North Platte National Bank,
NORTH "PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
3?aid up Capital,
5,000.
DIBECTOBS:
E. W.HAMMOND, O. M. CARTER,
C. T. IDDINOS, M- C LINDSAY,
A T STRFTT7L H. OTTEN,
All business intrusted to us handled promptly, carefully, and at lowest rates.
J. E. EVANS,
M. OBERST,
A. D. BUCKWOBTH-
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Closing -:- Out -:- Sale
BOOTS and SHOES
I will close out my entire stoch of Boots and
Shoes at a GREAT SACRIFICE. Wishing
to quit tlie business I will give bargains
on all goods in stoch. Some of the best
goods made in this country will be
Our goods are all the very best. No shoddy in
stoch. Call in for Bargains, for you never bought
Good Goods for such prices.
I offer at a bargain the entire stoch and fix
tures to anyone desiring to engage in the' Boot
and Shoe trade. The reason for selling is that
other enterjjrises engage my attention. Call
for bargains at
Otten's Boot & Shoe Store
NORTH PLATTE MARBLE WORKS.
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
Headstones, Curbing, Building Stone,
And all kinds of
MONUMENTAL AND CEMETERY WORK-
Careful attention given to lettering of every description. Jobbing done
on short notice. .Orders solicited and estimates freely given.
WEST SIXTH STREET, - NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
HERSHEY & CO.,
DEALERS IN
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
AND
"WsigrorLS, Carriages, IB-u.g'grles,
IRO-AJD CARTS, ETC.
Agents for the Celebrated
Goodhue and Challenge Wind Mills
Agents for Union Sewing: Machines.
Locust Street,
North Platte, - - Nebraska.
JOS. F. FILLION,
"CTlv BUT
Steam and Gas Fitting.
Cesspool and Sewerage a Specialty. Copper and Galvanized Iron Cor
nice. Tin and Iron Roofings.
ESTIMATES ZFTTZLSTISDBIIEID.
Repairing of Kinds will receive Prompt Attention,
Locust Street, Between Fifth and Sixth,
North. JPlatte, - Nebraska.
IT. J. BROEKE H,
Merchant Tailor,
.3XTJD
.2srx
ass:
LAKGE STOCK OF PIECE GOODS,
embracing all the new designs, kept on hand and made to order.
PERFECT PIT GUARANTEED.
PRICES LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE
Spruce Street, between Fifth and Sixth.
FINEST SAMPLE EOOM IN NORTH PLATTE
Having refitted our rooms in the finest of style, the public
is invited to call and see us, insuring courteous treatment.
Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar.
Our billiard hall is supplied with the best make of tables
and competent attendants will supply all your wants.
KEITH'S BLOCK, OPPOSITE THE UNION PACIFIC DEPOT.
Mexican
Mustang
Liniment.
A Cure for the Ailments of Man and Beast.
A long-tested pain reliever.
Its use is almost universal by the Housewife, the Farmer, the
Stock Raiser, and by every one requiring an effective
liniment.
No other application compares with it in efficacy.
This, well-known remedy has stood the test of years, almost
fenerations.
No medicine chest is complete without a bottle of Mustang
LnrmzxT.
Occasions arise for its use almost every day.
All druggists and dealers have it.
Sccts Oat of a Job.
A class of persons who have suffered
greatly by reason of the bomb throwing
tragedy have hitherto escaped the notice
of the press. Mr. Sage was doing a
large business in options or puts and
calls, spreads and straddles. He was
not so greatly absorbed in this specialty
as he was in 1883. He was caught in
the panic of that year and lost a good
many hundred thousand dollars, and
since then has been more conservative
than he was before. Still, this business
has amounted to a good many thousand
dollars some days and has afforded a
number of men an opportunity of get
ting a living.
These men are typical Wall street
creatures. You see them hustling here
and there, buttonholing men and whis
pering in their ears. They are tireless.
They know everybody who is likely to
take a little flier. Sometimes as many
as a score or more of them used to go to
Russell Sage every day and ask him
what he would charge for options on va
rious stocks and securities. Having got
Sage's terms, they scoured the streets,
professing to give tips, and in the course
of a week would bring in many cus
tomers to Sage. Their usual commission
was one-eighth of 1 per cent, and the
smartest of them could make from ten
to twenty dollars a day.
