Lioaai D«ws. Hammocks at P. O. Reed’s. See D. C. Grow for Best Flour. Mason’s Fruit Jars at P. O. Reed’s See Bayne & Jones for Ice Cream in bulk. Leslie Sweetland is clerking for C. C. Cooper. See the great Belgian horse at the St. Elmo barn. All straw hats at cost at Johnson, Lorentz & Co’s. Do you need a Sweep or Stacker? T. M. Reed sells them. Miss Sadie Pedler has been on the sick list for the past few days. Every housekeeper wants best tlour in the market. D. C. Grow keeps it W. D. Hover, Embalmer and Fu neral Director. Ready day or night. O. F. Peterson and wife returned from the St. Louis exposition last Fri day. The Draper Saddlerly Company have just received a fine line of Fly Nets and Dusters. E, G. Taylor was oyer to Greeley Center looking after his elevator the first of the week. Miss Maud Reynolds left for Vinton, Ft. Dodge and other Iowa points, yes terday, on an extended visit Dr. Norton is the happy father of a fine boy whose arrival dates from Tuesday morning of this week. Gus Lorentz had a sad experience with poison ivy, while fishing last week. lie has a dignified walk with a cane. R. C. Packard, late of the Minden Gazette, and formerly postal clerk on this line, was visiting oid friends here Tuesday. The ball game scheduled for Tuesday on the home grounds wa3 called off, the Lincoln Creameries being unable to make the date. There will be a dance at Jenner’s Park each Saturday night hereafter, until further notice, weather permitting. Come and enjoy yourselves. The Ladies’ Unity club will meet with Mrs J. A. Ansrier July 22. at 2:30 p. m. There will be election of officers and every meml>er urged to be present. The Baptist ladies' aid society meets with Mrs. Lillie Bowman July 28, at 2 p. m. Every member expected to be present as business of importance is to be transacted. W. F. Mason and wife left Tuesday morning for Indiana, where they will visit two or three weeks at Will’s old home. Ou their retnrn they will visit the St. Louis exposition. Peter Moritz is said to be losing ground very rapidly, and is now so en feebled that he can no longer get out much. Since 'his return from New York a few weeks ago, the cancer in his mouth has been making very rapid progress.—Ravenna News. A. P. Paulson gave us a pleasant call. Tuesday, and ordered his paper sent to to his daughter, Miss Rosa Paulson, at Salinas, Calif. Mr. Paulson thinks his loss of small grain by late storms will be fully 90 per cent. But he takes his misfortune with philosophical fortitude, Drs. Davis & Farnsworth of Grand • Island,*Neb., are prepared to treat all forms of chronic diseases, such as Rheu matism, Stomach disorders, Tumors Cancers, Paralysis, Kidney diseases,etc. The doctors use. besides medicine and surgery, the x-ray, hot air baths, elec tricity and massage. Flavel Wright, the irrebressible in surance agent, received a pressing invi tation by mail, Monday. Not being a a student of biblical lore, he couldn’l construe It, till he appealed to Dr. Lonj: and the newspaper man, who gave hire the required information as to whom he was desired to tpeet. C. II Ham beck of Ashton w as i pleastant caller, last Saturday, when :r town on business. He is enthusiasti* over the products of the Loifp Citj flouring mill, and Hunks the people ought to appreciate to a great extent that enterprise in this city. He says *the mill is what brings him to Louj City, more than any other cause. Jim Depew is a genius, when il comes to wood work, as w ell as in black smith line. Last week he did seme ar tistic work on his turning lathe tbdl \^is as near prefection and exact du plicate of the pattern before . nim as could be done anywhere. There is nc use in going aw;ay from home for work . as long as j'eemes is on earth and ii Loup City. iJt.Taul and Loup City played tw< dandy gameB of ball here last week The first was on Friday afternoon, anc was the brettiest as well as the cloeesi game played here so far this season, re suiting in favor of the locals by h scon of 5 to 1. Only three scores were mad* up to the 3th inning, 1 for St. Paul anc 2 for Loup City, when the locals run ir 3 more, making the score as above. Fri day mornig another game was played between the two clubs* which was t ^Hoteresting exhibition