PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO.
VOLUME XVII.
•UMORIPTION, SI.BO PER ANNUM.
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D. H. CRONIN. EDITOR AND MANAGER.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 7, 1897.
L
NUMBER 27*
NEWS SANS WIUS
Items of Interest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED
Local Happenings Portrayed For General
Xdification end Annulment.
The supervisors adjourned Monday.
Frank Emerson was in the city
Monday. _
John Hailoran was up from Inman
yesterday.
Arthur Cruise was down from Atkin
son Monday._
Dr. McDonald was down from Atkin
son yesterday.
Andy Morgan went down to Omaha
this morning.
Sanford Parker was over from Spen
cer yesterday.
John Skirving returned from Omaha
Saturday evening.
M. F. Harrington was a passenger for
Lincoln this morning.
Mrs. Sanford Parker entertained the
whist club last evening.
‘ Elmer Williams had business in
Omhha the first of the week.
Trace Gwinn was in Boyd county last
week, returning home Sunday.
Mias Anna Murphy is now in the
employ of the Sullivan Mercantile Co.
WANTED.—A good milch cow. Ap
ply to Con Keyes.
Dr. Blackburn, of Atkinson, and bis
10 to 1 smile was in the city yesterday.
On account of the cold the musical
club did not hold a meeting Tuesday
night. _
Frank Welton returned to his work at
Norfolk Tuesday morning, after a
month’s vacation.
Charlie Welton who was visiting
relatives here for a week, returned to
* Long Pine last week.
V*r*Mrs. S. C. Sample, of Butte, who was
v visiting friends in this city the past
week, returned home yesterday.
Charlie Baker has resigned his posi
tion with the Sullivan Mercantile Co.,
and is now a gentleman of leisure.
Mr. and Mrs. John McManus are re
joicing over the arrival of a daughter at
their home last Saturday morning.
Neil Brennan was around the first of
the week with some very fine calendars,
one of which he left at this office.
Many thanks, Neil.
For teeth or photos go to Dr
Corbett’s parlors, 23rd to 30th of each
month. Photographs 75 cents per
dozen. _ 24tf
Mike Kirwin is able to be out on the
street again, after having been confined
to the house for the past two weeks
With a sprained ankle.
DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla is prepared for
cleaning the blood. It builds up and
strengthens constitutions impaired by
disease. Morris & Co.
a WANTED—Lady or gentleman to
* represent a well established house.
Salary 350 per month and expenses.
Address box 80, Ainsworth, Neb.
All members of the Business Men’s
Fraternity are requested to attend the
next meeting, next Monday night.
Business of importance to be transacted.
Miaa Ladoka Porter, a niece of Chever
andJohn Hazelet, arrived in the city
laat Saturday evening from Guthrie
Center, la., and will spend the winter
visiting here.
Soothing, and not irritating, strength
ening, and not weakening, small, but
effective—such are the qualities of
; DsWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous
if, little pills. Morris & Co.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Hicks left yester
day morning for a protracted visit with
•, relatives in Iowa and Arkansas. In
Arkansas the* will visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Harry DeYarmaa.
length of life may be increased
by lessening its dangers. The majority
Of people die from lung troubles. These
mpy be averted by promptly using One
j Minute Cough Cure. Morris & Co.
A select dancing party at the Hotel
Evans last Friday evening was the first
social event of the new year. The large
dining room was cleared for the occa
|HOn, and the guests danced away the
tome to excellent violin and piano music.
it
To cure all old sores, to heal an indo
lent ulcer, or to speedily cure piles, you
need simply apply DeWitt’s Witch
Basel Salve according to directions. Its
magic-like action will surprise you
Morris 6 Co.
Dr. Dodd, of Newport, district deputy
of the I. O. O. F. for this district, and
W. B. Carey, of Long Pine, are in the
city installing the new officers in Elk
horn Valley lodge No. 57.
Roy Woods came down from Atkin
Bon yesterday morning, expecting to go
to Laurel, but as the Short Line trains
are not running on account of the snow
blockade, he returned to Atkinson in
the afternoon.
