SUBSCRIPTION, SI.BO PER ANNUM.
CLYDE KINO AND D. N. CRONIN. EDM
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MARCH 22, 1894.
NUMBER 37.
VOLUME XIV.
IGCAL news itemized
Pie Local News of O’Neill as Caught
by the "Kids.”
jATHER INTERESTING NOTES
Items of General Interest Published While
Newt Is Still News.
0. 0. Snyder was in Sioux City last
Friday. __
St. tPatrick’s day was observed in
O'Neill as usual.
John Duncan was up from Chambers
Tuesday and called.
The Frontier and New York Trib
une both for $1.60.
John Golden has moved into the Bultl
ran brick on Kid Hill.
Judge Kinkaid had business before the
tupreme court Tuesday.
Frank Welton took the train for
Chatlron Sunday evening.
Mr. Bazzleman has pnrchaaed machin
ery for a fifty barrel mill.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hemstreet are
the happy parents of a baby boy.
Hood’s Pills do not weaken, but aid
digestion and tone the stomach. Try
them. _
Barrett Scott and H. M. Uttley re
turned Sundry night from a business
trip to Lincoln.
Paul Barshaw has returned from Butte
mil is again a resident of this city. He
know in the employ of Az Perry.
F. A. Reed, Inman’s rustling sewing
machine agent, has removed to O’Neill
mil is now living in the Second ward.
T. V. Golden, H. M. Uttley and H.
E. Murphy went down to Linoln Mon
day morning on business before the
supreme court.
Mrs. Jane Hubbard, . mother of the
Hubbard hoys, died at her residence
near Chambers last Monday evening at
the age of 76 years. •
Fred Gatz's slaughter house, pens and
hay were destroyed by fire last Friday
night. It is thought to have been the
work of an incendiary.
J. L. McFarland, of Boone, Io., ar
rived in the city Monday evening for a
few days’ visit. Mr. McFarland is an
<>hl acquaintance of Wes Evans.
Get your flour at McManus’. Crown
full patent, Kitchen Queen strait grade,
He best grades in the city. Every sack
warranted or money refunded. 36-tf
Dr. Gilligan is in Geneva, Nebraska,
to which place he was called by a tele
jraui last Saturday morning, announc
ing the serious illness of his uncle, who
in a resident of that city.
Prevention is better than cure, and
fou may prevent that tired feeling by
faking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which will
keep your blood pure and free from acid
hint and germs of disease.
Mr. Sampla and daughter Alice, of
™He, came over last Friday. Sam
tlme 10 take a heavy part in the Robert
Emmet play Saturday night, while Alice
lisited with old schoolmates.
Tlie pops have been investigating
«°ily Uayes’ books. While they found
our or five hundred that Rody owes the
tounty, they also found about a thous
•ml that the county owes Rody.
G. 0. Hazelet went down the road last
'Way on business connected with the
'"•ration company. He will visit Nor
“Ik antl Fremont and attend the irri
Wi°n meeting in Omaha, returning
Wll|i the delegates tomorrow evening.
Our fresh garden seeds are now all
! ere an(l open for inspection. We
grantee them to be all strictly new
I fresh, and in onion sets we have the
you ever saw. Try us before
“Jing. 35.4 O’Neill Grocery Co.
Having disposed of our farm land in
01 county, we offer for sale one of the
081 Pleasant homes in O’Neill, at price
terms to suit purchaser. We must
°r give away soon.
Wm. Bowen.
^or sale or rent, on easy terms, a good
rn>, 160 acres, four miles from O’Neill;
tillable land, 115 acres were under
e Plow last year. For terms and fur
er Particulars address, Wilbur Seed
Milwaukee, Wis. 80tf
Judge Kinkaid informs us that his
l°r8es arrived last week. He has seven
°f pure bred stallions, three French
g4cli' three Percherons and one Clyde.
J got them of one of the leading
Seders of pure bred’ horses in the
eli'le^ ^t8te8, All are young and first
88 individuals. Certificates of pedi
^ees furnished. These horses are for
8 at reasonable prices for cash or on
®e with security.
Farmers contemplating purchasing
machinery will do well to peruse Neil
Brennan’s new ad., published this week
on our editorial page.
J. W. I.eeper, ot Paddock township,
was in the city last Saturday and made
this office a pleasant call. Mr. Leeper is
a new settler, having arrived here from
from ' southern Iowa about two weeks
ago. He is well satlsded with Holt.
What is the use of planting those
mixed beans one yenr after another
when you can get pure Navy beans
from us, that will be in demand when
raised? Try a few! ,
37-2 O’Neill Grocery Co.
