The Frontier.
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY BY
THE FRONTIER PRINTING COMPANY
D. H. CRONIN, Editor.
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.
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scription, but come and pay up at
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scribers do not come in and pay up
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Please call and settle.
To the victors belong the spoils,
and Judge McHugh will not be con
firmed.
The Woodmen of the World have
started a fire in their camp which
threatens to consume the whole
forest
Protection to American industry
will be exemplified by McKinley
wearing a home made suit at his
inauguration.
ChicobV growers at Hastings, who
were disappointed in getting a fac
tory built, have sold their crop to
the Fremont factory.
McKinliy has selected Senator
John Sherman for secretary of state,
which the latter has accepted. This
will probably result in Mark Hanna
being elected senator.
A m legislative apportionment
bill is being formed at Lincoln, as
the pops consider it necessary to
future success to redistrict the state
to their own advantage.
Sdpebvisob Moss wanted to let the
printing to the lowest bidder. Had
this been done it would save the tax
payers several hundred dollars. But
the majority did not want it that
way.
It would appear that Judge Me
Hugh is playing the short end of
the political races and is bound to
be loser. Senators Thurston and
Allen are both working against his
confirmation.
A bill is up to have the state
appropriate $250,000 to build, own
and operate a beet sugar factory,
have its officers salaried, and subject
to political control Wouldn’t that
make a sweet mess for you ?
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Sbxatob Wolcott has met with
an enthusiastic reception by the
English financiers, who are greatly
interested in his mission to that
country. He has made a wonderful
impression for the cause of bimetal
ism.
Axothzk pop editor has been
nailed to saerifioe himself upon the
alter of his oountry, as it were.
This time it is Editor Eves, of the
' Atkinson Plain Dealer, whose “in
. floonoe” secured him a clerkship at
Lincoln last week.
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Oss familiar face was missing
when the roll was Called at Grand
Island last Friday, and the boys
asked each of the other, “Where is
Boss Hammond f’ Gan it be that
the late unpleasantness has caused
Boss to forsake the boys?
Tm horrors of the plague and
famine, in India are making the
whole civilized world stand aghast
England is raising a monster relief
fund for the unfortunate people, and
the lord mayor of London has issued
an appeal to America for aid.
A lugs number of papers
throughout the state showed mater
ial improvement last week. While
the editors were “cutting the pigeon
wing” at Grand Island, the intelli
gent compositors got in their fiue
work on how to make country papers
interesting.
Tbs Omaha Bee of Saturday was
a handsome illustrated edition of
twenty pages, devoted to the Trans
Mississippi exposition, giving a
graphic description of the wealth
and resources of the great TianB
Miasissippi states and territories,
character of the products to be
exhibited; also showing some of the
; leading industries of Omaha. It
> was a paper which of itself will be a
good thing for Nebraska.
In another article will be found
the idea of a new patent process for
making sugar from corn, which is
destined to revolutionize the sugar
industry of the world. With corn
now prepared in various ways for
food, glucose, starch, whisky and
sugar, com husks for matresses and
hot tomale wrappers, aDd the stalks
to be used to make battleships, this
great com producing state of Ne
braska has a bright future before it
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An effort is being made in Iowa
to improve the swine herds by cross
ing with the razorback hogs of Ar
kansas, the claim being made that a
hardier race of hogs will be devel
oped. That is not all. If the razor
backs are turned loose to roam the
fields of Iowa, it will also have a
tendency to develop the fast horse
industry, as nothing short of a race
horse would ever be able to catch
one of the animals.
Reports from various parts of tke
state indicate that formers are burn
ing corn in preference to coal, as it is
not only cheaper as fuel, price of
each considered, but the hauling to
and from market is Baved, which in
many parts of the country is no
small job. It does appear sinful,
however, to burn what Ocd intended
for food, when we read of eighty
million people in India alone who
are suffering and dying by thous
ands for the want of something to
eat
Tub annual meeting of the Ne
braska Press Association at Grand
Island, last week, was one of the
best in the history of the organiza
tion. The hospitable citizens of the
Sugar City spared neither pains nor
expense to make the stay of the vis
itors a pleasant ono, and they suc
ceeded admirably. There were sev
eral business propositions introduced
which if carried to a successful ter
mination, will result in much good
to the entire press of the state. Ev
ery editor in Nebraska should be a
member of this organization and at
tend its annual meetings. If the
Brothers would attend one meeting
they would never miss another, even
if walking was bad.
