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NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1901.
NO. 102.
SIXTEENTH YEAR.
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Increasing Business, Have
You Noticed That
It has and it's our low prices that docs it. Wc arc
giving the public prices on our line of goods that
can't be equaled in western Nebraska. We arc at
present over stocked on
Bed Room Suits.
That wc arc letting- go at 20 per cent off the regular
price. That means 40 per cent less than you can
buy any place else. Wc have a beautiful line of
Combination Book Cases and
Writing Desks
that we are selling at prices within reach of all. A
swell line of couches at reduced prices. Now is the
time to have your pictures framed. Remember we
save you at least SO per cent on your frames. Our
' line of furniture is the most complete in North
Platte. Come in and get our prices.
Ginn & Weingand,
A fine line of undertaking goods. A good
hearse in connection. Mail and telegraph
orders promptly attended to.
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YOU MAY NEED
A Stove
I ANY MORNING NOW. g
3 it is always well to be prepared for
cold weather. When you are up against a 5
blizzard, it is not always easy to have a
stove set up. They are cheap if you buy jt
now. 2
Acorn Stoves and Ranges
The Genuine Round Oak. e
g The finest line of Heaters in the city. g
2 A I fWVIO The Hardware man that fc
fc A. JL II A T lO'f no one owes.
IF AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
Is worth a pound ot cure,
then why not wear a . . . .
and save doctor and drug bills.
We have them for men, women
and children from 50c up.
Chamois Chest Protector
flopth Platte Pharmacy,
.1. It. STONE, 3IAXAOEK.
O. P. IDDING6
X-j'u.m.Toex, Coal
ara-d. G-iain
Yards and Elevators at
North Platte, Neb.,
' Sutherland, Nob.,
Julesburg, Colorado.
NORTH PLATTE MILLS,
(C. r. IDWNOS.)
Manufacturer of
HIGH AND MEDIUM GRADE FLOUR
BRAN AND CHOP PEED.
Order by telephone from Newton's Book Store.
Solid
Merit
is the
foundation
on which is
built the
enduring
fame of the
m
Standard
Typewriter
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, 327 Broadway, N. Y.'
emington
1619 FARNAM ST., OMAHA.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Guy Temple, ot Lexington, fell
on tbc ice while Bkating one even
ing last week and broke his right
leg.
Fire last ThurRclay destroyed
several business houses in Gcring
including the Beehive grocery,
Wood's jewelry store, Cochrane's
general Btorc and a barber Bhop.
The severity of the weather dur
ing the past week has intensified
the effects of the smallpox in the
towns north and west of us and our
exchanges report Bevcral fatalities
in the last few days.
The Perkins County Sentinel
hitherto published by Mrs. P. L.
Caley, changed hands last week
and will hereafter be owned and
managed by Mrs. Anna Cockle in
the interests of the populist party.
George Orr, of Lewellen. brought
Jacob Sweetwood to town Friday
who was examined by the board of
insanity, pronounced insane, and
taken to the asylum at Norfolk by
Sheriff McEldowney. Cliapp-Jll
Register.
One day last week 10. 13. Abbott
of Lexington, received three tele-
grams, one announcing me acain
of his father in Illinois, auother the
deatli of his brother in Colorado,
and the third stated his sister in
Kentucky was at the point of death.
C. Putnam, editor of the Gibbon
Gazette, committed suicide Satur
day by blowing put his brains with
a shot gun. He had lived in Gib
bon since 1871 and was sixty-five
years of age. In a letter to a friend
he stated that he had been contem
plating suicide for years.
Thurston has presented a bill in
the senate providing for an ad
ditional federal judgefor Nebraska.
It is not improbable that if the bill
pusses the berth will be filled by
Chairman Lindsey, of the republU
state central committee, who is a
good lawyer as well as a good cam
paign manager. Kearney Hub.
Frank Carocuter lost a heifer
Monday by feeding in a stalk field
It appears from a post mortem ex
amination that the animal died of
dry stalks and leaves clogged in
the stomach and not of the fatal
and poisonous effects of the corn
stalk disease. Sutherland Free
Lance.
