The Frontier.
PtTBUSIIKD XYXRY THURSDAY BY
THE FRONTIER PRINTING COMPANY
And Senator Hill? Oh, he has gone
flehing.
Tub country will soon know whether
It 1* "my oongreei” or aome other fol
low’*.
Suppose the democratic majority re
fuse to repeal the Sherman allrer law;
What thenf
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Ear cropping, which was a popular
amusement among the barbarians of
Feudal Europe, has been revived in
Arkansas.
The “object IcMon" business is in
(reel danger of being overdone. Dead
“object leuons" are deader stock than
lait year'a birda’ neat a.
The Chicago paper* now tell the pub
lic that Buffalo Bill will be the next
governor o( Nebraska. William haa a
great eye for advertising.
Speaker Crisp aaya the democratic
congreaa will impose an Income tax.
lie ought to be good authority. Ditto,
ditto, the tax on state bank currency.
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The coming congress will be a de
cided improvement upon its democratic
predecessors if it gives the country even
a little bit of wise financial legislation.
The more the Irish home rule bill is
expedited in the bouse of commons the
sooner it will get its death blow in the
bouse of lords. This is unfortunate,
but true._ _ _
Secretary Carlisle is reported to
have recently said that the financial
policy of the administration had been
clearly defined. Pray, when and where,
Mr. Secretary f
Corbett, the prise-fighter, now trav
els In eeg., in order, be says, to escape
annoyance. If he will only remain in
oog. for the remainder of his life he will
confer a great favor on the public.
Surely there Is a screw loose some
where when a grand jury makes public
its grief because it could find no law
under which to indict the mayor of the
town, as one did In Brooklyn the other
day. __
Whether the extra session of con
gress will result in a restoration of pub
lic confidence will depend entirely upon
itself. Its every act will be carefully
scrutinised, and If it makes a “break”
the consequences may be terrific.
Fortuhately it is out of the power
of Gov. Altgeld to punish the judge and
members of the jury which convicted
the anarchists; otherwise he might ,be
tempted to follow the advice of Johann
Most and his kind and attempt to do it.
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▲ destructive tornado passed
through four counties in Iowa last Fri
day leaving death and desolation in its
* • path. Pomeroy, a town of about 1000
■ Inhabitants, has been wiped out of
existence and about 60 people killed and
160 wounded.
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With this issue The Frontier enters
upon its fourteenth year, and can now
truthfully remark, that it is no spring
chicken. Fourteen years is a long time,
^ but we modestly stand on the pinnacle
of our success and point with pride to
our record.
In Chili the government troops cut
Y: the throa'ts of captured rebels, which
was certainly inhuman and barbarous.
In this country captured rebels are put
in charge of Important interests of the
government, which is carrying things to
the other extreme.
Ex-Presideht Harrison voiced the
opinion of many when he said, referring
to the calling of an extra session in
August: “If Mr. Cleveland thinks he
fc has the remedy and he is able to apply
it, why didn't he do so before? Why
didn't he call an extra session of con
;cY greaa last April?
V' -- accorDiKo to coble advices the
United Htmtea legations in Europe ere
>‘ studying the tax syatema of the coun
triee oxer there, in order to furnish the
administration with ideas to be used in
taxing the people of the United States.
' How about those democratic promises
of lessening taxation T
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. No excuse is necessary for recalling
ff| the words of Lincoln at the close of the
war, and they would be suggestive to
. some people: "Our work is now to
J . heal the wounds and to care for the men
if ’ who bore the battle, their widows and
r - their orphans. Let us therefore dedi
cate ourselves to care for the men who
made it possible for us to have such a
country to enjoy.”
Vv, ■ . _- ,ar t
Tn Bun seems proud of the fact that
it was the only democratic paper in the
state that published the speech recently
made by Hon. W. J. Bryan, at Atlanta.
Fact is, editors in Nebraska of Mr.
Bryan’s political faith were heartily
ashamed of the speech and their efforts
to suppress it by refusing to publish it
marks them a great deal wiser than the
fool editor of the Sun, who does not
know that there is a distinction between
i and the chaff.
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The figure 7 is in oriental minds
emblematic of heaven, but when used in
connection with the assembling of nn
extra session of congress it reminds the
average democrat of quite a different
place. _ _]_
Not one word about the "robber
tariff" in Mr. Cleveland's extra session
proclamation. Perhaps Mr Cleveland
has changed bis mind about the tariff,
just as he changed his mind about the
date of the extra session.
