Nebraska Newspapers

    , BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO.
•UMORIPTION, II.8
CLYDE KING AND D. H. CRONIN. EDITORS ,
HAGERS.
HE XVI.
O’NEILL. HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, AUGUST I, 1895.
NUMBER 4.
ANS WHISKERS
Brest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
)' HOW IT HAPPENED
logs Portrayed For General
ition and Amusement.
C,). pay cash for eggs. 3
[1 twice a day at Adam and
3
s every other day at Adam
3
, of Amelia, was an O'Neill
tication from Grattan is
this week.
Co.’s the best place in the
ies and ice cream. 3
;utt and J. C. Morrow, of
re in the city last Friday.
rs. J. B. Leary returned
ting to their home at Butte,
ray, of Fremont, had busi
Llult's district court last
’hornton, of Neligh, trans
sin Judge Kinkaid’s court
lend went up to Long Pine
tl will put in a week at the
vnes, of Norfolk, was in the
iday on business before the
. Taylor and County Judge
were both ailmitted to the
lay._
nay- advertise without doing
it lie can’t do business with
i n g.
man has on hand a few
food mowers and rakes that
cheap. 1-tf
teley, of Sioux City, road
e Short Line, was in the city
>y night
lv Baldwin was in the city
i business. Andy is now on
a Chicago grocery house.
ay the mercury registered 95
tie and 130 in the sun. It
i day, as hot days go, either
MoNichols and children
nit), Iowa, Monday morning,
!' will visit for a couple of
Jg>lon, J. 8. Rowell and Guy
f Papillion, were in O’Neill
" busiuess before the United
office.
aler: The crop croaker and
a croaker are now enjoying a
Holt. The former is a liar,
ter is a fool,
reiser went down to Norfolk
ormng. lie has accepted a
>r a month in a drug store at
“id may remain permanently.
Jlow>v. °f Neligh, was in the
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"■^ him rjnce again.
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Judge Roberts made a business trip
to Boyd county last Friday, returning
Saturday night. The judge says the
crops are simply immense.
A picnic was held Saturday at Hayne’s
grove as a sort of farewell party for Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Leary, who left Sunday
morning for their home at Butte Mont.
Three or four of the O'Neill boys
attended a dance at Emmet last Friday
night. Judging from the far away
look in their eyes the next morning they
had a hot time.
Judge Roberts, who was in Boyd
county last week, says that a party of
F, E. officials were making a tour of the
county, presumably with an, idea of
building a branch into that productive
country. Boyd is certainly entitled to
painted cars
The resignation of Lieutenant King,
of the Bartley guards, has been duly
accepted. The few O'Neill bushwhack
ers who labored so earnestly to have him
court-martialed were promptly sat upon
at military headquarter), where politics
are a secondory consideration.
Prof. J. E. Mannix, president of the
Plainview Normal College, is expected
to lecture before the institute on Tues
day evening, August 6. Subject: “An
Outing in the Rockies.” Lecture will
be given in the court room. No admis
sion fee. Everybody is invited.
We see by the Fremont Tribune that
Charlie Manville is being mentioned in
connection with the nomination of
County clerk on the republican ticket.
Charlie served the people of Holt county
for two terms as superintendent of pub
lie instruction and went out of office
without a spot or blemish upon his
reoord.
An exchange says there is no use to
walk the floor with a telon, and directs
a person thus affected tUusly: "Wrap a
cloth around the felon, leaving the end
open. Pour gunpowder in the end and
shake it down until the felon is covered.
Then keep it wet with camphor, in two
hours the pain will be relieved and a
perfect cure will follow.”
Crawford Tribune, July 20: Ex
Sheriff Ilank McEvony, of Holt county,
basked in the sunshine of this great
moral office Tuesday. He with his
family and Mr. and Miss Davis, brother
and sister of Mrs. McEvony, tarried
over a couple of days here, visiting Mr.
Ed White. They were on their way to
Montana, overland, in an effort to
restore Mrs. McEvony’s health, which
has improved greatly since they left
, O’Neill. Hank was very much
impressed with the improvements
going on in Crawford.
Sioux City Times: The card of thanks
that once was so common is now
obsolete, and its absurdity was never
better shown than in the following,
1 which recently appeared in the Jackson,
Miss, Sun: “I desire to return thanks
to all those who so kindly assisted in
the'death of my.husband.—Mrs. John
G. Holder.” The usual card of thanks
in the newspaper is uncalled for and is
in very poor taste. People who have
any thanks to give for personal service
should convey them direct, and not
parade them in the newspapers.
