VOLUME XIV.
O’NEILL. HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MARCH 15. 1894. ' . NUMBER 36.
JCAL MnS HMZbU
be Local News of O’Neill as Caught
by the "Kids.”
ather INTEEESTINO NOTES
^ of General Inter eat Published While
New* la Still Hews.
John Skirving visited Stuart yester
«J. --
City politics are beginning to sizzle
i the pot. _
Justin McCarthy was up from Deloit
istFriday- _
Homer Garretson’s father visited with
in over Sunday.
The Frontier and New York Trib
oe both for $1.60. .
Barney Mullen returned to Hot
brings Sunday evening.
Mrs. John Hopkins returned. Tuesday
[jgbt from a trip down the road.
D. L. Cramer and George French, of
iwing. were O’Neill visitors Monday
ifht. _
Hood's Fills do not weaken, but aid
igeslion and tone the stomach. Try
lee. _'■
Rev. Bates will hold Episcopal service
l the Presbyterian church Sunday
using. _•' ■ '
9, 0. Ruse, one of ftaififolph's real
Hate agents, was in the city on busi
er Monday.
Peter Bonenberger and Rosa Farner
ere last Thursday married by County
adge McCutcheon.
Judge Kinkaid returned Sunday morn
ig from Cbadron, at which place he
nil been holding court.
Attend the lecture to be given bv
father Harrington, in the opera-house,
d this city, on March 17.
John Berry has recovered from bis
hack of typhoid fever sufficiently to
|tt out into the open air occasionally.
Attorney Dickson left Monday morn
"3 for Sioux City and other Iowa points
•here he will talk irrigation for a week.
Dr. Gilligan has moved his office to
ie rooms in the Holt County bsnk
building formerly occupied by Edgar
Mams
George McHugh, of Sioux City, who
»kes the title role in the play next Sat
uday night, arrived in the city last
evening.
Treasurer Mullen should emulate
Berk Bethea and Are half of his force,
payers are “catching on” at an
forming rate.
G- L. Barney, of Chambers, was in
Jbs city Monday. G. L. says business
“good in the south country notwith
foading the prevailing hard times.
Jolin Plank arrived in O’Neill Mon
“v evening from White Pidgeon, Mich.,
•ill) a fine livery outfit. It is his inten
fcn to open up a barn here in the near
l»tu re.
Get your flour at McManus’. Crown
“D patent, Kitchen Queeu strait grade,
e best grades in the city. Every sack
"'ranted or money refunded. 36-tf
John Flannigan, of Minneapolis, has
so elected captain of the Notre Dame
eball team. John, son of Mike, one
T;1 resident of O’Neill, is well known
"ritoxTiEn readers.
Prevention is better than cure, and
ou nmV prevent that tired feeling by
^ ln? Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which will
"Pyour blood pure and free from acid
■ct and germs of disease.
Glerk Bethea has reduced the force of
ntant8 in his office by letting Mr.
J*wford out. This was done to
i °iner that ominous growling from
i® rural districts. People do read TnE
stieu occasionally; eh, Gutzy, old
s1 'ake *2 00 @ 100.
I St0"* 75 @ 100.
Jk<>P feed 80 @ 100.
°,Kn 05 @ 100.
Pec,al Prices on ton lots.
_ 35-2
O’Neill Grocery Co.
CRse of Confal vs. Tomsick for
too ery’ l)ro,lSht up in the county
her* Mon,lay’ t*le defendant waived
^ Winary examination and was bound
tJ.,0 appear at the next term of
r*tnct court.
^ 0r ^r<-'8P garden seeds are now all
e and open for inspection. We
rantee them to be all strictly new
Ij reslj' and in onion sets we have the
l J 0,1 ever saw. Try us before
IDg- 3o-4 O’Neill Grocery Co.
I^arsale or rent, on easy terms, a good
HI ’1)0 acres, four miles from O’Neill;
'‘able land, 115 acres were under
Her °W !ast year- ^or terms and fur
11^,1 Particulars address, Wilbur Seed
to-. Milwaukee, Wis. 30tf
cal. Moffat has divorced himself from
O Neill and is now sojourning on his
farm in Boyd, near the thriving city of
Spencer. ,
"Who,” says last week’s Sun, "will
be the next mayor?” That’s easy: R.
