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VOLUME XVII
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JUNE 10. 1897
NUMBER^
MS SANS WHISKERS
Items of Interest Told A* They Are
Told to Us. r
WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED
Local Happening* Portrayed Tor General
Sdifioation and Amusement.
Prescott & Torry'g Comedy company
tonight. _
Perry & Mathews’ show is stranded at
West Point. ■
E. O. Blendell was up from Sioux
v City Monday.
B. Allison, of Atkinson, was an
O’Neill visitor Friday.
i
Cal Moffat was over from Spencer
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Harry. Huddleson visited friends in
Omaha and Pierce last week.
Mrs. J. J. Stillson, of Atkinson, was
shopping in O’Neill last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Harrington went
down to Omaha Sunday morning.
Children’s Day services at the M. £.
church next Sunday at 10:30, a. m.
Harry Uttley came up from Omaha
last night on a short visit to his parents.
Miss Tlllie Mullen, of Page, visited
relatives in this city the first of the
week. '_
Frank Moore and H. A. Allen; of
Atkinson, were O’Neill visitors last
Tuesday. ■ _
B.
S. B. Haward came down from At*
kinson Sunday and spent the day with
his family. _
Mrs. Ed F. Gallagher and Mrs. W. T.
Evans are in Omaha visiting friends
and relatives.
See "College Chums, or Charley’s
Aunt," at the opera-house next Monday
night. Full of fun.
The ladies’ working society will meet
with Mrs. Price June 16. • A good
attendance is desired.
'Attorney Carton went down to Omaha
^■Msday morning where he has business
'Afore the federal court.
Ernest Beavers, of Imogens, la., is
visiting his parents, who live north of
town, for a couple of months.
Miss Ins Orcutt, of Atkinson, attend
. ed the commencement exercises at the
opera-house Friday evening.
Opera-house tonight, Prescott & Tor
rey’s great comedy company in the
season’s success. “A False Face.”
Miss Maggie Mellor went to Siour
City yesterday morning, where she will
attend school during the summer.
For teeth or photos, go to Dr. Cor
belt’s parlors, 23rd to 30th of eact
month. Photographs $1 per dozen.
We sell good flour, corn meal, graham,
bfan, shorts, corn, oats, etc., at gold
standard prices. 33-tf L. Keyes.
Use the Armstrong Twin Screw Pump
when irrigating your land. Best water
lifter made. On exibition at O’Neill.
Several Holt county farmers have
pi, been compelled to replant their corn
oh account of the destructive little cut
I worm. __
Carlon Sb Lord company carry more
, high-class specialty people than any
company on the road.See them Mon
> day night. __' ,
John H. Moshier, of Audibon, la.,
was in the city Saturday on his way to
Butte, where he goes to visit friends for
a few weeks.
Children’s Day exercises will be held
in the evening at the Presbyterian
church next Sabbath, June 13. All are
Cprdially invited.
Epworth League social Friday even
ing at the Clear restaurant building.
Ice cream, strawberries and cake will be
served for 15 cents.
Several O’Neillites visited the mor
mon revival, which was in progress at
Inman, last Sunday. They report a
very large attendance.
The circus is here but for a day, but
Hershiser & Qilllgan are here all the
time. When you need anything in the
drug line be sure and call. 45tf
John A. Watson, of Brainard, Neb.,
was in the city last week. Mr. Watson
is a candidate for the principalship of
the O’Neill public schools.
S. J. Weekes was nominated by the
president last Saturday, for register of
O’Neill land office. John will prob
Mbly get into the traces about July 15.
>
soda water is healthful and refresh
ing. Try some of Hershiser & Oilligan’s
famous drinks—Frui Mia, Crushed Vio
let, Pure Jersey Cream, Chocolate, and
all kinds of phosphates. 45tf
Pete Saudersteln, section foreman of
the F. E.t is the proud father of a
bouncing boy baby, botn last Tuesday.
Fred 8wingley went to Atkinson
Sunday evening to take charge of the
new bank which was opened' up for
business Monday morning. _ We wish
him success. __
Mrs. J. A. Golden and Miss Susie
Quilty left for Kelleston, la., Sunday
morning to attend the funeral of their
mother, who died at that place last
Saturday morning.
A story is told of a woman In Omaha
who fell from her wheel the other day
and bit off an inch of her tongue. The
accident has greatly increased the de*
maud for wheels.
an lovers or rennea rarce earned?
should attend the entertainment at the
epera-house tonight. Reserved seats at
Hersbiser & Gilligan’s drug store*
Prices, 15,25 and 85 cents.
