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Page 1: North Platte Semi-Weekly Tribune. (North Platte, NE) 1895 ...awarded the bicycle, C. S. Clinton a gold watch, John Delay a music box andHenry Lentz aset of books. ... keep the travelers

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JOHN HERRODSells tlie above Coffee

together with a complete line of

wi m mm.Prices Always Seasonable.

HIGHEST MARKET PRICE

Paid For Country Produce.

PEALE'SWall Paper.Paper Hung by Peale.Paper Gleaner at Peale's.

HUMOR MENTION.

Dr. Butt does crown and bridgework, also metal and vulcaniteplates.

M. A. Webb, of Wellfleet, wasin town yesterday making- - finalproof on his homestead.

A. D. Buckworth has beenfined to the house for a week pastwith sciatic rheumatism.

Smoke the "Royal Sport" cigar,manufactured by A. D. Wright, ofthis city. The best five-ce- nt cigaron the market.

The net receipts of the minstrelshow Thursday evening were S100.

This sum will be expended in uni-

forms for the high school cadets.When you buy potatoes be sure

to get the best. A car-loa- d of fineUtah potatoes just received at Mc-Doaal-d's

Grocery.Voorhees Lucas, physician and

surgeon, office, City Pharmacy.C. F. Scharmann has secured

the local agency of the StandardAccident Insurance Co., and solicitsthe business of railroad men andothers.

In a few days Dr. Butt will befully settled in his office in Mc-

Donald's Block, where he will bepleased to see all who need dentalwork. tf

The next and greatest localevent is the Engineer's May Party.It will be worthy the patronage ofa large attendance and this it willundoubtedly receive.

Wanted cattle and horses topasture, three miles from town;good pasture, plenty of water.Terms low to suit the hard times.

J. M. Caress.At Cooledge place.

Arbor Day was observed tosome extent yesterday, though amajority of our people had alreadyplanted their trees. Several of theschools held exercises appropriateof the day.

J, C. Orr is tearing down theold Minshall property on west Fifthstreet and will erect a neat five-roo- m

cottage on the site. Saml.Adams has the contract for build-ing the house.

J. D. Hawkins, of Wellfleet,transacted business in town yester-day. He is preparing to irrigateabout fifty acres of land on theMedicine creek bottom and thus beassured a crop.

The concert to be given byProf. Bartling's orchestra prior tothe opening march of the MayParty will be a musical treat. Ofthis there is no doubt, as the mem-

bers, ten in number, are all first-cla-ss

musicians.In the gift presentation last

Friday night Harry Dixon wasawarded the bicycle, C. S. Clintona gold watch, John Delay a musicbox and Henry Lentz a set of books.The dance given in connection withthe affair was well patronized.

Several North Platte teacherswill attend the meeting of the West-ern Nebraska Educational Associa-tion to be held at Sidney on Fridayasd Saturday of this week. MissPeckham will read a paper andProf. Barber will conduct the dis-cussions relating to high schoolquestions.

The Farmers and Merchants'Irrigation Co., of Dawson county,has increased its capital stock to$100,000. The ditch and mainlaterals of this company exceedeighty-tw- o miles in length. Kit-te- ll

& Benson, of this city, are theengineers in charge of the work.

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John Federhoof has purchasedthe Snelling property on east Fifthstreet We did not learn the con-

sideration.The Y. M. C. A. glee club ac-

companied the debaters to MaxwellSaturday evening and furnishedmusic for the entertainment giventhere.

Utah potatoes are the best seedpotatoes. Get them at CharlesMcDonald, Grocer.

J. F. Fillion received two bicyclesby express this morning. The tan-dem he ordered will be here in aweek or so.

Mrs. H. C. Nesbitt will proba-bly arrive home this week. She hasbeen delayed by reason of the ill-

ness of her daughter, who is suffer-ing from spine trouble.

At Unitarian hall, Monday,April 29th, Mrs. Sayre will open aschool for instruction of youngchildren.

Max Beer has purchased ot J.Q. Thacker eighty-thre- e acres ofthe latter's timber claim in section34-14- -32, the consideration being$600.

The lady solicitors have se-

cured about ten columns of advertis-ing for the woman's edition of TheTribune. This is about five timesthe amount men solicitors couldhave secured.

How about those bicycle raceswe were promised for May? Willthey come off, or has the local clubnot yet fully recovered tiom the meetof last fall and the dance of morerecent date.

The heavy frost Snuday nightdid some damage to plum treeswhich were out in bloom. Severalcitizens took the precaution to covertheir trees with sheets, and thusthwarted Jack Frost.

The young men who went toMaxwell to debate the silver ques-tion with several men of that vil-

lage did not win a decision fromthe judges, though they seem tothink they were entitled to it.

