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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1891)
- J V-ff" The. Sioux County Journal, rrw . THE SIOUX COl'XTY j JOUH1TAL.! j. J. Simmon. Editor and Proprietor. F.r..i M.VR. H. Ti in txhlr. I in? W d.iilix Ellt. o 5, mlifl, II i So. 6, mined 'm HARRISON MARKET. irt y to was submitt would Inhere this t' start from Lin- heat per 1i.i01 m 0t x r bn.lM l 25: Cr-i"r liii-hcl 4ii ikort prr hnnilriMl T . j rn per hundred t i in ft-,brix,l-j r liniiilrtHl t... 1 15 fgtnUK' )KT tiuxhel.. . . gutter-per t tu Imff-perno an Pim'.try-ixT doz 1 50 fj 3 mi niilon iht , 3 ! . HI1-KT '.. 4 I Von I - T ton ... 4 Mi , 'cxl ireord 3 Vi jtinilKT nntlvo jx-r m. fl 15 oo J at orret-1 every Thursday. 1 Ikies wanted at the harness shop. l'lug tobacco for 25 cents a tiotind at Turner u. Salt $2.Cj per barrel at CiliMWOUJ & JlACSTIJJ.KIi's. Eighteen rounds of granulated sucar for fl.iX) at Turners, -T. O. Williams has returned from Ihiwes county with his well drill. -Four pouuds of Arbuckle's rolfee fur V) cents at T( Usui's For Sale A first-class sewing ma- cliine, new. Inouire at thin ollire. Seven choice cigars for 2"i cents at Tl'KNKItS. Work to get good roads established 'while land is cheap and they can lie es tablished at small coht. Bring in your oats to the Ranch Supply Hons.;. Will allow $1.00 per hundred in trade. LUMBER, First-class native liunW and shingles constantly on hand at my Bull on East Boggy, M miles east of Harrison.' J. E. Aknkh. -STRAYED About NovemlxT (1, 1!1, two yearling .steers: one red and the other white, branded AM connected on it hip. A Mutable reward will lie paid for information leading to their re covery. . A. vv. Moiih. -Three car loads of cattle were ihiped from here last Thursday even ing, two belonging' to li. b. Hrewstcrand one to A'". Steele. t The Journal family will enjoy a nice, fat turkey for their Christmas din ner through the kindness of E. J. Wil cox. An editor's family can appreciate 7U.i1 things. A wiow storm, accompanied by a n:eflyhigh wind, lcgati last night and kept it up until nearly noon to-day, but !as we go to press the indications are that it will hooii abate. It is simply preparing the ground for a big crop next 'season. On Tuesday J. II. Brown, of Ante ke precinct, was arrested on a com plaint made by John L. Kay; charging him with defacing and altering brands on stock. The hearing is set for January 4, 1892, before the county coiirt. Membership tickets in the Sioux 'County Agricultural Society can be ob 'tained at the ofllce of the secretary, II. W. MacLnchlan at the Ranch Supply House, at the cost of $i each. It will 'Wa iloliaV well Invested. A full-blooded Sioux Indian girl ar rived here butt week and will be em ployed as a domestic at the Agate Spring Stock farm of J. H. Cook. She lm attended school in the east for a 'number .of years and is said to be intelh gent ant! quite well educated. T1iS supreme court overruled the Mill Assured, on the llouriii- mill nmit-.. I"spmgres,,dhev and has reached a I-.intwl.ere it is safe to con.i(W Uie iere,i a rlaiu! v. ; Word was received!, Tuesday tlu.t (1, "ix-Hi uie proposition nan accepted it and '-k. He intended - .uuuay, out arranged to meet a r. -prentative of a linn whi h manu fiu tores mill machinery and he deferred stalling for a few days in order to pur llis ma-liiiiery U-rre he conies and then will know just what kind of a build in,' lo erect. 1 lie proposition was Tor a twenty-five barrel mill, but the information is sent lliM it will l a f, (y or fifty lariel mill. whi.;h will be erected. The building of the (mil will prove an important f.u tor to the ieo.e of Sioux county, for it will gi-' atly assist in getting ople to come liere to locate and will also help to en courage the establishment of other in dustries. Hurrah for the mill! What will lie the next acquisition ? HIRisoisr, 1TEB., DEC. 2i, 1891. , NO. 15. la Fan Klein was in Harrison Friday. Frank XuU was in town the first of the week. '4,nunU,ioi)er Knott and wife were in town on Monday. T. li. Snyder contributed on subscrin- nwtion to viuatc ... i the mandamus in the 'case of Wesnel vs. the county commiS' sorters. The questioner the olfsets was 'not token up in the consideration of the 'motion. What action the conimission- r will lake in the matter now is not "known. A donation party was given to Rev. 