hedBYTHE FRONTIER PRINTING CO.
SUBSCRIPTION, SI.SO PKR ANNUM.
CLYDE KING AND D. H. CRONIN, EDITORS AND MANAGERS.
,UME XIV.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 17, 1893.
NUMBER. 6.
News of O’Neill as Caught
by the “Kids.
interesting NOTES
eneral Interest Published While
yews Is Still News.
Intkcws was over from Butte
ronin left Saturday for Chi
ke in the fair.
lickson went down to Sioux
lesday on business,
one cron that is never short,
il crop of candidates.
to Tiib Frontier as though
try at this time were a needless
l. Towle was suffering with
of neuralgia the fore part of
iy went up to the Hot Springs
gening for two or three weeks’
S. Porter, of Ewing, was in
uesday and made this office a
all._
:15riile returned last Saturday
protracted visit to the fair and
|{S. __ . ..
has reason to bo proud of her
tment under the management
iiglin.
cnastou and Sanford Parker,
:r, were O’Neill visitors Sun
lionday.
Wintermote was in from
Sunday to procure a coffin for
of Mr. Sackett.
Marshall came up from Fre
ilay evening to hear the Scott
rning Sunday morning.
ullen is at home again, having
Saturday from Fremont where
en attending the normal school.
uu nu, uujuci n ucn uncuiug
addition is progressing rapidly
te ready for occupancy by early
Coughlin returned Monday
via the Short Line, from his
visit to New York and
taries public doing,, business
ust 1 must endorse upon each
it the date that their commis
expire. • ~
izzie Cavanaugh returned last
evening from Fremont, where
«en attending the normal col
atplace.
y, of Peoria, was in the city
Real Estate Agent Weekes
a half' section of land near
while here.
demand that W. H. Hendrix of
■ dealer in general merchandise,
td to the hard time3 Monday
•d his doors.
cManus and mother returned
lay from Ohicago. Pat pur
large stock of goods for the
twhile in the city.
arman had an arm broken in
fl Thursday by a kick from a
the injury 18 the elbow and
very painful wound.
!"Tn8 and Tim Hanley, two
8 proficient manipulators of
rc' P'Ved ball with the Creigh
at Savage last Saturday.
frecinct last week voted bonds
UrPose of sinking an artesian
IE Frontier trusts that their
lnS may prove successful.
main on Douglas street is
en ed east two blocks in order
* the new dwelling being
T Mr' Snyder with water.
■?e license was issued this week
svis, of Grand Island, and
of Stuart; and Dan
°diLary Gaff any, of Ewing.
J8 ot tbe W. C. T. U. will
*a® social at the home of
-.o.j '‘tUrday eveninS. Aug.
Be_ nn.e ls expected. Every
190? h!f “PPewed in the vicinity
18 disease is more to be
be ,oaJC\r,et feyer’ Rgainst
»few °f Sta®ord was quar
!,!ew weeks ago.
>omebweUBdUgle lMt W6ek de‘
»our?, MTed words
’for thpfe °'V town8man, G. 0.
^Pmenfof61684 he ’* Ukin* in
ent °f our county.
a pieas‘
durdav r?Inkwd- of Dorsey,
tod Lizjm , two daughters.
tats, returned0 bee“ a’ttend
returned wjth him.
Rev. J. M. Bates will hold Episcopal
services, next Sunday evening at the
Presbyterian church.
Mrs, W. D. Mathews is able to be
around again, after an illness of a cou
pie of weeks’ duration.
John and Joe Mann left for Chicago
the first of the week. John will pur
chase his fall stock of goods while Joe
will take in the dance on Midway
Flaisance.
The attention of the city council is
called to the fact that a great many of
our sidewalks are in a dangerously di
lapidated condition. The weeds, too,
that fringe the side streets, are outrage
ously unseemly.
The Springfield Union remarks that
“it is a curious state of things when a
Wall street firm of brokers offers 97.50
premium per $1,000 for 9100,000 in silver
dollars and fails to get them. Is every
body crazy or what?”
Mr. J. J. Hagerman, one of the larg
est owners of silver mines in Colorado,
will publish in the September Forum an
article on the industrial disturbance in
the mining states and the damage done
by political misrepresentation.
