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CLYDE KINO AND D. H. CRONIN, EDITORS AND MANAGERS.
VOLUME XV.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 13, 1894.
NUMBER 23.
ps Of Interest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
jjU AND how it happened
4l Happening! Portrayed For General
Edification and Amusement.
Jr. j ii, Wixon, of Lincoln, is in
'city. __
ijufnril 1’nrker was in from Spencer
esilay. __
» o. Snyder has been on the sick list
. past week.
firs. J. J. King visited friends in Ew
| last Friday._
George ISastedo, of Butte, was in the
j last Saturday.
i'ou can get the best ginghams 7 cents
uni at the Emporium. 22-2
It It. Dickson bail business up the
i>t Monday and Tuesday.
Gall at l’fend’s store and see samples
Persian embroidery work.
Rents’heavy Randon mixed underwear
cents a suit at the Emporium. 22-2
.ailics silk-trimmed fleece lined under
ar $1.55 suit at the Emporium. 22-2
let your potatoes from P. J' 'Me
nus. Utah stock excels all others.
loot and shoe clearing sale at the
iporium December 15 to the 22nd*
rule at the Emporium. You can
re forty per cent, of your hard time
nev. , 22-2
test 4 ply knitting yarn 7 cents a
ein at the Emporium. This yarn is
irtli 13 cents. 22-2
The land officers expect to move their
ire to rooms over Corrigan’s drug
ire in a few days.
lor flour, corn, bran and all kinds of
nl yo to the O'Neill Flour & Feed Co.,
Mack Manager. 38-tf
Tlie teachers' meeting at Atkinson
t Saturday attracted a large per cent
t "f O'Neill instructors.
have a carload of Utah potatoes on
(k which I will sell for 75 cents a
hcl from car. P. J. McManus.
'like Enright and John Kearney left
t Tuesday for Illinois, where they
th have accepted positions.
l*on t miss the Boot and Shoe clearing
it at the Emporium beginning De
ulitr 15,lasting till December 22. One
ck only. 22-2
porter King went up to Kvshville
"Jay night, returning this
f'i'iif, Judge lvinkaid having ad
"rnetl court at that place.
^'urday and Monday previous to
1'Minas we will sell pure mixed and
rk candy at hve cents per pound so all
- children can have plenty for Christ
lS' J- P. Mann.
f co partnership heretofore existing
’reen ]{. J. 11 ayes and J. L M(lcki ha8
(issolved by mutual consent. Mr.
‘H* continuing the business. Mr
*fk expects to start the latter part of
onth for Iudians, and perhaps
a. on business that will occupy liis
°r three or four weeks.
Jake Ilcraluser is assisting P. C. Cor
rigan in handling his holiday trade.
If you have not secured a water right
for your laud be sure and do so before it
is too late.
There will be Episcopal services next
Sunday evening, December 10, at the
usual place. Rev. J. M. Bates officiat
ing. _
Eastern money to loan on Holt and
Boyd county farms. Low rates ot
interest. William Farms, Agt.
22-tf. O’Neill Neb.
The celebrated Cambria coal which
beats all of its competitors, sold only by
the O’Neill Coal and Milling Co. Baz
zleman's. _
The farmers living along the proposed
ditch are nearly all taking water rights
and the company expect to to have the
required amount signed for by January
1. '
How about fancy candy, mixed nuts,
oranges, grapes, figs etc., for Christmas?
Our line is complete.
33-2 O’Neill Grocery Co.
P. J. Biglin will furnish you all kinds
of coal, in carload lots or in small
quantities. He can also furnish you
with coal oil and gnsoline by the gallon
or barrel. Get his prices before buying
whereelse. _ 15tf
We have the largest, best and greatest
variety of cnndies and nuts ever brought
to O’Neill for the holiday trade. Sun
day schools will do well to look over
our stock and prices. Respectfully,
22-tf J. Bently.
Jim suanner was in tbe city Monday
to purchase a load of feed for his stock.
Mr. Shanner says it is hard luck to farm
an hundred acres to feed a hot wind and
then buy grain to feed stock.