The first ot Anthony Hopes's new
series of Zenda stories, in McClure’s
Magazine for August, reciting a heoric
love passage between the beautiful Prin
cess Osra and brave Stephan the Smith,
is most charming. “The girl was young,
add the dream was sweet,” and the story
is in full accord with these attractive
conditions. The new jungle story by
Kipling is also notable. Only one or
two of the previous jungle stories ap
proach it in strength and ingenuity. It
tells bow Mowgli, under the shrewd di
rection of Kaa, the rock python, lured
the lied Dogs of the Dekkan, whom the
jungle feared above all other creatures,
to a destruction so complete that not
one was left to tell the tale, numerous
portraits and other pictures and several
other good stories are in this number.
Exchange: As an offset for what the
printer loses when a mercantile firm
orders a bill of goods from a wholesale
jhbber and gets a thousand baking pow
der statements or a box of envelopes
with a soap ad on them, thrown in as a
premium, the printers are now looking
for a wholesale paper dealer who is will
ing to give a few pounds of sugar or ^
box of matches with every bill of paper.
Of course, they would have to charge a
little more for the paper, but we would
>tet the sugar and that would setm like
finding it. If merchants who buy of
this class of men would insist ou them
keeping their stationery and deducting
the price from the bill of goods pur
chased, they would u«e decent stationery,
advertise their own business only and
ttot have it cost any more than the cheap
stuff which is said to come free.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Cold Madal Midwinter Fair, San Frandaco.
St Bargains in Clothin
COKE TO THE FXOICT.
McFai.i,, Mo., July 35, 1805.
Editors Frontier—Some time ago I
commenced playing six games of check*
era with the Green T^ee Club of your
city, by postal card. After we bad
played several weeks and I had the bet
ter of them, as I thought, they failed to
reply. I have waited now about two
months for a reply, to thought 1 would
wiite to you and seo if I could find out
what is the matter with them. Tell
them to either tajfe down their sign or
finish the games.
As ever, a friend to The Frontier,
J. C. Gromer.
A DAMAGE SOU.
E. II. Benedict, by his attorney, R. H.
Dickson, has started proceedings In the
district court of Holt county against the
city of O’Neill to recover $10,000
damages,
Some time last summer Mr. Benedict
was injured by running against a guy
wire, on Douglas street, with his buggy
and being violently thrown to the ground.
The wire was attached to the top of an
electric light pole and fastened to a
stake in the street.
The injury resulted in a fracture of
the hip joint and confined the plaintiff
to bis bed for several months and re
sulted in permanent injury. For the
doctor’sifee of $300, the pain and annoy
ance and the future inconvenience of the
disabled limb Mr. Benedict seeks to re
cover.
The case will come up for hearing at
the September term of the district court.
It is likely that another damage suit
will soon be instituted against the city
by Mrs. Gallagher, who injured her
back some time ago by stepping in a
hole in the side walk. She has retained
Judge Roberts and we are informed by
him that he will institute proceedings
within a short time.
A DBOWITINO AT EWIKG.
Coronor Trueblood received a tele
gram Sundav evening requesting him to
go to Ewing to bold an inquest upon the
dead body of George Tiegerdine, who
bad been drowned in Sievers' lake, a few
miles west of Ewing.
The doctor went down Monday morn
ing and held the inquest. The facts de
veloped at the hearjng were about as
follows: Tiegerdine and a companion
by name of Flood were setting a net in
the lake. The water was both wide and
deep, and in order to set the net proper
ly it was necessary to cross the lake.
Tiegerdine, who was said to be an ex
cellent swimmer, took a rope in his teeth
and started across. He traversed about
two-thirds of the distance when he acci
dentaly dropped the rope and immedi
ately started back again. When he had
reached the middle of the lake he cried
for help,and Flood, who could not swim,
waded out as far as he could but being
unable to reach him returned to the
shore and gave the alarm.
The body was recovered after about
theee hours, by Seivers, his hired man
and Flood.
Dr. Trueblood was of the opinion that
the unfortunate man had ruptured a
blood vessel, as he was still bleeding at
the mouth when he viewed the remains
Monday.
The juiy returned a verdict of acci
dental death.
.Deceased was a young man of about
SO years, and leaves a family.
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair, San Francisco.
LAWN SOCIAL.
