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SIXTEENTH YEAR. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER II, 1900. . - SO, 9.2.'.
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SANTA CLAUS at THE FAIR STORE.
Santa Claus will make his home at The Fair Store. We have loads of
goods and are prepared for him. The great display and sale of Holiday
Goods is now on. Our entire store has been rearranged to accommodate
this grand assortment of Toys, consisting of r
Doll Heads, Sleeping Dolls, Dolls that Don't Sleep, Bisque Dolls,
Jointed Dolls and Kid Dolls, Hundreds of Boys' Iron Safes,
Combination Safes and Banks, Cash Registers, and Iron Toys of Every Description.'
A Showing of Finer Groods.for Older People.
Hiiie 3?lush aoacl Celluloid. Toilet. Cases, Work Boxes, Albums,
Q-lg VP ft Handkerobief Jiloxes, Jewel Cases, Shavinge 3eta, etc. -h . " -
We have the beet display of Opal Ware over brought tb this city. We have this ware in sets and odd pieces. ' Be
sure find see this elegant display, ' r
An elegant line of fine Dress Joods, Jackets, and $ap.e approgV
Shoes, and Slippers .for ladies and gentlemen. Mufflers and Handkerchiefs.' The finest line of Neckwear in North
Platte Come early.
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Gbris Hearson sold O. L. Mudd
oti the Paxton ranch 800 bushels
'of shelled corn the other day at
tbirly-lwo cent per bushel.
M. Mirkleson at Hershey has bis
store well tilled with fall and win
ter goods.
Between twenty and thirty new
members 'were initiated into the
secrets of the Loyal Mystic Legion
lodge atiHersheyon Saturday even
ing after which all indulged in an
oyster supper to which all did ample
justice.
Grant Bare departed for Colum
bus', Ohio, on No. 2 Sunday even
iijg bpjug palled there by the
illness of his father who recently
had an operation pe: formed for a
cancer and recovery ii considered
doubtful,
J. G. Feeken is harvesting his su
gar beet crop and loading them on
the cars at Nichols for shipment to
Grand Island.
A passine engine Bet a fire iuf.t
west of Spud on Saturday of last
week which burned over quite an
acreage of laud and only lor
timely aid would have consumed a
large amount of hay in the stack.
O. W. Sullivan of Nichols sold
Seeberger & Co. of Hershey a car
of hay on the track at Nichols on
Friday last week.
N. B. Spurrier sold the corn
stalks that he purchased on the W,
O. Thomson larm to W. A. Paxton
who has a large herd of young
cattle pastured there at this time.
Miss Jennie Ware, who is teach
ing at the county scat, attended
the box sociable at Hershey Friday
evening.
Rev. Eyana has. we are pleased
to note, about recovered from his
recent illness.
Tli MJrlinla nrhnnl wa in bpo.
aiba last Saturday lb Wake tip fAf
the Fridny alter Thanksgiving
when there was no school.
The box sociable held at the hall
at Hershey for the benefit of Rev.
Gilpin last Friday evening was well
patronized and all present enjoyed
the occasion. About $23 in ready
cash was realized from the affair.
F. C. Calloway is at this time
putting some much needed repairs
upon some of the old canal com
pany's residences in the valley.
The Hershey merchants all have
a fine display of X-mas goods in
their store windows.
Mrs. John Abbott and little son
of Carbon. Wyoming, were the
guests of Mrs. Mickclscn at Her
shey lately.
L. 12. Jones and wife are con
templating a visit at Mr. Jones'
former home iu Illinois in the near
future.
Several car loads of baled hay
have lately been (.hipped to the
Chicago market from Nichols.
A. A. Leister has sufficiently re
covered from his recent accident so
as to be able to do some light work
in his blacksmith shop..
J. C. Gygerand H, 13. Liudstrom
have returned from a business trip
to Julesburg and vicinity.
R. W. Calhoun is at this time at
his brother's home in McPherbon
county.
Seeberger & Co. have purchased
the J. G. Feck in hay on the track
at Nichols.
Art Conner purchased the Ed.
ministon hay press the other day
and is at the present time baling
hay for John Conway west of Snth
erland.
Mrs. k13. C. Hitch of Hastings,
met her, husband at! Hershev lat
she aPj
Oil.
MXKTX.X JHEWB.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Null are tin
proud parents of a girl baby, bori
November 29th.
The neighbors and friends of H
D. Phillips gave him a surprisi.
party Thanksgiving eyening, anc
all present report an enjoyable time
Dancing was indulged in until a
late hour.
Mr, Catterson of Nesbit, was ir
our midst Wednesday..
A number of our young people re.
ceived invitations to a party a
Albert Mains, of Nesbit, last week.
R, J. Menisie, Bert Mcnzie and
Miss Jessie Waitc have been or,
the sick list but are now conval
escing.
