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XIV.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 7, 1893.
NUMBER 22.
Locai News of O’Neill aa Caught
by the “Kide.”
rEER interesting notes
of General Interest Published While
' News Is Still News.
led bulk oysters now on hand.
, o'Neiix Grocery Co.
ibn Berry was in from Paddock
toy-_
R. L. Clapp visited Ewing last
irday. __—
w. McArthur was in the city Mon
inn's is bead quarters for Christmas
It ibis year. . 23—8
ke SUpreme court refused to lower
118 870,000 bond.
in, McHugh, of Sioux City, was in
lill Inst Sunday._
i Oraiiy was in Sioux City Thursday
Friday on business.
iis McHugh returned from a visit to
iht last Friday evening.
1 Thompson left Monday morning
Kansas City on business.
bit. Parker was in from Scottville
iday and called at this office.
lekson Wiley, of Scottville, was in
city Monday and made a short call
itdquarters,
ppropriate, desirable, useful and
stable, are the Christmas goods you
Wat Mann’s. 32—3
ine ' Oak Leader” heating stove for
cheap. Inquire at county superin
tends office. 23—1
0. Evered, of the Page Bye, was
tbe city, Tuesday, and made this of
a short fraternal call.
be Hotel Evans served and elegant
ter Thanksgiving which wad greatly
reciated by the boarders.
jss Gertie Fort came down from
lit Friday morning and visited with
mother Friday and Saturday.
be Ladies Aid society wish tb thank
Pond for the free Use of the Ex
nee for holding the supper last week.
• J. Dwyer and bride came up from
«r Rapids Friday evening and will
t with Dick’s parents here for a few
i.
ne of James DeYarman’s little girls
been quite ill the past week with
latina. She is improving at present
Sag. __
Isworth Mack has sold his interest
be ranch to Will Gray. Elsworth is
king of buying a farm and settling
n among us.
P to the time of going to press the
•ionists have not signified a deter
•tion or a desire to contest the vote'
*ing, Atkinson, or Chambers.
kerc has been no school the past
lk on account of scarlatina having
ured in the city. There are several
* kut it seems to be a mild form.
and
"'"““a. one nnena, rugs,
,t!’ slippers, lamps, dresses,
■ ot*ler useful and acceptable
",mss presents at Mann’s. 22—3
J Mann Las just received tbe only
•'“eat of fine china and cut glass
bought to O’Neill. Don't fail to
em for Christmas presents. 22—3
•atzman is advertising himself as a
He may be a Mason, but Mas
fe»ersliy doubt it. There are none
^Mbt that he is an A. P. A., how
kostier desires to call tbe at
°f its supervisorvreadera to the
i,,.a the hoard meets ,on December
•«go& °*tlle ***’ M announce“ some
fiat
are you going to buy your wife
dm " vou want to please her
* Mann s and
,e, _ — see their beautiful
i r.«DeJinen' ruKS» lamps, and etc.
And there just what
you
22—3
i ah K|ltz’ W^° left his Holt county
1 to r ■ f5 ear ag0 and went t0 *'*'
ijj *. e*lla8 returned with his
SoniK i8 now *‘y‘D8 on his place on
i are °rk’ *uIly convinced that
llfter™iany worse places than old
keir^°--rn 'y°OQmen of America
—, evening elect
: j pWp s offlceis for the ensuing
f, V. A Pf,lnder' v- C-i John Hor
y 0 p Bernard MeGreevy, E.
t; o. P ,!z> ?scort: A H. Corbett,
n ' “'SHn, watchman; Emil
•'ration^ Pred Alm* trustee. The
and . 13 *n a prosperous condi
8 one of the best benefit
•Itatio
10 *n the city.
-r ' ' ‘ V.'' ■■
*ucuun given Dy the Daughters of
ltebekah on Thanksgiving night was a
grand success both socially and finan
cially. The Rebekahs have* always
given good dan*sa and the last one ex
celled all others.
Sam Barnard, who has been for the
past two years in the employ of the
O’Neill Grocery Company, has resigned
his position. His place is filled by Chas.
Ryan, brother of Barney, who arrived
in the city fr<*a Illinois last Tuesday.
Sanford Parker, who, when he has hie
eye, his nerve and is himself generally,
is one of the smoothest manipulators of
the ivories in the state, made a nice
little run of 57 billiards in the Evans
hall last week. He captured 80 of them
before freezing the balls in the corner
and then when he missed it was on an
easy shot and due to carelessness.
