sU ttiutorkal so t: -'.s' y L# ■ Px ' - - ' ' ' . PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO VOLUME XVI. •UHORIPTION, «].SO KM ANNUM. CLVDC KINO AND D. H. CRONIN, CDITO* O’NEILL. HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA. JANUARY 30, 1896. NUMBER 30. NEWS SANS WHISKERS Items of Interest Told As They Are Told to Us. WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED Local Happenings Portrayed For General Xdiflcatlon and Amusement. Elmer Allison was down from Atkin ■on Friday. _ Mrs Cliever Hazelet entertained whist club last night. the h The county board is working on the settlement with county officers. V A bright baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Howard last Friday. R. R. Dickson and CbarNe Wrede went down the road yesterday morning. Bentley will give you value received and. a music box and a watch be sides. 80- tf. Rev. W. T. Matson, of Omaha, will preach in the Presbyterian church Feb ruary 0. Frank Kaza last week secured license to wed Miss Emma Kreager. Both of Atkinson. Jim Sbanner and Jim Cronk, of Page, favored the editor with a short call yesterday. _. Dr. Furay removed a sebaceous cyst— whatever that is—from Sally Gwin’s left ear Wednesday. D. H. Cronin went down to Lincoln Monday to attend the meeting of the state press association. The ladies’, sewing society will meet with Mrs. W. J. Dobbs Wednesday, February 5, at 2 p. m. Miss Mae O'Sullivan came down from Valentine Sunday morning, to attend the funeral of her uncle. ^ Mrs. Hyland Parker is slowly re* covering from her illness and it is now thought that she will recover. For first-class flour and feed and the \ : lowest possible prices, call on the V Osmond Boiler Mills, O’Neill, Neb. Attorney Boggs and Joe Mann, of Spencer, Sundayed in O’Neill. They returned to Spencer Monday morning. ■ Corbett’s photo studio and dental office will be open Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, inclusive. 29-2 A. H. Cohbett. On all winter goods we will gives discount of 10 to 50 per cent, for the next thirty days at Sullivan Mercantile Co’s. • Col. Johnson was down from Atkin son last Monday. The colonel is being mentioned as a representative possi bility. _ The supervisors scattered Saturday flight to the seven corners of the county to spend a quiet Sunday in the bosom .of 7 their families. % Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anthony are the proud parents of a boy born last Mon day morning. The Frontier smokes to the. health of the young hopeful. The committee on stock brands Las been at work at the court-house this ; week. The committee cousins of John I' Carr, Geo. Buttler and Joe McCaffery. Do you lack faith and love health? Let us establish your faith and restore your health with DeWitt's Sarsaparilla. For sale by Morris & Co., druggists. The big lump of coal at Snyder’s yard is attracting a great deal of interest. Some three hundred guesses have been recorded. It is Mr. Snyder’s intention to weigh the lump on Washington’s birth day. Charles Downey, of Inman, writes Thb Frontier that there will be a gen eral wolf hunt on Saturday, February 1; the central point being section 36, town ship 40, range 9—one mile west of Ante lope slough. > The breaking up of the winter is the signal for the breaking up of the system. Nature is opening up the pores and throwing off refuse. DeWltt’s Sarsapa rilla is of unquestionable assistance in this operation. For sale by Morris & Co., druggists. Niobrara Pioneer: The revival being held at the Methodist Episcopal church is meeting with excellent success. Rev. E. T. George, of O’Neill, ^who is assist ing Mr. Ingersoll in fhe work, will „ preach Sunday evening and every even ing next week. r Some time ago Mr. Simon Goldbaum, / of San Luis Rey, Cal., was troubled 1 with a lame back and rheumatism. He used Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and a prompt cure was effected. He says he has since advised many of his friends to try it and all who have done so have spoken highly of it. It is for sale by P. C. Corrigan, druggist. Sanford Parker went down to Lin coln Sunday morning. He carried with him a stipulation for the advancement of the Boyd county seat contest, now in the supreme court. Fremont Tribune: Legal notices are not only prolific in Holt county, but here is where they attain their largest growth. So long as they go to the O'Neill Frontier the patronage is worthily bestowed. O. O. Snyder & Co.,'have the largest [ block of Deer Creek coal ever shipped to this city. They are going to give 2,000 pounds of Deer Creek coal to the person guessing the nearest to the weight of this block. Go and guess. 