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momctors, silver and
pearl pocket knives, etc,
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She cmi - Wrfltty Sribiur.
TUESDAY, JAN. 1, 1901.
John Keith has been in Omaha
for a day or two.
Arthur Home, of Maxwell, ia re
covering from an attack of lunij
fever.
Miss Laura Murray went to
Maxwell this morning to spend the
day with her parents.
The Kebekah Kensinurton will
meet Thursday afternoon at the
residence of Mrs. P. W. Sitton.
The Rush & Murray stock of
groceries is being moved today to
the Harrington & Tobin building.
The dance at the opera house
labt evening was fairly well at
tended. As a social feature it was
a great success.
George Sherwood, who had been
spending Christinas at his home in
Plattsinouth, returned to the city
Wednesday night.
Frank Murray has not definitely
decided vhat he will do, but thinks
he will go on the road for a whole
sale grocery house.
Midnight mass was held at St.
Patrick's church last night, the at
tendance being greater than the
seating capacity of the church.
At case of kidnaping is reported
to have occurred in the Second
ward early this morning, a resident
being minus a big, fat goose.
Today is very quiet in town, the
U. P. shops afld the banks being
closed, and a number of business
houses closed their doors at noon.
Polled Angus Dulls -and Ply
mouth Rock Cockerels for t-ale.
Inquire at Doolittlc's Book Store.
Tlu amount of money expended
In new buildings and additions
in the ctty during the past year
was in the neighborhood of seven-ty-fiye
thousand dollars. During
the coming year the expenditures
in this direction promise to be as
grea.
Brewster & Williams of Grand
Inland, jeb.. are headquarters for
Cut Flowers, Holly, Mistletoe and
Green Wreathing. They also
grow lettuce and Radishes.
A dispatch from Lexington to
the Bee dated December 31st says'.
Erich Engle in jaii here awaiting
trial irj the cjiatrict cojirt on, charge
of qurylanzing the Thornton
itwelry store at Coaad, made his
o-pnpe about 3 o'clock this morning
by first sawing a bar oil his cell
window, crawling through the
npperture thus made and prying a
bar from the outside window with
one of the bars in his hand he
walked to his old haunt near Elm
Creek, where he expected pro
tectum. His friends there held
him. how.ev.er, nid, notified Sheriff
II ay a by telephone. .lr. IJajs took
he first train for Elm Creek, re
turning this afternoon with his
man, wljqm he say will no( qgajn
eagajiQ,
ThK Truiunk extends to all its
readers the wish that the coming
year may be a happy and prosperous
one.
A half score of young ladies held
a delightful reception to a large
number of their friends at the
Fcderhoof hall Saturday afternoon.
Miss Chittick, who had been
spending the holidays with her
Mster Mrs. A. II. Davis, returned
to her school at Brady this morn
ing. James M. Hay, Lawyer,
Arrangements arc being made at
Callaway for a grand wolf hunt on
Saturday, January 19. 1901, and is
advertising it big. The wolves are
becoming very numerous and this
seems to be the only way to rid the
country of them. Parties from all
over the state will be present to
take part in the sport.
Chicago forecast for North Platte
and vicinity: Fair tonight and
Wednesday; not so cold Wednesday.
Maximum temperature yesterday
was 12; one year ago it was 17,
Minimum temperature thiB mom
ing was 12 below zero; one year
ago it wa& 7 above. The tem
perature at 7 o'clock thiB morning
at North Platte was 10 below zero,
at Cheyenne, Wyo.. 6 below, at
Denver, Col., 18 below, at Valentine,
Neb., G below and at Omaha, Neb.,
zero.
The attempt to hold up the mail
stage between Callaway and Brok
en Bow as was recorded in the
daily papers has proven to be false,
as it was only three boys out hunt
ing, and as the stage passed along
one of the boys shot at a quail a
couple of times, and because he
missed, the other boys were yelling
and lauging at htm. This caused
the driver to think he was going to
be held up and he started his team
on the run.
