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ILUME XV.
SUMORIPTION. II.NPtR ANNUM.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MARCH 7, 1895
CLVDK RING ANO O. H. CRONIN. EDITOR* AND MANAGERS, -?|l
NUMBER 35.
s SANS WHISKERS
of Internet Told As They Are
Told to Us.
N AND how it happened
Happenings Fortrsjsd Tot General
Edification end Amassment.
O'Neill Batter & Egg company
jsed its door*.
Thompson, of Sioux City, was
city last night.
er Williams is in Omaha attending
ting of the Shriners.
ig yoor Butter and Eggs to the
sn Mercantile Co. 85-8.
of Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff’s little
s sick with the measles.
(V. McClure, of Sioux City, was in
tv the first of the week.
>. Mann returned Sunday evening
a business trip to Chicago.
Sullivan Mercantile Co. take But
d Eggs in trade for goods. 85-8.
rio of pure Indian game chickens
ile, price $6. 85-1 J. H. Riggs.
Ige Maxwell has'sustained a decis
iade by the Jew in the Gillespie
iday’s blizzard, although of short
ion, sufficed to remind one of old
J. Dobbs went down to Omaha
sorning to attend a meeting of the
era. _
ssrs. Wertz and Krotter, of Stuart,
id between trains in O’Neill last
day. _
e bill allowing the state to take a
;e of venue in'state cases passed the
# Tuesday.
Iter not read this! Adam & Co.
lell Kerosene Oil on Saturday next
Sc per gallon. One day only.
is Mattie Mann left O'Neill this
ing for Chicago, where she will re-«
several months visiting friends.
S. Bartlett, editor of Nebraska
e Journal, Omaha, and wife, were
this week visiting the family of
mce Selah.
le First National bank sued the
ty last week and recoved Judgment
111,000, warrants drawn on the 1892
and held by it.
dge Klnk&id is holding court in
worth. He will return in time to
i<ie in O'Neill on the 14th inst. Re
tr King is with him.
it. Hayes will preach in the Presby
>n church next Sabbath. The morn
lervice will be at 10:30 and the eve
nt 730. All are invited.
lt Biglin was confined to his bed the
Part of the week but at the present
>ng is able to be out again. It’s
1 to keep a good man down.
n Dolan, who has been in the city
“pie of weeks visiting her parents,
and Mrs. Alex Boyd, returned Sun
morning to her home in Omaha.
M. KlnOPrir a# A __« -
£Mh; of Baswtt, were in the city
“esday on business with the Nio
fa Hirer Irrigation and Power Com
r,/. gu'ar meeting of the Bartiey
d l&8t Saturday night Jack Welton
Ppomted first sergeant to act dur
>t»na^8enCe °f 8ergeant Sullivan in
wneV o* JT attempt* t0 ensure
bere mri ?6fa Churchill for coming
CS rttifogeing”inthe scm.
»ested in H°eS h® that he was
or? do 80 by a populist gov
been in tt
ofherhn»KWeekl,’i8i,ing ““'an
loB( ' 'hr, Homer- wiU return .
>CcL , kal°0M- 10 • ‘horror
e&ndr?mainedUr“ ,B a aho:
remain during the summer.
1 T T, .. --
coal, fn V" furni8h y°u *11 kin
amities. ,,8r oad l°te or in sm
lh c<l»loiUnriC*n ,aU° furni8h V
barrel. qb, gas°llne by the gall
ereelse, * “18 I'rice8 before buyi
b-2
Ci°ru cocker^ t|8eU PUre 1
,e pr‘ees and ! ’* m°nth at rea
T^ood’freshegg8at*lPer 13. .
r sale. 9»0°W and some hn
■w -21_£• H. RIOC
picekgin8"in Ia8t
V he "rms ■“o“hKeat di8dain
!8, 8iTl“g a list ^°UDd 8ecret «
r&1°ffhii displeasure ‘i08* UDder
of the societio. An anxious
°w “>« he ‘‘ 8.®8,al°gued fail
a“aittee*. feminst” vigiii
W .V .
r ' . if
The Academy Dramatic Company
have decided to put the "Lancashire
Lass” upon the boards on Easter Mon
day, April 15, instead of March 17, as
announced a couple of weeks ago.
