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    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER IT, 1895
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been in failing health for a year
past.
In the. last five months France
has bought from us $6,000,000 less
and sold us $12,000,000 more than
in the corresponding months last
year. We are getting hold ot the
markets of the world, but it is by
the hot end.
Senator Kxute Nelson of Min
nesota will never olease the New
York Sun until he ceases to eat pie
with his knife. The Sun believes
that knives in pie eating are super
fluous luxury. Pie says the Sun,
should be eaten in the hand.
The bill of Senator Lodge intro
duced Friday contemplates the re
striction of immigration on a basis
of the abillity of the newcomers to
read and write in some language.
This is directly in the line for which
Immigration league has been work
ing for years.
The opinion that Mr. Bayard
put his foot in it seems to be al
most unanimous on both sides of
the water. It will be hard, but we
believe that it will be necessary to
come back and live among the
"self-confident and often times vio
lent people" of the United States.
Journal.
Judge Nugent, the leading pop
ulists, is reported to be on his
death bed. Judge Nugent is the
man who was mentioned by Sena
tor Peffer as a possible competitor
of Senator Allen for the populist
presidential nomination. If he is
out of the way Senator Allen is
likely to have things to ' his own
liking in the populist national con
vention. Bee.
Another ransomed sinner has re
turned home. This time it is Dr.
Sampson Pope, who was the anti
Tillman candidate for governor of
South Carolina. He has joined the
republican party because, as he
says, "that party is the party of
protection, not only of manufac
tures and labor, but also of the
rights of the citizen under the
constitution of the United States.
Speaker Reed has the faculty of
revamping a chestuut until you
can't tell its age. His latest
achievement of this sort was when
an Arizona man was boasting to him
of the climate of that territory.
He said: "Tut, tut, man! I' have
been to Fort Yuma and I know
your climate. "When a bad man
dies down there he does not notice
the transition. .
Forty thousand tons of prunes
were harvested in the Santa Clara
valley, Calitornia, this year, and
the raisers complain that the pres
ent selling price hardly equals the
cost of production.. Not having an
international Newberry law, it is
impossible to effect a mutually
profitable exchange of Nebraska
corn for California prunes, which
accounts for much of that spirit of
popular unrest that has been at
tributed to the inefficiency of Gro
ver Cleveland's financial policy.
Journal.
IT may be that Ambassador Bay
ard will not be impeached for his
public utterances in England con
cerning America and its citizenship
but he certainly needs to be remind
ed that he is an American repre
sentative and has no moral or legal
right to pander to the British until
he has foresworn his nominal allegi
ance to the country from which he
draws his pay. Democratic repre
sentatives to England have been
given to too much of this sort of
thing and it is high time they were
being forcibly reminded of their ex
ceedingly bad taste. Ex.
9- O
As a result of the recent payment
of the indemnity by China to Japan
the officials of the former country
have resumed possession of Port
Arthur and the Laio Tung penin
sula. That payment, by the way,
illustrated how easily a debt can
be paid without the use of money.
Representatives of both govern
ments met in the parlors of the
Bank of England. After a brief
conversation the Chinese represent
ative bowed and handed a piece of
paper representing about $20,000,
000 to an intermediary envoj, who
in turn gave it with a bow to the
representative of Japan. The latter
bowed and handed it to the gover
nor ot the bank who bowed and
placed it -to the credit of the Japa
nese nation. Then they all bowed,
and that was all there was to it.
As the gold represented by the
paper would have filled several
carts, it was found more convenient
to leave it on deposit. Ex.
BY
OTTQLENGUI
Copyright, 1895, by G. P. Putnam's Boris.
CHAPTER I
JL GENTLEMAN THINKS HE CAN C03TAOT A
CRIME AND ESCAPE DETECTION.
If T v r ...
"jacic jtfarnes never gets left, you
bet."
'That was a close call, though," re
plied the Pullman porterwho had given
Mr. Barnes a helping hand irihis des
perate effort to board the midnight ex
press as it rolled out of Boston. "
wouldn't advise you to jump on moving
trams often."
"Thank you for your good advice and
for your assistance. Here's a quarter for
you. Show me to my section. I am near
ly dead, I am so tired.."
