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.O'NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. FEBRUARY 4. 1892.
NUMBER 30.
ffE ABE IRE TO STATE
That We Have a Keeley Institute,
if Ton Please.
GOOD-BYE. OLD JAGS, GOOD-BYE.
O’Neill's Hustling Citizens Secure a Prize,
While Other Towns Are Asleep
Perseverance Rewarded.
The stock-holders of the Keeley Insti
tute company held it meeting Monday
afternoon, which was called to order by
f. V. Golden. W. D. Mathews read a
letter he had received from the Blair
people in relation to the establishment
of the institute in O’Neill. The con
tents of the letter brought on a discus
sion, which terminated in the sending
of a telegram to the managers of the
lllair institute, advising them to come
to O'Neill at once and close the con
tract and make the dual arrangements.
Mr. E. A Stewart, one of the princi
pal stock holders of the Blair institute
and one of the owners of the Koeley
"right" or “privilege” for this state,
came up last evening and met with the
stock holders in the Republican club
rooms. Mr. Stewart presented his
proposition, which was accepted, aud a
committee of seven of the stock-holders
appointed to perfect all'the necessary
arrangements and complete the deal.
The comm'ttee consists of the following
cntlemen: W. D. Mathews. M. D.
Long; Clarence Selah, A. L. Towle,
.lohn J. McCafferty, VV. J. Dobbs and
Dr. Connolly. This committee will
meet this evening, and will probably
elect officers, who will manage the
aifaiis of the company.
It is perfectly safe to announce pos
itively that the institute will be estab
lished, and The Fuontieu wishes to
congratulate the stock holders upon
their success.
it is proper at this stage, to take off
your.hat to the O’Neill Keeley Insti
tute
Mr. .loan Kennedy, living near Page,
was an agreeable caller at this office
yesterday. Concerning the re establish
ment of the postoffice at Emporia, over
which there wassorae strife.Mr. Kennedy
Slid: "Although I am a patron of the
Page office I would have readily signed
a petition to re-establish the office at
Emporia, as there are quite a number of
people in that vicinity who will be
g'eatly benefited thereby, and it is
simply the justice to which they were
entitled. I was pleased to see the office
at Emporia re-established.”
Mr. A. Barnett left Tuesday morning
for McCook, Kansas, where he may lo
cale, Mr. Frees, his former partner in
the lumber business in O’Neill, having
lumber interests in that city. Mr. Bar
nett will probably take an extended trip
in tbe western part of these United
States, ending his vacation in Chicago
about the 1st of May. The well wishes
of bis host of friends in O’Neill accom
pany Mr. Barnett on his travels, and
Ihe PitouTiElt wishes him success
wherever he may decide to locate.
Miss Mattie Gallant, niece of County
Uerk Butler, who has been visiting at
the Butler residence for some time past,
started Sunday morning for Lincoln.
She will visit in that city for a week and
will then go on to her'home in Osceola,
this state. Miss Gallant has a large cir
cleof friends in O’Neil], although her
visit here was only a brief one.
liimco started this morning
°r Elora, Out., his old liome, liavinir
received a telegram yesterday after
noon announcing the serious illness of
18 mother. Mr. Blinco will remain
^dh his mother until there is a decided
improvement in her condition, and will
Probably be absent from home several
weeks.
Miss Kate Howard, sister of Mis3 Josie
° ,his eity. nnd who is well known in
i eill, was married in Denver, Colo.,
88t week to Mr. Peter Moldcnman.
he Frontier joins the many friends
0 Miss Howard in this city in
Wending wishes for a happy and
Pleasant journey through life.
Mr. J, £_ Mayes, brother of Reese,
, “ Publisher of the Lusk (Wyo.) Ilcr
?'' "as married fn that city on Monday
ast to Miss Lizzie Hancock, daughter
Ufllcv' J. Hancock.
ij^runk Mann went over to Spencer
Ms ay and will remain there a week
Wo, attending to the business of J.
