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PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO.
VOLUME XVI.
•UBBORIPTION. ai.eo PER ANNUM.
CLYDE KINO AND D. H. CRONIN. EDITORS AND MANAGERS.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 19, 1895.
NUMBER 11.
NEWS SANS WHISKERS
Items of Interest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED
Local Happenings Portrayed For General
Edification and Amusement,
A, U. Morris and wife are in Omaha.
Doc Furay is in Omaha attending the
h 4 fair. _
Mrs. R. Dickson is visiting friends in
Omah.a. _
Miss Kate Mann went over to Spencer
| Monday. _
. A1 Hileman and family have removed
L to Illinois. _
A. E.^Bgrnes, of Ponca, is in the city
m] attedRfhg court.
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Dan Hawkins, of Long Pine, was in
the city Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Uilbert, of Jackson, was
in O’Neill Monday.
i Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charley Parker
r last Saturday, a girl.
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Attorney Barnes, of Ponca, is attend
ing Holt county court.
O’NeiU’s citizens nre patronizing the
state fair quite liberally.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Evans are in
Omaha attending the fair.
John Wertz of the Stuart Ledger, had
business in the city Monday.
A. A. Anderson, of Amelia, transacted
business in the city Tuesday. I
. u. u. nazeiet went down to Omaha
Tuesday morning on business.
Steve McNichols went to Omaha Mon
day to see the sights at the fair.
Elmer Merriman and wife went down
to the state fair Monday morning.
Court Reporter King was a spectator
at the Valentine judicial convention.
Seth Woods aDd W. H. Blackburn, of
Atkinson, were in the city Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Williams are
among the O’Neill people attending the
state fair. _
Alex Searle, Mrs. Schermerhorn and
G. Holmquest were at the county seat
yesterday.
Rev. J. M. Bates, of Valentine, held
regular Episcopal services in the city
last Sunday._
R. D. Middleton, M. H. Sheeley and
P. J. Donlioe, of Sioux City, were in
town Monday.
John Smoot left Tuesday morning for
# Kentucky to enter upon his duties as
travelling salesman.
, Arthur Hammond went down to
Omaha yesterday morning to get a
squint at Ak-sar-ben.
Wm. Kellar, Wm. Frary and Charles
Farrier, of Chambers, were in the city
Tuesday on business.
John Brady, R. H. Jenness and son
and A. T. Blackburn, of Atkinson,
were at the Hotel Evans Monday.
Mrs. John Skirving returned Sunday
night from a two weeks’ visit with
friends at Milford and Jefferson, Iowa,
i Nye Dobbs held the number that
called for the bicycle given away by the
O’Neill Grocery Company last Monday.
R. R. Dickson went to Lincoln Mon*
day morning on business before the
supreme court. He. returned Tuesday
evening.
H. M. Manville with his wife and
children spent Sunday in O’Neill. They
returned to their home at Stuart on the
evening train.
Harry Dowling and Jim O’Donnell
returned from their trip to the Hills
Friday morning. The boys report a
pleasant time.
D. C. Harrison, of 1’age, registered at
the Hotel Evans Monday. He was a
delegate to the Valentine convention
and was on his way thither.
Sanford Parker and D. J. J. Horn
beck, of Spencer, were in O’Neill yes
terday on their way home from the ju
dicial convention at Valentine.
Mrs. S. F. McNichols and children
returned last Thursday evening from
Colo, Iowa, where they had been visiting
friends and relatives the past six weeks.
Mr. Jones, who had been employed
by Fred Gatz in his meat market for
some months, left Monday morning for
his home at Madison, having resigned
bis position here.
The following marriage licenses have
been issued by the county judge since
last Thursday: W. A. Hennel, Ran
dolph, and Laura J. Elby, Dustin.
Adolphus Julius and Anna Baker,
' Page.
Ed Hershiser writes friends in this city
tbat he is employed by a mining com
pany out in Idaho and is enjoying him
self at odd moments. He has killed a
cinnamon and a black bear since he left
O’Neill. _
John Giblin, who has been employed
by the German Chicory Company all
summer informs us that the chicory crop
tbis year is the best ever raised in the
county. He says that it will average
five tons to the acre.
