Grand Island Woven Wire Fencing, with barbed borders, Bundle
Forks, Grain Scoops, Hay Rack Clamp Sets, Wash Machines,
Boilers, Wingers, etc., at P. O. REED’S.
THE NORTHWESTERN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1904.
Lioaal n«ws.
Phone the news to us.
See D. C. Grow for llest Flour.
Old papers for sale at this office.
Bly buys cream at Shaupp Sidiing.
Builders’Hardware at P. o. Reed’s.
XXXX Antirust Tinware at P. O'
Reed’s
J. B. Hoadley went toj Columbus
Tuesday.
Try Ludlow Coal, for sale by Lenin
ger Lumber Co.
All straw hats at cost at Johnson,
Lorentz & Co’s.
A. B. Outhouse went to Rockville
Tuesday morning.
Sfltes Nettie Conger went to Dunne
brog Tuesday morning.
The O. K. Wash Machine is O K.
For sale by P. O. Reed.
Aren’t you a little ashamed of the con
dition of the sidewaiks?
Rock Springs and Laveta Coal for
sale by Leninger Lumber Co.
Northern Milling Co.'s mill stuffs on
sale by D. C. Grow. Try them.
Reynolds has some'of the finest veal
this week we ever tasted. Try it.
Don’t forget the Pioneer Meat Mar
ket for the best and juiciest steaks.
Every housekeeper wants best flour
in the market. D. C. Grow keeps it
If you are looking for hot weather
suits, go to Johnson, Lorentz & Co's.
W. D. Hover, Embalmer and Fu
neral Director. Ready day or night.
The Conger store building, on the
west of the court house, is being re
painted.
Take your cream to Bly's general
store at Shaupp Siding and get the
top prices.
Judge Wall left for a two weeks' trip
to Denver and up into the mountains
last Saturday.
A pair of white kid gloves may be
found at this office that were lost some
week or two since.
A. L. Zimmernan, son and daughter,
returned from their St. Louis and Indi
ana trip, Tuesday.
Walter Moon and his daughter, Miss
Effie Mood, returned from there east
era visit, Tuesday.
We want a load or two of cobs, and
we want them bad. Who will bring
us in one or two loads?
Dr. Sumner Davis,Grand Island, Neb,,
specialist in disease of eye and ear.
Examination for glasses.
Take your cream to Bly’s store at
Shaupp Siding and get the highest mar
ket price for first grade cream.
Mrs. B. T. Shyder has been quite sick
and confined to the house for a number
of days, but is better at this writing.
The Ladies’Unity Club meets w ith
Mrs. A. B. Zimmerman tomorrow af
ternoon at 2:30. Roll call and current
events.
A pair of steel-rimmed spectacles,
lost in front of this office during the
carnival, may be claimed by owner, if
lie w ill call.
Mrs. Judge Wall has been quite ill
for the past week, necessitating the
services of a physician, but is much im
proved at present.
There will be a dance at Jenner’s
Park each Saturday night hereafter,
until further notice, weather permitting.
Come and enjoy yourselves.
Mrs Dr. Kearnes and Master Archie
Kearns went over in Custer county,
last Saturday, to visit Mrs. Kearns’
niece, Mrs. Morford, returning Tuesday
evening.
Word was received by Mrs. Wall,
Tuesday, stating the judge was quite
ill in Denver at that time We trust
later advices will show him to be up and
around again.
Mrs. Van Dusen and Miss Lizzie
Bringham, of Rulo, mother and niece
of Mrs. Judge Wall, arrived Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Van Doaen expects to
remain the rest of the summer.
l’he editor’s good mother left on the
Burlington this morning for Heminor
ford, this state, to visit a few weeks
•with her son, Rev. Chas. H. Burleigh.
She expects to return and give us an
other visit in a few weeks, before re
turning to Des Moines.
8. S. Hover has purchased the prop
erty now occupied by E. G. Taylor in
northeast Loup City, and this week
stored their house hold goods there un
til Mr. Taylor can get into his new
home and give them possession, they
being oblldged to give up their old home
the 15th, which they bad sold to Mr.
