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NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1895.
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The Great Closing
Out Sale at the -
BOSTON STORE
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Shoe department We expect to receive thousands of
N pairs in a few days, and therefore must have room.
ti . Uo. cf?11 1iino o fanr fon ntiA Wool- C-vCrrAc fnrmpr nnVp?
Mr. Pizer has left for the Eastern markets to
purchase his Fall and Winter stock. He left in
structions to sell everything in stock Regaedless
of Cost, "as we need thejroom for the new goods.
The sale, will commence"""-"
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST TTH,
and continue until the 25th inst.
READ OUR PRICE-LIST :
Dry Goods department 21 yards best unbleached Muslin
for $1 ; only one dollar's worth to each customer.
The very best-Gingham at 5 cents per yard.
We have forty remnants of Henriettas, in all colors, for
mer prices ranging from 35 to 60 cents per yard, select your
d choice at22j cents per yard.
All bummer goods tliat are lelt over are going at your
own price.
H fmm S oz fo si.or vnnr rhniPf tnarlrpn nn nnr fjihlf at St . 1Z.
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Xadies' fine Shoes, with patent tips, former price from
One lot Men's Straw hats to close out at 3 cts. each.
Boy's Waists, we still have some on hand, former price
'25 cents; must now go at 12 cents; 50-cent waists at 25 cts.
75-cent waists at 38 cents.
We still have a few Men's Shirts, former price 50 cents,
M now eroiner tor 25 cents.
$4
Hoping to see you all, we are
Yburs for Great JBargains,
Ml BOSTON STORE.
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ISTORTBE PLi.TTB, ISTBB. -
Capital,.
Surplus,
- $50,000:00,
,$22,500.00
3 E. M. F. LEFLANG, Pres't.,
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1 AETHUE McNAMARA,
Cashier.
A General Banking Business Transacted.
SPECIAL
SHOE SALE
Otten's Slide Store.
PRICES CUT IN TWO.
Imorder to swap shoes for money we will oner our ladies'
fine Ludlow Shoes,
-Regular price $4,00 to S4.75, at $3.00.
.-Here is a chance to have a fine shoe for a little -money.
All our Men's $3.50 Shoes at $2.25.
AU,purT3oyis fine lace and button shoes, the best made,
$2.50 Shoe at $1.65 $1.65 Shoe $1. ,
A large line of Ladies', Misses' and Children's -Slippers
will be sold at prices that will
Save you 1-3 to l-2.of your money.'
Children's Shoes, the best goods that money can buy, will ,
be slaughtered at the same rate.
- " - Otten's Shoe Store.
Isnkl-W- LIVEBT JZiSTJD PEED STABLE
Prices
Groojd Teams,
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Comfortable Higs,-
'"Northwest corner of Courthouse sqaaite.
Sibhols nK Harsliey 'Sews.
The south river is on the raise at this
point.
C. Ii. Patterson was up from the"hub"
on business Monday. r '.
Mrs. Conway was-aNbrth Platto visitor
the first of the week.
Mrs. David Brunk and daughter
Myrtle visited at the county seat a few
days ago.
The majority of farmers are busy hay
ing, stacking and threshing these days
Ten emigrant wagons westwardjbound
passed through here in one gang last
Sunday morning.
The foundation for the new school
house. here is well under way.
A few from up this way expect to go
to North Platte Tuesday evening to at
tend the Baptist entertainment.
A compromise, we are told, has been
'perfected betweeen Wm. Porter of Her
Bhey and school directors of the Sisson
district in regard to the rent for his
residence whereby it will be used for
school purposes the coming season.
County attorney J. M. Calhoun and
family, of McPherson county, were the
guests of his brother K,.W. and family
at this place last Saturday.
Bruce and Bay Stuart returned to
their home Saturday after a fortnight's
visit with relatives here.
Two car loads of new ties were un
loaded at this station yesterday.
Lumber for the new school building
at this place arrived a couple of days ago.
D. A. Brown is harvesting weeds for
the railroad company along the right of
way.
A spur track about 700 feet in length
was put in by the U. P. R'y at A. M.
Stoddard's west line the latter part of
last week. We understand that it has
been christened. "Spudville," which is a
"very appropriate name.
C. C. Banks the new cash merchant at
Hershey has a very complete line af gen
eral merchandise upon his shelves which
he is selling at prices within the reach
of every one.
James McMichael and G-. T. Jfield, of
the county seat, were looking after mat
ters pertaining to the new school build-ing-at
this place the first of the week. -
John B- ebuck and J. jN". Jones of
Marion county, Iowa, were up in this
locality a day or two ago looking for a
location. They were favorably impressed
with the country.
