For Hardware, Tinware,Furniture and Undertaking in all its branches go to Watkinson, Loup City, Neb Lioaal T7«ws. For washing machine* and clothes wringer* *ee T. M. Iteed. Mr*. G. W. Iluater 1* again able to be up and around Hgaln. N. B. Thompson was a pleasant caller at these headquarters Saturday Mrs. J. 8.1’edler Is enjoying « visit from her daughter Kate of Denver. Gay Callabam and wife started for their heme In Kansas Wednesday. T.8. Nightingale went to St. Paul Wednesday to try a case In court. Julias lluss wa* attending the fair Tuesday. He called Into see the editor. Richard Cattle has obtained a perm anent position In the Kewanee, III. tube work*. Walter Moon who ha* been down lick for the past week Is aide to tie out again For wagons, buggies, harness, aulkey, plows, hardware, tinware, etc., cull on T. M. Rend. T. M. Reed sold two lumber wagons tills week. 11a bn* sold some seven or eight already this season. Dr. A J. Kearns had some beautiful specimen* of quilts of hi* own make on exhibition in the llorul ball. You cannot afford to lie without one of our book of facts. It is worth dollar* to you and the cost of on* la only fifty cents. Among those who had tine grain and vcgstaide exhibit* at the fair may be noted Carsten Truelsen, Adolph Karr* gan and Dr. Jones. We are In receipt of cull for the Nat lonal Irrigation Association Convention to be held in the city of Lincoln, Bcpt. 28. 29 and 80, 1897. Two Good Things.—"77” for Grip and Colds; No. 10 for Dyspepsia, Indi gestion and weak stomach; 25 cents each, all druggists. W. II. Kennedy will commence teaching in the John Hawk district No. ■I. text Monday. Win. Howe bus Just Mulshed repairing the school building. The Bhelton Clipper says that there will be 800,000 head of sheep fed at that point this winter which will fur nish a market for more than a million bushels of corn. Borne smart person or persons have beeo smashing oat the windows to the school house In tho Ainger district. The school officers are on the trail. F. W. Hemming*, of Danville, low* Is In attendance at our county fair this week. He is here looking after bis land ed Interest* here and made this office a pleasant call during his stay. Mr. and Mrs James Conger will sturt In a few days for a two weeks visit to Minneapolis, Minn, During their stay Mr. Conger will have a new artificial f oot made aud fitted. Mrs. Wm Btrankmau, of Logon town ship returned from Lincoln last Tues day evening where sho secured another child from the Home of the friendless It Is a bright llttlo hoy two years of age The Times published a supplirnent last week espesially to give space for an open letter from M. II. Mathew, who told therein all about that “har monious” crack-o-pop-free si I ver-re publican convention which took placr at Lincoln some two weeks. Cash Corgor, was visiting in the city last week He has been in the employ v» uiv v/• a . viii f'.tii y iu uiuuuu at r sallary of 835 per month I'pon hi* re turn to Gibbon he wai ordered to l'ud dock side track and given the posltlot of telegrapher at a Kailary of 850 pci month. A fat baby whose parents were taking him to the Superior reunion to exhib it attracted quite a crowd at the It. A M depot Saturday afternoon. The young Her Is three years old and weighs 131 pounds,exactly hi* mother* weight ai the present time. Ilia father It an or dinary sized man. Edgar Host. »Vo uudarstaud that the Northwesteri railroad company has made a proposi tion lor settlement In the case of Jam* Cotiger v*. said railroad company, mi whcrelti Mr Conger sued the company fur heavy damages for the loss of hb leg. The offer, as we understand it, b 81.'kSi i*i w hich has htvn accepted am tin- settlement will he