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FIFTEENTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1899.
NO. 54.
City Property
For sale by the Receiver"
of the North Platte Na
tional Bank.North Platte
No. I. r.otn II anil 12, block C, North Platte
7,."IIl LS,1 ,Co Bv aiWItlon to the city of North
xLia.ti.c' N.CJ': ."cation n the corner of
Sixth and Lincoln Avenues.
..r-M ;w"ks,'f the original town
of North I'lattc, Nebraska.
No. 3. Kant half of lot o. Mock 118. of the
original town of North Platte, Nebraska.
This property Is only one block and a half
from the court house square. On the lot Is a
comfortable, story and a half, live room
frame house. Location Is on Fifth street,
between Locust and Vine streets.
. ,N.; 4 rlls ll"' 3l 4 R- 7 and
Unlocks In North Platte Town Lot Co s.
Addition to the City of North Platte. Loca
tion on Sixth street between Madison and
Jefferson avenues.
No. 6. Lots 3 and -4, WocktW. In the orle
. Inal plat of the City of North Platte. Nebras
ka. Location on Front street corner of
Ash. On Lot 3 Is comfortable cleat room
frame cottage. Convenient to railroad and
shops.
The Best Ice
In the local market
conies from ....
The Edis Lake.
This lake is filled from wells, hence
the water which formed the ice
is pure and wholesome.
My wagon is now making its
rounds and can supply you in
quantities to suit.
WM. EDIS.
OUR NEW
Spring and
Summer
Suitings
Which have just arrived.
F. J. Broeker,
Merchant Tailor.
5c
The best
CIGAR
IN TOWN
Cnn bo found nt
j. r. schmmeieh.
Our Ten-Cent Cigars are the
equal of any.
Your attention is invited to
our fine line of Chewing and
Smoking Tobaccos and Smok
ers articles.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Q V. BEDELL,
' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OfJlcoB: North Tlntto National Bank
Building, North l'lutte, Nub.
Jjl F. DENNIS, M. D.,
HOMOEOPATH 1ST,
Over First Nntlonnl llnuk,
NOllTH PLATTE, NKllltAHKA.
E
jl E. NORTIIRUP,
DENTIST,
Olllco ovor Moilol Clothing Storo,
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
II.
S. RIDQELY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW .
Ofllco in Hinmnn Block, Dowoy Btroot.
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA
1". II, KDMONIIH. J. M. CAMIOUN.
Edmonds & Oalhoun,
LAW AND COLLECTIONS.
Over I'OHtofllcc. NOItTIl 1'I.ATTi:, NKII.
W
ILCOX & IIALLIGAN,
ATT011NK YS-AT-LA W,
MOUTH I'LATTK, NKllltAHKA
Office over North l'lntte NfttlonM Hank,
J. S. IIOAOLANn.
V. V. Hoawani.
Hoagland & Hoagland,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS
Office over
McDonald' Hunk. NOHTII I'LATTK, NKII.
fjp 0. PATTERSON,
HTTORNBY-KT-LKW,
Olllco ovor Yollow Front Shoo Storo
NORTH PLATTE, NKB.
See
A Few Questions.
James Bclton lias recently been
very prolific iu communications con
cerning the proposed school bonds.
In one published iu the Inde
pendent lOra last week Mr. Bclton
declares himself as the champion
of home labor and home architects.
As he is such an ardent champion
Tin: Tkimjni: would like to pro
pound to him a few questions to be
answered iu his next communica
tion. Here arc the questions: Is it
not a fact that when you erected
your building' on thecorncr of Fifth
and Dewey streets you failed to
purchase the material iu North
Platte but imported it from Omaha
and other towns, with the excep
tion of a few thousand bricks which
you had on hand for several years?
Is it also not a fact that instead of
employing town artisans, who de
pend on their trade for a living,
you brought in men from the
country and employed them to the
exclusion of an equal number of
town workmen?
In his communication Mr. Helton
states that the school board hired a
foreign architect who is to receive
( per cent and eight dollars per
day and expenses. Judging from
that statement Mr, Helton is cither
grossly ignorant of the true facts ol
the matter he is discussing or else
he has been woefully misinformed
by some one. In cither case he has
no right to rush into print iu op
position to a project before he has
carefully investigated the facts,
The facts are thesethe board
agreed to pay R. W. Grant, of Ivin
coln, 2 per cent of the contract
price of the building for his plans
and specifications, providing the
contract was let for $23,000 or less.
