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KORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, TUjESDAY-EVEIHG, OCTOBER 1;L895.
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SHOE SALE
Otteii's Shoe Store.
.. PRICES, CUT IN
Jin orderto swap shoes for money-we will offer our ladies'
Wfine. Ludlow Shoes,
Regular price $4,00
Here is a chance to have a fine
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AlLour Boy's fine lace and button
$2.50 Shoe at $1.65 $1.65 Shoe $1. ' -
' A larg"e line of Ladies',' Misses' 'and Children's Slippers
will be sold stances that will -
Save you 1-3 to 1-2 of your money. . .
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?CliildrenJs 5hoes, the best goods that
be .slaughtered at the same rate.
Otten
3TJEjW LITEBT -A.0riD jPIBEID stable
(Old. "7a3a. XJoraxi. Sta"blc.)
Good
SPorth west corner of Courthouse
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RESERVED
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Supplies
kinds at
Tlie largest and best five-cent
The finest line of all grades of
Wifh rprv c mid rn rpnf Tnlilpf-
$50,000.00.
22,500.00
E. M.,F, LEFL AN G-, Preset,
ARTHUR McNAMARA,"
Casbier.
Business Transacted.
to $4.75, at $3.00.
shoe
for a little
money.
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shoes, the best made,
money can buj-, will , " ' l
S Shoe Store.
Teams, . .
Comfortable Higs,
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square.
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THE POPS' LAST EFFORT.
They Meet aii? Nominate a Ticket
, That Cannot Win
TUT FULL TlOClZSOrOS 07 TEE 12
GIXXtKQ OF THS I1D OF ?0HSX.
Upon the legal theory that it
is
10 o'clock. until; it is 11 the. "pop
assemblage which its .followers. wilL
diijnify by the name.. of a, conven
tion was called to- order by chair
man Burritt at the latter mentioned
time. His first break was 'made in
asKiner ior tne nommatirsr or a
chairman before the call had been
read stating- the object of the meet
ing: -the offices, feiir MansT, ever
ready to be heard, was promptly
upon his teet -and nominated Joe
Beeler as temporary chairman." The
call was then read, after which the
defeated ex-republican candidate
for school superintendent was se
lected to preside. In a liitle speech
in which he incidentally praised
himself for having; presided over
the "pop" aggregation of two
years ago, he wandered all over
the category of complaints made
against governmental methods by
thef populists. Owing to his excite
merit caused by liis attempt araiivre'krio:viTi-tliatrthe railway comr
oratorical strutting", and peacock
like admiring' his own importance,
he overlooked the fact that a secre
tary was more necessary to preserve
the history of the meeting- than
even a presiding officer! he informed
lelegates that the next thing"
they wanted were committees on
credentials, resolutions and organ
ization. To- this effort at dicta
tion one of the fellows from Poduuk
precinct meekly objected. The
dictator then rectified his error by
askingfor a nomination for secre
tary. Tn "response to this one ot
the North Platte party (?) manipu
lators offered, the name of the editor
of the Era, which was swallowed
without many grimaces by the
meeting". -Charley,
Preitauer who is nothing;
-it uot desirous as being: classed as
an astute politician, then made a
motion that the-boss appoint ?. com
raittee.joffiveon credentials. Xhe.
Iattei;t61dvtu'e scholars tfit4 he
thought he would wait for this
.until after the "appointments of the
other necessary committees. This
attempt to put the cart before the
horse, by selecting" committees
from a meeting" before it was decid
ed whether members were entitled
to seats therein, was so contrary to
what the farmers knew about
"hooking" up a team" in proper
shape, that it occasioned a fright
ful pause; and had the head ofthe
herd attempted to thus arbitrarily
manage affairs it certainly would
have occasioned trouble. Profiting
by the ominous silence which pres
aged the presence of a rising storm
which he feared he could not like
the Master command "Peace! Be
still!" he promptly proposed the list
which had previously been selected,
as the committee on credentials:
Preitauer, Austin, Bea'tty, Mulli
ken and Clark.
The chair then suggested the
next thing needed was a motion in
structing" him to appoint a commit
tee on resolutions. At this point
delegate Freer, from Walker pre
cinct, objected to having the man
Austin remain upon the above com
mittee as there was a contest com
ing up in which the committeeman
would be directly interested.. Upon
an intimation that Mr. Austins
resignation would be cheerfully ac
cepted, that individual acquiesced
and offered the same. A man
named Snyder was then substituted.
The pro tem county attorney (by
grace of two "pop" county commis
sioners, but not by the voters of
Lincoln county) then selected Hill,
Kilmer and Arundale as the skill
ful mechanics to construct a sort of
crazy patchwork platform sufficient
ly strong- to uphold their nominees.
