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YOL. XI.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBBlStti TUESDAY EVENINfc NOVEMBER 12; 1895.
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THE GREAT SLAUGHT
.. .-rry OP TEH
BOSTON
ER SALE
STORE
for tliffinft-of No v, Commencing the 12tli.
We findcrtir8fel? -Goods, and
Tve'must reduce it from now" on until the 1st of December
DRY GOODS DEPT.t :
10 pieces; all colors, all-woof, 46
inch .wide, imported Senre, worth
81.25. for. this sale afc(V7i center..
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Ten pieces, all colors, 40-inch all
wool, silk finish- Henriettas, -vcpr.th
225 per yard. "for "thTsale afc?67i c.
Ten nieces Ladies' Cloth, 46-incb
"''wide, worth 90 cents, for this sale
at 57-1 cents.-
Te pieces) York ,uiade Novelty
goods, worth fifty cents, .for 'this
sale at 25 cents per,ard.
Ten.pieces SulianaSuitings, dark
or light, at 10 cents, worth fifteen.
Ituasign fleece at 9i per yard.
Canton Flannels from five cents
per yard and upward.
Jbed fleece-lined shirts and .pants at
25 cents, worth 35 cents; children's
underwear from fifteen cents up.
HOSIERY and MITTENS.
Ladies' fast black seamless hose at
sighteen centsregular price twenty
five: ladies hose at eiht centsreg
ular price 12 cents? ladies wo61fu
hose -at twentylwo' centsj-egular
thirty cent hose; imported cash
mere ho.ce at 35 cents,. worth fifty;
children's woolen hose from 12cts.
and up: ladies' fleeef-lined hose at
25 cents, worth 35 cent's. JMittens.
from 25 cents :and' up. ' '
UNDERWEAR.
adjes' all-wool combination suits
at 1.60, worth 2.g5;.ladie fibbed
fleeoe-llued combination suits at
.05, worth 1.50; fifty.dozen ladiesi
ribbed shirts and pants-at 37 centsj
regular price fifty, cents;, ladies' rib-r
GENTS ;
we offer, to close out.iwentv dozen
of all-sized shirts and drawers of
the ver' finest natural all-wool at
2.88 per suit, can't be duplicated at
Jess than 4.00 per suit.
00UITY AED BEIGHB0EH00D SEWS Paxton, preached in the .Maccabee ball
at Hershey last Sunday evening..
CLOAKS, CAPES and JACKETS.
..We havesold many of them, but
we siilL haTe aiurge variety kft.
You can buy a ladies' jacket from
us for 3.50 worth 7. We still have
sitv-childrens' cloaks left, but we
want toclbse them all out. We
offer-any of these cloaks for 1.75
the linings and trimmings are worth
the money for which we offer the
entire garment.
ShawlftI Shawls! Double and sin
lgleofthe very best quality made,
not one in the lot worth less than
6.50, up to 10 pick your choice
ror vo.oo. .
BLANKETS and QUILTS
ata great reduction.
BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBERS
AND ARCTICS.
We are offering these goods at 25
per- ent less than their value.
Come and see our ladies' J.35Jine
shoe; our children's Young Ameri
can ;school"sho,es, and our calf boots.
You will admit the price' and quali
tyiJiasJio equal.
We offer our entire stock of
men's youHi's, boy's and chil
dren's suits and overcoats, to
close out regardless of cbstas
we want to 0 out of this line.
tx t orllip room for other
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pnrposes. -We offer;6o men's
hiack, beaver over
coats, sizes . frorn 34. to 4V for
fiftv men's Ions: ulsters,
all sizes,- at 3. 50 j -regular, price
offer forty youths
chinchilla overcoats; sizes' from
. lrl. oirrKVfpn vears. at
Li.VCJ.VC tv -'K"-v' J
4.56, regular price 8; we offer
men's all-wool suits, in an
sizes at 5. 75, regular price 10;
we offer mens suits at 3.55,
worjtfi y;r we-offer youth's all
wdol suits, sizes fourteen to
nineteen yearsf at 5. 50, worth
10; boy!s three-pirce suits at
o worths: children s knee
'suits from four to twelve. years
f- , - wnrth 2.2S. Mens
Dants. caps, efloveSj
miffpns and .furnishing: g;oods
will be. closed out at rock-bot
tom prices.