•8 establishment during the resident
ma“agefs absence.
U * hoxtieu’s esteemed friend. Mr.
but ”*ocum> formerly of Holt county,
,j Duw South Sioux City, is presi
°f a Republican club at that place.
^ ^ Flannery, brother of Mrs.
lerj ' Moyle, returned to Omaha yes
: *-aving spent three weeks visit-:
lasm O'Neill.
tainF > a'U* ^re- John La Rue enter
young people last Fri
evening. Dancing was the order.
Tho Butte Banner talUsabout the
merry jingle of the hose-tafh bell and
the hoarse voice of the iron jtfirsc. and
so on. The melodious laugi' of the
festive coyote may be converted into
; c^t-pfill sounds and the classical grunt
of old.-v Yellow Horse” might possibly
be takeb'-for the snort of a locomotive,
but in aliysuch cases the ear must be
proporb^jM^ed in order to appreciate
th® PWP,®™Plung of the sound. Tho
editor bjjghe Banner probably has the
soundipj^oards of his ears trained to
such a dqjkee that, when the office cat
yawns aqj||)the delicate ripple is con
veyed to hW hearing apparatus, he will
be able to tell his readers, in his own
graphic style, how the steam-heating
machine in his wood shed became rest
less and blew off the handsome mahogany
polish on his alabaster jaw. And the
choir sang, •‘Comrades.”
The readeis of The Frontier who
are acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Bostwicb, formerly of O’Neill, will be
pleased to learn that they arc quite com
fortably located in Minneapolis, where
they but recently moyed. Mr. Boat
wick has a responsible and lucrative po
sition as head book-keeper for a large
grocery Arm, and The Frontier joins
tue many friends of this young couple
in wishing them success m their new
home.
Mr. W. C. Evered has moved his fum
ily to Page, where he has gone into the
general merchandise business. There is
nothing definite about Mr. Evered re
maining in Page, and it is possible that
be may return in the course of the next
year. Tiie Frontier takes pleasure in
informing its readers in Page that Mr.
and Mrs. Evered are most estimable
people, and are honorable, upright,
Christian citizens. We sincerely wish
them success.
A party of gentlemen from the
Knights of Pythias lodge of O'Neill,
consisting of Messrs. Jesse Mellor,
Clark Hough, Clarence Selah, Richard
Clapp and Geo. D. Riggs, went down to
Ewing Saturday and visited the lodge at
that place in the evening. Clyde King ac
companied the party as official guide.
.Mrs. Effie Potter started last Friday
for Boone, Iowa, her former home,
where she will visit friends and rela
tives for several months. Mrs. Potler’s
many friends in O’Neill will be sorry to
note her departure, and will be pleased
to welcome her to their midst again in
the early summer.
Postal Clerk Woodruff has been as
signed to the Short Line run vacated
by Clerk Reed, who resigned and moved
to Missouri. Mr. Voodruff, who at
present has a run on the F., E. & M. V.,
will not go on the Short Line run until
the 4th of March.
Mrs. Sylvest of Omaha is visiting
relatives and friends mO’Neill and is now
stopping at the residence of her mother,
Mrs. Harrington. Mrs. Sylvest is ac
campanied by Miss Harriet Cully, a
young friend who also resides in Omaha.
The O’Neill dancing school will give
a final party at the rink tonight. Prof.
Hovey’s orchestra will furnish the
music. A large number of invitations
have been issued._
A dance was given at the farm resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Lawless, three
miles east of town Tuesday night. A
number of young people from O'Neill
attended.
Ml . iiios. isoiuu, cousiu in mis. kj. r.
Biglin, who has been stopping in O’Neill
for several months past, returned last
Friday to his home in Clinton, Iowa.
Miss Druzc Beck went down to
Omaha yesterday morning. She will
visit her sister, Mrs. Fitzsimmons, and
will be away for two or three weeks.
