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SATURDAY. JUNE 16. 1888.

The Democrats of this city aretrying awful hard to enthuse, butit makes them tired and pale underthe gills. The old Roman being onthetickeiis all that keeps themfrom falling into innocuous desue-

tude.

OuB-'congression- delegation hasfavored The Tbibiute with threeimportant and highly readible docu-

ments McKinley and Reed'sspeeches on the tariff, and Ingall'sgreat speech reviewing the Voor-he- es

of Indiana. Anv of our read-e- rs

desiring these speeches in fullcan write to Representative Dorseyor either of our Senators.

We publish a brief communica-tion relative to the boycott in Wal-

lace. Being willing to publish state-

ments from either side, we do notpropose to meddle with the local af-

fairs of the village onlv in so far asthe acts may be matter of news.The local differences' in a village canbe settled by its people without out-

side interference. '

The Bell Telephone Companyhas taken out 151 telephones in St.Louis liecause the city reduced therental from 100 to $50 per year.Now the President of the Companywants the mayor to require him bymandamas not to remove any moreinstruments, which the mayor re-

fuses to do. The mayor is evidentlya buzz-sa- w with F. which .the .tele-

phone company should not monkey.

The commissioners of JancolnCounty intend to give all partieswho come before them a fair, im-

partial and respectful hearing, buttheir actions of this week raisingthe price for a saloon licence to

1,000 was hardlv in this line. Wewill not question the right of theboard to decline to give license, evenwithout giving cause, but havingfixed the licence at 500 such actioncould properly be construed as i

notice that the board would granlicense on payment or tnat sumprovided the applicant filled alother requirements. Having beenfixed such sum should hold good

until the end f the year for whichsuch licences are generally grantedor at least until all applications under that fee had- - been disposed of.In raising the lieence fee at the timeit' did, the board acted, withoutthinking so at the time, in bad faithwith the applicants.

Says the Gothenburg Independent:

"The Nobth Platte Tribuneobjects to the efforts of the anti-s- aloon Republicans to have the partytake up the temperance question andsays: "Cranks who are trying toforce such issues at the presenttime are enemies of the party andallies of Democracy." Thus it goes;one says it will kill the partv totake up the question, and anotherthat the party will die if it does nottake it up. By its own professions theRepublican party has taken the bullby the horns and it will find thetask of letting go a difficult one."

In connection, with the foregoingthe following special dispatch fromSeward is only a sample showinghow the temperance people are trying to gore the Republican party.We have yet to hear of a case in

--which these cranks attack the Democrats.

A. G. Wolfenberge of Lincolnspoke to the people at the operahouse last night on prohibition. Hisaddress was a tirade of abuse to theRepublican party of this state, andby the time ne had finished nearlyhalf the audience had left the hall.The Falls City female quartette favored them with some good vocalmusic and kept the rest of thecrowd in the room.

The fat Mephisto whom the dem--i i iii iocrats nave renominated nas oeen a

political upas tree. Everyone whohas come within his circle has diedpolitically, mentally, morally orphysically. Take his cabinet: Bay-ard went into the state departmentand fizzled. Before this he hadcommanded the respect of the coun-try. Endicott is not worth talkingabout. Whitney is neck deep inthe local scandals of New YorkCity. Garland invested in Pan-electri- c.

Lamar passed from his opiumdream in the interior departmentto a place on a bench before whichhe had never been permitted topractice. Vilas went from the post-offi- ce

department to the interior de-partment with a doubtful record oftimber grab hanging over his head.Don Dickenson went into the cabi-net to succeed Vilas and he has beena dismal desuetude ever since. Cleve-land is bad luck to anyone who sup-ports him or has anything to aowith him. He is what the theoso-phis- ts

call an evil absorption andsisuse of the astral.

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Hekabthmr i 6mmj. Brkm pUM kuMttf foibto.Miliftthas made a poor bargain. In theend, however, it always wins. Waterloo iB always at the end of Lodifor these destiny people. Theirfaith in fate proves their lack offaith in themselves. A man whowalks over dead friends to powerwill find defeat at last on a friend-less battle-fiel- d. Rotacker.

The North Platte Telegraph givesas a reason why our legislative district is so large that the leaders ofthe rennhlican tartv in Lincolncounty wanted to make the districta sure republican district and badChevenne and Keith counties attached in order to accomplish thatresult. Our opinion has been thatthe redistrictine was accomplishedby McCann, the member of theleg- -

1 l n rr "rl. 3?isiature xrom uneyenne, iveiin oiouxSheridan, Box Butte and DawesMac got what he wanted, i. e., adistrict composed of Dawts, Sheri--i rfc w i iaan, box oatte ana oioux countiesand there being no one in the legislature to lookout for Chevenne, andKeith and no one to watch Lincolncounty's interests but a democratnamed Treacy these counties werethrown together into one district.Sidney lelegrapti.

