The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, August 06, 1895, Image 3
it it THE ffQffTS TTjB gE.y IEEKLY. , jTRlBUKE f $OAl;;EeNHe,- AUGUST ; J8$5 It ! 4V .it 1M AGE MID. Wig of tbe . IHstinguished Mvim -i-rMses Away at DansvMe, a. Y, aj&fSmOE THE LAST PIKE. Ssffra From Jferrsas ProstrtIea &Mstfe Saralas f the Brooklyn Tafc raacle and Never Xtecorered Fallj Frsntfae Sfceck Saatalned. - i L; - - t Daxstille, N. Y., Aug. 5. Mrs. T. pWitfe Talmage died here at 5:30 a. m. ' l: Swoo the burning of the Brooklyn r,ibrxacle Mrs. Talmage has suffered fromaervons prostration, and she has never fully recov ered from the shock sustained then. The fire 5 broke put -while the doctor was Jbolding his usual "Sunday reception, and a large num ber of parishon- , ers and visitors were in the church when the fire jlbroka '"out.; They, .:... - ij aii; maao ;goaa their escape, but Dr. Talmage went 3CRS. TALMAGE. bjaraisg edifice for back into the something he had r left behind. Durine: his absence Mrs. , Talage, who, with- other members of j & faintly, was outside awaiting his re appearance, became greatly excited sd alarmed for the doctor's aafety. As soon as she was isforraed that he was all right she broke dowa completely, her overwrought xervse being unequal for. such a strain. H aoctors suggested a European tour to build, up her f ailing health. She was accompanied to Europe by Misses Maud and Daisy Talmage. While in Rome she became ill with .Roman fever, and accompanied by one of her physioianJ, she returned home. While staying at the family's summer residence, near Eaet Hampton, L. L, she appeared to Improve, and her friends had hopes for ner speedy recovery. This was not to be, however, as she soon had a relapse of the spells of exhaus . jtionand nervous prostration. Thesuf- Jferer was removed to thelDansville san - it&riKm about a year ago with Miss Daisy ""Talmage as her constant companion. "While Dr. Talmage was absent on a J totaling tour in the west last week he received a telegram summoning him to his wife's bedside, He at once cancelled ' all his engagements and hastened back to find that there was very little hope for the patient's recovery, and he ije ' mained with her until the end came this morning, j Tbe deceased was the second wife of Dr. Talmage. His first wife, was drowned while boating in 18G2, leaving a daugh ter, Miss Jessie, and a sou, who has since died. Within two years afters wscis the doctor married Miss Susie iiWhittemore of Brooklyn, She became the mother of five ohildren, Bev. Frank ; DeWitt Talmage.Mrs. Doris, MraMan 1 ga, Miss Maude and Daisy Talmage. "Jn&e funeral services- will be held at 2 'clock, Tuesday, Aug. 8, in, Brooklyn, j JfEWS FRO 31 FOREIGN AIfrS. J Insnrjeats Tpn Ground. Hayaxa, Aug5.?-Lieutenant Colonel Hollea, at thehead of a force of auxiliary troops, had a skirmish today with the insurgents commanded by the well known leader Matagas atSabanaTorrest n the province of SantaGlara. The.in sorgents attempted to surround the j auxiliaries, but the latter, reinforce'd by 40 infantry soldiers, charged the enemy, who nmmbered 20Q, and dispersed them e Insurgents left five dead upon the field and retired with many wounded. Among the killed was Captain Jose- Beiee Cadrora of the insurgent forces. On the side of the troops, one corporal and one soldier were seriously wouiided. ' " ' Filibusters Xjvnded. Madrid, Aug. 5. An official dispatch received here today from Havana says that a band of 50 filibusters.commanded by Sanchez, have lauded in the province of Santa Clara. Many of the inhabi tants of Sauctie Espieritu, in the same province, have vanished, and it is sup posed they have joined the insurgents. The Spanish troops defeated the insur gent band, commanded by Matias "Viga, in the fight which took place near Ma garo. The insurgents lost 10 killed and .had many wounded. lu addition the