O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JULY 25, 1895. NUMBER 3.
SUBSCRIPTION, SI.SO PSR ANNUM.
CLYDK KINO AND D. H. CRONIN, EDITORS AND MANAGERS.
WHISKERS
Iterest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
Id how it happened
^ing) Portrayed For General
ation and Amusement.
Swingley is visiting her
llinois.
Bliums went down to North
r morning.
mi, of Chadron, was in the
inspecting oil.
the
|es held services in
lurch in O’Neill Sunday
me season of the year when
id low, and this is the season.
n is now being marketed in
ye brought 28 cents Monday.
t came down from Stuart
lorning and is visiting in the
ami Miss Maggie Harrington
g tbe Sunday excursionists
V-_
cliards and Dr. Brown, of
ere in O’Neill last Thursday
isiness.
nnan has on hand a few
Wood mowers and rakes that
cheap. 1-tf
Williams has returned from
I. where he was called by the
liis wife.
ie Gallagher left Monday for
lia, where she will visit for
ie months.
is of the Episcopal church
based the building used by
tmrch purposes.
lowling returned Thursday
a week’s visit with relatives
s at North Bend.
arlie Hall left last Friday
or Newman’s grove, Neb.,
will spend the summer.
ier when you want machine
i will give you prices that are
l':i O N kill Guockky Co.
lellhart left Sunday morning
a, Mo., where he will join his
in is farming near that {dace.
tithew and daughter Rose re
esday night from Iowa, where
been visiting friends for a
tkiuson Plain Dealer has
1 that "it is the foolish pilgrim
irueys to the shrine of
liner and Miss A. 8. Anderson,
Atkinson, were married Wed
uorning by County Judge
lu.
hinders has accepted a position
spaper in the southeastern part
me and left last week to enter
duties.
Uills, receiver Pacific Short
A. Mead, M. H, Sheeley and
ell]’ of Sioux City, were in
ist week.
■d. Gallagher, Miss Kate
"ent over-to Spencer Si
Monday. J. p._ wh
Boj'd “uniy for several d
returued with them.
hoxtiku is in receipt of
ly tlcket t0 the twelfth i
e iino!t County Agrici
U“’ wbich will be he
" “ePtember 3, 4 and 5.
tbdrn !v°bTeerliy 0,C<,'UPied by
bile denier in wall
HereTS M°Ved * couple
^'‘">>1 be fitted up for a
tor. audl(ml Wright will be
rea. " r0rea an unmarried
is » 8 a k°V 00 mftlter how
• A younK married man of
. c°rean cuatom entitled to
supenor by old bachelors
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’brougb sum" f°Ur” demoi“
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Farmers in this section of Nebraska
now begin to feel their oates.
J. Bartley, representing the Mulford
and Wooley Shirt Co., of Sioux City,
was in O’Neill Tuesday.
The resignations of all of the commis
ioned officers of the Bartley Guards are
now on file at headquarters.
D. H. Cronin 1s still in Randolph with
bis wife and baby, both of w^om are
sick. It is thought that the baby will
not recover. ,
Lloyd Gillespie came down from the
west Friday morning. He has been
working on the reservoir site up in
Cherry county._^
D. J. J. Hornback, who resides near
Spencer, Boyd county, left at this office
last week a sheaf of very fine oats
raised by him. Boyd is a favored section
this season.
luatnews f ree rress: nr. ana nrs.
Cramer, senior, who came from Neb
raska last week, are domesticated with
Mr. and Mrs. Cramer, junior, and appear
to like Arkansas first rate.
Wild Cherry Phosphate, a fine sum
mer drink, we will serve it free
on Saturdav next. Try it. 8 oz.
bottles, 20 cents; 4 oz. bottles 10 cents.
3-1 O’Neill Grocery Co.
Adam and Co. pay cash for eggs. 3
Mr. Hoe, who formely worked for
Edgar Thompson in this city, started
Friday morning for his old liome in
York state, but stopped in Norfotk and
is now working in that city.
Estrayed from O’Neilll about May 20,
18S5, one roan horse seven years old,
flat broad hoof; had halter on when last
seen. Any information leading to the
recovery will be liberally rewarded by
1-4 John Skirving.
Fresh fruits every other day at Adam
and Co.’s. 3
Morris Cavanaugh was up before
Judge McOttchaa last week on com
plaint made by Thomas Carney, who
charged him with assault, contrary to
the statute in such cases made and pro
vided. The case was continued until
August 15. _
Mr. M. Daily and Miss A. Finigan
were married yesterday morning at the
Catholic church at. 7:30 o’clock. Rev.