They brought Sage a great deal of
business first and last But these men
have been sad eyed enough since the ex
plosion. This part of Sage's business
life is ended as much as though he had
been killed on that day, and it is a seri
ous question whether he will ever re
sume it This has thrown these scouts
and commission agents upon their up
pers. New York Cor. Philadelphia
Press.
He Locates Oil Wells in His Dreams.
Butler county has an "oil smeller"
who can give points to persons who
bring out the power of the hazel rod.
Some months ago Cunningham & Co.
were drilling a well on the farm of Ira
Stauffer. One night while the well was
drilling Casper Keichner, a crippled jew
eler of Zelienople, dreamed that the well
was dry, and in the same vision he saw
a spot on the farm of John Shriver,
near tVe Stauffer farm, where a well
was flowing 1,000 barrels per day.
Keichner related his dream to Cun
ningham & Co., but a smilo wsis all he
got for his trouble. When the well on
the Stauffer farm was completed it was
a first class duster. In their adversity
the owners of the well went to Keichner
and asked him to show them the spot on
the Shriver farm where in his dream he
had seen the coveted 1,000 barrel well.
He accompanied them to the place and
a well was started on the spot A few
weeks ago the pay streak was reached,
the well actually flowed 1,000 barrels a
day and the place is the richest oil farm
in Butler county today. Pittsburg Cor.
Philadelphia Times.
A Woman's Strange Bequest.
A very aged lady, Mmo. Guzman, who
died on the 30th of Juno last in Pan,
was deeply interested, especially during
her last years, in tho descriptions of the
planet Mars aud the theoretical possi
bility of communication between our
planet and the neighbor worlds. Further
more, expressing in her will a desire
peculiarly astronomical, she made the
following legacy:
A prize of 100,000 francs is bequeathed
to the Institute of France (science sec
tion) for the person, no matter of what
nationality, who shall discorer within
ten years from the present time a means
of communicating with a star (planet or
otherwise) and of receiving a reply.
Tho testatrix has especially in view
the planet Mars, upon which the atten
tion and investigation of savants has
been directed already. If the Institute
of France does not accept the legacy it
will pass to the Institute of Milan, and
in case of a new refusal to the Institute
of New York. Cor. New York Herald.
Two Historic Ships.
Out in the bay stands the "dear old
Hartford," and. by her side tho heroic
Nipsic. It is to be hoped that both these
historic ships may soon be repaired. All
the world associates the Hartford with
the exploits at Mobile bay, but besides
this interesting fact she is one of the
few remaining and one of the most
beautiful of her type. Hers is indeed
a heart of oak. She is not "dead,"as aa
old sailor lately said with a sigh. She
only sleeps.
The Nipsic is still stanch and sound.
A ship that could make her way homo
(half around the world) with a storm
twisted propeller such as brought her
up from Samoa after the tempest of
March, 1881), is not a ship to be set light
ly aside. San Francisco Cor. Augusta
Chronicle.
Not So Funny After All.
A supposed practical joker went into
the Staten Island ferry slip on Saturday,
and exhibiting a black bag declared it
contained dynamite and that he intend
ed to blow up the building. Everybody
made a break for the door except a po
liceman in citizen's clothes, who knocked
the man down and captured the bag,
which was found to contain nothing
dangerous. The practical joker had his
jaw broken by the policeman's blow.
New York Letter.
A Striking Jury.
Without doubt the most unique strike
on record was that which interrupted
the trial of the Jones versus Gordon debt
case at Burlington, la. The jury bad
arrived at a verdict but refused to re
port till paid their fees. The plaintiff,
who had demanded the jury, was anx
ious to learn the verdict and paid the
fees. Much to his chagrin the verdict
was against him. Cor. New York
World.
A Record Breaking Year.
Eighteen hundred aud ninety-one
seems to have been sort of record break
ing year, florses have trotted faster in
the same time during 1891 than over be
fore; trains have run faster and further;
ocean steamships have made quicker
trips; crops have been bigger and manu
facturers have prospered as never before.
New York Press.
Anniversary of Postage Stamps.
The postage stamp will celebrate its
fifty-second anniversary on May 6. Its
invention is due to a printer, James
Chalmers, of Dundee, Scotland, who died
in 1853. England, fifty-two years ago,
introduced the new system of preparing
letter postage, and, according to a de
cree of Dec. 21, 1839, issued the first
stamps which were to be put before the
public on May 6 of the following year.
A year later they were introduced in
the United States and Switzerland, and
within three years had become common
in Bavaria, Belgium and France. One
of the most important and valuable col
lections of postage stamps and other pos
tal devices in the world is in the German
imperial posto3ice museum at Berlin.
