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NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1897.
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WE WISH TO SAY.
TO THE READERS OF THIS PAPER:
OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
A full line of special Mackintoshes for men, ladies and children at about
one-half the price asked by agents of eastern houses. "We have a fine line of
Clothing, Overcoats, men's, youths' and children's suits at prices very low,
quality of goods considered.
Largest Assortment of Underwear in the City.
Beautiful line of Dress Goods, Trimmings to match. Ladies' Capes and
Jackets will be in next week. New styles, new goods. All goods marked on
the percentage plan; one price to all a small profit to us on everything we
sell Don't fail to. look us over before buying. All goods go for CAbH,
no bad debts to pay.
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T. BANKS, Prop.
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William Pankonin, of Louisville,
bad several head of" cattle killed by
lightning- Friday night.
The Furnas county board has
purchased 150 acres of land near
Beaver City for a poor farm.
The peach crop is now ready to
harvest and Richardson county has
as large a crop of this deliciolis
fruit as it could ask for. They are
selling at 50 cents per bushel.
More hay has been cut on the
divides in Cheyenne county this
season than for many years before
and if frost stays away for a couple
of weeks more the grass will cure
nut and make a ranere on which
stock will keep fat all winter.
A drive through the irrigated
rnrn fields south of the river near
finthenburp- demonstrates what
Cl
water will do when distributed over
Nebraska soil. The indications
that the vield, including sod
seventy-five
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DRUGS,
PAINTS
Druggist.
MEDICINES,
OILS-
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' Painters' Supplies,
Window Glass, Machine Oils.
Diamanta Spectacles.
are
corn, will average
bushels to the acre.
W. O. Tucker of Weeping Water
last week received returns from his
western land. The renter reported nobody played it Boston Herald.
his wheat crop at twenty-six bush
els to the acre and after selling it
sent Mr. Tucker as his share (one-
Marvclonjj Kesa.lt of a Youn Lady's First
Venture at Monte Carlo.
A private letter from Alonie Carlo re
counts an extraordinary run of lock
made recently by one of the players, an
American girl, at a ronlette table. She
went there merely to see Ibo gambling,
of which she had heard po much, and,
becoming excited, obtained permission
from her escort to venture one gold
piece, and one only. If she lost it, she
would play no more. If sho won, she
would play with her winnings until
they were gone.
She placed the coin on No. 13, and
the turn of the wheel was in her favor.
Her escort entered into an animated ar
gument with her to take what she had
gaiued and to be content with her ex
perience. She remiuded him of the
terms of the agreement, aud while tho
controversy was going on the croupier
gave another turn to the wheel, which,
when it stopped, showed the same num
ber as winner. As her money had re
mained on the table it was increased
thirtyfold.
Again urged to remove her gains and
to cease playing, she became angry and
left the money on the same number
with the intention of losing it. Once
more the ball stopped in No. 13, and
her single goldpiece had increased to a
handsome little fortune, which she was
at length prevailed upon to pocket
Oddly enough, the next turn of tho
wheel stopped at the same number, but
as it had already come up three times
f Our Fine Black Kid Shoes
j FOE LADIES
g At $1,75, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00.
ARB SUPERIOR IN EVERY WAY to
g the ordinary shoes sold at these prices.
SI - . Handsome styles, perfect fitting, best finish
and good service. Such goods as only the
Hi -factories that make specialties of these grades
' i can make. Ladies' sizes in spring- heel shoes
S . kid or calf, lace or button. For, good
SCHOOL SHOES come to the 3
YELLOW FRONT SHOE STORE. J
H - DECATUR & BEEGLE, 3
p GEO, M. GRAHAM, Manager. 3
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KEM PRECINCT.
G. W. Miller and wife of Mis-
cnnn T?iHo-e were in these parts Fri-
, , third) S6 per acre. The whole crop
Rev. Russel preached his farewell at an acre mui c iuau rjo
. , cn,T the land it was grown on.
sermon last bunday. a
A. Kunkle Sr., bought nineteen One day last week Henry Saltz-
head of cattle of John McConnell, man, of Shickley, was running a
of Somerset. a disc and had his little 3-year-old
rpi,0.0;n-iif Jnriipc of min since bov ridinsr on the disc in a box.