In selecting your Xmas presents re*
member O’Neill Furniture Company's
holiday goods. Rugs, easy chairs
couches, picture frames, center tables,
book cases, baby cribs, etc., at prices to
suit the times. Come early and mnke
selections. 22-3
The defeat of Jillison by a vote of two
to one is strong evidence that the people
do not intend rewarding or endorsing
the tax-list thieves. Even populists feel
when they are stuck and bleed accord*,
ingly* _
That celebrated Duffy’s cider is just
the think-to drink or for mince meat; it
is absolutely pure apple juice. Try a
gallon. 23-3 O’Neii.t, Grocery Co.
Inter Ocean December 8: At St. Louis
yesterday Judge Caldwell issued an
order for the sale under foreclosure by
the Manhattan Trust company of the
Sioux City, O’Neill and Western Rail
road.
Do you want any seasoning? We
have it of various kinds: Sage, Thyme,
Msjoram etc. See us when in need of
any. 23-2 C ’Neill Grocery Co.
The Junto society—composed of fresh
men—are rehearsing a program that they
expect to put on the boards in the opera
house Friday, December 21. It will
consist of literary entertainment fol
lowed by a banquet in the form of an
oyster supper.
We have a special deal on crackers
and ginger snaps by the pound or box.
Call in, we will let yon in on the deal.
23-3 O’Neilt, Grocery Co.
WE.ARE
Headquarters for
SANTA CLAUS, algo
For KRIS KRINGLE.
Everything new and AH at Hard Times Prices.
Don’t buy any
CHRISTMAS
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PRESENTS
Until you have thoroughly
examined our stock.
°me and see us often.
MORRIS & CO.
It. E. L. Hayes of the Omaha Theo
logical seminary, will preach morning
and evening next Sunday in the Presby
terian church of O’Neill. The public is
cordially Invited to attend. It is the ex
pectation of the church to engage Mr.
Hayes or some otfyer student to come
here once a month to preach for them.
Heavy unbleached sheeting at the
Emporium 51 cents a yard. Others ask
you 7 cents for same thing. 23-2
The school library has arrived and
will soon be ready for use. The pupils
of our schools are under obligations to
Prof. McGuire's enterprise in the matter
and should show appreciation of his
efforts in their behalf by perusing the
library from a to izzard. The works
are modern, interesting and necessarily
instructive.
When you want Gloves and Mittens
go to the Emporium. Large line and
prices below competition. 22-2
It. H. Mills returned Tuesday evening
from Meadow Grove, bringing with him
his little three year old son who had
been quite sick there for several weeks
with lung fever. He is improving
slowly at this writing.
You can save from 50 cents to $1.50
on a pair of shoes at the Emporium
during the clearing sale from December
15 to the 22nd. Don’t miss this sale.
You will buy something for your
mother for Xmas, and why not buy
something useful. Everything in our
line is always useful about the house. |
No present you can make will be ap
preciated as well as an ensy chair or
couch. The O’Neill Furniture Company
will make special efforts for you at prices
to suit. 22-3
J. P. Mann went up to Newport Mon
day night to attend an irrigation meet
ing, and Wednesday he mingled with
the water enthusiasts at Johnstown.
He returned this morning and says that
the west end people are fully alive to
their interests in matters of irrigation.
In order that all may be able to
fill the little stockings this Christ
mas we will sell mixed and stick
candy at 8 cents per pound, Pea
nuts at 1o cents per pound.
23-1 O’Neill Grocery Co.
Rushville Standard: It has often
been stated in our bearing that Judge
Kinkaid was shaping his business affairs
with a view to going to Colorado after
his term of office expired. We had
come to believe that this was true, hut
the Judge informs us that he has no
notion of going to Colorado to make
that state his home. The Standard is
pleased to know the judge will remain a
citizen of Nebraska.
Hard times seem to be an incentive to
matrimony. We will not attempt to say
whether it is in order to cut down ex
penses or that the dullness of tbingH
gives the dear girls and boys time to
contemplate and decide. Since our last
issue Judge McCntclieon has given his
consent in writing to the following
unions: Jessie Bellurg, of Atkinson,and
J. P. Crane, of Stewart; Clara Bellurg:
Atkinson, and M. S. Greenfield, of
Stuart; B. E. Sexton, of Dustin and W.
