim and is making
mother earth look black
Miss Leona Johnson went east
Sunday evening. She will reside
twenty miles north of North Platte,
where" she will take charge of her
school.' , Leona has taken with her
the best wishes of all in this pre
cinct. 1 , Guess Who.
Pretty Women.
All women1 look attractive when their color
and complexion ja clear If your skin is sallow
eyes doll, yon are bilious, secure a box of Wil
liams' Australian Herb Pills, take as directed,
and the feeling of languor will leave you, your
eyes brighten, and you are another woman. C,
W. Price,Agent.
4KlH
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of purity,
strength and wholesomeness. More economical
than the ordinary kinds and cannot bo sold in
competition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only
in cans. Royal Baking Powdsb Co., 106 WaU
8treet, New York.
The state of Ohio is going for
Sherman at Chicago in June, and
for the nominee of the Chicago
convention in November. These
are the fixed facts. Ohio is the
pivotal state. Other states can
take their places accordingly.
Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette.
Within and beyond the bounda
ries of the state Judge Gresham is
far stronger with the great body of
voters than his successful rival.
There is hardly the faintest possi
bility, in the present situation, that
Harrison will receive the presiden
tial nomination. With him out of
the way and Mr. Blaine resolved to
adhere to his withdrawal, the
Gresham movement would become
a formidable quantity. Brooklyn
Eagle.
U. P TIME TABLE.
OOUCO WIST MOUNTAIN TIKI.
No. 1 Mail and Express Dept. 8d A. M.
No. 3-Overland Flyer " 9:05 V. 3C
No. 2S-Freight " 825 A. X.
No. 27-Freight 44 8:40 P. K.
No. 21-Freight 44 lOdOO P. M
Stops only at Ogallala, Julesburg and Sidney on
Third District.
GOING ZAST.
No. 4 Overland Flyer Dept. 5:45 A. M.
No. 8-Local Express " 70 A. Jf.
No. 2-Mailand Express " 750 p. M.
Stops only at Plum Creek, Kearney and Grand
Island ob Second District.
fDaily except'Sunday.
J. C. Feigcson. Agent.
NESBITT & GRIMES,
Attorneys-at-Law,
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBR.
Officx oveb Folet's Stobk.
C. M. DUNCAN, M. D.
Phvaician and Sunzeon.
Office: Ottenstein's Block, np stairs. Office
hours from 8 to la a. m.t i to a ana 1 10 p.m
Residence on West Sixth Street.
NORTH PLATTE. - NEBRASKA.
Hit
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WITHOUT
Gasoline mn
A PEER!
NOTICE TO .TEACHERS.
Notice is hereby given that I will examine all
persons who may desire to offer themselves as
candidates for teachers of the common schools of
this county on the THIRD TUESDAY of every
m0nth R. H. LANCFORD,
Countt Soft.
Mrs. W. G. JARVIS,
t
tmmwm ii amy i
Residence on West Fifth Street.
Opposite Iddiogs' residence.
Prof. N. KLEIN,
3VETJ1BIO TEACHBH.
Instruction on the Piano, Organ, "Violin or any
Reed or Brass Instrument.
Pianos carefully tuned. Organs repaired.
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA.
P. WALSH,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Estimates on Work Furnished.
Shop Corner Cottonwood and Third Sts
east of Catholic church.
AJT THE
It has been discovered. The only perfect
ly safe gasoline stove made. Accidents
from this stove are impossible. Self-lighter;
no match box attachment needed. ISTo
pump to get out or order or gas torced into
the room. Drop tank. The most simple
and economical stove made. More of these
stoves in use in North Platte than all others
combined. Be sure and call and examine
before purchasing.
CONWAY & KEITH,
NORTH PLATTE
NEBRASKA.
Star Boot ad Shoe Store
FOR THE NEXT
TWENTY ,!' DAYS
Boots, Shoes and' all kinds of footwear, of the very best manufacturers in
the country, consisting of such celebrated makes as the Eeynolds Bros.
