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It Mui I it U M Wine li 1 Green Valley Fair view Dciolt Cleveland Tnmnn Ewing Sand Creek j Shield* j Chambers Verdigris I Francis ! [lock Falla I Paddock Dustin Grattan Willowdalo Emmet Sheridan Stuart Scott Lake Turtle Creek Pleasant view Steel Creek Atkinson Wyoming Saratoga McClure O’Neill Conley Swan ADDRESS Atkinson Inez Ewing Stuart Inman Ewing Atkinson O’Neill Oh umbers Page Atkinson Turner Leonla Badger O’Neill Minneolft Atkinson Atkinson Stuart Scottville Bliss Grand Rapids Emmet Star Atkinson Amelia Turner Little O’Neill Lambert Harold Swan Gil ATT AN TOWNSHIP. < uorvispr. S. I*. Howard; Treasurer, J. 0. l|\v,V,': Clerk, N. Martin; Assessor, 3. J. ■Nichols; Justices. M. aiatterly and Chas. irsnll; Constables, Perkins Brooks and ;,YI sminskie; lload overseer, dist. 2U, Tbco r.iro Otto: dist. No. 4, P. Barrett, sr. 011 Y OF O'NEILL. S'lncrvisor. Sanford Parker; justices, J. J, Kin'inm J. P. U’Donnell; C'onstatiies, John i„in:,a:; and W. F. Keeley. COCNCILMF.N—FIRST WARD. j.,,j. two years.—Ben DeYarman, For one v. nr—Pavitl Stnnnard. SECOND WARD. Knr two years—Fred Gntz. For ono year— i». Mullen. THIRD WARD. Knr two years—Barrett Scott. For one year -C. C. .Millard. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor, 0. F. Bisrlln; Clerk,Thos. Campbell; ■’ivnsiuvr, David Adams: City Engineer, sniTicr Adams; Police Judge, N. Martin; ciiict of Police, John L>i|ipan; Attorney, Thus. Cnrlun; Welsfbmaster, Ed. Mollride: street Commissioner, O. E. Davidson. _ JUDICIARY. chief Justice.Atnosa Cobb Associates... Samuel Maxwell and L. L.Norvul FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DIST1UCT. ■1 ■ Hive.M. P Kinkaid, of O’Neill Kcuorter.A. L. Warrick, ot' Ainsworth Jn l 'c .A. W. Crites, of Clnulran 'porter.H. L. Lttivd^of Chadron LAND OFFICES. O'NEILL. Register.B. 8. Otllospio aeeoiver.A. Ij. Towle. XELion. Krai,tor .0. W. liotilnson he reiver.W. B. Lambert SOLD ns MT RELIEF C0MNISS10N. Regular mooting first Monday in Febru ary of each year, and at such other times as id deemed necessary. Robt. Gallagher, Pago, chairman; Win, Bowen, Atkinson, secretary; A. K. Buskins, Cleveland. UT. PAT KICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. kj Services every Sabbath at 10:30 o'clock. Very Rev. Cassidy, 1‘ostor. Sabbath school immedlately following services. IV IT ETII ODIST CIIUKCII. Preaching JAevery Sunday at 11 a. in. and 8 p. m. Sunday school at 12 m. Class Meeting at 10:30 a. rn. Tuesday—Young people’s meeting, 8 p. m. Wednesday—Children’s meeting, 4 p sn. Prayer meeting, 8 p. m. Thursday—La dles’ aid society, 2 p. in. h\ 15. Ham, Pastor. PUESBYTEKIAN CIIUKCH Sendees every Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Rev. N. S. Lovmus, Pastor. d. A. R. POST, NO. 86. The Gen. John VJ* O'Neill Post, No. 80, Department of Ne JiruskaG. A. U., will meet the first and third Saturday evening ol’ each month in Masonic hall O’Neill. S. J. Smii h. Com. Meeta every Wednesday evening’in Odd Fellows’ ball, invited to attend. 0. H. Milts, feec. visiting brothers cordially J. F. Pfcin’dek, N.G. fYNEILL ENCAMPMENT NO. 30.1. y. 0.0. F. meets every second and fourth i rmnysoi' each month in Odd Fellows’ Hall. G. M.Cleveland, : S. Wolf, C. P. pl»KN LODGE NO. 41, DAUGHTERS r-* Ofc UKHiiKAH, meets every 1st and lid bnduy of each month in Odd Fellows’ llall. Alice Adams, M. O. ■oLLA Dark, Secretary. (iAliriELU LODGE,NO,95,F.dfcA.M. va iteguiar communications Thursday uight3 SiSrw?0Jore the lull of the moon. LA». 1. Evans, Sec. A. L. Towle, W. M. CIIAPTKIt, K. A. M. s* “t'Cts on livst and tlilrd Thursday of each U',tv 'll Masonic hull. I’omis, See. J. C. HAiunsn, H, 1 K ?Pi>-—11ELMET LODGE, U. I). o. !’.n.v.cntlon every Monday at 8 o'clock p. .“'J!1 .Pdd Fellows’ nail. Visiting bretheru '-cranilly invited. W-J. Dobbs, IC. It. of S S. J. Wekkes, C. C. (iJJATTAN ALLIANCE NO. 4117. i-„„„?,rr;.ltr3 Allluuco moots every second and iiivit.,rt i^',*r<1“V at 3 p. in. Visiting members m,AH good farmers urged to become '’n;1'?' J no. Fallon, l*rest. ^eilA!., iNCiEBSOLL, Seo. D*;i«WK ALLIANCE, NO. 003, of f.Hfti1.00eYcr>' second and fourth Saturday S 11 ,m,intil at L’riah Fellows'. __j_ililowaul Sec. U. Fkllkiis,Pres. POSTOFFICE D1RCETORY Arrival ofMails Ems-v.l E- * M- V. K. 11.