troops captured n number of prisoners. The Spanish loss was 12 wounded. EUiblcd Forly.Twe Times. City of Mrcaco, Aug. 5. Au autop syhas b?eu held upon the body of Jesus Olmos Contreras, the congressman aud journalist who was assassinated in Pu eblo. It revealed the fact that he had been stabbed 4'J times in the chest. JIbU Holiday Handicap Won by Bohcraond London, Aug. 5. At the Hurst Park bank holiday meeting today, the bank holiday haudicap of 800 sovereigns was won by Foxhall Keene's Bohemond, Lord Hindlip's Fowio was second and Mrs. Eyre's Barsac third. Itlco Famlse In Tapan. r -VoKOHAJtii.Aug. 5. Continuous rains Vave ruined the rice crops in many parts of Japan, and a failure is feaied. 3rany Jives haTe already been lost, and the gamage done is enormoust Brend Bint- I Fcrtfa, Tehkban, Aug. 5. The bread riots ia Talsreesee continue. A mob' has wracked the houso of the governor, who has resigned his authority and promises r rsaucEion m wis yiia ui. wcu. Kiaff Christian's Coadition. Copkshagen, Aug. 5. The king passed a bad night. Ho suffers fre qaeat recurring pains, and his condi tion ia thought to. be serious. Search Fer Basel Abandoned. Chicago, Aug. 5. The search for hantan bones in the basement of H. H. v Holmes' "castle" was abandoned today, rfceworkof the detectives hereafter trill be confined to a hunt for witnesses who can directly connect, Holmes with pome of the aumerous murders with Wfcidi It is charged, Decapitated fey the Cart. Ckaxpaign, Ills.,. Aug. ' 5. Ida Mt JTailagber of Tuscola attempted to get os ft train while it was in motion today. ' Site was thrown "under tho wheels and 'mm u J TO TEST THE. IRRIGATION TJLW. Salt BreHStIa Keith Canity. For tke Vorpese of iettlkr DfapHtas Ooaiulla, ITeb., Aug". 5.TBemem hers of the Alfalfa Jrrigatiok district, located in the northwestern., part of Keith .ctuaty-i 'liave filed petitih in the distriefcicourfc; under .sectien ?59 of the .district, irriga4;iok law, prayiitg.the court" to examine an.d!determie whether the organizafloa and voting of. bonds by said district are legal and Talid. An answer will-be filed .by the ' taxpayers, objecting to the law as unconstitutional and raising all doubtful points in the law.. This is the firsk.distric.fc organized under the new law and the first case to be submitted to the courts Judge Ne ville has called a special term of the dis trict court at this place to hear and de termine the case, and it will then go to the supreme court for a hearing at the first meeting in September. This case is started for the purpose of having a thorough tet made as to the constitutionality of the law. ; Several irrigationdJstrictB have beeri organized in western Nebraska, and are now wait ing for the law to be determined in or- aertnac tney can sell their securities and commence the construction of their ditches. Intending purchasers of these securities are also interested, as the case will cAtala tVia IttoI;; c will settle bonds". - i TOLB TO COLD.. ClrcHlir Dlstrlbated AhionV Pensioners &t Topeka. Topeka, Aug. 5. This is pension day I anacnecks for several, hundred thou sand-dollars are beinsr paid out this week by Commissioner Glick. The fol lowing-circular was distributed among the old soldiers of Topeka and Shawnee couniwho visited the United States pension office to get their quarterly al lowance from the government: uomratic3, halt! - You' are entitled to gom. in payment of your bhecks. Do- mand-it. Do not accept depreciated cur rency. lhe pensioners are paid by checks, winch are cashed at the Topeka banks It is claimed the circular was "prepared by a bimetallism who wants to ishow that there is not enough gold in.the banks tojpay the pensioners alone, aside irom doing the other business of the country, it. has also been suggested cnac this may be part of the Sovereign boycott of national bank notes. It is not known who distributed the circular. Bicyclists Arrived on a Train. -uznyer, Aug. 5.