' Upper 1 0. Right th'is way. sir. It is
all ready for you to turn in. "
When Mr. Barnes entered the coach,
no one was in sight If there were other
passengers, they were abed. A few min
utes later he himself was patting two
little bags of feathers and placing one
atop of the qther in a vain attempt to
make them serve as one pillow. He had
told the porter that he was tired, and
this was so true that he should have
fallen asleep quickly. Instead his brain
seemed specially active and sleep im
possible.
Mr. Barnes Jack Barnes, as he called
himself to the porter was a detective,
and counted one of the shrewdest in
New York, where he controlled a pri
vate agency-established by himself. Ho
had just completed what ho considered
a most satisfactory piece of work. A
large robbery had been committed in
New York, and suspicion of tho stron
gest nature had pointed in the direc
tion of a young man who had immedi
ately been arrested. For ten days the
press of the country had been trying and
convicting the suspect, during which
time Mr. Barnes had quietly left the
metropolis. Twelve hours before we met
him those who read the papers over their
toast had been amazed to learn that the
suspect was innocent and that the real
criminal had been apprehended by the
keen witted Jack Barnes. What was bet
ter, he had recovered the lost funds,
amounting to $80,000.
He had had a long chase after his
man, whom he had shadowed from city
to city and watched day and night, ac
tuated to this course by a slight clew in
which he had placed his faith. Now,
his man fast in a Boston prison, he was
on his way to New York for requisition
papers. As lie Had said, He was tired,
yet despite his need of complete rest his
thoughts persisted in rehearsing all the
intricate details of the reasoning which
had at last led him to the solution of
the mystery. As he lay in his upper
berth awake these words reached his
ears :
"If I knew that man Barnes was aft
er me, I should simply surrender. "
This promised to be the beginning of
an entertaining conversation, and as he
could not sleep Mr. Barnes prepared to
listen. Extensive experience as a detect
ive had made him long ago forget the
philosophic arguments for and against
eavesdropping. The voice which had at
tracted him was low, but his ears were
keen. Ho located it as coming from, the
section next ahead of his, No. 8. A sec
ond voice replied :
"I have no doubt that you would.
But I wouldn't You overestimate the
ability of the modern detective. I
should actually enjoy being hounded by
one of them. It would be so much pleas
ure, and, I think so easy, to elude him. "
The last speaker possessed a voice
which was musical, and he articulated
distinctly, though he scarcely ventured
above a loud whisper. Mr. Barnes cau
tiously raised his head, arranging his
pillows so that his ear would be near
the partition. Fortunately the two men
next to him had taken the whole sec
tion, and the upper berth had been al
lowed to remain closed. Mr. Barnes
now found that he could readily follow
the conversation, which continued thus :
"But see how that Barnes tracked
this Pettingill day and night until he
bad trapped him. Just as the fellow
supposed himself safe he was arrested.
You must admit that was clever work."
"Oh, yes, clever enough in its way,
but there was nothing speoially artistic
about it. Not that the detective was to
blame. It was the fault of the criminal.
There was no chauce for the artistic. "
Yet Mr. Barnes had used that very ad
jective to himself in commenting upon
his conduct of this case. The man con
tinued: "The crime itself was inartis
tic Pettingill bungled, Barnes was
shrewd enough to detect the flaw, and
with his experience and skill in such
cases the end was inevitable."
"It seems to 'me either that you have
not read the full account of the case or
else you do not appreciate the work of
the detective. Why, all the clew he had
was a button."
"Ah ! Only a button, but such a but
ton! That is where I say that the crimi
nal was inartistic. He should not have
lost that button."
"It was an accident, I suppose, and
one against which lie coma not nave
guarded. It was oue of the exigencies of
his crime."
"Exactly so, and it is these little ac
cidents, always unforeseen, though al
ways occurring, which hang so many,
and jail so many, and givo our detect
ives such an easy road to fame. That is
the gist of the whole matter. It is an
unequal game this between the criminal
and the detective. ' '
I don't catch what you are driving
at."
"I'll give yon a dissertation on cnn7j.
Attend 1 In ordinary business it is brains
versus brains. The professional man con
tends with his fellows, and if he would
win the race toward fortune he must
show more brains. The commercial man
competes with other tradesmen all as
clever as himself. So it goes from the
lawyer to the locksmith, from the
preacher to the sign painter. It is brains
rubbing against brains, and wo get the
most polished thoucht as the result
Thus the science of honest living pro
gresses. '
"What has this to do with the crimi
nal class?"
teach you in his own way. Wif-h the
criminal it is different He is matched
against his superior. Those in his own
class do not contend with him. They
are rather his partners, his 'pals,' as
they term it. His only contention, tbero
foro. ia with the detectives who xepre-
Highest of all in Leavening
Absolutely pure
sent society and the Jaw. Ho man; i
suppose, is a criminal from choice, and
it is the criminal's necessity which
leads to his detection."
