liHN’L OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATS.
Governor.Silas Holooml
Lieutenant Governor.J. K .Harrii
utary of State.Win. F. l’ortei
„,o Treasurer.John B. Meservi
„ jite Auditor.John F. Cornel
Attorney General.C. J. Sinythi
Com. Lands and Buildings.J. V. Wolfi
Sunt. Public Instruction.W. R. Jacksoi
REGENTS STATE UNIVERSITY.
Chas. II. Gere. Lincoln; Leavitt Burnham
Omaha; J M. Hiatt, Alma; E. P. Holmes
Pierce; J. T. Maliaieu, Kearney; M. J. Hull
Edgar.
Representatives First District, J. B. Strodi
Second, H. D. Mercer, Third. 8. Maxwell
Fourth. W, L. Starlc, Fifth, R. O. Sutherland
Sixth, W. L. Green.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senators—W. V. Allen, of Madison; Johi
M. Thurston, of Omaha.
JUDICIARY.
..A. M. Posl
Associates . .T.O. Harrison and T. L. Norval
FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Judire .M. P. Klnkald, of O'Neil
Reporter.J. J. King of O'Neil
Jndge.W. II. Westover, of ltushvilU
Reporter.• 'bn Maher, of Rush villa
LAND OFFICES.
O'NMX.
Register.John A. Harmon
Receiver...Elmer Williams
COUNTY.
j.udge .Geo McCutcheor
Cleric of the District Court ....John Skiryin*
Surer.. .. .7.• V P,.Muller
nufr ky 7777 *....... Bill Bethee
r
lienutv .Mike McCarthy
Sheriff""!,.Ohas Hamilton
Supt. of Schools.Jackson
Assistant.Mrs. W. R. Jackson
Coroner.Dr- Trueblooc
Surveyor.?M.
ttoruey....W -R. Butlei
SUPER VISORS.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Cleveland, Sand Creek, Dustin, Saratoga,
Rock Falls and PleasantviewiJ. A. Robertson
SECOND DISTRICT.
Shields, Paddock, Scott, Steel Creek, Wll
iowdale and Iowa—J. H. Hopkins.
THIRD DISTRICT.
(J rattan and O’Neill—Mosses Campbell.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Ewing, Verdigris and Ilelcit—L. O. Combs
FIFTH DISTRICT,
Chambers, Conlev, Lake, KoClure and
Inman—B. L. Conger.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Swan. Wyoming, Fairvtew, Francis. Green
Valley, Sheridan and Emmet—C. W. Moss.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Atkinson and Stuart—W. N. Coats.
OUT OF O'NEILL.
Supervisor, E. J. Mack; Justices, E. H.
Benedict and S. M. Wagers; Constables, Ed.
MoBrlde and Perkins Brooks.
COUNOimEN—FIRST WARD.
For two years.—D. H. Cronin. For one
year—C. W. Hagensick.
SECOND WARD. •
For two years—Alexander Marlow. For
one year—W. T. Evans.
THIRD WARD.
For two years—Charles Davis. For one
s ear—E. J. Mack.
k. CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor, H. E. Murphy; Clerk, N. Martin;
Treasurer, John McHugh; City Engineer
John liorrtsky; Police Judge, H. Kautzman;
Chief of Police, P. J. Biglln; Attorney,
Thos. Oarlou; Welghmaster, D. - Stannard.
GRATTAN TOWNSHIP.
Supervisor, K. J. Hayes; Trearurer. Barney
McGreevy: Clerk, J. Sullivan; Assessor Ben
.■oh ring: Justices, M. Castello and Chas.
Wilcox; Constables, John Horrlsky and Ed.
jlloliride; Road overseer dist- SB, Allen Brown
UTst. No. 4 John Enright.
'OLDIERS’ RELIEF COMNISSION.
Regular meeting first Monday in Febru
ary of each year, and at such other times as
is deemed necessary. Itobt. Gallagher, Page,
chairman; Wm. Bowen, O'Neill, secretary;
li. H. Clark AtkinBon.
^T. l’AT KICK’S CATHOLIC CHUUCH.
*3 Services every Sabbath at 10:30 o’clock.
Very ilev. Cassidy, Postor. Sabbath school
Immediately following services.
Methodist church. Sunday
services—Preaching 10:30 A. M. and 8:00
e. m. Class No. 1 0:30 A. M. Class No. 2 (Ep
worth League) 7 :U0 p. m. Glass No. 3 (Child
rens) 3:00 p. M. Mind-week services—General
prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 p. m. All will
he made welcome, especially strangers.