There is considerable farce about'tax assessments in Johnson as wellas in other counties in this state.The assessor of Sterliner nrecinct returns 2,665 head of cattle as beingassessed this spring and the valuationis put at $11,907. This makes thevaluation per head between four andfive dollars. What a wretchedlypoor lot of cattle must be owned in'Sterling ' precinct. At the sametime the fault is not the assessor's.The trouble is in the law, and thewide range and latitude given assessors . If there is a Nebraska lawnow in force that needs revising itis this verv one. As it works nowthere is neither justice or sense init. A uniform tax law in relationto tax assessments is badlv needed.

mi nrnurman was not suitable tor amember of Cleveland's cabinet fouryears ago, but now he is just theman Mr. Bandana Cleveland wantsto help elect him to the office ofpresident. He was "too old" to bea cabinet officer with a one tetm( ?)president, but four years later hispopularity with his iarty makes himjust the man for second place. Ability considered, Mr. Thurnian shouldbe at the head of the ticket and Mr.Cleveland holding down the officeof sheriff and hangman at Buffalo

Tecumseh Chieftian.

COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.Saturday June 8, 1888.

Present Commissioners BeltonWalker and County Clcek Evans.

The Clerk is hereby ordered topublish notices in the North Plattepapers inviting sealed bids for theerection of a county jail in NorthPlatte and for plans and specifications on hie in the Clerk s office,bids to be opened at 2 p. m. July 7,1888, also advertise to sell O'Fallonprecinct $7,000 bridge bonds onJuly 2, 1888, also advertise for bidsto be received July 7. 1888, for theerection of a wagon bridge acrossSouth Platte river in O'Fallon precinct bids to be accompanied byplans and specifications; also advertise for bids to bridge BirdwoodCreek on the public road near itsmouth, and across the channel nearMcCulIough's on public road as pe--titionea tor oy Mcuuuougnand others, the board reserves theright to reject any or all bids.

Adjourned untilJune 9th. The board convened

pursuant to adjournment, the fullboard being present.

In the matter of the applicationof P. E. Sullivan for liquor licenceat Wallace and the protest signedby Norman Jackson and others.

Come now the parties hereto aswell by attorneys and after hearingan tne evidence ana tne argumentof T. C. Patterson, the board tookthe case under advisement till Tues-day next at 2 p. m.

The board reconsidered its actionof Monday June 4th fixing $500 asCounty liquor licence, and now or-der that the county liquor licence befixed at $1,000 per year, Belton andMcAllister voting for the changeand Walker against.

Now comas J. H. Jordan and presents a petition signed by P. L. Harper and others with census reportshowing 200 inhabitants prayingthe board to incorporporate sections14 and 15 range d4 into a village tobe named Wallace; and it appearingto the board that a majority of thetaxpayers have signed said petition,and the census report showing 200inhabitants therefore resolved thatWallace be incorporated as a villageand that the metes and bounds beBelton and McAllister voting forincorporation and Walker against.

The appointment of trustees is deferred until Tuesday June 14, at2 p. m.

Board adjourned until MondayJune llth. Board met pursuant toadjournment, all members beingpresent.

O'FALLON ORACLE.Joseph Hanlrins left for Akron,

ol., last Thursday morning.Mrs. Rov Thompson has given

aup dressmaking for. the season andhas returned to ths bosom of herfamily. A dance was given lastFriday evening in honor of her re-

turn and a splendid time was

One of the men at work on thertilp-driv- pr wns hadlv ininred lastWednesday morning. Particularsnot learned.

It is thought by some that a

bridge.

Crtdk Moblier will be ee--in relation to the bridge

bonds. We do not .quite understand how: but hurrah - for the

When a man says that he isworking for the interests of thecommunity and yet neglects hisown affairs, we have our opinion ofhim.

In most sections of the country anaw town is named after the person who puts forth the greatest effort to get it established, we understand that the town two and onehall miles west of here (if it getsthere) is to be called Cody. Nowwhy not name it after the one whois struggling so hard to have it established?

We fear there will be some croc-odile tears shed when O'Fallonsstation is moved from tne sand pileto the mud hole; yea, the sound oflamentation will resound betweenthe rivers.

We have heard that speculationis rife concerning the the 'writer ofthat "trash in The Tbibiine." Remember the admonition, "do notaccuse any falsely, neither barefalse witness against thy neighbor.''

Ltn.NICHOLS.

Mr. Beer is shipping hayhere.

Mr. Taillion's potatoes

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are inblossom.

The Nichols nursery is a finelooking place.

