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PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING. CO'.
VOLUME XV. . - •
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JULY 26, 1894.
NUMBER 3.
iWS SANS WHISKERS
as of Interest Told As They i^re
Told to Us.
IEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED
Happenings Portrayed Per General
Edifloation and Amusement.
hert Ege, of Ewing, was in O’Neill
May. __
Jge Kinkaid went down to Omaha
dag morning,
from
ilton Doolittle
inson Tuesday.
was down
;epublican politics in this county are
ling around tjie edges.
eorgo Bowring, of Stuart wag an
kill visitor last Friday.
■ of. John Bland has been re-elected
icipal of the Plain view schools.
lolly party of young folks picniced
III
lallagher's grove Monday night.
. J. Carlin,-county attorney of Rock,
s in the city' Tuesday on business.
Ir. and Mrs. Nate McGrath buried
ir two-week’s old child last Monday.
lood’s pills cure all liver ills, bilious
:s, jaundice, indigestion, sick bead
le.
iiert Shearer was down from Stuart
t Friday shaking hands with old time
ends.
I). L. Pond, of Inman, has been nom
ated by the prohibitionists for state
insurer.
Henry-Shearing procurred license last
-iday to wed Miss Josie Brown, both
Atkinson.
For Hour, corn, bran and all kinds of
jcd go to the O'Neill Flour & Feed Co.,
|L. Mack Manager. 38-tf
Mrs. Sample, of Butte, returned to
er home last Friday after a couple
r day’s Visit in the,city.
The best mutual insurance policy
tains* attacks of sickness is to be found
i taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
It is reported that there is a tailor in
le city who has decided to locate here
nd will at once open up a shop.
Ben DeYarman returned last night
om New York with his horses. Luck
a-s'rather against Ben on this trip.
Any person who will pay 1893 taxes
i my tree claim can have the hay ojf
id land this year. D. Daly,
Wahoo, Neb.
£. P. Hicks has bad the interior of
s melt market papered and painted
id it now presents a very.neal appear
ice.
Mrq. O. O. Snyder and children re
ined Friday- evening from a protracted
sit with relatives at Sio'ux City and
lien.
I’lhe report to the effect that several
iles of the Elkhorn rivet burned up
onday is thought to be without
undation.
Pat Biglin will deliver kerosene and
isoline at yqur residence or place of
isiness. His wagon'makes the rounds
eryday. _ . 47-tf
Dave Eisley was in from Chambers
iturday and left $1.60 at this office for
ns Frontier which will visit him
eekiy hereafter.
Bob Harsh,accompanied by his mother,
ift for Sioux City Monday morning
here Mrs. Marsh goes t|0 receive
ledical treatment.
FOUND—A Jog chain in O’Neill,
Wednesday. Owner may have the same
y calling at this office, proving property
nd paying for this notice.
A surprise party was tendered Mr. and
irs. O. M. Collins last evening by a
umber of the young people. A very
leasant time was had by all.
The American Express company has
dvices to the effect that Turgeon, the
gent who absconded from Jackson,
leb., with $8,000, is in Mexico.,
The Paddock campers returned Mon
ay night from their pastoral meditations
nd are once more mingling with the
laddening throng. They report a
leasant time.
F. A. Chidister, of Aurora. Neb., was
I. lhe cityr Monday and Tuesday. Mr.
liidister is one of the state organizers
f the M. W. of A. and organized two
lumps in Boyd county last Week.
The F. E. and M. V railroad will sell
i"und trip tickets- O’Neill to Hot
I’rings, H. ,D., for $10.63 every Friday
’nil August 31. Good to return fifteen
i.vs from date of sale.
J. VV. Dobbs, Agti
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II, 181 perfect made. g#
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Ball game next Saturday Afternoon.
The. supervisors a jjourned last Satur
day. ' _
County republican convention next
Saturday.
Mrs. J. C. Ecker, ot Dixon, is this
guest of-Miss Llnna Shellhart this week.
Mrs. J. E, Shore and children expect
to leave Monday for their home in
LaConner, Washington.
