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SIXTEENTH YEAR.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 2G, 1900.
NO.
RENNIE'S I RENNIE'S I RENNIE'S
I CLOSING
Oil Summer Goods.
No more need be said, examine for yourself and glance at
It V, vnlllntl Knlr,,.. V7G Pin CTPirTI V AC WR AHVPR
TISE In order to gat these values, you must ask for the
Im fi rl vnPttunt immtti rr itnil
$t lew nycrs. Kcmcmucr we
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. T
2,000 pair Children's Ironclad Hose 25c
value, 17 4 c.
Fine 75c 72-inch Table Linen only 47k.
All Corsets to be closed out at cost and less.
2,000 Patterns in Silk, worth $1.25 and $1.75
now only per yard, 95c.
Beautiful Orpandics 20c, value now 14 l-2c.
Fine 15c and 20c Barred Muslin, now only 10c
and 12 l-2c.
A bitr line of elegant
i and 8c, only 5c
JL Big line of Crepons
Crepons worth $1.50, and $1.75 now only UUc.
Bed Spreads, worth $1.50 and $1.75 now 99c.
Bed Spreads worth $1.25 now 89c.
IP YOU WANT GOOD GOODS
AT LOW PRICES, OOME HERE.
Carpets, Linoleum and Matting a Specialty
HAYING TOOLS..,
i s iJ ( MOWERS,
ITICVI IIIIUV SICKLE GRINDERS,
and repairs for same.
Champion (ffi&
UWotrttlA i MI LOADERS
1JAX JjUAJJI!iHO,
j SIDE DELIVERY RAKE.
Call and see them.
DAIN SWEEPS.
OSBORNE RAKES,
LIGHTNING HAY PRESS,
MACHINE OIL.
Locust St., North Tlattc, Neb.
WiuiuiuiuiuiuMuuiUiUiUituuiuiiuuiumiiiauujuR
THE QUESTION is often asked, What Paint shall we use?
THE ANSWER ! If you are looking (or covering
capacity, wearing qualities, general appearance, and
your money s worth, you must buy
The Sherwin-Williams Paint.
0Wtri Moid lOOkf 0"c Wtart Longett, Hott economical, Full Mtasuro,
RUSHES.'
COLORS IN OIL.
HOUSE & COACH
VARNISHES,
A. F. STEEITZ, DRUGGIST.
Q. F. IDDINQ6 '
L-am"bei, Coal
sirLcl' G-reiixi
Yards and Elevators at
: ; North Platte, Neb.,
4 ' Sutherland, Neb.,
. Julosburg, Colorado.
NORTH PLATTE MILLS,
(0. p. innwas.j , J
Manufacturer of
' HIGH AND MEDIUM GRADE FLOUR
BRAN AND OHOP PEED.
Order by telephone from Newton's Book Store,
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tint n-nt t Until I 1 Ol'n II rP II
arc snort on tnesc g-oou,
Calicoes, worth 7 l-2c,
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just arrived, the $2.50
and repairs tor same.
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JOS. HERSHEY.
Our prices arc for "best goods" first, last and all
the time. We are in the business to stay and
S. W. P. stays with us.
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
June 20, 1900.
Hoard met pursuant to adjourn
mcut, present Woohurst, McNccl
and Carpenter, commissioners, and
county clerk. The following
changes were made in the various
precincts:
North Platte No. l-llorscs
raised 15 per cent, town lots 10 per
cent, merchandise 20 per cent.
North Platte No. 2-Horscs
raised 15 per cent, cattle 30' per
cent, town lots 10 per cent, mer
chandise 20 per cent.
North Platte No. 3 Merchandise
raised 20 per cent.
Antelope Horses raised 15 per
cent and cattle 30 per cent.
Birdwood Horses raised 15 per
cent.
Brady Island Horses raised 15
per cent and cattle 20 pet cent.
Buchanan Horses lowered 20
per cent, cattle lowered 10 per cent
and lands lowered 15 per cent.
