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net11;"' iifeajg-jg-i- - W. Votaw, worse 3L - W7 Re?.- V." vs . . V ,v . --- -'J' . t" W ! 'i-- . ',32-.- .. ' . " r. CWTiCJSB' BVWM STEVENS & BARE,Eiitoks axd Props. SATURDAY. JANUARY 28th, 1888. There was not a very large at- tendance at the meeting of the Republican County Central commit- tee Saturday, and an adjournment was had until Saturday, February 4th, at Chairman Nesbitt's office in this city. At that time a larger at- tendance is hoped for. The early meeting of the State Convention necessitates holding a county con- vention to select delegates thereto. There are several other matters to receive attention also. The proposal to change time for the meeting of congress should be- come, a law, after amending the bill, however, to make the short session commence after the holidays. Its a waste of time to convene just before Christmas, as a two week's recess immediately follows. If the bilf should pass, there is nothing to prevent the members who want to go to Washington to have a good time during the holiday festivities from doing so, and when the session commences in January they can be sobered up and ready for work. Ox the 11th day of February the electors of. O'Fnllous precinct rote on the question of issuing bonds to bridge the South Platte river. With the location of the bridge, The TniBUifE has nothing to do. believing that the people are the best judges as to the point that - will be the greatest good to the greatest number. That is purely a local matter with which outsiders have no right to meddle. But there are one or two other ques- tions bearing on the subject to which attention can properly be called.. The almost imperative ne- cessity for a bridge at some point near (VFallons to provide a means by which the settlers on the south side can get to the railroad is con- ceded by all. Several attempts have been made to vote , bonds for building a bridge by the county and once by the precinch all of which failed. At the time the precinct vo4i;i tke qutioi, oue cause 'Bfcr7 t mere " ciB'ct wd ndt jwtify tfce--- b .was- - a tkM A M4y ImM tbt brig.THE-TniBt!- f e entertains the latter opinion still, but unfortunate ly a sufficient number of the people do not share a like view. As we have before stated the property the precinct can easily bear the ex penditure, and the bridge itself will increase values fully the amount that it costs. We understand the right of way has or will be donated, an important matter to be taken in to consideration in constructing ..r nriage. being a saving 01 iroin one to two thousand dollars to the coun ty. On the whole, the people of the'precinct should take this into consideration: They cannot build a bridge every two or three miles one bridge will have to suffice for j dozen miles. Wherever it is put, some one will be disappointed, some onc dissatisfied. If we wait till we can please everybody, a good many of us will die of old age before any iniproeinents woull be made The free trade democrats are evi dently trying to carry out their pro gramme to send Mr. Kandali to the rear. They are also endeavoring to send the party to the rear, and the prospects are that they will succeed. Atlanta Constitution. (Dem.) The. Democratic, party ought to be beaten -- for its campaign methods if for no other reason. Its deliber ate attempt to run the whole coun- try through the city of .New York and the South should drive every honest man away from its stand ards. Cleveland Leader. Jiven tne "tann reiormers over their terrapin have not the courage to maxe a square ana mamy issue against the vitalizing principle upon which Republican tariffs have been framed the principle that protec tion or home industry benefits the whole Nation. New York Tribune. If General Jackson is permitted to know what is going on in this world he must be moved to some very jrobust profanity by the propo- sition to convert his old residence in Tennessee into a soldiers' home, to whicn men shall be admitted who fought to destroy the Union. St. Louis. Globe-Democr- at. Democrats, have, we fear, too many constitutional scruples to al- low them to consent to a pension for Mrs. Logan, but there ought to be no more doubt about the legality tht tfeert ii ft Sfriity of placing tbe wi-tb- w; ii tfct fawiaat or ovr TMBjtar weMBia aamt we SnJiJtfUABr ffMMM GABFIEIjD. It has been some time since I wrote you from Garfield for various reasons whicb are not necessary to state. However, I will try and fur-nis- h you a few items in the future if there are any that would be of in- terest to your readers; but; unless the weather moderates it will be dangerous skirmishing around get- ting them together. The Christmas tree at Garfield Church was an enjoyable affair. The house was filled to overflowing and the tree loaded down with valuable presents. R. C. Hrdin our merchant has taken his store from our midst and planted it on his farm one mile south-ea- st of Whittier. There was a basket festival at the church on the evening of the 6th to raise money to furnish fuel and oil for the various kinds of public' meetings which are being held there this winter. There was something over nine dollars proceeds from baskets and fish pond. Cy, Jake, and C. C. were fortunate enough to get a half bushel basket each. They are having a very interest- ing literary society at the east Gar- field school house this winter. The mountain lion which has been roaming in this vicinity for three or four months killed a couple of swine on the South Loup on the night of the 2d and the next even- ing chased Marion Arbogast and Joe Frolley a couple of miles, and while a few of the neighbors were out in search of him he skipped back on the Loup and killed a year- ling colt for breakfast. The "boys found a couple of wallows but miss- ed the lion. There appears to be more than one lion as there has" been stock killed several miles apart on the same night and by an animal making the same track.