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NO. 5.
JANUAEY CLEARANCE SALE!!
BRRGHINS UNLIMITED!
-AT THE-
BOSTON -:- STORE.
Come everybody and for once in your life, see what
it means, hverything goes at liock bottom Trices
Read Our Price List!
DRY GOODS.
i To close out 10 dozen regular sizes,
' nil i-rr! pnmol li:?r Hnn :ic cillr former
Jjight prints at I cents per yard; dark ,,rico S1.2.J per garment, at this salo for
priuiB .) cc:jl5 purjiiru. i 1 cents per garment.
The very best Amoskctg ginghams at ' Ladies white and pray merino under
f cents per yard. wear going at .'50 cents per garment.
Shirtings at S cnts per yard.
Varus in all colors at 72. cents per lb.
The very best Ticking, warranted So Wo liavo abollt 40 children's cloaks
hold feathers, at U eorstsper yard. jefl? ruut,-n,j u sjzes from 1 to 12, not a
Frciu Sacn7forne7prico Scents. f 1 '
for th.ssalo at lti cents. our choice of tlnslot-o
American Sateens at cents a vard To close ont-a line of blankets at 50
: . cents on the dollar.
wool French Sorgo, in all colors, i
lU-inches wide, former price. ?l and 81.2i5
ijow Eo!d at '2.. cents per yard.
All wool Ladies cloth, '5G-in wide, for-'
ti:er pric ."? cents, for this rale rJ2'2' c is.
i-- i l r n i; ,. .i, r-...n e have just received a beautiful lino
Jfi-iB ad wx! loathes cloin. loriner . , . .. , ...
, . (i - f,. ,i ,., of ladies whito muslin underwear which
Dnco cent?. ::t liiiR s;ile for 1 '.. cents. .... , , , ,
1 - will be so d dirt cheap.
To close out A few shawls at DO cents
on the dollar.
To closo out All our knit goods at 50
cents on the dollar.
Frederick Arnold's silk finish Ilenri-
eitn -JO-incher. wide, in ali colors, former To closo out All our Men's. Boy's and
i:iou 6J l l-'2', for llii sale 77' . cents Children's Overcoats at 50 cents on the
I I , dollar.
Thtee-fourihs v.ool Henrietta, in all
colon-, former nrico i I cent, at tliis sale
2") ceutrf.
SHOE DEP'T.
Our stock of Shoes is of the very best
makes handled lv western merchants.
UKDERWEAR.
, , i - i Our spring line of shoes will s on arrive,
To closc-la uozon regular sizes ladies fmil ,mist Iuakc mQm QD Qur 8hoIvos
French ribbed all v.ool suits, former , ,Mfjro b.lvu ,,olHOwhero conie and Q.iim.
price .-1.2., per garment, at this sale at iuo QUr st.k and
4i. cents per garment.
This sale will commence Saturday Jaivy 12th, and
continue the remainder of the month.
Yours for Great Bargains.
TH8 BOSTON STORG.
County Correspondence.
3STO. 3496.
jTirsi Rational Ban,
NORTH PLATTE, jSTIlIB.
Ife, Capital, -
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$50,000.00.
822,500.00
gSr-' E. M. F. LEFLANG, Pres't.,
Ijh ARTHUR McNAMi
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Cashier.
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A General Banking Business Transacted.
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Don't pay other people's debts.
DAVIS
Js the ONLY Hardware
Man in North Platte that
NO ONE OWES. You
will always find my price
right.
Yours for Business,
A. L. DAVIS.
HE A lei: jx
Still Sellim
Hardware, Tinware, fcs,
Sporting Goods, Etc.
Dr. N. McCABE. Prop. J, B. BUSH, Manager.
NORTH PLATTE PHARMACY,
3STOKTJ-L PLATTE, -- jSTTSKASIvA.
WE AIM TO HANDLE THE BEST GRADE OF GOODS,
SELL THEM AT REASONABLE PRICES, AND WARRANT
EVERYTHING AS REPRESENTED.
Orders from the country and along the line of the Union
Pacific Railway Solicited.
QrTJ-sr'ig PLACE
FINEST SAMPLE E00M - IN NORTH PLATTE
Having rpfittcd 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
Nicliol Nuggets.
About two inches of snow fell in
this country Tuesday night.
Chas. Burke, of the Platte, pur
chased a number of swine in this
neighborhood Monday.