The Frontier monkey was exhibit
ing a pistol in each of his pants pockets
in a saloon not long since to Jas. Oreig.
—Beacon Light.
.1 lm stood In front of the bar at midnight, as
drunk asason-of-a-gun:
Two pistols came out of a pocket, where In
fact there was but one.
The officers of the Episcopal church
have rented the building reoently vaca
ted by the United States land office and
will occupy it for religious purposes.
Charlie Davis is making some needed
improvements in the woodwork, while
Dan Thompson is re-papering and paint
ing the interior. Wbeu' completed it
will make an excellent building for
church purposes. This organization is
gaining quite a membership in O'Neill.
I am now displaying a full line of
Spring and Summer Goods in all lines.
As I have in the past placed before the
I trade the best values that have ever been
on this market. I intend to place all
goods on a basis with the times. I am
convinced that good goods and low val
ues will cause quick .sales. You will re
member the place—fourth door south of
the postoffice. P. J. McManus.
35-2 _
The deputy county treasurer had an
other hundred dollars tacked onto - his
salary the first of the year. We have a
distinct recollection of the populists say
ing—when the republicans were in pow
er— that if the people would only elect
them and give them a chance once they
would show a set of assistants who
would be willing to work for the salary
stipulated by law. Reform before elec
tion and reform after election are two
different things.
Kautzman has succeeded in getting
fonr weak-kneed fellows to take their
names off of the Robertson petition.
He first tried to scare people into remov
ing their names and finding that would
not work personal solicitation was
adopted. It was necessary that his bluff
have some result even if a man must be
nent out canvassing. If any one took
any interest in the matter it would be an
easy task to secure an hundred new
new names to take the place of those
four who withdrew.
Dr. Gilligan started yesterday morn
ing for Onawa, la. He got as far as
Sioux City, where he was intercepted by
a telegram from W. E. McRobert, who
desired bis professional services at his
home at Leonia, where his 18-year old
son, Chester, is lying very sick with ty
phoid fever. The doctor returned on
the evening train and went out to Mr.
McRobert’s that night. From O'Neill
to Sioux City and back to Leonia in one
day is a pretty fair trip for a doctor, but
the Hawkshaw physician is equal to al
most any emergency.
It was rumored upon our streets last
Saturday that smallpox had appealed
upon the South Fork, south of town,
but we have been unable to verify the
report. It was said the disease had been
brought into the country in old clothing
shipped to the relief commission.
While we trust this may be a false alarm,
tso hnno tho nnoaihilitv nf a 11 oli a tViirwv
occurring will awake the relief commit
tees to a ftalization of the fact that all
goods passing through their hands
should be thoroughly fumigated. It
would require but little extra labor and
would be a very wise precaution.
The deadly slingshot has added an
other victim to its long list. One of
Mose Campbell’s little boyB was acci
dentally shot in the eye by a playmate
last week. Dr. Gilligan treated the
wound and says while the boy will prob
ably not loose the sight of the eye, the
iris was ruptured and may never entirely
recover. The slingshot should be sup
pressed by ordinance and the eternal
vigilance of parents. They are a source
of great amusement to the war-like
youth, but at the same time tbey are a
menace to the well-being and safety of
the multitudes.
Tbe county judge has been doing a
land office business in marriage licenses
the past week. Last Saturday a license
was issued to David Wixon, (aged 63,)
of Atkinson, and Susan Stewart, (aged
50.) of the same place. Also to Robert
E. Marshall and Virginia Bohme, of At
kinson. On Tuesday two couples were
united by the arm of the law: J. A.
Hollenbeck and Belle Ratberan, of
Clearwater. Also Chas. Joidan, of
Bliss, and Mary Bautner, of Deloit. Li
censes are out for the marriage of Wm.
Bradstreet, of Black Bird, and Bertha
Blitzaie, of Turner, and also for Chas.
Fay, of Spencer, and Libbie Blitzkie, of
Turner. These two prospective brides
are sisters and tbe wedding ceremony
will be performed at tbe home of their
parents at Turner, on March 20, by
County Judge McCutcban.
