O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, APRIL 25, 1895. NUMBER 42.
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SUBSCRIPTION, SI.60 PIN ANNUM.
ClYDS KING AND D. H. CRONIN, EDITORS AND MANAGERS.
SANSJfHMERS
ntei-est Told As They Are
Told to Us.
ND HOW IT HAPPENED
leuingi Portrayed Por General
fication snd Atnueement.
lyder set4>ut fifty box alders
le of the ice merchants has
lignin.
iving Italian musicians Sun
lie city.
ns a few cases of diphtheria
corporate limits.
ickson went down the road on
ist Friday morning.
Pillie Hammond is suffering
itsck of malarial fever.
ily brothers were in from the
ntry the first of the week.
mer .Mlison, of Atkinson, was
lends in this city Monday.
ligan made a business trip to
t Tuesday, returning Wednes
I Hall has been confined to
for a week from an attack of
is. _
McCarthy left this morning for
where he expects to remain
ler.
Hall returned last Thursday
II a week’s visit at his old home
11 Neb.
—two black muley heifers, a
aid a three-year-old.
Frank Bartell.
erson short on corn purloined
hundred bushels from the
i Tuesday night.
ure your corn crop buy Holt
ed corn of
Barnard & Co
leople seem to think it smart to
a piece of news and then kick
lie editor fails to dig it up and
ntion.
lllinger, of Mineola, called at
b and planked down the neces
ount to receive this popular
or one year. '
lies of the Degree of Honor en
at their hall Wednesday eve
lie Italian band took charge of
cal program.
McManus has returned from
'ess trip to Chicago, at which
purchased a fine line of goods
pring and summer trade.
i8se8 Lida Herrick and M. E.
tiie evangelists, took their de
fer their new field of labor, Mis
llley. on Friday morning last.
Williams entertained a number
tile friends at a birthday party
"o»y- June Allison and Josie
of Atkinson, were in attend
ee O Neill Independent
" wiling Clyde King, of the
monkey. If that is really so
Jtr,BK need *°r tnore monkeys
■>-Neill papers.
tate^kif residence Properties art
i. { improved and beauti
|oretothmPrOVement8, Nothin*
he "PPearance of a city
' “^^^eU-v^ed lawns
kE“?tol(aTe «*• ««
•meetS Ch,,Cag.0’ where he wil
I viaj, J, °.f railw»y surgeons
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L«ly before he returns U
J ^strikes O-KeiU, flllg
ick »„ ,and lmafiines that
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diibauieVar, 006 tha‘ hi« <
st^jiasbeenfully satisfl,
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fot 'rrigation Problem 01 water
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e8'erdaydforfthInm,ln> W88 in tb<
lOC«'Moffa, *P“rP°8e °f de>*
,red Jersey calf fPencer-» tbor
!"■ The little feUowlhe ma'e per
'•beta Jl0* 18 but.thre,
ba>a Derfslt • U bu‘
blood. fect Picture and
;on Trik --—__
ei"’ S«b.. ifi- f 'bicory grow
1s,naster Qibgn ®Wnand will,,
flel
y ’hls season and u 40 acre«
* lu Holt countjl “*ip il *a t
The south ditch will irrigate about
1,200 acres of land this summer. This
is a very small amouut when compared
to the large area susceptible of irriga
tion from the ditch, but it will suffice to
test the experiment thoroughly.
The Connecticut legislators evidently
had some fun during their last session
as they passed a bill "preventing the
taking of trout from brooks less than
six inches long, and providing that the
possession of any such in a basket shall
be sufficient evidence to convict."
The western people have become to
a great extent a community of borrow
ers. They have put their own noses to
the grindstone, and will be compelled to
hold them there until by strict economy
and able financiering they are enabled
to change the conditions. Beware of
the interest fiend.
The scholars of the Presbyterian Sun
day school are arranging for a birthday
party to be given at the Evans Hotel
next Wednesday evening, May, 1. A
fine musical program is being prepared.
Refreshments will be served and a good
time assured to' all who attend. Every
body cordially invited.
