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8UB80RIPTI0N, 81.60 PER ANNUM.
CLYDE KING AND D. H. CRONIN, MANAGERS,
VOLUME XII.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, APRIL 7. 1892.
NUMBER 39.
Readable Paragraphs of Local In
terest by tho “Man Abont Town.”
SECRETS WEISPERED TO US
Ganeral Items of Interest Published While
News Is Still News.
TIip fiite of supervisors now remind them
Thai fume is lint, an empty dream.
And departing will leave behind them
Footprints that were better never seen.
W. D, Mathews went west last evening.
C. P. DeLance went up to Stuart last
evening.
The bloody Third was not so bloody
this year. _
Give us water works or give ns-I
water works.
Remember the firemen’s dance on
Easter Monday.
The firemen will give a dance on
Eastei Monday, April 18.
Mis3 Etta Saunders is teaching in the
Shanner district, near Page.
Joe Mann came over from Spencer
Saturday, returning Monday.
Who remarked anything about winter
lingering in the lap ot spring?
For the next thirty days you cen buy
goods away down for cash at Sullivan’s
Trade Palace.
Judge Kinkaid and reporter King
went up to Ainsworth Sunday evening
to hold court.
Morris & Co., are sole agents for Lan
dreth’s garden seeds. Warranted all
fresh and from crop of 1891. 36 7
Maylon Price went up to Atkinson
Friday to visit with a sister who came
from Illinois that day.
O’Neill should put on metropolitan
airs at any cost. Let the aldermen pro
ceed to boodle at once.
I have for sale or rent all of the Globe
Investment Company’s 'lands in Holt
conn tv. C. L. Bright, Agt..
i’8-4 O’Neill, Neb.
Tub Frontier acknowledges a pleas
ant call last Saturday from Messrs. John
and M. Hubby, of the north country.
If you want to sell, bny or trade
horses go to the Checkered livery barn.
DcYarman Bros, are always on hand to
do business in that line.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Bowen
united in marriage at his office Mr, E,
Gibson and Miss Jennie Isaacson, both
of Harold.
Have Selkirk, wife and two daughters,
formerly of O’Neill, but now of Sioux
Citv, came up Fridas’ night for a few
days' visit.
WANTED— A middle aged woman or
a good competent girl to do general
housework. Mrs. David Adams.
Parties who have guns at our shop for
repair will please call and take them
aw»y- Mbs. Geo. Blinco.
There are no better seeds put on the
market than Landreth’s Philadelphia
garden seeds. Morris & Co. carry a full
■me- _ 3(17
FOR SALE—A good herd p ony, 4
years old. Will sell cheap. Call on or
address, F. R. Stannard,
O'Neill, Neb.
Mrs. McIntyre, sister of Wm. Lavio
lette, who has been visiting here for
some months, returned to her home in
West Superior Saturday.
If we had a city clerk who had the in
terests of the city at heart he woulu
have advertised for bids for the printing
the ballots.
. Fandrelli’s garden seeds are as cheap
'? I’fice as any and better in quality
man the ordinary commission seeds in
lJe market. Morris & Co. are sole
“Stmts. _j_ 36-7
Tee Frontier would recommend that
. . seventeen radicals be given a few
. 'Jtmtions of good horse sense for the
impeachment habit.
\t.1 :
■j '■‘“"umie oi spring ami summer
f.", s a|,e now on exhibition anil are a
,'t wosth seeing. Cali and get bar
Kwns and a choice selection on spring
sress goods of all kinds at Sullivan’s
‘utile (mlace.
M- M. Sulmvan, Prop., O’Neill, Neb.
ij ^“r ®ent:—I will rent my farm, which
s four miles southwest of Emmet, on
„,,sy ‘crras. It consists of 240 acres, of
! 1 t'j1 100 is fenced.
