THE' NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE TUESDAY EVENING, JULY" 21,-1896.
YESTERDAY.
Hy friend, he spoke of a woman's face;
It puzzled me, and I paused to think.
Ho told of her eyes and mouth, the trace
Of prayer on her brow, and quick as wink
I said: "Oh, yes, but you wro; her years.
She's only a child, with faiths and fears
That childhood fit. I tell theo nay;
She was a girl just; yesterday."
"The years are swift and sure. I trow,"
Quoth ho, "you speak of the long ago."
Onco I strolled in a garden spot
And every fiower upraised a head,
So it seemed, for they, I wot.
Were mates of mine each bloom and bed.
Their hours for sleep, their merry mood.
The live3 and deaths of the whole sweet brood
Were known to me; It was my way
To visit them but yesterday.
Spako ono red rose in a language low,
"We saw you last in the long ago."
Tis the same old tale, though it comes to me
By a hundred paths of pain and glee,
'Till I guess the truth at last, and know
That yesterday is the long ago.
Richard Burton's "Dumb In June."
AN AUTOGKAPH.
Scarcely had the- postman gone out of
the house, after having left the morning
letters, "when Jules upre, "who was
watching from his sixth story "window,
descended hurriedly to the porter's of
fice, "Any letters for me?" he asked.
The porter put on his spectacles,
gathered up the letters which had just
come in, looked them over one by one
and replied laconically:
"None"
"Thank you, " said the young man,
and he slowly remounted the stairs,
where his friend Armand was waiting
for him.
Through economy the two young men
lived in the same room. There were to
be seen all their furniture, all their
books and all their papers. There were
more papers than anything else, because
both of them ran manuscript mills. "We
regret to say that while the two young
men turned out a great deal of manu
script ey succeeded in placing very
little. )nco in awhile one of them
would get an orticlo inserted in one of
the papers, but they scarcely made
enough to live on, even by making a
partnership of their assets and liabili
ties. "Well?" said Armand, seeing his
companion enter.
".Nothing, as I told you. We shall
have to wait until the end of the month.
My uncle is a man who is a believer in
fixed dates."
"The devil I Wchavo five days yet to
wait. Still, I would not object to hreak
f asting today instead of five days from
now."
"Wo needn't breakfast. In that way
wo can save taking a cocktail. "
"Oh, I could spare that. I am as
hungry as a wolf. You know wo had
rather a light supper yesterday. "
"Yes, it is true that a smoked herring
for two is scarcely gluttony. "
Armand, his hands in his pockets,
walked up and down the room reflect
ively. "Sec here," said he, "don't yon know
anybody who ppuld loan us a hundred
francs?"
"Yes, I know lots who could, but I
know no one who would. "
Armand suddenly cried out, "I have
an idea."
"Is it a good one?"
"Listen. Have you not often spoken
to me of an old collector of autographs
who lives in this house?'
"Yes. Ho lives on the first floor, a
man named Bridoux. ' '
"What sort of a man is he?"
"Well, I don't know. I have scarcely
seen him more than a couple of times. "
"Suppose wo try to sell him some
thing?" "That is a good idea. It is true wo
havo plenty of autographs, but they are
mostly our own. He wants historic
ones."
"Aro you sure that no celebrity ever
wrote to us?"
"I don't think so, but there is the
correspondence coffer. Look through
it"
Armand seated himself at the table,
emptied the box upon the table and be
gan to go through the letters. For at
least half an hour he carefully turned
over the sheets of paper.
Suddenly he cried out:
"Eureka! I have found it a letter
from the Empress .Mario Louisa "
Feverishly he waved in the air a yel
lowing sheet of paper almost cut in two
by tho folds.
Jules looked at it. ' Why, I recognize
that!" said he. "It is a note from little
Mario Louise, who used to bo a sales
woman at the lace counter in the Louvre,
j got that letter from her when I was
serving my volunteer term of a year,
with tho grade of corporal. "
"I tell you, old man, that it is from
the Empress Mario Louise, anc it is ad
dressed to tho great Napoleon. "
"And dated 1873?"