"Then all criminals should be
caught?"
"All criminals should bo caught
That they are not is a strong argument
against your detective, for every crim
inal, we may say, is actuated by neces
sity, and therein lies the possibility of
his defeat. For example, you may claim
that the expert burglar lays his plans in
advance, and that, the crime being pre
meditated, he should be able to make
such careful prearrangements that he
could avoid leaving -telltale marks be
hind him. This, however, is rarely the
case, for this reason the unexpected
often if not always happens, and for
that he has not prepared. In a moment
he sees prison ahead of him, and his
fear steals away his caution, so that, as
we have Eeen, he does leave a clew be
hind him."
"But when you say the unexpected
happens you admit the possibility for
that to occur which could not havo been
premised, and therefore could not have
been guarded against"
"That is true as the case stands. But
remove the necessity which actuates our
criminal and make of him simply a
scientific man pursuing crime as an art !
In the first place, we get an individual
who will prepare for more accidents,
and, secondly, would know how best to
meet emergencies which occur during
the commission of his crime. For exam
ple, if you will pardon the conceit,
were I to attempt a crime I should be
able to avoid detection."
"I should think that from your inex
perience as a criminal you would be run
to earth well, about as quickly as this
man Pettingill. This was his first
crime, you know."
"Would you be willing to make a
wager to that effect?" This last remark
fairly startled Mr. Barnes, who instant
ly understood the meaningt which, -however,
at first escaped the other listener.
He waited eagerly for the reply.
"I don't grasp the idea. Make a
wager about what?"
"You said that were I to commit a
crime l suouia Do captured about as
quickly as Pettingill. If you wish, I
will wager that I can commit a crime
which will be as much talked of as his,
andthatlwill not be captured, or rather
I should say convicted. I would not bet
against arrest, for, as we have seen in
this very case, the innocent are some
times incarcerated. Therefore I stipulate
for conviction. "
"Do I understand yon to seriously of
fer to commit a crime merely to decide
a wager? You astound me!"
"No more perhaps than Pettingill has
surprised his friends. But don't be
alarmed. I shall assume all responsibil
ity. Besides, remember it is not crime
that is scowled upon in this century,
but detection. I wager with you against
that Come, what do you say? Shall it
be 1,000? I waut a little excitement!"
"Well, you shall havo it At least you
shall have the excitement of paying the.
Mr. Barnes cautiously raised his head.
thousand dollars to me, for, though I
think you aro not really intending to
become a criminal in either event, I may
as well profit by your offer."
"What do you mean by 'in either
event?' "
"Why, if you do not commit a crime,
you pay, and if you do I am sure that
you would ne caught. Then, however
much I should regret your disgrace, I
warn you that I should cut you dead and
take your money. "
"Then you accept the wager?"
"I do!"
"Done. Now for the conditions. Tarn
to have one month in which to plan and
commit my crime, and one year for
avoiding the detectives. That is, if lam
free at the end of one year and can prove
to you that I committed a crime within
the stipulated period, I win the wager.
If I am in jail awaiting trial, the bet
cannot be settled until the law has had
its" way and I am either proved inno-
nt or guilty. Is that satisfactory?"
"Perfectly. But what class of crimo
will you commit?"
My friend, you are inquisitive. The
wager is on, and my boasted caution
must begin. Therefore I must not tell
you anything of the naturo of my in-
ended crime."
"Why, do you suppose for an instant
that I would betray you?"
"Well, yes, that idea does occur to
me. .Listen. As I said before, the ne
cessities of the criminal prove his Nem
esis. The necessities involve the object
of the crime. That is always a good
starting point in following up a mysteri
ous case. The more unusual the object
he better, dnce it will fit fewer people.
Plunder is the commonest and there
fore the least promising to trace from.
Bevenge is common also, but better, be
cause the special revenge connected with
the deed must lead to the special indi
vidual most likely to execute such re-
V . v
venge. in tms instance l mean my
own case the object of the crime is so
unique that the detective who discovers
it should be able to convict me. A crime
committed to decide a wager is perhaps
new."
