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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1895)
THE NORTH PLATTE SEMl-WEEKLI TRIBUNE : TUESDAY -EVENING, MAY 7, 1895. i Exclusively t .QverrTweaty-One Million People " .. tfeWorid's FairOrounds XTniVCr3aIiy cccsoied as the Leading rise ceoecortke World. JOHN HERROD Sells tlie above Coffee together with a complete line of Prices Always Seasonable. HIGHEST MARKET PRICE Paid For Country Produce. PEALE'S Wall Paper. Paper Hung by Peale. Paper Cleaner at Peale's. MINOR MENTION. Chas. E. Barber has been seriously indisposed for a week past. The Ladies of the G. A. R. will give an icecream sociable, Saturday-evening, May 11th. The Baptist people will hold a social on the parsonage lawn nest Thursday evening. S. G. Smith opened his confection ery store this morning. He ha3 a nice looking place. The woman's edition of. The Tri bute netted the ladies auxiliary of the Y. M. C .A. a little over fifty dollars. For rent, a six-room house, in good repair, one block east of Central school. For particulars inquire of Dr. N. F. Donaldson. The Ladies Guild will hold a dime social at the Episcopal rectory next Friday afternoon, to which all members of the guild and their lady friends are invited. The Ladies of the G. A. R. will give an ice cream sociable in the room vacated by Heck, Saturday evening, May lltb. Admission ten cents. Every body invited. Henry "Waltemath, considers that he has well earned a vacation, and accord ingly will leave with his family next week on a trip to Germany. He will belabsent about three months. Harrington & Tobin have purchased and had erected in the store the large meat refrigerator formerly in use at the Heck market. It will be used for storing butter, eggs, fruits, etc. It is said on the streets that Gus S. Huffman may conclude to be a candidate for county clerk before the pop conven tion this fall. The populists might hunt around quite awhile before securing a stronger candidate than Mr. H. would make. Two or three farmers who came in after aid Saturday- got into a squabble over the matter during the evening while in one of the saloons and a fight not conducted on prize ring rules en sued. The beligerantfi were finally sep arated by bystanders. It is rumored that unless consumers of city water nre less extravagant in the use of water on tho lawns the company will cut them down to the restrictions provided by ordinance. Such a course would result in considerable inconven ience to many, and its hoped that con sumers will be more careful and thus avoid such action on the part of the company. As an evidence of the "New Woman" morement in North Platte it was noticed that one evening last week two gentle men, wives and babies were out riding on bicycles. The natural supposition would be be that as of old, the babies would te riding with their mothers. Such was not the case, however. The men were taking care of the babies while the mothers rode along in front perfectly free and untrammeled. We more fully, than ever, have rea sons to believe in the principles of evolu tion and that North Platte has the honor of being the point where the commence ment has been made. One of the ladies of the town was called to her kitchen door by a tramp this week and very naturally expected to be asked for food. She was astonished, however, when the request was made for a piece of soap. As soap is one article" that tramps are not credited with using, it is to be pre sumed that the movement is now up ward in the tramp circles and an evolu tion for higher development commenced. We have received notice from a newspaper publisher in Massachusetts that ho will furnish free to all destitute editors in the drouth-stricken district of Nebraska a package of winter squash seeds. We have sent for the seeds. and if they grow, which they prob ably will, starvation will not stare us in the face next winter. A fellow who can not subsist on squashes for five or six months during the winter season issa tenderfoot and has no business living in the west. The Massachusetts publisher is a philanthropist whose last resting place will be marked by a five ton gran ite monument. One farmer on the ditch will raise twenty acres of celery this season. It is said to be an excellent paying crop. M. C. Keith shipped a car of line road horses to Omaha Saturday. He is raising a good class of horses and re ceiving's, very fair price for them. Plans are being made for a couple of new bridges down near Maxwell to 'aid the people upon Brady and other islands, and the South side, to reach that boom ing burg. If indications are worth anything a certain holdover federal officeholder is liable to hear- something drop one of these days that will surprise him. There is trouble brewing tor him. The crop of small grain in Lincoln coun ty this year, if the season