3 w* Harry Howe.
tl^!tor Baluss, of Atkinson, was in
e wty Sunday and culled. Although a
tocrat Mr. Baluss expressed himself
.'•KMted with some of his political
, l!en who took a hand in the al
lempted ejectment of Scott.
cimi°°1 ^or‘5<!t the great bargains on
the at. ®u">vun’s Trade Palace for
jjre nf.xt Ninety days closing out the en
0niv "}e clothing at cost for cash
fore 11 W'H pay you to get ptices be
h'tfchasing elsewhere; as you will
ticnl ,n."ne.v °n all lines of goods, par
y °n clothing, boots and shoes.
p„i ember the place, Sullivan’s Trade
ftce, O'Neill, Neb. 38-3
Stsnuard was
1, cr cruel
‘ otneone
the victim of a
joke on “all fools’day.”
o0n fe gave him a cigar in which was
pr l cd a little powder, or dynamite—
PlosiRa'8 dvnaniite—and when the ox
ttos/ 'f' ime '!e Par,e(f company with
crp ■ , lne hair on his face, eye brows,
h w*alles,an<f a little skin on his nose.
8 a close call for an eve.
Harrington’s education was not neg
lected in his youth. Besides writing his
own name he has learned to write those
of other people.
Boys’ white waists at the Chicago
Clothing House. 39.3
E. J. Austin, of Orchard, was in the
city Tuesday evening. Mr. Austin ex
pects to put in a newspaper in his town,
and was in O’Neill looking up an outfit.
When you want to buy carpets at lied
rock prices, call at McManus’. 8D-1
You can see a beautiful line of spring
shirts at the Chicago doming House.
A pair of them will not cost you much.
Hats, at prices that will astonish you,
at McManus’. 39-1
Fred Marsh, advance agent of the
May Louise Aigen company, was in the
city Saturday. If the company is any
thing like its agent it is sadly on the
bum,
Dress patterns of the very latest de
signs at McManus’. 3U-1
From the 1st day January to the 1st
day of April forty carloads of immi
grants have arrived in tnis city, besides
a large number who did not come in car
load lots.
Who has the laugh coming on city
politics anyway? The democrats have
the mayor, the clerk and three aldermen;
while the republicans have the treasurer,
city engineer and three aldermen.
Fred Aim has opened up a shoe shop
three doors south of the Windsor hotel,
in the old 8hore building. When in
need of anything in his line be sure and
giyc him a call. Satisfaction guarranted.
“The quality of mercy is notstrained;
it droppeth as the gentle lain from
heaven upon the place beneath.” Will
someone please kindly draw that mantle
of charity over the board of supervisors?
The largest stock of harness, saddles,
collars and whips in this county you will
find at Fred Pfunder’s harness shop.
Will sell you a good harness cheaper
than any man in the slate. Call and see
for yourself. O’Neill, Neb. 39-4
The Fkontiek wishes to give it out
in cold type right here that from this
time on no communications will be pub
lished in these columns without the sig
nature of the author accompanies them.
We must know with whom we are deal
ing.
Last Monday Mr. Gutz’s little child
accidentally got hold of a can of lye
and drank a small quantity of it. A
physician was at once summoned and
we are pleased to say that, to-day Ihe
little sufferer is out of danger.
David City Press, March 25: C. B.
Speice of Columubus, and Miss May
Hart of Madison, were married in this
city last night by Judge Matt Miller.
Mr. Speice is the son of C. A. Speice,
an old and prominent citizen of Col
umbus. _
Arrangements are being made to give
a charity ball for John Grady. It was
proposed to give it on Easter Monday
but as the lire boys had almost com
pleted arrangements'for a dance on
that evening it will probably Dot be
given until the first of May.
Jack McCarthy, of Lake City, Col.,
who has been visiting relatives and
friends in this city for the past three
months left yesterday morning for his
home. Jack is a genial, whole-souled
boy and made many friends in O'Neill,
all of whom are sorry to see him leave.
The Bugle: Mr. Tyler Scriven ar
rived home on Monday of last week
from Pensylvania. where be had been
called to the bed-side of his mother who
is not expected to live. Mr. Scriven in
forms us that he is perfectly satisfied
with his Holt county home, where he
has succeeded by industry and persever
ance in surrounding himself with many
comforts.
Prof. G. C. Hazelet has returned from
his trip east, which it appears was one
of business. He has sold the llazelet
addition consisting of 319 lots to Mr.