-rJohn M. Trendley and Jerome Winstanley, bicyclists who leic oc. Jboms July 22 on their wheels for a trip to Denver, arrived in Denver on a Union Pacific train, the disabled condition of then bicycles having made it impossible to pedal the 00 miles from Limou to Denver. The trip occupied 13 days. It was estimated that the feat could be accomplished in Jl days, but tne riders did not take into considera: taon the unprecedented weather which presented every obstacle. Trendley Drought messages to Governor McLit tyre, which he delivered today. Catholic Services at Cliantauqna. Jamestown, N, IT,, Aug, 5. As a re suit of the efforts on the pare ofihq Catholics at Chautauqua, Chancellor Vincent has granted the1 use of the chapel for Catholic services on Sunday muruiugs mini aucn rame as tney mav "be enabled to construct a ohapel of their own. Taking advantage of this oppor tunity, Father Gibbons of Jamestown yesterday held the first Catholic, service ever held at Chautauqua. ' Emperor William In England. Cowes, Aug. fi.-inperor William of Germany arrived here at y p. m. on board the imperial yacht Hohenzollera. Ho was saluted by the British' fleet. His majesty was met by the Prince t of Wales and the Duke of Connaught on behalf of the queen, and he afterwards lauded and visited her majesty at Qa borne. - Trro Miners Shot. Welch, W. Va., Aug. n. At Kev- stone last night J M. Stroud, coke boss for the Pulaslri Iron company, shot W A. Gilbert and James Owens, two white miners working for the same company. Will Entertain Many Veterans. McCool Junction, Neb., Aug. 5. A call has been issued asking the different G. A. B. organizations in the towns and cities in the counties of Eillmore, York, Seward, Hamilton and Clay to send delegates to McCool, Aug. 10, for the purpose of selecting a suitable loca tion here for holding a district reunion, Entertaining Canadian Ofllcials. Vancouver Aug. 5. Sir Mackenzie, premier, and Hon. T. M. Daly, minis ter of the interior, have arrived from Begina. The party will be entertained while here by Sir John Schultz, lieu tenant governor of Manitoba and an important conference will take place re garding the Manitoba school question. Case of JLocUJrtt. Hastings, Neb., Aug. 5. Ben Blake, the 15-year-old son of Fred Blake, is suf fering from a very severe attack of lock jaw. About a week ago he stepped on a garden rake and inflicted a slight wound, but paid no attention to it. It is thought that he will not recover. Charged With Wife Mnrder. Bps Moines, Aug. 5. Mrs. W. K. Mert, wife of a barber, was found dead, jiaviug been shot. Her husband is under arrest for her mnrder, though he claims it is a case of suicide. The cpuplo have pot lived together happily. The .cor? pner is investigating. Catholic Temperance Union. New York, Aug. 5. Questions of a paramount importance to the Catholic Temperance Union of America will bo discussed at its 25th annual convention hero this week. The important busi ness will be the election of officers for the ensuing year. Tire Still Raging:. Denver, Aug. 5. The fire which started Saturday night in the silver mine owned by J. C. Dexter in Lead ville has not been extinguished, though it has been confined closely to that mine. The fire will cause a damage of $15,000,000. Bay filled by a Train. Columbus., NebM Aug. 5. Fred Schram, a boy about i years of .age, was run over by Union Pacific train No, 18. He died shortly afterward, Death ar a Windsirie Citizen. Windside, Neb. , Aug. 5.. Senry Pipgrass, principal ownerof the Wind side Boiler mills, is dead. E. Foreign lesidTiits of Shanghai Hold a Mass-Heeling. MUSTMSWEEtOBOUTBAGES Scsonnce the Inhuman ifarder of British "KlioHarIes'by'Cfalnee-NoAjierIcM Were Slain Will Xofr Caad t: the'MarhMS. ' ' Shanghai, Aug. 5. At a crowded meeting today of the European residents of this