The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, July 18, 1895, Image 1
Mi. ' ~ - ■V ■ -MM . ; ; The ■' • H'-V* '• ' Frontier ■rv v -tiV. ■ l ;v'v« *. ■ A-.* :>• l -'- r . ■v.-?v<>< ■*?: .x.* -.f. •• W'fyx ■“: ;.’V *v ■ '«.* /: ythe frontier PRINTING CO. SUBSCRIPTION, SI.SO PER ANNUM. CLYDE KINO AND D. H. CRONIN, EDITORS AND MANAOERS* xvi. O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JULY 18, 1895. NUMBER 2. St Told As They Are [d to Us. IOW IT HAPPENED Portrayed For General i and Amusement. is visiting friends in zi'let is visiting friends ying is visiting friends Neb. Harrington lias, returned i Randolph. lias returned from her on in Iowa. > Short Line bridge at ing pushed ns rapidly as r» Tuesday morning to igust Froschinsky. Dr. lance. i has on hand a few il mowers and rakes that »p. 1-tf irs of llcbekah held a Mason’s farm on Dry »Y night. lekes and two children, in the city visiting the ,r Thompson. ilien yon want machine give you prices that are O’Neill Gijocery Co. ms went up to Atkinson d attend the funer&l of hich occurred Saturday. in is in Randolph this 1 side of his wife, who is : home of her parents in , editor of the Missouri ms in O’Neill Monday mde this office a brief but anZandt, of Ewing, who ng with the family of W. returned to her home ng. rihune: Wary bachelors ent was thinking of the lullaby when he referred life as “one grand, sweet n militia company has land. The privates wanted pany and were not dis the officers a voice in the 5rn: Ex-Judge Roberts, of locating county division i Tuesday. The judge is county division don’t hit Page. t0 give away, absolutely 1 ball bearing, cushion tire ,isy- Call in and get par sk for a card. , Neili, Grocery Co. ,,ar|-v was held at the real 's Smith last Friday night. ni> son. Jerome, expect to * days for Georgia. They team, 'wheToTthe society of “forgave a picnic Tucs , ®TeninS in the Sulli ° tUe Clty- Supper was I Tery pleasant time is ‘ ^Oto $100 same °r w>W land of 160 siuu for same. alter Metiiman, Lanton^Soiith Dakota. t-Jo«gl^rack from Iowa '"'eil States Marshal n„v My Thn. . ual Bohm tii l aV night' H haelTiernr",ng' h&ving 1 Ef,Jre the ’ Th° Wi" 1 '^terfe^ C°UrtUP0 Cf'nvicuflt:r * rewanl f< Hills °.r.the mur(lei rney Tuesday b* tl! nut lejjal >■ * 8&ui tt: boa! •jeca,lse it di the comrai! Ticrnoy WRa 'MU:^rZlnp "ltd bv i • *v mor" ‘1.1 be s * h°nor » Is. Tierr.‘ 10 ‘he IJ W(niM !V 8a'd 8lle the . fr°m 1 b°t»l 10 his care. Sheriff Hamilton arrived Saturday night from Nebraska City, having in charge Ed Tierney, wanted here for petty thieving. Mrs. H. Freeze and boys, Kenneth and Dan, of Washington City, and Mrs. M. T. Bartlett, of Omaha, are visiting their brother, Clarence Selah, this week. Con Hurley, who has been a faithful employe at the Checkered barn for some time, has severed connection with that popular establishment and expects soon to leave for Canada. Scribner News: The Elkhorn is woiking hard to place “grab irons” on the ends of its freight cars to comply with the new law which took effect on the 1st inst. Their car repairer here has been placing them on all cars in the yards. _ Do you ever take a bath? We have just the kind of toilet soap you want for the toilet or bath. It is Biippery elm soap, a combination of slippery elm, butter milk and glycerine. Three cakes in a box; only 15 cents per box. 1-2 O'Neii.i, Grocery Co. A motion seconded by Elsworth Mack was introduced before the board Wednesday by Supervisor Phillips, offering a standing reward of $200 for information lending to the arrest and conviction of Holt countv cattle thieves if any there may be, or if at any at future time become such. It cnrried by a large majoritv. Fred Feltz, of Ewing, was in the city Monday on business before tbe county court. Tbe railrord company left a gate open in his pasture some time ago and one of bis valuable colts got out up on tbe track and was killed by an F. E. train. He secured judgment for 8125. Tbe jury was out but a few minutes. Bill Lewis and Lou Blunk, of Ewing, were present as witnesses. Page New Era: Dr. Trueblood, of O’Neill, came over to our town on Thursday and performed an operation on Mr, Stewart’s eye. tie removed a scale from bis eye, about tbe size of s finger-nail. Mr. T. informs us that be can cure Mr. Stswart and regain for him his eye-sight. We (tbe people of Page) wish him success in bis case and the restoration of tbe sight of Mr. Stewart. After many years Mrs. Mary Knight, widow of tbe late Henry Knight, of Dorsey, has been notified by tbe depart ment at Washington, through her attor ney J. J. King, that she has been grant ed a pension of $8 per month. The 1 pension will date from September 2, 1890, and the first payment will amount to $404. A special examiner was in the city a short time ago for the purpose of enquiring into the merits of her