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O'NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 18, 1894.
NUMBER 15.
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IT HAPPENED
eyed for General
. Amassment.
tlie city yesterday.
las in from Star Mon
i up from Ewing last
down from Atkin
»f Butte, was in the
of Stuart) was in
business.
of Boston, Mass.,
htel Evans Monday.
[of Atkinson, was
in O’Neill yester
be best after dinner
Ion, cure headache.
Jackson is building a
immediately west of
Oonneatville, Pa.,
| the fore part of tho
art.
bran And all kinds of
11 Flour & Feed Co.,
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bard wheat flour;
ill Grocbky Co.
ob Marsh, Billie
Iten and others took
bity Saturday.
pterick patterns order
and save postage
lion plates free. 13 4
noot’s tonsorial artist,
home near Inman
serious illness of his
turned Saturday night
t which place he bad
the grand lodge of the
and family, of Boyd
brought O’Neill Tues
iy to Michigan, where
eir future borne.
iad of chopped wheat
ices that will fit a Holt
k. See us I
INkill Guoceby Co.
formerly of this place
l, was in the city last
ired that while here he
ng which is now oc
tor & Gallagher.
has rented a farm in
1 remove to that state
| Mr. Fallon has resided
lor twenty years. We
bber of our best farmers
'ill furnish you all kinds
rioad lots or in small
can also furnish you
d gasoline by the gallon
bis prices before buying
15tf
ind maple syrup are now
ter. Our new pancake
i boney and pure maple
r ready to be digested,
i your next order.
O’Nbili, Grocery Co.
> of the Boyd County
in the city Wednesday
called at this office Al
Ics the Advocate is dem
urs are warm supporters of
Sample.
w has been nominated
»rney by tbe pops of Box
They must be hard up
it there. Tom was but a
o admitted to the bar and
ase in bis life.
f tbe Presbyterian church
Halloween supper and
sale at tbe rink. Wednee
il- Come and see the dis
i. Each one of the United
lave one for sale. Hard
)g, editor of that popular
orts Afield, which is pub
aneously in Denver and
in the city Monday circu
his subscribers. Mr. King,
who bear his name, is a
nan. He made numerous
and took several subscrip
aper.
cream baking powder—tbe
nade.
Mr. and Mn. Bowen went up to At
kinson last Friday evening, to which
place they were called by the serious
illness of their daughter, Mrs. W. E.
Scott. They will also visit friends a
few days in this city before returning to
their home at Lincoln.
Orant Hatfield has opened up a lunch
Counter in O'Connor St Gallagher's sa
loon, where he is always prepared to
dish up a good meal or lunch on short
notice and at all hours. Fresh oysters
always on hand. He solicits your pat
ronage, and while he does not guarantee
to refund any money, he will do his
best to give satisfaction. Try him once.
County Judge McCutcheon has been
confined to the house the greater part of
the past week, in consequence of a little
experience as tamer of untamed horses.
While driving a colt he was thrown
from his cart and landed up against a
fence post, with sufficient force to jar
loose a rib or two. Tub Fhontier
trusts that he may recover without
serious consequence.
Stuttgart (Ark.) Chronicle: James
DeYarman, late of O’Neill, Neb., has
purchased the furniture, etc., of' the
Metropolitan hotel and assumed charge
Monday. Mr. DeYarman comes to our
city highly recommended- He is a man
of Vim and enterprise and we'bespeak
for him a first-class business from the
start. We join his many friends in
wishing him unbounded success.
-Mrs. Chan Lowe died in this city this
morning, of typhoid fever, after an' ill*
ness of several weeks. The remains will
be taken for burial to Ceder Rapids, the
former home of the deceased. Mrs.
Lowe was a widow lady of about 30
years of age and leaves three children to
mourn her early demise. One of the
children, a bright little girl of three
years, is in the city, the filter two being
in Iowa attending school.
Kautzman prides himself upon tbe
habit he has acquired of finding and
publishing other men’s private corres
pondence. It is a matter of nor import
ance to him that the letters reflect no
light on questions in which the people
are interested or have right to learn.
Tbe editor tklio thus breaks tbe secrecy
of the seal and publishes letters of a
private nature must surely be treading
on dangerous ground. Ground just as
dangerous as that of advising his readers
that they have a right to resist an officer
in the discharge of his duty.
Chambers Bugle: S. C. Sample of
Boyd county, candidate for senator on
the republican ticket, in company with
Mr. Harrison tarried over Saturday
night at' the Wintcrmote hotel. The
gentlemen were returning from Wheeler,
and Garfield counties, where they had
been looking after the political situ
ation, and were highly pleased with the
outlook. Mr. Sample is making a vig
orous canvass and is meeting with evi
dent success. He is just the sort of
man Nebraska needs at this critical time
in her history. He is a gentleman of
intelligence, honesty and practical busi
ness experience and is worthy the con
fidence of bis constituents.