A gentleman from Hebron, Thayer
county, was up in this country the first
of the week the guest of David White.
He reports crops down in his country as
almost a total failure, caused by the con
tinued drouth this season.
G. B. Grolvin, Sr., took unto himself
another "better half" on last Thursday
in the person of Mrs. Spafford of Gandy.
"English Billy" had two head of horses
killed by lightning during the severe
storm on Thursday night.
Candidates for the several county of
fices not only in the republican ranks
but in the pop also, are looking up their
friends' throughout the county previous
to the conventions.
About one and a half inches of rain
fell at this place Thursday night, which
gave the heart-broken corn and potatoes
on "dry" land renewed vigor.
Henry Brown and Will Brooks de
parted for the Cottonwood ranch in Mc
Pherson county Sunday, combining bus
iness with pleasure. They are expected
home to-day or to-morrow,
It is really amusing to see a certain
young man, residing west of Hsrshey,
attempting to get on the "good side" of
a large black canine at the home of a
certain young lady in this locality,
Hunters of all classes are requested to
steer clear of all lands owned by resi
dents adjacent to Nichols and Hershey.
Several ditch farmers have signified
their willingness to assist in furnishing
produce of different kinds for the-pro-posed
Lincoln county advertising train.
They believe, however, that all those
who furnish a carload or more shall
have some voice in the selection of those
who shall accompany the train.
A very good looking horse belonging
to the hay gang that is putting up hay
on land belonging to the old ditch com
pany, fell into the ditch the other morn
ing and died. It is thought the animal
had wandered into, a corn field aqd got
an overdose of green corn . Pat.
SUTHERLAND HEWS.
M. Q. Lindsay, of Jfarth Platte was in
our village Wednesday.
Eunice Johnson, Nina Snell and Mabel
Johnson represent Sutherland at the
teachers' institute this week.
David Hunter spent the latter part of
tho week at the canal head, in Keith
county, trying to stop parties from wast
ing water and also to encourage more
water to leave the xiyer and call on the
citizens of Sutherland and vicinity,
where it will be much appreciated.
Mrs. M. E. Shoup will visit friends iu
Missouri the next few weeks. Most
folks envy her the fruit to be had this
time of year but-the hot daysnd nights
accompanying it are' not so much de
John Keith is spending a couple of
weeks at the ranch.
E. F. Seeberger was in town Wednes
day afternoon.
Seymour Bobbittand family, after tak
ing in tho sights in, 'Wyoming, returned
to this locality a short time ago:
Gathering plums and buffalo berries
is getting to be the favorite out door
recreation these days.
- C. B. McKinstry and family spent Sun
day with friends in Keith county. :
Alx. Streitz and H. Nesbitt, of the
hub, were looking around our village the
other day.
L. J. Johnson's young folks from
Omaha, who have been staying with him
for a couple of weeks, returned to Omaha
on Monday.
J. J. Reed has been making consider
able improvement in his blacksmith shop
the past week. (
Wm. Holtry and Jas. Buchanan were
ruBtling in the Birdwood country on
Wednesday.
The ice-cream social at the Bhool
house on Saturday evening was quite
well attended and the church treasury
replenished,
G B. Thurber secured tho contract
for the new school house north of Hun
ter's and is now haulingthe-materialfor
same. .
Wm. Porter has rented the Streitz
house and will take, possession before
Sept. 1st. - ;
John Donaldson laid the' foundation
for the Hunter school house this week.
A good showerThursday evening glad
dened the hearts of the tillers of the
soil in this neighborhood.
Mrs. G, C. White is spending a few
days in North Platte visiting among her
old friends. By the way George talks
about "single blessedness," it is not likely
he, will be trying to get a case "through
the divorce mill very soon. '
N. B. Whitesides and Miss Mabel
Yates were passengers on the Denver
excursion Sunday evening.
John Keith & Co. have bought the hay
on the island this year and now have a
gang-of men getting; it ready for ship-
NEW
FILL
GOODS
V..j Elegant new Dress Goods at Ronnie's. Handsome novelties;
in Eine Dress "Grdods cheaper than ever before offered.
In our Shoe department we offer special inducements ( La
dies' and Gent's Eine Shoes at Rennie's this week at 25 off. 1 t
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Hebraska Botes.
J. W. Kinsman, says the Columbus
Journal, last year got from a forty-acre
piece of wheat an average"bf thirty bush
els to the acre. It was winter wheat,
and in the fall he turned cattle in on the
land and in the spring, seeing that there
was 'some growth, he took the cattle off
and let the wheat mature. Tho other
day he threshed from tho tract 1,400
bushels, thirty-five bushels to the acre.