—KltOM THE EAST. 7 day, Sunday included at.11:15 pi Ewro.i„ e. EHOM THE WEST. fyday,Sunday included at... Arrlv.it, PACH-IC shout line. ’■ v< S every day except Sunday at 9:00 p m h ' .... (i:t)i) am . 9:35 am bepar DeiuiWo,. ° NEILL AND CHELSEA. Arriv„.8n¥°"(!ay-Wed. and Friday at 7:00 a 'es luesday,Tburs.and Sat. at..l:00p Dennvtc r. ° NEILL AND PADDOCK. ArriwL .r "‘'.ay- Wed.ttud Friday at..7:00 at es luesday, Tburs. and Sat, at. .4:30 p i OeDfirto NEILL AND NIOBnAItA. ArrlvvS.?,on'- Wed. and Fri. at....7:00 a i "es lues,lay, Tburs. and Sut. at...4:00 p I Anlv„„ ,, NEILL AND CUMMINSVILLE. IkpirtB \i°""'yeu-11,1,1 Fridays at, ..11:30 p r., Pms Mon.. 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Oillco first door east of McCaffcrty’s hardware store. A. WELLS. DENTIST. Ofllco over the Holt County Bank. C. D. B. EISAMAN. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, NEB. YNltTLL, JJU. U.T. TJUMBLOOD, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Diseases of '5)10 F.yo and Ear mid fittinli glasses 11 specialty. Ollicu liours >) to 11! a. m. and 2 t(>8 p. in. Office oveu “TI1E EMPORIUM." s EWING MACHINES REPAIRED BY GEORGE BLINCO mpSatisfaction gaiirantcetl. ^UI.I.EN BIIOS., CARPENTERS & BUILDERS. Estimates taken and materia.; furnished. Jobbing promptly attended to. | C. SMOOT, FASHIONABLE BARBER. DEALER IN CIGARS, ETO. A. BO™> BUILDERS. ESTIMATES FURNISHED. J. H. MEREDITH, ATTORNEY-AT- AW. COMPLETE SET OF Abstract © Books., Office, ovf.k Hoi t County Bank. 23TFOUR YEARS EXPERIENCED In U. S. Land T5usinkk8 1 A. H. CORBETT y jgj WILL ATTEND TO YOCB I DENTISTRY I jg IN FlltST-CuASS SHAPE. : | ©PHOTOGRAPHY® | gj OF ALL KINDS 1 Frrfy and fatisMorily berated. 1 gj “ =3 OiQco and salary on Fourth street ? = ^ east of Holt County Bank. !•-: R.R DICKSOi'J&CO.. supceasoga to T. V. GOLI)EN & CO., Title Macfeis/ComejancetSi TAXES PAID FOIl NON-RESIDENTS. FARM LANI)S • S AND TOWN LOTS FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. Farm Loans Negotiated on the Most Reasonable Terms. FORMERLY EUROPEAN. Enlarged, Refurnished -AND REFITTED. Only First Class Hotel in City, j i W. T. EVANS, Prop. A SHAKER CHRISTMAS! HOW THE FESTIVAL IS KEPT BY THESE RELIGIOUS CELIBATES. The Day la One of Great Significance to Them and la Obaerved with Great Solemnity—Their Songs, Marchea and Shaking—The Chrlatmaa Dinner. No one probably celebrates the glad Christinas holiday in a more peculiar way than do the Shakers, those strange yet industrious celibates who were brought over from Englnnd considerably over a century ago by the good old “Mother Aun Lee.” There are several colonies of theso queer people in the United States, and all enjoy the same pleasures, if there can be such a thing in their lives, and all believe in the same doctrines. Years ago these honest but misguided peoplo discovered that the Scriptures directed all men and women to live apart. They believe that be cause the Messiah did not marry it is a sin for thorn to do so, and consequently there is but one love in their lives, and that a love of religion. The Shakers have u manner and style peculiarly their own and worship G-od in every breath. Believing as they do in the Messiah, they think it a duty to celebrate the birth of the Saviour, and their servico on Christmas day is most beautiful and impressive. The remark “still as a Shaker meet ing” has often been heard, and those who have attended a meeting of these devout people know that a word is never spoken until the “spirit moves,” and so it goes from Sunday to Sunday until Christmas comes, which with them means a day of the greatest devotion. The day to them does not bring the joys, pleasures and dissipations of the world, there is no giv ing of gifts, no belief in St. Nicholas, no Christmas tree and no pleasures, in fact nothing but prayer. No preparations are muuo lor me giau iesuvai. Tlio morning before Christmas tha celibates move toward the little church in couples. The men go by themselves and dress in the conventional black, with broad brimmed hats and gaze straight before them. They never smile, for to smile is a sin in their belief. The wom en follow the men, and wear Shaker