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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMP WEEKLY TRIBUNE r -TUESDAY" EVENING; JANUARY 81. 1896; only man In tbe famifV r nrftsnmft vtmr influence would count If I should -wish. to marry Miss Dora, I suppose you would favor my suit?" "That is not a new Wea to me. I as ure you. All I need say is that -when you gain Dora's consent you shall have mine." , "Thank you." Mr. Thauret said this with suppressed emotion, and after that neither man spoke until they Eaid good night at Mr. Mitchel's hotel. Mr. Thau ret, upon reaching his own room, smok ed a cigar and blew little ringlets over bis head, thus occupying himself till long after midnight He seemed to be building castles, and from the satisfied expression on his face they must have been grand ones. Thus matters stood when the day dawned upon which the marriage was to occur. .Everything was bustle and confusion at the home of the Eemsens. The bridesmaids arrived early, helped to deck the bride, and then stood around in delighted admiration. Dora was in ecstasies. Two magnificent bouquets had been sent to her, one entirely of carnation pinks, from Mr. Eandolph and the other a fine assortment of cut flowers, among which were three beau tiful calla lilies, tied with long white satin ribbons. These were the gift of Mr. Thauret She stood admiring the flowers for a -few moments, then tender ly untied the pinks, and, taking a few of each color, made a small bouquet, which she pinned just at the opening of her dress near the throat Thus they were near enough to exhale a fragrance of which she would be continually con scious. Just before leaving the house, however, she took the callas and carried them with her in her gloved hand. Before the day was over a little trag edy occurred, of which she was not on ly innocent, but unconscious. In the throng entering the church her pinks were swept from her breast, and in her excitement she did not observe her loss. Mr. Bandolph, however, the groom's best man, noted carefully that she car yietl flowers and that they were not his. Subsequently she, in reply to a question from him, admitted who had sent them, and though he made no remark he slept little that night. Thus easily men suf fer. Emily was dressed but there, why should I attempt to describe what only a Worth could have furnished and only wealth could afford? If you can imag ine the most beautiful shade and qual ity of pearl colored silk, and add to that the finest of lace, and to that the most marvelous profusion of tiny ribbon bows, then, as I hinted, recall that the genius of Worth designed the garment, perhaps you will imagine all that I could tell you." At least I may say that as the bride entered the church on the arm of that magnificent man, Mr. Van Rawls- I "Thanh God, I am not too late." ton, who, as her father's dearest friend, had been invited to take his place, ev ery woman present took one lingering look at the woman and her gown and then turned to her neighbor to express jb'er admiration. Moreover, I will say that the sum of all that praise was not enough fully to describe Emily Remsen, who looked every inch "a royal queen," as Dora delightedly told every one for years afterward. But pfter the bridal party had passed people naturally looked for the groom, and they wondered not to see him. Whispering occurred, and inquiries were made without satisfactory response. Some thought that there had been a' mistake, and that the signal had been given to the bride and her friends too soon. It was an awkward situation, be cause, of course, once having reached the altar, they could not turn and leave the church again. Consequently they simply stood and waited. Every one at length grew so nervous that save for the organ there gradually Stole over the whole edifice a solemn silence. People were awed, and fearing at last, as the in'Inutes passed and still the groom did npifc appear, that something dreadful pither had" or was about to occur they ajmost held, their breaths. A few inti mate friends went out on tiptoe, but the door leading to the vestry room was guarded by a man in livery, who would say nothing but that no one could be admitted. Meanwhile an exciting spene, though a brief ose, was being enacted behind that door. Just as ihe two parties wore about to start on their way to the altar a carriage had driven up furiously, and from it had alighted Mr. Barnes. Hp quickly entered the building and wen straightway into the vestryroom, brush ing aside tte man at the door. Once in. tjje presence pf the groom and his gen tlemen attendants, he