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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1893)
Pushed by the frontier printing co. olume XIV. •UBSORIRTION, BI.BO MB ANNUM. CLYDE KINO AND D. H. CRONIN. EDITORS AND MANAOENS. O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA, JULY 13, 1893. NUMBER 1. ^ocal News of O’Neill as Caught by the “Kids.” hEE INTERESTING NOTES of General Interest Pnbliahad Whila Hews Is Still N»w*. jl giignburn and sister visited Sioux lost week^_ itor Evered, of the Page Eye,was in ily Saturday. irry Weekes, of Page, was in the He first of the week. tney Kyan returned Sunday from ;8it to the world’s fair, lie Daly >s home from Park City, _ 0n a visit to his parents. B, Dickson went down to Omaha ,y, returning Sunday evening. srlie Millard is enjoying a visit his lather and mother of Cherokee, tend the grand ball to be given by band boys on Friday evening, 21. __ irshal Hall is building an addition s bouse in the southeastern part of :ity. _ ■ and Mrs. F. C. Cole left last week hicago to attend the world's fair a weeks. r. and Mrs. Corbett and Mr. and Kmch took in the sights at Long Sunday. p. Roy came in from the farm day and went up to the Pine on the ing train. urn, to Mr. and Mrs. B. A. DeYar , on Sunday, July 9, 1893, a girl of usual weight. iss Ona Skirving went up to Stuart rday evening whqje she will visit ids for a week. euiember the band boys’ ball at the ahouse Friday evening, July 31, A il time is assured. J. Ualloran wua up from Inman sday and reports crops in good con on in his locality. aivy Bentley returned Tuesday ing from Omaha, where he has been loyed as a stenographer. iss Nellie Daly has resigned her tion in Pfund & Wagers’ store, and take a vacation for a few weeks. iss Virge Boehme returned to her e in Atkinson, Tuesday evening, r a week’s visit with friends here. ndy Gallagher, Dug Jones and Steve ichols went up to Long Pine Mon evening, returning Tuesday mora le fishing party that went out on Niobrara last week returned home tsday evening. They report a splen time. •rs. Ed Hershiser and children left day for Onawa, Io., where -they will it with Mrs. Hershiser's mother for a (months. h. Kvle, veterinary surgeon, removed headquarters to Butte last week. e doc gave good satisfaction in this ■amunity, t gentleman with a steam merry-go md has been lurnishing amusement °ys and girls both young and old ! Past few days. J Shtdhart"Tnd family have m llle Tavern and into the ence he has just completed in "theastern part of the city. [,0R RENI—The Tavern. Has I Pered and refurnished througl is one of the best equipped h ,hPC1,V- 1 tf JoHN^NE!! «en» u ®“ Bfya" WBS an F- E »0e P Mond#y evening, en route for esktt,1?6’ wbere l*e wag billed to tnPanieH eJenin^- John Harmon ac P led hlm from O’Neill. !ic0,gor<?‘rreUOnleft ,a8t FridaV tox lri“g ilis 8tteDd th® WOrld‘8 fair' rents ^f"Ce he wiU ttlso vi8i‘ hi> cts to K * 0skttlooaa, Iowa. He be Konc about a month. ex Gornet Band wm 'i'lay evf-n- * ,ln ,he °Pera bouse on be furn'8!8’ .Ju'y 21‘ Good “uaic KtoTv and gibing will be* %i:^e.t,lebal,aaccess. Every *dially invited to attend. Io"iiayhev1 b°8rd held a meetinKlai lwi«g oftw!Dln* and elected the fo tof; q prSTi-B,1 ®,despie, model director; Davl Wi,/' Biglin , •• •reasurer bo»fd will L U04r<l will 7he "ext meetinS 0 'eni“g. Whel K b® hrfd Mond* lrUie ensuin hey wiB elect teacher ensmng vear. John and Dannie Hunt went up to Rose Bud Sunday evening where they have a government contract to do some plastering. _ People who have any desire to see Spencer’s wonderful snake should go over next Saturday, see the races and take in the dance in the evening. On July 17 the railroads will com mence running excursion trains to Chi cago. One fare for the round trip. This is as it should be and we are of the opinion that there will be a larger at tendance from this on than there has been. _ Butte electors will soon have a chance to exercise their right of suffrage on the proposition of bonding the township for *3,000 to secure an artesian well. O’Neill’s advice to Butte would be to let the cohtract to a responsible and capable firm. Our reader*’ attention i* called to the new ad. of the Columbian hotel which appears in this issue. This hotel has been fitted up with new furniture and all modern conveniences to suit the pub