Chas. Blood of Cheyenne aud
Mre. Kate Marti of this city were
united in marriage yesterday after
noon by Judge Peniston, and last
night the couple left for Cheyenne,
where Mr. ulood is employed as
yardmaster for the U. P. The con
trading parties are well known
nere, Mrs. uioou having lived in
North Platte nearly --all her life,
while Mr. Blood was employed here
for several years as a trainman.
The best wishes of many friends
accompany the couple to their
future home in Cheyenne.
Dr. F. W. Miller, Dentist, over
Strietz s drug store.
The Commercial QJiib. held
tweeting last evening awl adopted
articles of incorporation, which
were ordered filed with the county
clerk. The committee appointed
to revise the constitution and by
laws made its report, and the same
were adopted as revised. The house
committee presented its rules, and
they were approved by the board of
directors. On motion the president
was instructed to appoint a com
mittee to. look after legislation
beneficial to Lincoln county and
western Nebraska T-'lU cofnniit
tee will be uam,ed by the president
wilhm a pay or two,
We are informed by Dr. Seymour
that by reason of a recent ruling o
the passenger departments of the
yarious roads, it will' be impossible
for him to bring his private car' to
this city as he'had expected, as it
seems the railroad authorities object
10 n,is u,9iiig rauroau, grounds lor
his business. His ca.r is very val
uame, uestqcs containing many
thousand dollar worth of valuable
instruments, and in towns of this
aize there is great danger in switch
ing, and as the doctor recently
sustained a loss on one of the rail
roads they refuse to insure the
car and instruments against
accidents consequently n use
his car onty on, lojig jouruey-s and
v 'arge cjftes. However, we are
pleased to learn that Dr. Seymour
will be here in person, accompanied
by his noted assistant, Dr. Henry
0, Williams, at Pacific hotel, Wed
nesday and Thursday, January 9
anil 10.
S Railroad Notes, t
J. II. Vickery, foreman of the car
repair gang has been ordered to
report for work at Omaha.
A New Year greeting to the em
ployes of the Union Pacific from
President Burt was posted on the
bulletin board yesterday.
Four of the new compound
passenger engines are expected up
from Omaha tomorrow for scrvirc
on the Second and Third districts.
The outfit cars arc being put in
shape for the use of men who will
cut and load ice at Pawnee Springs
when the ice reaches the ptopcr
thickness.
A special train of Union Pacific
officials passed cast Inst night.
Among the men on board were E,
R. Griffin and Supt. Deuel of
Denver,
Train No
station for
TrneMsrlf
"Pasteur Vaccine"
SAVES CATTLE FROM
BLACK LEG
Neatly 2,000,000 successfully trended In U. . and. Canada, during the Ut B years.
Cheap, Bafe and easy to use. rauiphlet with full particular, oflkial endorsements
Arid testunor(tyls"Bett FREE on application.
Fasteur Vaccine Co., chicngp.
"BLACKLBGINE."
5 was delayed at this
nearly an hour this
morning owing to the inability to
get steam through the heating
pipes on the cars. The train had
ten cars and went out double-
header.
During the past year Stifller's
bridge gang has put in fourteen
iron bridges between Julesburg and
Cheyenne. There are 101 bridges
between those two points, all but
twenty-two of which arc of wood. It
in the intention to replace nil the
latter with those of iron.
The Gering Courier claims to
have information from Lincoln to
the effect that the Rock Island road
contemplates building a line up the
North Platte valley. As the road
could not very well be built without
passing through North Platte, it
begins to look as though in the
future we will become a railroad
center scconu only to Chicago cr
Brady.
Alex. Stewart, division foreman
at EvanRtoti. Wyo., spent Saturday
in town visiting relatives and
Rhaking hands with his many old
friends. Mrs. Stewart accompanied
him cast and is now yisiting rela
tives at Lexington. She will be
up here next week to visit friends.
Mr. Stewart is looking the pink of
health and is well pleased with his
position at Evanston.
A report which comes from
Denyer says the Union Pacific coin
pany will next spring begin the
construction of iron works and
blast furnacea at Cheyenne that
will employ 1,500. The works will
be built in that city by reason of
the contiguity of the Wyoming iron
and coal fields, the company hav
ing acquired immense tracts of iron
fields. The plant will turn out the
iron work which the company has
heretofore purchased in the east.
