* For Hardware, Tinware,Furniture and Undertaking in all its branches go to Watkinson, Loup City, Neb Uoaal Daws. It is getteng dry again. Orval Shrove Is up from Anrola on n short visit Come In sndseeura a “Book of Fact* while there is a supply on hand. J. C. Fletcher brought la a tine lot of water mallons Monday which he raised on his farm. (Jay Callahan and wife of Kansas are visiting her father and sisters Mr. Wal ter Moon aud daughters. I)r. Sumner Davis Oculist and Auriest, Grand Island. Julius I.escblnsky brother o( our townsman Lescblnsky paid him a visit the fore part of the week. Thos. Dlllen, of Austin purchased a new threshing machine engine which he took out to bit farm Tuesday. Montgomery Stroud was a pleasant caller at this office Saturday and ro an ved his subreripton for another year. \V. A Wilson made us a call last Sat urday and left the wherewith to Insure a weekly visit from this great family Journal. District court convened Tuesday with Judge Sullivan on the bench. The first day was occupied In the trial of she \ an derirrift case. A great (leal of threshing is going on in the country ami especially in this neighborhood. From every part of the county is reported a good yield. Among those who remembered the rrinter at this office last week were \V. A. Wilton,Tbeo. Ojendyke, J. L, Hawk, M. Stroud and Tho Jenson. Photographs 7o cents per doz for a short time only at the Loup City Photo Gallery. The editor of this piper went to Lin coln Tuesday to attend the republican state convention he went as one of the delegates from this county, The M. W. of A. held their annual picnic at Round Urove Aug. 20, which considering the busy time and court In session was well attended. Wantkij; One man and six horses to pull a gang plow oa K 2 Hec. 27 16 13 Will pay $3.C0 per day and board. Ezra E. Tnompsou Agent. W.T. Gibson, oarpenter has been at work on the Loup City grist mill we are Informed that the mill Is now grind ing corn but will not be ready to grlud wheat for ten days yet. The equity term of court commenced here on the 24th ami after continuing the sheriff's sales of about seventy-five homes and making ordcis to sell about fifty a ore adjourned without day. Mrs. Chau True and two daughters of Lee's Park, have been visiting her sis ter Mrs. O. Benschotcr for a few days past, She returned home Monday ac companied by Mrs. Benscboter and two daughters, Laura and Grace. We received a letter from J. Cole of Pine Ridge, stating that himself and family would start home August lit, and authorizing the address of his paper to be changed to hit home address i.oup uuy. I’eter Howe is stepping high these days. lie is the happy fatherof a Lounc* lng l>al>y girl, the tint girl la the family, which come to hi* house to stay last Tuesday. Mr. Howe now las four licya and oue girl. \V. A. Wilson and sons are perhaps the heaviest farmer in Sherman County They threshed out about 10,000 bushels, of wheat tills year, a large acreage of oats and have about 250 acres of good corn tills year. 1. N Arnold, of kaloua Iowa made tbisollleea pleaseut call on Tuesday, w e 11 ud Mr. Arnold a very pleasant gen tleman. Mr. Arnold Is a roslasfite ow ner in .Hhertnau county and came out to look after Ins interest therein. Mrs J. IV Ditto Mr. and Mr*, ( 'has. Austin, son and daughter and Kay l'ed ler returned last Saturday evening from a three week* trip to Cherry county, where Mr. Austiu ha* a large rauch. They report a pleasant trip huvlng went overland. The populists of )4>up City township held their primary in the Walworih hall last Saturday and nominated their town ship ticket and elected delegate to stale cun vent Ion*. The nouilnailoiit for township otllcois were oppeued and closed With only tell popniDlt m<‘Uit>ers lu the cacus room. T hus. Jensen, of Horkvllle made this olttcea very pleaseut call Toe-dry and renewed his eubeenptou to this paper Mr, Jeuaou says that he think* that wheat will average about 15 bushels pci acie in hi* neighbor Irani Mr Jeixro came to Sherman County iit IH?U and s«y s that Nehinska Is all tight la lhi*ts*e*» appears the lull premium list fur the rtharman county lair l it* slate ltd ve lot {September 11 1 i, and IE Eyetybudy In the eoualy should •urn out thin yeat and make the lair a ..uveas, Every eflwrt on I hr part ui the management I* being ma i ' l« vet tesT an eabibtt that wlll.be a nedit is. ahsiiue euuniy and her etllse •• ■ < vu.e wot and paiiouie* the let t. One hundred candidate*, for office were in town Tuesday last. A good second hand sulkey plow ror sale cheap. Enquire at this office. Peter Howe has just finished painting the residence of .1. M. Snyder on his farm. Geo. McDonald has the contract to build a new frame school house near Ashton. The stone for laying the crossing* on our streets came in over the B. and M road Saturday last. The much talked about Walworth and Porter case was decided in favor of the defendant Porter. The Woodman dance given at the oj era house Wednesday night was well at t' tided and a pleasent time is reported Mrs. Frank iliser and children are here paying a visit to Mrs. Ilisers par ents Mr. and Mrs. Gardner of Oak Creek. Burning, itching skin diseases instant ly reielved by DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, unequalled for cuts, bruises hums, It heals without leaving a scar.