The Fremont Tribune says that “Park
Noble, the genial conductor on the main
line of the Elkhorn, running from
Missouri Valley to Long Pine, was
married last Wednesday, the bride being
Miss Clara Engle, the ceremony taking
place at the home of the latter in
Chicago.”
The eighth annual meeting of the
North Nebraska Teachers’ association
will be held at ColumbuB on March 28,
29, 80. The county which has present
and enrolls the largest per centage of
its active teachers, teachers engaged in
teaching this year, will be awarded a
handsome flag, to remain in the custody
of the teachers’ association of the county
winning, until March 1895.
Schuyler Quill: H. A. Eckart left on
Tuesday morning for his home near
O’Neill, in Holt county, where he will
settle. Holt county gains a number one
citizen bv this change. The Quill will
keep him posted on Colfax affairs.
Mr. Eckart made this office a short
call Tuesday morning. He is an en
thusiastic irrigationiBt and believes that
when the irrigation ditch is completed
Holt county will be a paradise.
Last Monday Judge Bowen traded his
farms in this county to YYm. Risinger
for Lincoln property. Mr. Bowen and
family will move to Lincoln in about
three Weeks. Mr. - Risinger will move
his family to this county this fall and
will live on his farm. The Frontier
regrets to see Mr. Bowen and family
leave O’Neill but wishes them success
and happiness in their new home.
Amateur authors will be interested to
know that the new illustrated $1.50
Midland Monthly, published at Des
Moines, announces a series of quarterly
amateur contests in literature, the first
to close April 1. The Midland will pay
$20 cash for the best original, unpub
lished story, and $10 cash for the best
original unpublished poem entered. All
actual subscribers are eligible to these
contests. __
Stuart Ledger: The county board,
contrary to expectations,did not appoint
the hoary old steed groomer, of the
Eagle, (Hopkins) to be John Skirving's
successor, as an unfortunate combi
nation of circumstances made him an
unayailable candidate. In the very
climax of the last act of the great (?)
drama his aspirations were shattered.
The consuming desire of the aforesaid
candidate goes unsatiated. He could
not make connection.
Mrs. Margaret Howard, mother of the
Howard boys of Page, died at her home
in Cathron, Neb., on March 19, and the
remains were brought to Page and
buried there yesterday. The deceased
was horn in Pennsylvania January 4,
1806. She lived in Wisconsin for about
20 years and in Nebraska 23 years. The
funeral services will be held in Page by
Rev. Blain two weeks from next Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Wagers, of
this city, attended thetuneral yesterday.
A brother pusher of the quill has
thought a very trite thunk and reduced
it to print in this language: “A good
many people seem to think if they have
a news item they should take particular
pains to hide it. and then if the editor
does not happen to stumble into it, kick
him for not getting a rustle on him.
This msy be more agreeable to some
people but does not greatly aid in
making the home paper more interesting
and in advertising the town and county
as wide awake and enterprising. Bring
iu your little news items and talk them
over with the editor of your local paper,
the latch siring always hangs out.”
The following delegates went down
from O'Neill Monday to attend the Inter
State Irrigation meeting at Omaha this
week: John Testman, John McBride.
John McCafferty, Neil Brennan, A. U.
Morris, O. O. Snyder, JohnWeekes, Jno.
McHugh, and John Mann. These dele
gates were appointed by the Holt County
Irrigation Society, the O’Neill Board of
Trade, the county clerk and Mayor
Dickson. Mr. Dickson while in Omaha
Sunday reserved parlors at the Millard
for the delegation and made arrange
ments for having their headquarters
properly decorated and advertised.
There is no doubt but that this meeting
will result in good for Northern Ne
braska irrigation. Our representatives
' will return Friday.
It is said that foreign populists will
purchase the Tribune. Sugar will draw
flies and Outzman’s diamond field is a
great bait for adventurers.
Assessors met in annual session lost
Tuesday and prepared their schedules
for this year’s work. They made a great
cut in valuations, ranging from twenty
five to fifty per cent, on both personalty
and realty. We will give the list in full
next week.
But very little Interest is being man
ifested in the coming city election. Mr.
Dickson is a candidate for re-election
and is opposed by Clarence Selah. First
ward has developed no candidate for
councilman to succeed Dave Stannard,
whose term expires. Elmer Merriman
is a candidate for Councilman Smoot’s
shoes in the Third and it looks as though
he will have opposition. Wm, Fallon
is the only candidate at present in the
Second.
