CIAL DIRECTORY STATS. .. Loren«>. Oronnse HAV .T. J. Majors >nor.;..J.C. Allen ..J. 8. Bartley e H. Hastings .. Jugene Moore ullings.Vaeorgo Humphrey ction.A. iv. «ouuj ATE UNIVERSITY, ilncoln; Leavitt Burnham, tt, Alma: E. Pj leu, Kearney; M. J.Hull, IESSIONAL. >, Manderson, of Omaha; .Woi!* Bryan. Lincoln; O. : Wm. JdcKelghan. Bed nCIABT. ..Samuel Maxwell .'dge Post and T. L. Norval JUDICIAL DI8TR1CT. M. P. Klnkald, of O Nelli ’ jTj. King of O’Neill '' 'a. L. Bartow of Ohadron "a. L. Warrlok, of O'Neill OFFICES. I B'neux. I .John A. Hannon. i .Elmer Williams. VO OUNTT. .Geo McCutcheon let Court.John Sklrvlng .O. M. Collins .I. P. Mullen .Sam Howard .BUI Bethoa ’.Mike McCarthy .Ohas Hamilton ' '.Chas O’Neill .W. K. Jackson .Mrs. W. K. Jackson .Dr. Trueblood .M. F. Norton .H. E. Murphy mrisoBS. .Frank Meore .Wilson Brodie .Willie Calkins .George Eckley .Fred Schindler .J. S. Dennis .W. B. Haigh .D. G. ltoll .8. Gilllson .H. B. Kelly .B. J. Hayes .B. Slaymaker .E. M. Waring .S. Li. Conger .John Hodge .J. H. Wilson .John Murphy .George Kennedy .John Alts ‘.James Gregg .F. W. Phillips .Peter Kelly ....John Crawford ..L. A. Jillison .H. O. Wine ....T. E. Doolittle .J. B. Donohoe .G. H. Phelps .J. E. While .»D. Trulllnger f>F Or NEILL. Murphy; Justices, E. H. Felton; Constables, John I Brooks. Jl—FIRST WARD. ohn McBride. For One AD WARD. ke Pfund. For one year _RD WARD. Smer Merrlman. For one 8 CATHOLIC CHUHCH. Cry Sabbath at 10:30 o’clock. By, Poster. Sabbath school pwing services. CHURCH. Sunday Freaching 10:30 A. K. and 7:30 i 9:30 a.m. Class No. 2 (Ep p30r. M. Class No. 3 (Child ilud-week services—General Thursday 7:30 p. u. All will e, especially strangers. B. E. HOSMAN, Paster. IT, NO. 86. The Gen. John jt,No. 86, Department of Ne i will meet the first and third ' of each month in Masonic S. J. Smiih, Com. .VALLBT LODGE, I. O. O. every Wednesday evening In Ul. visiting brothers cordially id. G. 0. L. Bright, Sec. CHAPTER, R. A. M it and third Thursday of each nlo hall. _ _ Sec. J. C. Hashish, H, P •HELMET LODGE. U. D. Ion every Monday at 8 o clock p. Blows’ nail. Visiting brothers td. Chas. Davis, C. C. llaohbr, K. of B. and S. ENCAMPMENT NO. 80.1. leets every second and fourth )h month in Odd Fellows’ Hall. Scribe. H. M. Uttley. >GE NO. 41, DAUGHTERS EKAH, meets every 1st and 3d i month In Odd Fellows' Hall, L Jessie A. Bright,N. G. [bams, Secretary, k Ld LODGE, NO.95.F.&A.M. loin muni cations Thursday nights hie full of the moon. |s, Seo. A. L. Towle, W. M. IMP NO. lTlO.M.W.OFA. the first and third Tuesday in b the Masonic hall, b, V. C. A. H. CJohbett, clerk. W. NO. 158, Meets second tth Tudsday of each month in hall. fth Hec. O. F. Blglln.M. W. tTOFFICE DIRCKTORY Arrival of Malls s. V. R. R.—FROM THE EAST, inday Included at.6:15 p m FROM THE WEST. inday Included at.9:30 am ■ACIFIC SHORT LINE. eaves9:36 a.m. Arrives 11:15 p.m. res 8:30 p. m. Arrives 4:60 P. M. Sunday. ’NEILL AND CHELSEA. day. Wed. and Friday at7:00 am day,Thurs.and Sat.,at..1:00pm ‘NEILI, AND PADDOCK. day. Wed.and Friday at..7:00an Iday, Thurs. and Sat. at. .4:30 p n NEHO, AND NIOBRARA, gay. Wed. and Frl. at.... 7:00 a i Bay, Thurs. and Sat. at.. .4:00 p l I.L AND CUNMINBV1LLE ' at...U:30Pi Wed. and Friday at.1:00 p i Awarded Highest Honors at World Fair 'DR; BAKING PffWMR MOST PERFECT MADE. K purs Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Fret him Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. New York democracy propose to “make a dash for the pole.” A Million Vreindi. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and not less than one million people have found just such a friend in Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs, and Colds.