Thb Frontier would like to have a
good live correspondent in every town
ship, and to those who will serve us in
that capacity we will offer liberal Induce
ments. Write1 for particulars.
The Neligh district camp-meeting Will
be held on the old camp ground at Oak
dale, June 2-11. The usual railroad
rates may be obtained. Write Rev. W.
A. Rominger, of Tildcn, about tents.
"Old Charlie,” Agent Dobbs’ express
horse, and who is quite old enough to
know better, having reached his major
ity, ran away Monday morning, break
ing the harness and buggy quite badly.
Miss Mary Daugherty, of Stafford, has
just completed a very successful term of
school in district No. 174 at Inman. On
the last day appropriate exercises were
held which were thoroughly enjoyed by
a». '
The following officers were elected in
Garfield lodge No. 97, A. F, and A. M.,
for the ensuing year: J. J. King, W.
M.; John McHugh, Sr. W.; J. P. Gilli
gan, Jr. W.; E. M. Grady. Tr ; Harry
Dowling, Sec.
A meeting will be held at the court
bouse Friday evening at 8 o’clock for
the purpose of discussing the projected
O’Neill-Ponca extension of the Pacific
Short Line. Donald McLean will be
present. All are invited tb attend.
Bv Order Com.
Street Commissioner Marlow is doing
some good work on the streets and
sidewalks of O'Neill; the job of grading
on Fifth street being a particularly
good piece of work, and something that
should haye been done several years
ago. __
The following officers were elected in
Elkhorn Valley lodge No. 57, I. O. O. F.,
for ensuing term; J. P. Gilligan, N. G.;
Emil Sniggs, V. G. O. O. Snyder and
J. C. Harnish were elected representa
tives to grand lodge which meets in
Lincoln in October. v
G. A. Kindblade, father-in-law of C.
E. Farrier, who has been living near
Chambers for the past three years,
received notice last Friday that his pen
sion had been increased. He started
for southern Iowa Monday morning
be will make a protracted visit.
“A False Face” at the opera bouse
tonight. This is the first presentation
in this city of this piece. It is said to
abound in mirth and comical situations,
and is produced under the direetion of
the author, Cbas. M. Breckenridge, with
the support of a first-class company of
recognized artists.
The management of the opera-house
desire to state that they have been able
to secure Prescott & Torry’s Comedy
company for one night only, Thursday
evening, June 10. They will present
the laughable farce comedy success. “A
False Face.” This play is said to have
given general satisfaction wherever
presented, -__
The Atkinson Graphic is no more.
The plant has been leased by Ur. Eves,
who will consolidate it with the Plain
Dealer. Jenness is a bright newspaper
man and we hope to soon see him guiding
the destinies of some other good paper
in this section.
There was a "hot” ball game at Stuart
last Friday between the Atkinson and
Stuart clubs. It is reported that the
score keeper wore out three lead pencils
while keeping tally, and when the
agony was over the score stood 22 to 18
in favor of Stuart. Try again, boys,
you may do better next time.
Benjamin F. Franklin, Grand Lect
urer of Tammanny lodge, of this city,
left for Three Rivers, Mich., where he
expects to make his future home with
his brother. Mr. Hammond has been a
faithful worker for the upbuilding of
the lodge, of which he was an honored
member, and his presence in the lodge
room as well as the words of wisdom he
was wont to drop in his weekly talks
will be greatly missed by the boys.
nuueATioH.
To TUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS or THR
Qoldrk Irrigation district:
Gentlemen: Your committe appointed
to visit the camp of engineers end the
reservoir sites end river end to report
on the advisability of having the site
known as the Marsh lake reservoir kite,
surveyed, beg to report as follows:
Your committee arrived at the Marsh
lake reservoir site on the 85th of May,
and after looking over the site surveyed,
and the adaptibility of the Marsh- lake
site as a reservoir, and the further fact
that it would not cost any more to
improve thie site for reservoir purposes
than It would to build the ditch through
the basin comprising this site, your
committee recommend that Mr. Berry
make preliminary notes of the capacity
and dam heights of this site before he
leaves to come east with the prelimin
ary survey of the main dltoh.
Your committee beg to report that
tbey found the reservoir sites to be
fully as good for the purpose as has
been represented, and are of the opinion
that the cost of acquiring the deeded
land that may hare to be purchased will
be very trifling, for the reason that the
country Is-not lit for settlement owing
to the absence of hay land.