city.speech9fi condemning ihe ao tion of the Chinese authorities in the case of the massacre of missionaries at Whai Han, near Kvl Cheng,- on Thurs day last, were, made, and a resolution adopted to appeal directly to tne jmi rope an governments against the out rage. The resolution also referred the inadequate manner in which China has dealt with the- perpetrators of or mer outrages. Washington, Aug. 5. The statement from Minister Denby and Consul Gen ral Jernigan that, no Americana were injured, hxjthe attack by the Chinese mob upon the mission at Ku Cheng, in whJch 10 British were killed, .relieves our navy department irom the necessity of ordering: some of the American naval ,force3 to the scene of trouble, although this incident will "undoubtedly form the subject of another . demand upon the Chinese government; for reparation and indemnity for the ontrage upon the property rights of the American mis aionaries. Report oa QalclcsilTen. Washington, Aug. 6. In discussipg the Drcduction of quioksiiver for the year 1894 the report of the geological survey-says that- the California outpul remained stationary, but that ;the price declined heavily. The highest price during the year was $37 per flask in the closing months and the lowest $28:50 in iTanuarVj About 8 per cent of the? prod- not was exported. The imports were practicallpxiQthiugr-. Muoh .interest has been aroused by the discovery of cinna bar in Texas, but sufficient work has not been done to show the value of the find. Treanrer, Wygant'a .Report. Denver, Aug. 5. County Treasurer Wyganf, since, he was reinstated in office, after having obtained a new bond in the sum of $500,000, has prepared a report concerning-the county funds sup- posed to be in his possession. It shows that the county has $178000 immedi ately available and that $210,000 are tied up in broken banks, a portion of which will be lost, Shank Bp and Over, Grand Island, Neb., Aug, 5, George H. Shank, who with oneBalston, both of Chicago, is charged with at tempting to load np $15,000 worth of Union Pacific stsel Tails and ship fiho same out during the night of July 26, was given a preliminary hearing before Police Judge Garlow, and was bound over to tho district court in the sum of $500, Trying to Get the Baroness Out. Santa. Pe,, N. M.,- Aug. 5. J. A. Beavis, hpsband. of Haronegs Peralta. Beavis, in the United States prison iq default of $5,000 bai, cljargecl with at. tempting tq defraud thec government in connection with the famous Peralta land grant claim, has applied to the New Mexico court for release under the habeas corpus act. WHEAT ONLY J7AS STEONft Everything Else Was Weak In (flii- cago's Pit. Keports of a Big Yiold Unsettled Prices ef Corn rOats Touch the lowest Ever Beached at ThEs Season. CniCAGO, Aug. 5. Wheat started stronger today. Tho export business of Saturday, the talk of bad. weather abroad, very small re ceipfc? and prospect of a decrease in the Tisible supply were nil bull factors. September opened J4c higher at C8ic sold from oSc to 69Uc, and reacted to 68c. Corn was easy under the favorable crop prospects. t Oats were easy with corn. Provisions were slightly higher.on the firm live hog market. closing PmcE3.' WHEAT August, s67c;Scptembcr,68 GS&crDecember, 7Uj-c: May, 74Jc. COSN August, 40?c; September. 41c; Oct tober, 89lic; November, 365c; December. 8c; May,3333c OATS August, JiOc bid; September, SQJfioj May, 24K24c; October, 21c PQBK August. 59,3 J; September, $9.4 J; Oc tobor, 9 45; January, 510.12. " LABD August, 15.92: September, $3,00; Qo tober. $6.07 asked; January, $6.12 asked. RIBS August. $5.52; September, ?5.63 bid.; October, ?5.C5; January, 5.1J2, Chicasn Uve Stock. Chicago, Aug. 5. HOGS Receipts, 12.000 head; left over, 1.KW head; desirable gradra active, 5 to 10c hichei, others slow, barely steady; light, 4.80S(5.35: mixed packers. $4.60 5.10; heavy shipping, $4.355.1J; rough, $4.35 4.G). CATTLE Receipts, 17,503 head, including 1,000 Texans and 7,00 J westerns; best natives steady, others, 10c lower. South Omaha live Stock. South Omaha, Ang. 5. CATTLE Receipts. 