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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1899)
A SENSIBLE LETTER, A Western Canadian Settlor Wiltei to an lUInol* Friend. In writing to Mr. T. llawkyard, of Rockford, 111., Mr. Q. Simpkins, of Leduc, Alberta, Western Canada (and to wliirh points especially low rates are being quoted over all linea of rail way), says: Dear Sir:—Ree’d your letter the 14th inst. We have hud no snow till after Christmas and the cattle have been able to live out, and are all in good condition. It is snowing now. That is what we want; have about 0 inches now. The old settlers say when we have lots of snow it means a good crop the coming season. It never drifts here. The weather is calm and bright. We do not have to dress any heavier than in Illinois, and the horses never shiver with the cold when we tako them from the warm stables, as they do in Illinois. It has not frozen In the stable this winter. The most of tho stock runs out, but there is no need of it, for timber Is plentiful and thero Is no expense to build good stables and houses. We have good log houses and they are very warm. Two men can put up a houre 1(1x24 in two days. There are good rails for fences. We live ten miles from the coal district, the price being from 50 cents up to $2.00. The land Is a very rich, loamy soil, from G Inches to several feet in depth; the hills have the deepest. It is a rolling country, and excellent for stock of all kinds. Sheep do well, and there are plenty of small lakes where the cattle can get good water. The cattle got out of grass last year, about the middle of April, and run at large; unlesa in charge of a herdsman, we have to fence against them. Wheat goes from 35 to 60 bushels per acre, oatB 80 to 00. very often over a htin dred. An to potatoes, a neighbor planted 7 bushels und dux 220 bushels and no bugs. Roots of all kinds do well. There are lots of strawberries and lots of red raspberries, black and red currants, and gooseberries, where the fire has not burnt them. Cattle are scarce. I have been trying to buy some for 8 mouths and have got only three two-year-old, and paid $30 each. Hogs are scarce, but can be got. They sell for C cents dressed, and cost moro for Stockers. Wheat 50 cents per bu., oats 25 cents, eggs 30 cents a dozen, butter 15 and 20 cents, poultry was 10 and 11 cents dressed. Sheep are scarce. If you come, bring your farm tools, but bring no seeders; we use drills. Hrlng cows, but do not bring horses unless you arc an experienced hand In shipping them, for so many of them are hurt In shipping. There will bo plenty of work for a binder. Two good horses will bieak, but three light er are better. The horses you get here can work without grain, but are better with it. It will be hard to tell what prices horses will be, for the immigra tion will be very large the coming spring. They could be had last spring at one time. They claim the best time to break is June, but my experience is to break in the spring and work it. You can break till the middle of July, An Kvldenre of Proapcrlt/. It is generally conceded by econo mists, who study the commercial sit uation of the country, thet the great arteries of railway travel are a sure Indication of its condition. A depres sion in commercial lines means aban doned business trips and the cancella tion of pleasure travel, while a healthy condition of affairs means business trips and an increase of passengers oa pleasure bent. A good evidence that a business re vival has gone broadcast over this country is the “Lake Shore Limited,’’ the star train of the Vanderbilt sys tem. between New York and Chicago, which is daily comfortably filled. With a view to taking the best possible care of its patrons, the New York Central has arranged to increase the equip ment of this train by placing an addi tional standard sleeper on the trains leaving New York and Chicago Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays. To the regular traveler the appointments and comforts of this train are well known, but If you have never made a trip on it, you owe it to yourself to see and enjoy the advance made in comfort and luxury in modern railway travel. Itemeinber the fare is no high er on this train, except between New York and Chicago, w hile the accommo dations and service place this particu lar train conspicuously at the head of the list, when compared with other lines.