Lioaal Dsws. Weather fine, fall plowing in fuli b’ast. John Travis made a trip to Ord Tues day. Simpson Criss moved south of town last Friday. Ray Thrasher, of Arcadia, was in the city Monday. Mr. Shaedla, of Arcadia, was in the city Wednesday John Terhune was over from Litch field, Wednesday. X. It. Thompson was doing business nt the Hub Monday. E. F. Walker drove over from Mason, Thursday morning. John X. Fisher and wife went to the exposition Monday. J. M. Snyder added hi° name- to our subscription list Friday. The Draper Bro’s took a new wind mill home Wednesday. J. D. Ford shipped a car of fat cattle to South Omaha, Tuesday. C. M. Smith sold Frank Otlewski a new set of harness Wednesday. MACHINE OIL AT WATKINSON’S C. A. Austin and Geo McDonald re turned to Cherry county last Monday. Mrs. C. II. King and Mrs. J. M. Sny der were pleasant callers Saturday last. Warm days cool nights and pops feel ing all over in yellow spots. large ones Mrs. A. B. Outhouse and two little daughters went the exposition Monday. Don't forget to attend the Pick-Up social at Watkinsons ball to-morrow night. J. M. Russell of Washington twp. called at this olllce while in town Satur day. Miss Edna Williams came down from her school Friday evening and spent Sunday at home. Mr, ami Mrs. Jlminie Conger, and Grandma Haney spent Sunday with G. II. Gibson and family. Fruit and Tomato Cans only docents a doz. at Watkinson. Ira Williamson of Clear Creek, has made application for final proof of his homestead right. I’rairie fires ate beginning to be in evidence once more. Look out for your fire guards. Mr. John P. Cook, of the south part, of the county was seeing sights at the hub oae day this week. S. F. Reynolds and E. A. Draper took their first scoot on the Odd Fellows goat Wednesday night. A. Flint brought in 397 head of cows • and calves and young cattle Tuesday, which he offers for sale cheap. Mr. John Shrove and family who have been visiting in Illinois during the sum mer are now on their way home. Everybody turn out and haye a good time at the Ladies of the G. A. R. social to-morrow night,at Watkinson's hall. Geo. E. Benscboter, senior editor of this religious weekly and his better half arc taking in the Trans-Mississippi this week. Mrs. D. M. Criss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson Criss, came up from Phil lips, last Friday evening to visit her parents. Pigeon shooting is becoming a great sport among the boys. They have plenty of birds to practice on for a long time to come. The editor of the Evans City Pa.. Globe writes “One Minnie Cough Cure is rightly named It cured my children after all other remedies failed." It cures coughs, colds aud all throat and lung troubles.—Odeodahl Bros. Adam Zahn of Elm twp., dropped in to the oftlee of the two orphans last Sat urday and purchased two copies of the history of Sherman county. Bob Moore, of LaFayette. Ind., says that for constipation he has found De witt’s Little Early Risers to be perfect. Tbev never gripe. Try them for stomach and liver troubles.— Odendahl Bros. The Odd Fellows are having a great boom just now. They have organized a degree team and are doing some splendid work with Joseph Church as instructor. Ashley Conger went to Omaha, last Saturday to visit the exposition and also to visit the family of his friend who was killed at Santiago, Mr. Long, who lives at Walnut la. Win your battles against diseases by acting promptly. One minute Cough Cure produces immediate results When taken early it prevents consumption And iu later stages it furnishes prompt releif.—Odendahl Bros The attention of the public and espe cially the republican electors of Sher man county is respectfully called to the notice for a call for the county conven tion which appears at the head of this page. It is hoped that all delegates will be present. I also desire that all members of the county central commit tee meet with us on that day so that ar rangements can be made to v/ork in con junction with the state central commit tee who request It, Gko. E Bknsciiotek, Chairman Rep. Co. Central Com W. G. Odendalil and Kd. Veeder also bought a ticket, good for a round trij to the exposition Wednesday morning? Mr. and Mrs G. H.Scott