The state board of transportation in
reducing the freight on hay deserve at
least the thanks of the farmers and
shippers in this county. The reduction
is of more consequence to residents of
Holt than to those of any other county
in the state, as Holt ships more than
twice as much hay, in the course of a
year, as any other bounty in the state.
Bob Ingersoll was recently talking
witn an old colored women in Washing
ton upon religious matters. “Do you
really believe auntie,” said he, “that
people are made out of dust?” “Yes
sah; de bible says dey is, an’ so 1 believe
it.” “But what is done in wet weather,
when there’s nothing 'out mud?” “Den
I specs dey make Ihflduls and sick
truck.” _
The Werntz & Burns comedy com
pany, which has been at the opera house
in this city for the past three nights,
will give another entertainment this
evening,after which there will be a dance
free to all attending the show. This
company possesses considerable talent
in its line and has been well received in
O’Neill. Its popular price of admis
sion is one of the catchy features.
Some person in O’Neill has taken it
upon himself to report to the commer
cial agencies ever business man who has
signed Scott’s appearance bond, and
further, advanced the information that
they are mortgaging their property to
escape liability. It is fitting that a man
who will let a spirit of revenge carry
him so far beyond the line of truth
should Act by stealth and in darkness.
What’s this? A show and a dance for
10 ceots tonight at the opera house.
The Werntz & Burns comedy company
will give another pleasing entertain
ment, the admission to be the same 10
and 20 cents. After the entertainment
there will be a dance, free to all who
attend the show. There will be good
music in attendance. Remember all for
one admission. Tonight, Thursday,
December 7._
Thomas McNichols, who left here
about six years ago for the west, arrived
in O’Neill last Friday evening from
Anacruda, Mont., where he has been in
the hdtcl business. His brother, M. C.,
who left here about the same time and
went to Aspen, Col., is also here visiting
relatives. The latter was elected county
treasurer of Pitkin county, Col., in the
recent election. ' The Frontier is
pleased to hear of their prosperity.
A few business men are addressing ad
vertisements to those who deal with
Montgomery, ward & Co. and are plac
ing' them with the Independent. That
they have chosen the most direct
medium for reaching that class of trade
there can be no dispute, hut it should be
borne in mind that The Frontier has
an army of readers who are home deal
I ers and they watch these columns for
bargains. A word to the wise is suffi
cient. _
The Jew accuses King, of The Fron
tier, of using his inflpence to prevent
him from receiving an invitation to the
Thanksging ball. Now, as a matter ot
fact, his accusation is untrue and un
warranted. There was, however, a
little conversation between the ladies
and King which we would like to re
peat for the Jew’s benefit, but we do not
feel at liberty to mention any lady’s
name in the same article with that of
the branded outcast.
The Daughters of Rebekah did not
employ the Wandering Jew to furnish
music for their Thanksgiving ball and
the result is that he sheds a column of
tears in his last issue,' and unwarrant
edly abuses the ladies of the society.
The poor old fossil must be surrounded
by a combination of cruel circumstances
when he attempts to quarrel with tho
ladies. And that, too, when they were
not really to blame. They might have
got along with his “horse fiddle” at the
ball so far as they were concerned, but
quite a number of self-respecting people
gave it out cold that they would not go
to the dance if that Jew brute was in
the house, so they lett him out merely
as a matter of business policy and not
because they had anything against him
personally.
> ■
NOT DEAD, BDT SLEEPING
County Division Has Arisen From Its
Crave and Is Again Stalking.
COOK FILES ITS PETITION.
They Booed* Somewhat From Their Former
Demand for the Barth.
A Frontier reporter last Tuesday
while prying about in the dusty archives
of the county clerk’s office looking for
something that might prove of interest
to his readers ran across a voluminous
petition praying foi the erection of a
new county to be christened Cook. The
finding of the petition was a surprise to
the man of the pen, as he had supposed
the question dead, at least for a season,
but there it was in tangible form, like
unto the fabled Phoenix flapping its
pinions over the hot ashes of its funeral
pyre.