St Louis Republic.
A plant is to be erected in Philadel
phia for the manufacture of cellulose, a
material to be used for a lining for
Bhips. Cellulose will absorb eight times
its weight of water.
The Japanese students and others, in
New York city, raised a handsome sum
for the relief, of the sufferers from the
recent earthquake in Japan.
Lands a Rich Dnke Owned.
The late Duke of Devonshire owned
land in fourteen different counties. The
estates extend to 193,000 acres, and, the
annual rental is something over 170,
000. Much of the land in and about
Eastbourne was the property of the
duke, and, like that in the vicinity of
Barrow-in-Furness, has increased :enor
mously in value of late years.
"The duke possessed no fewer than
seven seats, the cost of keeping up
which alone must have been consider
able. The duke had the patronage of
over forty church livings, the annual
total value of which exceeds 10,OOQ per
annum. .
The founder of the house was William
Cavendish, commonly supposed (accord
ing to Mr. Evans' "Old Nobility") to 'be
identical with that Cavendish who wrote
the "Life of Wolsey," and who has been
immortalized by Shakespeare. The fifth
duke was the husband of the duchess
whose portrait was painted by Gainsbor
ough, and about whom there is a story
similar to that of one of the duchesses of
Gordon of her kissing tradesmen to ob
tain votes. It was the sixth duke who
formed the famous gardens at Chats
worth. Tho family motto, "Safe by
being cautious," applies, most people
will think, very fitly to the new duke.
Pall Mall Gazette.
Stricken with Blindness While Singing.
George Neely, a Kensington boatman,
has been suddenly and mysteriously
Btricken blind. His eyesight left him
Monday without warning and without
any painful confinement. He had begun
his usual work on a canal boat on the
Raritan canal, from New Brunswick.
He had walked a step or two on the boat
singing merrily to himself, when sud
denly everything grew black. He could
not see objects half a foot distant His
vision had completely failed him.
Groping about the deck he tried to
communicate his affliction to the other
deck hands. When his true condition
was discovered he was tenderly taken
care of, and when the canal boat reached
this city he was conveyed to his home .in
Kensington, and there attended to.
Still he grew no better. It was then de
cided that the best place for him was a
hospital.
His nephew accompanied him to the
Philadelphia hospital. On arriving there
he was examined and placed in the
nervous ward, where he is resting quiet
ly, with his vision only slightly im
proved. Philadelphia Record
Marriage Under Difficulties.
A. M. Phillips and Millie Burns, of
Coleridge, Neb., had to visit three states
before they were married.
The couple first went to Hartington to
be united, but the brido was too young
to meet the requirements of, the -No
braska law. On Sunday they started
for Yankton, being assured that they
could meot with no obstacles. Arrived
at tho Missouri river they found the
bridge had been washed out only an
hour before. It was night before they
finally found a boatman to take them to
the South Dakota bank, where they
found themselves two miles above the
town in a willow thicket
Late at night they reached town and
were obliged to wait till morning before
calling on a justice of the peace. On
Monday thejT learned to their disgust
that the laws of South Dakota, although
more liberal than. those of Nebraska,
did not sanction the marriage of one so
yonng as the would bo bride. They
were told to go to Iowa, which they did,
and there met with better success.
Cor. Minneapolis Tribune.
Two Scared Indians.
Two Indians from tho LaPointe reser
vation arrived in Bayfield a few days
ago paralyzed with fear. They told 'a
wonderful story of adventure. They
had started on a hunt on Madeline island
and intended to visit some friends. They
camped on a spot about four miles from
the village. At midnight the Indians
were aroused by a fearful struggle. Be
fore them were two men and. a woman
battling, the contestants being covered
with blood.
The Indians say the forms disappeared
afterward, but tho sounds and groans
were kept up all night People in that
vicinity claim there has been a terrible
murder committed on the island some
time in the past, and that the "ghosts"
of the parties were seen by the Indians.
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Exporting Live Geeso from Russia.
Live geeso are exported from Russia
to Germany and Austria in very large
numbers. An export house of Warsaw
intends building special cars for the
transportation of geeso directly to then?
places of destination, if the railroad.
managers will grant them permission, to
run the cars. The ministry on roads of
intercommunication was notified of the
proposal of that firm, and its favorable
decision is expected. The cars are to bo
constructed with appliances to change
from the broad gauge of the Russian
lines to the narrow gauge of the German
lines without loss of time. St. Peters
burg Letter.