Hi Hodgkin was in from Leonia yes
terday and while in the city called and
paid his subscription. It is a good way
to greet the editor on a New Year. Try
it and see the 8x10—not 16to 1—smile
that will adorn his countenance.
Mrs. Della M. Shoull, of Victor, Col.,
is in the city visiting relatives. Owing
to poor health in the mountains she was
obliged to seek the healthful climate
of Holt county, and since returning here
her health has greatly improved.
Next Sunday’s services at the Metho
dist church will be for and by the chil
dren. Sermon for the children at 14:80
a. m. The Junior League will have
charge of the evening service, beginning
at 7:80. All are cordially invited to
these meetings.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jackson and fam
ily left yesterday morning for Lincoln,
where Mr. Jackson takes the oath of
office as state superintendent tomorrow.
Mr. Jackson will return the first of the
week and move their household goods
to Lincoln.
It Is doubtful if there is soother state
in the union which can give such a di
versity of weather on short notice as
Nebraska. Twenty-four hours after the
blizzard a few drifts of snow were the
only reminders that we were not living
in a land of perpetual summer.
Rube Livinghouse, of Sioux City,
arrived in the city last Saturday and is
spending the week visiting relatives and
old-time friends in this city. Rube is
looking younger than when he left
O’Neill five years ago. City life cer
tainly agrees with him.
Frank Damero and Oran Keeler, of
Phoenix, were arrested last week upon
warrants sworn out by Peter Duffy,
charging the former with stealing about
twenty and the latter nine bushels of
wheat from the granary of Frank
Duffey on or about December 28. They
were brought to this city and prelimin
ary hearing set for January 18.
Our general discount sale ends Satur
day of this week, and if there is any
thing you need you can save 20 per cent
by buying it before Saturday night. We
will continue for a short time to dis
count Overcoats, Cloaks, Blankets,
Gloves and Mittens. We will continue
to give 60 per cent discount on about
200 pair of Ladies and Misses Shoes for
SO days unless they are all closed out
before. 83J per cent off on all stamped
linens and the balance of our stock of
fancy dishes for next two weeks.*
26-2 _J. p. Mann.
The officers of the Golden irrigation
district are in session this week. About
the only business done was the appoint
ing of clerks and judges of election for
the regular election of officers in April.
The board will adjourn today to meet
Jan. 18, when it is expected that Donald
Campbell, the great irrigation engineer,
will be present to make an estimate of
the probable cost for the construction of
the ditch. After that is done the board
can get down to business.
Judge Kin kaid and Judge Westover
have arranged the following datea for
bolding court in the several counties in
thia district tbe coming year: Holt
county, February 19, jury 28; Septem
ber 80, jury October 4. Boyd, June 1,
jury 2; September 14, jury 15. Rock,
March 9, jury 10; September 28, jury 29.
Brown, March 15, jury 10; October 25,
jury 20. Keya Paha, May 25, jury 20;
September 21, jury 21. Cherry, March
32, jury 23; October 18. jury 19. Sheri
dan, May 8, jury 4; October 4, jury 5.
Dawes, March 20, jury 30; November
jury 10. Box Butte, April 20, jury 21;
November 9, jury 10. Sioux, April 18,
jury 4; October 25, jury 20.
The banquet at the Hotel Evans last
Thursday in honor of Donald McLean
and the gentlemen who accompanied
him from Sioux City, was worthy of
more than passing notice. Although on
such short notice' that no elaborate
preparation could be made, yet Mr. and
Mrs. Evans were equal to the emer
gency, as the guests and business men
of tbe town heartily testified. The
viands were exceptionally fine in every
particular, and seiyed in a manner fit
ting to the occasion. It was a welcome
to Donald McLean which that gentle
man did not expect at the hands of our
people, and he was visably affected by
the manifestation of honor and kindly
feeling thrust upon him by the citizens
of O’Neill.
SHORT LINE, LATEST
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A New York Attorney Writes Donald
M’Lean About Opposition.
THE MEAT IN THE COCOANUT.