—Albany Journal. TO Ct'KK A COM) IS ONK OAT Take !.fixative Itromo Quinine Tablets All orugglsts refund the money If it fa 11a to cure. Ac. The genuine has L. 11 Q. on each tablet. He who neglects present duties ti ry never overtake future opportunities. Nulsers Haetl Corn, Doe* your seed corn teat, Hro. Farmer? Halier s .low. -it’s northern grown, early and good for hi to lftO l>u. per acre! Hand this mitiea and !»'*• for Scorn samples anti low prices to John A. Halxer Sets! Co.. l,a Crosae, Wia. [w. n.j Home people look happiest when they have had laid newa to tell. Try Graln-O! Try Qrain-OI Ask y«n Qrorer to iUy to show yon aparkafrof OUAIN.O, ik*w>w lu<4 Uriah that tahri th»< )4a> • j! i uIw, y' Tin «VUIrvn tuny drink tl ml huul injury m wvll m lUe adult. All uh<> try it. Ilka it. QltlN O ha* that ri'b Mm) Irnm vl M<»'ka or Jiu, nut it l« m U fr in yr»»u». and lira n.iwt li 'i-ain «• .iu o i. r»'**»4*rt it a. thou 14 utrwaa j th*^r.uauf >uS**. 19 Mil* aa<l J& • sat* j>*f imtip, AW by all (nwri, TmIm lilt* CoMm l ook* llki Culht iMMliM MW|t»N|lt«|M WUI)l>0 >w»tuaiMnniii for sale. fcsaswtttu: r\xj.. M rut** tM » > >•*•!>» The News Briefly Told. Katura.iy. Havana exports of tobacco during February aggregated 13,448 bales. The United States transport Conne muugh has arrived at Honolulu, carry ing mules for Manila. A reception was tendered General Douglas at Huvaua Friday night as a farewell. Several hundred members of the Seventh corps were present. Captain James McQueen Forsythe, who has been recovering in the naval hospital In Philadelphia from a se vere illness. received word from Wash ington of ’ his appointment to the cruiser Baltimore now in the Philip pines. Robert J. Burdette, the humorist, and Mrs. Clara B. Baker were married at Pusadena, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. Bur dette will make their future home In Pasadena, where the humorist will fill the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church. The Berlin correspondent of the Morning Post says: In their desire to effect friendly settlement of the Sa moan difficulty, the German officers have decided to discontinue th .r sup port at Mataafa, hoping that this will induce the United States to recall Chief Justice Chambers. The United Staffs cruiser New York and the gunboats Vicksburg and An napolis arrived In Santiago. Rear Ad miral Sampson, accompanied by Cap tain F. E. Chadwick, called upon Ma jor General Leonard Wood, the mil itary governor, a salute being fired in honor of the admiral. President McKinley spent a quiet and restful Sunday at Thomasvlllo Ga., at tending to no business save iPfew ar rangements for the return trip to Washington, and listening to what Postmaster General Emory Smith had to say of his observations of condi tions in Cuba. The weather was very warm, the thermometer registering 85 degrees, but a breeze was blowing. Colonel Henry O'. Egbert, whom General Otis reports among the killed, was born in Pennsylvania uni] ap pointed a first lieutenant in the army from civil life on September 23, 1861. He served continuously as a line offi cer for nearly forty years. He was more closely identified with the Twelfth infantry than any other or ganization, having served with dis tinction in that regiment during the civil war. Monday. The Fifteenth Minnesota has been mustered out at Augusta, Ga. M. Delcasse has presented the An glo-French-African convention to the French chamber of deputies. The American Telephone company of New York has increased its capitul from 125,000,000 to 175,000,000. The state department has received word from Honduras that no Ameri cans are arresetd there, as reported. Minister Loomis, at Venzuela, re ports many opportunities there for American investors Hnd manufactur ers. General Royal T. Frank, assigned to the command of the department of the Gulf, is exected at Atlanta Wed nesday night. The order of a British railroad to the Baltimore locomotive works for twen ty engines Is exciting much comment in the British press. It Is reported that the Baldwin lo comotive works has received orders for a number of engines to be used iu India and Australia. The Minnesota protest against the censure passed on \the Fifteenth Min nesota regiment has ben sent to Wash ington by Governor I.lnd. Lieutenant Wells, commanding the naval recruiting station at Chicago, will enlist an unlimited number of flrst-class machinists for Dcwev's fleet at