—If you have never used this Great Cough Medicine, one trial will convince you that it has wonderful curative powers in all diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to do rll that is claimed or money will be refunded. Trial bottleB free at P. C. Corrigan’s Drug Store. Large bottles 50c. and $1.00. The politician will cut bait when it comes to fishing for votes. Tonr Big Bnoeeises. Having the needed merit to more than make good all the advertising claimed for them, the following four remedies have reached a phenomenal sale. Dr. King’s New Discovery, for Consumption Coughs and Colds, each bottle guaran teed. Electric Bitters, the great remedy for Liver, Stomach and Kidneys. Buck len’s Arnica Salve the best in the world, and Dr. King’s New Life Pills, which are a perfect pill. All these remedies are guaranteed to do just what is claimed them and the dealer whose name is attached herewith will be glad to tell you more of them. Sold'at P. C. Corrigan’s Drug Store. It is surmised the emperor of China has “that tired feeling.” Backlen’s Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions and pos itive^ cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction or money refunded. Price 25c. per box. For sale by P. C. Cor rigan. _ _ 28-28 Strange to say the Chinese appear to have no use for shot Bilk. lucre b Always a aeuBoa. It is an easy thing to account for the wonderful growth of the Daily State Journal recently. Its price has been reduced to 50 cents per month without Sunday or 65 cents with Sunday. The Journal has always been reliable and honest, printing the news without fear or fayor. The people of Nebraska realize that 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.. The Chinese appear to have the call on the cablegram. There is no medicine so often needed in every home and so admirably adapted to the purposes for which it is intended, as Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. Hardly a week passes but some member of the family has need of it. A toothache or a headache may be cured by it. A touch of rheumatism or neuralgia quiet ed. The severe pain of a burn or scald promptly relieved and the sore healed in much less time thau when medicine has to be sent for. A sprain may be promptly treated before inflammation sets in, which insures a cure in about one-third the time otherwise required. Cuts and bruises should receive imme diate treatment before the parts become .swollen, which can only be done when Pain Balm is kept on hand. A sore throat may be cured before it becomes serious. A troublesome corn may be removed by applying it twice a day for a week or two. A lame back may be cured and several daye of valuable time saved or a pain in the side or chest re lieved without paying a doctor bill. Procure a 50 cent bottle at once and you will never regret it. For sale by P. C. Corrigan, druggist. A torpid play with a chilly call—"A Summer Blizzrrd.” “I would rather trust that medicine than any doctor I know of,” says Mrs. Hattie Mason of Chilton, Carter Co., Mo., in speaking of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by P. C. Corrigan, druggist. Qualifications for a barber—Sharp ness, loquacity and lather. Every mother should know that croup can be prevented. The first symptom of true croup is hoarseness. This is followed by a peculiar rough cough. If Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is given freely as soon as the child becomes hoarse or even after the cough has de veloped it will prevent the attack. 25 and 50 cent bottles fojr sale by P. C. j Corrigan, druggist. 