A. Ill -V- V- w M fc- - 1 mi
The little fellow fell off and one of
the disc knives shaved the check
off the left side of his face. They
did not bring the child to the doctor
ANOTHER MASTODON.
our last report.
Bert Donaldson of the cast side,
marketed a load of corn in the hub
last week receiving twenty cents a
A Boy Finds the Bones or Some Huge i-x-
tinct Animal.
A sou of Benjamin H. Cox of Ciucin-
nati while "prospecting" recently cu a
five acre tract belougiug to his father
near Southside discovered tho bones of
an extinct mammal on a hillside, where
it had been washed out from uuder the
rocks by heavy rains. The vertebra)
were iutact, aud a tooth over sir inches
long, in a remarkably well preserved
Btate, was fouud.
The size of tho bcucs indicated that
the animal, whatever it was, must have
bo-
BITES OF MAD CATS.
They Arc More Scrlons Than Those In
flicted by Rabid Dogs.
According to the returns just pub
lished by the Pasteur institute at Paris,
fully 10 per cent of the patients treated
For the first time in six years
capital has been seeking investment
in this section. Nearly every day
inqiries for land are being made,
and the price is going up. One of
our pop brethern offered his holding
here last season tor a song ana rue
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mere owe tneir juries loin? ones 01 purchaser could sing the song him
cats afflicted with hydrophobia. These he ha ,a ice n it
UJ u,u , r , . 4.i,:r,r.c l,p mnrn of nros-
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bushel.
Lloyd Mullikin is improving slow- was impossible to fix him up in
heen of cieautic nronortions and
far two or three days, and then it i0Uged to the prehistoric period. It was
urobablv a mastcdon. fcroni the meas-
lv.
business
Wednes-
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H THOSE NEW STYLE
REFRIGERATORSJ
H Are selling-rapidly. The many good
H points possessed by them can easily be 3
ascertained by an inspection. ... 3j
j GASOLINE STOVES
Are being sold by us cheaper now than
s ever before in fact we are making a 3
iE "leader" of them. We handle the best
E: in the market. Come in and see them. 3
i GARDEN HOSE, SPRINKLERS,
and other seasonable goods are car-
E ried in stock, together with a complete 3
line of Hardware. We still sell Bicy-
cles and bicycle siigpljes. z
g Foley Block. Who no one Owes. 3
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FINEST SAMPLE EOOM IN NORTH PLATTE
Having refitted our rooms in the finest of style, the public
is invited to call and see us, insuring courteous treatment.
Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
Our billiard hall is supplied with the oesl make of tables
and oomnetcnt attendants will supply all your wants.
TrwTf FTS RT,onK OPPOSITE x'HE UNION PACIFIC DEPOT
n-nnd clmnp nnH lie Will alwaVS be
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disfigured,
Anderson of O'Neal shipped
seven cars of cattle from this point
last Friday and shipped another
Saturday. They expected to ship
the eight, cars Friday but owing to
an error they lacked one car and
were compelled to hold one load
until the next day. They were the
cattle shipped in from Idaho in the
spring and ranged in the sandhills
north of town, under the care of the
Cokers. There will be several
more cars shiDoed this week.
Sutherland Free Lance.
Stephen Phelps, of Trumbull,
raised 132 acres of oats tins year
that turned outlilty-three bushels
to tlie acre total 7.000 bushels. He
has 220 acres of corn that he is con
fident will go forty bushels to the
acre 8,800 bushels. Besides he
has 1.600 bushels of wheat. These
three crops, if sold outright these
good republican times, will probably
bring before January 1st next about
$4,500, but he will feed cattle and
liners, and make much more tnan Jo
e,
cents per bushel out of his corn.