Manila. Brigadier General Pennington, re cently mustered out of the volunteer service, expects soon to resume com mand of his former regiment, the Sec ond artillery, at Havana. Canadian and New Yoork capitalists have organized a corporation to ex hibit the Yukon resources at the Puns exposition. Among the exhibits will be $5,000,000 in old dust and nuggets. The extradition warrant for Mrs. Ingersoll and John Collins, alleged ab ductors of Gerald Lapiner of Chicago, has reached Palnesville, O., but ser vice Is delayed by habeas corpus pro ceedings. The paymaster’s department of the army bus decided that volunteers who enlisted prior to the act of April 20 aro not entitled to extra pay, even though promised it by the publlsnod notices to recruits. Tuesday. Henry H. Cooper taus teen sworn In as attorney general for Hawaii. Today's statement ol the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $282,0.«,<»88; gold reserve, $242,802,768. The reception given Secretary Alger at Havaua ou his arrival was attended by a large corps of American ami Cu ban officers. The failure of congr*** to pa»a lag Ulaliou for Hawaii haa eauaad tk* loaitng of an Iranian** niirabar of vaa aela with augar for th* I'nlted tltatea Among auppilaa upon which bid* an racalvad at tha New York navy yard ara 60,uoo pound* of tunnn*d cornea beef and 50.ooo pound* of ranuad ruaal l**af. Tha InnnKgy.iMaii t’iniprawa run pany la tne latent (bin? n iruaia flora Nvw Jarary It will coauol th* rnanu fatturw of rot ton curaprowaa. Capital, . H4.0MMW9. Health t’ •mraiwU'On r Frlttwh* of lto> heeler. N \ , report* that iwt*f tut In tiMil pi***# and packed n harreia la bring ahipped into Hot heater for ■auange U'f An ltiap*clion will !•# tttadf Tk Will of Joaaph Mt.lill, lata edit* { or 01 'ha Tllboaa wae »l«*4 in tha pro* kata i **ui I « Chicago I k* **!•!*, w hit a la aatinta'vd . about •-* *•<>•» mum net h MguM'IUNl In *d>ial tharwa ta hi* two daughter* Mr* Moherl \h‘ |»at I. 1 .,!» 41, | V|l* H , > VI i , It Th* Tribune Muck la left in truat in Robert V\ Caller.on Hobail d Mi tWwttk and AliUam ll M»al* who arw gt»*a full power to vote and man* ag* o »*li aa th* majority mar decide ITtilnrailij. Secretary Alger has gone to Cienfue gos from Havana. Allentown, Pa., rolling mills will make a slight increase In wages April 1, The Indiana supreme court holds that if a man marries a woman who owes him the debt Is cancelled. It Is reported that Myron T. Herrick has been olTered the presidency of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, when It is re organized, but declines. Funeral services were held at Chi cago over the remains of the late Hishop Dugan, who died at St. Louis. Interment was In Calvary cemetery. Commander J. M. Forsythe has been assigned to the command of the Iialtl more, now on the Manila station, vice Captain Dyer, who has been invalided home. Suit has been brought against Wil liam Marttndale, Emporia, Raw., for |106,000, claims growing out of the fail ure of the First National hank of Em poria. Surgeon General Sternberg received mail reports from Manila concerning hospital and medical affairs there. In the main they dealt with routine mat ters and showed satisfactory com'.i tions prevailing. A Filipino commissioner to negoti ate for the release of the Spanish pris oners in the hands of the Filipinos ar rived In Madrid. The cabinet has de cided to sell the transports Ilapldo, Meteoro and Patriots. The commissions of the large num ber of postmasters appointed by the president since the adjournment of congress will be signed at once by the president and postmaster general. These have accumulated to the number of about 150 and the appointees have been querying the postofhee depart ment on their status. The six additional mountain guns asked for by General Oils a short time ago are now on their way to Manila. These guns are two-pounders, and can be taken anywhere that mules or men can go. General Otis had eight of these guns, besides four guns of the Astor battery. The latter, however, are twelve-pounders and much heavier to handle. 