Father Cassidy officiating. The young
couple are well known in this com
munity and have many friends who
wish them much happiness.
Fresh bread twice a day at Adam and
Co.'s. _ 3
Bennett Martin had a warm time
Tuesday. He cleaned the front of his
overalls with gasoline and then struck a
match to light his pipe, and as a conse
quence is now muchly cooked all down
before. His hands were also badly
burned. It looked for awhile as though
he would go up in smoke, but prompt
action prevented a bad matter from be
ing worse. Fully insured.
Adam and Co.’s the best 'place in the
city for candies and ice cream. 3
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
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
success. It is the best liniment I have
ever used, and I take pleasure in recom
mending it to my friends ” For sale by
P. C. Corrigan, Druggist.
The Short Line excursion to Sioux
City last Sunday was well patronized by
those living along the line, the train
taking about 500 into the city. Fifty
went front O'Neill. The day was beau
tiful and our citizens enjoyed it as fully
as the limited time would permit. The
game of bail between Sioux City and
Randolph, which was supposed to be
the chief attraction, was not worth
the time that it took to watch it to its
miserable end. The score was 17 to 2 in
favor of the Iowa boys. Gitcbell was
the only man in the Randolph team that
played ball. _
“Attorney General Churchill has com
pleted an appeal on behalf of the state
board of transportation in the maximum
rate case,” says the State Journal. “He
has been busy during the past few days
and now has the appeal perfected. To
do this be has served notices on railway
companies to join in the appeal and
secured their refusal, secured permission
of the federal court of appeals to appeal,
served citations and will have the record
on file in the United States supreme
court iu Washington by August 1.
That court convenes the first Monday in
October and Attorney General Churchill
will appear to move for an advancement
of this case on the docket. If he suc
ceeds a decision may be handed down
before the year expires."
MELLOR—BURKE.
The following wrdding announcement
was received by us last night:
*.;.*
• Jesse B. Mellor. •
1 Mamie Burke, \
; Married, •
At the residence of |
• Mr. and Mr*. IK. D. Mathews, }
j Sunday July SI, 1SVS,
; Stuttgart, Ark. •
• • • :
* .*
This annonncement will not surprise
the many friends of the happy couple
in O’Neill, as the event had been antici
pated for sometime. Thb-Fhoktibh,
with their other friends, wishes them a
long life of happiness.
WHEN LAWS TAKE EFFECT.
Attorney-General Churchill has been
asked by many attorneys tor an opinion
in regard to the dfete when acts of the
legislature without an emergency clause
go into effect. He has been informed
that some district judges oppose the
opinion that such acts become laws
August 1. Attorney-General Churchill
yesterday discovered a decision of the
supreme court written by Judge Lake in
the case of John Roesink et al. vs. Henry
C. Barnett et. al., 8th Nebraska, page
146, which holds that three full calender
months must lapse after ajournment of
the legislature. The last legislature
adjourned April 7, therefore, acts with
out an emergency clause become effect
ive August 1. This point is now before
the supreme pourt in the McGinn
murder case from Omaha, the accused
claiming the benefit of tke act empower
ing a jury to fix the penalty in capital
cases.
The decision discovered by the attor
ney-general holds that an act ’ approved
February 16, when the legislature
adjourned February 15, goes into effect
June 1. The opinion contains this
paragraph:
This order was evidently made'under
the supposition that the act of February
19, 1877, amendatory of section 1008 of
the code of civil procedure, was applica
ble. Laws 1887, p. 15. By force of
section 31, article 3 of the constitution,
this act could not have taken effect at
all “until three calender months after
the 15th of February, the day of ad
journment of the session at which it
passed.” But tinder the act approved
February 21, 1873, “concerning the en
acting and repealing of statutes," this
act being silent on the subject, it did not
take effect until the first day of June
next after its passage.—State Journal.
DROWNED WHILE BATHING.
Old Lake Michigan claimed another
of its trequent victims this afternoon
about 3 o’clock, in the person of little
Willie Worthley, aged about 9 years, a
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Worthley.