. J. L. Mack bad his fortune told one
day this week by a lady of ebony hue.
Ask him what she said.
The Ewing ball team will be in O’Neill
next Saturday afternoon to play the
home team . a friendly game.
The names of Tim Dwyer, Charles
Hemslreet and E. E. Bellafny, of O’Neill
were added to our subscription list since
our last issue.
An amorous youth' and a coy maid
before an open window in an adjoining
hotel furnished nervous prostration for
the Green Tree club Sunday afternoon.
Last night some person or persons
forced an entrance into Walmer’s flour
and feed store and took away with them
about #20 worth of flour. No clew to
the parlies.
County Judge McCutcheon appointed
the following appraisers last Monday to
appraise the land through which the
Eikhorn Valley Irrigation company’s
ditch runs: John Auteii, Peter Donohoe
B Kearns, G. D. Keyes and A. Barrett.
South ttioux City Democrat: The
Holt county board of supervisors
“resolved” themselves in sympathy
with* the Pullman boycotters. If the
much blasphemed Geo. M. Pull
man knew this he would certainly jump
into lake Michigan and end his miserable
earthly career.
Elmer Williams emphatically denies
that he is the father of a baby girl as
per announcement in these columns last
week. We object to his denial as not
the bdht evidence, but-if we did make a
mistake it is his fault. Why did he not
come around with the cigars and tell it
to us as ’twas told to him?
Sheriff Hamilton is not very favorably
impressed with Oklahoma. While he
says they have a pretty fair small grain
crop, the corn is ruined by drought.
The rivers are all dry and small streams
they have none. And further, he
believes -the climate is anything but
conducive to good health.
The Knoxville ball team played Min
neola on the latter’s gronnds last Sat
day. Lee Henry, of the Minneola team,
writes us that the game was interesting,
although pretty much one-sided. The
score by innings was:
Minneola.8-^2-3-0-0-2-2 3-24
Knoxville.l-O-t-O-l-l-O-2-O— 6
Bill Wisegarver leaves today' for
Walnut Hill, 111., where he wfll occupy
a farm purchased last spring. Bill has
resided in Holt county for twenty-one
years and his departure is regretted by
his many friends here, who, however,
wish him unlimited prosperity in'his
new home.
Butte Gazette: As “Pap'’ Fisber and
Charley Perry were Koine over to O’Neill
the other night they were held up at the
Whiting bridge by a squad of the Holt
count/ regulators. After satisfying the
pious gentlemen of Holt that their
mission was in no way connected with
the cattle industry they were allowed to
proceed on their journey unmolested.
“Pap” says “Snowball” fainted and that
he had to duck him in the Niobrara to
reyive him.
Rdshville Standard: Bosshardt, the
tailor, left here Wednesday morning, in
search of a new location. He is a first
class tailor, but he “fell down,” owing,
we are told, to family troubles, and at
tempted to drown his trouble in
strong drink.. He expects to find a new
location up in the Black Hills country
and “brace up" and begin anew. The
Standard certainly wishes him success,
and he can succeed if he will let strong
drink alone. He went away from here
owing some bills, but he promises that
every cent shall be paid
At the primaries held in this city last
Saturday the following named gentle
men were elected to attend the county
republican convention to be held in
this city next Saturday: First ward—
John McBride, H. 0. McEvony, Jim
DeYarman and Olieve Hazeiet; Second
ward—Neil Brennan, Elsworih Mack
and Jake Hershirer; Third ward—
John Skirving, I. It. Smith, Jas. Harnish
Chas. Hall and O. E. Davidson. In the
township Eli Hersbiser and .Elliot
Thompson were elected. While several
of these aie not outspoke#Kinkaid men
it ’ is stated that no figf t will be made
against ki*ltt*usc1feeiij0lt«eMrt?
delegation, ' ’i'! • r.,
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Dr. Priori cream beklfel powder f«r|y
fears the ateedevd.
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Will Adams In O’Hstil.
