PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO. (
VOLUME XVI.
SUMORIPTION. BI.EO PER ANNUM.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FEBUARY 13, 1896.
NUMBER 32.
NEWS SANS_WHISKBRS
Items of Interest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED
tml Happening* Portrsjsd Per Gseersl
- Edification and Amnssmsnt.
Hike FlaOnig&n la in the city. *
8. J. Weekea vent down the road
Sunday morning.
Charity ball at the rink tomorrow
night. Better go,
Dr. Oiliigan made a professional call
to Boyd county last Friday. “
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Meritbew last Saturday night.
Don’t miss the great shoe sale at
Sullivan Mercantile Co.’s. 32 8
The county board is settling with the
sheriff this week.
A big slaughter on sines for 30 days
at Sullivan Mercantile Co.'s.
F. O. Coryell, of Norfolk, bad , bust*
■fleas in the city last Saturday.
John Dobiark and Frances Torler were
married Tuesday in Atkinson.
Editor Baker and Will Butler were up
from Ewing Tuesday, and called.
Attend the charity ball tomorrow
night; charity covers a multitude of sins.
Atteud the Nebraska Club meeting at
the court-house next Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Cress has purchased the grocery
store formerly owned by M. L. Adam &
c°. ■ .....
Bentley will give you value received
and a music box and a watch be
sides. ■ 20-tf.
, The “Novelty Social" at Mrs. Einch's
last Thursday night was a very successful
affair. ' _
Remember the Osmond Boiler mills
when you want to purchase flour or
feed. Osuoxo Mills, O’Neill, Neb.
, . Mrs. John McEernan, who has been
sick for two weeks, is again able to be
around.
Ed Gallagher is recover! ng nicely from
his attack of lyphoil and is now able to
be up around the house.
A pleasant social gathering occurred
last Monday evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. William Laviollette.
The Ladies’ Working Society will
meet with Mrs. W. T. Evans, on Wed
nesday, February 19, at 2 p. m.
Do you lack faitfa and love health?
Let us establish your faith and restore
your health with DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla.
For sale by Morris & Co., druggists.
A surprise party was tendered Miss
Kittle McBride last evening. An enjoy
able time was had by the participants.
Don’t forget that we keep on hand
bran, shorts, chop feed, oil cake, corn
and oats. When needing any see us.
31-2 O’Neill Gkocbby Co.
' Lew Chapman is in the city attending
court. Lew is now located at Harling
too. Neb., and says he Is prospering
nicely. ■
We have now on hand an especially
fine line of teas, fresh and fragrant, and
they will please the most fastidious.
81-3 O’Neill Grocery Co.
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. DeWiti’s Sarsapa
rilla is of unquestionable assistance in
this operation. For sale by Morris &
Co., druggists.
A very pleasant masquerade party was
given last night by the Misses Kate and
Mattie Mann at their home. Dancing,
cards and other judiciously selected
amusements caused the hours to tread
each qpon the others’ heels. Mr. KauU
man's orchestra made the welkin ring
like the bells of Shannondale.
We have a special bargain in a fine
cane sugar. It will pay you to see it
when needing anything in that line.
81-3 O’Neill Grocery Co.
We are just in receipt of another car
load of that celebrated Scribner flour.
When you need a sack or 600 ponnds
see us before buying.
81-3 O’Neill Grocery Co.
Plainview News: Mr. Mullen, of
O’Neill, spent several hours this week in
visiting the school. He may enter one
, of the departments presently and be a
nudent for the remainder of the year.
What about dried fruits? Can’t you
use some at bed rock prices and of fine
quality? We also have an elegant line
of canned fruits and vegetables, equally
cheap and good.
81-2 O’Neill Grocery Co.
Geo. A. Eckles, of Chadron, candi
date for state auditor, subject to the ac
tion of. the next republican convention,
is in the city.
The party given in the rink last Fri
day night by the O’Neill Dancing Club
was a very pleasant affair, although not
largely attended.
Miss Katie, the 18-year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coin, died last
Thursday at the home of her parents,
eight miles northeast of this city. The
funeral took place Saturday from the
Catholic church.
The Holt County Agricultural Society
will hold their annual meeting February
18, 1890, at 9:30 p. u , at Campbell’#
office. Directors and members take
notice and come out, and every one else
that wants to have a fair in 1896.
W. W. Bkthba, President.
Per W. J. Dobbs.
Butte Gazette: Deputy United States
Marshal Lincoln arrested the Cassady
brothers, who live over near the military,
on the charge of stealing timber on the
Fort Randall military reservation. A
test case wjll be made of this and if they
are convicted 200 more arrests will fol
low. The trial is being held before the
United Stales commissioner at Niobrara.