claim. Exchange: The length of either day or night can be easily and accurately I reckoned by the following simple rule: Multiply the hour ot the sun’s rising by two, and it will give the length of the night; multiply the hour of setting by two, and get the length ot the day. Thus take a day when the sun rises at 6:30 and sets at 5:30. Apply the rule and you have a night of thirteen hours and a day of eleven. The rule will be found absolutely accurate at any season of the year. _ The legal committee brought in a re port last week, but as it was not made out in accordance with the instructions given them they were sent back with it. They failed to give a detailed statement of money paid out and contracted to be paid out, or the amounts paid as salaries to members of the committee. They kicked against being forced to show up their books but it was no go and back they went. They are working on the report now—or thinking how to make figures lie. We have numerous complaints—almost weekly—from our patrons at Blank Bird postofflce, who state the paper does not arrive on Fridays, as it should do. The Frontier is printed Thursday and rarely fails to be in the office in (VNeill in time to catch the Paddock route, and we are informed by the postal authorities here that it goes out of this office all right. That being the case a screw <s loose in the machinery along the line and post masters will confer a favor by keeping one eye on the package. It is not so small that it need be overlooked. A certain paper laments the fact which is not a fact—that the populist members li the board cannot get together in caucus before they vote on every question. It’s too bad about those fellows. They held a meeting be bore Scott was ousted and agreed to find bim guilty before they had heard the evidence. This assertion is no dream as we got our information from a super visor who was present at the' caucus and voted ns instructed. During the 8kirving trial they held a caucus every night. Yes. some plan should be adopted whereby the pops can get together Chambers Bugle: We desire to say that T. V. Golden Esq., O’Neill's re spected citizen and attorney, had been billed to deliver the oration at Chambers on the Fourth, but owing to previous engagements he was unable to accept our invitation. We are in receipt of a satisfactory explanation from that gentleman. We are indebted to Hon. Neil Brennan for the interest he mani fested in the South Fork country, in assisting us in securing the services of Rev. Mr. Hayes who fully met our ex pectations, and we desire to tender our thunks to Mr. Brennan for his kind suggestion and assistance in the matter. By section 245, “An act to prohibit the manufacture, sale, keeping tor sale, giving or furnishing to any person cigar ettes or material for their composition known as cigarette papers, and to pro vide a penalty for the violation thereof" reads as follows:' “That hereafter no person, firm, association or corporation in the state shall manufacture, sell, keep for sale, give or sell to any person under 21 years of age, cigarettes or the mater ial for their composition known as cigar ette paper. That if any person etc. shall violate any of the provisions of this act he shall be guilty of a misde meanor and shall upon conviction there of be fined for each and everv offense the sum of not less than $10 and not more than $50, one-half of which shall be paid to the informant.” State Journal: A paragraph is now going the rounds giving information that the Russian thistle is dying out in gome parts of the Dakotas. “This,” says the paragraph, “but confirms the theory of some of the ablest botanists in the country, among them Professor Lug ger of the Minnesota experiment station, which is to the effect that the so-called Russian thistle belongs to a family of plants that thrives only upon land pos sessing saline properties and when those properties are exhausted the plant will no longer grow. The sea coast is the only place where this family of plants is permanent, and while they may flourish on the new lands of the west, which is more or less impregnated with alkali and other salines, for a time, their duration will be measured by that of the salts in the land." This, if true, is both inter esting and important. It indicates that the thistle may be a source of benefit rather than a menace in some parts of the west where there is too much alkali in the soil. State Journal: The suit against the defunct Holt County bank to recover county funds deposited by County Treas urer Barrett Scott has been brought to the supreme court by John McBride, Timothy Dwyer and Edward Adams in the name of the bank. The institution was made a county depository by the county board, it having put in a bid offering to pay 4 per cent, on depos its. As a depository the bank gave a bond signed