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CLYDE NINO AND D. H. CRONIN. EDITORS AND MANAGERS.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 28, 1895.
NUMBER 34.
of Interest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
r and how it happened
Happenings Portrayed For General
Edification end Amusement.
Dg will be gratefully received this
or Wertz was down from Stuart
_
, Darr left Tuesday morning for
me in Missouri.
Akin and Hez Chambers were
from Atkinson Monday.
Ed. Gallagher entertained the
igton people Tuesday evening.
ew method of keeping fruits and
s fresh by sterilized air has been
ered. _
sums are all open, ducks and geese
iming in and other signs point that
ick of winter is lame.
1 Brennan handles the famous
City garden seeds. They give
satisfaction than any other.
s Nina Ryan celebrates her 18th
lay this evening by entertaining
iber of her friends at her home.
t because the English own so many
r breweries that the democrats are
led to increasing the tax on beer?
me to the "Match Social” at Mrs.
er’s, Tuesday evening, March 5.
reds for the minister's salary. Only
le.
nt is now on. it is meet that all
Id pause in the midst of their sms
levote forty days to the redemption
ieir souls.
e dam built across the Elkhorn by
Darr when be erected his mill
al years ago, is giving way to the
of ice this spring.
m't be frightened when you read
it is only to let you know that on
rday next Adam & Co., will sell 25
ids of sugar for #1.00.
ie St. Louis brand of kisses come
• A court decision has fixed the
f at $2,500 each, when taken with
Ibe permission of the kisaee.
is said that Dr. Gilligan is preparing
atise on Scratchology. Rumor also
it that the work, which will be a
comprehensive compendium, will be
cated to the Holt county vigilanters.
be Midland Monthly, the new maga
published at Des Moines, la., is
v a gem of the west. It grows,
bter and better each issue and is a
it to western genius, pluck and
uprise.
ialt Townsend is engaged with a
e of laborers in raising the Whiting
se. The structure has become weak
the center and is in considerable
Ker of being damaged by the gorge
Ice that has formed above it.
s- Harding, of Lincoln, Grand
| of Honor of the Degree of Honor
“e state, will lecture tonight at the
kmen’s hall in this city. The dis
9e " Particularly for the wives,
ibters and sisters of Workmen.
lfee clever women.Margaret Deland,
J °"*e Jewett and Mrs Burton Har
!’ Wl11 trv »nd settle in the next
ec of the Ladies’ Home Journal
“ >* is proper to use the word
»nd when the term “lady"
employed.
►oman”
paid be
Y?rk Woman who was acci
ibeaL^10^^ °n her nose fur’
Idea tha* might be utilized
IJ8 irv ouble8°me folk who are al
4! of mt!°poke their no*es int0 ‘he
‘ maf ve» I"' PerbaP8 meddleaome
? vet be prevented by inocula
on,
fcw ‘ *Tna : Tom C°°k« bring’.
e“Ml°v HC0Untythe,,eW8thata
•d w rt t . 88edupin old clothe.
■Wle th* JT ‘° Mk fo"«>bef.
tok« into their b aWay 8ome mi8creanl
'°»ev, twn 'ihU.U8eand 8tole »100 it
>°tey, tWo " , a 8,OIe 8100 in
ilMrC0 6W 8uit8 of ^thing and a
ity Friday nt4?Z°na’ arrived in th«
“W. °f week, t*^ WiU remai“«
’Usin«»mauer8 Lp * a,ter 80m‘
0,188 from a railm.H V iving iix‘J
lelevram announcing d‘d “0t get the
Unlil after the funeral “ m°‘her8 deStl
Sae’Ude:;9held a meeting
^or®eda,toth* I?- We ar«
ll(*eration. Tt .8ul,ject under <
Jdvi8»Wlity of ado'f-h‘ have been
r--‘-isr-ar
Representative Robertson was in the
city Saturday and Sunday, returning to
Lincoln Monday morning. ,
J. P. Mann, who is ija Chicago buying
his stock of spring and summer goods
is expected home Saturday.
Miss Mae Skirving has returned from
Stuart and is occupying her old position
in the office of the district clerk.
Phil Sullivan will leave O’Neill, for
Butte, Montana, next Monday morning,
where he expects to spend the summer.
