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SATURDAY, JUNE 2. 1888.
CoNGBESSitAN Laird is the liveli
est man on the floor o the house. It
keeDS the "wires red-hot to recount
his acts.
Latest dispatches indicate that
Gen. Sheridan is improving and
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there are some hopes of his tempor
ary recovery.
Cleveland did not go a-fishing
on Memorial day this year. He
went to New York to repair his po
litical fences.
Again- Mr. Blaine finds it nec
essary to declare his intentions not
to be a candidate before the Chica
go convention. This had become
necessary from the fact that it was
becoming evident his friends would
lay his name before the convention
and that in all probability he would
receive the nomination. His open,
manly letter, full of patriotism, loy
alty to the party and honor to his
friends, appears in another column.
In spite of this he may be nomina
ted, lbut if so his opponents cannot
say that he has not acted f airly and
honorably, doing all in, his power
to prevent it.
For more than twenty-five years
the uniform ruling of the land de
partment has been that the entry
man could perfect title to a home
stead at the end of five years from
of entry, provided he made settle
ment before the expiration of six
months from the date of entry; but
now comes this reform Democratic
administration under the manage
ment of Grover the Great, and rules
that the five years commences to
run from date of settlement. This
of itself would not work any great
hardship were it not made retroac
tive. It refers to all final proofs
made in the "affected district"
established by Spark's "dead line"
more than three years ago, and in
thousands of cases completely in
validates the title, whether in the
hands of the original parties or of
innocent purchasers. By what
right or pretext of right do the
Democrats reverse a practice that
has been followed since the com
mencement of the law? It out
Herod's Herod. Even the notori
ous Sparks himself, who adopted
every scheme to annoy the settler
that his fertile brain could invent,
could not think of this. And then
in the matter of timber-claims:
The practice has been to prove up
at the end of eight years; but the
department now rules that proof
cannot be made until eight years
after the ten acres have been
planted. Evidently the land de
partment is bending its energies to
the invention of pure cussedness.
MR. BLAINE WILL NOT BE A CAN
DIDATE.
The New York Tribune of Tues
day contained the following letter
from Mr. Blaine again declining to
be a candidate tor the presidency:
Paris, May 17, 1888.
Whitckuc Jichl, Esq., Editor of the
iVcr York lribunc:
My Dear Sir: Since my return to
Tans from southern Itaiy on the
8th inst., I have learned (what
aid not oeiore oeneve) tnat my
name may yet be presented to the
national convention as a candidate
for the presidency by the Republi
can party. A single phrase of the
letter of January 25 from Florence
. (which was decisive of everything
I had the personal power to decide)
lias been treated by many of my
most valued friends as not absolute
ly conclusive in ultimate and possi
ble contingencies. On the other
hand, friends equally devoted and
disinterested have construed my
letter, as it should be construed, to
be an unconditional withholding of
my. name from the national con
vention. Tney have in consequence
given their support to eminent gen
tlemen who are candidates for the
Chicago nomination, some of whom
would not,I am sure,have consented
to assume that position if I had de
sired to represent the party in the
presidential contest of 1888.
If I should now, by speech or by
silence, by commission or omission,
permit my name, in any event, to
come before the convention,I should
incur the reproach of being uncan
did with those who" have always
been candid with me. I speak,
therefore, because I am not willing
to remain in a doubtful attitude. I
am not willing to be the cause of
misleading a single man among the
millions who gave me their suf
frages and their confidence. I am
not willing that even one of my
faithful supporters in the past
should think me capable of palter
ing in a doubtful sense, with my
words. Assuming that the presi
denial nomination could by any
possible chance be offered to me I
could not accept it without leaving
in the minds of thousands of men
the impression that I had not been
free from indirection, therefore I
could not accept it at all.
The misrepresentations of malice
have no weight, but the just dis
pleasure of friends, I could not pa
tiently endure. Republican victo
ry, the prospects of which grow
brighter every day,can be imperilled
onlv by lack of unity in council or
by acrimoniousfcon tests (over men.
The issue of protection is incalcula
bly stronger and greater than any
man, for it concerns tne prosuenty
of the present and or
yet to come.