Graphic:1 The two .men who were
bound over to the district court Monday
for stealing clothing from C. L. Sturte
vant’s store Saturday, broke jail Tues-.
day night. There will probably be no
effort made to catch them, as their ab
sence will save the county about $300.
The game is not worth the money.
John Trommershauser, formerly of
the Ewing Democrat, is living on a farm
in Deloit township. John is one of
those peculiarly constructed fellows that
can adapt themselves to almost any sit
uation. He is said to wield the plow
as gracefully and a little more vigor
ously than be did the editorial pen.
Frank Nolan, a brakeman on the F.
E., mashed the index finger of his right
hand while coupling cars in the O'Neill
yards Tuesday. Dr. Trueblood dressed
the wound, which, fortunately, was not
of a serious nature, no bones being bro
ken. Mr. Nolan laid over in O'Neill a
few hours, taking the 9:30 train west.
According to the Medical Press, in
Germany a man who looses both his
hands in an accident can claim the
whole of his life insurance money, if be
be insured, on the ground that he has
lost the means of maintaining himself.
A loss of the right hand reduces the
claim to from 70 to 80 per cent, of the
total _
Exchange: “What are you crying
about?" aBked a kind-hearted stranger of
a lad who was standing in front of a
newspaper office weepiug as if his heart
would break. “O dad’s gone up stairs
to lick the editor.” “Well,' has he come
down yet?” pursued the gentle Samari
tan. "Pieces of him have," exclaimed
the boy, indulging in a fresh burst of
tears, “and I’m expecting the rest of
him every minute.”
P. F. Thompson, of Swan township,
was burned out again last Thursday
night. All of his buildings were de
stroyed, and a large number of cattle and
horses. He had a fine herd of Holstein
cattle, some of them Imported and all
registered. The fire is thought to be
the work of an incendiarist. as the
buildings were all on fire when discov
er. Mr. Thompson was in O'Neill at
the time. The loss is about $0,000, in
sured for $3,000.
We see by the Valentine Republican
that Doc Wells, formerly of O’Nelil, -is
up to his old tricks again. The Repub
lican says: “One of the most pleasing
minstrel entertainments ever given in
| this city was rendered Wednesday eve
ning last, at Cornell Hall, under tbe au
spices of St. John’s Episcopal church,
by Dr. C. A. Wells’ Ebony Warbler
Company. The show was decidedly one
of the best ever given here by home tal
ent and reflects great credit on the man
ager, C. A. Wells, whose untiring per
severance and executive ability made
the entertainment a complete artistic
and financial success.”
It is quite probable that the bounty
I on chicory will increase the number of
factories in the state and thereby per
ceptibly sharpen competition. The peo
ple at Wisner have been holding meet
ings with a view to starting a factory in
that city, but have abandoned the pro
ject for this year. Instead of building
a factory they will plant about twenty
acres under contract with the German
Chicory Company, of O'Neill. The
company proposes to furnish seed at a
cost of 00 cents per pound, or 30 cents
per acre, and buy the chicory produced
at *10.50 per ton on board the cars at
the factory. The railroud company has
agreed to transport the crop for fl.40
pet ton. At this price the Wisner far
mer will receive about the same price
that was paid in O'Neill last year.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
World’s Fair Highest Award.
The meeting celled at the court-house
for the purpose of effecting an irriga
tion district organisation met last Sat
urday on schedule time. A great deal
of informal talk was indulged in, but
about the only thing done tending to
further the purpose of the meeting was
to appoint a committee to Confer with
Rock and Brown counties and ascertain
if they desire to become a part of the
district. Messrs. Mullen, Gillespie and
McGreevy were appointed as such com
mittee, with instructions to report at the
next meeting, which will be held on
Saturday, May 4. J. P. Mullen was
chairman of the meeting and Thomas
Carlon sectetary.
