The Frontier. rCBLMlIlD XYXBY THURSDAY BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING COMPANY KINO A CRONIN. Editor*. THE COUNTY TEEASU&EB. Does County Treasurer Mullen know that be ie depositing tbe bulk of tbe county money In a bank that pays ma terially lese Interest than the other de positories? If he does not know It he Is hereby informed of tbe fact. It the county treasurer Is aware of hie own unbusiness-like conduct what excuse hae he to offer? Tbe tax payers will be interested In learning why it le that this money ie farmed out at three per cent, when re liable institutions offer as high as four and live per cent. Under the depository law the super visors approve the bonds and name the depositories, while the treasurer places the money to suit himself or his friends. Tbe duty of the county treasurer—the same as other officials—is to conduct the affaire of his office in a manner that will protect and subserve the best Interests of his constituents. His constituents are the whole people of the county, and not members of any particular political party. In this case he has an oppor tunity to increase from one to two per cent, the county’s income from her money loaned. In campaigns and elsewhere at times and places too numerous to mention we have heard this apostle of populism ha rangue the multitudes upon the subject of reform, and tell them how they were being ground to dust beneath the iron wheels of the chariot in which rode dis honest and tricky politicians. He may have stated a truth, but has be improved the conditions by him so vividly por trayed? ii us snows won us use oeen uuing, and he Is s shrewd gentlemen end no doubt does, he hue convicted himself of the offense of favoritism in hie official capacity, and further, of being recreant to the trust reposed in him, by allowing the county to lose valuable returns from her own resources. The duty of the treasurer ie plain and there are no two ways about it. The money should be placed where the county will receive the greatest benefit, no matter where that is. The people are under no obligations to the First National bank for which they are willing to pay two per cent, upon 189,000, or any other amount It seems that Chadron has been bun coed in regard to her promised factories. >. ■ , __ Tax question of finance is an import ant one, but we believe that the tariff Is of greater Importance to the people of the United States. Adjourning the Boyd county term of court until after the seeding season will no doubt be greatly appreciated by the farmers of that section. Thnrr are people who do not think It Just the proper thing for Hoke Smith to receive a 840,000 fee as a railroad attor ney while also drawing a salary as sec retary of the interior. It‘s all the same who the democrats put up for president next year, but if they wish a really picturesque campaign they will nominate Henry Watterson and not adopt any platform. Now that the dispute between Nicara gua and England is in a fair way to be amicably settled a broadside of Monroe doctrine bombast may be expected from the administration mouthpieces. -Thb late Josh Billings used upon oc casion to say: "’tis better to be ignorant than to know a lot that ain’t so." We commend the idea to some of those now poeing as financial teachers of the peo ple. _ _ Thu members of a baseball club, on their way to play a game in the suburbs of Havana, were mistaken for an insur gent's army and arrested by Spanish troops. That gives a good idea of the average else of the insurgent armies. No higher tribute to the value ot the American market, which a democratic congress and preaident has divided with Europe, was ever paid than is contained in the following extract from the last annual report of the Belfast, Ireland, hoard of trade: “Since the passage of the new tariff law in the United States business has improved and the demand is now equal to what it was at any time in the past five years. It is not gener ally known that England’s commerce ' with 65,000,000 people under the stare and stripes amounts to quite as much ae her trade with the 868,000,000 under the v British flag. America is, therefore, the best friend of English commerce." What pleasant reading that makes for Ameri pans whose occupations have been lost for the benefit of British manufacturers. When a man drops into Holt and at tempts to brand tbe county thinking he baa found a maverick, he can generally And upon careful examination that some one else has a trade mark dyed In the wool. _ ^ _ W* have faith that tbe republican party will be able to handle tbe silver question In a manner satisfactory to the people and safe for the country. Tbe party has been equal to all emergencies in the past and will continue to rise to every occaaion. A Florida judge gave a striking illus tration of judicial paternalism wlien be fined a nurse for whipping a child, al though the mother stated that the nurse was only carrying out the instructions given her. The mother of the child paid the fine. The Leeper letter, to which tbo last issue of the Sun devoted the greater part of Its space, was, to nay tho least, of peculiar construction. It ought not to have been written, much less pub lished, but now that both have been done it should be allowed to pass in silence. It would uot