Nebraska Newspapers

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hu BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO
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•UMORIPTION, II.SO PER ANNUM.
CLYDE KING AND D. H. CRONIN. EDITORS
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JULY 4, 1895.
NUMBER 52.
terest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
[D HOW IT HAPPENED
Dings Portrayed For General
t&tion snd Amusement.
[lin was in Sioux City Tues
dams, of Spencer, was in
ml ay. __
eill band will celebrate the
andolph.
issidy and M. F. Harrington
rnlia Monday.
cCoy was in the city Monday
e funeral of his father. ,
eill cornet band went out to
londay with the divisionists.
'etere, of RuBhvillc. was in
day visiting with his friend
.unis.
court is still in session in
tv, but it is thought it will
s week.
jer, of Chadron, was in the
ny and Sunday. He returned
ay evening.
lenry came up from Ewing
iay to play ball with Dick’s
i of fumblers.
llonald and son, of Grand
[).. is in the city visiting her
John McHugh.
ml Willie Laviolette retuned
iglit from Yankton, at which
had been attending school.
ner Williams went down to
(l Monday morning, where she
■:ends until after the Fourth.
inie Blackmer returned Batur
in her home in Atkinson after
isit with friends in this city.
ss Harrington left Friday
3r Park City, Utah, where she
the summer the guest of Miss
arns.
oUlon is billed to speak at sthe
e Chautauqua. Tom has his
|e on that district judgeship!
time.
'till second nine leturned
igbt from Chambers with a
Ip dangling at its belt. The
112 to 21.
Hans, Kroner, Harvey,
littick and Bailey, came down
art Monday and went over to
with O’Neill divisionists.
>er of O’Neill divisionists went
.lumbers Monday to meet the
iere and convince them that
behind their division lines.
I or stolen, one two-year-old
rbite “'"I red, branded Y H on
one red yearling heifer.
Mike Mullen, O’Neill, Neb.
rpartment has allowed the
“nd office two clerks for the
year- Tlle present efficient
Long and Dowling, will be
IcEvony expects to leave in
«wuh his family, for Montam
“ travel overland and make
trip of it, returning aboi
ki„ j u“ " canesday
order that the office boys
e editors—may celebrate in
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Croat Bargains In Clothing For the Next 30 di
Atkinson Graphic; It is safe to say
that if all subscribers who are in arrears
were to pay up, the editors of this coun
try could pay off the national debt and
have enough left to take their families
to the seaside resorts this summer.
R. H. Mills has completed an irriga
tion plant for John Kelly, who resides
northeast of tills city. The plant is
said to be a very fine one. With favor
able winds his well will furnish over
4,000 gallons of water per hour, or
enough to irrigate 15 or 20 acres.
Farmers thinking of irrigating by wind
mill will do well to visit Mr. Kelly’s
place and investigate his plant.
Representatives of Chambers met the
Ewing divisionists at Ewing the other
day. About the same time that com
mittee was in Ewing trying to fix up a
deal with her people, other citizens at
Chambers were entertaining a delega
tion fiom O’Neill and making them
believe Chambers would help her out on
the Stuart combine. It isn’t hard to see
that the division move is going to break
up in a grand row.
The ball team R. R. Dickson picked
up to play O’Neill’s first nine did not
meet with any great degree of success.
The game was played last Saturday
afternoon, the score being 16 to 6 in
favor of the first nine. Mr. Dickson
imported the Henry brothers, of Min
neola, for a battery and they did work
sufficient to win the game but had no
support in either the out or iufield.
Hanley and Gibbons did the battery act
for the first nine and put up a good
game.
The Lincoln Journal sayB: They are
now quoting Frank Melbourne, who
brought the rain-making fad to Ameri
ca, as saying “the whole thing is a hum
bug, and I never possessed any more
power in that respect than any one else.”
It was simply a bet in which the fakir
put up nothing against several hundred
dollars that it would rain within a given
time. In an ordinary year the “rain
maker’* is sure to win quite often. It
took the great drouth of 1894 to show
up the folly and sham of the whole
business.
A. A. Averill of the United States
army, inspector of soldiers’ homes,
reports to the governor that he has
inspected the Nebraska home at Grand
Island and finds the institution in good
condition under Commandant Wilsons’
management. Last fall he made a
similar report and gave Commandant
Scbovill a hearty recommendation in
which he deplored the probabil'ly of a
change in the management. This home
receives 8100 per capita on inmates from
the government and is inspected by
government officials.