While threshing grain for C. M
Jacox last Wednesday on section 9
11-26 in Lincoln county, Halsey
Peckham's steam engine set fir
the straw stack and burned up
their separator and about 150
bushels of wheat for Mr. Jacox. It
will be quite a loss to Mr. Peckham
as his machine was practically as
as new. Thev tried to pull
Will Jolliff transacted
down on the county line
day.
The Pleasant Hill district has
extended a call to G. W. Rhodes, of
Somerset, to wield the rod for the
coming term. X. X.
NEWS TABAGBAPHS.
The Afrida uprising in India has
already cost England around $15,
000,000, but India eventually will
have to foot the bill. John knows
how to attend to that.
The American bicycl e seems to
be wheeling its own way in Europe,
The export of wheels for the year
ended July 1, 1897, was $7,000,000,
gainst $2,000,000 for the year pre-
ceeding.
The New Orleans board of health
officially declared Sunday evening
hat there were six cases of yellow
ever in that city. Rigid quaran
ine measures have been adopted.
The free silverites of Ohio will
hold a campmeeting at the fair
grounds at Springfield beginning
o-morrow. Among the speakers
will be Willie Bryan ot Nebraska.
A freight wreck at Hanzon,
Indian Territory, Sunday ' after
noon resulted in the death of six
men, and serious injuries to six or
eiffht others.
At the Columbus meeting of the
striking coal miners Friday night
it was decided to accept the 65-cent the separator away with teams but
mrp nffprprl hv the onerators. It is the harness broke and it got so hot
ureuieut of the remains that were un
earthed it is supposed that the animal
was about 12 feet high, exceeding the
height of the ordinary elephant of tho
present day. Youug Cox preserved the
tooth and will make further explora
tions of tho grounds, after which all
the collections made will Lo presented to
the Historical society of Cincinnati.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
rood
believed that before the end of this
week many of the mines in the
Pittsburg district will be running
to their full capacity.
Professor William Hallock of
Columbia university, under whose
direction a shaft is being sunk in
the earth near Pittsburg, hopes to
reach a depth of 10,000 feet by Nov.
1st. The work is being done in
order to learn something concern
ing the strata of the earth and the
comparative heat of its crust at
various depths.
In a conflict between striking
miners and deputy sheriffs near
Hazel ton, Pa., Friday, twenty of
the former were killed and about
forty wounded. The miners were
marching to a mine when they
were intercepted by the deputies.
The sheriff asked the men to dis
perse, whereupon he was struck on
the head with a stone. He then
ordered his deputies to fire, which
they did with the above result.
Great excitement at once prevailed,
and the militia was ordered to
Hazelton. The town is under
martial law and the outlook is
rather ominous.
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A trial subscription to the Semi
Weekly State Journal from now
until January 1, 1898, only costs
twenty-live cents. You can send
stamps. "
thev were compelled to abandon it
and turn it over to the flames
which consumed it in a short
time. Gothenburg Independent.
Some sixteen vears ago George
Booze and his family of Springfield,
started in to save up all the pennies
thev cot, and they are still at it.
George would break a dollar for a
postal card rather than use a
penny, although once in a great
while he has to part with a copper
rnin. This savinjr seems to be a
fad with Geonre, as he has no ob
ject in view in saving the coin. He
has no idea how many pennies he
has at present, but they must reach
up between $25 and $30, and mayby
much more,
GOOD ROADS IN "PROSPECT.
Uncle Sam Will Lay Steel Tracks For
Wagon Traffic
The United States department of
sericulture pioposes to lay in tho cen
ter of country roads two flat steel tracks
of sufficient width for ordinary farm
r rni a 1
wagon tranic. xnese iraus aru iu uo
seven-sixteenths of au inch thick ana
will he uedded in gravel laid in trenches
and fastened together at tho joints and
in the center.
On hills they will be corrugated toen-
ablo horses to obtain a hrni fcotiioia.
Such a road is expected to bo durablo
and to reduce the tractive resistance
from 40 pounds per ton on a macadam
surface to 8 pounds per ton on the steel
tracks. On i short road tho cost for
tracks and fittings wouJd be $3,500 per
mile. A line several miles in length
could be built for $2,000 per milo.
