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w kt. : . U 1 'V ' ThllT ... Resident, bier. .'(UEu.. "-J ' , .. . - . ' - ! - - -- " ' " 1 1 STEVENS & BAKE, Prop's, HE RMS if paid hi Advance, only $1.00 per year. : One Year, if not in Advance, 1.50. iuuuius, in Advance, - - -Three Months, in Advance, - - Advertising Rates on- Application. U. P. TJEnE TABLE. GOING WEST 3KH7XTA1X TK1E. vA 13Aail?nd,Press Dept. 8:1?. a. si. NoFreiSht" " 8f.A. 3i. No. 2l-RdRht". " Stops only at Ogallala, jul'ekburg and Sidney on Hard District. GOING EAST. v JPTCrW rjjGr Dcpt- r.:r a. a:. -i 3Iail and Express 755 r. :,r. btops only at Plam Creek, Kearney and Grand . island os. Second District. TDaily except Sunday. J. C. Agent. NESBITT & GRIMES, Attorneys-at-Law, NORTH PLATTE; - jyEBJJ. OrilCE OVEtt J"oley Stobk. . v C. M. DUNCAN, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Oi'Ficz: Ottcnstein's Block, np ethirs. Oilice hoars from ! to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 and 7 to p. in liesidenco on "West Bistli Street. NORTH PLATT3, - NEBRASKA. A: J. LAPPEUS, M: D., Office in llinwan's Ulock, Spruce St., Docs a general practice. Chronic Dis eases and Diseases of Wouiei a Specialt'. IP. M GBAT, Has now associated wilhLim Db. F. JL. Cart, late ot Omaha, wlio is an cspert cro'.va and bridge worker and a first-class operator. All work will be guaranteed satisfactory and prices moderate. Oliice over Conway Sisters' Millinery Store. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. NOTIC3 TO TEACHERS. .Notice is heraby given tSiat I will examine all persons who may desire to offer themselves as candidates for teachers o the common schools of. i. this county on the TIIiKD TUESDAY of every month. i?. K. LAMCFORD, Cocxrv Suit. Prof. N. KLEIN, Instruction on the Piano, Organ, Yiolin or any Reed or Brass Instrument. Tiauos carefuilj- tunetL Organs repaired. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. BYSTAL . ICE l,) ICE CREAiM. r i. - -.;- . Pure CiTstal Lake lee delivered in any part of the city. lee Cream made to order from pure cieam and delivered. LcavSkorflers with R. A. Douglas. Wm. EDIS. fDGBL A OTTfflSnHT, GENERAL Mm&l ul Ipsi Wurk. Horse-Shoeing A Specialty. Shop 011 West Front Street, west of the Jail, NOimi PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Bismark Saloon Billiard and Pool Hall, J. C. HUPFER, Pbop.. Keeps none hut the finest "Whiskiesuch as ROBINSON COUNTY, TENN. GOON HOLLOW, - ' M. V. JIONAliCJJ, 'J 0. F. G. TAYLOR. G U OK EN HE 121 Ell It YE. WELSH AND HOMESTEAD Also line case goods, Brandies, Rum, Gin Etc. St Louis Bottled Beer and 3Iihv.iukec Beer on draft. Corner Sixth and Spruce Streets, r jfoUTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA GUY'S PLACE. FIST-GLASS Sample Eooni? N L. HALL, Manager. Having refitted our rooms throughout, the public is invited t.o call and see 11s. ONLY ' :biioice Wines," ; . : : iiquors and Cigars - i r 'iCcithVJJlock. Front Street, . ' - . . jrOUtH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA. YOL. IT. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, JUNE 9, 1888. NO. 21 " NORTH PLATTE, NEB. BiaicovLSit Good iTotcc jjsaa. 053. dis-ttels- .... a. .liAniAn mvan , , .Accounts soUcitcd ana prompi, a"""'TntflrP8t & Wall basiaeM entrusted to its care. Interest iKUU VU. 2?JJEZj1& XjO-A-ZTnTS Hade at the Yery Lowest Kates of Interest. A' i: - i r it .. 'iN'OW ON SALE SUMMER UITS LIGHT AND AIRY. Come in and look them over. They're nice. . JL JLJ P.AJi-A.OIij r. - ERSE COAL. LUMB LUMBER, : SASH, BLINDS, DOORS, Etc. LIME AMD CEMENT. Eock Springs Nut, Eock Springs Lump. Pennsylvania Anthracite, Colorado Anthracite AND Colorado Soft YARD ON R. R. TR ACK WEST OF DEPOT, HA! Hi! THE BEST OE ALL! It did not take five years to discover that the Jewel Grasoliiie Stove was the only safe gasoline stove made, but in 1887, the first year it was introduced in North Platte, FORTY-SIX were sold, more than was sold of all others combined. We have them with either drop tank or the pneumatic, and in the language of the poet, :lno pump to get out of or der or gas forced through the room," but can prove that less gas escapes from it than any stove made, and can show it has many points of supe riority over all others and prove to you that the Jewel is Ti,e : Best : Stove : -Mla-cie- They are all guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction and will consume less gasoline than any stove in the market. Call and examine the late improved Jewel and be convinced and