Th« letter Clearly Demoastratee net there
Is Unlimited Capital to Build it. " ^
Sioux City Journal, S; Donald Mc
Lean yesterday received the (olloyrigi
communication from hie attorney in
New York, which is given to The JoiiW
nal for publication with the understand*
ing that the name of the author be heM:
“New York, Jan. 9, 1897.—Donald
McLean, Esq., Mondamin Hotel, Sionn
City, la.—Dear Sir: Your telegram! and'
letters, as well as papers under date of
the 80th ult., duly received and contents
noted.
“You have evidently stirred Op a hor
net’s nest, as the New York papers have
contained a number of items in refer
ence to your doings, and one bad a
special from San Francisco containing
an interview with Mr. Crocker, in which
he said about the same as you quote him
in your letter. The position taken bj
the present Pacific lines through Mr.
Crocker because your road will have S
fixed charge of 9900 a mile as against
theirs of 94,000 and upwards is the meat
in your cocoanut, and the more you
talk about that the better it will help
you. The English money ie all right,'
»uu UHU UC ICUCU upuu, BUU JUU UOUU
have no hesitancy in using it aa much as
yon pleaae, aa their position ia tbia:
They have been ewindled by eyery rail
road company that croaaea tbia conti
nent in both bonda and atocka originally
iasued, aa well aa reorganisation bonda
and atocka. and the reorganization of
one of the Pacific railroads at the prea
ent time by J. P. Morgan for the pur
pose of squeezing out the original in
vestors and again paying the indebted
ness with watered stock sand bonda to
the tune of <820,000,000, which mort
gagea were recently filed in Spokane,
Wash., is proof positive that' When op
portunity ia offered for invcetment in a
legitimately built and legitimately bond
ed railroad from the Missouri river to
the Pacific coaat, ten timca the required
amount is ready for the investment, and
as the attorney for the Amsrican repre
sentative of English money now pledged
to build the Pacific Short Line I am in
structed to authorize you to reiterate
that statement as often and whenever
you please. These instructions are giv
en In accordance with a cable received
by tbe American representatives from
their principals authorizing it.
"Mr. Crocker’s statement that English
capital will not inveat in a parallel line
ia not tenable, as your proposed line,
while it reaches the same point of desti
nation, will be a good deal shorter and
will traverse a fertile and productive
country, whereas the present lines trav
erse many hundreds of miles through
deserts and through barren and unpro
ductive territory
"I bad a conference today with the
president of one of the largest railroads
in the middle west, in which he stated
that there could be no legitimate oppo
sition to the road you propose building,
but that on the contrary, it was one that
capital would readily seek investments
in, because the fixed charges being so
small compared with the other Pacific
roads it would enable your road to
carry freight at such reduced rates that
it would give the people along the line
an opportunity to share in the receipts
of their products, to say nothing ot the
benefits to be derived by roads such as
bis east of the Missouri river.
"Your friends and co-workers here
and in Washington join in wishing you
a happy New Year and much' success.”
Omaha World-Herald: If Donald Mc
Lean ie in earnest in hie declarations
that he intends to build the Pacific Short
Line west from O'Neill during the com
ing season Nebraska will congratulate
herself. This talk of extending the
Short Line comes with ever? new year,
but so far all has ended in. talk. But
McLean declares with all the earnest
ness of a man who knows what he is
talking about that he has secured the
necessary financial backing, and that
the Pacific Short Line will soon cease
using O’Neill as its western terminus
and push rapidly toward the Pacific
coast.
It would seem that there are enough1
lines to the Pacific coast and that an
other would only meet the financial
fate of the Union Pacific. But the Pa
cific Short Line has some points of ad
vantage over the present transconti
nental lines. If built along the lines of
the original survey it will be a much
shorter route to the Pacific coast, and
will traverse an exceptionally fine terri
tory. It will open up a new and fertile
territory in Nebraska and Wyoming,
thus extending the wholesale business
of the first large distributing point that
can secure the new trade, And right
here is where Omaha is interested in the
completion of the Pacific Short Line
along theltnw of the original surrey.
Omaha is already well connected with
O’Neill, but better connections are
needed in case the. Pacific Short Line is
trashed westward from that city. There
It an immense territory in Northern
Nebraska and Central and Western Wy
oming not yet tapped by railroads, and
he soon as this territory has railroad fa
ellitiee such as promised by the Pacific
Short Line it will develop at a marvel
dba rate.
