’ The Frontier.
PUKLISHRn EVERY THURSDAY HY
THE FRONTIER PRINTING COMPANY
Reform tuakca an excellent theory
for campaign purposes, but after
election is usually found impracticable.
Never in the history of our county
have so many men found employment
in the court house as under this present
reform administration.
When the board cut his bond $05,000
Gallagher was paralyzed and hasn't
tully recovered yet. Borne people move
In a mysterious way tbeir wonders to
perform.
WnsN Tns Frontier’s bid on county
supplies was found to be over $70 lower
than any competitor the board decided
‘ to re-advertlse. This is a reform admin
istration. Keep it before the people.
Knox county seems to have had her
fill of the township organization system
and wants to go back to the old stylo.
There’s a whole family of counties in
the same condition in Nebraska.—Dakota
County Democrat. *
Bolt la one of them.
A man’s caso is supposed to be des
perate when he resorts to writing coun
terfeit communications and attempts to
palm them off on his readers as bona
fide. It Is guerrilla Journalism and in
variably seeks to bolster up an unpopu
lar cause. ’
When the force of clerks employed
by the treasurer cannot tell a man the
assessed valuation of his township or
the amount of taxes paid by bis school
district, then we may indeed believe that
reform has struck us. Perhaps if the
learned treasurer had a little “future
.time lor preparation" things would be
different.
Honest John threatens to resign his
position as supervisor unless “things
take a change.” The old hypocrite
finds himself the under dog in every
fig ht this year, and it grinds on his
proud and lofty spirit, it be should
carry his threat into execution it would
prove a two-fold blessing. It would
bless him that reslgneth and those who
would lose no time in accepting the
same.
John Morrow, notoriously incompe
’lent, who was employed by the board
for over a year at $3.50 per day, to pay
an independent debt, is no longer draw
ing his monthly stipend. When the
time came for reviewing his work it was
found that hardly anything had beendone
in a manner that would reflect credit on
a school boy. Even Expert Stitt would
not trust him to do a sum in simple
addition. Be was employed by a reform
board. Keep it before the peoplo.
. When a man is elected to the exalted
position of county supervisor does the
oath that he takes read that be shall
discharge the duties of his office honestly,
faithfully and impartially, or that he
lit; shall resort to under-handed .star
: chamber proceedings to further the in
terests of the independent party and In
dependent papers. We will have an
opportunity to see how the supervisors
look at this question when the county
printing deal comes before them.
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Last week’s Independent contained a
, couple of articles appearing upon their
face as communications, both bearing a
nom de plume. These screeds championed
the cause of the Independent on matters
of county printing, and predicted great
suffering for the independent supervisors
who should remember his oath of office
and dare attempt to do right by all con
cerned. It is not surprising that these
articles were not signed by respectable
citizens, as they were not written by
respectable citizens. Kautzman wrote
them both; he cannot conceal his ear
marks.
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The Mttlement committee has been
laboring the past week in an earnest
endeavor to gain some insight into Ex
Treasurer Hayes’ methods of doing
business as recorded in the books of his
office. It is no more than fair to state
. that Mr. Hayes, being a stranger to the
duties of treasurer, confided the clerical
work to the care of John Morrow, who
bad been taking lessons under Expert
Stitt, at the county’s expense, for some
thing like a year and the result was a
most extraordinary unprofessional state
of affairs. The committee was at sea
with neither chart compass or rudder,
floating helplessly along in a cyclone of
blunders with no one at hand capable of
directing them aright, when at last in
desperation they called on “Robber
Scott” for assistance. It must have
been a pleasing sight to see Scott in the
vault of Mullen’s office assisting to light
the wrongs of the man who even
members of that committee had voted
to take his place as treasurer. It was
surely a case of heaping coals of fire
upon the heads of his oppressors.
Some people may wonder why all-wise
and mightv Mullen did not come to the
relief of the committee, but all that is
' necessary is to turn to the campaign files
of The Fbontieb and read the answer.
We would like for some one to tell us
in plain and comprehensible language,
what justice there is in Mullen’s depos
itory law, or what affinity its provisions
hold with the plank of the independent
platform denouncing two per centum
and favoring a plan looking to the gov
ernment loaning the peoples’ money di
rect to the people? A law more fayor
ablu to tho banks was never enrolled
upon the statute books of any state. The
independent tax payers of Holt county
will feel the truth of this statement if
per chance they are unfortunate enough
to be compelled to borrow from the
banks the very same money they them
selves paid into the county treasury. If
that independent legislature really
wished to aid tho mass of the people,
why did it not authorize the treasurers
to loan tlie money to private individuals?
A mortgage given by an individual is
certainly better security than a bond
given by a bank. It the Jew. can give
us a little information on this subject,
without reference to his dictionary of
the slums, we will he pleased in a de
gree commensurate to the Information
imparted.
Whereas: The compensation for
ranking foreclosure sales is fixed by the
district judge and has been heretofore
fixed at $5.00,
Resolved, That we request the judges
of our district court to fix the sheriff’s
fee for making foreclosure sales at the
sum of 910.00 each.