We further report that we rislted the
site of proposed head gate and dam on
Snake rirer, at head of supply canal,
where we found an admirable site with
rock bottom and the banks especially
adapted to the purpose, and your com
mittee are satisfied that with the low
: dams as surveyed on this rirer, (21 feet)
1 and on the Niobrara rirer, (14 feet) a
practical and comparatively cheap route
| is obtained to the reservoir rite.
We further report that we made the
following measurements of the Snake
river at .a point one and one-half miles
above the headgate, at the ranch of Mr.
Webster, (at which place there is a
bridge) viz: thirty feet wide, and an
average depth of two feet seven inches,
and flowing at the rale of fourteen feet
in Bve seconds, and from the informa
tion obtained from Mr. Webster, who is
an old resident here, and lives close to
the bridge and on the bank of the rirer,
we found that this was about 'the.
medium flow of the rirer, and could
safely be taken as an average, as the
river commences to fall in February and
to rise in September in each year. This
measurement as made b/your commit
tee fully satisfies us of the reliability of
the guagings already roported, and
which from data now at hand (May 29,
1897,) aggregates an average of 687
cubic feet per second, or nearly 400,000
acres, twelve inches deep, per annum.
Tour committee find that Mr. Berry
preserves excellent order and didpline
in camp, and that he has rfiade good
progress with the work, and we believe
him to be a man of good judgment and
very conservative in bis estimates and
thoiough in all his work. By reason of
the survey having been commenced
before the ground thawed out in the
spring, the engineers were enabled to
accomplish a great deal of the work,
that would have been at any other time
of the year very slow and difficult on
account of the marshy character of the
lands, with comparative ease, and we
think that Mr. Berry will be able to give
estimate of the cost of construction of
supply canals and reservoirs in about
three weeks, together with the water
supply and the reservoir capacity, in
order that your honorable board and the
land owners of the district may know
the amount of water that can be sup
plied to the district front the reservoir,
and its cost at the headgate of the main
irrigation ditch; and in conclusion beg
to report that we have instructed Messrs.
Campbell and Berry to give the board a
full report of their findings as soon as
possible. The report to include esti
mate of the amount of water the dis
trict can rely on to flow from the
reservoir, and its cost, together with
their estimate of the amount of land
that can be watered, and the probable
cost of the finished system, and the
probable cost per acre, so that your
honorable board can better judge as to
the advisability of the further prosecu
tion of the preliminary survey, and the
making of final estimates and survey of
lands which cannot be profitably irri
gated, and in order that the land owners
in the district may be fully informed.
Respectfully submitted,
E. F. Dodd.
J. H. Hoplins.
R. 8. Bald.
A FLAIR, STRAIGHT TALK.
Of the advantage to you of taking
the Pacific Short Line via O’Neill when
enroute to or from 8ioux City. You
save three hours in each direction, make
close connections with Yankton, Sioux
fails and Mitchell trains; you can go to
Sioux City and return the same day and
it costs just the same for tickets as via
the other line.
Buy local tickets to O’Neill.
Clyde King returned from Oregon laet
Tueadiy evening. Clyde eaye pro*pect
ins In **»•* eeetlon ie not whet It ie
cracked up to he. He muet have en
countered aome atartling adventurea on
the trip aa aome ailverev halra now glia
ten on hia brow, where only locke of
dark were viaable when he left O’Neill.
He hal a pocket full of rattlea which
were tke property of nttleenakee he
killed while proepectiag for the yellow
metal In the mountalna of California
and Oregon. Charlie Millard will
return in about a month.
“Boys with hata on the back of their
head* and long hair hanating down over
their fotpbeada, and dgarettea and
amutty sttoriea In their moutha are
cheaper ihai)< old worn out horaea/
aaya an-exchange. “Nobody wants
them at any price. Men will not em
ploy thdm and girla will not marry
them. Tpey are not worth their keep
ing to anybody, and they will never be
able to keep themaelvea. If any boy
happens to read thla who anawerea the
deacrlption let him take a good thought
ful look at bimaelf and do then what hia
conaclenee aaya ia the beat thing to do.”
The publlaher of a newepaper baa one
thing to aell and one thing to rent. He
haa the newspaper to cell and the apace
in the coiumna to rent. Can anyone
inform ue why he ahoold be expected to
glfe away either the one or the other?
He can if he ao chooaea, and he doea, aa
a matter ef fact, furnish a great deal of
apace rent free. But it doea not follow
that he ought to be expected to do ao.