N. E. Yost of Fort Scott, Kansas, who
will rt once begin the erection thereon
of a normal school building complete in
all its appointments at an expense of
about $20,090. We learn this .just as we
are going to press, will give details next
week. _
The Sun’s explanation regarding the
publication of Clerk Buttler's legal no
tices is all rot. Because it prints super
visors’ proceedings for $30 per year is no
reason it must print legal notices for the
various county officers. We would like
to know if it expects to publish the tax
list, treasurer's report and do county job
work under its proceedings contract and
also if it charges legal notices at the
same rate it does proceedings. Answer
us that. __
Miss Antoinette Ogden and Miss
Margaret Boyd, both extensive travel
ers, made a long tour in the Black II.11s
last summer, eiiteiing at the Hot Springs
in the southern hills, and with guides
exploring every interesting point in this
territory. Miss Ogden gives an account
of this trip in the April number of the
Atlantic Monthly, and makes a paper
which will be interesting not only to
travellers who wish to take advantage
of a journey at once novel and pictur
esque, but to nil dwellers in the locality.
The economical propensities of a
couple of our sii| ervisors were never
more beautifully illustrated than when
they entered I)r. Corrigan's ding store
the' other day. approached the phono
graph, dropped a nickle in the slot, each
grabbed a tube and shoved it deep into
bis ear We have heard of people going
“one eve'’ on things but this one ear
business is too much for us. I lie music
may not have lieen first class but then
they probably consoled themselves
with the sweet thought that they had
beaten file machine out of a nickle.
Story of the Freaks and the Elusive Office.
A KA1II.KS.
Onco there was an Office that had es
caped from its Keepers. It was very
Shy and Wary, and many Expedients
had teen used in vain, to Catch it. The
Dwarf, the Qiant, the Ossified man, the
fat Woman, the Albino, tho Advance
Agent, the Tattooed man and the King
master had exerted themselves in vain to
rope in the truant Office, besides the
assistance received from the Clowns,
the snake Charmers, the Fire-eaters,
the Jugglers, the Monte-man, who also
ran the Fortune-Wheel and the sure
tiling Shell game, and the back-Cappers;
eighteen in ail. But all in vain. It
seemed that this Hare and valuable
Office was determined not to get Caught
and without it the Circus would never
draw or hold a House. The Manage
ment was in Despair. The Show must
go to pieces. Without it they wore
Stranded. The Freaks still drew their
per-diem and mileage, but the Moguls
were living on Wind-pudding and Crow.
Finally, one day, daring a general
Kehearsal of Shakspeai’s leading Com
edy entitled "The True Secret of How
to Kun a Government, or What I know
About Sowing Oats and liaising Hell,”
the meeting was interrupted by the
entrance of a Stool-pigeon who shouted,
"Eureka!” Mounting a Slump which
had been used through two Campaigns
he addressed the assembled Freaks ns
follows: “Fellow Humbugs: I am the
the original Cat used by the Monkey
to rake the Chestnuts out of the Fire.
[Applause.) I have a Plan for Capturing
this Office. All we need is Gall and
votes. It can be Smuggled,Supplanted,
Abducted—or to be candid, Stolen.
The motto of my (political) faith is that
the End justifies the Means. The only
Stipulation that I impose is that I Bliall
lie keeper.” (Prolonged applause with
mental reservation.)
The Game being in plain sight the
Details were speedily arranged for a
Steeple-chase and no Quarters given.
The onslaught was Furious and persist
ent. Tne troupe was aided by a couple
of hired Curs and one Mastiff from Kal
amazoo and all the Big and Little pood
les, curs and Fistes in the Neighbor
hood, who barked and faught in the
Hear as though they were very Brave,
indeed. After a long chase the Game
was Freed and they plugged up the
Hole and dispersed. The big Mastiff
heard that one of his litter was sick and
he hurried away. One of the hired
Curs was overcome with “That Tired
Feeling,", the overworked have in the
Soring and he Lit out. Then the
Freaks got together and fairly Howled
with joy. The worthy Stool-pigeon
was there and he held out his Hands
and said, "Hand over to Me the Office;
I am the Keeper and will never, never
let it get away.” But the Menagerie
said, "No, we will not.” At this there
was a great deal of Jangling and the poor
Stool-pigeon withdrew broken-hearted
and died, and was sorrowfully buried
in a Cemetery called Oblivion. Bad
luck ontinued to pursue lire Show, the
People would not believe that they had
the Office plugged up in the Tree and
there was much Bitterness and Recrim
ination. So the Public got together
and demanded that the Plug be removed
which was finally done, though with
much Reluctance. Then they poked in
with a Forked stick to pull out the
Game, but it was not there; it had Es
caped and was singing Merrily on a
limb near by. These events so confused
the Circus that the Show was Busted
and the Freaks counted railroad Ties
or Telegraphed their wife’s Folks for
money to get Home on.