The distribution of seed grain in
O’Neill last Saturday was a magnet of
sufficient power to draw to the surface
the swinish instincts of a number of
men. Some persons who are rich in
lands and chattels and money in hand
debased their manhood by pleading de
pendent poverty for the paltry amount
of $7.50 worth of seed. The man who is
poor and needy and accepts aid has
done nothing of which he need be
ashamed, but the man who ct^n afford to
buy should be above grabbing that which
of right belongs to tho deserving unfor
tunates. Sometimes it is hard for us to
blame the man who said: “the more I
see Of men, the more I think of my
dog.” _
“Shall I advertise with space or lo
cals?” asked a very prominent business
man of an old established paper. “If
you are going to advertise sboats for
sale, two lines of locals are enough. If
you have a $5,000 or $10,000 stock of
goods for sale, two lines would not con
vey the impression to the people that
you wanted conveyed. ‘Greatest stock
on earth at Smith’s’ would lead the peo
ple to ask why Smith did not take an
ad. in proportion to his stock. Take
space to correspond with the business
you conduct and you will create nn im
pression on the public tba( will be a last
ing benefit. It has been truthfully said
that the effect of a good advertisement
never dies.”
The following, from the Plainview
News, is not quite correct: “It is said that
the barbers in O’Neill have refused to
shave Ham Kautzman, the Beaeon
Light anarchist and he has been obliged
to wear a full beard, except when he
makes occasional Visits to other towns.
That is why he is printing an advertise
ment for a ‘barber wanted in O’Neill,’
and asking bis exchanges to copy the
article. Poor Ham, take in your red
flag and the people, including the bar
bers. will have some respect for you.”
The barbers # have not refused to shave
the Jew, but the Jew has refused to be
shaved, simply because there is no pop
ulist barber here to do the job. How
ever, the News speaks the truth when it
advises him to take in his sign.
An eastern paper says that it is more fun
to see a man read a puff of himself in a
paper than to see a fat man slip on a
banana peel. The narrow minded man
reads it over seven or eight times and
then goes around and steals—appropri
ates what copies he can. The kind
hearted man goes home and reads it to
his wife and then pays up his dues to
the paper. The successful business man
who advertises regularly and makes
money by it, immediately starts to find
the editor and speaks words of acknowl
edgement, and then two men leave the
sanctum and walk silently and thought
fully down the street together and the
business man takes sugar in bis’n and
they both eat a clove or two and all life
is sweeter and peace like a gentle dove
settles down on their hearts for that mo
ment. Such is the experience of seed as
it falls on different soil.
“Tar and feathers are too good for
such impostures on humanity.” These
words are taken exact from the Beacon
Light, the authorized organ of the pop
ulist party of flolt county, and refers to
the editors of the Frontier, who have a
general reputation as honorable men.
What do the words meant Is another
Barrett Scott tragedy in contemplation?
Has anarchy full license in our neigh
boring county ? Has law ceased to ex
ist, and do the populists openly preach
lynch law and hanging for those who
dare to express nn honest conviction
contrary to the doctrines and the creed
of the new messiab of political reform?
In the face of such utterances as the
above is it a wonder that the expression
is so often made that “the populists are
becoming disgusted with their party?”
It’s worn out, but will answer again:
“Come out from among them!”—Neligh
Leader. ' _
Letter List.
Following Is the list of letters remaining In
the postofllceat O'Neill, Neb., unclaimed, for
the week ending April 10, 1895:
John A. Nelson. Fread J. Dawe.
Frank Ellis. T. P. Mathews.
John Myers. D. C. Powell.
II. Johnston. O. Tillman.
Miss Lvdla Morgan. Miss Annie Peterson.
In calling for the above please say “adver
tised." If not called for In two weeks they
will be sent to the dead letter office.
D. A. Dome, P, M.
“REFORM" AS IT IS
Tax Payers Being Buncoed by the
Pop Administration.
MULLEN HAS A FAORITE BANE
Wrot National Goto tho Balk of the Honey
at'Throe For Cent.
We aee by the Sun that the people of
Holt county ere under greet obligations
to the First National bank, ot O'Neill
for heving purchased that $0,000 state
warrant at par. The motive that
prompted McHugh to spread this senti
ment does not appear upon the record.