completed In i few days. The shipments of cattle, hogs ant inerchaudUe on the railroads shows i woudvtiul mrmt-e in buali,***. Mori freight trams pass through heartsci dally than have passed through In twen ty four hours for teseral years It now requires more Height engines eu till division of the Talon Tsetae belweet Noilh f'latie and Grand Island that was required one year ago on ih* entire Main Mae bet* sea Omaha and Ggileu Kearney sun. The llwllv HepUhiit'an M*gt*i*f t ti alesUutg, |||, contains a very ctiiu piste aevount and obituary of the desii of t apt silt lrin.it fuller, sod laths Sir W fuller of Ibis county * spl am fuller died at b.« b ite in list let burg August 4* for route Hum Ih hi* health bad >w*u (suing *».) m, mi went ea*t w Hh the Inlet., on of sn.iu, hi* father la s*ltM»g hi* ' *tto**s 11! * ■ when both t aptaiu f ull* ni4 hi* «i|. espeeted to u»o*e to l.oup t tty sh.i. the| would reside. Th# fount* Fair. The Sherman county Fair which op ened last Monday was ijoltc well atten ded this year, more so than last, yet the attendance was not »o large as ex pected. Neither was the exibition of grain and other products so large us It should have been but wbut was brought In was of very good quality and would have stood a good show for flrat prize at the state fair. With all the fair was a success The tlrst day was busily spent by th" olHcrea In arranging the exhibits mid all persons were admitted to the grounds free. The second day opened with cloudy weather and by noon It was raining hard, The rain lasted about an hour and made the race course so heavy that It was necessary to pospono the races, President Drake then announced that races would come off on Wednesday the day following, and that the Wed nesday races would take place on Tues day, and those who had tickets for Tues day, the rainy day, would be admitted to the grounds on Wednesday without extra charge. In fact the l'lirsdaya program was entirely posponed except the ball game between the f,oup City and tirevley Canter clubs. The games was very Interesting and witnessed by a large crowd. The first two innings were played without a score on either side. The game resulted In a score of !) to 2 in favor of the Greeley Center ! club. On Wednesday as formerly announc ed the program for Tuesday was carried out, Hie crowd was large, the gate receipts being almost a hundred dollars. The principle attraction outside of ill* » Aiiimti.pt tt i*d ill*- i »» » n, im one mile trotting race, licit two In three, there were four starter* a* follows; .Milford Maid and *iat*baw owned by Savage Bros, of Sargent; a beautiful little blaek mare, Jerema, owned by Lasbmctt of Kent; and Dandy A., a bright hay, owned by Audio of Ord. Only two heat* wa* necessary to decide the race tho horse* each time coming out In the following order, with Savage Bros, easy winner* of both first and second money and Lasbmctt third mon ey: Milford Maid 1st, 8at»haw 2nd, Jerema 3rd. and Dandy A. dtit. First heat, time 3:00: second heat, 2:63. I Another taking feature of tho program was the maiden trotting race of ouo half mile for a purse of $15. In this race Mose Lasbmctt entered Ids little hay two year old. Cody ; and Mr. Auble entered I.ady Winks, also a two year old and daughter of Tiddly Winks. The colt* did remarkably well In eplng their feet even better than the older horses. The money was easily won by Lashmett. Thu one half mile running race was won liy Jensen of lioelu*, .John Webb of Arcadia taking second money, in thi* race James, owned by Joe O'Bryan was, after the first, beat Kent to the ham, the judge* holding that he wa* held hack. One of I lie bicycle races wa* won by Dick O'Bryan and the other by Bate* Coplin. The