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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1900)
Local News in Brief. ; Services were held at the Episcopal church, yesterday fore noon. James M. Hay, Lawyer, Parties from, -Ames have pur cased a large.body of land south of Gothenburg' and ..will use it for a cattle and sheep ranch. For Rent Two rooms suitable for light housekeeping. Inquire at this office. Fred J. Mack, formerly a real dent of this city, bad his face peppered with shot Monday while out hunting with a friend. The annual election of officers of the Knights of PythiaB lodge will be held at the . hall .this crcntac All members arc requested to at tend. Dr. F, VV. Miller, Dentist, over Strietz's drug store. Stockmen say- the fall pasture has been exceptionally fine this year, the buffalo grass having cured in excellent shape. Ah a re sult range cattle arc in good condi tion. Howard Atkinson began work in the machine shop the early part of the week. After working in several of the company's western shops hp is well satisfied to resume work here. A five room house lor rent, in cast end. Inquire of , Mns. OuiMETTii, The lifeless body of W. II. Full hart waB found, Saturday on his ranch northwest of Anselmo. His skull had been crushed by some blunt instrument) giving evidence that he had been murdered. No one appreciates the pleasant wcaiucr mpre tnan Mr. Scott, who is wintering seven thousand head of sheep north of town. -The buffalo grass, pasture is keeDinir thc animals in fine condition with out the expense of feeding hay The local A. O. U, W, lodire ib still growing in numbers, seven or eight applications now bclne on file. It looks .now as if the time was not far distant when every sensible manna, town will be member ot the Wbrkoiatrfamily, Joseph Plgmani" the republican canaioaic iorf tne legislature In Cu.ster county has filed contest proceedings against 3, "D, Ream the fusion candidate. Ream had a majority of butriiiiett:en. ,and the contest is maclcn the 'grounds of errors committed by the election boards. Round and -Half Hound Stock Tankman sizes, lor sale by JoB. Herahey. Not many loses of cattle from stalk disease is reported in this immediate locality. Cnitlcinen I j ,1,'. . V ... nave icameu 1119 lesson ot allowing their cattle to feed but a short time on the stalkB at fhe start, and not allowing them to overload them selves. The an)nja'ls are also given a chance to get plenty of ialt and The data compiled by Observer 1'iercy and covering a ner od twenty-six vears showa ttm inenn temperature ,of December to be 27 degrees. The coldest Decembe was In 1879 and . the warmest li 1889, T.he coldest December day on record was on the 2,4th of that moniti inJHy wnen the mercury dropped down to 27 degrees below tero. Decern bfiroa a drv mouth the average precipitation being but a little over a half inch. Th driest December was in 1894 and the wettest in 1877. On December 4, 1877, the wind attained a velocity 01 seventy-two miles an hour. . . . . wanted a girl for genera house work, Inquire of Mtb, H White. s The members and friends of the Lutheran church are looklug to the nervifPB nf Mm .!..,. i i , . - " uu Vfllll(J DUUUdf with uncommon interest. At that time the Rev. Samuel B, Barnjt u. u., ot DCs Moines, Iowa,,,, the. western representative of the Lutheran Board of Home Missions will be present and by virtue ot th authority of the President c Synod, will publicly Install the Rev. John F. Seibert as pastor of the church in this place. Sped music will be prepared and I occasion promises to be onelbng be remembered. All members the to the church ..Hying In the country arc urged to be present to witness this oeremony nnd hear Di Barniti' who ' will preach mornfn - JUuTftVUlliir.' o.TfcC nublte Fenerallv mi jj 1 U. O'j ! 7T W' A TI'' ( ' , $4, A - V? ; ' $l2 1 1 YOUTH'S SUITS and OVERCOATS very special T value r.;.$7,50 CHILDREN'S TOP COAT'S REEFERS a special value at...'". $1,75 STAR CLOTHING HOUSE. W. A. VOLLMER, Proprietor. Oije jPrice atfd. IPlaii) Fl&Utes. Opposite old location. For Rent Four rooni house. Ap. ply to "V. II. McDonald. A.twenty-nine pound turkey was purchased at Baskiu's meat market the other, day from,a farmer. Mr., BaBkins has not yet found a cus tomer who desires such a large fowl, and it has been suggested that Mr. B. have it cooked and served tp his male customers along" with a case of the liquid that made Milwaukee famous, This, wc think, is an excellent suggestion. Two furnished rooms for rent- Inquire of Mrs. H. F, Jeff rey. Next Monday evening the cxecu. tivc and the' house committee of the Commercial Club will meet together and formulate' plans for the social features of the club during the winter season. This does not mean that the business part of the club will be neglected, on the contrary it is believed that by extending the Bridal scope of the club a greater interest in business matters will result. There arc a number ot matters pertaining to the commer cial interests of the city that will be at once taken up by the club. II. C. Hannah, M. D Osteopath; Woods