. Will Adams was brought back to
O'Neill last night from Aaarcbe, O. T„
by Sheriff Hamilton on a warrant Issued
from the county court of this county
last’April. He was taken immediately
before County Judgo McCutcheon, who
fixed, tomorrow at 1 o’clock p. m. for
preliminary hearing. In the meantime
he is out on 9500 bail. Following is the
complaint upon which warrant was
issued for bis arrest:
State op NEnitABKA, Holt County, as:
The State of Nebraska
vs.
William Adams.
Dennis Lyons, being first duly sworn,
deposes and says that one William
Adams, on the third day of July, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-three, in the county
of Holt, and state of Nebraska, was as
sistant cashier of Holt County bank, a
corporation duly organized under the
laws of the state of Nebraska, for the
purpose of doing a general banking
business in Holt county, Nebraska, and
that while said William Adams was an
officer of said bank and corporation,
as aforesaid, to-wit: On the third day
of July, of the year above set forth, in
the aforesaid county and state, the said
William Adams, then and there, know
ing that the said bank and banking cor
poration was insolvent, did then and
there, fraudulently, unlawfully and
knowingly.recelve and accept on deposit
as a deposit in said bank from Dennis
Lyons, the sum of seventy dollars, the
same being in currency and of the
value .of seventy dollars, the property of
Dennis I.,yons, contrary to the form in
such cases made and provided and
against the peace and dignity of the
state of Nebraska. Dennis Lyons.
Page Bepnblle&ns.
Editors Frontier—At the republi
can primary held in Page July 21, the
following resolutions were adopted.
Resolved, 1st. That we heartily en
dorse the action of the president in
calling out federal troops .in order to
quell riot and insurructlon and maintain
law and order in the city of Chicago and
other places.
Resolved, That we heartily endorse
the action of the president in treating
the A. U. U. and agreeing to appoint a
board of arbitrators to settle the strike
and furthermore that we think it would
have been much better for the Pullman
strikers to have cnlled on the president
to appoint a board of arbitrators before
they began to destroy public or private
property.
Resolved, That we denounce the
action of the Holt county board of
supervisors in passing their late treason
able resolutions thereby showing them
selves fit associates for such old-time
copperheads as Vallandingham and
Bright and modern anarchists as Par
sons, Spies and Engel.
These resolutions were thoroughly
discussed and carried by an overwhelm
ing majority. Thp meeting then
selected James Cronk, R. Sizer, C. H.
Hookirk and D. C. Harrison as delegates
to the county convention. These dele
gates are all members of the Q. A. R.
and have no sympathy for traitors or
.abettors of rio.t, insurrection, arson or
treason. D. C. Hashison, Sec.
Until Alter Election.
The present campaign is of unusual
interest to Nebraskans. Not only will a
full set of state officers be elected, but a
legislature will be elected that will
choose a United States senator. The
State Journal, located at the capital, can
give you all this news more fully and
more reliably than any other paper. It
comes twice a week and will be sent
until after election for only 25 cents.
Address, State Journal,
Lincoln, Neb.
Bill Btorts rushed out to the field
where Eli Hershiser was working on the
farm one morning this week and almost
breathlessly told Eli to get his gun and
be quick about it, as there was a big
fish, turtle, or some other aquatic mon
ster at that moment resting on the cr£st
of the wave above the mill dam. Eli,
whose nimrodic tendencies are known
to be great, hastily seized his trusty
winchester and started out to bag the
game. The distance to be traversed was
something like half a mile over a level
meadow and in order tp surprise his
victim the hunter took to bis hands and
knees in genuine Dead-eye Dick style.
Arriving at the bank he carefully cocked
his piece and sprang up at a ready, with
his finger on the trigger. He surprised
his game, *flis game surprised him. It
was only V. Alberts taking an early
morning bath and when he pleasantly
said “good morning,” you could have
purchased Eli for a song. While all
this was taking place Storts was stand
ing at a' respectful distance shouting
why in h—1 don’t you shoot!
The Protestant cemetery association
will hold a meeting on Friday evening
at 8 o’clock in Judge Benedict’s office
to elect a trustee, to hire a sexton and
to arrange for the sale of lots. All in
terested^should be present.