Cottonwood Cattle lowered 10
per cent, sheep lowered 50 per cent,
lands raised 10 per cent.
Deer Creek Lands lowered 20
per cent.
Dickens Horses raised 15, cattlo
raised 10,
Fairview Horses lowered 10.
Garfield Horses lowered 15 and
cattle lowered 20.
Gaslin Cattle raised 10.
Hall Horses raised 10.
Iliiiinan Horses and cattle low
ered 10.
Hooker Horses raised 20.
Jeffrey Cattle raised 25.
Kent Horses raised 20, cattle
raised 15.
Lemon Cattle raised 10, lauds
25.
Maxwell
raised 20.
Mcdlcinc-
Cattle raised 25. lands
-llorsca'atid cattle low-
ercd 25.
Myrtle Horses raised 20, cattle
raised 40. '
1 O.'Fallons Horses raised 25.
cattle raised 20, sheep raised 10.
Osgood Horses raised 10, lands,
raised 10.
ljikham Land raised 10.
Plant Horses raised 30, cattle
raised 15, heep raised 100, land low
ered 10.
Rosedalc Cattle raised 10, land
raised 10.
Sellers Hoiscs raised 100, cattle
raised 30.
Somerset Horses raised 10,
cattle raised 20.
Sunshine Sheep raised '10, lands
raised 10.
Table -Cattle raised 10.
Vroman Horses lowered 10.
Walker Horses raised 15, cattle
raised 30.
Wallace Land raised 10.
Well Land lowered 10.
Whittier Horses lowered 25,
cattle raised 20.
Willow Horses raised 20, cattle
lowered 20, laud raised 40.
Assessments on lots 1 and 2. block
131, reduced 100.00. Assessment
on east 70 acres of northeast
quarter section 2, town 14, range
32, reduced '48.00. Assessment on
west 90 acres of northeast quarter
of section 2-14-32 reduced 60.00.
Assessment on lots 5, 6 and 8, sec
tion 2-14-32, reduced 40.00. Assess
ment on lot 4, block 118, North
Platte, reduced 50.00. Adjourned
until to-morrow.
June 21, 1900.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, present full board and
county clerk. Dr, McCabc makes
complaint that his assessment in
Wosedale precinct is too high, and
hearing set tor June 23,1900. Ad
journed until tomorrow.
June 22. 1900.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, present full board and county
clerk.
The board continued work as a
board of equalization and not hav
ing concluded their work in that
line adjourned until tomorrow.
The rival candidates for congress
fn the First district of Illinois are
Mr. Maun and Mr. Organ. I it the
congressional election in Kentucky
two years ago Mr. White was the
republican and Mr. Black the dem
ocratic candidate in the ICIeventh
dibtrict of that state,
BETWEEN THE HI VERS.
Small grain and corn arc giving
the hoppers" a hard chase in the
valley.
Mrs. F. J. Cook and sister arc
visiting relatives in Denver at the
present time.
lSvcrctt Ware captured a six
pound catfish in his wheat field last
Saturday while irrigating.
Tift Bros, hay outfit is cutting
and baling new hay on the south
side for M. C. Harrington.
Tyler Holliugsworth is once
more using a shovel on the Nichols
section with Foreman Krickson's
gang.
A number of acres of fall grain in
this county which is more than an
average crop will be harvested this
week.
TwcntV'livc cents will purchase
you a first-class meal at Mrs. Car
penter's home in the village of
Hcrshcy.
R. W. Calhoun returned Thurs
day from McPhcrson county with a
herd of cows for the Nichols sepa
rator station.
Ab there is no celebration on
July 4th near at hand the citizens
in this part of the county will re
main at home,
V. M. Lokcr is at this time
working on the section cast of
the North Platte bridge in Fore
man J. W. Bergman's crew.
Mrs. Kcngler and her daughter
May returned to their home at
Overton Saturday after a few days
visit with relatives in Hcrshcy.
