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VOLUME XIV.
•UMORIPTION, •I.CO PER ANNUM.
CLVDK KINO AND O. H. CRONIN, KDITORD AND MANAOKRD.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. DECEMBER 21,1893.
MIL HEWS ITEMIZED
( Local News of O’Neill M Caught
by the "Kids.”
iTHER INTERESTING NOTES
of General Interest Published While
News Is 8tiU Newe.
purlie Hamilton was in the city yes
daV- _ .. ■ \ ■■~ '■
Uonn's is head quarters for Christmas
oils ibis year. __ * 23—S
[ailge Bartow returned to Chadron
usday evening. , i.
lames Skirving, of Dows, Io., is in
,city this week. , :
Hr, McDonald, of Atkinson, was in
[City Wednesday._
County Surveyor Page was in the city
usday on business.
Marshal Ilall captured a man Tuesday
it had broken jail at Yankton.
Sieve McNichols made a business trip
in the road the first of the week. ,
[,P. Man n’s store will be closed on
nistmas. On New Year’s day it will
jge at noon. * • ■ K , ,
Mayor Dickson and G. C. Itazelet re
nted Sunday evening from a business
pto Omaha. ..
Grandma Kearney went down to
nfolk this morning to spend Christ
ii with her daughter.
Appropriate, desirable, useful and
teptable, are the Christmas goods you
■ find at Mann’s. 22—S
Xrs. S. F. McNichols and children left
tColo.Io.,Sunday where they will visit
[stives for a couple of months.
It having been rumored about that
alien would give a bond this week,
iw advanced to a good round price.
We carry the best' class of groceries
d you can rely upon quality when
o buy from us. 23-2 J. P. Mann.
Geo. Bowring, of Stuart, appeared he
re the railroad commission in O’Neill
lesday and testified on behalf of the
riteh.
Atkinson, Stuart and Page were largely
id ably represented in O’Neill Tuesday
the meeting of the railroad commis
nners.
The Sunday dispatches announced
»t John Harmon would most likely
cieve the appointment as register of
• O’Neill land office.
Fine dishes, fine linens, rugs, cloaks,
••es, slippers, lamps, dresses, and
“y other useful and acceptable
tristmas presents at Mann’s. 22—3
J P. Mann has just received the only
wrtment of fine china and cut glass
w brought to O’Neill. Don’t fail to
• them for Christmas presents. 22—3
Try our pail syrup the best m tbe
•diet. Good Japan tea uncolored
w Pounds for $1.00.
82 __J. P. Mann.
*rs' W. j. Bobbs and son Nye re
Saturday evening from Winona,
where they bad attended the
®tral of Mr. Dobbs’ brother,
m died here last week. '
■jolm McHugh, jr., left Monday for
c°. Io,, to spend Christmas with his
l"”'8, Fie will also visit friends in
““Mpolis before he returns, which
“e 'n shout two weeks.
pother long list of names appended
Petition praying that the question
'vision be submitted to the people
*11 was filed in the clerk’s office
8d8F- It came from “Cook.”
^f°re buying your Christmas cups
saucers, mugs, fancy dishes or
t>! ,0°kour *‘ne °re, we assure You
re >t> it’ and have them from 10
UP- 23-2 O’Neili. Grocery Co.
"hats
,&re y°u going to buy your ■wife
.. "8tlna8? If you want to please her
,. Mann’s and
see their beautiful
'' ®ne '>nen. rugs, lamps, and etc.
can find there just what
IHI —juoi wuni yOU
0 ' 33-3
“r 8toe^ of groceries is complete for
^noiidays. CaU on ng fftr cranber.
ind/1?011 pee'’ c'tron> raisons and all
^ot dried fruits.
4. P. Mann.
sap ^Jel11111'l Armstrong came out
0-^ ,ast week And will remain
* ei for several days. Charlie
taesn... “C''CI*U dBYs- -
“n business, while Mr. Arm
,bl.. recreate for the benefit of
health.