astonished them by saying: "Thank God, I am not too late." "Are you quite sure?" said Mr. Mitchel, with provoking calmness. "I have come here to stop this wed ding," said the detective, a little excit ed. "You mean to delay it That you are doing now, as I should be on my way to tbe altar to join my bride." "I tell yon, I come to stop this wed; ding altogether and" "One moment, Mr. Barnes. There is jig time to lose, and J do not wish you to speak too openly. Let me talk for you. You have reasons, which I can guess, for wishing mo not to be married. Am I right?" "I have said as much." "If I can-prove to you that .you gain nothing by ' hindering this ceremony, wilt "you alldw-it to proceed and then act as you may pleai-a afterward instead of now?" "Of course, but that is impossible. " "Nothing is impossible, "Mr. Barnes. Bead that if you please. " Taking from his pocket a folded pa per, ho handed it to Mr.- Barnes, who took it nervously, read it and looked hp amazed. "This ia an outrage, Mr. Mitchel, asd?' - 'And, IPs have given me your word -pot'tcLfcjriher interfere at-this time'. If 1 you will meet me at "my notei at' la olclock, I will answer whatever other demands you may have upon ma I think you know that you may trust mo to keep the engagement Now, gentle men, wo will proceed. " Saying which, he and his friends filed out of the room and down the aisle of the church, much to the relief of the . immense throng awaiting them, leaving Mr. Barnes ut terly discomfited. The ceremony then proceeded without further delay, and in half an hour Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Mitch el were taken in their carriage to the Fifth Avenuo hotel. Mr. Barnes did not wait to see them leave the cathedral, but hurried away almost immediately after having read the document which Mr. Mitchel had handed to him. This was a certificate of marriage dated the day before, and performed at the may or's office. Thus, whatever reason the detective had for stopping the marriage the telegram from Sef ton had enabled Mr. Mitchel to once more outwit Mr. Barnes by simply allowing a civil con tract ,to antedate the religious ceremony. CHAPTER XV. MIL MITCHEL EXPLAINS A FEW THINGS. Immediately upon his arrival in New York Mr. Barnes went to his office. Here he was slightly surprised to find Lurtte. "Well," said he tersoly. "I came hero," said the girl, "so that I could report to you tho minute you got here. There is no timoto lose." "Why, what is up?" "Your plan about my getting infor mation from the East Orange postoffice did not work. The man said that, though he would like to serve you, ho was afraid it might be construed into tam pering with the mails; that you would need an order from the postmaster gen eral. I went to work then on the other line and began a systematic examina tion of every house in tho place. It was hard work, but at last I found the child. You don't want details now, because she has been taken away again. Mitch el went down yesterday and brought her to Now York." "Why did you not follow him and Eeo where he took her?" "I did, and this time I am sure he did not suspect that I was after him. He took the child to the Remsens. " "To the ReniEens? What can that mean?" "I don't know. But Mitchel and Miss Remsen are to be married at St Pat rick's cathedral at 10 o'clock this morn ing." "Not if I cant'topit," replied the detective, and he hastened up to tho church with tho result told in the last chapter. Promptly at 2 o'clock Mr. Barnes presented himself at the Fifth Avenue hotel accompanied by Mr. Neuilly. They were asked to go up to Mr. Mitch el's apartments, and there they wero greeted by that gentleman as affably as, though they had been of his wedding party. Indeed he began the conversation jn rather a jocular way, saying : 'Ah! Mr, Barnes, delighted that now I can entertain you moro at my leisure. This morning, you seo, I was in a great hurry. You called at a very inopportune time, and I am afraid that I was rather abrupt " "Mr. Mitchel, I am not in tho humor for nonsense. This is a very serious visit, I assuro you. This gentleman is Mr. Neuilly of New Orleans, and ho has come all this distance to aid the cause of justice." "Delighted to meet you, Mr. Neuilly, I am sure," said Mr. Mitchel, approach ing and extending his hand so cordially that tho elder man took it, though ho had thought that ho would rather han dle hot coals than the hand of the man who he supposed was guilty of wrong ing the daughter of his old friend in the south. Mr. Mitchel did not seem to notice his agitation, but, begging them to be seated, he himself