Miss Bessie Synder entertained a
number of her youug friends at her
home Tuesday evening. The party was
given in celebration of her eleventh
birthday and the event will be long re
membered by her guests.
Jackson Wiley, of Scottville, was in
O’Neill yesterday. Jack is getting his
Holt county business affairs pretty well
straightened up and in a short time will
remove with his family to his recently
purchased farm in Illinois.
Senator Allen has no hankering to be
classed with the false prophets so he
guesses on the right side. He says the
people of the United States will try
another republican administration before
they experiment with anything else.
State Journal: The populist treasurer
of Holl county is accused of having
overdrawn his lawful compensation
almost $1,000. The date of his hanging
has not been arranged, but his friends
will see that the duty is not neglected.
Jake Hershiser came up from Norfolk
Saturday night and visited over Sunday
with friends in this city. Jake is hold
ing down a good job in a drug store at
Norfolk, without the aid or consent of
Ham. Kautzman or any other anarchist
on earth.
Rev. Lee Hayea left O’Neill Monday
morning for Omaha, where he will at
tend school this winter. While serving
in the capacity of pastor of the Presby
terian church at this place Mr,
Hayes made many warm friends who are
sorry that be is called away.
Boyd County Advocate: The matri
monial editor of the Advocate saw Joe
Mann going down the street with a roll
of carpet on his shoulder one day this
week. Of coarse there can be but one
surmise and that is that soon two hearts
will be “jined.” Cupid is abroad in the
land and he never makes a misshot.
Boyd County Advocate. Cal Moffit
has been placed in nomination by the
democratic convention for assessor.
The choice of the convention is a worthy
one, and if elected he will make a faith
ful and competent officer, one who
would do his duty without favoritism.
He is well acquainted throughout the
county and enjoys the respect of every
one. He deserves an election without
it being a partisan one.
Last August while working in the
harvest field 1 became overheated, was
suddenly attacked with cramps and was
nearly dead. Mr. Cummings, the drug
gist, gave me a dose of Chamberlain’s
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
which completely relieved me. I now
keep a bottle of the remedy handy.
A. M. Bunnel, Centerville, Wash. For
sale by P. C. Corrigan Druggist.
K. U. Wry, of Chambers, republican
candidate for county judge, was in the
city Monday. In conversation with a
Frontier representative Mr. Wry said
that his nomination was a complete sur
prise to him, as he did not know that
such a move was contemplated by his
friends, and he was a candidate for no
office, but having been chosen by his
party for that responsible position he
was in the race to win. Mr. Wry is a
gentleman of considerable legal exper
ience, plain in manner, honest and
conscientious in his dealings and pre
possessing in appearance and when
elected will bring to the Holt county
bench a grace and dignity that it has not
felt for some years.
“Riders of bicycles who wish to keep
up with the latest styles will be glad to
hear from some of the leading manu
facturers that there will be no marked
changes in the 1896 wheel’’, says the State
Journal. “The tubing will probably be a
little heavier and the tires a little larger,
but it will not be necessary for the most
stylish rider to buy a new wheel to keep
abreast of the times. The high grade
wheels will remain at $100, but some
makes that have been selling at that
price will be obliged to come down until
a serviceable bicycle may be had for
but little more than one-half that figure.
The concensus of opinion among makers
and dealers is that the coming- year will
see nothing of a reyolulionary character
in the business, despite the free predic
tion of a coming cheap wheel that will
drive all the high-priced vehicles out of
■the market.”
I will be in O’Neill October 15 to take
horses for wintering. Rates $3 a head.
11-4 W. R. Johnson.
The Butte Gazette gives the following
account of an accidental shooting laat
week: "Last Wednesday afternoon
while Charley Anderson, son of S. W.
