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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1892)
A V-'' M ' t.i THE FRONTIER. PUBLISHED KVKHY THURSDAY JtY THE FRONTIER PRINTING COMPANY. \V. 1). Matiikwh, Editor. c REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. The republicans of tbo Sixth congressional district of Nebraska are hereby not Hied that there will be a republican delegate conven tion held in the city of Kearney, on Tuesday the 26 day of Aprrll, 1892, for the purpose of electing two delegates and two alternates to uttend the republican national convention at Minneapolis. Also to designate the tlmo and place for 'holding the congressional convention of this district for nominating a oundldato for con gress. also to transact such olher business us may regularly come before It. Tbo basts of representation Is the same ns that fixed by the state contral committee for the stute convention, but no county nhall have lest then two delegates, as follows: No. Dan. County Boyd ... lllaln. 2 Brown. 4 Buffalo. 10 Box Butte. 6 Banner. II Cheyenne. 6 Cherry. A Custer. 12 Dawson. 7 Deuel. 11 Dawes. 7 Garfield. 2 Grant. 2 Greeley. 2 Howard. 4 Holt. 8 Hooker. 2 The oontral commlttoo recommend that no County No. Dbl. Keya Palm. H Kimball. 2 Keith. 2 Lincoln. 0 Logan. 2 Loup. 2 McPherson. 2 Rock . 11 Sliormun. 2 Sheridan. 0 SeottsBIuff. It Sioux. 2 Thomas. 2 Valley . 4 Wheeler . 2 Total.120 proxies be admitted, but that each county eloct alternates, and In the absence of both delegates and alternates the delegates pres ent cast the full vote of the delegation. J. R. Evans. Chairman. North Platte, Neb. W. W. BAHNar, Secretary. Kearney, Neb. The Bee is trying hard to kill off Tom Major* before convention time. Dit. Miller opened his mouth nnd put ' hi* foot in it, and now he cannot extri cate the foot. This great fall of snow is better for the country than a political cumpaign ' Good crop* mean* prosperity. n '■ Georgb Mikeljoiin is in the race in the Third district, 'with bright prospects of securing republican sanction. “Tns grand old man'of the west,” General Palmer, should not be lost sight of in the figuring on presidential possibilities. Charlie Manvii.i.e has purchased the Dodge Advertiser and is now an editor. He will find it not so funny as running the Holt County Normal. O’Neii.i, needs a good opera house. We know of one man who will be one of ten to put in #300 or #1000 in tbe enter prise. Whero are the other nine? -- Dick Thompson's Globe No. 3, issued at Blair, mainly in the interest of tbe Keeley institute, is a dandy. It smatters of politics, fun and medicine, and- is really interesting. Judge Bartow presides with dignity and impartiality, and gives eminent sat isfaction to all concerned in court busi ness. This is as predicted by The Fron tier before election. The legislature of New York decided not to investigate the Keeley cure, and the St. Paul Globe suggests in explana tion that possibly the members were of fered free treatment. Perhaps Dr. Miller is angling for tbe democratic * nomination for president. He says Cleveland cannot win, neither can Hill or Palmer or Brice, and surely the doctor is too good a democrat to ad mit that his party has no winners. Wx. Dech. state alliance lecturer, says that when he is offered a railroad pass be will accept it every time, and further that “the man who would re fuse is a chump.” Like VanWyck in this respect, Dech proposes to forage on the enemy. -►«»»« W. G. Palmantrer writes us from Oakland, Cal.: “A copy of The Fron tier issued oh the 10th received. Your remarks on the ideas of those who are unfamiliar with the management ot a bank were first class. It amused several of the old bankers here to whom I read the article. Enclosed find draft tor #3 in payment for the paper for two years.” Tub Atkinson Graphic thus refers to one of the cleanest men and most enter prising citizens of Holt-'Wunty1: “Our ; V esteemed neighbor and fellow citizen, Milton Doolittle, is mentioned as a prob able delegate to the democrat national convention at Chicago. The bourbons could select no man in this district more *: worthy of the position than Mr. Doolit V tie." The republicans would rejoice ? with the democrats over any honor con . ferred on Milton. In an interview Dr. Miller relieved himself in this way: "We must have cf' the south. New York, New Jersey and p' *- Connecticut or we are whipped. The . hope that the democrats can carry any of the western states on a national issue ^ is all moonshAe. I have been hearing V ;.