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SOUTH. PLATTE, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY" 2, 1S9T.
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SIRS.
TO BUY
See what she lias to say.
"Good morning-, Mrs. Jones: this is pretty warm weather'
Mrs. Jones 'Well, yes, it is warm, but that makes no difference. I came
to hny a bill of goods from the Hub. I want -the same bill ordered from you
June 7th. I find by buying this bill from you I will make 1.38 which is 18
per cent less than I could buy the same goods for from your competitors,
King Credit. When you refused to sell me goods on time I did not like it,
but after comparing prices and quality I concluded it pays to buy my goods
from the Hub. That is what Mrs. Smith says too. She says that she was
tired of paying for bad accounts, and, says she, look here Mrs. Jones, see I
saved 2.80 on my bill I bought from the Hub June th. The proprietor re
fused to sell me goods on time in January, 189 1. He told me the same as he
did you about King Credit, but I did not get mad, I just got down to figur
ing and concluded it would pay to arrange matters so that I could pay cash
for my goods. It was a little hard at first but it is easy now. Besides I can
send Charlotte down to the Hub if I am tired for they have only one price to
all Now, Mr. Hub, I am going to do Just as Mrs. Smith does, pay cash for
my goods and buy them from you
THE
D, M. HOGSETT,
f ConfraetoF and Builder, -f
AXD AGEXT FOR
IDEAL STEEL
PS&s WINDMILLS,
4-ft 6-it. S-f t. 9-f t, 10-f t. 12-ft, 14-f t
and 16-ft Wheels back geared.
HffiAL STEEL 10 and 12-foot
"Wheels ia direct stroke. and IDEAL,
STEEL TOWERS.
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
SMOKERS
In search of a rood cigai
W T . d I Ia. A. t
wiu aixrays aaa. ilslj.
F. Schmalzrted's- Try
thera aodjttidge.
the Platte
Collegiat
us
Institute,.-
A Home School for Boys and
Girls. Best in the State for
price aad advantages. For cat
alogs, address
HARRY X. RC5SELL,
Kenraev, 2ieb. Prtnctpal- i
' 1
You Need
We have it have plenty of it
and can famish you any quantity
desked. Our ke is good saae
better and. we ma-ke prompt efce
iivenes. We solicit yoer trade, feeling vrc
can please yee.
Efc
lour it Frailer.
I f. PILLION,
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ffjj
General Eepairer.
H
Special attention
given to
III 111,
WHEELS TO BENT
S100 SsTsraxd,S10Q.
The readers of this paper rfll be
pleased to lenm that there is at least
sue dreaded disraso that science has
Ifeen aWe to cure ia all its stages, and
that is catarrh. HaBi Catarrh Care k
e nj positive, core kcaca to the med
ical fcaiepHitv. Catarrh" heinjr a. cansti-
i-R4KHHtl disease, reqatresa cncstitutionaJ
txratiswit. ITaM'v rintnrrU nrp is taken !
infceraal$vT actio? directrv upan. the blood t
SBd mucous surfeijes "of the svstem. !
thereby destro inc the fouaiLifcion of the
disease, and giving the patient strength
by bnildHur up the constitution and as
siktinjr nature in doing- its work. The
proprietors have so much faith m vt- j
curative nowers. that thev offer one
hundred dollars for any case that it faQs
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. .T. Chenev & Ga.
Toledo. O.
Sold bv all drusrists, ioc
HalTsFaniav PiMs are the best-
Wis-
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ICE.
hh" RBI ;
Piikr
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JOKES CIME BICI
GOODS FOR CASH ONLY.
HUB, W. T.
T?Tr! ASSESSED VALTTATIOS'
The board of equalization has
about closed its labors, and the fol
lowing' returns of the assessors is
practically correct:
Total acreage in county is 1.064,
634, of which 164,917 are improved,
and the total assessed valuation of
real estate is SI. 243, 179. The acre
age of crops is reported as follows:
Wheat 29,830 acres, corn 59.811.oats
6,457, barley 4.536, meadow 13,543,
alfalfa 3,415. rye 3.S30. potatoes
1.123. There are 21.S62 fruit trees,
L 252. 12b forest trees and 1.7
grape Tines.