After Monday it wiil be unlawful for
any railroad company in the United
States to keep in use in inter-state traffic
any freight cars that are not equipped
“with secure grab irons or hand holds in
the ends and side of each car for greater
security to men in coupling and uncoup
ling cars,” says the State Journal. The
managers of all the western roads have
received notification that the act will be
enforced. The law'also provides that
the companies shall equip their cars with
automatic ; couplers and continuous
brakes and provide their locomotives
with driving wheel brakes.
Butte Gazette: A shooting affray
came off on the military Monday last in
which Con Kirwin, of O’Neill, deco
rated the back and neck of a Mr.
McKenzie with bird shot, making
painful but not serious wounds.
McKenzie came to town yesteiday and
swore out a warrant and Jack Hooton is
now on the trail of the would-be mur
derer.
v/uusmuie nuuiun arrived in U JNeill
Friday and arrested Mr. Kirwin and
took him back to Boyd. As near as we
can learn the facts in the case are that
McKenzie attempted to eject Eirwin
from a claim on the strip, the title to
which is in dispute; Eirwin declined to
vacate and resisted force with his shot
gun. Jim Harrington went over as at
torney for the defendant and secured his
release on bail.
Irrigation Farmer: The magnificent
rains that have fallen during the first
weeks of June have greatly revived the
hopes qj Kansas and Nebraska farmers.
Portions of the state where irrigation is
not at all certain because of a lack of
the water .supply known as the under
flow was suffering a great deal from
drought. With an abundance of rains
these prairie lands are wonderfully fer
tile, but because we have had a few
good rains do not become over-confi
dent and be lured into that feeling of
rest that the fall rains are to be contin
ued. Four years out of five your crops
are seriously in)ured by dry weather.
Make sure of your irrigated gardens
and trust- to the fortunes, wind and
water, for your crop*. If tue rains
come your reward will be abundant; if
it fails your sustenance and living for
your family is certain.
An exchange rises to remark that the
printing press has made presidents and
killed poets and pulverized genius with
| criticism. It has made worlds get up
(or roll call in the morning, given the
pulpit lungs of iron and a voice of
steam. It has curtailed the power of
lungs, and 'graced the pantry shelves;
it has converted bankers into paupers,
and made lawyers out of college presi
dents. and printers out of devils. It
has educated the homeless and robbed
the philosopher of his reason. It smiles
and kicks, and cries and dies, but It
can’t be run to suit everybody, and the
editor is a fool who tries.
Fremont Tribune: The Lincoln Jour
nal is in receipt of a letter from J. H.
Hart setting forth that when Charley
Mosher gets out of prison he “will be
sent to a place where he wont be
pardoned by a republican governor,
cleared by such courts as we have now,
men with money go free and the poor
are punished.” Mr. Hart also says there
isn't any danger of Barrett Scott's mur
derers being convicted and “if they are
there will be more found with rope
around their necks.” This is good. It
sounds like a return to the^revolutionary
period of 1801 when pop members of
the legislature who broke loose from the
revolutionary combine got pictures of
skulls and crossbohes and little ropes
with hangmen’s knots in them as warn
ings.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s last|story,
“St. Ives," was left at bis death practic
ally completed, so it is stated by those
who have seen the manuscript. Many
chapters had even received the author’s
final revision. Stevenson had been at
work upon this novel for more than a
year, and the first half of it had been
entirely rewritten several times. The
hovel is said to deal with the adventures
of a Frenchman captured in the Penin
sular War and shut up in Edinburg
Castle. A love affair between him and
a Schottlsh maiden; a duel on the
maiden’s account between him and a
fellow-prisoner; and his escape from the
prison, are a few of the episodes that
promise a romance of as absorbing inter
est as any Stevenson has produced.
“St. Ives” will be published serially in
McClures Magazine; the price of which,
by the way, is to be immediately redu
ced to 10 cents a copy.
Mathew’s Free Press: The boys try to
tell new stories as to where editors go
when die, and some of them are
pretty good. This is only a dream, but
at death (in our mind) the devil met us
at the outer door of his disreputable den
with thiB salutation; “For many years
thou hast borne the blame for the errors
the printers made in their papers. The
paper has gone, alas, for SI. Alas, the
81 has often failed to come in. Tbs
printers have bedeviled thee for their
wages Saturday night when thou hadst
not a cent. Men have taken thy paper
without paying a cent for it and cursed
thee for not getting up a better paper.
Thou hast been called all kinds of disa
greeable epithets. AH these things,
yea, and even more, thou hast borne in
silence. Thou canst not come here.”
As his satanic majesty motioned him
away he pointed upward and murmured
to himself: “Heaven’s his home; axd
besides if we had let him come in here
he would be continually dunning his
delinquent subscribers and there is all
the disorder here now that we can
comfortably attend to.
