The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, August 13, 1896, Image 1
PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO. SUBSCRIPTION. SI.SO PER ANNUM. O. H. CRONIN, EDITOR AND MANAGER. VOLUME XVII. O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 13, 1896. NUMBER 6. NEWS UnVHBDDB Items of Interest Told As They Are • Told to Us. WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED Local Happen la ft Portrayed For Oontral Idiflcatiea sad Amoaemoat. H. P. Kinkaid went down to Omaha I' | this morning. Geo. Raker, of the Ewing Advocate, is in the city to-day. y ,, -. Mrs. Frank Darr, of Paddock, made this office a pleasant call Monday. / . Female book agents nave been numer ous in O’Neill the past week. .. Mike Long returned Monday night from a week’s visit at Minneapolis. Mrs. Frank Walker, of Stuart, is in the city visiting her mother, Mrs. S. Q. Nichols. _ Attend the McKinley and Hobart club meeting next Saturday evening in the old postoffice building. Miss Teas O’Sullivan went up to Rose* bud Tuesday evening, at which place she will attend school. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carlon, last Friday morning, a daughter. Mother and child are doing nicely. Tom Morris was under the weather last week but is now out again and do ing business at the old stand. P. H. Holland came up from Lincoln Monday night where he had been attend ing college the past summer. Frank Welton left Sunday morning for Norfolk, where he had secured a position with the F., E. St M. V. Miss Kate Hurley returned from Nor folk Tuesday evening to spend a few weeks with relatives and friends. Mike Flannigan arrived in the city Monday night from Minneapolis. He is on his way to the Hot Springs. •i/Quite a number of O’Neillites went Wown to Norfolk Monday to bear Ros wall Horr talk on the money question. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boaler and family left O’Neill Tuesday morning for En gland, where they expect to reside in the future. _ Mrs. T. Dwyer was a caller at this office Tuesday and eased up the financial stringency at these headquarters to the extent of $8._ Dr. Summers, of Omaha, and Dr. Warner and family, of Bennington, Neb., were visiting with John Skirving and family the first of the week. Corbett’s photo studio and dental parlors will be open from August SI to the 28, inclusive. 8-4 A. H. Cobbktt. Con G. Murphy left Monday morning for his home at Hasmark, Mont. Thb Frontier will keep him posted on Holt county affairs. You are going fishing? Well, before you start get your fishing tackle of Neil Brennan, who keeps everything in the sporting line. 44-tf Lew Chapman and son, of Hartiugton, Neb., arrived in the city Tuesday even ing. They took the night passenger to Atkinson where they will visit friends for a few days. All tue members or tbe camp or ltoyal ” Neighbors, o( this city, are urgently re quested to be present at the meeting '<!, next Friday night. Business of irn ;«? port an ce to be transacted. Steve Hicks was a pleasant caller at this office yesterday. He brought in some cigars and distributed them among the boys but we were too busy to ask the cause of bis liberality. Grant Hatfield _ and Sam Thompson will open up a restaurant and confect ionery store in the old Adam building on Fourth street. The boys expect to be ready for business Saturday. It is as necessary to get good cider vinegar when putting up pickles as it is to have pure spices. We keep the O’Neida brand that has no superior on the market. Try a gallon when needing any. O'Nbill Gbockby Co. Mrs. G. C. Hazelet entertained a small party of friends very pleasantly last Tuesday evening. The company en joyed a bicycle ride, in the early evening and afterwards had refreshments and a i very pleasant hour at Mr. and Mrs. 'rK Hazelet’s home. W. W. Wheatland died at the home of bis parents, in Lakh township, last Tues day after a lingering illness, of con sumption. Deceased was a young man 25 years of age and early demise is mourned by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. O. F. Blglln sella the beet farm ma chinery manufactured. Every farmer knows the name of the best machinery; it is the McCormick. Harvesters, bind, era and 6-foot mowers for sale at prices that ara right. The whole system drained and under pined by indolent ulcers and open sores. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve speedily heals them. It is the beat pile cure known. Morris ft Co. Five boys under sixteen years were taken before Police Judge Kautzman last Monday and fined 61 each for vio lating the curfew ordinance. The boys probably realize now that the ordinance was not passed as a Joke. Are you not going to buy some flour before that made from old wheat is all gone? Tou know there is always trou ble with new wheat flour. Avoid it by buying your supply of Gilt Edge and other good brands from us. We guar antee every sack. lw O’Nbill Grocery Co. Theories of cure may be discussed at length by physicians, but the sufferers want quick relief; and one minute cough cure will give it to them. A safe cure for children. It is “the only harmless remedy that produces immediate results.’' Morris ft Co. Those who want more reading matter during the campaign can get the Sioux City Twice-a-Week Journal and The Frontier for $1.55; the aubscription to The Frontier to continue one