Bldir. John LeMasters had his right wrist burned and his face blistered by a gasoline fire Wednesday even ing. A half gallon of gasoline had been spilled on his work bench during1 the day, and iu the evening he threw down a hammer on a match which wa laying on the part of the bench saturated with the pit, The force of the hammer ignited the match . and the unevap- orated gtmoHne took fire, blazing up in such a way to reach John's face, His coat sleeve, wjiicli had been saturated with oil, also took fire and for a moment it looked as though the acefdent might prove very Bcriotis, John hud the presence of mind to smother the fire on hlu coat, and turn the hose on the burning bench. ' Women's Shoes With Heavy Soles are comfortable when they arc made rig-lit, and properly fitted to the foot. . . They can be made right, and ours arc. They can be fitted properly and we arc careful to always do it. " Many styles with heavy soles here to ' " choose from, Kid 6i4 Calf uppers. One ; , very fine grade.with full Kidlining--$4.00, . Other styles arc drill lined, and sell for $3.50 and $3.00 Yellow Front Shoe Store, 1 Men's Winter Overcoats. c a: Not Bargain prices but bar- gains at these prices. A large A selection of fabrics " in chdicc J ' nnHorrin. i-ni-fifi'tllv' 'tilnrln tin Uf W jipN the most skilled tailors. There r; is Style, Fit and Elegance in our j Overcoats. Men's Winter Over- coats in Kerseys, Meltons, A Beavers, Oxford, Cheviots, Cov- -uric F.U'innWtMiu TUn Clin.t 0 T1,c Rafflan Te Great A $5, $6, ,$7.50, $8.50, $9, $10, $13.50, $15 and $18. A J Lincoln County Oaina 075. The cens'us of Nebraska by counties was given to the public through the Daily Bee yesterday. The enumeration gives Lincoln county a population of 11,410, which is an increase of 975 over the censm. of 1890. The increase or decrease of popu lation in jhe precincts in the county is not given, but it is cer tain that more than half of the nre- cincta. have less people now than ten years ago. The terr torv In which the principal gains have been made is 111 the Platte vallev nre cincts, and while at this writinir tlie ligures for North Platte are not given it is pretty well known that the population of this city has in increased about seven hundred since 1890. This leaves a gain of 275 to be accounted for in the county outride of the city, and this increase Wil largely be found in Brady, Maxwell, Hinman, Nlclols and Sutherland precincts. The precincts which have suffer ed the most notable decreases are Wallace, Sunshine and Fairvicw Fifty-live counties in the state show an Increase and thirty-five a decrease. Nearly all the counties in the west part. of the state show a decrease. Custer county shows a loss of 1,919. Cheyenne 123, Keith 605, Logan 418, Perkins 2.662 Deuel 730, Hayes 885, Chase 2,W8, Thanksgiving Day was fully ob served in the city yesterday. Tin shops and banks were closed al day, nnd after dinner but few of the business houses were open Services were held at two of tin churches, and a number were sutlicicntly thoughtful to tender thanks to the Almighty for the many blessings enjoyed. Iu nearlv every household the plump turkey proved the piece dc resistance the dinner table and good cheer prevailed. Many entertained thci neighbors or relatives and th day throughout was plcasaut for all, Peonle and Events, - t Sheriff Kelihcr transacted busi ness in Kearney Wednesday, Will Patterson came in yesterday morning from Durango, Col, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ottman spent Thursday with friends at Chappell. Mrs. J. J. Halligan is expected m 1 iome tomorrow from ner visit in Omaha. A. T. Geycr was up from Brady Wednesday looking after business matters. G. W. Vroman U at present in Kansas City looking after B. of L. business. Will Woodhurst came home yes terday morning to eat Thanks giving turkey. Mr. and Mrs, 13. H. Woods of Omaha were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle yesterday. Mrs. W. B. Salisbury left Wednesday morning for a visit with relatives in Illinois. Rev. Judge, who is priest in charge during Father Halev's absence spent Thursday in Omaha. John Herrod came in from the cast yesterday morning to eat Thanksgiving turkey with his amily. Hon. Matt Daugherty, register of the United States land office at Sidney, was a North Platte visitor yesterday. Mrs. Hinman of Fremont is the iruest of her brother Judge B. I. Hinman, having arrived Wednes day evening. Mrs. Elizabeth Doualdson left Wednesday for Chicago, where she will spend the winter with her sister and mother. Sam Richards returned yesterday J morning from Chicago where he had been transacting business .for a week or ten days. Eberly Woodmausee, who is at tending the Kearney military academy, came up to spend Thanksgiving with hiB parents. J. H. MacCall and sister came up from Lexington Wednesday even- ng and spent yesterday as the guests of Judge and Mrs. Baldwin. Grand Chancellor French has been in the east part of the state for a couple ot days meking. official visits to Knights of Pythias lodges, H. Schlesinger has been in Goth enburg for