VOL. XV. NUMBER 3/> REPUBLICAN RALLY. The Republican '•ally last W cd needay evening wan mueb better nt tfulled than any political meeting held here thin tear. K very body seemed anxious to hear a speech which wiih full of put riot ic tenti Iiient and not, a continual howl of calamity. They were not disapoinl ed. The program wan commenced )•% the singing of un appropriate re jection bv the ladies quartette fol lowed hv the reading of an article from the pen of ex Governor Thayer, treating upon tin* subject of how the “Horne of the Kiicndlcss got into Politics, ' The reading was follow ed by a song from a mixed quartette which rendered in u most apprecia tive manner the late production, in the form of a beautiful poem written by Colonel Hixby of the .State Journ al. This poem was, by special re quest prepared and read by Mr. Bixby at an indignation meeting held in the city of Lincoln for the purpose of denouncing the acts of Governor Holcomb and hits select I, >ar I of Commissioners in their in human method of running or trying to run the Home, by wittiolding money rightfully belonging to it will) which to purchase needed sup plies. Then after a brief speech by A. Wall, tin; speaker for the even ing, Prof. Kdward Maggi, of the Union t'/jiiiuitreinl (,'lub of Lincoln, was in nod need He was greeted with applause and for three quarter* < f an hour belli the audit nee in close attention from the opening to the close, llisspeec.li was eloquent and Patriotic Si attentive were ids listners that it was necessary for the chairman to dismiss the audience alter tin- speaker had taken his seat. The only fault we have yet heard was thnl lie so interested the people that they rui'fl more. Mr. Maggi stated to our reporter that he had already made nineteen speeches during the campaign and had six more dates to fill winding up u». Lincoln, on Monday evening. ASHTON LOCALS. Friday evening the populists held a polstical meeting in the hall here, lint the turnout was small, and was besprinkled In many republicans Have not heard of any conversiohs. V\ In is this! Monday evening the boys proceed ed to celebrate halloween in right royal style, and from the appear ance of the main street on Tuesday morning there must have been some very muscular fellows in the party. (I. W. Marvel & Co., received a car load of coal this week f«*r their own use We note that ou Oct. 25th a pat ent was issued to Mrs. W. M. 8tnel ser, nee Miss Alpharetta Fair, for a key guard, by the government. Good! Glad to learn we have uu inventor among us. Taylor & Cooklin received a car of coal with which to furnish heat for their store ami their several resi dences. Kmil Hold left Tuesday evening for O mu lie. A meeting has I wen isi’led for tlie •lilt, ni the tiigli school building for the purpose of starting a literary ami dehulitig society. Tlie Folia h Hocistv shipped u ear of hogs Wednesday. Kroiu all report* it looks very much as if Ashton w as going to have a Catholic church nest spring. We hear that Mr Kosiuuki and Miss I'rsua dikn are to tie married ou Midi* Not *'h Mm thelis foe a long and hMppv wedded life is tin* wish of I f I Mr Chas I |t< ii«*ioui>cii It gun a let in of school in itie Fsir'iairu «l s |i|t>i on Mondsi the dial We un let*' in I Mu* lliatuh Fslge Is ii !<>.• sick list this Week. Mr li McFartnnd, tvpttuculing the 'I I. Cian peop.r, w * here Tiles* ii* i, on business tj. F M*rt .w teturnvil Monday evening from « prolongs l liip east I V V, The editor* of the Northwestern showed their supreme iguorunee lust week when they said “<2or»«l hogs lard is worth more than olcomargar ine. Henee, the oleomargarine is made out of the lard, the refuse, such ns soup grease is made of.” ()leomargatlne is the sweet fat of eat tie mixed with an extra quality of creamery hotter.- Times led. The above in conclusive evidence that the editor of tint Times is either an ignoramus or a wilful prevarica tor, Everybody knows that choice creamery butter is worth go cents per pound, and in some parts of the country more, and that Oleoinarg etir** generally sells for from 7 hr H cents a pound. Now Mr, Times where is the fool that will lake gt) cent creamery butter and go to a heavy expense to make it ever into an articul which wdl only bring him from 7 to H cents on the market, (Jive iour readers more of such rot; it increases the NoKTII WKSTKHN sub scription list more rapidly. Follow ing is the definition of oleornargerine as taken from volume 5, Chambers Encyclopedia: OL.KO-MAK<.AIUNl: *\w, cull"! 