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PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO.
SUBSCRIPTION, (1.60 PER ANNUM.
CLYDE KINO AND D. H. CRONIN, MANAGERS
VOLUME XII.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. MAY 26. 1892.
NUMBER 46.
TIE NEWSJN BRIEF
Readable, Paragraphs of Local In
terest by the "Han About Town."
SECRETS WHISPERED TO US
General Items of Interest Published While
Rows Is Still Rows.
It was in the erstwhile sunny month of May
But somehow the lambs forgot to skip and
play.
In the vales where should sweetly bloom the
roses
Lay ten feet deep the drifts of cruel snowses.
Observe Decoration day.
Nail the groundhog to the cross.
What is so rare as a day like last
Sunday. _
Mayor Bigiin visited Sioux City yes
terday. _
Mrs. C. Selah visited friends in E%ing
yesterday.
VOTE
To Ham Kautzman: Time and assist
ance granted.
Editor Balus of Atkinton was in the
city Tuesday;_
May 30 is a legal holiday. C lose up
your place of business.
Joe Mann and U. S. Adams of Spencer
Sundayed in the city.
The Ogden hotel is undergoing some
internal improvements.
Attorney Hostelter of Sioux City had
business in O’Neill Tuesday.
Albert Ege of Ewing, was in the
county seat Monday and Tuesday.
Architect Dyer of Fremont, smiled in
upon us for a few moments Tuesday.
Street Commissioner Hall is making
some valuable improvements on our
streets. _
All business houses are earnestly re
quested to close at noon on Decoration
day—Monday May 30.
Thomas Donohoe, living north of this
city, and one of the oldest residents of
this county is quite ill.
The alliance juggler down in his hole
boldly proclaims that $50 per capita
would be a “fare starter.”
Colonel Towle has no more to say
about perpetual motion since the dis
covery of the hole in the wall.
The Frontier has just a little the
smoothest office in this part of the state
and it does not care who knows it.
John Donohoe, supervisor of Shields
township, is lying dangerously ill at his
home about eight miles north of this
city.
Charlie Millard received a telegram
from Sioux City Thursday evening stat
ing that his uncle had been drowned
in the flood, ___ _
May Louis Aigfn tortured an O’Neill
audience for an hour and a half Tues
day night with the “Baby and the Ter
rier.” Rot!
Alexander Searle of Dustin procured
the consent of County Judge Bowen
last Saturday to wed Miss Jane Spauld
ing of Atkinson.
J. P. Hancock, of Inman, proprietor
the Hancock house at Inman, was in
this city yesterday and called for a few
moments at this office.
Clarence Selah is building a large ad
dition to his property on north Kid
hill, formerly owned by C. A. Manville.
and when completed will have a neat
little home.
The Rock county Enterprise man calls
upon the amiable lady of the Newport
Advocate to "show up or shut up.” We
®ould infer that he has reference to her
subscription list.
On May 23 County Judge Bowen is
sued marriage license to Harry Weekes
and Ida Mancie of Pago. Harry is an
old O’Neill boy and hip bride is one of
age’s most estimable ladies. The
uontiek congratulates.
'V. VV. Page was kicked by a horse
*n Jones’ livery barn Tuesday evening
*nd quite seriously injured. The animal
"buck him in the abdomen, knocking
un insensible and cutting a large gash
lis head by the fall. He is able to
e around today but rather sore.
John L. Shannon died at the home of
ms son-in-law, Mr. Rube Taylor, last
ondav, the funeral occurring Tuesday.
r'Shannon had been suffering fiom
eumatism for a number of years and his
^eath was caused by that disease. He
as an old and highly respected citizen
1 is county. Rev. Lowrie officiated
w the funeral.
Rev. N. S. Lowrie will preach a mem*
orlal sermon at Inman on Sabbath eve
ning, May 29. All G. A. R. men and
others are invited to be present.
Friday’s snow storm was an event un
precedented in the history of this sec
tion. Although it was not particularly
cold the beautiful fell all day long and
reminded one of a day in December.
However, this county was not the only
one visited. The storm was quite gen
eral. _
Young men get up and hustle. Don’t
loaf around the corners and stores. The
springtime of your life is passing by. It
willtnot be long until old age comes on,
when a man gets so far behind the pro
cession that he can’t hear the band play.
If he can’t get work to do of the kind
you expected, turn your talents to some
thing else.
Keep your eye on the south country.
Although dire predictions have been
made concerning that locality it will
not be found wanting when the harvest
time comes. Mr. C. W. Moss was in
the city Friday and Informed The
Fbontiek that plowing was being done
on his farm every day regardless of the
dampness of the weather.