year, and the aubscription to the Journal until November 20. ( The people of Dixon will give a grand garvest picnic on Auguat 15. The main attraction will be a joint debate between Hon. John L. Webster, of Omaha, and Mike Harrington, of O'Neill, on the money question. Hon. John Brennan, of Sioux City, will be the presiding offi cer. Aside from the debate there w ill be a ball game, bowery dance and horse racing. The Short Line people are talk ing some of running a two-dollar ex cursion for the occasion. Very few people realize the opportun ity offered them this week and next to buy clothing below value. It ia easy enough to advertise to sell clothing at half price, and many patrons look at it simply aa a fake, but when we show you suits worth $5 for $2.50, 90 suits for $3, 97.50 suits for 98.75, and good 910 suits for 95, you will think there is more in it than talk, and wonder how we can af ford to do it. We ean’t, but we prefer to make a sacrifice in order to clean up the odds and ends. These suits are not the latest styles but they will keep you lust as warm and wear just as long as the latest in the store. Remember on our best goods you get 20 per cent., and don’t forget that line of pants at half price. Good pants of all kinds at 91.25 91.50, 91.75, 92, 92.50, and 93, woith just twice the amount, lw J. P. MANN. Son. G. H. Lambert son, of Lincoln, addressed a meeting in the court house last night, which was given under the auspices of the McKinley and Hobart club of this city, and say I what a meet* ing! It was the largest and most enthu siastic political meeting ever held in O’Neill. Delegations were present from Atkinson, Chambers, Dorsey, Minneola and other towns in the county. The speaker confined himself solely to the money question and made an able, log. ical and conyincing argument in vavor of sound money. He also showed that during the several panics that have vis ited this country during the past century, they all came at times when there was more money in circulation than at any other period. Mr. Lambertson spoke for an hour and three-quarters, during which time he held the closest attention of the audience, and the applause which the speaker received was evidence of the fact that the audience was with him. The Holt County Agricultural and Fair Association is making great prepa rations for its first exhibition, which takes place August 25, 26 and 27, A new halt mile track is now almost com pleted on the grounds, south of the depot, and promises to be one of the best tracks in this part of the state. The purses hung up for races, especially bicycle races, are large and will undoubt edly draw some swift men. Three men from Omaha have already signified their intention to be present. And then in the agricultural department, the premi ums, while not extravagant, are suffl cient to causa competition. This is the first exhibition given by this association and it is hoped that it will prove the success the efforts of its officers merit. While the association is far from being rich, it has the money on hand to pav off all premiums offered. It is to be hoped that the farmers and others will co-operate with the association in its endeavor to make the exhibitiod a good one. 8TUDIHT AOAUT. You are mistaken, Mr. Selah, when you say that I “sprang to the defense of Rev. Caldwell etc., because you had the temerity to criticise his speech made in the Bowery.” I said then, and now repeat, that Mr. Caldwell needed neither defense nor apology for what he said, and that he was capable of taking care of himself. I also stated that you your self were guilty of improprieties of iden tically the same nature as those you charged against him. And your lame attempt in your last squall to explain away the charge, is proof that it was correct, if further proof were necessary. Now, I cannot see, Mr. 8el*b, why you are so anxious that “Student should come out into the field,” etc,, and the excuse you offer, vis: “that people may know where to place responsibility for statements made," is decidedly “thin.” A just Judge will never send you to shoel for my delinquencies, nor will any one capable of reading a newspaper con demn you for any misstatement I may make. If I should attack you personally, you would have a gqod excuse for de manding my identity, but I have not the •lightest intention to do anything of the kind, nor, so far as this discussion is concerned, do I care what title you assume. I should feel very glad, indeed, to avail myself of yonr burning desire to enlighten me upon the financial question, or upon any other important question, but if your late attempt be a sample of tbe knowledge you bare to dispense, and of your mode of imparting it, I would advise you (presumptuous though it may be on the part of a student) to brush the cobwebs from your mnsty brain, that at least a modicum of light may penetrate it before you have tbe assurance to bold yourself forth as a beacon light to others. A. few samples of your nonsense will suffice to show that my advice to you is timely and proper and thnt you ought to accept it and try to profit by it with out delay. For instance, why should you undertake to prove to the opposition, “facts which they concedeT” What is the necessity of your stating that the boqdajjt the United States are payable in coin and citing "Student or anyone, else to tbe