PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO.
VOLUME XIV.
•UBCONIPTIOR. •1.80 PER ANNUM.
OLYDE RING AND D. H. CRONIN, EDITORS A*D MANAGERS
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA, MAY 17,1894.
NUMBER 45.
LOCALIWSJTEIIZED
The Local News of O’Neill u Caught
by the “Kids.0
RATHER INTERESTING NOTES
Items of General Interest Published While
levs Is Still Hews.
Jim Perry was in the city Monday.
John Menzie and wife were in the eity
Monday. _
Charlie Odell, of Peoria, 111., is in the
city this week.
W. V. McElhany is reported very ill
at his home near Star.
Hood's Pills do not weaken, but aid
digestion and tone the stomach. Try
them. _
Elsworth Mack and Jesse Mellor
visited Niobrara and Boyd county last
week. _
It is now Register Harmon. John
took his position behind the railing last
Tuesday. _
H. H. Ragen, of Lowell. Ind., is in
the city visiting his daughter. Mrs. O.
M. Collins.
Hood's Pills do not purge, pain or
gripe, hut act promptly, easily and ef
ficiently. 35c.
Dell Akin, Lew Chapman and Hez
Chambers represented Atkinson at
O'Neill Monday.
For flourf corn, bran and all kinds of
teed go to the O'Neill Flour & Feed Co.,
J.L.- Mack Manager. 3S-tf
When you buy a refrigerator, buy one
for all time. The Gromey fills the bill.
O’Neill Furniture Co.’s store. 44-2
Rhody Hayes and John Horrisky
went down to Harold Monday to insure
the new Baptist church at that place.
Gladys Warner, of Butte, daughter of
of Dr. Warner, is in the city this week
visiting her little friend, Bessie Perry.
The fire company held a meeting
Friday evening and elected John
Murphy chief and Jim Trigg assistant.
Mrs. Lou Schellenger returned Tues
day morning from Hot Springs, at which
place she had been visiting for several
weeks. _
Fritz Wall, of Newport, and Anna
Rramer, of Stuart, purchased of Judge
McCutcheon permission to wed, last
Tuesday. _
Ted Bultner. of Spencer, and Bell
Crause, of Ponca, secured a marriage
license from County Judge McCutcheon
last Monday..
The Gromey refrigerator is the only
one on the market that can be kept
elean. Seem them at the O'Neill Furni
ture Co.’s store.. 44-3
The Chambers mail team broke loose
from its moorings Monday and gave our
citizens an exhibition of high speed.
No particular damage.
Word comes from Sioux City that
District Clerk Skirving is rapidly conva
lescing. He went to that place last
week for medical treatment.
STRAYED—From O’Neill on Tues
day, the 8th inst., one gray mare 4 years
old. Any one taking up the same please
report to John Shanborn, O’Neill. '
Get your flour at McManus’. Crown
full patent, Kitchen Queen strait grade,
the best grades in the city. Every sack
warranted or money refunded. 36-tf
Lisworth Mack informs The r iion
tieu that the item in these columns last
week to the effect that be would soon
engage in the saloon business, is erron
eous.
Work has been commenced on the
permanent survey for the irrigation
ditch of the Elkhorn Irrigation and Im
provement Co., organized at Page some
time ago for the purpose of construct
ing a ditch from O’Neill to Antelope.
Prank Emerson lost his dwelling and
household goods by fire during the high
wind last Tuesday. The loss we under
stand is about 91,300, partially insured
Wc understand that Arthur Cruise
suffered in a like manner on the same
day.
Doc Mathews has concluded that he
will not go to Calisornia. He will re
®ain in O’Neill and practice before the
land office. Doc has had aaopportunity
to get an inside view of the land office
business and is capable of seeing that
litigants get a square deal.
A traveling man from Minneapolis by
name of Jackson was arrested in O’Neill
last Tuesday morning on complaint of
some woman at Plainview who charged
him with attempt to commit rape. He
was taken down to that place Tuesday
•norniug for a preliminary hearing. Be
fore his departure he employed Attorney
Golden to appear in his defense.