But few were present at the meeting
at the court-house Monday evening,
called for the purpose of getting an ex
pression from the people on the ques
tion of refunding water bonds, and the
matter was continued until the next
regular meeting of the couucil, at which
time definite action will be taken.
Property owners should make it a point
to be present at that time, as it is a mat
ter of great importance. Interest on
water bonds is due; if it is not paid it
will be collected by suit and judgment
levy of tax; there is no money with
which to pay the interest and the only
thing that can be done is to take up the
old bonds and issue new ones at a lower
rate of interest, to which proposition
the present holders of the bonds will
agree. Give this matter a little atten
tion.
It was rumored on the streets last
week that it was the intention of the
Smudge to give Sam Sample a knock
out blow, in fact hit him so unmerciful
ly hard that be would not recover until
after election. It did devote about half
a column to him, but after carefully
reading it over we fail to find anything
that need throw one in convulsions,
unless, perhaps it might be the terrible
and excruciating language used by
Kautzman. The only direct charge he
makes against Mr. Sample is that when
in O’Neill be has bad associates. We
do not know how that is, we are sure.
When in O’Neill be always seems to
enjoy the friendship and esteem of such
men as Ed Gallagher, Odie Biglin and
J. P. Mann and others. If associating
with such men as those is, in the Jew’s
mind, cause for defeat, why we suppose
the republican nominee for senator will
plead guilty and withdraw from the
race. __
Dr. Price’s cream baking powder—a
i pure grape cream of tarter powder.
MoCaffsrty to tho OoTornor.
Not many days ago tbe World-Herald
published a synopsia of a communica
tion from William Reece, of Falla City,
sent to the governor of Nebraska, pur
porting to be the views of that gentlt
man regarding the beat meant of avoid
ing the customary hot winda which
visit tbe state and sometimes do great
damage to crops. The following is an
other communication to Governor
Crounse In refutation of Mr. Reece’s
"aerial Irrigation” idea, and was pub
lished In the World-Herald, date of
October 10: -
To His Excellency, Governor Crounse
—Honored Sir: I wish to call your ex
cellency’s attention, and that of the
public, to the report of Denver's Inter
state irrigation convention as presented
l to you and the people of Nebraska by
William Reece, of Falls City. I also
wish to say a few words on his peculiar
and erroneous views on "aerial irriga
tion.” I thought that that part of our
education looking to the utility and de
sirability of using up all our available
running water had been finally disposed
of and settled at former conventions. I
deny the truth of Mr. Reece's assertion
when he says that "in four out cf every
five years the natural rainfall of Kansas
and Nebraska is sufficient for the rais
ing of ordinary crops." It is a well es
tablished fact that it takes an average
annual rainfall of thirty-five inches to
raise and muture our ‘‘ordinary crops.”
Our rainfall in this part of the state
don’t average twenty inches. In 1803 it
was about thirteen inches, and this year
up to September 1,1894, it slightly ex
ceeded eight inches. I am speaking of
my own local conditions and surround
ings, but I don’t think other parts of tbe
state fared touch better, If we except
some fortunately low situated and shel
tered valleys along our eastern border.
And I presume that tbe conditions are
the same and that Kansas is in our own
"peculiar fix.”
in diagnosing our case we should
make sure that we not only find out the
nature of our malady, but also its cause.
With thus correctly starting and an in
telligent pursuit of the object sought,
under the scientific light of the age we
live in, the correct solution of this
great problem should be, and certainly
is, within our reach. But one misdi
rected step may ruin the entire project.
When attending school I was taught,
but had afterward to unlearn, some of
Mr. Reece's antiquated theories on
"aerial irrigation.” Up to a few years
ago 1 thought that large bodies of water
under the powerful rays of a hot, burn
ing snn, “evaporated” sufficient water to
return to and thoroughly dampen and
irrigate the soil by copious showers
caused bv the cooling atmospheric
changes met with in strange careening
currents of air. It was a great schock
to my school boy store of knowledge to
read of the drougth conditions resulting
in the finest system of canal irrigation
in the world along the sea-swept shores
of Italy, where they do not have a
shower of rain for years at a time. I
was born and educated in a laud of
mists and fogs, where it rained almost
every day, and if the strange conditions
of rainless Italy perplexed me, I was
simply dumbfounded on reading of
seven years without a shower in Sonora
and San Aloa on the Gulf of California
Now let us turn our attention to the
investigation of these destructive hot
winds, the origin of which Mr. Reese
locates in New Mexico, though Prof.
