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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1898)
The Northwestern PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT THE COUNTY HEAT. OKO. K. RESitOHOTRRi » IMItnr* »n<I 0*0. H. GIBSON, | Put»ll»ti«r» TERMS:—11.00 PER TEAR, If PAID m ADVASCE Entered »rthe Loup City Pontofflco for trarw misslon through the mall* aa aeeond rlam matter. Official Paper Sherman County EXITING SUBMARINE TRIP. From the Philadelphia Times Captain Holland a first trip in bis submarine craft was attended with an accident which proved very exciting for a few minutes to the people on board. After her lines were cast off she was headed for Robbins Reef lighthouse, abouta mile away. When about midway between it and the Jersey shore Captain Holland said; “bold fasti I'm going to dive down to the bottom. ” As he said this he opened the valves, allowing the water to enter her submerging tanks, and properly deflected her stern fins or side rudders, so that they threw her stem up and her nose down. “Down, down, she went for a minute or more,” relates a man who was aboard of her, “and presently her nose stuck in the mud at the bot tom and she came to a full stop with a suddenness which would have thrown us down had we not been bolding fast to our supports. The instant Captain Holland felt the ves sel stop he said; “ Well here we are.” Then he stopped the engine, and re versed it, prepared to back out. As be did this I threw over the rudder, first to port and then to starboard, just as I would if we were on the surface, in order to wiggle-waggle her stern and help release her. This maneuver I kept up for probably two minutes, but the boat did not budge one inch. Then I remember ed, and so did Holland’ that the mud bank in which we were fast was a particularly sticky, pasty, clayey, and adhesive character. He stopped the propeller engines a minute and then set the pumps to work to expel the water from her tanks in order to lighten her up and make her as buoyant as possable, “It took several minutes to empty the tanks, and then he reversed the engines and set the propeller going, hoping that she would now back out of her slimy embrace with ease. She did not, however, and remained as firmly fixed in the grasp of the mud as though she were clamped iu an iron vice. ‘ The boat contained tanks of fresh air, but both myself and Captain Holland knew that there was suffi cient only to maintain our lives for a few hoars. ‘*\Ve had been fast in the mud probably three minutes when Hol land said: I will try the pneumatic gun. This gun formed the rear of a tube in the bow of the boat, through which a torpedo could be discharged. He charged it as high as it would bear with compressed air, and then touched it off. In a second I knew tliitt u’g worn fr**p fnr tha mat ant thfl boat's nose was released from tht grasp of tbe sticky mud it became so light (tbrougb tbe fact that tbe water tanks in it were empty) tbal it rose far above an even keel. We breathed freely in more than tbe litteral sense, “Captain Holland, now assurer tbal we were rising to tbe surface applied full force ahead to tbe pro peller. In leaa lime than I can tel you we reached tbe surface of thi water, and through the conning town t aaw that we bad come up very drier to a mao who was tubing from a skitf lie evidently bad not beard of tin Holland submarine boat, and though we were aa aqueous monster of noun fearful characture, for, letting g< bia line, be sprang to bis usra nor pulled for tbe shore at n apeec which would bnve escited the sdrni fallow of ^#*1 Hanlon himself. “I beaded our boat fur lls) on as and in ten wtuulee ee were again anfi in out dock W ben the Mp of tbe eoa Sing lower was removed 1 at iambler! up on tbe deck and then mnde Dm bent of my wny to tbe wbnrf. As I did so I turned sad looked to wbnl bed come ae near being my wurtia aa«l I saw that it* euae bad been Ihiual fully If leaa feet into tbe mud sad tbea I man vied that I ana nova Editor Northwestern —As several have expressed a wish for me to write up an account of my recent trip through the North west, I will make a brief statement hoping It may prove of In terest and use to some one. We left Loup City over the B. A M. via. Lincoln and Omaha on May 2nd and from Omaha on the C M A 8t. Paul to St. Paul. As the trip through Is. was uneventful and made mostly In the night 1 have but little to communicate. We saw our Nebraska state troops at Lincoln. They were scattered every where over the city and it reminded me of days passed from 1N61 to 8f>. The same at 8t. Paul. Minn. Every thing was bustle for war. We arrived In 8t. Paul at 7:110 a. in. therefore saw but little of the state of Minnesota. What we did see much ©f It was low wet ground, unfit for farm ing. The higher land was bluffs which either was or had been covered with timber and on these hillsides were many comfortable homes, and. I Judge were used mostly for stock raising and