It ought to be recognised aa a contri
bution, exactly ae would be the giving
away of augar or coffee by a grocer.
But, atrange to Bay, it la not looked
upon in' that light at all, yet everybody
knowa that the exiatence of a news
paper depends upon the rent of the
apace and the sale of the paper, aa a
merchant’s success depends on selling
his goods instead of giving them away.
mracAL union.
The musical union gave another of
their highly entertaining recitals at the
opera-house last Tuesday night. The
classes are making rapid progress under
Prof. Hadley’s instructions, and both
teacher apd Qppile are to be commended
for the interest and perseverance mani
fested in their work. Thev following
program was rendered:
Huslo .i..
Smith's Orchestra.
Hunting Oboros. .C.E. Leslie.
Musical Union.
Baritone solo.
Mr. Clinton Lowrie.
“Welcome Pretty Primrose".Plnsutti.
Misses Lowrie, Gillespie, O'Sullivan; Mes
dames McHugh, Anderson, Evans, Gallagher.
Mandolin, guitar and harp.
Messrs. Smith, Evans and Kautsman.
“Only a dream of the Old Home”.Leslie.
Musical Union.
“Hag Doll”.......’
Buth Evans.
Violin solo......
G. W. Smith.
“ILove You as of Old”.
' Flora Lowrie. •
Coronet solo.
Oscar Wilcox.
"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater". .....Jacobs.
Musical Union.
"Hybras theCryton”. ..Elliot.
T.G. Hadley.
"The Merry Harvest Time”.Hadley.
Quartette,
Children's ohorus.
By the Afternoon Class.
“The Old Cano"..G. F. Boot.
Male Quartette.
"Good Night" chorus.Plnsutti.
Musical Union.
A MW BAHBOAD FOB O'MILL.
A committee of the business men of
O’Neill waited on Donald McLean last
night to discuss the advisability of call
ing a maaa meeting of the citizen! to
coneider the vast importance of hie new
route for the Pacific Short Line. Ue
aaeured them that the Ponca-O’Neill
route wae not only a very feasible plan
but a far better one than the present
Sioux City line. The new road would
come to O'Neill and go thence west
along the present surrey of the line to
the coast, thus making a new line to
O’Neill from Ponca by way of Creighton.
At Ponca eastern connections will be
made with the Milwaukee road.
Our citizens should wake up to a re*
alization of what this new line would be
to them. It would mean a new road to
the Missouri river as well as a trunk line
to the west. The present line would
have to be operated as at present and on
acoount of the competition that the
Ponca line would create the present line
might have to be extended to get more
business. O’Neill would then be the
center of all three lines and great benefit
would ensue to us. -
Mr. McLean has started out to make
a good town of O’Neill and he proposes
to do it. It may be that more work and
greater expense will be incurred in
bringing about the Ponca-O’Neill project
than to get control of the Short Line,
but if it can be done greater benefits will
be realized by O'Neill. i
A meeting is called of the citizens to
be held at the court-house tomorrow
night and every one should attend. Mr.
McLean went to Creighton today but
expects to return in time to attend the
meeting tomorrow night ,
“0* THE THmUHOLO.’’
The commencement exercises of the
O'Neill high echool were held in the
opera-house last Friday evening, end
were listened to attentively by a large
and appreciative audience.
The stage was beautifully and artisti
cally decorated, and too much praise
cannot be bestowed upon Mesdames
W. J. Dobbs and W. T. Evans and the
Misses Lettie Gillespie and Helen Low
rie for their untiring efforts In that
direction.
The song, “Italia Beloved,* by a
double quartette, consisting of Mes
dames Anderson and McHutb, Misses
Maud Gillespie and Tees O’Sullivan, and
Messrs. W. T. Evans, E. C. Luce and
Clinton Lowrle, was beautifully ren
dered and thoroughly appreciated by all
who were present. ',
The oration, "Silver as a Political
Issue," by Oharlea Meals, came next on
the program, and the masterly manner
in which he handled the subject showed
very plainly that be had not ooly
absorbed a great deal of information
during the campaign last fall, but has
also dug deeply into the question on his
own account; as be displayed a knowl
edge of the subject that would have put
to shame many of the public speakers
who appear before the people.
Following Mr. Meals' oration came the
song, "What is the Bong the Swallows
Sing f” by a ladies* quartette, consisting
of the Misses Maud and Lettle Gillespie,
Tese O’Sullivan, Helen Lowrle and Mrs.