—Oden dahl Bros. Luna farmer In Sherman county sail himself short of wheat no matter how high the price is. If it is a fact that thereto such an cmuiense shortage In the wheat ciop, then those who do not save enough for bread and seed will have to pay a very high price for it next spring. Every farmer should look out for his bread and seed for another year. Mr. Joa O’Bryan and wife, of Loup City spent Sunday in Ord. Mr. O'Bryan is sugincar on the Loup City branch Of tha L'. I’., and as this truia makes its run from Grand Island to Loup City and back toOrand Island the same day, be and Mr. ltalllus, engiriees on this branch, exchange places on Saturday thus giving the latter opportunity to be at his home ir. Grand Jsl»nd over Sun days, and making no particular dlfl'er ence with Mr. O'Bryan, as he could not be at bis own home in either case on that day. Ord Journal K. A. Brown in 1801 was n repub lican and ran a republican news paper—In 1892 he went huek on the republican party and put on pop pinfeathers under boodle influences. They grow, and in 189(1 he voted for YV. J. Bryan a democrat and sup ported him with his dcws paper for president—YYTise men change their opinions but fools never do. How full of wisdom is Kddie—repub demo pop all in six years. The indications are that the rise in wheat has been entirely independent of rings and cliques, that there is uo syndi cate behind the bull movement end that the cereal has gone up to a dellar and more a bushel to stay. Abort crops all over the world fully account for the phenomenal buoyancy of the grain market. When wheat gets to a dollar and a quarter the demand will be check ed by the dearness of this particular breadstu ft', and tbo working people of Europe will begin to ask tor cheeper food. Then corn will begin to jump un til it lias reached a figure expressing Its comparative value as food to wheat. One dollar aud twenty-five-cent wheat eventually means BO-cent corn.—State Journal. goiag up Tram thuosands of Nebraska homes. Disaster and despair hung like a black cloud over oace smiling valleys and we thankfully accepted the donat ions of food and clothing sent to us fram all quarters of the nation. It was pitiful. But what a change has taken place since the dark day* of k-t! Today sixty millions of bashels of 05 cent wheat stand in rows of golden shock* on every hill side and in every valley. Mile after mile of rustling corn assure abundant sustenance lor herd* of high priced cuttle and hogs grazing con ten tedlj on every farm from Ponca to Pine Bind' Pork packers and augar makers are investing millions of dollars in great factories to work up our surplus pro duct* at our uwu doors, trariportatiou companies ure making herculean efforts to haul to market th« biggest crop |j the history of the »tate, and evidences of renewed activity ami prosperity are seen on every side t here never was | a time when the farmers of Nebraska i had greater rcatou to he thankful and i hopeful than right now. And yet in every locality ure a few old wart* sit ting around oil stole hose* reading pop pspei* and ever and anon emitting that nioauimiou* and dismal eruak ‘ Why don't y« bring on that wave of ' prosperity f” Callaway t uurler Vlwls t ll« tittsl.l a milur , Mrs I* rt. I Hut, left Sunday nun,, ling fur Alierton New Jersey, to visit a few month* with her parvnls Mr | Titus accompanied her as far a* Omaha I and returned Wednesday, Die lelaiil ettild of Mr and Mr* t I J W aril, -lied of i k utffil IttfiMtlUMt -illt| j wa« Inter r#ift in Hi** I hv hiUM tiunday (HMi iHHMiliv* lit *V uf Ut**» { t*Ut* «M*i Ui MiwM it 1 I# A |»! I Utltl : t uub!) ilv|M IM ll»# frutti *l*| t I fcrt Mate •lies Kr*e»i gave feloh ! to s nine pound daughter and M«thwr , and v hi Id ate tail* skiing welt Mr, ; t.sliest ike fpkrt i* only I* and hi* w .