Miss Mills took Monday morning’s
train for her home in Meadow Grove,
where she will visit for a couple of
weeks. -_
Boyd county held another bond elec
tion last week. The proposition to bond
the county for $20,000 carried, and the
residents of our sister county are feel
ing jubilant.
Charlie Baker has purchased the dray
line formerly owned by Jess Mellor.
Charlie is a deservingly popular young
man and will undoubtedly make a suc
1 cess of his new undertaking.
The jury which was dismissed last
Monday is expected to he on hand for
duty Thursday, March, 14, without fur
ther notice. State cases will be taken up
not later than the 20th of that month.
The Bartley guards celebrated Wash
ington’s birthday by giving a public drill
and parade. The boys are getting rap
idly to the front and earning'the praise
that our citizens are not backward in
giving. __
The dance given by the Spencer or
chestra at the rink last Friday night was
a very pleasant party indeed. The
music furnished by this orchestra is
very fine and elicits many words of
praise from O’Neill dancers.
The O’Neill band, assisted by the
Spencer orchestra, regaled our citizens
with some fine selections during the pa
rade last Friday. Good judges of good
music say the band was the best heard
in O’Neill in years and years.
Bill Clevish, who has been spending
the winter On his farm at Surprise, Neb.,
is in the city this week. He will remain
in Holt county a couple of weeks mak
ing arrangements to return in the spring
and occupy his farm at Turner.
C. E. Mills, of Ewing, was in the city
Monday looking after supplies for the
destitute of his precinct. Mr. Mills is
one populist who is not backward about
denouncing the murder of Scott. It is a
pleasure to meet an honest populist oc
casionally. _•
A petition was in circulation Monday
requesting the county board to refund
the old Center precinct court-house
bonds. The precinct is away in arrears
on interest and it seems necessary that
something should be done to satisfy the
bondholders and ward of judgment.
Jesse Mellor left O’Neill Wednesday
morning for Stuttgart, Ark., where he
has purchased a half interest in the gen
eral merchandising establishment of D.
L. Cramer. He has disposed of his busi
ness interests here and expects to make
his future home among the flowers of
the south. Jesse is a young man of
business and social ability and will make
himself felt in Stuttgart. He will be
missed in O'Neill, where he leaves many
kinds of friends.
The Workmen after closing lodge
Tuesday night and securely stabling the
goat, were very much surprised to find
themselves surrounded and their forest
invaded by the ladies of the Degree of
Honor, who had called, uninvited, to
have a good time. They were prepared
for that purpose having in tow Prof.
Smith’s combination of excellent musi
cians who furnished the measures for
one of the most enjoyable little dances
of the season. Lunch was served- at an
appropriate hour.
Ledger: The Independent publishes
the proclamation calling the special elec
tion to vote bonds under the head of
legal advertising. The publisher will
probably put in a bill for pay for same
at legal rates, regardless of the fact that
a resolution passed the board that it was
to be sent to each of the papers of the
county to be published without cost.
Straws show which way the wind blows.
If the bond issue is to be run into a steal
thus early in the game the probabilities
are that it better be killed as soon as pos
sible. •
--—
At a meeting of the national board of
directors of the Uodern Woodmen of
America, just concluded at Springfield,
111., very interesting reports were made
showing a large growth in membership
and decrease in the price of insurance.
January 1, 1895, the order had $337,000,
000 insurance in force, the average cost
being $4.95 per annum, and the annual
cost of management only 85 cents per
member, the lowest ever known. The
amount paid beneficiaries in 1894 was
$1,950,000. The death rate was less than
for five yean.
Yes we know it is hard times but that
is no excuse for any one not being neatly
and stylishly dressed this season. J. P.
Mann will furnish you with a neat fit*
ting, well made business suit for from
913.60 to 930.00; or a dress suit for from
918.60 to 930.00. Look over his samples
before you decide to go without a spring
suit or before you give your order to
some traveling agent who will charge
you more for the same goods and give
you no better flitting garments. 38-3.
Stuart Ledger: The genial John A.