left Wednes day morning for their contemplated trip to the exposition and ther.ce to Oklaho ma. Bojs how would you like the better class of citizens to know who you are? Some morning the police Judge will be compelled to ask you your name. Ira Foster has purchased the residence property of Walter McNulty, and Mr. McNulty, wo have been informed lias purchased the German property in the east end of town. Has any one seen our fire department lately or has it been stolen or rusted fast some placet- The darn thing hasn’t even sounded its gong since last winter. Who will scare it out. New and second hand wag ons at T. M. Reeds. C. W. Gibson of Litchtleld, and I,. Bechthohl, Jacob Albers and John I,. Hawk of Loup City, were Sherman county's reprereutatives to the senator ial convention at Kavenna, yesterday. 1 think Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salveis the finest preparation on the market for piles. So writes John C. Dunn, or Wheel ing W Va. Try it and you will think tlie same. 1 also cures eczema and all skin diseases.—Odendahl Bros. Mr. J. C. Fletcher informs us that tie is great grandpa to a little midgit just lately born but in Wyoming Great Grandpa beers the distinction well but says it makes aim feel a trifle older. The Chief Ecgcss of Mllesburge Pa. says DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the best pills he ever used in his family dur ing forty years of house keeping They cure constipation sick headache and stomach and liver troubles. Small fu size but great in results.— Odendahl Bros. Some of the fathers in ttic city should emulate Bixby and say ‘come into the wood sited mv lad” if their boys have not grown out of their reach. If they have the people will help them out be fore long. vw i. mi in f mi niiaii j Cut this out and take it to the drug, gist named below and you will receive ,a regular 25c size bottle of Dr# Saw yer’s I'katine for5c Ukatinc positive ly cures all forms of Kidney difficul ties, Dyspepsia, TJV Constipation. Headache, Rheu-t* J- matism, Puff ing of the Eyes. Ukatinecures Pimp les and Blotches, and makes sallow and yellow skin white, Do not delay but take advantage of this great offer, as thousands bear evidence to the wonderful curative pow ers of Ukatine For Sale by—Odendahl Bro’s, Loup City Nebr. J. C. Fletcher has sold 8532.50 worth of hogs this summer. Mr. Fletcher says he borrowed 8500 on his farm when he went to Oregon, and paid it oft' in two years from the products of the farm* after returning. Pretty good for an old man. Rev. VV. E. Matthews returned from conference Tuesday last, and will re main on this charge another year. Mr Matthews is well liked here and every body will be pleased to learn that he will be with us longer. Max Lesehinsky was in the city last Tuesday, he is located at Mason City, at present but will move to Litchfield next week where he will stay six weeks and then return to Loup City forthe winter. Mrs. Samuel Hancock aud daughter May, returned home from Central City last Thursday where they have been undergoing medical treatment. Mrs. Hancock is much improved but Miss 1 May, is unable to walk. Mrs. W. K. Brown and son Fred, start ed overland for Iloxie, Kan., last Tues day to visit friends and see a ranch that a party wishes to lease them. They ex peet to be back in about two week. A Sure Ligrippe Cure. There is no use suffering from this dreadful malady, If you will only get the right remedy. You ate having pain all through your body, your liver is out of order, have no appetite, no life or ambition, have a bad cold, in fact are completely used up. Electric Bitters Is the only remedy that w ill give you prompt and sure relief. They act di ieetly on your Liver, Stomach and Kid neys, tone up the whole system and make you feel like a new beiyg. They are guaranteed to cure or price refund ed. For Sale at Odendahl Bro’s Drug Store, only 50 cents per bottle Mr. M. L. Seott. of VVahoo, orders t tie official paper of Sherman county to his address this week. They all want it. Mrs. Adam Conhiser and children erme down from Sargeant Wednesday and are the guests of Mrs. Conhisers brother. Mr S. F Reynolds Frank Root, the fellow that raised a rumpus at