"1813, my dear fellow. The seven
looks exactly like a one. It is after tho
victorious battle of Lutzen, "and this is
what the empress wroto:
'My Littt.e Corporal You have won
enough of laurels for tho moment. Leave your
army and come to me at the Louvre, where I
am yawning in tho midst of billows of lace.
"Marie Louise."
"And you think you can sell that to
our neighbor Bridoux? Why, you are
joking. It would be a swindle. "
"You can aid me. Have you that
false beard that you wore at the mas
querade last year?"
"Yes, I think it is around some
where. "
"Listen, then, and I will teach you
your role. "
In a few words Armand instructed
his friend what he had to do, and then,
putting the precious autograph in his
pocketbook, said: "Do not forget
Knock in a quarter of an hour."
Armand repaired at onco to the apart
ment of Bridoux The autograph col
lector lived alone. He was a man of
about GO years of age. Armand looked
at him critically.
"I wish tp speak to M. Bridoux."
"That's my name, sir."
"I wLsh to see you on a serious afr
fair."
f fComo in, " said Bridoux.
Armand entered, and Bridoux offered,
him a chair.
"''Sir," said Armand, "I have heard
of you as being one of the most erudite
autograph collectors in Paris, and I
wish to show you something very rare
an autograph of the Empress Marie
Louise."
So saying, Armand- unbuttoned his
coat, carefully took out his lank pocket
book, and from it took the letter, which
he placed under tho eyes of the auto
nranh collector.
"Bridoux reaTi it, mused and said:
"It is very short. You say that thosa
characters are from the hands of the Em
press Marie Louisa Her autographs aro
very rare. "
"It is authentic The empress ad
dressed it to the great Napoleon the day
after the battle of Lutzen."
"But the emperor lived at the Tuile
ries then. "
"Certainly, sir, and that observation
proves your intimate knowledge of tho
history of the time. But, if you will re
member, during the absence of the Lit
tie Corporal, as he whirled from battle
field to battlefield, the empress was in
the habit of retiring to the Louvre."
Bridoux was evidently flattered at his
historical knowledge being praised, but
rubbing his nose reflectively he said :
"How did the letter fall into your
hands?"
' 'Oh, in the most natural manner in
the world. I got tho letter from my
father, who got it from my grandfather.
My grandfather, a soldier of the empire
and a fanatic admirer of Napoleon,
picked up this letter one day when it
had fallen from the pocket of the great
man and preserved it as a precious relic.
Sir, nothing but the most urgent need
would force me to sell it. But I must
have 100 francs. It is for me a question
of life and death. Nevertheless I beg
you to believe I am patriotic, for if I
come to you it is because you are French
and because, if you purchase it, this
precious document will remain in my
country. I could have had ten times tho
price I asked you. Just now!an English
man tried to buy it on any terms. Ho
followed ec, even dogging my steps to
the door of this house. "
But Bridoux evidently did not Appear
in a hurry to bind the bargain.
"I would willingly buy it, but I wish
to consult an expert first."
"I regret, sir," replied Armand,
"that I cannot wait. " Ho turned cold
inside as he said to himself, "This
affair is going to fall through if Jules
does not hurry up. "
At this moment the doorbell rang.
Bridoux went to open it. Jules entered.
He was unrecognizable. His hat was on
the back of his head, his coat was but
toned to the chin, and he had on a pair
of long red whiskers not unlike those
which adorn the English tourists who
travel around with those queer ' 'person
ally conducted" parties.
At tho sight of this curious personage
the autograph collector stared in stupe
faction. "Pardon me," said tho false English
man. "I wish to speak to the gentleman
who just came into your house. "
Bridoux was about to reply when
Armand interrupted.
"How," said he, "you hero again,
man?"
"Yes. I will give you 200 francs for
your letter."
'But I told you I would not sell it. "
"I will give you 500 francs."
"I tell yon, sir, that I am already
making a bargain with this gentleman. "
"I will give you 1,000 francs."
"I beg you, sir, to leave the room."