is favor able, will surprise everybody. Notwith standing the embarrassed condition of the farmers, the acreage is very large. For the next ten days Broach, the photographer, is making a special low rate of 82 per dozen upon photos. Avail yourself of this opportunity to have first- class work done by a reliable home artist. Tickets for the operetta of ,4The Three Bears and Golden Hair are now on sale and should be readily purchased. The entertainment promises to be one of the most pleasing ever given in the city There will be a special meeting of the ladies' auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. at the association parlors next Wednes day afternoon at 4:30. All members are earnestly requested to be present. Mrs. C. F. Iddings, Prest. John Keliher, who was offered a position in a railroad office at Little Rock, Ark-, has decided not to accept. Hot weather is not a agreeable to John's constitution, and fearing he could not stand the extreme heat of that section he dicided not to go. Kittell & Benson, the civil engineers, are crowded wifh work this season. In addition to the irrigation canal work they are doing in this county, they have charge of the engineering work on the big canal at Cozad. Mr. Kittell is now at O'Neill on business connected with one of the ditches in that section. A recent issue of the Atkinson j Graphic contained the following: w3Irs. Milton. Doolittle and children departed for North Platte last Saturday morning where they will join Milton and make their home for the present, at least. The throng that bid them farewell at the depot certainly attested the high esteem in which the people at Atkinson held this estimable family.9 New joists and a new floor will be laid4n the hallway at the the Court- bouse, lumber for the same now being on the ground. A. L. Davis has been figuring on a bill of hardware to be used in the con struction of a commodious school house at Juleeburg. A -second effort will be made this evening to organize a musical associa tion. The meeting will be held at the Episcopal guild house. The Gordon cornet band gave its initial street concert Saturday evening and delighted a large audience with an excellently rendered programme. J. R. Bangs last week purchased quite a bunch of cattle of the Brown brothers, who have been running a ranch in McPherson county. Broach's special photographic rate will continue but ten days, and it be hooves you to see him immediately if you wish to take advantage thereof. G. W. Dillardis preparing to branch out a trifie fn business. He is intending to put in a stock of feed, and will buy grain in connection with his coal business A number of exchanges have pub lished complimentary notices of the woman's edition of The Tribune. Some of these may be published in a future issue of this paper. Colonel Cody has remembered a number of his North Platte friends with 8x12 photographs of himself taken in riding costume. The photographs are excellent work. John Shockensee died at the home of M. Veach, near Sutherland, yesterday of pneumonia, at the age of forty years. The deceased came from Iowa a few weeks ago for a visit to the Veach family. Advertising paper for the Effie Ellsler company was received at the ex press office several days ago, but the advance man has not yet showed up. The company has asked for a date the latter part of the month. Fishing is said to be fairly good at the mouth of the Birdwood. A resident of that locality caught about forty yesterday, part of which were pike. Local fishermen will probably loose no time in trying their luck. The recent rains have caused some improvement in local business, collec tions are easier than sixty days ago, and transfers of real estate are growing more frequent. Altogether the situation is improving steadily though somewhat slowly. The board of education held its reg ular monthly meeting last evening, the principal business being a settlement with the treasurer of the board, who is also city treasurer. Willis Hansen was appointed to take care of the school The'Fremont Tribune sayst is j-rgrouod Buring vacation, and a number ively inexplicable how a young man Tot minor billswere allowed-wL ltiveiy inexplicable now a young who cannot get a dollar and a half f or his washwoman, can get one hundred and ten dollars for a bicycle, a sweater and a pair of tan shoes. There are a few young men in North Platte who come under the head of the above, and even they cannot or will not tell you how they do it. A Philadelphia relativo of the edi tor writes that she visited Buffalo Bill's Wild West one day last week and though tho day was a very wet one the attend ance at the show was simply immense. Sending her card into Colonel Cody's private car after the performance, she was received by the Colonel with his usual gallantry and with such genuine hospitality that