\ the same story, 'we are going to carry Nebraska,’tor Jwenty-flye years. We cannot win with a western man. Boies is good enough for second place but he could not carry his own state if named j t for president. I am opposed to this r§.t free silver lunacy. We had the same trouble with the greenback craze in 1876. when we had to save the party .from being committed to ths issue of an irredeemable paper currency that was advocated because it would be plentiful £&] and cheap." In speaking of the Nebraska delega tion i>\ congress the West Point Repub lican pijts it about right: "The trouble with Congressman Kent is that lie hug neither the ability nor desire to work for anything and his district must suffer in consequence. It is a sorry comment ary on Nebraska that in its delegation in the house it lias three men who by lack of experience or of ability, or both, are absolutely incompetent to give the state prominence or results. McKeighan lias more political common sense than bis two associates combined, which is not particularly complimentary to him or them. Kem is a cipher, Ilryun is swamped in the contemplation of bis own possibilities on national boards, and Nebraska is to him but a Uy speck on tbe political horizon to be scanned through a telescope, but ignored at short range; meantime Nebraska suffers.” Who wants to be the lord mayor for tho next municipal year? Some davB ago tbe Nonpareil editor of this department made a note of the start ling fact that “Doc” Mathews had re signed his position as president of an O’Neill hank to go back to the editorial sanctum of The Fuontieu and with the mention of the marvelous and strange fact Mr. Mathews was implored to fur nish some rational explanation, if possi ble, for so irrational an impulse. This he proceeds to do in tiie last iss to of bis paper and ids conclusions arc worthy wUle publicity, since they may deter many other thoughtless newspaper men from quitting their spheres of usefulness to become oppressed and overworked bank presidents. The tnle of his experi ences trying to emulate the llothchilds in tho work of bundling other people’s simoleans, sesterces, shekels, crowns, guineas and eagles is enough to wring tears from tbe Sphinx; is is a talc calcu lated to freeze young blood, barrow up the soul and make each separate hair stand on end like the fretful quills of the porcupine, as Mr. Biiaaespeare was once overheard to remark as lie threw down the shears after he had clipped one of Bacon's heat productions and sent it in to the printers over his own signature.— Fremont Tribune. Walt Mason wrote some good things when he was the Topics editor of the Lincoln Journal, at a time when he was always under the influence of “the ar dent,” and among them was the follow ing: “It is only a silver dollar—it’s grimy and old and worn; the Inst that is in my pocket, and it goes for a morning horn, as hundreds have gone before it, as hundreds more may go, for a second of shallow pleasure, an age of remorse and woe. It’s only a silver dollar—the last that my eyes may see, and it has been owned und handled by scores ere it came to me; it’s dated in ’67, when I was a boy, and thought that a wretched small silver dollar was as large as a wheel—ah, rot! This dollar in years now vanished perhaps was a boon to one, a boon to some struggling toiler, who groaned 'neath the midway sun; perhaps to the lonely widow who wept for the silent dead, it brought to her some comfort, to her children, perhaps, some bread; ah, yes, to starving children that knew naught of gold, brought food in the heat of summer, and faggots when days were cold; perhaps they may owe existence, and fortune and joy and fame, to this dollar of ’07, the last that is to ray name.. Perhaps by the Ganges river, some man as a heathen trod, and found the way by this dollar, to the glory and grace of God; and if, in erratic travely, it guided a human soul, above all the slums and darkness, the rivers of death that roll, then have I the right to spend it? This dollar may sacred be—well, well, it is queer bow fancies this morning surge over me! It’s queer—but the same old craving comes over me as of yore, I pause, am! I’m vacilating—one hand on the gin mill door, I pause—but the pause is useless— though