and g.v, the locals the game by a score uf 10 to d Table Cutlery at l*. O. Reed’s. Summer drinks of all kind’s at the Model. Aaron Cullings was up to Arcadia. Sunday. A good 3-year-old work horse for sale by Dr Norton. Do you want a Cream Separator? T M. Reed sells them. Mi;s Ollie Roberts left for her home at Rapid City, S. D., Tuesday. Northern Mibing Co.’s mill stuffs on sale by D. C. Grow. Try them. Judge Wall returned from Omaha and Lincoln last Saturday evening Reynolds has somejof the finest veal this week we ever tasted. Try it. Miss Jessie Lininger is clerkfng for A. E Chase, during the illness of Miss Sadie Pedler. Binding twine now’ on hand at T. M. Reed’s. Place your order for amount you may need. My live-room house is for sale. Easy terms. Come and see me at the St. Elmo Hotel. A. Erazim. Carl Dietz, senior and junior, were U.P. passengers for the Rosebud reser vation last Thursday. See notice of the famous Kansas Seed Wheat for sale, in another cohmin. Get your orders in early. All of Mrs Gasteyer's children are going through a siege of whooping cough. And there are others. Jim Bayne won’t play for a few days, lie tried to catch a hall hetwen a couple of his lingers, and succeeded. Win. Elder left for Cincinnati, last Saturday, over the U. I*. He will visit his old home at Summerset, Ky, before returning Din Mulick, Will Simp-on, and Char ley Rowe left by team, Sunday, for the Rosebud country, with intent to home stead themselves rich. Horsemen go and see the magnificent Belgian stallion on exhibition at the St Elmo barn. Leach & Pierce will take pleasure in showing him to vou Mr. Simpson Criss favored this office with a plea-ant call, Tuesday, and left a happy reminder of his visit in the shape of two silver plunks. Thanks. Boone, the Photographer, will soon visit our farmer.friends and take pho tographs of their homes, and any and all views desired. Hold vour orders. « Twentv-four X^oup Cityites took ad vantage of the excursion to Grand Is land, last Sunday, to witness the ball game. The score was Old 8, Grand Is land T O. F. I’eteison. C. C. Cooper and D. M. Hendrickson were U. P. passengers for the Rosebud country, Tuesday. And theieare over 51,000 registered there: ahead of them. A. L. Zimmerman and turn Archie and daugntor Beth, left for a three weeks’visit in Ohio, last Friday, They will seethe St. Louis exposition be fore returning. Late advices from Arcadia state that John Wall’s daughter, Mrs. Pearl Scott, is out of danger and on the fair road to recovery. This will be joyful news to her many triends Jiere. with whom she is a general favorite. Sheriff Williams is in bard luck. Last Saturday, out near Cleora, his team ran awav and broke his buggy to peices, and Sunday in town tried to do the same act with another buggy, and suc ceeded to some degrae. Frof. Mead had an argument with his milk dispensary, Sunday, when the bovine planted a remonstrance on the top of his rignt foot, which placed the professor hors du combat. He is now making h ste slowly on a bunch ot ca' es'as propelling power. E. J. Delaney writes us from Brook lyn, N. Y., enclosing the wherewithal tor the paper for another year, and takes occasion to compliment the new management tor the great improve merit in its co'umns, typographically . and editorially as well. It is such words of encouragement that cause greater endeavor to make the paper what ft should he, an acceptable and , needed adjunct to every household in , Sherman county, ^ Joe Klein, state agent of the Equita ble Life of New York has spent the week in town with his friend Flavel Wright, who is out in the interests of th# same company While here Mr. ’ Klein paid U».claim of Dr. Odendahl. , We were Interested to team that this was the foujtli claim paid out of five policies at about the same time- The j other claims were those of Charles Wafte, John Hawk and W. A. WilJbn. The fifth is being carried by T. 8. Nlght > ingale of this city. I Louk George, a native of Syria living near Arcadia, and Miss Rose Moore were married by Rev. For | syth Tuesday during the ball game. ’ .The groom who writes only in his native band signed the marriage docket making the most remarkable signature that has appeared there so far. It is Syrian and of course in writing it he commenced at the | right and wrote to the left.