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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1898)
m - . . . ARE YOU DATE? If so, spend your money where they keep up-to-date mer chandise. Outs is UP-TO-DATE ip. every department. UP TO m DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT. We have just added Dry Goods to our stock and every piece is new. We are show ing the latest in Waist Silks, Novelty Dress Patterns, Black Goods, Percales, Bradford Cloth, Organdies and White Goods. Prices on Dry Goods tell most when you see the quality of the goods offered. Call and inspect our line. In Staples we are selling Kearney Home Muslin vrM3ji!ts ; Standard Prints ...... .WS cents up Bleached Muslins ... 5 cents up Good Denims 10 cents LINING DEPARTMENT. - c . , ' j . We have the best line of Linings ,in; North Platte. Best Kid Finish Cambrics. Plain Silesias. Double Faced Fancy Silesias. Heavy Sateens. Morie Antique Fercalines ; J I t "Plotn "Prro1 i n c . . - '. f ." t C Taffetas. Linen Duck. Collar Canvas. The Celebrated-S.H. & M. Dress Bindings.. Lace and Embroidery Dept We have not only the largest line of these goods in North Platte, but tlie FIN EST IN QUALITY. Men's Furnishings. Good 4-ply Linen Collars .10 cents each. Oelluloid Collars 10 cents each. Boys7 Linen Collars zl..A0 cents each. Men's Night Shirts, good muslin, 50c each. KSOnr line of Neckwear and Shirts is complete with all the newest patterns in the market. Hat "and Cap Department. Men's Stiff Hats Men's Stiff Brim Fedoras Men's Stiff Wool Hats Men's Cow-boy Hats " ,Boy'sHats ' Children's Caps - 'We have what you want (ft m m m m m m m m m m m HARDWARE. DEPARTMENT. Wire nails '. 2 cents a lb. 12 qt. galvanized pail 20 cents each Hame staples 2 for 5 cents Hame clips ?. ; .' 2 for 5 cents Cock eyes . 5 cents each Line snaps . 3 cents each Breast snaps 4 and 5 cents each Halter rings . . . ... . . . . . . 1 cent each Maydole hammers :. . 55 cents 21b. plow hammer If 45 cents Alligator wrench 15 cents Babbit metal ..10 cents a square Good saw -full size f. 60 cents 10 gauge loaded shells 45 cents a box 12 gauge loaded shells 40 cents a box 12 inch plow file 17 cents We have a full line of clevises, plow lays, lister lays, cultivator shovels, wagon wood. etc. HARNESS DEPARTMENT. Hame straps 10 cents IX inch breast straps .fv. 35 cents 11 inch breast straps .. .: ". 45 cents 1 inch pole straps .t 35 cents 11 inch pole straps 45 cents IX inch leather halters ..75 cents Plow briddles with blinds.. 50 cents Sweat pads 20 cents 11 inch sewed traces 51. 25 Good 11 inch sewed tug farm harness 520.00 We carry buggy harness, collars, lines, saddles sinches, riding bridles, leather, saddle blankets, horse blankets, robes, whips, in fact a full line of harness goods at prices that means a saving to you. We still make the price. You have not had a cut on groceries since we put in this depart ment that we are not responsible" for. 18 lbs. Best Granulated Sugar for . .$1.00 Arbuckl.es Coffee 10 cents a pound Lion Coffee 10 cents a pound XXXX Coffee 10 cents a ponnd German Coffee 10 cents a pound Mokaska Coffee 10 cents a pound Log Cabin Coffee. .... 10 cents a pound Kerosene Oil 14 cents a gallon Minnesota Patent Flour. $1.20 per sack Pillsbury's Best Minnesota Flour $1.30 per sack 25 lb. sack Corn Meal 18 cents Corn Chop 55 cents per hundred 4-pound package Gold Dust i&c Rock Salt .65 cents per hundred Salt . . .$1.80 per bbl 2 Sacks Table Salt for 5 cents Yeast all kinds, our price has always been 3c Lewis Lye 9 cents 3 cans for 25 cents Merry War Lye 7 cents a can Pearline ; 4 cents a pkg. 10 cent size Paddle" Blueing 7 cents 5 cent size Paddle Blueing 4 cents Franklin Mac Veagh 6t Co's Club House brand of Canned Goods. Club House Tomatoesi3 cents, 2 for 25 cents Club House Corn 11 cents a can Club House Succotashi3 cents 2 for 25 cents Club House Pumpkin 11 cents a can Club House Peas Early June Sifted 14 cents 3 cans for 40 cents We deliver your goods promptly and give you the best of quality. If you appreciate good treatment we are sure to have your trade. WILCOX DEPARTMENT STORE, ORTH PLATTE, NEB. 1EA Ii BARE, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION RAIEti. One Tear, cash in advance, -. tL5 Six Months, cash In advance .75 Gents Entered atthe KorthPlatte (Kebr&sfca )postofflce as s econd-clasa matter. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1898. Miss Hattie Singleton left this morning for a month's visit at Sion'x City, Iowa. George G. McKay leaves for the eastern market to-morrow night to purchase his stock ot spring goods. Hosts reached three dollars and forty cents in the local market Wednesday and Thursday, but to day fell off. Isaac Watts, who had been visiting his mother for a few days and, also looking after business mat ters, returned to Corning, Iowa, this morning. The loca hive of the Ladies' of the- Maccabees has of late gained many accessions. The lodge is growing in popularity. The case of the Austin Grader Co. against W. M. Hinman will be called in the district court this af ternoon. There are still several jury cases on the docket. Isaac Dillon to-day shipped a car of fine horses to the St. Louis