The above whereas and resolve were
adopted at the last regular session of the
Holt county alliance and published by
the Jew, we suppose as a convincing
evidence of reform. They make the
plea that the foreclosure costs are paid
by non-residents anyway, but that is
neither the case nor the object of the
resolution. Their object is simply this:
To defeat the appointment ot a master
commissioner these "venal vampires’*
have promised that the sheriff shall
turn in an excess, but with the large
force of deputies allowed him they have
discovered that the fees of his office will
scarcely pay running expenses, and they
have now gone into a committee ot the
whole on ways and means to keep out
of the hole. And this is reform. Keep
It before the people.
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Whereas: On the —day of -1898
Holt county brought an action against
Barrett Scott and his bondsmen for $90,
000 stolen from this county and gave a
good and sufficient bond, and,
Wueres: The clerk of the district
court, John Skirving, refused to issue a
writ of attachment for two hours, until
another attachment was issued by him
for $8,000 for the Union National bank
ot Omaha against Barrett Scott, whereby
Holt county was defrauded out of $2,500
therefore be it,
Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed by the chair to investigate
the act's of said clerk, and that said com
mittee bo instructed to take steps * to
have said John Skirving removed from
office it tho law will justify his removal
for thus defrauding the county.
We had supposed that the little ex
perience in the Scott affair had taught
the alliance the fallacy of impeachment
for trivial causes, but it seems that the
independents are constituted something
like the Bomans of old, who ran wild in
the streets of their city shouting for bread
and the circus. The only excuse for the
above resolution lies in the fact that the
clerk tefusea to approve the above
mentioned bond until he had taken time
to investigate its sufficiency. If this
gang of pseudo-refqrmers again attempt
any monkey business they should be
dealt with according to law. Perse
cution and oppression of an officer is a
violation of our statutes.
We are ready to believe the board will
recognize the Independent and Beacon
Light, consolidated, as its official paper.
—Independent.
Ever since this globe rolled away into
infinite space a mass of white heat and
became by the process of evolution and
the laws of progression the habitation
of the descendants of Hffln, Shem and
Japhetb, who scattered to the three
winds to propagate their species and
people the earth, so long has the human
race been afflicted with the care of their
kind who were born idiots or physically
incapable of providing for themselves,
and others who were possessed of an
"inactive lethargy" and constitutionally
opposed to earning their bread by the
sweat of their brows. The latter class
are now commonly known as tramps,
and ply their profession because they
are too lazy to work, too cowardly to
steal or too repulsive to make a success
of begging. While it was once the cus
tom to put those people to death as soon
as the malady became apparent, the ad
vancement ot civilization and society
has given them license to live, and made
it obligatory upon the thrifty folk to
support them, and wise legislators have
provided means therefor. When a per
son strikes a vein of hard luck it is his
privilege to apply to the proper author
ities for aid and it is their duty to see
that he does not suffer, but it is an in
fraction of law for one county to send a
pauper into the domains of another to
receive his rations, and what Holt
should have done when this Wandering
Jew imposed himself upon her was to
ship him brek to Antelope. It is poor
policy to set this class of men up in
business and feed them from the crib of
public patronage, which rightfully be
longs to naturalized citizens. If his is
an eleemosynary institution, let it be
supported by those of his faith and not
by the tax-paying public.
IN THE NECK.
When the various county banks filed
their bonds with the county board for
approval preparatory to becoming
, county depositoiies, Ed Gallagher,
cashier of the First National bank,
\ filed 'a bond justified in the sum of
I $136,000, but the board approved it in
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the sum of only $40,000. In this the
board was certainly Justified: Exper
ience in the state apd county has shown
that it is necessary to everlastingly be
on the right and safe side of the deposi
tory business, and the only way to pro
tect the county is to approve these
bonds in a sum that is almost certain
could be collected. Banks arc under
the law allowed to have on deposit
amounts not to exceed half the face of
the bond, so it will be seen that Gal
lagher's campaign influence will not
prove as rchumerative to the bank and
its officers as their untiring efforts de
serve. We once read a rhyme that
spoke of tho “well'laid plans of mice
and men," or something of that kind. 1
Hon. Wm. S. Warner
Cordially Endorses Hood*s:
The Beet Blood Purifier*
Hon. William & Warner
Fond du Lao, Wls.
The following Is from ex-Congressman
Warner, a gentleman highly esteemed by
all who know him:
“ I can truly say that I consider Hood’s Sarsa
parilla the best medicine for purifying the blood.
It did me good when physicians and other medl*
cines tailed. It has Increased my appetite and
HOOD’S
Sarsaparilla
CURES
seemed to renew my youth. This is absolutely
true.” W. 8. Warner, Fond Du Lao, Wl3.
Hood’s Pills cure Constipation by roster
ing the peristaltic action of the alimentary canal,
Bound Trip Tickets to Faciflc Coast.
The Sioux City and Northern railroad
have on sale round trip tickets to all
Pacific coast points via. the Great
Northern railway line, good returning
variable routes at lowest prices. For
full information address,
W. B. McNider,
29-6 General Passenger Agent,
Sioux Citr. Io.