The senate Thursday passed the
measure known as the “free home
stead bill,” which has been under
discussion since the holiday recess.
It is a measure of far reaching im
portance, paiticularly to the west,
and the interest in it was shown by
the fact that a plank concerning it
was a feature of several national
platforms. The effect of the bill is
to open to settlement all the public
lands aoquired from Indians, free of
pay mum w mu government ue
yond the minor office fees and to
release from payment those who
have heretofore settled on those
lands. The number of acres in
volved, according to an estimate
made by the commissioner of the
general land office, is 33,552,541,
which wonld have yielded the gov
ernment, at the prices heretofore
established, (35, 348,006. To offset
this statement, it was brought out
during the debate that the lands
were mainly arid and that those who
had settled upon them were unable
to make payment by the scanty pro
ducts of the soil. The bill will lift
a great burden from the honest set
tlers of Nebraska who have suffered
the loss of crops for several years
since filing on their homesteads, and
will, enable many of them to prove
up on the land and use the mohey
for heeded improvements.
The affairs of Holt county are in
the hands of the populist reform
party, who are reformers in name
only. For the past four years they
have been fleecing the tax payers of
this county, in awarding printing
contracts, and they still continue.
In order to enable their pet organs
to live they give them printing con*
tracts at their own figures, and make
the people foot the bilL Only last
week another printing steal was
made, and we pause long enough to
ask: How long are matters to con
tinue thus? The contract was given
to the Beacon Light last week foi
the printing of all legal notices at
50 per cent of legal rates. The Sun
had a bid in for the same work at 4(
per cent of legal rates. The tax
payers get it in the neck in this in
stance from their servants. The taj
list was let to tbe Beacon Light,
Ewing Advocate and Atkinson Plain
Dealer for 5 cents each discription
for lots and 10 cents each descrip
tion for lands. Another popnlist
paper agreed to do the work for 3
cents for each description of lots and
7 cents for each description of land.
In this instance again the tax payors
will have to pay several hundred
dollars for the support of the popu
list pets. For printing the proceed
ings of the county board they pay
the Beacon Light 10J cents a square,
when there was a bid in to do the
work for 12 cents a square. Another
case of hollowness. These are sam
ples of populist reform in popocratic
burdened Holt county. In the hal
cyon days of republican supremacy
in this county no such rates were re
ceived for doing public printing as
has been paid by the officers of these
great reformers. Even the Sun
managed to get a good hold this
year as he increased his bid about
85 per cent above that of one year
ago and still got the contract.
We do not object to the publishers
getting good pay for their work, but
we wish the tax payers to see how
the reformers save (?) money for the
people.
NEW USE FOR OUR CORN.
The statement is made that a Chi
cago man has discovered a process
for manufacturing white powdered
sugar from com. The actual tests
were made sometime since and were
entirely successful. The Chicago
Sugar Refinery Co. is now turning
out an article of powdered sugnr,
wholly from- corn, that is equal to
anything on the market. It is a
secret process and the statement is
made that it is expected to make all
grades, even to a yellow sugar.
This latter will be used principally
by the breweries in the manufacture
of beer.
This new sugar has been put
upon the market at some g of a cent
less than the trust price. It is not
of so fine a grain as the regular
powdered sugar but this is claimed
as an advantage, as it will not cake
or become lumpy. It possesses 97
per cent of saccharine strength
against 98 per cent of the regular
powdered sugar.
If all the expectations of the pat
entees are met it will revolutionize
the sugar business of the United
States. This is particularly impor
tant to the west which produces the
corn. It is important to this city,
whioh should have a sugar refinery.
No other section will be permitted
to manufacture our raw material for
ub.—Omaha Trade Exhibit.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
“The greatest growth and pros
perity that the country ever had
seen came suddenly in 1879, after
several months of disappointment
that specie resumption had not
brought the benefits expected,” says
the editor of' Dun’s Weekly Review
of Trade. Large bodies are slow to
start in motion, but they often move
quiokly when started.