The ladies of the Episcopal Guild will
give a lawn social at the residence of
Dr. A. U. Morris, on Friday evening,
August 9, to which everybody is invited.
The object of this social is to raise
money toward paying for the building
which the organization lately purchased
for church purposes. The object is a
worthy one and our generous God-lov
ing people will no doubt encourage them
by their attendance and assistance.
Much credit is due to the ladies of the
Guild for the determination with which
they have met all obstacles in the build
ing up of their church here. Others had
tried and failed, but though many times
the undertaking seemed burdensome and
the prospect wretchedly hopeless, these
ladies with a zeal and faith seldom wit
nessed struggled along cheerfully but
determinedly,surmounting all difficulties,
until now they can safely felicitate
themselves on a a happy termination of
their untiring work. The church and
Sabbath school may now be said to be
established and a home of their own is
in a fair way of being realized. Plain
and unpretentious to be sure, but a per
manent place of worship and an im
provement over the store-rooms school
rooms, office-rooms, and various other
places which in turn in the past have
been their meeting places. Let our
people turn out to their social on the
evening of the ninth and give them a
good start toward the fnnd necessary to
be raised for the liquidation of the build
ing debt.
g For the Next 30 day
THAT LEGAL OOMKITTZX.
Following !• the report mado by the
legal committee at the last session of
the board. It wat undoubtedly dictated
by Harrington, as the aide remarks to
the jury therein contained are peculiarly
hla own:
"We, the present legal commltte, re
port that the legal committee comprised
at different limes of different members
of this board, have according to the
vouchers returned herewith, accounted
for all moneys ever received. The total
amount of money received by the com
mittee during its existence was 94,405.
This money was expended as follows:
The committee of 1808 paid W. R. Cun
ningham, as a reward nnd expenses,
voted unanimously by every member of
this board, the sum of 93,000; the com
mittee of 1893 paid H. F. Harrington
9100 attorney fees in the two cases
against G. V. Hazelet; the committee of
1994 paid him another 9100 on the same
cases, and under the agreement between
Mr. Harrington and the committee he Is
to receive another 9100 when Judge
Klnkaid disposes of the cases now in
the district court. The county secured
two verdicts against Hazelet and his
bondsmen for about 98,000, but Judge
Bartow set aside both verdicts, thus
making a new trial necessary In both
those cases and making more expense
for the people; at the second trial the
county got verdict for about 93,500; Mr.
Hazelet and his bondsmen filed motions
for a new trial; these motions have been
argued by the attorney! on botb Bidet
but Judge Kinkaid still baa them under
advisement. The committee of 1894
paid 850 to Mr. Harrington as fees and
expenses in the big bond case of
875.000 against Scott and his bondsmen
prior to the filing of the case in the su
preme court. That case is in the su
preme court and will be argued by coun
sel for the county next fall. The case
cannot be argued sooner because the
court has not taken up any new cases
since 1893. The committee of 1893 paid
to Supervisor Hayes 850 for expenses
and costs in trying to secure attach
ments in'the Scott bond case, as shown
by his report. On October 31, 1894, the
committee paid to W . J. Dobbs, express
agent, for Thos. Chapman, 830.75 for a
bill of exceptions in the Scott bond
case.
"The committee paid James 8kirving
841.20 for expenses and time as a witness
in the Darr case against West and Bas
tedo. In the criminal trial against Bar
rett Scott at Xeligh the committee and
counsel relied on Judge Jackson, of
Neligli, to get the prosecution a fair
jury. Judge Jackson advised the com
mittee and counsel that desperate efforts
were being made to corrupt jurors and
said it would be necessary to have a
couple of men watch certain jurors and
certain parties who were working for
the defense. The committee gave
Judge Jackson 825 to pay one man who
acted as a detective throughout the case,
but whose name the committee promised
not to divulge. Judge Jackson’s receipt
for the 825 is presented herewith. For
the same services we paid J. A. Butler
$7.50. He was occupied only about
three or four days. The committee
paid in the same trial on witness fees,
and for which the county got credit, the
louowing gums: jonn Urawrord 95;
C. M. Smith *5; W. R. Stitt $15. The
committee of 1896 paid £. H. Thomp
son 920 and Joe Davis $18, and J. W.
