The Newport Republican from Newport, Nebraska • 3

CIVIC SOCITIES. G. A. R. Newport post No.

Moete every Jet. and tatarday of each month. Visiting comrades conifally invited. D. G.

C. Hornby Ajt. A. 0. U.

w. Kewpert Lodge No. 451, Meets every and 4. Tuesdays of esch month, Visiting brothers D. of H.

Meets 21 and 4th Wednesday of each moNth. Fleeing members Mrs cordially Mary Willerling, to C. attend. of ha. R.

M. Paradise, 1 Recorder. 1. 0.0. F.

Meets every Saturday evening Visiting brothers cordially in niter to attend. COUNTY DIRECTORY. C. Reynolda, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. J.

Johnson, Abe JobasonOF UNIT A. Hillbare. COUNTE TREASURE, -B. E. Leonard, COUNTY JUDGE, -E.

Oles LOONIT Hopkins COUNTY ATTORNEY. -J. A. Douglas. SHERIFF--O.

R. Boulth County Surveyor4. P. Brant. soldiers T.

J. Button. Young. LOCAL NEWS. Quite breezy.

Good top buggies, $45.00. See Myers. Lew Cash was in the burg Wednesday. Sale bills seems to be in deman at present. H.

H. Reed of Stuart visited this burg Monday. E. P. Fisher is bailing hay down near Stuart.

Fannie Barr returned from Omaha last Saturday. I have some personal money to loan on real estate. Dan Gaines. The Elkhorn river is nearly as high as it was last spring. B.

S. Rugg may make a trip to Canada, before relocating. Winfred Hudspeth visited this city the forepart of the week. Don't fail to hear Col. Bixby at Bassett next Monday night.

R. J. Gaines of Atkinson was in the burg on business, Saturday. 0. P.

Hendershot returned from, Hebren Thursday afternoon. Quite a number of the young folks in town are taking lessons in dancing. Eslie Sparks went to Long Pine Friday to have some dental work done. It is reported that the stock went very high at. Thompson's sale last Friday.

F. L. and J. T. Barclay, of Stuart, registered at the Hotel Jeffrey, Sunday.

The pleasant countenance of J. R. Ammon appeared in our sanctum Tuesday. Fred Wise one of Stuart's enterpising liverymen made a drive here Monday. Miss.

Ora Menuey, who is now working at Bassett visited her parents Sunday. Murphey owner of the Atkinson Roller Mills was in town on business Monday. Bill Farr unloaded a car of corn Monday which he had shiped down from Ainsworth. We are requested to announce a citizens caucus to be held at the hall on the evening of March 17th. Fred Popkey our enterprising liveryman had two double seaters to Stuart Saturday, driving down comercial men.

Rev. Ball returned Wednesday from his visit to Hemingsford, Nebraska. His wife will return in a few days. H. H.

Tyler will sell at public auction 3 horses and 10 head of cattle, besides numerous other articles on Thursday, March, 20. Wanted. Five hundred-one and two year old steers. I buy good steers only. 0.

P. Hendershot. Ranch Sybrant, Nebr. 36-44. A GOOD PROPERTY FOR SALE.

I will sell the Hotel Teffrey. We are doing a good business. Inquire of John M. Jeffrey, Newport, Nebr. During these halcyon days of spring, many of our farmers are thinking of selling out and trying pastures new.

Do you not make a mistake? Think twice before you leap. R. Hudspeth was in town urday. For any and all kinds of stationery call at this office. D.

Ballenger will make final proof on his claim in a few weeks. John Harnan returned last week from Omaha much improved in health. J. H. Fuller will soon proof on his homestead northeast of town.

C. M. Lamb will operate the farm of his father-in-law, Abe Smith at Sybrant, this year. B. Levensky made a trip to the county seat Friday evening returning the next morning.

Malt Sageser has sold his place of business to Dr. Dodd. The doctor needed it in his business. Dan Gaines, cashier of the Newport State Bank, has personal money to loan on real estate. Doc.