C. VV. Mosukk. of the defunct Capitol
National bank of Lincoln, was last Sat
urday sentenced to live years in the
penitentiary at Sioux Falls, S. D. The
amount that he embezzled is estimated
at 9500,000. $100,000 a year is a pretty
good salary to receive.
Senator Ingalls says: "So long as
the people want to be at anchor and
roll and pitch in the trough of the sea
the democracy will remain in power.
When they want to get up steam and
push on to some destination the repub
licans will be reinstated."
A special to the State Journal from
Stromsburg, Neb., July 7, says, “It is
reported from reliable sources that the
American flag was not allowed on the
speaker’s stand at a celebration held. at
Delctz' groye on-the 4th of July. Great
indignation is expressed by all the lead
ing citizens. It seems that there was
only one flag displayed on the grounds,
which was placed on the tent of a cur
iosity show conducted by an old veteran
and could not be classed as part of the
program. It is rumored that the owner
pf the grove, Mr. Deletz, bad orders
from his superiors to not allow the
emblem of American liberty to be dis
played upon this occasion. The cele
bration was conducted by the reform
party.” Such acts as this call for no
eomment.
The marriage between the populists
tnd democrats in Kansas, although it
resulted in the partial capture of the
date, has never been a particularly har
monious union, says the Sioux City
Journal, and is getting worse. The
iemocrats of Rice county, Kansas, came
together last week and unanimously
addressed to the populists the following
iltimatum: "That we demand of the
[>opuli8ts, at the next election, part of
the hog which is to be killed, and that
we must have of the aforesaid porker
tome part of the meat located back of
the neckthat we will not be content
with the jowls any longer, but will have
;ither the shoulders or the side bacon."
Although the language is somewhat
unconventional, there is no lingering
ioubt as to what the Rice county demo
crats mean. ,
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On political and economic questions
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll is a keen
observer. He was recently asked
whether he thought th3 new congress
and the president would redeem the
pledges made in the Chicago platform,
and he replied: “The democratic con
gress will find that it will be called upon
to raise several hundreds of millions of
dollars in some way, and in order to do
this it cannot unduly interfere with the
tariff without reducing the revenue or
destroying manufactures. Consequent
ly there will be a great deal of talk and
nothing done. The duty on articles is
the result of a combination covering the
entire country. If Louisiana wants the
protection of a sugar bounty she must
help Pennsylvania about her iron, and
so it goes through nearly all the states
of the Union. I am a protectionist. I
believe in multiplying the industries of
the country, in developing the brains of
the people, and nothing will do that
like fostering the development of those
industries of which our great land has
but dimly conceived thus far."
“It is a curious phenomenon that so
many men want to be editors,” says the
Western Recorder, "while it is true that
editors are seldom popular. When any
thing goes wrong the editor is blamed
for not preventing it. Men fancy the
reasons they are not more popular is
because the editors have failed to notice
and commend them as their merits de
serve. ‘If only the papers had com
mented on that performance of mine, as
they should have done, it would have
mnrln mo a irrnot ~_
says to himself. He thinks it the edi
tors hsd but treated him fairly he would
have had a much better position than
the one he now holds. He therefore
blames the editors and suspects them of
personal enmity to him. .‘This 5s not
the first time they have slighted me,’ he
says to himself as his temper rises.
When, however, a man is helped by the
papers, he does not give them credit.
He takes all the credit to himself. It
was his great ability that made his repu
tation and gave him popularity. It was
his merit alone that secured this desir
able position, etc. Men are ever look
ing arofind for somebody to blame, and
editors stand convenient; but men sel
dom look around for someofie ut whom
credit may be given. They take to
themselves all the credit within reach.
Editors get blamed for all the failures
in the struggle foi popularity and glory,
and by many who measurably succeed,
but whose success falls short of what
they fancy they deserve. Yes, it is rare
that an editor is generally popular.
Stop, reader, and think over all the
editors, secular and religious, you know
about, and consider what a small pro
portion of them are popular and then
answer the question: Why do bo many
men want to be editors? Mr. Warner,
in traveling all over the land, said he
found many men who were unable to
subscribe for a paper, but he did not
find a man who was notable to edit one.”