This makes the very highest price
which can be paid Mr. Grant 575
instead of 1,625 as Mr. Bclton
states. If it is necessary to have
Mr. Grant come here at any time to
consult with the board concerting
the building he ia to receive eight
dollars per day not eight dollars
per day and expenses and he has
not been hired as superintendent of
construction.
The board postponed action on
the subject of Mr. Grant's plans
from June 20th until July 3rd to
give other architects and particular
ly home architects an opportunity
tc submit plans and the fact was so
stated in the city papers. When
July 3rd arrived a firm of Chicago
architects submitted plans but no
home architect did.
It would be well for Mr. Helton
to ponder the above questions and
facts.
A Bold Ronbory.
Saturday nifflit Hy Smith' s res
idence in the First ward was enter
ed by a burglar, who succeeded in
finding forty dollars and getting
away without being detected. The
robbery was a very bold one because
at the time the burglar was at work
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Lew Far
ington and Miss Georgie Hrcycr
were silting on the back porch
talking and the doors through the
house were all open.
About half past nine they noticed
a buggy, containing two men had
been driven to a place just beyond
their west gate. As the buggy
stood there for quite a considerable
length of time Mrs. Smith suggest
ed to her husband that he had bet
ter go and see what the men were
doing. When Mr. Smith Btarted
towards the gate the men whipped
up. turned the buggy around and
drove violently down the street
running in front of the Smith house.
Shortly afterwards Mr. Smith had
occasion to go down town and
walked through the house to the
front door, the ladies iu the ini.iu
tiinc coming into the kitchen on
account of being chilly.
As Mr. Smith went cut the front
door he observed the same te un
and buggy coining up the st.cet
but this time it only contained one
man. As investigation afterwards
proved when the men turned the
buggy and drove around to the
street in front of the house one of
them got out and effecting an en
trance to the house through the
east window of the parlor, walked
through the parlor to the north
west bedroom and proceeded to
ransack the room until he discover
ed a pocket book iu Mr. Smith's
overcoat containing forty dollars to
which he helped himself then very
leisurely lctt the house by a west
window. It was evident that money
was all he wished as there was a
large number of other articles iu
room which were of value that, he
left untouched. When Mr. Smith
passed through the house and the
ladies came into the kitchen the
burglar was at work but they were
all unaware of it till the time came
to retire and the condition of the
bed room, where clothing was
scattered around, was discovered.
Several nights ago an effort was
made to effect an entrance into Mr.
Smith's kitchen but the burglars
were scared away. No clue to the
identity of the men has been obtain
ed but it is probable that the work
was done by amateurs and that they
were town people. On account of
the darkness Mr. Smith is unable
to give any description of the men
or team.
WALLACE.
Mr. and Mrs. John llutchius are
rejoicing over the recent arrival of
a baby boy.
A three-inch rain is what this vi
ciuity 'got Friday afternoon. Al
though a little late for potatoes, it
was just what corn needed and its
visitation was received thankfully.
The wind blew quite hard for a
time and succeeded iu driving near
ly everybody into their cellars.
Two or three windmills were blown
down southwest of town. A fine
hail fell here, doing no material
damage but northwest of town a
lew miles it was much heavier and
corn suffered severely. Wheat is
nearly all in the stack that will pay
for cutting. Grasshoppers are as
thick as ever and some fields of
corn look as if a hail storm had
been fooling 'round.
Mr. Larr is working for the Un
ion Pacific in Wyoming and will
send for his family before long.
C. M. Reynolds departed Thurs
day morning for the scene of edi
torial cares iu Imperial.
Too much green millet caused
the death of a good steer, owned
by P. L. Harper, last week. Others
of the herd were sick but recovered
Willis Record and son Charles
had business iu Wallace Saturday.
They have a herd of horses and
cattle on the ranch iu Perkins
county, and say the pasture is good
south of the river.