United States treasurer or to J. Pierpont Morgan” for information upon a question which no one disputes? Perhaps you yourself found it out but recently. I suppose your next lesson will undertake to prove that two and two make four. Then again, “the reference that Great Britain measures our values by her own arbitrary standard seems to rankle in the bosom of my friend" etc., and the remarks about the protective proclivi ties of the writer etc. I have the auda city to say to my would-be instructor right here, that every standard used to represent commercial values (there is no material "measure of value”) has, up to date, been arbitrary, and that the repre sentative used by the United States is not identical with that used by Great Britain. Both countries have this much in common in regard to their financial systems: eacu uses goiu ror me purpose of giving expression to commercial values. But Qreat Britain bas no patent upon any financial system or upon any other govermental system, or policy, which other nations may see fit to adopt. And any creature that entertains the petit notion that this Amerioan country is either a conspirator with, or a subser vient truckles to Great Britain, because each practices a policy which is common to both and beneficial to herself, such a creature, I say, is more deserving of com misseration than contempt, and should to try expand his own contracted mind before he undertakes to instruct others. Now listen to the reasons, the proof offer ed to show, that England controlls our financial policy: “England was the first to adopt the gold standard (keep in mind now that he has undertaken to prove that ‘England measures our values by her own arbitrary standard’) therefore it is an English policy!” There’s logic for you. It is difficult to to treat such stupidity with patience! This would-be professor then goes on to quote history, but for what purpose is beyond my ken, unless it be a drive for further notriety, by trying to leave the impression that he is a historian as well as a financier. Among other non sensical assertions, be states that “the Bank of England controls the gold and she wants it to appreciate so that she can buy the world’s products at the lowest possible prices.” When did the Bank of England get into the wheat pit? I ask this, not for curiosity but for in formation. But the real essence of Mr. Selah’s gaul manifests itself in what he is pleased to call “figures on the financial question,” and which he asks “Student to refute or disprove.” Now, it is fair to presume that what Mr. Selah had in mind at that time was a fancy that the proper thing for the United States to do would be to “establish the free and un-1 limited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, without the aid or consent of any nation on earth," and that he waa Just the man, and that then waa just the time to prove the truth of his proposition, Well, if there be a man of high intellect, low intellect, medium Intellect, no in* telleot or all intellect than can form a ayllogism from any statement, from any number of statements or from all the statent'enta which Mr. 8elah has vouch safed,Supporting a conclusion either for or againthe proposition above set forth, let hftta call at Thb Frontier office and 1 will see that he is suitably rewarded. Now, 'Sir. 8elab, there is nothing in regard to this financial question that would be more pleasing to me than that you or a&mi of your friends, it is imma terial who, should set forth your princi ples (flnaidal) in some kind of tangible (if I may nse the word) shape and submit whatever argument you may have to support|hem. I will accept any reput able authority yotf may quote, but I draw the.line at "Harvey." It his been proven that he has more than once or Swice garbled statistics, and is therefore not deserving of confidence. All I ask is authority that is known to be reliable, or that is generally acceptable to seekers after truth on this subject. I also de mand that the English language be used, unless where a term from a foreign lan guage, but approved by modern author »y, may m. What l mean by this In general la, that I cannot allow Harvey’s volapuk—such as, "redemption money; primary money,” etc. Such nonsensical terms serve to confuse and obscure, rather than to instruct. I wish to learn something, if I can, that I may.be the better prepared to cast my vote at the coming election so as to help to accom plish the greatest good for the greatest number. I have no axe to grind. There is a whole lot of other rubbish, some of it found in your last effort; such as. “In 1863 silver was demonitized.” Silver, my dear friend was never demoni tized in the United States. There was never so much of it coined and wed in the history of the country before 1873 as was since. Your vain attempt to define what you gre pleased to dub "primary, money,” too, only makes it appear more ridicu lous. Sbch a jumbling of words repre sept no concept, nothing that can properly occupy any place in thought— properly so called—at least in the sense in which you undertake to apply it. Applied to shells, or iron, or brass, or copper, or salt, or tea, or tobacco, etc., the phrase might be used with propriety, for they were used as money in many countries before what are now called the "precious metals." Then, the assertion that it is the money