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ME XV.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MAY 9,1895. NUMBER 44.
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OLVDK RING AND D. H. CRONIN, EDITORS AND MANAGERS.
iterest Told A* They Are
Told to Us.
»ID HOW IT HAPPENED
isingt Portrayed Por General
Ication and Amneement.
irris visited Spencer Monday,
berry was down from Stuart
[ge was up from Ewing
oung, of Spencer, was in tho
sday._
uglian, of Hutchinson, Kas.,
city Monday.
na Sbellhart has gone to
ipend the summer.
Ilamilton, Clerk Bethea and
risiled Ewing last Friday.
iard, of Sloan, Io., was in the
y visiting his brother, Sam.
millet seed for sale. Strictly
1.3 O’Neill Grocery Co.
}1 growers held an interesting
the court-house last Saturday.
in want some corn? We have
at hard times prices.
. O'Neill Grocery Co.
e oil cake and rock salt for
in’t you need some?
O’Neill Grocery Co.
Mrs. C. E. Mills and daughter
Ewing, were in the city yes
tions should be made for an
te observance of Decoration
Graves and Rev. Bates will
ices at the Episcopal church
ay._
jorge, of Randolph, was in the
'9. D. H. Cronin.
ates, of Atkinson, was in the
iday shaking hands with his
i acquaintances.
elarman went down to Sioux
morning, to attend a meeting
•State fair officers.
of bran, shorts, chop feed is
md. When in need see us.
O’Neill Grocery Co.
i Wright, of Canada, and Mrs.
onnolly, of O’Nelil, were mar
Tuesday in Ewing, by Squire
Gazette: Al. Tingle, after a
stay in Iowa and on the banks
beautiful Maumee, returned this
make Butte his future home.
1 a good time to buy a stock of
t’a advancing right along. Get
O’Neill Grocery Co.
and see the big loaves of home
«ad for eight cents, at Adam &
opposite the post office. Ice
•ilor in connection.
body invited to attend the G. A.
, at the Gome of Mrs. J. Pfund
30.
first of the week, visiting his
Phoenix.
up
Iear,. About two weeks ago, a
Chas. Mkrithew,
L -__O’Neill, Neb,
They left aL y and Satur
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lshiDg lUe diat ■ * genllemen who
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Jing lewder. Z
Billie Fisher, formerly of Atkinson
but now of Laurel, wds in the city
Friday. __
Mrs. Sanford Parker and children went
oyer to Spencer Monday morning where
they will remain during the summer.
Hattie Bergstrom, of Butte, went
down to Sioux City Friday morning,
where she will remain with the family of
Homer Qarretsoh.
The heavy rains of last week caused
the foundation under the front of Morris’
sidewalk to cave into the cellar. Qeo.
Clark put in a new foundation this week.
Pat Bagley went down to Sioux City
Friday morning to have a second oper
ation performed on his right hand. The
member was frozen last winter and a
couple of fingers amputated later.
Billie O’Connor and Nute Mullendore
went down to Norfolk last Saturday to
see Perry’s circus, which exhibited there
that day. The boys liked the show
very much and say that the performance
was first class in every respect.
Miles Gibbons and Mike Brennan went
to Deadwood last Thursday night at
which place they expected to remain
during the summer. Miles was taken4
sick at Deadwood and started for home
but becoming worse was obliged to stop
at Chadron, from which place his folks
were notified by wire Tuesday night.
A special from Geneva to Tuesday’s
State Journal contained the following:
“Mrs. Putnam, formerly of this place,
died yesterday morning at the home of
her son Herbert Putnam in Atkinson,
Nebraska. The remains will be shipped
here for burial. The funeral will be to
moriow. Mrs. Putnam was very prom
inent in W. C. T.' U. work, being presi
dent of that organization.”
Graphic: John Ingling had a close
call the other morning when a bullet
from a forty-five calibre six-shooter iu
the hands of Dell Akin passed through
the rim of his hat, just missing his
temple. It seems that Del was exam
ining the gun and thinking it was not
loaded pulled the trigger just as John
entered the room, the ball passing
through his hat as stated. It was a
narrow escape.
Blair Pilot: The state papers are tell
ing of a Holdredge editor that having
written what he thought Was a very
complimentary notice of the business of
a local milliner, concluded it by express
ing his pleasure at seeing her stocking
up. When he met the lady on the street
next day, she was madder than a March
hare and proceeded energetically to baste
him over the bead with her umbrella.
Thus it is that the good that we poor
persecuted editors try to accomplish in
this unfeeling world, often comes back
and steps on us with both feet.
