Nebraska Newspapers

    VOLUME XVII.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA* NOVEMBER 19, 1896.
NUMBER 20
NEWS SANS WHISKERS
Items of Intoroit Told Aa They Are
Told to Ua.
WHIM AND HOW IT HAPPENED
Laaal Happenings Portrayed lor General
Idifleatien and Amusement.
Attend the Firemen’a ball.
John Carr was up from Stafford
Monday. _
P. H. Parker waa in from Dorsey
Monday. _
" J. S. Kay, of Ewing, was in the city
Monday. _
Z. T. Funk, of Laurel, was in the city
Monday. _
B. A. Allen was down from Atkinson
last Friday. _
R. F. Cross, of Atkinson, spent Sun
day in the city.
Thanksgiving ball at the rink next
Thursday night.
O. F. Biglin transacted business in
Omaha last week.
Sanford Parker was over from Spen
cer the first of the week.
W. J. Hahn, of Stuart, was an O’Neill
visitor last Sunday.
Sheriff Hamilton returned from his
Iowa visit Saturday.
A. C. Mohr and son, Charles, were up
from Page Tuesday.
. Attending court in this city, Attorney
N. B. Chapman, of Atkinson.
Ira Burleson and Alex Searl were
down from Atkinson Monday.
. Supervisor C. W. Moss and son were
np from Amelia last Monday.
Albert Ege and John Trommershaus;
ser were up from Ewing Monday.
County Attorney Wills, of Boyd
county was in the city Tuesday.
geo. A. Fie^d, of Rapid City. g. D.,
W3S ftt the Hotel Evans last Saturday.
FOB BENT—Corbett house of 7
Joins. Enquire of E- 8. Rincb,
W. R. Scott, of Atkinson, was in the
tv attending court the first of the
week. _______
Mrs. Lorge, of Randolph, mother of
Mrs. D. H. Cronin, is in the city
visiting. _
The Elkhorn Valley bank is now
located in the Holt County bank build
ing. _
F. W. Boggs, of Spencer, county
attorney elect of Boyd county, was in
the city last Sunday.
Attorneys R. M. Johnson and J. A.
Rice were down from Stuart attending
court last Friday.
O. H. Olive and A. E. Anderson, of
Genoa, Neb., were registered at the
Hotel Evans last Friday.
R. galbraith, of ^lbion, deputy
fWPHP poljeptof (op tt)jc digtpipt, vyfts
fitthe Hotel Irani Tuesday.
The Ladies Working society will meet
with Mrs. N. 8. Lowrie next Wednesday
Nov. 25, at 2 p. m. sharp.
Attorneys W. H. England and Joseph
)Werburg, of Lincoln, were in this city
attending court the first of the week.
R. R. Dickson returned from Chicago
Monday evening, where he had taken
his father for medical treatment.
Clarence Selah was in Norfolk last
Friday and Saturday organizing a lodge
of tjie gusjness Reus’ fraternity.
Wbe BusinpsTWeSi’- fraternity is grow
ing rapidly. Seven new members
joined the organisation Monday night.
Tracy Qwinn, who has been working
in South Dakota the past summer,
returned to O’Neill last Saturday night.
DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla Is prepared for
cleaning the blood. It builds up and
strengthens constitutions impaired by
disease. Morris & Co.
YM1?* fflowd into
|belr ndw quarters Tuesday, where 'tbe
aMhaim aI I a 1 •«» • 1 * i* **k
officers of thkt institution wi}l be pleased
jo meet thpjj customers.
•JoJ»n ^en$ie wag in from f)orspy lgst
Friday. He |n^offflSf| u$ thgt a paqp pj
Wbfl'TR Wooflmep was organised there
last week with about thirty members.
William B. Stevenson, of Carthrage,
III., add Kellie I. Harrison, of Black
bird, Neb., were granted license to wed
bf County Judge McCutchan last Sat
«. urday. _
Our line of extra quatity canned corn,
tomatoes, peas and also of preserved
peacheg, strawberries, and other fine
needing any thing in this line come in
19-2. O’Nuu, Gbocbby Co
R. H. Harris, clerk of the district
court of Knox county, was in the city
yesterday. Although living in a popu
list county Mr. Harris is a republican.