dose by the chasm's brink, I throw on the bar my dollar dnd call for a morning drink.” SENATOR PADDOCK. A more industrious, painstaking, or successful worker never represented Ne braska in the United States senate than uon. a. p. rauuoca. Ana one very commendable and rare feature about his work,. too,., ia that it is always in the in terest of good law? and good govern ment. A more important bill, or one luoreTln the intesest of the general pub lic, has not been introduced in congress foranumbeiof years lb an the junior senator’s pure food bill; and what is best of all, through bis untiring efforts, it has passed the body of which he is a distill guishcd member and bids fair to become a law. Though confronted on the com mittee with most stubborn oppositionjon the part of the cotton seed oil democrats who delayed the report as much as pos sible. This opposition was but a cir cumstance to that which met the meas ure when it reached the senate. The senator then became innovated in con tentions-, the ramifications of which seemed to reach to the four quarters of the globe; but, nothing daunted und with but the general interests of a long deceived public for his gnidiug star, he met and overcame it all, finally triumph ing. Few instances are on record in ^todern legislation where a single sena tor has tackled an octopus of such pro portions us the adulterated food evil has become with its tentacles surrounding almost every branch of manufacture and commerce, and come out victorious. Most of our public servants in tit is ace of human weakness and venality if pos sessed with tile temerity to undertake so monstrous a task, stumble and fail at tbu very threshold. Not so, however, witli Senator Paddock. In the bright lexicon of ins political life there is no snr.li word as fail. To undertake with liiui is to carry out, and to his evcrlast j ini; credit t.e it said, ids undertakings are, so far ns the writer's knowledge I goes, always in the right direction. Put little less in importance, and no less a credit to the man's generalship and en ergy, is his latest great victory secured in the passage of the general hill for the construction of post offices, which will give to our state, under the present class ification. somewhere from thirty-five to forty post office buildings. One hun dred and fifty-one buildings arc now in process of construction, the appropria tions for which were something over $31,000,000, which sum under the Pad dock act will come very near construct ing 1,000 buildings. The object in the measure is to give to the small towns a fair chance with the larger ones in the distribution of the public funds for pub lie buildings. It is a verv wise, just and beneficent measure, and none, whatever his political affiliations, can in fairness help according to Senator Paddock liberal praise for the good he has done. When a public servant has the incline lion and courage to tako a stand on the side of the masses Hgainat the classes, to battle for the public and the right, lie should be accorded that meed of praise which is due him and encouraged iu every way possible by the side whose interests he is championing. Senator Paddock is not a boastful braggart, or a pinfeather patriot. lie does not yell himself hoarse in fruntic efforts to do something without doing anything. Neither does he spend h:s time in tem porizing oratory, or shedding crocodile tears for the “dear people” while sche ming on the side with their enemies to Ueece them. In his own determined and nuict way, he lays his plans and then with wisdom and energy he goes to work to carry them out; and he rarely fails. Such men ns Senator Paddock nre few and far between nowadays. c. s. John Grady’s Case. Under the above caption, date of March 17, our fellow townsman, John J. McCailerty.philanthropically inclined, addressed the following letter to the World-Ilcrnld: Once again, with scroll in hand, I appear at your front door and knock for admittance to your sanctum. I’ve no grievance of my own, nor have I any political theory to ven tilate. Uut 1 ask your powerful co-operation to right the wrongs of a helpless, blind and paralyzed old soldier, who is dying In abject want. I heard of his condition last winter, and one day in the eurly part of February, in the company of lion. B. 8. Gtllisplo. E. W. Adams and Patrick McCoy, I drove out to where a neighbor lias given him temporary