Having purchased the entire shoe
stock of John Murphy we are prepared
for the nest thirty days to give you
great bargains in shoes. Don’t miss this
sale for if you do you will lose money.
We bought these goods at a reduction
and therefore we are in a position to
give you bargains,
32-3 Sullivan Mercantile Co.
O’Neill, Neb.
Charlie Lockard came up from Deloit
last Friday to appear in the district
court on behalf of the school board of
his district, which had been cited to
appear and show cause why mandamus
should not issue compelling them to
allow the children of Justin McCarthy
to attend school in his district. Some
time ago the board passed a resolution
instructing the teacher to issue no books
to pupils living outside of the district,
and from this arose the difficulty.
Madison Chtonlcle: A printer in
making up news in the forms, getting
the page ready to print, took a handful
of type from the tail end of a fire item
and by mistake put it against the first
part of a funeral notice. In the paper
it read like this: "The pallbearers
lowered the body into the grave and as
it was consigned to the flames there
were few if any regrets, for the old
wreck had been an eyesore to the town
for years. Of course there was individ
ual loss, but that was fully coyered by
insurance." The widow thinks the
editor wrote the obituary that way
because the lamented partner of her
joys and sorrows owed him flye years’
subscription.
A good many of our old customers
are liable to compare our prices on cloth
ing of two years ago with present prices
quoted in catalogues from abroad. ' We
know tbe Nebraska Clothing Company
and other houses quote some very low
prices, but we want to say emphatically
that we are competing successfully with
them on the same class of goods and
only ask a comparison of our present
prices with theirs to satisfy you we are
correct. When you find a $10.00 suit
in a catalogue, that you paid us $15.00
for some time in the past, please don’t
jump at the conclusion that we over
charged you. ltemember you can buy
as good a suit now from us for $10.00 as
con be fouud in the United. States, and
our line of suits this season from $5.00
to $10.00 will surprise and please you.
We are now receiving our spring stock
and hope you will give us a chance ^o
show you before you send your money
away for a suit. If we can’t do ns well
as anyone else, no matter where, we
won’t rsk your patronage.
Yours respectfully,
82-1 _J. P. Mann.
Butte Gazette: A card from Alva
Rowland locates him at the famous
mining town of Cripple Creek, Col.,
where he has a position in a general
store. Alva is enthusiastic over Cripple
Creek and promises to write us a letter
for publication soon, llis report of the
country has set several of tbe boys afire
with the notion of going to that country.
Mr. Rowland was in O'Neill last
Thursday on his way to bis old home at
Butte. His stay at Cripple Creek was
brief and his only regret at leaving was
that the train made such poor time. He
said that times are good there and work
at good wages easy to find, but that
comparatively few people can stand the
high altitude and consequently the death
rate.is something terrible. Pneumonia
is the cause of the greatest number of
deaths. Mr. Rowland had only been in
the town a couple of days when be com
menced spitting blood himself, nnd he
concluded that the life of a poor man is
preferable to the grave of a mine owner
and at once struck the trail for home.
The boy* of the Boyd county prea*
are lashing their pen* in fury over the
arrest of some of their farmers for,steal
ing wood from the Randall military res
ervation. It is no more honorable to
steal from your Uncle Samuel than it is
to steal from anyone else.
“One of the beauties and charms of an
editor’s life, says an exchange, “is he
deadheads it on all occasions. No one
who has ever feasted on the sweets of
that bliss can begin to take in the glory
of its happiness. He does $100 worth
of advertising for the railroad, gets a
1 'pass’ for a year, rides $25 worth, and
then he is looked upon as a deadhead or
a half-blown deadbeat. He 'puffs’ a
concert troupe |10 worth and gets tl in
complimentaries, and is thus passed
‘free.’ If the hall is crowded he is be
grudged the room he occupies, for it his
complimentaries were paying tickets the
troupe would be so much in pocket.
He blows and puffs a church festival
free to any desired extent and does the
poster printing for half rates and rarely
gets a thank for it. It goes as a part of
his duty as an editor. He does more
work gratuitously for the town and
community than all the rest of the com
munity put together, and gets cursed
for it all, while in many instances wheu
a man donates a few dollars to a Fourth
of July celebration, base ball club, or
church is gratefully remembered. Ob,
it is a sweet thing to be an editor, and
be passed’free’you know."
LOVE Films A WAT.
Last week a young man by name of
Ilusted'called upon County Judge Me
Gutcban and commenced bargaining for
a license to wed one Miss Higgins, of
Chambers, but before the transaction
was completed the girl’s irate sire step
ped from behind a door and called a halt.
