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LOUP CITyTsHEHM an COUNTY, NKIU' ASK A, KUIDAV, i>K( KM1SKU l.‘{, lHt>o. NUMBER 41
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WMO. H. HUMACIIOTH1H,
Editor and Publlaher.
TIHWI It 10 pot fnr. II Paid In Advance
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Seterwl M tba I<on» City far trana
■nine tb/cmfb tba uiatia aa laiial
alaaa naUar.
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oujr Repobiicaa Newipimr li Slernii Coeiir
Now that the * lock holder* to tba
H her inun County Irrigation, Water
power and Improvement Company
have decided to liond the canal and
thereby rulae $06,000.00 with which '
to complete the enlerprlee, it la aafe
to aay that all the land under the
ditch can he Irrigated next fall.
The queallon of time «nd place j
for holding 'lie National republican' <
convention waa nettled laat Tueaday I
when the republican National Com- |
inlttee meeting waa held, and the 1
great hooora fell upon old Mlaaourl <
^ and the city of Bt, Louie. June *ltb, I
waa the day agreed upon. Ban
Kraneiaco waa the eloneat competi
Hurry Hayward, the Minneapolis
murderer, who was convicted of the
murder of Mies Catherine ding,
December, I MM, was banged laet
Wedueaday, lie contested Ida
guilt at the Inal, end admitted that the
gallow* wae about to receive one of
the guiltleet wretches of the nine
teenth cenluary. The murdered
girl tool to r life Insured for $10,000
which Insurance was to go to Hay
ward.
Kentueky and Maryland have at
laet become aware that it will not
help Industry within their bordere to
think one way and vote another.
They have epurned the party whose
ruinous polio? wa# UdUnit with «*»eh
severity upon their industrial prog
ress. What shell we expect from
y Louhuna and other Houtbern states
where the free-trade legislation of
the democratic party has been ao
prolific of disaster? in the past
two veure the sugar interest of Lou
isiana have been practicelly destroy
ed and the iron industry of Alabama
severely psrali/ed. Will theee
stelae continue to uphold the party
that impoverishes them? Or will
they, in (Hint, follow the example
of Kentucky and Maryland?—Amer
ican Kconomist.
Cripple Creek, Colorado, is being i
developed aa a great mining coun- I
try and the production of gold aeema i
to be abundant. During tbe month
of December the aaica of Cripple <
Creek atock aggregated 11,827,867 i
abarea. For tbe aame time in Nov- t
ember but 600,000 abarea were aoid.
Tbe aide* for tbe preaent month
promote an enormou* total, aa the
three minlug exchangee will be re- i
i Inforced the coming week by night
exchange and an open board. The
calla urn now unde twice daily and
y at all hours the atreeta ia front of
the exchange are almoat impaaaaiile.
Mining expert* ace no end to the
preaeol urtuc, baaed, aa it ia, u|K»u
Crippla Creek thirty miiaa of rich
low grade aud fr#<|ueut Imnanaa
■orea. During the week juat cloaed
tweiity four mining coinpaniea to
arpnrate nl Cripple Creek were in*
twirporaUei.
im a ruea wan a uounimv,
t‘«*pl* HNu llu 1k«ta font Will »»*r
e»«r laUaHMalaiy,
8ii,oam hem no*, Ark—(Hpevial
Correnpondenve.) “Fite Uollara Una
for waahing hauda or face in thia
apriug." i« the proclamation win h
tn«< aulhoriltea of Ihia town hare
writ ten in Muck lar with a ath k on
« jwu.t ImiumI ami nailed up on a
treeuenr where the Hlhutin apriug;
gurgle* out ihittugh Ibrte iwall.
