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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1902)
THE COITKTER 11 "Jiw WOMAN WAGES WAR ON SENATOR HANNA In his local political flght against Mayor Tom L. Johnson's demo cratic machine. Senator Mark Hanna, of Cleveland, Ohio, finds one of his most determined opponents in Mrs. May Harrington Hanna, who is the divorced wife of Dan Hanna, the senator's son. Mrs. Hanna will take the stump throughout the local campaign and do her level best to thwart , Senator Hanna's. local designs. .. flfr Since the great railroad tuniu-l through Mount Sherman, Wyo.. has been completed and trains now run under instead of over the giant steep, there has passed forever what has been for thirty-live years one of the most peculiar railroad stations In the world. Mount Sh,ermun station stood on the very top of a mountain 9,000 feet high. In possibly as desolate a spot as human eye has ever gazed upon. Nowhere Is there ever visible any vegetation beyond a feu scraggy tufts of alkali wire grass. Even this can hardly exist in that region, where one may encounter al most any day In the summer rain, sleet, snow and hall, with a temper ature that often varies from 7a degrees to -10 and back again within a few mo ments; where the wind never ceases to blow from twenty-five to seventy miles an hour, and where the nerves of many a tenderfoot have received terrible shocks during the passing of storm, with the clouds touching the ground and here ami there hurling angry light ning bolts into the mineral rock. Now the map no longer has a Mount Sherman station. Nothing In the way of habitation remains to denote the past existence of man on that dizzy height, and It Is very probable that the weird, rockclad spot will never again be visited. If. however.- In some future age science or quest of adventure shall lead some curious person over the-summit, he will find standing silhouetted against the sky a massive pyramid shaped pile of chiseled granite, sixty five feet high and sixty feet at the base, erected there years ago in honor of the Ames brothers, who made It possible to complete the Union Pacific railroad. A feeling of sentimentalism will doubt less now and then creep Into minds of those who have often passed this mon ument, at the thought that It now stands so far out of the path of com merce, so far from the haunts of man. deserted, to remain there almost n long as time shall endure. Several years ago two tramp tele graph operators devised a scheme for making a few dollars without much effort. They erected a small shanty at Sherman, gathered pieces of rock of different formation, colored some of them with dyes nnd over others poured melted lead In spots and pounded small bits of copper Into the crucks. These, when finished, were "specimens of gold and sliver ores," and found a ready market. All trains stopped Just In front of the shanty where the two geniuses held forth, to have the air brakes tested and the wheels exam ined prior to the descent of the moun tain. During these stops passengers were wont to run over to the shanty to make purchases of curios. If there was ever a time when the wind did not blow a gale at Sherman it was a period previous to th'e advent of man up there, ami It was this ever lasting wind that oddly blew good to the tramp shopkeepers. One morning, when the overland fiyer drew up at the old red depot, nn aproned man stood at the door of the shanty on the opposite side of the track beating a gong with a vigor which soon attracted the at tention of the passengers. Heads popped out of the windows, and in a moment people came tumbling out of the cars and made a grand rush for the supposed luncheon counter. The wind was whistling a merry tune over the summit, and In a very few seconds hats were rolling among the rocks and down into the gloom of the canyon. Of course, the recovery of the head gear was Impossible. When a lot of passengers had leen "unroofed" it was the -signal for the man with the gong to disappear and in his stead came another with a string of cheap hats and caps, which were easily disposed of to the unfortunates at fab ulous prices. ie Two millions of two-penny meals are dilly supplied to the Iinilon poor by a large victualing company. Tlir- food In plentiful, well-cooked, cleanly served, and the hungry multitude enjoys them. m 0r. i ', . THE PROGRESSIVE STORE Tlie Advent of Spring ftfejtt IS FORETOLD BY THE Beautiful Display of Seasonable Merchandise to be seen at LINCOLN'S PROGRESSIVE STORE. There is no further need to visit Chicago to obtain exclusive ideas and novelties in the Dry Goods line, as our store is resplendent with as fine a class of Spring Goods as can le found in any large eastern city. "While our quantities may not Imj as great, the variety and exclusiveness is represented here in the.f idlest degree. New Spring Suits. New Spring Suits in all wool basket weave cloth, graduated flounce, silk lined jacket in Blouse or Eton effect, splendidly tail ored and finished, and made to perfectly fit $10.00, $12.50, and $15.00 New Walking Skirts We t have opened recently some splendid values in "Walking and Dress Skirts. We shall be pleased to show them to 3011. 7 gore flare Walking Skirt, spring weight. colors are tan, blue, green, and gray. Prices $4.50, $6.50, and $8.75 New Walking Skirts, made with tucked flounce, colors, tan, blue, and medium gray. Prices $5.00 and $6.50 New Dress Skirts New Dress Skirts of all wool cheviot, made with circular flounce, trimmed with silk bands, black onlv. Prices $6.50, $7.50, $8.00, and $10.00 iiliii- 11 Lined and unlined Dress Skirts, made of etamine, circular flounce, velvet trimmed. Prices $9.00 to $15.00 New Underskirts Black mercerized Underskirt with 12 inch accordeon pleated flounce, excellent value 98c Children's Coats Swell line of Children's Spring Jackets, sizes 8 to 14 years. $1.98 to $6.50 ReadytoWear Hats A very complete line of Ready-to-Wear Hats,all the new straw shapes triinmed with metallic silk, cordings, etc., 98c to $2.00 Children's Caps Children's Caps for early spring wear 25c and 49c each warn! Kn