- - The peo- ple should turn out and 'get rid of this unwelcome visitor as there has already been several head of hogs and sheep killed and as long as he is allowed to remain will continue to kill. J. M. Alexander has finally suc ceeded in getting a well on his claim after failing two or three times. After going thnfhgh thirty or forty feet of loose sand he struck water in clay.' G. C. Babcock claims that just before one of our blizzards this win- ter the water raised to the top of his well which is nearly two hundred feet deep. Nearly "all the wells on this table bubble and roar 'and there is a strong current .of air rushing from them for about twenty-f- our hours before a sTroh'HortQ .VI' nnrf.li --woof nrinrl Snni ci rP w4k will furiiMh Mote water wUm il. . i ! . , .1-- 1 ,we wma wowing rrpm tne no: while cliere fHrniA !iore.whtlHj pri: k fekwing;f row 4lieViW-- $ There w 'goenthiag -- iiaraifi this but .ii k .rue mt1mmk Asotber tluag tlubboWtiMfc the fact that the water in most of them is from two to four feet deep- er in spring and summer than in fall and winter seasons. Quite a number of fariners in this community are talking of planting corn with listers this spring as it saves about two-thir- ds of the work putting in the crop and requires no morework to cultivate than corn planted in the old way and appears to raise as much per acre and just as good quality. The dry weather in June and July does not effect it so much as the roots of the crop are deeper in the ground. Felter. BUCHANAN. I need not make any remarks about the weather. "The oldest in habitant" is all at sea in regard to the continued cold spell we have had for the last six weeks. The talk among farmers is, that many of their potatoes caught cold which will prove fatal, either for eating or planting; It is a prospective voter at H. P. Bishop: H. r. is getting down to his normal condition. The masked dance I spoke of in my last, came off at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Miltinberger on the 19th, proving a grand suc- cess, about 60 being in attendance. The cold weather deterred quite a number from attending. This be- ing the first dance of the kind in the neighborhood, and the first, one --of the, kind, attended JayjiJarge ma-- A .Jit t ' 1 jomy or uie people, was quite a novelty. All seemed to enjov the fun with a keen relish. The char- acters represented were as follows, as near as vour scribe could ascer- tain, if any are omitted it is their own fault in not reporting: Mrs. S. Robinson. Mother Hubbard. D. Craig, Nitrht. H. Hibner. E. Schick, A. Wikins, R. A. Davidson. A. D. Orr, Miss M. Y. Buchanau, " Haines, U1CCU Gertie Votaw, Garretson, Beneway. Mr. 0. A. Bacon, . u 41 u i; il Bride, School Girl. School Girl, Snow Ball, Aurora, v Tennis, Pop Corn, Pop Corn, Spanish Lady, Italian Girl, Dutch Girl, . Arab, bailor, Miltonberger. G. Washington Purdy, Clown, Pennings, Beggar, Davidson, Fancy Dress, Orr, Gent of Color, an Brocklin, Major General, Hurst, Indian, EdTotaw, Calico Man, Perkins, y . - - Indian. Ere ,?Turk fficfa; Dick, - i -- i KibnJ mm 5 I' i il u W. W. Votaw, Worst Devil, D. Craig, Pillow Case, Garretson, School Boy, Vinton Beneway, "Dutch Girl, Bert Votaw, Sailor Boy; After enjoying the dance in mask for some hours, all were formed on the floor for the Virginia Reel, when the order was given to un- mask. Merriment was the order for a time, and good hearty health giving laughter was enjoyed by all. About the middle of the night a splendid lap supper was served after which dancing continued until the great luminary warned all if was time to go home and feed their herds. Music by the famous Hea-to- n band. Yes that marraige came that I Dromised vou. At the hnma of tbe :bride, Miss Hattie Clark to Mr. Jackson of Wallace, Rev. W. M. Taylor officiating. The happy bouple left for a tour to their form- er home at Streator, Ills. We are getting some tmxious about our County Commissioner. We fear he will be compelled to make a ' permanent residence in your city., Kibk. 'Jan. 23d, 1888: ; We heard of a case of married infelicity this week, that will when known, weaken the resolutions of the young men who are liable to stand in Cupid's way this year at least. Report states the case this way: A couple of sisters in a cer- tain part of our county, married and went to house keeping with their respective husbands on their respec- tive farms. We will designate them as couple No. 1 and couple No. 2. Couple No. 1 enjoyed their honey moon and after tkree weeks Mrs. No. 1 thought she would like to make her sister Mrs. 2 a vkit, pack- ed up her truak 'and Went. Mr. No. 1 after trying'the old fadiipned way of letting the dishes go for a week without washing tnem and having partaken of the bitter dregs of lonesomenese concluded it was time his wife was coming home, goes to No. 2's house. After the preliminaries usual on such occa- sions, told his wife life was not worth living without her. She po- litely declined to leave the abode of couple No. 2. No. 3 went aray in high dudgeon. Mr. No. 2 and Mrs. No. 1 then went to No. l's house and took all the chickens, turkeys, and pigs to No. 2 s place. After a while as No. 1 made unusual display of grief, Mrs. No 1 began to ;tnink life without No. 1 would iMteed be barren of the few joys of this world, went nome, was receirta at taougu shehad never been -- a-. prodigal. jkawtbought tk isbtind of - the- - Kaacelalnm ack BjU tlbkraand by lo Worl k) Mr : Mrii. No. 1 their rightful property. In, tak- ing the chickens back about four-fift- hs of them died. 'We are told that now not a wrave of trouble rolls across the breaets of No. 1. Perkins Couaty (or Southern Keith,) State of Nebraska. Jan. 22d, 1888. To the Respected Citizens of Nort flatte, JNebraska: We the undersigned members of Pioneer Sunday School do herein affirm the statement of Mrs. Hol-bro- ok of this place, now in your midst soliciting aid for the needy in this neighborhood, that there is much suffering among us, notwith- standing the article in the Grant Enterprise to the contrary; and unless some one continues to see to the needy more will suffer before spring. And we further affirm that your liberal donation sent to our Justice, George W. Stocking, is be- ing judiciously distributed among the needy here. Therefore we the members of Pioneer Sunday School do return our most sincere tlfanks and gratitude to the people of North fjatte tor tneir noerai donation. Signed. William Clugston, George E. Slade, Wilbern H. Slade. Elston Armstrong, Lucy Harrison, Mrs. E. Mecham, Belle Mecham, E. D. Harrison, C. K: Webber, Charles E. Clugston, W. E. Harri- son, S. M. Brown. J. L. Schandt, E. W. Armstrong, Mrs. Susan Har- - rison.vJainesA. TweedMxsSH Barratt, Mrs. Matilda