bon nets of yellow straw and gray gowns, and look prim and quaint. A large white handkerchief covers the chest in primitive simplicity. Quietness reigns throughout the day, never a word being spoken. In fact the spirit does not move, and the people stand there for hours like statues. At sundown they go to the dormitories and retire. Christmas morning they go to the church again and pass the holiday in prayer, song and religious glorification. They stand perfectly quiet and mute un til the “spirit moves,” when each one gives his or her experience, for on this day above all they delight in testifying to their great and complete happiness. A Shaker church is entirely different from the “world’s people’s” church. In stead of seats or pews, as are usually seen in churches, there is a big open space, and the men and women range themselves on opposite sides of the room. One of the elders makes a short address. Then all is quietness. After about half an hour a dozen or so of the younger people, either male or female, or perhaps both, enter the center of the space and begin a solemn march. The Shakers sing beautifully and their tunes are remarkably pretty, sprightly and quick in character, and have a won derfully fascinating air. The rich, deep bass voices harmonize perfectly with the clear, sweet and high tenors and so pranos. Almost irresistibly the feet and hands of all commence keeping time with rythmical beats. Soon the entire body of Shakers are moving around the singers. As the music increases the men and women circling around be come so imbued with the beating of the notes that their bodies swing and rock, their feet danee and shuffle, their hands and arm3 swing and beat the air, all in perfect keeping with the music. This grows more intense until they all drop from sheer fatigue. Quietness again reigns for nearly an hour, when the same performance is gone over, and then over again, until sundown, when all re pair to the dormitories to enjoy the only meal in the year in each other’s com pany, for on every other day the men and women eat by themselves. The Christmas dinner of the Shakers is not like the Christmas dinner of the world’s people. There are no wines, fruits nor delicacies. They have turkeys, ducks, chickens and plain bread and butter and vegetables of every kind, well cooked and in the greatest abun dance. The women occupy one side of the table, the men the other. The elder sits at the head and invokes divine bless ing, then each man and woman rises al ternately and lifting their right hand say, “God is love.” They then begin eating, and during the meal not a word is spoken, each one helping himself or herself to what they desire. They drink an enormous quantity of milk during the meal. At .the conclusion of the Christmas dinner all rise and sing. Tiie clear voices of the celibates make the banquet room ring with a soft and charming melody. The hands and feet of all keep time. After the song the elder raises his eyes heavenward and chants a prayer in which all join, after which they march from the room in couples, the men to gether and the women by themselves, and go to their dormitories. The re mainder of the night, while the world outside is enjoying itself in every con ceivable dissipation, is given up to song and prayer, and all night long the voices of the Shaker sisters and brothers are heard through the halls. The Shakers are kind hearted and gen erous. They are very hospitable, and it is one of their principles to entertain and honor all who come into their little world. For days before Christmas they find great pleasure in sending good things to the poor in the neighborhood, and no matter how poor a man may be, he is sure of a good Christmas dinner if he lives in the neighborhood of a colony of Shakers.