This is the time iu the year when
the young and ambitious would-be-school
teachers are making life
miserable for the diirerent gentle
men comprisinir the various school
boardB throughout this part of the
county. One director has posted
the following notice on the public
road iu front of his house: "lCny
Durncd teechcr lukinir fur a Job
neadent Stop here use i Hired a
teecher last wensday and Imecuttin
wheel this week."
P. B. Gavin has had another car
of corn shipped in from Smithlield,
which he is selling at 35 cents.
Between tho Rivera.
Dr. Dennis, of North Platte, was
iu llershcy on professional business
Saturday evening.
J. B. Toillion, Jr., lost a line work
horse the other day by an attack of
pleurisy.
Willie Spurrier is in the duck
business quite extensively. He now
MOTHER'S
riJIEND ,, .
tcrniil liniment),
is n truo safe
guard for expect
ant mothers. It
helps them thro
tlio early stages
without morning
HicknoKS. and as
the critical hour approaches it relaxes
and relieves tho overstrained muscles.
Labor is shortened and robbed of nearly
ill pain. Safo delivery is assured, and
tho danger of rising or swelled breaHtn
Jtitirely avoided. Quick recovery and a
Jtrong offspring arc certain.
Druggists sell it for St a liottlo.
fiend for our freo lllintrntixl
book on tliu (inlijott.
IUZ 3RADHEID REGULATOR CO., AUenta, Ga,
J3LS
- SHOES THAT
fjAMIIiTONfjQy
fl.'.L ' n '
-! II I'll
Wo have a lino
tj weight footwear that
W m
fit
for style, comfort and wear, and we
know how to fit your feet. The lat-
tor is just as important as quality or
3V style. Let us prove our ability to
please you in the shoe line. !
I THE FAIR. - S. RICHARDS
has about 130 young ones and sev
eral hens setting on eggs that will
soon hatch.
The recent wet weather was very
beneficial to growing crops but not
to parlies who were up to their
neck iu the hay field.
The U. P. grading outfit is still
located at Nichols where they will
remain for a week or more past.
Seebcrgcr & Co. shipped a car
load of Block hogs east from ller
shcy Monday.
Seebergcr & Co, purchased a car
load of old wheat from the Paxton
ranch the latter part of last week.
A large majority of the farmers
of the valley will thresh out of the
shock this season if they can secure
a machine and the necessary help.
Foreman Martin and the steel
gang completed their work of load
ing steel at llershcy and departed
for Sidney Friday morning.
Mrs. J. B. Whitely is visiting
relatives at Kmcrson.
A "coon" with a mouth organ
and a baudjo entertained the
people of llershcy on the street
corners for a time last Saturday
evening.
Mrs. J. M. Smith departed on
Wednesday last for a visit with her
daughter who is critically ill at her
home iu Chcyeuuc.
Clair Hill has returned from a
pleasant visit with relatives and
friends at Lodge Pole. Ue reports
a royal good time, lie accompan
ied his grandfather Kengler that
far on his western trip.
Louis Toillion had the sad mis
fortune to lose a fine large work
horse a few days ago. The animal
was loose in a barn with double
doors to it. The lower one being
shut and fastened while the upper
one was open. The horse put its
head out over the lower door to
reach for something iu the shape of
food near by. In raising its head
up it hit the upper door which Hew
shut thus pining its neck tightly
between the two doorn, when he
began to pull back which strangled
him to death. He was soon found
iu that position dead by the owner.
Leu Albright and Frank Thomp
son who had been visiting J. B.
Avelineand family have returned
to their home at Pittsburg, Peiiu.
They were very highly impressed
with this country and when they
departed for home were thinking
strongly of returning and purchas
ing a track of laud in the valley and
start a dairy farm. An enterprise
of that kind In this section would
nnv a blir dividend on the invit-'
Shocs mU8fc bo rigllt
QnOuJJJsj "I'i'"''. . onuu iiiuu n uju nuiivy, or
0iv)JMi((B tlmt 1)i,R,llcs or lmr;s, causes more discomfort on fr
w MI.I1IM' 11 Till (I I t nltn
if1 1ltitm
r OhOE (I A Mil TrU!
V "HIGHLAND CALF"
Own Make"
$2-50 t
of summer
can't be beat
FOR MEN
ment without a doubt. We would
like very much to see the gentlemen
start dp iu the valley.