\ N. 8. Lowrib, Secretary.
Norfolk News: The men who com
prise the -HoU county board of super
visors display their Ignorance in a
resolution $Qonstly adopted censuring
sverybody
condemns lawlessness
HoUf.
Death of a Former D’Velll Girl.
The following, taken from a Ringgold,
Ga.,’ paper, dated July 13, will be read
with eincere regret by the many frlenda
of David Wieegarver's family:
On laet Frfday afternoon at 5 o’clock'
the angel of death again vieited the Hie*
toric City, this time claiming ae its
victim Mrs. John A. Abaton.
The death was peculiarly aad, as less
i than a year ago Miss Maude Wisegarver
became Mrs. John Abston, and only a
few weeks ago she gave birth to a bright
eyed little boy. Her death leaves a
devoted young husband a widower and
1 her child motherless.
The sweet thought that takoa the sting
from death was that the deceased was a
Christian, having been converted at the
revival in Ringgold last month. She
gave evidence at one time last week of
complote recovery, and those who had
been patiently watching at her bedside
were hopeful, but on Thursday the
i nope was succeeded by the knowledge
that death was inevitable, and on Fri
day afternoon she breathed her last.
The last wish she expressed was that
her relatives meet her in heaven.
On Saturday afternoon the Methodist
chtlrch was tilled with the relatives and
friends of the Vleceased, who listened
with tear bedimned eyes to the eulogy
paid her by Dr. J. R. Cravens,
Tbe casket containg her remains was
almost bidden by the floral tributes
which had been woven by loving hands.
The filends further testified their love
tor Mrs. Abston by following her re
mains to,their last resting place under
the pines in Anderson's cemetery.
To the bereaved relatives, we extend
our sincerest sympathy in tbe dark hour
of their bereavement.
Then'i Always a Season.
It is an easy thin); to account for the
wonderful growth of the Daily State
Journal recently. Its price hag been
reduced to GO centa per month without
Sunday or 6S centa with Sunday. The
Journal baa always been reliable and
honest, printing the news without fear
or favor. The people of Nebraska realize
Ibat they need a paper published at the
capital, and when the price of the Jour
nal was reduced the subscription list
grew at a phenomenal rate. The Jour
nal is a Nebraska paper through and
through.
Ah, There!
Graphic: Clyde King, the only re
maining kid on the O'Neill Frontier,
(Cronin having lost his kidhood in a
nuptial noose,) came up with the O'Neill
nine last Monday to have a little frieudiy
bout with the Atkinson aggregation in
toying with the spheres on the diamond
field. However efficient or - deficient
Clyde may be in the atlieletic arena, be
is, in all places pnd under all circum
stances, the same good fellow—a gentle
man both by instinct and culture.
Probably Both.
Graphic: If the Graphic’s memory is
not at fault, Bro. Cronin, of The
Frontier, was an inspirational spirit in
the first organization of an Assembly of
Knights of Labor in Holt county. In
this connection, all that the Graphic
desires to kuow is, what labor statue did
Cronin assume when Soverign ordered
him to quit work? Did he go out or
stay in?
Dr. Price’s cream baking powder a
pure grape cream of tarter powder.
Seeking Information.
Mb. Editor: Of all men on earth
who don’t know the first principles of
law, editors and ministers are the glsr
ing examples. But with this exception
a newspaper is supposed to be able to
answer any question, or find some one
who can. Now I want some informs
tion. *Tbis “strike" business is getting
so general it may strike me next. I
have a pretty clear idea about my legal
rights, but I also want to know in ad
vance what my rights and duties, from a
moral and political standpoint, are.
The situation is this: I am engaged
in the business of manufacturing legal
opinions aiid things of that kind. The
establishment of which I am now a part
was started on wind a quarter of century
ago. It has grown in the ordinary
course of business until we now have a
large supply of wind, 9 few law books
and other trinkets, and our working
force consists of two managers and one
mechanic, the latter being a stenographer
and typewriter. The course of business
is for one of us to provide a few thinks
and a little wind and the mechanic
pounds out the finished article on the
typewriter.