All of our readers who took any inter
est at all in last fall’s campaign remem
ber the quartet of embryo stumpists wbo
spoke in several school houses in the
county and by sorcery and witchcraft
made a few voters believe that their
taxes were being reduced under populist
rule. Yes. Well, the other day wo met
one of those same individuals on 'the
street and he held in his hand a county
claim for which the First National bank
had offered to barter him seventy-five
cents upon the dollar. Of course we
smiled. We reminded him of a couple
of years ago when the same claim would
have been worth at least ninety-five
cents, under republican administration,
and told him that the difference was his
reward for being abase, ignoble deceiver
and he appreciated our remarks to the
extent of twenty cents on every dollar
his claim represented. And then he said
he would go and “stuff” his claim to
cover the discount, which we would do
If we were in his place.
The case of Willis vs. Brodac and oth
ers was settled last week by Judge Kin
kaid granting plaintiff judgment for
93,000. This case had been on the
docket for several years. About fire
years ago, Willis, who. was a stranger,
stopped over night at the farm house of
Brodac, in Iowa township. After his
departure Brodac missed his pocket
book, containing some $80, and nat
urally, suspected bis guest of the night
previous. He organized a little vigi
lance committee from among his neigh
bors, overtook Willis and attempted to
exact a confession and return of the
money by tbe good old-fasbioned way
of the vigilantes. It is claimed that a
rope was used. While these interesting
proceedings were in progress the money
was found in Brodac’s boot, where it
was supposed that he himself had placed
it for safe keeping. Of course Willis
was released and profuse apologies
made, but they did not heal bis physical
wounds or assuage his troubled spirit.
He preferred that compensation be
made in coin of the realm and Instituted
proceedings with results as above stated.
L. L. Hay & Co., seed growers of St.
Paul, Minn., write The Frontier that
they aie not donating trial packages of
Sacallne to all, who request it, .as
per our statement of a conpie of weeks
ago. They say that they have had doz
misstatement and that as the seed is
worth $30 per pound they would like to
be relieved from embarrassment by hav
ing us set the matter right before our
readets. When any person places an
order with them for seed—they do not
stipulate any amount—they agree to
“throw in” a trial package of Sacaline.
But Frontier readers who desirs to try
the plant, for which so much is claimed,
can procure the seed with less trouble
by calling upon Morris & Co., druggists,
O’Neill, and purchasing a ten cent pack
age. There are some grave doubts
about the advisability of farmers plant
ing the seed, however, some first class
agricultural authorities claim that it Is a
pest equal to the Russian thistle and
that after it once gains a foothold the
absorbing question will then be how to
kill it off. However, great things are
claimed for it and if it will grow where
nothing has ever grown before we don’t
believe it will do anv lasting harm.
Kautzman never lele clip an oppor
tunity to «ay a mean thing about anyone
—and more eepecially a county official,
whose political complexion happens to
be a few shades lighter than his own.
If a truthful statement in regard to a
man’s acts—official or otherwise—is not
bad enough, he allows no conscientious
scruples to stand in the way of supply
ing from his imagination material enough
to make it so. In the last issue of the
Beacon Light he charges Supervisor
Phillips—who is a member of the relief
codftnission—with dishonesty and favor
itism in the distribution of a few bushels
of corn, which, as relief goods, were
turned over to him by the commission
to be distributed among the needy of his
district. Now the truth in regard to
this matter is that Mr. Phillips was at
home and bad nothing to do with the
corn whatever. It was hauled to Steel
Creek by Jim Binkerd and Henry Har
ris and by them distributed to those ap
plying therefor. The “poor widows,”
of whom there were two, were not over
looked but came in for a liberal share.
Nor did John Menzie get four bushels
of the precious grain; one measure only,
would be accept, and that be said should
be returned as soon as his grain—now
on the road—arrived. We are loth to
turn this sweet morsel to ashes in thy
mouth, Jew, but in Justice to Mr. Phil
lips and others it becomes to us an imper
ative duty.
“What’s sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander.” We are prepared to
furnish the material to make the sauce
at prices ranging from 5c per fi> up, and
invite an inspection of our dried fruits.
35 2 O’Nriu. Grocxry Co.