"Its vry novelty is your best safe
guard. "
"Yet there are two ways bywhich
it may bo discovered, and that is two
too many. Had I undertaken this affair
secretly there would really have been
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but a single way tor one to "learn my
secret my own confession. As men have
been weak enough to do this before now,
I should even in that instance have tak
en precautions. But with my secret in
the possession of a second party the posi
tion is more complex. " -
"I assure you on my honor that I will
not betray you. I will agree to forfeit
five times the wager in suoh an event."
"I prefer that you should be perfectly
at liberty in the matter. I expect it to
be thus. In your own mind at present you
do not think that I shall carry out my
purpose. Therefore your friendship for
me is undisturbed. Then you count that,
if I do commit a crimo, it will be some
trivial one that you may bring your con
science to oxcuse, under the circum
stances. But let us suppose that a really
great crime should be reported, and for
some reason you should suspect me. You
will hurry to my rooms before I get out
of bed and nsk me flatly whether I am
guilty. As flatly I should refuse to en
lighten you. Yon would take this as a
confession of guilt. You would perhaps
argue that if your surmise were correct
you would be an accessory before the
fact, and to shield yourself and do your
duty you would make a clean breast of
it"
"I am beginning to be offended, Bob.
I did not think you would trust me so
little!"
"Don't get angry, old man. Kemeni
ber that only a few minutes ago you
warned me that you would cut me dead
after the crime. Wo artistic criminals
must be prepared against every contin
gency." "I did not think when I spoke. I did
not mean it ' '
"Yes, you did, and I am not at all
angry. Let it be understood then that
you will be at liberty to repeut the facts
about this wager should your conscience
prick you. It will be best for me to ex
pect and bo prepared for such action.
But you have not asked what the second
danger of discovery is. Can you guess?"
"Not unless you mean as you sug
gested, your own confession. "
."No, though that really makes a third
chance. Yet it is so simple. Have you
noticed that we can hear a man snor
ing?" "No!"
"Listen a moment 1 Do you not hear
that? It is not exactly a snore, but rather
a troubled breathing. Now that man is
in the third section from us. Do you see
tho point?"
"I must confess that I would not
make a detective."
"Why, my dear boy, if we can hear
that fellow, why may not some one in
tho next compartment bo listening to
our tete-a-tete?" Mr. . Barnes fairly
glowed with admiration for the fellow's
careful consideration of every point
"Oh, I guess not! Everybody is
asleep."
"Tho common criminal from neces
sity takes chances like that without
counting on them. I shall not There is
a possibility, however remote, that
some one, in No. 10, say, has overheard
us. Again, he may even be a detective,
and, worse yet, it might be your Mr.
Barnes himself."
"Well, I must say if you prepare
against such long odds as that you de
serve to escape detection !"
"That is just what I will do. But
the odds are not so great as you imagine.
I read in an afternoon paper that Mr.
Barnes had remained in Boston in con
nection with properly securing his pris
oner during the clay, but that he would
leave for New York tonight Of course
the newspaper may have been wrong.
Then in saying "tonight" it may have
been inaccurate, but supposing the
statement were true, then there were
three trains upon which he might have
started, one at 7 o'clock, one at 11 and
this one. One in three is not long odds. "
"But even if he is on this train there
are ten coaches."
"Again you are wrong. After his
hard work on this Pettingill case he
would be sure to take a sleeper. Now,
if you recall the fact, I did not decido
to go to Now York tonight till the last
minute. Then we found that ve could
not get a whole section and were about
to bunk together in a lower berth when,
several more people applying, they de
termined to put on another coach. There
fore, unless Mr. Barnes secured his
ticket during the day, he would inevi
tably have been assigned to this coach. "
"Had yon any special reason for sug
gesting No. 10?"
"Yes; I know that No. 6 is unoc
cupied. But jnst as we started some one
came in, and, I think,' took the upper
berth of No. 10."
Mr. Barnes began to think that he
would have exceedingly difficult work
to detect this man in crime were he
really to commit one in spite of the fact
that he knew so much in advance. The
conversation continued :
"Thus, you see, there are two ways
by which my object may become known,
a serious matter if unguarded against
As, however, Irecognize the possibilities
in advance, there will bo no difficulty
whatever, and tho knowledgo will be of
no. value to any detective, even though
ho be your Mr. Barnes. "
"How will you avoid that danger?"