E. T. GEORGE, Pastor.
i 1 A. U. POST, NO. 86. The Geu. John
VJT. O’Neill Post, No. 86, Department of Ne
braska G. A. H., will meet the first and third
Saturday evening of eaoh month in Mi sonic
hall O’Neill S. J. Suit h, C.m.
DLKHOBN VALLEY LODGE, 1. O. O.
Hi JF. Meets every Wednesday evening in
Odd Fellows’ hall. Visiting brothers cordially
invited to attend.
W. H. Mason, N. G. O. L. Bright, Sec.
Garfield chapter, r. a. m
Meets on first and third Thursday of each
mdhth in Masonic hail.
. W. J. Dobbs See. J. 0. Harnish, H. P
KOF P.—HELMET LODGE, U. D.
. Convention every Monday at 8 o clook p.
m. In Odd Fellows’ hall. Visiting brethern
cordially Invited.
Arthur Coykkndall, c. C,
E. J. Mack, K. of H. and 8.
O’NEILL ENCAMPMENT NO. 80.1.
O. O. F. meets every seoond and fourth
Fridays of each month in Odd Fellows’ Hall.
Ohas. Brioht, H. P. H. M. Tttley, Scribe
I^DEN LODGE NO. 41, DAUGHTERS
J OF RBBEKAH, meets every 1st and 3d
Friday of each month In Odd Fellows’ Hall,
Aones T. Bentley, N. G.
Dora Davidson, See.
Garfield lodge, no.bi,f.aa.m.
Regular communications Thursday nights
on or before the fuU of the moon.
J. J. Kino, w. M.
Harry Dowlino, See.
HODTK7AMP NO. 1710, m. w. of a.
Meets oa the first and third Tuesday In
each month in the Masonic hail.
Neil Brennan, V. 0. D. H. Cronin, Clerk
A Of U. W. NO. 153, Meets second
• and fourth Tudsday of each month in
Masonic hall.
0. Bright, Kec. 8. B. Howard, M, W.
IN DEPENDENT
JL AMERICA, meet
WORKMEN OF
--every first and third
Friday of each month.
, „ „ Geo. McOotchan, N. M.
J. H. Welton, Seo.
POSTOFFICE DIRCETORY
Arrival of Mails
r. E. a M. V. R. R.— FROM THE BAST,
day,Sunday included at.0:40 pm
FROM THE WEST
very day, Sunday included at.10:04 am
PACHTO short line.
Passenger-leaves 10:0>a. m. Arrives 11:55 p.h.
Freight—leaves 0:07 p. m. Arrives 7:00 p. u.
Dally except Sunday.
O'NEILL AND CHELSEA.
Departs Monday, Wed. and Friday at7:00am
Arrives Tuesday, Thurs. and Sat. at..1:00pm
O'NEILL AND PADDOCK.
Departs Monday. Wed. and Friday at. .7:00 a m
Arrives Tuesday, Thurs. and Sat. at. .4:80 p m
O'NEILL AND NIOBRARA.
Departs Monday. Wed. and Fri. at_7:00 a no
Arrives Tuesday, Thurs. and Sat. at.. .4:00 p m
O'NEILL AND CCHMIN8VILLE.
Arrives Mon.,Wed. and Fridays a .. 11:80 p.m
Departs Mon., Wed. andFrlday at 1:00 p.m
A STORY OP THE EVERQLADE9.
BtoaUed by tha Transfer of HU; Bowlip*
L»t Rgfn(i to Private Owners.
| Up to a few years ago, says the
• Atlanta Journal, all that was known
1 of that vast Inland sea on the south*
: ern border of Georgia called the
1 Okefeuokee swamp was that it had
once been the stronghold of “Billy
Bowlegs. ” Even those who had heard
the euphonious name often enough to
form some idea as to the topography
, of the swamp received an entirely
. erroneous impression of its character.
They regarded it as a mere waste of
malarial waters, like the everglades
of Florida or the Dismal swamp of
Virginia. Within the last two years,
'however, the invasion of capital
into the recesses of its cypress and
magnolia groves has revealed a wealth
of natural resources unsurpassed, and
shown that instead of being an im
penetrable swamp, the Okefenokee
is a great inland sea of very much the
same type in the quality of its water
as Lake Superior.