Otnaha should not lose any opportuni
ties tyi'Wise and hold this new territory
When its.development begins. Omaha’s
Commercial bodies should learn if possi
ble, what Donald McLean’s intentions
afe ind prepare to profit by any move
he makes toward the fulfillment of his|
life’s dream, the cbmpletion of the Pa
cific Short Libe. That McLean means
bhsjpess IS* evidenced by hiB put career;
the only thinf to consider now is his
ability to secure the financial backing,
nleded to make the scheme a success.
Mis rbad hu been hampered by the same
financial conditions that have operated
sfiainsiadl lines of business during the
$lt three years. If he is prepared to go
ahead|with his scheme the fact portends
e'ftttu|uing prosperity that all will wel
bane with glad acclaim.
A V ' ■' ---
piottfc Cltt Time*: E. H. Stone was
mn lakt evening at the Mondsmin hotel
JW after he had come from a long con*
furnace with Donald McLean. When a
reporter for the Time* inquired of Mr.
8to#e hie opinion concerning the suc
cess of Mf. McLean’s protect, the banker
laid: '
“Donald McLean built the Short Line
railway • to O’Neill. If be could build
189 miles of road with the backing thnt
he Hid at that time, he certainly can ex
tend the line to Ogden with the ’people
behind him whom he hae at this time.
The prospect for Sioux City to hare di
rect connection with the Pacific coast
needr was so bright.”
Mr. McLaan._ jve4 very busy all day
yastanlay. Two eolid hours in the after
noon were occupied by him in the dic
tation of letters. There waa a multi
tude of callers. To-a reporter he said: j
“I feel safe in saying that The Times
can tell the people that by April 1st dirt
will be flying on the work of the exten
sion of the Pacific Short Line. Only
details remain to be arranged. In a few
days I will leave for Ogden, the eastern
terminus of the Central Pacific. There
the Salt Lake Valley and Eastern Rail
way company will be organized for the
construction of a line of railroad through
Utah to the western boundary line of
Wyoming, near the Twin Creek coal
fields:'1 In. Wyoming a similar company
to be known as the Wyoming and East
ern Railway company, will be organized
for the construction of a line of railroad
across that state. These lines will be
connected, and with the extension from
O’NelH to the western boundary line of
Nebraska, will be consolidated into one
system, and that is to be the Sioux City
and Western.”
-Mr. McLean has a copy of a letter
which waa written by James C. Clarke,
formerly president of the Illinois Cen
tral, to tttuyvesaht Fish, present presi
dent of that company, which contains
many observations of speoial interest at
this time. The letter was written be
fore Donald McLean dver came to Sioux
City, and waS in the form of a report to
Miw Fish, who wanted Information as to
me rouowing:
iL. The probable gradient, alignment
and approximate coat of the projected
line,iin cl tiding auitable equipment.
S. The probable groaa earning!, an
nually, of tuch projected line.
8. < The estimated earnings of the Illi
nois Central company on business going
to and from the prolected line.
4. The traffic local to the new line,
its character, probable volume and. des
tination.
0. The enterprises, manufacturing,
etc., that probably can be developed on l
the proposed line. I
8. The probable competition with
existing systems of railways, should the
proposed line be constructed, and the
effect of such competition, if any upon
the Illinois Central system,
The observations and conclusions
reached by Ur. Clarke in connection
with this subject were as follows:
“It is desirable to increase the traffic
and business on our system, from Bioux
City to Chicago especially, and when
ever it can be done on our main lines in
Illinois and south of Cairo.
“I am of the opinion that if parties
will build a railroad west of the Missouri
river and work it in close connection
with the Illinois Central, our company
company could afford to enter into a
contract with them for a rebate or draw
back, say of 25 per cent of our earnings
on all business to and from such line,
for a series of say ten years, or company
to receive from the rebate or drawback
the stock of their road at par.
BOYD COTTHTY’S J KIQUI8T.