Fletcher. Mrs. Hover and hn- mother
contemplate going to 8t. Louis some
time next week to take ii the eX[ osi -
tion and fiom there will vbit Cisna
and Lawrenceburg in Illinois, and wil
probably be gone h moith. Mr. Hover
expects to join them later.
Prof. Nicoson has commenced the
erection of a new residence.
Leininger Pros, are putting up a
large new lumber shed.
Alex Hailey on Monday purchased a
fine new buggy from Draper.
Frank Grow has accepted a Jposition
in Odendahl Pros.’ drug store.
Doelus will have a two days’ carnival
this week, Thursday and Friday.
The Loup City township board meets
in W. It. Mellor's office this week Sat
urday.
Will Odendahl goes to Boelus with
the merry-go-round this week to assist
in the work.
Miss Hattie Frozen left last Friday
to take a position in a millinery shop
at Firth, this state.
John O'Bryan has been on the sick
list for the past few days, with a bad
case of summer complaint.
A number of our young people went
up to Arcadia last Friday night to a
dance in Jtdin Wall’s new store
T. 8. Nightingale has rented his cot
tage in east Loup City, formerly occu
pied by Jim Burnett, to Fireman
| Sheffield.
Our militia boys went to David City,
Tuesday, to go into camp for a couple
of weeks, the encampment taking place
there at that time.
Thos. Burton of Webster township
had a fine mare killed by lightning in
his pasture, last week Monday. Luck
ily she w <s insured.
There are now 92 phones on the Loud
City exchange, and evfcry few days sees
new ones added. And, by the way, we
have one of the most accommodating
centrals to be met anywhere.
* J. B. Draper sold his residence to
Mrs. Odendahl, Monday of this week.
He thinks ot taking an extended visit
to Iowa before settling down again.
A. C. Lowery of the Litchfield Mon
gave us a pleasant call, Monday. He
stvsthe Monitor is doing well under
the new management, and the paper
shows it.
Let us organize a commercial club tor
Loup City, and agitate electric lights,
good roads, better sidewalks, graded
sfreets and public improvements gen
erally. Think over it.
C. C. Cooper, wife and little daughter
left this morning fora ten days’ trip to |
their old home at JIumbolt. Iowa. Mr.
Cooper will s'op in Omaha for the pur
shase of a new stock of goods.
Last week we spoke of Henry Eisner.
Jr., going up to Guersey. Mr. Eisner
will take in Yellowstone Park, before
he returns, and also engage in a grand
hunting and fishing trip while away
E A. Draper, our popular harness
man. has pnrebased the lots just north
of ti e Northwestern office of Mr.
Fletther. We understand he will soon
commence the erection of a commodi
ous store building.
Hans Beck has sold Ids driving horse
and road wagon and harness to Mr.
Ayer, the B. & M. agent here. Ilans
expects to go to Beatrice, where he has
secured a position as clerk in a cloth
ing store.—Litchfield Monitor.
The Grand Island Baptist Associa
tion will hold a three days’ meeting in
Loup City, Sept. 13-15 next. The pro
gram for same, just printed at the
Northwestern office, shows a very
interesting program for those days.
V'e received a pleasant call from Mar
tin Lukaszewpki of Ashton, Monday.
Martin complained that he did not get
his paper regularly on account of the
mii-spelling of his name, and came in to
correct the error. He is a bright
young Colander.
At North Loup, at the game between
Loup City and North Loup, Herman
Petticord ran his face against a pitched
ball, while batting, rendering him un
cors dons from the contact, placing him
hors du combat for the rest of the
game. He is all right now.
G, H.Lindall and family left, Mon
day morning, for Sweden, to spend a
number of months. Mr. Lindall’s par
ents are quite aged, and in the nature
of events not long to live, so they could
not resist the temptation to see them
once more liefore they passed away.