During the excitement caused by the
fire Tuesday evening Hercules hose
company attached to the hydrant at the
bank corner, laid 500 feet of hose and
tried to attach the other end to another
hydrant, but then they couldn’t do it.
September 0 is the date set by J. P.
Mann for his fall opening. His, large
stock of seasonable goods will be ready
for inspection at that time. He is
purchasing this year for his trade an
unusually large stock of novelties.
Wait for the opening.
Grandpa Sackett, of Chambers, died
last Sunday, at the advanced age of 80
years. Mr. Sackett was an old and
highly respected citizen of Holt county
and has many friends who will be sorry
to learn of his demise. The funeral
occurred Monday at Chambers.
A party of fourteen Sioux City nim
rods, including the officials of the Short
Line, came up in a special car Saturday 1
night for a little outing. Teams were
nnniuiig iumi nuiiai ucic uuu iuc^ ,
started at once fqr the hunting grounds.
They returned home Tuesday morning.
Jake Hershiser accompanied them on
their trip as guide. ,
Ben DeYarman and Albert Loyd left
Tuesday morning for Superior to attend
the race meeting of the southern Ne
braska circuit. Ben took with him his
standardbred Hambletonian mare E S,
which he will enter in the 3 minute
class. He has lately purchased for her
a pneumatic sulky and expects her to
give all competitors the benefit of that
“tired” feeling.
Every body about O’Neill are loud in
their praises of the reunion bills, can
not see how the “Advocate at the little
city of Ewing could do such fine work.”
Such are the words received at this
office last evening. Oh, they are all
coming our way, just wait and see.—
Ewing Advocate.
The bill in question is a very ordinary
piece of.workmanship and was printed
by the Alliance Tribune. This is how
the Advocate can “do such fine work.”
An incipient conflagration in the back
room of Shanborn & Thompson’s paint
shop* about 10:80 Tuesday evening fur
nished a,little excitement for our citi
zens and needed practice for our fire
boys. The blaze is supposed to have
ueeu auirieu uy apuuiaueuua uurnuuo- |
tion. Two streams were playing on the
fire in a remarkably short time after the
alarm was given, and it was but the
work of a moment to extinguish the
flames. The damage to the building
and stock it is thought will not exceed
8100. Fully insured.
Judge Marshall came up from Fre
mont last Friday to hear the case of
ouster against Scott. It was simply a
question as to the regularity of the
board's proceedings in declaring the
office vacant on the insufficiency of the
bond without giving the incumbent due
notice of its intentions. The judge
took the matter under consideration
until today, his decision being expected
tonight. Of course it cannot be defin
itely stated what the result will be,
but after hearipg the arguments in the
case, Tub Fbontirb looks for a de
cision in Scott’s favor.
J. M. Hubbard, wife and family, ar
rived here on Saturday from Florida,
where they had gone in the early spring
intending to make that their home.
They had purchased land and were pre
paring to build their residence when Mf.
Hubbard was attacked with a fever
from which he became completely pros
trated, and with much difficulty was
brought back to liia old home in Holt
county, where it is hoped the life giv
ing breezes of this healthy climate may
have the effect ot restoring him to his
usual health again. The Bugle welcomes
the wanderers.—Chambers Bugle. -
One of Hoke Smith's special agents is
visiting the towns in Northern Nebraska
securing victims to be dropped from the
pension list. He came down from
Creighton Wednesday where he had
been spying around for three or four
days. Ho had a list of "suspects," as
they are called, of men living in Knox
county who aro drawing pensions, and
at once proceeded to make, inquiries
regarding their disability. How many
he added to the list In Norfolk is not
known, but he undoubtedly secured a
few for the “purging” process, as the
fellows engaged in this business are ex
pected to make adverse reports or lose
their jobs.—Norfolk News.
Theory is all right but that ex
perience is the only successful teacher
is evidenced by the following quotation
from the Ewing Democrat: "William
Siler, who left here a few years ago for
Iowa, is again a resident of Holt county.
