Christmas Gifts. We have a lovely line of Holiday Goods. COMB AND BRUSH SETS MANICURE SETS HAT AND CLOTHE BRUSHES SHAVING SETS PURSES POCKET BOOKS HAND DECORATED CHINA A FINE LINE OF CUT GLASS DECORATED BUSTS STEINS VASES FANCY PITCHER VASES INK STANDS GOLD PENS Will be LADIES' AND MEN'S SILK UMBRELLAS And many other articles suitable for Gifts. pleased to have you call and sec us. Come and make your selection and it will be laid away for you. John Grott Pleads Oullty. John Grott was brought into the district court Wednesday to answer to the charge of assault with in tent to do murder. "Grott dis claimed intention to commit mur der when he stabbed his wit? sev eral weeks ago, but the charge against him could not be changed and he plead guilty to the informa tion as filed. Grott evidently re grets very much that he allowed hta anger and jealousy to get the t'cttcr of him, but his act was one which came very close to costing his wife her life, and was therefore a most serious one Up to noon Judge Grimes had not passed sentence on Grott. Concert will bs at tho Opera Honne. After due consideration, it has been concluded to hold the choral class concert at the opera house in stead of the Methodist church. No change has been made in the date, however, and it will take place the evening of the 27th inst. as has been announced. This change was made after the first panes of this issue had been printed. Christmas Greens. Leave orders at Fred Mam's for Christmas trees, holly, mistletoe, and other Christmas decorations What is a meal without good Coffee? You can buy Coffee at 9 5 The Jeweler. FRIDAY, DEC. 13, 1901. NOTICE Several have asked, why doesn't Doolittle keep toys' this year. Doolittle has twice the stock of toys that was car ried last year. The stock of toys is so large that an entire room has been devoted to them. Ask for the toy room and see the largest and most complete stock in the city. Doouttle's Book and Music Store. Dr. V. Lucas was called to Suth erland last night to attend a mem ber of the Coker family. Tom Burcb, arrested on the charge of stealing harness from the Cody ranch, will have his ptelimin ary hearing tomorrow. Those Church Spoons and High School Sooons at Dixon's are the heaviest and finest engraved that are in the city, Win, Stack writes a friend in town that he is running an engine on the Kansas Pacific out of Ellis, Kan., and that he will probably re main there this winter. The poor work of the compound passenger engines is causing much grief to engineers as well as to the officials and the season for engine failures is yet in its infancy. Have you seen the French Grey Toilet Articles at Dixon's?, 'Tis worth your while. The Chambers divorce case has been continued until January 2d. The evidence in this case will prob ably give in detail the jolts and jars incident to mismated marriage. Doolittle has the beautiiul penny Perry Pictures and the most ex quisite line of more expensive pic tures, medallions, etc. The regular session of the Ladies of the G.I. A. to the B. of L. IS. will be held Tuesday, Dec. 17th AH sisters are requested to be pre sent, as special business will come before the meeting. Ida M. Tarkinoton, Secy. Cheap hill ranches, with plenty open range, with or without cattle, also stock cattle for sale. John Bratt & Co. Howard Hunt, charged with at tempting to blackmail Martin Mag- nussen and thereby obtain two hundred dollars, plead guilty to the cbarire in the district court Wednesday and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. The newspaper man strives to help ajl the people in the town and does it put soine people are not satisfied with the milk of human klndnesp, they want the cream. They get it at Tekulve's shoe and repair shop at the YtHiow Front. W C. Milncr went to yesterday and succeeded in killing two fine wild geese. E. B. Warner and Doolittle' Book Store are the first to distrib ute handsome 1902 calendars. bupt. and Mrs. Ware are expect ed home from their trip to Okla homa and Illinois. Monday. Mr. aud Mrs. C. A. Weir will leave in a tew days for a visit with relatives in Sterling, Colo A half dozen or more men went west this morning armed with ice tools and will begin the ice harvest for the Union Pacific company. H. L Hccker, who is switching in the yards, expects to spend the holidays at his home in Kansas City. Albert Mooney, who had been the guest ot J. M. Mooney for a num oer ot days, resumed njs joueney westward Wednesday. When in town inquire for Size more's Barber Shop, Dewev St. Shaving 10 cents. Mose McFarland expects to mike a trip to Badger, Wyo.. in the near future, to visit his brother W. II. Blood and study the ways of the guileless sheep. Private thermometers around town registered from two to five degrees below zero at seven o'clock this morning. At the signal office the mercury dropped to two below the zero