The Tribune last week said that Bar
ber Smoot “shaved eleven men and one
sea foam in 59 minutes.” We are satis
fied that he shaved the eleven men but
we long for further information regard
ing the sea foam. Did he lather it
twice according to the custom of ton
sorial artists, part its bair in the middle
and wax its mustache? Be more ex
plicit.
FOR
'the following beautiful poem floated
in through a hole in our sanctum win
dow, during the blizzard of last Friday,
ueatly written on a flake of snow, which
same we have hanging on the stove pipe
where it may be seen by the curious:
You may talk of sunny Italy, -Xolian harps
soft and low,
You may talk of California where oranges
and tarantulas grow,
You may whisper to us of Polar regions and
mercury 140 below.
You may murmur of sandy plains o’er which
fierce simoons blow,
But remember North Nebraska Is the home of
Beautiful Snow.
Oakdale Guard: Since the agitation start
ed by the Guard last winter suit has been
commenced against the West Point milling
company to force It to put a fish chute In Its
dam so that fish can get over It with a slight
rise In the river. Editors farther up the
stream say they will agitate the question till
every mill owner shall comply with the law.
We are told that proper legal effort
will be made to compel the putting in of
a runway in the dam at Neligli. We
might have good fishing up here if this
was done, and when the owner of a mill
dam will not comply with the law vol
untarily he should be forced a little.
The Sun . was rather fresh last week
in its comments on R. R. Dickson’s new
county map, regarding the railroads
Through a mistake of the house that
furnished the maps the F. E. and M. V.
railroad was made to appear as a “pro
jected” line. The error will be coirected
so that it will be unnecessary tot the
“merchants of O’Neill to take it in
hand.” The Sun man could have saved
a few gray hairs by interviewing Mr.
Dickson and not aoting upon the pre
sumption that the error was intentional,
but that would have spoiled a half
column article.
Chambers Bugle: Dr. Trueblood was
down to Chambers on Monday having
beed called professionally to treat J. H.
Duffy who appears to be growing worse
of late. The Doctor bad quite a number
of cases while in town. He left Tuesday
morning for O’Neill. His gentlemanly
manner, evident professional skill and
his moderate charges all combine to in
spire the greatest confidence in Mm as
a physician and philanthropist. It is a
most fortunate thing that we can pro
cure such a man by driving distance
necessary. But we need a good physi
cian in Chambers and one of Dr. True
blood’s type is just what we need and he
would get a good practice. a
Prof. F. C. Mattox, from some point
m the Black Hills, was in the city Sat
urday exhibiting what he called a per
petual motion machine. It was a quite
feasible looking contrivance and he
found many converts, but Gus Doyle
was not one of them. Gus {offered to
donate the gentleman 925 if he would
turn his machine loose and let it run 10
hours without a stop, but the afore
mentioned gentleman had important
business down the road and immediately
blew out all of the lights in the room
and packed up his machino in the dark.
Sunday after he had left town an inves
tigation was made of the room where
he had exhibited and it was found that
a hole bad been cut through the wall
into an adjoining room where it is sup
posed one of his partners operated a
lever that worked the fake.
If you want work vote tdr the bonds.
There is work in O’Neill for nil who
will work. _
There is no good argument against the
water bonds.
Harry Brome of Omaha, smiled on
this shop this morning.
Miss Maggie Vaugn is home from a
winter visit at McCook.
If you have the good of O’Neill at
heart vote for the water bonds.
Mrs. Henry Haines, wbo has been
very ill with fever for several weeks, is
convalescing.
Patrick Hagerty shipped a couple of
hundred head of cattle and hogs to
market Tuesday.
Mrs. S. C. Sample went down to
Omaha Thursday morning for a short
visit with friends.
Frank Anderson & Co. received nine
car loads of cattle yesterday for their
ranch south of town.
Judge Bartow and Reporter Warrick
went up to Bassett last evening, where
they will do a little court work.
The generosity of Wes Evans in do
nating the proceeds of the supper to the
firemen is greatly appreciated by the
boys. _
L. F. Brown, who so successfully
manages the Dell Akin ranch, was in
town today and chips in 91.50 into Thb
Frontiir exchequer.
The Firemens’ dance last Thursday
evening was a very pleasant affair.
Mine host, Wes Evans, generously
donated the proceeds of the sapper to
the company.
J. J. McOafferty is having his furni
ture store plastered and making other
improvements that add greatly to the
appearance of the interior ot bis
establishment.