by some of the officers. The bank failed and the county brought suit on the depository bond to recover the sum of $7,512.31 county money and judgment was rendered for $7,775 in favor of the county. The defense of the bondsmen who are parties to the suit may have an important bearing on many similar suits which may arise through the pa3t losses of counties through failure of county depositories. They allege that the bond was not exe cuted by the bank or any of its duly authorized officers, and that the obli gation presented or liability sought to be created against the bank is in vio lation of section 310 of the 1893 statute and is therefore void. EUGENE M’CABTHY DEAD. Died, in Leadville, Co',., July 11, 1895, Eugene McCarthy, aged 31 years, and 6 months. The remains were brought to this city Sunday by Messrs. Jerry and Pat McCarthy, and taken immediately to the family home northeast of the city, The funeral services were held Mon day morning at the Catholic church. The procession that followed the re mains to the church was one of the largest ever seen in O’Neill. Deceased was an honored member of the A. O. U. W. and the lodge in this city at tended in a body. Interment was deferred until Tuesday morning, awaiting the arrival of Mrs. Leary, of Butte, Mont., a sister of the deceased. She arrived with her hus band Tuesday morning via the Fremont i Elkhorn and Missouri Valley railroad. Deceased was a young nan of ster ling qualities and none knew him httt to admire him. Ue came to his death from an attack of p-eumonia, being sick but a few days. _ ^ ESTBAY NOTICE. Estrayed from O’Neilll about May 30, 18S5, one roan horse seven years old, flat broad hoof; had baiter on when last seen. Any information leading to the recovery will be liberally rewarded by 1-4 JonN Skirvikg. DIVISION SUBMITTED. Tbe committee appointed by the board to sift petitions filed for county division, after being, out for a week, intimated Monday morning that they would be ready to report at one o’clock. In anticipation of the fight that was sure to be made upon the report, the court-room was comfortably filled with spectators at that hour. Represent atives from all parts of tbe county were present to see that a square deal was had. The idea was pretty general that the committee were favorable to theO'Neill Stuart plan and the audience was anx ious to learn by what mode of reasoning they arrived at their verdict. Tho work of tbe committee had been long and te dious on account of so many petitioners having afterwards signed remonstrances, other petitions and other remonstrances. The committee was composed of the following named gentlemen: Elsele, Mack, Lell, Blondin, Wertz, Mohr and Blaymaker. It was nearly two o’clock before the board was called to order by the chnlr man. Roll called showed a full board. Reading of the minutes was upon motion dispensed with. ii was moved to take up tbe report of the committee on division petitions, but Wine arose to a point of order. He objected to a deviation from tbe regular order of business and was sustained by tbe chair. There was an object in this as was afterwards discovered. It trans pired that the next business under the rules would be petitions, and one was on file. It was from a number of voters who had signed the Stuart petition, but now asked to have their names erased. This was a matter of great importance to the proposed county of Holcomb, as tbe erasure of these names might pos sibly deprive them of the requisite number of signers, A motion was made to tefer the petition to a com mittee of three to be appointed by the chair. Wine again got in his little ob jection. He said that the other peti tions had been referred to a committee without tbe board knowing what they were; that tbe committee locked them selves up in star-chamber fashion and no one knew whether or not things were being conducted according to tbe golden rule. Deputy Clerk McCarthy took this as a reflection on the clerk’s ofllce and he wanted it distinctly un derstood that all petitions filed had been submittod to the committee. Wine remarked that the gentleman not being a member, bad no right to address the board. After considerable sparring in a parliamentary way the petition was finally disposed of by referring to a committee of three with request to re port as soon as possible. The report of tbe committe on peti tions was then called for and read. The substance of the report was that after a careful consideration of all petitions and remonstrances filed, the Stuart O’Neill-Chambers plan was the one that should be submitted. The friends of Atkinson and Ewing immediately made themselves heard. They were not backward about assert ing that the commiitee had been unfair, and a voice from the gallery even asked Lell how much he received for his work. It was moved to lay the report