Bert Policy, who was convicted
of horse stealing at Sidney last
month and sentenced to a year in
the penitentiary died of small-pox
in that place Tuesday. A day or
two after receiving his sentence he
was taken sick with the disease and
removed from the jail to the pest
house, where he was attended by
his mother.
Sheriff Armstrong of Custer
county arrested E. Penn in Kear
ney Friday morning on the charge
of forgery. It is alleged he forged
the name of a farmer for $37.50 and
and that A. 13. Brigham. a mer
chant of Oconto, cashed the check.
Brigham discovered IubIoss Thtirs
day and notihed the sheritf. Penn
arrived in Kearney Thursday after
noon and Sheriff Armstrong in the
evening. The prisoner was taken
to Broken Bow Saturday morning
BETWEEN THE RIVERS.
J. M. Dwyer Just look at those
whiskers.
nW. II. Hill of nershey, was at
the county seat on business Thurc
day.
J. II. Ahlborn lost a fine milch
cow a lew days ago from the corn
stalk disease.
Editor Parnell of the Sutherland
Free Lance was a Hershey visitor
on special business Thursday even
ing.
Win. Ware lost a line colt coming
a year old recently from the much
dreaded corn stalk disease.
C. S. Trovillo sold a carload of
hogs last week to King Cole north
of Spuds at $4.70 per cvvt.
Mr. Vroman who is attending
district court at the county seat
as a juror from the precinct bearing
ihis name visited his daughter Jes
sie who is teaching in the Hershey
schools over Suiiduy.
Grant Dowhower drove up from
I North Platte last Saturday aftcr-
I uobn.
J. B. Toillion, Jr., who has been
on the sick list for a few days has
recovered and resumed his duties
as juror at the district court.
Wc understand that Joe Kellcy
las leased the old canal company
arm over north of Nichols for the
coming year. It is now occupied
by Steve Albro who has leased the
Ferguson farm for the ensuing
year.
A few enjoyed a social at the
Icrshey school house last Friday
evening. Games were indulged in
and light refreshments were
served.
Tom and Albert McConnell are
each the proud possessor of a new
carriage which they recently pur
chased ot Lock & Salisbury ot
North Platte.
M. Mickelsonand A. A. Leister
were countv Beat visitors on buBi-
ness last Friday.
W, J. Shinkle and crew are bal-
ng hay over north of Nichols on
the old canal company land for
Sceberirer & Co. of Hershey. It
will be loaded on the cars at
Nichols.
IT. W. Brown now with a B. & M.
bridge crew with headquarters at
Alliance was at Nichols on busi
ness last Saturday.
The Nichols school was in session
on Saturday last.
Parties who want to rent farms
n the vallley for the coming year
are by far more numerous than
farms to rent.
S. J. Koch of the south side is
still loading hay at Hershey fo"
the western market,
Joe Rebout ot Hershey, who tried
a dose of the preparation called a
razorless shave upon his face is at
this time confined to the house
with a badly lacerated counten
ance caused by tuc use oi tue
same.
D. M. Leypoldt and D. H. Everly
waitinr upon customers at
Step Right Along
in this direction if you wantyour
horse to step right along- on the
road. Your horse will feel better
and drive better if his harness
equipment ts of the right sort.
Right sort, did yon say? Yes,
found here every business week
day in the year. In four words:
Ottr harness is reliable.
Wileox Department Store.
2SL Five Cent Ctar I0'M
-A.T SOHMALZBIBD'S.
JOHN BR ATT. E. R. GOODMAN.
j: ...JOHN BRATT & CO.,... i;
j! Real Estate, Loans Insurance
A: NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, X
! Urjtk.oox-oaaiooi-lL.xx-v t"V lax KTolsraMlca. 1
Platte Tuesday to bring out the
pipe for his new well, that had ar
rived from Omaha.
Rosb and Wright delivered corn
to J. A. Moore of Maxwell the first
of the week.
The members of the state divis
ion of Sunshine will give a box
social at Pleasant Valley school
house, January twenty-second.