Up to date there has been no trouble
at our plant over prices of labor or the
number of hours to constitute a day.
But suppose that we conclude, in view
of the general depression, that we must
reduce the price of our hired labor. We
go to her and say: “Miss H, we have
concluded that we cannot afford to con
tinue your present salary. We can get
other help cheaper. If you can do
better elsewhere, that is your privilege,
but we must reduce the salary of our
help five dollars per month.” She de
clines vto permit the reduction, and
demands an arbitration. Wchave now
got* ttr the "condition," and I right here
a«k nice* donations. First-Are we
moratyf.Midi gmihicallv bound to arbi
irate? and It ao, why? Second—It so,
what ehall be the scope of the arbitration
and what kind of evidence (ball be com
petent, relevant and material, and why?
Third—When a judgment li reached,
how shall it be enforced and how long
shall It remain in force, and why?
In answering the first question please
remember that it is a poor rule that
won’t work both ways and be sure to
explain, since she Is entitled to arbitrate
our right to give her the choice of a re
duced salary or a discharge, about our
correlate right to arbitrate if she should
demand that we choose between an In
crease of tier salary and getting along
without her services. If she wants to
quit, can we demand and get an arbitra
tion of her right to quit and if the court
holds that we are how paying enough,
compel her to stay and work for us?
And it so, why and bow? And Would
this not be treading on her personal
liberties just a trifle at least?. I aip just
asking for information. ,
Second—As to the scope of the Investi
gations and the nature of the testimony,
please explain all about the following
points: Will the arbitrators allow us in
terest on the investment? and if so,
what rate and why? And will they
value the plant as it was twenty-tlve
years ago, three years ago when Miss H
commenced with us, or now, and why ?
And what Is the relative value between
a think by one of us and a thump on
4he typewriting machine by our me
chanic? How many of one equals the
other and which? And if they should
determine that the interest on the in
vestment, the services of each manager
and of the mechanic were each equal to
each other, and each equal to a stipulated
sum and they then found the gross in
come to be only sufficient to pay one out
of the four, which one of the four would
get the prior lien? And would the
junior incumbrancer be In duty bound
to keep at work and for how longT
Would they be entitled to go over our
books and see who our clients are and
how much each pay us; who have paid
and who have not; how muoh we got
for this think and how much for that
syndicate of thinks; whether we took
the contract too cheap without the fault
or negligence of our mechanic and for
which she should not be the loser;
whether we charged more in another
case than the goods were worth and
thereby evened up matters; and whether
our miscellaneous business expenses are
justifiable and reasonable? Could they
inquire into the domestic expenditures
of ourselves and families; ascertain how
much we pay to the church, for circus
tickets and pin money to our wives?
And would we have the reciprocal right
to know how much our employe pays
for ribbons and curls and gum? And if
our employe were a gay young man of
doubtful habits could we demand an
itemized statement of all his expendi
tures? I am only asking for informa
tion.
| Third—If judgment goes against us,
I she could enforce it by suing us for her'
salary and compel us to pay. But If it
goes against her, how are we to compel
her to work if she don’t want to? You
can lead a horse to water but you can
not make him drink. Is it not true that
this is strongly Imbued with the doc
trine that heads she wins, tails we lose?
But if she does not want to quit work,
and is not satisfied with the verdict,
how long before she can demand another
trial? Would one arbitration every
week be too many? If she finally got a
verdict in her favor, could we on the
same day demand another arbitration?
Andjiow many innings would each side
have in the game? If we should under
take to enforce her to work for us in ac
cordance with a judgment in our favor,
could this properly be called “involun
tary servitude.” for which slavery is the
common name? I Just want to get
posted.
Suppose, now, ^fter being fully en
lightened on all of these questions,
which are now troubling us so, we
should decline to arbitrate, determine to
discharge her and employ some one
else. This brings a new “condition,"
and I want to ask some more question.