dairying. These farms were generally set with blue grass, and at that time was good feed. We staid In 8t. Paul until 1 i)0 p. m. when we started on our trip west. Bt. Paul Is a finely built business city and reminds me of our far eastern cities, From there we lake a north west course over the Great Northern K. K. to Kallispell, Montana The first 320 miles to Grand Forks, North Dakota Is a fine, well settled country and I judge that wheat is their main crop, though we saw ijuite a few fields of corn stalks. At Grand Forks the road runs due west almost par alell with the North line of the United States. What we saw of this country was manv nonds Marshes, etc., with ai few small farms scattered in on the high land. There was a few small towns, but many stations were nothing but aside track. A little further on we saw Indications of soft coal and I have since learned, that the Great Northern •re preparing to deyelop mines They are looking to a future supply. At Wllllston OM miles west of St. Paul we strike the Missouri river, and soon after Old Fort Beaufort, the remains of which are In good view from the Station bearing the same name. Here we leave North Dakota behind us and enter Montana at 2 p. in. or a little more that twenty-four hours from St. Paul We follow the river to Glasgow, 806 miles from St. Paul. Since passing Fort Beaufort It is mostly an Indian reservation and a fairly good country with some grass. As It was ration day we saw the Indians assembled at the slaughter house to get their meat and I Judge there will be nearly two thous and of them. After passing the reservation the land to the foot hills of the Rockies Is fair grazing lands and used for that pur pose. Near the reseraytlon we passed on the south of the lava beds or Bad Lands. A volcanic formation of beauty and nulte different from anything that 1 had ever seen. It looked to me like cinder thrown up when melted and on top of many of the spires was a differ ent formation as though it had carried the crust of the earth up with it when It burst out. At 7 p. in. we got to II avre 260 miles from St. Paul. Here the road branches off for Helena, Bulle, etc., but we keep the main line and about 2 a. m. struck the snow line on the Rockies without hardly knowing that we were climbing the mountain side, the assent being so easy. But we find ourselves among the rocky gorges and snow banks all the same, and cold enough to make it necessary for the train men to coal up. We soon arrived at the summit, passed through a long tunnel and commenced the descent. In one place we passed oyer a tressel 227 feet hlgb, and I was told that at. times In heavy wind It would swing six Inches out of line. The company is now building a steel Bridge to take Its place. We<soon strike the headwaters ft f t.tift VlnthRiul rivt»r ami fnllnur It down to the valley, passing through several tunnels. We came out on the Flathead valley 1209 west of St. Paul, and at 0 a. m. of the third day arrived at our destination, Kalisoell, 1224 miles from St. Paul, and about 1750 from Loup City. We made the trip between 7:10 Monday morning and Ga.m Thurs day. The average time incl tiding stops from St. Paul, being about 80 miles per hour. Kallspell, the county seat of Flathead county Is located In the valley bv that name The valley Is from live to twenty live miles wide and perhaps a hundred miles long and lays between the two ranges of mountain *. the tup. of which are covered with snow eleven months In the year There we rested for two WMkl uf 1 will MMt>i| foi our visit and return In our next. M II. Smith lu our adverliaing columns will l>« found an announcement of Kx Senatot John J. Ingalls forthcoming book cn tilled A merlina War lor Humanity Cany Busing agnuta will Hod in it a book remarkable interest, ami cer ly of «-\tr •ordinary aobdoiiav history id I he war i. lidd tn pi t l ure and story, aad in n way that alw«y. | cbarncterUea Ik* hrilllanl (tea of Sett at or lagalla In narrating the Inti denta of Ikia war he Ini* grand acops for kia auperb deeeriptitre and aua lytlcal jaiweia The theme is Worthy of the author, and the author i* war thy of the theme it la puuUahfgl by N. i> Thom pet mi I'ublisbiug t\x, yd Hi l.tiuta, M » It will Im* a monaaine tai work that will not only he avert when rend, but it will W • moan meal l»» his geaia* that mill mtlivi la hiaturv hia brilliant eeaatial earner ' the awhaerlpttun t«<*dk trade aad th« . aavaaemg ageat an f«*rt«yaate in lh i fas t that an author of such ran ahil iiy haa been rebated in it* interest ANIMALS UNDERGROUND. Borrowing m It la Performed by V nr Ions Specie! of M Min inn I •. Ventilation, or ratber the want of it, must be a difficulty in the underground life of almost all mammals. Tho rabbit and the rat aecnre a current of aid by forming a bolt hole iu connection with their system of passages, but tbo fox, the badger and many of the field voles and mice seem indifferent to uny such precaution. There Is no donbt that whatever