Gene Cress returned Saturday evening
from Blair, feeling and looking “like a
new nan.” to use his own words. Suc
cess to you, E. H.
The.date for holding the next state
fair has been announced to be Septem
ber 5 to 9, including the preceeding
Saturday._
Miss Ray Davis is acting as stenog
rapher in the law office of R. R. Dickson
during the absence of Miss Beck in
Omaha. _
Treasurer Scott has conquered the
grip fiend and is able to be about again.
He was quite seriously ill for several
days._
Butte has a city council, and her citi
zens are also agitating the question of
organizing a board of trade.
Miss Hilda Samuelson of Spencer, is
in O’Neill with her sister, Mrs. Thos.
Campbell._
A full account of the Boyd-Thayer
case will be fopnd on the inside pages of
this issue._
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. McArthur were
down from Atkinson yesterday.
M. D. Long returned from a trip to
tne eastern part of the state.
The Temper&nco Hoe ting,
Tho inclement weather did not keep
a goodly number of people from the
Methodist church last Sunday evening,
the occasion being a temperance meet
ing led by Judge Roberts. Uowevor,
there were a number of persons who
bad previously signified their desire to
attend who were unable to be on hand.
Rev. Wilson, pastor of the Methodist
church, opened tho meeting with prayer,
and Judge Roberts stated the object of
the meeting to be the formation of a
temperance club, which would be com
posed eutirely of men and women of
all shades of religious and political be
lief. The club was to be entirely sep
arated from any church or party and
would be non-partisan and nou-'sectarian.
Owing to tho absence of several promi
nent citizens it was decided to post
pone Llbo club organization until a fu
ture date, when a mass meeting will bo
held in the court bouse for that purpose.
The audience was not disappointed, for
the Judge spoke over an hour upon the
teraperanco question,dwelling more par
ticularly upou the points which effect
the standing of the community at largo.
Judge Roberts is a temperance enthu
siast and poured the hot shot into the
enemy’s camp at a lively rate.
A Lincoln traveling man, Mr. Mar
shall, whe was present, felt called upon
to say a few words and offered cucour
ugeuicnt in tho work, lie was lislcutd
to very attentively.
Mr. Neil Brennan wished to onlist in
thecausoand spoke a short lime upon
the license question. Mr. Brennan is
an earnest advocate of temperance and
will be one of the prominent members
of the club, when it is organized.
Dr. Trueblood and Mr. B. II. Bene
dict both spoke upon the question, the
former gentleman bringing upsornc new
ideas and points which it will be nec
essary for all temperance people to con-’
aider. Mr. Benedict addressed bis re
marks particularly to the young people
present and urged them to give their
attention to this great question while
yet in their youth. His words were
yery appropriate and well received.
’ The meeting then adjourned, Judge
Roberts announcing that a meeting
would be held at the court house at
some future date to perfect the organ
ization of a temperance club. The
Frontier will publish the date as soon
as it is decided upou. and will also print
the full proceedings of the meeting.
Death of Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. Julia Smith, wife of Norman
Smith, living six mile^s south of O’Neill,
after a lingering illness of several years
of varied severity passed away lust Fri
day morning in the 61st year qf her age
at her hcmo, in the loving presence of her
family.
Mrs. Smith was dearly beloved by her
family as well by all her associates and
friends, for her motherly and womanly
qualities, and her death is to them a severe
and painful blow. She with her husbnnd
and family came to Holt county in 1885
from Sandusky county, Ohio, where she
was born and raised and spent the greater
pact of her useful life. Hor family, con
si sting of a husband and four children,
all survive her. There are two boys, J. C.
and Adrian, the former married but the
latter single and living at home.
Hor daughters are Mrs. Mehlig, now at
Hot Springs, Ark., uuder medical treat
ment, and Mrs. E, Bonnell. The funeral
service was preached by Rev. Wilson last
Sunday morning at one o’clock. A largo
concourse of friends followed the remains
from the M. E. church to the burying
ground to thero partake of the last sad
rites which characterized the long and
sorrowful parting.