you will buv no other. RESPECTFULLY, Lv STRICKLER 1 Li i GARFIEKD. Plenty of rain in this sectiou of couutrj-. The farmers are all behind with their work this spring on account of so much rain. And the amount of grain being sown this year amountsto hundreds of acres more than has ever been sown in previous years. Prairie schooners are arriving and leav ing this port daily in numbers to numer ous to mention. Joseph Hall has sold his relinguiih ment and skipped for Missouri and judg ing from the song he was last heard to sing, he does not iutendj to return . He evidently was gohjg toee his best girl. George Dillon has taken up his abode ouhis.claimjind.i8,turR5g it all upside down making the wiind ring with his merry sougs while so jdoihg. The ground squirrels:" are taking the corn up pretty bad in this vicinity but Cy Fox is shooting them ; ho has crippled ono and singed the hair 'off from two others, but it takes the fleetest of them to get away from Will Craig especially if they run cross ways of the rows of listed corn so they will lose as much time jump ing up as Will does when lie falls down. Jake Miller says ho can run any team down plowing on this -table if he had a good riding plow, and the ground was pretty' broken, so there wouldn't be too much down hill plowing! G. S. Tappan has beeu under the weather for some time. lie thinks his sickness is caused from eatipg grub cook ed by fires made of frost bitten corn and to convince people that, ho jielieves so lie skipped for the J0ismaL);ind brought a load of wood. " C. C. Babcock is worrying considerable for fear it will stop raining and his cab bage crop will fail. , ' Fklteh. SCHOOL NOTES.. UY THE COUNTY is UPT. While penmanship is of the greatest importance, especially to the business man, it is a deplorable fact that it is of tener neglected in our schoools than any branch mentioned. in the course of stud-. If it becomes necessary to omit, for want of time, any of the studies, penmanship is the one which suffers. The teacher dis plays very little interest in it, the pupils enter upon the time allowed for this branch in the most listless manner pen manship is under the 'ban. There are various reasons which could be given for the number of illegible pannien sent out frorif"6ifr differenre1lucatiunai"Iustitii'-' tiohs, but only two will be mentioned. The first is that the carlessness, too fre quently exhibited by the teacher, is com municated to the pupil, the lesson is not made interesting, untid' habits in this re gard are formed, and a small amount of time devoted to the subject is expended in a manner nonproductive of a good re sult. Vicious teaching is most damaging, and is more dangerous fhan no instruc tion. The second reason is that many of the pupils have been early taught, through the expressed opinions of others, that skill in penmanship is a gift. While this may be true to a certain extent, yet the assertion should be very much qualified for there is no one who chooses to make the effort but can after a reasonable time, learn to write a good business hand. Teachers, note the fact, that the signs of the times denote a change, the people, patrons of our schools, are demanding it, and, as the profession is noted for keep ing abreast of the times, you as teachers, cannot aiford to linger on the way, you cannot afford to neglect this important branch till harsher measures are adopted to compel you to give it more attention. An examination of teachers w:is con ducted last Saturday in the central school building at which seven applicants pre sented themselves. Second grade certifi cates were issued to Misses Cleland, Babbit, Sullivan, Opal and Birdie Mc Gauhey, and first grade to Misses Anna Stolle and Bertha Thoelecke. So far as the educational ability is concerned there is no question but every one of these young ladies is well qualified to teach. Four of tliem have already been engaged in the work, and no comment is necessary. The other three are possessed of judg ment, and should make good instructors . There are only two things that the teacher should fear fear yourself, and fear to iullict a wrong. Those of us who have been in the ranks for years, can glance back into the past and recall in stances where we thought we acted con scientiously, and yec how very much dif ferently would we work to bring about a desired result, if we could but go over our work again. Man' of us carry deep down in our hearts a tinge of sadness for some of the mistakes made, it may be ig norantly, but still followed by disastrous results. "Of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these, 'It might have been.' ' NEBRASKA. Its Climate, Soil, Water, and Products. 