R. Dickson, of course. He’s made a
first-class mayor and there is no reason
why he should not be elected for another
term.
J. P. Mann returned from Chicago
Friday night. He purchased an ex
ceptionally large and well assorted stock
of [spring goods and is makiug great
preparations for his opening on the
17th inst.
The attention of our readers is called
to the advertisement of P. J. McManus,
on this page, Pat has lately returned
from Chicago with a large spring stock
and is prepared to supply early callers
with choice bargains.
uont fail to attend J. P. Mann’s
spring opening Saturday and see the
new goods and have a pleasant time.
We will show a full stock in all depart
ments and you can depend on seeing the
latest in dress goods trimmings, cloth
ing, etc.
T. V. Golden delivered an address be
fore the irrigation meetings at Bassett,
Long Pine and Ainsworth the latter
part of last week. Tom says a lively
interest is being awakened and the
ditch will receive material aid from
those sections.
Buy corn lands in Charles Mix county,
* Missouri river county in South Dakota {
south of the north line of Iowa. For
particulars and for map address
Charles Mix Co. Land Co.,
34 3 . Kdgerlon, South Dakota.
Hon. J. G. Tate, grand lecturer of
the A. O. U. W., will be in O’Neill on
the evening of the Decree of Honor’s
ball and will give a lecture in the rink
before the ball commences. Mr. Tate
is a good speaker and it will be a rare
treat for those who are able to hear him.
Tickets for the dance and lecture $1.
The Boyd county settlers who settled
on school land have employed Sanford
Parker to fight the recent decision of
the secretary in the supreme court.
Sanford is an excellent land attorney
and if the settlers have anything in their
case, and we think they have—he will
bring it out.
John Trommershausser was up from
Ewing Tuesday. When asked by a
Frontier reporter what he was doing
he said he was getting a divorce. He
did not say whether he was getting it
for himsetf or someone else, but as he i a
an attorney it is but fair ts presume that
it was someone else.
Gutzman says he has used “no pro
fanity nor obsenity.” We have re
marked to the public before that he had
no idea of decency or propriety and now
his own assertion proves that we are
right. The poor decomposed mudsill of
degredation imagines he has been using
respectable language.
Do you notice the teams coming and
going from the O’Neill Grocery Co.,
each having from two to twenty sacks
of flour aboard? Why is it? Because
it is first-class and at the bottom price.
See us before buying. 33-3
O'Nkill Grocery Co.
Sanford Parker returned from Lincoln
Wednesday evening, where he had been
to petition'the board of public lands and
buildings to abandon its suit against the
townsite of Butte, situated on school
land. Mr. Parker takes the position,
backed by the statutes, that the city has j
a prioi right, having been located be
fore the land was surveyed. The
Frontier trusts that Mr. Parker and
his client may come out victorious.
Graphic: Rottenness is one of the
elements of putridity, but the quint
essence of putresence in obscene vul
garism can be found in last week’s In
dependent, where Kautzman airs bis
skill as a duelist. If the Graphic or any
paper in Holt, that observes the ordi
nary rules of propriety, had published
such a vulgar illusion, it, or they,
would have been denied the priveleges
of the mail. ___
The Frontier is in receipt of a com.
munication this week signed *• School
boy,” although the chirograph y would
lead us to infer that the feminine gender
would be found more appropriate upon
a close grammatical examination of the
author. The items referred to are very
good, especially the remarks directed to
Professor Morrow, but we cannot break
our established rule of requiring the
author's name, not for publication, etc.
Judge Kinkaid informs us he will
have arrive the last of this week seven
head of pure bred stallions, three French
coach, three Percherons and one Clyde.
He gets them of one of the leading
breeders of pure bred horses in the
United States. All are young and first
class individuals. Certificates of pedi
grees furnished. These horses are for
sale at reasonable prices for cash or on
time with security.