Harmon, Register of the O’Neill land
office, as far as roughing it is concerned
in frontier days of the county, has been
through the mill. It is told of him
"upon reliable authority," that be broke,
through needle grass and hot sand, bare
footed, with a yoke of oxen, 65 acres
of prairie one spring and summer and
regardless of what thoughts may have
passed through his mind, he never let
slip an oath. Such self-control and for
bearance could hardly be more strongly
exemplified in a saint.
A Missouri paper is authority for the
following dialogue. It is pretty bright
to have come from Missouri, but then
surprises will happen: "A boy in Kan*
sas was pulling a dog along the road by
a rope. The boy called to his dog,
‘come along ‘Pop,’ you ornery cuss!’
A bystander asked why he called the
dog ‘Pop?’ ‘For short,’ answered the
boy. 'Well, what’s his full name?’ ‘Pop
ulist,’ said the boy. ‘Why call him
Populist?’ said, the stranger. ‘Well,
sir,’ the boy said, ‘because he is fust
like a populist. Be is the ornerest dog
in Kansas. He aint worth a durn only
to Bit on his tail and howl.’”
The Green Tree club gave a banquet
oif the eve of Washington’s birthday
that surpassed any previous effort of the
society. There were eatables and drink
ables and a dozen guests duly qualified
to take care of both. When mirth ran
highest and corks popped loudest over
the festal board John Smoot, janitor and
keeper of the bear trap, was presented
with an elegant set of silver knives and
forks. They were given him by the
members of the club as a token of ap
preciation of the excellent work he had
done in the past, and as a further mark
of respect he was re-elected for another
year. Tub Frontier is indeed sorry
that it has not space to follow this feast
of reason and flow of soul from begin
ing to end, tell who made the speeches
sang the songs and danced the dauces
and picture in glowing rhetoric and
rounded periods the antics of the old
fellows who were mixed with the boys.
Some people occasionally remark that
the republican party in Holt county is
dead. We have borrowed some lines
that with a little remodeling answers
them quite correctly:
When the lion eats grass like an ox
And the flshworm swallows the whale:
When the terrapins knit woolen socks
And the hare is outrun by the snail;
When serpents walk upright like men
And doodle bugs travel like frogs
When the grasshopper feeds on the hen
And feathers are found on hogs;
When Thomas eats swim In the air
And elephants roost upon tress;
When lnseots In summer are rare
And snuff never makes people sneeze;
When fish creep over dry land
And mules on veloolpedes ride.
Ween foxes lay eggs in the sand
And women In dress take no pride;
When the humming bird brays like an ass
And Umburger smells like cologne;
When plowshares are made out of glass
And Gutzy ceases to throw stones;
When Ideas grow In Populists’ heads
And wool on a hydraulic urn;
Then the republican party will be dead
And this county not worth a durn.
After the murder of the Hills last sum
mer the Beacon Light, in speaking of
the “boodle gang" used the following
language: "Oh you miserable, degraded
pukes, con you give any just cause why you
should not be tried, and punished in the
court of last resort in the Niobrara district?’’
And yet the big brute has the audacity
to say that he has always opposed mob
law and never incited men to murder
Barrett Scott. The streets of hell are
said to be paved with the skulls of such
fiends. "Have you anything to say why
you should not be tried and punished in
the court of last resort in the Niobrara
district?" Is that not equivalent to ask
ing a man why he Bhould not be mur
dered? Passing strange that a man who
boasts that his life is an open book of
spotless purity should rely upon a noc
turnal court that seems to spring upon
its victim from the night’s Plutonian
shore, do well its work, and vanish even
as it came. But this is a strange world
anyway, and sure it is that there are
more things in heaven and earth than
are dreamed of in our philosophy.
P. J. Bifelin will furnish you all kinds
of coal, in carload lots or in small
quantities. He can also furnish you
with coal oil and gasoline by the gallon
or barrel. Get his prices before buying
whereelse. _ 15tf
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
World’s Fair Highest Award.
Quirt in Court. .
The week baa been n quiet one in
court.
Friday being a legal holiday, on ac
count of the birth of that illustrious
statesman, George Washington, no court
could be legally held and a recess was
accordingly taken.
Friday the case of Justin McCarthy
ys. Bank of Ewing was tried to a jury
who returned verdict for plaintiff. This
is one of the old cases that has been on
the docket for years.
In the case of Gallagher vs. Carr the
plaintiff failed to appear and the case
was dismissed.