took a comfort able chair and continued, "Now, Mr. Barnes, I am wondering if it is possible that you havo traped my wife's ruby as far away as New Orleans?" ' 'I have not been looking for it. I sup pose you know why I wished to stop your marriago?" "Why, no; not precisely. What was your reason?" "If you do not know it, why did you get married yesterdny?" "I might reply that it is often done, bnt I will be honest and tell you that such a proceduro never occurred to me till I heard that you wero coming home. Then, you see, I thought that you might take the idea into your head you do get odd notions, you must admit that I ought not to get married just now. I knew you well enough to believe that if you did harbor a tbbught pf that nature i you would not hesitate to interfere. I j did you no injustice there, for that is just what you tried to do, yon see. Con- j sequently, ns I had set my heart on be ing married in the cathedral precisely J at tho time appointed, I just took the bull by the herns and persuaded my lit tle girl to marry me yesterday. That is my story in full, I assure you. Now, j what was your object?" j "Yon know it very well, and all this j yarning is pure bluster. You know well j enough that Iwantei tp use Miss Emily ! Remsen as a witness against you, and that I could not do so after sho became Mrs. Mitchel." "Oh! Welhyes; admit that idea was in my mind, Mr. Barnes. And now what are you going to do about it?" "In the first place I shall arrest you for abducting the child who was in the care of Rose Montalbon. " Mr. Barnes expected some surprise from his adver sary, but he was disappointed. "Yes," said he, "and then?" "Then- I shall compel you, through the court, to reveal her present hiding place and to produce her." "I think you might havo trouble to do that were it not that I do not object tq it In fact, wo will reverse your order pf things and begin with the production pf the child. Emily!" In answer to hifl call his' wife came into the room, bring ing with her a beautiful girl. Her hus band arose, and taking the little one by the hand coolly approached Mr. Neuilly, and said: "Rose, this is Mr. Neuilly. He was a dear good friend to your moth er, and has come all the way from New Orleans to see you. I think he would like to kiss you, would you not, Mr. Neuilly?" That gentleman Eeemed much moved. To him the vision of loveliness stand ing demurely before hhn brought back tho memory of the long ago. She re minded him of another little girl whose growth into budding womanhood hp had watched tenderly, having in his .youth loved her mother, the grandpar gnt of the child before him- His guife had not been successful, and for love of that woman he.had remained ja bachelor all his days. "Now he cduld'seo chang ing expressions in this young face, which reminded him of both those wom en who had been dear to him. Without a word he drew her toward him, and kissed her once. Then he arose, still holding her hand, and led her toward the door of the next room; there he kissed her once more, this time on the forehead, and then bade her wait, shut ting the door after she left him. Then, turning with a fury in his heart and re pressed passion in his voice, he exclaim ed: "Mr. Mitchel, either you are the most contempti bio villain on the face of this earth, or else there is some hideous mistake here. Explain it, man ! I mosir know at once!" "Must, Mr. Neuilly, is a word that I seldom obey. But I know how you have suffered, and havo no desire to prolong this interview a moment more than is absolutely necessary. First, however, I must understand the situation. What do you and Mr. Barnes here think it to be?' ' "I will explain briefly," said tho de tective, "provided your wifo will with draw." "Mywifois now a part of myself," said Mr. Mitchel, proudly placing an arm around her as she stood beside him. "You need not hesitate to speak. She has promised to share my life with me, to take me as I am. She will begin the task at once. Go on. " "So be it. I know now that Rose Mitchel, who was murdered, was known in New Orleans as Rose Montalbon, and that she was your wife. I have also discovered that you deceived a young Creole, tho mother, of that child who has just left us; that when you deserted her sho died broken hearted, while you allowed tho Montalbon woman to take the girl. and pass it off as her own, though later she was kidnaped by you. The woman suspected that you would wish to marry again and swore to pre vent it. Her appearance upon the sceno just as you wero to becomo a husband must have been a menace to you. Do you see trie point? Murders