Following is the substance of the
heading of the petition:
To the Honorble Board of Supervisors
of Holt county, Nebraska:
We, the undersigned residents of Holt
county, Nebraska, and of the territory
described in this petition, and being
legal voters therein, hereby petition
your honorable body, and ask that a
new county, the name of which shall be
Cook county, be formed out of the fol
lowing described territory, to-wit:
Commencing at the southwest corner
of township 28, north of range 10.
thence east along the township line be
tween townships 27 and 38, to the south
east corner of township 28, range 13
west, then north on the range line be
tween ranges 12 and 18 west to the point
where said range line intersects the mid
dle of the channel of the Niobrara river,
thence along the middle of the channel
of the Niobrara river to the point where
the middle of the channel of the river
intersects the range line between
the ranges 16 and 17 west, thence
south along said range'lines to the
place of beginning.
We further petition that the said
above proposition be submitted to the
voters of Holt county at the general
election to be held in 1894.
Should the above proposition carry it
would leave the county about like this:
Atkinson, •
There are several points in connection
with this move that should be well and
wisely considered by the residents, par
ticularly of O’Neill, before they hasten
to put themselves on record either for
or against this proposition. It is a little
early to enter into a discussion of this
question and The Frontier is not pre
pared at this writing to offer any advice,
but will later on give its readers its
opinion on the subject.
Where la the Treasurer's Bondi
It having been reported and discussed
considerably the past week that the
bond of R. J. Hayes, county treasurer,
had most mysteriously disappeared.
The Frontier sent a reporter to the
clerk's office to investigate and he found
the rumor to be correct as far as the
records disclose.
The record of the supervisors pro
ceedings show that at the meeting of
August 19 the following motioh pre
vailed:
Moved and carried that the bond ot
the treasurer be fixed at 9150,000.
At the meeting of August 80, .the fol
lowing motion prevailed.
Moved that the bond of R. J. Hayes
be referred to the bond committee and
that his bondsmen be required to come
in and justify.
The records do not show that this was
done but they do show by the following
minutes of the meeting of September 10,
that the bond was approved: * .
The bond of R. J. Hayes, county
treasurer, was then read. Moved,
seconded, and carried that same be ac
cepted.
At tbe meeting of August 19 it was
decided that the county would secure
from some bond company a bond for
Mr. Jlayes, and later it was decided to
get the bond in the amount of $50,000.
Now these proceedings would tend to
show that at some time or other Mr.
Hayes had given a bond, but where it is
now is the leading question.
The law in section 2983 of tbe 1898
statute provides that an officer must file
a bond within 80 days after his appoint
ment but in this case a bond has never
been filed with the county clerk. That
the clerk is the only person authorized
:v.
to accept it section 3084 sufficiently tes
tifies.
The statute further provides In sec
section 8131 that the county olerk shall
keep a book in which shall be entered
in alphabetical order, by name of*the
principal, a minute of all official bonds
filed in his office,giving the name of the
office, amouut and date of bond, names
of sureties ami date of filing, with pro
per reference to the book and page
where the same is recorded.
The clerk's books show in this case ab
solutely nothing, and while the bonds
may or may not be safe in someone’s in
side pocket the fact remains that the
law has not been complied with and it
is a matter that should demand the im -
mediate attention of the county board
when it meets this monfh. If the old
ones cannot be found and properly filed,
a new one should be demanded in
stanter.
Boon’* Bona.
East • Friday morning the matter of
taking Barrett Scott’s recognizance and
that of his friends for his appearance at
this terra of co.urt came on for hearing.
The state appeared by County At
torney Harrington and Looker-up-of
Reports Murphy and filed a demur to the
proceedings on the ground that the
district court having fixed the amount
of the bond, and the court being still in
session, the taking of the recogni
zance was not within the juris
diction of Judge Bowen. The court
took the question under consideration
until the next morning at 9 o'clock,
when it ovcr-tuled the demur on con
sideration of the following sections of
the statute:
Sec. 5973: When any person charged
with the commission of any bailable
offense shall be confined in jaif, whether
committed by warrant under the band
and seal of any judge or magistrate, or
by the sheriff or coroner, under any
warrant upon indictment found, it shall
be lawful for any judge of the supreme
court, judge of the district court within
his district, or probate judge within his
county,or police judge within the city of
his jurisdiction, to admit such person to
bail, by recognizing such person in such
sum and with such sureties as to such
judge shall seem proper, conditioned for
his appearance before the proper court,
to answer the offense wherewith he may
be charged.