The Frontier, hardly believing that
Ed. Gallagher was In reality playing the
role of a public benefactor, sent a re
porter out to make a thorough investi
gation of the matter.
The reporter first went to the oflice of
the county clerk and asked Mr. McCarthy
io turn to the last statement filed by the
bounty treasurer, and see how much
Holt county money the First National
bank had on deposit. The deputy clerk
obligingly complied with the request, in
fact gave the reporter the book and let
him see for himself. While copying the
figures relative to the First National
bank the scribe thought perhaps it
would be a good idea and interesting to
give the amounts in dtber county depos
itories, and accordingly transcribed the
following:
Farmers' Bank, of Poire.a i.2M 75
First National bank. 22.874 43
Klkhoru Valley bank.9,115.32
State Bank. . S.IOl.ilS
Bank of Ewing. 1.7IM.07
Haying thus found that the First Na
tional had on hand more than enough to
cover the state warrant, the reporter, to
further establish the extent of Galla
gher’s philanthropy, asked Mr. McCarthy
to exhibit the bids and bonds filed by
the different depositories in ordef that
be might see what direct benefit the
county was deriving from the money
thus loaned. An examination of the
bonds disclosed that the banks were pay
ing interest at the rates set forth be
low:
tfirst National bank.3 oer cent
State Bank.4 «« .. I
Elkborn Valley Bank. *4 •« «* 1
Bank of Page.4 »• ♦«
Having obtained these perfectly rella
ble figures the reporter sat down and did
a little figuring. He fonnd in support
of the Bun’s laudation of Gallagher, the
following fact: That with Holt
county’s money at 8 per cent, he bad
purchased a state warrant bearing inter
est at the rate of 5 per cent. Now was
not that indeed a benevolent act on his
part?
Of course at the particular time of the
sale of that warrant delay was very an
noying and those most directly inter
ested were pleased to see the sale con
summated, but they will now probably
disabuse their minds of the idea that the
bank is in business wholly tor unremun
erated accommodation of the people.
Gallagher has about the same regard for
the people that the spider has for the fly.
All he wants is to get them into his web.
The above data brings to light another
piece of populist reform to which the
attention of the public should be called.
The reader will please look at the size of
the deposits in the different banks, and
then note the rate of interest paid. The
First National, which pays but 8 per
cent, has twelve times as much as the
bank that pays 5 percent. Why should
the whereness of this be thus? If 8 per
cent, is good for the county, why is 5
percent, not better? The public will
see the point instantly. The First Na
tional is the administration concern,
and must be favored at the expense of
the tax-payer.
Men who have told us that Treasurer
Mullen’s only aim in life is to lift the
increasing burden of taxation from the
galled backs of his jaded tellowmen, are
respectfully requested to swallow these
facts and digest them if they can.
Facts and figures so cold and plain as
these do not need to be recited with
glowing rhetoric in order to be under
stood. They are links in our chain of
evidence that says that populism is a
fraud.
Short Lino Timo Cud,
Passenger leaves 9:35 a. m., Arrives
9:07 p. 11.; freight leaves 9:07 p. m., ar
rives 7 P. m. Daily except Sunday.
Muting of Wool Growers.
The Sheep Breeders and Wool Grow
ers Association, of Holt county, will
meet on Saturday, May 4, at the court
house, at 1 p. m.
Petb Donouoe, Secy.
I have rented the Murphy pasture 3
miles west of O'Neill and will take colts
to pasture for the season. Running
water in pasture.
41-8 P. H. McNicholl.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
AwwUd Gold Modal Midwinter Fair, San Francisco.
BoTd County Tern Adjourned,
The Boyd oounty term of court, which
was to have convened on May 7, bae
been adjourned by Judge Kinkaid until
June 4. This adjournment was caused
by the following petition which was re*
ceived from that county last week by
the judge:
Hon. M. P. Kinkaid, O’Neill Neb.