Anderson, who lives between here and
Spencer, was helping to herd cattle over
in Holt county, he was accidentally shot
by his companion, Howard Greeley,
with a shot gun, the charge taking effect
in the right arm. Word was sent to
Atkinson and a doctor at that place paid
he would come right out, but failed to
do so. Another messenger was sent to
Butte for medical aid and Dr. Bridge*
man responded, getting there Thursday
evening. He found the arm in bad shape
and amputation was necessary. He
took the arm off above the elbow and at
present writing the boy is doing as well
as could be expected. The boy is only
nine years old, and his parents are in
Dakota.” _
DocBixbyin State Journal: Promi
nent among the decimated delegations
that attended the iate populist conven
tion was Ham Kautzman, the wild-eyed
anarchist of the Holt County Beacon.
He is the man that gloated over the
barbarous butchery of Barrett Scott,
and rejoiced that those guilty of the
fiendish crime were enabled to escape
the punishment they so richly merited.
It is the leadership of such as Ham that
is driving decent pops back into the
fold of parties that always kept that
sort of people in the background. A
square look at this intellectual freak
would make anyone shudder. He has
the appearance of a born hater ot the
human race. He looks as though there
were not enough of his fellow-men to
hate, and so he hates himself. The
vigilantes of Holt county regard him as
a bright and shining light, and ait up
nights to read his rant and admire the
ranter.
Sioux City ^'imeg, September 13: The
trial of Harry Gillespie, charged with
larceny, was begun in Judge Ladd's
branch of the district court at the open*
ing of the morning session. Gillespie is
accused of stealing about $70 worth of
carpets and household goods from J. H,
Scott on March 29. The carpets were
found in Ed Burke’s place. Gillespie
has been confined in the county jail all
summer awaiting trial. The new jury
law was put to a practical test this morn
ing. The regular panel was exhausted,
as two juries were called this morning,
and a number of jurors had been excused
for cause. The talisman box was brought
into court and opened by the clerk in
the presence of the court and the sheriff,
and nine names were drawn.This caused
a delay in the proceedings, as a deputy
had to go and find the tailsmen as drawn.
At 11:30, however, the jury was filled
and the trial proceeded. Gillespie is
being defended by T. F. Griffin and T.
L. Foley. Gillespie was discharged this
afternoon, the evidence not being
sufficient to convict him with the theft
of the carpets.
The Norfolk Journal refers to the
electric belt man who visited O’Neill
some weeks ago, and roasts the citizens
of its town as follows: 'Tt was a long
string that a street fakir on the corner
of Main and Third streets threw out
last night loaded with electric belts? to
catch suckers. He was successful, for
he strung $150 worth of “bites” on the
rope and then pulled up stakes and left
for another green field. Business men
of the town who would be expected to
be wiser in their day of generation,
swallowed the bait whole and are today
ashamed of their greedy desires that
brought them naught but the laugh
they so richly deserved. It is said that
many who'on the first of the month
were asked to pay legitimate bills could
not find a dollar to pay an honorable
account, were rich enough last night to
give a wandering fakir one j>r more
dollars for a piece of carriage leather
with two disks and a string of carpet
binding which represented a belt. It is
reported that Madison gave (in this
way) the sum of $212 to the fakir,
Wayne and Norfolk $150 and Columu
bus as much or more. And yet there is
a story, oft told of hard times, when
home industries are in need of protec*
tion or improvement.”
John Skirving is sick this week.
Good machine oil at Brennan’s. 6
Better machine oil at Brennan’s. 6
Best machine oil at Brennan’s 3
Try a package of our new mixed
spices—15 varieties. Such piekles as
they make you never tasted.
10-2 0’Neii.l Grocery Co.
Our new dried fruits are just arriving
fresh and fine. Don’t you want some?
10-2 O’Neill Gkocerv Co.
May ion D. Price has leased the J. C.
Smoot barber shop and bath rooms op
posite the postoffice taking possession
on Tuesday. Mr. Price informs us that
shaving has been reduced to ten cents
straight. Bath rooms always ready and
will be kept clean. 10-4
KINKAID AND BARTOW
Judicial Convention at Valentine
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NO FIOHT AGAINST THEM
A'Bousing Bopablienn Gathering---Splendid
'F SpeeohM and Orest Enthusiasm.