Now is the season of the year when
holiday goods are in demand. If you
have goods to sell try an ad in these
columns and note the effect. It will
pay you. _
The old lady was right when she said
the child might die if they waited for
the doctor. She saved the little one's
life with a few doses of One Minute
Cough Cure. Morris & Co.
The Oakes company showed in the
opera house last Thursday night to a
fair audiance. Some parts of the show
was very good, but the jokes of their
young man were very stale.
Soothing, and not irritating, strength
ening, and not weakening, small, but
effective—such are the qualities of
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous
little pills. Morris & Co.
i ue tengin oi me may be increased
by lessening its dangers. The majority
of people die from lung troubles. These
may be averted by promptly using One
Minute Cough Cure. Morris & Co.
Popcorn, hickory nuts, red apples
and "Duffy’s” pure apple cider. How
does this strike you for a winter night?
You all know about Duffy’s cider. Try
a gallon. 19-2 O’Neill Grocery Co.'
William Fallon was made very happy
last Sunday. It was the first time we
have seen him smile since election.
The arrival of a Bryan voter at his
house Saturday night was the cause .of
the smiles. _
It is a fixed and immutable law ,that
to have good Bound health, one must
have pure, rich and abundant blood.
There is no shorter nor surer route than
by a course of DeWitt's Sarsaparilla.
Morris & Co.
Frank Glassner, of Stuart, the artistic
typographical artist of the ledger, was
in the city a few days last week assisting
the typos in this office. Frank says
there sre so many pretty girls in O’Neill
that he would like to remain here.
Scaly eruptions on the head, chapped
hands and lips, cuts, bruises, scalds,
burns, are quickly cured by DeWit’s
Witch Hazel Salve. It is at present the
article most used for piles, and it always
cures them. Morris 4k Co.
See J. P. Mann’s ad an another page,
wherein he offers some of the best bar*
gains ever offered in O’Neill, or, in fact,
west of Omaha. Read his ad and then
call at his store and take advantage of
the great bargains to be found there.
Flap jack flour, buck wheat,- pure
maple surup and a cup of our famous
Mocha and Java coffee, how is that for
a cold morning? Let us put you up a
prescription of the above. 19*2
O’Neill Grocery Co.
Now is the season when you want a
good gun and want it cheap. I have a
line of guns that cannot be beaten any*
wheje and going to seii them cheap.
Cftme early and get first choice, i also
have hunting coats and sell them cheap.
?tf Neil Brennan.
One of the finest scales in the city is
that now used in the grocery depart
ment of the Sullivan Mercantile com
pany’s store. They are so arranged that
the price of the article bought or sold is
shown on the beam along with the
weight. It is not necessary to know
how to "Agger” to sell goods.
The Spencer orchestra will not eat
any delicious turkey in O’Neill Thanks
giving d»y. h“l in Meq thereof will set
dpwu tft an unsavory mesa of crow at
Spencer, and be thankful that the peo
ple of Boyd county are permitted to
frequent the good town of O’Neill.
Orciiestra.
Judge C. J. Skuse, of Butte, arrived
in the city Tuesday evening on his way
home from Alaska, where he went last
April. The judge spent bis time in
that country prospecting, and believes
that he has a claim that will pay well.
He expects to retpfit' ’ ttye spring.
T«k j^oiraiER trusts tfiat his fondest
hopes will be realised. '
Ejutte Gazette- Eloper O. Blake,
formerly postmaster of Butte, is again
under arrest for lbs s^optagp in his
ecpopntg yfhilp fp office. lfe was
brought before Judge Woolsen, at
Omaha, the fore part of this week, and
pleaded not guilty to the charges, and
his trial was put off until next week.
The shortage was over 8600.
Plainview News: He was an earnest
minister, and one morning in the course
of a sermon on the significance of little
things, he said: "The hand which
made the mighty heaven*; made a grain
?,? cap^ ryhfpli mapp the lofty mau'm
I taiga made a drop of water; which made
| you made the grass of the field; which
' made me made a daisy!"
WEIGHT LAW STANDS
Supreme Court Decides That it Is
Constitutional.
SYNOPSIS OF THK OPINION
Presetted Irrigation Xawrprtets Will Now
le Completed.