The editor of the Review of Trade
is not discouraged because of the
slowness of return to prosperity. He
gives reason for expectation of bet
r
50 lbs.
of Coal
A day would keep your rooms
warm in winter. But that
small stove will burn only
twenty-five. Hence, discomfort
and misery
A certain amount of fat.
burned daily, would keep your
body warm and healthy. But
your diction is bad. and you
don’t get it from ordinary fat
food. ■ Hence you are chilly,
you catch cold easily, you have
coughs and shivers; while
pneumonia, bronchitis, or con
sumption finds you with no re
sistive power.
Do this. Burn better fuel.
Use SCOTT'S EMULSION
of Cod-liver OiL Appetite and
digestive power will revive;
and soon a warm coating of
good flesh will protect the vital
organs against the cold and the
body against disease.
Two sties. 50 cts. and $J.OO
Book free for the asking.
SCOTT & BOWNE, New York.
ter times than we now endure, and
affirms that there has been “gradnal
and steady improvement of mercan
tile conditions for more than two
months.” The output of pig iron
gained 12.3 per cent in December
last, and 41.0 per cent since Oct. 1,
1890. Sales of wool again have be
come large, though prices still are
low. There is a steady increase of
demand for loans of money to be
used in manufacturing and commer
cial enterprises. Additional works
have gone into operation during
each week of the present month, and
the working force is greater today
than at any other period during the
past six months. And, best of all,
there is so little speculative excite
ment that the improved conditions
of trade properly may be ascribed to
the conservative action of the ablest
and most prudent men in business.
The outlook is encouraging. Pa
tience, prudence, and enterprise are
doing their work in promotion of a
sure, if rather slow, return to pros
perity.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A bill has been filed in the senate
at Lincoln making it unlawful for a
candidate to use liquor, cigars or
money to influence voters at an elec
tion, and requiring candidates to file
an itemized statement of expenses.
The bill will be killed by the astute
statesmen at Lincoln.
U'NfclLL BUSINESS directory
J. P. GILLIOAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office in Holt County Bank building
Ml work cash in advance. Night work
positively refused.
3’NEILL, - . NEB.
E.H
. BENEDICT,
LAWYER,
Jffloe in the Judge Roberts building, north
of 0. O. Suvder’e lumber yard.
3 NEILL,
NKB.
R.
R. DICKSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Reference First National Bank
O’NEILL, NEB.
Purchase Tioketa and Consign your
Freight via the
F.E.&M.V.andS.C.&P
RAILROADS.
TRAINS DEPART:
GOING BAST.
Passenger east. No. 4, 10:04 a. u
Freight east. No. 24, 12:15 r. m
Freight east, No. 28, 2:55 f. m.
DOING WIST.
Passenger west. No. 8, 9:40 p, m
Freight west, No. 27, 10:04 p. m
Freight, No, 28, Local 4:00 p. m.
The Blkhorn Line ie now running Reclining
Chair Cara daily, between Omaha and Dead
wood, jree to holders ot first-class transpor
tat ion.
Fer any information call on
W„ J. DOBBS, Agt.
O’NEILL. NEB.
P. D. A J. F. MULLEN,
PROPRIETORS OP TOE
GOOD TEAMS, NEW RIGS
Prices Reasonable.
O'NEILL, NBB
elKHorn valley
PLOW FACTORY.....
O’NEILL, NEB. EMIL SNIGGS, Prop.
.... Manufactures the Hamnell Open Mould-Board Stirring
Plow. Also general blacksmithing and practical horseshoer.
Wagon and Carriage woodwork carried on in connection.
All work guaranteed to give satisfaction. Also dealer in
Farm Implements. Handles the Scandi implements and
tho Plano Rakes, Mowers and Binders. Parties wishing
anything in this line call and see me.
G. W. WATTLES, President. ANDREW RUSSELL, V-Pres.
JOHN McHUGH, Cashier.
THE -STAT
OF O’NEILL.
CAPITAL $30,000.
Prompt Attention Given to Collections
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