The first day of the twentieth
century is bright, cheerful and in
vigorating. The century starts off
well.
Mis.8 Coca acanlan of Axtell,
Kansas, is the guest of her broth
er, J. "B, Scanlan, having arrived
Sunday night.
Mid-night services were held at
the Episcopal church last evening,
the attendance being especially
large for the occasion.
The vvo.rk of harvesting the crop
of ice at Pawnee lake began today
The thickness of the ico was re
ported to be nine inches this morn
ing,
Rey. Gilpin of this city closed ;
very successful reviyal Sunday
night at the McNeel school house
northwest of town. The closing of
the meeting was due to the cold
stormy weather. Iev. Qilpin was
assisted BCYcrqJ cveuingB by Rev.
Wirnbcrty and W. J. Crusen.
The dawn of the twentieth cen
mry was welcomed last night in
North Platte by a perfect bedlam
of noises. A number of locomotive
whistles were blown, each vicing
with the other as to the amount
and length of the racket made
bells were rung, revolvers fired
and vocal organs exercised.
Sound indeed was the sleeper who
waB not awakened by the noise,
DUrovory of Aniorlcu.
Henry vlgnautl, who has- bcii tho.
llrst secretary of the iiiUeil Stntea
embassy In Pars fr- over twonty-flvo
years, will soon, publish a book on tho
discovery of America, with particular
attention to tho origin of Columbus'
determination.
District Court Proceedings.
The adjourned term of district
court convened yesterday morning
with Judge Grimes on the bench,
The first case called was that of
?redrich Waltcmath who had filed
a petition for a divorce from bis
wife on the grounds of adultery.
The decree was granted as prayed.
The time in the district court
yesterday afternoon was devoted to
action upon the foreclosure cases
brought by Lincoln. county tore-
cover delinquent taxes. There are
about one hundred of these cases
on the docket, about twenty of
which will be settled by loan com
panies having mortgages on the
laud before further legal steps arc
taken.
We Ilaro tho Moit Doctor.
A writer In Uio Medical Record la
authority for thn statement that thero
is In tho United States ono physician
for every COO people. This Is twlco as
many proportionately as thero aro In
Great Britain, four times ns many ns
in Franco, flvo times as many as In
Germany, and six times as many as
in Italy.
SQLLINO AGENTS: Live Stock Vaccine & Medline. Co., Iener, Cla,
For Sale by A. F. Streitz.
The lllggriit 8turi;iii.
Tho largest sturgeon on record was
caught In Uio North sou, It weighed
625 pounds, but tho delight of tho fish
eriucn was tempered by tho fact that
It did $7G0 worth ot damage to tho nets
before It was gfvfm tho coup do grace.
Tmln'n Oitit Hnblt.
George Francis Train lives In a
small room In ono of tho Mills hotels
in New York, nnd has not left tho
building for months. Ho rises between
-1 nnd 5 o'clock In tho morning nnd
spends nenrly nil day rending tho
newspapers. Ho says he mennB to livo
to circle tho globa In thirty-thrco dnys
over tho Trnnsslberlan railway.
I'nrli Is a Clean City.
Paris I said to bo the cleanest city
in tho wcrld. Every mornlnrt 2,000
malo and GOO femalo scavengers, divid
ed Into 149 brigades, turn out to per
form tho tollot of tho capital. Tho
men work from 4 In tho morning till
4 In the ejvtMiUig, less two hours off
for mca'i, -or ton hours a day. Tho
women aro engaged in tho morning
only.
Prominent Xa.n TciU Dung-con.
When Liout.-Gov. Timothy Wood
ruff of New York visited Danncmora
stnto prison recor.tly ho asked to be
looked In a dark coll, tho extreme form
of punishment nt tho prison. Dcforo
ho had been there a full mlnuto ho
asked to bo freed, saying that ho had
experienced cuough for a lifetime
To Soften Water.
' Bran or oatmeal aro valuablo for
softening hard water. For a bath stir
a peck of brnn Into a tub of warm
water. Tho fr'ctlon of tho loose bran
calls tho circuWon ct the blood to
tho surfaco of tho. s'.;ln. and so clcansos
and Eofts. It,
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llibte Mont I'opulnr Hook.