D. W. Porbea, cashier of the Citizen's
state bank of Butte, was in Lincoln yes
terday on business, but incidentally he
was looking over the ground prepara
tory to the introduction of a bill in the
next legislature to reimburse Boyd
county for costs which accrued in the
trial of the three men, Elliot, Harris and
Mullihan, who were charged with the
murder of Barrett Scott. The total
amount of costs which Boyd county
must pay is >4,822.80. For various
reasons, the county officials feel the
burden )s an unjust one and the state
will be asked to appropriate the sum.
The last legislature passed resolutions
in regard to the matter, and the govern
or authorised the attorney-general to
conduct the case for the state. A bill
appropriating $10,000 for the expenses
of the trial was introduced but failed of
passage. When the attorney-general
looked the ground over, he deemed it
advisable to dismiss the case in Holt
county where it had been begun, and to
swear out new complaints and bring the
trial in Boyd county, which lies imme
diately north of Holt county. The
result of the trial was an acquittal for
the three men, and Boyd county was
responsible ,or the costs.
Boyd county ia a sparsely inhabited
district, and at present contains a popu
lation of only 7,000. Notwithstanding
it ia an excellent wheat country, there is
not a mile of railroad within its bound
aries. It already ia in ddbt 150,000, and
the taxable property in the whole
county ia listed at only 1900,000. The
payment, of the costs of the trial would
coneume the whole general fund of the
county for two years under the regular
levy, and would would work a hardship
on the taxpayers should other means be
used to raise the money.
The people think that the trial had no
legal status in their county and that it
WM brought there simply in the hope of
defeating the aim of the vigilanters who
were in sympathy with the men charged
with the lynching. At the time vlgor
ous objections were made to the change
in the place of trial on acoount of the
expense entailed. Now the. objections
hre shaping themselves into the tangible
form of a bill to reimburse the county.
.—State Journal.
About the finest game of politics ever
played in this county was completed by
the resignation of W. R. Jackson as
county superintendent last Monday
evening. The evident Intention was to
have that gentleman hold until after the
old board would go out of ofiice, being
afraid that if his resignation was sent in
to them a republican might possibly get
the office. Delegations of the faithful
worked with the hoard, and after
numerous caucuses they decided upon a
move and were then ready for resigna
tions. On Tuesday morning the election
of a county superintendent came up,
and an Informal ballot was taken with
the following result: J. O. Harnlsh,
rep., 8; John Morrow, pop, 2; L. W.
Worril, pop, 1; C. J. Malone, pop, 1.
A formal ballot was then taken and
resulted as follows: John Morrow, 4;
J. O. Harnlsh, 8. Mr. Morrow has not
as yet selected a deputy. We under
stand that E. Kline is a candidate for
the position, but his chances for the
office are no better than that of a
republican.
Bee, Jan. 2: Dominick McCaffrey, of
Pittsburg, Pa., the former boxing lu
■tractor of the New York athletic club
and a heavyweight pugilist of promin
ence, ia in the city. McCaffrey ia
■pending the winter on hia brother’s
ranch near O’Neill, thia atate, and ran
dofen to the metropolis to apend New
Years with some old time frienda.
McCaffrey won hia greatest laurels by
staving seven rounds with John L.
Sullivan at Chester Park, Cincinnatti,
in August, 1884. The fight was origin
ally scheduled for six rounds, in which
Sullivan was to knock him out or lose
the stakes. The sporting editor wit
nessed this fight, and always held that
McCaffrey’s showing was the best ever
made against the big fellow up to that
time or since, up to his downfall in the
Olympic club at the hands of Jim Cor
bett seven years later. McCaffrey not
only stayed the six rounds, but one
extra, owing to a mistake made by the
referee, Billy Tate, a Toledo sport. So
close was the contest considered that
Tate did not render a decision at the
park that day, but waited until two
days later after he had arrived at his
home at the mouth of the Maumee,
when he gave Sullivan the decision.