Not being satisfied with Iowa he went
to Texas and tarried there for a few
months when he concluded Canada was
the country for wtgch he had been in
search.and in a few weeks he joined the
Holt county colony at Alberta. A few
months convinced him that Holt county
was the only place in which to live and
he is now comfortably located on a farm
near his former home and happy once
more. Mr. Siler says that the Holt
county colony in Alberta, Canada, is
about the siekest crowd to be found and
that they will be back in. old Holt
again.”
Hon. Tobe Castor has recommended
John A. Harmon for register and Elmer
Williams for receiver of the O’Neill
land office; and he has Hoke Smith’s
promise that the guillotine shall be
greased soon for rapid and satisfactory
action. Poor Doc Mathews, he has
worn out the knees of his pants in hia
endeavors to placate the powers that be,
and now has to go as soon as he would
if he had stood by his colors! The way
of the political turncoat, as well as the
transgressor, is hard.—Ncligh Advocate.
The above is from the pen of that old
republican war horse, Judson Graves, a
former friend of Doc Mathews’. We
remember away back in the ’80’s when
Doc aspired to the nomination for state
.senator how Judson came up with the
Antelope delegation solid for him, but
now it’s changed. Doc’s brief and un
reasonable reign as a mugwump official
has lost to him many men who were
and would still have been his lriends.
Col. Bixby, in the State Journal,
truthfully (and we might parenthetic
ally remark that the colonel is always
truthful) says that "George Gould is a
better man than his father, for in order
ing the ten per cent, reduction of wages
on the great Wabash system, he stipu
lates that it should only effect those who
are drawing a monthly stipend in excess
of 3100. Heretofore it has been the
custom to retrench from the bottom up,
but George starts at the top and works
down. It used to be the section men
first, now it is the president of the road
who gets the primary drop in salary,
and those who do the manual labor are
not touched. The action of Mr. Gould
is a b]aek eye for those who claim that
the possession of great wealth always
makes a man hard-hearted, unfeeling
and cold-blooded as a fish. George
Gould has a large heart and be didn’t
inherit it from his father either.”
Bell-sealing fruit jars and jelly glasses
now for sale, at bard times prices.
4-3 O’Neill Grocery Co .
Adolph Bosshardt has rented the New
Odgen hotel and will run a hotel and
tailor shop in connection. Mrs. Boss
hardt will feed the hungry and Mr.
Bosshardt will clothe the ragged in first
class shape. Give them a call. Stf.
World’i Fair at Home.
Never was there a time when Nebras
ka state fair makers, exhibitors and pat
rons should more bestir themselves than
know. The management fully compre:
bending the situation is leaving nothing
undone to make the fair this Columbian
year—world’s fair year—the best and
most extensive ever held. Indication!
are that there will be a large attendance
from abroad. Arrangements are con
sumated to sell round trip tickets from
the world’s fair at Chicago to the Ne
braska fair—all the west—and return,
at same reduced rates as to that great
'exposition. Also that live stock exhi
bition at Chicago will be released and
by special trains reach the Nebraskt
state fair in time for exhibition. Thut
the finest in the world will be with us.
From all parts of the state advices are,
says the secretary, that there will b<
an unusual presentation of products.
Colorado, Kansas, Iowa and Missour:
have accepted invitations to Join witli
Nebraska and compete in county col
lective exhibits. This will ensure the
.greatest exhibit in that line any state
has ever presented.
Extra efforts are made for the speed
ring and other attractive features. Ovei
200 speed entries have already been sem
in. This betokens rare entertainmem
for lovers of speed.
. No one should fall to attend the Ne
braska Columbian year world's fair and
exposition at Lincoln, S3ptember 8 to 15
next. See that wife and especially the
children attend this object lessoi
school.
Board Called In Bpeoial Session.
The board of supervisor* has been
called to meet in special session in
O'Neill on August 18, to transact the
following business:
To appoint if necessary a county
treasurer. To declare the office of
county treasurer vacant, if necessary.