—Buffalo Express. WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS. Celebrated ft Holy Dny Hinee tit* Tew of Our lord 08. At midnight on tho 25th of this month the birthday of the Saviour of mankind' will have been celebrated for the seven teen hundred and ninety-second time, for Christmas was first kept as a holy day A. D. 08. Wo have no means of de termining the exact date of the Saviour’s nativity. As to the year, preponderance of opin ion and of such evidence os we have seems to favor that of 4 or 5 B. C. As to the month, December is the height of the rainy season in Judea, and, there fore, tho fact, as stated by the New Tes tament, that shepherds were watching their flocks on its plains while stars were shining in the heavens on the night of the Saviour's birth, makes it extremely unlikely that it could huve occurred in that month. Many learned treatises have been written and plausible argu ments advanced to prove that it must have taken place in October, but tho question will ever remnin in abeyance. For tho first three centuries Christmas was ono of the most movable of all re ligions festivals. The Eastern church observed Jan. 6 as the anniversary both of Christ’s birth and circumcision. But in the Fourth century Pope Julius I or dered an investigation of tho matter, and after long deliberation the theolo gians of both the east and the west united in appointing Deo. 25 to be kept ns Christ’s birthday. It seems not im probable that in selecting Dec. 25 ns tho date of tho greatest event save one—tho crucifixion—in the world’s history tho worthy fathers were influenced by n de sire to supplant the many heathen fes tivals of the winter solstice, such as tho Saturnalia, or great festival of Saturn and Ops, which began on Dec. 10 (or after Cmsar’a reformation of the calen dar on the 17th) and continued for seven days. I 11119 presumption Is made more prob able from the fact that for many centu ries the festivities of Christinas were prolonged until “Twelfth night,” Jan. 0, and even till Candlemas day, 'Feb. 2, while they usually began as early us the night before All Saints’ Day, or Hal loween, thus showing the desire of the early fathers of tho church to make the heathen converts to Christianity feel that they had lost nothing in harmless pleasure and enjoyment by the substi tution of the Christian festival for the heathen one. Not only did the Romans observe this period of the year as a time for mirth and rejoicing, but many of our most familiar Christmas usages are derived from the old heathen festivals which Christmas replaced. Tho custom of giving Christmas presents, now so uni versally observed, was derived from the old Roman Saturnalia or Feast of Saturn, above mentioned, at which it was cus tomary for all tho members of a house hold to offer gifts to one another. The Yule clog, or log—the great stick of timber placed in olden tiine3 upon the Christmas tire—was derived from the Saxon fsast of Jul or Yul, at which a similar piece of timber gave .the princi pal tiro and the principal light. The Yule clog and the superstitions con nected with it are among the most ven erable of Christmas associations. The Yule clogs that blazed fn the vast halls of the old English feudal barons of the Middle Ages were huge trees, and we are told that even just before the close of the last century the mansion of an Eng lish gentleman residing near Shrews bury was totally destroyed by fire in consequence of too large a Yule log hav ing been lighted on his hearthstone. When the Yule clog was not all con sumed before dawn and burned on into the light of Christmas day, its ashes were carefully preserved until the next Christ ir as eve. The custom of decorating churches, dwellings and places of business with evergreen, holly, laurel, bays and mis tletoe at the Christmas season has also a heathen origin, being a perpetuation of an observance of tiie old British Druids, whose belief it was that kindly sylvan spirits sought these ornaments of living green and hovered near them, untouched and unharmed by nipping frost, until the death of winter. Those same old Druids attached much importance to the mistletoe, investing it with a peculiarly hallowed and mystic character. They regarded it as an em blem of love and believed that it typi fied the beneficent feelings of their gods toward mankind. It is doubtless to this old Druidical association of the mistle toe with love that the English custom, which still obtains, of enforcing the for feit of a kiss from any female who is caught under a branch of it at Christmas time is traceable. 