gave the first impnUe to bar row, many animals look npon this, to ns most unpleasant exertion, as a form of actnal amusement. It also confers a right of property. Prairie dogs constantly set to work to dig holes merely for the love of tbo thing. If they cannot have a suitable place to exerotse their talent in, they will gnaw into boxes or chests of draw ers, and there barrow, to the great det riment of the clothes therein contained. In an inclosed prairie dog “town” they have been known to mine until the su perincumbent earth collapsed and buried the greater aumbor. A young prairie dog, let loose in a small, gravel floored house, instantly dog a hole large onough to sit in, turned round in it and bit the first person who attempted to touch him. Property gave him courage, for before he had been as meek as a mouse. It la noticeable that the two weakest and least numerous of onr mice, the dormouse and the harvest moose, do not barrow, but make nests, and that these do not mnltiply or maintain their num bers, like the borrowing mice und voles. Bat tbo fact that there are members of very closely allied species, some of which do burrow, while others do not, seems to indicate that tho habit is an acquired one. In this connection it is worth noting that many animals which do not bar row at other times form burrows lu which to conceal and protect their young, or, if they do burrow, make a different kind of a more elaborate char acter. Among those nursery burrows are those of the dog, the fox and sand martin, tne Kiugusnor ana me suei drake. Foxhound litters novor do so well as when tho mother is allowed to make a burrow on the sunny side of a straw stack. In time she will work this five or six feet into the stack and keep the poppies at the far end, while she lies in the entrance. Vixens either dig or appropriate a clean burrow for their cubs, which is a natural habit, or, at any rate, one acquired previously to the nse of earth by adult foxes.—Loudon Spectator. MYSTIFYING A CONDUCTOR. The Determined Woman Wanted lllm to find Uer Nephew. She had a look of determination in her face as she stood on tho corner of Main and Court streets in Auburn and signaled for an electrio car. The car stopped and the woman ad vanced to the steps. “Where be you goiu?" said she, “Figure 8," said the conductor. “Eh!” “Figure 8.” “Ate what?" said she. “Who said anything about eatiu? Do yon goiu past my nephew James Strout’s house?” “Duuno,” said the conductor. “All aboard.” “You hoi’ on, young man,” said the woman. “Don’t yon get exoited. Don't you kuow Jim Btrout? Ho lives on Iiu ral avenue, and he’s expectin me today. ” “We go College street,” said the con ductor. In the meantime the motorruan was stamping on the gong and passengers were getting interested. “All aboard,” was the oourteous sug gestion of the conductor. "If you are going with me, madam, get aboard. We don’t keep a directory and we don’t sell ■tamps, and I am not acquainted with James Btrout of Rural aveuue, but if you waut to ride arouud the figure 8, all aboard. ’ ’ “Well, I never!” said tho woman. “Well, young man, there’s one thing you kin do. You cau hold your horses till I ait mv gripsack. ” And they did, aud the conductor helped her aboard with it, and on Col lego street, near Skinner, she saw a family in a team, aud she “uvu u yell that shot off the electricity quicker than a cat catches a rat. It was her nephew. Snch are the tender Ministrations of fate that wutch over resolute women.— Lewiston Journal. Music Hliop* ou Liner*. From a single venture live years ago small shops for the sale of musical in struments huve become a regular thing ou the large liuers that sail from Lug land to India, Australia aud the col onies. From the begiuuiug the music shop was quite a success. i‘crhu|u most of it. trade runs iu the direction of cheap banjos, which are bought by almost ev ery man ou board before the voyage aa a means of passing the time. Valuable viollueareofteu more easily , disposed of al sett Until ou .bore, whlls ■ svou pianos me« I with si least four 01 Ate customers each voyage, many |>eo pie Ui.po.ing of their own instrument! bet.-re starling aud hclug teadily per suadnt lulu buying others to avoid tbs middleman on huidlug. I be tttttbeuud music sbepageul u»uel ly travels Rid «law, ami as he is gener ally psttwwl of gentlemanly mauavrt aud glib h-ugee be meets will* beitci upporteeitleefur pushing hi* wares iiiaa ihe wunld get under ordinary eireuia Nlbo. — l.«il*a tilobe ■«.. ■ - -- ttw lN.1 ten. "Jit James VP, James Htitbsi W la," said the ■ Urh at the asp tew of Im, teaillsg the on the link package " What are ib« v-oatsuta •Madam.*" *' A Milttaim <1 isao ml ting. “ replied the young ewstt euldl* "V hat M the value' " Nothing—-to me." she mid. Will bun soldi? ..Abhage 1 11 bee* J. PHIL JAEUErI _____ _ HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER LARGE INVOICE OF I _ itfdt . X_....