she readily became a great admirer of our distinguished townsman. W. S. Ripley, an experiencee English gardener, came down from Denver last week, and after looking over this section has decided to locate here and engage in truck farming. He has secured seventy five acres of land of B. Beer which he will get in shape for next season's crop, the intention being to plant the entire tract to vegetables. This season he will put out twenty acres of celery on land west of town owned by C. L. Patterson which he has leased for the season. Mr. Ripley has had many years experience in gardening and pronounces the soil in this section particularly well adapted! for this purpose. j J. McConnell, of Somerset, brought to this office yesterday samples of pota toes which ho raised last season. They are very smooth-skinned, large in size and possess qualities which make them especially fine eating. On account of the drouth, Mr. McConnell succeeded in raising only about one hundred bushels of them. He has this season put in a small irrigation plant with which to water a tract of land planted to fruit trees, grapes and strawberries. He has also put in ten acres of alfalfa, and if it proves successful this season he will sow fifty acres next year. Victor VonGoetz retired from the office of mayor last night after a year of service that has proved very satisfactory to the people. Mr. VonGoetz began bis duties as mayor with the determination that his administration would be an economical one. He was full aware that the debt hanging over the city while not an extraordinary one, was larger than should be, and he also real ized that the only way it could be wiped out was by a curtailment of the running expenses, w itn tnis in view street worn ana other improvements were kept down to the lowest notch possible, and as a result the expenses of the city have bean, some $1,200 less than usual. Mr. Baker, our new mayor, is a conservative maa and we believe he will follow in the foot steps of Mr. VonGoetz in keeping down the expenses. The local butchers are experiebo ing 'some little difficulty in getting a sufficient, number of good beef cattle to supply the demands of their customors. They have of late been getting nearly all their cattle from farmers between the rivers. A meeting of the graduates of the North Platte High school will be held at the office of the county superintendent on Saturday, May 11th, at 2 p. m. Mat ters of special interest will come before the meeting and a full attendance is desired. George Nauman during the past season has cured a good many tons of hams, shoulders and side meat, which he has disposed of to the 'local merchants and to the customers of his market. This meat is considered by many to be super ior to the meats cured by the Omaha packers. The work of repairing the Knights of Pythias ball, recently damaged by fire, has commenced, and will be pushed forward with the utmost rapidity. Some important changes will be made in the hall, among which is an elevation of the roof so as to raise the ceiling three feet higher. This will make a decided improvement, and with new carpets, furniture, and papered walls will make. an elegant and very convenient hall. The lodges which have temporarily been without a place of meeting will be glad to know that the hall promises to be in shape for holding meetings in ten days or so. Y. M. C. A. report.' The following is a statistical report of tho Y. M. C. A. for the month of April 1895: Renewals, 9; withdrawn or dropped on account of removal, etc., 19; new members, 10; pres ent paid membership, 233; attendance at men's meetings, 93; attendance at men's Bible class, 13; special meetings, 4; at tendance at entertainments, 146; number of visits to. rooms, 2120; Sundays, 207; baths taken, 452; number of visits of sec retary to shops, yards, etc., 20; number of visits of secretary and committee to sick and injured, 2; letters written in rooms, 100; books drawn from library, 142; papers on filo during month, 327;. magazine, 22. H. For the good of the fire department it is hoped that the present little squab ble resulting over the election of a chief will not be fostered and expanded. From the evidence produced before the council it would seem that the election at which the chief and assistant were elected was regularly called, that the attendance was as large as is usual at such meetings, aad that the charge of illegal voting is Bot well sustained. The Tribune has no, choice of chief, any good competent man is suitable for it, and we bcliovo to the citizens at large. It is hoped that the matter wi 1 soon be settled to the satisfaction of nil, and that the standard of excellency which has characterized f he department will be maintained. IF CLINTO N, THE JEWELER. To use aVvenerable and "well-worn "chestnut," does not 'remove the dilapidated linen