The new year wu ushered in with
beautiful weather and the people were
already beginning to lay plans for
spring gardening and the transplanting
of banana roots, but Saturday evening
the visions of early horseradish and
“sich like truck” were doomed by a
threatened noithwester. And it arrived
on schedule time, with all the essential
features for which a Dakota blizzard is
known. All day Sunday the wind
howled and the air was filled with blind
ing enow, every hour adding to its In
tensity. But few people were abroad
during the day, being content to remain
indoors and see that heating stoves were
run to their full capacity. Sunday night
the storm grew in fierceness and at
times the wind blew aUhurricane veloc
ity. Monday morning the streets were
obstructed by huge drifts of snow, while
the storm continued with unabated fury.
Trains on the Eikhorn road were late,
the eastbound passenger being tied up
at Oakdale, while the westbound train
only got as far as Cody. No attempt
was made to run trains on the Short
Line since Saturday. Late Monday
evening the storm abated in its fury and
Tuesday morning the people were glad
to see the sun shining and the air as
calm as the surface of a mill pond. The
blizzard was over. Business men and
clerks shoveled into their places of
business, and all felt relieved that it was
no worse. So far as known the storm
did no damage in this part of the state, 1
as the advance guard of winter in No
vember had caused all to be prepared
for just such an emergency. At no tlm.e
during the storm was the mercury down
to zero, the fall of snow was very light,
and the prospects at this time are good
for another season of delightful weather.
Iowa and Dakota are reported as having
lota of snow and all railroad traffic at a
standstill.
At midnight Thursday night while
moat of oar citizens were in bed dream
ing of Donald McLean and the exten
sion of the Short Line railroad, they
were awakened from their slumber by
agonizing screams from the whistle at
the chicory factory. As the noise
increased in density and agony, some
person thought it was a Are alarm and
in a few moments the Are bell was
clanging as though half the town was
on Are. A general rush was made for
outdoors and the shivering populace at
once entertained the idea that the chic
ory factory was on Are. The chemical
was pulled out into the mud by hand,
where it waited for further assistance,
while members pi the. hose..team
manned the hose real and started
through the mud at breakneck speed
for the factory, about one mile distant
In the meantime the whietle continued
its "call" of agony and the bell clanged
until the street was full of people. To
add to the din a number of revolvers
were shot off, and then it dawned upon
the minds of the railroad builders of
this future metropolis that the old year
was being adentidcally killed off. The
boys with the hose cart got about half
way to the factory when their wind
gave out and they sent a messeng** on
horseback to learn what the trouble
was, at no Asmes appeared from the
factory nor any other part of town.
Two short whistles announced "Are
out,” and the gallent hose laddies
| trudged back through the mud singing a
New Year’s carrol common to mule
drivers and canal boatmen. Everybody
laughed and oussed and exchanged
greetings for a happy 1897, all except
the man who blew the whistle. At an
early hour next morning there was a
vacancy in his dspartment at the factory
caused by the manager. It is not cus
tomary in this city to usher in the New
Year with a Are alarm, and scare our
citizens out of a year’s growth of good
resolutions.
John Chudomelka, a Howells farmer, '
met with a great lose this week. He had
ninety-six head of hogs in his yards val
ued at $400 and now all are dead. A
horse that was afflicted with distemper
died in town and it was hauled into the
hog yard and eaten by the hogs. The
consequence of eating the dieeased horse
meat is the death of all the hogs and
should be a warning to the farmers not
to allow their swine to devour any dead
animals.—Fremont Tribune.
To Close Oat.
If you are looking up good dealers in
foot wear call at McManus’ as I have
300 pair to close at half price this com
ing week, before I start to invoice.
Also ladies shawls, . caps, leggins and
many other items to which your atten
tion will be called while investigating.
Respectfully yours,
P. J. McManus.
TREES AND PLANTS. A full
line fbuit treks of best varie
ties AT HARD TIMES PRICES. Small
fruits in large supply. Millions of
Strawberry plants, very thrifty and ttoll
rooted. Get the best near home and
save freight or express. Send for price
list to North Bend Nurseries, North
Bend, Dodge County, Neb.
“Excuse me,” observed the man in
epectatles, "but I am a surgeon and that
is not where the liver is." “Never yon
mind where his liver is,” retorted the
other, “if it was in his big toe or his
left ear DeWitt's Little Early Risers
would reach it and shake it for him.
On that you can bet your gig-lampe.”
Morris A Co.