This is for track weighing 100 tons per
mile. A track for lighter traffic and
weighing less could be built proportion
ately cheaper. Jbxchauge.
Mortgage Lost In the Mails.
The mortgage for $750,000 which tho
Iowa Union Telephono company gave
to the Illinois Trust company has been
lost in the mails. The document has
traveled through nearly every county
in Iowa where the Iowa Union compa
ny does business to he recorded. It has
always been mailed in a tin tube When
the mail reached Grundy Center, the
tube was fouud, but the mortgage was
cone. It is not presumed that it was
stolen, as it would be of little value to
any one but the rightful owners. Jlho
opinion prevails that it became sepa
rated from the covering and will yet
turn up. If not, a duplicate mortgage
will be made, and it must be recorded
in all the counties tho original visited.
St. Louis Glebe-Democrat.
wounds are considered
officers in attendance to present a great
er decree of dancer than the bites of
mad dogs.
This is not because there is any differ
ence in the virus, but because, in tho
first ulace, the teeth of cats, being
more pointed than those of dogs, inflict
a deeper wound, and also because a
mad dog nsually fastens his fangs into
the arm, the hand or the leg, while a
cat invariably jumps for the face of the
person it attacks. The nerve centers are
far more exposed in the face than in
either the arms or legs, and hence the
virus enters into the circulation more
ranidlv bv means of a bite in the face
than through one elsewhere in the body.
It may be added that tho returns of the
Pasteur institute for tbu last year show
that 1 per cent of the patients who have
submitted themselves to treatment have
been bitten bv mad .ows. New York
Tribune
Wife Foresaw Husband's Death.
There was something weird and un
canny about the recent death of Frank
lin .1. Bond in Camden. N. J. About a
month aco Bond's young wifo lay upon
her deathbed. Almost her last words
in til I 1 J I
were, "JbranK, you ii soon iouow me.
Soon after Mrs. Bond's funeral her
husband was taken ill, but no fears
wore entertained for him. It was
thought that worry and anxiety inci
dent to his wife's illness and death
had upset him and that a few days'
quiet and rest would soon restore him.
Ho went to Cresco, near Mouut Pocouo,
Pa., and his menus and relatives
thought he was getting on nicely. He
snddculv crew worse, however, and
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was hurried to his home. He never ral
lied, but continued to grow worse until
death came. Philadelphia Record.
penty is approaching so rapmiy
that he won't sell at ail. 'mis is
only one instance in many. And
now comes the JNew lone .bite in
surance company, one of the most
substantial in the world, and is
ready to invest in irrigation
bonds, saying the people can have
all the money they want at six per
cent. Sidney Poniard.
Deafness Cannot be Cared
by local application as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There
is only one way to cure deafness, and
that is by constitutional remedies. Deaf
ness is caused by an inflamed condition
of the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is inflamed you
have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, ana unless tne in
flammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearioc will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh;
which is nothing but an innammed con
dition of the raucous surfaces.
We will cive One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars; free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O
Sold by Druggist?, 7oc.
Hall's Family Pills are tho best. G-10
U. P. TIME TABLE. -
GOIUG EAST CENTRAL TIME.
No. 2 Fast Mail 8:45 i. in.
No. 4 Atlantic Express 11:10 p.m.
No. 28 Freight 7:00 a. m.
GOING WEST MOUNTAIN TIME.
No. 1 Limited 3:oo p. ra.
No.3-Fast Mail 11:20 p.m.
No. 23 Freight 7:35 a. m.
No. 10 Freight l:U p. m.
N . 13. Ulds. Agent.
You ouffht to get the Semi-Week-
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for its great leavening strength
Fate of the Klondike Clan.
Twelve linaicy miners on the sea afloat
North bound for the Klondike in a speedy boat
All thought Alaska was the miners' heaven.
Ono "petered" on the way. anu xncy were
eleven.
Eleven hnsky miners reached Juncan, and then
One thought he'd stay till spring, wnicn gave
the party ten.
Ten hufhy miners, who never saw a mine.