‘'8choolboy"-thia week softly rebukes
Superintendent Jackson for rushing
blindly to Morrow's defense. The
reason that the superintendent does this
is very plain:merely apolitical courtesy.
The Fboktub's correspondent, how
ever, happens to be an independent also,
but of the stripe that consider the
standing of our schools a question para
mount to political intrigue, treason,
stratagem and spoils.
Patrick Cassidy, living on the Elk
horn east of O'Neill, came into town
Saturday evening post haste. He hon
estly imagined that he had been poisoned
and was looking for an antidote to ease
the cable that he thought was drawing
him to an untimely grave. Dr. Corri
gan diagnosed the case and pronounced
it nervous excitement produced by over
work, gave him a few grains of sleep
producing drugs and by the following
morning the patient was himself once'
more.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bischoff, Second
Regiment Nebraska National Guard,
of Nebraska City, was in the city Mon
day night and during the evening in
spected company F in front of the Hotel
Evans. After inspection be gave the
boys a short talk, as did also Col.'Towle
and Captain Meredith. The company
passed a very creditable examination
and the colonel expressed himself as
highly pleased with the proficiency they
displayed, considering the short time
they had been organized.
KnlnanV. II.. I.
out, filled with beautiful new music and
valuable musical reading. To enable
all lovers of music to become acquainted
with the standard musical monthly the
publishers offer, during this month only,
to send the World to any address for
three months, on trial, for 35 cents,
cash or stamps. These numbers will
contain about $5 worth of choice new
music. Do not fa!l to take advantage
of this liberal offer. Address, The 8.
Brainard’s Sons Co., Chicago,
The following is a special from Butte
to Monday’s State Journal: “Dr. J. B.
Hoover, of Lynch, this county, was
yesterday taken in charge by the sheriff
for practicing medicine unlawfully.
Hoover is designated by other physicians
as an old quack, who has been repeat
edly notified to desist by the state board
of health and whc cannot register. The
chief witnesses in this case are the
parents of a little child, who lately
died for want of proper medical aid.
Hoover is county coroner and justice of
the peace, having been elected on the
populist ticket.”
The extract below taken from the
Sioux City Tribune, will probably be of
interest to those of our readeis who arc
interested in borseology: “James Glea
son, a borseshoer at No. 4515 Indicia
avenue, got the job yesteiday of shoeing
a huge horse belonging to H. S. West
lake, No. 6340 Oslesby avenue. The
animal is a 5-year-old white Percheron
with a girth or u feet six mcnes ana
taking a 39-inch collar. It weighs 3,000
pounds and stands 23 hands high. A
man of medium size requires a steplad
der to mount on its back. It was raised
near Ceder Fails, la., and has been
named King William. A crowd of
people assembled at the blacksmith shop
to see it shed. The bar of iron used to
make a shoe for the front foot was 34
inches long, II inches wide, f of an
inch thich, and weighed 5} pounds.
The blacksmith could scarcely hold its
ponderous feet in his lap, and it took
two hours to shoe the bind feet. The
horse has powerful muscle and quick
action. It has been on exhibition
already at several places and is now on
its way to Coney Island for that
purpose."
Edgar Thompson has sold many good
horses since he has lived In O'Neill that
have been taken to almost every state in
tbe Union, but last Thursday be made
the best sale, to parties from Canada,
that be has ever made. Thomas B. Put
ticombe, of Haysville, Ontario, came to
O’Neill last Wednesday to buy a horse.