lic, and all will be well treated. When in the city give them a call. An accident resulting in the death of an Indian child, occurred at Butte dur ing the celebration of the Fourth. An Indian archer shot a steel tipped arrow high in the air and in returning it struck the child. The steel point penetrated the brain and death resulted. John Freed, one of the most prosper ous farmers of. Atkinson township, was in the city last Saturday and made this office a pleasant call. Mr. Freed informs us that crops in his neighborhood are fine, especially corn, which, he Bays, is the finest he has ever seen in the county. Although the railroad, on excursion rates, discriminated against O Neill, as compared whk those male for Long Pine, yet it is reported, without any stretch of the imagination, that the “Emerald Tinted City” had an excep tionally large crowd and pleasant time. —Atkinson Graphic. Pat Biglin returned Sunday eyening from Omaha, where he went to tako a course in Clark’s School of Embalming. He is in possession of a sheep-skin that says be is qualified and competent to stuff corpses. He will get a chance to practice on the independent party next fall. But what a nauseating job! An editor down in Missouri has a subscriber who occasionally gets drunk, and on every such occasion comes in to renew his subscription to the paper. He is already paid up till 1890. At last accounts 8,748 different editors bad writ ten to find out where he gets his whisky, as they wish to lay in a supply of the same brand. ._ The editor of an exchange says he knows some people so exceedingly mod est that in speaking of a person’s leg they persist in calling it a limb, but the Antelope county young lady who, in speaking of a certain breed of chickens called them Brown Limbhorns, is. we think, entitled to the premium, and a gold medal at that. Doc Mathews and Dave Darr went over to Eagle Mills Saturday a-wbeel back on a fishing trip. The only fish they caught were Sanford Parker and Kid King, who had the temerity-to gamble a few shekels that the ride, 20 miles, would not be made in three hours. They made the trip easily in two hours and twenty minutes. A young woman named Hoyt, from Butte, was being conveyed to the asy lum for insane at Norfolk, by her father this morning. She appeared harmless, but with a determined desire .to "go west.” She arose after all bad retired at the Merchant’s hotel, last evening, and was apprehended only after persist ent and diligent search.—Atkinson ‘Graphic. _ How often do we hear people say: “Where in the world do all the flies come from ?” The toper makes the blue bottle fly. the stern father makes the gad-fly, the cyclone makes the house fly, the blacksmith makes the fire fly, the carpenter makes the saw fly, the driver makes the borne fly, the grocer makes the sand fly and the boarder makes the butter fly. __ Or. E. Fletcher Ingals, retiring presi dent of the Illinois 8tate Medical So ciety, has a timely artiole in the July Forum concerning the sanitary condi tion of the world’s fair city. Chicago, he says, far from being unhealthful, as its critics have represented, has really a lower death-rate than most American and many foreign cities. He sets forth explicitly the exact condition of the sewerage and the water supply, and the precise precautions needed against sudden changes of temperature. The gist of his conclusions is that nobody need keep away from the fair through doubt as to Chicago’s perfect healthful ness, provided he will exercise the ordi nary prudence of a summer visitor away from home. Officers and member* of the Holt Count/ Agricultural society are re quested to met at Frank Campbell’s office on Saturday, July 29, at 2 p. m. Miss May O’Sullivan entertained a number of friends at a dancing party in the parlors of the Columbian hotel last evening. An enjoyable time was had by all. _ The supervisor* are in session this week. A. J. Meals’ bondsmen are try ing to effect a settlement with the board today. The expert is expected to make a full report tomorrow. A special from O’Neill in the Omaha Bee of the 12th states that D. L. Darr is cashier of the Holt County bank. Mr. Darr states that he is not the cashier and has had no connection with this or any other bank for more than four teen months. Ex-Governor Robert W. Furnas, of Brownville, Neb,, quietly celebrated the Fourth in Atkinson—the guest of our fellow townsman, Milton Doolittle. Gov. Furnas has long been a prominent actor and a powerful factor in many of the utilitarian enterprises that has given to Nebraska the proud position she now occupies in the constellation of progres sive western states, and his busy and useful life will ever adorn the pages of Nebraska’s history which her sons and daughters will review with pride.