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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1896)
3Rw mi Wlm ffOETH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.. TUESDAY EOTM, DECEMBER 22, 1896. iro. 2. VOL. XIII. mkik 1 Closing Owing to an expected change in business we are . . going to sell our entire stock of . . Clothing, Hats, Caps, Gents' Fur nishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Trunks and Yalises 1 -AT- Slaiightering I Call and be convinced that what we tell you are facts. & hp Clo u . . Weber & Vollmer. . . All parties indebted please call and settle. First National Bank, XOKWI PLATTE, 3TBB. 3 H. P. iipplfe- Arthur McNamara, - Cashier. There's no Use! (gEE THE NAME OX THE LEG. tneni, Wlien 1 1 b IN U 1 bU. If you are posted you cannot be deceived. We write this to post you. SOLD ONLY BY A I Fl A V! The reat and 0nly Hardware Man L UA T iOj in Lincoln Go, that no one Owes. Full Line of ACORN STOYES AND RANGES, STOYE PIPE, ELBOWS, COAL HODS, ZINC BOARDS, etc., at Lowest Prices on Record. NORTH PLATTE, - FIHEST SAMPLE E00M Having refitted our rooms in is invited to call and see us, Finest Wines, Liquors Our billiard hall is supplied with the best make of tables and comnetenfe attendants will sunolv all your wants- KEITH'S BLOCK, OPPOSITE Sale! Low Prices, I Bouse, CAPITAL, - - $-50,000. SURPLUS, - - $22,500. S. White, President A. White, - - - Vice-Pres t A general banking- business transacted. You can't find in these United States the Equal of the Genuine Beckwith Round Oak. You may try; you'll get left. Remember, iirs the combination of good points that makes the Perfect Stove. That's where we get the IMITATIONS. They can't steal the whole stove. They steal one thing and think they have it all, but it FAILS. They build another. It fails. Still they keep on crying 1 I 1 T -V TT -XT T-v crnnn as trip, k i OAK. Some peculiar merchants say they have - - NEBRASKA. EST NORTH PLATTE the finest o style, the public insuring courteous treatments and Cigars at the Bar. x'HE UNION PACIFIC DEPOT "WILL 3THLD THE CANAL. (Gothenburg Independent.) The directors of the Lincoln, and Dawson County Irrigation: district met last Tuesday for the purpose of selling the $275,000 worth, ot bonds voted upon said district last fall but upon investigation they found that notice of said sale had only been published in one daily paper, as the other one, the Omaha Republican, to which it was sent has been dead for six months. Several communi cations from firms handling such securities were received and read, asking the board to wait for a short time so that they might be able to see what could be done in the way of selling them at 95 cents on the dollar. Mr. Ira E. Doty of David City, the California contractor, was pres ent and interviewed the board and engineers. After looking over the plans and specifications for the con struction of the canal he offered to take the bonds and build the canal and turn back a good surplus to the district He said he would put up a bond of 5250,000 in one of the best banks m Omaha as a guarantee ov his part that he would complete said contract according to plans and specifications in a good workman like manner and to the satisfaction of the board of directors and he thought to the satisfaction of the property holders in said district and that he would also guarantee by this bond that it should not cost the owners of land in the district to exceed over $6.50 per acre. Mr. Doty is one of the leading contract ors of the west in the construction of irrigation canals. He has con structed irrigation canalsin Califor nia under the "Wright irrigation law, one which cost half a million dollars. He said that he offered to construct this canal cheaper than hey could ever get it dcme again. and if the board meant business that they wanted to strike while the iron is hot We learn that the board will re-advertise for bids on the bonds, also for the construction of said-canaland in case i- is built by Mr. Doty the work will be under tull headway in six weeks. Sportsmen in Lincoln county are killing quail in great numbers and North Platte papers have been run ning serial quail stories for several weeks. The lawmakers of Nebras ka should enact a law prohibiting the use of a shot gun in the state during the next five years, and per mit the game birds to again be come plentiful. Prairie chickens, ducks and geese, once so numerous in this part of the state, have al most been exterminated by the mar ket hunter and kid-gloved sports man who kill for the