*»" “J 1U KUO OOIlJf UU) n U1 LUO
century, just prior to the Seminole
war, General Clinch of Georgia
marched into Florida and penetrated
the everglades with a regiment of
soldiers, his purpose being to induce
the Seminole chiefs to sigq a treaty
relinquishing their possessions to
the government He pitched his
tent in the heart of a swamp, and in
vited the Indian chieftains to a con
ference at which they were to sign
the papers ceding the land to the
United States. The chief of the Sem
lnoles at that time waB a half-breed
named Smith—a man of strikingly
handsome appearance, over six feet
in height, and as straight as an ar
row. This loader, together with two
of his sub-chiefs, was standing in
General Clinch’s tent listening to the
reading of the deed which took away
their lands. At the conclusion of
the reading the two sub-chiefs, who
could neither read nor write, made
their marks. . Turning to Smith, who
stood in contemplative mood, gazing
with fixed eyes upon the papers be
fore them. General Clinch asked:
“You can write your name.SmithP”
••Yes,” he replied quiclay, “but
this is one time wheh I intend to
make my ifiark. ”
Quick as thought the powerful
half-breed whipped out a long, keen
knife, and, lightning-like, buried it
to the hilt in the heart of one of the
subchiefs, then in that of the other,
and finally in the breast of the gov
ernment agent, killing the three al
most instantly.
The soldiers about General Clinch
flew to arms, and were in the act of
making Smith their prisoner when
he calmly called to them to look out
side the tent. Doing so, they found
the camp completely surrounded by
a band of at least 8,000 Indian braves
ready to obey their chief’s command.
Smith did not order the massacre of
the company, but without as much as
harming a hair of the head of Gen
eral Clinch or any of his soldiers,
marched them to the edge of the
swamp, and in parting said:
“Now, General Clinch, you and ‘
your soldiers may go, but I warn
you that if ever a white man places
his foot upon our lands again he had
better beware of the Seminoles. ”
As General Clinch marched his
men away the Indian braves enthu
siastically crowded about their great
chief and raising him high upon their
shoulders cried out in a mighty
chorus: “Osceola! Osceola!” which
means “the rising sun.” This was ]
the beginning of the Seminole war, j
and it was in this way that the half
breed chieftain received the name
by which he is known to history. ,
The end of his career is familiar to
all. The manner in which he was
enticed to Washington, where he at
tracted much attention and was the
“observod of all observers,” under
cover of a flag of truce, and his con
finement until his death in Fort
Moultrie, at Charleston, are well re
membered.
Smith’s successor in command of
the Seminoles was Billy Bowlegs, a
chief of diminutive stature but un
daunted courage. During the war
which followed Billy found refuge in
Okefenokee swamp, and one of the
principal islands of this inland sea
now bears his name.
Okefenokee swamp was, until 1890,
the property of the state of Georgia
An act of the legislature, approved
in October, 1889, provided for the
sale of the swamp to the highest
bidder, the minimum price being
fixed at 121 cents an acre. When
the bids were opened by Governor
Gordon March 18, 1890, that offering
261 cents per acre was accepted. I
A Might Favor*
A criminal whose day of execution,
had arrived was asked by his jailer
if he had any favor to ask. have,
sir,” said the condemned man, "and.
it is a very slight favor indeed.”
“Well if it is really a slight favor I
pan grant it. What is itP” "I hanker
for a few peaches to eat.” "Peaches!”
exclaimed the jailer. "Why, they
won’t be ripe for several months,
yet” "Well,” said the condemned
man, ‘ ‘that doesn’t matter—I’ll wait ”■
-Tit-Bits.
The Landlord’* Ox WW Gored. !
Cumback—I was a guest of this j
Colorado resort hotel which was helHl !
up and robbed by a lone bandit nab •
long aga
Stayhome—What did the landlord
do about it?
Cumback—He roared unceasingly ■
for two days about its being the
worst breach of professional courtesy
he had ever heard of.—Puck.
Signs of Total Depravity.
Helen—I do think that man I stood,
in front of in the car must have been
a perfect brute.
Nettie—Why, dear ?
“I stood on his foot for twenty min
U.tqs and he didn’t have mannose
eaQVgk to oftpr me his seat” >
SUSAN B.’S FIRST SPEECH
It Ooulatod Only of Threo Sontonooa,
Bat It Wont to tho Point.
It is forty yearn since Mist
Anthony first lifted her voice in pub*
lio. She spoke exaotly throe sen*
tences on that occasion, but they
cost her an effort almost greater
than the commotion her aot excited.