Anderson, which was very sweetly
rendered and greatly 'enjoyed by the
audience.
An oration, "Moral Versus Political
Principles,” by Miss Maggie Hurley,
came next on the program. This was a
carefully prepared address, and gave
,evidence of deep thought and hard
study. Ideas were advanced that would
have been a credit to an older head,
and were delivered with the ease and
fluency that ordinarily is acquired only
through long practice. At the dose of
her address Miss Hurly was presented
with a magnificent bouquet of roses.
Miss Hurley’s discourse was followed
by a piano solo, by Miss Kellie Hagerly.
Miss Nellie is a musician of no mean
ability,, and bar raadulon ot "Vaise op
70 No. 1” (Chopin) was a credit to her
self and to her instructors.
Next on the program was an oration
by T. J. Dwyer, "Limits of National
Duties.” Mr. Dwyer spoke clearly and
well, and held bis audience from start to
flniab. He has a natural talent for pub
lic speaking, his voice having a pene
trating power that carries it to the
farthest corner of the ball without
apparent effort on his part. His sub
ject was well handled and gave evidence
of close study and an active interest in
the political welfare of our nation.
The audience was then favored with
another song, "Eyening Bells,” by the
double quartette, and then came the
presentation of diplomas by Prof. An
derson, wno, in a few concise and well
chosen remarks congratulated the grad
uates on their faithful pursuance of the
studies which enabled them to secure a
diploma, which, while it possessed no
particular value in itself, gave evidence
that it was only by hard study alone
they ware enabled to become ita poetess* '
or. Io conclusion k« laid that white I | |
they ware as yet "Oa the Threshold” of
life, It wee only by their faithful per* :p||
formence of the taeka set before them
that enabled them to reeeh the first step,
and admonished them to ever apply the ,
same dilligenoe and energy to their
work In life, whatever U may be, that > V»:
they applied to their school work if
they would seek to make their life that
grand success which Is the ambition of
all true men and women. *
> Smith’s orchestra then entertained the, ■ I
audience with a couple of selections, " '
after which Rev. Lowrie pronounced
the benediction and the exerolses were at
anend.
Taken as a whole, it was tbemnst
successful commencement that we have
had the pleasure of witnessing for a
number of years.
town unnre.
Viustdi, Neb., Jane 5,1807.
i The member* of the preaa from north -
we»t Nebraeke twembled e* per cell of
the Valentine preaa and carried oat the
following program:
The meeting waa called to order bp,
W. 8. Barker, who waa on motion made
temporary chairman. O. A. Mile* wae
elected temporary eecretarp.
The chairman made a few remark*,
Hating the object of the meeting, after
which he called on Rev. Moore, who
favored the prate with n abort and
inatructlve talk aa per program. On
motion, at the cloae of hia apeech, a
vote of thank* waa tendered the gentle
man for hie able addreae.
A motion waa made and carried that
the chair appoint a committee of three
to draft conatntitioa and by-law*; and
for aald committee to report at evening
aaaaion. The chair appointed aa Utah \ tZ:
committee, J. 0. Berklev, D. H. Cronin
and G. W. Fritz, /
Addreaa, “Delinquent Subacrlbera,”
by H. 0. Lyon, wu next preHnted, and
carried with it conviction* that will
prove a benefit to tbe preaa in thia
branch of newapaper work.
. Addreaa, “Legal Printing,'* by 0. 0.
McHugh, waa along the line of organs -
zation and legialation. He reaaoned
that organisation alone would not bn n— -
tecure barrier to catting of rate* in
theae day* of cheap printing material,
but if aupported by a atringeat law
would greatly overcome the dlfflcultv
and give to the publlaher that which by
law and right belong* to him. Thia
aubject later on waa thoroughly die- \
cuaaed, the logical aolutlon of the prob
lem odheurred in by tbe member* of the
preaa, being pieaanted by the introducer
of tbe aubject.
Addreaa, “Duty of the Preaa to the
Public,” by J. O. Berkley, waa handled
in a manner productive of new thought,
and if acted upon, a great benefit .
Addreaa, “Barley Preaa of Ncbreake,”
by Jaa. Morria, waa taken up from the '
inception of the preaa in the territory to,
the preaent day, and located landmark* V*.
very beneficial to the younger new*- *
paper men of tbe meeting.
A general dlacdaaion now followed on t ,
varioua topic* of intereet to the craft,
and waa participated in by the mamba**
(Continued on eighth page.)
Dr. A. T. Withers the Great
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