have been committed with less motive. I think, therefore, that I have sufficient evidence upon which to arrest you." "You might arrest me upon less evi dence," said Mr. Mitchel. "It is done every day. But to.convict me you would have to prove all this. " "How do you know that I cannot prove it?" "For tho very simple reason that your facts are all wrong." "Very good, Mr. Mitchel, but you will have to prove that" "I am fully prepared to do so. To begin with, according tp your story, I abducted this child. There you are pnly partly right. I did take her away from the Montalbon, and l did it, as you might say, by stealth and force. But I had the fullest right tq do so, " "You admit, then, that youaroher father?" "On the contrary, I deny it, and thero is the weak point in your story. Your argument all depends upon my hiiving been guilty of wronging that girl's mother and the Montalbon 's hav ing me in her power. In point of fact, I am not her father, and the Montalbon had but a slim chance to blackmail me. " "But you admitted to mo that you al lowed her to do so ; that you gave her a large amount in jewels." "That is true, yet I did not submit to blackmail." "Mr. Mitchel. I seldom forget a man's words. You told me that day in the vaults that you were in the woman's power ; that she could ventilate certain scandals which might break your en gagement Yet now you say you were not in her power and that you did not submit to blackmail How pan you ex plain such conflicting statements?" 'Two conflicting statements may both be true, provided a lapse of time occurs between them. When I admitted that I had been in the power of that woman, J thought so ; therefore I spoke tho truth. When I say now that I was not, I also speak truly. In the interval I have learned to appreciate the character of the woman who is now my wife. That is all. I know now that the Montalbon's story, blazoned forth to tho world, would not have affected her faith in me if I had told her my own version. " "For heaven's sake, gentlemen," in terrupted Mr. Neuilly, "stop this argu ment and get down to the facts. I am impatient to know the truth. " "Yes, Roy," said Emily. "Why not simply tell the story as a narrative, and let tho whole truth bo known?" "That is what I mean to do. I havo only been enjoying a little sparring with Mr. Barnes. But it is prneVtq Mr. Neuilly, who, I hope, will pardon me. To begin at the beginning, I must go pack to my youth m ft ew Orleans. I was in love with a beautiful young girl. " Here he pressed his wife's hand, and she returnod it, as though to say that she understood. "I think I need not men tion the name of Rose's mother, Mr. Neuilly, unless you have already done 150." "Heaveu forbad that I should have betrayed the secref," said tho old man. "I did not suppose that you had, for I know you ii bVa truo man, though I have never mat you before. This stater ment may surprise you, but it is true, I am not the "man for whom you take me. He is now in a lunatic asylum, while I am his cousin. I know it is sup posed that I am the crazy man, but that is an error, promulgated by the Montal bon to serve her own ends. The facts then are thus : While a boy at school I loved my girl companion, little Rose's mother. Just before I left the south to enter Harvard, I told my little sweet heart she was then but 15 that I would marry her upon my return. This was my first love and hers. I had a cous in, older than, "myself by ten years, handsome and wealthy, but a gambler and addicted tp heavy drinking, This, woman Montalbon, as you know, kept a gambling den, and naturally my un fortunate cousin was a constant visitor at the house. One night, while intoxi cated with wine, she persuaded him to marry her, a clergyman being called in and a ceremony privately performed. He became entirely sober only after sev eral days had passed and then had en tirely forgotten about the marriage. The scheming devil, Montalbon, did not remind him of it, but by patient work insidiously persuaded him that be should be a married man. She even suggested a bride, none other than my little sweetheart Her object in this, was twofold, money and revenge. By leading my cousin into a bigamous alli ance, with her pwn marriage certificate, as a weapon, slip could, readily extort mpney from him, Her revenge was to be agaihstthe family of my little sweet heart .aeainst whom she thonht Kehe "rpu need tint hesitate to speak," had a grievance. "ier"plotting was" en tirely successful. My cousin was hand some, I was away, and once he had be come thoroughly acquainted with tho young Creole's charms he becamo so