A committee on permanent orga
nization was then appointed as fol
lows: J. D. Keliher, of Maxwell,
Hollingsworth, of Nichols, and Isa
man, of North Platte.
An intermission of five minutes
was given to-allow members to file
their credentials with the commit
tee. As an aside it is perhaps as
wellio mention that three or more
hours were given.
The chairman then gave a couole
of gentlemen from Banner county,
who were in search of stray horses,
an opportunity io describe them.
Bob Arundale then exhibited his
inhumanity to his fellow-man by
calling" upon Sig- Mang", who like
Mary Yellin Lease is ever pregnant
with a tirade of the so-called op
pressions of the poor -by the rich
The speaker in his shuffling", hesi
tating" wajr then " roamed, at will
Icverlheiwhole field. in. mvhich him
;se1fud. kindred spiris-delig"ht to
;range, wherein their' wrongs are
only measured;. Tjyheextehup
their-imaginaf ion's. .Heboid ja little
story at Tie expeascsspf excounty
clerk Stoddard ihregard. f o'a.. poor
erring, needy populist brother who
brought in tlrirteen-ss,of-coy6te!s
ears, instead of their scalps.; .Mr.
"Stoddard informed the man .that
the law required the scalps, to. be
presented to him, but as it was
evidently a misunderstanding upon
the part of the' trapper ?as to the
statutory requirements, rhe issued
a warrant for the amount, he i con
sidered due. In this George evi
denced that he. could make what old
Sam Maxwell terms a "raw equity
decision," by assuming -. that the
presenting of theiears in court was
almost sufficient evidences to war
rant the belief that the A'varmint'"
had been killed. Another state
ment made was that H. M. Grimes
was a railroad lawyer and that he
occupied at one time an office in
Keith block. Had this, venerable
disseminator of misinformation
ronsulted Ju'dsre Neville he , would
panies of Nebraska.no longer retain
local attorneys, but from time to
time employ any of them tempor
arily when a case arose in court.
Grimes never occupied an office in
nnv of Keith's blocks. Both state
ments are equally wrong. Many
of the delegates themselves evi
denced their dissatisfaction to the
remarks ot the speaker by quietly
sneaking out, while those who felt
compelled to stay mildly sneered
and laughed at his efforts. Some
observant individual asserted that
it was a put up job by the saloon
keepers or the hotel men to either
drive the delegates to drink or to
dinner, bvhavin Mamr called on
for one of his characteristic
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speeches. After thoroughly weary
ing those who were compelled to
remain the speaker finally subsided
and a motiolj was. made to adjourn
until l:30p. m.: -wjiich jwaseagerly
carriedV " w . -,
The delegates"pvpeare'd ta be as
dilatory in regard'ftp assembling
after dinner, either owing to their
lack of interest, or as one delegate
intimated that spine of 'them might
have.-foundered bpxeasonof getting
hold of more to car, or particularly
to drink thanihey wereaccustomed.
A North Platte Second ward del
egate: whose principal desire is to
be coasidered a 'walking delegate"
(with a great display of affection
for the working- man always on tap)
and the leader of the ajitiCatholic
forces, was feent-ouf to corrall the
straying herd,
While waiting for the committee
on credentials tor finish its work of
kicking out the Walker precinct
delegation, and giving it the oppor
tunity 'to find out the names of
farmers in' from the various pre
cincts who. would -kindly act as dele
gates to the meeting, genial John
GutheVless warnjed the.'cockles of
the 'artsof thoe"vprer;ent'by mak
ing a plea foVliarmdny yea, ; it
necessary it must be had even if
procured by means 'Of a hatchet
Johnny openly declared his inten
tion of supporting Miss Hosford for
county superintendent, but this did
not occasion aity "middle of the
road" fellow to-' desire him to be
"fired" out of the gathering, nor
did it prevent liim from securing a
place upon the ticket. His first
lyrical effort w'as' in behalf of the
renomination ijf the present "pop"
officers. Tliathtrwas not entirely
successful afterward developed.
Populist Priitauer.jS'who later
frankly stated to the scribe that one
of the nominees Avould be defeated,
then read somcj fifty or so names ot
persons who li67 credentials, and
who did not, w6 would serve the
shivering popuSstic patriots as pro
tem party representatives. Old
war lidrse LariiMelegation from
Walker'recin not recom
mended for seSj in. the meeting.
Report was received and adopted
with a cold so
Ider.
Committee
commended t
n organization re-
temporary organ-
izatidn be mac
permanent.