— Atkinson Graphic. John Langdon, of Mankato, Boyd county, Neb., was skinned out of $700 in cash, a team of horses and several cows, one day last week, in a horse race at Fairfax, S. D. Jim Boise held the stakes, A1 Hileman handled Langdon’s horse and Day, of Fairfax, is supposed to have won the money. Forty dollars of the ill-gotten gains were left in a resort at Butte Citr to treat the gang, which makes it quite evident that Lang don is a thorougly cooked. His wife succeeded in securing the horses and cattle, but the gang held on to the cash. —Atkinson Graphic. One year ago Charles Boger, of Mor risons. Pa., was married. Nine months later he was a widower. He became crazed with grief eventually, and as a result his afflictions produced a demen tia pronounced incurable. He raved continually about his wife and enter tained the idea that she had been foully dealt with. So strongly did he believe in this that his friends decided to disin ter the body. They did so Saturday and the body was found face downward and all the evidence which goes to show that the woman had been bnried alive was plainly apparent. The glass in the lid of the coflln was broken to atoms. The shroud enveloping the form was torn to shreds. The limbs were twisted and distorted, the hair matted, and in her hands she clinched a bunch of. it. Those who were engaged in disinteiring the body fell back entirely overcome. The most composed man in the partv was the demented husband. He as sumed an air of complacency and assist ed in the work of re-arranging the body. He has shown no signs of mental aber ration since, and from all appearances his mental powers have been restored.— Ex. _ Band Conssrt. The O'Neill Silver Cornet Band will give an open air concert next Saturday evening in the public square at 8:30. The following is the program: Q. 8. Kickers.Soathwell. serenade. Waves of Memory.Blanchard. Q. 8. Noss Family.Southwell. Schottlsche. Love's Magic Spell.Ferrari. Walts, Sixth Avenue.Southwell. A Good Tims at Spenser, The Frontier is in receipt of a bill announcing that on Saturday, July 15, Spencer will entertain her numerous friends with the following program: Free-for-all running race for a purse of $15; first $10, second $5. Pony race, purse of $10; first $7, sec ond $3. Foot race, liberal purse. Ball game, Fairfax a^l Ponca nines. Grand ball in the evening under the auspices of the Spencer orchestra.. The wonderful sea serpent, the “ninth won der of the world," will be on exhibition. Their Iun !■ Ltfioa. ■ Reader, there are many blood purify ing medicine*. There is but one Hood’s sarsaparilla. Do not allow high sounding adver tisements or other devises to turn you from your purpose to take Hood’s sarsa parilla, because in this purpose you are right and will not be disappointed in the result. Hood’s sarsaparilla is an honest medi cine, honestly advertised, effects honest cures, and gives every patron a fair equivalent for his money. What more can you reasonably ask? A fair trial guarantees a complete cure. For kit. Stock cattle of all ages, in numbers to suit purchasers. Time given on bankable paper. Fuahk Andkrsoh & Co. O’Neill. Neb. 43-tf Holt County Bonk Fails. The Holt County Bonk, of this city, closed its doors Tuesday morning. A card was posted on the door bearing the following legend: “Closed temporarily. Cannot collect as fast as deposits are withdrawn.” The failure does not effect business men very much and business is being carried on the same as ever and there is no excitement. The other banks In the city are solvent and can pay every dollar of their deposits on demand. The county, city and township had about the following amounts in the defunct bank, as near as can be ascertained: Holt county, 825,000; City of O’Neill, 83,000; Grattan township, 81,000. • Mr. William Adams, assistant cashier of the bank, informed a reporter of Tub Frontier that