"Very well, said the false English
man, "I will wait for yon outside the
door, but I must havo that autograph,"
and he left
"You see," said Armard to Bridcnx,
''the price that Englishman attaches to
this precious document Don't forco mo
to let it pass into his hands when I ask
you only 100 francs,
Tho autograph collector was at last
convinced. He took out of his secretaire
a bank note for 100 francs and gave it
to Armand, who thanked him and with
drew. Not long after that the two young
men made a raise, and the first thing
they did was to put a bank noto of 100
francs into an envelope with this in
dorsement, "Restitution and thanks,"
and addressed it to Bridoux.
But Bridoux never knew what it
meant He simply covered tho 100
francs into his treasury, and for him the
note of the little saleswoman at the
Louvre lace counter is still an authentic
autograph of tho Empress Marie Louise.
Adapted For the Argonaut From the
French.
Much Ado About Nothing.
A certain prince of Orange was gen
eralissimo of the Austrians at the end of
the last century. He fought against the
French in Italy, died, and was buried
at Padua (1799). For four years the
Dutch government has been in treaty
for the prince's remains, and after an
endless amount of diplomatic negotia
tions and correspondence matters were
arranged, a Dutch man-of-war arrived
in Venice, and, after another three
weeks' delay, surmounting the last dif
ficulties raised by the church and red
tape of tho Italian government, last
Thursday was the day. fixed for opening
the tomb and conveying the remains to
Venice, to be transported by the man-of
war, and ultimately deposited in the
family vault at Delft
It was a most impressive ceremony.
A representative of tho queen of Hol
land came expressly. Admirals, gener
als, officials galore, special trains, fu
neral car, troops lining the way, minute
guns and flags half mast high, and then
the tomb was opened and contained
nothing London Truth.
The New Photography.
First Doctor Good photograph, isn't
it?
Second Doctor Fairly good. Flatters
the left lung a little, I think. House
hold Words.
Her Slippers. -
' 'Just slip on your blue worsted slip
pers, darling, over your white satin
ones to wear to the carriage, and leave
them in the vestry room when you get
to the church."
So said the bride's mother, a prudent
woman, who did not -wish to see a mud
stained shoe protruding beneath the
bridal gown as her '''darling" came
down the aisle from tho altar. And the
bride followed her advice, at least tho
first of it But in tho excitement of the
moment she forgot to remove them in
the vestry room, and the congregation
was treated to the unusual sight of a
satin bedecked wife, shambling along
in bedroom slippers. New York Jour
nal.
Stoned the Ralsjns,
"There, mamma," said the little
crirl. exhibiting a cupful of raisin stones,
"haven't I been a good girl to stone all
them raisins without stopping till I had
got them all done?"
Mamma You are mamma's own lit
tle girl. You can throw tho stones in
the ash barrel. But, by tho way, what
did you do with the raisins?
Own Little Girl Oh, I ate them!
Boston Transcript.
NYE'S HISTORY
OF ENGLAND,
The Onvard March of Civiliza
tion Described.
SCIENTISTS WEEE PUT IN JAIL.
Ladles Wore Tall Hats and Swords to Pro
tect Them From the Nobility Henry
Burns a Heretic Duke of York Be
comes Klnff at a Good Salary.
Copyright, 1S93, by J. B. Lippincott Company.
CHAPTER XV.
The Plantagenet period saw the estab
lishment of tho house of commons and
cut off tho power of the king to levy
taxes without the consent of parliament
It also exchanged the judicial rough
and tumble on horseback for the trial
by jury. Serfdom continued, and a good
horse would bring more in market than
a man.
Agriculture was 'still in its infancy,
and tho farmer refused to adopt a new
and attractive plow because it did not
permit tho plowman to walk near
enough to his team that he might twist
tho tail of tho patient bullock.
The costumes of the period seem odd
as wo look back upon them, for tho
men woro pointed shoes, with toes tied
to the girdle, and trousers and coat each
of different colors. For instance, some
times one sleeve was black and the oth
er white, while the ladies wore tall
hats, sometimes two feet high, and long
trains. They also carried two swords in
the girdle, doubtless to protect them
from the nobility.