Will Be Visited by tho Queen.
Costebelle, the charming suburb of
Hyeres, at which it is announced that
the queen will spend the month of
March, is delightfully situated on the
southern slopes of the lovely Costebelle
hills, and is promptly identified by Amer
cans as "the nearest thing in Europe to
a south California ranch" though the
busy little neighboring town, with its
orchestra and casino, somewhat upsets
tho delusion. London Letter.
In a photograph of tho heavens now
in course of preparation at the Paris ob
servatory, it is calculated that 60,000,000
stars will be represented. In tho nebula)
of the Lyre, M. Bailland took a photo
graph 4 by 5J4 inches which reveals 4,800
stars to the naked eye!
The Florida orange lias so far sup
planted thoso from the Mediterranean
that they will bo shipped directly from
Florida to Europe. Iu the Liverpool
market they bring nearly double tho
price of other oranges.
How n Gold Discovery Was Made.
Mr. James F. Wardner, of Fairhaven,
tells a singular story of how the gold
quartz in Okanogan county, which is
now being worked as the Little Falls
and Red Jacket mines, was found. "On
Sept 18 last," he says, "two prospectors,
Redmond and Herrick, were out hunt
ing and prospecting, and they had with
them a bird dog named Skookuni. They
were working through the Salmon river
basin when they came over a hill and
looked down into a little ravine with a
brook running through the bottom. They
saw in a bush overhanging tho brook 'a
pheasant, at which one of the men shot
The bird fell into the water and the dog
Skookum started after it As he scram
bled back with it in his mouth his paw
pulled down" some soft green mqss from
the rock at the side of the stream. The
prospectors noticed that the stone showed
white under the moss. They made an
examination and found it to be gold
bearing quartz. They followed the lead"
and located the two claims.
"Well, I had been for some time look
ing for that sort of ore, and so on my
recent trip to Okanogan I bonded the
two claims, and with them included the
black dog Skookum. We are now going
to take possession and arrange for de
velopment" New York Post
LEGAL NOTICES.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
. a -,l,. nf cnln issnnd hv W. O. El-
inr clerk of the district court of Lincoln county.
KcbrasKO, upon ucam . , ,
mor?Kae rendered in favor of Charles Mc
Donnld against Fernando C. Davis ami Martha E.
Davis. I have levied upon the following property
as the real estate of said Fernando C. Davis,
to-wit- Lots 2, 3 and 4, of section one, and lot 1 of
section two, all in township nine north, raugo
thirty-one west, of the sixth principal meridian,
in Lincoln county, Nebraska, and containing 161.07
acres more or less, and I will on Saturday, the
27th day of February 1892, at one o'clock p. m.
of said day, at the front door of the court house of
said county. In North Platte, sell said real estate
to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy said order
of sale, the amount due thereon in tho aggre
gate being $1,70(5.31 and $29..r3 costs and accruing
costs.
Dated January 23th, 1832.
D. A. 11AKEU, Sheriff.
. S3 Geo. E. French, Attorney.
SIIEIUFF'S SALE.
By virtue of an order of sale issued by W C.
Elder, clerk of tho district court of Lincoln county,
Nebraska, upon a decree of foreclosure of a mort
gage rendered in said court In favor of Thomas
C. Patterson, against Mathins Schons and Appolo
nia Schons, I have levied upon tho following real
estate as tho property of said Mathias Schons and
and Appolonia Schons, to-wit: The southwest
quarter of section 4, town:bip 10, rango 33, in
Lincoln county, Nebraska; and I will, on the 7th
day of March, 1882, nt one o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, nt the front door of the court house
in said county, in North Platte, sell said real
estate at public auction to the highest bidder for
cash to fatify said order of salo, the amount due
thereon in ihe aggregate being the sum of $67.50
and $16.50 costs and accruing costs.
North Plant e, February 2, lbVi.
D. A. BAKEK,
Sheriff of Lincoln county.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
45
By virtue of an order of salo issued by W. C.