MORAIj.
1. Don’t bite off more than you can
Chew.
2. The Public is no Fool. It knows
the difference between a sickly, scrof
ulous Ourang-Outang-Ouster and a live,
pulsating, vibrating, Ant eating Truth.
3. Never tie the Grass together to
trip other people Up. You may want
to traverse the Meadow yourself. ***
Plant Shade Trees.
The Frontier again calls the atten
tion of the city council to the following
sections of the statute, providing for
the planting of shade trees, and trusts
it may have the effect of arousing the
dads to action.' It is a fact that no other
one agent adds more to the beauty of a
town than shade trees and with our fer
tile soil their is no reason why the law
should not be complied with. Peruse
this:
Sec. 53. That the corporate authorities or
the cities and villages of the state of Neb
raska shall cause shade trees to be planted
along the streets thereof.
Sec. "4. For the above purpose a tax of not
less than $1 nor more than 85, in addition to
all other taxes, shall be levied upon each lot
adjacent to which the trees are to be planted
as aforesaid, and collected as other taxes.
Sec. 55. Trees shall be annually planted
when practicable, on each side of one-fourth
of the streets in each city and village in the
state of Nebraska, until all shall have shade
trees along them not more than 20 feet apart.
Sec. 56. The corporate authorities aforesaid
shall provide by ordinance the distance from
the side of the street that trees shall be
planted, and the size thereof.
SEC. 57. Provided the owner of any lot or
lots may plant trees adjacent thereto where
ordered as above, in the manner and of the
size prescribed, and on making proof thereof
by affidavit to tho collector, said affidavit
shall exempt said owner from the payment
of the aforesaid tax.
Sec. 5s. Any person who shall materially
injure or shall destroy the shace trees of
another, or permit his animals to injure or
destroy them, shall bo liable to a line of not
less than 8 5 nor more than 8.50 lor each tree
thus injured or destroyed, which (ineshall be
collected on complaint of any person or per
sons before any court of competent
jurisdiction. One half of all fines thus col
lected shall be paid to the owner of the tiees
injured or destroyed\ the other half shall he
pa id'to the school fund.
Sme. 50. Thai this net shall not apply to the
occupant of any business lot without his
consent.
Stock Cattle!
We have on hand and are prepared to
furnish stock cattle of all ages and in
numbers to suit purchasers. Time given
on approved security, (hill at section
13, township 28. range 13, or address,
Frank Anderson Co.,
O’Neill, Neb.
39-tf
Democrats Elect the Mayor While
Republicans Take Treasurer.
A $1,000 DWELLING IN ASHES
Ex-Treasurer Hayes Short in Hi* Accounts
Some $1,200,
The Eleotion,
Very little interest wus manifested In
Tuesday’s election. The wire pullers
and politicians it seemed were all out of
town aud the consequence was that each
rotor went to the polls and cast his little
X for the men of his choice. Below wu
give an abstract of the vote by wards:
For counollman In First ward, Stunnard 511,
Hazulut 4a.
For councilman In Second ward, l’fuud 18
Brennan 7, Mack C8,
For councilman In Third ward. Smoot 51,
Thompson :s!l.
Here is the way it will be for the en
suing year:
Mayor, Odie Biglin.
Clerk, Tom Campbell.
Treasurer, David Adams.
City Engineer, John llorrisky.
CoUncilmen, First ward, Dave Stannard
and Bun DeVarman. Second ward,
Jake Pfund and Fred Uatz. Third ward,
John Smoot and Barrett Scott.
The above list of ollicers is composed of
material fully competent to attend to
the business of the city in a proper man
ner and wo believe they will.
Incendiarism.
This morning about 3 o’clock fire was
discovered in the east part of town in
the dwelling which has been occupied
for the past year by ladies who were
supposed to be rather free and easy with
their Virtue. The ularru was given ami
the boys—a few of them—started for
the conflagration with the hook and
ladder truck and the chemical engine
but saw the house was too far gone ami
returned. This was purely incendiarism
as the inmates were all out of town ami
no one was living in the house. The
loss will amount to about $1200, insured
for $450. The house was sold to the
girls by Mr. 8. M. Wagers for a small
cash payment and consequently the loss
will fall mostly on him. Mr. Wagers
says that it is his intention to rebuild at
once a larger and better house. There
is no doubt but that the building was
burned for the purpose of keeping a
bouse of prostitution out of the city and
while the object may be commendable die
means employed were decidedly wrong
and the guilty party should receive the
punishment he deserves. The law pro
vides a way for freezing out places of
this kind and a man who will maliciously
apply the torch to valuable property is
deserving of nothing but contempt. A
good dose of tar and feathers judic
iously applied would give the desired
effect n great deal quicker.