29 3. Frank Walker diedMonday at -Bone steel, 8. D., of pneumonia. Mrs. Walker, who was yisiting her mother, Mrs. Nichols, in this city, left Saturday-night for Bonesteel in response to a telegram announcing the seriousness of her hus band’s illness. Spencer Advocate: Major Dudley, near Naper, had the misfortune to lose his house and a part of the contents by fire Tuesday night. We did not learn if he had any insurance. His many friends in this part of the county will be sorry to hear of his loss. A winter more open than the present one has been thus far does not perhaps linger in the memory of the oldest settler. Grass near the site of the old mill has been green and growing all winter. It is irrigated by the mill race, and a high bank on the north tempers the wind. Niobrara Pioneer: A petition has been in circulation by A. L. Towle ask ing for the pardon of Karl Korih, the defaulting treasurer of Pierce county. It is a George Brooks movement that the curse may be taken from his should ers that partially led to North’s down fall—George wants to be state treasurer. Tbe Elkhorn Irrigation and Land company bare written contracts to break and crop over 2300 acres of the land the. company own on their ditch south of town. This company is demonstrating to the farmers of Holt county that irrigation is a success, and their ditch will be of vast importance to this city. _ Frontier readers will please take no tice that from this date, Januury 23, we discontinue our clubbing rate of |2 with the Cosmopolitan. Parties desiring that excellent magazine in connection with Tne Frontier must pay 70 cents in ad dition to tbe regular price of this paper. In quoting the $2 rate we made a mis take in our figures and failed to detect it until we commenced receiving orders from our subscribers in all corners of the United States. While we concluded our big sale last week and have discontinued discounts on regular goods, yet we are still offer ing a big line of shoes, overcoats, blankets, cloaks, gloves, mittens, etc., at cut prices, varying from 20 to 50 per cent., and will continue to do so until the season for winter goods closes; so if you still need any warm goods see us if you want them cheap. Yours respectfully, J. P. Mann. The friends of R. J. Hayes will be pleased to hear that the will receive 9650, insurance on his residence which burned down last Thursday. It was stated that tbe property was not insured, but it seems that Mr. Hayes had made appli cation for insurance but had not heard from it at the time of the blaze. How ever, tbe application was accepted before the fire occurred and ke-.will be partly compensated for bis loss. The Blair Leader gays: “An editor possessed of a vicious nature and a re vengeful malicious disposition is cap able of doing much harm in a commun ity for a time, but bis career is usually a very brief one. He may brood over bis fancied grievances till be thinks he is a much abused individual, and seek redress by calumny and ' abuse, through his newspaper, of persons who nerer gave him a moment’s thought.” - The residents of O’Neill and Holt county know that these remarks are true. Mathews' Free Frees: A stranger well dressed and appareutlv a gentleman, stepped into the depot at Clarendon last night, made some inquiries, and then went out on the platform, where he was neen to take out a revolver, place it to his head and fire it. Death was immedi ate. The town of Clarenden is a little station near Stuttgart, and is said to be a desolate and forlorn looking country and it is quite probable that the unfortu nate man was caught there between trains, and upon inquiry found that he wonld have to remain in the town for an hour or two, and he thought it was easier to die. Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder World’s Pair Highest Medal and Diploma. Madison Chronicle: Don’t got mad if your visitor’s name does not appear in Ihe personal column. Perhaps you did not tell the editor; he's no mind reader. Don’t get mad if your neighbor’s doings are referred to more frequently than your own. Your neighbor uses hia mouth. Your modesty may be keeping you in obscurity. That’s no dream. A country newspaper man can’t apend all bis time on the street—and make three meals a day. If you know an item of news, hold us up and give it out of your system. Sixteen to One if we get it second-hand there will be a blunder in it. ■*. Walt Mason: Somewhere else the crowds are going, for the things they find not here; looking for the stately fortunes which their day dreams nobly rear, like the knight who erstwhile journeyed, chanting one old threadbare tune, looking for the Eldorado, that is hidden in the moon. Somewhere else their eyes are turning and they curl their lips and say: "This old town is God for saken and is sinking in decay; some where else a man has chances; some where else a man can rise; here we never have two coppers till they’re placed upon our eyes.” Somewhere else! It is a country where gold eaarles grow on trees; where the greenbacks lie like snowbanks, reaching often to your knees; where the beggars ride on camels like the sainted ones of old, wkere the stores are made of silver and the signs are made or gold. Somewhere else the crowds are going, going bn with hope ful cries; but that country lives in dream land, and in dreams that country dies. : State Journal, Jan. 29: The con testees in the case Of the Elkhorn Irri gation company vs. Frank M. Tyrrell, Anna M. Huddeon, J. A. Huddson and the O’Neill Milling company answered yesterday before the state board of irri gation. They allege that they have transferred all their interest in the ditch to the O’Neill Power and Irrigation company and ask that this company be made one of the defendants. They state that the O’Neill Milling company erected a mill in 1892 and operated the mill by means of a canal conveying water from the Elkhorn rlyer, the water being used for milling purposes until February 1, 1894. The company had used water for irrigation purposes prior to the construction of the canal in the year 1894, and that the contestants knew that the company was using water from its canal before they constructed their ditch or any part of it. The contestees deny that the company abandoned the use of water for milling purposes. In 1894 the mill was destroyed by lire, but insurance was not collected until 1895, and owing to depression in busi ness the company was unable to procure money necessary to rebuild. The com pany posted a notice in the year 1892 appropriating all the water that flows in the river and it is now the purpose of the new company to use the ditch and mill site, and it now claims the right to use the ditch for irrigation as well as manufacturing purposes and that they have a prior claim, and if this claim is disallowed their property will be ren dered valueless. Harry West, a commercial traveller, now located at Sioux City, is making arrangements to remove with his family to O’Neill in the early spring and will make this his head quarters. D. P. O’SULLIVAN DEAD. D. P. O’Sullivan, an old resident of Holt county, died in this city last Sun day morning of pneumonia, after an illness of three weeks. Deceased leaves a wife and several children. The funeral occurred Monday from the Catholic church and was attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends. DAVID WILEY DEAD. David Wiley, aged 81 years, died last Saturday at the home of Frank Darr, at Scottvilie. Deceased was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Wiley, formerly of Scottvilie, but now of Rural Hill, 111., to which place the family re moved last year. Pneumonia was the cause of death. Mr. Wiley was an exemplary young man and leaves many warm friends to mourn his untimely death. The FitoNOiKit extends its sympathy to the family in their sad bereavement. 83.000 BLAUHHTEtt SAI.F People wishing to take advantage of this sale should try and come early to avoid the rush which we are sure to have at Sullivan Mercantile Go’s., O’Neill, Neb. Short Lins Tims Card. Passenger leaves O’Neill, Net. at 10:05 a. m , immediately after arrival of train from Black Hills, reaching Sioux City at 8:35 r. m., giving three hours time. Lowest rates. Purchase local tickets to O’Neill and re-buy there. FANTON IS CAPTURED ■... —. .. ~ Gaught at Hia Brother's Residence In Omaha. I • ' -.