The Sioux City flood is not nearly so
bad as was first reported. It is now
thought that not to exceed ten perFons
were drowned. The loss of property,
however, cannot be estimated, but will,
in the aggregate, be many thousands.
. Colonel Walt Mason tearfully ad
monishes everybody to sbun evil com
panions. We are not prepared to advise
to the contrary but we cannot refrain
from thinking how many lonesome
people there would be if all were to
commence “shunning” at the same time.
Deputy Sheriff Merriman arrested
Albert Lewis Monday for failure to pay
fine and cost with whioh he was assessed
a couple of years ago in the Grieg case,
assault. An effort will be made to have
him released on habeas corpus. In the
mean time he languishes in durance
vile.
A'large number of young folks as
sembled at the home of Alderman Stan
nard last evening to attend a
surprise party given to Miss Mamie
Burke, a sister of Mrs. Stannard, who
recently returned from the west. There
were about twenty couple present, and all
report a very pleasant time.
Elsewhere in this issue may be found
a communication, from the pen of S. P.
Gibson of Minneola. We give space to
this communication, not because it rep
resents any ideas of The Frontier, oh,
no, but because we are willing that
everyone should have a chance. We
believe his freedom of speech. Mr. Gib
son is a flighty writer, a great theorist
whose ideas are utterly impracticable.
Mayor Biglin is pretty cunning, but
he was “hoist by his own petard” the
other day. The mayor had one of those
toy money making delusions and was
working the suckers at a rather rapid
and amusing rate. He felicitated him-,
self upon his adroitness as a pretended
amateur counterfeiter, fooled so many
that he became altogether too flossy in
passing the blank paper in between the
rollers and turning out the new cris{>
bank notes—just as easy and nice, d’ye
see? 'Confidently he showed the ma
chine to Father Cassidy, explaining to
him that it was taken from a counter
feiter and that he was holding it until
the United States marshal came, that all
must be kept quiet, etc. Father Cassidy
was not at all suspicious, and at the
mayor’s suggestion put a couple of one
dollar bills in his vest pocket “to see
what Pat Hagerty would do.” Pst is a
pretty good judge of good money and
of course was willing to take the bills,
but Father Cassidy would not let him
have them. Then he tried Dr. Corrigan,
and again they would go. The reverend
gentleman, presumably still unsuspic
ious. remarked that these counterfeits
were too good to be floating around,
and at once proceeded to tear them up
into a hundred pieces and threw them
into the cuspidor. Two nice large one
dollar williams these hard times! The
horse this time apparently is on the
mayor.
MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION
He Admoniahee the Gitisens to Appro
priately Observe the Day.
PROGRAM FOR THE AFTERNOON
Let Vi All Unite In Faying Tribnta to the
Departed Heroee.
Whereas, the 80th day of May has
been designated by the proper author
ities as a legal holiday for the purpose
of commemorating our noble dead, it is
deemed proper that the mayor of this
city should call the attention of all to
the importance of properly observing
the day.
Therefore, 1, mayor of the city of
O'Neill, earnestly request that all
citizens join in the public ceremonies
under the auspices of Gen. John O’Neill
Post, G. A. 11., ana thus show their
proper appreciation of the herolo deeds
of our nation’s dead.
O. F. Bigun, Mayor.
O’Neill, Neb., May 35. 1803.
Programs of Exercises on Memorial and
Doooration Day.
MEMORIAL DAY.
All soldiers will meet Sunday, May
20, at the republican club room at 1:30
sharp, and march to the court house.
Services will commence at the court
house at 2 r. m. with Q. A. B, service,
music and singing by the choir, after
which the exercises will be conducted
by the Revs. N. S. Lowrie and E. E.
Wilson. On the conclusion of these
services the soldiers will return in a
body to the republican club room and
be dismissed.
DECORATION DAY..
On Monday, May 80, at 1:80 p. m. all
soldiers and sons of soldiers will meet
at the republican club room and march
to the court bouse.
Prayer by Q. A. R. Chaplain.
Address by Commander Blattery.
Music, and singing by the choir.
Address by comrade Whitehead and
others.
Music and singing.
Benediction by the Chaplain.
After the services the head of the
procession will form on Benton street,
facing east, the rear of the procession
resting on 4tli street.
The order of formation will be: Mar
tial music, members of the O. A. R. and
all other soldiers and sons of soldiers,
WATER
Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, citi*
zens on foot, carriages containing
twenty-four flower girls,' followed hy
all other carriages.
The line.of march will be east to Fifth
avenue, south to Douglas street, west
to First avenue, and north to the ceme
tery. The procession will be under the
direction of Marshal J. L.-Mack.