The ladies of WhTttiec precinct have
organized an aid society and will lend
a helping hand to the less fortunate.
G. G. Rose, of Myrtle precinct, accom
panied by his- figed father and mother,
left last week by wagon for eastern
Kansas.
The republicans of Dawson county
elected thoir candidates for county clerk
sheriff and superintendent; the pops got
the rest.
N. D. Chriatfanson, of Grant precinct,
Dawson county, lost his residence by
fire on Friday of last Friday; The lose
is SiOO greater than the insurance.
The Gandy Pioneer announces that
there will be a basket picnic at the west
school house in Whittier precinct, Lin
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ooln county, on evening of 'the 22d -inst.
The CozacL Tribune pronounces the
election of Bill Green, as judge of the
Twelfth judicial district, the crowning
disgrace of the century. That's about
the size of it.
Diphtheria is prevalent in Deuel
county. Two of Peter Leef'd children
died last week and six more in the same
family are down with the dread disease.
Other families are afflicted
E. E. Smith was re-elected treasurer,
Richard Hoagtand "county judge, and
Lew Williams county, clerk of Logan
county. This trio of successful republi-
cans'nre well known in North Platte.
Jlessre. Lloyd and Fowles, of Logan
county, have purchased part of the
lumber in the hotel building at Well-
fleet and will use it for construction of
corrals on their ranches west of Gandy.
Deuel county gave Norval a majority
of 65 and Grimes a majority of X76. thus
giving evidence of the high esteem in
which the latter is held. Hr. Grimea
received fully a hundred complimentary
votes,
In Dawson county Judge Hoagland,
of this city, republican candidate for
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state senator, received a majority of 362.
.The Judge is a spriqtex, and as a pandi-
date for the Eaoio position next fall, will
i is t
canfi is Tunning imi ol water uuu muuj
of the farmers are 'irrigating, their land
bis fall so that it will freeze up in good
shape this winter and be ready lor tne
plow'and the seed in tne spring.
Mrs. I. M. Baley -returned recently
from an extended visit with relatives
and friends in Illinois. "
Patterson .& Alexander'a teams 'from
North Platte have beeu hauling grain
from their farm near this placer to-' jba
city the past few days. ,
We understand that Rev. Pelton, o
May wood, has been preachiag in. IJlatte,
Valley school house lately. .;1
The new lumber yard at Hershey is
said to be one of the finest and best
equipped in the-valley.
Old Mr. Goodwin 'departed for his
homo in Kansas' last Sunday after a few
days visit with his daughter, Mrs
F. L. Terry. He was accompanied
home by his daughter "TillyV'-wbo-has
been, here for a month or moro.
Morris Cronen and M- .TT. "RArnnm. of
iMorm jriaice, ana Key liarnudj, irom
i- . . i - , -A,
umaaa, were up-in mis locality on a
Hwildgoojjo chase" the first of the week.
The election of Mrs. Franklin- as
county superintendent, does not meet
the approval of the better class: of edu
cators in this part of the county-regard-
iess or party.
Will Brooks has his new "Nebraska
brick" barn about completed.
We were informed a day or two since
that Joe Strickler, of Hershey:. .had re
cently shipped a couple of car loads of
potatoes out of this county. 1
If all is well "Louva the Pauper," will
be rendered at this place by local, talent
sometime during next month. Pat.
NEBRASKA K0TES.
Vic McCarty. awaitine sentence for
assault upon the Kas family in Sarpy
coubnty, escaped from, the Douglas
county jail Saturday evening and has
not yet been captured.
Thirty-sevon thousand gallons of cider
have been hauled on the Poncareserva-
ion by way of Lyons 0, be sojd to the
ndians in. anticipation of the comini?
layment of 830,000. The payment has
been postponed until January 1. and
be hard cider traffic among the reserva-.
tiou boot-leggers will now be a'.trifle'Blow
!or a while. :J.
rtnr
for -several
-ojnbt. tt uu
pora finds around Miltord
ra
months past, has finally given in his re
port. He says in Ehort, that "there have
been but two similar onesr known one
be great field of Austrlia from which
tho owner cleared over $2,000,000 and
the other in Honduras.. Neither of
these mines named was in point of value
anything-like this one. I pronounce it
of fabulous value.