.WASHINGTON, Not. 1«.—After lit
igation extending o?er a period of fire
or ilx year*, the California etatute
known as the Wright irrigation law has
been pronounced to be constltunal and
ralid by the supreme court of the United
States, and the validity of 118,000,006 of
bonds issued thereunder is affirmed.
The decision was announced in the
nupreme court today by Justice Peckham
in the case of the Faibrook Irrigation
district et al„ vs. Haria King Bradley
and husband, appealing from the circuit
court for the southern district of Cali
fornia. There was another appeal be
fore the court, also involving the ssme
law, disposed of at today’s session of the
supreme court, which came from the
supreme court of the state—William
Tregea vs. the Modesto Irrigation dist
rict. The courts below entered diamet
rically opposite judgments, the circuit
court holding that the law was uncon
stitutional and the supreme court of the
state holding that it was constitutional.
Tregea case had been before the supreme
court of the United States for more
than two years, anA after having been
argued once was assigned for another
argument in connection with the Fai
brook. The argument took place last
April, ex-Preaident Harrison supporting
the law.
The complaints in the two cases
attacked the law on the ground that it
was unconstitutional, violating both the
state and federal constitutions, the lat
ter in that in effect it took away private
property without due process of law.
Judge McKenna of the circuit court de
cided that the act did practically take
the property of the Bradleys, who are
alien residents of San Diego county,
without due prooess of law and granted
the in)unction asked for.
In the opinion disposing of the case,
Justice Peckham refers to the vast
extent of the “arid region,” and the
great importance to those residing in it,
of the scheme to improve its condition
by irrigation. Taking the California
law as a model, he said, seven or eight
other states in the arid belt had passed
similar laws, to assess lands for the cost
of constructing irrigation works and
condemming other lands for right of
way of these works, proceedings under
which were awaiting the result of the
pending litigation.
One of the points made by counsel
was that the irrigation of arid lands was
not a public purpose and t^a Vf^t dis
cussed in the o^inhw M \wgtb in con
nection with the power of the legisla
ture to pass a law providing for the
accomplishment of that purpose. The
supreme aourt found no difficulty, Jus
tice Peckham said, in coming to the
ssme conclusion reached by the Califor
nia state court, that the irrigation of
arid land is a public purpose; that the
water thus used is put to a public use,
and that an act providing for irrigation
is a valid exercise of the legislative
power.
a. bbuouu oDjecuon urgea py me
property owners wu that ojpe^at^on^ o.f
the act need not b,e’ United to rid W0»
productive lands, hut might include
within ita poaaibilitiea all lands, no mat
ter how fertile or productive, so long as
they are succeptible "in their natural
state” to one mode of irrigation from a
common source, the special point being
that it was unlawful to include the city
of Modesta in an irrigation district.
But the supreme court of California
said it was undoubtedly Intended by the
legislature that cities and towns iq
proper cases should be Inclined i^n st^c^
districts ai\d, ttyat t^a act' thus cpnatrued
did not yiojatf thq st^e constitution,
and tha^ view of the law the supreme
court of the ignited States adopted.
As to the construction o| the apt upon
the third point raised, the aupren\e court
of the United States held that it provid
ed for a hearing of the land owner hath
as to the question whether hia land would
be hene|tted by the proposed Irrigation.
As to other matter, the district could be
created without notice to any one.
"Our couclusiou is that the act, as con
strued, with reference to the objections
considered until this third head, is
unassailable.”
The fourth and final'objection was as
to the basis of assessing ty^oq t^e lands
benefltted, the tak
ing'o< the property of the eitlaan with
out due process of Isw. Regarding this,
the opinion says: "The method of
assessment here provided for may be
the best which could have been adopted
I
in order to accomplish the most equa
and exact justice which the nature ol
the case permits. But none the less w«
are unable to say .that it runs counter tc
any provision of the federal constitution
and we must tor that reason hold the
objection here cottsidered to be unten'
able.
I The judgment of the circuit court was
therefore overruled and the case re
manded for further proceeding not
Inconsistent with the opinion of the
supreme court of the United States.
Chief Justice Fuller aqd Justice Field,
it was announced, dissented from the
oploiqn of the court.