market. Wallace Baskins has been look ing after his interests on the Medi cine for a few days past. The name of W. H. Fickes has been mentioned in connectionwith the republican nomination for mayor. It would be hard to find a more capable man for the position. We are not advised as to whether he would accept the nomination. The Lutheran supper at the opera house last evening was large ly attended, as was also the enter tainment given later. The pro gramme rendered was a most excel lent one and reflected much credit upon those taking part. A drill by the Hamilton Cadets was received "with much enthusiasm. The re ceipts were seventy dollars. The case of Howard Paul, charged with the illegal practice of medicine, was called in the district court yesterday morning. The greater part of the day was con sumed in .presenting evidence, and late in the afternoon the attorneys began theirarguments; which were continued this forenoon. The trial 5s by jury. Beeler and Halligan are prosecuting and Neville & Parsons defending. r-r - ...... A Money-Making Money-Saving Mystery X xi rlv m J. o J. j i -ta bor Joe lives so well. His wages are no more than yours. He has no other income. He dresses well, and his children look neat and nice. He owns a piano. He is rapidly paying for his little home and has a httle money in bank. The secret is simply mmm Tin Vnu ) instance, working men's Pants, Overalls, HOW UO I Oil l Shirts or Sack Coats, a Buy? J Overalls range at - 75c upwards Apairofall-ocl pants-long, staple wool-hand- Prire HilltS I some, serviceaoie, long oi wear .w . - PtS ( Sweet On & Oo and "Peters" Brotherhood 011e g . Oli i'U.IItS. are UlflOH HADE. Call in to see them. 4f p; S.-We have 50c Oils as well. Star Clothing House. I Opposite Postoffice across the street. IT IS ALL TALK When you hear people say they can not get some rare bargains in. . .. FURNITURE in the month of February. We have some great bargains for this month as we expect our new Spring Stock about March 1st, and we must have room. We have decided to give the people, a chance to get some good goods for little money. a- ODD FELLOWS BLOCK. E. B. WARNER. SWEEPING nnn HI is mi GOODS -KT RENNIE'S- Every day a sale day. We have no wheels in our head but we will smash Mrs. Jones' Hub so as it will look like a hub without spokes. 10,000' yards best un bleached muslin at this sale, 4c per yd; 10,000 yards best gingham at-l'c; 10,000 yds best lining cambricks at 3c per yd; 10,000 yds new dress goods, worth 25c and 30c at 10c; ?3000 in shoes at 50c on the dollar, we want your cash and we are going to have it. 500 pairs of our line 25c hose, from 0 to 9&, at 15c per pair. Rennie afterthe Dry Goods trade. 200 yards best table oil cloth at 15c per yard: 1000 yards best percales at 10c per yard, 1 yard wide. An immense line of new Dry Goods at the most rediculous low pices ever offered. WE WANT YOUR TBADE AND PBICE8 WILL BBING'YOU. ' v. Our Spring Millinery will be open Mnrch 25th with a new Trimmer from Chicago, and we will ndeator to give you a most choice and elegant assortment, and if Mrs. Smith or Mrs. Jones come in it will not make any difference if they bring a now Hub or old "Wagon Hub, if they are in good standing financially they can buy all the Dry Goods they wish either for cash or credit and at prices lower than any so-called low-priced Hub stores t Mrs. Frank Tracy went to Lex ington this morning". It began snowing at this point at six o'clock this morning and con tinued until noon. James Barker and wife, ot Ce dar Rapids, Iowa, re in town, hav ing been called hereby the sickness of Mr, Barker's mother. The Tribune suggests that on the morning of Washington's birth day the G. A. R. howitzer be brought out and made to bark" for a few times. It would be a good time to see how much noise the gun can make. Carl Polilmier, of the Third ward, died about half past 1 o'clock last night from Bright's disease, with which he had been suffering for some time. He was seventy three years ot age. The funeral will ber held to-morrow, interment to take place at thie German Luth eran burying ground in Nowell pre cinct. " ' Miss Gertrude Grady has re turned home from a visit with her sister at Cheyenne. Loveland and Baskin shipped two cars of hogs to the South Oma ha market yesterday. John Delay has sold liis livery stock to Wm. Mills, and the latter has taken possession of the stable. The infant child of-Frank Simp son, which had been very sick with lung trouble, is reported by Dr. Lucas to be much improved. Very little, if. any, wheat re mains in this county to be marketed. Farmers who have more than they need for seed will dispose of it to others who are short on seed. Friends are congratulating Doc -Sizemore to-day oyer his reported marriage. Doc is sly, you know, and he neither denies or confirms the rumor. If he isrt't married, he should be; he has both the age and the wealth. ' T': ' r give the A letter from Arthur Hoagland to his father states that his physi cians will not allow him to leave the hospital before May 1st. Arthur is having a trying siege. (Q In several precincts of the coun ty some little wheat was sown the early part of this week. Winter wheat in