' re
generations
Were it possible for every voter of
the republic to see for himselr the
condition of recompense of labor in
Europe, the party of free trade in
the United btates would not receive
the support of one wage-worker be
tween the two oceans. It may not
be directly in our power as philan
thropists to elevate the European
laborer, but it will be a lasting stig
ma upon our statesmanship if we
permit the American laborer to be
forced down to the European level,
and in the end the rewards of labor
everywhere will be aduanced if we
steadily refuse to lower the stand
ard at home.
Yours very sincerely,
(Signed) James G. Blaine.
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
Saturday, May 26,1888.
The board of county commission
ers met pursuant to adjournment;
present James Belton and Lester
Walker, commissioners, and county
clerk.
The clerk is directed to have pub
lished in the newspapers of Lincoln
county that the board of commis
sioners will meet on Tuesday, June
12th, as a board of equalization and
will be in session not more than
twenty days, and that all tax-payers
are warned to see that their assess
ments are correct, as there can be
no change after levy of ..taxes.
Now comes W. D. Lyle and com
plains that the road running across
Cottonwood gulch is impassable and
asks that it be bridged. Referred.
Pauley Bros, and Marsh, in re
sponse to advertisement for plans
for jail, presented for consideration
of the board their respective plans,
which were examined.
Adjourned to meet Monday, Mav
28th.
Monday the board met, commis
sioners Walker and Belton
present.
The following resolution
adopted:
Resolved, That the plans and
specifications submitted to the board
by W. F. Marsh, architect, be ac
cepted by the board of commission
ers of Lincoln county upon" the fol
lowing condition: That said build-
mg shall be erected and completed
at an expense not exceeding eight
thousand dollars, the county board
to pay to the said W. F. Marsh the
sum of two and a half per cent of
the contract price of said building
for the same, upon the completion
or said building.
Adjourned until Tuesday.
May 29th Board met pursuant
to adjournment, commissioners
Belton and Walker being present.
Ordered that the road overseer of
road district No. 10 be authorized
to expend $50 over the poll tax in
his district.
Ordered that section line between
sections 22 and 23, 13-31 be and
is hereby declared a public highway.
The petition ot W. H. .Null and
others and Win. Hubartt and others
are referred to county clerk with
request to appoint a viewer of the
same.
Adjourned until the 31st.
being
was
but was glad to return to her Ne
braska home.
Rev. and Mrs. Hosford are visit
ing their daughter, Mrs. Aldrich,
at Vroman this week.
A fine new boy arrived August
Diehl's Monday afternoon. He is
a ten pounder and they say he has
come to stay.
Cricket.
WALLACE.
Mr. Kenworthy, from near the
Platte, was down after a load of
corn a few days since.
Mr. Chase has been somewhat'
under the weather for the past few
days, but is able to be on the streets
again.
Work on the new elevator has
already begun and by the time the
small grain is ready "for the market
Mr. Jackson expects to have the
elevator in running order.
The Misses Fisher have opened a
millinery and dressmaking shop
and we expect soon to see all our
ladies decorated in the latest spring
styles.
We are going to have a Fourth
of July even if the cold weather
does last all summer and a Fourth
of July celebration too. Already
a sufficient sum has been subscribed
to insure funds sufficient to meet
all expenses. We also have a
crack base ball nine that would
like to cross bats with any club in
Lincoln county. Don?t all speak
at once. '
J. S. Bailor & Co., our new lum
ber firm, have knocked the bottom
out of lumber prices. Lumber has
come down from $47 per M.
They have also . received a fine lot
of shop machinery and are contem
plating putting in a planing mill.
Mr. Inghram, of Iowa, is visit
ing with his son Wm. who lives
just in the edge of Hayes county.
Last Saturday Mr. Cochran re
ceived one of the Hasting well
augers and in the future will be
prepared to find "Adam's ale" for
all who may so desire.
Ch. Hutchinson is boring a well
for John Nation on his claim east
of town.
And still they go we mean the
bachelors. The last victim was our
worthy attorney Mr. Bentley who
went off on legal business and re
turned with a wife. We wish the
young people a long, happy and
prosperous future.