Tho large barn on the Markoll farm
near Blair was burned to the ground the
NICHOLS AND HERSHEY NEWS
We understand that Mr. Simmons the
Hershey druggist has petitioned tne
county commissioners for a drugget
license, which it is said does not meet
the approval of the bettor c?a3s of
A Ihnfc lmmlet.
F. L. Terry is still critically ill but it other night, supposed to. be the work of
. ., ,1 .l.i u. ...:n mnn v.Q nnM tramns who wore sleeping in the hay-
is tnougui mau uu m mf i r - ,, , , L a
.:.a rAar ilm Kkillful care of mow, as there inhere the blaze started
r,- xr xf .nT,.. nf Worth Plalte. There were burned up 4,000 bushels of
m. M nlBrown returned homeiast onions and about 5,000 feet of pine lum.
liRon cheaper for
r 3 r a hAvr tcir nr. Rtiiinnv vim. i udi i vm iv - .
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North Platte, At the latter place sue
was detained by sickness for a coupTe of
dnvK at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
rl brinff it to the store
or. fliQ.vmT maV See We Sell aS aClvertlSeCl. Patterson in that city
SO ttia 13 :yOU lliciy .d vi The cavalry brigad
Tne
"Roston Stora
J. PIZER, Proprietor.
HOE BALE
Otten's Shoe Store.
CUT
IN TlRLO.
I order to swap shSW our ladieS'
fine Ludlow Shoes,
'unbr ricB $4.00 to $4.75, at $3:QQ.
Afa "- sr .'. v
Her a chance have a fine shoe for a Utue money.
All our Men's $3.5U noes ai
All our Boy's fin& lace-and button shoes, the best made, '
Tho cavalry brigade was out as usual
last Sunday spurting .up and down tuo
valley.
The valley is flooded with parties
looking for work.
Rev. Robinson, of Iowa, . and Rev.
Canada, of Wcscott, Custer county, are
still holding revival meetings at Nichols.
Several neighbors turned out yester
day with their teams and donated a day's
work on P. L. Terry's contract on the
old canal which he t: ok beforo he was
taken sick.
Corn shucking is well under way in
the valley and this week will give it a
big send off.
Considerable petty thieving and other
mischief has been indulged in at wis
place by a set of tqugbs, jluring the re
cent and present revival meetings. The
participants are no strangers and trouble
the owner, probably, to have invited the
tramps into the bouse to supper, lodging
and breakfast, but a better way would be
tn so arrange matters that tho tramp
nuisance be reduced to the minimum.
'S COST PEICE SALE-
Will continue during the mouth of November.
Fiine. Dress Goods,. a Cost.
J&p'.to- Reanie's .atidllSie'iteney.
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A memorial meeting was held a few
days ago iu honor of a man who had
been prominent iu public work. His
former colleagues and intimate friends
filled tho iarge platform. Among them
sat his widow, weeping silently nndei
her crepe veil One after another the
orators of tho occasion laid tributes of
eloqueqce at the altar of his memory.
One. more insnimd mid with n. Innoor
speech than the rest, followed the his
tory of his life from tho time of his
birth, "in tho troublous days when all
Europe was aghast at tho sight of Na
poleon striding over the ruins of ompires
to a universal throne.
"But the most important event of his
life," lie continued, "happened at a
later date. It was at a faucv ball that
he met, as he afterward said, the first
and only love of his life. Ho was there
disguised as a highlander.
"What?" he whispered oa sottir nno
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tugged at his coat, but getting no reply,
ho went on "And the lady of his
choico was dressed" here there was an
other tug "was dressed as a Turkish
cigarette girl. After a short courtship
they were married. " '
He then continued tho oulocry of the
youthful bride of the deceased in ex
travagant torms. When he sat down a
neighbor or.itor whispered, "You forgot
his widow."
"Oh, no, I didn't. I gaveber a nood
send off."
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-over our Great StorrPf
Clothing, Gents' Finishing Gpod
Gloves and
nntxfrnm nil IHiaitT-ui rTruoiuuuoU orOXHer"
Jest In Mid premise?, -r r"; v. ' ' .
lrol tr nnninr 8CIU oeUtlon OQ OC
jeforo tbe 9th day of December, ISIKj. " ' . - i '
Dated tola 28ta Uny ox octooer, iovj. -
JOHN H. CALVT5T,
02M Attorney for PlalnUft.