ten dayB past, attending the bcdBide of bis wife who is crit ically 111 with but faint hopes of re- coyenng. The annual election of officers of the B. of R. T. will be held at the K. P. hall Thursday evening, Dec 6th, at 7:30 o'clock. L. E, Wood, Master. Chang of Aut. Buptxintas&anta. C. B. KeyeB, who has been assist ant superintendent of the Union Pacific at this point for the past tux months, has been transferred to Omaha, and Chas. Ware, who has been acting assistant superintend ent at the latter place, succeeds Mr, Keyes. This is simply a transfer of the two officials, and it is understood that the change is made upon the solicitation of Mr. Keyes. The reason assigned for Mr. Keyes desire to return to Omaha 1a that his wife Ib an invalid and that be dcelres to have her in that city in order that she inay receive medical attention from her physician; also that Mr. Keyes owiib a home there. The order making this transfer becomes effective tomorrow, Dur Ing his stay here Mr. Keyes has proven a popular official, and Iub transfer is regretted by the road men: Mr. Ware is a comparative Stranger to North Platte employes, but is Bald to be a No. 1 railroad man. SHOES, OVERSHOES, LEGGINS. Nothing will pay you better than to have dry warm feet, U is one of the surest ways to keep in good health. Our line is com plete in every detail and qualities and prices are what they always arc with us RIGHT. AbprTupsrnjRE misrepresent anything to you. Our policy is to give you a fair deal, sell you honest goods at honest prices and with that in view we cAn command your trade. It you think this is a fish story judt conic in and examine the quality of our goods'and find out their prices. THE BIG STORE It is said that a union meeting of the railroad orders of the town will be held within the next week for the purpose of considering plans fordoing some work in the interests of organized labor during the coming session of the state legislature. It is hinted that among other work will be that of an organized effort to defeat D. E. Thompson for United States sen ator. The Kearney Military Academy has been somewhat reorganized re cently and is now on an excellent basis, both as to the faculty and to finances. It Is a good school in all particulars, thorough in its mental and physical training and home-like in its appointments. A letter ad dressed to Archdeacon Atmore, Kearney, Nebraska, will bring you full information in regard to the school. Dr. Jonas the U. P. surgeon of Omaha was in town yesterday, the object of his visit being to inquire into the small-pox condition in this city. Several cases of the disease have developed among railroad men in Omaha which it is. said have been traced to infection in North Platte. Dr. Jonas recommended to the local authorities that before dis charging, a patient who. .had small pox that the individual be given a chemical bath and thoroughly fuminated. Also that the inmates of a house, where a small-pox patient has been confined be quar antined for a period of twelve days after the patient baB been dis charged. These recommendations will be carried into effect by the local authorities. 1 An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth A Pound of Cure When diseases of a germ or contagious nature abound every precaution should be taken to prevent infection. Fumigation of person and premises can be made by use of Formaldehyde Generators which are extensively used and highly recom mended. We carry them in'stock. ONE YEAR FREE By Special Arrangement vc can furnish the THE PRAIRIE FARMER Free for one year to every one of our subscribers. All you . hare tpo is to renew for The Tribune for another year and. - teirWlhat you want Tlie PrairieEarmer and we will order it seat to you one full year free,. We will also send The 4Praifi6 (Farmer free one year to every new subscriber who pays us one year inadvance. . . . - . v 1 t " " ''' : 'Don't-put this off, if you want to get that greaUonefe dol lar a year farm paper free. This offer is but for a limited time. Meet Your Eyes and Ears every passing day Sind you may be deceived sometimes. Our Idea is that you would not get bitten the second time, so it would not be to our advantage, to 12. B. "WARNER. . Tor Sale. Poland China Hogs, cither sex, herd headed by King 1. Know No. 50259, a direct son of old Chief I Know, the great prize winner. The beat Btralus represented. Wm, Suluvan, North Platte, Neb. Hotioe. All taxes ior 1900 are. now due and " payable. ' Personal will be come delinquent Feb. 1,1901, and realestate May 1, 1901. The pen alty is ten percent interest after delinquent. C. F. SCHARMANN, Treasurer Lincoln County. lfoUce. All persons are warned' against bunting or trespassing on the lands owned and controlled by the estate of M. C. Keith. ' W. B. Millard', TSxccutor. FOR SALI. FARM WAGONS, SPRING WAGONS TOP BUGGIES, And all kinds of Farm tfachinepy. Standard Goods at Reasonable Prices. LOCK & SALISBURY NORTH PLATTE. ST. STBBITZ. 1 VV-). www Wilcox Dpriffieut Sjp. 7T7t t' .T v"f - t O - J GEO. M. GRAHAM, Mgr. ' J. t . ,.' ... . . M'W'"' , " 11 '' ' - ,V