Graphic: Something oyer a month ago
Thomas Cremmins, who lives four miles
southeast, in Sheridian township, lost a
hog. He made a diligent but unsuccess
ful search, and came to the conclusion
that the wind had carried it away. Last
week as Caleb Phillips was passing near
an abandoned well on a neighbor’s farm
he heard a noise issuing therefrom, and
upon investigation discovered a hog.
With the assistance of a neighbor he
pulled it out, and found it was Mr.
Cremmins’ long lost porker. It had
been in the well about a month, but was
In good condition.
Spaulding correspondent in North
western Catholic: John O’Neill and
Miss Catharine Donahoe were married
recently. The bride is a popular and
accomplished school teacher, daughter
Of Mr. Humphrey Donahoe, a solid
thriving farmer. The bridegroom is the
son of Gen. John O’Nelfl, the Irish
patriot. General O’Neill did more for
Ireland than he did for his family. They
even lost the homestead selected by him;
but young John O’Neill has bravely
taken his father’s place in supporting the
family. He is the worthy son of a noble
sire. He possesses a select library and is
a great student of history. Spaulding is
proud to possess such a distinguished
Judge Bartow convened district court
in O’Neill Monday to hear the case of
Sturdevant Bros. & Co. vs. Ross et. al.
The controversy involves a stock of
general merchandise formerly owned
by Sturdevant Bros, at Rushville.
The parties really most interested are
the Bank of Rushville and Kilpatrick
Clothing Co., of Omaha. The case was
not finished on account of it becoming
necessary to take some depositions cov
ering points at issue in the matter.
After the depositions are taken and
submitted the attorneys will meet the
judge at some point in the district and
conclude their arguments. M. F. Har
rington, of this city, represented the
plaintiffs; Messrs. Allen & Reed, of
Madison, the Bank of Rushville; and
C. B. Kellar, of Omaha, the wholesale
houses.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
Awwdad GoM Madal Midwinter Pair, San Ftaadm.
Much interest will be felt by the pub
lic in the return of Rudyard Kipling to
India. He has just agreed to furnish a
regular contribution to the Cosmopoli
tan Magazine for the coming year, be
ginning his work upon his return to
India. India baa never been critically
conaidered. by such a pen as Kipling’s,
and what he will write for the Cosmo
politan will attract the widest attention,
both here and in England.
While in Stockton, Cal., some time
ago, Thos. F. Langan, of Los Banos,
that state, was taken very severely with
cramps and diarrhoea. He chanced to
meet Mr. C. M. Carter, who was simi
larly afflicted. He says: “I told him
of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, and he went to the
Holeen drug store and procured a bottle
of it. It gave Mr. Harter prompt relief
and I can vouch for its having cured
me.” For sale by P. C. Corrigan,
druggist.
Conrad Wetlaufler lain the county Jail,
the result of a preliminary examination
held before the county judge yesterday.
He was arrested upon the following
complaint, sworn to by John Carton:
John Carton being first duly sworn
deposes and says that on or about the
19th day of December, 1894, in the
county of Holt and the state of Ne
braska, one Conrad Wetlaufler then and
there being, willfully, maliciously and
feloniously did kill and destroy a certain
horse by shooting said horse with leaden
shot, said horse being of the value of
860 and upwards, and the property of
one John Carton, said horse being killed
by the said Conrad Wetlaufler, by un
lawfully, maliciously, willfully and
feloniously shooting said horse with
a gun loaded with powder and leaden
shot, said gun the said Conrad Wet
lauffer then and there in both his hands
had and held and unlawfully, maliciously
willfully and feloniously caused its con
tents to be discharged in the right side
of said horse, contrary to the statutes in
such cases provided, and against the
peace and dignity of the state of Ne
braska.
His bond was fixed at 8500, in default
of which he is in durance.
The following contains the material
points of the new law regarding tbe
destruction of the Russian thistle:
“Any person or coqipany awning or
controlling land, who shall permit any
Russian thistles to ■ grow thereon one
week after publication of 9r' notice by
the road overseer the first week in July,
shall, on conviction, be fined not less
than 810 or more than 8100 and costs,
and if thistles are not destroyed by
August 15 the road overseer shall do the
work and the cost shall be charged to
the party in possession of said land.
If the party is not the owner, he shall
pay 25 cents an acre, the balance to be
taxed against the land and the owner
may collect from the renter the same as
any other debt. The road overseer
shall destroy thistles in the highways
and receive 82 a day and help at 81.50 a
day. If he fails to do his duty he may
be fined not less than 850 or not more
than 8100. City authorities shall de
stroy thistles growing upon public
ground and tax up the cost of those
growing on lots. Railroad right of
way comes under the provision of this
act. Anyone who knowingly yends
seeds containing thistle seed may be
fined 825 and may be liable for damages.
