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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