He was looking for a fast pacer and
after looking over Robert Russell.record
2:131, and saw him show an eighth of a
mile in 10} seconds, a 3:10 gait, he
bought him and also bought the fast
strllion Lucky Sweepstakes, 12686, and
the three year-old stallion Tomlinson,
17807. Robert Russell has a four year
old race record of 2:13}, made last year,
and this year, Putticombe thinks it
possible for him to pace a mile in 2:07
or better. The three horses that they
bought were of the best strains of blood
that there is known and it’s not neces
sary to say that they were good ones
when posted horsemen come all the way
from Ontario to buy them. Mr. Putti
combe made the remark that if Robert
Russell worked to suit him when put in
race condition that he intedJed to take
him to Germany where there is a great
demand for horses that have extreme
speed.
. :'v: j ■VO
A special from Helena to the State
Journal last Tuesday says: “The Mon
tana contingent of the Coxey army arc
the first of the commonwealers in the
country to be punished by the court for
stealing a train. Three weeks ago the
Montana Coxeyites, under the leadership
of William Hogan, stole a Northern
Pacific train at Butte and started to
lease the state. Hogan and his meu
were captured by United States troops
near Ft. Keogh and brought back to
Helena, where they have since remained
under military guard. Today the leaders
were brought into United States court.
Judge Knowles presided. The three
charges against them were contempt of
court in not obeying an order of the
court commanding them not to interfere
with the Northern Pacific property.
After a hearing lasting all day Hogan
was sent to jail for six months. The
engineer, fireman and forty captians
received two months each. Hogan's
attorneys wanted to give bond for ap
peal, but the court said there was no ap
peal where an order of the court had
been violated.”
America is now passing through one
of the gravest crises in its history. The
air is heavy with suspense and anxiety.
Magazines and newspapers are full of
stories of the trouble and of theories as
to its cause. Until Donahoe’s magazine
was issued this month, few were aware
that there are men—American citizena
and moulders of public opinion—who
dare to lay the blame for the existing
situation at the door of popular govern
ment. Most of us had thought that the
question whether tho people should
govern or be governed was settled once
for all more than a century ago. But it
seems that in educational halls and in
editorial sanctums there are men who
even now cherish the same sentiments
that awakened tory applause in 1776.
Donahoe’s magazine has done a service
of inestimable value in bravely and
forcibly exposing a source of danger
greater far than any mere economic or
political heresy. When Americans
cease to trust themselves it is time for a
note of alarm. This note is struck in
lust the right tone in the leading article
of Donahoe’s for May, “Is Popular
Government to Fall in America?’’ This
brilliant article is only one of the many
features which place Donahoe’s not
merely among the leading magazines,
but in the front rank among the leaders.
Last Saturday as a Frontier reporter
was fleeing down the street Col. Bren
nan came out of his store, lassoed the
speeding journalist, towed him into his
office and pointed to a box of tempting
filthy weeds. The reporter stood not
upon the orler but took one at once,
caused a burning taper to come in con
tact with the end farthest from his nose,
found a seat on a keg of McKinley pro
tected nails and inquired the occasion
of this generosity. The colonel stood
looking out of the window, stroking bis
military beard and seemed lost in reverie.
Finally he turned and said it was just
20 years since he landed with Gen. John
O’Neill and bis eighteen colonists in the
city where we now reside. Time has
worked great changes since that date.
•Death and removals have decimated
the ranks of that little band of frontiers
men until today but five remain. They
are Col. Brennan, Pat Hughes, Thomas
Connolly, Thomas Cain and T. N. J.
Hynes, all of whom are pleasantly
situated and have no reason to regret
the day they set foot on Holt county
soil. Great changes have taken place in
those 20 years. From a wilderness'it
has been developed into a thrifty com
munity and young empire. And 20
years more will not be without .results.
By that time irrigatiou will have gotten
in its work and advanced the country
into a state of agriculture and prosperity
unsurpassed by any other section.
Write Tour Friend*.
Excursion rates oue fare for the round
trip on sale at all points in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa
to any point on the F. E. and M. V.
Railway west of West Point; good thirty
days. Tickets on sale May 29.
45-3 W. J. Dobbs, Agent.
Perfectly at Heme.