murk. Commercial Fertilizer for Lawns at City Pharmacy, Dr. Longley, About a foot of snow is reported in the neighborhood of Archer, Wyo., and if a strong wind springs up some difficulty will be expert enced in keeping traffic moving on the Union Pacific. The Ogalalla Republican says E. M. Scarlc of that place has sold to Gould & Peterson of Omaha thir teen sections 8,060 acres of land in the Birdwood country in this county. The purchasers will stocl the land with cattle next spring. Unfortunately Doolittle'u Store a not large enough to make a com plete display ot all tliey carry in tuc Cunstmas Gilt line, we carry the largest line of Toilet Articles in town. Ask tor them. MisB ivy uroacu was tendered a surprise party last evening oy fifteen of her intimate friends and several hours were passed very pleasantly. It is much regretted by the young people that Mik-,3 Broach is so soon to depart for Col orado to make her future home. See the new goods in our show windows, Dixon the Jeweler P. E. Fent has taken a lay-off and is visiting in Kansas City.- Doolittle'a artistic line of Calcn dars cannot be described. They are simply exquisite. L. C. Hansen, of Grand Island I I I MM. .. - .1 .. Hershev I tvtruuusuiij iiuu j. urn tsuajr m - Iivt .1. ril. 1 1 . -1 . . iNOri.ll I-lilUC VIBllIIIg TCIilllVCH, He was accompanied by his brother Otto Hansen who will visit here few days and then return to his home in Butte. We have many pieces of grazing land for sale or lease tor coming year. We may have just what you want. John Bratt & Co. At a meeting of the Lincoln county agricultural society Tues day afternoou E. F Secberger, F H. Longley and B. I. ' Hinmau were elected directors to succeed those whose term had expired. The di rectors then held a meeting and elected H. S. White president of the society, Henry Waltemath yicc- president, E. R. Goodman secre tory and T. C. Patterson treasurer. Glove Boxes, Handkerchief Boxes, Manicure Sets, Shaving Sets, Baby Toilet Sets Comb and Brush Sete, Work Boxes. Necktie Boxeo, etc., at Doolittle's. The E. and A. club waB reorgan ized Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Ida Von Goetz and will henceforth be known as the I. T. C. C. The initial meeting of the new club will be held at the home of Miss Mae Walker Saturday That after vou have used it once IH you will be surprised at the qual- ly, iiavor anu aroma. This is what wc claim lot BLANKE'S COFFEES. ..The One Price Model., Clothing House- 1. It is positively the beat. 2. It is the only Coffee that is picked by hand before and after roasting'. r Ti T t. 1 rcc it.l J. ii is wic oniy uuuee uiai uiu: man has studied lor u lite tune the blending of Coffees. b. It is the same Uollce winch E. B. Warner served nt his Majestic Range demonstration and every one who tried it known what it is. Here it isIn Bulk Good Times tier lb 20c Java blend per lb 25c Uv clone per lb JUC Mocha and Java .....55c In Cans Portonille in 2-lb Dinner Pail. 50c Dixcy Blend in 2-lb can (0c Standard Mocha and Java . . .75r. Saratoga inM-lb Trunk . . . .81.0(1 Jersey Cream in 4-lb Dinner Pail SJ.ui) FAUST BLEND. You find it advertised in every magazine of any import anec'in this country and it in recognized by the best trade as r ... . .... t. positively witnout a rivai. ii ih served .exclusively not only in the celebrated and popular Faust Cate ih St. Louis, but by a hun dred other principal" hotels, cafes, dining1 enr systems, and steamship companies, on this and the other side of the Atlantic. It is the Coffee that made C. F. Blar.ke Tea and Coffee Co. the largest producers ot high grade Coffee in the world. Faust Blend is put-up in one pound nnC 5-oz cans and retails the world over for 50 cents a can. r Our Business Methods have caused this store to grow rapidly in the confidence of the people THE MODEL has become known in almost every household in the city. It is universally admitted that wc do the largest clothing; bus iness in North Platte. It iff IllfJ iif f ' iff 1!? ia iixtndi 1 f W if W TF Men's Clothing- Men's Black and Brown All Cheviot Suits, finely tailored $10 quality, wc month at Wool really w w Iff Iff w Iff w Iff Iff Iff " . a . arc selling- them turn $7.50. Men's Black All Wool Clay Worsteds warranted not to change color. In the r latest style military cut. $15 value at $10.00. Men's All Wool Ulster: and Over- coats rit-S5, 7.50, 10.00, 12 50 and $15.00 ) Bargains Stalcy Underwear. This I month wc arc closing out all odds and ends at a great sacrifice Boyps Clothing. Three Snaps in Dinner Sets. Wc have three beautiful Ilavi land & Co's French China Din ner Sets. They have the right stamp at only 535.00 each. hi Sec our 10 cent Glassware Counter. It will interest you. Sec our Fancy Holiday Sold at right priced. Watch this space next for Special Holiday Ad. eyening, Dec. 2lst. The outline of study for the