Mother, thou art sleeping, thou art sleeping,
You were called to join the blest.
In the clear ethereal heaven,
May you sweetly, ever rest.
All the cares that here beset thee.
And the trials you've had to brave.
They will never mure surround theo
In the laud beyond the grave.
Mother, kind and fondly you have reared us
Through our your.g and tender years.
Till at last we've grown from childhood—
Oh! The parting causeth tears.
Through your Illness, long and tedious,
Death you’ve suffered o’er and o’er.
Would we wish the back? oti never.
From that gorgeous shinning shore.
We know not when God may call us.
Or hew long we mav be spared,
Rut when called Into His presence,
May we be as well prepared.
—AnaiAx.
A Lyceum League at Emmet.
The young people of Emmet have
organized a Lyceum Club under (be
Lyceum League of America. Tlte first
regular meeting was held January 22.
The question for debate was, “Resolved,
That nature is more to be admired than
art.” It was decided in favor of the af
firmative. The next meeting, which
will be held Friday evening. February
5, promises to be a grand success. The
question for debate will be “Resolved,
That Napoleon was abetter general tiian
Washington” The L. L. A. No. 672
claims to be the first L. L. A. Club in
Holt county. Let us hear of more.
- _,_ Cor.
TABLE NOTICE.
By an oversight in the proof the fare
well of the^undersigned, the public may
be led to believe that ali the subscrip
tions prior to Jany. 1, 1892, belong to
me. Such is not the case as all sub
scriptions accounted are now the prop
erty of the new firm.
James H. Riggs.
Ho Addresses a Letter to the Farm
ers of Holt County.
HOW TO RAISE THE PLANT.
A Review of the Points of Interest Connected
With the Indue try—Whit the Com*
pany Proposes Doing.
To the Farmers of Holt County. As
per announcement in these columns last
week, an organization has been effected
to establish tho chicory Industry in this
county. The factory will have the
capacity for working 800 acres this year,
and will be ready for operation Septem
ber 1. All that now remains to be done
to give this industry u thorough and
practical test, is for tho farmers of this
vicinity to raise the required acreage in
roots. To this end I have thought
proper to give a few facta and figures
boarihg upon the production of chicory,
realizing that it is a subject new to the
majority of the farmers of this county.
Chicory is a plant resembling in many
respects tho carrot, belonging to the nat
ural order composite and to the genus
chieorium. It is a native cf all Europe,
and lias been cultivated for more than a
century as a substitute for coffee. When
nnalyzed it allows no elements detri
mental to health, and, in fuct, is recom
mended by physicians as a healthful
d-iink, especially for the young. |
Il is adapted to a dry climate, needing
no rain wlien once fairly started through
the ground. Any soil will produce it
well thatis not full of gravel or alkali.
The ground should be plowed in April
and the deeper plowed the better, U3 the
nature of the plant is to go deep into
the earth. It should then be thoroughly
harrowed until all the clods are pulver
ized. Next, the ground should be rolled
or gone over with a common corn
ground smoother. Next comes the
marking, which is exactly the same as
the marking of corn ground, except that
the rows nre but three feet apart. The
planting is done from the 1st to the 13th
of May, with hand machines made espee
rally for this purpose. The work is now
all accomplished until the plant is up
two or three inches high, at which time
cultivation should begin 'bids is done
with corn cultivators and tiio Held should
be gone over two or three times, owing
to the conditiou of the ground as regards
weeds. If the field still remains weedy,
the weeds must he taken out, either with
hoes or by hand. The one thing neces
sary in the proper cultivation of this
plant is to keep the ground free from
weeds. Ground properly cultivated, as
indicated above, will yield from four to
eight tons per acre. Mr. Hazelman of
this city raised an average of ten tons
per acre last, year. The harvesting oc
curs from the 1st of September to the 1st
of October, and is done io the following
manner: The roots are thrown out of
the giound by means of a plow, the
leaves squarely cut off at the base of the
bottom of the first leaf, and the product
is ready for the factory.