mart iron pipe* winch protrude
front t mnghatone wall in the aide
of a locki hill. N»w, it w«a no
trouhle for nre, treing a Nehraakan,
ami neekaWmtnd to waah nty fait in
\
a bowl of water, to refrain from
lining the publia apring for Buck a
purpoae. Hut here in tbia country
nf jack oak wooda, roaka, rad upplea
and poverty, here, where thouaanda
if homaleaa people wander beak
and forth on foot, on horaehaek and
in coveted wugona, hack und forth
from one aide of Arkanaaa to the
»thor, from Tenneaaee to Indian
rerritory in the apring and from
Indian Territory to Tenneaaee in
ibe fall, here, where duet begrimed,
weary looking people meet you in
•very country road and poer cur
ouaiy at you aa you paaa by their
lamping plaeea along the ruuuing
itreama, hare, where there are tbou
taude of white people who hare not
reed aoap or waehed Id a white
jowl, or even a bright clean baain,
>r alept under their own root for
ireare, It ia aonaidered prudent,
rending tbia great influx of north
irn people into the red apple uouu
ry, to anapend the rulee, and de
rive the native Arkanean and the
vandaring Teuneaeeeaa of hia ac
iuatomed privilege of waabing hia
lauda and face in the apring.
NKKHEH A I’XNAI/TV.
1 waa informed by an old wbite
marded coloael, whom I found at
he apring. that it bud become neoce
ary to enforce tbia new reform by
i penalty, not only in deference to
he over aenaative tuatea of north
iru nannlu wtio are aoinewhat ore
udiccd against the south, hut faul
ty well* here being the exception
ini not the rule (wells corn jfl.oO
i foot to have them drilled or dug)
Hid the larger portion of the people
iking poor and compelled to carry
v*i«r for liouee use from the creek*
md Hpringi there ha* grown up of
aie a aueplcion that it ia not exact
y proper, «ay nothiug of health, to
Iriuk water from a spring where
ivery Tom, Dick ana Harry, white
uau, black man or red man, wasbee
lie Lauda and face ‘ They can. up
mm nown me creak than, wliah
lie watab'e Jeet ez good to wash in,”
aid the colonel. I did oof aek
hie polite old man why they euforc
d this reform againat the people,
mt made no etfort to reetrain the
eggy, lauk, long noeed hog* that
bat iofe*t the street* of all these
owns, or why they did not pans
ome ordinance against the army of
nules which were marked “reject
id" during the war and which are
itill shambling about in the atreeta
)f the town, browsing from the
icanty forage on the vacant lota
_ J -1-1.1 ski..* -* th.
•‘•“‘“is — — *
ipri ng. I mad* no suggestion of
bis kind. I was not expected to
niggeet. I was from the north and
vaa expected to go into ectaciee
»ver everything I saw in the red
ipple country, rather than to ace
he eonditiona aa they are.
Speaking of hotneiaas wanderera
,hu following from the Parkersburg
•Hate Joarnal ia given to show that
.here are more of that elaaa of peo
ple here in Arkansas than in any
yart of Nsbraaka.
Bert Warner, an old Parkers
burg boy who ia Ihrivtug in ths
{real west, writes from Lincolu,
Neb,, that the hard times are driv
ing many easterners who sought
wealth and fame in the western
iouutry hack to ihsir homes iu the
sastsrn states, lie says that prairie
ichooiiere headed eastward are paaa
lug through Liucoln daily, I'pon
the while covers of theses big eou
te> ansae are numerous I tinny say
lugs, of which the following was
it|Htn a big eehooucr Itearing the
lew household eltsctaami ths family
of a man deserting lbs west Isa fair
■ample:
* Colorado irrigation,
Nebraska starvation,
pemucrntie administration,
doing home to wite'a islatmua
t lu ths uthsi »tde ol the prairie
■chooser was
"In gt*| s« trusted,
In Custer Count) we hustsd
It is true that this nalionai talassi
t) stttph Arkansas and Virginia hi
lheir titlehtlpetl to bring on has
••lined bard lime*. It ia also true
that in Nebraska, where more poor
men have evolved into comfortable
conditions in the laat fifteen years
than in any southern state, that the
drouth of laat year cauacd some of
them to leave their farina in the
western part of the alute nnn go
haek eaat, but if the young men
himself who is thriving in the w.’st
and who writes each discouraging
stories to hin friends in the east will
cotne here be will fled in ono dey
more homeless, wandering people
and see mors of those traveling
schooners than ba will see in say
Nebraska town tn a mouth. I waf
told by a reliable man in Hlloam
who had traveled extensively through
Arkansas and lxdian Territory that
all thia country ia alive with home
less people who wander about in
coveted wugons, camping along the
woody streams and having no per
manent boms. The truth ia that it
is almost impossible for s poor man
to get a start here, and this condi
tion having been so for years the
poor of this county have remained
poor, JO.