Each box will contain some article
worth just tcu cents. The pur
chasers will be giyen their choice
as to colors, shape and size, but
were
the contents not to be .known until
the Mickelseu store last Friday purchased. A basket supper will
f.H T!l. -
during Mr. Mickelscn's absence at ioiiow. vme your name on a
the countv metropolis. 8lP 01 PaPer anu P'ace m an cnvci"
M. R. Magnusen departed Friday ope. me laaies win nuinocr tue
for Graud Island to attend a oasKcis ana euveiopcB unu iuc
Christian Science meeting. envelopes win oe urawn. come
L, E. Jones returned the first out one and all ana we promise you
of this week from a three weeks a cnjoyaoie evening, une-unru
visit with relatives and old time of the proceeds will be sent to gen-
friends at the scene of his boyhood kral headquarters in New ork
days in Illinois,
A Coolidge of the north side
came over to Nichols the last of
the week and took two carloads of
cattle that his son-in-law R. W,
Calhoun at Nichols had been feed
inir for him down to North Platte
City.
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
January 11, 1901.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. present full board and county
clerk. The following claimB claims
liavlnc havinir been audited and
from whence he shipped them ;to approved were allowed on the gen
South Omaha on Monday. eral fund: T. T. Keliher taking
Austin is the name of the new Oscar Carlson to aBylum $16.50,
night operator at Hershey. T. T. Keliher taking Leonard Pet
Jake Meyers and Leonard Laiib- ersou to aBylum 1G.50, North Platte
uer became engaged in an altcrca- Telephone Co. rent of telephone
tion laBt week over Laubner taking 66.00, A. L. Davis merchandise 3.50,
up a number of Myer's cows lor
damages done by them to a field of
com stalks, but after sparring
around for a couple of days a set
tletnent was perfected by Meyer's
cancer
There are
never any ex
ternal signs of
Cancer until
the blood is
ruilliitml nti I tlic vtim ttinmiiotit v roll.
paying Laubner $1.50 instead of $15 totninuted by this deadly virulent poison,
in damaires as Laubner wanted at Then a sore or ulcer appears on some
first.
W. J, Shinkle, II. 13 Linstroin
and Earle Adams were initiated
into the secret9 of the L. M. L. A.
camp at Hershey last Saturday
evening.
Miss Katie Smith of Hershey
was recently united in matriage
fiart of the body ; it may be small and
lannless looking at first, but as the can
cerous cells form and arc deposited by
the blood near tue sore, it increases in
size aiid severity, with sharp shooting
pains. No matter how often the sore is
removed uv uic turircon's Knne or ncsu
destroying plasters, another comes and is
worse. Tlie real disease is in me niooa,
and the treatment must begin there. The
noisoned blood must be invigorated anu
-.-! n.i.l .ul.nti tlila a lnti. nrmrprftllQ
toChas. McClaine of Paxton, at llscnn no i0I1L,er form and thcsorewill
the home of the bride's parents in beal naturally and permanently.
Sutherland Free Lance publishing
1.50, Brady Review publishing 1.60.
F. P. Lcdgcrwood services as bailiff
12.00, T. S. Stebbins livery hire
1.50, Lee Tolson cleaning court
room 2.85, G. T. Field coal 3.75. W.
C. Reynolds rent surveyors office
15.00, Lewis West witness 5.00:
Patrick Roddy labor 3.00, G. F.
Copper printingjenvclopcs 2.90, C.
S. Clinton repairing lock 1.50, 10.
A. Cary type writer ribbons 2.00, I.
L. Bare printiher ballots 160.40.
Wiley WalhewB janitor services
$100.00, B. 1. Hinman rent for
county attorney's office 20.00. The
following claims were allowed on
the road fund: O. Y. Robb chain
man 5.00, D. W. Baker rodman
5.00, M. A. Carrier supplies 3.70, R.
II. ISachus bridge work 38,50, al
lowed on bridge fund. Claim of
Sibley Land and Cattle company
for 8.78 allowed on bridge fund.
The following claims were disal
lowed: G. L. Pierson Iioubc for
election 5.00, district 67 same 4.75,
J. .S. Montague same 4.50, J. J.
Hogan 9.00. S. W. Van Doran work
on bridge 66.50, D. W. Baker ser
vices as coroner 14.70.
Settlement waB made with J. C.
Fellows overseer Dist. 39 and cer
tificate ordered drawn on said
district lor 18.00.
Mrs. Pulvcr instructed to take
care ot M. D. Mackin unt 1 other-
wise instructed.
Board adjourned until tomorrow.