At tbo Robert Emmet play Saturday
nigbt Sam Sample and Miles Gibbons,
members of the company, were the
victims of quite a serious accident. In
one of the exciting parts of the play,
where blood and thunder and high
tragely were in the majority, a gun
loaded with blank cartridge exploded,
the powder finding a resting place in
Sam's neck and Miles’ hand. Miles had
his hand on Sample's neck at the time,
thus saving the neck much to the dis*
comfort of the hand. The boys had
their nerve with them, however, went
on with their parts and the audience
did not know that an accident had oc
curred. _
John Smoot blew in at the tront door
of our office Monday morning short on
breath and long on cigars, the latter of
which he divided with the man who was
holding down the tripod. Knowing
that this was no idle fancy or philan
thropic move upon John’s part, and
being strongly suspicious that he was
guilty of attempting to cause an over
production of the human race, we pro
pounded questions as to sex, etc. The
features of the classic gentleman from
Missouri opened up like the mouth of a.
coon ready to fasten bis fangs into the
first water melon of summer as he
said: “It’s a boy and he came into the
world singing three cheers for the red
white and blue and the republican party/’
Advocate: G. W. French went to
O’Neill Monday in the interests of the
Howard & Wilson Colony Company.
We understand that a colony of thirty
five from O’Neill and surrounding
country will leave the latter place for
California about the 23d of this month.
Mr. French is a rustler and Messrs.
Howard and Wilson have certainly not
missed it when they secured the services
of a man who is so well adapted for the
duties devolving upon a soliciting agent.
The Frontier doubts the correctness
of the statement that a colony will leave
O’Neill for California. Our advice to
those entertaining any such idea, how
ever, would be to go out and see the
country before removing. Last week
we saw a letter from one of the Ewing
colony at Madera, who said it was be
ginning to look as though he would be
compelled to return to Holt county to
find work, _
The Russian thistle, a few of which
are said to be found in Holt countv, are
described as follows by the Nebraska
Experiment Bureau. There is only one
way to get rid of them and that is to
annihilate them on sight: “More or
less sperical in shape, and consisting of
many elongated twigs which grow out
ward and upward from the root. When
not quite mature the whole plant has a
reddish color, but as its seeds ripen it
bleaches out and is eventually almost
white. Each twig or branch is covered
on all sides .by hard stout prickles, which
are very sharp and very irritating to the
touch. The young plant appears in
May and June, and is a soft, smoot, in
nocent-looking plant, with narrow,
fleshy leaves an inch long. It blossoms
in July or August and its seeds mature
in September or October. In the fail
the root breaks off and the plant is free
to roll away with its freight of seed.”
Sioux City Journal, March 15: Mayor
U. R. Dickson, of O’Neill Neb., was in
the city yesterday, enroute to his home
from Emmetesburg, where he had been
in the interests of the irrigation com
pany spoken of in the Journal yesterday.
“I called on the officers of the American
Investment company," said he, “and
found them enthusiastic over the pro
posed scheme. This company has
large holdings of land in Nebraska that
would be benefitted by such a plan of
irrigation. They will have a meeting
of directors early in April to decide
upon what measures shall be taken to
assist in the work.” Mayor Dickson
called on the officers of the Sioux City
Commercial association relative to the
matter. ’ Dr. Morris was here for the
same purpose yesterday, aud left the
matter of stock subscriptions with Presi
dent Erwin, who will bring it before the
executive committee at its next meeting
for action.
Mayor Diokson’s Trip.
Mayor Dickson and wife returned
Sunday evening from Iowa. Mrs. Diok
I son bad been visiting relatives in that
state for several weeks, but Dick was
there for the purpose* of creating a little
interest for the welfare of the Niobrara
Ulver Irrigation and Power Company.
A Frontier reporter culled upon him
Tuesday to ascertain whether or not his
mission had been attended with success,
and will give his statements and let the
reader be the judge:
“Well," said Dick, "I went first to
Sioux City and called upon the Fidelity
Loan and Trust Company, Reliance
Trust Company, Sioux City Business
Men’s association and wholesale bouses
generally. They all looked with favor
upon the project and promise to aid it
financially and otherwise after the pre
liminary survey has been completed and
the feasibility of the move established
beyond a doubt. I bad a long talk
with Mr. Brwin, president of the Busi
ness Men’s association and credit man
for H. A. Jandt, who manifested a great
deal of interest in the plan and thought
it feasible. He said the Sioux City
jobbers must certainly assist the com
pany as the consummation of the ditch
would increase their business in this
territory.
"At Emmetsburg I talked with A. L.