13y the celebration of Christmas, with its grand liturgy, its magnificent music and its pictorial and dramatic repre sentations of the principal events in the life of him whose birth it commem orated, the church sought to replace these heathen festivities and to lift up the minds of the people to something higher and holier, though from the first the day was regarded both as a holy commemoration of a most sacred event and as a mirthful, joyous festival. In the Middle Ages the festive observances of the day often so far overtopped its more sacred features that the clergy were frequently compelled to check the unseemly merriment of their flocks. The name of Christmas assigned to the festival was derived from Christ and the Saxon maesse or mass, and the two words were combined to denote a special service in honor of the birth of the Son ( of God. Probably one of the most generally known of the old Christmas observances, ; next to the giving of presents, is the singing of Christinas carols. These were pious canticles designed to replace the ribald songs of the old heathen festivals, and the cqstom of children and even grown people going about from house to house singing them at the door on Christmas eve and being rewarded with Christmas cheer and Christmas spend ing money is maintained in many parts of England even at the present day.— New York World. 7-: CHRISTMAS CAROL The earth has grown old with ita harden at ' oe.ro, llut nt Christinas It always la young. Tho lioart of the Jewel burnt lustrous and fair. And Its soul full of muslo breaks forth on the • air. When tho song of tho angola Is sung. It Is coining, old earth, It Is coming tonlghtl On thu snowflakes which cover tny sod The foot of tho Christ child fall gentle and white, And tho voice of the Christ ehtld tells out with delight That mankind are the children of Ood, - On tho sad and the lonely, the wretched and poor, Tho voice of the Christ child shall fall; And lo every blind wanderer open the door Of n hope that he darod not todroamof before, With a sunshine of weloomo for all. The foot of tho humblest may walk In the field Where tho feet of tho Holiest have trod, This, this Is the marvel to mortals revealed When the silvery trumpets of Christmas have pealed, That mankind are the children of God. —Phillips llrooks In Youth's Companion. BABY'S CHRISTMAS GIFTS. Little Margarita Hail Her Own View* About Making Presents, We were talking over Christmas gifts at luncheou, when Margarita said: “Want to buy Kis'mas p'esents tool Want to buy Kis’mas p’esents tool” At once Uncle Jim exclaimed: “So Margurita shall buy Christmas presen tsl” Upon which Margarita rewarded him with a smile enchanting enough to have made a far poorer man than Uncle Jim do exactly what Uncle Jim did. He pulled a big roll of bank bills from his pocket and put them in the little one's tiny hand. “That is all nonsense, Jim! Don't you do it I” said papa. “She will bankrupt you in an hour, said Inez. “I wouldn’t, Jim,” said mamma gen tly. “She knows no more about the worth of money than any other little two-year-old girl, if she is my baby and your niece.” “You were two and a half years old last month, woren’t you, pet?" cried her uncle, catching her in his arms. “And you shall buy some Christmas presents if you want to. We don’t care what they say. We will show them that Mar garita has as much wisdom as some older people in selecting gifts. We know, don’t we, pet?” And of course Margarita said yes. So it came about that aB the others were engaged I accompanied Margarita that afternoon on her first round of Christmas shopping. I had my strict in junctions from Uncle Jim not to urge any purchase upon the child, but to al low her to have her own choice in every thing, provided prices did not excoed a certain stun. When Margarita’s nurse brought hor down to the carriage she did look sweet and wise enough to almost win me over to Uncle Jim’s opinion, i Thinking that books would please the little one as much as anything, we drove to a book storo and made our way from counter to counter. At first nothing seemed to interest Margarita so much os the gay crowds of people. Finally, she looked up from a picture book, in reply to my question, “What do you want to buy for Maurice?” she said, “Want to buy tandy lelephant.” At the confectioner's