Jauuary 11, 1901.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, present full board and county
county. Board took un reports of
county officers.
Tlie report of A. S. Baldwin
county ludge was checked over and
approved.
Report of W. M. Holtry county
clerk for the year 1900 wan audited
and approved.
The returns of D. W. Baker cor
oner in the matter of the inquest
over the dead body of M. H. Mey
ers were checked over and in ac
cordance therewith the followiuir
claims were allowed: D. W. Baker
coroner $17.40, Walter Simons, M.
G. Reynolds, Ed Knowles. Bert
Toogood, S. S. Buckner, H. M. Be-
bout, Charley Waterman, O Scho
field, Jno. Stackhouse. R, K. Sar
geant and A. K. Mclutyre one
dollar each.
AMP-
that citv. Rev. W. M. Evans of
llershev officiating. Mr. and Mrs.
McClaine are at this tunc conduct
a boarding house in Hershey. May
hanniiieHH and prosperity ever at
tend them is the wish of their
many tnenus.
MYRTLE NEWS.
Literary every Thursday even-
inr at Myttle kcIiooI house. Come
out and enjoy yourselves one even
ing in the week,
Will and Mattie Reid were North
Platte visitors the last of the week.
Chas. Moore is wintering 150 head
of rattle tor McNeal.
I' . K. lloireuooui or wandv was
in our iniflkt WfniiPwMfiif
... w.. . . . ..u. , . i - - - . ... n t
H. D. Phillips, lrank Kcslar and (lqiartnient for any information or advice
Qlmer Fuller were transacting wanted ; wc make no charge for this ser-
hnsiness at the ccimitr Huh Thur. vice. Your leucr win rice y-pn.. imu.m
, J careful attention, and will be iieiu tu
R.J. Mcnzie went into Ndrlb the swift specific co.. Atlanta, oa.
Mrs. Snrnh M. Kce.iHng.
941 Wlii(tor Ave. Ilrlatol,
Teiui., wrlten : 'I m 41
years old, ana lor tnree,
ycnTHli.nl suffered with a
acvcic lorni 01 v-mnccr un
my Jnw, which the doctor
aid was Incurable, and
that I could not live more
limn alx months. I accept
ed their fctatement ns true,
nnd had civen un all hone
nf ever liclne well again,,
when myiiniKKi'vi Know'
111 it i invconcimon. recom
mended 8. U.S. Aftertak.
I.nr n fw tuilt1a fti ftnrf.
iirinii in nMi. 10 me snrurine 01 111c iinruiiuiis.
nml III 11 alinr. ltil" mini fl mm tilt! e Cllfe. 1 llSVe
galneil III Hcn. my appetite is spienuia, iiceo i
refreshing In fact, mil enjoying perfect health."
overcomes this dc
structive poison and
removes every vestige
of it from tlie system
makes new. rich blood
6trcnL'thcns the body and builds up the
general ncaitn.
If von have a susnicious sore, or have in
heritcd any blood taint, send for our free
sss
Dr. Humphreys'
Specifics euro by acting direatly upon
the diuoaso, without exciting disorder in
any other part of tho system,
no, cures, rntces.
1 Fevers, Congestions, Inflammations.
U-Worms, Worm Fevw, Worm Colic... .25
3- Teethlii,Collo,Crylng,Wakefulness .33
4- niarrhcn, of Children or Adults 23
7- Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis 23
8- euralgla, Voothache, Facoacho 23
O-lleadoclio, Blck Headache, Vertigo.. .23
10- 11 vspcpila,ndlgostlon,WrukStomach.23
11 Hiippressrd orl'nlnriil Periods 23
13-Vliltes, Too I'rofuso Periods 23
13-Croup, Laryngitis, Hoarseness 23
1-1 Hall Hlieum, Erysipelas, Eruptions., .23
10 nhcumattsiii.r.Dcuinatlo Tains 23
lC-Molurla, Chills, Fovcr and Ague..,.. ,23
lD-t'alarrli, Influenza, Cold la tbolload .23
20 H'hoopliiK-Couah 23
27- Kldnoy Diseases 35
28- ,ervousDeblllty 1,60
;iO-Vrliiary Weakness, WottiugDcd 20
77-GrlivHay Fovcr .25
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