Monday morning the caso of the state
vs. George Mullihan was called, and
upon the application of Attorney Gen
eral Churchill was continued until March
80th. The defendants protested vigor
ously against postponement, and were
aided by the county attorney who said
he was ready to go to trial, but it trans
pired that the attorney general had
chance of the proaecuti'on and the case
went over upon the following affidavit
died by the state:
i, a. b. unurcmii, being first duly
sworn, upon my oath depose and say
that l am the attorney general of the
state of Nebraska, that upon consults*
tion with the governor of the state and
other members of the executive depart*
ment of the state, I have assumed charge
and control of the trial of the above en
titled case, as provided by law that I
may do. That the legislature is now
in session, that constitutional questions
are constantly arising which are of vital
importance to the people of the state of
Nebraska, and which need my immediate
and constant attention, that the time of
my deputy is wholly consumed in the
preparing of cases for the supreme
court, and in attending to cases in the
banking department. That Mr. Hilton,
the ex-state inspector is a defaulter and
that matter needs my immediate atten
tion, that my duties as attorney General
are such as to require my constant at
tention and presence at the office of the
attorney general in Lincoln, Neb., dur
ing the remainder of the present session
of the legislature, which has under the
constitution of the state at least twenty
days session yet to hold, that it will be
impossible for me to remain and take
charge of said case unless the same be
adjourned until after the adjournment
of the present legislature.
The revolvers that were taken from
the defendants in the Scott trial and in
troduced as evidence at the preliminary,
were returned to their owners upon affi
davits filed. The affidavits stated that
the affiants had received threatening let
ters and that they needed side arms for
protection and that they were too poor
to buy new ones. Application was first
made to the county judge, in whose pos
session the arsenal was, but he refused
to release them except upon an order
1 from the district court.
Court adjourned Tuesday until the
14th inst., on which date the jury will
return. In the mean time Judge Kin
ksid will hold a term of court in Brown
county.
I He Went! a Change.
One of the horny-handed tillers of
Holt county soil and a tax-payer who,
togther with hundreds of others, is at
present groaning under the burden of
taxation levied upon him by the popu
list board of executive czars, came into
one of the business houses in O’Neill
the other day and asked that a petition
be drawn up requesting the above men
tioned board to submit, at the next gen
eral election held in the county, a prop
osition to do away with the “thieving
outfit" in charge of the county’s affairs
and return to the comparatively inex
pensive commissioner system. “Why,”
said he, “I just came from the court
house and while I was there those super
visors appropriated unto themselves
about $00.00 more of old Holt’s cash.’’
Upon being asked what foundation be
had for such a statement he replied:
“The board was called together to settle
some matters relating to the affairs of
the relief committee which, had they
gone to work at it like men would who
were endowed with ordinary brains and
business ability, could have been fin
ished in one hour. They didn’t do that,
however, but with their hands in your
pockets and my pockets and the pockets
of every other tax-payer in the county,
proceeded to kill time and loiter over
the work until it was too late to accom
plish it within the prescribed day; they
then adjourned for the ostensible pur
pose of putting in another day on it and
adding a few more dollars to their ex
chequer, and incidentally a little more
to the. burden of the people.” It was
suggested that it might materially hasten
the end so much to be desired if be
would make it a poiut to inform his
friends and neighbors of the methods
employed by the supervisors to filch
from their hard earnings the wherewith
to keep themselves and families in com
parative luxury while they who had to
bear the brunt might sup from the hand
of charity.
Short Lino Time Card,
Passenger leaves 9:35 a. m., arrives
9:07 p. ii.; freight leaves 9:07 p. M., ar
l rives 7 p. m. Daily except Sunday.
PERTAINING TO IRRIGATION.
In North Nebraska folki say,
"Irrigate".
We've a land that Is fairer than day.
If we Irrigate.
Our sunshine Is plenty and simply sublime,
We can raise any crop, for our soil Is line,
But the rain we don't get that we should tho
right time.
So we'll Irrigate.
We have water In boundless supply,
To Irrigate.
From our streams that never mn dry,
Weoan Irrigate.
Large lakes and lagoons are at our oommand
And need but the wave of arts' msglo wand,
To laughingly dance o'er our broad fertile
land,
And Irrigate.