Ormsby, president American Investment
Company, which company has many
acres of land in Holt, ltock, Brown and
Cherry counties, along the proposed
line of irrigation. Mr. Ormsby says that
after the preliminary survey shall have
been completed and it is fully established
that the enterprise is feasible his com
pany will lend us all of the assistance
in their power, as he is convinced it
would be a paying investment and of
great value to our part of the state.
"While in Omaha I called upon the
Union Trust Company, Mutual Loan
and Trust Company, Home Investment
Company, American Loan and Trust
Company, Commercial National bank,
Commercial Club and numerous whole
sale houses. Those parties all had
words of encouragement for our under
taking, especially Dave Landers, of the
Union Trust Company, who said that in
event that the survey demon
strates that the proposed canal will be a
practical undertaking, that his company
will take hold of the matter, and that in
his opinion enough funds can be raised
in Omaha alone to complete the entire
ditch.
"W. N. Nason, chairman of the Inter
State Irrigation association, seemed
very much interested in the matter.
After looking over the proposed route
he said that he was familar with a part
of the line and it was his opinion that it
would be no difficult matter to construct
the ditch and that the necessary funds
could be bad without serious difficulty;
that the people of Omaha were greatly
interested in Nebraska irrigation and
would always be found lending a help
ing hand to canals in her territory.”
The reporter here asked Mr. Dickson
what conclusion he had arrived at in re
gard to the matter after his trip and in
the light of the above stated facts, -to
which he replied:
“After a week’s travel and talk with
various people interested in this county,
it is very apparent to me that they are
all lias much interested as we are and
that we may rely upon them rendering
us all the assistance in their power.
Every person I talked with was eager
to learn all about the proposed canal
and promised to talk the matter up with
their various companies and people
whom they represent. It is my opinion
that we are now on the road to success,
but of course everything depends upon
the report of the engineer, who will
so on go over the route and relieve us of
all doubt and uncertainty as to its
feasibility.”
“In 1801 only 84 acres to every 1,000
acres of land surface in Nebraska were
sown with corn,” says the Nebraska
Weather Record. “The small percent
age of corn acreage in this state is due
to the fact that a large portion of the
state is yet unoccupied. The average
yield in all the states and territories of
the United States is 24 bushels per acre.
The states of Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont rank first with an average
of 33 bushels per acre, while in South
Carolina and and Florida the average
is but 9 bushels per acre, which is three
bushels per acre less than the average in
Nebraska. From the above official
statistics, which have been compiled
by the National Department of Agri
culture, it is found that the soil and
climate of Nebraska are peculiarly fitted
for corn culture, and that corn will not
flourish in countries where there is an
abundant rain fall, but that it requires a
light soil, a dry atmosphere, rapid
evaporation and plenty of sunshine.
The greater the evaporation the more
rapidlv the stalk will grow if there is
enough moisture in the soil to replace
that evaporated. Evaporation causes
the water to circulate through the plant,
and no matter how hot the winds, it
there is sufficient moisture the plant will
not burn before it is matured.”
T» Called Him Oreat, Eto,
Ouster Is the banner populist county
In Nebraska. In the state elections of
1893 and 1898 that county gave the
people’s ticket a larger proportinate
plurality than any other county gave.
Every important county office la held by
a populist. The chances are, however,
that the populists will lose their grip
there as a consequence of the recent
disclosures attending the peculations of
the county treasurer, to whloh reference
has been made In the news columns of
the Bee and newspapers of the big Sixth
district. Evidence is also forthcoming
of the participation of Hon. Omer
Madison Kem In the soft snap of the
treasurer. A letter was recently re
ceived from him in which he admitted
having used 81,500 of the county funds,
which he subsequently returned. He
has again been reminded ot an additional
sum of 88,000 secured by him from the
same source, but he has not yet stated
whether he turned that amount back
into the public treasury of Custer
county. Meantime the county treasurer
has hypothecated all his goods, chattels
and lealty in a vain effort to make tile
county wholo, but report has It that be
Is still 85,000 short. We suggest that if
Congressman Kem still holds any of
this money he ought to return It at
once, lest there may come a slump in
the populist vote of Custer county in
particular and the big Sixth in general.
—Bee.
It will soon bo time to set out that
gasoline stove. We have now on hand
a quantity of the purest deodorized
gasoline and will keep it in stock this
coming season. Avoid danger by using
the best. Cans called for and delivered.
87-3 O’Neill Grocery Co.
City Beales.