1 liunula.v. Baroness Illrscb, widow of the He brew philanthropist, is critically 111 at Paris. Lieutenant Whittlesey has been se lected as Admiral Howlson’s flag lieu tenant. The rebels of Bolivia are credited with capturing the important city of Cochabamba. Spain Las secured a credit of $13, 050,000 for the payment of interest on the Cuban debt. Advertisements are ordered for bids for 24,000 tons of armor plate, to be opened May 31. Germans are to hold a big meeting at Chic ago to protest against an Anglo American alliance. The census office appeals to people to cease applying for jobs. None will be given out for several months. The American Glass company haB shut down all its factories at Pitts burg, indeilnltely, owing to u strike of its men. Ambassador Cambon has presented to President McKinley an autograph letter from President Loubet of France announcing his election. Attorney General Monnett of Ohio decides that manufacturers of liquor in other states must pay taxes on all liquor sold in Ohio by them during the last thirteen years. The Marine Review issues a warn ing that the buying up of steamers by the steel trust means an intent, to not only control prices, but trans portation of ore. The Missouri house passed a bill making the contract rate of interest 7 per cent, a reduction from 8. The bill provides also that property sold under mortgage for a note satisfies the debt in full. The London Daily Graphic announces that the Marquis of Salisbury has ap proved the draft of the convention dealing with the British and Russian spheres of Influence in China and that the convention awuits the signature. At a meeting of the directors of the Buffalo Pan-American exposition Colonel John Weber was appointed commissioner general of the exposition at a salary of fti.OOO per annum. Mr. Weber will leave at once for Wash ington, where lie will institute rela tions with the diplomatic represent atives. particularly with the South and Central American countries. FrlUajr. Kx-8ecretary Sherman continues to Improve steadily and last night was resting comfortably. The transport l-ogitn has arrived at Savannah with the One Hundred and Slity-flrat Indluna volunteers. It wan Muted at the wur department that the provision of the urn))' law allowing the retention In service for •la month* of the volunteer* In the Philippine* ha* !>«eu construed to mean the officers a* well a* the men. and that the volunteer organisation* would be retained Just aa they now eilat, I.leutenant Fred 8. Perry, who I* rep<(rled a* wounded in the receut tight tour Malidoe, la with t'ompany K of Iheilder, tVlo. lie i* 22 year* of age and gave hi* vocation aa a alu dent He wa* promoted only a few d.»>» ugo to rt -t lleutruaut III* near • at relative I* givtu a* J. XI perry of Joliet. Ill the tr *h»port l.ogun hu» li.ok «t:ie record waking a trip in ninety h<>ma from Mavattuah to Havana, iundlng tka On* Hundred and duty itr»t Indiana and tea*'king davannah ahead of the i •tuaranlln* raplala William I Uau»n Twentieth Kanaa* legtment. injuied at Maloioa rnlteted at hi* hono In Ptttaburg. Kan. under the original • all for troop* He nenl in aa a Hi*t lieutenant »n c aioio l» and »«• after nnrd promoted to he raptain of ; t ompany K II* h H vear* of age * Uwver b> profeaaloa and a graduate of the law department of the Mate univetwitv Ilia newrewt relative la t M * .Uon of Pitta burg II GHTFUL'V Ln r't itfi EffiI*lyTIBi IQi ii'Tirj f?lP I ■ ■ i 111 II* J5^/ 'JUULI^Vco^ FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS./ LOUISVILLE, KY PRICE 50{ PER BOTTLE. r>£ NEW YDftK , N Y USA LONDON,ENG 'T'lIH pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well-known remedy, Syrup or Fiofi, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company, illustrate the value of obtaining; the liquid kix&tiiye. principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system. It is the one perfect strengthening laxative, CLEANSING THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY, DISPELLING COLDS AND HEADACHES, PREVENTING FEVERS, OVERCOMING HABITUAL CONSTIPATION PERMANENTLY, Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and substance, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, gently yet promptly, without weakening or irritating them, make it the ideal laxative. In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but THE MEDICINAL QUALITIES ARE OBTAINED FROM SENNA AND OTHER AROMATIC PLANTS, by a method known to the California Fig Syrup Company only. In order to'gcHts beneficial effects, and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. Consumers of the choicest products of modern commerce purchase at about tU/e same price that others pay for cheap and worthless imitations. 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