He said the girl was under age and could
not have his consent to stick her head
in the nuptial noose. The young man
was somewhat perturbed but by no
means cast down, and told the author of
his love, as well as his present embar
rassment, that be might go to; that he
would take his fair inamorata and fly to
Neligh for relief; but the father strode
with long and angry strides to tbo tele
graph office and indited a message to
the judge of Antelope county te1Iin|r
him to show the youthful pair the
marble heart.
Thus anticipated and foiled the young
Adonis from the South Fprk stilled the
tumult within his breast iqog enough to
whisper to the clinging maiden that they
would journey to the land of the
Dakotas, the land of loveiy women, and
there find surcease of sorrow. And
thither they went, returning to O’Neill
last Friday.
When a boy and girl will, they will and
that’s the end “on it.” Thb Fbontikb
trusts they may never have cause to
regret the compact entered into under
such inauspicious circumstances.
THE CATTLE BUSTLERS.
The arms of the law have been reach
ing in all directions the past week for
cattle rustlers. George Barney, of
Chambers was arrested last Friday. He
waived examination and was bound over
to the district court in the sum of 9500.
A CEDAR COUNTY If AN.
John Donham, o( Cedar county, was
brought in Friday night. It is charged
that he was implicated with Holtz, the
man who was bound over last week.
His preliminary is set for next Friday.
FANTON APPEARED. •
John Fanton, arrested in Omaha for
the stealing of the Cross cattle, appeared
in county court Saturday. His prelimi
nary hearing was set for next Saturday.
All of these cases are set for hearing
in the district court next week, but the
attorneys seem to think it doubtful that
they will be tried. Under tbe law de
fendants in such cases are usually en
titled to a continuance if they request it,
and it is thought most of these defend
ants will prefer to let the cases go over.
DISPUTE LARD TITLES.
An order was issued out of district
court last week restraining a number of
men on tbe borders of Holt and Boyd
counties from cutting timber from an
island in the Niobrara river, the title to
which is in dispute.
A gentleman by name of Gray has a
deed to the land, but it seems that a
recent government survey places the
land in Boyd county.
The men effected by the order of the
coqrt are thought to belong to tbe vigi
lantes organization, and we understand
they—or some one else—have notified
Mr. Gray to drop the legal proceedings
or they will make it interesting for him.
DON’T FOEOET US.
The Pacific Short Line train is stU
rudning regularly every day except
Sunday, leaving O’Neill immediately
after arrival of Black Hills train, reach
ing Sioux Ciuy three hours ahead of
any other road. Making connections
for al| points. Buy local tickets to
THEM BOYS AGAIN
Another Bold-np In the Kibbnn
District. - • '
YOUNG JOE RYAN THE VICTIM
A lope Amid Bii Week and A MxAhoeter
InKlelMe.
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Joe Ryan, a young rattle buyer living'
about six ratlea west of O'Neill on a
ranch, wee held up in the "Niobrara
Bis'trict” and tried In tbe "court of last
retort” last Monday. f
In view of tbs fact that Holt county
populists deny the reports published in
regard to these hold-ups by tbe vigilan
tes, tbe story as told by the victim will
no doubt be of interest to the reading
public.
It was rumored on the streets Mon
day morning that young Ryan had been
held up by the "gulch boys,” and to
verify the report a Frontier represen
tatlveTound Mr. Ryan and requested him
to (ell the story. The conversation that
took place was substantially as follows:
"Mr. Ryan, is It true that you were
Mid up last Monday by the vigilantes?”
"Yes sir.”
'"Where did the hold*up occur?” I
"About 15 miles northwest of O’Neill.”
"How did you happen to be out in
that country?”
"Well, last Sunday 1 came to town to
attend church, and white here met
Stephen .McGinnis, who asked me if I
was buying any cattle. I told him 1
was. He said that Mr. Bigler, who lived
a few miles beyond his place, had soma
rattle to sell and wanted to know if I
would go out and look at them. I told
him 1 would go the next day—Monday.