John Wiley, living south of Pilger,met
with a painful accident. He was yet in
bed when a cat jumped from the chimney
casing to the open cupbdard, throwing a
large Turkish platter (low on his hpad,
cutting a gash above the eye to the skull,
bone and about two irscheB long. Ho
was taken to Stanton where Dr. Person
dressed the wound, in which an artery
had to be tied to stop the flow of blood.
The peach crop of J. M. Russell fc
Son, Wymoro, Neb., which is partly har
vested, is estimated to bo about 15,000
baskets, but when their young orchards
come into bearing they anticipate a crop
of 100,000 baskets, as their young orch
ards are planted with more reliable
varieties than the old orchard. If they
were limited to but one variety of peach
for family use they would select the
Wright, a variety which originated in
Johnson county, Nebraska, and ripens in
this latitude the latter part of August.
At Sioux City the Russian thistle
has gone wild, and the authorities have
about given up the task of try to down
the nuisance. The city expanded $2,000
last year in trying to put down the weed,
but to no purpose. This year the ground
is matted with them every place. They
grow in a sort of mat like goose grass
where they kept down, but no matter
how small and forlorn the weed may ap
pear from hard usage it matures seed
just the same in one season and the next
year's orop is a foregone conclusion.
Exchange.
"This theory about it being necessary
to allow small grain to sweat in the stack
before threshing is all nonsense," said
William Waggoner to theRepublican the
other day. "Threshing from the shock
b much cheaper and if oare is taken that
tbe grain is perfectly dry there is no
danger whatever of its sweating in the
bin. I abandoned the practice of stack
ing my gram thirty years ago and I have
had as good luck, if not better, than the
fellows who are so mortally afraid of the
sweat." Mr. Waggoner is a pretty sen
sible old farmer and we would not be
surprised if "he is abqut right in his
ideas concerning the respected custom.
St. Paul Republican.
and the farmers were disgusted; then
there arose a weather prohet named
Noah, who had imported a goosebone
f romJNinevah, and who frequently offered
to bet his sandals that it was the finest
goosebone in the township. One day a
lot of farmers were loafing in front , oh
Joshua Zerubbel's cigar store, saying
that corn was teyond redemtion, and
that they had never seen such a blamed
country, when Noah came up with his
goosebone and a groundhog that he had
bought at a second-hand store, and Baid:
"Boys, it's going to Tain like thunder
within a week, and you'd belter make
your preparations to get out of the wet."
The men laughted and Noah went to
a lumber yard and bought up enough
lumber to make a- two story ark, with
gable windows and a front porch. All
the smart alecs in town stood around
jossing him and getting off stale witti
cisms while he put his ark together, but
he merely winked the other eye and
sawed wood. One day it began to rain;
the way it rained it was a caution. The
waters began to encompas the earth
around about. Noah locked himself in
the ark, remarking, as. he ,did so, that
the corn crop was now assured. After
several days the water went down and
Noah fished an old farmer out of the
mud, and asked him what he though of
the rain. "It was a good shower," said
the old man, "but it ough to have rained
six hours longer to do the crops any
good." Then Noah hit him over the
head Tvith the ark, and jammed him
down into the mud, where he remains to
this day. Walt Mason in Fremont
Herald.
In the good old days of the patriarchs
there were as many kickers as there are
now; when dry weather came, the farm
era would say that for three shekels they
would pull up and move over into
Gethsemano or Sidon, or some other
placel Finally there came- a dry' spell,
The Russian thistle is dying out in the
Dakotas and this fact brings into prom
inence the theory advanced by some
able botaniBts that the Russian thistle
belongs to a family of plants that thrive
only upon land possessing salino pro
perties and when those properties are
exhausted the plant will no longer grow.
The sea coast is the only place where
this family of plants are permanent and
while they may flourish on the new lands
of the west, which is more or less im
pregnated with alkalies and other
salines by that of the salts in the land.
This if true, is both interesting and im
portant. It indicates that the thistle
may be made a source of benefit rather
than a menace in some parts of the west
where there is too much alkali in the
soil. Ex.
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CALLS FOR CENTRAL COMMITTEES.
The republican committeemen of the
13th judicial district are hereby called
to meet at Chappell, Neb., at 2 o'clock p.
m , on Saturday, Aug. 17th, 1895, for the
purpose of calling a convention for the
nomination of a republican candidate for
the office of judge of the 13th judicial
district, and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come be
fore the committee.
Dated July 29th, 1895.
H. 3L Grimes, Chairman.
F. P. Morgan, Secretary.
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Headquarters Lincoln Countt Re- '
publican Central Committee,
North Platte. Neb.. Auir. 1. 3895.