—Ord ’ Quiz, , . CHRNIVHL To he held at Hug*4,5and6 1904. Sports of All Kinds-Free Street Entertainments and a Big ffliree Days All-Around Jubilee of Fun. Semi-Otlieial Program in Part. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1004. Purse Running, one-fourth mile dash..8 50 00 Running, one-half mile and re peat, best two in three. To 00 Running, five-eights mile dash.. 6."> (X) Rase ball—Loup City vs Grand Island. Shooting, 1st event, 15 targets, , entrance fee, $1 00; added_S 5 00 Shooting, 2nd event, 20 targets; entrance fee, $i 50; added... 7 50 Shooting, 3rd event, 20 targets, entrance fee, $1 80; added_ 7 20 FRIDAY, AUGUST 5th. Trotting, mile heats, best 2 in 3 for Sherman county horses.. .8 50 00 Running,three fourths miledash 100 Ot Running, one-fourth mile dash, farm horses. 25 00 Rase ball—Grand Island vs. Ord Shooting, first event. 20 targets. entrance fee, $l 50; added... 7 50 Shooting, second event, 20 tar gets. entrance fee,#1 50, added 7 50 SATURDAY, AUGUST 6th. Trotting, free-for-all, mile heats best 2 in 3. 75 00 Running, one-half mile and re peat. best 2 in 3 . 65 00 Trotting, one mile, farm learns, four wheeled rigs, best 2 in 3. 25 00 Running, one-fourth mile dash.. 50 00 Rase ball—Ord vs. Loup City. Shooting, 1st event, 15 targets, entrance fee, SI 00; added_ 5 00 Shooting, 2d event, 20 targets, entrance fee, 81 (X); added... 7 50 Base balls and bats at P O. Reed's. Robt Mathew drove to Arcadia, Sun day. New Soda Fountain jn operation at the Model. Buy the O. K. Washing Machine at P.0 Reed’s. Don’t forget that sore shoulder. Nor ton's gall will cure it. C. W. Conhiser Is putting in a cement walk In front of his store. £loyd Gibson has resigned his posi tion at the Model restaurant. Don’t forget the Pioneer Meat Mar ket for the best and juiciest steaks. If you are looking for hot weather suits, go to Johnson, Lorentz & Co's. Jim Bowman, Jim Iiyman and “Skip” Thrasher went up to Rosebud country Saturday. Art Eisner goes to Omaha today to accept a position in a leading photo graphic studio John Czaplewski went down to Oma ha, Tuesday on a business trip, to re turn Saturday. Jas. Jolj^nsen and wife were at Full erton oyer last Sm?day, visiting rela tives am) friends. Dr. Sumner Davis,Grand Island, Neb specialist in disease of eye and ear, Examination for glasses. Little Miss Eva Smith, from St. Paul, has been visiting here the past few days with Miss Mane Cooper. Miss Zella Krise of Neligh arrived last Sunday for an extended visit with Mrs, AbJjie Gilbert and family. Rev. Hover of Council fluffs, who is visiting his nephew, S, S. Hover, filled the M. E, pulpit Sunday morning. Supervisors* Proceedings. Loup Ci'y, Neb. July 11th,’04 Coun'y Board of Supervisors mei per adj urnment of July 5lb, for the pur pose of settlement with Treasurer; present: D. C. Grow chairman and all members aod G. H. Gibson clerk, and settlcmeut was made, vouchers examined, cancelled and approved es per published statement and rt of the committee on the Housei vacation, which was done Jur e 17, be reconsidered, was on motion not granted By motion the county attorney w as ordered to notify the deck of Rockville township to pay the damages allowed on the establishment of the Ilayes road in 1901. Report of road commitue on Jensen road was heard as follows: That the said road be allowed as asked for in the petition and that damages be allowed as follows: To O. G. Hamsch $15.00; to Durfee $24.00; to NVienteer f 10.00 and to Bartuoek $16.00; and said report was approved and Rockville township ordered to pay said damages. Wilke road vacation petition was examined and allowed as prayed for* Jens consent road petition was examlued and allowed Warrick consent road petition granted as prayed for. Official bonds approved as follows. I H Wiochel! justice of Logan township; W E Weller overseer ro»d district N<>. 9. Elm township. Petition of ci'izens of Rockville town s‘»tp praying that the polling place be cbai ged w.i«, by motion, laid over to next meeting. It appearing to the board that the irrigation ditch is not used and that bridges across same are fast going to de cay, it is by vote ordere*d that s une be removed as fast as they become ilusafe ami that th« cr things be filled in with ground. Board then proceeded to draw sixty I names for jurors for the next jury term of the district c^urt Claims committee allowed claims as follow S' GENERAL F.PND: James W Conger.9 37 50! 