- The shortest editorial page on record,
according to the Press and Printer, was
that which appeared in the Cincinnati
Enquirer on a memorable Julr day
many years ago when Washington
McLean owned the paper and employed
six editorial writers who furnished six
columns of matter daily on current
events. Tnc editorial in question was
the only one which appeared on that
particular day and it read: “Yester
day was the Fourth of July.” It is
explained that on the evening of that
memorable Fourth, the editorial writers
repaired to a saloon to get a cooling
drink and that, just as they were lined
up for business, Mr. McLean unexpect
edly entered. They all expected dis
missal on the spot, but much to their
surprise, their employer invited them to
drink with him and kept them at it,
threatening to discharge 4be first man
who refused. The result was that five
of them were rendered unable, to return
to the office and the one that escaped
was only able, before succumbing like
his fellows, to write the single sentence,
“Yesterday was the Fourth of July."
This appealed solitary and alone, in the
editorial columns next morning. That
evening Mr. McLean is said to have
received a host of letters from readers
telling him how much they appreciated
the change and the result was that the
six editorial writers were given other
work to do and news filled the space
space generally allotted to the product
of their pens.
Or. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair, Saa Fraadaca.
VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL.
The jurors who sat at the trial of the
Scott lynchers brought in a verdict of
acquittal last Thursday afternoon. It
required but one ballot to reach an
agreement.
We are told that the verdict was
reached upon the grounds of non-juris
diction, and that the guilt or innocence
of the accused was not a matter of con
sideration. We are told further that a
few of the men who composed the Jury
have openly stated that they believe the
men guilty, but that the deed was com
mitted in Holt instead of Boyd county.
Butte Gazette: The famous Barrett
Scott case, so far as Mullihan, Elliott
and Harris is concerned, is ended.
Twelve men supposed to be good and
true, returned a verdict of "not guilty”
in the face of evidence that in any
country, outside this crime-stained and
pop-ridden northwest, would have
hung the defendants higher than Gilroy’s
kite.
| The trial was a roaring farce, and the
blind goddess of justice, who Is popu
larly supposed to impartially judge
criminals, must certainly have hung her
bead in bitter shame at the travesty on
justice enacted in her temple.
I The evidence Introduced by the de
reuse was well gotten up—and when we
say well gotten up we speak advisedly.
The ear-marks of Mike the Slick, were
visible from start to finish in the whole
fabric, and the wonderful memory of
the witnesses for the defense as to their
actions on the 81st day of last December,
the condition of the weather, the exact
time they looked to the north, the south,
the east, the west, the number of rods
they went one way, the number of
feet they went another, indicated that
they all paid particular attention to the
insignificant incidents of that one day-r
or had been thoroughly drilled.
They introduced much contradictory
evidence and many conflicting state
ments—but what difference did that
make if it were true, as Mike Harring
ton stated, that they "had a mortal sinch
on the jury." The fact that men inti
mate offered to bet f 100. and did bet
•35, that the Jury would bring in a
verdict of "not guilty" goes to show
that Michael was not making an empty
statement but knew what he was talking
about.
The taking of testimony was finished
Wednesday morning, and W. F. Gurley
made the opening address for the prose
cution. For one hour and five minutes
he held the vast audience spell-bouud
with his eloquence. He pictured to the
jury the heniousness of the crime, di
rectly connected the defendants in the
commission of it. gave indisputable
reasons why Boyd county was the
proper place to try the case, and pre
sented the evidence introdu’ced in the
case in such a clear manner that it was
impossible to doubt the guilt of the de
fendants.
He was followed by County Attorney
Willis who made an able and logical
address, lasting an hour and a half.
T. V. Golden opened for the defense
with an historical oration. He gave the
pedigree of Pompey, touched upon the
military career of Napoleon, rung in
Jefferson and Jackson (but not Cleve
land) and roasted the "boodlers of Holt.”
He also said he "busted babbles," but as
we bad left our microscope at borne we
failed to discover where he shattered
one shred of evidence introduced by the
prosecution.
Jimmy Harrington followed for the
defense. This was his second appear
ance in a cue before the district court
and for a young man he did remark
ably well.