These are in the county 12Q46
horses. 15.667 cattle. 493 mules.
1.2'iO sheep, 12.S15 hogs. 2,313
wagons and carriages. 1.363 watches
! aad clock. 7 sewing; machines. 127
J pianos and 245 organs. The otal
i assessed valee of merchandise is
! 523,667. of manufacturers' tools
; 556336. of agricultural tools 5JJ.523-1
The soney of banks and bankers is
f 59,450, and. mooey other than banks
I and bankers SI, 047. The total as
! sessed valuation of all personal
property is 5265,222.
: The: valuation of the city of
Xortfc Platte js as follows; Personal
5101362. town lots f3Qlt62fi, lands
55.906, railroad $14,491, total $422,
765. The coeaty valuation is:
Lands 51.249,179, town lots 532S,
960. personal 5265.222. U. P. Rv.
Co. S556.S90, B. & M. 5156.073,
Western Usioa Telegraph Company
57.355. Pnllstaa Palace Car Co.
$2,129, total assessed valuation of
all property, 52.565.S33.
This is a package
gf JfAr 'fg?s Best tea.
V9U can buy it (and get
your money back if you
don't like it) at
McDonalds Cash Grocery.
X. Qe CBItaU WCiltUCi J-UICUMI
T"S T I " ' Z. . I T -mn r-
for 2ortk Pfette nnd vicinitv: I-ocal
thnnder-.storrr.s to-nighr and Satnr-
The maximsin tea?neratnre yester-
day was 54 desrrees, miniqmni in .
past 24 hoars 6c, at 7 a. in. 70- For j
the same period and time one year ;
ag-o themaximma teraperature was '
90 degrees, minim am 63, at 7 a. i
m. $ST t
t
Tke 54 tk annual meeting- of the j
Grand Island ""old cure club will be
heM at the institute in that citv on
Jaly 7th-
(knaeosea Testhnony,
Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manufao
turers Aire at Cutambes, Ohio uertitjes
that Dr. Hirer's New Discovery has no
equal as a cough remedy. J. D- Brown.
Prop. St. James Hotel. Ft. Waynne, Ind
testifies that he was cured of a cough of
two years standing, caused by Ia jmppe,
by Dr. Kinifs New Discovery. B- F.
ilerriE, Baldwinsviile. Mass-, says that
he has usea ana recommenaea in ana
never knew it to fad and would rather
have it than any doctor, because it
always cures. Mrs. Hemming 21
25th St Cfeicaco. alwavs keeps it at,
band and has no fear of croup, because
. .woKK T? nr-; Ttryttl.
StlS
at A. F. Streitrs drug store. 5
BAMS, prop..
Nate Black. Elmer Martin, Jake
Fye and father will depart for Iowa
next week bv team.
Gus Koch, Will Johnson and
Frank Ware took the "gimps' out
of the ilaccabee goat at this place
Wednesday nigat.
E. F. Seeberger and daughter re
turned from North Platte on 2vo. 1
Tuesday.
The Sisson school hoase will re
ceive a new coat pf pafnt sopn.
We will celebrate tcfcm.qrrow if
the weather will permit, and the in
dications at present are that it
will.
Miss Eatie Feeken departed for
fher home at Crete "Wednesday
night.
There are some business men
who believe in patronising home
industries as far as others are con
cerned but they don't practice what
taeyipreach themselves. It. is a
poor rule that wont work both
ways.
The second crop of alfalfa in
many places is from fifteen to
twenty inches in height.
J, L- Strickler's new building- is
about enclosed, It is reported that
there will be a dance in it both day
time and night on the 3rd.
Mrs. Xoung of Belvidere who
had been visiting- her father W. R.
White who is seriously ill left for
home the last of last week.
The race courses for the different
races at this places on the 3d are
constructed and a mammoth. pa.Yil
lion to shade the audience from the
cqrching' sun upon that day will
be completed by to-night.