T:he platfi
ttt ' builders then
brought in tn
previously be
"creation which had
'prepared by their
attorneys the
ight before. Itcon-
tained some
ilicious and menda-
cious thrusts
H. M. Grimes, al-
though at the
me he had not been
placed before pe people as a candi
date. Its rotf nplank in regard to
the connty pnfUng. is referred to
elsewhere in tjiSfpaper, and .it is
notnecessaryjo again, mention, it
nam i '
Miss Kate-"Wbod having been east for three weeks and selected a
very choice line of Millinery at bottc3pricesv she is now in charge
and ready to show our friends -ttir'ougn thsfoSkr &lKfhe ladiesare
invited. We also have an elegant line of Gapes and Jackets on the
second floor. - - 1 '? 1 )' MfiEUNjE'S' DEPMTMENT STOEfi. '
CARPETS, SHOES, DRY GOODS, CHIN AWARE. MILLINERY.
Nominations were called for and
Sisr Mansr had the satisfaction of
presenting Buchanan's name, much
to the contusion of Gutherless, who
had primed himself with a speech.
The latter had to be content with
1 .merely playing second violin in tne
Preitauer thifdedthe nomination;
which was made by acclamation.
Up to this time no tellers had been
appointed, which was another in
stance of jrettinir the vehicle before
the equine. Some fellow discovered
this tact and the error was cor
rected.
Snyder, of Maxwell, presented
the name of M. N. Holcomb, a
bondsman ot Jiurritts as a
candidate for county clerk. Brig
adier Bill Beattv, also one of the
bondsmen, then strusrcrled to his
feet and in a voice husky with emo
tion, and other things, seconded
the nomination. This action by
two of the incumbent's bondsmen is
certainly significant. These pr 3
ceedinsfs nettled Mr. . Burrittfand
as he felt that he had madeas good
an official as he man previously
nominated by acclamation, he arose
and stated that lie had tried to
make a good officer, that he thought
he?wasreatitled to Detter"trealnXent'
i. i 3 j ? a -Ai'
dv tne convention, ana aecnnea to
be a candidate and left the room in
a state of chagrin.
Tins caused a
ripple of
consternatiom.anu the
convention proceeded to evidence a
desire to "rub it in" on the recalci
trants' by appointing a committee
of three of them to wait on Burritt
and see if he would not kindly con
sent to be sacrificed. Johnny
Gutherless did not want to see the
declination accepted and drew a
comparison between the present
county clerk and- Jesus Christ,
which was not over-flattering to
the latter. To the christians of
the convention such a preposterous
parallel was little short- of blas
phemy. Charley Kilmerwanted
the declination to stand, and claim
ed that if a man wanted to with
draw from a contest it was his
privilege to do so. and that he was
the best judge ot his reasons. The
persuading committee left the room.
and went down after Burritt. It
was a case of "Barkis is willin',"
and in a very few minutes it re
turned with him mounted upon the
shoulders of a couple of them he
was elevated to this position just
outside of the door and entered
the room. As it was intended, this
little tableau and display of enthu
siasm made him votes, and the bal
lot was taken which resulted: Bur
ritt 60, Holcomb 21. This minority
expression will prevent the present
clerk from again idly occupying a
chair for another term.
Jacob Miller was renominated by
acclamation for sheriff.
Charley Kilmer presented the
name of Mrs. Flora A. Franklin as
a candidate for county school super
intendent; Ashley Peters brought
forward the name of Wesley W.
Lewis, and Bill Beatty aired the
claims of E. A. Johnson for the
same position. The ballot resulted
as follows; Franklin 54, Lewis 17,
Johnson 7. On motion nomination
was made unanimous. The lad3r
was then presented, and nervously
thanked the convention.
For county judge Wm. Ritenour
presented the name of Charley Kil
mer, John Greenwood that of John
Hawley, and R. C. Hardin that of
E. W. Crane. The ballot showed
their strength to be Kilmer 14,
Hawley"42, Crane 21. Hawley won
the heat and race.
For clerk of the district court the
names of C. C. Wetzel.. Emil Erics-
son, jr.. ui, nuuman, auu.m
Keliher were presented. The -
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ter came forward and said " that he j
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haanot been a candidate tor any
thing 'since he had been so' beauti
Inspect
v2?