of the committee over until tbe new division committee should have made its report upon the remonstrance filed by tbe Atkinson people, but it was lost. A motion was then made to adopt the report of the committee as read, and ; carried by a vote 16 to 4, nine not vot ing. Those present and not voting in sisted—in order to break a quorum— that they be counted absent, but as a quorum had already voted it was not necessary to enforce the Reed rules. Although Monday’s proceedings were pretty warm they were not a circum stance compared to those of Tuesday illuming* When the question came up for sub mission those opposed to it resorted to all known methods of parliamentarians to defeat it. Motions and amendments galore were made to kill time, in the hope that something would turn up. The motion to submit the proposition as recommended by the committee was put to a vote after a great struggle and carried by the usual slender and dan gerous majoiity. Certain supervisors and spectators op posed to 'the submission of that propo sition became boisterous and made use of lorcible and opprobrious terms that nearly precipitated a riot. The lie was passed between several gentlemen and resounding whacks given and taken. It was almost a free-for-all. John McCaf ferty espied a couble of gladiators off in a corner sparring for wind and im mediately appointed himself arbitrator and entered at once upon the duties of his office. He rushed in between the combatants and commanded peace, but as is usual in such cases he got the worst of it. They closed in and beat him down with steady blows, one striking him od top of the head and the other under the ear. John's fighting blood was aroused at this treatment and he attempted to convert an office chair into a battle-ax but it was too unwieldly and he dropped it and sprang upon a table, shouting: "Gentlemen, listen to me! This is a most disgraceful proceeding. Some one struck me, but I forgive him. Let us have peace ’’ The sight of the ubiquitous McCaf ferty perched upon the table, his frantic gesticulations and mirth-provoking re marks were too much for the warriors and they burst into a good-natured laugh and adjournod for dinner. The lines as submitted will be some thing like this: HOLCOMB •Btunrt^^^ •Atkinson. HOLT •O'Neill. I . •Chambers. Ewing.® ELKHORN. After the Imttlo had boon lost and wen the Ewing fellows began casting about a little to see bow it all happened anyway. They took the petitions and remonstrances and while looking them over discovered on one remonstrance a tot of names they thought did not be long there. One or two of the gentle men whose signatures appeared have been dead for more than a year. It was said by the investigators that some one interested in the Stuart proposition had cut the heading from an old division petition on file in the clerk’s office, written a new heading and used the sig natures for a remonstrance. The men whose integrity was thusly touched upon denied the soft impeachment and remarked that it was more likely the Ewing contingent had themselves done the work just to have something about which to kick. I SPECIAL EXCURSION -TO SIOUX CITY Sunday, July 21, ON THE PACIFIC SHORT LINE. Grand ball game between Ran dolph and Sioux City. See the new Pacific Short Line bridge across the Missouri river. Visit Riverside Park and enjoy the Band Concert, Boating, Bathing, Fishing, Etc. ROUND TRIP $2, Returning train leaves Sioux j | City at 7 p. m. For further in formation apply to ticket agent. TEACHERS’ IH8TITUTE. The Holt Co. Teachers' Institute will be held at O’Neill, commencing Aug. 5, 1895, and continuing two weeks. Those intending to teach in the county are expected to attend the institute. Much attention will be given to school management, discipline, and methods. According to a recent ruling of the state supt., certificates should not be issued to those under seventeen years of age, except where there is unusal scholar ship and maturity of mind. Institute fee $1.00, but with exami nation or renewal of certificate, $1.50. The instructors are Supt. Dan Miller, Prof. E. O. Garrett, and Prin. C. L. Anderson. According to law all schools should be closed during the institute. W. R. Jackson, County Supeiintendent. RUSTLERS *NABBE1>. A special from Butte to the State Journal of the 15th inst. says. A report coming on good authority, has reached this place that a band of vigilantes from Keya Paha county, numbering about twenty, has'chased cattle rustlers from Keya Paha county and located them on the Ft. Randall military reservation in possession of ninety head or cattle. At last report the committee had captured only four of the supposed rustlers, a man named Clark, Ills son and hired man named Murphy and one Royd county citizen by the name of Zoadland, It is rumored that others are actually implicated in