T. L. IMIger brought a photo t.<> this
office hint Wednesday, which h<‘ had
Ju»t received by mail from Loveland,
Colorado. The photo was that ot > b
Hwaln, an extensive potato grower o
that place, lie was standing willi a
large potato of the Maggie M.ol'phy
variety, on bit shouidcr a large
mI.w.u.,1 u r h I m .1.1,• ..1,1, tht, follow IIIU
inscription thereon: "Muggy Murphy
potato, weight ad pounds ami 10 ozj
Kor particular* of this and one hum
dred and eighty other varieties enquir*!
of J. B, Swain, Loveland, Colorado!
Size 20 Inches long, not circumference!
and 14 Inches Across." Mr. Swain Is t
potato grower of great repute but bis
lust production heats anything of th|
kind yet scan. He is doing all bji .
farming under irrigation, and the ri
rults are astonishing. Mr.Hwsin MW
ever admits that the potato which he
had oo his shoulder oaly weighed 10
pounds and 10 ox. while it has the a\
eJ,"?u?fy hul ftIumsi/.« oTftio* man h Im
snlf. The photo was more for un ad £
vcrtlsmcnt hut was accompanied liy jj
circulars and statements supported i>y -i
affidavits to the effect that he raised !,
of many different varieties from 400 to 'i
000bushels per acre. So much for irrl- -i
gation.
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From Clear Omsk.
b
Westbcr warm and tbo snow hu* t>
about all disappeared. J,’
Corn in these parts Is all picked and ^
In tha crib.
Jim Dennis is at home looking after f<
his finance hero. 'j1
Mead Is home from Ills pleasure trip i
and the girls sre happy. »
K. Kirk’s eblldreu are convelasoeut
after a long run of fever,
The uew Itretbercn preacher has a ,
very siuk wife. a
Steinbeck Is hare having arlred from J.
a years sojoarn In Colorado. r
Kbcokdkk. !
0 hippy Colds. Qrlppy c*l<l» are’ j
epidemic and are promptly “broken up'
by “77,” Dr. Humphrey’* Kpeciflc tor
cold* and grippe. For sale by all drug
glut*.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
Most Perfect Made.
NON-UKrtllfKNT NOTICK
lu Dlstriot Court of rUiermbu County,
Nebraska: I
Horatio ifiuelser muolser, plaintiff
vs
John llayes, - llayes, wife of
John lleyes, Orel name unknown,
M || NUffetit, Clllsen's National
Hank of at Paul Nebraska, llnoree
M Toeksy, aarab A Terhune,
Adalbert J Sian I, Kulak and Jor
g«u*en, Thomas Murphy, Defeudauta
male ol Nahreek*. (. ,
ahunuau County I * ,
The said dafeudama John llayes and i
—- Hayes, wlfs of Joint llsyss, ilr*i Haute I
uukuowu. will lake miller that >m lu* ISlb j I
day of lieeetnlwr, t<#6. the said |tlalnua|,
Sled hi* pelllliiii In tits dislrb I , uurl u! <
•tieruiau mmniy, Ne’draakb aaalusl said do I
(eudants, the ob)eel ami prwyei ol which t
ate in forvebuta a eerlalu ittortgiu* elect!t j I
e»t by Hie delendaui, I'hotue* Murphy toll
Ibo (feteudanl. ti*UM* M Lwlsy ttpuu 111* I •
follow!!!* Its, tilted leal esiale. sllual* In I '
aheiitraM iVlUBl* aud stale of S*hr**a*|J
to wII f'be>a*l half of aecitoit iwenly-ji
I oh* tilt la tow usbip sillets list act lb of j I
Hauar Con two , lr acal of It.,, ,|k|driti* 'pa I
ton rid tan lo secure I l<a |>at meal of two <
i prounasot > uuA*e> dated April l#> '***, on* I
lot lb* sun. of fS*•** «W« and not aid* on
April 1*1, l-et, and oil* lot food due end I
I t at aid* m April 1*1, Id*' lltal on Apltl
I ala, !<**! ss id tioits* M T-a-kry . > I and I
[ asst*and »*fd ttuilsii* l»* plaintiff IUI,
deft miauls bat* fallen hi pay said wot* of j
| hs*. and me lata* a .»cSas.l and tea I a I ff|i*o, '
•aid <aatf fur Ike sear* I1*1 end tw*t wad ’ '
: idainltlt ha* eleclswv la tlaUtt Iha wb.de
' aeo.ant lo uia.l by said wnot**** let lat < I
\ unwanltaieli da, ami |aia*ilr an I Ito .
j |a now due ihanes lb* aeot of pa a Si with 1
lalaieal at •»**» wn test p»i an mm |e.% «
! April ut, i*l Piemen pi..* for » A# i.