Mr. P. B. Govin, of Corning,
Iowa, has purchased the interest of
Cruzen Bros, in the Bank of Wll-
fL it Ml
structed to advertise' for bids and
let the buildiig of said sidewalk to
the lowest ladder and collect; the
expense from, the owner or "owners
of said lots according to law.
Sec. 4. this ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and publication
according to law. ,
Approved: C: F. Obmsby,
Mayor.
Attest: E. B. Warner",
City Clerk.
State of Nebraska, )
Lincoln County, j I? i
I, E. B. Warner, clerk of the
City of North Platte, do hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance
was passed by the council and ap
proved by the mayor the 25th day
of May, 1888.
Witness my hand arid the seal of
said city of North Platte this 26th
day of May, 1888.
E. B. Waritbr,
L. S. City Clerk.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
Office of City Clerk,
North Platte, .Neb.
June 1st, 1888.
Sealed bids will be received by
the city clerk for supplying the
city of North Platte. Nebr., with
lumber for the ensuing year.
.Bidders shall give the amount
perM of different widthslmd thick
ness of lumber and also quality.
lhe right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
Bids will be received until 12
o'clock noon of June,9th, 1888.
E. B. Wakneb,
City Clerk.
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Application for Liquor License.
Matter of Application of P. E. Sallivaa for Li-
cease.
Notice is hereby siren taat P. E. SaUiyan did
unon the 31atdav of May. fie his aDDlica-
tion to the Board of Couty 'Commissi oners of
Lincoln coaaty. Nebraska, for Maeoae to- sell
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UltUI bpUIHKMB BOU ViliUUB ,UDWn OS lUb Bli
block eighteen, in the town of i Wallace, ' Lincoln
county. Nebraska, from the first day of Jane.
thorough business man
and
conies
here with ample means. This
makes the Bank of Wallace strict
lv a home institution run with
home capital. Agricola.
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1888, to the 90th day of April 1889. If there be
no objection, remonstrance' or protest filed
within two weeks from May SlsL 18S8. the said
license will be granted.
192 P. E. SdJJTAK. Applicant.
NOTICE OF SALE UNDR CHATTEL
MORTGAGE-
Notice is hereby giren that if 'lUtmi of a chat
tel mortgare dated on the 1st. day of March, 1888,
and duly filed for record in the office of the County
Clerk of Lincoln County Nebraska on the 3d day
of March, 1883, at the hoar of 10' o'clock in - the
forenoon of said day, and execs ted by David
Cash to Thomas Painter to secure the payment of
the sum of $288.75 on which there is now doe $214.75
Default having been made iB the payment of said
turn, and no suit or other proceeding at law hav
ing been instituted to recover 'said debt or any
jrt thereof, I will sell the property therein de
f scribed viz: 132 head of large cattle and 62 calves
of the spring of 1887 and being all of the cattle
owned by me and kept on Magdalena Breternitz
Homestead Claim in Logan County, Neb, subject
however to mortgage to Wm. B. Conklin of
L$32S.O0 and to mortgage to C. F. Iddincs of
i nklll.00 and fo mortgage to I. "Hinman for
lace and will in the future make
Wn ncP hi hnmp Air ftmrin is a lw.wana to morteage to w, iJeach upon
I nuibu macaw uuu ua
PLEASANT HILL.
Our farmers are happy over the
late rains and are rejoicing over the
prospect of raising a good crop the
coming: season.
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O'FALLON ORACLE.
Bright weather once more and
most of the farms not quite inun
dated. Tbe windmill pump at the sta
tion has been repaired. There are
prospects for a new tank.
upon entering the depot the
other day we were im
pressed with the brightness and
cleanliness of everything. A gen
eral renovation of the building and
grounds has taken place and now if
those railway officials who complain
that O .rail on station is nothing:
but a sand bank would only send
up a tew carloads or cinder to be
scattered where the sand is bad, it
would be a great improvement.
Twenty carloads or sheep on their
way fron Dalles, Oregon, to Chi
cago, were let out here Monday for
pasture. Wednesday they started
on again.
W. L. Harrington has been con
fined to the bed for a week with
rheumatism, but is now around.