It was at the New York state teach
ers’ convention, in the city of
Rochester, says the New York Sun,
and Miss Anthony was in attendance
for the first time in her life. There
were about a thousand women
teachers there and about two hun
dred men. But the men were cer
tainly a glorious minority. They
gave the reports, made all sugges
tions, nominated committees*—of
themselves—and, in short, they were
the convention., Not one of the
women had ever raised her feeble
voioe In approval or protest At this
meeting several of the men loudly
bewailed the fact that society did not
respeot teachers as it respected
lawyers, doctors and ministers. They
said that they were called Miss
Nanoys and old grandmothers, which
terms they did not seem to consider
respeotfuL They declared that the
vocation of a teacher was superior in
Importance to that of a lawyer or a
doctor. Yea! even of a minister.
At this point of the discussion a
strange and awful thing occurred.
A woman rose and said: “Mr. Presi
dent.’’ That woman was young Miss
Anthony. This is the way she tells
of what happened:
»» uwu »us piooiuouv o luppou tU blit)
front of the platform he said: ‘What
will the lady have?’ just as if some
one had fainted or something had
happened. The thought never
entered the man’s head, never even
oracked the shell, that one of one
thousand women should speak when
there two hundred men there for
that purpose.
“ ‘Mr. President.’ I said, *1 would
like to speak ou the subject under
discussion. ’
“What do you think he said? He
looked down at the handful of men,
who, of course, had the good seats
in front, and inquired solemnly what
was the pleasure of the convention!
Then some gentleman arose and made
the motion that the lady be allowed
—allowed mind you—to speak. For
half an hour they discussed that
motion. Finally, by a small majority,
I was permitted to say wliat I had on
my mind. All this time I had stood
there determined to keep the floor at
any cost There was a big lump in
my throat, but I choked it down.
“•Mr. President and gentlemen,’ I
said as bravely as I could, •! have
listened to your discussion with a
good deal of interest, but it seem < to
me that none of you quite compre
hend the cause of the disrespect you
complain of. Do you not see that
while woman has not brains enough
to be a minister, a doctor or a lawyer,
but has ample brains to be a teacher,
every man of you distinctly acknow
ledges that he has not any more brains
than a woman?’
“When I sat down three men
walked the length of the hall, shook
hands with me and thanked me—I
hardly know why. The newspaper
accounts the next day said that I
made the men very angry, but that I
hit the nail on the head. But it did
some good, anyway. After my
plunge women were allowed to read
papers, were placed on committees
and took an aetive part in the con
ventions I, myself, was asked to
read a paper—which by the way, I
got my friend, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, to write for me—and. in a
voice somewhat the worse for having
my heart in my throat, I read it be
fore the convention. Of course the
paper was good—Mrs. Stanton wrote
it—but this was the cheerful way in
which Father Hazleton complimented
me on it:
“ ‘In matter and manner I would
not have asked that your address
should be different, but, madam, I
would rather have followed my wife
and daughter to Greenwood ceme
tery than have had them stand be
fore this audience and read that ad
dress.’
“Now, wasn’t that nice of himP’’
says Miss Anthony quizzically, and
then murmurs reflectively, “the
world do move.’’
CootndleM Himself.
“Doctor,” said the solicitor. “I
wish you would do some advertising
with our paper.”
“Couldn't think of it. sir. The
idea is preposterous. It’s against
the ethics of our profession. By the
way, here is an item about a man I
attended this morning. Take it
down to the office, will you? .And
be sure to see that my name is
mentioned.”
It la With Horn* People.
Frank, aged 8, is trying to explain
to his little sister Ethel what the
soul ia
"You know, Ethel, your body
doesn’t go to heawen; it’s your soul.”
Ethel—What is the soul P
Frank—Well, it’s something inside
you—not your heiart; It’s something
you feel, but can’t see.
Ethel—Oh, 1 know! You mean the
diunea—Texas Sittings.
A ■•ndltujr Trade.
Almost the sole hereditary trade
in the United States is that of the
deep -water pilot At most of the
important seaports pilotage has been
confined for generations to a few
families. The Delaware pilots con*
gregafe at Lewes, where they have
lived 'these many generations.
Haa tha Proper View.
The Count — What zey call the
young gallant who would wed ze
young ladeeP
The Heiress—The suitor.
The Count—Ah! And I suppose eef
ze you ng laden accept zey call her ze
suitedi is it nQtfarUfe.
HOW TO FIHD OUT.
Fill • bottle or common gltaa trill
urine and let it stand twenty-four hours
a sediment or settling indicates an un
healthy condition of the kidneys
When urine stains linen it is positive
evidence of kidney trouble. Too fre
quent desire to urinate, or pain in the
back, is also convincing proof that the
kidneys and bladder are out of order.
