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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1898)
j " OLD .AGE. r vlt " "-'J o. un BIBB i m atrra uy rnlBOKa old age, so obb Tipoa pilgrimage be knockiag, ho obs for tts amUeaee waits & jk brigkt, lorayiag troop.' endtt X asodi &Ride out oa the fcrsve lolly cf any qveet, fBgt -B-eariness, the restless shadow of rest , fflloTeriHgly upon the city "broods ill be, then, that those remembering JLsd aleeplesB irate&srs oa the craabling .,2k lowers Skall lose the rant olfhe dtaskwos henrs ?fcick God aaay haTe grant tired of" reckoning. Arthur Bysoss Jh Athenaum. "'' - THE POSTAL TEUli1. BT CHARLES B. XEWIS. As ft posl6ffic8ingecterIdl6 notiear the doings at Shelby until 'two or three of my fellow inspectors had tried fheir hands and made a iailnre cf it ."Than I took tLe case and failed most ig jiominionaiy of- all because Iadded blnn--8r to fairare. f The postmaster rras an. old man named fJEarper, and' lor assistants he had his &wo daughters, one bng 19 and the J&aer 15 years of age. Air. Baxper had peld tho offica for 12 years -when the f complaints caine in. 'The post office was jin Ij of lils residence, with a front add iSL The inspectors who preceded me Sad looked tho ground over and left the se a mystery. Every bedy said that nrperw'as. "honesty itself, and the idea Jlhat the Fg iris wcrald tamper with the avails was not to e entertained. - The mail' carrier was the first man to ee to. I 'arrived on fho ground without raj identity being revealed and watched him for two weeks. There was oppor---fcnity daring -Hs eight mile drive to pen thlMgBwith'a duplicate key, "but 1 watched without result, except to be 'tiKficfToThis honesty. Then I made myself known to the postmaster and re ceived a "warm welcome. Ho was very f&uch distressed .about the thefts, and to fce best of "his knowledge and belief all Sad taken 'place in his office. There 'were only aboS 20 jerohs who Tented oses, and .all other mail was ,put into '"tho genfrcTfielivery. As the father and Jhis two"t5ugSt6rs"were the only ones 3jandliftbejmail or having access to "lhe interior of the office it seemed that no of tifjrhreemhst bo the thief, and ' yet I could not bring myself to believe that. I was given tho fullest opportu nity to investigate and I also did some wcrk otrfelde' unbeknown "to' tho' post master. I caused to be mailed to the patent rhedicino peoplo a large number of let ters, with a private number on each en velope. The first batch, of ten came through all right, but out of the second 'two were missiag. The whole ten iad left Dentonin "the" mail bug, as I well 1feiew, and1 the two had either been tak en rpato fay the carrier or by some -eaajffer' tibeir arrival' at t'bel by. As the earner Bad brought over two pas sengers in his cart that trip he might be C0EKitteredonof i 1 1 "The'mairhad cr .rivad at Slrelbyat .5 o'clock and been called for an hour later. Kext day n "batch of Eix letters came through all right, and so on tho next; and cn tho third ten were received. I , helped to dis tribnto tho mail and counted three let ters and recorded the number. Father and daegkter air knew tUisY-and yet at 5. o'clock three of these letters, together . with two for-aceriain merchant, which -1 bad particularly ot i ced,wero missing an dc"6sl S'lJeJC- V IbaudT ' That 1 iIer!gclDEed, we tiarca2tr,bpEido dowb7Ja it wcre, burotHcame of it. Tbo'oitTpcst rtwfler was in tho dcepe5fcrfcspair, whTile his two daughters wept and sob bed over what -fcy believed would bo -the rsis of all. ppS'sif inspector, and wiliVsuch 'radjfnctf "bcfcro'lmy eyes, it iyrk niy"w4ness 'to TieKeve one cf the tfree guilty, nBa yet I had to reason thkt they wouldn't" beridiqtio 'enough to purloin letrers";under my very nose. I simply didn't know what' to think, and next morning was knocked off my feet to receive a"cumpinmt from Wnshing ' -"ton t'threo important letters posted -t;Shelhy feri days before for r city only 100 miles away had been lost en rente. I telegraphed for enlarged insfcractionSf aridupc--TeceiYing them I toldMr. oHafper I must let go of the case tempo rarily'lor another. I shifted my qar ters over to Denton, through which all rcaiL to and from Shelby must pass, and made such arrangements with the post master that every letter was counted and its address taken. 