shelter in a shanty which was built for the purpose of ’’holding down u claim.” We j found him a physical wreck. Ho is blind and paralyzed. He can neither movo hand or foot, nor can lie dress or undress himself nor feed himself. His wife has to do all tliuse things and also to carry Him to and from Ills bed. And C)! such a bed for one of our brave citizen soldiers to lay on! The furni ture of that house, bed and stove included, is not worth 15. He is also the father of ten children, from 10 years of ago to 3. Six of tliuse children were in the shanty at the time of our visit, und it seemed one of their moth er's cares to huddle them up in a close corner Hint she might hide their nakedness from our view. The man, John Grady, served lour years through the war, and his father served with him, and more than that, he had two brothers killed while defending the llag of their country. Five years ago he had a good home and was considered well-to-do, and was always an honorable, honest, hard working and Industrious (nrmer, who used up his last dollar before ho applied for a pen sion. And tltls great, good and grand re public of oursj has made this blind and help less father of these ten helpless children a pensioner, and iu compensation for a life physically wrecked In the service of his eoiyitry lie draws the munificent sum of Mi per mouth. Wo wrote to the department and to Senator Manderson stating these faots. Some red tape epistolary writing lias since lieen done, the gist of which is that Mr. , Grady has not as good documentary evidence us he might have tbut he lay on a certain Held on a certain night in a certain year In a certain southern state, or that a certain doctor in the serv’eo of Uncle Sain didn't certainly prescribe some uncertain remedy or nostrum for oue of tlib complications of Sunday's World-Herald John Grady’s name In tho list of new pensions, and I thought now that the department actually knows the.0011 ilitlou of this man and his wrecked surround ings. They surely must have done some thing Justund fair fortho bravo and honor able citizen soldier; but I was dumfounded today when Mr. Grady handed me the notice of increase of pension pi ilS per mouth, 111 d ilU of that goes to a lawyer in Washington. I say and l ask you and every honest citizen if 1 don’t say rightly that it is a shame to treat any brave soldier thus. Didn’t the burburious and painted savage take care of their broken do.vn and maimed defenders? I usk further Is this republican gratitude? is it even respectable brutality? Had Grady fought in tho service of the czar of Uussia lie certainly need not die of starvation. Yours truly, John .1. McCaffhiity. More About Irrigation. Ague, Neh., March 21, 1892. Ed. Frontier. O’Neill., Neu: I noticed in your paper of the 17th an article on irrigation from E. E. H. The writer seems to think that an irrigation ditch through this county would be a failure. lie has forgotten that the Platt and Elkhorn and Niobrara rivers run through this county and that all these streams carry a sediment that cements I their beds, thus forming the rivers. He I also thinks that our only salvation is to irrigate from wells. Wells are all right I as far as they go but their capacity is ' in- I. till itii luuiocu uuu • SEE ODR SPRING STOCK OF MEN'S AND ROYS' CLOTHING. HATS, CAPS, GENT’S FURNISHING GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS AND VALISES. ' No Firm in north Nebraska has Stocked Up as we have this season. It presents opportunity for economical buying that nobody can aford to miss our intense store this se- ^ presents. A Sight Worth Seeing in the way we have Stocked Up for the iW trade, and that LOW Prices we will give you this season on Clothing is worthy patronage of every customer in Holt county. Oar immense stock was bought direct t‘ the manufacturers, which enables us to do just what we advertise and will prove the same*' you come and see us. When need of Over AiiS, Cheap Pants, Workin! Shirts, Jackets, Gloves, Working Shoes, anything to wear, do not J our store. Come right in. Come to us for your Spring Goods and you will come out ahead] PEP J{OCK Prices at the CHICAGO CLOTHINGTlOlJsi MCBRIDE BUILDING SOUTH P. O., O’NEILL, NEfc. • J. E. SMITH, Manager. limited, and they are not economic, and they do not constitute the chief source of supply. Irrigation in this region will ultimately be practiced in the main by