Miss Mamie Mason left last week
for her home in Denver. The last
day of school was not celebrated in
the usual fashion. We did not even
hear any shouts of joy hurrahs for
vacation or anything or the kind.
The reason for this quietude is that
there have been no children in at
tendance for some time. Parents
each one ask yourself the question
Am 1 in any way responsible tor
the non-success ot the school? and
answer truthfullv.
Miss Ida Mc Williams dishes up
the food to the hungry souls at the
section house. To
whom honor is due,
that the section house at O'Fallons
is the neatest and best we were ever
permitted to eat in.
A tew couple enjoyed a good
time at the home of Koy Thomp
son last Tuesday evening. We un
derstand there was a violin in use.
Lyst.
on
On Saturday evening: we had
old fashioned rain a regular gully
washer accompanied by consider
able hail but no damage was done.
Mrs. Mollie Yates is quite jubi
lant over the prospective visit of
her father. Mr. N. B. Whitesides
of Illinois whom she expects this
week.
Miss Lizzie Brown is visiting
section 8 this week.
Steve Conway gets very thirsty of
late while tending his crops and
calls frequently at Phil Brown's
well for a drink of Adams ale.
Quite a number were in attend
ance at the Alliance meetiug Satur
day evening and a very enjoyable
time was had.
Miss Hattie Kerwood returned
home Saturday. She says she likes
city life verv much but thinks her
ma needs her help at home.
Mrs. Holbrook and Wm. Con
way will be here next week from
Illinois.
Miss Blaker and C. A. McKinis
try of Ogalalla were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. .Johnson last
week. Guess Who.
balance of about 2700.00.
at public auction at the Unioa. Pacific Railway
stock yards in the city-of North Platte, Lincoln
County, Nebraska, an the 23d. day of June 188S,
at one o'clock p. m. of said day.
Dated June 2d. 1838.
TH0UA8 P.VLMXR
Mortgagee.
A drink of whiskey killed three-year-old
Willie McConnell, of San
Francisco.
Cats are the poets of the lower
animals, they alone cultivate the
mews.
In necessary things, unity; in
non-essentials, liberty; in all things,
charity.
A minister in Jamacia at night,
by the light of an insect called the
candle-fly, was kept from stepping
over a precipice of one hundred
feet.
Don't look a gift horse in the
mouth, my dear, said her husband:
Keep your mouth shut, then, said
she. And he shut it.
An Illinois man who moved out
to Kansas several years ago recent
ly returned to his old home to eat a
doughnut made by his mother, and
found it a little poorer than his
svife made.
What a beautiful child, says the
visitor to the lady of the house.
Yes, he is a handsome boy. Indeed
he is, the perfect image of his
father: Don't you think so? I
never saw his father. We adopted
hiai.
There are more liquor-sellers than
public-school teachers, and four
times as many saloons as churches.
The whole number of suicides in
the United States for the five years,
1882-87, was 8,226. Rum did it in
many cases.
The death rate per 1,000 of liv
ing population, for the year 1880,
was greatest in Italy, 30.5, and
lowest in the United States, 18.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder neTer varies. A marvel of purity,
strength and wholesomeness. More economical
than the ordinary kinds and cannot be sold in
competition with tho multitude of low test, short
-weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only
in cans. Royal Baking Powdek Co., 10G Wall
Street, New York.
$20,000 $2O,000
WORTH OF
honor to
we must sav
give
MORROW PLAT.
Decoration Day was not observed
by the good people of Morrow Flat;
only. by our more patriotic friends
who spent the day at North .Platte
and Cottonwood.
George Diddock has sold his
homestead on 12-30-12 to Gust
Deiner, the price, we understand,
ihg 600 which includes the
growing crop, xtumor nas it tnat
eorge has skipped tor parts un
known.
Mrs. W. T. Bowen, who has
been visiting friends aud relatives
in the east for several months, re
turned home last Thursday evening.
She reports having a splendid time j
ORDINANCE No. 70.
An ordinance relative to sidewalks
and providing for a sidewalk
from the south line of Front
street along the east side of Ma
ple street to Third street, thence
on the west side of Maple street
to the south line of the city lim
its of North Platte, Nebraska.