C. C. Hawkins was in from hisfarm yesterday. He has plantedthirty acres of corn and will plant500 acres more provided it rains intime; if not he will hang his plowsand cultivators on the willows andspend the summer fishing.

The Chappell Register says:An inspector dropped in on Post-master Galvin at Big Springs lastweek and found him short $200 inhis accounts. The office was turnedover to the bondsmen. Galvin hadbeen postmasterabout tour months,

A large part of the seed grainreceived by the relief commissionsof Lincoln, Logan and McPhersoncounties has been stored in the Id-din- gs'

elevator and from there dis-

tributed to the farmers. This hasmade things rather lively aroundMr. Iddings' yards.

W. T. Bogue, who was marriedat Pittsfield, Vermont, two weeksago to-da- y, returned home Sundaymorning. His wife was taken sickwith pneumonia a few days afterthe wedding, and though convalescing was not able to accompany himhome at the time he left. She willarrive here just as soon as herhealth will permit her to make thetrip.

Deputy Keliher returned thelatter part of the week from thesouth part of the county having incharge a fellow named Walbach,wuo is cnarsrea wun stealing ahorse, saddle and bridle from Henryxogei, or nersney. xne prisonerhad a hearing Saturday before Justice Sullivan, plead guilty and forwant of bonds was sent to jail toawait sentence by the district court

The oldest, largest and mostcomplete coffee roasting establishments m the world are owned byDwinell, Wright & Co. Theirbrands of Boston Roasted Coffeesare famed world-wid- e for their absolute uniformity, both in stvleand cup qualities, and their remarkable High Grade Excellence. Forsale by Chas. McDonald, Grocer.

In view of the largely increas-ing number of tramps and the in-

solence they display when beggingfrom house to house, it has beensuggested that the worst lookinghoboes be corralled by the policeand put to work on the streets.This plan was attempted severalyears ago, but so far as gettingwork out of the fellows, it was nota great success. However, if it wasknown along the line ot the U. P.that North Platte had a "chaingang" it would have a tendency tokeep the travelers from loafing within the city limits.

A NEW HOTELNewly Furnished Throughout."Up to Date" Equipments.A Table that Always Pleases.

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.THE KORTH PLATTE SEMI-WIEHj- Y TRIBUNE : TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 23, 1895

letW vAll persons interested inithe foiv

matiom of a musical association .toconsist of vocal and orchestralparts are requested, to meet at theguild house in the Episcopal church'yard on Thursday evening, April25th, at eight o'clock sharp. Thepurpose of this "meeting is to. forman association that will prove ofmutual benefit. A full attendanceof vocalists and musicians is de-

sired. The Committee.

The ladies of the Lutheranchurch will give an icecream socialto-nig- ht at the residence of AO.Kocken. The public is. cordiallyinvited.

Judge Neville, Reporter Williams and Attorney Grimes went toSidney this morningtwhere a termof district court will be held thisweek. -

M. C. Lindsay was kicked onthe leg by a horse Friday, inflict-ing a serious wound, and sincewhich time he has been confined tothe house.

T. D. Cotton, is making preparations to ship a pair of young Jerseycattle to J. yuincv Thacker, inTexas, with Geo. R. Hammond'sportable property.

Miss Frankie Bristol was thearranger of the musical programmeat the Catholic sociable last weekand has received many words of commendation therefor.

--The North Platte Land andWater Co. is seeding 400 acres toalfalfa this spring. Many farmersalong the ditch are increasing theiracreage of this very profitable crop,

Onions will be one of the leading vegetable crops grown by thefarmers on the old ditch this seasonA number of farmers have put infrom one to four acres each. Theyare an excellent paving crop.

A gentleman wno is in a posttion to know informs the writer thatthe crop raised along the ditch, barring hail, will be nearly twice thatof any previous year. This meansgood trade for North Platte this fall

Jones' friends bought CharleyEll's horse, phaeton and harnessMonday evening, and made himpresent of the same. It is onlyfew months ago that he met with asimilar experience. The luck ofcertain class or people has passedinto a proverb.

P. B. Gavin received on lastFriday, a draft for 293.90 from theChamber of Commerce, of Raleigh,North Carolina, the same beingdonation tor the drouth sufferersan"this locality, The money has beeninvested in seed corn for distnbution. Wallace Herald.

Dr. Homer B. Hatch, who recently graduated from a Chicagomedical college, has returned toForth Platte and 'we believe hasconcluded to locate here. It islikely he will form a partnershipwith Dr. F. M. Somers.

M. H. Douglas has. mademachine with which to spray hisfruit trees, thus destroying the in-

sects which attack the bloom andalso the bark. The decoction hehe uses is a weak solution of vitrioand lime. He has sprayed thetrees and already finds an improvement in them.