A small blaee In the kitchen of the
Evans house created a little excitement
Sunday night about 10:30. It was the
making of a big conflagration when the
Are companies arrived, but prompt and
judicious work soon subdued the d«T
structive element. Most of the guests
had retired for the night and when the
alarm was turned in there was an in
teresting panoramic display of slumber
gowns for a few moments. The damage
to the building was not material. The
fire is supposed to have originated from
a defective flue. *
A very Interesting literary and musical
entertainment will be given sometime
during the first week in April, to aid in
procuring funds for the improvement of
the Protestant cemetery. The associa
tion finds that $150 will be needed to
fence the cemetery in a neat and sub
stantial manner. The $35 paid into the
hands of ladies appointed to solicit aid
for this cause last summer, was de
posited in the Holt County bank, at the
time of the failure. The association
now has on hand$30, the sum realized
by the King’s Daughters from the social
given at Hotel Evans. They hope by
giving the entertainment mentioned
above, to realize a goodly sum and thus
be enabled to push forward the work.
The program will be published later.
Times, March 13: Dr. A. U. Morris,
of O'Neill, Neb., representing the Nio
brara Irrigation and Power company, is
in the city today talking with the officers
of the Commercial association in regard
Id the company’s proposed irrigation
scheme. The ditch or canal which it is
proposed to build tups the Niobrara
river in about the center of Sheridan
county and runs east through Cherry,
Brown, Rock and Holt Counties, passing
into the same river again in the north
ern part of the latter county.
It is estimated that it will require
about $1,500,000 to build the canal. Dr.
Morris desires Sioux City business men
to buy stock in the company to the
amount of a few thousand dollars.
About $12,000 is wanted to make the
preliminary surveys, etc., of which $5,
000 has already been raised in Nebiaska.
The company is not asking donations
from anyone, but is simply endeavoring
to dispose of stock.
Dr. Morris believes the scheme is rich
in possibilities to the people of Nebras
ka. The power to be derived from such
a canal, he says, would be a great in
ducement for the establishment of man
ufactories aside from the value of the
water for irrigation purposes. The
people of northern Nebraska are en
thusiastic over the scheme, and'every
encouragement is being offered the
company.
Mr. Morris returned Tuesday night
very well satisfied with the result of
his trip. He succeeded in interesting
some prominent and influential Sioux
City men and seems to thing it will be
no trouble to dispose of some stock
there when the proper time arrives.
The Light Plant.
The city council is figuring on the
advisability of purchasing the electric
light plant, including buildings, fran
chise etc.
The Frontier believes this is a move
in the right direction. At the present
time the city is paying out monthly in
the neighborhood of $100 for street
lights and pumping purposes. The
light company offers to sell its plant on
easy terms for $15,000. It is thought
that at the.expiration of five years the
plant will have paid for itself by the in
comederived from it. If this is a fact the
city should most certainly get control of
it; when an investment of $15,000 will
pay for itself in five years it is poor
policy to be paying out a $100 every
month for the use of the lights.
Boll Hit* Thom Again.
Greg Roll, of Ewing, one the leading
independents of the county, addresses
another open letter to the Ewing Advo
cate and others, which appeared in last
week’s Democrat:
It is a well known fact that you have
no regard for your oath, for if you had
you would not*now be drawing a pen
sion from the United States for"injuries”
received during the late war. But that
does not cut any figure for you have
religion, you know. As to your accus
ing me of being a “Scott republican” I
might as well say that you have only to
change your name to become a full
fledged niggar, as you already
have the principles of One. According
to your idea of not letting the county
printing to papers that have not boodled
the county as the Independent has done
this year, we will have to start a paper
every year to keep the steal running.
Then you can exclaim: “Thy will, oh
Kautzman, be done.” i agree with you
in regard to reform papers. We need
them and must have them, but when we
have old rotten hulks at the helm as
editors we cannot expect anything but a
rotten deal. As to a “rakeoif” you will
understand it when the tax list is pub
lished and you receive your share of the
boodle. Do not try to mislead the
people by saying that letting printing to
the highest bidder is working for the
best interest of the county. When you
say I voted to let the tax list to any
paper you lie and you know it or at least
you should. Now come again and I will
try to show you up in your true light.