The creamery wagon makes adaily call except on Sunday.

Mr. Park has a fine looking cropas the result of doing the rightwork at the right time.

Our county roads need repairingbadly, some places being so it isnext to impossible to haul a load.

Miss Jennie White will dismissthe school here on Friday, to beginagain in September for the Fallterm.

Mr. Fred Stoddard was shakinghands with friends in this precinctthis week. All are glad to see himhome again.

The dance given by F. Zook Fri--aay evening; was largely attended,North Platte and O'Fallons beingwell represented. Professors Lock--wood and Tailhon furnished themusic.

Short.DUTCH FLATS.

Here I come again, with beauti-ful weather, except a little toowindy for a growing crop, but wefeel happy over the prospect of agood crop.

Corn is doing well and everybodyis cultivating.

John T. Labille has been downmost all spring with rheumatism.

Joseph Bufman had a calf killedby lightning a short time ago with-in 5 rods of his house.

T. M. Lee and Jesse Young tooka trip to North Platte last week,also Mr. Sowatskey and wife.

Sheriff Baker made a lively tripto Wellfleet last week on business.He took his meals at the new hotel,the Davis house.

It is rumored that our store atWellfleet has changed hands to one,John Jones; if so we wish himprosperity and a fair trade.

C. M. Bollish has the finest pieceof rye in the county if not in thestate. He is a good farmer andknows his business m that line.

James Elder took a job of Breaking 160 acres near North Platte.Lots of hard work, but he is an oldtimer; don t care for hard work.

'm r m aMost of our farmers nave insur

ed their crops against hail. Verygood plan. Had we done so lastyear, we would now have feed forpoor horses and larger crops wouldbe raised this year.

Our friend Wm. Finch says he isomg to raise a good crop this year.e believes there is nothing to hin

der him, for his faith is in GroverCleveland for president, but we sayhe may have the crop but notCleveland.

A large delegation from Wallacecame down to Wellfleet last weekfor the purpose of dividing thisLincoln county and have the coun-ty seat at Wallace, but we say no tothat, if there is a division we are infor having the county seat near thecenter.

Stunner.

WALLACE.The vicinitv is again flooded

with tree agents.Crops are looking well, small

grain is on the boom.mi i nr i 1

ine pose omce inspector was nereinvestigating matters not long agoand found everything all square atour little office.

A fine colt, belonging to Ed.Brainard, which was cut in thebarbed wire not long ago. seemedincurable and was killed this

Frank Smith and family ofAurora, this State, are visiting withMrs. S's brother, E. A. Brainard.They also called on ye scribe andfrau.

Two new windmills are beingerected and quite a number of awn-ings and other improvements arebeing added to the city buildings.The Davis House supports a beautiful awning.

An enthusiastic ternmeeting was held on last

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day evening which terminated inthe establishment of a permanentorganization here. Not a little bitof interest and feeling was aroused.

As Mrs. J. W. Nation was returning home Tuesday afternooonher horse became frightened at thepassenger train and ran away, upsetting the cart and throwing herto the ground. The train men re--

ported the accident upon arrivalat town, and a partr Cltwent out" to investigate. Thefound her lying unconscious aboutfifteen feet from the cart. Theyhorse had become entangled in theharness, and thrown itself down.Mrs. Nation was placed in a springwagon and taken to Mr. Nation'smother's and Dr. Lenon sent for.At last accounts . she was greatlyimproved and was able to be takenhome. Wallace Heratd.

Agbicola.

BOYCX3TTING IN WALLACE.Eds. Tribune:

One of the mostunjustifiable boycotting schemesever perpetrated in Nebraska wasworked here last Friday. Somepersons of the saloon element, inorder to gain their side, signed andcirculated a paper, withdrawingtheir patronage from the WallaceHerald, simply because its editoradvocated temperance, although heoffered them- - the use of its columnsto argue their side of the question.When last heard of they had suc-

ceeded in getting but eleven fol-

lowers. They also guaranteed $150or $200 to start a new paper here,but had to fall back on a democratto run it. Were they served rightno temperance man would sign fortheir whiskey sheet, neither wouldhe trade with any one who wentback on the Herald in this mannerwithout cause. Forth.

GASLIN.June 12th, 1888.

Ed. Tribune Everything inGaslin precinct looks nice. Thefarmers are'red-h-ot in the cultiva-tion of corn. We supposed cornwas going to.be late, but it is' "get-ting there" about as fast as thoughwe bad had no cold weather in thespring to keep it back.

We have a few mosquitoes andgnats this year,, apparently to keepus in a good humor. I fear how-

ever they are cause of the violationof one of the commandments occa-sionally. You know everything, andI will ask yon a question: Isn't aman justified in using strong lan-

guage when the provocation isgreat? This question is respect-fully referred to the local clergymanor some theological student. Wedon't answer religious questions.Ed.