from off the -C? 1-1 " nttian Ymoc trt ctnrlr nnrl Tinces of croods in his line. He also gives a drink and a chip fn nrh of his oatrons who correctly interprets this (not) prize rebus, for which he carries tne Key. au ana ex amine his stock, whether you wish to purchase or not, as it is a pleasure for him to show his goods. r CLINTOtt, THE JEWELER. T5D PIRELY PERSONAL. Jno. Bratt.went to Omaha yesterday morning. H.S. Stuff; -rthe dancing master, left Saturday fortUhicago". Miss. Hosford and mother visited at Vroman several days last week. Mrs. I. L.Miltonbeager visited her parents at Buchanan last week. Mrs. C.;0. Weingand returned Satur day night from a visit at Lodge Pole. Cbas. Burke left yesterday- on a busi ness trip to the east part of the state. Mrs. Redington, of Cheyenne county, will visit friends in this city this week. Dr F. M. Somers has been in Omaha for several days receiving treatment for deafness. Mrs. M. K. Barnum will entertain a number of ladies at an ' aftornoon" next Thursday. ' Mrs. J. D.Mathews werit to Julesburg this morning'Tor a visit with Mrs. Ed. McMeans. H. M. Grimes has been transacting business at" Chappeli and Sidney for a day or twocpastw. k - Miss EtnmahPeckham visited friends in the central'part or the state Satur day and Sunday: Mirs Lizzie Stoltenburg, of Grand Island, is the guest of her sistor Mrs. John Sorenson. f.lv Ted McEvby and M. Chevalier left this morning for Nevada, where they each have secured positions. ' Mrs. W. F.' Cody and Irma will spend part of the; summer with Mrs. Boal on the ranch near Slack, Wyo. Mrs. Minnie Pawer?, who had been visiting hor. mother, Mrs. Wm. Brown, returned to Red Butte, Wyo., Saturday. Mrs. Kimbuly , mother-in-law of Dr. Homer Hatch, accompanied by the little daughter of the latter will arrive in town to-night. ,3p M F. M. Hock'and daughter left for Ot- bys willlMITi iWMft-trTrt. tit iuvuuj aatil the middle of the E. B: WaJlir lekves Thursday next for PortHuro:3fich', as a' delegate to the national meeting of the Knights of the MaccabeesJ ..The trip will,, undoubtedly prove a very, .pleasant one tor tne uoctor. Mrs. J.rfG,,, Ferguson and daughter Miss Marie Downing are visiting North Platte relatives prior to their departure ior r-uuHueipoia, wnere wiui ivir. j? . i-ney will make their home. RAILWAY RESUME. Bob Fulton, now stationed at Rawlins, has been in town for several days. Sam G. Smith made his last trip as fireman Sunday and will now devote his time to his confectionary store. Night Watchman Sawyer got in his "hike" on the bums Saturday night and started thirtjUono out on the road. The wrecHng car, which is being sup plied with aTstatlonary engine, will soon be ready tojojoout on the road. M. K. Barnumftvas in Sidney tho lat ter part of the week superintending tho laying of a system of air pipos for the new fare lignters. One of thefcew machines for lightiug fires in locomotives was shipped to tho Sidney round-house the 4latter part of the week. John Sorenson is making patterns for a water moter which will placed in the car repair shop. The motor will fur nish power for running a circular saw and a boring'tnachino. Machinist Collins has recently made a potato planter which promises to become very popular; As the planter will not be patented Mr. Collins will give full particulars as to its construction to any one who will apply to him in person. He will also construct a corn planter after designs furnished him by Lu Forrington. THE TBEA8URER'S -BEPORT. The following is a recapitulation of tho statement presented to the council last evening by city treasurer Sorenson: RECEIPTS. General fund... ? Water fun. 2?. Special leVySCA . ..r... v. "... w HtV COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Th&re .was a large audience present at the council chamber last evening, and the meeting held was a protracted one; The presence of the auditors was duo principally to a desire to lea rn who the appointees of the new mayor would bo. Mayor VonGoetz rapped the council to order at 8:15 and after the minutes of two previous meetings had been read and approved, the finance committee re ported that they.had audited the books and vouchers of the city treasurer and had found them correct. James Belton, who had requested the privilege of erecting an outside stairwav on a brick block he proposes to erect on Fif fh and Spruce street was notified that the council had no power to act in the matter. The same decision was rendered in the matter of the F. & M. ditch com panyj who had asked for a right-of-way along Second street. Butler Buchanan asked the city to re imburse him in the amount of 87.70 for overpaid interest on a city warrant, but the council thought Mr. B. should re cover the amount from the party to whom it was paid. After several bills had been approved or allowed, time was given the clerk