Ono 'flunked" at uyea. reducing tneni 10
nine.
Nine hufky miners, with a lot or freight.
One'pasd atChukat and uiaue tue num
ber eight
Eicht husfcv n-mers, by ambition driven.
Ono stopped with frozen iter and left it to the
seven.
Eeven hnsky miners in a nasty fix.
One fell in the river; saw him drown did six.
Bix husky miners, all of tbcm alive.
One crosMxl the "big divide," which made tho
living five.
Five husky miners, hungry, cold and "sore."
One of the "horeness" died cold, hungry Btald
tht four.
Four husky miners, a boat roado cf a tree.
The tree fell on the fourth one and left the
comrades three.
Three husky miners, nearly struggled through.
One died from scurvy and "shook" the other
two
Two husky miners Land of Midnight Sun.
A fatal case of sunstroke made the dozen cne.
One husky miner in the frigid one
UeiCDra'eu lonisgrc.il. ieiicmus on eiiBiu - 7 OT1H o ihera
and healtnfulness. Assures the food against .Wouldn't stand the bill of fare, and so tnera
alum and all forms of adulteration commou
to the cheap branas.
ROYAI. BAXIKG POWDER CO., NLW OYK.
was none.
Sar ?raccitco Examiner
ly State Journal during- the cam
paign. Doings of all parties fully
reported. Lincoln is the political
centre of the state and the Journal
irives this class of news ahead of
other state papers. Twenty-five
cents will pay for this splendid pa
per from now until January 1, 1898.
Mexican workmen who get
than halt what those of the United
States get. are having a hard time
now that they must take their pay
in 40-cent dollars. The American
carpenter gets $2.50 per day in good
100-cent dollars, while the Mexican
carpenter gets $1.25 in coin worth
40 cents on the dollar. The real
value of $1.25 which the Mexican
gets is just 50 cents, against $2.50
which the American carpenter
ets.
How it is that any party can now
assume to win a battle with silver
as the chief issue in states where
they could not win on that issue a
year ago, is hard to understand. On
last presidential election day silver
was worth 65.7. To-day it is worth
51 cents, a fall of over 20 per cent.
If the democrats could not carry
Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa, Marland.or
New York on the silver issue in
November, 1896, with their proposed
dollar worth 51 cents, how can they
expect to win this fall with a dol
lar worth only forty cents? Yet
they are going into the fight for it
everywhere, though there are signs
ot weakening in spui&.
NEBRASKA STATE PAIR,
On the occasion of the Nebraska
State Fair, Carnival of the Knights
of Ak-Sar-Ben,and other special at
tractions at Omaha, the Union Pa
cific will malic a very low rate from
North Platte Scot. 2lst aud 22d
only.ol $6.00 plus 50c admission for
the round trip. For full particulars
mil on N. B. Olds.
Agent.
F. DENNIS, M. D.,
F.
HOMOEOPATDIST,
Over First National Bank,
NOUTU PLATTE, - - NEUKASKA.
Dr. J. W. BUTT,
DENTIST.
Over First Nat'l Bank, NORTH PLATTE-
y"LLCOX & HALiLIGAN,
ATTOUNEYS-AT-LAW,
SOUTH PLATTE, ... NEUKASKA
Office over North Platte NaUonal I3ank.
D
R. N. F. DONAIJDSON,
Assistant Surgeon Union Pac-flc Bp"""
and Member of Pension Board,
NOBTH PLATTE, - KEBKAbKA.
Office over Streltz's Drug Store.
E.NORTHRUP,
DENTIST,
Room No. G, Ottenstein Building,
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
JRENCH & BALDWIN,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA.
Office over N. P. Ntl. Bank.
rp C. PATTERSON,
KTTO F2 NEY-HT-LKM.
Office First National Bank Bldg.,
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
BROEKER'S SUITS
ALWAYS FIT.
We have been making garments for
North Platte citizens for over twelvo
years, and if our work and prices were
not satisfactory we would not be here
to-day. We solicit your trade.
F. J. BROEKER, -
MERCHANT TAILOR.
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