as compared with liic cultivation of
sugar beets, in point of labor and profit,
I claim chicory far superior. In the first
place there is no “thinning out” of the
plant to Jje done. In the second place,
the cultivation of the plant is accom
plished by means of machinery now in
use on your farm. In the third place,
the value of your product does not do
penu on a chemical analysis behind
bolted doors, and in tlic fourth place we
bind ourselves to pay double the price
of the best quality of beets.
[ If the German farmer can raise this
product at a profit on laud that costs
him an annual rental of from $100 to
$150 per acre, surely the Holt county
farmer can produce it on land worth $10
per acre.
I submit below for your careful con
sideration the form of contruct we wish
to enter into. Think the mutter over
carefully and all who desire to aid in the
establishment of a new industry for the
farmers of Holt county will please meet
at the court house Saturday, February
IS, at 2 p. t.. I might add that we would
much rather have 100 farmers riiise the
j 200 acres desired than to have twenty
raise it, as the more interested in the
enterprise the more nearly will success
be attained. Very truly,
G. C. Hazelet.
THE PUODUCEU’s CON'TltACT.
No.... O'Neill, Neb.189..
I.do hereby agree with
the Bazelman & llazeiet Chicory Com
pany of O'Neill, Neb, to plant, culti
vate and harvest, to the best of my abil
ity and in a husbandman-like manner,
....acres of chicory, on the farm occu
pied by me, located in section.town
ship range west of the Sixth P
M- in.county, Nebrrska, it being
understood that the seed be furnished
and the planting done for me at a cost of
$2 per acre, the cost of said seed and
i planting to be deducted from the value
| of the chicory when delivered at the
factory, and that I ora to deliver all chic
ory grown therefrom at the factory,with
the tops closely end squarely cut off at
the base of the bottom leaf, free from
dirt and In a marketable condition, at
ten dollars ($10) per ton from September
1 to 15, at nine dollnra ($0) per ton from
Septemhor 10 to October 1, and at eight
dollars ($H) per ton from October 1 to
October 15, 189... I further agree that
in case the chicory Is not properly cut
or trimmed, or has dirt clinging to it, to
allow the same to bo cleaucd and cut and
the tnro deducted therefrom.
Witness:
Tint company’s contuact.
No.... O’Neill, Neb.189..
Wo hereby agree to purchase from ...
.any aiyi all chicory
grown on. acres of ground in sec
tion. township...., range...., west
of the Sixth P. M., In.bounty, Ne
braska, paying him therefore ton dollars
($10) per ton from September 1 to Sep
tember 15, nine dollars ($9) per ton from
September 15 to October 1, eight dollars
($8) per ton from October 1 to October
15- 189.for all chicory delivered at
factory in a marketable condition, with
tops cut off closely and squarely at the
base of the bottom leaf. IKo also agree
with the above named pr.rty to furnish
the seed and planters and perform the
labor of planting, charging therefore the
sum of $2 per acre, it being understood
that the cost of seed and planting shall
bo deducted from the value of the chic
ory when delivored at the factory. Any
chicory not properly cut and trimmed.or
with dirt clinging to it. will lie clenned
and cut and the tare deducted therefrom.
Witness:
Tiie Fiiontmch hopes to sec a largo
number of representative farmers at Ibc
meeting to bo held at the court bouse
in O’Neill, Saturday afternoon, Feb., 13.
The more thoroughly this matter is agi
tated and the more it is discussed and
studied, the more successful will the
farmers be in the production of the
plant. The Fiiontieh moreover be
lieves that the farmers of Holt county
should enter into this matter with a
heartiness that will Insure success.