Hopkins left on the noon local Friday for South Omaha, where he expects to secure employment. Sherman Ayer has purchased the Klinesmith carpenter shop which he will use as a carpenter and paint shop. Born to T. A. Thomas and wife, at Bassett Sunday, March 9th, a fine dughter.

All parties doing well. Mrs. S. P. Alderman came down from Bassett for a visit with old friends in Newport the latter part of last week.

To The People of Newport and Vicinity. About March 15, 1902, I will be at Newport with a new stock of the latest styles of spring millinery. FANNIE BARR. Call on Dan Gains at the Newport State Bank, when you want to borrow money on real estate. He has some personal money to loan.

MONEY TO LOAN: On hay land and ranches. Rates reasonable, Fred E. Barclay. Office with J. A.

Rice, Stuart, Nebraska. Smith Bros. have just added a complete stock of Musical Instruments and are prepared to furnish any thing in that line. Also strings and extras for all string instruments. Miss Anna Thompson has ordered a stock of goods and will put in a millinery store at Naper, Boyd county.

Anna has studied the art and we perdict the venture a success. F. M. Hornby started for Rapids City, S. D.

Wednesday evening where he will work at the carpenter trade. Frank is a faithful worker and the Republican wishes him success in his new location. The entertainment at Bassett on the 17th is given under the auspices of the Bassett public schools. Col. Bixby will be assisted by the Misses Reichard, violinist.

and Retz, humorous and dramatic reader. The wire was placed on the poles of the Mariaville Telephone line Monday. C. F. Stock well put up the phone in the office of Dr G.

M. Anderson put up the phone at Mariaville and the first message was sent over the wire Wednes day. Card of Thanks. The undersigned wish to sincerely thank the kind friends who assisted us during the late illness of our beloved father and especially do we wish to thank the Rev. C.

F. Smith for his courtesy and kindness during the funeral services. Jacob L. Johnson, Cornelius B. Johnson, William R.

Johnson, David B. Johnson, Mrs. R. Guyon, Mrs. Eva R.

Guyon, Mrs. Mary J. Woodcock The Sunnyside Sabbath School has recently procured new song books and now have a library of good readable books. among them are some of the noted "Pansy" books, also some of Rev Chas. Sheldon's works; one of these, "In His Steps" has been so popular that over 000 copies were sold in one year.

It is hoped that the whole neighborhood will avail themselves of the opprotunity to read. these books. A. M. Bagley and wife have commenced housekeeping in the residence part of the depot.

Casper Solson is happy now, his wife and also his mother arrived from New York City Tuesday night. The Newport Broom Factory W. H. proprietor, is running full blast, and turning out some No. 1 brooms.

Having just received a full carload of Barb wire and Nails, we are in position to meet competition. See us before buying. Smith Bros. Attorney A. H.

Tingle a former citizen of this county, now of Butte, Nebraska, had legal business in the village Saturday. Homer Milligan reports his wife's health unimproved. She has been confined to her bed during the greater part of the winter. Mrs. E.

L. Myers visited her mother and the family of her brother at Bassett over Sunday. She was accompanied by Ruth and Raymond, H. H. Tyler sold his farm south of town to E.

L. Myers for $18 per acre. Mr. Tyler taking a fine residence just east of the residence of Myers'. Mrs H.

Taylor expects her son Ben from Emporia, Kansas, in a short time. He comes to superintend the fencing of his mother's land south of town. Lem Quincy has purchased of E. L. Myers the H.

H. Tyler place and will thereby fill out the section making him a fine farm. Notice. In order to close out our present stock of Heating Stoves. We will until March 1st, 1902, give a discount of 20 per cent for cash from our regular retail prices.

Smith Bros. Walter Robinson sued his sister last week to dispossess her of a certain quarter of land which she held in common with himself and his brother Fred. The case was dismissed. Mrs. E.