' I
Rev.K. Benkederfer, the new Ger
man minister, will be here and give
his first sermon in the German church,
Sunday morning, Aug. 21st. Our
friends of that faith will please bear
that in mind and give the new pastor a
a good audience for his initial sermon
There w; s a pretty exhibition of base
ball on th' home grounds, last Friday
afternoon, between the local team and
Rivenna, resulting in favor of Loup
City by a score of 6 to goose eggs. Our
boys put up a nearly flawless game
If they played that well all the season,
they would stand up pretty well at the
head of the list.
Dr. and Mrs. Kearns will please ac
cept the thanks of the editorial family
for a elegant bouquet, made up of a
large variety of flowers taken from
their beautiful flower garden. By the
way, the doctor and his good family
have about the coziest little hom£, with
shaded bowers , ni handsome flower?,
we hav<; seen in many a day.
Pioneer Passes Away.
Jonathan D. Ford, or “Uncle
Jack,” as he was more wont to be
called, passed from this earth to the
Great Beyond at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. D. L Adamson, in
this city, Friday afternoon last at
about 5 o’clock, Aug. 12, 1904. Mr.
Ford settled in Loup City in March,
1882, starting the first permanent
lumber business of the town, which
he conducted, with his son Morgan,
for a number of years, afterward
selling out and entering the stock
business. He was a man of great
push and energy and did an im
mense volume of business, and many
of our early settlers were indebted
to “Uncle Jack” for needed assist
ance which they received through
his traffic by team from Grand Is
land, St. Paul and Kearney, before
a railroad was censtructed to Loup
City. About four years ago his
hpalth began to give away, since
which time he has found a good
home with his son-in law and daugh
ter, who provided for him kindly
and tenderly in his last days. “Un
cle Jack,” looked his former self as
ins laminar lace was upturned irom
his pillow of death, and his old-time
friends took their last leave of him,
after which he was borne to Ever
green cemetery and midst a fervent
prayer by Rev. Madely and the
tears of bis friends his body was
consigned to Mother Earth.
Jonathan D. Ford was born at
Saratoga, N. Y., on the 30th day of
April, 1830, being at the time of his
death 74 years, 3 months and 12
days old. He was married to Miss
Frances M. Prentiss in Saratoga
county, New’ York, on the 19th day
of June, 1854, and who still survives
him. lu 1871, they moved to Vir
ginia, and after tw’o years came to
Nebraska, where they settled on a
farm in Merrick county and lived
up to the time they came to Loup
City in 1882. In 1901 he went w’ith
his daughter and family to Chey
enne, where they staid about fifteen
months and then returned to Loup
City. He leaves his respected wife,
one daughter and one son of his im
mediate family.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to tender thanks to our
friends and neighbors who so kind y
assisted in our hours of trial and
sorrow. Mrs. J. D. Ford,
D. F. Adamson
AND KANII.Y.
Rev. Matfe}ey's mother returned to
her home the first of the week.
Misses Llbbie and Tony Erazirn are
visiting at Humboldt this state.
C. W. Fletcher, the new banker whe
purchased the Hover property, moved
into it Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Mercer of Hamilton coun
ty, tms state,* is visiting her parents,
Judge j»i d Mrs. Angier.
Mrs. Nellie Knight of Stiawberrv
Point. Iowa, is here visiting her par
ents, Judge and Mrs. Angier.
Misses Nettie Conger and Edna Wil
liams left this morning for a ten days’
visit to the St. Louis exposition.
C. \V. Hurt, who purchased the Tom
Daddow farm in Clay township some
time siuce. is up from Fairfield prepar
ing his farm for winter wheat. He will
not move up here till next spring.
Patronize the sidewalk bazar, Satur
day, between Chase’s grocery and Rey
nold’s meat market, on Main street
Sandwiches, coffee and cake, and a lot
of other good things for sale.
August Jaesclike hist week Friday
sold his old homestead to Amil Schau
mann,the consideration being $1,800.