E. Wendling, Fred Wendling, D. C. Shelton, Barnes E. Barratt, E. Zekiel Mech- am, C. A. Campbell, Martin Ander- son, Mrs. Rebecca Rush, Mrs. Jos ephine Kiser. INot long since I solicited dona tions from the public in the inter est of sufferers in Keith county, and by way of explanation to those who have doubted my statements I have secured the above certificate. I had good information and references be- fore I solicited and have in my pos- session letters from reliable parties testifying to the truthfulness' of my statements. With many thanks to donors to the above cause, Resp'y, Jxo. T. Hopkins. COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS. On the 19th and 20th the board was engaged in making settlement with the county treasurer. On the 21st, after the transaction of some miscellaneous business the board continued work on the treas- urers books. Jan. 23d. G; C. Campbell was appointed justice of the peace for -- aa w - . - - n " J X I Bm to d iiiili; AHWtl?J overr of highways approved. The following apporotments were made: L. D(.T Thoelecke,. assessor, Osgood precinct,' Si &. Diehl, asses- sor, WhUtierjwecinct: Jan. 24 Board at work with the county treiiurarsjbooks. Jan. 25. The cb-Me- nt road asked for bv J. N. Bicjlfmdothers com- mencing.' at set. coiner section 6, 13-3- 3, th ence north: on section, line to the nw corner29-14-3- 3, the con- sent of all parties owning land touched by Taid road( haying been given, and all claims for damages waived, the petition is hereby grant- ed and the road declared a public highway. The board then continued work on settlement with the county treasurer. Jan. 26 Commissioner Walker is directed to go to Fremont, Grand Island, and other places he may consider .advisable, to inspect jails and report at the next meeting of the board.; wili be received by the board up to he 13th day of February for a jail site, to contain at least one corner lot and one -- vliocmtibn, price and all other Vonditiona to be taken" into "consideration. ' Board adjourned until Feb. 13th. . - The Election ;in' Perkins County for the location o the county seat and the election of officers, resulted in the selection' of . to fill the offices, but- - on the county seat question, no place had a major- ity, and there will be another elec- tion. There are, four towns along the line of the railroad that were candidates, but iirtjie coming con- test Madrid and Grant will likely be the only competitors. There were 1067 votes casfc, of which Grant received 423, "Madrid 336, Lisbon 184, and Elsie 124. Elsie is east of Madrid and Lisbon is west of Grant. If Lisbon casts her vote for Grant and Elsie forMidHd: Grant will likely get the county seat. Besides Grant fell short nearly one hundred of polling her full vote, having cast 436 at the November election. Making allowance for proper in- crease since then, she should have cast 450 votes, but she only got in 349. At the coming election the weather is. likely to. be better and. the rural "deestricts" around will likely turn out in full force, when Grant will redeem her lost prestige as voting piece Madrid, thy name is Dennis! , JOUMIAUBTIC. We are in receipt of the Broken Bow Daily Reporter, whicb sailed existence. succesg tHA ifei WeiMor. R can is the editor. M. M. Neeves, after having suc- cessfully discharged the duties of county "clerk of Keith county for two years, has again ascended the editorial tripop of the Ogallala Re- flector. We welcome him back to the fraternity: The great and good Lincoln Jour- nal sets more type and gives its readers more reading matter than any other paper in the state. It should be appreciated by all The St. Paul and Minneapolis pipers are for a time enioying truce and discussing a project for .11.. uuiuug iue iwo nrues into one cor- poration, with one, name. The pro- posed name is "Minnehaha." Thus united they elaim that they would make one great metropolitan city a. population of 400,000, ana an annual exchange of $400,000 and would be, all in all, the biggest tiling m the west outside of Chicago. This is all very nice, but no big citv can stand such a name as "Minne haha." It lacks the solid business ring that would attract capital and give dignity to the census. Some less frivolous appellation should be selected. Even "Minniesingsing" would be an improvement. State Journal. An old gentleman of Detroit was passing inrougn tne ceremony of tngiTdrliKrwife' the otheri dayi At the impressive climax of the good preacher-man- 's part of the penormance somebody was heard sobbing in an adjoining room. "My goodness!" excaimed one of the guests in a dramatic whisner. "who on earth is crying on this fes tive occasion?" "That" replied a mischievous member of the exper- ienced family "that's nebodybutEm. She alwava hoo- - hoos when Pa's getting married. The great mistake of the free traders grows out of the fact that Mr. Randall has so long defended tne principle of protection on the Democratic side 'that they have come to regard him as a personal enemy while in reality he the representative of sentiment that is overwhelming in the Stases that decide Federal elections. New York Stm. It can be set down as one of the suggestive signs of the year that Massachusetts which has always been foremost in opposing Blaine's nomination, and which in 1876 and 1880 succeeded in defeat- - iagrit, and ii.,1884. still opposed it, fiCSJ Propositions Republicans bridegroom's .