base hall game between the Greeley Center and Loup City clubs for this day proved highly interesting It was apparent from the result of the game the day before that the Greeley team would win tiie sugar, und it was also known that Loup City would make them earn the money. Tho first five Inning* would haye done credit to club* of national reputation, the score then standing Greeley 4, Loup City 1. The siidh inning gave Loup City one more anil the Greeley boys three, ail hard earned tallies. At the close j of the game the score stood Loup City II Greeley Center 10 Our buy* say that thi* team is the best that has oyer crossed Imts with them on the Loup City diamond. They are all gentlemen and while they closely contested for every inch, were fair and corteous. 1 he lust ' published next week. The taees again *er« th» venter of atliautmii, ai d when the free for all cue mile trotting race was announced the crowd looked eagerly for ih« llrst I appearuuce of the racers, 't hey had all l bw* given to understand that It was Hu. race of the season. In this lace I wa> ante red Tiddly Witids, a black | owned by Aubhs, Onl. Maulvtin, owned lij Savage llrus. Ml Sargent a id Jcreuia 'Owned by l-astimvll of Kent iielweei. i MaitieU" and tiddly Mink* itie rice | waa aery el <•» Iruui atari |.i ituisli ami I i would iwils a great deal Ol applause when either tuiKt * tii • (it' tt, Prat In at »a« taken oy Msnls'i'O and! the second beat* l'| Tiddly 11 lilt? Inti..' third beat tiddly Winks cam molar tb'< wire d *i t»v Manieno* tnni, Mr l>unnabue, re appealed ' *i On I idga- slan t and > uiwoi 'll foul. Alibis also appeared Hid as ' | know leg. .1 the foul toll t l.lai>>l an . l! '|**t A maj rl>y report **l Ike pitg** dedai.d lh* heal sf and unlus I a! 'j fuutlh A M Iksasll i'S*u| Ik* Judgt s '! dr«»«ent*d and irkdsis.1 a minority is 1 port io labor of Tiddly W la a- ths> I I silk boat waa .leans lak*a *» II Maul no tmi was (lire So tiddly W tnk* hy reason of a foul i-.al las r» t asslng I'.e wire. |P >| |tm< t I? Jrisis. Ihe black three year old. driven by its trainer, Mose I.ashmett made » pretty record, trotting every heat without a break and making within about live se conds of as good time as the other horses. There were four enterics In the <111nr ter of a mile running rare, and the prizes were tnk< n In the following or der; Bella A, Owned by Jensen of Boelus 1st; Venus, by John Webb, of Arcadia 2nd. Bannle. by James Lan ders, of Arcadia 3rd; and James A. by Joe O’Bryan of Loup L'lty, <|tlt The live mile bicycle race was easily won b) Willard of firand Island, Dick O'Bryan taking second money and Bates i opiln third. The race on the lake for tho duck was won by Hugh McFaddcn assisted by O'Bryan's bulldog. There were other (ports which furnished considerable imuscrnent for tho crowd. The exhibition of stock was not. large but there wore flue specimen* of Horses, hogs and sheep, llt|fh M'liool Noli**, School commenced with a rather •mall attendance hut, we hope It. will increase before the fall term Is over. A» the wild (lower* are It ginning to fade It Is somewhat dilllctilt for the hot any class to obtain specimen* for analysis. We have noticed a marked change, for the better, In some of our school mates and hope it will continue While playing on the school ground lust week. Tommy McPadden had lit - arm dislocated at the shoulder. It was »«'t by Mr. Mead and Is all right now. ....... .li. I.I .... .t... .. those being Fair day*. Btrfutattentio.it* essential to good •landing In examination. XEI.uk (i HAY. Tljanka Nellie; cull uguiu.