THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1895.
smytd Exclusively to tJ
.Over Twenty-One Million Peopto
- - M' . . - S r m T- I Mi. U
a rairuruunu
Uhlversallv Kcnted as a
Leading fms coat orta World
JOHN HERROD
Sells tlie above Coffee
together with ft complete line of
IMl III! J GEQK
Prices Always Reasonable.
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
Paid For Country Produce.
MINOR MENTION;
.-Bicycles etripod in etjle at Peale's.
- Will "Woodhurst accompanied
W. L. Park Tuesday on a fishing
trip to Wyoming.
on the school building in District
No. 5 Wednesday.
Messrs. Dolan, Fowles and
Plumer. of Maxwell, were in town
on business Wednesday.
Chas. Hendy, Jr., is building
up his muscle and constitution by
pitching hay on his father's ranch
near Maxwell.
John Lemaster is awaiting
supplies with which to construct a
tandem bicycle. It will be christ
ened "Wild West Pacer.
Go to the H. M. Butt dental par
lors for satisfactory dental work.
Chas. Hendy and family. Rev.
Foulk, Mr. and Miss Hirst and sev
eral others held a picnic at the
Cody ranch Wednesday.
Sam Adams haa received the
contract for making the changes in
the Unitarian hall necessary to its
being used for school purposes.
Frank Wiser leaves in a few
days for the Big Horn basin, where
he expects to spend the fall and
winter in hunting and trapping.
O. K. Peck, night clerk at the
Hotel Neville, is studying the time
Wlu.Lyuiuj wv, ...
animation required ot railroad
brakemcn.
A telegram from Washington an
nounces that the Nebraska maxi
mum freight rate cases have at last
secured a place upon the docket of
the United States supreme court.
S. C. Wills, of Buchanan pre
cinct, who is favorably mentioned
as the republican nominee for coun
ty clerk, was in town on business
"Wednesday.
W. H. McDonald has about
concluded to attend the Knights of
Templar conclave at Boston. If he
goes he will be accompanied by
IVIrs. McDonald.
California peaches are retailing
in the local market at one dollar
per box this week; They will prob
ably drop a notch or two below that
price the latter part of the month.
The members of the Eastern
Star together with the adult mem-
the Masonic fraternity will
tlawn social at the Gilman
ence on Tuesday evening next.
)r. W. A. DeBerry has perman-
takeji charge of the H. M.
"dental parlors. He guaran-
(1 work,
-very interesting programme'
ha . en prepared for the enter
tainment at the Baptist church
nextu?uesday evening. There will
be several literary numbers in ad
dition to the musical part.
That hay rack ride to the Cody
ranch Tuesday evening proved a
very" pleasant one to the partici
pants, and very hospitably enter
tained were the' bT the members
of the Goodman family. The
3'oung folks returned to town about
midnight.
I. A. Fort returned Wednesday
from Omaha, where he had been for
several das. He saj's that in that
city there is a diversity of opinion
regarding the outlook for the Ne
braska corn crop; the daily papers
insisting that the crop will be an
abundant one, while traveling men
say it will not make much more than
a half crop the state over.
I have 640 acres of hay west of
Pallas siding which I wish to have
put up on shares. Liberal induce
ments will be given to responsible
parties. Call on or address E. W.
Murphy, North Platte, Neb.
A. F. Streitz, who made a trip
along- the south side ditch this
week says he found everything in
good shape. The force at work on
the west end is a little light at
present owing to a number of the
. farmers being compelled to devote
their time to their farms. In a
short time a full force will be put
"to .work and the excavation will be
'fully "completed before the approach
lof cold weather. The ditch will be
iirrunning order early nextspriug.
Smoke Wright's Royal Sports
and Havana Rose 5-cent cigars.
Crown and bridge work a spe
cialty at the H. M. Butt dental
parlors.
Geo. Wagner & Co. have placed
a neat looking "squaw" in front of
their place of business on Front
street.
MissL'rzie Bratt. it is said,
will attend a ladies college in the
New England states, probably
Wellesley.
John Ell had the misfortune on
Wednesday night to badly smash
his bicycle. It is easy to reach the
limit ot the carrying capacity of
one of these machines.
Quite a nnmber of young folks,
a good many of whom were teach
ers attending the institute, held a
moonlight picnic at Lamplugh's
lake Wednesday night.
Jos. Morsch received for Mrs.