Jfotiee
Is hereby given I fcrbid all persons
from driving, herding horses, cattle,
bogs, mules or asses on east half of
section eight (8), town thirty-one (31),
range nine (9) west, under the penalty
of the law. 35-6 , James U. Pink.
The Ikirviag Trial,
Our readers will remember that we
left the Skirving case last Thursday
immediately after the motion to find
him guilty aB charged had been defeated
by a vote of 14 to 15. 'they will also re
member that we said the vote indicated
that be would be found guilty the next
day, if it indicated anything. In this
we were correct. On reconvening Fri
day morning a motion was immediately
made to reconsider the action already
taken in the matter, and that each count
be voted upon separately. This carried.
Then the various counts were taken up
one by one and disposed of. They
acquitted him of every charge but thoso
of misdemeanor in the bond ease and
fraudulently certifying to the official
character of E. H. Benedict, justice, ot
the peace.
In the matter of failing to approve the
bond in attachment the board did not, in
reality find him guilty, although as a
matter of fact we believe they intended
to and really thought they did. When
the motion was made to find him guilty
of this count Phillips moved to lay on
the table, which was lost. Grelg then
moved the previous question, which
under the rules of the board can only be
considered by a majority vote. This
vote was taken and carried, thus placing
the previous question before the house
but in the excitement of the occasion a
vole on the previous question was not
A wiit of ouster was then introJueed
by Eckley and catrled. The writ reads
this way:
Mr. Chairman—I move you that,we
adopt, make and enter the following as
the judgement of the board of super
visors of Holt county, Nebraska, in the
case of John A. Robertson complainant
against John Skirving, defendant, now
pending before us to wit:
It iB therefore considered by us, the
board of supervisors, of Holt county,
Nebraska, that the defendant, John
Skirving be and he hereby is removed,
ousted and excluded from said office of
clerk of the district court of Holt county,
Nebraska, and from nil of its franchises,
privileges and emoluments and that be
deliver over to his successor, in said
office, all the books, papers, moneys,
funds and property belonging to said
office. It is further considered by us
the board of supervisors, of Holt county
Nebraska, that the office of clerk of the
district court of Holt county, Nebraska,
be and it hereby is adjudged, decreed
and declared to he vacant.
The vote on the question stood:
For—Wilson Brodie, 8. L. Conger,
John Crawford, J. B. Donohoe, Geo.
Eckley. James Greig, John Hodge, L.
A. Jillison, H. B. Keeley. Peter Keelev,
George Kennedy. 8. P. Miller, G. H.
Phelps, K. E. Slaymaker, J. E. White,
E. M. Waring.—16
Against—J. U. Alfa, Willie Calkins,
T. E. Doolittle, 8. Gilson,W. B. Haigb,
R. J. Hayes, John, Frank Moore. Frank
Phillips, D. Trullinger, J. H. Wilson.
-11
Not voting—D. G. Roll, T. Schindler
and H. A. Wine.—3
A motion was here made by Crawford
to adjourn until 9 o’clock the next day,
it then being after 4 o’clock p. m.
Friday night the faithful went into
caucus to select a successor for Mr.
Skirving, or to swear new allegiance to
the slate that had previously been fixed.
Saturday morning when the proper
time arrived for making the selection it
came to light that there were two can
didates, John Hopkins and H. R. Henry
being placed in the field by informal
ballot. t Upon the first formal ballot
Henry was chosen by a two-thirds vote,
and a committee appointed to notify
him of his election. Mr. Henry resides
some eighteen or twenty miles in the
country, but was on hand promptly at
high noon, ho doubt having that
morning “felt in his bones" that he
would be needed about that time. He
presented a bond to the board for its
approval, which same it is said was
signed some three days before Skirving
was ousted: We do not vouch for the
correctness of this statement, although
it is street rumor. After his bond had
been approved be made a formal de
mand for the office, but met with prompt
refusal from Clerk Sklrving.