Frank Ware made a trip to Kear
ney bn his Wheel last week return
ing ou the same as far as Cozad
where he took train No. 101 for
Hcrshcy Saturday,
Merchant Mickelscn of Hcrshcy
is arranging to put" a new founda
tion under his store building and
also to paint the same both inside
and out in the near future.
Mrs. W. L. Brownficld and Mrs.
II. lc Stone and children of Her
shcy, spent the first of this week
with relatives and friends at
Paxton.
If you want to see the finest lot
ol thoroughbred Norman horses,
Short horn cattle, and Poland China
hogs in western Nebraska, go to
Win. II. Sullivan's farm at Nichols.
Geo. 13. Sullivan who has been on
the sick list for a long time is now
able to be out and see to his farm
work but it is still unable to per
form manual labor.
A few sports (?) in this, locality
arc getting a little previous in
shoutiutr prairie chickens and quail.
They are liable to be pulled over
the law with a fine of $25 and costs.
Better go a little slow.
For some reason best known to
themselves the Sutherland gun
club failed to put in an appearance
at Hcrshev last Saturday where
they had arranged to shoot a match
with the home club. On the Sat
urday previous the Hershcy club
went up to Sutherland and defeated
the home club easily. When it was
announced that the Sutherland
club was not coming the licrshey
boys indulged in a shoot by choos
ing sides and having a royal good
time all around.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
The Union Pacific railroad com
pany now has the entire line of its
road in Dawson county fenced for
fifty feet on each side.
An cfTort is being made at Calla
way to have deputy county ollices
placed at that town to accommodate
the patrons of the west end of the
county.
It now seems that Dinsmorc has
a new Jcase of life, as the supremo
court hub given him ninety dayH lo
file a brief pending an appeal, He
was to have been hung on July 20.
It is said that more milk is
handled at the llemmingfoid skim
ming station than at any other
station in the world. Over 50,000
pounds of milk were received there
in three days recently,
The grade between Sidney and
Bridgeport is all completed and
accepted, with the exception of one
mile of Jas. Kyncr's work. This
will probably be finished this week.
Jas. O'Connor finished his work
east &iul north of town Tuesday,
D, J. Griffith's anj Dillou and Pat-
VI
rue ice cream season
(j - k
m Is now on. "Wo have a line of the White m
Mountain and the Sheppard's Lightning1 jL
Eg Freezers, the best of freezers on the market J
3 at prices that will please you. Inspect them JE
before buying. Remember that there is more
Morning Glory Flour Sold
2 Than any other one brand in North Platte. 3pj
t Secret, high quality, medium price, only $1.00 3
5 per sack. . . . . ,
g GROCERIES.
Morning Glory Flour, the most dependable Hour sold in 2
22 North Platte only one dollar a saclc. 5
S Kerosene Oil per gallon lac 3
3 Yeast Foam, 2 pkgs for 05c
Table bait, 2 sacks for
Eagle Condensed Milk, 2 cans
Arbuckle's Coffee 13c. 2 pkgs
Fiinn fiffn 11 O
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terson'a work is still unfinished on
the line from Sidney south to the
state lineSidney Telegraph.
We arc informed of a new way of
catching rabbits in vogue among
some of the boyB, A coil of hose
about one inch in diameter is used,
which they pay out down a rabbit
hole until the bottom is reached,
the mouth of a sack being placed
over the hole. A cheerful shout
down the hose will bring the rabbit
out at a double (juick gait into the
sack and it is all off with bunny.
Sidney Telegraph,
Bryan is on record with the opin
ion that nothing could have been
gained iu 18 by the withdrawal of
Scwall in favor of Wateon or Wat
son in favor of Scwall. If Mr.
Bryan's friends at Kansas City
take the hint the kite will have two
tails again in 1900. Bee.
You Will Need
Tools for the Haying Season, We
have
Stacker Ropes,
Pulleys,
Hay Korks,
Bolts,
Babbit Metal,
Pitcher Pumps.
Sand Points,
Iu fact any Tool you will need.