Fourth—Would she have a right to
say to us that she belonged to a union,
none of whom would work for us for
less than she demanded; that if we em
ployed a “scgb,” her union would boy
cott us; that none of them would pur
chase our goods, or deal with anyone
who did deal with us, until that “scab”
was discharged and she re-employed at
the old rate? Would this be in any sense
interfering with our personal liberties?
And has the “scab” any rights in the
matter? Has he, being out of a job,
a right to be a “union” unto himself,
and himself the Grand Master Workman
and accept a job when it is offered to
to him? Is it interfering with his per
sonal liberties to sav he shall not? Has
any one the right to call him opprobri
ous epithets because bo does? Has a
union man any more right to get a job
when he can than a non-union man?
"Have we tbe reciprocal right to eajr to ■'
her that we alio belong to ft "union;” y|pf
that unless she'rematns with us at tbe '
reduction of salary wo demand, our
union will boycott her; that none of vjj
them will employ her; that none of I :;i
them will deal with anyone who does
employ herT Would this In any way
tend t<r Interfere with her personal lib* ’
erty? And would tbe other party who
stood in need of her services, and who
employed her, have any Just grounds to
complain at our boyoott on him? If
you don’t know ask him. I want to be
sure about this business.
Fifth—If the boycott of' her union *.
was not successful, and we still kept our
soab, would the members of the union
and all other friendly unions, be Justl- '
fled In Joining In a sympathetic strike, ,
and refuse to work for their employers, :v : f
until such time as they might, by inoon*
venlence to the pdblio, compel the public
to compel us to discharge our scab and !
reinstate our old employe at tbe old
salary T
And would #e, the manufacturers,
have tbe correlate right to combine with
all of our unions, shut down all of our
mills and manufactories, and lock out
all our employes, until we thereby, so
damaged the ptfbllc that the public com*
pelled our former employe to return to
work for us at tbe old scale of wages?
And If not, why not? And would this
In any way be interfering with personal
liberties of the general publicT 1 am
anxious to be fully Informed!
Sixth—If, after tbe strike and boycott
against us had become very general and
extensive, much of our property ^de
stroyed by mobs, heavy guards neces
sary to protect the balance and a great
many ungentlemanly things said about
us, and a committee of the mayor and
others wore tp call on us, Informing us
of the heavy expense WE were causing
the city, county and nation, and asking
us to surrender, would I be justified in
saying something like this: •*
Millions (or defense but not one cent -
for tribute I Our personal liberty to at*
tend to our own business in our own
way, within the law I will maintain!
Liberty and principle is dearer to me \
than property or life!-!* '
Go!" I should not want to say anthlng I
like this unless it was Justifiable, and I 4
want to be set right about it.
' If on the other hand our strike and
boycott against her had become far
reaching; we had called her hard names;
mobs nad destroyed her savings; and a
committee of dignitaries were to call on
her demanding that she return to work
for us at reduced wages, thereby stop
ping. all the trouble she was causing,
what ought she to say?
Mr. Editor, I have no language at ' i
band to suggest, not being equal to the
occasion. Bpt I would like to be in
formed.
Seventh—If strikes are a legitimate
way of settling disputes and one side
having the same rights and remedies as
the other, would it not be a good idea
in order to settle the five dollars per
month dispute, (or both sides with their
“sympathizers” to go on a strike at the
same time? What is the matter with
making it unanimous? Courts of law
are often inadequate to force dishonest -
men to pay their debts. Why not
adopt the strike remedy for this also?
If it is a good idea, oughj^ we not to put .
it into general use for general evils? ‘
It is well said that one fool can ask
more questions than ten wise men can
answer. But since Mr. Debs basin
formed us that ninety per cent, of our
people are ready to take up arms in de
fense of the principles he advocates, no
doubt there are plenty who can give
good reasons for the faith within them,
and make it all plain as dayj,o me. > *
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SATURDAY, JULY 28
SHIRT
WAISTS
33fr per cent. off..
Think of this and aafe aome
money—we have a good aaaort
ment yet.
PARASOLS,
UMBRELLAS
... same day 20 per
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A good chance to get a bargain.
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