An additional 22x24 tt will be
erected to the O'Pallon school build
ing" soon. It will be made a graded
school and emplov two teachers.
The ladies of the Baptist Society
will conduct an ice cream and
lemonade stand in this village. July
3rd.
Farmers or the most of them are
through irrigating: their small grain
and will soon begin on. their coxr if
it dnt rain.
The following- Qpjcers were
elected by the I,aiiies Aid Sogiety
far the coming- quarter at their last
regular meetings SupL Mrs. A.
M. Stoddard. Ass't supt.. Miss
Kate Sullivan. Treas., Mrs. J. B.
Toillion Sr., Secy Mrs. E. C. Mc
Cord. The next meeting- will be
at the home of Mrs. McCord.
Bucklsn'-s Arnica SarKt
The best salve in the world tar cuts
bruisest sareSi ulcers, salt yheum, fever
spres. tetert chapped bands, chilblains
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posl-
i tjely cur-es piles, or so pay required.
t is guaranteed: to give perfect satisfac-
tica or moae refunded. Price 25 cents
Jff:
Por sale by A. P. Streitz
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Oelehra ed for its great leavening- strengti
azuiaeaiinramess. assures tae rooa aaainst
alumandaUformsof adnlteratioiicittiifcian.
SOXATHAKrXfrPOWTJZK: CO NlTT TORSI
IT
I ANNUAL REPORT
m.
Norte Platte. Xeb;, July 1, T97.
To the Honorable Board of Ednca
tion,2 orth. Platte Public Schools:
Ladies and Gentlemen: In my
monthly reports during- the past
year I represented the affairs ot
the school as to their condition
and needs. Since these reports are
all on file and much of them, spread
upon the minutes of yonr secre
tary's book, I shall .not include
much of that matter in this re
port. STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
It is to be regretted that the
school records have not been pre
served. The fact is that the only
record that can be obtained is that
of the year of 1S95 and' as given
in the report of Supt. Barber. And
this report also gives-the average
daily attendance fromtheyearlS92,
which I give in the following- sum-
manes:
Year.
Av. daily attnd. Enrollmt.
1S91 92
'92 '93
'9394
'94 '95
'9596
'96 '97
'54S
543
57S
61S
62S S71
701 970
In comparing" this year with last
we see that out of an enrollment of
970 we bavehad an average daily at
tendance of 701 which rs about one
tenth per cent higher than that of
last year; and the total enrollment
in the hig-h school this year is 126,
the same as that of last year. One
mijrbt think at first that this
tact meant a loss of interest in the
higher work. Such, however, is
not the case. The real cause for
this is that during last year you
changed from a three years course
to a four year course o; study in the
high school, and so it is that the
work that we ace now doing in the
eighth gradeis the work that had
formerly been done in the first year
of the high school, and if we would
make a fair comparison in the at
tendance of these two years we
shonld. count the enrMlment-of the
eighth grade in with the high
school; that would give us an addi
tional average attendance of 42.
Another thing that shows the
popularity of the schools is that not
withstanding the fact that there is
a very good private school main
tained here, we have enrolled 970
out of a possiblelOSl eligible pupils.
This, seems to me. is very satisfac
tory, for it indicates not only that
the people are taking advantage or
the schools for the educating of
their children.but that thereis very
little truancy. Many towns and
cities have found it necessary to
employ a special truant officer to
enforce the attendance of pupils.
This is better than to have the
pupil run at large, but it is still
better to have the pupil attend
school because he is interested and
enjoys going to schooL
SCHOOL ACCOJDIODATIONS AND
SANITARY CONDITONS.
It is no fault of the present board
that the: school buildings have not
been constructed with proper re
gard to seating, lighting, heating
and ventilation, it is gratifying-
to know that there is now a
growing sentiment in favor of bet
ter accommodations for the educa
tion of our children. The health
and comfort of our pupils and the
advantage of pleasant and attrac
tive surroundings contribute large
ly toward, successful character
building. The furniture ot our
buildings, the walls and ceilings,
and the outside appearance of our
buildings are anything bnt attrac
tive and pleasant to look upon; and
in spite of all our teaching and ef
fort to make them attractive they
are repulsive to the children and it
makes the life of the pupil as well
as that of the teacher much more
unhappy and unprofitable.