It is requested that all those who de
sire to decorate the graves of departed
friends will wait until the signal is given
to decorate, so as to avoid confusion.
All persons who have flowers to do
nate will please notify Comrade Kinch.
Should the weather be stormy a shorter
route may be selected.
By Order Com.
Grant Hatfield and Sam Thompson
have purchased the oil tank line form
erly run by Hall and are prepared to
deliver oil and gasoline to any part of
the city at popular prices. * 46-2
Judge Bartow came down from
Chadron Tuesday morning and re-con
vened the adjourned session of district
court. The case of St. Mary’s academy
against the contractors’ bondsmen was
the first on the docket and is being
tried at this writing (Wednesday). This
case is to recover money advanced by
the academy to the contractors.
As briefly announced last week, R. J.
Dwyer, formerly of Sullivan’s Trade
Palace, has purchased Harry Wilson’s
shoe store, as per his announcement
elsewhere in this issue. Mr. Dwyer
is a bright young man of good business
qualifications and The Frontier fear
lessly predicts he will make a success of
his new business.
J. A. McConnell, and son W. L„ of
Bayard, la., and L. W. Nesleroud of
Guthrie Centre, Iowa, arrived in the
city Monday evening to look after some
land Mr. McConnell purchased here
about two weeks ago, and they were well
pleased with it. Mr. McConnell is in the
grain business at Bayard and is one of
city’s most prosperous business men.
His son W. L. is thinking of removing
to this county at an early day.
Carroll (la.) Herald.—"G. W. Wattle*
laat Friday closed negotiations with the
Union National bank of Omaha whereby
he becomes vice-president of that Insti
tution, and will about July 1 movo to
that city to devote his time and atten
tion to his new interests. This announce
ment will be received with regret by the
people of Carroll with whom ho has
been associated for so many years.
This has been tho scene of his early
struggles and the town has profited by
his unlimited success. He has been a
leader in every advance move Carroll
has taken for years, and no man gave
more liberally than he of his means for
public enterprises. His indomitable
will and keen insight into various mat
ters that have come up for public con
sideration have been dominant elements
in the motive power that made things
more forward. But it has been evident
for some time that the field in Carroll
was too limited for his line of operations
and that it was only a question of time
till he moved to a larger busluesB center.
Several tempting offers have been made
to him during the past year, and after
careful and thorough Investigation he
chose that of the Union National at
Omaha. In entering this new and larg
er Held Mr. Wattles will bring to bear
an experience that Insures success that
has always attended his undertakings.
For he is a self-made man from the
very beginning of bis career. By his
own efforts he acquired a college educa
tion and unaided by means or influence
he has accomplished in a few years
what it takes the most favored sons of
fortune to do in a lifetime. And thnt,
too, in a time when a settled order of
things and a comparative fixedness of
values make remarkable success not an
easy matter. But, step by step, he has
made his way to the front till he is rec
ognized as oue of the most successful
financiers m the state. He is yet under
middle age, and a career that has not
been blurred by a single mistake or
failure promises much in the years that
are to come.
Mason, in Tribune: A few months
ago a young man Went forth to oonquer.
His past bad been very dark and dreary,
and evil as well, but as he loft the por
tals of the great stone building where be
had been sojourning it was his deter
mination to atone for it all, and to a
chieve success because he would deserve
it. He went to a remote village where
he was unknown and secured a position
in a store; and it was rea'.y a caution
how he worked; early and late he was
at it, and bis manners were so agree
able, and he was so pleasant a fellow in
every way that his employers and his
employer’s customers were quite in love
with him, and his prospects were very
promising. But one day a dark rumor
concerning him reached the town, and
there were no smiles for him any more,
and he was ostracised, and his employer
paid' him up and he moved on. He went
to another lonely village and tried it
over again, with the same results; peo
ple liked him and all that, but the dark
ruipor ran him down again, and he had
to move on. He went to Colorado,
where he had never been before, and
was gaining ground among strangers,
when the dark rumor that bad followed
him so persistently came down the moun
WORKS
tain side on a wintry wind and chilled
him through and through, so that he
moved on once more. And thus it was
all through the winter. He couldn’t
escape that Nemesis of a rumor, which
was alas, too true, and so he moved on
and on until a little while ago he moved
back into the great stone building from
which he had gone so brave and hope
ful. The building is the penitenitiary
at Lincoln, and the rumor was that he
had once been there. There are two
morals connected with this little sketch
of a modern drama. One is that it’s a
bad plan to start out in life equipped
with a penitentiary education; the other
may be explained by the silver tongued
orators who are authorities on Christian
charity and the golden rule which
makes some reference to doing unto
others as you would be done by.