WILCOX DEPARTMENT STORE.
Dr. Humphreys'
Specifics euro by acting directly upon
tho iliiicnso, without exciting dlsordor in
nuy other part of tho syBtoin.
xo. ccmi. ritcet.
I-Foverf, Congctllons, Inflamm&tloni. .Vt3
It Wormi, Worm rover, Worm Colic. ,Vt3
3-Tecthtn, Colic, CrylDB.WnfccfulDeH ,33
t-Ulort hoo, or Children or Adulti 'J3
7- Coiiglu, Coldi, Uronchltls .. !i3
8 ,eurnlila, Yoothicho, Kueache, , ,23
M-lltadarlio, Sick Headache, Vertigo,, .43
10- llyipepala,fadlgrittoii,WakStomach,'J3
1 1- Hupprc.rJ orl'nlnrul Perlodi .,, ,'J3
IV! Wlillen, Too l'rofuui J'erlodn 23
i:)-Uroui, I.iirviuItU, lIoaravuM 23
J l-Hult II lie n in , i:rynlH'liiii, Eruption.. .23
1 3-llliriininllm, Itheiimatlc Pntni 23
l(l-.Malnrln, Clillls, Fever and Skuo 23
10-4!nturrli, Influenin.CoM la tliuJIeai! ,23
UO-Wlioopliig.l.'oiiiili , ,,,, ,23
U7-IUdny l)lcnr ,23
2H-,rvoiin.lebllllv 1,00
.'IO-1'rlnary Weaknni, Wetting l!xi 23
77-0 rip, Hay Fever ., 29
Or1. Ifuniphryti' Manual of all Dlifftien at your
Pruvulita or Mailed t reo.
Bold hy dninsleut.v wqt on roccliit of prlco.
Humliroy MoU. Co., Cor, ViilUaai i Jolm Bu.,
2 XXX Coffee 13c, 2 pkgs for 25c
Bee Coffee per pkg -t i4C
fc Bogota Coffee per pkg isc
rS Cream of Wheat per pkg 15C
5 Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit 13c, 2 pkgs for 25c j2
2 Sage per package , ; 04c
5 Hops per packages 04c 3
Battle Ax Tobacco per plug 35c
Horse Shoe Tobacco per plug 45c
fc: Star Tobacco per plug 45c
5 Standard Navy Tobacco per plug. '. 35c S
Whittemore Gilt Kdge Shoe Dressing 20c
Mirror Gloss Starch per package 05c
5
WE PAY TOP NOTCH
PRICES FOll BUTTER p
g AND EGGS IN ANY QUANTITIES. j
THE HUB GROCERY CO.,
Dewey Street. Telephone No. 27. NORTH PLATTE. 9
05c 3
for , , , . , 35c
for 25c 5?
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New Dry Goods Store.
NORTH SIDK.J
I run now roiuly to show my
frlonds u now stock of
Diu (oudp and fkiong,
Coino and oxtmilno my goods
mid got my prices.
All my Prints nro Tost Colora.
A Fino Lino of Hosiery,
Boys' Blcyclo Hoso-novor woar oat.
Complsto Lino of Overalls, Jaekots
and Qlovos.
Geo. T. Buzzn.
Land Seekers or Users
Take Notice
I have 400,000 Acres of Pas
turo Lands for Sale or Lease,
nt prices rnnuinK from IX) cents to
$2 por aero. Rnnohos, farm, luty,
and irrlKiitud ImiuIh, and othor
olnsHUHof Roul I'Miito. Lund Fold
on tho 10 yonr U. P. It. II. timo
plnn. ono-tontli down, balance In
yearly pttymontn. Call on
I- FOET, (
U. 1'. K. H.,Land Auoul
Ottonstoin DuilditiK,
NOItTII PLATTE, MED.
A W ell r
V'l
Dressed
is lie who who got us to
make his clothes. We
arc now receiving our lino
of new and fashionable
Spring Suitings.
F. J. Broeker,
Merchant Tailor.