( 1' a OC his president sent the following nomin- ations' for postmasters to the senate today: Calvin'M. Wherry, North Platte, Neb; H. Fred Wille, Kear- ney, Neb.; and Bertha Kleun, Cul-- bertson, Neb. Washington, Jan. 24. The president to-da- y transmitted to the senate the report of the board of control of the industrial home in Utah territory, established by con- gress to provide employment and means of support for the dependent women, who have renounced poly- gamy and for their young children, with a view to aid in the suppres- sion of polygamy. The report says the home has been in operation since November 28, but that for the ten hiouths covered by the report it has received only twenty-seve- n per- sons within its walls. The expend- itures were $6,995. The home, the report continues, has not yet attain- ed that position which its creators confidentially hope and believe it can with additional legislatian, en- larging that class of persons who may be admitted within its walls. Pittsbuhg, Jan. 24. John Jar-ret- t, the well known labor leader, who has returned frpni Washing- ton, where he was in the interest of Thoebe in the Carlisle contest, de- nies the reports telegraphed from New York in which he is quoted as being able to control the labor vote in the interest of the republican party. He also repudiates the state- ment that he would compel Thoebe to again run against Carlisle. Mr. Jarrett said, however: "I know it to be a fact that Thoebe will be nominated again and has agreed to run. This whole thing has been infamous, lie was sold out by pre- tended friends. Thoebe has collect- ed positive evidence and now asks for a reopening of the case. Thoebe is an honest, faithful man, with a reputation unapproachable and de- serving the moral support of every workingman in the country. There is something wrong. I know there is, but will not say now what it is, as that is farther on, but the case is by no means settled, not even as far as the contest is concerned." Representative Springer, of Illin- ois, is in an unusually active state of eruption this year. As yet, how- ever, it has not been determined whether it is bile or statesmanship that ails him. Philadelphia Press. Senator Cullom, of Illinois, is coming to the front as a far seeing statesman and so long as there are gentlemen of his untiring vigilance in Congress the country will be safe. New York Herald. nr ior.fimir . ft m a ' IL' i - with ;l - 1 1 a I m .- Mr. ' Sweeping Reductions, Sweeps Reductions IN EVERT DEPABTHENTJ Previous to our annual invoice which will occur February 1st, we propose to close out our immense stock of dry goods, carpets, notions, boots and shoes at about ONE-HAL- F their original value. For the Next Thirty Days we will give- - UjNU-1'OUK- TH off on all Dress Goods. For the Next Thirty Days we will sell all the best make of Prints for 6 cents and all the best Dress Ginghams for 8 cents; Sta- ple Ginghams cents. For the Next Thirty Days we willplace all our Linen Damask, Linen Towels, Linen Napkins and all linen goods on sale at less than cost. For the Next Thirty Days we will almost give away our cloaks and shawls, even selling them at less, than cost jto close, out.; . . 1. For the Next Thirty Days all our ladies' and gents' underwear will be closed out at less than cost: now is the time to buy. For the Next Thirty Days over five hundred dollars worth of ladies', gents' and children's hosiery will be closed out regardless of cost Boots and Shoes will go with the rest at about one-ha- lf their value. For the Next Thirty Days we will close out all our carpets, lace curtains, chenille curtains and curtain Goods at less than whole sale price. For the Next Thirty Days all the odds and ends in our notion department will blow with the wind at less than cost. Come early to secure great bar gains. Jtemember first come first served. This is the greatest chance you 1ever had to buy good goods cheap and you should not fail to avail yourself! of the great opportu- - nothing more. and get n rices if 1 w L T. Win POWDER Absolutely Pure. F 1 . Auagle bottle of Ballard's Horekond Syrup keptabovt your for innedi&te nse will serioos sickness, a large doctor bill, and perhaps death, by the ase of tkree or foer doaef. For coring coos-mpti- oa itssaeeees ban been simply wonderful, &ad for ordiaary coahs,colds, throat, croap, whooping cough, sore chest hemorrhages its effecta are sarpriaisg won- derful. Every bottle gnaraateed. G. W. Price, agent. P. TIME TABLE. GOING WEST HOT.UX TIME. No. Dcpt.SaS a. m. i0;?-!?.11- 11 905 P. 2t- - No. -f-reight 8:23 A. 31. No. 27-Fr- oight " 7.-0-0 r. m Stops only at Ogallala, J ulesburg and Sidnev on lhird District. 1 GOI"G EAST. l?er Dept. 5:13 a. m. I No. 750 p. 3r. No. 4 Freight - p at only at PlnniC'reek, Kearney and Grand Island os Second District. I J. V. Fntarsox. Agent. r A and reliable Medicine? are thebest to denendnixm. Aefcer'sTtTnVl- - This powder never Taries. Araar-e- l of parity; i-- :-, 1,- -- nreacribed for vears fnr 11 tm. strenathand wholesomencss. More economica I .... txt.-o- i jt .r, - Hum the ordinary kinds, cannot be sold in pautu vuociuuu. cveiyioimoiBcroi- - competition with the multitude ot low test, snore uiopa, cjpuiuuc or .ateiuuxiaj. aiseases, It 13 weight alnm or phosphate powders. Bold only invaluable. For Rheumatism, has no eqiL in cans. Koyal Baking Powdeb Co., 106 Wall Street, New York J?or by A. F. btreitz. 'And beautiful maidens moved down in the dauce, AVith the magic of motion and sunshine of glance; And white arms wreathed lightly and tresses fell free As the plumage of birds in some tropical tree." Syrup. Kj-aL- -- rwwww-l The Annual Masque Ball Walla Walla Lodge STo. 56, I. 0. 0. P., WILL HELD LLOYD'S OPERA HOUSE, NORTH PLATTE. Tickets: Gents Masked, $1.50; Ladies Masked, 75c; Spectators, 50c. fS?A general invitation extended the public. No special invi- tations wili be issued but the management reserves the right to exclude all improper persons. For this purpose inspecting committee will be the door whose duty will be see that this rigidly enforced. Committee of Arrangements: J. E. Evans, P. J. Gilman, P. M. Klenk. J. R. Bangs, A. A. Pangborn, W. C. Elder, C. M. Duncan, J. C. Hupfer, R. D. Thomson, P. H. Sitton. Jas. Briscoe. By order of Executive Committee: C. W. Price, C. H. Stamp, L. A. Stevens, Jos. Smallwood, S. Hoagland, Committee. SaJgW- - Tirsr. ! r mmnw aaa-f- c- j laSmm.Br TO jCEST 4 boose prereat and 8tops and Sale ; -- OF- OX U. 235 is to an at it to is the .T. r,nt is sore BE WATCHES THE FINEST LINE IN THE CITY AT DIAMONDS & JEWELRY SOLD ACTUAL COST. ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. McBVOY, KEITH'S COMMERCIAL BLOCK. and OFFERS THE 7 AT TEIOKLER, Front M Mmn Fnniinri Dealer, OOMZ2 PEOPLE OF NORTH PLATTE LINCOLN COUNTY UFPAMLLED REDUCTIONS IN PRICES ON FURNITURE, HARDWARE AND STOVES. Tin and Sheet Iron Work Promptly Executed. AND No. 3496. FIRST N1TI0IAL BAM, North Platte, - Neb. Authorized Capital, $200,1 Paid in Capital, $50,000. Banking In All Its Branches Transacted Sell Bills of Exchange Direct on Great Britain and Ireland, Switzer- land, France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Russia, Spain, Portugal, German' and Austria. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS. : lr --Jt? 15