2 mailed about 20 decoy letters in ibis time, and at tho nd of 14 days had the satisfaction of knowing that 11 different letters had. caneEowor other been made away with afSHelby. This was adding" evidence to evidence, but I did not return to Shelby to lay the matter before the old post master. I went back tfiero'in the disguise of a farmer's hired man looking for work, andl&ekiiy for mo iio farmer wanted a man. ' I therefore, loafed about the vil-lage-and was 'in and out of tbepostoffice half a dozen times per day always ' there when the mail departed or came in. By looking through the glass door of one of tho boxes 1 couid SCO the gen eral delivery box, mail tables, etc., and carefully ecru tin ized-tbo conduct of the threeJULthey did their work. I kept up this efepionageFf or a week before any tHingliappened. Tben the mail-came in enc afternoon "while the father was tem gfcrarllyabsebfand the girls opened the bag'ahd" assorted it. As they picked up the letters each pocketed one with a sly look, and you may befieve"me when I tell you I turned awaywith a heavy heart. Iastead of oce thiof there were two, and" those the handsome and win some daif htersofan honest andupright eld man. ilwafeldbreak hie ieart when he lelfcated the truth, but Imust tell him, an5j those girls must be jpriished. v I wsat-to-tb hotel, thrswoff "my dis . guise al3 thenjrefrCTed'to th postoffice. I somehow-felt tbattho girls1 oaght to 2qek Jgullty, but thly did not " They gave me a cordial greeting, hoped I had come back to stay an til the mystery was thoreugkly sifted, and no persons could have bornethemselTei'more innocently. That Bight after tho office was closed to the pmblicl asked the father to my room and tbsa went over the case, with him. There coald be no manner of doubt that a "Score or more of letters had been pur loined from his office. There were three of tbe who had access to the mails, and eoo of the three must have some ' guilty knowledge o thoso letters. By so possibility could an outsider reach "them. IVith 'tears streaming down his furrowed che&es he acknowledged that ay awertkws ami declarations were eccxfbi'irotwhowMthe thief? Did I aM)tkm? Goofc I suepect either of kk tofiHcr: TkeB I broke it to ki ac jmafrmt j -W him what I had seen in the afternoon and whtt wsa Por seme time' he argued that I must be mistaken, but finally told me to go ahead and do my duty and never Mind liisleelings. He kad been lather and mother to those girls for years, and no word 'or act of theirs had ever before caused him a moment's uneasiness. If theyha'd taken two letters, they iiad taken all the ethers, and he asked me to go to tho house and confront them and extort a confession. Hard hearted as I thouglit myself, I hadn't the nerve to do that, but put it off till morning. He gave me his promise to say nothing overnight, and I was at the bouEe&oon after breakfast I sat down with the girls and went over the case, as I had with .him, .hoping to break them down, but they had only anxiety on their faces as they listened. Then I boldly stated what I had seen on the previous day, and the shot told. Both blushed ' and stammered and began weeping, and I took it as a confession and told the fa ther so. He couldn't speak to them for his emotion, and when I told him they must consider themselves under arrest and a search made of their rooms he simply bowed his head in acquiescence. I wanted to keep the girls below while I searched their room, and unfortunate ly for me I called in ihe village consta-J ble to sit with them. He had to be told more or less of the case, and as soon as he was at liberty hewent out to spread the news. In an hour it was known all over town that the two girls had been caught robbing the postoffice, and somo of the excited people even went so far as to ray that the father had probably winked at it Afy search revealed two letters from two different men in New York. They had been directed under other names, but the two girls had opened them. They had stolen these letters and forgot to destroy them. I went out and made inquiries, and then I discovered what's blunderer I -was. Both girls were carry ing on a clandestine correspondence, us ing fictitious names, and these were the letters I had seerr them pocket "When I asked them to confirm this theory they did so, but it was evident that in their eyes clandestine letter writing was about as bad a crime as robbing the mails. The news had gone forth that they 'had been detected in purloining letters, and how could I combat it? I spent the next two days in trying to explain matters to the public, but found not one man or woman who "would believe me. Post office inspectors didn't bring charges and retract them, they reasoned, and a strong petition was drawn up and sent to Washington asking that the culprits be duly punished. Letters were also written stating that Imust have been . bribed to act as I did and declaring that I was not a proper man for the service. You may well reason that I was -summoned to report in "Washington without delay and that my reception there was anything but flattering to me. I had lost