This act takes effect from and after its
passage." _
Fremont Tribune: Senator and Mrs.
W. V. Allen Friday celebrated their free
silver wedding anniversary at their home
at Madison, and reports state it was a
gorgeous affair. A thousand invitations
were sent out and people responded by
the wholesale and the hotel capacity of
the little town was totally inadequate to
the occasion. There were brass bands
and glittering pageants; the governor
attended with his military staff in a
blaze of glory and it was a regular
Roman holiday, the like of which, one
newspaper report says, was never wit
nessed in that part of the state. It is
worthy .of note that while there were
hundreds of congratulations extended
the senator’s responses were not at
length. He cut his nteen-hour speech
into 700 or 800 pieces and gave one to
each guest as a souvenir of the occasion,
making about a minute and a quarter
apiece. The Tribune begs to extend its
assurances of profoqnd esteem and its
expression of good wishes. It likewise
rises to inquire what has become of the
Jeffersonian simplicity of our populist
friends? For a pop governor with his
pop staff to attend in state with all the
pomp and ceiemony of an emporer is
something we the people did not expect
of our specially ordained plebeian rulers.
Hence we are amazed at the glittering
spectacle presented by Bill. Allen’s
wedding anniversary. It is as bad as
the banquet given to Senator-elect
Thurston, of which the pops so bitterly
complained. It doubtless cost a good
deal more money than was set apart for
Madison county by the state relief
association from the proceeds of the bill
passed by the republican legislature.
The Hew Connell.
The city council met in the council
rooms Hondey evening with Mayor
Biglln presiding end ell members pres
ent. Jacob Pfund was elected president
of the board, after which the council
adjourned until Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock.
The council met promptly at 10
o’clock Tuesday morning, and the
mayor appointed the following com
mittees for the ensuing year:
Streets and Sidewalks—Pfund, Davis
and Cronin.
Water—Davis, Marlow and McEvony.
Judiciary and Finance—McEvony,
Marlow and Davis.
Fire Department—Cronin and Pfund.
Printing and Supplies—Merrlman and
Pfund.
Board of Health—Marlow, Merrlman
and Cronin.
The following appointments were
made and confirmed:
Marshal and water commissioner, C.
E. Hall.
City attorney, Thomas Carlon.
-Welghmaster, Joe Miller.
Night watchman, Mark Erwin.
. The bond of Ham Kautzman as police
judge was then approved, as were also
those of the saloons and drug stores.
The granting of licenses to the saloons
and drug stores was next taken up. A
petition from the saloon men was read.
It prayed for a reduction of the license
to $500 payable in advance, or MOO
payable quarterly in advance. The
license was finally fixed at M50, paya
ble quarterly in advance.
The council then adjourned to meet
Monday, May 13.
Wool Growers’ Mooting.
O’Neill, May 4, 1895.
Meeting of Sbeep Breeders and Wool
Growers’ association of Holt county
met this day at the court-house.
Meeting called to order by President
W. S. Grfflth; Secretary Donohoe being
absent, F. W. Phillips was elected sec
retary pro tem.
On motion temporary organization as
made in January ’95, was made perma
nent.
Constitution and by-laws as reported
by committee were then adopted.
A general and very interesting discus
sion on sbeep raising and ways and
methods of handling wool then fol
lowed .
A vote of thanks was then unani
mously and enthusiastically tendered
Frank Emerson for furnishing the kid,
and to Landlord Eyans for the elegant
dinner served with the kid furnished
members of this association,
W. 8. Griffith, President.
F. W. Phillips, Secretary.
The Birthday Party.
The birthday party given at the Hotel
Evans last Thursday night for the bene
of the the Presbyterian Sunday school'
was a very pleasant affair to the guests
and profitable to the association.
Refreshments were served after which
the following musical program was
rendered:
Piano—Violin..
Plano Minuet.
Solo—Slumber Song
Piano—Violin.
Plano—Selected.
Plano—Violin.
Miss Lawrence.
Mr. Smith.
....Miss Lowrle.
...Mrs. Hazelet.
1 Miss Lowrle,
' 1 Will Lowrle.
Miss Lawrenoe.
Miss Lawrenoe,
Mr. Smith'
Phoenix Items.
Oh Howardl did you ever get left?
Ralph Howe, the 'bus driver, was in
O’Neill Monday.
The grass and small grain is looking
fine since the rain.