'The healthfulness of Nebraska is uni- VersaHycouceded- and very generally " known. Ihb prevailing winds of the prairie, an altitude of 1,250 feet above the sea, the absence of swamps and lagoons, the long genial summers, with bright days and cool nights, give tone and health to men and animals. On the smooth, level roads of Nebraska, teams can haul heavier loads, travel further in a given length of time, end come out fresher af ter a day's work, than in any of the east ern states. The natural drainage of the country is almost perfect, the frequent' small streams, ravines, and "draws," and the open porous structure of the subsoils readily carry off the surplus : oistnre, and excepting perhaps in a few of the lowest bottoms, leave the soil available for the cultivator, even after the heaviest rains. The average rainfall is amply sufiicient for growing crops and is well distributed over the state. THE SOIL. The valleys and bottom lands, except ing limited tracts of sand and light loam, are rich black alluvial, from four to ten feet deep, enormously productive and practically inexhaustible. The high prairies bordering the valleys have soils composed of a dark, deep, rich and easily worked. The soils of both valleys and uplands rest upon beds of siliceous clays which are open and porous in structure, readily absorbing moisture and retaining it through long seasons of dry weather, enabling the lands to stand greater ex cesses of rain and drouth than that of any of the older states. No region of Amer ica gives a wider range of production or surer crops than in Nebraska. The soil of Nebraska is of that peculiar composi tion that will stand any kind of weather or seasons, wet or dry, without damage to crops, and yet it is wonderfully fertile. Any crop that can be raised in any of the middle states thrives well here . STOCK KAISHNG. Nebraska is one of the greatest hog producing regions of the United States, and a large portion of the pork and lard used in the east comes from here. A great share of the immense corn produce of this state is used in fattening hogs, and Nebraska hogs always command the highest prices in eastern markets . This state is also noted for its fine cattle. To our weal tli in cattle and swine must b6 added the promising field in the raising of the very best breeds of horses that is being rapidly developed. The state auditor says there are 1,332, 459 cattle, 1,199,230 hogs, 253,173 .sheep, 40,390 mules, and 432,630 horses in the state. As this, is based on assessors', re ports, the public can depend on there be- Itlg at " least" "ohe-fourth imore than -thei above figures. There has been a large in crease in all -over 1836 except sheep, which have fallen off over 60,000. GOODS GIVEN AWAY! Nebraska to-day can offer to the capi talist, stock buyer and raiser, homeseeker, better advantages than any western state. She is developing into a grand "western empire." Every year adds to her popu lation, railroads and wealth. Her pio neer counties are being rapidly inhabited and placed under cultivation. Nebraska is to be the second Empire State in the United States. THE TALKED OF DESERT. The settlers throughout the western part of Nebraska need scarcely feel any solicitude in regard to the rain question. It is the opinion of eastern people that we are beyond the rain belt and that agri cultural pursuits cannot be successfully carried on without irrigation. How this opinion gained such footing may be hard to explain, but we think the most reason able solution is this: The first people of our race who inhab ited this state were the cattle kings. Their business represented an enormous capital and an equally enormous profit. In order to successfully carry it on it was necessary to have vast tracts of land to graze the herds. The knew that the tide of immigration, once turned toward them, would soon fill up their territory and eventually result in the overthrow of their business. Some action had to be taken by which the people of the east could be deceived and immigration to the west effectually forestalled. To meet the exigencies of the case the desert theory was invented. It was industriously cir culated throughout the east and was kept persistently before the public mind for years. The deception grew in time into a fixed fact in the minds of those who, in other matters, were