my official head before saying 20 "words. It was myfirsi and only blunder for ten years, but that didn't count. If I got a grain of comfort out of tho situ ation, it was "when Pheard that several more complaints about lost letters at Shelby had just come in that day. I left Washington with no particular aim, but on reaching Denton I made up my mind to go over to Shelby and havo 1 one more look around. I went back in my old xole as hired man and entered that postoffice about half an hour after ( the mail had been distributed. Looking , through the glass door of a box, I saw j one of tho girls sewing and the other Teaaing. senmd tnem was an open dbck window, and within three feet of this window was the general delivery box. In front of the window and only two feet away was the table on which the mail packages wero done up, and a score of letters were lying there to be wrap ped. I had just made out these things when a good sized bird, black in color, aligbtcd on the window sill, hopped along to the delivery box and picked off the top letter and darted away. .In 15 seconds the bird was back, and in the course of ten minutes I watched her take away five letters. That bird was a magpie and the real thief, but I had ruined the reputation of a family before solving the, mystery. I at once made myself known to the father, and we vis ited the back yard to search for the let ters. There in an old dog kennel which hadr been tenantless for years we found them every single one which had been missed. Tho magpie belonged to a neighbor, and icpulafly enough she had never been caught at the trick. As it was summer the back window was open all day, ami there were times when only one person iwould be waiting on the public. "Willi the usual cunning of her species the bird watched her chance, taking letters from - both the table and tho general delivery dqx, and a dozen other inspectors might have been put on the case without solving the mystery. I had that satisfaction, though I was not reinstated, aud I also take "grszt pleas ure in Eaying that after awhile the peo ple of Shelby came to believe the Har pers entirely innocent and made .ample amends for what had been said and done. 2f ot Up to Bate "What is little Dick bellowing. Bboutr" "Well, bis grandpa gave him a gin gerbread horse, and he is mad because it isn't a gingerbread wheel. Detroit Free Pres. Boy Vera Ha Be. A little boy sat on a bumblebee. Ob, xayl Oh, mel He laughed in innocent, childish glee Before he sat down, but, oh, my, and;-oh, ae, He arose with a yell like a wild Cherokee! Oh, myl Oh, me! 2?ewlTork Sunday Journal. The Steps. Literary Aspirant What steps are nec essary when you want to get-out a book? Jtarus (who has had some experience) Several thousand steps will be necessary if it takes yon as lung to find a publisher as it-gcnerally takes me. Chicago Tribune. The ClrcBmstsRees. "Ilo-rc the ground you -walk oh!" Thid was the tale ho told. They lived up by the Klondike, Aad'the ground was full of gold. Washington Star. Two Millions u Tear When people buy, try, and buy again, it means they're satisfied. The people of the United States are now "buying Cascarets Candy Cathartic at the. rate of two million "boxes a year audit will" be three million before New Year's. It means merit proved, that Casc&rete are the most delightfoFbowel regulator for everybody the year round. AH -drag-gkts 10e., 25c., 50c a boK, cure guaranteed. , . - - AsMARVEL. f : , , 1 Ab M"astrBiHner there waa ' TZ IPho lived up "in a tower JRasisd Ptoi'-iny CepcraiauB t. . Platnmarion McGower. " ' .Ee aaid: ' '1 csn trogsofiticata With estimates correct, And -when ihe skiea lcbntesaplata !3cbot what to expect f Whea dark'ning clouds dbssare my sight, 1 thiak perhaps 'twill raia. And when the stars are ahinlBSsight I know 'tis clear.Hgain.' And then abstractedly ho scanned ' Thc'heavcns hoar bj hoar, Old Ptolemy Copernicus Planunarlon McGowcr. Carolyn "Bells in St. Nicholas. THAT SEDAN CHAIR. -"I repeat it," said Jacques d'-Ebli-gnac, with cn emphasis sc curious that all turned to look at him; "it gave me the fright of a lifetime." "A sedan chair?" "Yes. Listen, if you would know all shout it ' ' And ie told us the following story: "A love tale, " said he, "of tho city of Lille, of my twentieth year, andmy pastry cook's daughter, a mere child, but so pretty, so sweet, so adorably co quettish ; moreover, so admirably skill ed in all pertaining to .her father's busi ness. Nowhere else could I buy such cake, such buns, such sugared almonds. And the stacks and stacks of rich con fections that I devoured each day to prove my devotion 1 -"The fire of my love which she re turned between the smiles bestowed upon her lather's customers alone saved