Thelayofouroountryls right.
To Irrigate.
Our future Is exoeedlngly bright.
If we Irrigate.
And the point Is now reaohod where our folks
are agreed,
That If from the blight of the drouth we are
freed,
And the farmer assured returns from his seed,
We must Irrigate.
But we do something more than say,
"Irrigate."
We have found out a way
To Irrigate.
And It's not on tho old perpendloular plan
With a little brown jug and an old pint can
And a stream running down the gullet of
man,
xnat wo n irrigate.
Ob, not we've a company organised now
To lrrlgato.
If you wish, I’ll relate to you bow
We can Irrigate:
In the oounty of Cherry at the head of the
Snake,
(The Niobrara, too,) there la more than one
lake,
Whose waters oan easily be used for our sake.
To Irrigate.
From these lakes we will run a canal
To Irrigate.
Run It down through Cherry, Brown, Rook,
et.al,
And Irrigate.
We've already made a partial survey,
located our rights and mapped out the way,
And we'll be throwing dirt In a nearby day.
And Irrigate.
It Involves no reflection to state
We must Irrigate.
In the most prosperous country under the
sun,
They Irrigate.
And the crops that they raise
Are a source of surprise,
To men who depend for their wet from the
skies,
Where they irrigate.
Let us then “get together,"
And all join hands.
In an effort to get this wet on our lands;
And raise decent crops on our productive
sands.
Let's make no mistake;
Let's Irrigate
Or emigrate.
Get upon the irrigation boat and all
take a ride—into the port of peace and
plenty.
"Buffalo Bill” is the proprietor of a
large irrigated farm near North Platte,
this state. It is said to be an ideal place
and a source of much profit to the
owner.
A crop every year with irrigation.
Not one in two years or three in Are
years; but every year. And a crop, not
a part of a crop. And a large crop, not
a fair or medium crop. A certain re
turn and a large return every year for
the seed and labor of the farmer. No
starvation then; no appeals to more fa
vored localities for sustenance; no ap
propriations out of the state treasury to
buy provisions and fuel for drouth
stricken farmers; no voting bonds to
buy seed for another crop; no turning
the stock loose to rustle for themselves.
What do Frontier readers think of
075 bushels of potatoes being raised on
an acre of irrigated land? Seems like a
big story don’t it? A sort of a fish story.
Don’t believe it, some of you will say.
Well, we didn’t see it done; don’t know
the party who did it, but the publishers
of the American Agriculturist paid to
him a handsome prize in 1890 for doing
so. That year that paper paid out some
810,000 dollars in cash prizes to potato
raisers, and Mr. William J. Sturgis, of
Johnson county, N. Y., took first prize
on the above yield. Mr. Sturgis land
says the Agriculturist—was sandy loam,
no fertilizer except copious irrigation;
the water probably rich in potash; hills
2’x8” li foot apart; number 20,800;
cut to one two and three eyes; 1,500 lbs.
seed planted; varieties, Early Vermont,
Manhattan, Rural New Yorker, No. two
and three; varieties, contestant’s own
seed; profit 9714.00. The potatoes were
dug in the presence of witnesses, says
the Agriculturist, dried as tree from dirt
as possible the same day they were dng,
and then were weighed and sorted in the
presence of witnesses who saw the whole
operation and who swore to the accu
racy of the report, which the contestant
also had to swear to. The American
Agriculturist also sent a special repre
sentative to all the harvests. Never
before were there so many safeguards
about a crop contest and never were
yields reported so thoroughly reliable.
Now who is going to raise the largest
yield in Holt county this season, on irri
gated land. The Frontier will take
pleasure in recording the yields it our
I farmers will only report them to us.
Program
Of tba Holt county Teachers Associa
tion, to be held at Ewing, Neb., March;
9, 1896, 10:80, a. m.:
Paper—“Importance of tbe Study of Liter
ature.
Mlu Annie Lowrle.
Dlsousaton—L. W. Warol, O. C. Haslet. . *
Paper—“Busy work for Primary and Inter*
mediate Grade*. , £•
Mine Edith Smith, 1
Discussion—Sarah Davla*. Tittle Mullen.
Paper—"Teaching Puptli to Think,”..
’ 0. L. Anderson.