(* II only U y»*i* »i age A Fop Office Meeker's Lament. Backward, turn backward, oh time. If yen please. (lire u* the drouth and give us hot breeze; Give us the song of Hill Deck and Hill Greene. Or we re lost In the shuffle, tis plain to bt seen. Don’t list to the price of hogs and of wheat. Twill carry our party ’way down to defeat; Hut call up SI Holcomb and such men as them. Also the spirit of Homer M Kem. Olve us free silver, ’tl* holesome and sweet. Spunk me to Mleep. mother, spank me to sleep. Oh* time please turn back to the days that are gone. Hack when calamity bowling went on; Fix up our tickets as you once did Kofine. Feed us on taffy from Polaki and Hein Pack up our caucus as once It was found. Take up the slack on Patten and Brown. We need one more chance to get a good start Of those presperity fellow* who think they are smart; I um sick of this change, it Is making me weep, Spunk me to sleep, mother, spunk me to sleep. Think of the days when we once hud our fun. Think of the days when our buttle begun. And how with our votes, sl« ok us u mouse We put Grover Cleveland In the white house Oh, ph ase repeat that calamity song. So often rendered by Mathew and Long. Don't talk of prosperity out here on the Loup Or the populist party will be in the soup; Hut think of the principles we have promised to keep. Hpunk me to sleep, mother spank me to sleep, The Hull telle of a farmer near Kearnej who has been watching the silver market. Home time ago he got uneasy at the steady decline of the white metal, and remembering what firyan and Iblgrecne paid last fall agout sympathy between silver and n m ai, 14*5 iri,u« nimywin 1hum wii traded liis entire erop for future de livery ut r*0 cents per bushel, and then chuckled to himself to think how smart he was. He is now look ing for Bryan and Bilgreene with a stuffed club. Callaway Currier. Commencing Sunday June 13th, the UNION PACIFIC will inaugurate. Through Turist Car Service to Portland. Oregon and Washington point- via Union Pacific and Southern Pacific K'y* thereby giving passenger* the benefit of two tourist route* via Odgen to Portland. This route will take them up through the beautiful Sacramento Valley, disclosing all feature* along the Shasta Route, from Sacramento. For rate*, time tables and full Information, call on City Ticket Office, No. 1303 Far uam St W. L>. CLIFTON. EXCURSION TO HOT SPRIVOS. S. D. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20TII. 617,30 for the round trip from Loup City. Ticket* good to return until Sept. 13th. The average of the abo,,.u *ow rate to Visit the Black Hills, Bathe In the mam moth plunge bath at at Hot Spring*, nee beautiful Sylvan I.ake, make the side trip to Spearffsh and you return home with the knowledge that nowhere could you have bad a pleasanter holi day. For full information cull at B. & M. ticket office. We want one good man (having horsej, a* permanent superintendent for Sherman cennty, to attend to our bus iness, on salary. Must send along with application, strong letter* of recom menilation a* to honesty, integrity, and ability. State occupation Address P. O. Box 1633, Phila , Pa. One doz beautiful linished photographs for 75 cents at the Loup City Photo Gallery This will last only a short time. HAY FEVER. Hay Fever anil Summer Cold* are ‘‘broken up’’ by “77”, Hr, Humphrey'* fatnoua Specific, 2oet», all iltuggixt*. Dr. Sumner Davis Grand Island Specialist in diseases, of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Examination f< >r glasses. 87,800 Given Away To per*om who make the grenteat num ber of word* out of the pbraae, "Patent Attorney Woilderburu." For particu lar* adilreax tb<’ Nutluuol Recorder, Wa-bington, l> C. For tbe Annual Kncaitipineut ot the *•' \ R , at buffalo, N Y. In Aug., the | I N ION PACIFIC will make the great ly reduced rate torin tor the round trip lie *.,re your ticket roudx via the ! mn. lal ii and Army route," I'nlou Pat Ific, i hU’.igo anc North * extern \ it,* A HI, I., N ickle p ate Itatiw av • For time tab e* and full Infortnuttoft 11 all on W !• * urrou Ag«nt lain* he 1-uMi, «||UH I aipI nrtli# st IdMttilii, Ushrttls i AMgasi it, i t tUi t| vn lltit t4« bSH»#l MOlit tuM llfd t»xt!%•><« hil iutf* U«t» |t» imIis !»•! |>t in su|t|>*it ul 4t# Oftiw, *u4 tlwl *41*1 |*hAtf tlU In tu4*i« V» l«t# Id* t u44l| J<4‘U« »tt«iM4N vtiUMly 4t limp l Ilf 4* t»***ki, un M« Vltt Iwt s • « i I'Nit II 4* liiwtwi mw, h*t I I4W % A tiiltil wf 4 | iistltf tc tiu» I, Its* «*. »!