the construction of storm water reser voirs. Valleys or ravines in the hills will be damned and reservoirs construct ed in this manner to be filled with water which will be held and poured over the land below in times of need. Much more than half the land of the world is dependent upon irrigation, and | of this amount it is estimated that about one-third is dependent upon the utiliza tion of storm water in this manner. It is the great source of supply, and to it the farmers of the sub-humid regions should be directed. Where the valleys are well situated for the storage of storm water by building dams across them and across the running streams, where there | are small streams, and store the water in reservoirs. This sub-humid couutry j from the British line to the Mexican line j along the 100th meridian and eastward, I will ultimately have to depend for irri gation chiefly upon the storage of storm water. This is true not only in theory hut is abundantly shown by the experi ence of mankind throughout the world. In New South Wales $27,000,000 have been expended for the construction of i reservoirs for the storage of storm j water. It. E. Bowden. | EMIL SNIGGS, 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 any Order „ # We stop Interfering and suceosssullv treat quarter Cracks and Contracting Feet., amt cure Corns, where our directions are.strictly followed. Carry a Line of Carriage, Wagon uncLw lo stock. Work done on short notice. XI-P&J A SALOON Where the beet WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS Can Always be Nad Is located opposite Thk Itkm, El LLf PAT GIBBONS, Prop. KIRK’S WHITE Specially Adapted for Use in Hard Water. DUSKY DIAMOND TAR SOAP. For Farmers, Miners and Mechanics. CureB Chapped Banda, Wounds, Bums, BtCs A Delightful Shampoo. Deyarman Brothers, PROIIRIETORS OF TIIE CheckerLivery,Feed&SaleStabie O’NEILL NEB Finest turnouts In the.city. Good, care ful drivers when wantod. Also run the O’Neill Omnibus Line Commercial Trade a Specialty Have charges of CMcCnfferty’s Hearse. All orders will receive careful and prompt atten' on R.R. DICKSOoI&CO.. SUOCE8SOB3 TO T. V. GOLDEN & CO., Title Abstraciers/Conveyancers, TAXES PAID FOE NON-KESIDENTS. FARM LANDS • • (AND TOWN LOTS . FOR SALE OB EXCHANGE. Farm Loans Negotiated on the Most Reasonable Terms. FRED C. GATZ - DEALER IN— Fresh, Dried and Salt Meals, Sugar-cured Ham"Breakfast Bacon, Sides, Spieo roll bacon, al l kinds of sausages, • O’NEILL, NEBi, gjUiiinmiiiiiiiiiK.. I A. Ha CORBETT I | WILl ATTEND TO YOUR 1 | DENTISTRY " g IN FIRST-CLASS SHAPE. I •PHOTOGRAPHY* I OF ALL KINDS s Promptly and 'atisfactoril? Emted, 8 Office and galary on Fourth street p east of Holt County Bank. Hotel Evans. 'FORMERLY EUROPEAN. Enlarged, Refurnish ed -AND REFITTED. Only First Class Hotel in City. W. T. EVANS. Prop. ISSiUMl!: J’NLILL business DIRECTOR] ^ II. PIERCE, ATTORNEY-AT LAW. Real Estate and Insurance ^ II. UEXEDICT. LAWYER, Office in the Judgo Roberts building Burnett & Frees’ ’.amber yard. nenl O NEILL, £ AV. ADAMS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice in all the courts. Special u la also” g ven to loreo*osurog and collection! COUNTY. ATTORNEY. J}R. B. T. TRUEBLOOI), PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Diseases of she Eye and Ear and littinl glasses a specialty. Office hours li to 12 lh and 2 to op. in, Office over “THE EMPORIUM.” REAVING MACHINES REPAIRED BY GEORGE BLINCC HFSatisfaclion gauramecd J^£ULLEN HBOS., CARPENTERS & BUILDERS. Estimates taken and material; furnlsliei Jobbing promptly uttended to. I C. SMOOT, FASHIONABLE BARBER. DEALER IN OIGAR8, ETC. BOYD, BUILDERS. ESTIMATED FURNISHED. JJll. C. D. B. EISAMAN. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, J’NltlLU, - NEI O'NEILL & GALLAGHER. -DEALERS IN (Vines and liquors of all kinds. A special ty made of fine cigars. If you want a drink of good liquor do not fail to call on us. Martin’s old stand. O’Neill, Neb P. I). A J. F. MULLEN, GOOD TEAMS, NEW RIGS Prices Reasonable East of MoCaffcrto’s. O’NEUX. NKt’' DEAFNESS, IIS CRUSES BED GUM 't of worl'Ii icloiitllleully treated 1>V im'iited vide reputation. IVafuess enuh^. Irely curetl, of from *°.‘..-e failed- *) . ifter all other treatments rein"'1 ; he difficulty ts reached •"! }i, ",niilavats a . inly explained In circulars. ■ .jceiit l"1"1 -sllmonluls of cures {■»"'.VuNK, „ nailed free. 1>K. A. Fl,‘Tawni*-"1*