Annual Town Meeting.
The annual town meeting of electors
of Grattan township met in the court
house on last Tuesday and was called
to order by the township clerk.
Upon motion John Wynn was elected
moderator.
The clerk then read the minutes of
the town board for the past year, which
were approved.
Upon motion the clerk then read the
report of the committee that the board
had employed to ascertain the amount
of the indebtedness of J. C. Hayes, ex
treasurer of Grattan township, which
report showed him to be short $1.275.4V,
with the following explanation:
The treasurer is given credit for mis
cellaneous receipts on file, road receipts
received on taxes, warrants redeemed
and collection fee $3,980.5o.
from school district treasurer. Neither
are there any receipts from village treas
urer showing the amount of money re
ceived from ex-Treasurer tlayes.
But we submit herewith a statement
showing the amounts collected for the
village of O'Neill and the several school
districts, which are correct.
But the credit given Mr. Hayes for
money paid is taken from the treasurer’s
register of orders drawn as will fully
appear by refering thereto.
The warrant register shows that road
warrant No. 20 for $37.50 issued to
Patrick Barret, February 5, 1800. was
paid K. F. Gallagher .Tune 2, 1891, with
I interest $3.55. We can find no such
warrant ami if correct Mr. Hayes is en
titled to $11.05 more credit for warrants
redeemed. All of which is respectfully
submitted, Goi.dkx and Curcss.
It was moved anil seconded that the
board take what steps they deem proper
to get a settlement with Mr. Hayes, ex
tovrnship treasurer. The motion carried
unanimously.
Moved and seconded that we levey 3
mills for the general fund and 1 mill for
the bridge fund. The motion carried.
It was moved and seconded that the
chair appoint a committee of three to
appear before the board of supervisors
at their next meeting and try to prevail
upon them to establish a poor farm for
the support of the paupers of Holt
county, carried. The chair appointed
I). If. Cronin, Henry Hershiser and
Patrick Hughes as such committee.
Meeting upon motion then adjourned.
Another Short Line Rumor,
Sioux City Journal, April 0: There is
good authority for the statement that
the Pacific Short Line will be completed
to Ogden and that work will be in prog
ress on tlie western end of the line, be
tween Casper and Ogden, within u few
months.
A leading olllcinl of the Union Pacitic
at Omaha made Ihu above slutemeut to
a Sioux City man a few days ago. lie
claimed that the Union Pucillc olllcials
were informed of certain negotiotious
which bad been closed but with which
they could not interfere. The substance
of the matter wus that the Chicago
and Northwestern hud made cur
tain concessions to the owners of
the Pncitlc Short Lino and its rights and
surveys through the mountains, and
that the two companies were to join
forces. The Pacitic Short Line company
nominally, but with the Northwestern
backing, will build the western section
of its line, beginning ut Ogden from
that point to Casper. The Northwestern
cannot extend its own line from Casper
west because of its contract with the
Union Pucillc, which biudt it to make
no extension within the next six or seven
years. The Snort Lino company will do
the work and when it is completed the
new liue, in connuotion with the section
of the Klkhorn between O'Neill and
Casper and the present Pucillc Short
Line, will form a line from Sioux City
to Ogden. In this connection the move
of the Northwestern to come into Sioux
City from Moville is explained us part
of the general plan to muku the new
line shorter than any other from Chicago
to the coast. The work cun be dune
without violating the present North
western-Union Pucitlc agreement, and
when completed will give an even better
line than the Klkhorn us at tlrst planned.
Tlie Sioux City people have secured con
sessions that will in effect bo of as much
value to this point ns tlie completion of
tlie SliortLine as originally contemplated
and will make its completion possible
much sooner than it would baye been
under any other circumstances.