Elder, clerk of the district court of Lincoln county,
Nebraska, upon a decree of foreclosure of a mort
gage rendered in said court in fnvor of Thomas
C . Patterson against Stephen Kilmer aud Amanda
Kilmer, I have levied upon the following real
estate as theproperty of said Stephen Kilmer and
Amanda Kilmer, to-wit: Tho northwest quarter of
section 25, township 111, range 26, ia Lincoln county,
Nebxaskn, nnd I will on the 7th day of March,
1892, atone o'clock iu the afternoon of said day, at
the front door of the court houho in said county,
in North Platte, sell said real estate at public
auction to the highest biddor for cash to entlsfy
said order of salo, tho amount due thereon in the
aggregate being tho sum of G0.00 and $22.73 costs
and accruing costs.
North Platte, February 2d, 1S92.
5 D. A. BAKER,
Sheriff of Lincoln County.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of an order of salo issued by W. C.
Elder, clerk of the district court of Lincoln county,
Nebraska, upon o degreo of foreclosure rendered
iu said court In favor of Thomas C. Patterson
against Philip V. Unsler and Lodema L. Itasler,
Robert A. Slyter and Annie E. J. Slyter, I have
levied upon tho following real estate as the
property of said Robert A. Slyter, Anuio E. J.
Slyter, Philip V. Rntler and Lodenia L. Easier, to
wit: The west half of the simthwest quarter oi
section 34, township lt, range 26, m Lincoln
couuty, Nebrnskn, and I will on the 7th day oi
March, 18KJ, at oue o'clock in the afternoon of
of said day, at the front door of the court house
in said county, iu North Platte, sell said real estate
at public auction to the highest bidder for cash to
satisfy said order of sale, tho amount due thereon
in the aggregate being the sum of (15.00 nnd &!2.J3
costs and accruing costs.
North Platte, Fobruary 2d 1802.
45 D.A.BAKER,
Sheriff of Lincoln county.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of an order of sale issued by W. C.
Elder, clerk of the district court of Lincoln county.
Nebraska, upon a decreo of foreclosure rendered
in said court in favor of Tborans C. Patterson
against Philip v. Rasler and Lodoma L. Rasler
I have levied upon the following real estate as
the property of said Philip V. I.'asler, to-wit:
South half of northwest quarter, and lots 3 and 4,
of section fl, township 16, range 2t, in Lincoln
couuty, Nebraska, and I will on the 7th day of
March, 1802, at ono o'clock iu tho afternoon of said
day. at the front door of tho court hoiuo in said
county, iu North Platte, sell said real estate at
public auction to the highest bidder for cash to
satisfy said order of salo, tho amount duo thereon
iu tho aggregate being tho sum of ?C0.00 aud $16.25
costs and accruing costs.
North Plntte, February 2d, 1S32.
43 D. A. BAKER,
Sheriff of Lincoln county.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtuo of an order of snlo issued by W. C.
Elder, clerk of the district court, in and for Lin
coln county, Nebraska, upon a decree of foreclosure
of a mortgage rendered In said court in favor ot J,
L. Moore.3 trustee, against Martin Russell and
Mary J. Russell ct. al.. I havo levied upon the
following described real estate as the property of
said Martin Russell, to-wit: Tho northwest quarter
oi section twenty-six (2t), tnwnnip sixteen (16)
north, of'rango twenty-six (26) west, sixth P. M.. in
Lincoln county, Nebraska, and I will on Friday,
tne 11 in uay oi Jlarcti, ib-Jz, at nine o'ciock a. in,
of said day, at the cast door of the court house of
said county. In I,ortii riatte, rveb., sell said real
estato to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy said
ordor of sale, the amount due thereon being ia the
aggregate the sum of ?162.50 ana ? SO.Ci costs and
accruing costs.
Dated February Cth, 1SP2.
D. A. BAKER,
Sheriff.
Geo. E. French, Atty. for FlhT. 5:
U. P. TIME TABLE.
COINO EAST.
No. 8 Atlantic Express " 1:0.", a. ji.
No. 6 Chicago Express DeptTKX) a. y..
No. 2 Limited " 1230 P. 21.
No. 23 Freight " UiiO a. ji
No. 18 Freight " 4:20 p. x.
GOING WEST MOUNTAIN TIME.
No. 7 Pacific Express Dept 4:00 a. J
No. 5 Denver Express " 8:15 p. 3
No. 1 Limited " 950 p. y
Mo. 21 I'roiglit 4sw p. is
N. 13. OLly. Agent.
.A.. I-I. Cl-rCTRCTT,
LAWYER,
Office: Hinman Block, Spruce Street,
NORTH PLATTE, NEB,
GUIMES & WILCOX,
Attorneys-at-Law,
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBB,
Office over North Platte .National Bank.