— ti|E DENIES HIS IDENTITY EMloys Fromineat Counsel end Reserte to I Habeas Corpus. iflherltf Hamilton received a telegram fijg>m Omaha Monday staling that Fan* t® was under arrest at that place, and hjg went down Tuesday morning to bigng him back to answer to the charge alt cattle rustling. The World-Herald gf|ce the following account of the arrest: lohn Fanton, the alleged leader of a quartette of Holt county cattle rustlers, was arrested yesterday morning at the residence of his brother, E. F. Fanton of48*28 North Twenty-first street, by Safgents Cory and Mitchel and Detect ives Savage and Dempsey. Yanton denied his identity, and when asked if his name was Fanton said it was Anderson. He had been going uq^er the name of Morrison since he arrived here about three weeks ago. Concerning his arrest, he denied all knowledge of the theft of the cattle, and said he could wove an alibi, as he was at home in bed at the Merchants hotel in Atkinson the night the cattle were alleged to have been stolen. He averred his arrest was the result of a political fight, and claimed that he had a letter from a Holt county friend stat ing that County Attorney Murphy had promised Holmquist and Marrall lent enCy. and possibly an acquittal, if they would implicate Fanton in the theft. He said he was an active worker for the republican party last fall, and expected in the event of the election of Brady, the republican candidate for sheriff, a position as deputy. “1 do not expoct to get justice at the hands of the populist officials,” be said, “os' Holt county is now dominated by that clement.” Fanton says he is acquainted with Holmquest and Marrall. A reward of *50 is up for Fenton's arrest. . Sheriff Hamilton, of Holt county, arrived in the city last evening and will leave for home at 2 o’clock this after noon with John Fanton, the alleged Settle rustler. Fanton is very much averse to returning to his native heath, and plied all kinds of questions to the police officers yesterday afternoon to see if he could secure a change of venue before returning. The sheriff declares that the only legitimate grounds for Fanton’s dislike to return are that the bona fide evidence against him is so strong that lie fears conviction for cattle rustling. The idea that he cannot obtain justice from the populist officials is scouted, Hamilton declaring that Fanton is an unknown factor in politics, having no pull that the populists cannot squelch if they did so desire, and even no substantial stand ing as a citizeb, having jumped a board bill at the time of bis departure. Sheriff Hamilton says that none of the cattle rustlers need have any fear of the “protective association” as long as there is any evidence that the law is taking the proper course. He defends the association, raying that it exists in the Niobrara country forty miles away from any officers of the law, and in a country infested by cattle rustlers. r. "ii, gain ue "cattle ruatlera make a ateai, and the people had to go forty miles for oificera, who must cover the aame distance to the scene, the thieves will have escaped to the reservation across the river, and pursuit is almost impossible. And then, it located, the owners must wait for a deputy marshal to take the thieves from the reservation. The protective association acts at once, and affords the only safe protection that these people have. Speaking of a late report that the “protectives” had warned persons from the country on suspicion of being spies for the Barrett Scott adherents, he denied the reports sent out to that effect as untrue, and declared that no one except cattle thieves had been molested. Later advices state that Fanton was taken from Hamilton’s custody Wednes day on a habeas corpus, and that a hearing will be had today. It is not probable that he can avoid being re turned to Holt county for trial. He has employed Will Gurley as counsel, and is prepared to resist return. HOTICE. To all those who belonged to the club: Get your suits inside of twenty days, as I have them marked down, after that date they will be .up to the old price. Remember twenty days more. January 25, 1896. v John Grayuill, Tailor. v WETTIATOHM IX JAIL. Conrad Wettlaugher is in jail at Altoni la., on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. The following communication from that place fully explains the situation: \ Alton, Ia., Jan. 88,1898. County Judge, O’Neill, Neb. Dear Sir: Conrad Wettlaugher, of Shields township, Holt county, has gathered two car loads of seed corn and from 8150 to 8800 in cash In this vicinity, repre senting that he was appointed by his neighbors to solicit aid for them, repre senting that they were on the verge of starvation, and that he and all of his neighbors lost their entire crops by hail storm last fall. He can only name John Dillon, Mr. Rickler, Andrew Smith, Mr. Boss and John Mathews as sufferers with himself. He says that the country was destroyed six miles wide and entire ly through your couuty by bail. Will