The Union Pacific, while knowing the
facts, cannot afford to make them known
or to publicly obstruct tlie Northwestern
plaD, because if tlie facts were generally
known they would seriously injure
Union Pacitic securities and possibly
precipitnte n panic and receivership such
as was narrowly avoided less tbau a
year ago. The Union Pacific can do
nothing but wait while the Northwestern
is preparing to open the most direct
trails continental line ever built, par
allel to and in direct competition with
the Gould road.
Postoffice Report.
Below will be found a statement of
the O'Neill pc stoflice for tlie year end
ing April 1. The volume of business
shown in this report entitles O'Neill to
a government building under the new
law but it will probably be some 8 or 4
years before we will be able to get it:
Postage, It1 months.* 3,3111 Oft
Money order fees. In'. 30
ltox rent.* l.V> in
Total.3,4*0 10
Better Pricoa Than Ever,
I have added to my stock u tine line of
Ir.dies’ spring jucketB and dress goods of
tlie latest styles. Call and get prices that
will astonish you at P. J. McManus’.
More About Irrigation.
R. E. Bowden, in a former issue of
The Frontieh, writes an article on
irrigation, claiming that the water sup
ply to which our common wells pen
etrate . is limited. The agricultural
department has ascertained that the
under-flow is about 500 feet in depth
and several thousand miles wide. A
cubic foot of satul and fine gravel con
tains five gallons of water. Holt county
is over this under-flow. "Notwitli
standing tlie fact that the last half dozen
years have been dry.” This water is
continually raising and lias in nineteen
years come uleyen feet closer to the
surface. Every creek and brooklet is
drawing its supply from this underflow,
which comes from the mountains and is
running to waste nt a tremendous rate.
It is considerable cheaper “and more in
dependent” to raise water 50 or 100 feet
than to run it in a channel many miles,
lateralis will cost about as much as a
wind-mill if they are several miles long.
Every drop 'of water that is raised in
the middle of your farm will be utilized,
either on the top or in the immediate
sub-soil. There is a steam pulsometer
pump and boiler complete, made and
sold at a cost of $1,500 that will raise
2,000 gallons a minute, 85 feet high
It takes 100 pounds of coal to raise
enough water to cover 2 acres 1J iucbcs
deep, once. There is also two or three
wind-mill companies that are now mak
ing wind-mills and pumps with a capac
ity of 2,000 to 3,000 gallons a minute,
at a very reasonable price, at a cost of
13 to $5 per acre.
I presume that when the population
of the country rounds up to two or three
hundred millions it will be necessary to
dam up the Missouri river and run it as
a canal along the base of the Hocky
mountains to fill reservoirs. “There is
a terrible sight of water running to
waste in that river.” I believe that
every creek that empties into the Ni
obrara could be made to irrigate a strip
along the river about 4 miles wide.
“I)am the creeks at the heads and may
have to drive planks to stop the under
flow, "then bed them gradually on top of
the prairie. A small flume 4x4 inches
might be constructed by individuals and
this constant system would furnish
quite a large amount of water in
twentv-four hours.
I believe an experimental irriagation
farm would do more to advertise Holt
county than a fair or advertising train.
The farm should be conducted by ex
perienced men in the most scientific
manner ns to cultivation, irrigation,
raising of alfalfa, blue-grass, trees and
other things. It would test what Holt
county land would do, or would not do.
The enterprise would pay expenses. It
should be fairly good land and land
hunters should be taken there to see it.
Fakeeu.
KEELEY COCK-TAILS.
Harney Stuart, of the senior claai, fre
quently calls In to see the boys and la
tlways welcome.
We have another caso of “rheumatism.”
Wes Bays It Is the eyes with him Just as
much as it is rheumatism with his pard.
Cy says whUky don’t taste right—a
thing so remarkable that he cannot un
ilerataud it, yet he rejoices in the result,
The patient who tried to run in a
“bluff at a dinner party, the other day,
thnt he was being treated for weak eyes,
failed.
Dr. Alien's appetite is on the boom.
Manager Mathews Is afraid to ask him
to n dinner party again until hi* salary
Is raisod.
Tho two candidates for the city eounetl
of Uutte are anxiously waiting for the
returns, Armstrong can hardly keep In
line for a shot.
The olub is ptoud of its first president,
Mr. Van Vlcck , who is a gentleman in
every sense of the word—dignified,
courteous, affable.
The boys are pleased to see the origi
nal Keeley man, Tom Golden, climbing
the ladder of success. His kind words
are treasured highly.