the affair. One Is a prom* iuent citizen. Getting alarmed be came home and bade his young wife farewell and said he had business away from home for a time. A vigilance committee took the prisoners today and Htarted for ICeya Paha county, and Deputy United States Marshal John Coble is on bis way to Niobrara City in search of others. As the posse is said to be made up of ten law-abiding citizens it is not expect ed that the accused will meat death without a trial before a court of Justice. It is claimed by some that Clark and son bad a contract for herding the cattle in question. If this is so perhaps the right parties will be found. [Latbu—Judge Kinkaid received a loiter this morning from the county at torney of Keya Paha, who states that the men are now in his charge and are willing to plead guilty. The Judge will meet them at Basset Saturday and sen tence them. CEHTBAL COMMITTEE MEETING, The county republican central com* mlttee met In O’Neill last Saturday. A good representation was present. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Brennan, after which he was upon motion empowered to make the call for the county convention and pri maries, in the absence of knowledge of the date of the state convention. The basis of representation for each precinct and ward was fixed as follows: One delegate at large for each precinct or ward and one for each fifteen votes or fraction thereof cast for li. K. Moore for lieutenant governor in 1894. The committee tbeu adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman and secretary. The several precincts and wards will be entitled to representation as follows: Atkinson . Cleveland.. Conley. Clmmuers. Dustin. Delolt. Kmmet. Ewing. Francis. Fulrvlew. (irattan. Green Valley. Iowa. Inman. I.ake . McClure. Paddock. Pleasantvlew. Kook Falls.. Steel Creek. Scott. Saratoga. Sand Creek. Stuart. Swan.. Sheridan. Shields. Verdigris. Wyoming. Wlllowdnle. O'Neill—First ward... O'Neill—Second ward O'Neill—Third ward.. Total KM BASE BALL BULBS. O’Neill is without doubt the greatest sporting town of its size in the world. There is hardly a man in town who does not have an opinion upon every subject and is willing to hazard coin that his judgment is good. If there is a man who has no opinion of his own he will back some other man’s opinion. At the present time base ball rules are the cause of the longest, loudest and most fervid debates. A person cannot assert the correctness of any rule without some one wise in bis own conceit taking issue and making it necessary for a referee to decide the interests at stake. In Sunday’s Bee we notice the fol lowing questions answered in response to a communication from O’Neill. 1. Which has charge of the ball team and has the right to kick on the umpire’s decisions, the manager or the captain, when both men are regular players and are playing in the game. I claim the manager, by virtue of bis office, super sedes the captain. Am I right?. 2. Can the umpire declare the baserunner out whom be has seen cutting a base without the runner being touched by the ball or the ball being held by the base man on the base which he cut? 8. First and second bases are occupied by C and B, baserunners. The runner on first. A, runs forward and touches second. Cnn he afterwards return to first, except as provided for by rule, and is not the baserunner on second forced to vacate second and go to third? 4. Can the runners go forward with out a double play being made under section 9, rule 45? Does this rule hold with no one out? Acs. 1. Either has the right, but they generally delegate the privilege to the captain. 2. Yes. 3. It they both get back to their bases they are O. K. 4. No. No. i ills r uuhtikk h sporting eauor uu not much confidence in Sandy Griswold, of tbe Bee. Ue certainly cau find no rule in the law which says that any per son other than the captain has the right to address the umpire upon matters cov ered by the question. In answer to question two he is cer tainly mistaken. We have a late com munication from Spaulding that flatly contradicts the Omaha authority, and under tbe reading of the rule there is no doubt that Spaulding has the better of the argument. Griswold may be backed up by the practice but Spaulding is sus tained by the book. Below are the questions submitted to Spaulding and the answer returned. If a base runner intentionally cuts a base, and is seen by tbe umpire, can he be called out, unless the ball be returned to the base be failed to touch, or he is touched by the ball in the hands of a fielder? Would the base runner be safe if he returned to the base before the ball was returned to the base, or before being touched by the bail in the hands of a fielder. Ans. He must be touched by the ball. G. A. Spaulding & Bbos. In. In Olothlng Forthe Next 30 day»»t SULUVAItMMnAMT.LF compaiv