—Knrroit. An Upon Lottor To .John Mi.nsiii j,i„ My Dear John: It did my whole soul and part of my body good to learn that the populist convention of winch I had the honor to he a mem ber, hud nominated you for county clerk. I am aware that you need the office, ought to have had >it be fore, and so I propose to stay with you until the cows come home and until the big rooster la the Times Independent crows for your success November next. I want, you to get there for several reasons; fore most among them is because you have a faculty of holding onto what so-ever you lay hold of. Darned few of us tun compete with you in that respect. Only a short time ago I read an account of how you came out on top in a contest for trustee of the village of Litchfield, wherein you was contesting* with a republican for your seat on the vil lage board. You bad the office, the other fellow wanted it, and in fact the people of Litchfield wanted him to have it, and they elected him almost two to one against you, but when he came after the ofliue you just said, 1 no sir, I’ve got her and I’m going to keep her;” and darned if you did'nt keep her too. Thais the kind of stuff a good pop is made of. When you get au otliec keep her; and I'm going to support all such fellows. Another thing you look the matter before judge Sullivan that rcuuhlican what oiimned flee silver Into thu people lust full, uud"/i .i|dts (O reiils imr il*>/ fur it short tints* util) nt tIts* l«uo|i t'it\ iMudi. littllury Mr. Siiiuttur Oat I* <•mini laUiul S|aviitilvi in .li'ciis*1*, v>i Kv«\ i'.ir, V •>** ;ito| I'hrimt rivttltiiuitMult f«>r uflnsss a I and while you are there just ask to see M Lawrence or Had ger State L’L muslin .05 “ “ zfjj (| Toweling at - - - ,05 “ “ Fine black serge - * - .27 “ “ ^ Ilian kets at .50 a pair . 503 GROCERIES: 10 pounds granulated sugar - - 1.00 K “ package coffee - - 1.00 12'. “ evaporated apples - • 1.00 ^ 12 A “ evaporated peaches - • 1.00 .‘52 bar laundry soap * 1.00 ; Well pay yon al least 25 els. a lia., task for potatoes i THE BUSIEST MAN IN TOWN. Hr ■ call on t. M. REED VOJS A \ Steam Engine or a Threshing Machine Outfit binders or mowing machines, wagons, buggies, disk harrows, sulkies or gang plows or anything in this lino. Prices all right. I also carry a complete stock of Harness and Harness fixtures, Washing: and devil Machines, Oils, etc. 4 and everything in the line of hardware and tinware. EAST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, - ■ - LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. -nail* vuir. On the occasion of the Nebraska State Fair Carnival of the Knight* of Ak-Sar-Ben, uml other apodal attract ions at Omaha, Sept. 17th to 24th, Inc!, i the Union Pacific will sell ticket* at . the very low rate of one fare for the round trip, plus ' admission to the Fair. For lull particulars eall on W. I). Clifton, Agent, One doz beautiful finished photographs for 75 cents at attend to our bus I ness, on salary. Must send along with application, sti / letters of recom mendation as to h maty, Integi itv, and ahllilv. Stale. ,-ition A hires* l*. O. Jlox low i*h Pa. Dr. iSumi Davis Oculist and Auriest rand Island. Commencing lay June lilth, the UNION PA* will In.) titrate. Through Turiat Service lo Portland, Oregon an.) \\ ngiou points via Union Pacirto Southern Pacttlc K'ya thereby g passenger* ibr bentlMt of t WO {• trootes via O.lgen to Portland. I -out will lake tliein up tbrough lie ititifol Sacramento \ alter, dltciosl, l feat,tic. .long the sliota It-.ute, Sacramento. For rate*, time tabh d lull Intorui tihoi, - vail on City I'li idl e, No I sti l'»i o*iu *1 \\ | a. i . , )„* SCALES IT'S DANCEROUS | - %« »t » IIIHIMII IV4 ft % II* * % M* • j i t , lifts ft- *v A ' *ft » •« a*,* • ■ « - | H 4wfe# iftftft a, ftm «hI| •« '» * * t »% t ft « f ft CO., To California