6TOPPBD SMOKING TO SAVE! But the Procedure Didn’t Pan Oat nr Profitably as Ha Rod Expected. Xerxes Jones determined to quit smoking, not you know, that it had any baneful influenee upon his health, but solely for the reason that he didn't feel justified in spending twenty-five cents a day for the weeny luxury. Jones had a good disposition and began his new scheme on Sunday. “Seeing I’ve quit smoking, I’ll put an extra quarter in the collection box to-day,” he mused, and in the money went. Monday, just to please his little wife, good Jones bought a forty-cent box of mixtures and handed it over to his wife with the remark: “No, my dear, it’s no extravagance. Just about what I saved on cigars to-day, and we both can enjoy this after tea." Tues day Jones bought a fifty-oent toy for his little boy out of the cash saved by abstinence from tobacoa Wednesday he changed his dining place dowu town from a twenty-five cent place to a fifty-cent table d’hote, feeling justi fied in spending the extra quarter saved on cigars. Apparently forgetting this Thurs day, the reformer remarked to him self: “There’s that new umbrella my wife’s been talking about. I’ll buy that and charge it up to two weeks’ savings on smoke.” Friday a new dinner set was purchased to please the wife of his heart, and set ovA against twenty weeks’ savings from tobacco and Saturday Xerxes Jones spent 25 cents for cigars, hav ing lost six days of his luxury, and figured up that he had saved on the wrong side of his books just about 938.00. __ LITTLE SKULL OP GLASS. A Boston Man’s Ingenious Device for Pre venting Poisoning Accidents. The unlabeled poison bottle is as bad as the unloaded gun for caus ing fatalities. Carelessness at homo will render useless the utmost vigilance of the drug clerk who relies upon the warning label required by law ro be pasted on all poisonous prescrip tions. To obviate this danger a man living in the suburb of Boston known as Jamaica Plains has made a bottle which very effectually conveys the necessary information as to the dead ly nature of its contents, so that not only he who runs may read but he who cannot read may understand. The bottle is of blue glass, in order that the contents may better resist being affected by light, and it is molded into the shape of a skull, with cross-bones underneath. The word “poison” is placed in raised letters on the forehead, and at the base of the skull a snace has been left for the red label that tells the nature of the drug. The hollow evesockets, the jawbones and the teeth would tell its purpose to a blind man, and ghastly as it may seem to those who are blessed with sight, it is better to be frightened than to die. That at least is the philosophy of the inventor, and he is not a druggist, or doctor, by the way, but a plain, every day jobber in boots and shoes. ENGLISH ORTHOEPY, The Work That Is Being Done by a Pri vate Tutor of Foreigners. In the national capital is a private tutor of English to foreigners who trains them in the idioms of pronun ciation with this chain of similarly spelled words: “Though the tough cough and hiccough plough me through.” The result is humorous as these samples of the efforts of the pupils will show: “Tho the to co and hicco plo me thro. Thul the tuf cuf and hiccuf pluf me tjiruf. Thof the tof cof and hicoof plof me throf. Thup the tup cup and hiccup plup me thrup. Thoo the too coo and hiccoo ploo me throo,” It is not surprising that Voltaire, when he began to study English and learned that ague was pronounced as two syllables and plague as one, should have wished that half of the English had the one disease and the other half the other. Burning Mountain of Coal. At Winger, in New South Wales, there is a burning mountain. It is 1,820 feet in height, and is supposed to be a large coal seam which has in some unaccountable way become Ignited, and has been burning for many years, certainly long before the advent of the white man in this por tion of the colony. The course of the fire can be traced a considerable dis tance by the numerous depressions or ohasms occasioned by the falling in of the ground from beneath which the coal has been consumed. Smoke is continually Issuing from the sides of the mountain, and in the vicinity of these openings the surface is hot, and has a dry, parched appearance, while sticks thrust into