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Page 1: It For coring Price, Win · net11;"' iifeajg-jg-i-- W. Votaw, worse 3L- W7 Re?.-V." vs. . V,v.-'J'. t"W! 'i--. ',32-.-.. r. CWTiCJSB' BVWM STEVENS &BARE,Eiitoks axdProps. SATURDAY

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STEVENS & BARE,Eiitoks axd Props.

SATURDAY. JANUARY 28th, 1888.

There was not a very large at-

tendance at the meeting of theRepublican County Central commit-

tee Saturday, and an adjournmentwas had until Saturday, February4th, at Chairman Nesbitt's office inthis city. At that time a larger at-

tendance is hoped for. The early

meeting of the State Convention

necessitates holding a county con-

vention to select delegates thereto.There are several other matters to

receive attention also.

The proposal to change time for

the meeting of congress should be-

come, a law, after amending the bill,

however, to make the short session

commence after the holidays. Its awaste of time to convene just

before Christmas, as a two week's

recess immediately follows. If thebilf should pass, there is nothing to

prevent the members who want to

go to Washington to have a good

time during the holiday festivitiesfrom doing so, and when the session

commences in January they can be

sobered up and ready for work.

Ox the 11th day of Februarythe electors of. O'Fnllous precinctrote on the question of issuingbonds to bridge the South Platteriver. With the location of thebridge, The TniBUifE has nothingto do. believing that the people arethe best judges as to the point that

- will be the greatest good to thegreatest number. That is purely alocal matter with which outsidershave no right to meddle. Butthere are one or two other ques-

tions bearing on the subject towhich attention can properly becalled.. The almost imperative ne-

cessity for a bridge at some pointnear (VFallons to provide a meansby which the settlers on the southside can get to the railroad is con-

ceded by all. Several attempts havebeen made to vote , bonds forbuilding a bridge by the county andonce by the precinch all of whichfailed. At the time the precinctvo4i;i tke qutioi, oue cause

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tkM A M4y ImM tbtbrig.THE-TniBt!- f e entertains thelatter opinion still, but unfortunately a sufficient number of the peopledo not share a like view. As wehave before stated the propertythe precinct can easily bear the expenditure, and the bridge itself willincrease values fully the amountthat it costs. We understand theright of way has or will be donated,an important matter to be taken into consideration in constructing

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nriage. being a saving 01 iroin oneto two thousand dollars to the county. On the whole, the people ofthe'precinct should take this intoconsideration: They cannot builda bridge every two or three milesone bridge will have to suffice for j

dozen miles. Wherever it is put,some one will be disappointed, someonc dissatisfied. If we wait till wecan please everybody, a good manyof us will die of old age before anyiniproeinents woull be made

The free trade democrats are evidently trying to carry out their programme to send Mr. Kandali to therear. They are also endeavoring tosend the party to the rear, and theprospects are that they will succeed.

Atlanta Constitution. (Dem.)

The. Democratic, party ought tobe beaten --for its campaign methodsif for no other reason. Its deliberate attempt to run the whole coun-try through the city of .New Yorkand the South should drive everyhonest man away from its standards. Cleveland Leader.

Jiven tne "tann reiormers overtheir terrapin have not the courageto maxe a square ana mamy issueagainst the vitalizing principle uponwhich Republican tariffs have beenframed the principle that protection or home industry benefits thewhole Nation. New York Tribune.

If General Jackson is permittedto know what is going on in thisworld he must be moved to somevery jrobust profanity by the propo-sition to convert his old residencein Tennessee into a soldiers' home,to whicn men shall be admitted whofought to destroy the Union. St.Louis. Globe-Democr- at.

Democrats, have, we fear, toomany constitutional scruples to al-

low them to consent to a pensionfor Mrs. Logan, but there ought tobe no more doubt about the legalitytht tfeert ii ft Sfriity ofplacing tbe wi-tb-

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It has been some time since Iwrote you from Garfield for variousreasons whicb are not necessary tostate. However, I will try and fur-nis-h

you a few items in the futureif there are any that would be of in-terest to your readers; but; unlessthe weather moderates it will bedangerous skirmishing around get-ting them together.

The Christmas tree at GarfieldChurch was an enjoyable affair.The house was filled to overflowingand the tree loaded down withvaluable presents.

R. C. Hrdin our merchant hastaken his store from our midst andplanted it on his farm one milesouth-ea- st of Whittier.

There was a basket festival at thechurch on the evening of the 6thto raise money to furnish fuel andoil for the various kinds of public'meetings which are being held therethis winter. There was somethingover nine dollars proceeds frombaskets and fish pond. Cy, Jake,and C. C. were fortunate enough toget a half bushel basket each.

They are having a very interest-ing literary society at the east Gar-field school house this winter.

The mountain lion which hasbeen roaming in this vicinity forthree or four months killed a coupleof swine on the South Loup on thenight of the 2d and the next even-ing chased Marion Arbogast andJoe Frolley a couple of miles, andwhile a few of the neighbors wereout in search of him he skippedback on the Loup and killed a year-ling colt for breakfast. The "boysfound a couple of wallows but miss-ed the lion. There appears to bemore than one lion as there has"been stock killed several miles aparton the same night and by an animalmaking the same track.- - The peo-ple should turn out and 'get rid ofthis unwelcome visitor as there hasalready been several head of hogsand sheep killed and as long as heis allowed to remain will continueto kill.

J. M. Alexander has finally succeeded in getting a well on his claimafter failing two or three times.After going thnfhgh thirty or fortyfeet of loose sand he struck waterin clay.'