John Mcliugli, secretary of the Nio
brara Hirer Irrigation and Power Com
pany, returned last Thursday from New
York, where he went on business con
nected with his company. Mr. McHugh
says that the enterprise is favorably
looked npon down there, and that ar
rangements hare been made for a meet
ing of New York and Chloago parties In
Chicago within a few days. At soon as
that meeting Is held It will be known
definitely whether the enterprise can be
gotten under way. Mr. MoHugh says
that he has every confidence In the
building of the ditch and that he be
lieves it could not be in the hands of
better promoters. That the plan bas
been ably presented in the east and
were it not tor the hard times and the
uneasiness in financial circles it would
now be well under way. Mr. McHugh
will attend the meeting at Chicago and
Is daily expecting summons by wire.
The following poem—although the
author does not so state—was inspired
by Tom Cooke's story of an old couple
coming into O’Neill to secure aid and
being robbed of an even hundred which
they had left at home:
With money at home and in bank
Arrayed In the garments of grief,
They went to the oity to yank
Freeh meat from the oar of relief.
The woman put up a sad face
And shed a few tears when she told
That theirs was a genuine ease
Of permanent hunger and uold.
Of opurse the Cummlttee felt bad
At such destitution as that.
And gave them the best to be had—
The old man a coat and a hat.
The woman received a now dress
And shoes for the feet that the wore;
The value of “made-up" distress
Was thirty-five dollars or more.
But while on this mission of greed.
Back home on the farm that they left,
A tramp of the burglary breed
Aeoompllshed a real clover theft.
Two suits of good olothlng, not old,
(Tho stuff that he left was but trash)
A watoh, eighteen karats tine gold
And Just a cold hundred In cash.
And when they went home what a sight
The house was for them to behold!
The poor woman wept all the night
The husband stayed out In the cold.
Out in the oold barnyard alone --
He sat on a cottonwood Jog, ,
And murmured with many a groan— i
,‘fUdgn’tpay tobead—dbag."
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ii jou uuu i suit you c»u i reap, ne
h«M received part of our invoice of
fresh Garden Seeds and will handle only
first class seeds in bulk and packages
which we will sell at hard times prices.
We also have a nice lot of Onion Sets.
No “Scullions.’’
85-8 O’NniLt, Gbocbbt Co.
“Pa, where.ls Arkansas, of which I
read so much in Mathew’s Free Press?”
“My son, although that country—which
is now a part of the United States—was
colonized by the French early in the
eighteenth century, very little is now
known concerning its interior. It is sit
uated directly south of Missouri and is
bounded on the east by Tennessee and
Mississippi, on the south by Louisiana
and on the west by Texas and the Indian
Territory. We have but meagre infor
mation relative to its inhabitants, but it
is said that the interior is peopled by a
race of men who are long and lean, with
thin Jaws and cadaverous complexions.
They make a livelihood by hunting, fish
ing and trading with the negroes, who
form the greater part of the population.
They have no money there but uae in its
stead ooon skins and clam shells. It is
noted for nothing in particular but its
heavy rains and high water and the large
number of people who are afflicted with
chills and fever. Besides these it is also
occasionally mentioned on account of
its miles and miles of levees which occas
ionally wash away and the water that
escapes at those times feed the dense
forests, make impenetrable cypress and
tamarack swamps and fill to their ut
most unhealthy flats, lazy streams and
dismal lagoons." "But Pa, has the coun
try nothing to recommend it?" "Oh,
yes, my son. Now and then some brave
man returns from the interior and tells
stories of mountain ranges filled with
valuable ores, and of virgin farm land
whose bosom has not as yet been tickled
by the husbandman’s plow. And trom
there also come legends of wondrously
luxuriant fruits and numerous other
things good for man.” "Pa, what is
Mathews doing there?" "He is a fore
runner of civilization, my boy, and
claims a portion of the country by right
of discovery. He is running a newspa
per, which by the way is a model one,
and is attempting^to induce immigration
and get a class of settlers who will sub
due the country aad make it a desirable
place for man to live.” "But, Pa, didn’t
he try the same thing up here in Holt
county?” "Yes, yes; he did try it in
Holt county, hut he hopes to have better
success down there.”