The sanitary conditions of our
buildings are such as to make them
perfect "hot bouses" for the propa
gation of disease anq permanent
injuries. yentjlationt only
about one tenth the light that there
shonld be, and with a system of
heating such that on certain days
of the season, and many of them
too, the thermometer may be above
100 in one corner ot the school room
and in another below freezing all
day. There were many days when it
would have been more economical
for school to have been dismissed
and the pay of all teachers to go on
than to hold school. Vastlv so
when von take
-
into, consideration
the permanent injury that must
j come to rainy children who are not
I naturaliy very stong.
OF SUFT. EBRIGHT. Ir
. J?
I
KDvDERGARTENS.
It is not necessary that I
s ho aid 1 1
make a very extended plea for more 1
extensive kindergarten, work in. our
schools. We cannot claim to be doing-
any of this most important
work.
Our verv wide awake and !
progressive primary teachers have ;
been doing much of this work, in 1
addition to their overcrowded first
grade work, but they ' have neither j
the time nor the equipment to do a r
kindenrarten work- The kinder-1
gar ten is recognized everywhere as
one of the most powerful means of
building up and developing the
physical, the intellectual and the!
moral character of our yon th. and !
it seems to me that it would be a
wise expenditure of money, and
one that would be most heartily ap
proved by the tax payer, to estab
lish one properly constructed, fully
equipped kindergarten in the city.
COURSE OF STUDY.
"We started out at the beginning
of this school yeart do the regular
course of study in the high school
as approved by the aatkocities of
the state university, preparing our
pupils properly for the freshman
class in the university. To do this
it was necessary to strengthen the
work in the grades, so that our
pupils should be more thoroogh in
the common branches be lore they
were required to take up higher
work. This accounts for the small
per cent of promotiocs at the close
of the year. Oar aim in recom
mending such a change ia the
course was to prepare siore fully
for their life work that large com
pany of youag men and women
who do not go further in the course
than to the high schooL Tliis com
pany, who constitute the largest
part of our citizens, need to have
better mental discipline. more active
brain power, they nied to have the
power to apply facts and deduce
proper conclusions, so that each in
telligent person may become a posi
tive and effective worker, and a
patriotic and honorable citizen.
Our object ia the high school
course is not to make preachers or
teachers, lawyers or doctors, sol
diers or mechanics, bat to lay a
foundation of knowledge and cul
ture and critical power aad charac
ter upon which, the individaa! may
build any of these special strats
tures, and by concentrated bard
work under rule and pressare. be
come a monument to his early
training and an ornament to so
ciety. CHARACTER OF EESTRecnON-
Nothing can press more keenly
on the hearts of earnest and anxious
parents than the qeesikm of the
right education of their children.
It is not merely a question of hav
ing those children instfacted in
language, science and numbers and
all that which constitates the tech
nical knowledge of the schools: it is
perhaps more a question of how
! their children.may be led and devel
oped phystcaliy, mentally and spirit
ually until they sbail realize their
own individual relation to the uni
verse and be brought into harmony
with its laws: indeed aatii they
shall realize how infinitely grnd
is the gift of life and how ittSaite
its possibilities 'for gcod or eril.
Our teachers have bees ever on
the alert, always wide a-wake to
the best interests oteach individual
pupil, active and vigorous ia the
suppression of eery germ of vice,
and have continually held before the
pupils lcty ideals at purity, virtue
and manhood.
Our effort has been to tara oet
from the schools pupils who caa do
things and make a practical appli
cation of what they have lea r wed.