To the City Council of O’Neill, Holt
county, Nebraska: Gentlemen—As re
port has it the city scales are apt to be
dispensed with, and as it is a matter that
directly interests all people who patron
ize the O'Neill market, it might be well
to request the honorable board to con
sider the danger such dispensation will
be to the people in general. At differ
ent times there has existed so much dis
satisfaction regarding tho scales that
many people with hogs have taken their
loads to Atkinson and other places in
stead of taking them to O’Neill. We
only say the dissatisfaction—we do not
say or know who was the cause, whether
it was the buyers or weighers—but we
do say that since Joe Miller has bad con
trol of the scales there is more confi
dence among the farmers and sellers in
general than there has been for a long
time. Remove the scales and you re
move your trade. Your merchants will
lose the handling of the proceeds of
such scales and other merchants of
other towns will be the gainers.
The fact of so many feeling satisfied
with the manner in which they are
treated in O’Neill at present shows
plainly the proper wav for a town to
draw the patronage of the people, that
is, treat them so that they may feel they
are doing just as well there as anywhere
and, if anything, that the weighmaster
will not defraud them and that they are
sure of correct weights, and instead of
driving trade away to other towns you
will hold your own and it may be draw
some more.
As long as Joe Miller continues to act
as impartially as be has in the past we,
the undersigned, would suggest that it
would be wise discretion to continue
him and the scales in the service of the
city and you gentlemen of the council
have it in your own bands whether you
sustain the unbiased condition of affairs
or not.
Joachim Stein.
M. D. Myers,
Q bo. Bay,
Henry Bay,
It. J. McGinnis,
Peter Donohoe,
John Robertson,
August Oberle,
L. Flannigan,
Jeremiah Kelly,
Tyler Scriyen,
Arthur Barrett,
Stephen Mcoinnis,
J. Dickinson,
Andrew Johnson, Michael Costello,
B. Barnica, Mike Pickering,
Justus Spindler.
And a thousand others who are inter
ested in the prosperity of O'Neill, our
county seat.
You know that cup of coffee you got
on the dinning-car and smacked your
lips over? Well, we have the agency
for the coffee from which it was made.
It is put up in Ulb cloth sacks at 60c.
per sack. Try onel
37-2 O’Neill Grocery Co.
Hood’s Pills do not purge, pain or
gripe, but act promptly, easily and ef
ficiently. 26c.
Notice
Is hereby given I forbid all persons
from driving, herding horses, cattle,
bogs, mules or asses on east half of
section eight (8), town thirty-one (81),
range nine (9) west, under the penalty
of the law. 85-6 James H. Pine.
The best mutual insurance policy
against attacks of sickness is to be found
in taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. If you
are weak it will make you strong.
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...Know ■
That I have now open for
inspection a complete (took 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 seleot for themselves. Also
a large (took of capes, just the
latest things designed. A
stook of
Trimmings
Complete with silks,braids,
ribbons and laces. 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.
Remember I have a full
line of hats and caps for ladies,
gents and children.
For Shoes
I am second to uone, hav
ing a complete stock, in all
sises, width and styles,at prices
cheaper than the cheapest.
80-9 Respectfully yours,
P. J. McManus.
JfotM From the Temple of learning.
Since the adoption of clvice into the
sophomore claee, many of the freahmen
have taken up the study, and many more
express a desire to follow their example. ' ‘
Mrs. Taylor is mourning the loss of f;
several of the most interesting of her
ncholars.
Mrs. Potter-Hazelet deserves commen
dation for her brilliant career as a pri
mary teacher.
Frequent visits of the school board to
the high school would show that august
body their mistakes ae others see them.
Student says there will be a revolution
in school in the near future; wonder if
she means a reformation? We have
heard the omission of the daily reci
tation of prize fighters’ lives in the high
school referred to in that manner.
And so it appears that “flist unknown
quantity” is red headed.
We see by the Alliance Tribune that
Prof. Morrow in a lecture before the K.
P.’s held the audience spell-bound by '
bis eloquence. Well, we don’t know
much about the Prof.’s eloquence, as we
partake of it mostly during the pauses
of bis melodious voice, but we do know
something of Tom’s elegance (in fig
leaves) especially after a ball.
Some of the scholars, moulded after
the fashion of Adam, are accused of
carrying empty flasks where Bacchus
once dwelt in the form of "old rye."
If Fabian were living he would
eulogize the Latin class for following
bis much pursued example. Who’s to
blame? School Bot. *
Stock Cattle!
I am prepared to furnish stock cattle
of all ages, or will buy on contract or
commission. Fbahk Andkbsox,
82tf U. 8. Yds., Sioux City, Iowa.
Boeklen’s Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for outs,
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 860.
per box. For sale by P. C. Cor V
rigan. 88-88
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. ^ .• ? .•