A. Berry, of Dustin.
I he great big baby of the Smudge is
crying because somebody did not call at
his libel mill with a cut of the irrigation
ditch and request him to publish it. If
that bawling calf lives in O'Neill long
and is capable of learning anything he '
will learn that it is the hustler that
prints the news—for further particulars
peruse the columns of Tiik Fkontibk.
If the sniffling simpleton had gotten a
move on himself and asked for the cut
he would not now he whimpering be
cause we scooped him.
A Texas editor wlio«e soul was full to
overflowing with pathetic sentiment is
responsible for the following soul stir
ring suuib; “An humble boy with a
shinning pail, went gaily singing down
the dale, where a cow with n brindle tail,
on the clover pasture did regale. An
idle bee did gaily sail over the soft and
shady vale, to where the boy with the
shining pail, was milking the cow with
the brindle tail. The bee lit on the cow's
left ear, her heels flew through the
atmosphere and through the leaves of
the chesnut tree, the boy soared into
eternity.”
What About Tour Christmas Presents!
Money is not as plentiful as usual this
winter but you will probably have to in
vest something in this direction and we
want to help you out by suggesting a
few sensible and moderate priced articles
that will uot only make a suitable present
but will be useful to the recipient. If
you don’t know what you want come
and see our stock of fine rugs, draperies,
china, cut glass, gloves, handkerchiefs,
mufflers, slippers, dress goods, cloaks
and many other articles that will suit
your fancy as well as your purse.
Yours respectfully,
23-2 J. 1\ Mann.
William Gallagher died at Laurel,
Neb., this morning, of dropsy. For the
past two years Mr. Gallagher has resided
at Spencer where he lias had charge of
McCafferty’s hardware store, lie had
not felt well the past three or four
months and about a week ago, occom
panied by his wife, ho went to Laurel,
where bis brother resides, to receive
treatment, where he died as above
stated. A coffin was sent down from
here this morning and the remains will
be brought to this city tonight. The
funeral will tako place from the Catholic
church, in this city, to-morrow morning
at 8 o’clock. The decenscd leaves a wife
and two young children to mourn his
demise. Tub FitoNTiitn extends to the
bereaved family and relatives Its sym
pathy.
A special from Newport to the State
Journal on last Tuesday says that “Evans
Scott, a rancntnan living twelve miles
south of town, shot and killed ono of
his farm hands, named W. C. Kirckucre,
this morning. Scott and Kirchuere had
h quarrel yesterday about wages, and af
ter a settlement Kirchure was discharg
ed. This morning Scott londed a gun
with buckshot and started on Kirchu
ere’s trail. lie found him near the
ranch with a companion and without a
word of warning shot him in the side,
killing him instantly. lie then lied and
Kircliucre’s friend reported the deed to
the officers here who ure now in pursuit
of Scott. Kirchuere was only eighteen
years old and of an inoffensive disposi
tion.” This is the worst report of the
unfortunate affair that we have been
able to find. Other rumors say that
the deceased was an all around tough
and that the killing was justifiable.
Prom the fact that Scott has been re
leased, on $2,500 bail it would nppcnr
that the affair is not as bloodthirsty ns
indicated above. Mr. Scott is a brother
of Barrett’s and was at one time a resi
dent of this county. Word reaches us
this morning that the nmn was not kill
ed at all and will probaby recover.