there was a grand array of sugar animals, and Mar garita seized upon a white elephant, and was perfectly satisfied. “Will tie little lady have anything else?” asked the saleswoman politely. “Do you want to buy anything here for Inez or Uncle Jim or nurse?” I asked. But the yellow curls shook decidedly as she answered: “Noffln now.” Our next stop was at a large fancy goods store, and I thought thnt here the l little girl would certainly suo something ; to strike her fancy. But the beautiful j things were passed unheeded. At last she said: , “Want to buy mamma a tandy titten!” As Tony, the coachman, said that there was a confectioner's near by, we drove there inst ead of to the place where we bought the elephant. A saleswoman informed me that I would find the animals at the lower end of the store, whereupon Margarita said: “Don’t want to buy animals! Want to buy a tandy titten!” ! Of’ course everybody within hearing I laughed, and I hurried Margarita along j toward the counter where kittens were kept. The purchase made, other stores were visited, but all to no purpose. Five times we returned to one or the other of , the two large candy stores for a “tandy i wabbit” for nurse, a “tandy piggy” for Inez, a “tandy but’fly” for Nannie, a “tandy mousey” for papa, and, to cap all, which was, like the others, her own choice, a “tandy monkey” for Uncle Jim. --Aren t you going to ouy me any thing?” I asked. “No,” said Margarita, rather wearily, “I loves ’ou!” as if love were enough, and I felt that it was. Contrary to my expectations, the lit tle ono was silent in regard to her shop ping, und even Uncle Jim asked no questions. On Christmas eve I went to the drawer where I had put the gifts that Margarita had bought, but not a package was there. I felt almost certain that Margarita had not touched them, for she was not a med dlesome child. But if she had not been asleep I would have.questioned her. As it was I searched everywhere, but could find no trace of them. The next morning I asked Margarita about it. She looked up innocently and said, with the sweetest smile in the world, “Oh, I eated up thum all!”—Toronto Empire. Mrs. Snowden—I hear that Jimmy I Jenkins, the coachman, has eloped with j old Moneybag's daughter. Mr. Snow den—That will tickle the old man im mensely. Mrs. Snowden—How so? Mr. Snowden—Why, the old skinflint will j get out of giving her a Christmas pres ent.—Kearney Enterprise. holt county bank. | , O NEILL NEB •Oldest M is the Uwr Elkkoro Villir.t AUTHOBIZID OAPITAL 180,000. DAVID ADAMS, President. J. B BLADON, Vic* Prbb. D. L- DARK, Cashier DouinOenem Ranking Bualneaa. laauoa time oortlflcatca bearing Interoat. Drawedrafta on Omaha New York, London lublln Edinburg and other oltloa. —Makea long time oanann— IMPROVED FARMS CV~Bella European paaaenger ttoketa W. D. Mathkws. Null IlHENNAN, I’rustduut. VIoe-I’roHldrn Samuel. o. Hami'i.e. Caahler. • THE • State Bank of O’Neill Authorized Capital, 8100,000. Paid up Capitai., 800,000 BOA HD OF DIHKOT'*>ll Q W. Wattle*, Jolm Mollrlrlo, O. O. Ilnzulet, Human! Miillun. W. D. Mathew*, H. U. Huniplo, Null Urcnnuii. City, Farm, Collateral and Porsonal Loam Solicited. . CZ.J PI 1 8CWHL SMI H1B1H, JONES & M'CUTCHBON (PHOPniBTons or | - CENTRAL - Livery Barn. O’NEILL, NEIL NEW BUGGIES jB 0T NEW TEAMS. Everything Firpt-CJap*. Barn Oppoxltu Campbell'a Implement Home FRED C. OATZ, - DEALER IK— Fresh, Dried and Sail Meats. Bugar-oured Ham, Broakfaat Baaotv Sides, Spice roll baoon, all kind* of sausages, O’NEILL, NEBJ Deyarman Brothers, ‘ PROHRIETOR8 OF THB >4 Checker LiveryiFeed&SaleStable O’NEILL NEB. Fined turnout* In the city. Good, care ful driver* when wanted. Alio run tbe O’Neill Omnibus Line Commercial Trade a Specialty _ ■ • Hare chargee of McCafferty’s Hearse. All orders will recelvo careful and prompt atten tlon EMIL SNIQGS, Gensral Blacksmith, O’NEILL, NEB* Wagon'and Carriage Repair ing Done to Perfection. Plow Work and Horse Shoe ing a Specialty. Hand-Made Shoes Made to ant Order We stop Interfering and successsuiiy treat Quarter Cracks and Contracting Feet, and cure Corns, where our directions are strictly • followed. /fry! Carry a Line of Carriage. Wagon and fclnw ' v Stock. Work done ou : hort notice. XI-38 "