Litcliticid. one night last week at a dance and broke up the fun knocked tlie constable out the first round, threw the dance hall tint De west window and then skipped, was overhauled at Kearney, by sheriff Pat ton, and brought back last Monday to answer before the Sanhedrim of Sher man county and drew a prize which will insure the tranquility of Litehftelds terpsichorean twirlers for thirty days oney haw. » llOlt Klltl.K UK ATII Word reached town yesterday about 9:00 o’clock a. rn. of the shocking death of John P. Cook a young roan who lives about twelve miles south of Loup City Mr Cook was farming M'- Frank Full ers place and living in the house with 'Jiat gentleman, lie w as i.el ping thrash and got up to feed the machine They were threshing headed grain and it was wet and stuck togather. Mr. Cook was shaking tlie grain to seperate it 88 it fed Into the cylinder when his glove caught and drew him head first into the machine grinding ids head into a bloody mass of quivering flesh. He leaves a widowed mother whom he Intel taken cue of in her old days, He was a sober industrious young man who was greatly respected by all who knew him. and his horrible deatii was a great shock to tlie community in which he lived. Call fur Republican County Convent’on To Kecon vene. As per adjournment of the Republi can county convention held at the Wal worth ball in Loup City on the 22 day of August, 1898. 1 hereby call the same to reconvene at Loup City, on Saturday Oct. 1, 1893, at 1 o'clock p in. AH dele gates are requested to In* present. All townships not represented in the for mer convention are requested to hold primaries and send de.egates to this convention Said convention 'ill le held for the purpose of placing in nom ination candidates for county officers on the republican ticket and ro tiansnet such other business as may come before the convention. The representation for the several townships are as follows: Ashton.4 Bristol.3 Ciay.8 Elm.2 Harrison.(i Hazard.4 Logan.4 Loup City.13 Oak Creek.2 Rockville.4 Scott.2 Washington. . . .4 Webster.4 Total.....55 S. J. Fair, Chairman Attest: G. II Gibson. Seey. A Marrow I'scap . Thankful words written by Mrs Ada E. Aort, of Groton, 8. I). “Was taken with a bad cold'which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally terminat ed in consumption. Four Doctors gave me up, saving f could live but a . hort time. I gave myself up to my savio., determined if I could not stay witli my friends on earth, 1 would meet my ab sent ones above. My husband was ad vised to get Dr, King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me. and thank God I am saved and now a well and healthy wo man.’' Trial bottles free at Odendahi Bro’s Drug Store. Regular size 50o and SI,00. Guaranteed or money refunded ♦ We are Informed by Mr. W. B. Rey nolds of Arcadia, that on account of the combinations of all western roads on rates which goes into effect Sunday the 25. it will be neeassary for those parties that were intending to start on the 20. to start Saturday the 24, in order to se cure the #20 rate to Portland Ore. After the 24, the rate will be at least double. The return rate will be #40. -• -- Some of the pops seem to think it rather strange that Hon. J. M. Snyder appears to have been very satisfactory as a legislator, to the friends of good government in the republican party, and that very little opposition would have developed had he been renominat ed. It would seem that even the pops owe the great duty to the people of nominating the best qualified men for the different positions. If they are tiue reformers they would have done so, but it is spoils they are after and not reform. --—♦ -• •«. The brightest days of fusionists are gliding swiftly by and nobody is in closer touch with the stern reality than they, in speaking of fusionists, wre refer more specifically to the party bosses and present state officials, whose deepest interest and concern in fusion politics lie in their re-election. Tite.se are the ones who‘ view with alarm” the Present situation and enter the cam paign with very little heart or hope for the future. They have numerous head quarters and as a further convincing argument that they keenly appreciate the