Acade
emy Dramatic company is
lied famous Irish drama en
•Jint ShSmr°ck Bnd Ro8«.” which
[q fjllt nn #li a Wnnaiila 1 r*
tout
four
put on the boards in
sen aet weetts' A strong cast has
^ing^ard aDd lh# pIrty 18 8Ure tobe 8
Ab Wilcox wag la from Itay Monday.
Judge Kinkaid held court in Neligh
the first of the week.
Judge Wood, of Rushville, had busi
nee* in O'Neill last Monday.
A. E. Barns, a prominent attorney
of Ponca, was in the city Friday. •
Tailor Bosshardt returned Tuesday
from a business trip to South Dakota.
Thompson & Son have an elegant line
of Christmas candies, nuts and fruits.
Go to Thompson & Son’s for
your Christmas candies, nuts and fruits.
It is now in order for 461 Nebraska
papers to exclaim: "Practice writing
1894.”
mere is an opening for a school
teacher in district No. 16. See ad else
where in tliis issue.
Dennis Trulllnger, of Mineola, called
Monday and took advantage of our
liberal clubbing rates.
Mrs. J. A. Hazelet returned Monday
morning from a few days’ visit with
relatives at Fort Niobrara.
Bill Bethea has moved up fiom Deloit
and is occupying the McNichols property
in the northwest part of the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Mathews went down to
Omaha Monday morning to purchase
furniture to replace their recent loss by
lire.
Ed. Qould. of Fullerton, arrived ip
O’Neill last night over tne Short Line
on his way to Rushville. Mr. Gould is
owner of the famous horse, Shadeland
Onward.
It cost> the county something like
$300 to obtain indictments that were
quashed last week. And they were
quashed because they were improperly
drawn. There is a moral connected
with this.
Marriage licenses were issued this
week by Judge Bowen to L. B. Home
man, of Newman’s Grove, and Mary A.
French, of Ewing; also to Allen Bishop,
of Lake City, Io., and Viola Springer,
of Woodbine, Io.
The World-Herald says Cleveland has
turned the search-light upon Minister
Stevens. That’s no more than fair, as
Stevens manipulated the light first and
made Grover, old boy, squirm like an
eel under its penetrating rays.
We will give away on Febuary 22 a
handsome parlor set of furniture to our
customers. It will not cost you a cent,
so if you are not lucky enough to get it
you cannot lose anything by trying,
Call at our store for particulars.
24-8 J. P. Mann.
The school board of school district
No. 16 of Holt county, Nebraska,
wishes to employ a teacher to teach
said school. One that carries a good
second ■ grade certificate. Apply to T.
B. parris. Blackbird, Neb. 24-tf
The man from this city who gave a
descriptive write-up of O’Neill in Mon
day’s World-Herald probably meant well
enough but he made a burlesque. O’Neill
is too well known in the state to need
any introduction to World-Herald
readers, especially an introduction
written in the style of the one in
question. _
A Mr. Williams is mentioned by
Washington correspondents in connec
tion with the receivership of
the O’Neill land office. If the corres
pondents are correct it will be Harmon
and Williams. No mention is made of
the postofflce, although the Sun’s demo
alliance mouth overflows copiously with
water that could be corraled by storage
and utilized to moisten democratic post
age stamps.
The Jew, and others need lose no
sleep holding their breath for Thb
Frontier'to "change hands.” It has
been published in this city for fourteen
years and stayed through thick and
thin and now simply because Kautzman
has found a "diamond field’’ is no evi
dence that it. cannot subsist on husks
for a year or two. Mr. . Kautzman’s
wish was no doubt father to his thought
that a "change” would take place, but
he should know that neither wishes or
thoughts are to be relied upon in cases
of this kind.
State Journal: O’Neill baa a number
of people who claim to bold communion
with the spirits of the departed. If they
are not deceivers, nor themselves de
ceived, the question of immortality is
settled. I've often thought as down I
sat to think as oft I do, I’d like to hear
the spirits chat, if what they say is true.