"Wm. Eves, M. 3D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
.DISEASES of WOMEN and .0HHDEEN
A SPECIALTY.
McDonald Block, Norrn Platte, Neb.
C. M. DUNCAN, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Omen: Ottenstein's Block, up stairs. Office
nours irom w io 13 n. m., 'Z to S nnd 7 to 0 p. in
Ilesidence on West Sixth Street.
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA
r entis thy.
A. B. AYRES, D. D. S.,
Has located at North Platto to stay. Of-
nce uvct tally's btore.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Gas Administered.
550 REWARD.
By virtOP of the laws of tho fltntc of Nebraska,
I hereby oiler a reward of Fifty Dollars for the
captme and conviction of any person chargrxl
wun uoreo stealing in .Lincoln county.
D. A. HAKER.
Sheriff
ALEX. K. ADAMSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Oils, Gasoline, Coal Tar,
AND CRUDE PETROLEUM.
NORTH PliATTE, - - - - NEB.
R. D. THOMSON.
.xcli.Itect,
Contractor ' id Builder.
127 Sixth Si. Cor. of Vine,
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
Buying Early.
On tho Monday following Christmas
two women were noticed in one of the
large stores strolling along in front of
the bric-a-brac counter, picking np, ex
amining and pricing with tmo nnteholi
day indecision and effort. "Poor wom
en," thought the observer, "they are
still possessed by the troubled spirit of
Chistmas shopping," but a nearer ap
proach showed the falsity of the impres
sion. One of them was saying to her
companion, "I'll take this vase, which
with the letter basket and that pair of
bottles makes three toward next year's
list. What a saving of money and
strength to buy presents a year ahead! 1
made up my mind last week 1 should
never be caught in the dreadful toils of
such a sitnation as that in which J was
placed by the rain of Thursday. 1 shall
not stop today until at least a dozen of
1892's presents aro selected." Which i3
certainly taking Santa Claus very de
cidedly by the forelock. Her Point of
View in New York Times.
Archduke Joseph nnd the Gypsies.
On being appealed to some time ago
by tho Archduke Joseph, the Austrian
emperor gave him permission to act with
regard to the gypsies in Hungary as he
thought best Tho archduke, who is the
friend of these wild people, founded the
colony of Tsigan, in the neighborhood
of his estate of Alosuth. Ho built them
sixty small houses for sixty families and
made them apply their energies to agri
culture and the trades. Ho named a
youth of twenty strong, tall and hand
some as their "woiwode," and selected
a pretty girl for his wife.
After a course of religious instruction
the pair wero christened, and a few days
ago their marriage took place in tho
Church of AJosuth. Tho archduke and
his managers were tho witnesses. The
archduke wore the dress of a gypsy
"woiwode," and, according to Romany
custom, caiTied a tall bamboo staff, with
an enormous nosegay and some brilliant
drapery. London News.
Captured a Wildcat.
An old hunter set a trap some days
ago at tho falls at the lower end of tho
Warm Spriugs valley, Va. Next morn
iug he found in it tho remains of a
groundhog, partially devoured. Stak
ing what was left of the hog, and set
ting his trap near by, ho returned the
next inoming to find that ho had cap-
tnred an immense wildcat. By a little
maneuvering his daughter, who had ac
companied him, slipped a collar around
the cat's neck, and the old gentleman
now has his lordship safely chained at
his home. Washington Pot.
AVoodcn Ships Still in Favor.
The arrival of two well built clipper
ships in New York, after a race from
San Francisco, calls attention to the
fret that wooden ship3 are no longer in
dufavor on long voyages, but have in
sono instances displaced their iron
rivals. This is an encouraging outlook
for tho United States, because in the
past the fastest clippers have been built
in this country, and a general return to
wooden ships for long ocean voiages
might result in a boom in tho shipbuild
ing business in New England and else
where. Boston Advertiser.
Cholera Among Sharks.
The curious news comes from Bom
bay that an epidemic of cholera has
broken out among shoals of sharks, those
terrible monsters that infest tho Indian
ocean. The bodies of several British
seamen who had died of cholera in the
harbor of Bombay wero taken out to sea
and buried, and it is supposed that the
sharks contracted tho disease by fo;iPt-
ing on the bodies of the human victims.
Exchange.
A Peculiar Animal.