The decision of the court in . the Mo
dests case* which dame from the supreme
court of the itnte, was announced by
Justice grower. The constitutionality
of the law| he 4|td, had been settled by
the decision lin^he Falbrook case, and
the Moildsta case was disposed of briefly
on the ground that it presented no
questio'n for the supreme court of the
United States to decide. The proceed
ings which Tregea appealed from simply
gave thf jdirectore of the irrigation dis
trict authority to issue bonds. "As ho
bonds were issued,"said: Justice Brew
er, “ana the proceeding* does not com
pel the issue of any, and they ■ may not
be issued at all, no such suit is presented
as calls for consideration and decision
by this court. For this reason the
appeal will be dismissed. Justices Har
lan, Gray and Brown, however,” he
continued, “are of the opinion that as
,the judgment of the state court was
against a right and privilege, specially
set up and' claimed by the plaintiff in
error Under the constitution of the
United, States, such judgment, if not
modified or revised, will include him, if
not all, holders of taxable property in
the Modests irrigation district in respect
of the federal right and privilege so
alleged. Consequently it is the duty
of this oourt to determine, upon its
merits, the federal question so raised by
the pleadings, and determined by the
judgment of the state court. They are
also of the opinion that the principles
announced in the Falbrook case sustain
the conclusion of the state court upon
this federal question and require the
affirmative of its judgment.”—Slate
Journal. .
' DISTRICT COURT.
District court convened in this city
lMt IMdijr with Judge Kinkaid on the
bench. >
John Giblin and 11. P. Brennan were
appointed baliffs.
The following cases have been dis
posed of:
Thayer County bank vs. H. B. Hud
dleson, continued until next term by
mutual agreement.
Frank Dobney vs. the Farmers and
Merchants Insurance company: the jury
returned a verdict for Dobney for fKft
and costs. The plaintiffs hftUS®>, which
was injured in the company K was de
coyed by «re last Maiob, and the
pasties not being able to settle the case
went into eounty court and from there
to the district court.
In the case of Jacob Humpal vs. the
Farmers and Merchants Insurance com
panf, the court decided the case on a
point of law in favor of the company.
In the case of Large and Amsden vs.
Samuel Nott & Son, Jandt & Tompkins
intervened and got judgment against
the plaintiff for the value of the prop
erty sold, amounting to 9406.15.
The case of G. W. ya Krank
Campbell administrator of the Connolly
eatatfc was dismissed at the plaintiffs
cost. This oase was a suit on a bill
plaintiff had against the estate.
The case of the county of Holt against
the Stuart State bank, growing out of
the failure of the Holt County bank, was
dismissed and the costs taxed to plaintiff.
The divorce case of Christian Dahlin
vs John Dahlin was dismissed by mutual
agreement.
Mary Ella Gray sued ^et husband
James D. Gray fpy diw^e and the res
.t&qtaA n»«dd.«h naw>, Mary
ijjjlla i\nperson, wbi<?h was granted.
J,U.li» ^adcliffe was granted a divorce
from Clinton Hadcliffe, and her maiden
name restored. She is now Julia
Oieyinger,
Uliaaketh Kramer was another lady
who regretted her matrimonial venture
and asked the eourl that the bonds
which united her to Jacob Kramer be
severed. Her prayer was granted.
Something to Know.
It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
the tired and nervous system to a healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This med&ioe
is purely vegetable, ac\s ljy giving tone
to the ner^$ centre* in the stomach,
stimulates the liver and kidneys
«hd aide the organs in throwing off im
purities in the blood. Electric Bitters
improves the appetite, aids digestion
and is pronounced by those who have
tried it as the very best blood puriQe;
and nerve tonic. Try it. $jold for 30c
or tl per bottle a,t Corrigan's.
THE FBOHTIEE EXPOBTIR WOtTU
LIKE TO SEE.
The several applicants for federal
positions come out from under cover
and make known their wants. Four
years ago the democrats had their peti
tions on file twenty-three minutes after
the polls closed.
The people who are afraid we are
going to have good times take a seat on
the inside of the amunltlon wagon, for
there is every danger that they will be
run over by the band wagon, as It will
be impossible to make them understand
that where everything is hustle and get
there people who stand star-gazing are
liable to be crushed, misshapen, mashed
The city council get a move on them
selves and place In position the new
scales purchased by the city to replace
the present ones. There can be nothing
gained by delaying matters. The farm
er, grain buyer, hog buyer, the public,
all want a scale that weighs correctly.