The land lies some seven miles south
east of Loup City. August also sold
26 head ot fine cattle to Joe 8tau
ber, about the same time, receiving
the neat litrlesnmof $500 therefor in
spot cash.
Geo. II.Gibson, county clerk, left last
Tuesday morning by the U. P. road for
St. Louis, to view for a few days thp
wonders of the World’s Fair, after
whichheexpectsfco visit MouutainLake
Park, Maryland, on his way to his
birthplace in the foot hills of the Alle
ghenies and through Pennsylvania
home. George will take a needed thir
ty days’ vacation and visit the scenes
of his childhood. •
While Frank Peterson was in town
Wednesday morning, his team became
frightned and ran awav, striking the
big telephone pole at the southeast cor
ner of the square, breaking it off close
to the ground and without seeming in
jury to team or wagon disappeared
east and south toward home. They
were going some. The accident disar
ranged telephone connections for a
tune to quite aq extent.
Charley Gibson at Hong Kong.
(Continued from Aag, 4.)
May 14th, was one year since we
cast our lines off the buoy at Brem
erton and began our voyage to the
Asiatic station.
Well the torpedo boats have ar
rived with their convoy the U. S. S
Buffalo. These are the first boats
of their kind that ever made such a
voyage. The talk of late has been
about the rumor of the navy de
partment sending another squadron,
which is to be called the second
squadron.
I will now endeavor to give you a
sketch of our trip from Manilla to
this port.
Early on the morning of Friday,
the 13th, we steamed from the tar
get range to Cavite, where we
dropped anchor before breakfast.
Remaining in Cavite until Thurs
day, the 19th, our anchor was again
up and at 0:30, followed by the gun
boats Vicksburg and Frolic, w’e
steamed toward tue open sea.
The Vicksburg, steaming at eight
knots, soon dropped out of sight,
but the Frolic followed closely as we
proceeded northward along the coast
of Luzon, until about 2 o’clock that
afternoon when our course changed
to westward and soon the little ship
which continued on her northward
course passed out of sight.
There was little feeling of regret,
as the mountainous coast of Luzon
faded from view7. During the day
several small sails were sighted and
w*e passed a large English merchant
steamer which was headed for Ma
nilla. The weather eould not have
been better, and the cool breeze
which swept the ship had an excel
lent effect on the crew7.
Friday* w*as a pleasant, uneventful
day, the weather continually becom
ing cooler as we proceeded north.
Shortly after breakfast on Saturday
morning, several sails were sighted,
which proved to be Chinese junks,
and before long w7e found ourselves
steami g through an immense fleet
of this style of craft engaged in
fishing.
Shortly before 10 o’clock, we
sighted the Island of Tampau off
our portbow and soon the surf could
be seen beating against the rugged
rocks upon its shore, while junks
and small boats became too numer
ous to count.
We were now headed for the Tat
hong channel, which separates Tau
hung from Hong Kong.
A cool breeze was blowing off the
coast, 3ml the grassy hills presented
a contrast to the laud we had just
left.
Upon entering a harbor, the first
thing a man-of-war looks to is the
defense, and here, as wre steamed
through the narrow Lyernust pass,
the forts and guns on either aide,
with the natural formation of the
channel for defense, suggests the
Asiatic Gibraltar as an appropriate
name for Hong Kong.
Hardly less than a stone’s throw
to starboard lay the Kau Lung pe
ninsula, whose rugged promento
ries seemed chiseled by human
hands. Hong Kong’s queen heights
rise more gradual from the water’s
edge, and upon their grassy slopes
are erected long stone buildings,
residences, schools, hotels and sol
diers’ barracks. With apparently
no point of egress, we steamed di
rectly toward the rocks before us,
when rounding a projecting point
the channel became clear.
Large factories and sugar refiner
ies are built along the shore, which
present a scene of great commercial
activity. Cutting stone on the Kau
Lung side of the channel continu
ally employs an army of coolies, as
the building in Hong Kong demands
much stone.