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Now that Expert Stitt and his assist
ant, John Morrow, have cost the tax
payers about $2,200, with the end not
yet in sight, the thoughtful and prudent
business man will ask, what has he
done, and where is the profit to the
county? He has found, so the Inde
pendent says, and it is on the inside und
should know, D. I,. Darr short $2,190.00;
A. J. Meals $10,881.44; Barrett Scott
10,000; G. C. Hazelet *2,985; total.
$22,056.04. Before the expert was
employed it was known that ex-Treas
urer Meals was short, so Mr. Stitt is
entitled to no credit for that amount.
V. L. Darr’s shortage is simply a matter
of fees and as the various county boards
have allowed him that amount, it is
hardly probable the county’s effort to
recover will be successful, so nothing
will be realized from that account. Mr.
Scott is being charged with a part of
Meals’ shortage and fees which were
turned in to tho general fund, so noth
ing will be recovered there. G. C.
Hazelet is short just $28.50 for one day's
business not entered on the books,
which the county will collect. The
other items with which he is charged
have bee a allowed by the county board
at their annual settlements, except those
sheriff certificates, concerning which a
suit was pending in the supreme court
before Mr. Sitt was employed, and he
therefore cannot be given credit for
that. Now this leaves to Mr. Stitt’s
credit up to date just #28.50, error in
Mr. Hazelet’s term. The county so far
is just about $2,000 in the hole, which
represents expert wages. The Fron
tier predicts that when the people be
come acquainted with the methods of
this reform party as practiced in Holt
county, they will speedily relegate them
to the rear. They do nothing that does
not savor strongly of demagoguery and
politics, and their only hope is to manu
facture enough campaign thunder, at
the eounty’s expense, to secure the
offices. Let the good work go on.
We have searched TnE Frontier in
vain to find comment on the findings of
Expert Stitt, failed to find it. True -to
its instinct to hide the light of investi
gation of republicans, it remains silent
as an oyster. Had a populist official
been found short in his accounts that
paper would have never ceased harping
about it.—Holt County Independent
Beacon Light.
TnE Frontier hoped that when Ham
Kautzman took charge of the Independ
ent the policy of that paper would un
dergo a change; that under his regime a
reform would be inaugurated; that po
litical affairs in general and county
matters in particular would be discussed
fairly and consistently and that pre
judice arising from opposite political
views would not prevent him from pre
senting questions with that honor and
candor that is due man from man,
but in the above extract we see nothing
but disappointment. The leading stock
holders of that reform sheet, who, by
the way, are nothing but the rankest
kind of politicians, have asserted their
mastership and cracked the lash over
the back of their slave and he has
obeyed with alacrity.
“True to its instinct to hide the light
of investigation of republicans, it re
mains silent as an oyster.” No man
acquainted with the record of the
management of The Frontier would
have made that statement for any other
purpose than to vent a little spleen or to
write himself down on ignoramus. We
have bid for public confidence by al
ways stating fact and have shielded no
guilty person from investigation or
public censure; in fact we were the first
to demand the resignation of a republi
can official some two years ago at a time
when reform journals held their breath.
The Frontier has discussed every sub
ject at length and set the question
fairly before the public in its true light
and made no statements in which fact
and the records would not bear us out.
We have demanded and still demand
that no man be convicted without a fair
trial, and after thai can honestly ex
claim with the honest, “let no guilty
man escape!”
In regard to the report of Expert Stitt
we have only to say that we have been
waiting for him to make an official re
poii. uumors oi Bnoriages are not suffl
cient. We want him to make a report
before the board, the report adopted and
spread upon the records and then we
will publish it in full. As yet he has made
no official statement, at least we could
find none on record. This is the only
reason that The Frontier has devoted
uo space to this subject.
But, by the way, while the Independ
ent attacks us for what it terms an at
tempt to shield men who it says have
misappropriated county money, why
does it not attact men of its own politi
cal faith who are now misappropriating
county money. Does Mr. Rautzman
forget when the board sat as an equali
zation body that it called Mr. Stitt be
fore it to make report? Does he know
that every day this board is in session it
costs the county just $20 per hour?
Does he know that it took Mr. Stitt
about three hours to make his report?
Does he know that at this meeting the
board bad no right whatever to transact
any business other than equalization
and that they dared not even vote to
accept the report of the expert? If he
knows this then he must know that the
sixty dollars’ worth of time taken to
explode that Dolitical bomb was misap
propriated and they should be censured
for it. But what does he say on the
subject? Nothing. What does he dare
say on the subject? Nothing. Oh, re
form, aurely your other name is deceit!