'and Mm. Olasner at the Bodarc ;hool 'house on last Tuesday evening. A ploas 'ant social time was had and a good sup 'ply of the substantials of liTo and a fair 'amount of cash were donated to support "of the pastor, Quite a number have brought in jaamples to be sent east to show people .how crops growin Sioux county. More 'aw needed so If you have anything to be Apples !IOc ier bushel at Turner's. Blanket and rolios at Cunningham's. Go to Turner's for liargnins in everything. One applicant for a certificate to teach was examined last Saturday. -twenty-four bars of soap for l at Turner's. Highest market prices paid for grain at tiie Harrison Liimlier Yard. - Wantkii SO.OfiO pounds of oats. Will give $1. 00 r hundred pounds in trade, Ranch Si rri.v IlorsE. The snow of Monday still remains on the ground, so a "white Christmas" will occur in Sioux county this year. Full Sai.k A barber ontllt, com plete at Harrison, Neb. Ciiah Palmer. The J'tniXAL clubs w ith all the lead ing papers and periodicals published and will save its readers money if they w order through this office. A move is on foot to organize two new ts:hool districts south of town. Now is the best time of the year to get such matters in shajie. County Attorney Conloy has been retained as attorney in a numlier of cases in the district court of Box Butte and Grant counties. J. W. Hunter was in town on Tues day and informed us that an effort was being made to get a mill at Bodarc. We did not learu the name of the party who contemplates erecting it. The fall term of school closed in dis trict No. l.i on last Friday and at the close of the exercises the scholars pre sented their teacher, Miss Lilly Thomas with a handsome plusli photograph album and expression of good wishes. A. R. Kennedy has a new windmill and pump on his farm northwest of town. There is no improvement which pays the farmer better than an ample and convenient water supply, and the number who nre getting windmills indi cate that the farmers are prospering. A car of wheat was shipped on Wednesday arid another will be loaded Saturday. With a pood mill here great deal of this wheat could be con verted into flour which would be con sinned right here and thus tile freight both ways would bo saved to the people and kept at homo. There is no use of the people of this locality paying freight on lime from the east. Otto Tietze informs us that a good quality of lime can be obtained from the stone to be found along the hills, lie in tends to exeriiiient further in the mat ter in the near future. This fact is an other point in favor of the sugar lieet in terest as that takes A great deal of lime. uon iasi nun-slay. .miss iiia rvuuarz was down the road ie l:r,t of the week. Surveyor Hew was in town Saturday Hid called at this ollice. Mrs. Colli and children returned M.m lay from their visit ntl. H. W. MucLaddan made a business trip to ( 'liadron the first of the week. Bull Coffee left tlie lirst of the week for Texas where he expects to sjiend the winter. L M. Oi-in.-,by called last Thursday nd added his name to our list of readers. Mrs. Laura Owens came up from Rushville on Monday to visit her father, I 'r. (. J. Sliafer. The family of A. R. Kennedy will stay- in town this winter to enable the chil- Iifcn to attend school. Marion Pfost returned from Buffalo, Wyo., last week and on Wednesday went to i 'rawford to visit relatives. A. L. liuingartner, the new editor ol hi ll.i'r.hl, returned Tuesday from lown the road accompanied his wife. Presiding Elder Julian held quarterly meeting at the M. E. church last Sun- iv. lie made a pleasant call at this ollice on Monday. Henry Lindeman returned to Iowa Monday evening. Ha will be hack with his family and personal effects about the lirst of March. S. L. R. Maine and family expect to start the first of the week for California where they intend to make their home in future. Their friends here extend licst wishes for their prosperity wherever they locale. C. N. Keith, representing the Pakota Loan & Trust Co., was in town yester day looking after interests of that com pany, and round their loans in good shape in Sioux county, wilh one or two exceptions. He says his company in tend to resume loans after the first of the year. SUM1? and Christmas Tree ie ladies of the Sunday schools have