Mr. Erford, of Seward, chairman of
the finance committee of the Workmen,
was in the city last Friday evening ami
attended a meeting of the lodge. lie
was on a tour of inspection, making
report of the condition of local lodges
in the state, and found this branch in
excellent condition, having an active
membership of seventy-five and a large
general fund to carry it through the hard
times. He delivered an address of a
couple of hours’ to the meeting and con
gratulated the officers and members upon
their prosperous condition. He was not
here for the purpose of advising the
lodge in regard to the proposed new
building, as had been reported. This
order is now one of the strongest, if not
the strongest, in the city and are taking
in members almost every meeting, three
new ones having been initiated at their
last session. New officers were also
elected,-and areas follows: O. F. Biglin,
P. M. W; T. V. Golden, M. W;Sam
Howard, F.; Tom Birmingham, O.; Chas
Bright, Rec.; Mose Campbell, Financier:
B. McGreevy, Receiver; J. P. Mullen,
Trustee; Fred Anderson, inside watch
man; H. E. Murphy, Outside Watchman
This order has a membership of 18,000
in the state of Nebraska, an increase of
500 in the Inst month.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
World’s Fair Highest Award.
Christmas
is coming so now is (he
time to stimulate the old
folks by getting them some
thing that will remind them
■ of their youthful days. It
_ makes the old heart feel
glad and the young heart
happy, so don’t forget the
young ones either.
Your Girl
gets tired of dry guff and
try-to-be-pleasant smiles, so
call around and get some
thing for her, so that when
you ring the door hell her
heart will go pitapat and
cause her to wonder if you
have something new, so do
not disappoint her.
The Place
to find the choicest and
most valuable articles for
your Christmas presents is
at our store, as I have just
been to Chicago and pur
chased a large stock of the
latest goods in our line and
at prices never before equal
ed, and must be sold on the
same basis.
Visit my store and get
Your Christmas gifts.
P. J. HcManus.
COMB HARLY AND . . . .
CORRIGAN’S
is the‘
PLACE
TO BUY
AVOID TUB KUSH . . . .
Christmas Presents
FINE LINE OF
PLUSH GOODS
AT SPECIAL
PRICES FOR
THE HOLIDAYS
LARGEST LINE
OF GOLD PENS
IN THE CITY.
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BIGGEST
ASSORTHENT
NEW GOODS
LOW PRICES
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Complete Assortment at Prices That Satisfy.
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Auction Sale!
Of a Complete
Livery Outfit,
Consisting of
Horses, Buggies, Harnesses,
Whips and Laprobes,
On Saturday, December IS, 1894,
At 2 o’clock p. in. at Checkered
Livery Harn in O'Neill.
j Livery Harn
It seems that the Jew has shut up like
a clam—which he is—on the Scott bond
case. For a week or two we were in
clined to think the Smudge would im
peach Judge Chapman and his reporter,
but we surmise that little dialogue be
tween the judge and Harrington, taken
from the official record and published by
us, had the effect of soothing the Jew’s
indignation. Gutzy occasionally rea
lizes when he is whipped and sneaks
down and out like a cringing cur with a
tin can rattling at the terminus of its
spinal column, lie has not the man
hood to apologize when lie is caught
libeling a person, nor the honesty to re
tract when a brazen lie is diiven home
to his foul pen. When the time arrives
for the commencement of the decompo
sition of his vile carcass—some people
might say dissolution instead or decom
position, but we make a distinction be
tween the terms: decomposition Is but
the decay of animal matter, while dis
solution, as we love to think of it, is the
parting of soul and body, and as the
Jew has no soul the word decomposed
is correctly used. Hut what we were
going to say was that when he comeB to
die, and hnn a little, narrow, contracted
soul that thus far has failed to come to
the surface in his workings in the flesh,
it will be well for the devil to sleep with
one hand on his gun. lest his crown be
wrested from him by the sulphuric shade
of this man who has succeeded in con
centrating in his being almost all ot the
vices of his race.
The farmers of Holt county have it in
their power to make or break the county.