"My dear boy, do you suppose for an
instant that I would reply to that after
pointing out that a detective may be lis
tening? However, I will give you an
idea. I will show you what I meant
when I said that Pettingill had blun
dered. You said that he had lost only a
button and thought it clever in Barnes
to trace him from the button. But a
button may be a most important thing.
If I should lose one of the buttons of my
vest while committing a crime, Mr.
Barnes would trace mo out in much less
than ten days, and for this reason they
are the only ones of the kind in tho
world."
"How does that happen? I supposed
that buttons were made by the thou
sand." "Not all buttonB. For reasons which
I need not tell the possibly listening de
tective, a friend traveling abroad had a
set made specially and brought them
back to mo as a present. They are hand
somely cut cameos, half the set haying
the profile head of Juliet and the "ewers
a similar face of Romeo. "
"A romance?"
"That is immaterial. Suppose that I
should plan a robbery in order to decido
this wager. As necessity would not urge
me either as to time or place, I should
choose my opportunity, let us say, when
but one person guarded the' treasure.
That one I should chloroform and also
tie. Next, I should help myself to tho
designated plunder. Suppose that as I
were about to depart a sleeping, uncal
culated for pet dog should jump out and
bark furiously? I reach for it, and it
snaps at me, biting my hand. I grapple
it by the throat and stranglo it, but in
its death throes it bites my vest, and a
button falls to the ground and rolls
away. The dog is at last silenced. Your
ordinary burglar by this time would bo
so unnerved that he would hasten off,
not even realizing that he had been bit
ten, that blood had flowed, or that tho
button was lost. Mr. Barnes is sent to
the house the next day. The lady sus
pects her coachman, and Mr. Barnes
consents to his arrest, not because he
thinks him guilty, but because, as the
mistress thinks so, he may be, and then
more especially, his arrest will lull the
fear of the real culprit Mr. Barnes
would observe blood on tho ground, on
the dog's mouth, and he would find the
button. From the button ho would find
Mr. Thief, with his hand bitten, and
thero you are. "
"But how should yon avoid all that?"
"In the first place, were I really wise,
I should not have telltale buttons about
me at such a time. But let us suppose
that the time had not been of my own
choosing; then the buttons might have
been with me. Assured as I should have
been that the only person in the house
lay chloroformed and tied, I should not
have, lost my nerve, as did the other in
dividual. Neither should I have allowed
myself to be bitten, though if the acci
dent had occurred I should have stopped
to wash up the stain from the carpet
while fresh, and also from the dog's
mouth. I should have discovered the
loss of the button, searched for and re
covered it, untied the victim and opened
the windows, that the odor of chloroform
could pass off during the night. In fact,
in the morning the only evidence of
crime would have been the strangled
dog and the absence of tho pelf. "
"It is easy enough to explain your ac
tions under supposi ti tious circumstances.
But I doubt if in Pettingill's shoes you
would have been able to retain your
presence of mind and recover the lost
button which led to his final arrest"
"It is possible that you are right, for
had I been Pettingill I should havo been
coerced by necessities as he was. Yet I
think I should not have planned such a
robbery, choosing any own time as he
did, and then have taken with me such
a button. But from Mr. Barnes' stand
point, as I said before, very little of the
artistic was needed. The button was
constructed of a curious old coin. Mr.
Barnes went the rounds of the dealers
and found the very man who had sold
Pettingill the coin. The rest was routine
work."
"Well, you are conceited, but I don't
mind making a thousand out of your
egotism. Now I am sleepy, however, so
good night"
"Good night, old man. Dream of a
way to earn an extra thousand, for I
shall win."
For Mr. Barnes himself sleep was
now more impossible than ever. He was
attracted to this new case, for so he
counted it, and was determined to trap
the individual who wagered against his
acumen. It was a long step toward suc
cess to know as much as he had over
heard. He would not lose sight of his
man during tho allotted month. He en
joyed the prospect of allowing him to
commit his crime and then quietly tak
ing him in the act Carefully and noise
lessly he dressed himself and slipped
out of hia berth. Then he crept into one
opposite, so that he could have his eye
on No. 8, and settled down for an all
night vigil.