Once again we are ready to do the right
things by ..3,d.ai:J)leas.ed to announce
that wenow Jiaye open for inspection a sea
sonable new line of
Clothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Matsi Caps, Boots nd Shoes,
m iactAesTBEYtninff to
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fe. WEBER. & TOLLMEEv, Props.
fully trounced for; thesame position-
four years ago. His speech caused
doubt in the minds of some of the
delegates who did not know butthat
it might be a sort ot a Burritt trick
to obtain sympathy, thus making
hima's"trQnger "aspirant; and he
was called back : and then stated
positively that he ,w-as not a. candi
date.' The informal ballot resulted:
Wetzel 22, Ericsson 39, Huffman
15. The formal ballot showed
Wetzel 24, Ericsson 46, Huffman 9,
and the gentleman'from Cottonwood
was declared the victor.
Paul Meyer was-re-nominated by
acclamation for surveyor.
R. C. Hardin kindly nominated
Kinley tor coroner, Bob Arundale
brought Crane forward for the same
place, and Henry Welch, of Kern
precinct, nominated Gutherless.
Kinley declined, as did also Crane,
Gutherless' nomination was easily
made by acclamation. To say the
least this was a rather remarkable
proceeding upon the part of the
convention to j. nus stmtiry itseit oy
nominating a man who had openly
declared tothe meeting that he
would not support one of its nomi
nees. John was called upon for a
song, and ma voice tragrant with
the extract of hops mournfully re
cited his favorite old chestnut "The
Pickled Jew," calling upon the
the chorus. The sound produced
by the convention in attempting to
do so reminded the listeners of a
funeral chant, with its sadly solemn
action signifyin
that the delegates
mourned for their friends, whom
they already considered as good as
politically dead, 7 -
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committee next occupied, the time
of the convention. After partially
succeeding in so doing an attempt
was made to induce Joe Beeler to
act as chairman; but the latter has
a desire to be a candidate for his
present position next vear. and
lowing that the necessary deals
and combinations -which Burritt
was cqmjjelledto make while ..tem
porarily filling' tHatV.pbsif ion -was
what had weakened him. he de-
Lclined to nibble. at the Ijait and
twice refused to serve. He sug
gestedhis;friend Seaton.of Wallace.
but the meetiug would not have it
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and Bill Beatty selected as chair
man and R. C. Hardin as secretary.
In this meeting there was no
paucity of candidates,Geo. Hardin,
Keliher, Golvin.McNeal and Thorn
berg being trotted out and put
through their paces-. After an hour
spent in wrangling and having a
monkey and parrot time, the "sand
hillers" scratched out with their
candidate by a vote of Hardin 14,
and Golvin 11. This in spit,e of the
fact that the winner in his own lan
guage, could "not see the sense or
point of gravity" (?) of some of the
motions made. - - ... .
Beatty then arose put on his hat
and started to fill his pipe, which
caused some delegate to know that
Bill considered the meeting closed,
and a motion was made to adjourn.
The members then faded away.
Dr. Sawyer; Dear Sir: ifavlngoacd your Pan
Ullos, I can recommend them to tho public. I
have been attended by four different doctors, but
one and a half boxes of your medicine has done
me more good than all of them. Yours respect
fully, Mrs, Haggle Johnson, Broneon, Branch
County, Mich. Sold by F. II. Longley.
: NOTICE T0S BIDS.
Notice is hereby given that the
Maxwell and Brady Island Irriga
tion District will receive bids at
the directors' office in Brady Island,
Nebraska, until 12 o'clock noon,
October 18th, 1895, for the material
and construction of one headsrate
at the head ofthe Maxwell canal
'48" feet long, 44 feet clear water
way, 38 feet wings, 8 feet sheet
piling in front 6 feet sheet piling
behind, 7 feet sides, 16 12-foot an
clior piles; 'in ail 14,6lk3 feet board
measure, as-per plans and specifi
cations on fiieMn Directors' office.
The board-reserves the ri.ohf tn
"reject anyora1T bids. '
Jtfy order ot Board of Directors.
. EVA. Johnson, Sec'y.
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Dr, Sawyer Dear. Sir: I can iy with pleasure
that I have been using your medicine, and'will rec
ommend it to all suffering ladies. Mrs. W. W.
Weathershoe, Augusta, Ga. Sold by F K LOngley.
Notice to Property Owners.
Property owners will take notice
that the city ordinances relating, to
repairing sidewalks and destroyTnir
weeds along the;streets and alleys,
anu on vacant lots must be com
plied with at once, or the work will
be done, by the . city . and-, taxed
against-the property. ' 1
. W. R, Morgan,
City Marshal. .
1 '.A?? Sawyer: Dear Sir: I have beeu auffer-
miu c UWUBCUB IOr II ODg lime.
1 7 oar Family Cure and now am enUrely
I It??uld not do without your medicine.
I used
relieved.
Mn?. O.
Motts'e:
1 iiwiituumu niuiuub Juur meal
4 80,a by F-u-LoD8,oy-
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