A little son of Mr. and Mrs. X.
B. Spurrier is seriously ill at this
writing.
Al Moshier is hauling corn to the
hub at fifty-five cents per bushel.
A large herd of cattle was driven
from the south side over north by
this place on AVednesda-. We did
not learn their destination.
AY. K. Miner returned from Mis
souri the front end of the week.
A large number of porkers were
taken to the Platte market from
this locality Monday and Tuesday.
4Lige" Harris returned from
Missouri the first of the week to
attend the funeral of his brother
John and wife, which was held on
"Wednesday.
Considerable sickness is reported
among the children in this section
of the county at present.
" The trade between W. K. Miner
and S. H. Phiiucie is said to have
matured, and that Mr. Phinacie
now owns isir. Aimers interest in
the Ilostetter farm.
Hogs at S3.50 per hundred pounds
and corn at fifty-five cents per
bushel, is not venT encouraging for
the horn handed granger who has
party by those who were present.
As a purveyor of scientific news
J The Tribune will keep abreast of
the times, if its form doesn't get
pied.
A lady asks how to make hens
lay in winter. , Tliis is a subject to
which I have "given considerable
thought. The eggs a hen lays dur
ing the hot summer days, when
filed away for future reference, are
so inclined to lose their self respect
on or prior to the winter months
that they frequently remind one of
the deficit in the gold reserve and
other melancholy events. I have
often thought how much pleasanter
it would be to eat a nice, fresh,
highly esteemed egg- than to be
compelled to swallow one about
which the odor of neighborhood
scandal has hung for several
months. I have seriously con
sidered the subject in all its bear
ings. I have tried to reason from
a lien's standpoint, to put myself
in sympathetic relation with a hen's
train of thought, so to speak, and
thereby ascertain what line of ar
gument one ought to take to con
vince hens of thelmportance of a
radical change in their social and
moral life. A hen, you sce.has consci
encious scruples against raising a
large and exacting family during
the cold months, and this deters
her somewhat from the attempt.
Considering the subject from this
WE PAY CASH 100 CENTS OX THE DOLLAR AND SELL
CHEAPER THAN ANY HOUSE IN THE CITY.
KENMFS SLAUGHTER SALE --1895.
THE NEW TARIFF
On All Imported Woo en Goods and Silks
IS IN OPERATION JANUARY 1ST.
We must close out our stock of nice line goods and make room for our new stock
under the new tariff regulations. : : : $1.75 Silk Henrietta at SI. 10; $1.50 Silk
Henrietta at S5 cts.: $1.00 Henrietta at (o cts.; $1.25 Bedford Cords at 85 cents: $1.25
French Serges at 85 cts.: $1.00 French Serges at 65 cts.: all wool 1.1 vd. wide $1.25 Broad
Cloth at 75 cts.; 65 ct Flannels, 46 in. wide at 5t cts. : : : In our Shoe department
we offer the choicest line in the west. C. D. and E. widths, in line new goods. : : :
Call and see for yourself the Wonderful Bargains at Rennie's for January and February in
1S95. : . : Amoskeag Ginghams at5 cts. per yard. Lawrence LL Muslin at 4 'cts.
per yard, Lonsdale Muslin at 6 cts. per yard, at " RENNIE'S.
both on hand, or for the one who i standpoint it will be readily seen
i -
has to buv the corn. that two things are necessary.
Tiff Bros., of the hub, are load- First: To impress upon the hens
ing baled hay at this station. It is the fact that the are not living
being shipped east. for themselves but for the good
Jerry Dwyer has been hauling- tliey imiy do others: Let a hen
corn to the Platte lately. . once comprehend her responsibili-
North Platte butchers are scour- tv: let her once understand that the
ing this country at present in search
of fat cattle, which are not very
plentiful at this season of the year
more especially this year.
whole world is earnestly calling
for newly manufactured eggs in
January the same as in July; let
her understand for once and all
The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. John i that public sentiment is against
Harris, who committed suicide at i strikes particular!- in the cold
their home southwest of Paxton on
Sunday morning of this week, took
place from the residence of her
parents. Mr. anil Mrs. I. V. Zook,
at this place, on Wednesday fore
noon. It was attended by a large
concourse of sympathetic friends
and neighbors. The interment
took place at the O'Pallons ceme
tery. Rev. Cruzen, of North Platte,
officiated.