the bank was solvent and would pay deposits dollar for dol lar, as there was good security for the money. He also said that they expect ed to resume business again in about sixty days, providing they could get the business satisfactorially arranged. Depositors and business men gener ally have the utmost confidence in the officers of the bank, and believe that everything will come out all right, and The Frontirr trusts that it may. People who give up good money to alleged rainmakera simply throw their money away. There is no scientific basis for these alleged rainmakers to stand on. If rain follows their maniP ulations, it is because it would have rained anyhow. It is the worst kind ot folly to pay for what can’t be delivered or for what will be delivered just the same without delay.—Sioux City Journal. * • While The Frontier is not the champion of “alleged rainmakers,” it believes the Journal to be in error when it says they have no “scientific basis” on which to stand. In our humble opinion they have nothing but a “scientific basis” and if the time has not yet ar rived when the clouds can be made, by artiflcal methods, to yield up their moisture on demand it soon will. It would not be a much greater triumph of mind over matter than the manufacture of ice in a climate where the temper ature is 80 degrees or even more. Science, that mysterious subject of which the Journal speaks, each point of which is warmly contested and blankly denied by the most learned, tells us that at a given temperature air is capable of containing no more than a certain quantity of aqueous vapor invisibly dis solved through it, and when this amount is present it is said to be saturated. Air may at any time be brought to a state of, saturation by reducing its temperature; and if it be cooled below this point, the whole of the vapor cannot be held in sus pension, but a part of it, passing from the gaseous to the liquid state, will be deposited in dew, or float about in the form of clouds. If the tempature con tinues to fall, the vesicles of vapor that compose the clouds will increase in number and descend by their own weight. The largest of these, falling fastest, will unite with the smaller'ones they encounter in their descent, and thus drops of rain will be formed whose size will depend on the thickness and density of the cloud. The point to which the temperature of the air must be reduced in order to cause a portion of its vapor to form a cloud, or dew, is called the dew-point: whatever lowers the temperature of the air at any place below the dew-point is a cause of rain. Various causes may conspire to effect this object,but it is chiefly brought about by the ascent of the air into the higher regions of the atmosphere, by which, being subjected to less pressure, it ex pands, and in doing so its temperature falls and rain is the result. Now if science is not playing cheat with us, the only thing necessary to produce rain is to force the warm air from the earth up into cooler atmosphere, and the proper way to accomplish this is now the only straw in the way of successful rainmakinR undertakings. The idea of exploding dynamite seems feasible, and if a drought comes our way this year, O’Neill citizens will attempt a practical demonstration, as a quantity of dyna mite is now on hand for that purpose. House. Notice la hereby given that any per son caught fishing on my land from this date without permission will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 1-1 Leeman Thompson % Notice. Notice is hereby given that we will receive sealed bids for sprinkling the the business streets of O’Neill from July 14 for the period of three months on July 14, 1898, at 8 p. m., reserving the right to reject any or all bids. Bidders’ attention is called to the manner in which the streets are being sprinkled. Atttest: N. Martin, R. R. Dickson, Clerk. Mayor. Hood’s pills are easy in action. HO MAH’S COLUKH. Truth uruihuU to earth will rise again, As has been shown before, And when she's risen, ten to one, She's crushed to earth ouoe more. We are In receipt of a poetical com* munication this week that we must de cline, not with thanks, but with sorrow. It is dedicated to "False Woman,” and fathered by a love-lorn youth who has loved, and loved In vain; and now swears in lines that would give you a pain, that