Each house of any size had a "pleas
ance," and the "herberie," or physio
ASTKOLOGY WAS THE FAVORITE STUDV OF
THOSE TIMES.
garden, which was the pioneer of tho
pieplant bed, was connected with tho
monasteries.
Roger B::con was thrown into prison
for having too good an education. Sci
entists in those days always ran the risk
of being surprised, and more than one
discoverer wound up by discovering
himself in jail.
Astrology was a favorite amusement,
especially among tho young people.
Henry IV, son of John of Gaunt,
fourth son of Edward HL became king
in 1399, though Edmund Mortimer,
pari of March and great-grandson of
Lionel, the third son of Edward HI,
was the rightful heir. This boy was de
tained in Windsor castle by Henry's or?
ders.
Henry succeeded in catching a here
tic in 1401 and burned him at the
stake. This was the first person put to
death in England for his religious be
lief,' and the occasion was the origin of
the epitaph, "Well done, good and
faithful servant. "
Conspiracies were quite common in
those days, one of them being organized
by Harry Percy, called Hotspur because
of his irritability. The ballad of Chevy
Chase was founded upon his exploits at
the battle of Otterburn in 1388. The
Percys favored Mortimer, and so united
with the Welsh and Scots.
A large fight occurred at Shrewsbury
in 1403. The rebels were defeated and
Percy slain. Northumberland was par
doned and tried it again, assisted by
tho archbishop of York, two years later.
The archbishop was executed in 1405.
Northumberland made another effort,
but was defeated and slain.
In 1413 Henry died, leaving behind
him tho record of a fraudulent sover
eign who was parsimonious, sour and
superstitious, without virtue or religion.
He was succeeded by his successor,
which was customary at that time.
Henry V was his son, a youth who was
wild and reckless. He had been in jail
for insulting the chief justice as a re
sult of a drunken frolic and fine. He
was real wild and bad and had no more
respect for his ancestry than a chicken
born in an incubator. Yet he reformed
pu taking the throne.
Henry now went over to Franco with
a view to securing the throne, but did
HEXRT PROTECTS THE CHURCH FROM HERESY.
not get it, as it was occupied at the
time. So he returned, but at Aeinconrt
was surprised by the French army, four
times as large as his own. and with a
loss of 40 only he slew 10,000 of the
French and captured 14,000. What the
French were doing while this slaughter
was going on the modern historian has
great difficulty hi fisnirhiff out. This
battle occurred in 1415 and two years
after Henry returned to France, hoping
to do equally weLL He made a rrearv
at Troyes with the celebrated idiot,
Unarles VI, and promised to marrv his
daughter Catherine, who was to suc
ceed unarles upon nis death and try to
Disc Harrows
-AND-
Sulky Plows
AT COST.
JOS. KERSHEY.
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do better. Henry became regent oi
Franco by this ruse, but died in 142a
and left his son Henry, less than a year
Did. The king's death was a sad blow
to England, for he was an improvement
on the general run of kings. Henry V
left a brother, the Duke of Bedford,
who became protector and regent of
Prance, but when Charles the Imbecile
died his son, Charles VII, rose to the
occasion, and a war of some years be
gan. After somo time Bedford invaded
southern France and besieged Orleans.
Joan of Arc had been told of a proph
ecy to the effect that France could only
be delivered from the English by a vir-
JOAN OF ARC INDUCES TOE KING TO BELIEVE
THE TRUTH OF HER MISSION.
gin, and so she, though only a peasant
girl, yet full of a strange, eager hero
ism which was almost inspiration, ap
plied to the king for a commission.
Inspired by her perfect faith and god
like heroism, the French fought like ti
gers, and in 1429 the besiegers went
home. Sho induced tho king to be
crowned in duo forni at Reims and
asked for an honorable discharge, but
she was detained, and the English, who
afterward captured her, burned her to
death at Rouen in 1431 on the charge of
sorcery. Those who did this afterward
regretted it and felt mortified. Her
death did the invaders no good, but
above her aslies and moistened by her
tears if such a feat were possible lib
erty aroso once more, and in 1437
Charles was permitted to enter Paris
and enjoy the town for the first time in
20 years. In 1444 a truce of six years
was established.