McCormick, who has been visiting for awhile with the family of her sister, Mrs. E. S. Sill, returned ton her home in Massena, Iowa, Thursday morning. She will stop over in Conncil Bluffs for a short visit.

J. Clay Fox says he is going to try for the prize onion offered by the Iowa Seed Company this, season. He has been the winner of two prizes of ten dollars each from that company, having sent in the largest onion two seasons. B. S.

Rugg made us a pleasant call Wednesday to pay his respects before making a visit to the parental home at Skinner's Eddy, Pennsylvania, for which place he started on Thurs. day. On his return he will vis. it Lenore, Idaho, and perhaps locate there. J.

J. Stelter, who lives two miles and a half north of Mariaville on Willow. Creek has called a sale tor March 18th, to dispose of 27 head of good cows and young cattle and three young mares. This is desirable stock and those wanting to increase their herd will do well to attend. D.

Ballenger has disposed of his realestate in this county and expects to move to Colorado Springs. He makes the change in hopes of benefitting his boy's health. The lad has been troubled with rheumatism for a long time and gets no better. Weare sorry to lose Dick and his family but hope the boy may be benefitted by the move. We know young men at this place who ought to be of some value to themselves and their friends, broken down sots and their friends have lost all hopes of ever retrieving them from inevitable ruin.

Still there are those who encourage them in their course for the few paltry cents they can extract from the deluded fools, who need their money to buy the necessities of life. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of da bf bitters A Haricane. The one story frame' building at Thirty-third street and Grand avenue, occupied by Mrs. Manda Gerrie, a widow, and her daughter, is a total loss.

Mrs. Garrie is employed downtown and she and her daughter were away from the house at the time of the storm. They intended to move out today and had their furniture packed. The furniture was scattered over a range of ten acres, chairs, tables and bedding being piled in the yard in a mass. In one corner of the yard was a sofa badly damaged and leaning against, it was a large, eight-day clock, which had not been damaged and was still running.

A bureau, which had been blown 120 feet from the house, was badly smashed with the exception of the large mirror which was not even cracked. The above is a part of an account of the hurricane which struck Omaha at about 1 o'clock Tuesday morning and the MrS. Gerrie mentioned is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Kemple formerly of this place.

DEATHS. DIED. William Riley Johnson died at his home in Newport precinct, Rock county, Nebraska, of pneumonia and old age March 8th, 1902 in his 79th year and was buried at Stuart, March 10th. Prayer was conducted at. the house in the morning and the services were held at the M.

E. church, here at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, burial in the afternoon. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. F.

Smith of Stuart. Mr. Johnson was sick but a short time. He had always lead an active life and of late generally had a spell of sickness about once a year, each time having full confidence in his restoration to health. He had remarked a few weeks ago that he did not believe he would ever live through another spell of sickness.

His late illness was caused by a cold. Mr. Johnson was born in Chenango, Brown county, N. began life as a canal boy in 1863, while the nation was in the throes of the rebellion, he helped to raise a company for the 44th Regiment, 28th brigade of National Guard of the state of New York and was commissioned captain by the great war governor Horatio Seymore. His regiment was a part of the reserve force of the state of New York, home guards, and never saw active service.

He was married Feb. 12th, 1844 to Miss Jane Ruth Hale who died twentyfive years ago. There were born to the union thirteen children; four boys and three girls, now survive him. He joined the M. E.

church about forty years ago and has held an appointment as local minister for years in this part of the country. Through a long and useful career the deceased enjoyed the respect and best wishes of many friends whose sympathy to the bereaved is most sincere. DIED. Mr. J.

N. Hovey one of the early settlers of Rock county and late of Stuart, Holt county, died Thursday last, age about 80 years, was buried Sunday. Mr. Hovey built the first mill in this county, Brown or Keya Paha; then all in one county and was the first postmaster of Kirkwood. He was manly, honest and.

honorable in all his dealings: truly a good man. His death is mourned by many friends. He was a member of the Masonic order. T. J.

Baxter, E. L. Myers and Ben- Levensky, masons of this place were in attendance, thefuneral services being. conducted by the masons. Notice For Publication.