The republican judicial convention
held at Valentine lait Tuesday is re*
ported as being one of the most enthus
iastic and business-like bodies seen
anywhere.
Ti e rumored opposition to Messrs.
Kinkald and Bartow failed to materialise
and their nominations wen made on the
first formal ballot.
Chairman Trommershausser called the
convention to order at 2 o'clock p. if.,
and made a neat little speech, thanking
republicans for generous support of the
past and gracefully retired from the
chairmanship.
Upon motion of J. A. Rice, of Stuart,
duly seconded, Col. Johnson, of Holt,
waB elected temporary chairman, and
Sanford Parker, of Boyd, and Dr.
Knight, of Box Butte, temporary secre
taries.
Upon motion of Harrison, of Holt, a
committee of three was appointed on
permanent organization. A committee,
consisting of one delegate from each*
county in the district, was appointed on
resolutions.
After the appointment of a committee
of fire on credentials and a committee of
three on order of business the convention
took a recess for twenty minutes in order
to give the committees and opportunity
to prepare their reports.
When the convention was again called
to order the report of the committee on
credentials was read and adopted. . The
committees on permanent organization
and resolutions reported next and their
reports were adopted.
C. H. Cornell, of Cherry, was made
permanent chairman, and Messrs.
Parker and Knight permanent sec
retaries. 1;
The resoljifious endorsed the republi
can platform of 1893, recommended more
liberal pension laws and congratulated
the judges upon their impartial adminis
tration of the laws.
The convention then proceeded to in
formal ballot for judges. The call of
counties was as follows:
Box Butte—Kinkaid 6, Bartow 6;
Brown—Kinkaid 5, Bartow 5; Cherry—
Kinkaid 6, Tucker 6; Dawes—Kinkaid 9,
Bartow 9; Holt—Kinkaid 11, Bartow 11;
Keya Paha—Kinkaid 3, Bartow 8; Rock
—Kinkaid 4, Bartow 4; Sheridian—
Kinkaid 7, Bartow 7; Boyd—Kinkaid G,
Bartow 6; Sioux—Kinkaid 2, Bartow 2.
Upon motion the informal ballot was
made formal and the nominations de
clared unanimous.
lunging speeches were made by Col,
Johnson, Judges Kinkaid and Bartow,
J. Wesley Tucker, H. M. Uttley, Messrs.
Smith and Woods, and others.
J. A. Trommershausser, of Holt, was
re-elected chairman of the judicial
central committee.
Following is the committee:
Holt—W. E. Scott.
Keya Paha—W. C. Brown.
Sheridan—W. W. Wood.
Cherry—J. W. Tucker.
Brown—P. D. McAndrew.
Kock—J. A. Douglas.
Boyd—Sanford Parker.
Dawes—D. B. Jencks.
Box Butte—W. B. Montgomery.
Sioux—L. J. Simmons.
Three rousing cheers were given for
patriotic J Wesley Tucker and a vote of
thanks to the temporary and permanent
chairman and secretaries, after which
the convention adjourned amidst great
applause.
THUBSTOH ALL BIGHT.
A dispatch in the State Journal last
week conveyed the startling intelligence
that Senator John M. Thurston bad been
taken suddenly ill in Idaho, and that it
was piobable that he would not recover.
1 Later the report that he died gained
circulation and credence over the state,
particularly along the line of the Elk
horn road.
The postofflce at Bassett was draped
in mourning during one entire day, and
a prominent minister at Valentine de
layed the deliberations of a conference
i long enough to deliver a splendid eulogy
of the man mourned as dead.
“Ill blows the wind that profits no
body” Shakespere once remarked with
his pen, and it it profits a man anything
to know what the people think of him
John can just give himself credit with
bis recent illness and commend the
swiftness with which the lie got its
boots on in this case. !
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Passenger leaves 7:10 a. m., arrives j
11:55 ■». i».; freight leaves 8:45 p. m., ar
rive 6:35 p. h. Daily except Sunday.