Henry was a disappointment, and, as
Bedford was dead, the Dnke of Glouces
ter, tho king's uncle, and Cardinal
Beaufort, his guardian, had, up to his
majority, been the powers behind the
throne.
Henry married Margaret of Anjou, a
very beautifull and able lady, who pos
sessed the qualities so lacking hi the
king. They were married in 1445, and,
if living, this would be the four hun
dred and fifty-first anniversary of their
wedding. It is anyway. (1S9G.)
The provinces of Maine and Anjou
were given by the long in return for
Margaret. Henry continued to show
more and more signs of fatty degenera
tion of the cercbrator, and Gloucester,
who had opposed the marriage, was
found dead in his prison bed, whither
he had been sent at Margaret's request
Tho Duke of York, the queen's favorite,
succeeded him, and Somerset, another
favorite, succeeded York. In 1451 it
was found that the English had lost all
their French possessions except Calais.
Things went from bad to worse, and
jn 1450 Jack Cade headed an outbreak,
but he was slain, and, the king showing
renewed signs of intellectual fag, Rich-
BY REQUEST OF MARGARET, HIS HEAD WAS
REMOVED FROM HIS BODY TO THE GATES
OF YORK.
ard, Duke of York, was talked of as the
people's choice on account of his de
scent from Edward HL He was for a
few days protector, but the queen was
too strongly opposed to him, and ho re
signed. He then raised an army, and in a
battle at St. Albans in 1455 defeated
the royalists, capturing the king. This
was the opening of tho War of t he Roses,
so called because as badges the Lan
castrians worp a red rose and the York
ists a white rose. This war lasted over
30 years and killed off the nobility like
sheep. They were, it is said, virtually
annihilated, and thus a better class of
nobility was substituted.-
The king was restored, but jn 1460
there occurred the battle of Northamp
ton, in which he was defeated and again
taken prisoner by the Earl of Warwick.
Margaret was a woman of great spir
it, and when the Duke of York was giv
en the throne she went to Scotland,
and in the battle of Wakefield her army
defeated and captured the duke. At her
request he was beheaded and his head,
ornamented with a paper crown, placed
on the gates of York.
The queen was for a tune successful,
and her army earned a slight reputation
for cruelty also, but Edward, son of the
late Duke of York, imbittered some
what by the flippant death of his father,
was soon victorious over the Lancastri
ans and in 1461 was crowned king of
England at a good salary, with the use
of a large palace and a good well of
water and barn. Bill Nye.
His First Impression.
"That umbrella you lent me yesterr
day," said the man who had just come
into the office.
"Yes?"
"Here it is. I came to return it "
"Dear me!" was tho abseutminded
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RUSSIAN LODGING HOUSES.
Wherein Thoy Differ From Thoae of Other
Countries.
In apartment houses in Russia the
lodgings which open on the courtyard
rent for a lower price, says a writer in
Lippincott's, because the entrance is
through a porte cochcre, or, at night,
through a wicket therein. This is an
unobjectionable, rather an aristocratic,
arrangement in a private house, but
elsewhere the courtyard may contain
too many stables, workshops or even a
largo number of cows to supply dairy
shops, which profess to deal in Finnish
that is to say, in pure country but
ter, cream and milk. In this case also
tho winter's supply of wood for tho
great house is sure to bo stacked in piles
a couple of stories high so close to the
less desirable lodgings that, the prefect
cf the town was obliged to issue an or
der protecting the poorer inhabitants
and regulating iho position of the wood
piles at a proper distance from tho
building for light and air.