All of the farmers in this neighbor
hood are listing their corn
Ray and Lewis Coburn had business
in O’Neill the first of the week.
Harmen Dnmero has a new buggy.
The girls ought to come easy now.
Ralph Coburn, the express agent at
Phoenix City, has been learning the
listing trade the past week.
Big Bill.
Strayed or Stolen.
From my place on the Red Bird, about
two weeks ago, two yearling heifers,
both spotted black and white. Notch
cut in the right ear. Any information
concerning the same, .that will lead to
their recovery, will be liberally re
warded. E. P. Hicks,
44-2 O’Neill. Neb.
Largest Circulation In Nebraska.
It isn’t much wonder that The Plate
Journal now has the largest circulation
in Nebraska. It has reduced its price to
65 cent6 a month with Sunday, or 50
cents without Sunday. It has been
spending more money for Nebraska
news than any other paper; it has on its
staff such men as Bixby, Walt Mason
and Annin. Tho Journal is 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.
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PERTAINING TO IRRIGATION.
The Ideal Irrigation Wind Hill com
pany, of Freeport, III., has issued every
fine little pamphlet upon the subject of
irrigation, from which we take the lib
erty to extract the following:
"The very first duty of the Irrigator
who hae his lands in proper shape to
Irrigate, is to turn the water on In sufll
clent volume to thoroughly wet the
ground, including the sub soil. In all
cases where water can be obtained in
the autumn, after the season’s crops arc
harvested and before the ground is
frozen, turn on a volume equal to 4 or 0
Inches of water, which will soak Into
the ground and much of it will be stored
there to assist In supplying the require
ments for the next year’s crops. If this
has been done, then when the frost
leaves the ground in the spring the soil
will be found to be quite friable, as the
freezing expanded the earth particios
it left interstices between these particles
into wnicn air nnds its way. it would
seem that air Is as important and m
necessary for plant life and vigor as it is
for animal life. Therefore, every effort
must be made to retain this air in the
soil. A flood of water drives the air
out, but if the water he allowed to soak
away into the soil and the soil allowed
to assume a normal condition before
being stirred the air will follow the te
ceding water and again take its place.
In good time before plowing in the
spring water the ground thoroughly.
When in good working condition, plow
carefully, then as soon as possible har
row or otherwise pulverize the soil very
fine. Cultivation, careful cultivation,
intense cultivation is now more import
ant until the crop is harvested, than
water. Do not depend on water alone,
but depend more on careful and intense
cultivation to produce the big crop
yields. Many irrigators just undertak
ing farming by irrigation are liable to
drown the crops, besides they will
waste the water by putting too much on
the ground during the growing season,
by watering too much at a time or too
often.
“As we have already called attention
to the evil of driving the air out of the
soil by flooding with water, there is
another way of driving out the life-giv
ing air without drowning it out, and
that is to work the ground when it is
too wet. Stirring wet soil kneads it
into compact masses, driving the air out
of the interstices, which should always
remain between the earth particles.
This produces a "puddled*’ or "baked”
condition. For the same reason, as
soon after watering the growing crops
that require cultivation as the soil is in
proper condition to work, a suitable
implement should be used to pulverize
the surface over which the water
flowed, which will again permit the air
to enter the soil.
"In all crops requiring cultivation
the surface of the soil cannot be kept
too finely pulverized.
"Corn—If the irrigater has complied
with the foregoing, let him plant the
corn and cultivate it carefully and there
will, probably, pot be required any
further irrigation until the stalks begin
to tassle—when if the cultivation has
been done by what is known as the
"level” system, then with a large single
shovel plow (a single lister will answer)
let him run a furrow midway between
the rows for the water to flow down
through. Then when irrigating the
water must be confined to the furrows
so - that it may not spread over the
ground about the roots of the stalks. If
it does, injury will be done through
baking, since it will be quite impossible
to break up the baked crust about the
roots of the growing plants. The water
soaking into the ground from the furrow
spieads through the soil to the corn rows
on each side of the furrow. As soon
after watering as the soil is in proper
condition a suitable implement should
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furrow, at the game time disturbing the
corn i-roots as little as possible. One
more watering will be ample and should
be |done about the time the corn is in
“good roasting ear,” filling up the fur
ows as before.
"Sorghum, kaffer corn and other
kindred crops should be watered in a
similar manner to that ot corn.
“Potatoes—They should be watered in
the same manner as corn'.