Discussion—Mabel Cleveland, Philip Bui
I liven.
Paper—Moral Training,.
Miss Tlllte Kreba.
Discussion—0. J. Malono, Maud Gillespie.
Paper—“The Plaoo Rhetorlcals should oc
cupy In our Schools.
Miss Llxzto Car Ion.
Discussion—P. B. Chase. Susie Qullty.
Teaahers, and all others Interested, are In*
I vlted to be present.
W. B. Jackson, Pres.
Anna Hi.aymakeh, Vloe-Pres.
Pnaiil Khm.y, Sooy. fft
The Bonis Are Beaten How.
Graphic: The proposition to hood
Holt county to the extent of 100,000
under the pretense of purchasing seed
for indigent farmers, has ail the ear*
marks of a gigantlo steal. In every
feature of (he proposition can be traoed
the avariolous band of Sbylock, without
one mitigating clause to commend it to
the favorable consideration of intelli
gent men. The conditions precedent to
secure the seed only makes it possibly:
for farmers to Invest in it who are able
to purchase seed without availing them
selves of this questionable aid. In this
region where crop returns are extremely
hazardous, no prudent man will burden
himself with a debt drawing 17 per cent,
interest, where there is not one chanee
out of five to reap any returns on the in
vestment. The scheme is clearly dia
bolical and villainous, coined in the in
terest of a few money sharks In and
around O’Neill—parasites who only con
sume, but never produce anything use
ful for mankind. The farmer who tum
bles to this adroit scheme of speculative
chicanery is to be pitied for his stupid
ity. t
Special Sals
For the next thirty days we will sell,
regardless of their cash value, 300 pairs
of gloves and mittens, 100 pairs felt '
boots, 00 suits of under wear for men,
and boys, and a lot of other goeds too
numerous to mention. These goods
must be sold to make room for our
spring goods, which will arrive about the
first of March. Call quick and get bap
gains. These goods will be sold at half
price for the next thirty days only at
Sullivan’s Mercantile Co.
Alfalfa. Growers.
Please send to Director, Experiment
Station, Lincoln Nebr., the name and
address of any person in your county or
in the state, who has any land sown to
alfalfa. The experiment station is to
issue another bulletin on this subject
and the director wishes to get the actual
experience of growers in the state, as
well as the total acreage sown. The
bulletin when issued will be sent to you.
The F. E. and M. V. Ry. will ship all
kinds of grain and feed except flour and
other mill stuff, at the following low
rates: From all points in Illinois on the
C. and N. W. Ry., to all points in Holt
county; 20c per 100 lbs. Regular tariff ,
is 33c. From all points in Iowa to any
point in Holt county; 10c per 100 lbs.
Regular tariff is 25c. From Omaha,
Council Bluffs, Missouri Valley, Sioux
City and intermediate points; 10c per 100
lbs. Regular tariff is 10c. Minimum
weight 24,000 per car. Taking effect
Feb. 11 as an emergency matter to cover
present condition in Nebraska. Expires
March 31, ’95. W. J. Dobbs, Agt.
Announcement.
O’Neill, Neb., Feh. 13, ’66— To our
Friends and the General Public— Having
opened a General Merchandise Store in
the old Henrickson stand we will be
prepared to attend to the wants of oar
customers on and after this date. We
have a full and complete line of Dry
Goods, Boots and Shoes, Gloves and
Mittens, Hats Caps and Groceries.
Having purchased this entire stock
of General Merchandise at sheriff’s sale
and at about half their cash market val
ue, we are therefore in a position to
give you bargains that no one—buying
these goods in the regular market—can
duplicate. It will pay you to call and
get our prices. We will guarantee you
lower prices than you can get elsewhere.
We will be glad to show you through
our goods and you can judge for your
selves by their quality and price, wheth
er or not they are bargains. We sell ex
clusively for cash, and this, coupled
with the fact that we got our goods at
half price, is the reason we can sell them
so much cheaper than any other mer
chant in the city and then make a fair
profit. Call and see us, and take advad- .
tage of these great bargains. Times
are hard and the place where you can
get the most goods for the least money
is the place to make your purchases1.
Don’t forget' the place—Henrickson’s
old stand—one door west of Morris is
Co’s, drug store.
Sullivan Mercantile Co.
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