Our researches revealed the fact that
very few ' 'furnished' ' lodgings provided
either towels, bed linen, coverlets or
pillows, 4er- anything, in fact, beyond
tho bare bedsteads and furniture. Of
course we wc.ro aware theoretically that
this is a reminiscence of the days when
every landed proprietor traveled accom
panied by an eiitiro housekeeping outfit
and stan: of servants when he under
took these long carriage journeys which
preceded .tho days of railways and which
are still compulsory in somo parts cf
the empire. Nevertheless, in practice,
we were not propared to accept this be
yond towels, and we protested that no
traveler should be obliged to drag such
bulky objects about with him in these
days of improved transit facilities. Tho
logic of this argument wa3 not very
strong on onr side, it is true, but most
travelers will agree with U3 neverthe
less. The Russian lodging house people,
in return, seemed to regard us with
amazement and pity because we did not
possess these things and declined to pur
chase them. Their idea must have been
that we were accustomed to sleep in
pur clothes, like their own peasants.
In some cases they were willing to
provide the bed furnishings for a con
sideration, but they regarded one towel
a week and ono change cf linen a month
as ainplo.
SOUTH DAKOTA FOR BRYAN.
Stato Ticket Nominates? by the Populist
Convention at Ilnron.
Hurox, July 16. The Populist state
convention nominated the following
ticket: Governor, Andrew Lee of Ver
million; lieutenant governor, Percy R.
Crothers; secretary of state, J. W. Har
din; auditor, J. H. Kipp; treasurer, W.
S. Lorgau; read commissioners, T. La
Follctte of Chamberlain, W. H. Thomp
kius of Deadwood, Alexander Kirkpat
rick of Miller. For congressmen, Free
man Kuowles of Deadwood and John E.
Kelly of Flandreau. This resolution
was adopted: "Resolved, That our del
egates to St. Louis are instructed to use
all honorable moans to unite the free
stiver forces of tho United States, and
that it is tho sense of this convention
that William J. Bryan is tha most avail
able man upon whom union can be had."
Vamlerbilts Will Control tho Road.
Tacoma, Wash., July 16. The belief
is growing stronger here that the Yan
derbilts will control the reorganized
Northern Pacific railroad and make it
the final link of a Yauderbilt system to
extend from ocean to ocean. A strong
indication in this direction is tne fact
Edwin Winter, the new president, has
been one of the officials of the Omaha
road, a Vauderbilt line, and that he was
called to New York in consultation with
, J. Pierpont Morgan and the Yanderbilts
before the announcement of his selec
tion as president. The Vanderbilts have
in this state property, including their 6
story buildings in Tacoma, owned by
George Vauderbilt, wli3 also controls
the stock of the Metropolitan Saviugr
bank, the largest savings bank in th
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' 'Nature's method of disposing of tho
dead, by far the most practical and cer
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Ho has buried animals, large and
small, in his lawn. By digging them
up and examining them at intervals
varying from ouc to live years he found
that, buried at a depth of A feet the
depth required by the government for
the burial of human bodies an interval
of from three to four years was neces
sary for complete dissolution. Buried at
the depth of ono foot, a year and a half
he found was sufficient for the complete
dissolution of a largo and a year or less
for the smaller animals. A body simply
laid upon tho ground, with a covering
of earth a foot thick completelp disap
peared (bones excepted) in a year.
Dr. A. B. Poore, after experiment,
states that if a body i3 buried so as to
further its complete dissolution the laud
would bo ready, after a short interval,
to receive a second body, and that if the
cemetery were systematically planted
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A number of toy balloons are entered
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a postal card, which is addressed to the
judge of tho contest The little balloons
are then set free, and after moro or less
time come to earth again in different
parts of the country.
These who find them see the envelopes
and notice thereon a request that the
time when each balloon was found, and
also the place, bo written on tho postal
card, which is then to be dropped in tho
postoflice.
At the end of a week the various pos
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awarded to that balloon which traveled
the greatest distance in the shortest
time Paris Letter.
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Legal Notices.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Offico at North Platte, Neb.,
June 20th, IS06. f
Notice la hereby given that tho following-named
settler has filed tiotico of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made bofore the Register and Re
ceiver at North Platte, Nebraska, on July 29th,
1S8G, -viz:
RICHARD S. FIDLER,
who made Homestead Entry No. 15,638, for the
southwest quarter, section 18, township 10 north,
range 'SI west, llo names tho following witnesses
t6 prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: William A. Latimer,
John P. Brlttaln, Pascal N. Latimer and John M.