KOBE VIGILANTE WOBK.
The vigilantes of the northwest part
of the county are again growling. They
want more blood. Last week Jim Bink
erd received a letter warning him to
leave the country or suffer death in a
manner illustrated upon the margin.
The idea was to use his body and the
splendid opportunities offered by gravi
tation to take the slack out of a rope.
The letter was mailed at Inman and told
him to leave the county immediately or
he would go the way that others had
gone before.
The offense committed by Mi. Binkerd
was too loud denunciation of the men
who murdered Barrett Scott. Jim is a
courageous man and well accustomed to
the vicissitudes of frontier life, and did
not intend to pa/ any attention to the
| matter, but his family got hold of it and
became so thoroughly frightened that he
decided to leave for the present, and
accordingly took his departure Sunday
morning for Iowa. It is his intention to
return after election, if the republicans
are successful in local affairs. He says
that he is not afraid to live on the river
I under a republican administration, but
with the populists in control, and by
their sympathy aiding and abetting such
work, he considers himself safer else
where.
The morning he left about a dozen of
I his populist friends called to bid him
farewell and were most bitter in their
denunciation of the vigilahts and prom
ised him that they had cast their last pop
vote; that they were through voting for
a condition of affairs that was driving
their friends and neighbors out of the
country.
Several other republicans have received
letters but have refused to depart.
Prominent among them is John Menzie.
When be received the notice he quietly
hitched up his team and came to O’Neill
and had his life insured for the benefit
of his family and returning home sent
[ word to the vigilantes that he was ready
to balance accounts at any lime and
place. ,
Mr. Binkerd’s family will remain on
the farm for the present.
Jim Binkerd has resided in Holt
county for a great many years and his
reputation for good citizenship is unex
celled and his friends and neighbors
have just cause for their indignation.
The above account was sent from
O’Neill to the State Journal last Mon
day, and upon a thorough investigation
The Frontier finds it authentic with
the exception of the reference to John
Menzie. Mr. Menzie was in the city
yesterday and in an interview with a
Frontier reporter said it was a mistake,
that he bad received no notice.
When Mr. Binkerd left home he said
it was his intention to send the letter to
Tub Frontier with a short communi
cation for publication. Up to the time
of going to press it has not arrived but
but we confidently expect it in time for
our next issue.'
BOBBERY AT INMAN.
Downey & Watson's general store at
Inman was broken into last Friday night.
The safe was blown open and about 860
taken from it; the till at the grocery
counter, containing about 86, was also
rifled, but the till at the dry goods
counter, on the other side of the store,
was left untouched. It contained con
siderable money and was evidently over
looked. A school order for the amount
of 825 was also stolen. It was drawn in
favor of Miss Belle Wisdom and was
signed by Messrs. Phelps and Lord, as
school board.
The burglars were calm, cool and
collected fellows. They made them
selves as comfortable as the surround
ings would permit, ate a watermelon,
smoked cigars and evidently had a jolly
good time.
SEPTEXBEB COVET.
Court convened yesterday with Judge
Kinkaid on the bench.
There are 444 civil cases on the docket,
besides a dozen or more of the criminal
kind.
The jury will be called Monday and is
as follows: J. M. Merriman, W. A.
Sawyer, A. J. Goodsell, Peter Kelly,
Alexander Marlow, J. 8. Hoffman, Wm.
Lewis. H. It. Henry, J. M. Culbert, Pat
Hayes, H. Fullerton, W. E. Bailey, J.
H. Diehls, A. C. Powell, J. W. McCann,
Ben Sanders, Peter Toohill, Joachin
Webs, J. K. Totnsick, C. H. Finney,
Jerry Kelly, C. D. Keyes, D, G. Grimes
and John Funk.
SHEEP BREEDERS, NOTICE.
The members of the Holt County
Sheep-breeders and Wool Growers’Asso
ciation will take notice that the asso
ciation will hold a meeting in O’Neill,
on Monday, October7, at 10o’clock r. m.,'
at the court-house. All interested in
the work of the association are invited
to be present. Peter Donaiioe,
11-2 Secretary.