the south part of the cour- ty. was showing up well prior to to day's storm. John Ellison expects to sell his farm in Nichols precinct and will probably move to town about March 1st. He makes this move to his children -the advantage of city schools. Mrs. Tvler Hollinsrs worth ar rived from Tama, Iowa, Tuesday nirht and will remain here until the arrival of her husband, who is enroute bv wairon. Thev will re- side south of Wallace. Cochrane Patterson, a former North Platte 3'oung man, has se cured an eighth interest in a very valuable mine in the Cripple Creek district of Colorado. Twenty men are at work developing the prop erty. This evening the band boys will hold a concert and dance at the opera honse, the Knights of Pythias will entertain a card party at theif hall, and the Epworth League will entertain the other young people's christian societies of the city at the First National bank hall. If none of these suit you. spend the evening at the Salvation army barracks SHOES... How many times has your foot been caught in a frog and given you serious trouble re moving it. You should wear a pair of our combination shoes, from which the foot can be instantly removed, and thus iruard airainst this fre- quent liability ot fatal acci- p dent. This shoe- may save gi j your life. After this shoe is i-9 adjusted to the instep by the & J lace, it can be slipped on with 2 T . , ' . t ... ' f. i.i T the ease and rapidity ot the ordinary gaiter, while it has the dressy appearance of the lace shoe. Now the price is $3.00 SEE THEM w StaP Clothing House. The Fair store receiyed sev eral dray loads of new goods this morning. A disease of the nature of pneu monia has been quite prevalent among children in town. Julius Pizer is making arrang ments to go east on his semi-an nual purchasing expedition. About twenty friends of Miss uattie fcing-ieton jrave uer a sur prise party Tuesday at the home of her sister, Mrs. L. B. Hastings. The evening was pleasantly spent in playing games ot various kinds. Refreshments were served. The Catholic ladies report good attendance at the social given by them at the school hall Wednesday evenine-. An excellent programme of music and recitation was rendered, toliowinsr wnicii re freshments were served. To-day's snow adds to the al ready good prospects for a bumper crop year. If Lincoln county does not produce a big crop of small grain from the moisture now in the cround, farmers mifrht as well throw up their hands and quit til ling the soil. We sell only such goods as will give satisfaction; never lowering oualitv to meet prices. .See the new spring Longley hat at $3.00. We have cheaper goods. Star Clothing House. The North Platte gun club re ceived a consignment of a new style blue rock Wednesday, and at a trial shoot Messrs. Graves, Dol- son and Federhoof each broke nine teen out of thirty. Trap shooting will be indulged in by a number ot the members of the. club to-morrow afternoon. Miss Lenora Cumminjrs enter tained thirty-six of our young society people Wednesday evening at a "hearts party at the home of her aunt, Mrs. M. Doolittle. The game of progressive hearts was the entertaining feature of the evening. Miss Ada Kocken won the ladies' honor, a spoon with heart designed handle, J. H. Turpie and Lee Wood tied for the gentleman's prize, and in cutting the latter won the heart-shaped photograph case.' Refreshments were served in heart shapes, the heartiest kind of fun, prevailed during the entire evening and yet not a heart was lost. Miss Cfcmmings proved uerseit a very herselt a su&eafsful and entertaining hostess. Lorenzo Dow was up from t he national cemetery yesterday buy ing supplies. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Minor will entertain a party of friends, at cards next Monday evening. Milton Doolittle went to Omaha to look after a case in court in which the bank is interested. Goods don't grow in our cellar, but the prices we are naming would lead people to think so. See our line of underwear for spring; double seat pants at 50 cents. Star Clothing House. The warm weather the early part of the week pushed forward very rapidly the buds on lilac bushes. Colonel Bill Collins re ports that he has snow-drops in full bloom. The present weather, however, does not indicate that spring has arrived. Educate Your rioweln With Cascaret. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund monev 5"0E SALE. One second-hand Sandwich four-hole Mounted Shellor, with eight-horse mounted power, all in cood runnincr order. Jos. Hershey. STRAYED, Nino head of Texas cattle branded 7 V U," Not dehorned. Will pay re ward for information leading to their whereabouts. J. D. SHAHAN. Imperial, Neb. BABY'S SHARP EYES RPiWnMwiMii We hear much of the 'sharr" eyes of little children. What a pity mat wuen we neea snarp eyes most we have so neglected and wronged these "wells of kindness' that they become wells of darkness instead. Do not allow this to be if in vour case there is yet time. We make a specialty of fitting glasses to both old and young and guarantee satis- action, jjo not neglect your eyes. v hhhCIIXTOX-J, Jeweler and Optician Ingraviafree of charge. 1 door south Streitz's Pharmacy,