"It would notsurprisomeif that keen
devil were to commit his crime this very
night I hope so, for otherwiso I shall
have no sleep till he does."
CHAPTER IL
A DARING AND SUCCESSFUL TI1A1N ROB
BEttY.
Tho train was just approaching Stam
ford, and from the window in the sec
tion which he occupied Mr. Barnes was
watching the sun glowing red over the
hilltops, when he heard approaching
him the guard who had assisted him to
jump aboard the night before. The man
was making mysterious gestures? from
which Mr. Barnes understood that he
was wanted. Ho arose and followed the
porter to the smoking room.
"I think yon called yourself Barnes, "
said the man, "as you jumped aboard
last night."
"Yes; what of it?"
"Aro you Mr. Barnes, tho detective?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Because, if you are, the conductor
wants to see you. There was a big rob
bery committed on the train during the
night."
"The devill"
"Exactly, but will you come into the
next coach?"
"Wait a minute." Mr. Barnes went
back into the main part of the coach
and tiptoed toward No. 8. Gently mov
ing the curtains, ho peeped in and
looked long and earnestly. He saw two
men undoubtedly sleeping soundly.
Satisfied, therefore, that he could leave
his watch for a brief period, he followed
the porter into the next coach, whers
he found the conductor waiting for him
in the smoking room.
"You are Mr. Barnes, the detective?"
asked the conductor. Mr. Barnes as
sented. "Then I wish to placo in your hands
officially a most mysterious case. We
took on a lady last night at Bo3ton, who
had a ticket to South Norwalk. As wo
were approaching that point a short
time ago she was notified by tho porter.
She arose and dressed preparatory to
leaving tho train. A few minutes later
I was hurriedly summoned, when the
woman, between hysterical Eobs, in
formed me that she had been robbed. "
"Of much?"
"She claims to miss a satchel contain
ing $100,000 in jewelry."
"You have stated that adroitly. Sho
claims to miss! What evidence havo you
that she has met with any loss at all?"
"Of course we cannot tell about the
jewelry, but she did have a satchel,
which is now missing. Tho porter re
members it, and we have searched thor
oughly, with no success."
"We havo stoDued at New Haven and
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Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
PAINTEES' SUP'FLITCS,
WINDOW GLASS, -:- MACHINE
IOia,m.a,rLta, Spectacles.
Deutsche A-potlieke
Corner of Spruce and Sixth-sts.
iftffl Mis' JIaidWe.$oie. j
Ut Wls ! Call there for all kinds of
VwF f Seasonable I
W ( Hardware, j
If IV PRICES LOW.
'j, JT Cash Tells. '
WALL-PAPER, PAINT AND OIL DEPOT,
WINDOW GLSS, VARNISHES, GOLD LEAP, GOLD
PAINTS, BRONZES, ARTISTS' COLORS AND BRUSHES, PIANO AND
FURNITURE POLISHES, PREPARED HOU-E AND BUGGY PAINTS,
LSOMINE MATERIAL, WINDOW SHADES.
ESTABLISHED JULY 18G8. .... 310 SPRUCE STREET.
F, J- BROEKER.
4
MERCHANT TAILOR
NOBIS : PLATTE : PHARMACY,
Dr. N. McOABB, Prop., J. E. BUSH, Manager.
"We aim to handle tne Best Grades of
Goods, sell them at ileasonable
ITigures, and "Warrant Every tiling
Orders from the country and along the line of the Union
Pacific railway respectfully solicited.
JOS. F. FILL10N,
Steam and Gas Fitting.
Cesspool and Sewerage a Specialty. Copper nnd Galvanized Iron Cor
nice. Tin and Iron Roofings.
Estimates furnished. Repairing of all kinds receive prompt attention'
Locust Street, Between Fifth and Sixth,
North DPlatte,
FINEST SAMPLE ROOM
Having refitted our rocras in
is invited to call and see us,
Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar.
Our billiard hall is supplied with the bpst make of tablea
and competent attendants will supply all your wants.
KEITH'S BLOCK, OPPOSITE jl'HE UNION PACIFIC DEPOT
AND COAL
NEBRASKA.
lumber and coal yard at Hershey,,; and.
..... . . 'ft
OILS;
A Fine Line of Piece
Goods to select from.
First-class Fit. Excel
lent Workmanship.
Nebraska.
IN N0ETH PLATTE
the finest of style, the public
insuring
courteous treatment.