The irrigated lands of Idaho possess
that peculiar qualification which is
perfectly adapted to the raising of
apples, apricots, peaches, cherries,
pears, plums, grapes, prunes, hops,
alfalfa, corn and potatoes, which always
find a ready market and bring a good
price. You can’t overstock (he United
States with these commodities. We’ll
send our advertising matter on appli
cation. E. L. Lomax.
45-tf G. P. & T. A. Omaha, Neb.
Notice to Canal and Bailroad Contractors.
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received at the office of the
secretary of the Elkhorn Irrigation
Company, at O'Neill, Holt county, Ne
braska. up to 6 o’clock p. M. of June 1,
1894, for constructing an irrigation
ditch according to profiles and specifica
tions on file in the secretary’s office.
Elkhorn Irrigation Company.
Clarence Brlah, Sam Howard,
44-47 Secretary. President.
THE DAYJF HEROES
Kztuuivn Preparations Being Made
to Observe tne Bay.
PROGRAM AT AGEB AND LEONIE
Tbs Boys Who Wore tbs Bln# to tbs Grhve
Are Hot Forgotten.
The patriotic citizens of this great
nation will assemble together on the
80th day of May and do homage to the
memory of the dead heroes of ‘ the
rebellion. The day <b set apart by the
great foresight of our patriotic people to
inspire the rising generations to be loyal
to this great republic as well at to honor
our dead comrades whose bodies are
strewn in every cemetery all oyer the
loyal states of this Union. The great
loyal leader of the volunteer service
foresaw the necessity of devoting at
least one day in the year to keep the
memory of our departed comrades fresh
lu the minds of the citizens of this
nation. The self-inspired loyalty of
our mothers and sisters, wives and
daughters has largely helped to keep
sacred this national holiday by meeting
with us at the cemetery's and strewing
flowers over the dust of a patiiotic
soldiery.
Comrades, none appreciate this kindly
offering to the memory of our dead
brothers as we do; none can know the
brotherly feeling that still exists among
the hundreds of thousands of our com
rades in the states of iLis Union; none
but comrades realize what it is to face
death side by side for the pure love of
country. Voluntarily on our part did
we touch elbows on the field of carnage,
and when our ranks were thinned like
melting snow, the order of “close up
boys” was responded' to with courage
and dispatch.
Thirty years have elapsed, comrades,
since we personally viewed these scenes,
still they are fresb in the tnihds of us all
who will meet to commemorate the mem
ory of those comrades who are no more,
those who answered the last roll call,
those whose lights have gone out at the
last beat of taps.
Comrades, you were the best blood of
the land when you were called 300,000
strong to put down this great insur
rection, you ■ were eulogized on every
hand as the heroes ot the day and hour,
but comrades some of us have lived to
see the day when we are spoken of by
un patriotic people and unpatriotic
newspapers, aye I may say unAmerican
if not disloyal citizens, who call us
paupers, mendicants, dispoilers, plund
erers and treasury lootera.
This too includes our wives, daughters
mothers and sisters who were either at
the front caring for us and our wounded
and dead comrades or were at home
preparing something to make your lot
as soldiers more pleasant. Comrades,
we at' times feel that those of our
members who are no more, are today
icbuug easier maa we who are com
pelled to see and bear such epithets
applied.
Thirty short years have passed since
we touched elbows together in the
ranks and in that short time, comrades,
our numbers have decreased by thou
sands. In the next decade, comrades,
there will be hardly enough of us left to
make a corporal guard. In the nature
of things some who are present on that
day will not be able to meet with us one
year hence but will have crossed oyer
that distant river from whence none
return.
Comrades, it is still your duty as a
patriotic volunteer soldiery to instill into
the young generation the necessity of
observing that Memorial day known to
our land as the most sacred while your
tongue can give utterance and your
hand remains unpalsied, nrge upon the
younger people and more especially
your own children, to observe this as a
sacred day, set apart to mourn the death
of patriotic men and uot a day of horse
racing and fishing and other similar
amusements as we regret to say is pro*
mulgated in many parts of this country.