8tate Journal Co.. 22 50 JoLd Mahiskl . 7.50 W O Brown. 0.20 Geo Brammer. 7 50 W H Chapman. 7.80 Prter Thode. 6.30 Andrew Gaistka. 7 40 DC Giow . 6.00 I ROAD #CND: J* W Jones.$3 30 ' BRIDGE FlfllD: John Maiefski...f 7.80 W O Brown... 4.50 Geo Brammer . 12.70 W H Chapman.50 Andrew Garstku. 3 00 Jsseph 8olornan. 14.00 I) C Grow. 150 Keystone Lumber ,Co. 20.40 By motion board adjournad to Nov. 15'It, 1904 G®o. U. Gibson, County Clerk. The M. E. Sunday school picnic in .Tenner's park, last Frday, was well attended and a very pleasant time was enjoyed by all. Rev. Hover and wife concluded their visit h**re, Tuesday, and left for their home in Council Bluffs, Iowa, visiting friends at Silver Creek en route. For Sale.—One Ifoitman & Taylor Threshing Machine and 12-horse power steam engine. Thresher been in use about one year. Price, 81300. Iuquire of Jos. Damboski,Loup City. Neb. 31 Schaupp Hiding Aug. Johnson has his outs in shock. Harvest has commenced around here. Lovey Mercer is through cultivating bis corn. F. Werner is cutting his oats of which he has a fine crop. Oscar Bechthold of Loup City is vis iting Ins brother here this week. Herman Plambeck is thropgh ctibi vating l>is corn and will commence har vesting next week. , Wprk on E. Ely’s store Ifas com menced in earnest. ft tyill be 22y5o, with a cellar 20x30. Mr. and Mrs Jjechthold visited last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Cordway in Washington township. Jay Cole was in this week to get a load of corn to fatten his hogs. He re ports his crops looking fine. The county surveyor was in town last Friday laying out lots for A. B. Outhouse, who will put in a luuler yard here. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Lincoln, Neb., June 21,1904. N' tice is hereby given that the fol lowing-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup port of his claim. and that said proof will he made before J. A. Angier, Coun ty Judge, at Loup City, Nebraska, on August 6,1904 viz: James W. Johnson, for the southwest quarter of section 2, townshir 10 north., range 14 west, II. E. No. 17519. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Will Peterson, of Loup City, Neb., George Peterson, of Loup City, Neb., A. J. Friend, of North Loup, Neb., and F. Papernik, of Loup City, Nebraska. W. A. Gueen, Register. •(Last. pub. Ju'y 28.) NOTICE OF INCORPORATION. Notice is hereby given that the Loup Cold Tire Setter Company was incorpo rated on the 1st day of May, A. I). 1904; that the principal place of transacting its business shall be the village of Loup City, Nebraska; that the nature of the business to be transacted shall > e the | manufacture and sale of Cold Tire Set i ters and other manufactured articles of like nature or connected therewith; the purchase, holding, manufacture and sale of patented articles; the purchase, holding and sale of real estate; to make contracts with other persons, partnei sliips or corporations, for the manufac ture and s»le or both the manufacture and sale of such articles: that the authorized capital stock of said corpora tion is $20,000.00 in shares of $100.00 each, fully paid and non-assessable; that said corporation shall not com mence business until twenty shares of [ stock have been subscribed and pay ment received for same, the remainder of the Capital Stock to issue by order of the Hoard of Directors; that said cor poration shall commence to exist on the 1st day of May, A. D. 1904. and termi nate May 1st, A. D 1924; that the high est amount of indebtedness shall not be to exceed two-thirds of the paid up cap ital stock; that the business of said cor poration shall be conducted by a board of three director*, who shall be elected horn the stockholders at each annual meeting; that the officers and method of conducting the business shall be as provided in the by-laws to be adopted by the Board of Directors. Carstex Truelsex. James I. Depew\ William R. Mellor. Last pub. July 21. NOTICE TO