McConnel, all of Somerset, Neb.
50-8 JOHN F. HINMAN. Register
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Oiyicz at Nortii Plattr, Neb., ?
June Cth, 1820.
Notice 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 beforo tho Register and Re
ceiver at North Platte, Nebraska, on July
22th, ISt'C, viz:
JOHN S. HINCKLEY,
who made Homestead Entry No. 115.180 for tho
Southeast quarter of section S4, town 13 north,
range SI west. Ho names tho following witnesses
to prove his continnous residence upon and culti
vation of said land, viz: George L. McLaughlin,
Ellery A. Crosbey, Charles W. Bnrklund and
Charles T. Richards, nil of Sutherland, Neb.
ICfi JOHN F. HINMAN, Register.
LEGAL NOTICE.
To Robert D. Kneeshaw, and Ora L. Kneeshaw:
You and each of you will take notice that Rufus
Wainwright, as plaintiff, did on the 21st day of
May, 188U, file his petition in the district court of
Lincoln county, Nebraska, against Robert D. Knee
shaw and Ora L. Kneeshaw. et al. as defendants,
the object and prayer of which is to foreclose a
certaiu mortgage executed by tho said Rsbert D.
Kneeshaw and Ora L. Kneeshaw to tho American
Loan k Trust Company, a corporation, upon tho
southeast quarter of section numbered eighteen
(18), in tovnship numbered thirteen (13) north, of
range numbered thirty-two (32) west of the sixth,
principal meridian in Lincoln county, Nebraska,
executed to secure the payment of a certain prin
cipal promissory note dated the Sth day of August.
18ij9, for tho sum of Five Hundred Dollars with in
terest due and payable on the first day of August,
1S94, which note and mortgage were afterwards
assigned and delivered to said plaintiff who is now
tho owner thereof. There is now due upon said
noto and mortgage the sum of Five Hundred Dol
lars with interest at the rate of seven per cent per
annum from the first day of February, 1S94, to tho
first day of August, 1891, and with interest on said
sum of $500 at the rate of ten per cent per annum
from the first day of August, 1894, until paid, for
which sum with interest and costs of suit, plaintiff
prays for n decree that tho said defendants may
bo required to pay the same or that said premises
be sold to satisfj'tho amount found due said plain
tiff and costs. You aro required to answer this
petition ou or beforo the ?0th day of July,A J.1S9G.
Hated this 9th day of June, A. D. 189(5.
JOHN H. CALVIN,
43-4 Attorney for Plaintiff.
"VfOTICE Is hereby given that the Board of
l Directors of the Suburban Irrigation
District of Lincoln countv. Nebraska, on the
Cthtlay of July. 1890. flletHts petition in the
district court of Lincoln county, Nebraska,
the object and prayer of which are to have
the proceedings of said district and said
Hoard of Directors of said Suburban Irriga
tion District, organizing said district and
issuing bonds of said district in the amount
of $0,000, to T)e examined b3' said district
court: to have said proceedings declared to
be legal, regular and valid, and that said
bonds be declared to be a valid lien upon the
lands within the boundaries of said Sub
urban Irrigation District, and by an order
of said district court made in open court on
the 6th day of Jul-, 1880. that being one of
days of the adjourned March, 1890- term of
said court, said petition will be heard and
decided on Monday, the 3d day of August.
1890. at 9 o'clock a. m. or as soon thereafter
as it can be heard, and all or any persons in
terested in any of the lands embraced In
said district, in the organization of said dis
trict or in the proceedings for the issuance
and sale of said bonds may on or before the
date fixed for the hearing of said petition,
viz: Monday, the 3d day of August. 18S6. at
9 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, demur
or answer to said petition.
Witness my hand and otllcial seal this 9th
day of July, 1890.
IsbaiJ V. C. ELDER,
Clerk of the District Court of
553 Lincoln County, Neb.
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