D. A. Baker will probably putin a irrigating pump with which towater his farm west of town.There is on Mr. B's land a lakecovering about two acres of groundwhich is fed by springs, and fromthis lake he will get his water supply. The pump which Mr. B. willput in throws 1250 gallons of waterper minute and will be operated byhorse power.

It makes little difference to"Buck" Sawyer whether a drunkpossesses powers ot locomotion ornot, as he has adopted a new "hurryup" wagon in the shape of a pushcart. Last Saturday evening- - hecame trundling up to the jailTommy Dixon, of Sutherland, whowas apparently afflicted with something similar to locomotor ataxia,superinduced by an overdose ofspiritus fermenti.

A gentleman living out in theextreme northeast part of this county, brought into Sheriff Miller's office yesterday specimens of thebones of some mammoth long sinceextinct, which he exhumed on hisplace in Harrison precinct, in theSand creek valley. From the ap-pearance of the various portions of, .I 'r .4 1 1Lme anatomy oi xnis ouriy uoneqiomhe must have been a Lincoln countyvoter loner before the era of BuffaloBill and Wash Hinman. One ribeight feet and four inches in lengthwas disinterred, as were sections ofthe back-bon- e, shoulder-blad- e,

knee-cap- s, etc The display is avery interesting one, and will repayan investigation oj cveu xuc icuslcurious; wniie to tnose mteresieain natural history or geology it pre-sents a great opportunity for inves-tigation and research. The gentle-man making these discoveries- - hasa wagon-bo- x about two-thir- ds fullot these specimens, some of whichhave been turned out by a cultiva-tor, while a plowshare has nn-earth- ed

others. He will dig deeperand make a more thorough searchin the hope of finding the head andjawsofomeof these , antediluviananimals.'

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9with, one of those handsome silver col---

lars Clinton, hasa spectacle alike

the and his Akinds

in prices andEven the will

within

C. A. Diamond' spent Sunday intown. .

C. X. Wtffc&s Mastnight from a visTln Kearney.

Rev; D. W. ane, "of Ogalalla,spent yesterday in town.

Mrs. P. Dunbar ofis the guest, of Mrs. Douglas.

"Jack" Crane, of Lodge , Pole,visited triends in the city yester-

day.R. L. Graves and. Arthur McNa-mar- a

were Sunday visitors in Fre-mont.

Chas. Burke transacted businessin Omaha the latter part oftheweek.

Mrs. Baker, ot Detroit, is theguest of her daughter, Mrs. Geo.

T. Field.Wilson, of Kearney, will

probably visit .North Platte friendsnext week.

. The family . of - Milton Doolittlearrived in the city the latter partof the week. I,

Mrs. H. C left yes-

terday for a visit with her parentsat Lexington.

will occupy the G.R. house as soon as thelatter vacates it.

Mrs. Loren Whelpley. of Fre-mont, is visiting

rfher sister,

H. Grimes, this week.

Mrs. C. P. Davis, of Sidney, hasbeen visitingH. Blood for several past.

Misses Ellen andMay Dolan, of Maxwell, were theguests of Mrs. Grdham Sunday.'

Miss Nellie Chklfant, of Union,has been the guest Mr. and Mrs.T. Fulton Gantt for several days.

Miss MacColl, of Lexington,' whohad been visiting;4' Mr; and Mrs.Baldwin, returned home yesterday.

- c yji - fF. Heck ajfamilyr leave the

earlypar: otntnthorOttawa7Kansas, where Mr Heck has se-

cured excellpnVjwsition. 1

Mrs". K. Barnum, who hadbeen visiting friends in Detroit,Mich., for two' or ithree re-

turned home Satarday night. .

Miss Lizzie Gannon, of Omahahas " been visting North Plattefriends for several days. She re-

turns home the latter part ' of thisweek.

Mr. and Mrs. T. Bowen, o

Plant precinct, returned Saturdaymorning from Ohio, where they hadbeen visiting since the early partof January. r

Mrs. J. E. Baker went east onNo. 4 Saturday morning for a tendays' visit with, her daughter, Mrs.Thomas who is living nearJuniata, Neb.

Capt. R. E. Haskell, of the Loupcattle country, was in the city renewing acquaintanceship with hisnumerous old friends. . In this connection made The Tribune :

pleasant and profitable call.

RAILWAYGus Norton is a

from brother, who resides inOmaha.

Leo nuule a trip tonight,

day"morning.

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RESUME.enjoying

Friday ieturning homeMon

Ed. Weeks; will, a daylav-o- ff this week and spend the

in Omaha.office of the division foreman

has been repainted and presents avery neat appearance.