NOTICE FOR rUBIJCATIO.V.
Land Office at North Plolte, Neb.,
October 31st, 1893. f
Notice Is hereby given that John Cooper has
filed notice of IntenUon to make final proof before
ltealater and Receiver at his office In North Plntte,
Neb., on Tuesday ,tho 10th day of December,lS95, on
-ik....nr.lliHnn Vn 11 710 fnr th nnrth-
uiiiuorunuiDo"w.w. ..,.-,
east quarter of section No. 20, in township No. Li
vised, First at the t
x I 1 norm, range ao. m wesi. x
Third at the' Immense Yanety;
. rourtti at the how Prices. . "
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We have been some time in getting these Sur
prises here and ready for you, but afc last are
able to announce
Bargains al! Through the House. '
GAVEGRANT .HIS START.
Bade
How tlie Great Commander Wen
. nto t!i Army.
nfnti PndtHs nnthoritv for
J'llM 11 UOIKMkVVM w-- -i -
1 l.t. rn fnninilf timfc tho late General
Thomas J. Jc'itcner gavo
iPhftv had been classmates
nrcf xtUyt At tlm oneninc of tne
i-il ixrnr Piroher. then a captain, naa
been sent to Springfield, Ills., to act as
tt;wj Srntps mnsterinc officer.. A
forofl 'his office one day, and.
Pirrhpr relates tlie following story of
" 'You don't seem to remember me,
rr, co ill fVio visitor.
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" 'No, X don't,' I said, Unit I've seen
you sonewhera i Know.
nrnnt.' he answered.
"His heard had so changed him that
t a;a lmnw him. and then, you see,
t ia -r.rtf coon liim sinra 1849. Ho sat
'Well, Sam, ftgw aoea
a iV?r i?n hf TadiesJ
will be sold at prices uiul iu
wiiiDesoiu i o nf volir money.
ChildreB's Shob; ' tiJhi. goods that monejf can buy, mil
J belati
nf Ti camp rate.
Otten's-Shoe Store.
ViJrifr Trim?'
'Vpu. T nan' said I. 'You know
fc mnsfer rolls?r
UUIl l w-- .
'I should think so,' said Grant, with
fincf cmilAJspfin on his face.
f 'Woll.Tnm allowed per month
and rations for a clerk. If you like, take
that table over there and begin now.' "
a ,nfv, ifnr Pitcher walked into
his office and handed his clerk an official
1r AirivytaA tn "CJOlOnel U. O
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LOTT -A-1XJD PEED STABLE
(Old yaa Doraa St,llo.)
. HP trices
Grbod Teams,
fe)o'mfortable lEligs,
JzNtelict: lit
Reasonable
ISTN&rtbwBBt corner of Ckwrthonw square.
&c XjOOs:.
rl T said
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thera is a BtOD to it i,
;mmQamtfiiv. 1 camohere,' ho said, 'to getsome
-r- -rr j 41 IViriT. nnnnfrnm tninft TO OO. V,UU w juu fa' ..
the hub, were trailing prairie chickens
in this part of the county last Sunday.
Mr. Diamond and family now occupy
the old school building at this- place; -
People who attend church for the ex-
! press purpose of disturbing the services,
liad much better remain at home, as
; their room ispreforable to their company.
The better class of electors in all par-
ties in this sectioD, are very much elated
over the lection of H. M. Grimes as
district juflge in this district.
Judging from the way in which the
overseer of highways in this precinct is
expending .the railroad tax, we -would
! infer that that he was a firm believer in
the old adage that "charity begins at
! home first."
R. W. Calhoun sold Harrington &
Tobin, at the Platte, a wgon load of
caUbace. last Saturday at seventy-five
cents per cwt.
It is stated that there will be a dance
t: TTorshev next Kriday night ,
I ' -v '-T-. - A 1 T f T " mtntefAH-.frmaa
Corrosion of Metals "by Water.