winter has not been fully determined upon but will probably be a phase of French History. The club, which is com posed of ten couples of society young people, is temporally study ing under the direction of Miss Ida Von Goetk, In the district court this iorenoon the case of Mrs. Maggie Post against the Union Pacific Co. was heard. This is a case in which Mrs. Post, who lives north of the round house, wantB one thousand dollars for damages resulting from the smoke and dust emanating from the round house. FJdson W Kicli represented the company and T. C. Patterson the plaintiff. At tin time of going to press the judge had udt rendered a dfcmidn. RUBBERS AND OVERSHOES. Fresh made, good grade, Rubbers and Overshoes that properly fit your Shocst will give the most satisfaction. That's the sort you'll find liberal variety. here in WOAtEN'S RUBBERS with high (rout nud buck at COc and (URL'S RUBBERS In spring hool. hih front mid bnck, OK sizes 7 to 12, nt 45c, 40o nnd. . .00 WOHEN'S ALASKA'S with lino .Tnrsoy Cloth outside black lleoeo lined IiIkIi front nnd buck, nt (URL'S ALASKA'S emtio stlyo ns Lhe'omun'B oxeontthoy'ro spring hool size from g to 2 nt 75a nnd WOMEN'S ARCTICS ono buckle stylo, with fluo Jersey Cloth outsldo, black lleoce HENS HEAVY ARCTICS dull linish, houvy floouo 01 (it lining, .it $L.Cd BOYS' HEAVY ARCTICS dull liniRli, llooco lined nt flA 1.00 and DO Yellow Ftfonfe $joe gtoty flea. fl. Oifchnin, Mgr. !l doors eouth P. O., North l'lntto. 50 .90 .60 .90 w w w w w w w w Iff The superiority of this Boy's de partment is proven every day. Yoiuwill find nothing but the best makes of cloth ing at very low prices. Bring the boys for Vestee Suits age 3 to 8. 2-picce Suits, double-breasted, age from ft to 10 years. 3-piccc Manly Suits age from 0 to 15 years. Long Pants Suits, age 10 to 20 years. Our Boy's Overcoats and Ulsters are selling rapidly at extremely low prices. All Boy's are wearing our Ironclad shoes per pair $1.50 and $2.00. This will be a great Bargain Month in this store, everything will be sold at reduced prices. Come and at tend this sale and you will find that it pays to trade at tiff w w Iff Iff llf w I'l w w w w w w Wf See our Lamps, entirely new. China. week John Saltow reports the arrival of a sou at his home last night. Prof. ChaB. 13, Barber spent a few days in Omaha this week at- ending a state meeting of the MasotiB, Wanted A girl tor general house work. Inquire at reBldenci- of Judge Grimes. Sam FunkhouBcr, who is down from Hershey today, says he will put in forty acres ot sugar beets on his farm next year. He is con vinced that beets are the best pay- ing crop that can be raised. Have you a boy or a girl with n taste or music' Make them a present of a Violin. Banjo, Guitai or Mandolin. Doolittle haB a com plete line. "Eggs with meal five cents ex tra ' is the sign displayed at a lo cal restaurant. The altitudinout price of eggs doeB not warrant res taurant keepers to serve them with twenty-five cent meals. Have you eyer tried that Angel Food Taffy at Hupfer'a? Chicago forecast for North Platte and vicinity: Generally fair to night and Saturday. The maxi mum temperature yesterday was 18; one year ago 54. The minimum temperature this morning was 2 below aero; one year ago 20 aboVe zero. It is reported that trouble is. in fetore for oil men Who have located claims on Union Pacific unpatented land in southwest Wyoming. Land Examiner C A, Black, of tjie Union Pacific has been investing the mat ter for several weeks, and as a re sult of his report the railroad com pany will, u all probability, fight all claims, carrying the cases to the United States supreme court il necessary. Vox Rout Five room houBe,city water, close in, $10.00. Three room housp, cIobc in 57 00. John Bratt & Co. Holiday Excursion Hates. The Union Pacific will sell tick ets on its lines for the holidays al greatly reduced rates. For dates of sales, limits, and points .to which tickets will be sold) lifppty to E. II.GiiK'ctt, AgVnU W I THE MODEL ONE-PRJCE j ! CLOTHING HOUSE. llf MAX KIRSCIIBAUM, Proprietor. J 1 Vd i v vd V V vd v i 0 V ivi i) v) d i i vE Do You Read Advertisements? I If so Don't For&et the Bargains Wc offer, when in need of Furniture, Carpets, Sewing Machine, Stove, Range, Picture, Frame, Curtain, Piano or Organ. Wc have the best 12-ft Linoleum in the city. Wc arc putting in a big stock ot Wall Paper part already arrived variety great -;- Prices Right Howe's Furniture Store. coaeea9aae6sasiiaaaaaaaeee0eaae999 a Fine Perfumes and Soaps.! a a - a ' a a a a a a a a a a e a a a a a a a a a a e a a o Will be found in abundance at our store. In fact we make a specialty of Perfumes and Soaps and consequently carry a large stock. A brittle of nice perfume makes an acceptable Christmas gift to a lady. e a a a o t A F STREITZ, Druggists a a w tt a m 8 0 e s s 9 m 9 9 a a 9 a o a a a a a a a a