: * bat doles la>t la Im i ndued lu 1«,I lb I
1 .lasoi I bat said ptwtat**-* b* * 1 to aat I
I t*l t the * .. omi louad da*
A ,.H aie Ia-p.,t»d lo ansae* .a t lablio, I
Of. of WlolSlb* Srlbdai >1 j».‘ . aif. I«* ,
|i*l«.I ll.ta t ab ,*a| ol !•*» *.efan. <wkA j
H'*b» I b» awkASba, I tamlid |
f ' satat n* klamitstf Al b Hi •* blf Ally <
j y Alsei l
IlSIl lllll, > III uf lb* lUaAl > 11 atwil
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY
Almost everybody takes some laxatlvr
tni dli Ine to cleanse the system and keep the
bi'Kid pure. Those who take SIMMONS
LlViK HHOULATOW (liquid or powder]
cet all tne benefits ol a mild and pltasanl
laxative and tonic that purifies the blood
Slid strengthens Ihc whole system. And
more than this: SIMMONS LIVER REGth
LATOR regulates the Liver, keeps It actlvi
and healthy, and when the Liver is lr
good condition yog find yourself fiee from
Malaria, Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick
HeaJ lie and Constipation, and rid ol
that Morn out and debilitated feeling.
These ore nil Caused by a .sluggish l iver.
Goi d dlp.c'h'on and freedom from stomach
trm.l will only be had when the llvei
Is | | ,ly at work. If troubled with any
oi i implainls, try SIMMONS LIVER
Rp. d.ATOR. Th-' King of Liver Medl
:lt, , d Better than Bills.
•KVPUIV PAOHAUKsM;
e: , up hi red on wrapper.
.1. II. /..'Hlii Co., t'litin., i'li.
LAND
EXCURSION
UIRdfNIA,
The Konthern F«rm Agency, Lynchburg,V*.
will run a on* faro for like round trip pernor*
•lly conilur.tod hind Aofik^rtt «xciir«fon, leav
ing Oalwein, C«(iir Rapid*. Ihirlinglon, Ot
11«> X ..in. il ll, if. ufi#l In t» »
1 ;• 11■ 1 <mi trunk IlncA of Hail R>u<ln,chm
to market from <)0 un •< r*i upward*. No
dr'Might, no blir/urd*, no failure of crop*.
You mu»th»v* AtarriflcAto from the South
ern Farm Agency to tecura the on* far* rata,
which you cun get free by addre*»!nff
B. 11. POPE, W«Ht«rn Fa»»«ng«r Agent,
Chasapeak* & Ohio Ky. bt. Lotus, mo.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
A Pure (imp. Cream of Tartar Powder.
f. I.ouls Ruin County Cleric of Kherman <"o..
ebrusku, estimate that the following book*,
hoik* and stationery will bo required for tho
hi? of county oHIour* of Hhcrnmn oounty for
ii* coming year:
lire* gross of lend pencil*, best grade,
negro** penholders,
welvo quart* of Arnold* writing fluid.
waive gross steel pen*.
vo hundred blotter*,
went.v-four gross assorted rubber band*.
wo dozen sponge top mucilage,
wo ream* Cranes Japanese linen abstract
•gal cap.
bur ream* Columbia extra first class abstract
gal cap.
igbt, h quire record book* (four plain and
nir printed form*) patent flexuble back flat
fienlng. best paper,
tssi triplicate tax receipt* blocked.
100 tax receipts in t riplicate bound and por
>rated. £(X) In book for county Treasury.
inn) tax receipts In duplicate bound and per
muted, loo In book for township treasurer,
chuttle mortgage files ‘.'(Hi In tile,
I HCit.K poll book* and envelope*,
non % sheet blanks.