Mr. Henry’s attorneys ’ then gave
notice that a mandamus would be asked
before the district court the following
Monday morning, which was done and
upon request of defendant continued
until Saturday, March 24.
But in the mean time Clerk Sklrving
offered to file with the county clerk a
bond for costs and take an appeal from
the decision of the board, but the clerk
refused to accept the bond, under advice
of the county attorney, who bolds that
there is no appeal from the board. The
county attorney took this bond matter
under advisement for more than a whole
day, although he had just assisted in
impeaching Skirving for considering a
bond twenty minutes.
Judge Jackson, attorney for Skirving,
has applied to the supreme court for
mandamus to compel the county clerk
to approve the bond, and says that in
his opinion there is no question but that
it must issue and an appeal be allowed.
He appears very confident of ultimate
success in the case.
This is the way the matter now stands
and there will probably be no new de
velopments until the mandamus is heard
I on the 24th inst. ,
The Transfer Switch,
The State Journal of the Oth Inat. has
the following to cay in regard to the
transfer switch at this point: "Rail
roads of Nebraska have been worsted in
the first round in their attack on the
transfer switch law. This was made
known yesterday by the completion of
findings and recommendations of the
secretaries of the state board of trans
portation. The railroads filed a petition
some time ago under a section of the
transfer switch law asking to be re
lieved of the duty of complying with
the law, alleging that it was burden
some and unjust as applied to about
seventy points on their lines. The sec
retaries reported yesterday on the two
cases arising at O'Neill and Schuyler,
finding that switches ought to be put in
at those j laces, and recommending that
the prayer of the petitioners be denied
and that they be held to a compliance
with the provisions of the law. The
petitioners in these two cases are the
Union Pacific and the Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy. The report on the
Schuyler case will come up beforo the
uoaru oi transportation ior rejection or
approval March 22, and the other caae
will come up the day following.
“It la understood that the railroads
will appeal should the board approve
the secretaries’ report and test the law
in the supreme court. This being true
the two cases reported upon will be
made test cases. Railroad managers
claim the law is unconstitutional because
it covers two subjects, the putting in of
switches and at the same time In effect
reduces rates because it prohibits the
charging of the sum of two local rates.
The findings of fact prepared by Secre
tary J. W. Johnson, who has made a
study of the transfer switch matter, are
given herewith.
"The findings of fact in the O'Neill
switch case are as follows:
“First—From a personal examination
of the premises in this case we find that
the length of switch required would not
exceed 000 feet and would cost not to
exceed 9700.
“Second—That the location of depots
and switch yards are such that a trans
fer switch connection would not cause
serious inconvenience to either line of
road.
"Third —From the testimony of wit
ness, who appeared before the secre
taries, we find that the necessities of
both long and short haul traffic In this
part of the state are such as require a
transfer switch at this point and that
the putting In of the same would not be
unusually burdensome, unjust or un
reasonable.
* “In each case the secretaries recom
mend that the prayer of the petitioner
be denied and that they be held to s
compliance with the law. The recom
mendations are signed by two secre
taries, J.' W. Johnson and J. N.
Kountz.”
E-A-S-T-E-I^
t _opening of spring and
....summer millinery
... March IT, ISM.
MRS. S. F. NICHOLS.
The Cemetery Fond.
In answer to the question, “What hai
become of the money raised by sub
scription for the benefit of the Protest
ant cemetery?” would say: Rev. Lowric
Is secretary of the cemeterv association
and holds record of money raised by
subscription. The amount collected
was lost in the Holt County bank.
Those who subscribed and have nol
yet been called upon need not feel
slighted as we will call' soon for the
amount subscribed. The ladies are nol
to be discouraged, nor will they allow
the good work to cease, but will work
bard to replace the amount lost, add tc
the fund and the work of improvemenl
already begun (but suspended on ac
count of loss of funds) will be furthered
as soon as weather and means will
permit. We trust all interested may
feel confident that the work is an earn
est one and will lend assistance in rais
ing money to be expended in the im
provement of the Protestant cemetery,
Mrs. Jeanette Taylor.