these openings are readily ignited. Rather a Knowing Cat. J. W. Moses, of Megquier Hill, has an unusually intelligent cat, called Isaac, who is rerv fond of fresh fish. Recently while the cat was lying on the floor a member of the family said to it: “Isaac, do you want us to go a-flshing?”and then added, “If we had a frog for *a bait we would go.” On this old Isaac got up with a knowing look and trotted out, only to retnrn in a few moments with a good-sized frog, which he had caught in a swale near by. N«nr Touched Him. A little fellow had been seriously lectured by his mother and finally sent into the garden to find a switch with which he was to be punished. He returned soon and said: “I could not find a switch, mamma, but here's a stone you can throw at me.” J i *-,V \ wV . BEST TOR SHIRTS. rH* PROOTCR * OAMBLI 00, OINTI, Dec. 15. SCENES AT WATERLOO. Incident, of the F.moii Battle Show Ins Bravery and Charity. At the battle of Waterloo a Scotch oolor sergeant,who had been mortally wounded, fell into a ditch, and one of his comrades, missing the flag, went straight to the ditch where he hud seen the Highlander fall. Meantime the enemy were charging vigorously. His comrade tried to disengage the flag from the hands of the wounded Highlander, but as he could not suc ceed he hoisted the wounded man on his shoulder, thus carrying - both ser geantand flag. The enemy,who were charging, seeing this good deed, stopped, suddenly, crying “Bravo! bravo, l’Ecossalsl” They did not charge again till the brave man had rejoined his company. □ During the retreat which followed this battle two companies of field ar tillery stopped under orders near Loissons, at a village a little distance from the main road. The mayor was sent for to make tne customary dis tributlon of food, etc., which was requisitioned, that it might be done without confusion. It seemed only a moment before all the bread was col lected, each inhabitant willingly giv ing his own part, and the mayor or dered that lots should be drawn who should give a cow to furnish meat for the soldiers. The lot fell on a poor, old, infirm woman, who with some difficulty dragged.herself forward, leaning on her stick, to speak to the mayor. “This cow,” she said, “which you wish to take from me is all I have; she is both my means of living and my companion, and if you kill her there is nothing left for me but to die, too.” The mayor was inflexible, and the ax was raised to kill the cow when the artillery men cried with one voice, "What does it signify? We will fancy this is Friday and fast most willingly.” They returned the cow to the old woman, and she led it away with tears of joy and gratitude. A MILLIONAIRE'S CHECK. Written on » Piece of Board About Eighteen Inches Square. They were talking about queer checks, drafts, etc., in the bank, and i gentleman from Kansas City, Mo., finally told the following: “I was once employed,” he said, “to collect a balance of 9470 which was due a well-known building firm Kansas City from an ecce ntrio old millionaire. How he made his money [don’t knA.f, for it is said he could leither read'nor write, but he had it til the same. “Well, I found the old boy down in bis cellar, and was gratified to hear him say that he could pay the bill at ?nce. T haven’t that much cash with me,’ he said, 'but just wait a minute.’ “He felt around as if looking for a pieoe of paper, and I was just about to offer him some, when his eyes lit an a piece of board about eighteen nches square. ' “ ‘Just the thing,’ he said, and with that he picked it up and made a lot of 4ueer-looking marks cn it. “ ‘There,’ he said, ‘take that to my bankers and It’ll be all right’ “I protested, but he insisted, and dually I did as he said. I handed the piece of plank, dubiously enough 1 tell you, to the paying teller, but what was my relief when ho merely •miled, studied the hieroglyphics a moment, and handed me 9470. Then le laid the board up on a shelf, and that was all there was to it “It transpired that the old man had i system of signs all his own, which bis bankers had agreed to respect 411 the same the plank check seemed :urious even to them, and it is hang ng up in the office of their establish ment now.” Th« Englishman In America An Englishman, just over, was breakfasting in New York with an American friend when he stated that iie would run out and see his brother Barry who lived in San Francisco. “Will you be back for dinner?” asked the American quizzically. “Of course,” answered the Englishman, ] “if not for lunch.” The American ac i eompanied him to the station and the . Englishman asked for a return ticket to San Francisco with a "stop over” at Chicago, and asked the ticket agent “How mueh?” "One hundred and thirty-eight dollars and a half’ was the reply. “What?" gasped the Englishman. “How far is it?” I “Three thousand miles,” ’was the ' reply. The American friend stood behind the Englishman to catch him , when he fell as he exclaimed, “Great Sod, what a country!” Matilda.—It was a good turn you dkf me whoa you told, me •f Santa Claus Soap. It makes the olothee whiter than aa/other, ana saves timo and work. 9 Mary.—Yea, and it does not ialnre tha hands or th« clothes# SANTA CLAUS SOAP. Mlh by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, CMup. V;... W A, , ! V‘ «>»•. W,,k«f!fl,,8",1'I<<,»‘«»n|nHHl,Nightly BilKfot neaa,all drain* unrt Ion* (if poworluOeiiormtlToOrJana <3 elthar Ia*«ViS5 uwof lobwZoplJi orrtSf ulnntft, whlcih !»'»n to Infirmity. Consumption or inunltv (Vn >,, Tf71 *«»» porkot. B1 por box,« *#, br mill pwpMd.AvithS as “iSlrw! Klv« n written Kimrnnteeloenraar refuna the moii«*“ p- - w* -In _ Jar «• Hold hr all VKvOitK ANirArU.it mmr In plain wrnppur. AUilrtiHs ftfBUVJB lEfil) €0., MmouIotJbpImSJwSoS Fursule in O'Nolll, Neb., by MOUU18 & CO., DruKtf i»ta. iA$y'i O'CONNOR & GALLAGHER IN Of nil kind*. A specialty made of FINE CIGARS. If you want a drink of good liquor do not full to call on us. AT>"cir ■ B1 MPT (I St > •tfwjrlnjr-’ to . vV.io*» MW Ap ''.V- >'■ - •leerii'irx. l.u. BUUl itrt tKlCL*. A*I*:tflWC-J OeYarman Bros CHECKER fffffffWfVfW Livery, Feed sad Sale Stable. Finest turnouts in the city. Good, careful drivers when wanted. Also run the O’Neill Omnibus line. ' Commercial trade a specialty. Have charge of McCaffert’s hearse. {FRED ('. GATZ f 1C Fresh, Dried and Salt Meats | jl Sugar-cured Ham, Breakfast III Bacon. Spice Roll Bacon, all Kinds of Sausages. PATENTS Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat- ] ent business conducted for moderate Free. < Our ornct is Opposite u. S. Fstist orncE and we can secure patent in leas time than those remote from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. A Pamrhlct, "How to Obtain Patents,” with cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries sent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. Ow. Patent Ornct, Washington, D. C. GOOD TEAMS, NEW RIGS ■•-if.vs; '■S: Prices Reasonable. East of MoPiifferto's O’NEILL, NEB, 5 ; V' (Mb ' - v f ■' k; " •' ' Purchase Tlokata and OoMifn ,mir Freight via tha F. E.&M.V.andS.C.&P :: j RAILROADS. : J* ■'% TRAINS DEPART/ OOIHQ BAST. Passenger east, Freight east, 9:85 A. M. 10:45 A. K. j rj ooixo was*. Freight west, Passenger west, Freight, 1:45 F. K 5:15 F. K 5:44 F. K The Elkhorn Line le now running Beelining Chair Cara dally, between Omaha and Dead* wood, me to holders of Intclui transnor - tatlon. -V^t Fer any information eall on W. J. DOBBS, Aot. O’NEILL, NEB. V S/J Q0; A strictly high-grade re roily Sewing Machine, possessing modern improveme'o,; Guaranteed Equal to the Best Prices wy reasonable. Obtain them from jour local dealer and make comparisons. CUREDGE MANUFAUTURHM CO. BELVIDERE. ILL. . A.-.«.. - «::v. • ,;‘u ■wiv.'vJ.i il-'P.