Sec. 5975: In fixing the amount of
bail, the judge in admitting to the same,
shall be governed in the amount and
quality of bail required by the direction
of the district court in all cases where
such court shall have made any order or
direction in that behalf.
Having over ruled the motion on the
above law, which seems very clear.the
work of taking signers on the bond was
proceeded with until Monday, when the
state served notice on the court that an
injunction, restraining him from pro-]
ceeding, would be applied for before the J
district court and He Murphy that even
ing went up to Chadron, where Judge
Kihkaid is holding court, and succeeded
in bringing home with him the following
order yesterday:
In the Disi.rict Court or Holt )
County, Nebraska. j
The State of Nebraska and H. E.
Murphy, Plaintiff,
>3.
Wm. Bowen, Defendant.
Upon application of the plaintiff for
an injunction on thier petition, duly
verified, and it being necessary that the
defendant should have notice of the
application before an injunction be
granted, it is therefore ordered that
said cause be set for hearing on the 11th
day of December, A. D., 1893, at 10
o’clock a. m., at the court-house in the
town of O’Neill, Holt county, Nebraska,
and that the plaintiffs be required forth
with to notify the defendant of the time
and place of said hearing, and that until
the further order of the court a restrain
ing order is allowed, restraining the de
fendant from approving of, or taking
Barrett Scott’s recognizance or bail
bond, for his appearance at the present
term of district court of Holt county,
Nebraska, and from issuing his warrant
to release the said - Barrett Scott from
the custody of the sheriff or jailor of
Holt county. M. P. Kinkaid,
Alfred Bartow,
Judges.
This, of course, virtually ties the case
up until the hearing next Monday, and
what the outcome will be can only be
guessed at, but from a reading of the
law it would appear that a restraining
order could not issue.
Judge Bowen, in the meantime, is
accepting signers. At the present time
about fifty men have signed the bond
and those who have justified have raised
about $60,000. It is thought that by
Monday the justification of $70,000 will
be complete and there will also be
about twenty good men on the bond
who have not justified at all.
All that now stands in the way of
Scott’s release on bail is the injunction.
Attention, Firemen!
There will be a meeting of the O’Neill
Fire Department, Saturday evening.
December 9, 7:30 r. m., at council
chamber. O. F. Biolin, Cheif.
Those interested in the future of Holt
county and particularly the farmers
from all parts of the county are request
ed to attend the irrigation meeting to be
held at the court house in O’Neill at 10
o'clock a. m. Saturday December 9,1893.
Don’t fail to attend.
J P. Mullen, President.
T. V. Golden, Secretary.
HO KAN’S COLUMN.
It is said that only one newspaper
man is in heaven. Uow he got there is
not positively known, but it is thought
that he passed himself off as a minister
and stepped in unsuspected. When the
dodge was discovered they searched the
realms of felicity in all their length aud
breadth for a lawyer to draw the papers
for his ejectment, but they could not
find one so he held the fort.
The West Point Republican tells this
story on one of the young women of Its
town: "A youngs lady oarne in after a
peck of apples, taking us she supposed a
freshly laundered flour sack. She held
the sack while the clerk poured in the
apples. A singular thing happened.
The fruit went through tho sack and
rolled on the floor. On examination it
was found that there were two holes in
the bottom of tho bag, both trimmed
with embroidery. The young man
fainted, and the young lady sent a small
boy after the apples—with a basket."
When Kautzman saya “he enjoys high
Masonic honors” his everyday life in
O'Neill gives him the lie direct. O'Neill
has one of the best lodges in the state
and we commit no exaggeration when we
say that there are not to exceed six
members in the city who will stoop to
recognize tho uncanny apostle of satan.
Those “high Masonic honors” that be
speaks about are thought to be dim rec*
ojlections /of by gone years when he
was admitted to the lodge room, when
the lodge was not in session, for the
purpose of making his rounds as chief
inspector of cuspidors. Only this, and
nothing more.
it was a dark night. The pale moon
had not yet made its appearance above
the horizon and the merry twinkle of
the glimmering Blurs was hid behind
snow-laden clouds that floated lazily
southward before a "cold notbern wind
that was caressing the nude trees and
whistling doleful melodies through crev
ice and keyhole. The belated pedes
trian wrapped bis cloak more closely
around him as he hastened to his wife
and family, and fireside, and felt thank
ful that he had a wife and family and a
fireside to hasten to and a cloak to wrap
more closely around him as he hastened.