O’NEiLLBUSINESS DIRECTORY
J| It. DICKSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Reference First National Bank
O'NEILL, NEB.
C. SMOOT,
FASHIONABLE BARBER.
DEALER IN OIQAR8, ETO.
J)R. J. P. GILLItlAN,
I'IIY SIC AN AND SURGEON.
Office over Biglln's furniture store.
O'NEILL, NEB.
PI H, BENEDICT,
LAWYER,
Office in the Judge Roberts building, north
of Barnett * frees’ lumber yard,
0 NEILL, NEB.
£ W. ADAMS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will praotice In all the oourts. Special at
tention given to foreclosures and collections.
Is also
COUNTY ATTORNEY,
JJR B. T. TRUEBLOOD
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Diseases of the Eye and Ear and flttinfl
glasses a specialty. Office hours fl to 12 a. m.
and 2 to 5 p. m,
Ornci over “THE EMPORIUM."
jY|~ULLEN BROS.,
CARPENTERS & BUILDERS.
Estimates taken and material; furnished.
Jobbing promptly attended to.
^ BOTD,
BUILDERS/
ESTIMATES FURNISHED.
THE FRONTIER
FOR
LEGAL BLANKS
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I Office and galary on Fourth street ■
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Deyarman Brothers,
PKOHBIETORS OF THE
Checker Livery,Feed&Sale Stable!
O’NEILL NEB
Finest turnouts in the city. Good, care
ful drivers when wanted. Also run the
O’Neill Omnibus Line
Comte ercial Trade a Specialty
Rave chargee of McCafferty’g Hearse. Al
orders will receive careful and prompt attend
IJ HAMMOND ABSRACI CO
Successors to
R. R. DICKSON 6u CO.
Abstracters of Titles.
Complete set of Abatrect Books.
Terms reasonable, and absolute ac
curcy guaranteed, for which we have
given a $10,000 bond as required
under the law.
Correspondence Soliced.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEB.
O'CONNOR & GALLAGHER
DEALERS IN
Of all kinds. A specialty made of
FINE CIGARS.
If you want a drink of good liquor
do not full to cull ou ua. H
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O'Neill, Neb.
THE COLUMBIAN
HOTEL"
Has recently been remodeled and every
furnished with a new suit of furniture,
°ne °f the m°St comPkte and
in the northwest. A good sampl^^
nection. First door west of Nml n
_ . . A,eu Brennan
hardware store.
NO. 3424.
First National Bai
Paid-up capital, $5o,ooo O’Nc
Surplus, $2o,oooo Nebra
Authorized capital, $loo,ooo
THAD J. B9RMINGHAM, Pbe
d. P. MANN. Vioe-pres.
ED F. GALLAGHER. Cashier.
FRED H. SWINGLEY. Asst.ca
Money Loaned on Personal Security on the MoBt Favc
%Terms. Issue Time Certificates Bearing Interal
Buy and Sell Foreign & Domestic Exchange. 1
DIRECTORS:
MOSE CAMPBELL T. F. BIRMINGHAM J.p.i
ED F. GALLAGHER THAD d. BIRMINGHAM]
G. W. WATTLES, President. ANDREW RUSSELL,V’J
JOHN McHUGH. Cashier.
THE - STATE - BAI
OF OWEaLL.
CAPITAL $30,000,
Prompt Attention Given to Collect*
DO A GENERAL BANKING BUSINEl
GARLAND STOVES
AND RANGES
I carry tlie largest stock of
Hardware, Tinware,
Copper and Graniteware
In north 'Nebraska and make a specialty of
Eli Barbed Wire.
In Implements I carry the T T QTp 1
Famous John Deere Plows, IQ I U 1 LsJ
Cultivators, Flying Dutchman AND
Sulky Plows, T (
Peru City Cultivators. T ) 1C1 L-)!^
Call and see me. I can save you money.
NEIL BRENNAN, O’W
EMIL SNI66S,
PRACTICAL
HORSESHOl
And general blacksmithing carried on in connection
riage work in either iron or wood executed in the mosts ^
style possible. First-class plow and machine work t13
be relied upon. No new experience used in any ^l!l1
work. All ray men are skilled workmen.
ALSO DEALER IN FARM INPLEMENTS^
Plano binders, mowers, rakes, Skandi plows, had0^
cultivators of all descriptions. Everything gna'8111
beat the best. o’nkilL Nl1'
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