prepared a supir and Christmas tree for this evening, Thursday, JJecemlier 24th, at the church. Supper will lie served from 5 to 7, p. m., and w ill be free to all. After the supper the presents will be distributed to the children from the Christmas true. No presents will be put on except those given by the Sunday schools to the children, and every child in the community will be treated alike. All are cordially invited to attend and bring their family with them and eniov good supier and a good time and see the children gladdened by the distribu tion of good things from the Christmas tree. Holiday Kates. Excursion tickets on sale December 24, ') and lil, lt-iOl, and January 1, lriitt, ood returning until January 4, lN'JJ, to my point within two hundred miles of Harrison on the F. E. & M. V., for one ,ind one-third fare for the round trip. J. C. Northhop, Agent. .used for such a purpose, do not hesitate The article on the subject of sulj- soiling which appears on the third page right. of this issue should lie carefully read and considered by every farmer in Sioux county, and at the proper time the ex periments suggested therein should be made by our farmers. All new counties have to go through on exieri mental stage Imfore the best results can Only a small ipiantity is I be obtained and iT tlie larmers oi moux J county expeel to derive the best results they should go at their intelligent manner. to bring it in, uked for. -U grippe is again sweeping over the of theirla country and thousands of peopfe have : work jrfii Jen attacked by it. The disease does ' -he Journal office has recently ot appear to U as severe as it walSfcifWnted several thousands of circulars, 'upl of years ago, vry few cases be- j which i have been sent to eastern agents W wrioui, while fatal cases are exceed-l to be used in tlie work of getting now Wlyrare,' I settlors to come to Sioux county. The T -An enUriainment was given at the j reports are that a good many people will iodSSri house last Friday evening j he induced to come her. to locate, SMllSly. "Tended, a number go- through the efforts that are now being 'IT.""" W?"W ' . ;,JLi mode in that direction and every prop- ,n inm MRWim- l""ii ' - 7 . oi.. , w. I .. - . ...... ,i unit, n an Liiev can u "" LZIVZ ! wiH Prove a matter of prof, .to .ri- 'iC j.'.l.-,.nirrULtrnii, of the harder it is pusiiea uie none At the close the teacher, Serty owner in Sioux county should do in the work. It all and 'sooner 'it will The work of getting the road up Sowbelly canyon is progressing. It will take some time to complotc the details and will also take some work to get it in shajie, but when it is completed it will make a road with a grade of only five feet to the hundred, and farmers in the north part of the county can haul good big loads of their products to tlie mar kets here. It is quite likely that the road will be in good shape before another crop is reidy for market. Quite a number have responded to our request for settlement, but there still remains a numlier of hundreds of dollars on our books unpaid. The first of tlie year is nearly here, at which time business settlements afe made and vvfl hope our friends will call and settle their account-! in order that we may be able to meet tlie bills which come due at that time. We hope eacli one wno is owing us will make it a point to attend to this. It takes money to carry on any business and we need all that is due us. "There are some people who run down tlie country every time they get a chance,'' said a farmer to us a few days ago, "and I used to wonder why it was, I investigated the matter and found that as a rule tlie object was to keep people away until they could secure some choice piece of land luljoini'i'g or near their own and I made up my mind that a mnn who discouraged people from set tling near him and at the same time kept getting all the land he could, was so in consistent that his talk did little harm." That farmer evidently knew what he was biking about and if people watch ,. nttlo iliev will see that he is about, When a person runs down a country and still remains in it and does not hesitate to invest in more land when opportunity offers, it is safo to believe that he simply lias an nx to grind. Vbout the first of January a chage will occur in .the management of the Commercial Bank. C. C. Jameson, who