To hear and determine any complaint
against Barrett Scott, treasurer. To
direct the bringing of all suits necessary
or proper to recover any money due the
county and to protect the county and
its tax payers from financial loss. To
take steps necessary to have all fees
possible turned in to the county treas
urer. To take steps to secqre a grand
jury for the next term of the district
court and to transact such other busi
ness as may be proper and necessary to
protect the county from financial loss
and to bring to justice defaulting
officials.
It would appear'to us that this farce
has proceeded far enough nqd It is time
for men to exercise at least a little horse
sense. This reforming combination has,
by its vindictive and systematic course
of persecution and oppression driven an
otherwise honest man into exile and
made him an alleged fugitive from jus
tice, and we honestly believe that what
ever loss the county may sustain is
chargeable, in part anyway, to this
band of political persecutors. It may
be that Barrett Scott has not complied
strictly with the letter of the law, in
fact it is apparent that be has not, but
to the tax payers of Holt county that
point is of only secondary moment!
The question pf vital importance to
them is: How can the largest amount
of money be most easily saved from the
wreck? Can it be done by ousting
Scott from office when he has the
money in bis possession? No. Can it
be collected from hiB bondsmen? No.
Why? Because the very best legal
authority says that the board has jug
gled with his bond until its validity has
been impaired and therefore its endois
ers relieved from responsibility. Whose
fault is it; Barrett Scott’s or the reform
ers? The Frontier believes the proper
course to be pursued now is to allow
Scott to unmolestedly resume his office
and settle up its affairs, with additional
security in the shape of bonds if nec
essary, and we look with disfavor upon
the plan outlined in the above call. The
question to tne tax payers is now a
purely .business one and should be
solved on business principles.
* Pointers on Irrigation.
Writing to the Scientific American on
the subject ot irrigation in India J. W.
Powell says: "The conditions under
which Americans must undertake irri
gation enterprises are not so different
from those existing in India and South
ern Europe as would at first appear.
Any works we may construct must de
pend for their utilization and revenue
on immigration, as they wiil be largely
undertaken in a sparsely Inhabited
country. A few of the great canals of
the northwest provinces and the Pun
jab were undertaken in districts'that
were sparsely inhabited. These canals
are among those of India that have paid
the largest interest on the* original out
lay. Within ten years from their con
struction the country was fully popu
lated, although the immigration was
often from remote portions of India.
In 1888 the area of British’ territory in
India was 1,064,730 square miles and the
population 269,477,738. The area culti
vated was 144,000,000 acres, of which
35,000,000 acres were irrigated lands.
“The irrigation works of India are
divided by the engineer into two classes,
(1) gravity irrigation and (3) lift irriga
non. me iormer includes iour great
heads, namely, perennial canals, inter
mittent canals, periodical canals and
inundation canals. The water supply
for these may be supplanted by storage
works. This will be treated as a third
class. Perennial canals are taken from
the rivers the discharge of which at all
times suffices for the irrigation of the
lands without the aid of storage. In
termittent canals are taken from inter
mittent streams, the water of which
must be stored to furnish a constant
supply. Periodical canals are taken
from streams having an available supply
during the rainy season only, and are
used altogether in the cultivation of the
summer crop. Inundation canals are
taken from rivers having a constant
discharge of some magnitude, but are
fed by those rivers only when in flood.
Lift irrigation is chiefly illustrated by
wells. Of these there is little to sav,
although the area irrigated by them is
considerable. They are used in a coun
try where labor is cheap, and,are val
uable adjuncts of irrigaiion, catching
the seepage water from the canals and
irrigated fields which otherwise would
be_wasted. Owing to the cost of labor,
it is doubtful if they will ever be used
to any extent in America.
“The gross value of the entire are a
irrigated in 1888 by all the four classes
. of irrigation works administered by the
government leached the sum of $155,
000 000.
‘ ‘Additional works to the value of near
, ly as upich" more are projected and
HO KM'I OOLUMH.
Writing of the Egyptian dance at the
world's fair the Illustrated News says:
"Nothing like the dancing now being
done at the Midway Flaisance, under
the sanction of the world’s fair manage
ment, was ever before seen in America.
The manager claims that it is precisely
the kind of danclpg that can be seen in
a real street'of Cairo. That is probably
true, but it doesn’t make the perform*
ance any the leas startling to Americans.