Revival meetings, we understand,
are in progress at the new school
house in Iiiumau precinct at present.
Rev. Graves will expound the j
gospel to the citizens of Hershey
on Tuesday evening next. Pat.
WILL YOU BELIEVR IT?
HV FRANK SAISREKA.
The mince pie party given to a
few personal friends by Col. II. M.
Grimes last Saturday evening was
prolific of results that will be ex
tremely interesting to ps-chologists
throughout the world. The party
was given for a purpose purely
scientific and was one of the most
unique social events that history
chronicles. The participants call
it a "socio-psychologic part," be
cause of the happy blending of
social and philosophic pleasures
which belonged to it. The under;
lying motive prompting the party
was a firm and unalterable deter
mination to investigate mince-pie
dreams with the object of classify
ing mince-pie effect upon a strictly
scientific basis. The "hypnotic
season: and the battle is half won.
Second: Make the lives of your
hens more pleasant. Give them
three square meals a. day and put up
a base burner in thejehicken house.
No one need expect any hen to
have aspirations tjIead a different
life wh'en she is'coitipcllcd to' rus
tle for a living every day in the
year. Besides the poet has said,
"A litllo solace now anil Uien
Is relished by the wie't hen."'
IRRIGATION NOTES.
A minct's inch of water-is equal to
nine gallons per minute.
A cubic foot of water contains
7.4S gallons and weighs 62A pounds.
One gallon of water contains 231
cubic inches and weighsS'j pounds.
Doubling the diameter of a cylin
der increases its capacity four
times.
It has been ascertained that 27,
154 gallons of water will cover one
acre one inch in depth.
The wind blows at a pumping
velocity on an average of ten hours
per day for the entire year.
For Nebraska, from five to ten
inches of water should be applied
each season, varying according to
the rainfall.
Windmills will furnish water pro
fitably from wells as deep as 200
feet for irrigating all kinds of fruit
and vegetables.
Square the diameter of the cylin
der, multiply by length of stroke in
inches and then multiply by .0034
influence of mince pie upon gray , d you have the capacity per
matter" was the subject under con- j stroke in gallons.
sideration. Col. Grimes made the
pies himself and nothing but
A reservoir containing one acre of
ground filled with water four feet
chopped porterhouse and apples i in depth contains 1.303,392 gallons
were used, these being mixed with
London layer raisins and the re
quisite spices, and properly lubri
cated with brandy of the vintage of
sixty-nine. Those present from
which is sufficient to cover forty
eight acres one inch in depth.
It is estimated that three and a
third millions acres of arid lands in
South Dakota have been reclaimed
A state irrigation policy, superin
tended by expert ability and faith
fully persevered in over a series of
years, would put into the hands of
Nebraska-'s people irrigation facili
ties that would seem fairly astound
ing if predicted now.
The following clipping was taken
from The Lamar Sparks a paper
published down in Arkansas valley,
Colorado, in Prowers county, where
they used to howl drouth and starv
ation as loud as anybody. They
have quit it, and now they are on
the other side of the market: Al
falfa is the greatest staple of the
valley, and Prowers county pro
duced a splendid crop last yeay.
The vield of seed was generous and
of high quality and the hay crop is
roughly estimated at 150.000 tons,
and will probably exceed that
figure. Thousands of cattle and
horses have been driven here from
less favored localities for feeding,
and over 30,000 head of sheep are
being cared for on the alfalfa lands
near Lamar. Very little of the
vast aniunnt of hay raised here will
be shipped out of the county.
Let us assume that Nebraska
means business this time, says the
Irrigation Age. What will be the
character of thecltauges vrougllt.in
in her economic life by the adoption
of irrigation? It will be a revolu-j
tion. The quarter section will
come down to 80 acres, then to 40 I
acres, and ultimately to 2J acres, j
The Nebraska farm will no lonrer :
be merely an insignificant segment!
of the corn belt. It will be in a I
modest sense a sovereign republic. I
for within the limitations of his
own little farm the land proprietor
will be independent. He will learn
from Utah the philosophy of diver
sified crops and will try to produce ,
nearly everything h family con-1
smiles. Then he will laugh in the J
face of panics as well as in the face j
of dry years. He will learn from j
southern California scientific
methods of irrigation, and so will '
intensify the product of each acre :
to the last degree. He will learn j
from New England the social j
advantages of thickly populated
communities. The result will be a j
new kind of civilization and the '
gradual evolution of an American J
commonwealth, which will with-(
stand every shock and strain that
can come with time. The people of
Nebraska should look forward to
the next ten years as altogether thej
the brightest in their history. ;
There should be no faltering this,
time. All sections of the state!