Wm. Johnson let his team standat the end of the furrow the otherday while he went to the house.The horses ran away, going througha wire fence. They were not injured much but a colt belonging toone of the mares was badly hurt.

John Encson was in .North rlattelast week, the girls say on a deertrack. John is something of a hunter and I shouldn't be surprised if

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he caught hie dear soon.Other bachelors are making suspi-

cious movements also. It's leap yearyou know.

Ben Owens has painted his houseand protected it with lightning rods.He must be getting ready forpartner to board with him.

Crops of all kinds are growinin fine shape. We anticipate a richarvest. Yours truly.

J. S. N.

Since the admission of Indianainto the Union in 1816, no demo-crats have ever been elected president without receiving the electoralyote of Indiana, and the result thisyear will prove no exception in herhistory. Cleveland will be re-elec- ted

with the vote of Indiana or not atall. Mr. Voorhees.

The republican state conventionis to be held at Lincoln. August 23,the executive comaiittee of the statecentral committee having so de-

cided at meeting held at Columbus. One of the important actionsof the committee was to decide thathereafter the central committeeshould appoint the temporary officersof state conventions. A very wiseprovision.

Elictric Bitters.This remedy is becoming well known and

so popular as to need no special mention. Allwho hare used Electric Bitters sine the sameeong of praise, A pnrer medicine does not existand it gnarranteed to do all tnat claimedElectric Bitters will core all diseases of theLiver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples. BoilsSalt Rheum and other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive Malaria from the systemand prevent well as cure all Malarial fevers.For cure of Headache, Constipation and Indi-gestion try Electric Bitters. Entire satisfactionguaranteed, or money refunded. Price 50 centsand $1.00 per bottle at A. F. Streitz Drug Store,

pOTAl.

POWDERAbsolutely Pure.

This powder never varies. A marvel of purity,strength and wholesomeness. More economicalthan the ordinary kinds and cannot be sold incompetition with the multitude of low test, shortweight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold onlyin cans. Rovaii Baking Powder Co., 106 WaUStreet, New York.

$20,000 $2O,000WORTH OK

New and Elegant Goods.

TEE STOCK OF TEE

Star Clothing House

must be reduced within a short time. The stoch

has been sold to WEBER VOLLMER a at great

sacrifice. E. Otten has the privilege of reducing

the stocfoifor a time. Whatever can. be solcL at

ff' ivholesale cost will go.

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FINE CLOTEING, EATS, CAPS, BOOTS,

SEOES, FURjYISEIjYG GOODS,

will fo cheap, cheap, cheap, for they must go

quich. This is no cheap stoch but positively the

best stock ivest of Omaha. It is complete in allparticulars and ive ivill sellgoods at almost half

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the priceitlmt our competitors ash. I am deter-mine- d

that the goods shall go with a rush, so

07z wait. I maintain on the counters what Iassert on paper and all goods warranted as rep- -

resented. Call and see me at the STAR CLOTE--

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The same as has been by the city

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Agency- - Celebrated

"Maltese Cross"

CARBOLIZEDHOSE,

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Closing Out SaleHaving bought stock McEvoy

LOWEST PRICESever offered in this city.

Watches, . Rings,chains, lockets, guns, ammunition, cigars,tobacco, notions, organs, safe, show cases,and fixtures must 0 at any price, as weshall close out everything by June 25th."Gall early and get some bargaini. Anygoods you may select will be reserved untilJune 25th by paying 15 per cent down,bal-anc-e

cash at that time. Parties owing ac-

counts will please call at the store at onceand settle. 0. R. KELSEY, Agent,

for Max Meyer & Bro.

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Better Offers Than BeforeAT THE

HI Platte Boot k Sloe Store

My stock of. goods is still large and my spring stock is arriving weekly.find it necessary to decrease my stock more rapidly to make room for

the incoming goods. will therefore offer my goods at still

GREATER REDUCTION UNTIL APRIL i.Beat these prices if you can:

Men's Railroad Shoes, Warranted,Men's Fine Shoes, $1.75. - .

Men's Eand-Seiue- d Slides, Jf.50.

Keith's

$2.25.

Ladies' Fine Kid Shoes, 1.00.Ladies' Fine Kid Shoes, 1.50.Ladies' Fine Dongola Shoes, 2.00.Ladies' Combination French Kid Shoes, 3.50.Ladies' French Kid Shoes, Jf.25.

Children's, Boys' and Misses' Shoes astonishingly low prices.call will better convince you of the Great Bargains better than by mere-ly reading advertisement, therefore you are wise come at once,where you will get double value for your money.

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