1-uUfi il ia animal greuse In li sheep'" stomach* out Into small piece-. carte, mile of potunti, and water, M, luv-Molirl/ aucjoct the mlimre to a heat of 11:i degree* Kalirenlicit; and no by the action of the pep nine In the sheep's stomach M'peraled the fat from th- other it -uc*. By hydraulic pressure thin fat win main kc pc rated into Htearine and margarine and on putting ten pounda of the lutU i Into a churn with four pint* of milk, three pint* of water and a little aruottoor coloring and churning the com pound It wa , cany to turn out a compound Mufllclontly like butter to pans for that article. Tiie above is a complete de flnition of oleomargarine. In it, there in absolutely rio “choice creamery bai ter." The nearest we find to it is four pints of milk weakened with three plots of water. Of course it does not state whether or not it is skim milk, but when we take into consideration the other ingredients one would naturally suppose that it was. The state treasurer, Meserve, who was billed to speak here last Mon day failed to put iu an appearance, but sent as a substitute Congress man Starks' private secretary, (Jeo. Burr of Aurora. Although the weather was flue the turnout was small, there being iJ7 voters and about us many women and children present. Mr. Burr talked for about uu hour and a half, dwelling at con siderable length on the Bartley and Moore defalcation, denouncing the idea of expansion and appioving the acts of the populist state officers. Me denounced the beet sugar law, but said nothing about the fact that the Oxnards were now paying $5 per ton for beets which under con tract of last spring were to be de livered at the factory for ft per ton. lie told that the slate officers bad, since the populists had control, paid off $700,000 of stale debt, but nev er mentioned that, although Bartley had defaulted, he turned over to his successor $804,000 in cold cash. Thin amount turned over In Knit ley would pav off Hie boated #70o,()00 and leave a lialaucu of f I •; I 000 for tlie pops to commence busiueaa on, Mr. Kurr suggested the names of a number of republican* whom he thought might i have been noiiiiuat ed, ill other words he left the infer nuee that lie, n pop, should have been Allowed to choose tin republi can nominees lie said that in the large eities McKtniei was a laugh mg s'oek for the theater coin*; p> > pie, that *ha netora were springing more gags on him than antone in knew of", but mind you, Iw never mentioned tins la t that It a theatfleal pti former that a*»as»in*t. led ouf loved laiueolu ||t* euptcirwl I the anon- popidi** sld« ol tin homo I bt u |li*ii a eouple of di«gt act ful tleflet wliieh i stiet «t the p ptib-t editor to btllgh tight ostt, WUil (lie I o'o * tor wi»h lb#i nab. i en*uo out. In all he toil Mark# «•>.«,. , »ud It tiiiu I t| e *|v w a* th>' n <»i **nl isl 1 • h if >*i'i • i t: < v w » tils ip polte# I. W 1 ( v(*| a It el ti|f pop III lot sit ' 1m> belli tin | l0 lbs 2nd Arcadia flour - • 90 60 lbs 3rd Arcadia flour - - 80 Our shoe department cannot be excelled in the county and wo have an especially good line which we will close out at cost. I rusting you will favor us with your patronage 1 am Vrrv respectfully, CHARLES GASTEYER. Arc You m foo t Did you uvor think or * that P Pi ak and oa.iiiut U.jjo»t whut J you *»at. If you bii.4 luora ntroujfth | then "t *k .i SCOTT'S * of C * l MfMgt ftUiM* «<>(*«• vn ; t twrt.. » r >r Ua« , hootth tst ui». | \ man im th« •« t**» * *t. * 1 tM. i o«r« «»# w -i iV ihroilt, l '» ( It ■ B IH J1 jut* J» l tv, w*»fc w.-r¥t*, ). td iomm srf flwttt. *:<>rr * *>**.. i.mms k<« ¥«» How to I'rotont Croup We have two children who are aub Jeet lo attack* of croup. Whenever an attack is coming on my wife give* them * ttuinbcrlalua Cough ll'uucdy and It alway* prevent* the attack. It U a household necessity in thl* county and no matter what cite we run out of, it would not do to 1st without Chamlwrlalu'* < uugh Kerned*. More or U i* sold her*1 than of all other cough medicine* com i»tmd JM Sickle, of Sickle Hro*. merchant*. Nick ley itle, ft Kor »»l*by M utMp I \ is* # l,»t'hk»4 *« if <**1 i* • li # »f Ne v» OmIKI tt tl)««* > f li|t itHr I >i«if Nfefcv 4 !«-«•**-*( In 1 mil proof In support of hi* claim, and that said proof will be made before the County Judge of Sherman county, Nebraska, at Loup City, on October J»tb, IMM, via' lra Williamson, Homestead Entry No. 17,804 for the west hair or the north east 4lh ol Section SO, township ifl. Kange It! west. lit. names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, via. T. II- Hose, Erauk .tlbln, V E Kuhn, and K B. Waite all of Lttobdeid Nebraska. say person w bo desires to protest against the allowance of such proof, or who knows of nny subsist*Hal reason under the rsgu let ion of the inteiioi department, why such pi oof sbuuld not tie allowed, will ba given «u opportunity at the above men* Honed llme and pines to cross esaiulne the wiiuessuf said eluimantand to odor evl* denca in rebuttal of that subnutiad by clai mant J. W. Jowdaun, It eg it tar NUTIt’h »'*H Pl'HLRATIUN. Land ii«m nt Ltu****n. Neb. j September dnl, Me I S tive is hereby given that the fullow tag name,I setller has died native at hie Id* tea Hon to lasse dual ptoof ta support of bis etsia, sii.i that a* 4 pfuuf Will be made before the county Judge at Loup City, Nebraska, uu November M, Ism, rlS; VlmsHi hHtgef. Ttmhey t Isim hairy No i,«4t for the wagt half of south want iisurth o« ss,taro Mk roaa.hip id, Usage 11 West He aswtsa tas roiksatag Wt*» IMM I . flui, h.t mralluiruos teg|»«asa upMe s»4 euittskiam of said lead, vis MtedMvb isi«bar«>ary rtisdtish ..uenie* Juba boohiar. sad Joan Wstsu, au of •asuns. NsUrssaa 4