5,0Mhead; lSXlto 15u01bs., $4.7535.3J; 1100 to- 1300 lbs., tt.254.7o ; 9 JO to 1 100 lbs., $3.60 i3Q ; choice cows, $2J fj3.5J; common cows. 51.5d 2.40; good feeders, $X2534.0J; common feeders, $2.75(33.25; market steady to 10c lower. "HOaS-Receipts, 700. head; liaht. 4.6534.75: mL-ced, $4.604.73; heavy, 4.5046J; market 5 to 10c higher. SHEFP Receipts, 1.2X) head; muttons. $2.50 3.G0: Umbs. J3.255-00; market 10c lower. Tislblo Supply of Grain. New York, Aug. 5.-The visible sup ply of grain is as follows; Wheat 88,- 617,000 bushels, decrease 712,000; corn 4,054,000, decrease 553,000; oats ,754,- 000, decrease 1,113,1)00, Stricken While In Church. Flemejgton, N. J., Aug. 5. The score or more members of the Metho dist church at Quakertown who were injured yesterday when the church was struck by lightning are still suffering from the shock. The doctors who are tending the injured have hope of recov ery of all except Miss Minnie Prace and James Hoff. MissPrace has remained unconscious since she w$s carried from tge cnurch. A TIMip TRAVELER Need noyer fear to. make that contem plated trip east if he or she will trust to the Chicago', Union Pacific &IsTorthwest ern Line. Quickeft time. Fewest changes Union depots. For fuH-information call on or address " N..B. Olds, . . 'j . . Agent U. P. System. APPEAL TO EOROP Battle Ax for 10 tents fie Largest apiece of Good rA fnr trin rhnhni WHY HE SUC6EBDBD. it'SENATCft'S GOOD FORTUNE BEGAN WITH A. GAME OF4' POKER, -i . A. Boyish, Prank That Xade It, Necessary Tor Him to Go West td Grow.Up Wih tho Country Members of the Bar "Who Tried to Bat the Pet EaW ef the Town. "My seat in the senate arid all I have besides had root in a game 'of; poker." Hero the senator gazed beniguantly about his small audience. Ha was in a reminiscent mood. He was a wise, deep Bea little senator, as sapient as ever went into executive session. Now and then he liked to talk about the" past. "It sounds queerly to, say it," the senator continued, "but it 'wr poker game which lost me to. the'east and gavo me to the west, to becomirin timo a senator. This is the stdryr v "I was born and brought up in a town in Kentucky. It was" a small town. You could throw a lariat about the whole outfit and .dragitwith a pony. But it was a highly moral;tpwn. As a community it had a pet - law. It made a specialty of.' enforcingjtho stat utes against 'gainbling. Jfb games of chance could thrive in thatcommunity. And no matter what the, positienj in life of an offender, were ho guilty of gam bling he would be dealt wifh. 5Such was the impartial boast of the fwn.Indeed, as one citizen observed : " 'They would admire tocatcli a jndgo or prosecuriug att orney 'violating tho law merely to demongtxatelthe Pur itan fairness of local sentiment,'' "It was the June term of the circuit court, town, Thero.was a crowd pt lawyers in The judge himself was from down tho Ohio river. During the noon hpTir a quiet game of poker was. talked over as one ot tho happy methods of passing the pending ovennig. Tfcetown had a habit of, going tonajdatloakj. and itjill promised-tovlrteynl 11 vq me visiuug. jpwyerg jmci tn juage. Wbispered word went about, therefore, Uiat a game of cards, with a meek and lowly limit, would bo a good way to ward ofiE caret But thee wasio place to play. "Tho hotol would iiover do. A light m any room after 10 o'clock would have provoked the most baleful surmises and investigation as welt The prosecuting attorney was one of tho foremost in ur xanging tho coming speculation. It was he who, m the fertility of his nature, suggested tho flatboat. Hisfather was proprietor of a flatboat of ample cabin accommodation. Just then i$ was moor ed, bow and stern, at