Tho contract given above seems to be
a fair one, there being no objectionable
feature appearing, nnd insomuch as the
company enters into a contract to fur
nish a market for the chicory at a stip
ulated price, the producer is curtainly
running no great risk. Besides, he is
aiding the young industry upon a sound
and firm basis.
The demands made upon Uncle Sam's
postolHce department and the clerks
attached thereto aro many, and tho
hard-worked officials are often com
pelled to strain every nervo to keep up
to the requirements of the postal laws.
Our readers haye no doubt heard the
story of the woman who wanted the
postmaster to take her letter and de
liver it to Sally Jones of Pikeville, Cot
tonbiossom county, Virginia, and while
there to inquire of Sally bow the babies
were getting along, etc., etc., and also
of the man who wanted to paste postage
stamps upon the shapiy neck of his
spring calf and deposit it in the mail
sack. But one of the postal clerks on
the F. E. & M. V. was confronted the
other day by a poetical request to de
liver a letter to a maiden in Stuart.
While Mr. Woodruff, the clerk referred
to above, was.'un wrapping a package of
letters in Ids car a few days ago, ids eye
fell upon one the address of which ran
like this:
Curry tills letter direct and straight
To Miss Jennie Blank In Nebraska stale,
aho Is u maid of beauty, and most fair,
But never needs to curl her hair.
In Stuart, I think this letter will reach her,
And I think its contents will surely teach her
That I havo not forgot that I owe her a letter
And in the dim future will try and do bet tri
Mr. Woodruff, who is a married man
and not at ail giyen toj frivolities, saj s
that he is unable to decide what the man
means by saying in the last line that
•‘in the dim future he will try and do
better.” However, he is drawn toward
the opinion, as anyone naturally syould
be, that the man has made a move to
elevate the standard of poetrv that he
so ruthlessly casts into the boiling pot,
around which the distinguished literary
critics of the day are wont to gather.
Rev. N. S. Lowrie, who has been with |
the O’Neill Presbyterian church for the
past five or six years, has severed bis
connection therewith and preached his
farewell sermon la3t Sunday. Mr. Low
rie has had several calls elsewhere, but
for the present will supply the pulpits
of Lambert and Inman Presbyterian
churches in addition to his work at
South Fork and Bethany.
Prof, S. L. Anderson, principal of
the Stuart schools, will preach in the
M. E. church next Sunday morning at
10:30. All are cordially invited.
Rev. N. S. Lowrie will preach at
Lambert Presbyterian church next Sab
Imth at 11 o’clock a. m., undat Inman
the same day at 3 o'clock p. m. i
Attorney Putnam was in lown Wed
nesday attending to legal business.
M. F. Ilarriugtonwent down to Omaha
Wednesday morning.
Gone to His Last Best.
For several months past, H. H. Mc
Evony, famillaily known all over this
county and up and down the Elkhora
Valley by all old settlers as "Hank" Me
Evony, has suffered from a complication
of diseases and his suffering has been In
tense at times. He went up to Hot 44
Springs several weeks ago lu the hope
that the baths and treatment there would
effect a cure, but nothing availed and
when he came home last woek ho was ^
weaker than ever. He had wasted ? !
away until he was hardly recognizable,
and dually succumcd to the inevitable ; 4
on Tuesday morning, February 8, at 5:80 *
o'clock.
Thus a most familiar and prominent
chrracter has passed out of history in
this county. And he helped to form the
history of Holt county, being amongst ' i
the earliest settlers. Eighteen years ago 'J
last July Mr. McEvony and family and ?
E. 11. Thompson and others landed in
this locality and settled on the farms
they now own. Mr. MoEvony was
prominent in tho organization of the 4
county, the organization of the Odd Fel- 4
lows lodge and various other enterprises, -f 5
Mr. McEvony was a blunt-spoken and of ■ $:
tho rough dinmond order or men, but he '
had a heart as tender as a woman's and
was beloved and respected by "all. He ’4
always had a kindly word for those in ‘
trouble and anything he could do was
always willingly done for such people. 4
lu short ho was a big, noble-hearted
man, and will be greatly missed by all.