000 - *4 sheet blanks,
iss> l4 sheet blank*.
ouo full sheet blank*, fill blank* to bo good
cavy paper
ooo Note heads, gobd heavy paper
<ss) Letter head*, good heavy pup
000AVt Inch Envelope* XXX.
ooo jo Inch Envelopes XXX
ourt docket*, one case to page. Indexed, with
lies of court, list of jurors, court o'Ucers. and
mldeut attorney*, on flat cap pu-per in lot* of
>rty
1,0® Flection ballots.
Sealed IiIiIh [or the above must be Med In the
junty Clerks ortloe at l.ouo Cliy. Neb. on or
store the first day of January IHWI.
ealed bids will also be received (or the follow
nt For
'ubllthlint delinquent tux lUt
’ubllshltik County Treasurers llnaaclal atute
tent, ,
•ubllshmr proceedings of oouuty bourd o(
u per visors.
’utdlshlnit road and brldite notlees and other
otlees required by tho county,
staled bids (or the above must bo Hied In
he county Clerk's omen at Loup City, Neb., on
r before January 1st l>WI County board re
erves the right to reject any and alt bids
Huted at l.oup City Neb this Slid day o[
ksiemls'r im*s Lolls Itxis
i-' - t County Clerk
alir.llirfr"* HALM.
Xiuiicu i« h«raby given thal by virltt* ur
n or«lur uf »ulu U«Q«4 by lb# #i#rli lb#
11i»lv i- i .dtiri tit th* Iftli ju'lii lAl ilUlriiA uf
i#i»*»ka wiiUlu atuifur *U«tuiait autiftty
i) Hit tutu'u Mb*s««tn rtfii# V. Ilnrr wim
iiakiitiif amt uuimi#! (’ fto*»h*r* Ltlllv
’liUlipr, WtUlttut l lUrt v, Jnu«« I Mrti*
mi, Mailt# Hrlllutt, VI,.flitl an*!
Mil, VW»l«MU Vi lUMltM l til t HJ i*u M|M4lty,
iRMiidi H lltiavh, I' * W iiMi Kuyin* atml
•umii i* J. t H-.il*. ttawarit Itaab.
git umm. \% aui 1141mm v »r« ii«*f**n taut*
will il laa uoIimA li tu *u Ui# flu 'lav
I January, Ima. it lit# *»*ata*b*jr u( Un
Mini i»» I uti|t City* aba*man vuuuly,
latMrauik*. off«# fur *al* 41 |***bMa
!ut tan t|v (uliiiflim ilman't iImmI taal lu
nib t'w i#rbivial 1*t iwIUm
mt t .u#. in it*u tuitiH ihiM* *’» ill, auiib uf
aim# f tati««M 1 «t*.i t*« in* a«h i»nu
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SANTA CLADS
HEADQUAPTEPS.
Tho lurgeat ami lineal line vf good* that ever came to Loup CitJ
Buitulde for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Everybody ia invited to call andaee my beautiful gooda and learn my ex
tremely lew prioea;alao a full line of Guitara, Bangoa, Mandoline, Violins,
Aecordcnna, llarmunloaa, Ktc., and a large aaaortment ef Quid and Silver
Spectacle*.
K. BOHWKR,
Lonp Oity'a Reliable Jeweler.
I). C. DOE. A. P. CULLBY,
Vice-President. Cashier.
FIRST BANK OF LOUP CITY.
General Banking Business Transacted.
Ov :< *. Mook, • $800,000.
i Inllietcu
an faltl* ' . . _ . -_r - -j-i - -
'.irlcrni
Loans on Improved (arms at NOTE per cent. Bast Company sal M tow
tabs had in tbs vast.
Ookuaroarairmi—Chemical National Bank. New York dtp, V. ¥4 tanks
**tloaal Manx. Omaha. Niheseta
W. J. EJHIIKK, OKO. E. BENSCHOTEB,
! Attorney and Notary Public. Publisher LoufCitt Nokthwestebn
| FISHER & BEN8CHOTER,
REAM, ESTATE AGEJVT8.
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
Town Lots, Wild, Cultivated and Irrigated Lands for Sale.
r
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[Insist on asi:
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never spoils the flour, keeps soft, and is uni
\ ver sally acknowledged purest in the world.
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1 Sold by rroceri ercrywben.
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