Augby says they otiginate on the Gulf
of Mexico. Mr. Reese invites the people
of Kansas and Nebraska to build a few
frog or fish ponds (a very good idea as
far as it goes) for the primary purpose
of “evaporating, cooling and dampen
ing” the atmosphere, and thereby pre
paring the way for copious rains, as he
seems to think these naughty winds,
after blowing over such considerable
bodies of water, will be surcharged and
loaded with the needed moisture for
"making rain.” Heat is the prime
cause of all our winds, as warm air is
lighter than cold, and in proportion to
its specific gravity, it will, therefore.
raise by tbe laws or nature, and tbe
cooler surrounding air will rush in to
fill up or ratber prevent a vacuum. In
this way we get action on the almost
phere and get the mass of air in motion
and cull it wiud. Altitude bas much to
do witKtbe production of rain; us most
continental countries are higher to the
west than to the east, tbe west gets less
and tbe east more rains. Knowing that
tba beat produces wind, I’ll invite the
attention of Jlr. Reese and the reader to
the burning sands of the Arabian deserts
on tbe Quid of Aden, which is the very
hottest place in all Asia and the birth
place of our “hot winds" and tbe “trade
winds” combined, for they are one and
the same thing or a continued subject.
The beat generated by the burning sun
shining on those hot sands is lifted up
and set in motion by the laws of gravi
tation, the higher the dryer, and take an
easterly course along the line of the
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JOHN BRENNAN7
or SIOUX CITY, 10.,
Will address republicans
O'Neill' at tbe oourt
(i nouse in this city, next
| ( ; THURSDAY EYE, OCT 25.
11 Itfr. Brennan is an Irish
1J tdpubllcan of more than
* ( hatlonal reputation, and
| I bn the date above men*
Jjiioned will give reasons
for the political faith that
< | is in him.
| ^ O'Neill citizens have
(l oftq.n tried to secure a
visit from the noted ora
tor and editor and now
that their hopes are to be
realized they should greet
him with a large and rep
resentative audience.
While be will speak
from a republican stand*
$ point his remarks will in
terest all.
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tropic of Cancer and pass over the
Arabian sea, which is some larger than
any fish pond we cun hope to build in
the next few years; and yet these winds
strike the western shores of Central
Bindoostan without much apparent
moisture gained by hugging and kissing
that beautiful part of the queenly Iudlan
ocean, certainly not enough to make
very much rain along that promontory
of land about and south of Bombay.
As these winds descend over tbe low
lands near the eastern shore on their
course to the Bay of Bengal we witness
an Increase of rain. And now these
winds take another dip and sweep along
tbe surface of the bay until they reach
Burmah and northern Siam, but, strange
they gathered no rain in the process of
skimming the big Bengal fish pond, as
we know that the English planters dry
and cure “As-am tea” in the open air for
nine months in tbe year. Well, our hot
winds blow along tbe Laos and Tung
King countries and"over southern China,
and now agaiu. take water and should
evaporate und absorb in the Chinn sea,
but they don’t, nor do they lift much
irrigation matter as they cross the wide
expanse of waters in the north Pacific
ocean and strike the high lands and
mountains of Northern Mexico with
sufficient elemental force and fury to
shatfet and jar and shake apart the
atoms of matter and cause precipitation
of rain, if my old and Mr, Reece’s pres
ent theory was only a fact.
These old and dying theories are not
facts, and we witness the winds, as we
track them from their very inception in
southwestern Asia over land and moun
tain, ocean and sea. till they are turned
out of their easterly course by the very
force with which they strike the stupend
ous mountains of Old Mexico, and are
veered to the north and enter into and
blow over New Mexico and continue in
a northeasterly direction, still maintain
ing their voracious hunger for moisture
and so devour every particle of humidity
in our high land atmosphere.
Another very strange thing ia that
these moisture-absorbing hot winds are
dissolved and lost when descending to
an altitude of less than 1.000 feet. You
may depend upon it that these are facta,
and only reversed in countries fortunate
ly lashed by the waters of the gulf
stream.
Does any sane man pretend to believe
that the building of a few fish ponds is
a safe and sufficient remedy against our
hot winds and protracted drouths? Or,
will our comiug legislature take a step
in the right direction to solve this ques
tion ty passing good and suitable laws
for irrigation and appropriating ample
funds for the conversion of our running
streams into irrigation canals? This
thing can be done now for a double
purpose—one to frutify our fields, the
other to furnish work and bread to the
needy poor who otherwise must starve.