sport. Quail were never very abundant in west- em Nebraska, but should be given a chance. Gandv Pioneer. STATE NEWS. Mr. Baker, late agent for the Gilcrest Lumber company at Ocon to, was convicted of embezzling $140 of his employers' money. Henry Hildebrand ot Crawford, a sheep herder, was lost in a sncw storm while on duty and froze his toes. The doctor cut them off to save his feet. Owen Hutchings, the man shot at Silver Creek by boy desperados, is said to be past danger of death, but he is not likely to regain use of his arms or lejrs. The Omaha Commercial club is ajrain involved in the effort to build a sugar factory. A canvass, it seems, has been taken among the farmers, who. it is said, will take from $50,00,0 to $100,000 stock to be paid in beets. Buffalo BUI is not to be outdone by Gen. Colby. Our North Platte neighbor also wants an army of ten thousand men with which to wipe Wevler and his Spanish cutthroats off the island of Cuba. Cody and Colby ought to go "halvers on the enterprise. Hub. POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for Its great Ieaveningstrengtb. and nealthfulness. Assures the food against alum and. all forms of adulteration, common to thecneap brands. HOY-iE. BAKING POWDER CO., 2TEYV" YORK. Quite a large colony of Germans from Carroll, Iowa,, will locate on irrigated lands in Cheyenne county next spring. Four men represen ting the colony were looking over the land last week. Peter Peterson, of Dawson coun ty was adjudged insane Tuesday and will be taken to the Norfolk as vlum. He threatened the lives of a number of neighbors, and as he is over six feet tali and weighs 200 pounds, he was considered a bad man to be running around un shackeled. W. C. Allyn, of Omaha, was in the city Wadnesday and Thursday says the Lexington Pioneer. He represents a stock firm that desires to place a few thousand head of cattle and hogs in the hands of farmers in Dawson county to be fattened. The cattle will be weighed when turned over to the farmer and for every additional pound the animals weigh on June 1st next the farmer will be paid 4 cents per pound. The Samuels Bros, fire at Lincoln is causing a good deal of suspicion. There was $13,000 of insurance on the stock of dry goods and the stock consisted largely of empty boxes, so the Lincoln news papers state. The Goldgrabers,who were mixed up with the crowd in some manner, can probably give them some more valuable pointer on how to rise, Phoenix like, from the ashes. The Hub learns that a movement will be soon put on foot to secure a pardon for R. "W. Reese, former editor ot the Journal of this city, who was sentenced to the peniten tiary from this county about a year ago for forgery. An influential effort will be made, and his friends (who think he has been punished sufficiently) are confident that his release will be affected. Kearney Hub. After a prolonged contest inside and outside the courts to get John Peysen, treasurer of the South Sioux City school aboard, to make an accounting of his moneys he was arrested for embezzlement and was acquitted. He has now brought suit against John Manning, who signed the information, to recover 5,300 dollars damages for defam ation of character, resulting from the charges made upon which he was arrested and tried. Atto rney General Churchill has just handed down an opinion that the court reporters of the state are entitled to but $1,000 a year under the law for their services, instead 1500 dollars. He also says this is under an old law wmcn is still op erative. Under this same la.v the pot-hook makers are entitled to fabulous sums for transcribing the evidence by pounding it out on a type writer, so those who have much of this to do will really fare better under this decision than they have been doing, and they have been having a "snap." Rev. Broncho Jack and wife and Mustang Charley, styling them selves as evangelists, held meet ings at the Methodist church on Wednesday and Thursday evenings of this week. The Rev. Jack is dressed in the fantastic garb of a cow boy wide sombrero, buckskin jacket and trousers, high-heeled and high-topped boots, into which his trousers are stuffed and at tracted much attention. The sub ject of his discourse was 4 'The Last Round Up," and was delivered in the parlance of a cowboy. He also recited a number of poems, and a number of cow camp songs were sang by the members of the party. Sidney Telegraph. The interest that has accumulated against the bondsmen in the ex Treasurer Weimer case has already grown to be quite a sum. The claim of the