worthy of better judgment. It was incorporated in school books and the Great American Desert was marked on the geographical map. Still the people of the east had to mi grate. The western instinct was a char acteristic of the race. Inch by inch they crowded upon the desert. Foot by foot they penetrated its remorseless sands. As they progressed, the fact that some ono had made a great mistake fastened itself upon them. The sands receded so fast that they never came in sight and the new people walked on a carpet of grass. The heavens and the soil yielded abun dantly. The rains fell and the crops grew as it were a garden instead of a de sert. As the people pushed westward they found the same conditions existing. It was demonstrated in a few years that theaveraEtannual rainfall jn.tthedesert- was equal to that of any other part of the Union. It was found to be true. Six years ago the men who would have set tled upon this table land would have been considered crazy. A limited number of the crazy ons settled here in 138L a still greater number of the lunatics m 1885, and in 1886, '87 and '88 multitudes of the For a very little money and delivered in any part of the City. V," Oranges, thin-skin and juicy, per dozen, Lemons, choice fruit, per dozen, : 12 pounds of Granulated Sugar all for 13 pounds of Extra "C" Sugar all for 14 pounds of Fine Prunes all for 12 pounds Fine Fancy Rice all for L. 4 pounds Arbuckle's Coffee all for. 8 Cans Tomatoes, good goods, all for : 40 cents. .40 cents. $1.00 1...... 1.00 5 1 8 Cans Sweet Corn, good goods, all for 1 :;... 25 Bars Good Soap all for : : 40 cents buys a pound of Uncolored' Japan Tea, others ask . 60 cents buys a pound of Fine Gunpowder Tea, others ask. 1.00 1.00 .... 1.00 ..... 1.00 l.do .... 1.00 deluded wretches swarmed into this cor ner of the desert. With them, however, came the clouds, and the ram and the crops, and from them departed the sauds and the hot winds. Farmers who used their judgment and experience in putting in their crops have harvested the fruits of their labor. The rainfall and melted snow of this year up to May will approximate four teen inches. The ground is well soaked. All kinds of crops are above ground and flourishing splendidly, and there is no longer any reason whatever to doubt that as an agricultural state, and that Frontier county and this "great western" belt is a success. Curtis Courier. "Penny Wise and Pound Foolish." That's what men are who plod along trying to do their business, when they feel half dead. Their eyes are dim and throb; their hear aches; the children an noy them ; their wives lose their charms ; they lose their ambition; they make mis takes in their accounts, and the whole world looks blue ; they hate themselves and everyone else. And why V If you feel so, why don't you stop and think a minute or are you too stupid? Your liver and blood are out of order; that's all. You need a good regulator ana tonic. Take a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery, and you will feel like a new man. In three days your wife will be the prettiest and sweetest woman in the world ; your children's dispositions will be exactly like your own . your busi ness will improve, and you will make money enough to pay for the "Golden Medical Discovery" a hundred times over. Don't be stubborn but try it. If you suffer from "cold in the head," or from nasal catarrh, use Dr. Sage's catarrh remedy. It cures when every thing else fails. .70 to ...50 to 60 80 cents. We have the finest line oi California Canned Goods in the city. M. C. Harrington, The First Ward Grocer NOTICE. The board of county commissioners will meet on June 12, 1888, as a board of equalization, and will continue in session for the purpose of considering grievances or complaints of excessive or unequal as sessment for not more than twenty days from said date. All parties are notified hereby that they must make their complaints known at this sitting of the board, as no changes can be considered after the levy is made. By order of the Board of County Com missioners. J. E. Evas, County Clerk. . NOTICE Bids will be received up to noon of June 23, 1888, at the county Clerk'f office for the erection of a bridge across Cotton wood Gulch on the public highway. Bridge to be built with cedar posts and mudsills, and to be twelve feet wide with good railing. Each bid to be accompan ied with specifications. The commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids. J. i. XiVAXS, VU. UlL'tl. Uw, By order of the Board. it