Butte Free Lance: W. A. Westfall,
our rustling merchant, went to Atkinson
on Tuesday urn) will visit Omaha and
Chicago before returning.
Judge Roberts is a frequent visitor at
the club rooms and gives the boys many
fatherly talks. The Judge is about of
the opinion that Keeley is better than
prohibition.
Some people may think it wrong to
publish so many names. No student's
name will ever be mentioned in print
when he objects or is at all sensative
about publicity.
A1 Stratton left for home the fore part
of the week, perfectly satisfied that be
and “red eye” had dissolved partnership
for all time to come. A1 made many
friends in O'Neill.
The Keeley cure has oassed the experi
mental period and is now recognised as
a. specific for inebriates the same as
i^tiinino is for fever. This is the opin
ion of Mr. Armstrong.
Becretary Armstrong is one of the
most interested members and is ever
alert in the affairs of the club. The
“blaze of alcoholic glory” as Walt Mason
puts it, has been forgotten.
unauron uiny.cn: jiinmie u uanton
and Henry Hlutter came borne this morn
ing from O’Neill, where they have been
taking the whisky cure. They are gen
uine converts to Kueleyism now, and
are glad of it.
There is no disgrace attached toaman
who has manhood enough to take the
Keeley cure when be cannot quit drink
ing by his own volition; but there is
certainly disgrace in not taking treat- ,
uent for fear of public opinion.
J. K. Dunham “graduated’’ last week.' |
“South 800” has got the electric lights ’
simmered down to a fine point, the
“bo&Mr out of.his system and hope ita.;
bis eye. He ma&dsTi view start in lUjjiCjStfl
and with his fine abilities will be sure
succeed. . ' :
Hats! Judge Westfall is attending
the institute and taking treatment for
—rheumatism. He is called the model
student and is progressing in his studies
at a remarkable gait. That he will ,<*«
graduate with high honor there is no
question, especially in vocal music.
Smith Sioux City Democrat: A rumor has
been going the rounds that Dr. Allen la ser- j
lously III at O’Nelli, but wu have failed to get i
confirmation of the report and it Is douptlesk * •
a false rumor. - •
Certainly false—The docter is nearly * .
ready to graduate from the Keelev Insti
tute—well and capable of attending to >
business in first class shape.
Wost Point Progress: Mike Emmlngton. •
the saloon keeper at Pender, lias contributed ■
toil dollars to every attendant at the Keeley
Institute from that town. The saloon keep
ers of West Point have also contributed Ho
eruilv toward the expenses of Indigent pat
ients from this ally. All In all, the men be
hind the bars are usually as generous and
freeharted as you'll find In any vocation.
Certainly saloon keepers are humane,
and humanity dictates extending aid to
suffering fellows. The majority of sar
loon keepers like to see a confirmed
drunkard reform. Of course there are
exceptions. There are men in the busl- j
ness who would sell liquor to any poor
devil who„had the price.
The following letter needs no explan
ation, and speaks volumes for the great
est boon to mankind:
Dixon, Neb.. March 18, *88.
W. D* Mathews, O'Neill, Neb., r
Dear Sir:—Wo arrived at Dixon all right,
and the echo could be heard in tho far off
■Hello. (Jus,” and the same to the writer 'C£*
After awhile they had us surrounded to hear
iho news about the O’Neill Institute. Gua
told them * the place to go, by links, is the
Keeley If they want to get cured.'* My wife -
and two girls were In town waiting for me
to come. My dear wife was not dlsapolnted
as I jumped from the train, the sparkle of
joy could be seen in the face and In the eye
1 iuui so often disappointed by staying away
through drink. By the good God seeing fit
to put that great power of discovery In Kee
ley's brain I am saved from a drunkard’s
grave. God bless the Keeley. My best re
gards to Dr. Trueblood and akgrto the broth
ers of the club room and all inquiring friends.
Yours truly, > >,
W. S. COWIB >'■
b. Pattern Hati for Easter.
Mrs. N. Martin is now showing a line
of Pattern Hats much cheaper than you
can buy them in large cities. Build up
your own city and save money by
ing at home.* 89-8 “ s
8100 Seward.
I will pay the above reward'IB know
who the sneak firebug was that set fire
to the building burned last night. Thoee
who have made threats bad better be on
their guard. ,
S.MHfea*p>.
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