Ships of $11 classes are continu
ally passing in and out of the har
bor, while junks and sampau* almost
block the entrance.
Shortly after one o’clock we were
moored to a buoy before the Kow
loon dry docks, but later in the day
were shifted to a buoy vacated by
the U. S. S. Monitor Monterey,
where we remained until about one
o’clock the following day, when the
tug Robert Cooke took us in the
dry dock. As soon as the ship was
secure in the dock, an army of cool
ies surrounded the ship in punts, or
a small square boat, and armed with
scrapers attacked the barnacles on
the ship’s side and bottom, scraping
them clear as the punts descended j
With the receding water trom the
dock. One cannot restrain a feel
ing of sympathy for these poor mor
als, who work like slaves from day
to day for a mere pittance, but they
seem contented. They ravenously
devour the refuse from our garbage
barrels, which seems like a feast to
them. The only object they have
in life, it seems, is to procure some
thing to eat.
The work progressed rapidly, but
darkness came before thei|keel was
reached, so immense lights wrere
rigged on the dock and the work
w’ent on as though it were day.
On the 26th we came out of dry
dock and moored to the same buoy.
> We are laying on the Kowloon
side now, under repairs, but expect
to move farther in as soon as repair
ing is done.
We coaled ship since we came out
and gave general liberty.
We had no sooner been secured in
the Kowloon dock when the word
w’as passed, “Shift into uniform all
the liberty party.” The word wTas
followed by a general state of con
fusion.
The gunboat Gallon arrived the
28th and also went in a dry dock.
Well, I will close for this time,
Yours, respt.
Chas. E Gibson.
Schaupp Siding
John Fisher will thresh in a few
days.
Fred Dinker is unloading fence
j posts.
Anton Tapolsky is stacking his
millet.
Pinkeye is in style with the cat
tle here.
August Johnson is plowing for
winter wheat.
Henry Cording was in Shaupp
1 Siding Sunday.
Frank Lorcheck has started the
Fred Dinker barn.
D. Hines will build a large gran
ary and corn crib.
Lew Bechthold is loading a car
with winter wheat.
It is pretty hot W’ork for the ther
mometer nowadays.
L. Gaydaska of Ashton is helping
Anton Tapolski thresh.
Nick Lobeski has Ins grain
stacked and thinks he has a good
harvest.
Burglars tried to enter the Bly
store Sunday night Look out, Mr.
Burglars; you will try it too often
If Loup City wants to have us
come to town to trade, they will
have to fix up their roads a little
as we haven’t got any flying ma
chine yet.
Do you read The Northwestern?
If not, why not? Less than 2c per week
For Sale.—Poland China pigs. Call
on or address Thos. Burton, si* miles
southwest of Loup City, on Cob Creek
For Sale.—One Iloltman & Taylor
Threshing Machine and 12-horse power
steam engine. Thresher be«n in use
about one year. Price, 31300. Iuuuire
of Jos. Damboski,Loup City, Neb. 31
Administrator’s Notice
In the District Court of Sherman Coun
ty, Nebraska:
#ames E. Philbrick,')
Administrator, with |
the will annexed, of |
the estate of deorge I
Bickford, deceased, [Order to show
Plaintiff, cause,
vs.
Horace Bickford, etal,
Defendant.
adu now, on inis ym uay or August,
1904. this cause came on for hearing on
the petition of James E. Philbrick, Ad
ministrator of the estate of George
Bickford, deceased, with the will an
nexed. praying for a license to 3ell the
following described real estate situate
in Sherman county and state of Ne
braska, to wit: Lots nine (9), tea (10),
eleven (11) and twelve (12), in block
four (4), in J. Wood Smith’s addition to
the town (now village) of Loup City, or
so much thereof as will bring the sum
of 81,39228, for the payment of debts
allowed against said estate, and the
costs of administration, there not being
sufficient personal property to pay the
said debts and expenses It is therefore
order* d that all persons interested in
said estate appear lief ore me at the
court room at Loup City, in the county
of Sherman and State of Nebraska, on
the 12th day of October. 1904, at 10
o’clock a. m., to show cause why a li
cense should not te granted to said ad
ministrator to sell so much ot the above
described real estate of said deceased as
shall be necessary to pay said debts and
expenses.