Ladies go to the theater, Some sit the
performance through either blushing
furiously or assuming with remarkable
self-control an air of seeing nothing
extraordinary. More, however, get up
and flee in the midst of the first dance.
The performers sit cross-legged on a
wide well-cushioned divan at the back
of the stage. ' They come forward one
after another and "do a turn.” The
costume is well adapted for this kind of
dancing. There is no high kicking, no
unseemly display of limbs. The feet
scarcely leavo tbe floor, and the volu
minous dress is gathered tightly about
the ankles. But the girdle Is low and
the corset is absent. Thus entire free
dom is given to the muscular develop
ment about the lower part of the body
which dress reformers are always preach
ing to their benighted sisters. With the
hips these girls do their dancing. Blight
swaying motions of the head and shoul
ders are accompanied by a gentle wav
ing of the hands. But the hips jolt up
and down spasmodically, as If they
might disjoint by a little effort. The
body below the waist twista and writhes
in perfect time with the orchestral
thrumming.
Each dancer has a few kinks pecul
iarly hgr own. She throws these jn with
the hip-wriggling, which is the main
feature of the Oriental dancing. The
performance is presented in a mechanic
al manner. There is little animation in
the laces of the dancers. They do not
look as if they, feel they are doing any
thing indecent. The hip movement to
the Egptian is as pure as the "split”to
the highly trained French dancer.
One of the Dotable things about the
performance is the effect upon the at
tendance. Now and then some one
runt Its entire course without a tingle
demonstration in the way of applause.
Men sit it through, get up and go ont.
And when their lady acquaintances ask
them what sort of a show it is they say
they don’t think much of it. This danc
ing, if given anywhere in the United
States outside ot the World’s fair, would
probably be suppressed by the local
authorities on the score of vulgarity.
Out in the black district of New Orleans
years ago there was a dance hall where
negresses, to whom had descended
shadowy recollections of life in Africa,
introduced some ot these barbarous
movements into their quadrilles. Visit
ing statesmen, under the escort of the
police, were taken to this hall to see the
performance as one of the sights of the
city. But in the street of Cairo, on the
Midway, there is much more of it."
The council of administration at the fair
has ordered a general investigation into
these dances and it is possible they will
be discontinued.
Be can afford to be braib.
Can the man with the cash.
’Tig the hustler for his dally bash
Who gets caught In every crash.
A Colorado financier lay dying in
New York; the fire of life was bottled
and he couldn't pull the cork, but a
gold-bug stood beside/him as the sands
of life ran through and wanted to re
lieve him, but he knew not what to do.
The dying western silver king looked up
in mute despair, and be said: "I never
more shall see free coinage anywhere.
Take a message and a token to the noble
Patterson and tell him my last words
were these, ‘I want' sixteen to one.’
Tell Jim Belford, if you see him, he had
better stop and think, that his noisy
demonstrations drive the workingmen
to drink; and say to Edward Holeman
and remark to Mr. Waite that this blood
up to the baidle deal will never save the
state. And now another word or two
and then I’m going to quit—my life has
been successful, but I’ve had enough of
it—I leave four millions to the folks so
they will not be flat, but with tree coin
age it had been a great deal more than
that. I weep for my friend Moffat as I
see him pace the floor; he is worth, say
seven millions, and it should be seven
more; but tor this unfriendly govern
ment, that sought to spoil our fun, by
blocking silver coinage at the old six
teen to one. For tfts, you site, my
lamp of life is slowly dying down and
I’ll be deader than a clam before I leave
the town, but it matters not a little bit,
I’d rSther go, you see, than linger on
and never have my silver coinage free.
When our mighty vested interests are
sat down this way you may do as you’ve
a mind to, but I’m not agoing to play.
I feel like hauling in my horns and
going on a strike, because my wealth
does not Increase as fast as *1 would
like.” At this his voice completely
failed and cold death took the belt; the
Colorado silver king lay deader than a
smelt; and the pale moon rose up slowly
with a light as to the sun that might,
transposed, be measured as about six
teen to one.—Col Bixby.