L. Park received last weekseveral thousand" willow cuttingswhich he vrill "plant hisorchard for '

j ... -- . rBoilermaker who

had been laid--p rheumatismfor about six weeks, has resumedhis old post in the r5und-hous- e.

Conductor hashit-har-d bytheblcyclecraze and

devotee his while at thisend of the to riding the wheel.

Engine 685 comes out of theto-da- y, and the and 694 will beout ' the latter -- part the week,after having received a generaloverhauling.

TJ.'P. Watchwaft Lloyd reportsast Friday the worst of theseason for and was busyall driving them off thepany's property ? ;

Division pibter mechanic Manning spent Saturday . theshops aikd'seenied well pleasedwitk,tke auMMT in which the workwas bemg.otsvdjcted.

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that the Jeweler, forsale would be creditable

animal owner. hand-some line all Silver Novelties

stock at lowterms. gauntest purse, be

able to find something its reach.CLINTON, THE JEWELER.

returned

Council'Bluffs,M. H.

James

BJickenderfer

W. M. BaskinHammond

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Tilman Casey left Sunday nightfor Pocatello, where he was sent tofill a position as round-hous-e ma-chinist. Four machinists have alsobeen sent from Omaha to thatpoint.

With the building of the newsmoke-stack- s, now being put on allengines, and the extra pipe workin the round-hous-e, the sheet irongang is kept very busy and areworking nearly every Saturday inorder to keep even with their work.

A pipe line is being laid betweenthe round-hous-e and the big ice-

house, for the purpose of furnish-ing water to wash the ice and alsoto proyide fire protection. Messrs.Finney, Morgan, Aue and Davis areworking on the trench.

JJorth piatte iimniei' Normal

Commencing" June 24tharid ending August 3d.

Six weeks of solid work. A goodchance for students and teachers toprepare for next year's work.

JSend for announcement.

J. C. ORR, ipr:n.VE. D. SNYDER

Special offer, for thirty daysonly I will furnish Pastel potraits16x20 in nice frame for only S2.75.Satisfaction guranted.

Wm. Munson, Agent.

For rent, for cash, a well im-proved farm under irrigation, apply at this office.

Horses for Sale.A number of horses and mules of

all ages, among the assets of theNorth Platte National Bank, arefor sale. -- These horses are of allkinds, suitable for farm horses,drivers, or saddle ponies. Will besold very cheap. Also for sale, alot of second hand farm implements.Enquire at the bank,alas Milton Doolittle, Receiver.

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Washburn's Superlativeno superior no equal. It is result of studied --imr

provemeiit in milling machinery product of hard,excellent wheat of north. If you are using

Washburn Flour, try it. It is sold by

JOHN HERROD,

COFFEE IN THE WORLD

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HORSES!

apply to

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Wagons at& Co's.

For information regarding the Great rrigation

of Lincoln Co., writethe Lincoln Co. Immigration Association, NorthPlatte, Nebraska.

All accounts due H. OttenCo. are payable at Otten's ShoeStore. The firm having dissolved,

settlement urgently requested,that books may be balanced.

Ftf H. Otten.

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Overshoes good and cheap atOtten's Shoe Store. Ftf

Remember in order to get pure,clean and healthy spring water ice,contract with Harry Lamplugh.

FOR SALE.My residence and all my personal

property. 6. R. Hammond.

For Sale or Trade,The White Elephant barn. Also

several vacant lots. Will trade forditch or hay land, or cattle. Theabove property is clear of incum-brance. Inquire of

J. R. BANGS.

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X In search of a good cigarwill always find it at J.F. Schmalzried's. Trytnem andjuage.

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For sale, a six-roo- m house onFifth street just east of the brickschool house. For price and termsapply to Mrs. F. Barraclough.

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SOLE AGENT.

DELICIOUS

MOCHA

HARRINGTON

For -- Sale

HERSHEY

StudebakerHershey

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Of the Season is here, is unpacked, is markedlow, and is ready for anyone who likes agood thing. We are simply asking for busi-

ness that will save buyers money. Just look:

All Wool Business Suits at - - $6.75.

Imported Clay Worsted Suits, $10.00.(In Black and Gray.)

Boys' Suits from $2.50 up to $10.00.Mothers, we can sell you a Child's Suit for ONE

DOLLAE that is worth double the money.

Boys' Knee Pants at FIFTEEN CENTS a pair.

Good Working Shirts for TWENTY-FIV- E CENTS.

A good solid pair of Shoes for ONE DOLLAR, worthat any time one-ha- lf more.

Hats and Caps at all Prices.

We have not space to quote you all, but all we ask of' you is to call and see us and we are

sure we can save you money.

Tie Model Clothing House,

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