ar dent a suitor that at length sho listened to his pleading and married him. Then he was in the power of. tho Montalbon, and she bled him for five years, by which hmo little Rose haa been born. "Meanwhile I had completed my col lege career, but had not returned to New Orleans because of my deep disap pointment upon learning that my sweet heart had married another man. At this timo I was in Paris, when one day I received a piteous letter from the girl wife, telling me that the blow had fall en; that the Montalbon had produced her marriage certificate and claimed her husband, thus dishonoring the daughter of her enemy. The letter also begged my forgiveness for the wrong done to me. I read between the lines and recog nized the cry of a broken heart, tho bleat of a lamb left to die on the frozen plain. I hurried home with but one thought uppermost to have revenge up on my cousin. I arrived too late. Not only was the girl dead, but my cousin had disappeared. "I heard that he had gOHo out west, and thither I followed him. I would get track of him from time to time, but it seemed fated always that he should have just left a place when I confident ly expected to come up with him. Thus five years passed, and at last I did meet him. I at once charged him with his crime and asked for revenge. He laugh ed at me and refused to fight. I then warned him that I should take his life at the first chance that offered, when I could do so either under seeming provo cation or else where I could not be sus pected." "Are you not admitting," interrupt' ed Mr. Barnes, "that you harbored a murderous spirit?" "Mr. Barnes, if all men were punish ed for their thoughts, the criminal class would be greatly enlarged. You cannot call me to account for anything except my acts. At last my chanco came. I followed him one dark night as he went off prospecting in an entirely new di rection ; wo were in a mining country. He tramped most of the night, and I pursued. By dawn we were miles away from a habitation. I then made myself known to him and once more asked bim to fight it out. He saw .hat I was in earnest and that ho was simply com pelled to battle for his life. "Under those circumstances, of course, he fought as the worst coward would do when driven to desperation. He decided to use pistols, though I wished to try our cause with knives. I confess, that I wanted the satisfaction of stabbing him again and again. I wanted to see his life's blood flow at each stroke. It seemed to me tame tq stand off at a distance and send one lit tle leaden ball in his direction. Still I admitted his right of choice, and deter mined tp. aim as accurately as possible and to send my bullet straight You pee, I did not think of my own life. I had made this vengeance my one ob ject, and after accomplishing that I thought there would bo nothing more for me to do. Consequently I expected to kill him easily, and I did not care if his bullet found my heart or not. Per haps I hoped it would. Just as we were standing up and preparing to fight, something occurred that almost com pletely unnerved me and changed the whole result Ho lowered his pistol and said: " 'Wait a moment; I havo a favor to ask. I feel certain that you will kill me. You have been seeking my life so long that I am sure you will get it. It is fate. But I, too, have suffered in the last five years. The favor thu$ I ask is, that if I die. you will promise to get my child ou,t pf that fiends clutches. ' 'Your- child !' I gasped. I thought it died,' " 'That was the Montalbon's lie. Tho little girl lived, and she took it. I havo made a will in favor of my child, leav ing her all my wealth ; you will find it in my coat Oddly enough, I named you as executor. I knew that you had loved the mother, though, as God is my judge, I did not know it when I mar ried her. But I am ready if you are. ' "Thus we stood up and fired at each other. The startling news just received. made my aim bad, for instead of hitting him in the heart, as I could easily have done, my pullet struck him in tho head. He fell, and I rushed toward bim, to discover whether he was badly hurt. He was bleeding profusely, and I hasti ly bandaged up the wound and so stop ped the flow of blood. I then went on to the next mining camp beyond. We returned with a litter, and took him back. There was a man among us who claimed that he had studied medicine, and he attended my cousin. He removed tho bullet, and found that the wound was not very deep, but the skull was fractured. He was ill for two months. and then slowly recovered his "fiealth. But his reaspi was entirely'gone. I took him tp. New Qrleaus aud placed him ia an asylum, and there be has been ever since." to be continued. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED by local applications as they cannot reach he diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is bv constitutional rftmedips. Daafness is caused by an inflamed con- anion ot tne mucous lining ot tho Eus tachian Tube. 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POLITICALLY IT IS REPUBLICAN, and gives its readers the benefit of tha ablest d.scossioiis on ali live political topics. It is published in Chicago and is inacord with the psop o of the "West in both politics and literature. Please remember tnat tho price of THE WEEKLY INTER OCEAN is j:UY ONI2 COLLAE Fi.B I'UAIt. Address THE INTER OCEAN. Chicago. I had. in fact, all the distress that comes from catarrhal dvsneDsia. that I felt to be all through me and that Yaa, raply becoming a serious matter in- ueca. STOMACH DISEASE. The Effect of Catarrhal Poison "Upon mio siomacii ns Given by a Well Known Omalia Man. Mr. Georao SpansJor, 2 71G Howard street, city, is tho credit man for "Mcforti Rmdr Xr rrt i i -1,cl or "nUy & Co., th wholesale grocers. &p0afclns of hla relief and cure from tho horrors of dyspepsia. j Cntnrrh of tho stomach nenrlv ruined niy digestion for several I 3 cars. Almost Immcdtntolr nffnr ' catlns: I would have a dull, heavv without dlRcstlnc:, ausin-r dlscom j numb;: of ThrTiZ 7,.' numtber r Physicians tried to help 1 lue out "one of them seemed to hit ion, distress and often nausea. A ! uuui i vegan with Ilrd. Copeland and .Shepard, and thoy cured me. I i imvo PVe- luwi .1 wi e nmoni; trouble since I Unishcd tho course.'' CATAUIULOl' TITK STOMACH. Catarrh cf the stomach is usuallj- caused bj swallowing poisonous mucus, which drops down from the head and throat at n5ght. Speedy ami inexpensive cure by the Copeland and Shepard system. "Js there nausea?" "Are s'ou costive?" "Is there vomiting?" "Do s'ou belch up gas?" "Are s'ou light headed?" "Is your tongue coated?" , "Have sou water brash?" "Do you hawk and spit?" "Is there pain after eating?" "Arc s'ou nervous and weak?" "Do s'ou hao sick headaches?" "Do you bloat up after eating?" "Is there disgust for breakfast?" "Have s'ou distress after eating?" "Ts your throat tilled with slime?" "Do you at times have diarrhoea?" "Is there rush of blood In the head?" "Is there constant bad taste In mouth?'- "Is there gnawing sensation in stom ach?" "Do you feci ns If you had lead in stom ach?" "Whrn you get up suddenly are vou dizzy?" "When stomach is emptv do sou feel faint?" "Do you belch up material that burns thro.-.t?" "Whn stomach is full do s'ou feel op pressed?" If smi have these symptoms you havo catarrh of the stomnch, or what is com monly called ds'spepsla. MAIL TREATMENT. Letter Prom a Missouri Drujrslst Cured After tiO Years' Suffering. Theodore Newburn, the leading druggist' of Bethans Mo., writes: "I can sas a course of treatment by mail effectually cured me of seated and dis tressing catarrhal maladies of twentv ycars standing; which had come to affect not only ms' head, throat and ears, but ms' stomach, bowels and kidnes's. I fullv re commend tho treatment to other suffer ers." DRS. COPELAND & SHEPARD ROOMS 312 AND 313 NEW YORK LIFE BUILDING, OMAHA, NEB. Office Hours 0 to 11 a. m.; 2 to 5 p. m. Eve ningsWednesdays and Saturdas's only. 6 to 8. Sunday 10 to 12 m. U. P. TIME CARD. Taking cfTect January 5thA 1895. EAST BOUND-Eastcrn Time. 2, Fast Mail Departs 9:00 a m 4. Atlantic Express " 11:00 pm 28, Freight " 7:00 a m WEST BOUND Western Time. 1. Limited Departs 3:05 p ra 3, Fast Mail H:25 p m 17, Freight 1:50 pm 23, Freight 7:50 a m N. B. OLDS. Agent. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. pRENCII & BALDWIN, ATTORN E TS-AT.LA TF, 2TORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA. Office over N. P. Ntl. Bank. 7ILCOX & HALLIGAN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, rfOnTIl PLATTE, - . . NEBRASKA. Office over North Platte National Bank. D R. N. P. DONAIiDSON, Assistant Surgeou Union Pac-flo Bj"' and Member of Pension Board, NORTH PLATTE, - . . NEBRASKA. Office over Btroitz's Drug Store. STATEMENT Of tho Condition of tho Building aqd Loan iociaiioq, of North Platte, Nebraska, on the 3lst day of December, 1695: ASSETS. tint Mortgage Loans $107 (xx) 00 iAnns secured oy siock of UUa Anjocia. tion. 1 400 00 Interest paid 10 893 95 Lxpenses nnd taxes paid....-., 3 010 60 Profits a '1X7 35 casn inin treasurer . 42 51 Total LIABILITIES. . 130 620 40 Capital stock paid up 4 45 Premiums paid . 