There will be a meeting of the repub
lican county central committee of Lin
coln county, Nebraska, Aug. 17th, 1895,
at 2 o'clock p. m. at the Courthouse in
in the city of North Platte for the pur
pose of deciding the ratio of representa
tion upon which to elect delegates to the
next county republican county conven
tion; to determine the date and where
the primaries in each precinct shall be
held for the selection of the delegates to
said county convention; to determine the
date and place of holding the noxt coun
ty convention, and to transact any other
business that may come before the com
mittee. The attendance of every mem
ber of the committeeis expected, arid
each committeeman should be prepared
to make a report as to the political con
dition of his precinct.
W. C. Elder,. Chairman.
Con. F. Scbarjcann, Secretary.
The Greatest
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Line of Glothin
Eurnishing G-oods,
Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes,
in Fact Everything
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HARRINGTON &" T0BIN. SOLE ACTS, NORTH PLATTE, MB
WHAT A FROG'S CROAK DID.
A. Peculiar Incident That cd to the In
vention of the Telephone.
It is not common knowledge, except
to those familiar "with electrical and
telephone history, that the first telephone
was constructed in Racine, Wis., and
that the inventor, Dr. S. D. Cnshman,
ia now a resident of Chicago. His offices
are in the Stock Exchange building.
Hero the venerable inventor, who built
the first telegraph lines in this part of
the "far west," jpursues his business
with more alertness in affairs than the
average young man.
In a corner of tho room is a large,
worn piece of muslin, on which is
painted in thin color a representation of
a telegraph line stretching away in the
distance, connected with a crude instru
ment set on two logs, near which alrog
is sitting by a stream. This old relic
represents the telegraph line of "good
cedar posts" which Dr. Cnshman con
structed west from Racine for the Erie
and Michigan Telegraph company in
1851, and tho experimental lightning
arrester which led to his discovery.
It is a reminder of the days when Dr.
Cnshman was associated with Professor
Morse in the pioneer days of telegraphy.
On his desk is the first telephone trans
mitter, constructed in 1851, 25 years be
fore the Bell patents were taken out. It
is a small, square box, with a speaking
orifice and containing a mechanism on
the same principle as that? of the modem
transmitter.
In 1851 Dr. Cnshman undertook the
construction of a lightning arrester, his
object being to take the lightning that
struck the wire and run it into the
ground, the instrument being so con
structed that it would not interfere with
the light current used in telegraphing.
This instrument was placed out on the
prairie on two logs, and in order to
know when it had operated a triple
magnet, with a sheet of thin iron at
the poles, similar in construction to a
modern "receiver," was placed in the
corner of the box. In case the lightning
passed through the instrument the elec
tro magnet would pull this strip of iron
down into the range of a permanent
magnet, which would retain it until the
instrument was inspected.
A similar device was placed in the
basement of the building at Baoine and
connected with the other end of the tfaa.
One day while a thunderstorm was com
ing up and Dr. Cnshman was watching
the instrument tho croaking of frogs
was heard 18 miles away. This is the
explanation of how the old painting
with the crude instrument and the
croaking frog is identified with the dis
covery of the telephone.
Dr. Cushman is the inventor of the
fire alarm system in use in Chicago. His
patent office reports, he says, "would
weigh a tou" and contain a great num
ber of his electrical patents. Chicago
News.
aew Valse of CsaL.
The important fact has over and over
again been stated by those wo have in
vestigated the subject with scientific ex
actness that only about 6 or 8 per cent
of the total heat value of coal is utilized
in an engine by heating transformed
into power. In tracing up this loss it is
stated that there are required some
1,202 degrees cf heat, or heat units
not degrees of temperature to change
one pound of water into steam, while
during the absorption of this amount of
heat the temperature of the water re
mains at 212 degrees. This immense
amount of steam is rendered latent and
does not sensibly affect the thermometer.
Scientifio authorities explain the cause
of this loss in the steam engine as due
to the fact that the 990 degrees absorbed
by water in being transferred into steam
212 degrees are apparent upon a ther
mometer, and which, added to 990,
make up tho 1,203 degrees above men
tionedgo into the engine unindicated
by the thermometer, leave in the same
manner and go to waste. New York
Sun.
The work of the monkish sculptors,
both in wood and stone, shows a vast
amount of humor. Witness the gar
goyles of our old churches and the
devils, half human, half animal, which
adorn the upper galleries and form the
corbels and brackets of many cathedrals.
These one can scarcely believe to have
been modeled seriously as conceptions
of the spirit of evil, for, if the doctrine
of the personality of the devilwere held
faithfully, it is scarcely probable that;
artists would have expended th.w? satire,
upon as terrible and viudiciYS. a person; -as
the arch fiend, no? would the monks4
have allowed their misereres and stalls?
to be decorated with burleequesof hiei
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