*sv*®»v* cwW \c*V »o F‘ The ■ - . ! • .•;■■•■•' ■-■ ■ '•/;- -.~^:'V': .■■ : ‘"f- v- i: ' •■■'•/»::*:■<-VJ ■ ,s.: VV'. .;*,. ;-v;:V-v-V -'-HffcSi? . , >• '. . •' . ■ w • - ,.'V- ■ ■'.!'» >..■*■ :.,1* - ' " ■'.■ ■' :'• - 4. r}&\ . .. . ; ' ;-, t - *!■ ••■; • /»•'•. v*.>**-» I .. ■ • \ PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO. SUBSCRIPTION, SI.SO PER ANNUM. O. H. CRONIN, EDITOR AND MANAGER. VOLUME XVII. O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. DECEMBER 3, I896. NUMBER 22. NEWS SANS WHISKERS Items of Interest Told As They Are Told to Us. WHEh AND HOW IT HAPPENED Local Happening* Portrayed Por General Edification and Amusement. r Great winter weather, this! The new city scales are in position. The anpervisors are in session this week. _ M. D. Long is having a vacation this week. _ Joe Mann was over from Spencer last Sunday. __ William Erotter was down from Stuart yesterday. _ R. E. Brownlee was up from Page yesterday. _ Prof. Cross was down from Atkinson Saturday. _ R. R. Dickson was in Omaha the first of the week. _ Wallace Johnson, of Ray, was in the city Monday. Herb. Bitney, of Atkinson, was in the city Monday._ John Welch, of South Omaha, is in the city yisiting. O. F. Biglin went down to Omaha Monday morning. Editor Jenness, of the Atkinson Graphic, was in the city Sunday. WANTED—A girl for general house* work. Call on Mbs. D. H. Cronin. Don’t miss the cloak sale at the Sulli van Mercantile Co’s, store next week. FOR RENT—Corbett house of 7 rooms. Enquire of E. S. Kinch. The Elkhorn Valley bank is now located in the Holt County bank build 1 ing. _ P. J. Donohoe, general freight agent of the Short Line, was in the city Monday. _ Sanford Parker was transacting busi ness in Omaha and Lincoln the first of |he week. _ Harry E. Seaman, representing Car penter Paper company, of Omaha, was in the city Saturday. x 1,000 cloaks for sale at Sullivan Mer cantile Co’s, store next week. See hand bills far particulars. 21-3 Mayor Murphy is enjoying a visit from his sister, who arrived from Illinois last Saturday evening. Miss Minnie Blackmer, of Atkinson, was in the city the first of the week, the guest of Miss Rose Merithew. If you want to sell your goods, adver tise in The Frontier and reach the people. An ad brings good results. Inman News: J. P. Mann, O’Neill’s popular merchant, has really got down to advertising, and he makes it win. * Corn, oats, bran, shorts and oil cake. When needing any come in. 22-1 O’Neill Grocery Co. ®Mr. McLeod, foreman of the Caldwell ranch north of this city, shipped seven carload of sheep to market last Saturday. The ladies of the Rebekah Lodge are making arrangements ‘for a leap year party to be given at then hall New Years eve. _ Rev. 8. F. Sharpless will give a free lecture in the Presbyterian chuich next Saturday evening, Dec. 5, at 7:30. Sub ject, “Industry.” Price Jameson, T. S. Armstrong, W. Green and William Knapp, of Butte, were in the city this morning on their^ way to Omaha. DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla is prepared for cleaning the blood. It builds up and strengthens constitutions impaired by disease. Morris & Co. Art Mullen went down to Lincoln Monday morning. We rnderstand that Aft is a candidate for a position in the state auditor's office. - Dr' Corbett wishes to announce that from this time on his gallery and dental parlors will be open from the 23rd to the 30th of each month. 22-tf. David Stannard, 8r., will leave for Los Angeles. Cal., next Thursday morn ing, where he will spend the winter visiting his daughter. WANTED—Lady or gentleman to represent a well established house. Salary $50 per month and expenses. Address box 86, Ainsworth, Neb. It is a fixed and immutable law that to have good sound 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. Rev. N. 8. Lowrle assisted by Rev. 8 F. Sharpless will begin a series of meet ings next Monday evening, Dec. 7, at the home of Mr. J. Keller, South Fork. The jury in the damage cose of Bene dict vs. the city of O’Neill, after being out about 24 hours, failed to agree. The fury stood nine to three for the city. _ Miss Louisa Hess, of Page, died at her home last Thursday, after an illness of six months. The remains were interred in the cemetery at Page last Friday. _ mere is some talk or putting in a toboggan slide on the fair gronnds. Estimates are being made as to the cost of erecting one with a 200-foot shute and 35-foot fall. A clearing out sale on all winter goods at Sullivan Mercantile Co’s, for the next 30 days. Great bargains in all kinds of goods. For particulars see hand bills. _ 21-8 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. 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. Fine maple syrup in bulk and in cans, new pure buckwheat, fresh Ralston flour and breakfast food, and, in fact, anything in first class groceries. 22 1 O'Neill Grocery Co. Rev. S. F. Sharpless will preach in the Presbyterian church next Sabbath, Dec. 6, at 10;80 a. m., and at 7;30 p. m. Subject of morning discourse, “The Genuine Christian.” Evening, “Barna bus.” _ The length of life 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. Mrs. C. E Niswonger, of Louisville, Ky., and Miss Mabel Swingley, of Beatrice, Neb., sisters of Fred H. Swing ley, will arrive in the city this evening and will visit with Mr. and Mrs. Swing ley for a few weeks. Deputy United States Marshall Lid hard was in the city Monday. Tues day morning Ben DeYarman drove him over to Butte where he went to subpoena witnesses to attend the trial of ex-post master Blake at Omaha. 