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"THf BOSTON STORE."
Mr. Pizert of the Boston Store, lias just
returned from the eastern markets, hav
ing purchased one of the largest and
hest selected stock of late style goods
ever shown in North Platte. -We are
too husy shelving goods to quote prices
to-day, but watch for an announcement
Friday. As we bought our stock early
before the advance, we are prepared to
sell goods lower than any one else. Call
and inspect our goods and learn our
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prices. We can suit you.
" THE BOSTON STOKE.
3496.
ftirst fsfafional Baiu
ISTOHTBE PL.TTE; NEB'.
Capital, -Surplus,
$50,000.00:
$22,500.00
E. M, F. LEFLANGr, Preset.,
I AETHUB, McNAMAPA, -
Cashier.
A General- Banking Business Transacted.
COUNCIL MEETING.
The city council last nisrht
appeared to have adopted new
methods, 'and turned over a new
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leaf. No useless, time was wasted
in oratorical efforts which amount
to nothing", and make no change in
by Alex. Neilson Is on exhibition
at the Bank of Sutherland.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pierson came
in on No. 1 Thursday night from
I Missouri. They will try life on an
irrigated farm -next seaman..-.
Sunday-schoor Missionary Scott
One Ladies' New Hartford, 26-inch wheels, manufac
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, for 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 Thirty-five dollars.
C. M. Newton.
SPECIAL
SHOE ALE
n
Otten's Shoe Store.
PRICES CUT IN Tifl0.
In order to swap shoes for money we will offer our ladies'
fine Ludlow Shoes,
V.r Regular price $4,00 to $4.75, 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.
All pur Boy's fine lace and button shoes, the best made,
$2.50 Shoe at $1.65 $1.65 Shoe SI. . -; "?
A large line of Ladies', Misses' and Children's Slippers
will be sold at prices that will
- r Save you 1-3 to 1-2 of your money.
Children's Shoes, the best goods that money can huy, will
beslaughtered at the same rate.
Otten's Shoe Store.
SHEW LiTEBT PEEL STABLE
(Old. Vaix Doraxi Sta"blo.)
Prices
Grood Teams,
Comfortable Higs,
MM hmmfaWm for the fmw hk
ELDEjE
"Northwest corner of Courthouse square.
& LOOK.
the opinions-of menibers, but that is visiting' around thneig'hborhoodi
ausrust "body cot right down to bus- this week with a- vatchful eye on
iness and transacted its affairs in a the schools he has startefd.
proper manner. After the reading" Eli Etchisonj shipped a partial
and approving of the minutes of load of cattle to Omaha. the forepart
the previous 'meeting- the matter of of the week.
the confirmation of R. I. Graves as
chief of the fire department was
taken up and promptly confirmed
without a. dissenting vote. The
bills of I. E. "VanDoran and J. E.
Weeks tor ipi eacu tor services as
policeman on the night of 'July 4 th
were allowed. The bill of W. R,
Morgan for killing and burying
forty-nine dogs was allowed for $49?
On motion the street commissioner
was ordered to take up all danger
ous and unsafe crossings, and the
sidewalk on the west side of the
street across the slough on 1ocust
street, to notify property owners to
repair and put in order their side
walks, and a special notice to be
given the owner of the sidewalk
along the west side, of the Hughes
orooertv in the Second ward. The
t t .
matter of the removal of the wooden
awnings and cross signs was taken
Miss Nina Snell has been engaged
to teach the Fairvjew school this
term. r.
Mrs. G. C.White returned from the
Platte Sunday. h -
E. A. Carpenter, and wife are this
week entertaining' Mnr Carpenter's
mother from the eastern part of the
state. She will probably stay until
fall.
Jtienry JOKer naa a mucn cow
struck by lightning during- the
storm last week.
Wm.Roberts of theBirdwood was
in town jvionaay ana Drougnt in a
fine sample of wheat. He states
that crops along the Birdwood
canals are looking very fine.
Miss Mabel Johnson has secured
the Harshfield school on;, the1 Bird-
wood and commenced school Mon
day morning, Aug. ,19 th.
Pred Krause and P. Meyers, of
Dame Rumor has it that C. K.
Rhoades will have a section near
Sidney hefore many weeks pass by.
Bingo.
up.and alderman Iddings suggested Keith county, Sundayed in our vil-
that the mayor was the executive lage,
who 'should enforce the city laws,
to which mavor Baker intimated
that although the ordinance had
been adooted during the term of
his predecessor, and should have
been enforced, yet he would not
orove derelict in his autv. un mo-
tion the new chief of the fire depart
ment was requested to see if he
could not have the present fire alarm
system put in satisfactory working
order,
Nichols and Hershey News.
This week will probably wind up
the threshing in this locality.
Captain Funkhouser was hauling
lumber from the Platte the latter
part of last week with which to re-
The council then promptly Paij; hs Stj.
adjourned ere the "hoodlum bell"
sounded its warning note. This is
business, gentlemen, and bv mak
ing your sessions snort ana ousi-
nes& like you will win the 'good
esteem of our people.