Deer Sir:—We, the attorneys of the
bar of Boyd county, Nebraska, and tbe
county clerk, county attorney, sheriff
and county commissioners thereof, do
respectfully petition your honor that the
term of the district court of Boyd county
be adjourned to June 3 or 4, for the fol
lowing reasons: First, as the date now
stands, all of the farmers will be In the
midst of corn planting; and second, be
cause of the fact that the county com
missioners have been in session for two
weeks and will be for several weeks
more, allowing claims against the county
on the bond fund, all of the county
attorney’s time has been taken up and
will be for some time yet, so that It will
be Impossible for him to be ready in the
criminal prosecutions, and for the same
reason the clerk’s time has been taken
up and he has no time to be ready with
the bar docket, etc. And for the fur
ther reason that several of our attorneys
must attend the district dpurt of Keya
Paba county on the 14th day of May.
Respectfully,
M. T. Rowland, County Clerk.
Wii.ford Standiford, Sheriff.
C. J. Skubk, County Judge,
W. T. Wills, County Attorney.
J. C. Hoffman, Commissioner.
C. H. Warn, Commissioner.
L. T. Pownall, Commissioner.
O. V. ICknaston, Attorney.
D. A. Harrington, Attorney.
G. F. Kapp, Attorney.
What A Newspaper Is.
The full text of the bill defining a le
gal newspaper is as follows:
In an act defining a legal newspaper
for tbe publication of legal and other
official notices in the state of Nebraska.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
state of Nebraska.
Skc. 1. That no newspaper shall be
considered a legal newspaper for the
publication of legal and other official
notices unless the same shall have a bona
fide circulation of at least 800 copies
weekly, and shall have been published
within the county for fifty-two succes
sive weeks prior to tbe publication of
such notices, and be printed either In
whole or in part in an office maintained
at tbe place of publication.
Skc. 2. That all legal and other offi
cial notices shall be publisheJ in a legal
newspaper as defined in section 1 of
this act, and that tbe affidavit shall be
prlma facia evidence of that fact.
Skc. 8. The provisions of this act
shall not apply in counties wherein but
one newspaper is published, or in coun
ties where no newspaper has been pub
lished for a period of one year prior to
the publication of such legal or other
official notices, or in counties where no
newspaper is published having the cir
culation required in section 1 of this act.
Bsc. 4. All acts or parts of acts in
conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Skc. 5. Whereas, an emergency ex
ists this act shall be in full force from
and after its passage and approval.
Approved April 5, 1805.
An Alfnifa Query,
“Here is n query regarding alfalfa,'
aaya the Tecumseh Chieftan, "which we
would like to have some one answer who
is posted. August Momens, a farmer
living southwest of town, sowed one
bushel of alfalfa seed last spring, with
oats, on two and one-half acres of
ground. The seed germinated, made
rapid growth, and when the oats were
cut in July the alfalfa was high enough
to be clipped by the sickle as the reaper
passed over the field. During the dry
months following the grass made but
little showing, but in the fall it came on
again, strong and vigorous, and made a
heavy growth. Later in the tall Mr.
Momen’s pastured the field heavily and
his stock received much benefit from it.
lie thought the alfalfa was all right to
go into winter quarters, but this spring
it shows no signs of life. The plants are
easily pulled from the ground and the
roots are dead. Now, Mr. Momens
wants to know what killed the alfalfa.
Was it the dry weather, the heavy pas
turing or the winter?”'
From the above statement of the case
there is but one conclusion to be drawn
as to what destroyed the alfalfa. It was
clearly overdone with pasturing. Judg
ing from the tenor of the reports re
ceived at this office and printed in our
edition devoted to alfalfa culture in the
state week before last this is a plant that
will not stand too much pasturing the
first year. It must be given opportunity
to establish root growth. When this is
once done the plant can the better take
care of ittelf under all the vicissitudes of
weather and close cropping and tramp
ing by the beasts of the field. Mr. Mo
mens was fortunate in getting a good
strong "catch” under conditions that
would have proved it a great success,
but he threw away all bis chances by
overdoing the matter at the outset.—Ne
braska Farmer.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
A wanted Gold Medal Midwinter Fair, San Francisco.