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’a
Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish in relieving pain in
the back, kidneys, liver, bladder, and
every part of the urinary passages. It
corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pains in passing it, or bad
effects following the use of liquor, wine
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to get up
many times during the night to urinate.
The mild and the extraordinary effect
of Swamp Root is soon realised. It
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most destresslng cases. If
you need a medicine you should have
the best. Sold by druggists, price fifty
cents and one dollar. You may have a
sample bottle and pamphlet both sent
free by mail Mention Tan Frontier
and send your address to Dr. Kilmer &
Co., Binghamton, X, Y. The proprie
tors of this paper guarantee the genu
ineness of this offer.
What • Prominent Insuranae Man hji.
H. M. 010889m, senior member of H,
M. Blossom & Co., 317 N. 3rd St.Louis
writes: I bad been left with a very dis
tressing cough, the result of influenza,
which nothing seemed to relieve, until I
took Ballard’s Horehound Syrup. One
bottle completely cured me. I sent one
bottle to my sister who had a severe
cough, and she experienced immediate
relief. I always recommended this
syrup to my friends.
John Cranston 908 Hampshire Street,
Quincy, III., writes: I have found
Ballard’s Horehound Syrup superior to
any other cough medicine. I have ever
known. It never disappoints. Price 85
and 60 cents. Free sample bottlee at P.
C. Corrigan’s.
nu BICYCLES.
The State Journal is offering a first
class bicycle free to any person who will
get up a club of 100 yearly subscribers
for the Semi-Weekly Journal at $1 each.
The bicycles are covered by as strong
a guarantee as any $100 wheel and are
first class in every respect. Any young
man or woman can now earn a bicycle]
If you find you cannot get the required
number, a liberal cash commission will
be allowed you for each subscription
you do get. You are sure to be paid
well for what you do. You can get all
your friends and heighbors to take the
Semi-Weekly State Journal at $1 a year
Address State Journal, Lincoln, Neb.
Mr. Isaac Horner, proprietor of the
Burton House, Burton, W. Va., and one
of the most widely known men in the
state, was cured of rheumatism after
three years of suffering. He says: “I
have not sufficient command of lan
guage to convey any idea of what 1
suffered. My physicians told me that
nothing could be done for me, and my
friends were fully convinced that noth
ing but death would relieve me of my
suffering. In June, 1894, Mr. Evans,
then salesman for the Wheeling Drug
Co., recommended Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm. At this time my foot and limb
were swolen to more than double their
normal size and it seemed to me my leg
would burst, but soon after I began
using the Pain Balm the swelling began
to decrease, the pain to leale, and now I
consider that I am entirely cured. For
sale by P. C. Corrigan.
Marvelous Besults.
From a letter written by Bev. J.
Gunderman, of Dimondale, Mich., we
are permitted to make this abstract: “I
have ne hesitation in recommending 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. King’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
size 50 cents and $1.00.
Pacific Short Line
-HAS THE
BEST TRAIN SERVICE
-IN
NORTHERN NEBRASKA.
Th rough Freight and Passenger Rates
TO ALL POINTS.
If you are going on a trip or intend ehang
I ing your location, apply to our nearest
agent, or write to
W. B. McNIDBR.
Oen’l Pass. Agent. Sioux City.
m
The Smart Housewife Gets The Ff»«t
at same price others pay for inferior brands aha
always asks for , ww
a, •%
KIHGSFORD’SI
OSWEGO STARCH
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¥' sfefe
’M
" PURE” & “SILVER GLOSS”
Rnt the laundry give a gloss and finish that Is
FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST CLASS CROCERS.
tup Man who is Raising a Big Crop
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..... . —realize* that the harvest time is aheadL
Id:al farming comprehends net only the growing of the tallest grain—the most toner
to'the/acre of hayi the best fanning—the farming that pays—must contemplate
something more than thlsi for there 7a a harvest time, and just in proportion as a
crop is saved, successfully, speedily and economically, in just that proportion may bo
measured the season’s profit or loss.
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Harvesting Machines are the profit«bringing kind| they are the kind that
expenses; there are other kinds that don't, and are in fact a constant expense becauee
they are so constantly out of fix. Let's admit, that we are all trying to make money;
let's admit also—because experience has proven it true—that there's nothing cboopor
than the best. In harvesting machinery here it In,
The McCormick Right-hand Open Elevator BUdOr.
The McCormick New 4 Steel Mower. 'SS !
The McCormick Folding Daisy Reaper, '
The McCormick Vertical Corn Binder. , '
Come in sad let us chow you these machines 1 tbry aretbe only kind we
they are the only Lind to own. -
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