Merrill,an $2, appraisers’ fees in making
attachments in the case of Holt county
against the Holt County Bank and its
bondsmen. The committee has paid the
following amounts for telegrams: $1.64
72c., $1.55, $2.70. The committee of
1893 paid L. S. Butler $6 for livery in
going after the chairman of the board
to attend to important business that
came up suddenly. The committee of
1893 paid H. E. Murphy $327.15, which
he has accounted for in detail in his re
port of that year to this board. The
committee of 1894 paid H. E. Murphy
$389.56, for which he has filed a de
tailed account to his report for that
year. This left $266.28 in the hands of
L. A. Jillson, chairman of the legal
committee, on the 8th day of January,
1895, and that amount he paid into the
county treasury.”
This report was not adopted by the
board., but the committee instructed to
make another and pay more attention to
details. The next report did not differ
materially from the first; except they
found another $800 that had been al
lowed Harrington. They were asked by
the board to tell bow much salary each
member of the committee had drawn,
but that they refused to do.
It is amusing to note the manner in
.which Harrington touches up Judge
Bartow in regard to the new trials in the'
Hazelet cases. Now the fact is that
Harrington himself asked for a new
trial in one of those cues, and Hazelet
asked for a new trial in both of them.
The judge gave Hazelet a new trial in
the one asked for and for the same rea
sons gave Hazelet a new trial in the
» at SULLIVAN MEE
otlfbr. In the second trial the county
received a verdict for nearly $700 more
than it did in the first trial, and its ex
ceedingly diffcult to see how the dear
people loat any money by the transac
tion. It is contemptible In Barrington
to now sneak in behind the legal com
mittee of the Holt county board of su
pervisors and make this underhanded
thrust at Judge Bartow.
THAT LAST MMONSTBAHCK.
The committee appointed by the board
to look into tho remonstrances tiled
against the submission of the Holcomb
plan of division was somewhat divided
itself. Frank Moore and John
White made out a report and attempted
to have it acted upon by the board while
Bayes, the other member was out of the
room. The chair ruled them out of
order. Hayes then attempted to make a
minority report but it was not accepted
by the board.
This remonstrance was the one that
caused so much trouble before the board.
It was claimed by the Atkinson people
that its consideration would knock out
the Stuart petition, but the board re
ferred it tt> this committee a'nd then be
fore receiving any report submitted the
Stuart proposition as reported by the
first committee. The majority report of
the committee is as follows:
To the Board of Supervisors of Holt
county, Nebraska—Your committee, to
which were referred certain remon
strances, petitions and affidavits refer
ring to the division of Holt county, Ne
braska, beg leave to submit the follow
ing report, viz:
vv u uuu mov iucio was uu UIC uu (tUU
before the 15th day of July, 1895, in the
clerk’s offlco of Holt county, Neb., re
monstrances against the proposed new
county of Holcomb, signed by 116 legal
voters of the territory comprised in the
new county of Holcomb, asking that
their names be striken from said petition
praying for tbe formation of said Hol
comb county.
We also find that of the names signed
on said petition praying for the for
mation of the proposed new county of
Holcomb, ninety-six are signed more
than once and are repeaters: and we
also find that of the names signed on
said petition for said proposed Holcomb
county, eighty are non-residents of Holt
county. IJeb.
We therefore find that there are a total
number of 388 signers on said petition
praying for the erection of said proposed
Holcomb county which should be striken
from said petition for said Holcomb
county, by your honorable body.
If tbe above report was correct and
had been adopted by the board it would
certainly have left tbe Btuart people
without a sufficient number of signers.
But the report mnde by Hayes is some
what different and adds a new phase to
the case. It is altogether too long to
reproduce in full, but the gist of it was:
that all tho facts presented had been
considered by the other committee,
whose report had been adopted. One
paragraph of his report is rather laugh
able and we give it below:
Paper No. 4 is the affidavits of nine
legal voters who allege in substance that
their signatures to tbe petition asking
for the formation of Holcomb county,
were obtained by fraudulent represen
tation, but as to how their signatures to
those affidavits were obtained affiants
saith not.
Neither of these reports were anted
upon by the board, so of course the
matter stands just as it would had they
not been made.
, CHABTS.
We are informed there is a company
canvassing the county selling expensive
charts. In order that school boards
may not be duped by smooth-tongued
agents we submit part of an official let
ter to this office, dated March 5, 1894,
by Hon. A. K. Goudy, then the state
superintendent:
District boards have no right to give
an order on district treasurer in pay
ment for such apparatus, unless a fund
has been provided out ofwhich may prop
erly be paid as, for example, a fund for
apparatus, current expenses or the gen
eral fund: and the district board has no
authority, under any circumstances, to
give a promissory note on behalf of
the district, nor to give an order on the
treasurer payable in one, two or more
years. Such notes and orders can in no
way bind the district and are the indi
vidual obligations of the members sign
ing the same.