-NEW
SUMMER DRESS GOODS
Jnat Received at J. P. Mann'e.
Our second stock this sosson.
Beautiful cotton auraba only ten eenti
In light and dark pattern*.
Nice Dimities at MS* cents, cheep
enough at IB. Black Salines 19* 15, 90 'f
and 95 for the fin oat.
Newest patterns pongees and silk
stripe cballiee only 10 cents.
Plain and fancy ducks eery stylish,
only 15 cents.
All wool serge, black and colors, *5
cents. A great bargain.
Stylish cotton novelty suitings only ,
15 cents, as pretty as dollar wool goods.
CARPETS.
Marked down 15 to 90 per cent.
Good all-wool ingrain only 00 cents;
other* In proportion.
Special sale on 50 shirt waists to close
at a uniform price of 50 cent* each,
worth from 75 cents to $3 each.
OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT,
lias many good things that will surprise
and delight you if you want bargains.
Think of a nice all-wool black dress
suit for 910. Where can you heat itf
Good business suit, ail wool, only 910,
and if you want a custom suit we can
bavo it made for you from 915 up.
Yours truly.
J. P. MANN.
90 Cents to January 6,1996,
That is an awful little bit of money
for a twlce-a-week paper like the Semi
Weekly Journal, but if you send 50
cents you will receive that paper until
January 1, 1896. You will find It the
farmer's daily. Markets alone are worth
more money than that. If you take it
the rest of this year far 50. cents you \
will want to keep it always. If you get
up a club of five 50-cent subscribers you
can have a copy free for your trouble. ^
Addres, Nebraska State Journal, Lin
coln, Neb. i
"As soon as the treaty of peace be
tween China and Japan is signed there
will be a rush of enterprising Americans
to the Orient to take part in the great
development that they are certain is to
come there in the next decade," says the
State Journal. "Some are already on
the way, foreseeing that peace Is soon to
be declared and thinking that the first
Americans on the ground will find the
flrst opportunities for advancement. It
is believed that Japan will spend the en
tire indemnity In building ships, forte %
and factories. That work will make • if
demand for a great deal of expert assist
ance and make business exceedingly
lively over there while the work Is In ^
progress. In fact, it does seem likely f
that the opportunities offered for cour- 'i
ageous talent and capital are likely to be
better in the Orient for the next few ’
years than in any other part of the. '
world."
Largest Circulation In Vsbraska.
It i*n’t much wonder that The Stats
Journal now haa the largest circulation'
in Nebraska. It has reduced Its price to
65 cents a month with Sunday, or 50
cents without Sunday. It has been
spending mote money for Nebraska
news than any other paper; it has on ita
staff such men as Bixby, Walt Mason
and Annin. The Journal la being push
ed at every point and is climbing stead
ily and surely away ahead of the other
state dailies. People like a Lincoln pa
per. Especially when it is as good as
The Journal.
Doc Middleton, the famous cow-boy,
returned to this city from St. Louis last
Monday, where he went some time ago
to make arrangements with some east
ern capitalists to go upon the road. Doc
has been confined to the house ever
since his return, and was seen by a Jour
nal reporter there. Regarding his new
venture he said: "No, this is not a wild
west show as some of my friends re
ported, but is a better scheme, as it will.. i
not require an immediate large outlay of
money. These men whom I saw in St.
| Louis and who are men of money, want
Frank James and myself to go on a lec
turing tour first through this country
and then in Europe. In these lectures
we will relate some of our experiences
and as nearly everybody has beard of
the James boys and me, we believe they
will come to hear us speak. Col. Cody
told me there were hundreds who would
give a dollar just to see me. 1 expect
i the New York man out here in a few
days to complete arrangements, and if
the scheme goes through we will deliver
the first lecture in Chadron and will then
start out. There is big money in it."
The arrangements would have been
completed when Doc was in St. Louis
had he not been taken sick and obliged
to return home.—Dawes County Jour
nal.
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