has been cashier ever since the oraniza tion of the bank will resign that position cashier of the First National Bank of Ohadron. During thb three years in which he lias had charge of the Commercial Bunk, Mr. Jameson has demonstrated his lltness in that capacity and it is a recognition of his business ability that he is ottered so responsible a position in one of the heaviest financial institutions in northwest Nebraska. Ho will likely move his family to Cliadron in the near future and their many friends while wishing them success in their new location will icgn t to see them leave Harrison. Who will succeed Mr, Jame son, ns cashier of the 'Couirtief.!iiilTwnk,j ' naVndrye't 1e'n"deci(T1, School Reports. The following is a report of Hist. 1, for the month ending L'ec. 18, Number of pupils enrolled. 24 Number or days all pupils attended. .027 Average daily attendance 16 r cent or attendance 07 Number of visitors 3 Numlier of cases of tardinesses 3 Those who were neither tardy nor ab sent during the mouth were: Roy Pinneo ind Frank Miler, The followinsr shows those who rank 1 in each class. A grade Cora Kemp, 01; rank 1. B " Frank Miler, &4; " " " " Mabel Kemp, 84; " " C " Saiumie Kemp, 94; " " Primary Fdniei- Koland, 64; " " Charlie Gates, 4, " " B. B. Smith, Teacher. School repoi t '!' District No. 13, for term beginning Sep1.. 2tf and ending Dec. 18: Number of days taught 58 Number of pupils enrolled.. 24 Number of visitors . . 16 Those neither absent or tardy: Carl Thomas. Those receiving 100 in deportment: Louise Oerlach) Arthur Thomas, Willie Plunkett, Annie Mora vie k, Nora Thomas, Willie Beihle and Frank Noreisch. Lilly Thomas, Teacher. Xoticc. All parties knowing themselves in debted either by note or book account to I W. R. Smith or W. R. Smith & Son, are hereby notified to call at the Commer cial Bank in Harrison and make satis factory settlement before January 1,1 18fi . or the same will be placed in the hands of an attorney for collection. W. R. Smith & Son. Anspwrwho js willing to help the nTrrTmiect alone by giving either work or cash should let the fact bo known. Tl,r full nmoimf of the bonus has not yet been subscribed, although enougn. has been promised to warrant going ahead with the proposition. If you can not give much, give a little and if you cannot ici ve cash give work. It all helps and it shows you desire to See the coun try prosper. 1 lQJiWf'xtCe Ol lurownii; w,u-lo p- hKftftr. tlie street is a bad one and " - . . . . should be avoided. A piece ol paper blowing around Will frighten horse's about as bid as anything, and it will cause some farmer to have to pay a big bill for repairs on his wagon and harness. Another thing which should be remem bered and that is that old papers add to the danger of fire for they accumulate among old barrels and boxes and help to nn'.ke. fire traps which certainly should be avoided in a town built entirely oi wood and with no fire protection. 3 CD o Q o E CD P P CD O PS o CD at o o o w CD l - c-r- o o O CD 2 'A 2 B 9 B C g c CD m O & Q Ul B P Ul Ul K CD Ul CD trt-Ul O o o o Geo. H. Turner. DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE. We Have how oh Hand a First Class Stock of Clothing-, Hats, Caps-, Gloves, lAoe$ Ribbons, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, High latent Bon Toil Flour Always on Hand, No Better in the Land. Corn, Oats, Chop, Bran and all Kinds of feed. A complete swck oi tiara ware, Tinware; Barb Wire, and all kinds of Farm Machinery, Which we will sell at Lowest Prices possible. We invite all to call and look at Our Goods before buying. Ksliny Notice. n .i. ...i 1... Iltr. until rslirned on wcUoll 2, "... .! lurk dun iHU'se, ".".,K, ' -7, .-im e'Vliite strip In forelimt, i,:iv i,,,,.. -,7 - , ,,, i, ,r (l. ll 'I ILllll iCOIIIieev, ,i n.,, n 2 I OraiKli We Shall Endeavor to Treat all Fair and Square. Respectfully, GEO. IEEE. TXjfelTEIKA II 10 ('. O'CONNOR, Harrison, Neb. . B, L. SMUCK. Fasliionablo Barber and Hair Dresser i.i., ;.. iit line done in a neat i:.eij um'b ... and artistic manner. Razors and Scissors sharpened and put in order at reasonable rates. i Give him a call. First door east of Hacnli l'P'y Howi. tTAftRwo" Harrison Lumber Yard "NriPtAsKA. Lumber, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc. Business Conducted on a Strictly Cash Bask. ! V