GUN CLTJBSCORE.
The following is the score made
Paul Jensen, from McPherson
county, was a guest at" the Brown
residence one night last week while
on his way home from a business
trip to North Platte!
We understand thairwork on the
new M. E. church at Hershey will
begin the first otnext month:
NEW
FALL
GOODS
. Elegant new Dress Goods at Jennie's. Handsome njoveltlesi
in Tine. Dress Goods cheaper than ever before offered.
In our Shoe department we offer special inducements,
dies' and Gent's Fine Shoes at Rennie's this week at 25 off.
RENNH?Si RENNIB'S-
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It all is well a la,rge acreage of
at the : reuUsJfopt of the gun.clu.b jiall grain will4Misowr-i
mis xiiii, ...
The foundation for the new school
Saturday Evening:
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Uoaler 110100011001010 7
Graves lOlOOOOlfbOOOOl 5
Pitt 100011111111 100-10
Price TX30110111101001 8
Fcderhoof OOOOOOCOOOOOOU 2
Williams , OOOOlimOllOlO 8
Seeberger OOOlOCMlilOlOO 5
Barnmn....?; 1C0000101111001
Zeibert 10100101000UOO 6
CARD OP THANKS.
We wish to kindlv thank: all our
friends (and especially to Dr. H.
V. Hatch), who assisted us during
the long illness and death of our
loved-one, and trust when they are
laid low by illness and pain others
will as willingly respond to help
them is our prayer. Signed: Mrs.
Blanche Owens, Mrs. Edi M, Ow
ens, Mrs. Clara Stewart, Colonel
and Dick Owens.
Dock Kazee, of the Curtis Cour
ier, congratulates The Tribune
upon having" a power press. Great
God, Dock! This paper has been
printed upon a nrst class power
press for almost the last decade; in
fact three ot them have constituted
house at this place is completed. Jt
is a first class jofr we are. pleased to
note.
Eight or ten "prairie jsghooners"
passed through here going east last
Suudav.
It is the west two miles of Hin-
man precinct instead ot nersney
that is included in the district for
the new bridge across the North
river opposite this station. There
is no Hershey precinct as was stat
ed in last Friday's edition.
T. W. Prickett transacted busi
ness at the county seat last Satur
day in connection with the new
church soon to be erected in the
hamlet of Hershey.
Notwithstand the inclemency of
the weather o'n last Tuesday even-
-..the ice cream festival at Her
shey was well patronized. About
$7.00 were taken in. Rev. Franklin
and-wife were present.
It is stated by very fair authority
that one of the section men at this
a portion of the office equipment, place took unto himself a "better
Is this a specimen of up-to-date half" on last Sundav. "We failed to
Curtis journalism? A number of ret the particulars.
weeks ago this paper mentioned the
fact that all of the North Platte
papers are now printed upon power
presses something- unusual for a
town of this size.
SUTHERLAND NEWS.
Alex. Robertson returned from
Missourf a couple of weeks ago and
is now working for John Keith
& Co.
T. S. Clarkson was in our village
on Tuesday with a party of land
seekers.
The young- people from this vicin
ity who have been attending- insti
tute at North Platte, returned home
on Monday.
TV. H. Holtry spent Tuesday at
the county seat.
Miss Olive Muir will teach the
Etchison school the coming- term.
Frank Thayer, of the west part
of this county, was
business at this point Monday.-
H. M. Jones, of Ogalalla, was in
town Monday looking- up some of
his old customers who had left that
transacting-
The Ware boys will thresh two
pr three jobs m this locality with
their steam thresher this week-
Miss Cal Sullivan, Miss Sadie
Brook and D. A. Brown and mother
gathered plums along the Birdwood
the latter part of last week.
The Patterson & Alexander har
vesting outfit, of the Platte, passed
down" the grade Sunday afternoon
with their machinery, haying com
pleted their harvest.
We have heard it stated that Mrs.
F. I. Terrv and sister, Miss Stella,
Goodwin, expect to visit their peo
ple in Kansas the comingr month.
If they make the trip it wilt be with
a team and buggy.
jRev. Graves, of the "Platte, met
his regular appointment at Hershey
Sunday evening. . .
The Hershey ball team went up
to Sutherland Sunday and scooped
the teara'at that place again; - The
score stood about three to ' one, in
f a vor'of Hershey. H-L'y
W. A. Paxton, of Omaha?,Li& look
ing after business interests in the
section forirrigated lands.
Peoplejwko don't think large crops vicinitJ of Hershey.
can be raised on sod where they can Charles Lawrence "vorsted" J.
be watered should drive up around ershey in their lawsuit before
Geo. Emerson's ten acre tract in K Glvn n Wednesday.
the west part of town and pa w Several strangers from abroad
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themselves.
It Is reported that T. J. Lord will, week a view of locating. They
preside at the Eureka school this were well pleased with the country
Winter. - nrl ifccifrrmiHnn'c
rvery line sample, of -oats raised' -" im, i- i
: -i-" . u l.r The section gang; at this place
was at the Platte Saturday after
their monthly revenue from the
U. P.
J. O. Cole and familv are talking-
of making an overland trip to Mis
souri this fall.