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HOBVOLK COLLEGE.
All roads in North Nebraska lead to
Norfolk, the location of the Norfolk
college, which opens its doors on Wed
nesday, the 35th of September,
Tuition free, with only an incidental
fee of $1.35 per term, in the Academic
and Collegiate departments, in wjiich the
principal work of Norfolk College is
done. Due attention, however, is given
in Normal, Business, Elocution and
Musical departments.
For information address Prof. P. H.
Finfrock, Prof. E. B. Gear, or Pres. S,
F. Ellis.
Thomas Kearns has deposed of his
sheep ranch, north of this city, to
Chicago parties for Chicago property,
the consideration being about 988,000.
W. J. White, of Ohiclgo, arrived in the
city Tuesday evening and will take
charge of the ranch.
ROTICX.
The republican district convention for
the purpose of nominating a candidate
for supervisor of district No. 3, will be
held in the Minneola school house on
Saturday, September 31, at 3 o’clock p.
m. Bv Order Committee.
The republican distiict convention for
the purpose of nominating a candidate
for aupervisor for distiict No. 4, will be
held In Ewing on Monday, September
38, at 3 o’clock p. at.
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SOMETHING NEW.
New drees goods.
New trimmings.
New cloaks.
New suits.
New underwear.
New ties.
New hats.
New shoes.
Big line of new goods in ever? de
partment. See our 15.75, 17.50 and tlO
suits for men, and you won't hare to
send away for clothing. They compare
with the best in the land.
Our great dollar underwear Is as
good a bargain as any city in the ‘coun
try can show and cannot be matched by
any store within 50 miles of O’Neill.
Elegant line of new flannel shirts for
winter wear.
Choice line of ties 85 to 50o. All new
styles. See our reversible silk four-in
band: it is the latest.
A scholars' companion free with every
pair of school shoes.
Yours respectfully, ,
J. P. Maun.
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WAGONS, WAGONS!
Always buy the best, the Moline. I
have a car load on hand and will sell
cheap for cash, or on short time. If
you want a wagon, a buggy or a road
cart come in time and don’t get left.
Retgember the name. Moline wagons
are the best made and sold by
6 Neil Brennan.
To the Public: I have opened the
Fallon barn, opposite the Checker barn,
as a feed stable, and will be pleased to
meet all my friends
10-4 - P. F. Thompson.
“It is the best patent medicine in the
world’’ is what Mr. E. M. Hartman, of
Marquam, Oregou, says of Chomber
lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea.
Remedy. “What leads me to make this
assertion is from the fact that dysentery
in its worst form was prevalent around
here last summer and it never took over
two or three doses of that remedy to
effect a complete cure.” For sale by
P. C. Corrigan druggist.
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Mrs. S. A. Kell, of Pomona, Cal., had
the bad luck to sprain her ankle. "I
tried several liniments,'’ she says, “but
was not cured until I used Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm. That remedy cured me and
I take pleasure in recommending it and
testifying to its efficacy.” This medicine
is also of great value for rheumatism,
lame back, pains in the chest, pleurisy
and all deep-seated and muscular pains.
For sale by P. C. Corrigan Druggist.
Mrs. E. E. Davis, of San Miguel, Cal. -
says: “I am trying in a measure to
repay the manufacturers of Chamber
lain’s Cough Remedy for the great good
their remedy has done me. For years I
was a constant sufferer from weak lungs
and bronchial asthma. My rest at night
was disturbed by a hacking cough, so
that I felt miserable the greater part
of the time. Many remedies recom
mended by friends were tried, none of
which proved suitable to my case. I
did not experience any beneficial results
until I began taking Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy. After two bottles of
the large size have been used \ am
pleased to state, my health is better than
it has been for years. The soreness has
left my lungs and chest and I can'
breatbe easily. It has done me so much
good that I want all who are suffering
from lung troubles, as I was, to give it
a trial.” For sale by P. C. Corrigan
Druggist. _
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