The lad, with a number of other boys,
was in bathing near the wreck of the
schooner, Moses Gage, on the west
beach. Willie, being a good swimmer,
ventured out much farther than some of
the other boys, and probably over-esti
mating bis ability, went too far. He
and little Lorre Hamlet were bathing at
some distance from the remainder of
the crowd, and were nearest together
when Willie went down. It seems that
some of the boys noticed his last strug
gles and gave the alarm at once. Willie’s
sinking was also noticed by Fred Wer
dien and another man who happened to
be a short distance up the beach, and
Mr. Werdien hastily stripped and went
out to where the lad was seen to go
down. He soon recovered the body and
brought it to shore, the hoy being in the
water only about fifteen minutes. The
alarm was given to the life-saving sta
tion and the crew was at once despatch
ed to the scene. Every effort possible
was made to resuscitate the lad, but life
was extinct and the half-hour of hard,
faithful work was unavailing
The boy’s father, who is employed at
the car factory, was notified of the sad
Affair and arrived at the lake while the
life-saving crew and Dr. Wilson were
endeavoring to biing his son back to
life,
The little form from wliich the spirit
bad so recently taken its flight to that
beautiful home beyond, still warm from
the last pulsations of life, was lifted
gently into the waiting ambulance and
I taken away to be prepared for burial.
To the parents the blow is a severe
one, and they certainly have the heart
felt sympathy of all. To them only re
mains a little baby daughter, an adopted
child, whom they took into their home
at the suggestion of their now deceased
son.—Michigan City (Ind.) Evening
News, July 19.
A Pioneer’s Recommendation.
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 1
use Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. I have used it for
years, know it to be a reliable remedy,
and fecommend it to every one.” For
sale by P. O. Corrigan, Druggist.
PROTEST HARRINGTON'S CLAIMS.
The allowance of the claims of M. F.
Harrington for legal services that should
have been performed by the county at
torney, was appealed last Saturday bv
L. P. Roy. The notice of appeal, as
filed with the county clerk, Is as follows:
To W. W. Bethea, County Clerk—You
are hereby notified that.
Whereas; On tbe 11th and 13th
days of July, 1895. the board of super
visors did pass upon and allow the fol
lowing claims: Claim No. 185, to M.
F. Harrington, for services In the dis
trict court in securing collection of
84,100 tax sale certificates and receipts
issued by Barrett Scott to R. R, Dick
son, 8200; claim No. 258, to the same
party, for services rendered in the case
against the Holt County Bank, Timothy
Dwyer, et. al., 8350; claim No. 269, to
the same party, for services in the case
against Barrett Scott and his bondsmen,
8250. And
-Whereas: The allowance of each of
said claims is and was In excess of the
authority of the board of supervisors to
employ oi; pay counsel for such services
rendered,
Therefore, The undersigned gives no
tice that he will appeal from the action
of said board of supervisors in allow
ing such claims, and each of them, to
the district court of Holt county, Neb.
Legal opinion is that the courts will
have to nustain this appeal. Our su
preme court passed upon this question
in 1892, in the case of Harry Brume vs.
Cumming county. In that case Mr.
Brome had a written contract with tbe
commissioners, but his claim was pro
tested and went to the supreme court,
which in rendering its opinion, said:
Special counsel cannot be employed,
as the county attorney is the law officer
of tbe county. The county board can
not lawfully employ an attorney to per
form the duties required by law to be
discharged by the county attorney, and
pay for such services out of the treasury
of tbe county.
FBOK SHIELDS,
The farmers are now harvesting one
of the largest small grain crops the
country ever grew.
Miss Bridget Cook spent Sunday visit
ing at Gahagnn's.
Bert Colbert and John Jennings
started Monday for the harvest fields of
Minnesota.
Coyne brothers have purchased a new
threshing machine.
Miss Maggie Coffee is visiting with
the family of Steve McGinnis this
week.
Grasper McGinnis is surveying an ir
rigation ditch this week for M. O'Malley.
James Brennan has potatoes (hat
weigh two pounds. They were irri
gated.
Stephen McGinnis has a fine patch of
watermelons that he has devoted his
entire time to this season. He says they
will pay better than potatoes.
J. F. O’Malley and Pat Donohoe,
while out visiting last Sunday evening,
got lost and run into Phil Morrison's
wire fence, cutting their horses quite
badly.
Gus Witfelt entertained a number of
his friends Tuesday evening. They all
report a good time.
George Parkies is the happiest man in
Shields. Two new girls nt his home.
Bio Squaw.
WEIGHTS AND HEASUBEB.
As many recipes give weights instead
ot measures every housekeeper who is
not provided with scales will find the
following estimates can be relied upon:
Ginger, one heaping teaspoonful, one
quarter ounce.
Cinnamon, one heaping teasboonfui,
one-quarter ounce.
Allspice, one heaping teaspoonful
generous measure, one-quarter ounce.
Cloves, one teaspoonful, slightly
heaped, one-quarter ounce.
Mace, one heaping teaspoonful, one
quarter ounce.
Nutmegs, five equal one ounce.