upon which the credit of the nation is based, is enough to make a laughing-stock of even a wiser philosopher than yourself. People or nations who have plenty of money don't ask credit except in a joke. Your statement giving the amount of money coined from the establishing of the United States mint to 1873 is mis leading, deceptive, dishonest. And here let me say that 1 do not even inti mate that you have the slightest inten liuu tu uiiBicnu ui ucucitq auy uuo ui iu act dishonestly, and it is very far from my intention to utter or write a single sylablejcalculated to reflect upon your honor as a gentleman and a citizen. But I have a perfect right to deal with your language, or statements, as 1 find them. You are misled and brought into ridi cule by swallowing the platitudes and misstatements of others, without' suffi ciently digesting them, thereby subject ing yourself to tbe same charges to which they are open. 1 suggest that you de-Harveyize yourself. It is imma terial whether the figures you give show ing the amount of money coined down to 1873 are correct or not. It is a fact admitted by all who are disposed to treat the subject fairly, that but a very small portion of that money got into circu lation-some, and good authority, say. not more than 125,000,000. The rest showed its heels. By the way, Clarence, do you really think it advisable to "place silver on her feet" again. Don’t you think the incorrigible jade might again show us the back of her head, or drive out her sister, Miss Gold Bug? You should also recollect, Mr.Selah, that you are harping on the silver string, and that the number of silver dollars minted for the eighty-one years referred to was a mere bagatelle (about 8,000,000) com pared with the number coined for the fifteen years subsequent to 1873, which is given by the director of the mint as being ab>ut 500,000,000, There has certainly been a discriminatlan, but you cannot say truthfully that it was against the silver metal. Equally false and dishonest, Mr. Selah, is your, or rather Harv(y’s, attempt to show b/ implication, that the silver dollar is not equally good with gold for any and every purpose, as money, for which we may please to use it. Such fabrications serve no good purpose. You should first try to learn the truth youraelf, then, if yoo think you have a "calling," there would be nothing wrong in your launching out to spread the light before others. Your per capita estimates are as false as the data from which they were deduced. There never was before, SO: high a rate of money, per capita, in the country as we have had since 1878, but the mere existence of a large emount of money in a country is not sufficient of itself to give prosperity. This Is proven by the depressed condition of the coun try since the party to which you have lately allied youreelf took control of the government. The country will languish while labor remains unemployed, re gardless of the number of dollars per capita, and labor will remain unem ployed until capitalists are assured that they can engage in business with some degree of safety. You repeat once more that silver is not a legal tender equally with gold. I say once mom that the law belles your statement. Whether you willfully or ignorantly falsify I am unable to say, but hope it is not willfully, and hereby unite with you in the invocation: “Lord pity the scamp or imbicile who makes such a statement 1” Now, Ur. Selah, I will say once more if you have anything that will cast even the slightest glimmer upon the silver question, fust toss it out to us in plain terms. Don’t bore us to death with an array 'of musty statistics that have no more bearing upon the subject than the tables of a life insurance pamphlet. Sttdbkt. xxaxixahox. Examination for student's certificate will be held at the aame time of the teeehere’ examination, at O’Neill Aug. 15.1896. W. R. Jackson, Co. Supt. X0XUX1XTS AXO BXAD6T0XX6. When you went anything in this line you can save agent’* commission and expenses by purchasing direct from me. I guarantee first class work and prices as cheap as any eastern firm can ship it to you. 6-8 D. Staknabd. XOU1BW1TM, ATTXXTiOXi ' When putting up your pickles don’t forget that it is neoesaary to get pure spices if you want the beat results. We hare them. Come and let us show you the difference between the pure and the adulterated. We have both. 6-2 O’Neill Qboceby Co. $11.15 Bound Trip. National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, at St. Paul Minn., Sep. 1 to 4,1896. Tickets on sale August 80, and 81, good to return until September 15. For further information apply to Joint agent at St. Paul, Minn. Fare from O’Neill and return 811.15. W. J. Dobbs, Agt. TKKWBATHEX. The weather teport since our last is sue is as follows, taken by A. U. Morris, official observer: u>y oi neon. old raoru. Old people who require medicine,to regulate the bowels and kidneys will And the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and con tains no whiskey nor other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels by adding strength and giving tone to' the organfe, thereby aiding nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old people find it just exact ly what they need. Price 60c and II per bottle at Corrigan’s. TWO LIVES IA VXD. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City III., was told by her doctors she had consumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King’s Mew Discovery completely cured her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eggers, 180 Florida 8t., San Fran sisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, ap proaching consumption, tried without results everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thankful. It is such results, of which these are samples, that prove the won derful efficacy of this medicine in coughs and colds. Free trial bottles at Corri gan’s drug store. Regular size 50c ft II. It you ever have seen a little child in the agony of summer complaint, you can realize the danger of the trouble and appreciate the value of instantaneous relief always afforded by DeWitt’s Colic ft Cholera cure. For dysentery and diarrhoea it is a reliable remedy. We could not afford to recommend this as a cure unless it were a cure. Morris ft Co. I OUT DOWN TOT WX1DS. The London plague was ao great that grata grew in the atreeta. - Thia plague aeema to have croaaed the Atlantic, Judging from the weeda and graaa in O’Neill.* Thia ia a ruinoua advertise ment for buaineaa, and aale of lota, aa it tenda to ditcourage the would-be buyer, and it ia rather disgraceful to a patriotic people. Now for the remedy. Let ue atir up the mayor and city council, and let all the people aay "▲men," and ap point a day to mow all the weeda on the atreeta, and let lot ownera “go and do likewiae.” Only think, one day’s work for the man at thia "house cleaning" will make a clean city. Let the mayor invite the tired and dlaoouraged onea to come and free seats be furniahed them on the curbatonet. They ahould be sure and bring their fana as it may be a warm day. The writer, though only a visitor in the city, will ahed hla coat and vest and swing the "Armstrong’’ where the mowers cannot be used, and take our pay in fun when our work ia done. Visitob. A BIB-HOT OAMPAIOH. The preaent campaign will ba the moat exciting one fought out aince the war. There will not be a day when eomethlog of unusual interest will not transpire. The state Journal has made up its mind to surpass all its former efforts in the direction ot news-giving, and will give its readers the most complete details of . the campaign, giving all the news from an unbiased standpoint. Republicans will want the Journal because of its staunch republican principles, it being recognised as the standard-bearer of the great republican party of Nebraska. Populists and democrats should read it tor the newe it gives. The Semi-Weekly Journal will go to thousands of new *mea during the , campaign. You ould subscribe, as it will cost you only 95 cents from now until November ill Two papers every week, making it almoat as good as a daily. Subscribe through your postmaster or send yonr order to the Jtate Journal, Linooln.Neb. A GHABGX BOB OMTHXHO BVTBBI, Our fall stock will soon begin to arrive and we have deckled to cut prices tor two weeks on all men’s and boys' suits'and odd pants. ! ■> . We have selected fifty suits and onb hundred pair of odd pants that we will close at 60 PER CENT DISCOUNT, half price, less than cost, but they most go. Don’t miss this chance.. On the balance of the stock we will give 20 P*r oent. and this will be an . opportunity to buy our best goods at prices you can not get anywhere. » BBOABD TO FALL TBADB. We are prepared this season better than ever before to compete with city stores who send catalogues here and can assure you positively that we can do as well for you if you give us a chance before sending away, as you can do anywhere, and hope you will favor us with an inspection of our stock. 5-9 Yours truly, J. P. Man*. LOOK HSU. It i> now the season when yont buy the beet machine oil (or the 1 money, and when doing ao alwaye 1 in mind that Brennan’s is headqu for all kinds of oil: Machine, , kerosene and sewing machine; i grease. Twine as low as the Deering Harvesters and Binders, for Walter A. Wood A Co.’s mowers and binders. Moline wagons, baggies, road wagons and the finest assortment of hardware in the valley. Anti-rust tin ware warranted not to rust for three years. 51-tf. Nkil Bs -v ;:7li - -V . • 7V ; V DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla is prepared for cleansing the blood from impurities and disease. It does this and more. It builds up and strengthens constitutions impaired by disease. It recommends it self. Morris A Co. 7 "7437 It doesn’t matter muoh whether sick headache, billiousness. indigestion and constipation are caused by neglect or by unavoidable circumstances: DeWitt’s Little Early Risers will speedily cure them all. Morris A Co. Primary caucus for supervisor in district number Five is recommended on Saturday September 19, and the con vention on the Saturday following, Sep tember 96, at the LaRue school house at 2 p. m. J. M. Aldrbson, Chairman. If dull, spiritless and stupid; if your blood is thick and sluggish; is your ap petite is capricious and uncertain, you need a sarsaparilla. For better results take DeWitt’s. It recommends itself. Morris A Co. Don’t trifle away time when you have cholera morbus or diarrhoea. Fight them in the beginning with DeWitfs Colic and Cholera Cure. You don’t have to wait for results, they are instantaneous, I and it leaves the bowels in a healthy I condition. Morris A Co. . T .. •