A pecular animal va3 killed near
Olnev. Or., tho other day. It is not a
coon or a polecat, neither is it a wildcat
nor a cougar, but it looks like a mixture
or combination of all of them. Its teeth
aro long aud sharp and its tail somewhat
resembles a hog's ear. Exchange.
Lawyers still predominate iu congress,
as probably they always will. There
are 212 members of .the present session
who have at one time or another prac
ticed law, while sixty-five are farmers.
Claims amounting to upward of .o00
have been served upon the Cork cor
poration in respect of glass broken dur
ing the progress of the late election by
the rival Nationalist factions.
Tho largest dry dock on the great
lakes has just been completed at Detroit.
Its length is '.US feet; beam, 1)1 feet
depth of water over tho sill. 10 feet 6
inches.
A Mother's Mistake-
Mothers frequently make a mistake in
neelectinsr the Couch of a child. A Fort
Wayne. Ind., lady writes: 3Iy Huh
daughter 6 years old had a severe Cough
but as it was nothing unusual I thought
nothing of it, and allowed it to run on for
4 or o weeks, when it became so obstinate
she began losing flesh. I called in n
physician who treated her three weeks
without benefit. A neighbor insisted up
on my trying Ballard's Horehound Syrup ;
it relieved her from the hrst dose ana sin
began gaining llesh rapidly, when we had
used two bottles her Cough had entirely
disapDeared. I would not be without it
It does not constipate my children. Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup is free from
Opiates. It's the most soothing Thrn;it
and Lung medicine in the world. Price
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Gold Mme
T ANTED A person with
?1 ,5U0 or S2,000 to open a
I' general merchandise store
at Hershev on the U. r
Ry. 13 miles wesfc o North Plalte.
Iso opposition. Sure crop.s un ac
count of irrigation. A prosperous,
tlirmj7 community, btore build
ing complete to put stock into.
The qnickest rustler can secure the
prize.
A good opening for a hardware
store, blacksmith shop, lumber and
coal yard and grain buying.
Lots for sale cheap to those who
will build and establish at once.
For full particulars apply to
G. R. GOLVIN.
IIERSHEY,
Lincoln Co., Neb.
E. B. WARNER,
Funeral Director.
AND SMBALI'LER.
A full line of first-class funeral supplies
alwaj-s in stock.
East Sixth street, next door to First Na
tional Bank,
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBBRSKA.
Telegraph orders promptly attended to.
A gtrsage Story.
A strange story comes from a neigh
borhood about ten miles southeast of
hexe.
Oct 24, 1890, Alex Yohe, an aged
fanner, committed suicide, Yohe's
mind had been unbalanced for some
time, and he imagined that the discov
ery of natural gas would prove the ruin
ation of the world. He was opposed to
any search for .the new fuel, and often
pleaded with his neighbors to leave it
alone. He' also imagined that he was a
ruined man, although he owned a good
farm and was in a prosperous condition.
He thought his family had been doomed
to starvation, and he resolved to take
his life, thus terminating his misery.
Recently an Elwood company began
drilling for gas on the Starkey farm and
the work had proceeded nearly to com
pletion. They" were rushing the work
and a day and night force of hands were
employed. The night force, however, is
no longer at work and the following is
the cause: A few nights since, while the
men were at work, they were startled
by a slight noise near tho derrick, and
on looking around they beheld tho form
of old man Yohe walking from the en
gino to the derrick. One man approached
him and the form suddenly vanished,
only to reapper in a few moments.
This sort of thing was kept up for sev
eral nights, the old man making his ap
pearance at the same spot each night.
Tho men claimed the place was haunted
and they refused to work anymore aftei
night. Tipton Cor. Indianapolis Senti
nel. Spending Their Honeymoon in a Cable Car.
It was pretty cold in the forward com
partment of one of the Seventh and
Ninth street cablo cars last evening. The
short benches on each side of the grip
man were empty save for one figure
that of a petite and pretty brunette in a
warm gray cape ulster, with a big fui
boa around her neck.
The conductor put his head through
tho door for a moment and came back
chuckling.
"Love's a funny thing," he said, as lit
got back on the rear platform and rung
up two fares. "There s Jims wife in
there with lum. Jim's thegnpman, you
know. They'vo been married pretty neai
two weeks, and I'm blamed if she hasn't
put in the best half of the time riding
round with him in tho car. They couldn't
afford to take a trip off, you see, and so
they're spending tho honeymoon in this
way."