W. L. Park yesterday morning a
standard Sterling wheel which all
admit is the "smoothest" so far
shipped to this city.
Sheriff Miller will on the 17th
inst sell at the jail several head of
horses, two wagon and a lot of
other personal property which were
attached under debt from an immi
gant passing through.
A letter from Ben Holteen, of
St. Peter. Minn., to a resident of
this city states that the wheat crop
in that section is almost a total fail
ure on account of a prolonged drouth.
O. O. Carnahan. of Cozad. is in
town to-day. and says that new boy
at his house is in a healthy condi
tion. Corn in the vicinity of Cozad
is not in very good shape, owing to
the dry weather.
The scheme to send a train load
of produce principally potatoes
to the eastern market as an adver
tising card, meets the approval of
many of our leading citizens. It's
a good thing, push it along.
At a meeting of the Episcopal
vestry held yesterday afternoon.
Rev. L. P. LcDonald's letter of re
signation was accepted, to take
effect Sept. 30th. The vestry then
issued a call to Rev. Geo.E.Beecher,
of Sidney.
The attendance at the meeting
called a few evenings ago for the
purpose of organizing a new band
was hardly sufficiently large to war
rant the initial steps. Another
meeting will probably be held in
the near future.
John Lemaster went to Kearney
yesterday to look over the bicycle
factory there with a view of seeing
what machinery is necessary to the
manufacture of wheels. He contem
plates engaging in manufacturing
wheels on a limited scale.
The Keith County Republican
is the name of a York county publi
cation bearing the above county.
As an evidence of good faith it
should be printed as a whole, or in
part, within the confines of our
neighboring county on the west.
Captain Scharmann, of Co. E.
received orders yesterday to have
his company attend the encamp
ment at Hastings, which begins the
26th inst and ends on the 31st. The
members of the company, or at
least a large majority of them, are
highly elated. The encampment
means lots of fun to them.
It is noticed that some men in
North Platte will work out in the
hot sun for six hours in order to
earn sufficient money to rent a bicy
cle to ride during the evening fol
lowing that work. Such a proceed
ing is, of course, nobody's business
but it leads one to wonder why the
the money is not devoted to some
restful recreation.
Thos. Meglemere. living on the
south side, was thrown from his
wagon by a runaway team on
Spruce street last evening. He
was picked up and carried to the
home of J. W. Voodry and Dr. Mc
Cabe summoned, who found that
the injuries consisted of severe
bruises on the head and shoulders.
The team was frightened by a fly
ing kite.
Judge Neville and John Sawyer
went pike fishing yesterday, and
the success which attended their
efforts is the talk of the town to
day. The catch made by the Judge
was not quite equal to that made
by Colonel Sawyer. This may be
accounted for by the fact that the
Judge used the same bait for pike
tliat he proposes to uss this fall for
political suckers.
' The inclement weather last
evening kept many people away
from the Presbyterian social at the
Slack residence, yet the attendance
was large, about 150 persons being
served with ice cream and cake.
Many of those present were teach
ers who are attending the institute.
The ladies in charge had made
preparations for a very large crowd,
twenty-seven gallons of ice cream
and ices and scores of cakes having
been made. Of this considerable
was left, and we understand it will
be served, at the court house park
this evening.
We have seen some bicycles striped
at Pealb's.
Have your dental work done at
the H. M. Butt dental parlors.
Dr. N. McCabe visited the Loup
country Wednesdyay on profession
al business.
The rehearsal of the Little Ty
coon will be held at Lloyd's opera
house this evening.
The Ladies of the G. A. R. are
preparing tor au entertainment to
be given September 18th. Details
later.
Wm. Ryan caught an eleven
pound catfish in the North Platte
river yesterday. This is the larg
est fish caught this season.
Patrons of the schools will prob
ably be interested in the report of
the secretary of the bord of educa
tion, which is published elsewhere.
A single mast schooner, built
to breast the raging waters of the
North Platte river, was finished in
this city yesterday and will be
launched to-day amid the clinking
of other schooners.
Several young ladies of the city
are receiving instruction on the
violin of Prof. Garlichs. Here's
hoping that they may become as
proficient in handling the instru
ment as is the Professor.
Our merchants are beginning
to receive their stocks of fall goods
and from the number of boxes and
bales received it would seem that
they expect brisk trade with the
coming of cool weather.
Last night's rain was very op
portune, for in many sections the
corn was in bad shape. The fall
in this city was one-fourth of an
inch, but it was apparently heavier
in the south part of the county.