“Best results are obtained by hilling the
potatoes, as it is called, that is by throw
ing the dirt to the rows of potatoes with
a plow; this leaves a deep furrow be
tween the rows. No water is to be used
until the young tubers have set. If
watered immediatedly before setting a
greater number of potatoes will be
formed than the plant can support, and
consequently but few of them will grow
large enough for the market. When the
tubers have set then turn the water into
the furrows, being careful not to fill the
furrows too full, otherwise should the
water flow over the hill and against the
vines or plants the soil will “bake” and
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bealdea (he water "acalda" the plant!.
Once the Irrigation of the potatoei hae
commenced the water rauit be turned
Into the furrowe every 8 or 0 days until
the tubere have developed to the alae
deaired, when the watering la to be dia
contlnued and the aoll allowed to dry
out. ao aa to ripen the potatoea In good
form. After every watering, aa aoon aa
aoon aa the aoll ia in good condition a
aultable tool ahould be employed, and
drawn by a horae, to break up the cruet
that otherwiae would form In the furrow
through which the water flowed.
"Sweet potatoea ahould be irrigated In
a almilar manner to that of Iriah pota
toea, but may be watered when aettlog
out aa well aa before the tubera aet.
"Root cropa auch aa turnlpa, beata,
carrote, etc., may be watered at any
time after planting, provided the aame
care la taken to keep the aojl in a mellow
condition.
“Oniona do beat In a rloh soil and
need watering often enough to keep the
aoll moist, but not wet. Intenae aurfaee
cultivation la required to inaure a big
yield.
"Cabbage and cullflower require fre
quent watering.
"Celery requlrea even more Water
than cabbage.
“Tomatoes require much less water
than other vegetables.
"Pumpkins and melons require fre
quent watering.
"Fruits—Apples, peacbea, pears and '
similar fruits should be thoroughly Irri
gated in the fall, as soon aa the leaves
are brown or fall off. Then again in the
spring aa aoon aa the frost is out of the
ground. The orchard should al
ways be cultivated and kept free from
weeds. Until the trees shade all of the
ground, more or leas crops that require
cultivation may be grown among the
trees. The cultivation of fruit treea
should be merely surface deep so as not
to disturb the rootlets, which seek the
very top of the soil for sunshine and air
to support and mature the fruit. Too
much water is as injurous as too little
for fruit trees, same aa for other crops.
Orchards should never be Irrigated later
than the last of July, until the leaves
fall off in the fall.
"Small fruits and strawberries should
be watered two or three times a week
during the fruiting season, and often
enough during the remainder of the
season to prevent the ground from be
coming dry..
"Blackberries and raspberries do not
require watering as often as strawber
ries, but the ground should bo kept
moist. Strawberries, blackberries and
raspberries yield the best returns, if, in
addition to irrigating by flooding, the
vines and bushes are sprayed with water
from a hose”
Dr. Price's Cream Bakins Powder
AwanM Gold Medal Mldwiattr Fair, San Francisco.
80 Cents to January 6,1898.
That is an awful little bit of money
for a twice-a-weck paper like the Semi
Weekly Journal, but if you send BO
cenu you will receive that paper until
January 1, 1890. 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 yon
will want to keep it always. If you get
up a club of five SO-cent subscribers you
can have a copy free for your trouble.
Addres, Nebraska State Journal, Lin
coln, Neb._
Whooping Cough.
There Is no danger trom this disease
when Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is
freely given. It liquefies the tough
mucus and aids its expectoration. It
also lessens the severity and frequency
bf paroxysms of coughing, and insures
a speedy recovery. There is not the
least danger in giving the remedy to
children or babies, as it contains no in
jurious substance. For sale by P. C.
Corrigan, druggist. 48-4
Short Lino Time Card.
Passenger leaves 9 S3 a. u., arrives
9:07 f. i>.; freight leaves 8:07 p. if., ar
rives 7 p. x. Daily except Sunday.
Anyone who hu ever bad an attack
of inflammatory rheumatism will rejoice
with Hr. J. A. Stumm, 330 Boyle
Heights, Los Angeles, over his fortu
nate escape from a siege of that dis
couraging ailment. Mr. Stumm is fore
man of Merriman’s confectionery es
tablishment. Some months ago, on
leaving the heated work room to run
across the street on an errand, he was
caught out in the rain. The result was
I that when ready to go home that night
he was unable to walk, owing to in
flammatory rheumatism, He was taken
home, and on arrival was placed in
front of a good fire and thoroughly rub
bed with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm.
During the evening and night be was
repeatedly bathed with this liniment,
and by morning was relieved of all
rheumatic pains. He now takes espec
ial pains in praising Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm, and always keeps a bottle
of it in the house. For sale by P. C.
Corrigan, druggist. 48-4-!7'
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