B. F. Kcnyler, of Milligau, Bpent
the latlcr part of the week with his
daughter, Mrs. W. II. Hill tirxl
familyit llershcy while curoutc
home from a business trip to Gor
ing and other western points. He
said that the B &. M roadbed along
by GCring was about completed
when he was there.
J. B Toillion, Jr., purchased a
new Deeriug hay rake of W. II. Hill
at Hershcy last Thursday.
Wc understand that 10. C. Thomp
son, of Missouri who was engaged
by the old board previous to the
annual school meeting to teach the
Platte valley school the coming year
has given it up and that the new
board lias engaged A. F. Heeler lo
teach it if he is not nominated and
elected county supt. by the fusion
ists this fall.
The last crew of the U. P. track
men located in cars departed from
llershcy for the west the last of the
week.
Thoro lamoro Catarrh in this sootion
of tho country tlmn all other diseiiBOH
put totfethor, and until the last fow yearn
U'flu niiiiiiiiiuul in Im liwiiiriililii l'
groat ninny yoars dootora pronounced it
u mem (iiueuuu, anii prosuriDeu local
roinodlos. and by constantly failing to
euro with local troatcnont, pronounced il
inuiiriiblu, Scioneo has proven catarrh
to bo n 'oii8titutional disease, and tho ro
foro nvi'iiroa constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Olimioy it Co., Toledo, Ohio, is tho
only ehiihlitutionnl euro on tho inarkot.
It in taken internally in doses from 10
ilmiin In il tniiHtinnn-fiil. It nr.ta llnw.lK'
on tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho
system. Thoy ollor ono hundred dollars
for any easo it fails to euro. Send for
circulars and testimonials, Add roan,
V. J. CHUNKY .t CO., Toledo, O.
Sold b Druggists, 7fo.
Hairs iVimilv Pills aro tho best. 7
THERE ARE
MANY tr
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ON Till: MNK
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DIRECT LINE
To All
POINTS WEST.
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You will find Fishing in Rocky Mountain Streams
Hunting in Wyoming,
Ourativo Waters in tho Hot Springs of Idaho.
For Time Tables, Folders, Illustrated Books, Pamphlets Descriptive
of the territory traversed, call on
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Fllffrimugo of Cryptic Manous of
Colorado Donvor Aug. 0-13.
For the above occasion the Union
Pacific has made the greatly reduc
ed rate of one fare pluB?2 for the
round trip to Denver, Colorado
Springs, and Pneblo trwa points U
liaueas and Nebraska Do riot
ttmiplcte arrangements for your
trip wttuout first asking your
agent about the magnificent train
service and fast lime to Colorado
via the Union Pacific.
For tickets, sleeping car reserva
tions and full information on
Jas. B. Scant.an, Agent.
A $40.00 Bicyclo Given
Away Daily.
Tho publishorH of Tin: Nkw Yoicic
Staii, the handsomely illustratod Sun
day novB)iiptir,nro giving a limn Ghadi;
liiuvn.r. each day for the largest list of
words mado by using tho lottors con
tained hi
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no mom times iu any one word than it is
found in Tho New York Star. Web
stifr's Diotionory to bo considorod nn
authority. Two Goon Watoiik-s (llrst
class tlmo koepors) will bo givon daily
for second and third best lists, and ninny
othor valuablo rowardB, including Din
ner Sots, Ton Hots, China, Storling Sil
verware, etc, oto., in order of morit,
This oducatiomil content 1b beiug given
to advortiso and introduco this success
ful weekly Into now homes, and all
prizes will bo awarded promptly with
out partiality. Twelve 2-cont staaipa
must be enclosed for thirteen weeks trial
subsoription with full particulars and
list of over 1100 valuablo rewards. Con
test ojtens and awards commeuco Mon
dny, June '20th, and closo Monday, Au
gust t!lst, 181)0. Your list can reach ua
any day between these dates, and re
ceive tho award to which it may bo on
titlod for that day, and your niimo will
bo printed iu tho following issuoof Tun
New Yoiuc Staii. Only ono list can bo
entered by tho samo person. Prizes aro
on exhibition at Tin; Mtau'h buBinosB
olllcos, I'orBotiB Boouring bicycles may
have choice of Lndies', Ooullomon's or
Juvenile's 1800 model, color or sizo do
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