the foot of the levee. A couplo of games, were pro grammed to come off that evening in tho cabin of tho flatboat. It would bo oui of sight andhearing of tho testy little burg which made a specialty of punish ing gambling. ; "It was 10 o'clock. The night was as dark as tho, .interior of a cow. Twq games were going.on in the cabin of tbj fjatboa The judge, the prosecuting at torney and some nine members of the bar were engaged. It made, two nice tables. EVervbodr was bondinc? fo tho game with all of the native ardor of a Kentucky gentleman. It was about this time when, in companjwith a friend, I strolled on the levee'ln the vicinity of tho flatboat. I was 20 years of age and had no money. My friend was equally well fixed. Our youth and our poverty forbade anything like poker so far as we wero concerned. On discovering the old folks thus charmingly engaged a taste to be humorous swept over us. We were law students; they were lawyers. That was reason enough for the joke. As the boat rose and fell on tho swell apd slack ened the ropes we cast her loose: Silent ly she drifted away over the dark bos om of the river. The jovial gamesters drew and filled and straddled and. raised and called, all unconscious. At 2 o'clock in the morning polonel Stebbins had" won $70. It was in Mexican money, and ho had sinkered it about his honest old frame in half $ dozen pockets, was about all of the.moneya.t that table, and Qolonel Stebbins concluded he might better go. He. murmured some- thing about cold feot and promising liis wife to come up to the hotel early and arose to go. The rest jeered mildly aud made invidious remarks after the fash ion of losers at poker just as the game breaks up. But Colonel S,tebbins was inflexible. He put on his hatf bid ev erybody good night, stepped out into the inky darkness and carefully picked his way overboard. The water was 20 feetdeep. Thesil- ver all but drowned the colonel, how ever. At last he was fished out and laid across a barrel to evict tho Ohio river from his system. The whoops and yells of the-voyagers at last brought a sleepy ittie tug to their aid. They found them selves 7 miles below the town. For $30 of Oqlonel Stebbins'- gains.the. tu$j towed, the party back, "They arrived at 2 o'clock in the aft" ernoon and found the town sullenly lin ing the loveo waiting for them. They wero one and all nromntlv-indiated. In the frank enthusiasm of youth my friend and I related how we had cast these poker games adrift on the Ohio. Wo made a gravo mistakfe when we told this story. Publicly w wore threatened with indictment; privately we were menaced with death by the gentlemen we had betrayed, to thBiriyer. Wptook counsel bJour'vrces.iRd.tJiout awaits v1 P. LUMBER, G : r- - , -r. ",..JiC 1 n.r ' i:::4-C0AL, . : r j v t ' : Order by telephone from Newton's Book Store.. k One Ladies' New Hartford, 26-inch wheels', Bmamifac tured by Columbia Co., Fifty Dollars. One Boy's or Girl's cushion tire, 20-inch .wheels, for Twelve Dollars. , One Boy's pneumatic tire, 24-inch tire,, fox Twenty Dollars. - ..' Boys' Yelocipedes for 2.25, 2.50 and 2.75... One -second-hand 1893 Columbia, gent's, 28-inch wheels, .in good condition, for Thiity-nve dollars. C. M Newton. ing tho worst went west. This was an Jong ago 18 years agd. My partner in sin is now a United States Judge, while I am in the senate. We often dis cuss our destinies and lay everything to that flatboat poker game." Washing- knnJPnsf.