"Yes, sir," said Jim, "we've been mar
ried two weeks tomorrow. May bo you
think it a funny way to spend the honey
moon, and so it is. But it's Mary's do
ing. I'd saved up enough to take a week
or so off, but sho wouldn't have it. She
says, '"Well just lay that away for a
rainy day, and I'll come and ride on the
car with you.' Don't you put my name
in tho papers or maybo I'd get the
bounce." Philadelphia Prcs3.
An Unlucky Locomotive.
Engineer Knowblow, of the Erie, has
finally agreed to preside at tho throttle
of Engine No. G70 of that road. Tliis is
tho machino that passed through the
two terrible wrecks on that road at Ra
venna on July 3 and at Kent, Sept. 5J0.
When it came out of the Mead villo shops
recently none of tho boys wanted to sit
at the right hand -side of the cab in the
unlucky engine, and it was only after
considerable persuasion that Engineer
Knowblow was persuaded totakechargo
of tho hoodoed locomotive. Railroaders
are like sailors, they have their super
stitions, and an engineman no more
likes to run on an unlucky machino than
does an old tar to sail on certain unfor
tunate vessels. Pittsburg Post.
The fipruco Ciuru Season Is On.
The spruce gum season is on in Maino
and business is booming. One firm re
ceived twenty-four barrels of about 2)
tons of gum in one day, and it will have
125 barrels or 25,000 pounds before tho
close of the season. Tho first grado of
gum is clean and clear and ready for
chewing. It sells at wholesale at sixty
cents to one dollar a pound.
Tho dark colored gum, mixed with
bark and pitch, is worth from six to
eighteen cents a pound, and is purchased
by refiners, who boil it, skim off the
dirt, add somo other things and produce
many varieties of spruce gum. Maine
Letter.
No Flowers at His Funeral.
Owen Meredith's (Lord Lytton's) coffin
was borno to tho grave without a blos
som to decorate its rall according to the
direction of Lady Lytton, who said that
her husband had requested that not so
much "as the tiniest violet or the small
est rosebud" should be used about his
bier. "What, in heaven's name, have
poor flowers dono to be condemned to
serve such a horrid purpose as being
consigned to vaults and graves? I like a
sad looking funeral." was a frequent
saying of the poet's, and his funeral
ce.'emony was indeed a gloomy one.
Exchange.
Wong Clieo's Coat of Mall.
When a Chinese highbinder, named
Wong Clice, who had been arrested for
vagrancy, was stripped in the city prison
recently, a coat of mail was found around
his body. It was a tight fitting armor,
made of a double thickness of interwoven
steel links, and it weighed twenty-two
pounds. Experts say that no pistol bullet
ever made would penetrate the armor,
and when tested the links turned a rifle
ball from its course. San Francisco Ex
aminer.
Heavy Damages.
A poor citizen of Nassau, N. Y., sued
a rich neighbor to recover damages for
tho attack of tho Iatter's small dog,
which he maintained was a "snapping,
snarling, vicious brute." In answer tho
defendant maintained that the canino
was a "great pet and of gentle nature,"
but he lost his case and must pay $1,000
damages. Philadelphia Ledger.
Forbidden Words In Russia.
It is forbidden to use the words
"hunger" or "famine" in Kazan, Russia.
Nevertheless, the sights in the streets
would draw tears from tho manliest eye.
Cor. London Standard.
Two Rules for Martial Happiness.
Lily Devereux Blako suggests as ono
rule for martial happiness that tho wife
should not always ask the husband
where he is going when ho goes away,
and where ho has been when ho comes
back. And as another the equal divi
sion of money, for she claims that one
half of every" dollar the husband has be
longs in the law to tho wife.
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint.
Is it not worth the small price of iev
pnty five rents to free yourself of e very
jjniptom of these distressing complaints;
if vou think so call at our store and pet a
bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer. Every hot
tic has a priuted guarantiee on it. Use
tircordicgly anu H it aoes j-ou no gooa it
will rnst vnii nothing. Sold bv North
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by North Platte Pharmacy, successor to
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Sold only at high class hotels,
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Sold by J. C. HUPFER.
A. P. CARLSON,
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Full line of piece goods always on
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Only first-class workmen employed.
Shop on Bprnco Street over Hana Gertler&Co.
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Anything lauiidried from a hand
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Laundry leaves Tuesday and is
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A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eye,
Tetter, Salt Hheum, Scald Head, Old
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Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples
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Hundreds of cases have been cured by
it after all other treatment had failed.
It is imt up in 23 and 50 cent boxes.
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