Tho Diblo Is still tho most popular of
all books. During tho year 1899 tho
American Bible society Issued 1,406,
800 copies in fifty-eight different lan
etinn'pH. In tho elchty-four years ot
tho socloty's existence It has issutd
G7,3C9,300 copies.
Wherein Cnnniln Ilrnti U.
"Tho Canadians aro far ahond of us
In the matter of packing fruit for ex
port," says a Malno business man,
"nnd consequently they havo less trou
blo in disposing of their fruit."
RoyAL
South llcuil WnnU n Charter.
' On behalf ot South Bend, applica
tion wilt bo mado to tho Indiana legis
lature for a city charter. A commit
tee of citizens has been appointed to
ormulato a charter.
aire Cnlveraltr i Chomlcml XJfcrnryh
William A. Proctor, of Cincinnati,
has Just made his. third important gift
to tho university of Cincinnati. This
Is tho chemical library ot 2,000 vol
umtsH, many Yory rare, collected by
Dr. T. H, Norton. Mr. Proctor has
also given tho celebratod Robert Clarko
collection of illumlpatcd manuscripts
and OJiIo history and tho Enoch Car
son Shakespearean collection, which
includes tho fumoua Burton Shakos-oearo.
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ICOPVUIGHT
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Snug as a Dug
in the proverbial rug1, our friends
will llnd themselves if ensconced
In beneath the lap-robes we sell.
They will get double comfort
comfort of mind as well as of
body if their horse.s, feel the
warmth o.f, our blankets before
and after a brisk drive. All sorts
of horse accessories in addition
to a line of harness to make glad
the heart of any horseman at
Wilcox Department Store.
The absolutely pure
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BAKING POWDER
ROYAL the most celebrated
of all the baking powders in the
world c elebratcd
for its great leavening
strength and purity.
It makes your cakes,
biscuit, bread, etc.,
healthful; it assures
you against alum and
all forms of adultera
tion that go with the
cheap brands.
Alum balclns powdert re low priced, alum cosU but
two cents pound J but alum Is a corrosive poison and
It renders the baking powder dangerous to use In food.
ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
The Model's Special Bargains for December
-IN-
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS, MEN and
BOY'S BOOTS and SHOES.
LOT 1 Panoy Monarch Shirts odds and ends former tyt
prico S1.00, 81,25, $1.50. Decomborsalo price ItO
LOT 2 Men's fancy Btift" bosom Shirts, formor prion 7Co A Q
nnd 81.00. Docombor snlo prico 400
T i i
LOT 3100 doz. Cnmol Hair Shirta and Drawers formor price
I,00 por garment December ealo prico per gar- ryt
mont I tfO
LOT 4 Mons Top Notch $2.00 Shooa Docombor Balo, di; OF
prico tj)X.l)t
LOT 5 Mon'd Horsehido Shoos, Docombor snlo price . . . $2.15
LOT 0 Mon'a Tan ShoeB worth $3.00 Docombor salo prico $2.10
LOT 7 Boy's Ilrown Calf Shoos tho host for your Boys, 7c
worth $2.00, Docombor salo prico JI I u
Wo nre agents for tho Staloy nil wool undorwonr, nothing hotter
mado. Wo carry shoes from 91 .00 up to tho ilnout 85.00 shoo mado.
9.
MAX XXKSOKBATTK, Prop.
G. P. IDDING8
Ii-u.rn.Toex, Coal
and 3-xecirL
Yards and Elevators at
North Platte, Neb.,
Sutherland, Neb.,
Julesburg, Colorado.
NORTH PLATTE MILLS, '
(O. P. IDDINOS.)
Manufacturer of
HIGH AND MEDIUM GRADE FLOUR
BRAN AND OHOP PEED.
Order by telephone from Newton's Book Store.
The Tribune and the Kan
sas City Weekly Star both.
one year for One Dor-
J . Now Year;
and Thirty-five center
oil for a
navo tickled m
hearing austero ,
salary cut,
Chicago Ilecordr