G. C. Babcock claims that justbefore one of our blizzards this win-ter the water raised to the top ofhis well which is nearly twohundred feet deep. Nearly "all thewells on this table bubble and roar'and there is a strong current .of airrushing from them for about twenty-f-

our hours before a sTroh'HortQ.VI' nnrf.li --woof nrinrl Snni ci rPw4k will furiiMh Mote water wUmil. . i ! . , .1-- 1,we wma wowing rrpm tne no:while cliere fHrniA !iore.whtlHjpri: k fekwing;frow 4lieViW--$

There w 'goenthiag --iiaraifithis but .ii k .rue mt1mmkAsotber tluag tlubboWtiMfcthe fact that the water in most ofthem is from two to four feet deep-er in spring and summer than infall and winter seasons.

Quite a number of fariners in thiscommunity are talking of plantingcorn with listers this spring as itsaves about two-thir- ds of the workputting in the crop and requires nomorework to cultivate than cornplanted in the old way and appearsto raise as much per acre and justas good quality. The dry weatherin June and July does not effect itso much as the roots of the crop aredeeper in the ground. Felter.

BUCHANAN.

I need not make any remarksabout the weather. "The oldest inhabitant" is all at sea in regard tothe continued cold spell we havehad for the last six weeks. Thetalk among farmers is, that manyof their potatoes caught cold whichwill prove fatal, either for eatingor planting;

It is a prospective voter at H. P.Bishop: H. r. is getting down tohis normal condition.

The masked dance I spoke of inmy last, came off at the home ofMr. and Mrs. Ira L. Miltinbergeron the 19th, proving a grand suc-

cess, about 60 being in attendance.The cold weather deterred quite anumber from attending. This be-

ing the first dance of the kind inthe neighborhood, and the first, one

--of the, kind, attended JayjiJarge ma--A .Jit t ' 1

jomy or uie people, was quite anovelty. All seemed to enjov thefun with a keen relish. The char-acters represented were as follows,as near as vour scribe could ascer-tain, if any are omitted it is theirown fault in not reporting:Mrs. S. Robinson. Mother Hubbard.

D. Craig, Nitrht.H. Hibner.E. Schick,A. Wikins,R. A. Davidson.A. D. Orr,

Miss M. Y. Buchanau," Haines,

U1CCUGertie Votaw,Garretson,Beneway.

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Aurora,v Tennis,Pop Corn,Pop Corn,

Spanish Lady,Italian Girl,Dutch Girl,

. Arab,bailor,

Miltonberger. G. WashingtonPurdy, Clown,Pennings, Beggar,Davidson, Fancy Dress,Orr, Gent of Color,

an Brocklin, Major General,Hurst, Indian,EdTotaw, Calico Man,Perkins, y .- - Indian.Ere ,?Turkfficfa; Dick,

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After enjoying the dance in maskfor some hours, all were formed onthe floor for the Virginia Reel,when the order was given to un-mask. Merriment was the orderfor a time, and good hearty healthgiving laughter was enjoyed by all.About the middle of the night asplendid lap supper was served afterwhich dancing continued until thegreat luminary warned all if wastime to go home and feed theirherds. Music by the famous Hea-to- n

band.Yes that marraige came that I

Dromised vou. At the hnma of tbe:bride, Miss Hattie Clark to Mr.Jackson of Wallace, Rev. W. M.Taylor officiating. The happybouple left for a tour to their form-er home at Streator, Ills.

We are getting some tmxiousabout our County Commissioner.We fear he will be compelled tomake a

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city., Kibk.'Jan. 23d, 1888: ;

We heard of a case of marriedinfelicity this week, that will whenknown, weaken the resolutions ofthe young men who are liable tostand in Cupid's way this year atleast. Report states the case thisway: A couple of sisters in a cer-tain part of our county, married andwent to house keeping with theirrespective husbands on their respec-tive farms. We will designate themas couple No. 1 and couple No. 2.Couple No. 1 enjoyed their honeymoon and after tkree weeks Mrs.No. 1 thought she would like tomake her sister Mrs. 2 a vkit, pack-ed up her truak 'and Went. Mr.No. 1 after trying'the old fadiipnedway of letting the dishes go for aweek without washing tnem andhaving partaken of the bitter dregsof lonesomenese concluded it wastime his wife was coming home,goes to No. 2's house. After thepreliminaries usual on such occa-sions, told his wife life was notworth living without her. She po-litely declined to leave the abode ofcouple No. 2. No. 3 went aray inhigh dudgeon. Mr. No. 2 and Mrs.No. 1 then went to No. l's houseand took all the chickens, turkeys,and pigs to No. 2 s place. After awhile as No. 1 made unusual displayof grief, Mrs. No 1 began to ;tninklife without No. 1 would iMteed bebarren of the few joys of this world,went nome, was receirta at taougushehad never been -- a-. prodigal.

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BjU tlbkraand bylo Worl k) Mr : Mrii. No.1 their rightful property. In, tak-ing the chickens back about four-fift- hs

of them died. 'We are toldthat now not a wrave of trouble rollsacross the breaets of No. 1.

Perkins Couaty (or SouthernKeith,) State of Nebraska.

Jan. 22d, 1888.To the Respected Citizens of Nort

flatte, JNebraska:We the undersigned members of

Pioneer Sunday School do hereinaffirm the statement of Mrs. Hol-bro-ok

of this place, now in yourmidst soliciting aid for the needy inthis neighborhood, that there ismuch suffering among us, notwith-standing the article in the GrantEnterprise to the contrary; andunless some one continues to see tothe needy more will suffer beforespring. And we further affirm thatyour liberal donation sent to ourJustice, George W. Stocking, is be-

ing judiciously distributed amongthe needy here. Therefore we themembers of Pioneer Sunday Schooldo return our most sincere tlfanksand gratitude to the people of Northfjatte tor tneir noerai donation.