Comrades, in decorating the graves of
our dead heroes, our dead brothers that
day remember they were loyal patriots
who when the laws of our land were being
violated, at once went to tho front and
each and cyery one of them gave several
years of their lives for the future benefit
of tne republic, and remember it is still
your duty as soldiers to so live that
when the last bugle is blown, and the
last roll is called you can respond with
the same loyalty and fearlessly answer
your name as you did in 1861.
K. E. Bowden,
_ Agee, Neb.
At Leonla.
On Wednesday, May 30, Colburn
Post No. 25, O. A. R., Leonia, will
observe Memorial Day at the Leonia
church. Services at 10 o’clock. A gen
eral in vitation is given.
Geo. McGowan, D. Molbb,
Adjutant. Commander.
irons ntox tsx mru or lkajutihq
Mira Mary Clark left aohool lait
Wednesday. _
The Junior data ie studying botany.
Supt. Jackson visited the rooms of the
O’Neill schools last Friday. He speaks
very highly of the schools under the
management of Prof. Morrow.—Beacon
Light.
When bupt. Jackson expresses him
self In such a manner, which he does
wholly for political effect, he is probably
not aware that it would be the cause of
his losing a few voles- should he be a
candidate for the same office again; for
It proves beyond doubt that be is either
falsifying the facts of the real condition
of the schools or else he Is incompetent to
judge the ability of an/one. We do
not believe that It is consistent with the
proper attributes of a good superintend
ent to publicly denounce the opinions
of press and people and place a stigma
upon their judgment by deeming their
well-timed criticisms wholly without
foundation, because ho spent a few
minutes of one afternoon in the school
room where, for the past nine months,
young men and women of comparatively
good judgment'havo listened to Morrow’s
"instructions” until patience had ceased
to be virtue, and the fow who did not
leave school have remained simply
because Miss Carton teaches some of the
classes. It is poor policy for a little
man like Jackson to cast a shadow on
the Judgment of the people of O'Neill
because he shares the political views of
Morrow; so do we. but we usually credit
ourself with the ability of distinguish
ing a dolt from a man of learning.
Monday’* debate waa postponed for
next week. _
TO A “W1STBKW PO«T."
As a preacher of the gospel we belelve you
Just and true,
But, be gad! you're not a poet, so this simple
warning rue:
If you're lovesick and dejected, oease to
write that balderdash
Or you'll surely be rejeoted If the maid knows
pie from hash.
Tbe members of tbe school board may
be justified in believing that it was
economy which prompted them to em
ploy Tom Morrow as lord-high-every
thing of our schools, but the patrons
ot the district are also justified in be
lieving that they can furnish better fem
ployment for their children than allow
ing them to waste their time in a school
which is at present devoid of system,
discipline and generalship, for no mat
ter how efficient tbe assistant may be,
tbe condition of tbe schools will always
rest with the professor. After all it
can hardly be called economy to save a
few dollars by. buying a nick where a
man is needed.
Schoolboy.
A Proposition. .
To the Hon. M. P. Kinkaid. of O’Neill,
Candidate for Congress:
Sir—As your organ, tbe Beacon Light
and Holt County Independent consoli
dated, edited by your friend and admirer
Ham Kautzman, has charged me with
being a candidate for congress in the
interests of Malt Daugherty, and as
another of your numerous organs, the
Ewing Democrat, has copied the same
article, I desire an opportunity to defend
myself. Haying noticed the exuberance
of joy manifested by the majority of
papers in this juducial district when
your candidacy was mentioned; and
failing to find any newspaper spontan
eously defending my candidacy, I am
compelled to adopt another method.
Therefore I shall herein challenge you
to meet me in debate at the rink or
court-house in O’Neill, Neb., at least
two weeks before the republican primar
ies; at which time and place we will
debate the question, "why shall tbe
republicans of Holt county support me
for congress?" I shall at that time in
form the voters why I am a candidate
and where I stand, and shall expect you
to do the same; after which the voters
will know "where we are at.”