Be it ordained b; the Maior and
Council of the City , of North
Platte, Nebraska:
Sec. 1. It is herebv ordered
that a sidewalk be built on the east
side of Maple street from the south
line of Front street to Third street,'
thence on the west side of Maple
street to the south line of the lim
its of said city of North Platte.
Sec 2. Said sidewalk to be built
by owners of lots abutting on the
east side of said Maple street to
Third street, and on the west
side of Maple street from Third
street to the south line of the
limits of said citv; and the city of
North Platte shall put in and con
struct the necessary street and alley
ciossings on the line of said side
walk. Said sidewalk shall be con
structed of two-inch pine plank,
laid upon three stringers; said
stringers to be not less than six by
two inches and securely spiked
with not less than five spikes to
each plank. Said sidewalk to be
five feet four inches wide and laid
two feet fi-om lot line on said street.
Sec. 3. In the event of the fail
ure of any lot owner to build the
sidewalk upon his property abutting
on said street along the line of said
sidewalk within thirty days from
the passage of this ordinance, the
street commissioner is hereby in-
New ot; Elegant Goods.
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It has been discovered. The only perfect
ly safe gasoline stove made,
from this stove are impossible.
Accidents
Self-light
er; no match box attachment needed. JSTo
pump to get out of order or gas forced into
the room. Drop tank. The most simple
and economical stove made. More of these
stoves in use in 5T orth Platte than all others
combined. Be sure and call and examine
before purchasing.
CONWAY & KEITH,
NORTH PLATT-E,
NEBRASKA.
WIDE AWAKE !
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Better Offers Than Before
AT THE
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ZEE STOCK OF THE
Sta'r
P.;
'Clothing
House
must bo 'educed within a short time. The stoch
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has been sold to 'tyEBER $ VOLLMEB a at great
sacrifice. E. Otterihasthe privilege of reducing
the stoch for a time. Whatever can be soul at
tp.vhpfosaleicost will go. -
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FINE CLOTEINGr, . EATS, CAPS, BOOTS,
SHOE'S. F URNISHING- GOODS,
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will go cheap, cheap cheap, for they must go
cuich. This is 116 cheap stoch but positively the
best stoch west oi OinaJia. It is complete in all
particulars andiveivill sell goods at almost half
the price that oiiv competitors ash. I am deter
minedthatttiedood shall go iviih a rush, so
don't wait. I maintain on the counters ivhat I
assert on paper and all goods warranted as rep-
resented. Call av)d see me at the STAR CLOTE-
INCr HO USE: . A
OTTEN.
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. L will therefore offer my goods at still
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GREATER REDUCTION UNTIL APRIL
13eat these prices if you can :
Men's Railroad Shoes, Warranted, $2.25.
Men's Fine Shoes-. 1.75.
Men's Eand-Sewed Shoes, J.50.
ladies' Fine Kid Shoes, 1.00.
Ladies' Fine Kid Shoes, 1.50.
Ladies' Fine Dougola Shoes, 2.00.
Ladies' Combination French Kid Shoes, S.50.
Ladies' French Kid Shoes, J.25.
Children's, Bovs' and Misses' Shoes at astonishingly low prices. A
call will better convince you of the Great Bargains better thau by mere
ly reading an advertisement, therefore if you are wise come at once,
where vou will get double value for your money.
Truly yours.
McDonald's Block;
North iJIatte, Nch. J
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E. B. WARNER
Keeps constantly in stock Metalic and Cloth Draped Caskets, complete
lino n TVimmincra in "Wltifn on1 "Rlorl- flliac? TUTiJ- Pnolmtn
Wooden Coffins of all sizes, Shrouds and Shaes.
Telegraph Orders Promptly Attended to. Open Day and Night: '
ENBALMING A SPECIALTY.
I. K. SOMERS,
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 plants and
flowers, Estimates and designs
given for laying out new grounds.
Yards kept by contract.
H. MacLEAN,
Fine Boot and Shoe Maker,.'
And Dealer In
MEN'S LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Perfect Pit, Rest Work and Goods
Represented or Money Refunded.
as
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE.
Spruce Street, bet. Front and Sixth,
"NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.-
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