to write up the minutes of the meeting, after which the old council adjourned sine die. Previous to adjournment how ever, Mayor VonGoetz thanked the members of the council for the support they had given him. During his ad ministration the running expenses of the city had been cu t down over 81,000 and he hoped that the present adminis tration would be able to make a like re duction. If it did the city debt could eventually be paid without the aid of funding bonds. Tho mayor then vacated tho chair and administered the oath of office to Mayor elect Baker who at onco entered 'upon his duty as mayor. The oath of office was administered to the clerk, who in turn administered it to the councilmen. The first business of the council was aiturdsyiwopfthe Lthe electron pjaresident othe couoeiij RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRVRRflfe When Buying Minn FLOUR Why not. get the BEST? Washburn's Superlative Has no superior no equal. It is the result of studied im provement in milling machinery the product of the hard, excellent wheat of the north. If you are not using the Washburn Flour, try it. It is sold by JOHN HERROD, SOLE AGENT. Latest Styles of WINDOW SHADES with fringe, AT PEALE'S. The old log building just we3t of Dick's drug store is being torn down. This building is one of the old land marks of the city, and at the time of construction was probably considered an exceptionally good house. For several years past it has been used as a stable. m - - 80,857 81 DISBURSEMENTS. General fund 35.5 40 Water fund 2?9? 2. Poll fund ij"g2 Special levy;. ' 1 VS S4 Balance on hand x lM 89,857 81 For this R.VX). Thomson was unani TP- mously eleevrd. For tho office of city attorney the name of, Geo. E. French was presented, and the nomination was promptly con firmed. Iddings requested the postponement of the appointment of city marshal until the next meeting, regular or special. The mayor kindly acquiesced -to the demand. For night policeman the mayor pre sented the name of Henry Bretornitz, but the appointment lacked tho neces sary number of votes for confirmation. no name or j no. .Davis was then pre sented and tbe appointee was confirmed. The mayor appointed tho members of the several council committees, after which the bonds of the mayor, treasurer, police judge, city clerk, and the' two town herders were approved. A petition from residents of the Third ward asking that Ninth street be rounded up or graded, was referred to the proper committee. Lists of tho active members of the First and Third ward hose companies were presented to tbo council and they wero ordered filed. A communication was then read from the city fire department, stating that at tho annual meeting of the fire depart ment S. L. Bristol had been elected chief and W. II C. Woodhurst assistant chief, and requesting that theso be confirmed by the council. This was followed by a remonstrance against tho confirmation of Bristol and Woodhurst on the ground that they bad boon elected by votes cast by certain parties who were not active members of the department. The op posing factions were represented to the number of eighteen or twenty, and a short investigation of the matter was held by the council. The matter was re ferred to a special committee for further investigation. The council then ad journed. Dr. R. D. Harris, of Ogalalla, has resigned bis position as member of the board of pension examiners and is suc ceeded by Dr. Salisbury. Rev. Hardaway and several others go to Curtis this week to attend a meet ing of tho Methodist ministerial associa tion. Ernest Rema, of Keith county, had his left leg badly fractured last week by being thrown from a horse. The ball players of Ogalalla have organized a nine and are ready to mop the earth with clubs of surrounding towns. SOMERSET SNAP SHOTS. Corn planting is now in order. W. A. Latimer transacted business North Platte last week. John McConnell expects to sow ten acres of alfalfa. School closed last Tuesday in District number 102. William Griffith did North Platte last Thursday. Relief supplies have been delivered in this locality. J. H. Jolliff and wife visited at W. A. Crandall's. near Wellrleet Thursday and Friday. This locality was blessed by a big rain on Monday and Woanesday evening be sides two or three smaller showers. The crop outlook id new very encouraging. An agent for a machine company has spent several days in this locality in search of machinery that remains unset tled for. James Owens is reported to have re cently taken a west bound train, presum ably for California. The grass is making splendid progress since our magnificent rains, and the pas turage is far better than is usual at this season of the year. R. S. Fidlers and N. S. Smith went to Arapaboo last week in search of a cow belonging to tho former, supposed to havo been driven off with a