I want to hear the dead folks come and
talk and make a stir, with no two-dollar
•‘medium’’ for an interpreter. But if
they cannot make me hear, except
through men like Gray, I'll be content
to wait, my dear, tilt I am dead as they.
And when my bones are in the dust and
I am in the sky. I’ll hold communion
with the just from August till July.
> Dick Clapp succumbed to the grippe
last week and spent several days in close
confinement with the swelled head that
usually goes with that disease.
There is a move on foot to erect a
building to be used as an opera-house
and armory for the O’Neill militia. A
building of that kind is badly needed
and would no doubt prove a paying
investment for those holding stock.
Chambers Bugle: Dr. Norvell and
family have moved from the comfort
ably embowered home at Chambers, to
the county seat, where they will reside
for a time. What is our loss is O'Neill’s
gain. The doctor has been closely
identified with the growth and improve
ment of Chambers, and we presume will
not be backward in standing up for the
interests of his old home. .
The board of supervisors met Tuesday
as per call and adjourned yesterday.
We understand that they transacted no
business of any great importance but
were simply getting ready for the new
year. A number of bonds were ap
proved and an effort made to find
Hayes’ bond but it was a failure. A full
report of the proceedings will be pub
lished in The Frontier next week.
Miss Ona Bkirving, while enjoying a
star-light skate last Thursday evening
with a number of companions had the
misfortune to collide with a barb wire
fence and the congealed surface of the
liver. It was a terrible,fall, but Dr.
Gilligan by his science allayed the pain
somewhat and closed a gaping wound
on the back of the head by taking five
stitches. Miss Skirvlng has more nerve
than lots of people; although the pain
was excruciating she neither fainted,
screamed or shed tears.
The O’Neill militia company that has
been talked of for the past four years,
is at last taking tangible form and the
prospects are that some time next week
the boys will be mustered into the state
service. A. meeting was held last Fri
day night at the council rooms, the
company sworn in by Neil Brennan,
commissioned by the governor for that
purpose, and the following officers
elected: Captain, J. H. Meridth; first
lieutenant, Neil Brennan; second lieu
tenant, Clyde King; first sergeant, D.
H. Cronin; second, JobnLappan; third,
Ed Evans; fourth, Sam Thompson;
fifth, liomaine Sanders; quartermaster
sergeant, Charlie Hall; first corporal,
Elmer Merriman; second Phillip Sulli
van; third, Arthur Coykendall; fourth,
Harvey Bentley.
Peter Greely, one of Holt’s oldest and
most progressive farmers, is taking an
active interest in the matter of irrigation
and has already completed a survey for
an irrigation plant on his farm. He
will build a reservoir that will have the
area of one acre and will be 235 feet in
diameter, 738 feet in circumference, and
will hold a water area of 204 feet and
will contain 733,500 gallons, 8 feet deep.
This reservoir will be supplied by a
hydraulic ram 1,150 feet from the reser
voir; the Tam will elevate the water 22
feet and work under a fall of 14 feet and
will deliver 50 gallons per minute, or
over 4 miners’ inches at reservoir. R.
E. Bowden, the engineer who made the
survey, says that Mr, Greely has, with
proper storage, water under his control
to irrigate 1,000 acres.
How grand and inspiring it is to see
an alleged newspaper that has exhausted
the vocabulary of several continents and
hades in its attempt to strike terror to
the hearts of office holders—republicans
of course—arise andcooly inquire ’’who
of the boodle gang stole it” when it has
been discovered that an important
document has disappeared. The Fron
tier is unable to answer the impertinent
question, but it is safe to suppose that
someone who is interested knows per
fectly well what became of the bond.
But as this great reform nincompoop
treats this matter so lightly it may be
well to remind people that his is the
party that ousted one treasurer because
his bond was said to be insufficient, and
now they allow his successor to hold
the office without any bond. Consist
ency, etc. ■__ ...