Signed. William Clugston,George E. Slade, Wilbern H. Slade.Elston Armstrong, Lucy Harrison,Mrs. E. Mecham, Belle Mecham,E. D. Harrison, C. K: Webber,Charles E. Clugston, W. E. Harri-son, S. M. Brown. J. L. Schandt,E. W. Armstrong, Mrs. Susan Har--rison.vJainesA. TweedMxsSHBarratt, Mrs. Matilda E. Wendling,Fred Wendling, D. C. Shelton,Barnes E. Barratt, E. Zekiel Mech-am, C. A. Campbell, Martin Ander-son, Mrs. Rebecca Rush, Mrs. Josephine Kiser.

INot long since I solicited donations from the public in the interest of sufferers in Keith county, andby way of explanation to those whohave doubted my statements I havesecured the above certificate. I hadgood information and references be-

fore I solicited and have in my pos-session letters from reliable partiestestifying to the truthfulness' of mystatements. With many thanks todonors to the above cause,

Resp'y,Jxo. T. Hopkins.

COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.On the 19th and 20th the board

was engaged in making settlementwith the county treasurer.

On the 21st, after the transactionof some miscellaneous business theboard continued work on the treas-urers books.

Jan. 23d. G; C. Campbell wasappointed justice of the peace for--aa w - .

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AHWtl?Joverr of highways approved.

The following apporotments weremade: L. D(.T Thoelecke,. assessor,Osgood precinct,' Si&. Diehl, asses-sor, WhUtierjwecinct:

Jan. 24 Board at work with thecounty treiiurarsjbooks.

Jan. 25. The cb-Me-

nt road askedfor bv J. N. Bicjlfmdothers com-mencing.' at set. coiner section 6,13-3-3, thence north:on section, lineto the nw corner29-14-3- 3, the con-sent of all parties owning landtouched by Taid road( haying beengiven, and all claims for damageswaived, the petition is hereby grant-ed and the road declared a publichighway.

The board then continued workon settlement with the countytreasurer.

Jan. 26 Commissioner Walkeris directed to go to Fremont, GrandIsland, and other places he mayconsider .advisable, to inspect jailsand report at the next meeting ofthe board.;

wili be received bythe board up to he 13th day ofFebruary for a jail site, to containat least one corner lot and one

-- vliocmtibn, priceand all other Vonditiona to be taken"into "consideration. '

Board adjourned until Feb. 13th.. -

The Election ;in' Perkins Countyfor the location o the county seatand the election of officers, resultedin the selection' of . tofill the offices, but- - on the countyseat question, no place had a major-ity, and there will be another elec-tion. There are, four towns alongthe line of the railroad that werecandidates, but iirtjie coming con-test Madrid and Grant will likelybe the only competitors. Therewere 1067 votes casfc, of which Grantreceived 423, "Madrid 336, Lisbon184, and Elsie 124. Elsie is east ofMadrid and Lisbon is west of Grant.If Lisbon casts her vote for Grantand Elsie forMidHd: Grant willlikely get the county seat. BesidesGrant fell short nearly one hundredof polling her full vote, having cast436 at the November election.Making allowance for proper in-

crease since then, she should havecast 450 votes, but she only got in349. At the coming election theweather is. likely to. be better and.the rural "deestricts" around willlikely turn out in full force, whenGrant will redeem her lost prestigeas voting piece Madrid, thyname is Dennis! ,

JOUMIAUBTIC.We are in receipt of the Broken

Bow Daily Reporter, whicb sailedexistence.

succesg tHA ifei WeiMor. R

can is the editor.M. M. Neeves, after having suc-

cessfully discharged the duties ofcounty "clerk of Keith county fortwo years, has again ascended theeditorial tripop of the Ogallala Re-

flector. We welcome him back tothe fraternity:

The great and good Lincoln Jour-nal sets more type and gives itsreaders more reading matter thanany other paper in the state. Itshould be appreciated by all

The St. Paul and Minneapolispipers are for a time enioyingtruce and discussing a project for

.11..uuiuug iue iwo nrues into one cor-poration, with one, name. The pro-posed name is "Minnehaha." Thusunited they elaim that they wouldmake one great metropolitan city

a.population of 400,000, anaan annual exchange of $400,000 andwould be, all in all, the biggesttiling m the west outside of Chicago.This is all very nice, but no big citvcan stand such a name as "Minnehaha." It lacks the solid businessring that would attract capital andgive dignity to the census. Someless frivolous appellation should beselected. Even "Minniesingsing"would be an improvement. StateJournal.

An old gentleman of Detroit waspassing inrougn tne ceremony oftngiTdrliKrwife' the otheridayi At the impressive climax ofthe good preacher-man- 's part of thepenormance somebody was heardsobbing in an adjoining room."My goodness!" excaimed one ofthe guests in a dramatic whisner."who on earth is crying on this festive occasion?" "That" replied amischievous member of the exper-ienced family "that'snebodybutEm. She alwava hoo- -hoos when Pa's getting married.

The great mistake of the freetraders grows out of the fact thatMr. Randall has so long defendedtne principle of protection on theDemocratic side 'that they havecome to regard him as a personalenemy while in reality he therepresentative of sentiment thatis overwhelming in the Stases thatdecide Federal elections. NewYork Stm.

It can be set down as one of thesuggestive signs of the year thatMassachusetts which has alwaysbeen foremost in opposingBlaine's nomination, and which in1876 and 1880 succeeded in defeat- -iagrit, and ii.,1884. still opposed it,

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ney, Neb.; and Bertha Kleun, Cul--bertson, Neb.

Washington, Jan. 24. Thepresident to-da- y transmitted to thesenate the report of the board ofcontrol of the industrial home inUtah territory, established by con-

gress to provide employment andmeans of support for the dependentwomen, who have renounced poly-

gamy and for their young children,with a view to aid in the suppres-sion of polygamy. The report saysthe home has been in operationsince November 28, but that for theten hiouths covered by the report ithas received only twenty-seve- n per-

sons within its walls. The expend-itures were $6,995. The home, thereport continues, has not yet attain-ed that position which its creatorsconfidentially hope and believe itcan with additional legislatian, en-

larging that class of persons whomay be admitted within its walls.