Pepper, four heaping teaspoonfuls,
one-quarter ounce,
Salt, one teaspoonful. one-qaarter
ounce.
Mustard, two rounding teaspoonfuls,
one-quarter ounce.
Cream-of-tarter, two teaspoonfuls
slightly heaped, one-quarter ounce.
Soda, one teaspoonful, slightly heaped,
one-quarter ounce.
Powdered sugar, one teaspoonful,
one-half ounce.
Granulated sugar, one heaping tea
spoonful, one-half ounce.
Baking powder, one heaping teaspoon
ful, one-quarter ouuce.
Butter, one rounding tablespoonful,
one-half ounce.
Flour, one rounding tablespoonful,
one-half ounce.
Tea, three scant teaspoonfuls, one
quarter ounce.
Coffee, roasted berry, one tablespoon
ful, one-half ouace.
Bread-crumbs, grated, one cupful, two
ounces.
Stemmed raisins, one cupful, six
ounces.
English currants, cleaned, one euj£
ful. six ounces.
Rice, one cupful, eight ounces.
Indian meal, one cupful, six ounces.
Chopped meat, one solidly-packed
cupful, eight ounces.
COURT-HOUSE MOTES.
A Frontier reporter spent an hour
or two in the various offices of the
county capttol Tuesday in pursuit of the
Illusive news item.
Owing to the rush of work that fol
lows an adjournment of a regular session
of the board, the record of the pro
ceedings had. not been written up and
consequently were not at the disposal of
the reporter, but a glance through that
part which was written disclosed a few
items of general Interest.
A petition was presented to the
board praying that the name of Bcott
township be changed to that of Blaine.
It was upon motion granted, but upon
reconsideration rejected. The name of
Scott is odious In that section, the
home of the vigilantes.
The sum of #150 was appropriated to
assist Cleveland township In taking care
of its poor.
The matter of the alleged shortage of
ex-Treasurer Hayes was referred to the
county attorney with instructions to
proceed as he might deem proper.
Hi Hodgkin, treasurer of the Holt
County Agricultural Society, asked for
the usual appropriation of 1878 and was
refused. The question was afterwards
reconsidered and the claim allowed.
The Ewing fair association also
asked for a donation but was denied.
The necessary steps were taken to
have the trees in the court-house yard
mulched and the weeds cut.
Miss Adams was busily engaged in
the clerk’s office making a certified copy
of the papers filed in the division fight,
and the action taken thereon by the
board. This copy was ordered by Jake
Roll, of Ewing, and W. R. Scott, of
Atkinson. It is supposed they haye use
for the document in the case their res
pective towns intend starting in the
supreme court.
The treasurer’s seml-anuual statement
was filed with the clerk July 16, just
sixteen days after the time it should
have been filed.
The report, or lack of report, made
by the legal committee, was among the
proceedings not written. Mention of
it will be made in these columns when
it is open to inspection. The subject
recalls to our mind the story of a little
action the board had on this matter.
When the committee submitted its
statement it was discovered that it had
omitted to mention the sums its mem
bers had received as salaries, and a
motion was made and carried that it
amend its report so as to correct the
little oversight. When thus pressed to
the wall the chairman of the committee,
James Greig, arose and said that it
would take at least two weeks to make
such a report. Frank Phillips quietly
stepped down into the clerk’s office and
put in ten minutes looking over claims
filed by members of the committee. In
those ten minutes he found claims for
8150. Being somewhat of a mathema
tician he figured that if he could find
8150 in ten minutes, in two weeks at the
same ratio he would find some 870,000,
so he immediately sat down and wrote a
resolution which wherased as above set
forth, and recommended that the ex
ditures of the committee be limited in
the future to the insignificant sum of
825,000. The resolution was like a
bomb in the populist camp. They
didn’t know what to do with it, there
fore Rot real angry. Greig got some
body to write a resolution for him In
retaliation. ' It said that Phillips was no
gentleman and that bis friends were
boodlers. Phillips, remembering
Greig’s connection with the disappear
ance of the Hills, said that while bis
friends might possibly be boodlers, he
felt quite sure that their bands were not
spotted with any man’s blood. At this
time the previous question was moved
and further debate was slopped. The
clerk was ordered to expunge from the
record all trace of the exchange of com
pliments and to destroy the written res
olutions.
SPECIAL SALE
SUMMER DRESS GOODS.
Saturday, July 27-One Day Only.