Before the smiling features of this
family journal will again appear to its
numberless readers. Christmas will have
been ushered in and ushered out and de
parted to the region of the when, and
young hearts and old hearts that have
been gladdened by some token of re
membrance will be pulsating regularly
and looking forward to the new year.
While it is probable that the hardness of
the times will abbreviate presentations
this season, we should bear in mind the
maxim and give generously, and if per
chance we should awake ou the morning
ot the day and find oilr socks hanging
limp, lonely and foreaken like the Jew,
we should not feel badly, but on the
other hand rejoice that in these stirring
democratic times we have socks to hang
up any way. We wish our readers, our
friends and our enemies, a happy Christ
mas.
. ■■ i •
Banker Cheeney, of Creighton, bad
business In the city Tuesday..
Jim Sullivan was taken seriously 111
last week and was a very sick man for a
few days, but is now recovering slowly.
Back Berry has invited a number of
jiis O'Neill friends out to tbe river to
take part in a grand holiday wildcat
hunt. Barret Scott, Sam Thompson
and Kid King expect to go out to mor
row. __
Butte Gasette: Co. A., No. 1, "Bart
ley Guards,,” Nebraska state militia,
has been organized at O'Neill, and a
right gallant and brave outfit it is, to be
sure. They say they will be ready to
come over into Boyd county to quell
any disturbances that may arise, at a
moment's notice.
Chambers Bugle: Two strangers, one
of whom was a United Brethren min
ister, tarried over Monday night at the
Wintermote hotel. They were in pur
suit of parties who had stolen the min
ister’s buggy which had been detached
from the team at the church at Savage,
where services were being held on Sun
day evening last. The parties are sup
posed to be the ones who broke Jail at
Yankton, Dakota. They were seen by
E. Angel Monday south of Inman. We
hope they may be captured, and the
property restored to the owner. i
——r~
Messrs. Koontz, Diiworth and Beards
ley, of the state railroad commission,
and Messrs. Hughes and Reynolds of
the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri
Valley, with their attorneys; White and
Wright, were at the council rooms in
this city Tuesday taking testimony
in regard to the advisability of compell
ing the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri
Valley railroad to put in a transfer
switch in connection with the Short
Line. A large number of witnesses
from Stuart, Atkinson, Page and O’Neill
were examined and it was the universal
sentiment that the switch should be put
in for the accommodation of shippers
west on the Fremont, Elkhorn and
Missouri Valley and east on' the Short
Line. The railroad is determined to
defeat the project if possible and even
solicted men in O'Neill to appear and
protest against them being forced to
do it. The members of the state board
evinced a determination to get at the
bottom of the matter and to determine
whetheror not the switch would benefit
anyone, and they made ' many friends
in O’Neill by their evident desire to
protect the rights of the people. While
the switch might possibly be of no
benefit to O’Neill, Tiik Fkontier
thinks there is no doubt but the interests
of towns west on the Fremont, Elkhorn
and Missouri Valley and east on the
Short Line demand that a means of con
nection be made. To towns on the
west it would give as good as two lines
and necessarily make a competition that
would eventually reduce freight tariff.
To towns on the Short Line it would
open a western market for their pro
duce and also enable them to get
western coal, which Is often preferred
to that from Iowa. The switch should
be put in. The interests of the people
of Holt and adjoining counties de
mand it.
/; Scott is Oat on Bail,
After many trials, discouraging on ac
count of adverse circumstances, Barrett
Scott is at last free to go and come at
will and otherwise observe only the dic
tates of his own inclinations until dis
trict couat shall convene next year. The
bright rays of the morning sun will peep
in at the east window of the jail and
make fantastic shadows on the bars and
wall of the cell as usual, but they will
miss the character who has greeted
1 them so many times in the last few
months, because be will not be there.