you please let me know at once whether he Is a truthful man, whether he has been appointed to solicit this grain and money, and whether he will distribute it if released from custody, and other information concerning him self and hia neighbors who are on to the verge of starvation? Yours Truly, Will A. Wells. On the botton of the above letter was the following: He has a recommendation signed by W. W. Bethea, county clerk; C. W. Hamilton, sheriff; and John Skirving, district clerk, asking people to contrib ute to him for the relief of the people. He ia now under arrest and we do not wish to inflict punishment on an inno cent man. If he is a scoundrel and has obtained this money and goods under false pretenses we wish to punish him. Please wire if be is poor but honest, or If we shall bold him for letters from you. Please advise by mail also. Will A. Wills. Wk. Hatcbinsox. And other citizens. Letters were also received by the First National bank, Elkhorn Valley bank, W. W. Bethea, and others. Answers returned were to the effect that he is poor and needy, and that some of bis neighbors are similarly situated, but that Holt county is amply able to provide for him and them. It Is to be regretted that some of our county officials signed Wetllaugher's recommendation as a relief rustler. While the facts stated in the paper are substantially correct, the truth is that Holt county is amply able to take care of her own. The officers signing his credentials did so unthinkingly, and are now sorry for it, but Wettlaugher came to them with tears in his eyes and told them a pitiful tale of poverty, .and informed them that with their names on his petition for aid he could go to his old home in Iowa and secure funds for his relief and the relief of his neighbors, and they, moved by his overflow, complied. He is not altogether dishonest in pur pose, as last ysar when this section was in distress he went to Iowa and secured large donations of-seed grain that was very acceptable to bis neighbors, al though it was suspicioned that he rrceived considerable sums of money that he planted in the depths of the pockets of his overalls. In the distribu tion of the grain at that time he incurred the enmity of a number of bis neighbors, some of whom, it is thought, have written the people at Alton and gotten him into his present difficulty. . He should not be punished, but be should be deprived of his documents and sent home, and cautioned to do so no more forever. TUB CAUSE OF IT ALL. Sloco writing the above we have re ceived the following letter from the Democrat at Alton, which confirms our suspicions that Wettlaugher's neighbors were responsible for his arrest. Some of these men were among the first to de mand a share of the relief grain solicit ed by Wettlaugher last year: Shields Township, Holt Co., Nee., i January 22.1886. t To Sheriff of Sioux County, Io.—Dear Sir: We understand there is a man in your county, soliciting aid in the name of this township. His name is Conrad Wettlaufer and he Is unauthorized to do so; he is doing it on his own account. He is of a sandy complexion, cross-eyed in one eye. He is a German, heavy set, weight about 180 pounds. He has no authority to solicit aid for any township in the county of Holt. We have had a fair crop here last year. No one claims to be in need. He tried to get the county officers to sign his papers, but they refused to do so. We would like to know wjiat names he has on his papers. He threshed 1800 bushels of small gfain on his own farm in the year 1895. When he gets money he sits in the house and makes his wife do the farm ing. He has a natural propensity for lager beer. He has spent all his surplus money in litigation with his neighbors. He is now under bonds to appear in the district court for taking off two horses belonging to one ot his neighbors in the night and shooting them. Court sits in February. This is a true statement. If you have any doubts, we refer you to the Elkhorn Valley band, First National bank, county judge, county treasurer, all of O’Neill, Holt county, Neb. Please send us the names that he bas on his soliciting paper. Direct to John Bushart, Joy postoffice. Holt county. Neb. Barnet Kearns, D. J. Cronin. John Bushart, John Donohoe, Nat McGrath, John Carton, or KOCH IXrOSTAVCZ. Mr. Editor: I bare been requealad: by the Nebraaka Club, of whleb I waa made a director at tbe organization in Omaba the laat of tbe year, to call a meeting of tbe people of Holt county in the near future