me from gastritis by consuming tho heaviness of my stomach. "This was the state of things, when, one day, I chanced to find the pass key of Me pere, ' who spent half liis time in the wineshop across tho way and the otherbalf gossiping at his door with his equally idle neighbors. "Determined to profit by this piece of luck, I managed to speak a word to Vio toire, my little sweetheart, and to pro pose to her a visit to tho theater that evening, if she could eludo the vigi lance of her mother and join me unseen. She could easily re-enter by means of the pass key. "Victoire was charmed with my in spiration, and six hours after I had con ceived theprojectwe had carried it into execution. Although it was the middle of the winter the night was superb, a late rising moon, but thousands of bril liant stars shining from every quarter of the heavens. Tictoire trembled like a leaf in the wind, but I was filled with such burning ardor that it mounted to my head like a drink of wine. "We wero young, you see; the thea ter for us a scene of enchantment, in love with each other and more than happy. Our hearts, like the strings of some delicately tuned instrument, vi brated to the slightest touch. In fact, we forgot everything but each other and never thought of moving when at last tho final curtain fell until the lampist appeared to turn out the lights. "Hurrying then to the street, we found that the night had changed. The stars were gone, the moon hidden under a canopy of clbudB, a cold, penetrating rain beginning to fall and all the sedan chairs gone with the stars. "2?o, I -was wrong; one was left standing by the roadside a little way below us. At sight of it a fatal idea popped into my brain. It was not yet very late, and I had still so many beau tiful things to say to Tictoire. Why .not get into that chair, a refuge from the chilly rain, and talk everything all over again? "Tho clock at the corner was just striking 12 as we slipped into our mov able apartment, rather cramped, to be sure, but both of us were light aud thin ; jeo. drawing close and snug like birds in a nest, we awaited the passing of tho shower cheerfully awaited it too when all at once something very strange occurred. "The door of the house near whicli the chair was standing opened noise lessly, as if hung on velvet, and two men looked out, evidently desiring neither to be seen nor heard. "Assured of solitudo and a clear coast, they descended to the street, bear ing in their arms a heavy burden. Just at that instant the moon Elid from un der the clouds, and we distinctly saw that this burden was a human being wrapped in a long cloak closely muffled about tho face and shoulders. "This was startling enough, butfancy our horror when the bearers of this strange load moved straight to the chair where we crouched in terror, and one of them nlready had his hand on the door when Victoire uttered a stifled shriek, answered by a frightful oath, and quick as a flash tho men were gone as they had come, and the door reclosed as soft ly as it had opened. "Tho whole thing had passed so quick ly that we might have believed it some fearful vision, only doubt was not pos sible we had seen it both of us had distinctly seen the same thing, and without a spoken syllable were filled with the Eame blood freezing thought murder a murder doubtless committed in this very house, from which the mur derers were now seeking to carry away and to conceal all traces of the crime with the victim's body. " 'Oh, let us go, let us go!' moaned Victoire tremblingly. 'Let us go at once, Jacques. I am so frightened 1' "Go? Yes, I was willing enough, but howZ For as Tictoire spoke, two men emerged from the darkness around uh we cfcrald barely distinguish them, as the moon had gone behind a cloud again caught up the chair and were bearing nsraway into the dismal night "This was a predicament. We were stupefied. What must we do? Cry out, and make a 'dreadful scandal? Betray Yictoire, and expose myself to the risk of discovery? Never! It was not to be thought of! It was not to be thought of! It was one of those times when trust in chance was the only resource, hoping by blind confidence to propitiate her favor. "Perhaps this was our case; perhaps, and I am inclined to think the latter, we were both so frightened that we had neither the strength nor the courage to atteaapt anything. Tiotoire had uncon iciously thrown herself into my arms. Her warm breath fanned my cheek. Her little hand held fast to mine. No matter What threatened us, it was something, at Isast, to have gained thiabappiness; we would die together, her last sigli on any lips. "Tor these men wo were rare of it were accomplices of the first two, and by a previous arrangement they had