All our cotton dress goods, including
ginghams, challies, dimities, pongees,
satines, summer silks, etc., will
be sold on above date
at from 30 to 33i per cent, discount. We
cannot quote prices as well as we can
show you, as the prices will vary on dif
ferent goods. Parties out of town who
see this advertisement loo late to take
advantage of it this week, can have the
privilege of doing so Saturday, August
3, on which date we will have a special
sale on other summer goods.
Watch for our next week's ad.
Tours truly, J. P. Mann.
THE TOBY.
The following list of name* was
drawn by the supervisors and are the
ones from whiob the district clerk and
sheriff will draw the jury for the fall
term of court, which will commence on
September 18, according to the card:
Swan—George Sbrlcker.
Emmet—James Gaugbenbaugh.
Dustin—A, Horn.
Pleasantvlew—James U. Diehl. >
Francis—W. W. Peck.
Paddock—W. D. Bradalreet.
Rock Falls—Charles Bigler.
Steel Creek—A. H. Goddle, M. Con*
noughton.
Iowa—C. II. Finney. 'Vj-v/
Scott—Pete Kelly, Ben Sanders.
Lake—Sidney ilonoywell.
Wyoming—R. A. Parsons. '?<, ’■
Chambers—D. J. Grimes. \;
Shields—J. M. Cal vent, Pete Dono
hoe.
Grattan—Dennis Hanley, Pete TooblU
J. M. Merriman, Jerry Kelley, Jamee
Davie, A. Marlow, J. M. McCann.
Ewing—It. G. Johnson, Wm. Lewis,
W. E. Bailey.
Delolt—John Punk, Henry Stewart.
Pairview—J. 8. Hoffman.
Atkinson—T. Elder, Frank Bitnev,
P. Fullerton, W. D. Tower.
Inman—E. Brumbaugh, 0. D. Keyes,
O. J. Root.
Verdigris—John Moffat, W. A.
Sawyer.
Cleveland—C. L. Morse, — Bates.
Sand Creek—P. J. Fritcboff, B. Me*
Cathorlne.
Green V alley—John Polk, Albert
Clark.
McClure—E. J. LaRue.
Saratoga—J. IV. Hunt, J. Wells.
Sheridan—Peter Groff, Pat Hayes.
Wlllowdale—H. R. Henry, John Ad
dison.
Stuart—T. Hohordon, J. Tomslck, H. *
Aldrich, A. Bonnell.
Conley—James Sageser, D. E. Elsele.
VOTES OH T. 0. LOGXHABT.
There are three portraits of Lockhart
at different periods of bis life, which
from their resemblance to each other,
must be considered as good copies of the
original. There is first that by R. Scott
Lander, prefixed to the most recent
edition of the “Noctes,” showing him In
what Mr. Sidney Colvin calls, and many
would endorse, "the heydey of his
brilliant and bitter youth,” but to others
presenting a likeness in which sweetness
and strenth are singulary combined.
The twinkle in the eye has not become
the fire nor has the slight smile playing
about the mouth quite the setneas, of
the Pickersglll portrait, the second and
best known of the three above men*
tioned. The other, by Grant (repro
duced in the Scott Centenary Catalogue,
where the date given is surley ten or
more years too early), is that of a man
from whom “youthful hope has fled” for
some time. The hair has fallen away
from the temples, revealing a very
gracefully formed forehead, and the
expression is one of melancholy
attentiveness, a frame of mind which
finds charming expression in passages of
his letters to Wilson about this time.—
Prom Littell’s Living Age No. 8008.
TE&CHEBS’ IHSTITUTE.
The Holt Co. Teachers' Institute will
be held at O’Neill, commencing Aug. 0,
1895, and continuing two weeks.
Those intending to teach in the county
are expected to attend the institute.
Much attention will be given '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.
PROTECT THE GAME AHD FISH.
Shoot or fish only in the proper season
and escape the game warden by observ
ing the laws. Many states have new
game and fish laws this year, and if you
don't know them, send five 2c. stamps
for a copy of the Game Law issue of The
American Field,245 State St., Chicago.
Letter List.
Following Is the list of letters remaining In
the postoffice at O'Neill, Neb., unclaimed, for
the week ending May 15, 1SS5:
B. W. Boyle. James Boyle.
Patrick Boyle >2)
In calling for the above please say “adver
tised." If not called for In two weeks they
will be sent to the dead letter office.
D. A. Doyle, P. M.
Short Line Time Card.
Passenger leaves 9:55 a. m., arrives
V.0? •>. k. ; freight leaves 9:07 p. M., ar
rive p. u. Daily except Sunday.
Or. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
Awintsd Cold Medal Midwinter Fair, San Francisco.
MERCANTILE COMPANY,
MB