— . I AND YOU SHOULD NOT FAIL TO CALL AND SEE THEM. I HAVE THE LARGEST AND FINEST ASSORTMENT OF Trunks and Valises Ever BROUGHT TO THE MIDDLE LOUP VALLEY. Our trade is steadily increasing and it is flattering evidence t<* us that our new plan of hammering down the prices is appreciated b_v the public, and by adding largely to our stock, many articles heretofore sold in other stores for high prices, and selling them on a very close margin, we are gradually building up a bus iness that is highly satisfactory. We have a mammoth stock of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, and Notions, all new spring goods, but we do not be lieve in. selling them on large profits to make up fora sacrifice in some other de partment, because we find that we can do more business on close margin than on ] large profits, and a large volume of business will give us good interest on our investment. Don’t go by our store if you want a bargain in a Trunk or Valice or in fact anything to put in it. We are here to do business and have employed the aid of low prices in every department to assist us. Come in and see our goods and learn our prices when you visit the county seat. Remember the place, | South Side Public Square, Loup City, Neb. THE DIRECT LINK. To Denver, Walt Luke City, Wan Fran cisco and Portland, is via the Union Pacific. The service of the Union Pa cific to all principle western points is unexcelled by any other line and con sists of Pullman Palace Bleepers, Pull man Tourist Sleepers, Chair < 'ars, Din ing, (Meals a la cart.) For time tables and full information call on W. D. Clifton, Agent. NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION. Land Office at Lincoln. Nobr. ( April SR, ISDN. j Notice Is hereby given that the following named settler Hied notice of his Intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the County Judge of Sherman county, at Loup City, Nebr., on Monday, June l.t, ISkS, viz: Kardzmnierz Sowakinos, II. E. No. 1HJRI, for the north west quarter of section Si. township IS, range 1.3, west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, und cultl vation of, said land, viz: Mike Petrylis, John Hpotanskl, Adam Fredrick. Michael Itewolinskl, all of Ashton, Neb: Any person who desires to protest against the allowance of such proof, or who knows of any substantial reason, under the law and the regulations of the Interior lie partment, why such proof should not he allowed, will be given an opportunity at ttie above time and place to cross.examine tlie witnesses of said claimant, and to offer evidence in rebuttal of that submit ted by claimant. .1. w. Johnson. Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Lincoln, Neb. j Apt 11 21st, lsds l Notice Is hereby glveu that the fol lowing-named settler has tiled notice of his intention to make final proof In support of Ills claim, und that said proof will he made before the county Judge of Sherman county, Nebraska, at Loup City, on Saturday, June 4, Jsus, viz: John W. Carpenter II K, No istBT for the South West Fourth, Section 12, Towuablp II, Range 11, west. He names the following witnesses to prove his contin uous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz John Vandergrtft. Ellas S oglu John H, Needham, aud William II. Ilayes, all of Auallu, Nebraska. Any person who desires to protest against the allowance of such proof, or who kuows of any sub slantial reason, under the law und the regulations of the Interior liepartuieiil, why sueh piuot should not he allowed, will be given an opportunity at I he atsive mentioned time und place to cross exam ine tlie witnesses .if said claimant, and 1 to otter evidence in tebullal of that sub. uiltted by claimant J w, Johnsoi, heglsier Nut lit OF STOCK I Iht.N I P : I hereby give notice that I have taken i upon my farm. In Bristol towust.ip, gee lion, II, t II, Ksttgs it, ahermsa county Nebtusha, on ot about bay ltd, |w* iota black mare colt, about three yaais old, ! a eight about si pounds, hind icgs white up to khee uud arur in loffette«,l. (tens, i cuw here sums by paring coal ol keeping aud for this advevnsewuuk. Barsu M»hi*. HftlM mi i MAIM i »"■k\m» ICN CAMl’Mt.X r tflM\U i»i*r . WY«> fti»( t*I'** tft* wiUmU ' >M4f I tf9 fut |M |t 1(1 |»4u« #» "*». I (flMII ill (**MI»|4 1*4 % •’»>? 44*4. u)w(ii<)tt #i«4 I l«)i I** M )u 1**1** «*•» wbUli (li'k[9ti »i|l U» *»*M irv l |tl 4**sf .If4 l i«fi*44)r ii Htf. Jmh# JhIi t*l K|i* IK*I ft*4 \«*¥ hli|« >**»* tkiMf «k9*(^l ****i#4«if Mfti 4 ! * H%4 lift* I4i| 1 i *4^4 laid. |IM|f Mini I «4« full ln#44fll*4||vH4 % *11 Mtt tf | *<44* i* H l> * i H*‘K A : * M I FOR AND ADVERTISE IN THE The BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM and local newspaper in SHERMAN COUNTY. -ALSO TUE OFFICIAL PAPER HF Tit COONTY. " J USHER, UK«» |ik\jsa||(»TEK, Atlurm y ami Notary I'ul.lla, I’aMlahvr l,..t 1 in N<»him*aataiut Fisher & Benschoter, Real Estate Agents, LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA. Town Lota, Wild, Cultivated and Irrigated LANDS FOR SALE.