by the holy smoko he'll never love again. Our advice to this aspiring youth would be to take largely of Kick apoo Indian Sagwa, which is said to be good for the liver. "Darling,” ahe laid a§ the nestled cloae to him and looked up with a fond gaao into the eyes-of her lover, "you know all the preparation! for our wed ding have been made. , The card* are out, my trousieau 11 complete, but there U one little matter that hae not yet been settled.” . "I suppose you refer, dear," be re plied, lovingly holding her hand in bia, “Jo our wedding trip?” "You have guessed it, you dear aweet boy!” she cried joyfully; "and let’a de cide where we will go.” Let me see,” he aaid, taking out hla note bood. "There ia Niagra and Waah ington and Old Point and-” "No dear,” she interrupted, "I don't want to go to any of those places,” "Perhapa you would like to go to some real quiet place, like Atkinson, where we could be all alone by ouraelvea? But, my darling, what ia the matter with you? You are not ill, are you? Her face had become ashen pale. Controlling herself by a supreme effort ahe said: "Can you not guess It? Don’t you see where I want to go?” And ahe whispered something in hia ear. Two hours later the figure of a solitary pedestrian might have ' been seen scurrying along the willow-fringed shore of the Elkhorn. He paused a moment to see that he was not observed, and then moving swiftly to the edge of the clear, cool stream without a moment's hesita tion plunged in, exclaiming ere he did so, "No world's fair for me!” Lady Colic Campbell’s remark that kissing was injurious to the complexion, called forth the following from Life. The Boston girl arises, Transoendentally sedate. And taking off her glasses Says; “I guess I’ll osculate.” The oommell taut New Yorker With a radiant high-bred smile And blush says: “My complexion's Got to stand It tor a while." The Philadelphia maiden. With a Quaker quibbling ooo Prepares her Ups to pucker In the quiet drab "Oo oo.” The regal Baltlmon an Stoops to conquer with her wit; “Just look at my complexion) It Isn’t spoiled a bit.” The Washingtonian damsel Suoh a dear cosmopolite, With a blush remaks: “Tho lady • Isn't altogether right.” The Richmond girl, In whispers Like gome dreamy music, low, States firmly: “My complexion Isn’t everything, you know. The bright Atlanta maiden, With a pretty, harmless flirt. Is sure that her complexion Isn't quite so easy hurt. The famed Kentucky beauty, In a voloe as soft and clear As blue grass skies are. murmurs: "It Is my complexion, dear." The young Chicago woman Twitters In her fond delight: “I want a good complexion, But the price Is out of sight.” The coy St. Louis maiden. Who's as cute as she Is fair, Announces: “My complexion Isn’t in It. Sde? So there!” The Denver dear delightful Inquires: “Where am I at? You bet that Lady Colin Is conversing through her hat!” The far Pacific angel Says she would like to say, She loves a nice complexion If it Isn’t built that way. iuc nuiuur ui iuo nuuvu lines uau iu« audacity to omit mention of thj O’Neil belles, and "No Man” takes the liberty to come forward with a jingle to supply the deficiency: The O’Neill girl Is not particular. And takes them as they come: Little she cares for a fine complexion. When compared to a good yum, yum 1 Old Aunt Dina, a former employe o: the house where the birds of paradisi nestle in iniquity, and entice 57 cen dollars from the pockets of amoroui youths and greenbacks from the bald headed sports, left O'Neill Monday Before leaving, this daughter of Han charged her reservoir with red liquo and under its congenial influence pro cecded to bid friends a sad farewell. I mattered not that some of her acquaint ances were married and would rathe have been excused the tryiug ordeal o saying good bye on the crowdec thoroughfare. It seemed that it wa not her intention to slight anyone, am judging from the number she accosted it will be a difficult task to find the mai without sin that he may cast the firs rock. It was laughable anyway, am "No Man” dedicates the following line: to her victims: Old Aunt Dina has gone away: Home folks hope she's gone to stay: Left the boys In a familiar way, Ta-ra-ra-ra boom de aye 1 Th« Victory of Bssr, Blotd and Bombt, Under the above caption Town Topics, of New York, perpetrate* the following \ piece