Pupils who are stronger aad abler
not because ot tas laets ttsat tfcey
have acqiured ban because of tfee had Hioce tfeac got to the cellar
mental and moral . tffl ibe hoase was strack tor iigkt-
thev received whilst, acqctris . , , - f
in"- these factv- mag aad the bedroon was sade to
The work ot the school year has j look like a card room "ia the
moved forward with very little fric- j maaraia. It was a case of wo
txon. for which much credit is due j s imjsitkML aEd tfce femar
to the board of education- The,
board, teachers, patrons and pupils j saTe
and all have made common cause. ; Jesse Reemes. of Fosrest City
working harmoniously and faithful-; precict. Ssrwy coanstr. repotted a
ly together and the result .has been j tferiffilt mtm oa tbe rrrer
a irood vear of educational adraace- . ,
w , " iaear his faxsi- A farmer aaaed
menL . .
Permit me in doling to express ' HHt w,tfea teeal WT5'fU a
my entire satisfaction with the
action of voar boaorabfe bodr dar -
inr the past i vear and thank 70a
for the
fearless and
fsitrrfal per-
formance of doty on vonr part and
the I;ind advice and "irood coencel
hicli rendered onr labors miore
pleasant and made it possible for
us to attain the measure of success,
that we have enjoyed-
Very respecteuity suhraittea,
tTiLiiaai Eesigsst.
P
To Clean Up.
Here are a few lot numbers of Ladies Fine
Shoes, Padan Bros. mate. The selling- price of
these goods are from 2.50 to 3.50 per pair. We
offer to cle.-m them up at 1- 5 per pair. Here
are the sizes of the lot numbers:
LOT 1620 Plain toes, button, width D
and pairs 24, 2 pairs of 3t 2 pairs
34, 12 pairs or 4, 2 pairs 44, 1 pair of 5.
LOT 1601 Congress One pair 24. one
pair 3, one pair . - -
LOT 1643 E last 1 pair 21, 1 pair 3,
1 pair 34, 1 pair 5, 1 pair o5, 1 pair 6J.
Zk.
LOT 161 Lace 1 pair 2, 2 pairs 3, 1
pair 3 1-2, 1 pair 4. 2 pairs 6. -
LOTS 1420 and 1410 Cloth top, lace
and button- 1 pair 2 1-2. 1 pair 3, 1 pair
3 1-2, 2 pairs 4, 1 pair 5, 1 pair 5 1-2.
If you desire good values for a little money,
you should e&il before these goods are sold they
won't last long-. Every pair warranted to give
satisfaction or money refunded. When calling
for these shoes please state that you want the lots
advertised.
oston Store, .i. Pi 7Pr. Prnn.
Our Cleaning up
i " iTTzHsrs is" inrssASH.
. BAa. ,.3 --."V
Norfolk has raised a 5r00 wad to
blow in for a 4th of July btowoet.
George Goodlin, of Wymote, cat
his upper left arm, severE
an
artery. He was joand. m tirae to
be saved from bleedia-" to death.
Max Graham, of Wyssore. was
overrode b v beat white working- ia
a graveyard, aad lay aaconscioas
for soeae time before betar discov
ered. He is recovering.
Bertha Hiles of Chester g-ot a fish
bjoae ia her tkroat aad. it took some
time at the baads of a doctor to
dislodge the same, bat at last it
was forced down, aad ho ill effects
resulted.
The Srst radaating- exercises of
the orernaeat Indiaa school at
Genoa were beM tbfe week- They
will be spoken of there as the red
irl radaates, instead of the sweet
sir! "rradaates.
Two yoaag" roosters of Weepiag
Water named Gilraore and Ward
met one aigrht ia the stock yards at
that place to decide in Pita-Corbett
style who was to be lord of a cer
tain yoaag- lady, aad according- to
results Ward lost.
Butcher Araoex will cover nine
teen acres at Soafch Oataha with
his Billion-dollar paefciag- house, j
which will easaioT 2.0K) sea. Es-!
timating- a faieilr of Sve to each,
meaas an additioa of 10,000 people
to the towa.
!
Francis Martin of Falls City
sounds the alarm ia a big-, scare- j
head ia the Journal and calls apoa j
the people to rise aad root oet soar ;
dock, which be says is about to;
strangle aH veetatioa ia Richard-1
Stan coanty.
The large ban and
grainertes ot
Band Addletaaa ia Piattford pre
cinct, Sarpy coaatv, were burned
to the groead a few days ago.