> , t»> *» II • M« nntasM* 14* NnWiim tMWMWN Its tiius 4 Mi iwiHItttvi «M t«l > lit4II4MS **| Mtd l«i»4 III IttiiMi | imlii lisii IHilti MilMl, 1*4*» Hitt if ill 4# M4i»‘U 4• Ui444* 4 4 f II 1 t • 4tfi«l*l GASTEYER’S CASH SALE.' You are invited to call and examine our excellent "•‘Foriisli CiiS'-rb share of these great bargains before it is to late. We must make room for our fall and winter stock. SHOES AT COST. We have on hand several dozen pairs of shoes of different* makes which, for the next 18 days we will dis pose of at cost. They are all good goods and we would advise those who are not partial to style to call and made their purchases while there is a chance for selection. I SHIRT WAISTS. There are yet on hand a few shirtwaists in percales, lawns, and organdies which will be sold out at cost. i HNDERWEAR: We have also a few sizes in ladies and gents underwan* which we wish to close out at cost. In addition to the above we will also close out ladies and childrens silk mitts, lawns, light calicos, light ginghams, summer corsets, and trimmings. Wo would also call the attention of the ladies to the fact that we have just received ogr full line of dress goods, flannels, blankets and comforts, trimming silks and numerous other articles which go to make tip a fall stock. These are all fresh, new goods and anyone desiring to purchase will do well to call and examine our line before buying elsewhere. Respectfully, CHAS. GASTEYER. South Side Kail road St. Loup City, Nebraska. CALL ON T. M. BEED fora Steam Engine or a Threshing Machine Outfit binders or mowing machines, wagons, buggies, disk harrows, sulkies or gang plows or anything in this lino. J’riaes all right. 1 also carry a complete stock of Harness and harness fixtures, Washing and Sewing Machines, Oils, etc. and everything in the line of hardware and tinware. HAST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, - - . LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. ESTRAY NOTICE. Tho following described stock «ai taken up by the undcrgighed at my farm on south east quarter of Mention 14, Township 13, Range 15, lu Hazard township, Sherman county, Nebraska: One mule nold, dark brown, about 1 year old. Owner can have same by paying damages and costs of advertis ing. Mits. DpKA W'ol.l'. If you want a neat job of band made shoes, or shoe repairs, or to purohass shoes from a well selected stock of the best makes in the market go to II. Dol ing. New stock at low prices. The Keystone Watch Case Co. of Philadelphia, the largest watch case manufactur ing concern in the world, is now putting upon the Jas. Boss Filled ami other cases made by it, a bow (ring) which cannot be twisted or pulled off the watch. It is a sure protection against the pickpocket and the many accidents that iiefall watches fitted with the | old style !*>w, which is simply held in by friction and can lie twisted oil with the lingers. It is called the Sold onlv through w atch deals is, without extra charge. A'k any jeweler lor |NMii|>ldet, or send to tho tnatiuMctUtria. IT’S DANGEROUS ?*%••»*« %••*« i**m titMiH %• » MttF tv- Sfi «•* IlM I* ’* * St ■* * 4 « t th# W* (A, J * hO«P h» *» - *■-*4 'll Fs «>4 4*-* IlMtl > « • H*4 • a«l| * A * I •» * * !••««« t* * * % * X » i M »* UM I'- - h. ■% I » MM I t I ItMs FAt,, : I. CO, I tic:** * *»>>* ••*« To California Comforliilily. Kvcry Thursday afternoon, u Tour ist sleeping cur from Malt Lake City, Man Fransisco and Los Angeles leaves Omaha anil Lincoln by the Burlington Route. ft is carpeted upholstered in rattan; bus spring seats and backs and is provided with curtains, bedding, towels coop, etc. An experienced excursion conductor and a uniformed t'ullmau porter accompany it through to the l’aciflc count. While neither so expensively finished nor so One to look at as a palace sleep, ur, it is just as good to ride in. Second • lass tickets are accepted for passage and the price of a birth, wide enough and big enough for two, is only fi). For folder giving full particulars, call at nearest Burlington ticket otllce or write to J. Fiuncis, O. 1*. A., Bur I ling ton Route, Omaha.. Neb. KitKK BJCYCLKd7 The State Journal is offering a llrst class bicycle free to any person who will get up a club of 100 yearly sub acrlbers for the Semi-Weekly Journal at tl.uO each. The hleycles are covered liT as strong a guarantee as auy f 100.00 wheel nnd are tlrst class In every re speet. Any young man or wo man com now earn a bicycle. If you rtud vott ranuut gel llie r«t|ulr*d number, a libera) eath commission will be allow cd you fur each subscription you d > gel. You can g»t all your friends and I neighbors to take ihe Mend Meekly ' Mate Journal at 91.00 a rear. Address stale Journal. Lincoln, Neb, | Tim I muUt Sliseper is air'up-to-date' I car. Maximum comfort at udmmuni cost, is Dim piim'ipal upon a hit'll these i vat* ate built and operated, They run daily from t'eutnTJ Bluffs and ifmabaiu tigdeu salt Francisco and 1‘ortUnd I'ulhuaw porters w lib every car Fur further particulate call on ur address Wm.L < 'Ll* tn,«f, Agent. suiiaxu > uo sat-m as. , Heart burn from excessive smut tug, > ur from any outer cease, it relieved by the llrst dust of No, I it, I>• Humphrey'* Specific for Dyspepsia lUti. all drug . gists I be Jeweii Nutter* Co. of Lake t lie, Ilian ■ want a r«sp