The compiler of this column had spoken
the last good night to companions and
was directing his steps towards the
outer world and blacker darkness. He
strode rapidly over the crisp snow and
puffed fiercely at his cigar and mediated
upon matters material and immaterial,
religious and irreligious, as he strode.
His line of thought had carried him
deep into the tariff on hay when sud
denly his reverie, was broken by the
plaintive wail of a canine dog.and the
low murmur of a human voice. Listen
ing for a moment intently, he located
the whenceness of the wail and the
murmur and thinking perhaps someone
might be in truuble he proceeded to in
vestigate with the idea of offering bis
services if necessary. Guided by the'
wail of the dog which was still plaintive,
he soon saw the form of a man kneeling
as in supplication and he was speak
ing,and as he spoke he prayed fervently
and the fiosty wind brought this to the
ears of the compiler: “This has indeed
been a season fraught with calamity.
Cleveland was elected and we have not
complained-, He Murphy is still with us
yet we rail not; the independents are in
the majority but we still have hope that
thou hast not forsaken us. We have
nobly borne the cross through fire,
flood, famine, and pestilence and enter
ed no complaint, but now that a wand
ering Jew has dropped his anchor
among us and is by foul script .assassi
nating characters indiscriminately when
his own is blacker than the soot of hell,
we ask, O Lord! is there no balm in
Gilead?” The compiler stole silently
away thinking
To feel the wild blasts of a borean realm, to
be soorned by all and loved but by two
Till the journey of time Is all ended and done.
Is the fate of the Wandering Jew.
B
ffwrwui
BARGAINS
IN FURNITURE
FOR
THI
NEXT
20
DAYS.
commencing Monday, December
4,1 will oiler the people of Holt
county bargains in Furniture such
as they have never beard of. . . .
• • •
Now a word to those who are in*
clincd to send to Montgomery
Ward A Company for furniture:
I invite each and every one of
you to call and make comparison
in prices. Bring along their cat
alogue and price list, and 1 agree
to make you a handsome present
if I fail to duplicate their prices,
and in some instances will agree
beat the prices they ask for some
of their goods..
B* • •
Here Is a Sample of a Few Prises.
Best woven wire springs, regular
prioe 88.50, now reduced to 81.75.
Can you beat it? Can you du
plicate it?.
• • •
Here 'a another: Ash beds 6 feet
In height, regular price 810, re
duced to 85. This bed is a very
handsome design, good finish. I
lose money on everyone I sell.
• • • .
Look at this one: Center table
80x83, elegant finish, regular
price 84, reduced to 81.70. In b9d
room sets I defy the world from
815 to 850.
• • •
I invite the*people of Atkinson,
Stuart, Page, Spencer, Butte, In
man and Gwing, also the head of
I every faftiily in Holt to give me a
call during Dec. That you will
go home happy there is no doubt.
• • •
BIQLIN'S FURNITURE
..DEPOT..
dosing Oat 8*1*
of winter hate at pricei that will aur- : "
prise you. December 8 and 0, '03. ! ‘ :/>
Mbs. 8. O. Nichols.
Ilood’s pills are the best after, dinner
pills, assist digestion, prevent constipa
tion. __ / -■«.
Oar dabbing List. . , ‘v
The Frontier and the Semi-weekly
State Journal, 91.75 per year.
Tns Frontier and the Chicago |
Weekly Infer Ocean, 91.60 per year. ?•>
We will give the readers of The
Frontier the benefit of our reduction '-y
on any paper, magazine or periodical
for which they may wish to subscribe.
By subscribing through this office you .
can save from 10 cents to 91. This is
the average reduction allowed us as
dealers. tt -, '
The earlier symptoms of dpspepala,
such as distress after eating, neartburn, ■ ’%
and occasional headaches, should not be
neglected. Take Hood’s sarsaparilla
and be cured. i.;
I CORRIGAN’S
- IS THE
PLACE
TO BUY
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS I
BIGGEST
ASSORTMENT
BEST GOODS
LOWEST PRICES
FINE LINE
OF
PLUSH GOODS
AT SPECIAL
PRICES FOR
THE HOLIDAYS
LARGEST LINE
OF GOLD PENS
IN TriE CITY.
COME
EARLY
. AND
AVOIO
. THE
RUSH
IN FACT COMPLETE
ASSORTMENT AT PRICES
THAT WILL SATISFY.