gravity of the occasion, have select ed two chairmen of the state central committee. They are receiving wagon loads of literature franked through from Washington. D. C., and still with al tills, there lias gathered under the state house dome and ominous pall of gloom. Things are not as they once were before “\\ illie died.” Fusion is no longer that perfect beatitude of times past and gone. A prominent democratic political!, whose ability to hold his present job at the state house depends wholly upon the results of the coming election, hopes that fusion can lie made effective just one more time, but ex presses* a sincere doubt upon the stib jerf. lie is certain the beginning of the end ii here, and that the scheme o( a triple alliance of fusion cannot poss ibly survive another year. For the Annual Encampment of Hip (• A. R at Cincinnati O. in September tiie l \ ION PACIFIC will make the greatly reduced rate fiom Loup City nl #22 Of. for the round trip Be sure your ticket reads via the I’niou Pacific. For time tables and full infor mation call on W. D. OurroN Agent. A CRITICAL THE | During the Battle of Santiago. SICK OR WELL, A RUSH NIGHT AND DAY. The Packer* at the Hattie «»t Santiago ! m 10100 tel • - ..son'blc. Obtain them ■i •- local dcaicr an •’ r. , comparisons. qelvidere, ill. T |V! REED Dealer in -A FULL LINK OF Washing Machines, Sewing Machines and Implements and Hardware. •Wipdfnills, Pujnps and Pipes * Singer Sewing Machines for §25.00. If you need anything in my line call and see me and you will be convinced that all we have for sale is offered at very low figures. Don’t fail to call and see our BRAN NEW STOCK OF BUGGIES. EAST SIDE mtl.li: SQUARE. LOUP CITY. - - NEB. A p CUE LEY, A p CULLEY, President. Cashier. FIRST OF LOOP CITY. General Banking Business Transacted. * __ fl Paid up Capital Stock $20,000 Correspondents: Seaboard National Bank, New York City, N. Y.,Omah x National Bank, Omaha, Nebraska War Maps-We have on sale kl this office the very latest edition of Rand McNally’s maps' showing all the princi ple locations of the present American Spanish War at a glance. Price 15 cents Stutterers. For the Permanent Cure of Stammer ing and Stuttering etc., under the per sonal treasment of Prof. E. C. New comb, 2621, Sherman avenue, Omaha, Nebr. $5.00 REWARD. Five dollars will be paid for proof of the fact that any one is using city water for irrigating purposes. II. Jen nek, Water Commissioner. Farmers, Insure your property in The Phenix Insurance Company, against Fire, Lightning, Wind Storms Cyclones and Tornadoes. w. j. fishek. Agen BUCK LENS’ AHNICA SALVE. The best salve in the world for Cuts Briuses Sores Ulcers Salt Rheum Fever Sores Tetter Chapped Hands Chilblains Corns and all Skin Eruptions and pos itively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Odendahl Bros MACHINE OIL AT WATKINSON’S E. A. Blanks of Lewisville. Texas writes that one box of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve was worth 850.00 to him. it cured his piles of ten years standing. He advises others to try it. It alsocures eczema, skin diseases and obstinate sores.—Odendahl Bros. __ ■ ^ WLUWU I ____ ANCHOR WIRE FENCE... i Strongest fence on the market, Is perfectly safe and an effectual barrier agaiustall forms of stock. Made of No. H galvanized steel wire. Cross wires securely clamped. Inca* pensive. Write for cot* alogue. Meat, this paper OLO STYLE OUR STYLE. A- S- MAIN, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA. OFFICE. —One door east of Ohaae’a drug store. R. J. NIGHTINGALE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, LOUP OITT. i | KBi T. INKS, PROPRIETOR OF Express and General Delivery Line. All Express or Freight orders prompt ly attended to. 4 4 T. 8. NIGHTINGALE, ~ LAWYER, DOES A General Law and Collection Business A Notary Public, Stenographer and Type writer In Office. One Door North of First Bank, LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA. W J. FISHER, Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Will Defend in Foreclosure Cases. AI.SO DO A » General Real Estate Business. Office in Northwestern Building, LOUP CITY, h EHKASKA. MRS. 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