Stock Holders’ Meeting.
There will be a meeting of the stock
holders of the Keeley Institute at the
Kecley club rooms, on Friday evening
at 8 o’clock. A full attendance is de
sired. W. D. Mathews, President.
Decoration Day May 30.
For this occasson the Sioux City and
Northern railroad and Pacific Short
Line will sell tickets between all stations
at one fare for the round trip. Tickets
on sale May 29 and 30, good to return
31st. *
Girls Wanted.
I want girls for dining room work
at the Norfolk and Long Pine railway eat
ing house. Will pay $15 per month.
Rome Miller, Norfolk, Neb.
TO THE PUBLIC
I have purchased the H. Wilson
Boot nod Shoo store and In order to
make room for a line of dents’ Fur
nishing Goods which I have ordered
and will carry in connection with
this stock, I will run off a portion of
the goods now on hand at greatly re
duced prices. This stock is complete,
in fact overstocked in every depart
ment and you will have no difficulty
in securing a fit in any style desired.
An examine tion of the goods and
prices will convince you that this
statement is genuine.
Soliciting a share of your patron
age, I am yours respectfully,
Having sold my entire stock of boots
and shoes, truuks, valises, etc., to R. J.
Dwyer, I wish to return my sincere
thanks to my former patrons and as Mr,
Dwyer is so well known to the people of
O'Neill and Holt county I need hardly
say a word in his favor, yet I cheerfully
recommend him to my former costomers
and wish him unlimited success and
prosperity.
R. J
!R.
II. Wilson.
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POLICIES OP IN8URANOE V
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PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON
INSURANCE CO.
ISSUED BY
THOMAS N. J. HYNES.
It will be necessary for persons hold- .
ing policies in this company to present
them to Ii. It. Dickson to bo properly 4
entered on the books, as all record of
them has been lost and the company
know nothing of them. Persons having
old or expired policies of this company -
will receive a financial consideration by
delivering them at R. R. Dickson’s
office.
Stock Cattle! ■>:' :
We have on hand and are prepared to
furnish stock cattle of all ages and in
numbers to suit purchasers. Time give!
on approved security. Call at section
18, township 88, range 18, or address,
Frank Anderson Co.,
89-tf O’Neill. Neb,
We will pay Sioux City prices for 150
head of thin, dry cows.
Frank Anderson * Co.
44-tf
O’Neill, Neb.
Estray.
Taken up by the undersigned on April
17, 1802, one gray mare about 4 years
old; weight about 900 pounds; scar on
inside of right fifouley. Had on leather
halter with rope stall tied around neck.
44-8 John Emerson, Dorsey, Neb.
To Whom It Kay Concern.
Charles the First a 7-8 Perchern horse,
eighj years old. and weight about 1700
pounds, formerly owned by Sam Storer,
now owned by Joel Oescb, living about
twelve miles northwest of O’Neill, will
stand'as follows: Monday and Friday
of Qeach week at C. Cbristinson’s, near
Oreeley; Wednesday at Chris Earnest’s; *
Thursday morning at John Bailor’s; '
Thursday afternoon and Friday at Cen
tral livery barn, and balance of week at
home. • Terms: To Insure with foal 96.
To insure a living colt 98. Due care
will be taken to guard against accidents,
but I will not be responsible should any
occur. When mares are disposed tf or
removed from the county, insurance
money becomes due.
44-4
Joel Oescb
Bepubiioan Wational Convention.
The F. E. and M. V. Railway w>ll "f
sell round trip tickets from O’Neill to
Minneapolis at 912.00 for the round trip
from June 1 to June 5 inclusive, limit
to return from June 10 to June 25 in
clusive. W. J. Dobbs, Agt.
Wasted—Fifty head of horses to
pasture. 93.50 for the season, or 91
per month in advance. Inquire of
40-2 Q. C. Hazelet.
BONOS.
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy is the standard. Its
many cures have won it praises from
Maine to California. Every family and
every traveler should be provided with
it at all times. No other remedy can
take its place or do its work. 25 and 50
cent bottles for sale, by P. C. Corrigan.
Wanted, a boy to strip tobacco and
learn the cigar maker’s trade.
O’Neill Cigar Factory. ^
WANTED—A good girl or elderly
woman, for general work. A perms
nent position to the right person. Call
on Mrs. J. L. Taylor',
44-tt O’Neill, Neb.
Estray.
Strayed from my farm near Scottville
about April 35, a small black mare with
saddle and halter on, about 9 years old.
Any information concerning the above
horse to be sent to u
Abram Faclkrod, Scottville, Neb.