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 & Co. The old way of delivering mail by post boys compared with the modern telephone, illustrates the old tedious methods of “breaking” colds compared with their almost instantaueous cure by One Minute Cough Cure. Morris & Co. Look our line of nice dried fruits over before buying. Citron, lemon peel, currants, raisins, raspberries, prunes, peaches, etc., all new and fresh. See them. 22-2 O'Neill Grocery Co. Some of the O’Neill marriagable young men are regretting the fact that leap year is nearly over and they are still unclaimed. Come girls, there is not much time left and the boys are only waitinsr to be asked. As we go to press word reaches us that at 12 o’clock, a. m., Dec. 25, St. Nicholas will arrive in O’Neill, and that J. Bentley has the finest line of china and glassware for Christmas presents in the city. Be sure and see them. 22-3 Remember our. high grade canned goods, which are not equaled in this country. Preserved raspberries, straw berries, peaches, extra fine canned corn, tomatoes, early June peas, string beans, etc. Try them. 22-1 ■ O’Neill Grocery Co. ' Conrad Grebe, of Emmet, was in the city last Thursday and dropped $1.50 in the till. Conrad says that he cannot keep house without The Frontier, and each week eagerly look forward to Thursday evening when he can get his favorite paper. And there are others. Now is the season when you want a I good gun and want it cheap. I have a line of guns that cannot be beaten any where and am going to sell them cheap. Come early and get first choice. I also have hunting coats and sell them cheap. | would reach it and shake it for him. On that you ean bet your gig-lamps.” Morris & Co._ Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This •?.; medicine does not stimulate and con* tains no whiskey nor other intoxicant, X but acts as a tonic and alterative. It r* acts mildly on the stomach and bowels by adding strength and giving tone to the organs, 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 00c and 91 per bottle at Corrigan’s. ■At The officers of toe Golden irrigation diitriot hare established headquarter! in this city, in the building formerly occupied by the Elkhorn Valley bank. The director! were in aeaalon Tuesday and Wednesday. About the first busi ness transacted was the ordering of records and the necessary stationary so that the business of the board could be properly conducted. As soon as possi ble an estimate of the cost of the ditch will be made and then an election will be called for the purpose of bonding the district for the construction of the ditch. . v —■ ■ —- vi nos XHTIBTAnratXT. The social and entertainment given by the Ladies’ Working Soolety at the orera-houee last evening was a success. ' v All of the young folks participating rendered their pieces in an entertaining manner. The skirt dancing by May Campbell>nd the singing of Willie Laviol lette are deserving of special mention. The following program was rendered: Drill.Eighteen Girls Song with hell chorus. Color exercise.......Six little girls Recitation.Bertie Wagner Dobbs ; Reoltatlon.Ten little girls Recitation.Susie Gillespie Faroe.Seven young ladles Song.Willie L. Reoltatlon.Flora Lowrle Song........Martha Cress -- Recitation..Millie Luce Skirt dance.May Campbell Song.Fannie Soott Reoltatlon.May King Trilby and her oabinet of wax figures. The Disoevsry laved His Lift. Mr. G. Galllouette, druggist, Beavers ville, 111., says: “To Dr. King's New Discovery I owe my life. Was taken \ with lagrippe and tried all the physic ians for miles about, but was of no avail and was given up and told 1 could not live. Having Dr. King’s New Dis covery in my store I sent for a bottle and began its use and from the first dose began to get better, and after using , | three bottles was up and about again. It is worth its weight in gold. We won’t keep store or house without it." Get a free trial at Corrigan’s drug store. Clinton. Missouri. Mr. A. L. Armstrong, an old druggist, and a prominent citizen of this Inter prising town, says: " I sell some forty different kinds of cough medicines, but have never in my experience sold so much of any one article as I have of Ballard’s Horehound Syrup. All who use it say it is the most perfect remedy for cough, cold, consumption, and all diseases of the throat and lungs they have ever tried." It is a specific for croup and whooping cough. It will re lieve a cough in one minute. Contains no opiates. Price 25 and 50 cents. TWO LOTS BA VXD Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City 111., wee told by her doctors she had consumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery completely cured her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida St., 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 & 91. Tor Boy Won’t Li vo A Ho nth. So Mr. Gilman Brown, of 34 Mill St., South Gardner,, Mass., was told by the doctors. His son had lung trouble, fol lowing typhoid malaria, and he spent three hundred and seventy-five dollars with doctors, who finally gave him up, 6aying: "Your boy won’t live a month.’ He tried Dr. King’s New Discovery and a few bottles reetored him to health and enabled him to go to work a perfectly well man. He says he owes his present good health to use of Dr. King’s New Discovery, and knows it to bo the beat in the world for lung trouble. Trial bottles free at P. C. Corrigan’s drug store