The peculiar statement is made by
M. Bauchier in o Kevue iuaricimetes
Colonialo that corrosion of metals by
water may be caused by the action of
micro-organisms present in particular
lmriinra. "hnh absent in the ocean. It ap-
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pears that the fact, as ascertained, 01
pure aluminium plates immersed in
Norfolk Eoads being badly corroded at
the end of three months, wnne m
franco commercial aluminium subject
ed to the eame test was practically un
touched, and two plates attaenca to tna
bottom of a ship were uninjured after a
around the world,- led him to in
vestigate tho sea water from different
places, with the following results, as
stated: If introduced into boilers, the
Mediterranean water, which contains
more salt than tho Atlantic water,
causes more damage; so does the water
taken from estuaries and near the shore,
which contains a larger proportion of
nitrates from f ermentmg organic mat'
.... -i i i" am f i-i oVivra
tor. rne aesirucuvo juwuj. ui vo mv.v
water is much reduced, however,-11 1
bo sterilized by means of boiling.
Hard to Catch the Expression.
A xrmnrr woman of St. Joseph, Mo.,
was walking down the principal street.
a few days ago, when, seeing a young
tho mssins throne, she went up
to him, threw her arms around his neck
and kissed him. Then she disengaged
horp,lf and ran. blushins, away, while
tho young man looked at her in pleased
amazement She afterward explained
that the young man was an utter stran-
cer. but wnen my eyesmeii
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looked so good, so nooie and so wue, x
wanted to kiss him, and I did. " It is
swircelv necessary to say that every
young man in St Josepn is anxiously
ct-nrivine now xo loua. uuuu. ouu
and true when he goes dovu the street
on tho dry goods store side. Jtmnaio
Courier.
A Good Na.m,t
tIia latA Hialmar Hjorth Boyesen
was once asked why he didn't simplify
tho spelling of his name so as to mai.e
it less perplexing for the average Amer-
icau. The inquirer was miormeu uiut
it was a fine Norwegian name in tne
first place, and, secondly, tnat it was
worth a good many dollars to its pos
sessor as a distinctive trademark ior am
literary wares.
St3I
Clothing
WEBER & YOLLMER, Props.
C. F. IDD1NGS,
COAL
AND
GRAIN
Order by telephone from Newton's -Book Store.
School Supplies
Of all kinds at
The
largest
and best five-cent
a TaWpf cx-R inrlipj; for one cent.
TnhW sre brought to NorthPlatte. The finest Hue of all, grades of
Tablets. A ruler or lead pencil given with every 5 and 10 cent Tablet.
C. M. Newton's Book Store.
Chinese Calendar.
The Chinese have a singularly compli"
cated calendar. Their cycles have 60
years, each, year, month and day. hav-
iug i$s own name, and by cummmng
these the day, montb and year are aes-
ZLsTO.- 3496.
NOKTH. PLATTE,
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Grant" The clerk's, face turned rea, iguau.
then nalo. . . T.if a ih made ud not of Great sacrifices
tiThere's your chance, Sam, said dnfcieg( bufc of uttle things, in which
Gantain Pitcher. ... cmilns and kindness and small obliga
'I'll never forget this, Tom, never I . ven jmbitually are what preserve
answered ino oujw-wuo the heart and secure comiort. air xi.
thing out of his eyes witn nis iiau Davy
cniel.
Vm-iM Via. TIntil Grant's death ne
was Pitcher's faithful friend and helper.
TfM oiAT-B "Rain' smd "Tom oe-
tween them.
DID HE LOVE BUT ONCE?
MM Wfaa Tt.iirAr iuioeies bhbjuu
Kaew All tho Taota First.
frKflj-flarnwnmenin this advanced ag
of civilization who are ready to hindei
tbe efforte cf reformers to aboiisn xw
fnnHcal pvre of -thewC;
Tt is onlvbv labor that thought can ba
made healthy, aud only by thought thafe
labor can be made happy, ana tne two
cannot be separated with impunity,
Tvuskln. "
t t c.Kr Qir- After raffcrioa four
years rlth female weakness I was persuaded by a
friend to try your Pastilles, ana alter using
on. wtr. I can tsn I an entirely wen. a
l .,on,i thom too hicklr. Xrs.5i. S.Brook
-urnenn -Rplhpl Branca VXJ.. JUUi- x. ui.
II. Ixmgley.
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Capital, - S50,Q000.
Surplus; i S220iOO
fei Jj JLiJaJC-Lua.JLi vx, li'Q 1..,
ARTHUR MclSTAMAEA, ; :
r' Cashiej.
M A- General- -Banking Business
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