They occupy a responsible position and
one that should not be treated lightly or
indifferently. It takes a certain number
of acres of water rights to secure an
irrigation ditch and every man in the
county should interest himself in the
matter and sec that the required amount
is secured. No man should feel any
hesitancy in encumbering his farm to
secure something to make his farm
valuable, when it is conceded that with
out that something the real estate is
valueless. Land owners who are within
reach of the ditch or any of its laterals
do themselves an injustice if they fail
to partake liberally of water-rights. The
officers of the irrigation company are
not complaining but are confident that
little trouble will be experienced in
securing enough rights to insure the
building of the ditch. Tub Fkontieh
believes it to be the interest of farmers
along the diteh to take out their rights
at once, ns the company will agree to
water but a limited number of acres be
fore the ditch is built and its capacity
tested by actual work. Simply because
some man owns a nice farm ad jacent to
the ditch does not mean that he shall
enjoy the luxury of water in dry seasons
unless he lias a contract calling for the
same. Urcat interest is being taken in
the matter by the other counties through
which the ditch will pass, every mail
bringing in contracts covering many
acres. It will lie to Holt county’s ever
lasting advantage to secure as large an
I acreage as possible.
Another Chapter.
Tbo pant week line written another
chapter in the Bcott embezzlement case,
an will be aeon from tbo following,
taken from the Lincoln Journal, date of
December 7:
“Barrett Scott, the ex-county treasurer
of Holt county who was convicted of
embezzlement and sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary and to pay to
Holt county the sum of $05,070 and costs
of prosecution, was admitted to bail
yesterday by tho supreme court on the
usual application, in the sum of $40,000,
Tho bond has been forwarded to Scott
and after being signed by sureties it will
he returned to Clerk D. A. Campbell for
approval.
“This celebrated case has been befoie
the courts and public since Scott fled to
Mexico ond was brought back on a
requisition after quite a lot of quibbling
over extradition papers. He was
charged with embezzling $70,000 worth
>>f county funds. In a recent trial in
Holt county some of his bondvtnen were
relieved from liability ns a result of
manipulation of the bond by a pop
county board. More recently Scott was
tried for embezzlement in Antelope
county, whither the prosecution took.
the case on a change of venue, and was
convicted as stated. He has since been
in iuil
••The case was brought to the supreme
court on error by J. 13. Barnes and
others, Scott's attorneys. If appearing
that there is probable error, the court
suspend sentence pending a review of
the case and admitted Scott to bail until
the case shall he determined.
“The allegation is made by Scott’s at
torneys tlint the lower court erred in in
creasing the bond from $24,000 to $70,
000, and in denying bis application for a
change of venue from Bolt county to
somo adjoining county in the same ju
dicial district, and in changing the place
of trial to Antelope county, which is in
another judicial district, without his
consent and ove’r his objections, and
also that the court erred in placing him
on trial in a county other than the one
in which the crime was committed.''
Mr. Scott came up to O’Neill last
Saturday afternoon, in company with
Pom Clark, deputy sheriff of Antelope
county, to secure the lequired bond.
By Monday night a bond had been justi
fied in the amount of over S.IO.OOO and
signed by a great many who did not
justify, and Tuesday morning Mr. Scott
returned with the deputy sheriff to
Neligh. where he will.remain in custody
until the bond is approved by the clerk
of the supreme court. The bond Was
taken before clerk of the courpSkirving.
If the review of the case is not ad
vanced upon the docket, but takes its
natural course in the supreme court, ills
not probable that it will be reached in
less than one year.
Legal opinion differs materially upon
ths situation the case would he in should
the supreme conrt decide that Scott was
unlawfully sent to antelope county for
trial. Some men learned in the law sav
that in that event be ennnot be tried
again, while other men equally learned
in the law say that it would do nothing
but grant him a new trial. Under these
conditions and circumstances we are not
supposed to know enough about it to
venture an opinion, a prediction or a
guess.
Notice.
There will be a meeting of the Holt
County Irrigation Society at the court
house in O’Neill, at 10 o'clock A. m., on
Saturday, December 15, 1894.
This meeting is called for the purpose
of selecting delegates to attend the state
irrigation convention, to be held in
Kearney, Neb., on December 18, and
for such other business ns may come be
fore the meeting.
T. V. Goi.den, J. P. Mn.i.EN,
Secretary. President.
Hake an Offer.
Your price goes. We must sell wwt J
lot 4 O’Neill. Write us.
II. E. Cole Co.,
Ileal Estate & Dental Agts.,
100 N. 15th, Omaha, Neb. *,•
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