He said all right, he would tell Bigler
•that! would be there. The next morn
ing about 8 o'clock 1 saddled up mf
horse and went out to Bigler’s; I found
a man there chopping wood and asked
him if bis name was Bigler. He said it
was and I then told him that McGinnis
had told me he had some cattle to sell,
He said he had some cattle he might sell,
but as it was about noon to put up my
horse and eome in. and have dinner,
which I did. Just as we were about to
sit down to dinner Mrs. Bigler looked
out of a window and said she saw some
people coming. Bigler got up and went
out and when he came in said it was a
man looking for a stray colt. After
dinner Bigler said be guessed be would
go out and water bia borse; I offered to
go with him but he said ’never mind,
lust stay here,' and I staid. When be
came back we put on our coats, got on
our horses and started to look at tbe
cattle, which he said were about a mile
and o balf northwest. We had not
gone much more than a mile when I
looked back and saw three men coming
on horse back. I told Bigler about it
and he said ‘yes, 1 hare been held up
here before.’ The men were coming on j
the same road we had traveled. When
the men got closer I looked again and
saw that they wore handkerchiefs tied
oyer their faces, but thought they wore
them just to keep the wind off; but by
this time they rode up and and pulling
six-shooters commanded us to throw up
our hands, which we did. At this time
l saw more men coming up out of the
gulch; there were five or six of them all
masked. We were taken from our
horses and I was blindfolded; don’t
know whether Bigler was blindfolded
or not, as I could not see. After putting
tbe handkerchief on my face they led
me ahead. One fellow said, ‘where are
the other fellows?’ I asked them what
they wanted with me and one of them
said ‘you s—b— you will find out.' They
then took me down into a gulcb, where
one asked ‘if the place would do,’ and
the other fellow said he thought it
would. My hands were then tied be
hind my back, and one of the men told
another to bring the long rope. The
rope was brought and placed around my
neck. They then asked me what I knew
about cattle rustling. I told them I
knew nothing but what 1 had heard.
They said that would not do; guessed
they would have to take me to the river.
They did not teem to want to talk much;
wanted me to do it all. They aaked me
about a good many cattle that I had
j bought and I told them all I knew. While
talking they continually threw out insin
uations to make it appear that I waa in
the hands of Scott’s friends, and swore
at different men known to be members
of the vigilantes, but 1 know who some
of the men were.”?
v , "Bow did Bigler1 fare during thin
timet” ...
"Well, after they got through with me
they brought Bigler up and asked him
what he knew about the killing of the
Hills in *94. He told them about arrest
ing ’the Hills and now they were taken
from him by a mob; they also asked him
wbat he knew about the stealing of the
Henning cattle.”
"Did they have a rope around Bigler's
neckf’
"I don’t know, although I heard him
tell them once to not puli that rope ao
tight aa it hurt bia neck.”
"Well, what did they do next!”
After they got through with Bigler
they asked me more queatlona, but aaid
the anawera would not do and told a
man to bring along the wagon and they
would take me to the river. They then
took the rope oil my neck and untied my
handa and led me up a ateep hill, where
they aaked me if X thought I had been
mlauaed In any way. > I aaid they had
not hurt me in any way but I could not
exactly underatand the proceedings.
They then told me I could atay on the
hill for 90 minutes, after which time I
was at liberty to take the handkerchief
from my eyes and go, and they handed
Xne my bridle reins. I asked them how
I was to knpw when time was up, and
one of them said I would hear a shot.
I sat there and listened for that shot,
thinking they iutended to shoot me; I
tell you that was great suspense. In
about 10 or .18 minutes I heard the shot,
pulled away the handkerchief, and found
Bigler there with his hands tied aud his
eyes blindfolded. I untied hla hands
and took off the handkerchief and we got
on our horses and started back to Big
ler’s house. On the way we passed some
cattle which Bigler said were his. I
told him I didn’t want to look at them.
"I started immediately for home and
on the way overtook UcOinnis, the man
who got me to go out in that country.
He was at that time about two miles
south and east of Bigler’s. I told him
of the hold-up and he seemed much
surprised.'* -
“Here you seen Bigler since?"
“Yes sir; I saw him this morning
(Tuesday) at the depot. He was on his
way to Alton, Iowa, to prosecute Con
rad Wettlauffer for soliciting aid under
false pretenses."
The man Bigler, who was held up
with Byan, is the man from whom the
Hills were taken and disposed of. It
was thought at the time that it was a
put up job. McQinnis was heard to say
after the Scott tragedy that be was sorry
he had not been invited to the hanging
as he would liked to have pulled on the
rope.
These are the kind of reporta the
populists have been denying, and have
even gone so far as to call upon the
business men to hold a mass meeting to
warn correspondents to “leave the
country."
Considerable excitement waa caused
by this last outrage and the people are
1 becoming aroused to the danger point.
They say an end must be put to this kind
of work and extreme measures are
talked of. A Frontier reporter inter
viewed a prominent ranchman from the
Niobrara Tuesday morning and he said
there was going to be trouble; that the
■ people in his section were getting very
weary of the vigilantes and their offic
iousness and if it was not stopped hades
would soon commence to pop. He waa
asked how many men be thought be
longed to the organization, and for
reply said, “get the last election returns
and figure out the populist vote.”