should stand shoulder to shoulder. '
and the best talent of the people !
should be consecrated to the work j
from this time on. i
Poor old Coxey and poorer old ,
Waite both want to be populist
nominees for president in 1S96. j
Thus far Waite seems to be ahead, j
c
economy: is iv&tfiii
GOXjUY" Cl-I ILE la
te
None o1 Dem Yer Byecotts
HAVE 1IEEN RUN OX
PILLSBURY'S BEST" PATENT FLOUR!
Same wuz run on de Washburn's Superlative Flour bv the
National Board of Federated Labor at Denver in December.
Union Made and up to the Highest Standard.
For sale by all Grocers Take no other.
abroad were win. jjrvan. x nomas I bv irrigation at a low cost. The
B. Keed. J. u. Carlisle and -b. J value of these lands before irriga-'
Pluribus Rosewater. The latter'j-: ,..t i err r,rn nnn
- -i .-.w1 4?tit ..null f irtf '
The latter , tion was estimated at $77,000,000,
while now thev are rated at nearly
superior, to the pies the B. & M. is ,300.000,000.
dispensing at Lincoln. The even-, of all the semi-arid states, bv
ing was a most enjoyable one and wh;dl we inean the two DaUotas"t
the pies melted away like a Chinese
army. The writer, who was pres
ent, is sorry to make note of the
fact that Secretary Carlisle was
detected secreting half a pie in his
overcoat pocket as he was about" to
leave. Being charged with this
breach of departmental courtesy he
excused himself by declaring that
Grover had bade him do it, and
while he was himself irrevocably
opposed to kleptomania, he was
obliged to do as the president said
or resign. He had his family to
care for, he said, and could not
resign. He was permitted to keep
the pie. The Tribune expects to
lay before its readers in future
issues some of the scientific dis
coveries made subsequent to the
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas, Nebraska is most fortun
ately endowed with water supplies,
says the Irrigation Age. The
amount of land that can ultimately
be irrigated will be a large total in
acreage, as nearly all of the state
would be fit for cultivation if suffi
ciently watered, the area reclaimed
may seem small in comparison to
the whole. The amount of water
flowing in its surface streams, such
as the North Platte, Republican.
Frenchman, Loup. Niobrara and
Missouri, is immense in the aggre
gate. The possibilities for indivi
dual irrigation plants from under
ground sources are also very large
ndeed. The storage of storm waters
i- feasible to a considerable degree.
It is reported that a stroke of j
good sense has come to General j
Weaver, of Iowa, and that "he will'
quit politics and move to Missouri j
and go to farming." ,
The folly of prejudice is fre
quently shown by people who prefer
to suffer for years rather than try
an advertised remedy. The mil-!
lions who have no such notions,
take Ayer's Sarsaparilla for blood
diseases, and are cured. So much
for common sense.
Tun American people are not!
taking kindly to the president's,
generous proposal to give Great
Britain a cable station in the I
Hawaiian Islands. He could just
as well assign the British lion
grounds in Alaska or a naval sta
tion at San Erancisco. The people
did not elect President Cleveland to
build up English prosperity at the
expense of American interests.
Inter Ocean.
Thurston's Speech of Acceptance.
Following is a synopsis cohering the
salient points in Hon. John M. Thurs
ton's speech of acceptance in the joint, j
convention which elected him United j
States senator from Nebraska: (
Words are impossible in which to ad-j
"""-'J -.in.o in; lll'Ullll'lL lilLltulIU
for tiio great honor you have- to gener
ously bestowed upon me. It will bo my
ambition,as your representative!) merit
and retain tiio full measure of that confi
dence, friendship and esteem with which j
I am so signally favored. f
j-ue people or AeorasKa have been pub
licly and thoroughly advised as to how
I stand upon nearly all of tho important
tjuestions of the hour.
I wish the legislature to know my
views: for if you should differ with me I
respectfully ask that you direct mo by
appropriate resolutions as to your wishes.