county was found by the jury to be 4.804 dollars and 25 ceuts. The judgement including the accumulated interest is in round numbers, 6,500 dollars. One of the worst features of the debt is that a large number of the bondsmen are said not to be willing to bear their proportionate share of the burden and are not in shape financially that they can be compelled. This makes the matter more of a burden to the few who will have it to pay. Broken Bow Republican. Perry S. Heath, chief of the pub licatiou bureau of the McKinley campaign, says in answer to what did the greatest work of the can vass: "The literature most effec tive was the matter supplied to the weekly papers. It was more potent in influencing public opinion than anv other literature circulated." j It is a compliment to the weekly ' press of the land, and one deserved. THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM. It la a Small and Unattractive Place at the Present Time. It is a little city, and it does not take many people to crowd it; hut, besides being the birthplace of Je sus, it is the birthplacs c Israel's great warrior king, David. Bethlehem, today has "barely 8,000 inhabitants and in appearance is not attractive. The streets are too narrow for vehicles in fact, there is but one street in the town wide enough, for carriages, and it is so very narrow that they cannot pass each, other in it. The streets were made for foot travelers, donkeys and camels. Bethlehem is about five miles south of Jerusalem. Leaving the larger city by the Taf a gate, we take a carriage and ride rapidly over the fine road built but a few years ago. The carriage we are in and those we meet are wretched affairs. The horses are to be pitied, first, because they are not well cared for, and, sec ond, because their drivers are regu lar jehus who drive them "furious ly" up hill and down. In less than an hour we are in the market place of Bethlehem, in front of the Church of the Nativity. Let us suppose we have arrived on Christmas eve, in time to wander about and to become acquainted with the little city. Of course it has changed in ap pearance since the time of the birth of Christ. It is larger and better built. Now, as then, the houses are of stone, and, as cities and customs change but little in the east, we may safely infer that modern Beth lehem houses are much like those of 1,900 years ago. Perhaps some of the old buildings that were in ex istence so long ago may still be standing. Of course the great Church of the Nativity was not then erected, nor were any of the large religious buildings we see. These are the memorials of a later date, built in honor of him whose earthly life began here. One would have to be unmindful of his surroundings and very unimaginative not to won der what the place was like on that night the anniversary of which we are celebrating. "We know that then, as on this Dec. 24, it was filled with people. But those people had come for a dif ferent purpose. Augustus Caesar, the master of the then known world, had issued an imperial decree order ing a general registration of all his subjects. This was for the purpose of revising or completing the tax lists. According to Roman law, peo ple were to register in their own cities that is, the city in which they lived or to which their village or town was attached. According to Jewish methods, they would register by tribes, families and the houses of their fathers. Joseph and Mary were Jews and conformed to the Jewish custom. It was well known that he and Mary were of the tribe of Judah and family of David and that Bethlehem was their ancestral home. Accordingly they left the Nazareth home, in the territory of Zebulun, and came to David's "own city," in the territory of Judah. They came down the east bank of the Jordan, crossed the river at Jericho and came up among the Judaean hills and valleys till they reached Bethlehem. It was a long journey and a wearisome one, and on arriving a place of rest was the first thing sought. Evidently they had no friends living in the place, or, if they had, their houses were already filled. It was necessary that shelter bo had and immediately. In the khan, or inn, there was no room. So there was nothing to do but occupy a part of the space pro vided for cattle. It was not an un usual thing to do and is often done today in these eastern villages. In faet, they were about as comfortable there as in any khan. At a khan one may procure a cup of coffee and place to He down on the floor, but each guest provides his own bed and cov ering. This was all Joseph and Mary could have obtained in the inn had there been room for them. And here in Bethlehem, in a stable, or a cave used for stabling animals, Jesus was born, and Mary "wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manner. -Edwin S. Wal- lace in St. Nicholas. Bewara of Ointments for Catarrh, that contain Mercury, as mercury will sureiy destroy the sense of smell ani completely derange the whole system when entering it through the muscous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on perscrip tions from reputable physician?, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from thera. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0-, contains no mercurv. and is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine It is taken internally, and made in To ledo, Ohio, by P. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. bold by .Druggists, price idc. per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. 4. I Tremendous Holiday Display. ANTA CLAUS is here at the Fair Store ready to receive the children of North Platte and all the surrounding- country. He has established his headquarters in the center of the store, running" almost Its entire length. The tables are crowded with Toys and Dolls and Games and everything- possible to delight the little folks. The Fair Store Is now ready to receive the enormous throngs which will pour through Its portals during" the next two weeks. For your own convenience and profit we advise that you do not isr S3 put off your purchases till the last day or week, because now the selections are complete and un broken and you can get around with more comfort. We are giving away Free to each of our lady customers, from the ioth to the 25th, A HANDSOME SOUVENIR BOOK, Ask for them as we are apt to forget about them during the rush. Yours for business, Richards Bros., - The Fair. K . . hristmas Will soon be here and everybody is now thinking as to what they will buy for Christ mas presents with which to remember their friends - THE BOSTON STORE - Has just received a large supply of goods for this occasion which wilK make useful presents. Here is a list of some of our specialties:. 50 fine Dress Patterns which, we offer to sell cheap. $ An elegant line of very fine Linens. I A great variety of Moquette and Smyrna Rugs. Ice Wool and Silk Fascinators of the very finest made., r Kid Gloves in all stvles and colors. Ladies' and Children's Mufis and Boas. The finest line of Bed Spreads ever shown In North Pkitte stores1.. Handkerchiefs and Mufflers of every description for ladies and1 gentlemen, from one cent up to $3 Pocket Books of all descriptions. Baby Bonnets from 25 cents up to $2.50. A fine Cape or Jacket will make a suitable Christmas-present.. We have them in the latest styles. Or what is the matter with a lace Shoes for a Christmas present? Cold nights are here and a pair would make a suitable present. Gents We have not forgotten you- We have a. fine line of house Slippers, some very handsome Neckwear, Handkerchiefs, fine Furnish ing Goods, Gloves, Mittens and Hats. Gents, if you wish to remember your mother, daughters, or sweet hearts come to the Boston Store, where yon will find many articles which will make handsome presents, and we will make a special low price from now until December 23d. THE BOSTON STORE, J. Pizer, Prop. P. S. Albums, work boxes and manicure cases given away with a certain amount of goods purchased at our store from now until! Christmas. s. F. A Scotch clergyman named Fra ser claimed the title and estates of Lord Lovat. He tried, on the trial of the case, to establish his pedigree by producing an ancestral watch on which were engraved the letters S. F. The claimant alleged that these letters were the initials of his ances tor, the notorious Simon Fraser, Lord Lovatr beheaded in 1747 for supporting the young pretender. The letters, engraved under the reg ulator, were shown to stand for "Slow, Fast," and the case was laughed out of CQurt. Youth's Companion, n The Fair Store in Gala Attire. 2i each. pair of Henderson's fine button or of those all-wool California Blanketsv Improvement. "Is it a fact," asked the cynio one day, "that you improve each shin ing minute i" "Yes," answered the busy little bee modestly. "How long have yon been doing that?" "Always." "Well, yon ought to be having a -better time than you seem to have, if that is the case." Detroit Tribune. 3Inst Be Devoted. Clara Do you think he's fondlof her? Ethel It looks Eke it. He cleaned hex bicycle yesterday. London Quiver. 3 3