be at all surprising to see President Cleveland flee to the fish-pond to escape the wrath of those "open let ters." Even our own Bryan has fired a full column of cross-interrogatories at him, Insisting that he tell the people where he is at. This is little short of cruelty to animals. -- It is hardly worth while for ex Hpeaker Crisp's friends to waste time proving his eligibility to the presidency —he was born in England of American parentage, his mother and father being members of a theatrical company; be baa no chance of ever becoming Presi dent. A Connecticut burglar, while await ing his trial, is nursing a broken nose and numerous cuts on his head, which he received from an iron shovel in the hands of a sixteen-year-old girl into whose bedroom he went with burglar ious intentions. “He’ll never go there any more.” When the populiit* hold their con vention in O’Neill next fall they can truthfully eay: "Wo meet in a county brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin.” And then if they wiah to itill further unmaak the truth they can eupplement the declaration by another admitting that they, themielvei, are reeponsible for the condition. We confeia that we fall to aee the jus tice of withdrawing Oscar Wilde’s books from circulation. If he has written any thing really meritorious he should re ceive credit for it, and his productions perused for the good there is in them. The moral standing of an author should be considered apart from his work. The people are influenced far more by what is written than they are by the writer. That Oscar is a fallen idol goes without saying, but it does not necessarily fol low that all of his work should be ex punged from the record. That’s van dalism. The legislature passed a new law to provide for the destruction of the Rus sian thistle. The law makes it the duty of every owner, lessee, or any occupant of any land in the state to cut down and destroy all Russian thistles growing thereon or in the highways adjoining the same, so often as to prevent their going to seed. Each road overseer must notify the land occupants in his district to cut down the weeds and if the occupant fails to do so in ten days the overseer must cause it to be done and the expense charged up to the owner, the cost to remain a Hen upon the land until paid back to the county. Whiskebs fears that the flattery heaped upon populists by Mr. Jeness will bring him into bad repute with republicans. There might be danger of this if he continues to shoot as wide of the mark as he did in his first attempt. We were inclined to overlook the matter entirely, excusing the gentleman on ac count of his short residence here, and therefore excusable lack of knowledge of his subject. When Mr. Jeness goes out of his way to pat John Crawfoid on the back and call him a jolly good fel low, he no doubt has some motive tor it. Honest John, personally, may be all right, but his record as supervisor of Holt county does not entitle him to be dubbed a representative politician, un less the competition is confined solely to the populist class. Wi do not believe any republican newspaper has advised its readers to not read “Coin." We are sure we have not. The most we have said is for them to read both aides of the question. We are open to conviction ourselves on this silver question, but a careful perusal of “Coin" has failed up to date, to make us believe that free and unlimited coinage at 16 to 1 would be a good thing for this country. We have not “attacked Coin,” as stated by the Smudge. We simply said what we thought, and in doing so we exercised the same right that we ex tend to “Coin," although we doubt that he takes advantage of it in all instances. The republican party is for bimetalism, and The Frontier believes that its position is right. We would like to see silver used to the fullest extent con*, sistent with safety. Anything to main tain the parity and consequently a system of stable finance. Heart Disease 30 Yrs! Short Breath, Palpitation. Mr. G. W. McKInsey, postmaster of Kokomo, Ind.,and a brave ex-soldier, says: “I had been severely troubled with heart disease ever since leaving the army at the close of the late war. I was troubled with palpitation and shortness of breath. I could not sleep on my left side, and had pain around my heart. I became so ill that I was much alarmed, and for tunately my attention was called to Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure I decided to try it The first bottle made a decided improvement in my condition, and five bottles have com pletely cured me.” O. W. McKINSEY, P.Kokomo, Ind Dr. Miles Heart Core is sold on a positive guarantee that the first bottle will benefit. All druggists sell it at U, 0 bottles for*S,or It will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by tbe Dr. MUes Medical Co., Elkhart. ind. For Sale by all Druggists. O’NEILLBUSINESS DIRECTORY R. DICKSON ATTORNEY AT LAW Referenoe First National Bank O'NEILL, NEB. J C. SMOOT, FASHIONABLE barber. DEALER IN OIQARE, ETO. Jjl W. ANTIIOXr, PRACTICAL CIVIL ENGINEER. Irrigation work a specialty. Office at resi dence flrst door north o( N. E. Churoh, O’NEILL, - - - . NEB. JJR. J. P. GILL1GAN, PHYSICAN AND SURGEON. Day and night calls promptly attended to. 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