to perfect tbe organiza tion of an auxiliary club for tbia county. A few worda regarding tbe ‘plana and purpoaea of tbia club may not be out of place here: Tbia club waa organized in Omaha on tbe 81at of December laat, by repreaenf atlye citizena from nearly every county •? in the atate. Tbe object of tbe club ia to look after tbe general welfare of the great atate wboae name it beara; to advertlae ita limitleaa reaourcea and advantagea, and to counteract the falae and damaging reporta concerning it which intereatad defamera have Induatrloualy circulated? and are yet circulating in tbe outside world. The club ia not organized in the inter^ eat of rallroada, real eatate men, or any other apeclal claaa or clan, but for tbe whole utate, and on the broad and com prebeoalve theory that all of ita parta are abaolutely eaaential to the perfection of tbe whole. Ita central object will be to keep all of Nebraaka to the front at all timea and at all placea when and where the moat good can be done, and to leave no atone unturned or work undone to the end that ahe may have « fair trial in the race for aupremacy among her alater atatea. Printcra’ ink will be employed liberally, exhiblta will be made, agendea eatabliahed, excur sion* arranged, aa well aa many other uaeful meana employed which in the wiadom of the dlrectora will beat aerve to acoompliah the deatred reauita. ■'!' a mm '• -%y frW um Ai u index of its Impartial character, ' ae also ita ability to command the confi dance of the people, the personnel of lu officers may be pointed to. With Governor Holcomb at ita bend» aaaiated by our United States aenatora and con* ;: \ greasmen, et. al., whatever information ? goes oat from the headquertera of thia club, or from any of ita braachea, will abmit of no doubt or anaploion aa to lu reliability. With Intending immlgranU looking for farms, with business men looking for openlnga, with rapinrtfcte" %| looking for Investmeota, with people looking for health and plenum, the :\'-t aonrce from which the information they r ': aeek cornea to them, ia alwaya judged by the character of thoae who aupplf it. * In thia reapect the Nebraska club la certainly happily equipped, Already the daily preea of the atate bar proffered ita unqualified assistance • ' ■ in the cauae, and the patriotic country preaa ia rapidly following suit. With Holt county thia ia a particularly auapicioua time to inaugurate auch a movement. With our vast irrigation interests well under way, immigration becomea an iaeue of great importance. When our hundreda of thouaenda of I acrea of fertile landa auaceptible of irri gatlon are covered by the canala already . under way ami othera under contempla tion, an additional population of 00,000 people can eaaily be auatained. That irrigation ia rapidly becoming an active element in the growth and greatneea of Holt county, la now plain to aee. The a ao-called aouth ditch ia completed and its landa are undergoing development, . the big ditch will surely be conatructed in due time, and many other smaller ••..*» planta which augur much for thia local ity are now under contemplation. Second only to irrigation, then, ia the ? question of immigration, and to the end that our interesu are not neglected In thia particular we owe it to ouraelves to throw our influence into the scale with the rest or the atate and weigh for all | we can. mat an auxiliary dab may be organ* ‘ ized (n Holt county, I would request that everybody interested in the move ment (and all should be) meet in the court-house in O'Neill next Monday, February 8, at S o’clock -p. k. "Stand up for Nebraska,” is the motto adopted tP by the club. Let us see bow many will ‘‘stand up” at the meeting next Monday. Personal jealousies, business rivalries, petty animosities, should all be laid aside when the general welfare of the community is at stake. Bad as these evils are of themselves, they are par- ‘ 7 ticularly reprehensible when permitted to stand In the way of the general interests of the community. Let every one turn out. Women are especially invited to attend. Their influence is wide and far reaching in every good cause and none have a greater Interest in the prosperity and happiness of the locality than they. All the towns of the county are re quested to send delegations. These delegations are not limited in numbers. The more the better. Clabkkcu Sklah. : ,V‘ • - ■ ■ “ \! 88,000 SLAUGHTER SALE. Of winter goods for the next thirty ■ V days at Sullivan Mercantile Go’s. i •' «rf y