OBITUABY. :
Henry U. McEvony waa born in St.
Lawrcuce county, New York, October
1, 1830, where be resided until 1834. He
was married to Miss Eliza Bltnoy on
April 87, 1850. Three children were
burn to them, one daughter and two
sons. In 1854 they moved to Ozankeo
county, Wis., where they lived a year
and then moved to Sauk county, same
state, residing there until 1878, when
they emigrated to this state, arriving in
this county on July 18, 1878, locating on
his present (arm one and one-hal( miles
southeast of O’Neill, on the Elkborn
river. Ho was a member of Forest
Eodge, No. 106, I. O. O. F., in Sandus
ky, Wis., and a charter member of Elk
horn Valley Lodge, No. 57, I. O. O. F.,
in fact was really the originator of the
lodge. He held all of the various offices
in the lodge bore and was representative
to the grand lodge of the state, one of
the positions of highest honor In the
lodge. Mr. McEvony was a great suf
ferer for the past three years with rheu
matism, a torpid liver and later the jaun
dice. He had a strong constitution and
hut for these troubles would probably
have lived to a ripe old age. At his
death he was Cl years, 4 months old.
Of tho children two are married, tbs
daughter being tho wife of Mr. Byron
Parker and the eldest son being our
present county sheriff. The youngest,
Joseph, is still single. Mr. McEvony
was also a step-brother of E. H. Tnomp
son. The wife and mother and children
and grand-cblldren, besides numerous
friends and relatives, deeply mourn the
loss of a kind father and loving hus
band.
TUB FUNERAL.
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The funeral occurred Wednesday • ■!
afternoon at 2 o'clock and was con
ducted under the auspices of the Odd
Fellows lodge. An escort came up
from the house with the procession and
was joined by the main body of the
lodge in front of the postoffice, from
whence all marched to the. rink, where
the services were held The funeral
sermon was preached by Bcv. Black
mer of Stuart, who is a member of
the order. He delivered a very inter
esting sermon, and all the services were
very solemn and impressive. The hall
was crowded and the concourse that
followed the remains to the grave was
very large. The people vied with each
other, in a quite yet elective manner, to
show their esteem for the dead and ‘
sympathy for the sorrowing ones.
The services were held in the rink be- 5
cause no church was large enough to V
accommodate the people. Quite a num
ber of Atkinson Odd Fellows and friends
of the deceased attended the funeral.
North Nebraska Eagle. A Republi
can club baa been organized in South
Sioux City with the following officers:
President. M. B. Slocum; vice president,
T. J. King; secretary, Z. M. Baird;
treasurer, E. Stamm. About fifty per
sons have signified their intention of
joining the club and everything points
to a successful organization. It would
be well for other precincts in the county
to organize and prepare for active work
in next fall’s campaign.
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Col. Flannigan came in from Minne
apolis Tuesday night and will Temain in
town for several days.
The dancing school giyes a final partv
at the rink tonight. Prof. Hovey’s
band will be there. ’ V
Mrs. Qeo. Jones has been quite sick
for the past week, with a cold on the •'v:
lungs. _
Mayor Biglin visited friends in Iowa
over Sunday, returning Tuesday even
ing. _ ' .-.iijfii
Mrs. John Skirving was down from .'ii'
Stuart yesterday. /
HOW IS IB TIHS IS BE ,|1
If you want to buy cheap Boots and . f%
Shoes, you have an opportunity staring
you in the face that you should hasten to VJ
grasp. The excellent stock of Boots
and Shoes displayed at the store of H. 1 <1
Wilson will be sold under foreclosure, >'
and the low prices will astdhish you. v\'J$
Sale going on now and will continue for ..i.?:’;
three weeks. 38,3 ' . VjS;
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