of flue satire on Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, after the pardoning of the con victed bomb throwers, The picture Is no doubt slightly overdrawn, but it con tains food for reflection: Sobnx—A beer cellar in the capital build ing at Springfield, III, Governor AltgeM, with a frankfurter sandieiteh in one hand and a etein of Munehner in the other, it dictating to a stenographer. Governor Alt gold's hair grows after the fashion of a shoe brush, and his beard looks at though it tenre intended for a floor mop. The odor of the apartment is a combination of timburger and dynamite. Altgeld—Wrrlde town: To derbeepla off dcr Shtet of Illanolce— Stenographer (Interrupting)—How spelien you dot vort Illanolce? Altgeld—I dupple bell arr benn a—t —I—o—oo—ess. Hef putten you dot town yet already? Stenographer—Ya! Altgeld—Veil, den wrrlde. •*- It Iss - ■boost now der obbinyon off der Guff Stenograph—How apellen yon Guff* nor? Altgeld—Ghee—oo—dupple helf henn —o—orr. Nowgoahetl It lee der ob blnyun off der Guffnor dot ye hat In dot Chollyedde Brriton pud dree grade badrlota, doae Teller dot lea aaTt by mean beeple to dro der tinymlnte bumb vat klllut der bolltzmen by der Hay* mokklt In Oheecawko four yeara gone py alretty. Tell me dia: lea anyvon eee - oo dit dro der bump, unt laa anyvon aee oo dit pud tinymlte in der bump, and vat der ell laa a bolltzman ennahoef Unt eff no yon heffent aaw dot bump by aomevon flit mlt tinymlte, unt by aome yon drone, den vat for haf deae Char man chentlementa by doae brriaon been putten. Tell me dot. ■%: The governor takes off hie eetfir tend % shoes and Ues down on the sofa for a new. When he awakes he calls for more frank farters and beer. When they are brought he resumes his dictation, Altgeld—Vat talken I'off yen Ivaa % pefore eplkkeri? Stenographer—You yoa eak vat fot ' der Chermana haf by doae brriaon been putten. Altgeld—Oh, yal Go abet. Doae chudge unt chury oughd to be pud by der brriaon, ao helb me, unt Inahtet off achtatutea off der bolltzmen peen patten in der Hayraokket, achtatutea off der >let ennergiata in der vorld’a vnir ahonlt pe builtet. g Stenographer—Hooray! Altgeld—Iff der det men haf dro der tieymite bump unt klllut der bolltzman vat divverenz maken dot? I vould like to eak vat der Amerigana tlnk laa delr brlverlech by der gundry. Iaa'nt dey know yet alretty dot der Chermana haf ' aomeding to aay? Unt iaa’nt der Cher mana got der brlverlech to dro der bump yen dey yarn! to? I thing me yat Vould ; you take ayay from der ennerglat hiea peer? Hod py damaidel Veil, hla bump laa ahuat aaa precioua, unt nod vile Altgelt la guffnor ahall aoch grroaa in* abuatiaa be berbedrated. ' ,v Stenographer (waving a email red flag) : —Hoorray! Altgeld takes another nop, after which frankfurters and beer were again served to him. Stenographer—Vile you haf alee pan bin deae tellecrame haf arrifed. Her la one from Herr Moat in Neul Yorrigg. Altgeld— A aplendit chentleman. Rent yet he hat aalt. Stenographer—To Altgeld, guffnor of Illanolce, Greentink. In antlxibaahnn off der releaae of der badrlota from Chollyedde ye are trinken doo hundred kega of laker peer. Hoch for Ennergy! Hock for Altgeld! Porn! Blllagel Rob I Kill der bolltzmen! Amerriga for der Chermana! Your brother, Johann Moat. Altgeld—Daa laa goot. Sent back vort to trink awelf kega laker peer at my ezbenzea. Haf all der tellecrama' framed unt ve hank dem py der vail here. Say, deae aaucheaaea iaa’nt foot aaa doae vat yeaderday I baffen. Dell Fritz dot he vaa ncaden a new imbord* aabun. To lunch I go now, unt ven I kom peck ve vaniah dot broglamaahun, Altgeld puts on his shoes, but as it is- • warm day he does not don his collar again, and adjourns to Fritz’ beer cellar. He eats heartily, and this tints sauerkraut adorns his frankfurters. With these and some picketed eels with pumpernickel, accom panied by one dozen glasses of Munehner, < he gains the necessary inspiration for fin- ’> ishing the document that sets free the im prisoned bomb-throwers, and encourages the fiendish lawlessness that precipitated the 1 terrible tragedy of four years ago. Altgeld wiil be entertained by nerr Most when he , visits New York in the fall. [special ~ SALE... !> Monday, ■5 July 17. I j| LADIE8’ j; Shirt Waists ; PARASOL8 11| Fans ! || Cut prices ! || One day only ^ J. P. Mann