Judge Bartow came down Monday
abatement made by Attorneys Dickson,
Adams and Uttley in answer to informar
tion died against them by Attorney
Murphy to take the place of the quashed
indictments, he announced that the
court wan ready to proceed in the mat
ter of Barrett Scott’s bond. A large
number of men from the city and coun
try were at once recognized and the
work kept up until 2 o’clock Tuesday
when nearly $90,000 had been justified,
besides about twenty-five signers who
did not justify. Murphy thought the
bond was not sufficient but the judge
thought it was. He said the object of
the law was to prosecute and not to
persecute; that Scott had made a faith
ful offortto get a good bond; that the
constitution gave a man the right of a
boud that should not be excessive; that
the present bond was as good as any
ever offered in Holt connty; that, not
being acquainted with the men on the
bond, he had sought the advice of
bankers and business men as to its suf
ficiency, and therefore he would approve
it and discharge the prisoner.
Card of Thanks.
To the kind friends who so ably as
sisted us during the sickness and death
of our brother we desire to express our
thanks and to assure them that their
kindneap will long be remembered.
Mu. and Mbs. W. J. Dobbs.
Obituary.
QOODHEART—At her home in
Honey, Neb., on December 0, 1808,
Rov. John Blnkard and Rev. D. W.
Rosenkrnns conducting eervlcee, Mre.
Wlllomina P. Qoodheart, age 08 year*.
The deceased was born in the state of
Pennsylvania, May 80, 1880. Mr*.
Qoodheart and her husband, James E.
Bader, were the tint settlen in this vi
cinity, coming to this neighborhood
about twenty years ago. Mrs. Good
heart Joined the Obristiah church when
she was eighteen years old, of which she
remained a faithful and devoted mem
ber until her demise. She was a kind,
affectionate wife and mother, and leaves
three sons and three daughters to grieve
over her departure. ,l ,
Dearest mother you have left us;
Here your loss we deoply mourn,
But ‘tls God who has bereft us;
He can all our sorrow heal. «*«
_ Card of Thank*.
We desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the friends and neighbors who
so kindly assisted at the last illness and
after the death of our dear, departed
mother: and also tj our aunt, Mrs.
Anna Bader, who worked so long and
faithfully over our mother in her last
hours and death. Long will kind mem
ories of her dwell in our hearts.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. K. Bader.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Gaddib.
John H Bader.
Mrs. F. L. Jones.
Another Good Horse.
Edgar Thompson last week returned
from Kansas with a fine Hambletonlan
stallion that be traded for at Junction
City. The Western Breeder, published
at St. Joseph, Mo., has the following to
say of the purchase:
S. J. Weeks, of O'Neil], Neb., has
purchased of T. B. Kennedy, Junction
City, Kan,, the bay stallion, Robert
Russell 2:181. Robert Russell is a
promising pacer by Alley Russell, dam
by Netherland. He took his record in
a very exciting heat with Free Coinage
at Holton, but owing to the briefness of
his training, was unable to stay with
Smith, who won the race. He was
bred by O’Reilly & Co., Junction City,
Kan., and the reported price is $8,500.
Robert Russell’s mile in 2:181 is the
fastest race record for a Kansas bred
horse.
There never was a stallion brought to
north Nebraska that in point of breed
ing and speed will compare with Robert
Russell, record 2:181. He is by Alley
Russell 2:221, the sire of Mollie Russell
that made a record in a race the fifth
heat of 2:86 as a 2-year old, and that
year held the record of the state of
Kansas. Alley Russell is also the sire
of Russell B, 8-year old, record 2:18;
also sire of Frank Russell 2:25. The
dam of Robert Russell is the dam of
Mollie Russell, 2-year old, record 2 S6,
Wftltflr WlllfRfl n ILvAnr that mna
officially timed separately this year ip a
mile in 8:21, also the dam of Oapt. Low,
3:40.
This colt was timed separately in a
race this year in 2:12, driven by Bud
Doble. *
' Robert Russell is the property of S. J.
Weekes and Edgar Thompson.