Pittsbuhg, Jan. 24. John Jar-ret- t,

the well known labor leader,who has returned frpni Washing-ton, where he was in the interest ofThoebe in the Carlisle contest, de-

nies the reports telegraphed fromNew York in which he is quoted asbeing able to control the labor votein the interest of the republicanparty. He also repudiates the state-ment that he would compel Thoebeto again run against Carlisle. Mr.Jarrett said, however: "I know itto be a fact that Thoebe will benominated again and has agreed torun. This whole thing has beeninfamous, lie was sold out by pre-tended friends. Thoebe has collect-ed positive evidence and now asksfor a reopening of the case. Thoebeis an honest, faithful man, with areputation unapproachable and de-

serving the moral support of everyworkingman in the country. Thereis something wrong. I know thereis, but will not say now what it is,as that is farther on, but the case isby no means settled, not even as faras the contest is concerned."

Representative Springer, of Illin-ois, is in an unusually active stateof eruption this year. As yet, how-ever, it has not been determinedwhether it is bile or statesmanshipthat ails him. Philadelphia Press.

Senator Cullom, of Illinois, iscoming to the front as a far seeingstatesman and so long as there aregentlemen of his untiring vigilancein Congress the country will besafe. New York Herald.

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IN EVERT DEPABTHENTJ

Previous to our annual invoicewhich will occur February 1st, wepropose to close out our immensestock of dry goods, carpets, notions,boots and shoes at about ONE-HAL- F

their original value.

For the Next Thirty Dayswe will give- - UjNU-1'OUK- TH offon all Dress Goods.

For the Next Thirty Dayswe will sell all the best make ofPrints for 6 cents and all the bestDress Ginghams for 8 cents; Sta-ple Ginghams cents.

For the Next Thirty Dayswe willplace all our Linen Damask,Linen Towels, Linen Napkins andall linen goods on sale at less thancost.

For the Next Thirty Dayswe will almost give away our cloaksand shawls, even selling them atless, than cost jto close, out.;

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For the Next Thirty Daysall our ladies' and gents' underwearwill be closed out at less than cost:now is the time to buy.

For the Next Thirty Daysover five hundred dollars worth ofladies', gents' and children's hosierywill be closed out regardless of cost

Boots and Shoes will go with therest at about one-ha- lf their value.

For the Next Thirty Dayswe will close out all our carpets,lace curtains, chenille curtains andcurtain Goods at less than wholesale price.

For the Next Thirty Daysall the odds and ends in our notiondepartment will blow with thewind at less than cost.

Come early to secure great bargains. Jtemember first come firstserved. This is the greatest chanceyou 1ever had to buy good goodscheap and you should not fail toavail yourself! of the great opportu- -

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serioos sickness, a large doctor bill, andperhaps death, by the ase of tkree or foer doaef.

For coring coos-mpti- oa itssaeeees ban beensimply wonderful, &ad for ordiaary coahs,colds,

throat, croap, whooping cough, sore chesthemorrhages its effecta are sarpriaisg won-derful. Every bottle gnaraateed. G. W. Price,agent.

P. TIME TABLE.

GOING WEST HOT.UX TIME.No. Dcpt.SaS a. m.i0;?-!?.11- 11 905 P. 2t- -No. -f-reight 8:23 A. 31.No. 27-Fr- oight " 7.-0-0 r. mStops only at Ogallala, Julesburg and Sidnev onlhird District.

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l?er Dept. 5:13 a. m.I No. 750 p. 3r.

No. 4 Freight - p atonly at PlnniC'reek, Kearney and GrandIsland os Second District.

I J. V. Fntarsox. Agent.

r A and reliable Medicine? are thebestto denendnixm. Aefcer'sTtTnVl- -

This powder never Taries. Araar-e- l of parity; i-- :-, 1,- -- nreacribed for vears fnr 11 tm.strenathand wholesomencss. More economica I .... txt.-o- i j t .r, -Hum the ordinary kinds, cannot be sold in pautu vuociuuu. cveiyioimoiBcroi- -competition with the multitude ot low test, snore uiopa, cjpuiuuc or .ateiuuxiaj. aiseases, It 13weight alnm or phosphate powders. Bold only invaluable. For Rheumatism, has no eqiLin cans. Koyal Baking Powdeb Co., 106 WallStreet, New York J?or by A. F. btreitz.

'And beautiful maidens moved down in the dauce,

AVith the magic of motion and sunshine of glance;And white arms wreathed lightly and tresses fell freeAs the plumage of birds in some tropical tree."

Syrup.

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The Annual Masque Ball

Walla Walla Lodge STo. 56, I. 0. 0. P.,WILL HELD

LLOYD'S OPERA HOUSE, NORTH PLATTE.

Tickets: Gents Masked, $1.50; Ladies Masked, 75c; Spectators, 50c.

fS?A general invitation extended the public. No special invi-tations wili be issued but the management reserves the right to excludeall improper persons. For this purpose inspecting committee will be

the door whose duty will be see that this rigidly enforced.

Committee of Arrangements: J. E. Evans, P. J. Gilman, P. M. Klenk.J. R. Bangs, A. A. Pangborn, W. C. Elder, C. M. Duncan, J. C. Hupfer,R. D. Thomson, P. H. Sitton. Jas. Briscoe.

By order of Executive Committee: C. W. Price, C. H. Stamp, L. A.Stevens, Jos. Smallwood, S. Hoagland, Committee.

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Tin and Sheet Iron Work Promptly Executed.

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North Platte, - Neb.Authorized Capital, $200,1 Paid in Capital, $50,000.

Banking In All Its Branches Transacted

Sell Bills of Exchange Direct on Great Britain and Ireland, Switzer-

land, France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark,Italy, Russia, Spain, Portugal, German' and Austria.

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