keeo.esgaged for the carrying off and :eoaoealing of the dead body. Deceived by or joint weight, they, believed .they. had it, and we, instead of the murdered victiin:, era'huiTying away through the shadowy 'gloom. "True, eo.we were, .bet where were we hurrying? Where, were we heading, as the men trotted on with swift, untir ing steps, attimes'almost'ruh? What were they going 'tonlowith tk their sinister burden? "Presently we saw that we were passing one of the citygates leading into the distant country. .Agsin I was tempted to cry-out, to call to the senti nel, but fear for.ictoire deterred me, Yictoire, whose mother believed her slumbering sweetly under her little white curtains. "What should I, dp? What could I do? I was i early distracted. "By this time we-wero clear of the suburbs, but still swept onward. An other lightening of the Eky, andJ-saw ahead of us a glistening sheet of water, the river Deule. I knew it well a deep, Tapid stream, "tho running of whose current we even jiow could .hear. "Undoubtedly tho wretches were go ing to fling ns into this seething vortex. "This time I would have cried out but Yictoire, mad with fright clung so tightly to my neck, clasping me with such force that my voice died in my throat, my eyes closed and tho cry was strangled. - "How long a time elapsed I never knew. I was brought back to conscious ness by the chair striking the ground. They had set it down preparatory to yes, but where, where? Decidedly not in tho river. It was a room, on the con trary, the dirty, grimy chamber of a low country wineshop, whre a crowd of rough, coarse men were drinking, swearing and .rolling about a lot of boxes, barrels and packages, like mer chandise. " 'Mme. Jervaise, Mme. Jervaise!' they shouted in chorus, as our bearers set us down. 'Havo you brought us Mme. Jervaise?' " 'She is here, " the "bearers replied. " 'To' work, to work, then 1 We have no time to lose.' "And the chair door was thrown open. "But scarcely had they caught Eight of Victoire and mc, crouching half dead in the bottom of tho chair, when a wild stampede took place, a belter skelter rush for the outside. Tho lights were extinguished, the thud of feetwas heard pounding away into the night, and then a deep, bloodcurdling stillness. "We were alone in black darkness. "Luckily I had noticed the direction of the dcor. To leap from the chair, seize Victoire's hand and make my way to it was the work of a second. The clouds had not deepened, the rain had seased, and by the purest miracle we found the road back to the city. By daylight we wero safe at home. "A fortnight later perhaps on article in a morning paper gave me the key to the mystery of that hideous night in which we (Victoire and I) had been so strangely involved. Tho article an nounced the capture by tho police cf a band of smugglers who had installed themselves in an old, abandoned wine shop in the outskirts of Lille a regular magazine, as it turned out, of contra band goods, which they had smuggled in and out of the city by means of a manikin representing a sick old woman, partly paralyzed, and which, muffled in wraps and placed in a sedan chair, they carried back and forth under the very nose of the gendarmes without the slightest-fear of detection. " 'An invalid ordered by the doctor to take the steam baths,' they told the officers of tho law, 'by name Alme. Jer vaise. ' " 'Mme. Jervaise!' The name told me all and explained everything that hitherto had Eeemed mysterious aud in explicable in our midnight adventure. Happily for us ou'r nocturnal escapade had never been suspected, and Victoire and I escapsd a summons to appear as witnesses before the court of assizes. All tho same from that day to this the thought of a sedan chair gives me goose flesh down tho .spine." Tram the French in Cincinnati Enquirer. The Chrysanthemum.. When tho plant was introduced, about 1840, it was only the small daisylike flower, now only seen as a rule in cot tage gardens, which was highly prized as a novelty. The taste for growing and showing it began early, and before 1860 there were many chrysanthemum socie ties in existence, among them the Stoke Newington, which formed the nucleus of the National Eociety. Yet it was not until 1859, when the plants suffered se verly from early frosts, that there was any idea of growing it under glass. The Japaneso variety was noticed in 18G4 as a novelty, '"very curious and interesting, but scarcely ornamental." How little did the author of these re marks suspect what a future was before the plant ho so summarily set aside I Three years later, however, we find Jap anese varieties recommended with pom pom and incurved, and since then they have ever increased in favor. The gorgeously