School boards should purchase the
necessary supplies before investing in
charts which usually sell for two or
three times as much as they are worth.
W. It. Jackson,
County Superintendent.
PBOTECT THE GAME AND 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.
Latter List.
Following Is the list of letters remaining In
the postofHceat O'Neill, Neb., unclaimed, for
the week ending July 27, 1809:
Mr. Lyons Capt. Messer Smith
In calling for the above please say “adver
tised.” If not called tor In two weeks they
> will be sent to the dead letter office.
D. A. Doves, P. M.
ICANTILE COMPAQ
• m ami -
SPECIAL SALE
Ton Days.
ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 10.
To dote our Hum of summer good*
we will sell our entire line of cotton
drees goods at TWENTY TO THIRTY
PER CENT DISCOUNT,
All light colored wool suitings st 88
PER CENT DISCOUNT.
Summer silks 80 PER CENT DIS
COUNT.
Ten shoes for Indies or gentlemen 85
PER CENT DISCOUNT.
All our Indies low shoes 85 PER
CENT DISCOUNT.
Gents’ summer vests, white end silk,
50 PER CENT DISCOUNT.
100 pairs men’s shoes, stltobed, LESS
THAN COST.
Umbrellas and parasols, 88} PER
CENT DISCOUNT.
Ladles’ and gents’ underwear 80 PER
CENT DISCOUNT.
All our latest style shirt waists 85 PER
CENT DISCOUNT.
A line of selected waists worth fib to
75 cents, FOR TWENTY FIVE CENTS
EACH. ’ ’
80 to 88 per cent discount on nil men’s
light colored suits.
500 yards calico selected at 5c. per
yard. Yours truly,
J. P. MANN.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
Special Instruction will be given in
the county teachers’ institute this year,
in connection with the regular work, in
"Pariamentary Rules and Usages.”
Teachers having Robert's Rules of
Order, or a similiar work, will please
bring the same to the Institute.
The Institute will be Ln session on
Saturday. August 10. on which date the
state superintendent is expected to be
present.
Examinations will be held August IB
and 16. Board can be secured at low
figures at the hotels and private resi
dences.
Register early Monday, August 6.
W. R. Jackson,
County Superintendent.
Boston Post: Do the early ‘summer
freckles prove stubborn? There la
usually a clamor for “freckle cures”
about this time of the year, and the very
best thing that proves reliable year after
year is simply common buttermilk.
Secure itj as fresb as possible; It will
be found that nothing can edual this
fresh buttermilk for removing tan,
freckles, sunburn or moth-spots. It has
the great advantage that it does not
injure the skin, but makes it soft and
white. Take a soft sponge and bathe
the face, neck and arms before retiring
for the night; then wipe off the drops
lightly. In the morning wash it off
thoroughly and wipe dry with a crash
towel. Two or three such baths each
week during the summer months will
take off and keep oil the tan and freckles:
and keep the skin soft and smooth.
Leigh World: Holt county it enjoy*
ing a little internecine ntrife at preient
over county division. Holt county le
the next largest county in the state and
has the reputation of raising the largest
crop of hades to.’the square mile than
any other place in the union. When
the committee of the board of super
visors, who had the matter under
consideration, reported and submitted
their plan for division there was a free
for all fight among the)spectators. The
plan for division of Holt, is to cut it into
three counties—the northeastern division
retaining the name of Holt, the north*
western division to be named Holcomb,
and the southern division which is a
slice running clear across the county, is
to be named Elkhorn. We suggest that
while they are remodelling that section
of the vineyard that they drop the name
of Holt also, take a fresh start and make
different history than that which
attaches to the old name.
Mr. C. O. Strong, principal of the .
public schools at Anderson, Cal., says:
"1 have used Chamberlain’s Pain Balm ...V
and have found it an excellent remedy
for lameness and slight wounds."
Lameness usually results from a
sprain, or other injury, or from rheum
atism, for which Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm is especially intended and
unequaled. It affords almost immediate
relief and in a short time effects a perm*
anent cure. For sale by P. C. Corrigan
druggist.
Short Line Tims Card. - " y.
Passenger leaves 9:55 a. m., arrives *.
9:07 ■». it.; freight leaves 9:07 p. u., ar
rive p. x. Daily except Sunday.
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