Thb Fhontieb believes tbe people o(
O’Neill are making a serious mistake
that they do not build a race track. It
would be Ua profitable investment be
sides offering encouragement to a home
industry that has in the past, and will
in the future, bring more strangers to
our city and advertise it1 more widely
than any other local enterprise.
To tlu President of Holt Ceuaty Irrigative
•oeiety. •
Irrigation woma one of the noat in
portent queationa of the preaent time,
especially to the people weal of the
Misnourl river. There are many theoratie
modes of Irrigation advocated, but, In
my opinion, there la bnt one which,
under practical teat, will prove of gen
eral utility. Though the well, pump and
reaervolr plan may eventually have an
Important place, under local conditions,
I would caution would-be lrrlgntiouiats
against a too hopeful expectation of de
sired results flowing from a thing devoid
of systematic cohesion and organised
effort. As the God of nature has given
to Nebraska a wealth of teeming streams
of living water whose flow is, In some
localities, seemingly Inexhaustible; I
know the oanal with its lateral ditches
is the system best calculated for our im
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considered, I alio opine It will errata
ally be found the cheapest plan bealdee
the very best and of the gieatest done* : L
bllity. It le strange, but nevertheless
true, that when any innovating subject : '
is agitating the mloda of the people
looking to better results, for the general -'<0
good, we should hare such an army of : W
merciless critics invading our paths end
shouting their old worn out cry of, "you 0
cant,” "it Is immposslble,” and some- ‘
times finishing what, to their satisfaction, ' .‘ v.
Is a well rounded period of squelching • 0%
power, with the unfriendly fling of ‘
"hobby.”
We owe much to this dess of hobby «
riders. Every useful invention or die- > vi
coveiy of a heretofore unknown force of ;TV.M
; nature has been and is the product of ;S®
one of these visionary hobby riders.
This class of citizens have done much * V
for the world and is destined to do '*
much more yet. As one of that un- vif
thanked and unappreciated, but useful, M
class may I ask your pardon for thus '
bowing my presenoe astride of one of .?:f|
my pets? For yoars I have contended
against a scoffing community that this 'M
country needed and would yet have an 0
ample system of irrigation. I now con
tend that nature has been bountiful In
bestowing on us, in a lavish degTee, a'
wealth of water which is now unappre* ’0‘
elated and running to waste through as
productive a soil as was ever tilled with -:'M
plow or produced a vegetable, provided 1
it had the needed moisture at the proper , w*
time. I am an irrigatlonists on general ? :M
principles, but my present article only .]§
deals with the subject as it concerns the
northern counties of Nebraska laying ‘
along the bunks of the Niobrara river. | is
Here we have all the elements of agrt-:' ;lf
cultural wealth and prosporty if we only
intelligently blend them together. : *
Now then, my plan is to tap the Nlo- S
brara river between Valentine and Mo*
Cann and build a canal from there to <
Norfolk and thus irrigate all desired and WI
suitable land in the oounties of Cherry,
Rock, Brown, Holt,Knox, Antelope and
Madison, laying adjacent to this grand - '
canal and its laterals. You may esk« M i 1'
can it oe none? i answer,-. (uctt things
have been done and done bjr people -
with less than our boaated intelligence \ i
and wonderful energle*. What ha> '-•«
been done under like condition* can and
will be done again. Yea, tbi* thing ean :f|
and will be done, and done in the near - §
future. There are tome objection*
against tbi* plan on account of there
not being water sufficient to cover the /if
ground needing it* laving influence.
Now let ua dispoae of the potency ot ’
this fallacy. Here are a few figures 1 :
wish you would study and digest. /'/
There are 167,000 miner*’ Inches of %
water running in the Niobrara under ,|
Whiting’* bridge, and every miners’ inoh
will be sufficient to supply the defloit of ':';M
moisture to seventeen acre* of land in a .
territory like our*, which is only partly -
or seml-arid. Therefore we have in
this one stream alone water enough for
over 800,000,000 acres of land. It is
said by competent authorities that •
forty acres of irrigated land is sufficient
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