29 Interest received '. jj Fines collected 770 00 009 75 898 00 495 90 Matured stock of First series unpaid Entry fees Transfer fees , Canceled shares in treasury! 31 600 00 462 25 80 50 63 CO f. t ii T?!al V "SO 529 40 State oi Nebraska, Lincoln county, es. I Samuel Goozee, secretary of the above-named Association do eolemnly swear that the oroeoinjf f tatement of tho condition of said Atsoclntion Is true and correct to the best of my kno!edgc-und telief. Samuel Goozee, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day January, 1696. Q"JE3. Notary Public Approved: Tuog. C. Pattehso.v, ) C, F. Idding.-, (Director. Yictob VonGoetz, ) Ocean Sri7fiZ ' ? P wltl. lead or putty. mtfu m.iuu vnill in tho Rtmnnc i nrirt hnwnla n NOTICE. To whom it may concern: - - Notice is hereby given that on the 2tli day ot January, 1896, the following petition accompanied with a bond as required by law will be presented to tbe board of county commissioners, of Lincoln county, Nebraska, for action thereon, as In said petition prayed: State of Nebraska, Lincoln County, ss. To the Honorable Board of County Commission ers ot Lncoln couaty, Nebraska. We the undersigned resident freeholders and qualified electors of the territory hereinafter bounded and described, respectfully pray your honorable body to establish and defino &a irrin tion district in said county, to bo known as the North Platte Suburban Irrigation District, under the provisions ot Article 3 of Chapter &3a of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska, for 1S05, sold dis trict to be organized for the purpose ot purchas ing the Irrigation Canal, Right of TVay, Water Appropriation aud Franchises now belonging to the Farmers & Merchants Irrigation and Land Company and tho completion ot an irrigation system to irrigate the lands to be embraced in sold proposed district; and that said district shall be bounded so as to embrace the following described lands and town lots all of which are susceptible to one mode of irrigation from a common source and by the same system f works, viz: The following described lands in Township 11, Itange '!, to-wit: the southoast quarter of Section 22, the south halt of Section 23, and the north half of northeast quarter of northea.it quartei,the Fouth halt of southeast quarter ot northeast quarter, west half ot northeast quarter, oast half of north west quarter, southwest quarter of northwest quarter and Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Section 2li Tho following lands in Township 11, Kange 31, to-wit: tho southwest quarter of the southwest quartor of Section 21, the southeast quarter of Sec tion 19, the southwest quarter and south halt ot the southeast quarter Section 20. the southwest quarter of Section 23, the west half, the northeast quarter, and south half of southeast quarter of Section 26. all of Sections 22. 25.28. 29. SO. 35 and 86, and all those portions of Sections 31, 32, 33 and '31 lying north if the South Platte IUver. Tne following lands in Township 13, Uauge 31, to-wit: all those portions of Sections 1 and 2 brimr north of the South Platte River. The following lands in Township 14, Rango 00, to-wit: all that part of Secdon 31 Ivinir south of tho center of the main track of the Union Pacific Railway, all that part of Section 31 lvinir south of tho raaiu track of the U. P. Railway, the south half of southwest quarter of Section 32, also a tract in the southeast corner ot Section 32 extending 40 rods east and west and 20 rods north and south: and all of Blocks No. 185. 1S3, 187 and 183 in the city of North Platte, and that part of Section S3 lying south of the south line of Blocks 185 and 18.1 of tho city of North Platto. Also the following lands and town lots in Town. ship 13. Range 30, to-wit: all of Sections 2. 3, 5 and C: all of section 1, lying south of North Platte rivoc; alt of Sections 10, 11 aud 12 lying north of South Platte river; tho south half, the east half of the northeast quartor, the west half of the northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of tho north wost quarter of Section 4; and the following lot? and blocks in Taylors subdivision of southwest quartor of northeast quarter of Section I, known as Taylors Addition to the city of North Tlatte, viz: Lots Io. 1 to 10 inclusive in Blocks No. 1 to lt inclusive. All of Blocks No. 13, 11,15 and 18 la Miller's Addition to tho City of North Platto. NAME. LANDS OWNED ACRES (SWqr ofNWqr and 1 - part of lot 4, Sec. 4. I Tmm I? Piniruln I M. C. Lindsav 70.17 f Part Sec. 6, Town 13. 1 ! Kange 30. and partl,.Q 1 of Section l.Town 13. f "1,s-16 I Kange 31. j Chas. A Wy- man. I Part of Sec 31. To wn"l i M.itanceni. ami n.irt W. M. Ilinman.