Land Cm.e at Valentine. March 8th, Notice is hereby given that the undersigned settler has fled notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court at Bassett. on April 19th, viz: Justus H. Fuller of Newport, H. E.

10364 for the He names and the Sec. 14 Tp. witness 31 N. R. 17 W.

following to prove his continous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Will B. Hovey, Theadore Hickley, Stuart, and Cassius 0. Brubaker, Leo Menuey. Kirkwood Nebr. J.

C. Pettijohn, Register. Subscrib for the Republican. SALE BILLS 6 Printed At This Office. 100 SPRING IS HERE.

ur stock is now complete in all departments. We carry a large 100 stock and good variety in all lines of goods, so we are sure to have what you need and want for spring and summer wear. Our prices are the lowest possible for good goods. 100 We carry a full line of garden seeds in bulk and package. Highest market price do paid for BUTTER and EGGS.

Yours for lowest prices, B. Levensky, Manager. Levensky Lipman. Newport, Nebraska. JAMES BUTLER, BARBER First class hair cuts, in latest styles, neat and attractive.

Every customer has a clean towel. First Door North of Livinskr James Butler, Newport, Nebraska. NOTICE! If you want your Watch, Glock or Jewelry repaired, leave with Vern Jet. frey for 0. W.

Morey, Jewler Optiolan. Watch for Dates. 22 years experience. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRACE MARKS RESIGNS COPYRIGHTS Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Luvention is probably patentable. Communica Lions strictly conf dential.

Handbook on Patente sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents Patents taken through Munn Co. receive notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely mustrated weekly. Largest ciror.ation of any solentifie journal.

Terms, $3 ear: four months, Sold by all MUNN 1 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 896 Warhington, D. Q. Notice For Publication. Land Office at Valentine, Nebr, March Notice is settler hereby has filed given notice that of the his following- intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge of the County Court at Bassett, on April 22, 192, viz. Catanes Ballenger of Newport, H.

E. 12145 for the aud Sec. 14 Tp. 29 R. 18 W.

He names the following witnesses to prove his continous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Frank Seberger, Richard Turner, Frank Carlisle, and William Baxter all of Newport, Nebraska. J. C. Pettijohn, Register. NOTICE.

State of Nebraska, Rock County, SS; At a county court. held, at the county court room, in and for said county, March, 4th, 1902. In the matter of the CONTATE Charles W. PRESENT E. OLSON, JUDGE.

Kemp. deceased. On reading and fling the petition of Retta Kemp, praying that administration of said estate be granted to her Retta Kemp, as administratrix. ORDERED, That March 24th. 1902, at one o'clock P.

M. is assigned tor hearing said petition, when all persons interested in said matter may appear at a county court to be be held in and for said county, and show cause why the prayer of petitioner should not be granted and that notice of the pendency of said petition and the hearing thereof, be given to all persons interested in said matter publishing a copy of this order in the Newport Republican, a weekly newspaper printed in said couuty, for three successive weeks, prior to maid day of hearing. E. OLsoN, Co. Judge.

Newport Livery, Feed, aNV Exchange Stable. UP-TO-DATE RIGS, CAREFUL DRIVERS. FRED POPKEY, NEWPORT NEBRASKA DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK? -Don't do it again. Life is too But go to the NEWPORT FRUIT STORE. Everything you want without stopping to think.

Fresh fruits always in slock. We have the finest variety of cigars in Newport. Give us a call, THE LADIES We May come as well as the men. and If you come once, you will come again. keep a full stock of Flour Feed at all times.

Satisfaction guaranteed PARADISE SON, NEWPORT, NEBR. The Newport State Bank. T. W. Tallaferro, President.

Dan W. Gaines, Cashler. Marry C. Johnston, Asst. Cashier.

Capital Stock $10,000.00. Do a general banking business. Your patronage solicited, All employees bonded. Burglar insurance. Newport, Nebr..