Yours truly, J. J. McCaffebty.
E. M. Cravatb, of New York City,
arrived in O’Neill yesterday with twenty
one head of thoroughbred Shorthorn
cattle which he delivered to Jim Mc
Alister on a sale previously made. Mr.
Cravatb started this morning on his
return trip to New York.
For The Campaign,
The campaign this fall will be of the
greatest interest to all the citizens of
Nebraska. The Omaha Weekly Bee
will handle all the issues of importance
during the campaign in its usual able
manner and proposes to make a price of
20 cents for the balance of this year to
all Nebraska subscribers who may desire
to keep thoroughly posted on the im
portant issues that will be discussed
Send us 20 cents in silver or stamps
for the 12-page Weekly Bee up to Jan
uary 1, 1895. Address, The Omaha Bee,
Omaha, Neb.
MERCHANT
TAILOR_
D. H. Garbart has opened
up to do a general Mer
chant tailoring business
in O’Neill.
He will be found in the
Mack building 4 doors
east of dote! Evans, where
he will be pleased to show you
samples and take orders for new
suits. Repairing and cleaning
done neatly and promptly.
D. H. QARUART.
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Oka herty in O’Neill.
The republican rally in O'Neill Tuex
day night, although hardly widely
enough advertised, drew a full houae.
The O’Neill cornet band furnished the
music for the occasion, playing a few
selections on the street, afterwards
marching to the court-house, where Mr.
Daugherty was heartily welcomed. He
spoke for an hour and a half and held
the attention of his audience to the last.
Kem’s official record was carefully and
politely reviewed, showing that bo had
been recreant to the trust placed In him
by the people of the Sixth congressional
district. It did not take a great deal of
the speaker's time to review what Kem
had done while in congress, but the
evening was far too short to tell what
he had not done.
The Wilson bill received considerable
attention aud the votes of the pop
members, on the questions most directly
interesting the people of this section,
were shown to have been cast on the
Bide of the plutocratic trusts rather than
on the side of the common people.
Although Mr. Daugherty’s voice was
somewhat telescoped on account of
making so many speeches, his address
was well received and mado him many
friends and several votes.
Court Proceedings.
Since our last Issue a number of cases
have been disposed of, among the more
important, the following:
County of Holt vs. Barrett Scott on
his first bond, now being tried.
Harrington vs. Saxton for attorney
fees, verdict for the plaintiff in the sum
of 8640. This case grew out of the
foreclosure of the mortgage on the
Bridges mill, Harriugton being attorney
for Saxton. Motion for new trial filed
Lamont vs. Constable Uorrisky, dam
age, was tried to jury, but defendant
drew a juror on account of surprise in
tbe evidence, and the case was con
tinued, to be tried at a later date of this
term.
Hannah Gibbons vs. Riley Bros., re
plevin, verdict for plaintiff.
Stale vs. John llayes, ex township
treasurer, and Neil Brennan tils bonds
man, was tried Saturday, '.be jury re
turning a verdict of “no cause of
action.” The amount claimed was $2,
400. This case was rather mixed There
docs not seem to be much question but
that llayes v as short, but the plaintiff
was unable to prove in which term the
shortage occurred, owing,perhaps,to the
miserably poor book-keeping of the ex
treasurer. It appears that in his second
term he gave no bond at all to the town
ship and was allowed to serve bis time,
probably through an oversight of Bam
Howard, who was at that time township
supervisor. Mr. Breuuau was on the
bond for the first term and was the only
answering defendant. The prosecution
attempted to fix the shortage within the
time Mr. Brennan was holden, but failed
by the verdict as above stated.
Scott vs. Cunningham, damage, dis
missed by plaintiff.
F. C. Mills vs. F. D. Adams, trespass,
verdict of one cent for plaintiff. The
costs were $87.78. It was simply a
matter of one man’s cow getting on
another man's premises and could have
been settled in its infancy by the pay
ment of 50 cents
Augusta Welton vs. Union Telegraph
company, damage, verdict of $28.60 for
plaintiff. This case started by the tele
graph company getting mixed up on a
telegram and delivering it to Mrs.
Welton instead of the right party, caus
ing her a trip to the Black Hills in an
swer to a message that was intended for
some one else.
Populists’ Bally.
The independent rally that was adver
tised to take place at the court house in
this city last Saturday came off in due
form and was fairly well attended, there
being present probably 230 people, in
cluding men, women and children.