Certain parties who are in the
habit of skinning the river of fish
with seines are being watched, and
if the practice is not stopped they
may be snatched before a court of
justice to atone to the offended law.
Attend service at the Baptist
church on Sunday. Preaching
both morning and evening. Song
service at 8 p. m. Mrs. Bateman,
of Washingten, will sing a solo at
the evening service. All cordially
welcome.
Several teachers who visited
this office have expressed the opin
ion that the present institute is
proving the most beneficial of any
they have attended. The instruc
tors seem to be giving universal!
satisfaction.
A large number of old veterans
and other citizens are making
plans to attend the G. A. R. reun
ion at Hastings, which begins on
the 26th inst. North Platte has
always been well represented at
these meetings.
It is 6aid the yield of wheat on
the Thoelecke farm-south of town
will surprise some of the wheat
growers on the old ditch. Mr.
Thoelecke has a large acreage of
corn that will produce a heavj
yield if sufficient rain falls within
the next few days, otherwise it
will not amount to much.
We learn that Xavier Toillion
has said that he would be willing to
put in a car-load of corn into the ir
rigation district advertising train
through to the eastern seaboard, if
he only comes out even on the plan.
Certainly this is a commendable and
proper spirit. Now where are the
next two dozen gentlemen that will
follow his meritorious example.
We are in receipt of a Grand
Junction (Col.) paper gvilIir quite
a write-up of the fruit farm o vned
by our former townsman J. F. Jack
son. This article states that Mr.
Jackson will harvest 1250 boxes of
peaches, ten or fifteen tons of grapes
and quite a quantity of plums and
pears. The writer of the article
gives Mr. Jackson the credit of
having one of the best 3'oung
orchards in that section.
Summer Belts!
have just got in some very pretty Ster
ling Silver mounted Belts, price $2.00;
Ladies' Shirt Waist Sets at from $1 to $2.50
and the new Long Watch Chains from $2
to $6; also a fine line of Belt Pins from 25 cents to $1. Some
thing new. in Watches, every one warranted, $2.50.
CLINTON, THE JEWELER.
PURELY PERSONAL.
Mrs. A. R., Bonner returned from
Denver last night.
Station agent Olds has riot yet re
covered from his illness.
Matt Daughty, of Ogallala, was a
North Platte visitor yesterday.
John Bratt transacted, business
in Omaha several days this week.
Mr. and'Mrsi B. L. Robinson re
turned this morning from Wyom
ing.
Miss Hildejrard Johnson
expects
to attend school in Kansas the com
ing year.
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Hilliker were
guests at the Paxton & .Hershey
ranch yesterday.
Mrs. John McMichael returned
Wednesday night from a visit with
relatives in Omaha.
Irene Hartman expects to leave
in a few davs for a visit with rela
tives at Kansas City.
Mrs. W. J. Stuart was at Grand
Island yesterday, accompanying
Miss Gabbcrt that far on her way
home.
Clay McCrary, of St Louis, is
visiting his sister. Mrs. J. H. Her
shey, at the Paxton & Hershey
ranch.
Miss Gertrude and Arthur Hind-
man, of Omaha, are visiting friends
in this place while en route to Salt
Lake City..
John Seeg, formerly of this city,
but of late living m Omaha, has
been visiting friends in town for
several days.
Max Einstein returned Tuesday
night from his trip to New York.
Max says business-is brisk m that
great metropolis.
Miss Hirst, of Omaha, spent sev
eral days in town this week, com
ing here to attend the marriage
ceremony of her brother.
Mrs. Thos. Hughes, who had been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Baker, for several weeks, re
turned to Juniata Wednesday.-
A brother of Butler Buchanan,
who lives in Mt. Pleasant, la., left
for his .home yesterday morning,
bearing samples of Lincolu county's
crops.
Mr. and Mrsivhase, of Nebraska
City, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs,
Chas. Burke, Mrs. Chase being a
sister of the latter. They will re
main in town several weeks.
ugh-
Mrs. Anderson and two
ters, of Chicago, are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Williams.
They expect to remain in town
until .the middle of next month.
Harry Kitzmiller, of Kearney, has
been visiting his uncle J. Q, Wilcox
for several days past, The young
man is a printer by trade and has
been working in the Kearney of
fices. , . .
GUN CLUB SCORE.