We have a nice lot of Early Rose po
tatoes for Seed. They were raised in
Nebraska and are suited to this soil.
Remember us when you want to plant.
35-2 O’Nbill Gbocbby Co.
Somebody Knit Bin Paid Iuh.
The board met main Tueiday. It la
getting ao now that every time any
taxes are paid Into the county treaaury
the board holda a session and fllea bill* to
cover the amount.
Thie time they anticipated that the
bonda might carry and arranged thia
meeting for the purpoae of taking care
of the bonda, and incidentally the 100,
000 that would accrue therefrom. But
the bonda were voted down, and ae the
meeting wee etmply an adjournment of
the January eeaalon, other bualneaa waa
done.
They met at 10 o'clock in the morning
but did nothing of importance more
than paaa a revolution to the effect that
the county will build no new brldgea
during the year 1800. Thia will make
the office of chairman of the bridge com
mittee leaa dealrable than of yore. Old
Honest John got out juat in the nick of
time.
The county attorney waa authorized
by motion to commence any and all ao
tlona, and to intervene in any and all
actlona, aud to file pleadings therein In
the United States circuit court, or any
other court outside the state of Ne
braska, that he may deem neoeasary to
collect the taxes duo the county of Holt
from the Nebraska and Western Railway
company.
In the afternoon the board took a re
cess in order that a number of lta mem
bers might meet officially with the
county relief commission.
After the relief commission had com
pleted its deliberations the board pulled
ttaelf together and the wheels com
menced to revolve again. Some time
was spent on uninteresting motions and
looking after tax matera.
About the flrat thing of interest was
the report of the legal committee which
was filed. Unless Thu Frontier misses
its guess by a considerable the report
waa written on Mike Harrigton’a type
writer and the language used was that
of the oily Italian. In fact it was the
assistant attorney's report Below we
give the report in full:
The legal committee instituted and
tried a case against T. A. Thompson and
won the same, and the judgment ren
dered was settled by this board for $6,
800, which was paid Into the treasury.
toe legal committee litigated with if.
R. Dickson the tax sale certificates and
receipts issued to him, and which were
not paid for, and won the same, and
thereby saved the county 94,180.
The legal committee prosecuted a suit
against Barrett Soott and his bondsmen
during his first term, and recovered a
Judgment of nearly 80,000, and which
interest exceeds 86,000; 91,000 of this
amount was paid into the treasury yes
terday, and the balance will be paid in
installments in the next 60 or 00 days.
The legal committee won a suit
against the Holt County bank and its
bondsmen, and got judgment for 87,700;
pf this amount $700 has been paid into
the treasury by the bank, and it is ex
pected that 9700 more will be realized
from the bank. There are several bonds
men, and one of them, Timothy Dwyer,
offers to gitps security for 81.000 to be
released, and the other bondsmen will
contribute something, including Ed
ward Adams, who will probably be able
to secure 8G00.before the next meeting
of the board. This makes it reasonably
certain that the county will realize 84,000
from this claim.
The legal committee instituted the
suit against D. L. Darr on which 8300
has been recovered, and this after the
former corrupt administration had Dtr
mttted bim to steal MOO, to which every
person knew he was not entitled.
The legal committee has maintained
two actions against G. C. Hazlett and
bis bondsmen, and has secured verdicts
to the amount of 13,580, which amount
must be collected and certainly will be,
as the bonds ate considered good.
The legal committee has instituted
suit against the Stuart State bank to re
cover$2,500 of the stolen money of
Holt county—deposited in that bank.
This case is not yet tried.
The legal committee has a suit pend
ing against two of the former county
commissioners, to recover a steal of 81,
500, in the sale of the county bonds of
1885.
The legal committee has a suit pend
log against M! D. Long, ez-county clerk
for his shortage in his office.
The legal committee intends lo bring
another suit against G. C. Hazeiet and
bis bondsmen for fees for making the
tax list of 1891, and which be bas never
accounted for.
This document, so wonderfully and
fearfully made—for campaign purposes—
caused some of the members of the board
to wonder how much in cash it had cost
the county to do these great things, and
to the end that this might be ascertained
Frank Phillips made the following mo
motion:
Mr. Chairman—I move you that the
legal committee be required to make a
detailed report to the board, in writing,
as to the amount of expense incurred bv
said committee, both paid and now un
paid, and to amounts paid and to whom
paid, and for what services.