Judge Roberts was master of ceremon
ies, and Messrs. Kem and Carey were
the principal speakers, around and be
tween whom were sandwitebed a few
local lights
nr uarey, wuose home is in rrernont,
was the first speaker He gave a very
entertaining address and was greatly
admired for the gentlemanly manner in
which he handled those who do not
agree with him in politics. He seemed
to make an effort to be fair and argue
his question from his party platform,
and although he made many assertions
to which republicans could easily take
exceptions, and we believe successfully
combat, he mads no enemies among
those of bis own faith.
With Kem it was somewhat different.
In his opening remarks he said that he
had not come to tell our people any
thing new, and so far as we were able to
judge he religiously kept his word. He
re-hashed bis oft-told vagaries and again
laid the misfortunes and reverses of the
human race at the door of the old parties
i and exhorted bis bearers to continue
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voting for him and those of his ilk ufitll
Nebraska hot winds should change Into 1 „
refreshing dews, cyclones into gentle , ^
zephyrs and everybody would be happy
and worth a cool million apiece. Ha
recklessly Invited inspection of his con* ,
gresslonal record, although we do not
believe that be meant that, or else he
did not give his audience credit with
.enough Intelligence to understand it ,
after they had given It a dose Inapec*
tion. An inspection of his record would
do him no good. i
Tom Qolden also made a short talk, fj *
declaring that he would vote for Kent.
Tom Is now out of the woods. People
know where he is. He took occasion to
reler to Charley MoHugh and in the
course of his remarks said that he dls* ^j:f|
liked to leave his old friend supporting
the rump ticket. He could not under* ' >»
stand why the Sun was supporting the
rumps unless it was from a mercenary ,
motive. Tom might know that It was
from a mercenary motive. Who ever •;
heard of McHugh being actuated by |
anything else? s'"
Council Proceedings.
At a special meeting called after the
public meeting in the court-house,
October 15,1894, the following business >V.I
was transacted:
Moved by Wagers, seconded by Gats,
that the city attorney be Instructed to '■'>
prepare and present at nest meeting of
council proper .end nefcessary papers to
submit the question of refunding water '
bonds\of tb«‘ city of O’Neill, Neb., to , _ *■
the voters of said city.
Council all voted yea.
Adjourned to meet In the council
room on Monday, November 6, 1894.
Tax payers are Invited to be present •
and express their views. By order, .Vi
N. Maktin, City Clerk.
Belief Veering.
In response to a cull tanned iyit week '
by the county offlcera quite a meeting
wan held Monday afternoon at the court
house for the pur rose of ascertaining if
Uolt county citizeus were liable to need
any assistance during the coming winter
and if so. to devise wnyn and means to
provide for their aasistec «. The meet*
Ing may bo <aid to have been a repre
sentative one, a number of supervisors *''
being preseut.
The meeting was called to order by J.
P. Mullen, and after a few appropriate
remarks W B Ashton was called to the
chair and Rev. Lowrie was made secre*
■t 1
tary
Remarks were made by Mr. Colllue,
Mr Pond. Mr Harrington and others., ;.'
Upon motion a committee of three
was appointed 10 make nominations for
permanent officers of tin relief assocl*
ation Jim Bloomer, J. P Mullen and
D B. Kelle\ were’npo iiited as such
committee anil they reported In favor of
making Rev N. 8. Lowrie, presidents
C C. Me LI ugh. secretary; und M Kline,
treasurer, and that the association be
known an the Bolt County Relief Com
mission. Upon motion the report was
adopted. ’
It was resolved that the supervisors
and town boards of the several town
ships of the county should constitute a
committee to work in conjunction with
the relief commission and report from
time to time the necessities of the needy
of their several localities.
A motion was make and carried that
the legislature be petitioned for aid,
although it had not been shown that any
township would be unable to take car*
of its destitute. This request will be
complied with only in case the town
ships find themselves unable to do the
work themselves.
The meeting then adjourned to meet
at call of the chair.
TO THE SUPERVISORS.
The committee of reliet desiie you to
take counsel with the town board of
your respective townships and report as
soon as possible whether you need any
help, aud if so, how many families, and
what they need—fuel, clothing or food.
Please report in writing and within
two weeks if possible. If you need no
help in your township, be sure and re
port that.
C. C. Me Hugh, N. 8. Lowbib,
Secretary. Chairman.
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Vatil After Election.
Tbe 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 tbe 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
Bryan Becomes Editor.
By a master stroke of enterprise tba
Omaha World—Herald, ever in tbe front
rank of western journalism, has made
the popular young congressman, W.
J. Bryan, its editor-in chief, tbe change
taking place September!. Mr. Bryan’s
political convictions are clearly defined
and well known. The paper will vigor
ously advocate has views.
Dr Price’s cream baking powder—the
most perfect made.
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