LAND OWNERS. C ipellen Road No. 1. To whom it m ly concern: The com- j missioncr appointed to view and vacate a road commencing at the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of sec tion nineteen (19), township thirteen (13). range fifteen (15) in Sherman coun ty, Nebraska, and running south be tween sections nineteen (19) and twen ty (20) to the bank of the creek, and running thence eastward to and termi nating at the point where it turns south; also the road running through the south east quarter of section nineteen (19) 13 15, and the northeast quarter of section nineteen (19) 13-15 to the south side of the B. & M. right-of-way, has reported in favor thereof and all objection* thereto or claims for dam >ge must l>e filed in the office of the County Clerk on or before the 20th d»y of September. 1904, or such road will be vacated with out reference thereto. Dated this 13th day of July, 1904. Geo. II. Gibsox, County Clerk. Last pub. Aug 4th. NOTICE TO LAND OWNERS. (Hurt Road.) To Whom It May Concern: The commissioner appointed to view and locate a roaa commencing at the northeast corner of section thirty-two (32) and the northwest corner of sec tion thirty-three (33), township fifteen (13), range thirteen (13), and running south on section line, and also between sections four (4) and five (5). township fourteen (14), range thirteen (13), to the Loup City and St. Paul road; then com mencing at the southeast corner of said section thiity-two (32) and southwest corner of section thirty-three (33), and running thence one half mile west on section line to quarter stake of said sec tion thirty-two (32), township fifteen (15), range thirteen tl3), thence north on said half section line of section thir ty-two (32) and terminating at the point on said half section linje where the St. Paul and Loup City road crosses the halt section ljne of said section thirty two (32), township fifteen (15), range thirteen (J3) has reported in favor there of and a*l claims for damage or objec tions thereto must be filed in the office of the county clprk of Sherman county. Nebraska, on or before the 24th day of September. 1904, or said road will lie al lowed without reference thereto. Dated this 21st day of July, 1904. Geo. 11. GiBtfON, County Clerk. [Last pnb. August 11.] Burlington Excursion Rates St. Lonr before the 20th day ot September j 1904, or such road will be established , without reference thereto , Dated this 13th day of July, 1904. , Geo. H. Gibson, , County Clerk. , Last pub. Aug. 4. Do you read The Northwestern? 1 [f not, why not? Leas than 2c per week U P RAILWAY. OVERLAND ROUTE Vhrss Daily Vraiys to Calii‘01 ilia TRAINS ARRIVE AND DEPART AS FOLLOWS:— No. 8*5 leaves daily except Sunday (pass enger). 7:25a.m. No. 88 leaves Monday. Wednesday ai.d Friday, (mixed) 12:20 p. m. No. 90 leaves Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, (mixed) 1:30 p. m. No. 87 arrives dally except Sunday (mixed) 12,05 p. ui. No. 85arrive* daily except Sunday (pa-s engei) 7:35 p. m. No. 89 (passenger) Tuesdays. Thursduys and Saturdays, arrives at <5:55 p tin First class servlc- and cl«»e connections east, west and south. Tickets sold to al* points aud baggage checked through to destination. Information will be ehter fully furnished on application to Frank Hiskk, Agent, NOTICE TO LAND OWNKKS. To all whom ij may concern:— The commissioner appointed to view a road commencing at Hoad No. 69. at the southwest corner of section 9, town ship 16, range 18, and running thence south on section line between sections 1U and 17, 20 and 21. 28 and 29, to the southwest corner of section 28, thence east one mile, and terminating at the southeast corner of section 28, all in Sherman county, Nebraska, has report ed hi favor thereof, and all objections thereto or claims for damage must bo tiled in the oilloe of the County Clerk of Sherman county, Nebraska, on or before noon of the 81st day of August, 1904, or said road will he established without reference thereto Dated this 1st day of July. 1904. Gko. H. Gibson, County Clerk, Last pub. July 21. To tho Farmer. | am pippariug a medicine for shqul ler galls that w ill cure the worst of hem and work the horse every day, -•ome and see. 1 also have a prepara*