But the star actor, plotter, pusher and
designer of the defense followed. We
refer to Michael F. Harrington. Like a
certain brand of baking powder, he is
“absolutely pure,’'—that is, if you
swallow all of his oily statements and
have only a slight acquaintance of the
genllemau. He can come nearer
proving black white—and bring more
“poor, honest and respectable farmers”
to swear to the same—than any man in
the northwest. He took the evidence of
the defense and smoothed it here,
straightened it out there, rounded off a
sharp corner, patted down an ugly point
i that would stick up, deftly wiped out
dark points with the magic of his
tongue, and reeled off a pathetic tale of j
the persecutions of his clients that
might have been believed by persons
who were unacquainted with the facts
or had not heard the evidence. Like
his predecessor!, he insinuated that
Scott had been killed by his friends. He
did not believe it, no one believes it, but
it helped kill time and throw dust in the
eyes of the public.
Attorney General Churchill closed the
arguments. He took the testimony of
tbe defense and tore it into smithereens;
be plainly and convincingly showed
that the defendants were at Parker on
the day ot the tragedy and had taken
a leading part in it; ho exposed the
workings of the vigilantes ot Holt
county to the horrified gaze ot the pub
lic, and bitter was his denunciation of
that infamous organization. He em
phasized the fact that where a dead
body was found, th^re was the juris
diction until proven to the contrary;
that. In this case it had not been proven
that Scott was killed In Holt county. He
found time in his speech to tell Harring
ton that In twenty-four years' practice
he had yet to meet the lawyer that
would descend to the low-down trickery
that he would.
FBOHIBITIOff COftVBNTIO*.
The men who take their water
straight met in convention in O'Neill
last Thursday and transacted a little
bnslness. Besides electing six delegates
to attend the state convention, which
will be held in Lincoln July 3 and 4,
they placed the following county ticket
in the field;
Clerk, L. V. Humphrey, of Atkinson.
Treasurer, C. L. Morse, of Dustin.
Sheriff, O. F. Candee, cf Page.
Judge, D. W. Rosencrans, of Dorsey
Superintendent, B. Blain, of Page.
Surveyor, N. Miller, of Turner.
Coroner, H. Spindler, of Black Bird.
Clerk of the district court, B. B.
Kelley, of Inez.
LAST BOLL CALL.
C Patrick McCoy, aged SO years, died on
the Short Line train while coming from
Sioux City laat Saturday evening. He
waa taken tick about two montha
ago, with enlargement of the liver, and
a week ago he went to Sioux City for
treatment. He waa getting worae and
laat Saturday morning S. F. McNlchola
went to the city to bring him home.
After being placed aboard the tiain be
got weaker and aa the train whistled for
Page he breathed hia laat.
Deceased was born in Ireland SO years
ago and came to America with his
parents when 7 years old, and came to
Holt county in the fall of ’75. He leaves
a wife and eight chilren to mourn bis
demise. The funeral took place from
the Catholic church , Monday morning
and was in charge of the O. A. R., of
which he was a member. The bereaved
family have the sympathy of the entire
community.
REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE.
For some reason or other it has be
come quite generally understood that to
divide a county under the new law re>
quires but a majority of the votes cast
upon the proposition. This idea is
erroneous. The new statute, which is
now out, says on page 419, section 11:
"If it shall appear that a majokity of
all the votes cast at such election, in
the county interested." * * * This
it will be seen, but strengthens the
position taken by this paper last week,
It looks to us as though O'Neill citi
zens are wasting time,money and energy
pilgrimaging about the county looking
for people to help them divide. Why
not sit in a hammock in the background
and let those who really want division
Jo the hustling? Let them submit the
propositions and if they are not what is
wanted defeat them. It is going to be a
mighty hard matter to draw lines that
will be supported by a majority of the
voters. It will not cost a great deal
more to defeat any kind of a division
than it will to get an O’Neill proposition
submitted.
CONCOBD OF SWEET SOUNDS.
Mias Kate Mann gave a musicale at
her home last Friday evening, at which
a number of invited friends were pres*
ent. The following program, with
variations, was ably rendered:
Instrumental Solo.Selected.
Miss Lawrence.
Instrumental Solo.
Mrs. Hazelet.
Vocal Solo.“For all Eternity."
Martha Mann.
Instrumental Solo.
Mrs. Parker.
Vocal Solo..
Mrs. Hazelet.
Instrumental Solo.A...
Mlsd Lawrence. 1
Beoltatlon .3.
Dr. Edward Furar
Vocal Duet.
Mrs. Hazelet—Martha Mann.
After the last strains of the carnival
of music had died away the guests
amused themselves with tbe seductive
card, shadowy corner tete-a-tete and
other methods usual on such occasions.
Lunch was served at 12. The enter
tainment was nicely arranged and to
those who are judges of good music
was a delightful spell.