They are entitled to this much; gentle
men give It to them and at once.
The ladies of this city commence the
social season by at once giving a series
of home entertainments in which the
young gentlemen can participate. The
winter evenings are dark and dreary to
the youth with down on his lip and a
brain full of sentimental gush. Take
him to your homes, guard and cherish
his ancient expressions, they may be of
assistance to you in after years when he
grows up and becomes a real man.
The officers of the irrigation district
get together and push the work of sur
veying the right of way, preparatory to
building the ditch as soon as springtime
arrive on the scene. The Wright law
having been declared constitutional,
there Is nothing in the way, and it
behoves the gentlemen in charge of the
district organization to redouble their
efforts. Energetic work on their behalf
will bring about results which have
been a dream only in the minds of a
great many citizens. The accomplish
ment of this enterprise means \hat Holt
county will become the garden spot of
Nebraska, a happy, prosperous people,
laughing, rosy cheeked children and lota
of them, What more can the most
ardent admirer of the human race ask
for.
BLXCTIOH IS OVXB.
And you can now make that trip east
you have beyn thinking about. Remem
ber the Paciffo Short Line leaves O’Neill
immediately after the arrival of train
from Black Hills and saves you two
hours time to Sioux Oity and the east.
Buy local tickets to O’NellL This
makes the lowest rate.
DATS WILL BBFO&K,
Butte Gazette; Tomorrow aftenaoon
at 3 o’clock. Qatii W, Forbes will give
Samuel O. Sample a free and unlimited
| wheel-barrow ride from the court house
'to the Bryan flagpole, stopping at every
crossing and cheering for McKinley and
sound money, and then make a McKin
ley speech at the pole. The Queen City
band will head the procession. Be on
hand and see the fun.
THAHXSOIYIHO DAHCB.
The O'Neill Fire Department will
gWe a ball Thanksgiving night, Nov.
30, in the rink. Smith’s orchestra will
furnish the music, and a good tiase is
assured. A* it la a matter of personal
interest to every citizen in our town
that the Are department be kept up,
everyone should turn out and help make
the dance a success, thereby encourag
ing the boys in their good work.
CAN BX THANKFUL.
World-Herald: Yesterday morning
Senator Thurston wired the following
to Senator Allen:
Omaha, Nov. 4, l&ft-Jfon. W. V.
Allen, Madison, Neb.: I congratulate
you on McKinley’s election, which saves
rcmr party from playing Jonah for the
democratic whale.
John M. Thotuton.
|n reply to this Senator Allen sent
the following;
Madison, Neb.. Nov. 4, 188®.—Hon.
John M. Thurston, Omaha: Like the
young doctor attending his first case of
obstetrics, we have lost the mother and
child, but, by the grace of God, we have
saved the old man in person of Holcomb.
W. V. Allen.
Marvelous Basalts.
From a letter written by Rev. J.
Gunderman, of Dimondale, Mich., we
are permitted to make this abstract: “I
have no hesitation in recosamsnding Dr.
King’s New Discovery, as the results
were almost marvelous in the case of
my wife. While 1 was pastor of the
Baptist church at Rives Junction she
was brought kown with pneumonia suc
ceeding la grippe. Terrible paroxysms
of coughing would last hours with little
interruption and it seemed as if she
could not survive them. A friend
recommended Dr. Sing’s New Discovery;
t was Quick in its work and highly sat
isfactory in results.” Trial bottles free
at P. C. Corrigan's drug store. Regular
sice 50 cents and tl .00.
The old way of delivering mall by r3
poet boya compared with the modern
telephone, llluetratea the old tediona
method! of “breaking” colde compared
with their almoat inatantaueoua cure by
One Minute Cough Cure. Morria ft Co.
To cure all old sores, to heal an indo
lent ulcer, or to apeadily cure pilea, you *
need eimply apply DeWitt’s Witch .
Hasel Salve according to directions. Its
magic-like action will aurprlae you
Morria ft Co.
Abaolutely pure, perfectly harmleaa, V."’
and invariably reliable are the qualities
of One Minute Cough Cure. It never
faila in colda, croup and lung troubles.