One week from, next Monday Miss
Nettie Cam mack, of Salem, Iowa?
-a
wno taugnt tuis scnool last year
will begin the same duties again
for the coming year.
Remember the Sunday school
picnic in A. M. Stoddard s grove
next Saturday. Everybody invited.
H. P. Pelton, of Maywood, will
preach in the Platte Valley school
house next Saturday evening, and
Sunday also. .
Wheat in the valley is averaging
from 25 to 35 bushels and oats from
40 to 65 bushels per acre this sea
son. When they get over this thev
e large acres and small bushels
Dr. N. McCabe, of North Platte,
passed up the line yesterday.
Attorney G. E. French, of the
Platte, was up in this locality on
legal business one day last week.
mere is nardly a snadow or a
doubt at the present time but what
I. B. Bostwick will be the republi
can nominee for sheriff in this coun
ty this fall, as he is now considered
by aJarge, majority ,of the:f oremdst.
republicans as the only available
candidate, and if nominated his
election is certain, as he has scores
of friends in all parties who will
rally to his support and see him
safely through. He is the best
known candidate all over the coun
ty in the whole"clique," and where
ever you hear a person speak of him
it is always in friendly terms.
Pat.
MILLER MATTERS.
Chas. O'Rourke, of Gaslin. spent
last Saturday at North Platte and
Pleasant View farm, returning
home Sunday. Miss Sara Neary
accompanied him on his return trip.
Miss Alice Beach and Miss Olive
Muir spent Saturday and Sunday
at Wolverine Ranch, Miss Beach's
home, after having attended the
summer normal and institute.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Hoover became
the proud parents of a young daugh
ter Thursday.
John Neary has as fine a field of
corn as one would wish to see. He
also has the first roasting ears in
this vicinity this season.
Charlie Osgood and Alfred Gil
man, of North Platte, who are so
journing at the Osgood ranch, were
guests at Pleasant View farm last
Friday.
Mrs. Brown, of North" Platte, is
spending the week with her grand
daughter, Mrs. T. G." Rowley, who
also entertained Mrs. John Neary
and Miss Etta Neary at tea Wed
nesday eve.
We are informed that Miss Jennie
Hansen has been engaged to teach
school in District 39 this term. We
hope for a good and successful term.
Miss Anna and Frank Facka
were the guests of Miss Etta and
Master Richard Neary last Sunday.
Everybody is busy about the hay
crop now and it is hard to get help
in the hay fields. Where are the
idle men now? Country Cousin.
The Greatest
and Best
Lino of Clolhin
FurnishiDg G-oods,
Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes,
in Fact Everything
Gents' Wearing Aprarel
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-IS GOING AT-
Greatly Reduced Rates
-AT THE-
STAR CLOTHING HOUSE,.
, . WEBER .& JTOLMEE;.
MOST o DELICIOUS o COFFEE o IN o THE o WORllD '
SPURR'S
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HARRINGTON & T0BIN, SOLE ACTS. NORTH PLATTE, NEB
' Ex-Senator Conger of Michigan,
who fifteen years ago was one of
the leaders of the republican party,
is now a poor man, living in Wash
ington. Two years ago Mrs. Con
ger died, leaving the aged ex-senator
an annuity of S100 a month. The
executors of the estate, it seems,
however, have not paid the annuity
for almost a year. The other day
he won his suit, and the courts
ordered the executors to pay the
were looking- over tljis country JastjTnoney due or go to jail. Mr. Conger
is now 4 years old. One of the
speeches-whiclx he ever deliver was
was that at the Chicago convention
in.1880.' ; -: .
Something is wrong with, the
water in the Farmer's & Merchant's
Canal in Dawson county, and the
ixington Pioneer thinks it has
cleared up the mystery by the dis
covery that a lot of pops up near
Cozad are in the habit ot bathing
in it. The pops in Dawson county
must be a little different from the
Custer county breed. Callaway
Courier.
An enterprising citizen of . Red
Cloud took time by the forelock last
fall and prepared a large portion of
of his farm by thorough cultivation
for sugar beats. He gave employ
ment to a large number ot people
in the town weeding and culti rating
and will clean up $2,000 net profits
in a couple of months as a reward
of his pluck and foresight. , In
Pawnee county, where for the first
time in a half century corn is nearly
a total failure, many farmers put in
experimental patches of sugar
beets. The Journal has advices
that the crop is flourishing and that
the returns will be unexpectedly
large. These object lessons, where
the season has been unfavorable for
the ordinary Nebraska crops, are of
inestimable value to the farmers of
the state. They open a vista of
certainty and prosperity through a
wise diversification of products,
worth more than a library of theo
retical discussion. Seeing is be
lieving, Journal.
FOR SALE CHEAP
by the Union Pacific Ry. Co. one
Advance threshing machine; also a
lot of f md-hand machinery con
sisting m part ot a 40-horse power
engine, feed grinder, wheat cleaner,
etc. For particulars inquire of N..
B. Olds, agent, North Platte, Neb.'
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