Mrs. F. J. Hogcboom and Misn
Lizzie Graf, of Gaudy, were guests
at the A. 13. Moore residence last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gambrel ex
pect to spend the holiday season at
Omaha.
J Saturday evening, where she
'Vdned ihe Ifoyal fcy'tfYi'c titgta
A gentleman from Gaudy war
selling beef in our community
Friday.
Mrs, Cora Fuller and Miss Annn
Flynti went Into North Platte Fri
day evening to do their holiday
shopping.
The Myrtle branch of .1. S. S
will have a fireplace and Old Sautr
Claus will come down the chimney
and fill the stockinirs ot Junior
members cf the branch Christmas
Eve at Pleasant Valley BChool
hOUBC.
While out hunting Friday Christ
Sclimeeckle, of Lexington, killed n
wild cat that weighed thirty pounds.
These animals must be getting
numerous as a man killed one al
Smithfield one day last week.
1 Barb wire and staples for sale by
KiscellaaonB Railroad News.
A fast mail train on the. '''
made the run from Chicago to
Galesburg in 157 minutes of elapsed
time, the distance being 102 miles.
Of .the elapsed time nine minutes
were occasioned by stopB in the.
yards in Chicago and at Mendota
for oil and water, reducing the net
running, time to 148 minutes, or
sixty-Bix miles per hour.
The Bee nays that the Union
Pacific operating officials arc by no
means discouraged with the per
formances of the new compound
consolidated passcuger engines
which Jiave just been received and
made their initial trips last week.
It is true that the enirines have not
come up to expectations in ine
point of running time, but this is
accounted for in the fact tliat they
are new and have not yet settled
down to the point from which the
best service can be expected.
The Burlington is having dis.
tributed over its entire sybtem n
new book of rules. Each employe
IB charged with fifty cents and on
leaving the service, unless the book
is returned, it is kept out of Inn
laBt nay check. An important
thing is the printing for the first
time in book ol .rules of the rule
against the use of intoxicant
liquors and frequenting of saloons
at all times and the use of tobacco
while on duly. While these rules
have been generally understood by
all railroad men yet special em
nhasia lias not heretofore been
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given.
K. M. Bird shipped 178 head of
two and three-year-old steers last
Tuesday to South Omaha. They
were on the market Thursday and
sold for $6,000. Doc. is getting bin
:osperityuoiuennurg
Jlrasa Moky."
Mazie Trumbull, the beautiful
ittle soubrette who made a big hit
in prominent New Yotk production
two yearn ago, is making great
success this season in Charles H.
Hoyt's revival of his most success
ful farce comedy "A Brass Mon
key", She Ib playing the part of
Baggage ' the daughter of the vil
lage Jonah. This piece will be
presented in this city at Lloyd's
opera house next Saturday evening
for the first time. It is one of the
most meritorious and important
productions to be seen here this
season, and Miss Truinuuira suc
cess in the part of "Baggage" will
prove of more than passing interest
to theatre patrons who delight in
pure fun,
Interviewed by a Bee corres
pondent Jndge Kinkaid says: "The
heavy change from populism to re
republicanism in the Sixth district,
is not a temporary shift. The
moving issue in the district was
prosperity in thelivestock Industry.
The existence of thiB prosperity
refuted the arguments of Mr.
Bryan and caused former populists
to lose faith in his theories and,
sever connections with hiB party,
I believe existing conditions war
runt the assertion that the Big
Sixth may be regarded as rclia
bly republican for the future.'1
The Brady Review says that
Maxwell school No. 1 iu indefinitely
closed owing' to the report that
there is small-pox on the nouth
Bide of the river.
jp F. DENNIS, M. D., ,
HOJ40EOPATHIST,
Ow Tint tUUonal Bank,
NORTH PLATTK, - NEBRASKA.
rjl O. PATTERSON,
KTTOHNBY-Xf-LKW,
Offlo over Yellow Front Shoe Store
NORTH PLATTE, NKJJ,
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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V, BEDELL
JJR. O. B) DENT 4' -
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office over Streitz's Drug Store;
" Telephone 115.
North Platte, - - - Nubriiaku,
A. K. Dayii.
AVIS'& ROACH
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
NORTH PLATTE,, - - NEBRASKA
Grndy Block Rooms 1 & 2.
3 , S. HOAOLAND. W. V. IIOAOf.ANl)
Hoagland & Hoagland,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS
Offloe over
MoOoodd'a Itaok.
N011TI1 PI.ATTH, MKB.
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ILCOK & HALLIQAN,
ATTOlWJBra-AT-LAW,
TOBTU VLATTK, - . NEUHABKA
Ofllo ort North l'latta National llnlik.
H. Mb0Mr
ATTORNE i-AT-L A W . '
OfTloo in Uintuun Block. Dowoy stroot.
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, AL
Sheep for Sale.
. Thirtythree head of black
face bu6ks. Can -bo -seen at
my ranch, seven miles east' of
town; ttn:oo miles nortji of
Gannett.-