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Council Proceedings. : *, / J
O Nkill, August 4, ’08. ,
Council met in regular adjourned ses«'
ilon. • Preient the mayor, clerk and ",, -:
Councilman Smoot, Gate, Stannard and ' -
DeYarman.
In the matter of the petition of O. 'O. ||
Snyder and othera for extension of
water facilities east on Douglas street,
Mr. Snyder makes the following propo* I ^
lition, vis:
That If the civ of O’Neill will lay H
nch service pipe east from the eastern ' ; ?
:eiminatlonof the main pipe on Douglas ' ■
itrcet to his property lying between
Seventh and Eighth streets on Douglas
itreet, he will on completion of the
work pay the cost of the same and take ’% «
:ity warrants, payable in one yep, with ' yl
Interest for such advance, and will
guarantee at least one house and three
lawn rents to be paid by himself and ;‘f|i
others. j!-!
Moved by Smoot, seconded by Stan*
eard that the petition of O. 0. Snyder i ’\i
be accepted and agreed to, and the , .
water commissioner be Instructed afr’•••• •
oordlngly. ’ . ,,
K poll being called for the vote stood,
pea, Smoot, Stannard, Data, DeYarman;
aay, none. ^
On motion by Smoot, seconded by ’
Stannard, the rules were suspended by
ananlmous vote and ordinance No. «7,
sntitled "an ordianoe to regulate the ' ,V
ipeed of railroad locomotives, tialns .
mdcars, and to punish the violation
>f the same." The question being put;
‘Shall this ordinance be now read n .
third time and past?” the vote stood,
pea, Smoot, Stannard, Oats, DeYarman;
nay, none. *\.J
Ordinance No. 68 coming up for third v j
reading under suspension of the yules,
being entitled "an ordinance providing V ; >
tof and requiring railroad companies
iporating their lines over and across ]>•'
Fourth street to light the same.” The v J
question being put: "Shall this ordi
Banco be now read a third time and y Sfjj
passed?” the vote was, yea, Stannard, ;{1
DeYarman. Gatz, Smoot; nay, none. • . -
The mayor called a special meeting of
the council to meet on Monday, August
31, to consider and act upon the petition ■
of M. Mullen, D. Stannard. T. F. Birm
Wfiuom OUU \#itiioi ■ ■ crauvo VU WlUCUiDg
of Adams street, between Seventh and
Eighth streets, to a width of 40 feet.
Claim of John McBride for three
month’s rent for council room was pre
sented and allowed, amount 118.00.
Adjourned to meet at the call of the
mayor. Attest: N. Martin, Clerk,
letter List.
Following Is the list of letters remaining la
the postoffloe at O'Neill, Neb., unclaimed, for
the week ending August 18, ins:
Joseph Heaton; Wm. J. Hues ted (3),
in calling for the above please say “adver
tised.” If not called for In two weeks they
will be sent to the dead letter oflloe.
J. H. BrooeP. II,
A Battle for Blood. , >
Is what Hood’s sarsarapilla vigorously
fights and it is always victorious in ex
pelling all the foul taints and giving the
vital fluid the quality and quantity of
perfect health. 58-58
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Hollas Wagons.
A car load Jnet arrived and will be
sold at reasonable prices. Five good
reasons why farmers should buy the
Moline wagon in preference to all others.
1. Because it is the lightest running
wagon made.
8. Because it Is made of the best
material money can buy.
8. Because every stick and bolt is
warranted for one whole year, springe
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exeepted.
.4. Became none bat the very beet'
mechanics are employed In their con*
etruction. ~
5. Because It Is the most durable and
best painted wagon ever pat on the
American market.
For sale by Neil Brennan, O'Neill,
Neb. 5-4 .
WE WILL
CLOSE OUT
THE
balance of
our odd
SUIT PANTS
AT JU*T
Half price 11
Votioe.
To TBB Votkbs AMD Tax Patbbs or
Holt County, Nebraska:
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of county treasurer of
Holt county, Nebraska, and earnestly
request the support of nil voters inter
ested in the welfare of our county. .. %
D. P. O’Sullivan, ’ -
8-tf O’Neill. Neb.
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