A Pioneer’s Beeommeadation. •
Mr .J. W. Venable, of Downey, a
pioneer of Los Angeles County, Cal.,
says: “Whenever I am troubled with a
pain in the stomach or with diarrhoea I
use Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. I have used it for
years, know it to be a reliable remedy,
and recommend it to every one.” For
•ale by P. C. Corrigan, Druggist.
LAUGH AND THE WOULD LAUHQS WITH
YOU.
Til K IlKfOlIMKH.
I come from whore no morula knows
I've won a victory never;
Ami men may cornu und men may go,
Hut I talk on forever.
Trilby. Trilby, give ua your aoiwer
true: what in the name of goodneat
have we ever done to you?—Town
Topics.
"Speak,” ho implored.
lie waited iu an agony of auapenae.
"A word,” he urged, "and you will
make yourself plain."
Well knew ahe the awful truth of hie
remarks, and ahe was silent.
A girl with large irregular teeth like
hers would have no difficulty to make
herself plain, aa he had said, with a
word.—Town Topics.
KftOM TUB C It ADLIB TO THRO HAVE.
1 .—Cry.
2.—Shy.
8.—Try.
4. —Ply.
5. —Buy.
0.—Ply.
7. —Lie.
8. —Ilye.
0— Sigh,
10,—Die.
Tho basso ho flehOH for bass,
The tenor he tlsbes for "ten.” 1
The dizzy soprano she pounds the piano.
And does all hor Hslilng for men.
—Town Toplos.
Magistrate—The officer says you were
drunk last night and fell down In the
street. Can you explain that little
matter?
Prisoner (with dignity)—The cause of
my fall, your honor, waa not, attrlbut*
able to liquor, but to circumstances over
which I had no control.
Magistrate (in suprise)—What circum
stances do you allude to?
Prisoner (sadly)—My legs, your honor.
-Tit-Bits
%
Marriage infelicitous would
Obtrude upon our view
Less frequently did wu but have
More hobbles built for two. . •
—Detroit Tribune.
Rubberneck Bill stood looking down
at the inanimate form of hla thirty
seventh. |
“Fer a greaser," laid Bill, be put up s
purty game fight”
“That’s what” assented Boapless Jonei. . ,
“Pity he had to go. Fer, if he waa a ,
greaser, his heart came mighty near >1
bein' in the right place.” , ’.fti
"It is lucky fer me that It wus. , 'r
S’posin when I plugged him tbar it bad
been on the other side.”—Cincinnati
Tribune. < ';;r
JULY FOURTH.
The following program has been
arranged for the coming 4th of July
picnic to be held in Dobbs’ drove.
The procession will leave the court
house at 10 o'clock a. m. : thence to the , ' ’
grove south of the F. E. and M. V. rail
road depot, where there will be singing
by the Olee Club and the speaker of the
day will deliver his address.
lmmediatedly after dinner the sporta
will commence and will consist of the
following:
Base ball.(10.00 •
Running hop step and jump. 1.00
Standing Jump. 1.00
Running Jump. 1.00
Three legged race..... 1.00
Sack race. 1,00 '"*■
Footrace. 1.00
Boys’ foot race—under 12 years. B0
I’ony race.1st &....2nd. 1.00
Boys bicycle race. 1.00
Bgg race. 1.00 ' V
Bowery danee afternoon and evening
Fireworks in the evening
Refreshments will be served on the
grounds all day and evening.
President of the day, Mayor Biglin.
Marshal of the day, Neil Brennan.
Among the numerous persons who
have been cured of rheumatism by
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, mention
should be made of Mrs. Emily Thorne,
of Toledo, Wash., who says: “I have ,f
never been able to procure any medicine
that would relieve me of rheumatism
like Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. I have
also used it for lame- back with great ' .—it
success. It is the best liniment I have
ever used, and I take pleasure in recom- r.
mending it to my friends.” For sale by •
P. 0. Corrigan, Druggist.
Old Holt never presented a finer ap
pearance than at the present time.
"We had an epedemic of dysentery
in this vicinity last summer,” says Sam-,
uel S. Pollock, of Briceland Cal. "1
was taken with it and suffered severely
until some one called my attention to
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarr
hoea Remedy. Iaprocured a bottle and • -
felt better after the first dose. Before
one-half of the bottle had been used I
was well. I recommended it to my
friends and their expennce was the same.
We all unite in saying it is the best.”
For sale by P. C. Corrigan, Druggist.
Short Lina Time Card.
Passenger leaves 9:35 a. m., arrives
9:0" ’. 3».; freight leaves 9:Q7 p. m., ar
rive r. x. Daily except.Sunday. •