Over 4,000 bashels of grain, iaany
tons of hay, a valuable horse aad
several sets of harness were de
stroyed, waking- the loss foot ap to
an alarmiag- figure. The property
was partially i as red.
Whea a storm came at Beatrice
Tuesday, Mrs. McCleery told her
hasbaad they shoe id ad jocra to the
cellar. He pooi-poobed the propo
sition bet crawled oet of bed and
scooted for tie bsseraeat- TfceT
joi sob ami .wr u,
! started to cross the river ia
Reeves" ierrr boat, aad when with-
i tw
i ' . J
bo2lt oega to sta With rare
presence of miad Use father threw
the gaa pSaak to shore and the
chikirea crossed safely aad west
toe helps, while tbe ztber reataiaed
in nae aeep waser masu a iwm
: holding" the horses" bead above it
prices still continue- J
S03ES2SEI 2TEWS.
The aannal school meeting- at
Somerset resulted in the election f
O. E. Malliken moderator. A lew
of twentv-fire mills for general
school perposes was made. Some
look for trouble in the future on
this levy. It was voted to have a
aiee months term of school bejrin-niag-
Sept. 6th. and the board em
ployed Mrs. Lizzie F. Ehoades as
teacher.
Mr. Btong'her came near meeting
with a serious accident last week.
He was cultivating ; with a ridinr
icaltivator near a deep canyon and
ia taming" the team backed over
the almost perpendicular embank
ment. The team' "and plow turned
three cotspiete somersaults in mak
ing the descent. Mr. Bio ns her es
caped injury by jumping- from the
plow before it went over the em
bankment. Corn is backward, bat at present
is growing- very rapidly, it will
have to hustle in order to get out
of the way of the frost next faJL
A son of James Waggoner was
kicked oh the forehead by a horse
last week aad came
killed.
near
being"
H. C Jackson, of Frontier coun
ty, was here last week making- ap
pticatioe for a schooL
Aiatr Jack.
THE C-. I. A. BAIL.
The foQowinr named ball wi& be
gives at Lloyd's opera house under
j the auspices of the Ladies AuixiK-
J ary to the B. of L. E:
Corn all ye lovecs of tha danee,
Xmu sare wen pes to zaete;
Jsiv gftk will be ike ehaae&7
We wish to tell about.
Psof. GerliebsT orchestra.
Good atasie will disperse,
Thoreli be iee cream, and cake ia plenty
WD, we hope yocH ne?er gafe worsen
Shoot, sharp, brave Cody Geards,
Am! Jace ye well aboet;
Bat come to the h.iH ia tba pvr.inr;
If yoe desire to help as oat.
To evesy Xocth Piafcte cifeiKen,
In tanas most pofite,
YoarseM and jorr partner
We herewith invite.
Wa sbaB reqaire the suta of SCtf teais '
If yoe bcinVyoer neigbbocs daHkr
terT Two disbesof ke cream
"WiS ooJy cast a quarter.
CoacacrsEE.
3eTrare af Oratsidts far Catarrh, that
j
as aeccery wffi sereiy destroy the seaee
of seafi sad completely deraose the
whole sysieoi wbeo eateria it tbroasrk
the moscoas serfages . Soeh articles
should never be ased except oa perscrip
tioBS from repolable pbyeiaa?, as tha
dataase they will do is tea fold to the
good yoe can possibly derive from them.
Hsfl's Catarrh Core. manfac$ored by
F. J. Cbeaey A Coc Toledo, O . eoatsias
bo merearyJ sad is taken, mtdr sally. ae
mg drreetly apoa the blood aad ataeoas
RnriiMMRctftfettsvstefla. In barmr Heffs
CRtarrh Core besareyoe ?afc tao gsaatae
It is takes seoftv. aad HBadtiaTe
icdo. Obio. by F. J. Cbeaey & Co.
Testbaoaads free.
Sold by Draggieiev price sc per
ottle.
HalFs Faefiv Fifis are the best. 1
Coemeeeics: Seadavr Jase 13ihT tae
UXIO: PACIFIC "will ioanijantfe
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