-; SecG.Towni3.Ranirc OSt II j 30, and all of Se. 35. .Town 14, Range 31, I Part of lot 4. Section i W.E. Price.... -4. Town 13, Ranee?- 2.30 130, 4 j' Lots 1, 2. 3. C, 7 and 8 A iuiocK 185, No. Platte and all Section 33; lying south of said lots, about II. C. Rcnnie. 00 NhfNEqr of thcN E qr and S hf SE qr of the NE qr Section V 40. 00 20, Town 14. Ranee f R, W, Calhoun. 132. j- (SWqrofNWqrand) Anderson Lot 4 of Sec 26, V 8?.70 Town 14. Range 32, ) I Lots 1. 2 and 3. Spc- 1 T.W. M. L. Brown...-, tion 20. Town 14. V 157.30 Range 32. ) (Northeast qr Sec-: M. Stoddard tion 28, Town 13, V 160,00 (Kange 31, f W hf Sec. 20. W hO 5 Sec 35, NE qr and 1 Lots 2. 3, 4 and 5. f 0o0- (Sec. 34,Twp 14,Rge31 J E. W. Murphy J. T. Murphy. j Lots 5 and 6. Block I 1l3. f .65 ) Undivided hf of SE ) . qrof NWqr Sec. 31.. 20.CO ) Town 14, Range 31 ) " I Undivided hf of SE ) qrofNEqr Sec 31. V 20.00 (Town 14, Kange 31. ) ( 40 rods E and W and ) .-!20rodsNand SinSV 5.00 (Ecor S. 32.T. 11.K30) tt.W. Eves V. E. Hinman B. I. Hinman. REFEREES' SALE. Br virtue of n Hprron nf ih t Lincoln rounty, Nebraska, rendered in an action suiacouri wnerein irviug B. Bostwick et. a!., are plaintiffs and Fanuio B. Myers et. al. are defendants, the undersigned duly appointed referees in said cause will on the loth day of Feb ruary, 1838. at one o'clock p. m. at the east front door of the court house ot said county, in North Platte. Sell thn fnllmrtnrr rl wlt: The southwest quartor of tho northeast quar- ' " mu m uo.il oi me ssuineast quarter ami southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Sec tion tWentV-SBVOn ITtl. Tnnmuhln Inn tm it. Range Thirty-one i 31 ) west of the Sixth r. M., at i'"""" uuwuuu iu wio njRiiesi Diaaer on mo follow ing terms, viz: One-third cash aud balance in three equal annual payments with interest nt seven per cent per annum on doferred payments. Deferred payments to be secured by first mort gage on said premises. uated rorth Platte. Neb., Jnn'y Sth, 1S83. Oka E. Eideb, J brBALDwiN, Beferee. 3116 Geoeoe McAllister, j NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Otoce at Nobth Platte, Nzb., . ., , January 4th, 18S6. J Notice is hnrfihv rHrnn tlmt thn settler has filed notice of his intention to mnko final proof in sunnort of Mm i1film anrV that ..t.i proof will bo made before the Register nnd Re ceiver at. North Platto, Nebraska, on February 11th, 1896, viz: JOHN L. McOREW, who mado Homestead Entry No. 16,899, for tho east half of the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter nnd the southeast ' qnnrter of tho southwest quarter section 30. town ship J8 north, range 29 wost. He names the follow ing witnesses to prove hla continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz: Lewis C. LUlott and Enoch Cummings, all of North Platto, Neb., Robert J. Minzle, of Myrtle, Neb., and William T. Macrauder, of North Platte, Neb. JOHN F. HINMAN, 2Ji Register. Notice for publication. U.S. Land Offlco, North Platte, Neb., I , , , January 7th, 1896. ( Complaint having been entered at this office by Abigail E. Furnish against tho holrs of Mordicn C Furnish, deceased, for failure to comply with law as to Timber-culture entry No. 7658 dated Oc tober 27th, 1SS5, upon the south half of tho North east quarter of Section 19, Township 9 N., Rango 29 W., in Lincoln county, Nebraska, with a view to the cancellation of said entry, contestant alleging that there has never been any land broke out or cultivated In any of the years since the land wa taken nnd that no trees have been planted on said land; the said parties aro hereby summoned to appear at this office on tho 27th day ot February. lt96, nt 9 o'clock a. m., to respond nnd furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure. iH5 JOHN F. HINMAN, Register. NOTICE FOE PUBLICATION. U. S. Laud Office, North Platte, Nob., - , . January 7th, 1896. J zsotlce Is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and" that said proof will be mado before the Register and Re ceiver at North Platte, Neb., on February 21st, 1893, viz: JOSEPH W. STOMP, who made Homestead Entry No. 160T4) for the Northeast quarter ot Section 12, Township 11 N. Range 20 W. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon nnd culti vation of said land, viz: Acton D. Orr. of North Platte. Nfb.. flHftnn f!. Tliimnn I'aWfff TV 1n . . w. - - V. M , ... . . 4.kt Brocklin and Martin VanBrocklin, all of Watts. jll6 JOHN F. HINMAN, Register. Claude weingand, DEALER, IN Coal Oil, Gasoline. Crude Petroleum and Coal Gas Tar. Lxjavc orders at Newton's Store