TM Hnpu •ppMMion <
taWAYME’S
f OliTMENTi
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f Without inj internal»
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WV> 'KSy h»ndi, noae. Ac., living * ,
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DR.
McCREW
is tjio only
SPECIALIST
WHO TBEATS ALI»
PRIVATE DISEASES
and DEBILITIES of
MEN ONLY.
Women Excluded.
18 years experience
(iieot. stricture, syph
ilis, varicocele, si>©r
nmiorruopa. tost man*
— - hood, night losses.
nervous, veak, .forgetful, low spirits, all evil
effects of early vice and all diseases of the blood,
skin, liver, kidneys and bladder. Instant relief,
porumnont euro. Circulars free.
14th and Farnam Sts.. Omaha, Nkb.
DeYarman Bros
a
CHECKER
ffJWffT9HW
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable.
Finest tnrnonts in the city.
Good, careful drivers when
wanted. Also run the O’Neill
Omnibus line. Commercial
trade a specialty. Have charge
of McCaffert’s hearse.
A SALOON
Where the beet
WINES,
LIQUORS
AND CIGARS
Can Always be Had ‘
JU5L.GLOBE,
PAT GIBBONS, Prop.
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O’NEi LLBUSINESS DIRECTORY
R. DICKSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Reference first National Bank
O'NEILL, NEB.
J C. SMOOT,
FASHIONABLE BARBER.
DEALER IN OIQAR8, ETO.
JQU. J. P. GILL1GAN,
PHYSIOAN AND SURGEON.
Day and night calls promptly attended to.
Office over Blglln's furniture store.
O'NEILL, NEB.
f^H. BENEDICT.
LAWYER,
Office In the Judge Roberts building, north
• of O. O. Snyder’s lumber yard,
O NEILL, NEB.
£ W. ADAMS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice In all the courts. Special at
tentlon given to foreclosures and oolleotions
J)R B. T. TRUEBLOOD
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Diseases of‘the Eye and Ear and fitting
glasses a specialty. Office hours 0 to 12 a. m.
and 2 to 6 p. m,
Office first door west of Helnerlkson's
T^JUI.LKN BROS.,
CARPENTERS A BUILDERS.
Estimates taken and material! furnished.
Jobbing promptly attended to.
^ BOYD,
* BUILDERS.
E8TIMATE8 FURNISHED.
GEORGE A. McCUTCHEON,
PROPRIETOR OP
| - CENTRAL-|
Livery Barn
O'NEILL, NEB.
NEW BUGGIES
tyoNEW TEAMS.
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Everything Firpt-Clagp.
Barn Opposite Campbell’s Implement House
Successors to
R. R. DICKSON & CO.
Abstracters of Titles,
Complete set of Abstrect 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.
HOTEL
-—-Javans
Enlarged
Refurnished
Refitted
Only First-class Hotel
In the City!
W. T. EVANS, Prop.
for sale by the Illinois Central R. R
Co., at low prices and on easy terras,
in southeastern Illinois, the best farm
country in the world for either large
or small fruits, orchards, dairying,
raising stock or sheep. A greater va
riety of crops with a greater prottt can
be grown on a less amount of land in
this country thuu can be raised In any
other portion of this state. Don’t go
elsewhere to buy lands for farms un
til you see southeastern Illinois. All
sales made exclusively by the land
commissioner T. O. K. K. Co.
Special Inducements and facilities
offered by the I. C. 11. It. Co, to go and
see these lands. For l ull description,
map and any information, adrecs or
call on e. p SKCNE,
Land Commissioner I. C. R. R. Co
78 Michigan Ave„ Chicago.
THE COLUMBIAN
HOTEL *
Has recently been remodeled and everv ..
every room
furnished with a new suit of furniture, making it
one of the most complete and canahL i„tr1|
in the northwest. A good sample room
nection. First door west of Neil Brennan’s
hardware store.
G. W. WATTLES, President. ANDREW RUSSELL V
JOHN McHUGH, Cashier.
THE - STATE - BAN
OP O'NEILL.
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CAPITAL $30,000,
Prompt Attention Given to Collectio
DO A GENERAL BANKING BUSINES
GARLAND STOVES
AND RANGES
I carry the 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 rTHTp
Famous John Deere Plows, lS)l^ 1 lid 1C
Cultivators, Flying-Dutchman AND
bulky Plows, . y—v y y y r
Peru City Cultivators. T ) J[^ J[ 16) I Qt
Call and see me. I can save you money.
NEIL BRENNAN, O’Ne
EMIL SNIGGS,
PRACTICAL
-HORSESHOE
And general blacksmithing carried on in connection. (
riage work in either iron or wood executed in the most still
style possible. First-class plow and machine work that
be relied upon. No new experience used in any brand]
work. All my men are skilled workmen.
ALbO DEALER IN FARM INPLEMENTS——*
Plano binders, mowers, rakes, Skandi plows, harrows j
cultivators of. all descriptions. Everything guaranteed
beat the best. o’neild, neb.
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