colored, moplike blooms now exhibited every autumn would certainly astonish that writer of SO years ago. The golden and bronze shades of the chrysanthemum suited the taste of the promoters of tho "high art" Esthetic movement of a few years ago, which, if it had no other merit, helped to bring this flower more forward and revived the culture of sunflowers, which were fast becoming extinct in our gar dens. Longman's -Magazine. KelstioHS. "How arc your relations with your Wife's mother?" "ily relations are not with my wife'o mother. They are- with me and have been in all tho controversies." Cincinnati En quirer. More "Weicht. Though much apainst the watered stock Tho honest farmer rails, He gives the thirsty steer a drink A mile this side the scales. . Detroit News. Pink and Teller. PJllen By the way, your wife has dis continued her pink teas. .Pollen Well, yes. Wo'vc got a littlo pbiktcaso at tho house now that is occupy ing all her time. Indianapolis Journal. Try Grain-0! Try Grain-0! Ask yuur grocer today to .show you a package of Grain-O, tho new food drink that takes the Dlace of coffee. The chil- dren may drink it without injury as well as tho adult All who try it, like it. GRAIN-0 has the rich seal brown of Mocha and Java, but it is made from pure" grains, and the most dalioste stomach receives it- without distress. the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package. SolcTby all grocers. Blood Pom Centagioas lUoocLPoison has been ap propriately called the curse of mankind. It is the one disease that physicians .can not cure; their mercurial aad petash remedies only bottle up the poison ia the system, to surely break forth in a more virulent form, resultgiH -a total wreck of the system. Mr. Prank B. Martin, a prominent jeweler at 926 Pensylvama Ave., wash ington,D.C,says: Itwas ibr a long -t4me under -treat ment of two oi the "best physi cians of fhis-city, for a severe case of blood poison, but my condition grew worse all the while, not withstanding the fact that they "-charged me three jK ' hundred dollars. My mouth was filled with eating sores; mytongue was almost eaten away, so that for three months I was unable to taste any solid food. My hair was coming out rapidly, and I was in a horrible fix. I had tried various treatments, and was nearly dis couraged, when a friend recommended S.S.S. After" T kad taken four bottles, I began to get better, and when I had finished eighteen bottles,. I was cured sound and well, my skin was without a blemish, and I have had no return of the disease. S.S.S.saved me from a life of misery." S.S.S. guaranteed purely vegetable) will cure any case of blood poison. Books on thedisease and its treat ment mailed free by Swift Specific Go.; Atlanta, Ga. sss NEW TIME CARD. KAST BOUND CENTRAL TIME. No. 6 Local Piissenger 7:03 a m No. 2 Past Mail 8:50 am No. i Chicago Special 11:40 v m No. 28 Way Freight 7:05 am Trains No. 2 and 4 stop only at Lexing ton and Kearney between North Platte and Grand Island. WEST BOUND MOUNTAIN TIME. No. 5 Colorado Special 6:10 am No. 1 Limited i-J20 p m Xb.3 Fast Mail 11:50 a m No. 23 Way Freight 7:40 a m No. 21 Fast Freisrbt 3:15 r m. N. B. OLDS, Agent. Legal Notices. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at North Platte, NebM ) Januarys, 1S98. f Notice is hereby Riven that the following-named ettler hap filed notice of his intention to make final proof In support of his claim and that Mid proof vrill be made before the Begister and Re ceiver at North Platte, Neb., on March 5th, l&S, vis: WILLIAM OCIIAMPAUGH II. E. No. 18111 for the northeast quarter section 20, town 9, range 30 west. He nnmes tho following witnesses to prove his continnons residence upon and cultivation of oid lend, viz: William C. Elder and Aaslin M. Lock, of North Platte, Neb., acd Thomas M. Xee, and Joseph M. Dorbm, of Wellfleet, Neb. J25-9 JOHN P. HINMAN, Register. Docket 251. No, Q. MASTER'S SALE. In the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Nebraska. Kkeke Five Cents Pavings Bank") Complainant, j vs. -In Chancery John C. Hurras, et al, I Defendants. J . , FOBECXOSCEE OF MORTGAGE. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance and by virtue of a decree entered in the above cause on tfae22d day of May, 1885, E, S. E. Dundy, Jr., Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of the United States for the. District of Nebraska, will on the 14th day of March, 193, at the hour of 5 o'clock in the afternoon of told day at the front door of the Lincoln County Court House building in the City of North Platte, Lincoln County, State and District of Nebraska, sell at auction for cash he following described property, situated in the County of Lincoln, and State of Nebraska, to-wit: The ranth half (s :1 of section thirty-three (33). in township fifteen (15) north, and the north half (a i) of section five, (5), township fourteen (14) north, all in range thirty-one (31) except twenty five acres in a square form in tho south-east cor ner thereof), west of the Sixth Principal Meridian containing C15 acres, more or less, according to, Government Survey. E. S.DUNDY, Jr. D, M. Vinsoxhaixb, Master in Chancery. Solicitor for Complainant. s ORDER OF HEARING ON ORIGINAL PROBATE OF WILL, State or Nebraska, ) ss. Ltnco&n Countt. ) ' At a County Court, held at the County Court Boom, in aud for said County, February 11, A. D.1S98. Preseut, A. S. Baldwin, County Judge. In the matter of the Estate of Nelson F, Donald, son, Deceased On rending and filing, an instrument in Said Court, purporting to be the last Will and Testi- ment of Nelson F. Donaldson, deceased, in which Lizzie L. Donaldson is named as Executrix it is ORDERED, That March 12th, A. D.1B98, at one o'clock P. M., is assigned for hearing said peti tion, hen all persons interested in said matter may nnpear at a County Court to be held in and for saw County, and show cause why said instru ment should not be admitted to probate aud tho said Lizzie L. Donaldson be granted Letters testa mentary therein and that notice of the pendency oi said matters and tne nearingtnercof. be given to all persons interested therein by publishing a copy of this order in The Tribune a Semi-Weekly newspaper printed in said County, for three suc cessive weeks, prior to said day of hearing. JA true copy. Ji . S. Baldwin, f 133 County Judge. XOTICE TOR PDBLICATIOX. Land Office at North Platte, Neb., ) February 19th, 1838. f Notice is hereby given that the following-named setUer has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said nroof will be made before Register and Itewiver at North Platte, Neb., on March 23th, 1898, viz: LORENZO V. GEORGE, who made Homestead Entry No. 16094. for the lots 1 and 2. section 2, township 14 north, range 31 west, 6th P. M. He names the folloxing witnesses to prove his continnons residence upon and cultivation of said land; viz, Loren Sturges, Hans J. Hansen, William biebold and Louis Peterson, all of North Platte. Nebraska. fll-fi JOHN F. HXNMAN, Register. In the matter of tho Estate of George W. Dillard, Deceased. It appearing by the petition of James M. Ray. Administrator of said Estate, .filed this 21st day of February, lsssj. tuat mere Is not sufficient uer- onal property in the hands of said Administrator to pay the claims and charges allowed against said Estate, and that it Is necessary to sell the realty oi said Estate, to-wlt: Lot a, in block 159, and lot 5. in block 149, all in CSortb Platte. Lincoln county. Nebraska, it is ordered that all person in terested in said instate appear before me at my of fice in North Platte. Nebraska, on the 7th dar of April, 1S38. at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, to show cause why a license should Jaot be granted saiir Administrator to sell so much of said realty as shall be necessary to pay the charges against said Estate. Notice thereof will be given by publication lor tour successive weeks prior to said day of hearing in the Tribune, s legal news paper published In onr said county. f254 H. M. Grixes, Judge. D, M. HOGSETT Conteetop and Builder, AND AGENT TOE ECLIPSE ana FAIRBANKS 1 WIN DM ILLS. RORTH PLATTE, NEB. First National F.J. BROEKER, MERCHANT TAH33E. Keady for the Spring trade fine line of choice suitings- DAVIS, THE HARDWARE HAN, Exclusive agent for the 3 I fa me fiouBd Oak Heater 1 (SEE THE NAME And the Celebrated I ACORN STEEL The only big stove house in Lincoln ! County, - Call and get prices. s Foley Block. WW Www Wrwwl wwwvWB WwWrV WWW WWrV Iwfffl mm IWnV mw rTWWW'rnWWW& 'A. IP. STRRITK, Druggist. DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS OILS- Diamanta C. F. LUMBER, JCOAL AND Order by telephone from7 Newton's Book Store. N. McCABE, Proprietor. North Platte Pharmacy. Drugs and Druggists' Sundries. , . We aim to handle the best grades of goods ;Sell everything at reasonable prices, and -warrant all goods to be just as represented, -r AI! Prescription? Carefully Filled by a Lloensed Pharmacist. Orders from the couritrjrand along the line of the Union Pacific Railway is respectfully solicited. First door north of First National B.ak. Bank, $oo;ooo. SURPLES,,-,: H. S. WMte, - - - President P, A. mite, - - - Viee-Pres l Arthur McNamara, - Cashier, A general b&nkln transacted with w g- business $SS SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. ON THE LEG.) (Who no one owes.) 2 Painters' Supplies,; ;P "Window-Blass. Machine 'Oils. Spectacles. J. E. BUSH, Manager. tM eMA 1 DOINGS, GRAIN