The following is the score made
at the regular shoot of the gun club
last 'evening:
Soreiuon C31CC31001 S
Sejtferth . . , 1010100100-4
Pool 1010100100-4
Federhoof. 10000111001
Williams 01010U110-C
Price .... 1110011001-G
Zlcbert 00001101014
Dalson 01 10101010-5
Herrod 1101011010-6
Graves 1011CC0110-5
Hostler 1110110101 -7
ECONOMY IS
We are the People who have
The BEST FLOUR,
The BEST COFFEE,
The BEST TEA,
The finest grades of everything in the Grocery Line
in the City; always fresh and at prices that
DEFY COMPETITION.
HAERINGTOW & TOBIN.
TO-NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT.
The following is t' programme
for the entertainment to be given
to-night in connection with the
teachers' institute. Adults will be
charged twenty-five cents; children
fifteen cents:
Music Vocal solo Mr. Adams.
Beading-Jean Valjlan (Victor Hugo).. Miss Pike.
Music Instrumental solo Miss Burke.
Reading The debating society Miss Pike.
Music Vocal solo Mr. Hilliker.
Reading The same old story (Kirk) Miss Pike.
Music Vocal solo Mrs. Hershey.
Reading Ben Hur in the Palace of
Idernle (Wallace) Miss Pike.
Music Selection K. P. Quartette.
Indian Club Swinging Miw Pik.
RAILWAY RESUME.
Supt. Sutherland passed through
the city Wednesday.
If the company returns to its for
mer practice of copper fire-boxes it
will be a good thing.
J. B. Scanlan, tor many years
station agent at Kearnev, has been
transferred to Fremont.
Joe orace returned, to work m
the boiler shop this morning after
a. six months' suspension.
Engine 662 has come down from
Cheyenne to run on the Third dis
trict, between North Platte and
Sidney.
Roadmaster Connor was in Grand
Island last Saturday giving testi
mony in the somewhat celebrated
steel rail steal.
Empty west bound "Durham
sleepers" are plentifully in evidence
that the company is getting ready
for a good stock business.
Andy Sluder, of the boiler shop,
was struck in the eve by a flying
chip of iron Tuesday, but fortu
nately the sight was not destroyed
Engine 839 has gone into the shop
for an overhauling, and it is said
will receive a new copper fire-box.
Sullivan and Roddv have the 649 in
her place.
J. H. Manning, division master
mechanic, of Omaha, has been in the
city this week looking after the put
ting in place of the big air compres
aor at the shops.
rue 1u.j, one or tne Jumoo pas
senger engines up among the Wyo
ming hills, passed through this city
yesterday on her wa- to Omaha for
an overhauling.
When Buying
Minneapolis
FLOUR
Why
not get the BEST?
Washburn's Superlative
Has no superior no equal. It
provement in milling machinery
excellent wheat of the north.
is the result of studied im-
the product of the hard,
If you arc not using the
Washburn Flour, try it. It is sold by
JOHN HERROD, SOLE AGENT.
I King So
onion were Hive
Suburban acre lots of irri
gated land for sale on reason
able terms and time, and in
amounts to suit purchasers.
B. I. HINMAN.
Seyrral loads of new wheat raised
on the ditch, were marketed in the city
yesterday.
Bicyclists en route for points both
east and west pass through town almost
daily. A "swift" went through yester
day.
Some very fine advertising matter
for the Btato fair has been posted in
town. The fair this fall promises to out
strip all past efforts.
The meals furnished by the new
management fit the Nebraskn House are
pronounced the qual of any served in
town. Drop in and try a meal .
The Knights of Pythias on Saturday
last received a draft in settlement for
their fire loss covered by a policy in the
Deleware insurance company. This
puts the lodge in excellent financial
shape. The carpet ordered for the hall
some time ago is oxpected daily.
t
A special train on the Pennsylvania
road recently made the time from Phil
adelphia to Atlantic City, a distance- of
58 3-10 miles, ia 15 minutes, the average
speed being 7G 1-2 miles an hour. The
fastest single mile was made in 41 sec
onds, which is an average of 87 4-5 miles
an hour. This is the fastest time ever
mado for so treat a distance on a rail
road line in this country.
The Burlington railroad will this
month conduct a party of about seventy
five real estate men from Illinois, Ohio
and Indiana over its lines in Nebrasba
for the purpose of correcting false im
pressions that have been created regard
ing this state by statements that have
appeared in certain newspapers. The
party vrill leavo Pacific Junction on
August 12 or 13. Beo.