Comfortably* Every Thursday afternoon, a Tour 1st sleeping car from Salt Lake City, Sau Fransisco and Los Angela* leaves Omaha and Lincoln by the Burlington Koute. It Is carried upholstered In rattan; lias spring seats «>>d bucks and is provided with curtains, bedding, towels soop, ety. An experienced excursion conductor and a uniformed Pullman porter accompany it through to the Pacific coast. While neither so expensively finished nor so tine to look at as a palace sleep, cr, It Is just as good to ride in. Second class tickets arc accepted for passage and the price of a birth, wide euough and big enough for two, i* only #5. For folder giving full particulars, call at nearest Burlington ticket olllce or w rite to J. Fkancis, <1 P. A., Bur lington Koute, Omaha., Neh. N oil* «' for I'u bile Ml Ion Lund omen Hi Ltnoolu, Nttbraaka f Augutt ti, \'\rt i NoU»« in hcroby givcu that lb* following mimed Met tier ha* Mt»d noth • of bla Milan* tion to tnnkd HimI proof in aupporl of bli rlaliu, find thut h«m proof will l>c made b« lorn lie Couity Judge, shei uian county at Loup i it v kiid.TMHkn, on October *>th IhUT via |(«tar tlajeku, 11 K Number IHli/T, for ihc* K . iiuuuof N Y quarter. Meet ion IV, Tow untilp i <, It tinge. li waat, ltd muiipd till* folioWlllg WllMM## to prove hi* Conti non* iceldeuce upoa aad vul | tnatioiiof aatd biuil, vl/ Jacob aebiaalL I job**, \ut«m h»*a» Peter MorftU, Paul Mill* «|| of Him hviilt N«bi»»ka W J y>.Huf »m •ntoklkg or from ant other isamm, tf i«!t«rv4 l»r j the Aral of So, ML Ik lltimphtef’* ti>*v*rti for lhipriMU IWti. ill drug gut* I V Jewell t o of I aka flit, I Mian.* a awl a lewp-uteibhi man In iNtt iM'ilitt) (it ttll Hittnaaota gftfWtt IN#* and iam>9 f St in-a, tiood pa*. Nt#if)f j work h rfltr Ut#at todav • I “ l imy don't make much fus* about it." We are speaking of lie Witt'a Little Early Risers, the famous little pills for constipation, billiousnes*. and all stora ucli and llvor troubles. They nevergripe. —Odendsbl Bros. There is a time for everything; and the ti me to attend to a coltl is when it starts. Don't wait till you have con sumption but prevent it by using One Minute Cough Cure, the great remedy for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis and ull throat and lung troubles.—Oden dahl Bros. John Grlllin, of Zanesville. O , says; “ I never lived a day for thirty years with out sutl'errng agony, until a box of De Wilt's Witch Hazel Salve cured my piles.” For piles and rectal troubles, cuts, bruises, sprains, eczema and all skin troubles DeWItt’s W itob Hazel Salve Is unequalled.—Oib , !abl Bros. ^ l.ow On* nay Mat** To .1 I’ulnt* Kaat. Via the Burlington Hon: July 10, 17, 18, ID, VO, VI and each Ft aud Mott dav thereafter until Augo- l Go eaat on uuy of the » * u low rato day a ami you aave enougi cover all t it* invl tco tl expense* o tvel heath III sleeping - tr meals, ti is, etc See to nr* *1 U. A M It agent, or ante to J. I'ranei* G. I' V, Omaha Mt*ltf*»ka' Mm vlg*if and victory it *t*e at* the * t-ara* terlati** at IksWtii • I till* Early Kotin, the f .ioous little , for con st, pat cm. I Uiitttsuvss ami .til * lamas b amt liver trouble* Odei , ti Bros **| t rave hot Outs Mitn,'. “ aatd the pit kite «|» s.-t In a Ito.i > volte anti ken hr to*** a -lose ot Utl* MtnUIr t tmgh t'lth', and y*,'t*s*ett**l tsitu hi* oratory t s*. * l| iti.i, * ottgh t'ute is ,i*r^sttlt,l |t»| tin th #. »»■ *| long 11* * * *'* ll.teo- X dahl Klta I tool I.».«r»t« yttof ttunin b with legs and Miter hart**, hot regulate tour II in and vie*, heads* ha t*y tt * tog th ■*.*# fasts oti» little plil* amt an gs |xdt til's I,title l.rt t K utl ttdimUhl llna Ky»% I tr, Nvm*' niitl rtmuil. hr. Hutntt<*r hurl* Mruiul h* kw4