- " : Population of theSvorld. German geographers havo'mado a iareful estimate of the population of Af rica, and place the total at 103,953,000, svhich is 42,240,000 more than the ag gregated population of North and South fidnerica. Europe and Africa combined save a population of 521,332,000,though sheir area is not greater than that of all eonerica. The new world has plenty of :oom for many times its present popula lion of 121r713,000. The German esti mate of tho population of theworldhow fs 1,480,000,000, and one of the best juthorities of the Royal Statistical soci 4ty says it wiU be increased by the year 3517 to 83,586,000,000. HOW'S THIS! We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that cau not bp qiired by Hall's Catarrh Cure. J. F. Chehey & Co., Props., Toledo, .0. We tbe undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney for thelasti5 years, and be lieve him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry, outu auy obligation made .btheir.firra. . .. West Tru'ax.cWholesale-xDru'ggiate? Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon tho blood and , mucous surfaces of tbe system. Price Too. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Irrigated Land for Sale. I have for sale 480 acres of land, four miles northeast of Maxwell; 200 acres of good farming land, 60 acres under fence, 40 acres broken, a portion of the remainder is good hay land. A part of this land is under a never-failing irrigation canal. I will make no price upon this land but will sell it so cheap that it will surprise the purchaser. Call on or address Napoleon St. Marie, North Pltte, Neb. 573 1 Homeaeekers' Exoursion To points in- Idaho, Atig-ust 13th and 27th and Sept. lOtli and 24th, at one fare for the round trip. Final limit 20 days from date of sale. For further particulars see N. B. Olds, EAg-ent, U. P. System. TAKEN UP. Taken up by tho undersigned on his farm in Cottonwood precinct on June 19th. 1895. one very dark iron-gray or dark roan horse, about five years old, weight about 1200 pounds, has throe cal loused sores on neck and shoulder. The owner can have the animal by proving property and paying charges. August Caklson. 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Biliousness, Constipation. .23 11 Suppressed or Painful Perieda... .25 12 Whites, Too Piofuae Periods .25 13 CreHp, Jjaryasltls, Hoarseness 25 14 Salt BaesBi Erysipelas, ErupUons.. .25 15 Eheaiaatisffl, Kheumatio Fains. 25 18 Malaria, Chills, Fever and Ague .25 19 Catarrk, Inflacnza, Cold la the Head. 28-WkeeplBK Ceagfc .25 27 Kidney Diseases .25 25-Kcrveas Debility 1.89 38 Urinary Weakness 25 34 Sere Threat, Quincy, Ulcerated Throat .25 H 11 11 DR. HUMPHREYS' fjnin OCr NEW SPECIFIC FOR Ultlrj CQ u. Put up In small bottles of pleasant pellets. Just fit your vest pocket. Sold ly Dmeeltti, or lent prepaid on reIpt f price. Vs. UcarBirrt' MasVaL (W pttrn.l mhucd ruts. HtTXPMRKTS' XED. CO., Ill 1131TI8Ub St., 5KTTT8RE. Pure Well Water Icq. Orders for the above product may be lett at btreitz s or McCabe s drug1 stores, or with the milk wag-- on and they will receive prompt at- ention. Orders for M Mill AND B may also oe given the latter and they will be promptly filled. EDIS IDDINGH3,: : ft NORTH PLATTE MARBLE : WORKS, W. C. RITNER, 3Ian'fro and Dealer la MONUMENTS, : HEADSTONES; Curbing, Building Stone, And all kinds of llonnmental and Cemetery work. Careful attention given to lettering ot everr de scription. Jobbing done, on short notice. Orders solicited and estimates freely famished. 114 WEST PRONT-ST. 0. P. SGHABMAM, and Notary Public. 3,000 4b$ ot DiicLL&nd HOUSES ATfB LOTS. rnnr$ nnrl Tmirrrnlinn Arrarif. E. B. WARNER,. Funeral Director. AND EMBALMER. A full line of first-class funeral supplies always in stock. NORTH PLATTE, - NEBBRSKA. Telegraph orders promptly attended to. M WITH THE CAPITAL CITY COMMERCIAL COLLEGE TO ADVERTISE OUR COLLEGE We will give a thorough and complete course of instruction in Practical Gram mar and Business Correspondence by mail Free of Charge to a club of five students. This course consists of sixty fivo lessons and will be completed in thirteen weeks. Those who wish to join this club will please communicate wilh us at once. Over nine hundred clubs organized throughout the western states. Address: CAPITAL C!I? COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, Depart, of Instruction by Mail, TOPEKA, KANSAS. R. D. THOMSON, Contractor and Builder. 