Mr. Phillip’s motion was carried and
the committee given until July to report.
This report, if honestly and not am
biguously made, will be interesting.
The committee, in detailing its good offi
ces, has commenced at the birth of the
committee, and now to make things bal
ance it should date its expenditures from
the same time. Our readers will of
court# notice from till# report tbet the
legal committee bee ueurped the func
tion# of the county Attorney. The oom
mute# report# nothing done but whet
■bould here been done by the oounty
Attorney. The lew mekee it hie duty to
look After thete cnee#, end It eppcAn
pleln to ue tbet either the committee or
the Attorney thould be nbollebed. They
are not both neceuery.
After extending a vote of thnnke to
the county relief commlulon, portion*
lerly to President Lowrle, the board ad
journed sine die.
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The Bond Elestlon.
Below are the official returns of the
vote cost last Friday at the bond elec
tion: '
'•*0:
Townships.
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Atkinson
Cleveland
Conley...
Chambers
Delolt.
Dustin ....
Emmet....
Ewing...,
Frauds.,.
Falrvlew...
Green Valley.,,
Iowa.
Inman.
take.....
McClure....
O'Neill, First ward.
Second ward.
_ . Third ward.
Paddook..
Pleasantvlew.
Bock Falls.
Steel Creek.;.„.
Scott
Saratoga....
Sand Creek.
Stuart.
Swan..
Sheridan.
Shields.
Verdigris...
Wyoming...,
WlUowdala.
Total.. 878 MSB
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18
Belief Commission Meets.
The county relief commission met in
the court house Tuesday afternoon with
the following members present: Rev.
Lowrle, E. Kline, Ohas. McHugh, 8. L.
Conger, Frank Moore, Frank Phillips,
Wilson Brodle, Wm. Lsll and W. W.
Bethea.
The meeting was for the purpose of
systematizing the work and hearing re
port of sub-committees upon destitution
existing dn the different townships.
t Wm. MoNiab, et. al„ of Shield*, pre
sented a petition preying that Ed. Gra
ham, ar., be relieved from bl* duties at1
member of tbe sub committee of bis
township. They thought favoritism bad
been shown by him. Upon request of
Mr. Graham the name of John Carton
was substituted for that of bis.
It was decided that there should be
but one point of distribution in each ,
township. Also that the county com
mission will pay no expenses incurred in
transporting the goods from the railroad
to points in the outlying districts. It
was the sense of tbe meeting that the
several townships pay expenses so Incur
red.
Mr. Kline was authorized to notify
sub-committees when supplies here were
ready for distribution.
Tbe different committeemen agreed hr
vote that only the beads of families
would be recognized in distributing sup
plies. This was done to shut off peo- '
pie of t swinish disposition. In some
cases reported families with grown sons
puv hi n^^iiLiiwuuB lur me iruiiij
and each me S ber of voting age.
A car load of supplies that had bees
npon the side track for several daft
waiting for height charges to be liqui
dated, was released yesterday morning.
Hotic* to Batter Kaksrs.
As the O’Neill Butter & Egg Co. baa
failed and closed its doors, you will And
a market for your butter and eggs at my ':.T
store, where you will receive the highest
market price. P. J, McMauus. ;
85-2 ___
District court last Saturday tried the
case of Patrick Hagerty, administrator, 0
vs. Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co.,
of New York. Patrick Hagerty, as ad
ministrator of the estate of P. C. Mur- y
phy, sued the insurance company for
81,200 on a policy for 82,000 issued to
deceased. The administrator having
previously compromised with the com
pany for $800 which the company had
paid. The suit was brought without
tendering back the 8800 and brought
fourteen months after proof of loss; the
application and policy stipulating that
suit must be brought within one year.
On demurer by the company the court
held that inasmuch as the company had
denied any liability whatever and com
promised with plaintiff for 8800 that
plaintiff could not maintain the action
without first offering back and tender
ing the 8800 and that for this reason and
others, sustained the demurer, and gaigB
plaintiff permission to amend. : " y
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