So long as I boar tho commission of the
people of Nebraska I shall hold mvself
as their servant and subject to their di
rection. I desire, albo, to bo thoroughly
understood, in order to invito criticism 1
in advance. While I havo doep-seatod
convictions upon most public questions,'
I have no pride of opinion which would
stand in the way of giving full consider
ation to tho views, arguments and sug
gestions of othors.
I am in favor of tho speedy enactment
of a protective taritr law modeled upon
tho general lines of tho McKinley act,
and embodying tho reciprocity ideas of
James G. Ulaino. Whatever labor is to
bo dono for tho people of tho United
States, shall bo done by tho people of
tho United States under tho stars and
stripes.
I would put a stop to tho outflow of
gold from tho treasury, lirst by requir
ing that all import duties should be
aid in gold at the option of tho treas
urer of tho United States; and, second,
by insisting upon the right of redemp
tion, iu either gold or silver, of our out
standing notes, whenever it become ap
parent that redemption is being de
manded for speculative purposes. It is
said that such a policy would drive
gold to a premium. In my judgment
we can better afford to have gold at a
premium than prosperity at a discount.
There should bo no resurrection of
wild cat money by the general govern-,
ment or by any state in the union. Our
national banking system should bo pre
served. It is tho best that human in
genuity has yet devised. I favor
amendments, however, in the following
particulars: The substitution of a lower
interest bond as security for the na
tional bank issue this substitution
would of itself refund to that extent the
government bonded indebtedness au
thority to issue bank notes to tho full
amount of the bond dpoiit; tho collec
tion of a tax on tho entire authorized
issue, and the imposition of a heavy
penalty, or forfoitdroflf charter, for
failure to zeop it-all :a escalation. -I
am in favor of American bi-mettal-ism,
and in this tho United States should
lead tho world. I do not admit the
claim so persistently made by advocates
of free and unlimited coinage of silver,
that our present evils aro the result of
so-called silver demonetization; nor do I
believe that the remonetization of silver
would produce any startling changes in
existing conditions. I am satisfied,
however, that tho demonetization of
one-half of tho world's supply of tho ul
timate money of redemption was not
for tho best interests of tho people of tho
world, and I think wo should do every
thing in our power to hasten tho re
turn of bi-metalism among tho nations
of tho earth.
My position upon tho American silver
question has been thoroughly understood
by the people of this state, and I accept
my election, by tho united vote of tho
great republican majority in this legisla
ture, as an endorsement of my ante-eloc-tion
declaration in favor of tho coinage
of tho American product of gold and
silver into honest dollars.
I heartily favor tho establishment of
a labor commission, or bureau, or depart
ment. which shall have general super
vision of all matter pertaining to labor
interests.
I have lived in the stato of Nebraska
for moro than a quajter of a century. I
am thoroughly familiar with its people,
its industries, its resources, its necessities
and its possibilities. I yield to no man
in loyalty to tho interests of this great
commonwealth and this splendid west in
which Nebraska is so centrally located.
In tho senate of the United States it will
bo my aim to labor for Nebrabka and for
tho west. But in striving for their ad
vancement and prosperity, I Bhall not
lose sight of the fact that they are apart
of the United States of Amencr. I havo
no patience with those men who seek to
array the west against tho east, or tho
east against tho west. Whoever attempts
to stir up sectionalism iu tho United
States is a traitor to his country. This
great agricultural and mineral west of
which wo are so justly proud, cannot
grow and thrivo and prosper as it ought
and should without tho cordial friend
ship, co-operation and assistance of tho
mighty seaboard east, which represents
the acoummulated capital of two centur
ies and a half of American enterprise
and thrift;and that mighty seaboard east
cannot grow acd thrive and prosper as it
ought and should, without the cordial
co operation, friendship and assistance
of this great pioneer west. Sectional
selfishness should ee subordinated to na
tional good. Nebraska put one star in
tho azuro of our flag, and New York put
another, but when they took their places
in this flag, they were no longer stars of
New York and Nebraska, but stars of tho
greatest nation of the earth, shining for
tho protection and happiness of every
American citizen. Let it bo the ambi
tion of all good and patriotic men I
pledge you, my countryman, it shall bo
mine to stand for tho prosperity and
welfare of tho best government that has
ever blessed mankind, and for the up
lifting and K'orification 0f the dearest
Hag that ever kissed the skv.
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