127 Sixth St. Cor.ofVinet NORTE PL A.TTE, : NEBRASKA "WHEATLAND, WYO. There is no finer agricultural sec tion in all this broad western coun try than can be found in the vicinity of the beautiful little town o"f "Wheatland, Wyoming, ninety-six miles north of Cheyenne. Immense crops, never failing supply of water, rich land, and great agricultural resources. Magnificent, farms to be had for little money. Reached via the Union Pacific System. E. Lr, Lomax, Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Agent, Omaha, Neb. FOB SALE CHEAP by the Union Pacific Ry. Co. one Advance threshing machine; also a lot of second-hand machinery con sisting in part ot a 40-horse power engjaei-reed grinder, wheat cleaner, e'tc .Eor particulars inquire of" 'N. B. Olds, agent, KbrtTi Platte, Neb. I ill" w ; ,-. l ire COOKS Bl MM, U. P. TIME TABLE. oorsa x&st. , ...TDt 12:18 A. v it!l flat No..2-Limd. " 938 A. x: No.l8-Freigbt ' QM v. No. 22 Freight " a. 60ING WSiST 3KKTXTA1S TDl K. No. 7 Pacific.Jixorese .... veja IMXJXL Nor. l Limited.. " llfjl No.21-FreDtht....:. Ml?, LNo. 23Fr8ight.i .. ..i :Vr. Aj : R..C. T. BEEBE, . TITZSIOTAN AND SURGEON SUTnERULKUr' ' - - - - ' IvEBRASKA. 0ce: W. C:lactoore & CoTDrng Stew.- TjlRENCH & BALDWIN, ATXORNEYS-AT-LAW, NORTH PLATTE, - 2fEBRASRA. i .' Ofice ovfe N- P. Ntl. Bahk.JJ QRBIES & WILCOX, " : :i "' ATTOKtfJSYS-AT-LAW, -1 rOKHH PLATTE, -, ' - jNEBliASKA. Office over North Platte National Bank. D R. N. P. IXJNAISON, AaeiataatSurgeoa UIoa.PwxAc Rpa and Member of Pension Boardv NORTH PLATTE, OfUce over Streitzs Drag Store. - TyM. EVES, M. D., J?HSIGIAN AND 8URGE02T? NORTH PLATTE, - . - NEBRASKA Office: Neville's Blocfc. Diseases of on and GWldrea a Specialty. A.P.KITTELL. F. II. BESSON. Kittell & Benson, IRRIGATION ENGINEERS. Prosnective Bchemea inveatltrated. Un profitable Bchemes rejuvenated. Surveys, Mnns. Estimates and reports made, and construction superintended. Office in North Platte MnrU PlofP Klph NaUonalBankBldg, INOfin Tiaiie, HeD. FREE OF CHARGE; ! A line opportunity for Young People to obtain an Excel lent Business Education at Home, For the purpose of encouraging young people in their efforts to obtain a prac tical business education, and to adver tisethe excellence of our method ofvin struction by mail, we will give a thor ough course of Book-keeping and Com mercial Arithmetic by man i?ree or Charge to a limited number of persons. This course will be completed in forty lessons. Each lesson is so fully , ex plained that any one may very soon at tain proficiency through our instruc tions Over 2,000 testimonials of foraaer students, testifying to the merits of our ; work, are, on tile in our ofiice. - Those -who wish to. avail themselves of ftb'e above offer will please communicate with us at ones. Addrsss: ' ' CArlT&l GI7T CBKmCUL COLISIS, Dept. of Instruction by Majl TOPEKA, KANSfs I Restau rant, Two doors west of McDonald's bank FRUITS, CONFECTIONERY, Home-Made Bread, Cakes " and Pies. - Regular Tfteals SerMed. Also Lunch Counter "in Connection. ICS CREMft PARLOR in which ice cream is served ' during the day and evening. ? A. share of the public patronage is respectfully solicited. i Mrs, J. AEMSTE0NG, Prop. FOR RELIABLE INSUR ANCE GO TO T. C PATTER- SON. ONLY FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES REPRESENTED. CLAUDE WEINGAND; DEALER IN Coal Oil, Gasoline. Crude Petroleum an'd Coal Gas Tar. ft Leave orders at Newton's Store. GEO. NAU MAN'S" SIXTH STREET MEAT MARKET. Meats at wholesale and re tail. Fish and Game in season. Sausage at all times. Cash paid for Hides: Hershey & Co, DEALERS IN 1:1 OP ALL KINDS, Farm and Spring Wagons, Buggies, Rod Carts, Wind Mills, Pumps, Barb Wire, Etc... Locust Street, between Fif inlaid'- Satiif Amenta iiciilx 'kit.