Fine Ladies' Slipes;, nothing better made in the way of shoes in the
unlted.btate9;, Fine shoes or a dozen manutacturers in Men s. Jooys ,
Ladies' and Children?s: all sizes, all grades. This includes the celebrated
HENDERSON SHOE,
for which we are the exclusive agents. Children sizes, 5 to 8, will go
for $1.00, worth 1.50; from 9 to 1U, $1.25, worth $1.65; from 12 to
m, $1.35, worth '81.85: from 1 to 2, $1.65, worth $2.25. Nothing bet
ter for children than Henderson's Bed School House Shoes. Each pair
has the picture of a school house on bottom of shoe. All other shoes
represented as such are frauds on this justly celebrated school house shoe.
WIDE AWAKE !
mi
Better Offers Than Before
AT THE
North Plate Boot k Sloe S
ore
Ladies' Pine Kid Shoes, worth $3.00 go for $2.00.
Ladies' Pine Kid Shoes, worth 2.50 go for 1.75.
Men's Fine Shoes, worth $5.00 go for $3.75.
Men's"Fine Shoes, worth 4.00 go for 2.75.
Men's Pine Shoes, worth 3.00 go for 2.25.
Boys' Shoes in a great variety of styles at the same slaughter reduction.
Every pair of our shoes, be they for ladies.children,men or boys,are good.
WE HANDLE NO SHODDY.
Most of our goods are warranted and we hold ourselves responsible for
the-quality of material and "workmanship. We have a large stock of
PINE LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S HOSE,
that -we will close out for less than -wholesale cost: All sizes and fine
grade of goods. Ladies' hose, usually sold for 75 cents by our competitors,
can be had of us for 40"cents. All-wool ribbed children's hose, fine
goods, forj20, sell at 35 cents at any other store in town.
Our reason for this break is, we have placed some very large orders for
footwear with eastern manufacturers and we must have room. Next
month we will receive
CAELOADS OF SHOES
and room we must have, and at once. Buy now, don't put it off. Buy
to-day, don't 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.
Star
Boot
and Shoe
Store
H. (Ml, Prop.
it
My stock of goods is still large and my spring stock is arriving weekly.
I find it necessary to decrease my stock more rapidly to make room for
the incoming goods. I will therefore offer my goods at still
GREATER REDUCTION UNTIL APRIL i:
Beat these prices if you can: i ..
Men's Railroad Shoes, Warranted, $2.25.
Men's Fine Shoes. $1.7 5.
-
Men's Hand-Sewed Shoes, Jf.50.
Ladies' Fine Kid Shoes, 1.00.
Ladies' Fine Kid Shoes, 1.50.
Ladies' Fine Dongola Shoes, 2.00.
Ladies' Combination French Kid Shoes, S.50.
Ladies' French Kid Shoes, J,.25.
Children's, Boys' and Misses' Shoes at astonishingly low prices. A
call will better convince you of the Great Bargains better than by mere
ly reading an advertisement, therefore if you are wise come at once,
where you will get double value for your money.
Truly yours.
McDonald's Block, ) f P MADTC
North Platte, Neb. j. LJDL,L,.
7Ht
E. B. WARNER,
Keeps constantly in stock Metalic and Cloth Draped Caskets, complete
line or jinmmings in vvnite and Dlack:, trlos3 White (Jaskets,
Wooden Coffins of all sizes, Shrouds and Shaes.
Telegraph Orders Promptly Attended to. Open Day and Night.
ENBALMINGr A SPECIALTY.
J. K. SOBERS,
Nurseryman,
Florist and Gardener,
(BARTON PLACE,)
NORTH PLATTE, NEBR.
Can furnish all kinds of fruit and
shade trees, forest trees, and seed
lings for tree claims at lowest
prices. Also all kinds of olants and
flowers. Estimates and desierns
given for laying out new grounds.
Yards kept by contract.
H. MacLEAN,
Fine Boot and Shoe Mafor,
And Dealer In
MEN'S LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Perfect Fit, Best .Work and Goods as
Represented or Money Refunded.
9
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE.
8prace Street, bet. Front and Sixth,
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