Respectfully,
* A. L. .Towle, of O'Neill,
45-2 Candidate for Congress.
[This is a pretty smooth scheme; the
colonel is a pretty smooth schemer.
Although this article is published at local
rates, we would seriously consider the
advisability of giving it publicity m
these columns, were it not for pne thing,
viz: It affords an opportunity of letting
daylight in on one of the colonel’s well
laid plans. An article purporting to
support Kinkaid did appear in the Bea
con Light, but we believe it was paid for
and probably written by Col. Towle
himself, even as the above. And why?
Simply to make it appear that Kinkaid
is courting favors from the indepen
dents, and pave tbe way for the fore
going letter. Of course Mr. Kinkaid
can take no notice of this. If he did be
would let down the bars and lay himself
open for debate with every republican,
democrat and independent in the district,
which is very unnecessary when we con
sider that he has been before the people
officially for years and given them an
opportunity of learning where he stands.
The idea of debate is ridiculous and is
only a straw at which a drowning man
grab*.—Editors. ]
0WIH8 TO HARD TIMES
-/t'l
AND
scarceness
or vomit!
I will open on Saturday, May
19, for one week only, a
special sale, on.
CAPK8
SPRING JACKETS
DRESS GOODS
DRESS TRIMMINGS
IN SILKS AND BRAID
PRINTS AND
OIITINO CLOT It
LADIES AND GENTS
KID GLOVES
LADIES’ WAISTS
STRAW EATS
As I bought heavy in those
lines they must be sold. This
sale will last until Saturday,
May 90. Do not miss the
bargains in those lines.
4S-9 Respectfully,
P. J. MoMANUS.
We know that many people are under
he impression that they can iare money
jy lending away from home for doth*
hg, carpeti, dry good*, etc., and that
they frequently do ao without getting
arices at home, and And out later that
they have not eared anything by doing
so. Clothing baa not been aa cheap In
thirty yeara aa at preaent, and If you "1;
will get our pricea you will be convinced
that you do not bare to aend away for
liargalns. Our atock » very complete
tnd the prlcee will auit you. We can %
rurnlah a atrlctly flrat-daaa tailor made
suit to order at from $18 to UQ, which-|t
I* from 10 to 20 per oent dmtl than Jt
aat year, and our $8 all W$$l p$«t$, #
made to meaaure cannot bebMMh any-%
where in' the United States.,’. Youra
truly, ! 44-8 J. P. Man*. ,
Xetiee to Tax Payers.
Notice la hereby given that on Mon
day, June 4,1894, the mayor and dty
council of the city of O’Neill, at Ir.x.
of aald day, alt as a board of equdlaatlon
at which all persons having compldnts
to make may appear and be heard. v
By order of the mayor. 44-4
. N. Martin, City Clerk*.
Special..
&nnouncemeql!
•o.
.. We have made a contract
with the manufacturers of
the clebrated IX L bedroom
sets by which we have the
exclusive sale of those goods
for the next two years.
. .These sets are undoubted
ly the very best manufact
ured in the United States—
no cheap constructed affairs
that need constant nursing.
They are goods that wUl
ornament any home. While
we will not offer those goods
at the same price as inferior
goods we will guarantee not
to be undersold by any house
west of Chicago.
.. In Parlor Goods we will
show you several bargains.
Will give you a complete
Parlor Set, consisting of
five pieces, for.
• • •
. .We can sell you a Bed
room Set for any price from
$15 to $75. In fact we are
determined to sell goods to
the people of Holt and ad
jacent counties as has been
our custom for the past 12
years; therefore when in need
of anything in our line call
and secure prices; you will
purchase every time. You
will be satisfied that you are
securing good, clean goods
for little money.
A beautiful foldiDg yard stick
given away to all who delire them.
They are very useful. Call and get
one: we have a few thousand left.
biqliws
FARM MACHINERY
AND
FURNITURE DEPOT.