Children like it becauae it ia pleasant to
take and it helps them. Morris ft Co.
"Excuse me,” observed the man in 1
apectatles, "but I am a furgeon and that
is not where the liver is.” “Never you
mind,where his liver ia,” retorted the
other, "if it was in his big toe or hie
left ear DeWitt’a Little Early Risers >
would reach it and shake it for him.
On that you can bet your glg-lampe.” ;■$*
Morria ft Co._ •: ^
Dr. Corbett wishes to atate that he
will be in O’Neill for one week about j
the laat of each month. Datea always
in the papers. And that he makes his
work good if it fails. Can stay longer
when necessary. For Xmas photos hie
gallery will be open from Nov. 18 to
Dec. 4, and if you want crayons you ' ■;*
can get them any size at any price, and
not loose the picture and 60 cents also,
as has been done lately. Uie dental
office will be open Nov. 18 to 25.
Michigan was one of the atatea ^
Bryan wu going to carry, according to
the sllveritee, and in the upper peninaula
was where he wu to get the heavy vote.
In Houghton county McKinley received
0,140 votes, and Bryan, 1.008. The
city of Calumet, in Houghton county,
gave McKinley 2,451, Bryan 407 and
Palmer 44. In Keweenaw county Mc
Kinley roceived 410, Bryan 42 and
Palmer 45. Several Holt county citi
una were former residents of the >bove
counties, and the above will be of inter
est to them. The laboring men in that
section have no use for free silver.
Bow to kill a newapaper. Just let
your aubacrlption so. It’a only a dollar
or two—the publiaher don’t need it. It
be taka you for It, iuat get aa mad aa
you can and tell him to atop the paper—
you never read it. Then go and borrow
your neighbor’a paper. When the re
porter cornea alwaya be buay. Make
him feel as if he were intruding. When
the advertiaing and Job man cornea, tell
him you don’t need to advertise—every
body known your that you will try to>
I get along without any printed atation
ary—it’a too expensive-, you muat econo
mize. Never drop in to aee the editor’
unleaa you want a free complimentary
notice, or a lengthy obituary for a
beloved relative. Never recommend
the paper to anybody. When you
apeak of it aay, "Yea, we have a little
I aheet, but it don’t amount to much.”
Keep it up a year or two, and you will
have a dead newapaper, a deadaetof
merchanta and a dead town.—Ex.
Beattie Bitten,
Electric Bittera ia a medicine anited
for any aeaaon, but perhape more gener
ally needed, when the languid *x
hauated feelinga prevail*, when the liver
ia torpid and sluggish and the need of a
tonic and alterative ia felt. A prompt
uae of thia medicine haa often averted
long and perhapa fatal bilioua fevera.
No medicine will act more surely in
counteracting and freeing the ayatem
from the malarial poiaon. Headache,
indigeation, conatipation, dizziness,
yield to Electric Bittera. 50 centa and
•1.00 per botttle at P. C. Corrigan’*
Drug Store.
■i <
Ballard’s Hsrshond Syrup.
We guerrentee this to be the beet Cough
Syrup manufactured in the whole wide ,
world. Thia ia laying a great deal, but > '
it ia true. For consumption, cougbi,
coldi, aore throat, lore chest,pneumonia,
broncbitii, asthma, croup, whooping .
cough, and all diseases of the throat and
lungs, we poeitively guarantee Ballard’#
Horehound Syrup to be without an
equal on the whole face of the globe.
In support of this statement we refer to - La’
every individual who has ever used it,
and to every druggist who has eyer sold ''
it. Such evidence is indisputable. Price .
35 and 50 cants. Free sample boitlee at
P. C. Corrigan’s.
Ballard’s anew lnimsot.
This wonderful liniment is known
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
from the lakes to the gulf. It is the »
most penetrating liniment in the world.
It will cure rheumatism, neuralgia, cuts,
sprains, bruises, wounds, old sores,
burns, sciatica, sore throat, aore chest
and all inflamation alter all others have
failed. It will cure barbed wire cuts
and hea) ail wounds where proud flesh
haa set In. It is equally efficient for an*
imale. Try it and you will not be with— ' s
ont it. Price 50 cents, at Corrigan’s.