Mrs. Potter Hazelbt.
Notice,
There will be a meeting of the Holt
County Irrigation Society at the court
house on Friday March 16. at 2 o’clock
p. m. Business .of importance will come
up and a full attendance is requested.
J. P. Mullen, Pres.
T. V. Golden, Sec.
Letter tut. •
Following is the list of letters remaining In
he postoffloe at O’Neill, Neb., unclaimed, for
the week ending March 14,1884:
Alfred Augustus All Bell N B Coonor
Bell F M Dour Thos Dudley
John Glngerich C K Giles Jos lienghy
Jacob Jackson W Kemmer Tom McKenzie
O E Ott W W Van Alstlne
In calling for the above please say “adver
tised." If not called for in two weeks they
will be sent to the dead letter office.
J. II. Bioas 1*. M.
Buoklsn's Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions and pos
itively cures piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satis
faction or money refunded. Price 35c.
per box. For.sale by P. C. Cor
Irigan. 28-28'
1 \
I ...Do
I- ...You
...Know 1
That I have now open tor
inspection a complete stock ot
spring goods? All of the new
and latest things in the market.
I Invite the trade to call
and see my stock of dress goods
and select for themselves. Also
a large stock of capes, just the
latest things designed. A
stock of
Trtmmtnflg
Complete with silks,braids,
ribbons and laoes. Also silk
skirts at prices less than ever
before. This Is the largest
stock I have yet purchased, and
the largest that will come to
the city this season.
Itemember I have a full
line of hats and caps for ladles,
gents and children.
For Shoe?
I am second to none, hav
ing a complete stock, in all
sices, width and styles,at prices
cheaper than the cheapest.
86-3 Respectfully yours,
- P. J. McManus.
HOhtAH'8 OOLVKir. ' W «
We meet in a nation brought to the
▼erge of moral, political and material
ruin.—John Hopkins.
Editor Qutzman waa down in Omaha
last week. The result of the hulk of 2
Importance so suddenly changing hie
location was to almost upset the earth.
A tidal wave rushed up against the .
mountains on the Pacific coast and x
several people in Boston fell off Into the
Atlantic. As a matter of public safety
he should be compelled to announce .
contemplated moves in order to give ‘
people a chance to brace themselves. >
He was a man of perhaps not more 'fi
than fifty summers and very nearly as
many frosty winters. Ms features did
not indicate that the world had been
overly kind to him, neither could one
say, after scanning his lofty; brow
and discerning the “pbine phrenzy”
.rolling in his optics, that his days on
earth were exactly analogous to the bust* •
ness ventures of these good old demo
cratic times, or the reform of the pop
ulist officials, both of which we all '
know to be failures. A reader of human i
nature would at once conclude that be'
bad seen his share of joy and sipped of
the cup of sorrow; that he could be
easy, free and sporty on some occasions'
and on others adjust that mournful,
sorrowful appearance and sigh" with
those who sigh.- Upon this particular
evening be was wearing one of those
free and easy moods; the flush of the ^
wine was upon his cheeks; the spirit of
his youth, now long gone, seemed to re*
generate and course through his veins '
and Are his sluggish blood as it had not
been fired for years. And the more he
looked upon the wine and the ottener
he tickled his palate therewith, the
more be thought that the days of hie
youth had returned and he was young
again. In fact he became so thoroughly
imbued with that idea, that alcoholie
snare and delusion, that be allowed
himself in an* unguarded moment to
drift away into realistio meadows of
eiysian gratification, where he slumber
ed away the effects of bis wine and 7
with it the vigor of his lusty limbs and
* awakening, undone, slunk away like a
geidjng into the dawning.
goods:
GOODS!
. BY THE CAR
LOAD AT
BRENNAN’S
John Deere Plows and
Cultivators—riding and
walking—they are the
best. .• .• .• .•
Also a nice lot of garden
seeds—the very best mon
ey could buy. Millet
on hand. ^ .• .• .*