WARRANTS ISSUED.
County Attorney Murphy yesteryday
swore but warrants for Stephen McGin
nis and Charles Bigler, charging them
of unlawfully assembling for the pur
[ pose of doing bodily harm. The war
rent for the erreet of HeGinnla wee given
to Sheriff Hamilton and will be aerved 1
today. Bigler Is In Iowa and will prob
ably not be arrested until his return.
SOLS AVD SILTIX UDUOtKB.
This is a startling announcement bat
it is nevertheless true. We do not refer
to the precious metals bat to the two
best brands of white eblrte made er cold .
by anyone. For ten years the price has'
been 11.50 and II 23, but we have de
cided to place the prtcee at 11.26 and
$1.00 each, in any quantity for this
season. At these figures we ought to
sell everybody .their shirts for there
never has been such values offered be
fore outside of. special sales.
The gold is made as good as a shirt
can be and is inferior In no way to the
custom made shirta'yoa pay $2 each for.
The silver Is simply oat of sight of alt ;
competition for a dollar shirt. By tak
ing your measures we can give you as
good fitting shirts in every way as yon
pay fancy prices for. Try us next time
and save money. 81-9 J. P. Maun.
CUUMB W0LV CHAO.
On Saturday, February 15, 1896,
Everybody take a day off in the interact
of their pits, calves and chickens. The
chase will include Shields precinct, the
south township in Paddock and the east '
township in Rook Falls, with the center
on the school section north of Conrad
Wettlaufer’s. Everybody invited to
come. Come to the township line naar
eat you. Organise on each line by
electing a captain, and start for the
center promptly at 9 o'clock *. K.
: Leave* your guns at home.
JOHK A. ROBIUTSOK.
E. A. Obabak.
SCHOOL XXPOBT.
Thif following la i report of the
Blackbird acbool, diatrlet Ko. 888, for
the month ending January 81: >
Per cent, of attendance, 90.
Per cent, of absence, 10.
Per cent of tardlneaa, 0.
Those not tardy daring the inonUi
were: Marion Ooodfellow, .Lola Bed*
ford, Emma Kennedy, Levi and Walig
Ooodfellow.
Thoee not absent during the month
were: . Jessie Bedford, Marion Oeod*.
fellow, Eddie Dartt and Leon Sargent. L
Mabt Colbxak, Teacher.
SOHT'S 70S CAHSIOAna.
New York Mercury: Don’t trOSt en>
tlrely to the politicians; trust the people,
Don’t expect to be popular ml the
time.
Don’t suppose that your county or
state is all that there is of the United
States.
Don’t assume that money U all power* ,
ful. None of the presidents has been a
rich man in tbe current sense.
Don’t dent that you want the ofiee if
you really seek it. People mar take
yon at your word,
Don’t put yonr wLoIa trust In
con rent ion* and pollticial machinery;
Don't aay the delegates were bought
up because the convention refneee to
“instruct” for you.
Don’t revile your rivals.
Don’t play double; let yonr real pna*
ciplea be known.
Don’t believe that the victory la won
until the vote* are counted.
Don’t be listless or over anxious. Theta
is a wise medium between them.
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Up to Date Spring
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We have opened for sale a large
spring stock which embraoes all tlpa
latest novelties on the market. It is
worth yonr time to visit my store and
see these nobby things, and purchase
early before stock gets broken. The
following articles are among the new
goods received: Density, merlin xyph*
ers, cachmere fantasie, taffata, silks,
knickerbocker plaids, also new skirt
facings and underlinings, shirt waists,
belts, new wool crepons, ot latest shades
and designs.
We also csrry the largest and moat
complete line of hats and caps in the
city, just arrived, nobby styles and good
values. See this line. It is well assort*
ed, from a child’s to the largest alia for
men. Uy shoe line is also well assorted
in infants’, children’s, misses’, ladles’ and
gent’s.
We would appreciate the opportn*
nity of showing you through onr stock
and giving you prices on goods. Yon
will find them cheaper than ever before.
Respectfully,
P. J. ricManus.
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UCTTU LIST.
Following Is the list of letters remaining 1st'
ned,for
the postoBoeat O'Neill, Neb., uaclaii
the week ending July 81. ISM:
Andrew TUUnger. Mr. Peter Keopp.
Mrs. Luoindy Marten. Mrs. 8.0. Smith.
In asking for the above please say “adver
tised.” If not called for la two weeks will be
sent to the dead letter oflce.
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