Sichole and Hershey Hews.
The tiocond crop of Alfalfa will do to
glean the coming week.
T.J. Winters threshed Patterson &
Alexander's barley upon their farm at
this place yesterday afternoon.
Hay ie being stacked in the valley in
great Bhapo. It will be the largest crop
ever put up.
Remember the Sunday school picnic in
A. 31- Stoddard's grove on tho 2-ltb inst.
C. C. Bank$, of Lodge Pole has opened
. and buying goods for his numerous
. family lie would buy his supplies of
WILGOX DEPARTMENT STORE,
for King Solomon
and knew a good
saw
was a nice man
thing
when he
.w:
E ARE THE ONLY Store in North
Platte that does not have to con
duct so-called "Special -Sales" (?) every
month, for the reason that we have a spe
cial sale that lasts 3(55 days in the year, at
prices that are less, quality considered, than
our competitors buy for. Remember you
are not paying losses on bad debts when
vou buy goods of us, for we sell for cash
only, and will save you moner.
Call and see us and get prices.'
cox DeirtnofSre
First door south of Streitz' Drug Slore, - - NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
a general store In the town silo building
in Hershey. Cash is his rule.
Miss "Dane" .Lay ton returned from
Brady Island Wednesday evening, where
she wont the first of tho week to take
her sister Emma, who hod betn visiting
relatives at this placp. She mado the
trip with a horso and car.
Tho masons aro at work on the foun
dation for tho now school building at this
place.
Several from this vicinity went to Her
shey last Sunday and heard Rev. Graves
preach one of his interesting and instruc
tive sermons.
If the overseers of highways in this
and Hinman precincts would seo that
tho grass and weeds along tho county
road leading east and west, just north of
tho railroad were mown, it would he
highly appreciated by the traveling pub
lic. The cost would be but nominal and
the road wouit be greatly improved.
Ten emigrant wagons passed eastward
through hero on Wednesday.
Jako Zeigler has his new sod residonco
almost completed.
The U. P. fence gang completed its
work at this place some days ago and do
parted for other fields of labor.
The haying outfit that is putting up
hay on the old canal company's land has
finished on section 25, and is now work
ing on section 27.
S. W. VanDoran and James .McMich
ael, of the "hub," were looking after bus-
nes3 hero recently.
Grain cutting is noarly completed in
tho valley, and farmers are now stacking
and threshing.
li. W. Calhoun ha3 xl corn fully ton
feet in height, and no joking.
Several parties throughout tho valley
who have put in a good ehure of their
timo this season in cultivating "carden
truck," are now at a stand-still to know
what to do with it, as it is not worth tak
ing to the local markets, unci the pros
pects are not good for shipping.
Partios along the old caual are irrigat
ing their corn and potatoes, which are
doing nicely; whtlo those along tho R &
31. canal would like to do an thoy have
been unable, owing to the Pa. too Hot
shoy canal running ehort of water owing-.
to the quicksand washing in around tho
hoad-gato.
Soaio material for the ne' schoolhouso
was unloaded here Wednesday. K. W.
Calhoun has the contract for hauling all
tho material.
This country is daily thronged with
people from abroad who aro taking in the
sights as thoy pass up and down the irri
gation canals. Thoy nil with ono accord
pronounce it tho best agricultural dis
trict in Xobraska.
School begins in this district threo
weeks from next Monday, September 2d,
for tho ensuing year. The first month
will be'taught in the old building, as tho
new one will not bo complet?d before '
October 1st.
Rev. Franklin will preach to the citi
zens of the vicinage of the Platte Valley '
schoolhouso next Sunday afternoon, and
to tho people of Hershev in the e-ening.
Pat.
Studebakcr Wagons
Hershey & Co's.
at
For sale, a good heavy work team.
Iuquiro at tho Wilcox Dept. Store.
READ THE AD.
Read the ad. headed "Free Course
by Mail with the Capital City Com
mercial College." It is a fine offer.
Apply for it.
Notice to Trespassers-
All persons are hereby warned
against trespassing-, especially
hauling; driving and grazing stock,
on niv land in and Hershey. Viola
tors will be dealt with according to
law. A. S. Gi'THKtE.
SMOKERS
In search of a good cigar
will always find it at J.
t P. Schmalzried's. Try
1 them and judge.
DID YOlT READ IT'
The Capital City Commercial Col
lege has. a card in this paper offer
ing instruction free to auuaber ot
persons. Did-you read it?