It is further ordered by the court
that this notice shall be published for
four successive weeks in The Loup
City Northwestern, a newspaper
printed and published and of general
circulation in Sherman county, Nebras
ka. Bkuno O. Hostetler,
Judge of 12th Judicial District.
(Last pub. Sept 1.)
We believe
We are framing more
Pictures
Than any town oi its J
size in the state.
There must be
A reason for it,
Come and see.
mwau
Come and see our $20 three
piece suit. It is well
worth the money.
$2.85
We have an
Iron Bed for
$2.85
Our Couches are of the
best construction and
we have them §9.25 up.
Those fine cotton felt mattresses are
still going. There is nothing finer at twice
the money.
Gall and See
W .T. CHASE
—THE—
Popular Druggist
FOR THE PUREST AND BEST
Drugs, Paipts, Oiis,
CIGARS, FRUITS IN SEASON, ETC.
LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA,
NOTICE TO LAND OWNERS.
(Smith Road.)
To whom it may concern: The com
' missioner appointed to view and re
port opon a road commencing at the
northeast corner of section six '6), town
ship sixteen (16), range thirteen (13).
and running thence south on section
line between sections five and six, seven
and eight, nineteen and twenty, eight
een and seventeen, twenty-nine and
thirty, thirty-one »nd thirty-two, six
miles, and terminating at the township
line between Oak Creek and Ashton,
all in Sherjnan county, Nebraska, lias
reported in favor thereof, and all objec
tions thereto, or claims for damage,
must be file 1 in the office of the county
clerk ot Sherman county, Nebraska, on
or before the 13th day ot October,
1904, or said road will be established
without reference Hereto
Dated this 10th day of August, 1904.
Geo. H. Qibson,
County Clerk.
Last pub. 8ept. 1.
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.
A large number of Loup Cityites go
today and and tomorrow to Roelns to
attendee settlers’ reunion.
U P RAILWAY.
: OVERLAND ROUTE
Vhrss Daily Wraiys to
Calil’oi nia
TRAINS ARRIVE AND DEPART AS
FOLLOWS:—
No. 86 leaves daily except Sand ay tpaas
eager). 7:25a. ra.
No. 88 leaves Monday. Wednesday and
Friday, (mixed) 12:20 p. m.
No. 90 leaves Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, (mixed) 1:30 p. m.
No. 87 arrives daily except Sunday (mixed)
p. in*
No. 85arrives dally except Sunday (pass
enger) 7:35 p, m.
No. 89 uia-Hsenger) Tuesdays. Thursdays anil
Saturdays, arrives at 6:56 p rn.
First class service and close connect.iona
east, west and south. Tickets sold to all
points aud baggage checked through to
destination. Information wlil be chter
fuliy furnished on application to
Frank Hiskk, Agent.
TIMK TABLE
Burlington!
Route
LOUP CITY NKBR.
Lincoln,
Omaha
Chicago,
St. Joseph,
Kansas City,
St. Louis,
and ail points
ast and south.
Denver,
Helena,
Butte,
Salt Lake City,
Portland,
San Franolsoo.
and nil points
West.
TRAINS LEAVE AS POLLOWSi
GOING EAST
No. 52 Passenger.l(*(w a. n>
No. 60 Freight.10.53a.m.
GOING WEST
No. 51 Passenger... 5:s*0 n m
No. 59 Freight..6;15 £ “*
Sleeping, dinner and reclining chair earn
(neats free) on through trains. Tickets
sold and baggage checked to any point in
the United States or Canada in
MiT,0f.lnfo»mat‘on' maP»< l‘n»e tables and
tickets call on or write to K L arth*
Agent. Or J. Fbancis, GenM Pu£»nnr
Agent, Omaha, Nebraska. enger