herd passing thro' nara.., ijater report aayg thww recovered. O I C florth piatte w$ Normal Commencing June 24th, ending" August 3d. Six weeks of work. A good chance lor students and teachers to prepare for next year. JQSend for announcement. J. C. OKR, E. D. SNYDER Inst. Hkk t of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report PURE Skirt Daacta at Mi It is sheer nonsense to pretend that the modern girl learns skirt dancing ont of dovotiou to the art All she wants is notoriety and to possess that attraction in the eyes of men which she imagines tho ballet girl possesses. In almost every case 'she dances so badly that there is no excuse for her from the artistic point of view, and if skirt danc ing is not artistic it is valgar or ridicu lous or both. In either case it is a fash ion which adds nothing to the diguity of a gentlewoman or to her charm and is. as a rule, an exposure both of had taste and a bad figure. Beautiful worn en do not need such expedients for at tracting attention. London Graphic. With tke Accent em the Vetera. Mrs. Meriwether of Memphis says: "We asked that the girls of our state bo protected until they wero 18 years old, the law oxtending that gracioms protection up to the ripe aseof 10. We fought a desperate battlo for six years, and when the ago was finally raised to 1G the women who had stood the brunt of that long battle saw it proved beyend all peradventuro that no 'influenco of theirs had won tho day, but the simple fact that six years of bitter experieuco had taught them the only weapon that would kill, and they used it. They bur ied the senate chamber and representa tives hall under voters' petitions and came out victors." Overshoes good and cheap at Otten's Shoe Store. ptf Remember in order to get pure, clean and healthy spring water ice, contract with Harry: Lamplugh. HORSES : . . . For Sale ! -apply to HERSHEY & CO. Alb accounts due H. Otten & Co. are payable at Otten's Shoe Store. The firm having dissolved, a settlement is urgently requested, that books may be balanced. Ftf H. Otten. For information regard ing the Great Irrigation iBelt of Lincoln Co., write the Lincoln Co- Immigra tion Association, North ! Platte, Nebraska. ........... t..,.,Mg SMOKERS In search of a good cigar will always find it at J. r. bchmalzned s. Try Uiem and j udge. ' DiamBd Cattla. Not only is diamond cutting not a specially high paid occupation, but it is one involving a most humiliating system of espionago to the worker. Each man is held strictly to account for the stones he receives on going to work ia the morning, and tbe count has to be carefully taken when tbe unfinished work is turned in at night to be locked up in a safe against the return of the' workmen the next day. The possibilities of theft aro great, though" a dishonest workman knows that an attempt to dis pose of an unfinished stone would bring suspicion upon him wherever tbe at tempt was made. New York Mercury. Studebaker Wagons at Hershey & (Vs. Hamtitekers Excursions. On April 30th, May 21st and June lltli, 1895, the Union Pacific System will sell 'tickets from Mis souri River points and stations in Kansas and Nebraska, to points south and west in. Nebraska and Kansas, also to Colorado, Wyom ing, Utah and Idaho, east ot Weisec and south of Beaver Canon, at rate of one first class standard fare for the round trip. Minimum rate S7. See your nearest Union Pacific ticket agent. E. L. Lomax, Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Agent, Omaha, Neb. BEPORT OF THE-COXDITIOX OF The Bank of Sutherland, At Sutherland, in the State of Nebraska, at tbe close of business April 2. in, 18V5. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ,..15790 82 One from national banks 315 45 Due from state" banlw and bankers 921 33 Banking bouse, f nrnttore and fixtures .... 1710 25 Current expenses and taxes paid 515 99 Checks and other cash items...: 115 07 Bills of other banks 260 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents 5 89 Specie 18 00 Legal-tender notes 200 00 Other real estate and personal property. .. 423 00 Total 111252 42 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In toSOO 00 TJndl Tided profits 969 ft Individual deposits subject to check 3243 Demand certificates of deposit 217 50 Time certificates of deposit 1291 52 Total 11252 42 State of Nebraska, Lincoln County, s. s. t r 11. iKirMtrr. whier nf the ebove-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statoment Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. C. B. McKIfiSTKk. WMier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this M day of May, 1W3. HliUirCoKlS. YOU SHOULD READ THE Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean, a 1 2 -page paper brim ful of news of the world and well selected miscellany. WE FURNISH The Tribune and INTER OCEAN for $1.60 per year IN ADVANCE
