Nebraska Newspapers

    VOLUME XVIII._ O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. OCTOBER 14. 1897. NUMBER 15.
5 NEWS SANS HESS
Items of Interest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED
I>s<el Ktppniip Portrayed For General
Kdifleation and Amusement.
Firemen's ball tomorrow night.
Harvey Bently was down from Stuart
Sunday. __ *
S. H, Green was up from Ewing
Tvesday. _
Mike Welsh returned from Burwell
last Friday.
Frank Moore, of Atkinson, was in
'^O'Neill Tuesday.
O. F. Biglin made a business trip to
Sioux City Wednesday.
State Superintendent Jackson was in
the city tbe first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Burge are rejoicing
over the arrival of a daughter.
WANTED—At this office, ten bushels
of good potatoes on subscription.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K Gilligan went down
to Sioux City Wednesday morning.
Dennis Murphy was a caller Monday
and paid his respects and subscription.
T. D. Hanley and Wm. Laviollette
' attended the carnival last Friday and
; > Saturday.
Rev. J. Crews, the “new” Methodist
minister, preached bis first sermon
Sunday morning.
H. M. Bradatreet is again in the livery
business, having rented the Fallon barn
next to this office.
The business man who advertises in
The Fmontikr is sure to prosper. Try
it and be convinced.
.# T. M. Morris and -B. A. DeYarman
were among (be O’Neillites who were in
Sioux City Saturday.
Dick Eilmurry came up from Ewing
Saturday evening and spent Sunday in
the bosom of his family.
lon't fail to buy a ticket to the fire*
en’s ball. It is for a worthy cause
and should be patronized.
Use U and G remedy for black leg.
As a preventative it has no equal. Sold
by Hershiser & Gilligan. 15 tf
Miss Lettie Gillespie, who was seri
ously ill the first of the week, is some
what better at this writing.
Several O’Neillites attended the car
nival at Sioux City last week and all
report having a pleasant time.
Miss Maud Gillespie came over from
Ppencer. where she is teaching, last
Friday evening, returning Sunday.
Fred C. Wilson and May Trussell, of
Little, were granted a marriage license
by Judge McCutchan last Monday.
Prof. Schubert will move his family
to this city tomorrow and will reside in
the Jackson house on Fourth street.
For teeth or photos, go to Dr. Cor
bett’s parlors, 23rd to 80th of each
month. Photographs $1 per dozen.
We sell good flour, corn meal, graham,
bran, shorts, corn, oats, etc., at gold
Standard prices. 83-tf L. Keyes.
Do not let the black leg into your
herd. Prevent it by using H and G.
Sold by Hershiser & Gilligan. 15-tf
Mrs. Fred Van Fleet and children, of
Atkinson, visited relatives in this city
last Saturday, returning home in the
evening. ’
Mrs. J. H. Meredith left yesterday
morning for her old home in Iowa,
where she will visit her parents for a
C few weeks.
Editor Sturdevant, of (be Stuart
Ledger, was in the city yesterday.
John is making tbe Ledger a red hot
sheet these davs.
If black leg gets a start in your herd
it is hard to check it. The best remedy
known is H and G. For sale by Her
shtser & Gilligan. 15-tf
The night of the Are some person took
Bcatt Hough’s dark lantern from tbe
engine house and he would be pleased
to have the person who took it return it
to him.
Peter Sodersten has resigned his
position as section foreman for the F. E.
railroad at this place, and will move
onto his farm in the north part of the
couoty.
Certainly you don’t want to suffer
wWjfc dyspepsia, constipation, sick head
aelK sallow skin and loss of appetite.
You have never tried DeWitt’s Little
Early Risers for these complaints or you
would have been cured. They are small
pills but great regulators.
Hbbshisxb & Gilligan.
Judging from the amount of lumber
being hauled out of O’Neill these days
it seems as if prosperity had struck the
nation, but onr populist' friends will
not admit it.
Michael O’Uooliban, (Price Jamison)
grand state organizer of Tammany
lodges, with headquarters at Butte,
honored this city by his presence here
last Tuesday.
An old bachelor says, “The fascina
tion for kissing cannot be explained, but
it is supposed to be the same born
instinct that induces one calf to suck
another calf’s ear.”
Charlie Barrett, of Yankton, S. D.,
visited friends and relatives in this city
over Sunday, returning to Yankton
Monday morning, where he is employed
on the Beacon Light.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Butler, of Wood
Lake, Neb , were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Messner a couple of days the first
of the week. They returned |n their
home Tuesday evening.
Mrs. G. W. Smith left Wednesday
morning for Chicago, where she will
remain some time. She will also visit
her father, J. P. Blanchard, at Danville,
111., before she returns home.
Fremont Tribune: Mrs. Laura Cress
is packing her confectionery goods this
afternoon and shipping them to O'Neill.
Mrs. Cress, however, expects to remain
in Fremont this winter at least.
Charlie Hough and ltuben Ward, both
former Holt' county boys, but now of
Correctionville, Iowa, arrived in this
city Friday evening and will visit friends
and relatives here for a abort time.
Ed Graham, jr., was in town Satur
day passing around the cigars on
account of the arrival of a daughter at
his home Thursday evening. We
smoked to the health of the little one.
Moments are useless if trifled away;
abd they are dangerously wasted if con
sumed by delay in cases where One
Minute Cough Cure would bring imme
diate relief. Hebsiiiseh & Gilligan.
Mrs. Fred Swingley passed through
O’Neill Sunday evening en route to
Atkinson from her old home in Leaf
River, III., where she has been visiting
her parents and old friends for some
time. __
The geese have commenced their
annual trip to the south and a warmer
climate, and the hunters are hurrying
them up on the trip by ’’cutting loose"
at them with “any old thing" that will
shoot. _
Winter blooming bulbs for sale,
among them the genuine Chinese sacred
lilty. Mammoth bulbs, they grow in
water and gravel, and bloom in from
four to six weeks from planting.
13-3 Hbrshiser & Gilligan.
Michael Sullivan, of Park City, Utah,
wbo was called here last week on
account of the serious illness of bis
mother, left for home Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Sullivan has recovered sufficiently
to be able to be around again.
If you have ever seen a little child in
a paroxysm of whooping cough, or if
you have been annoyed by a constant
tickling in the throat, you can appreci
ate the value of Cne Minute Cough Cure,
which gives quick relief.
Hekshiber & Gilligan.
The Are department will give a ball at
the rink tomorrow evening. At the fire
last week the fire apparatus was damaged
to the extent of $75, and this dance is
given to help raise money to repair the
loss. Everyone should turn out and
assist in making it a rousing success.
Running sores, indolent ulcers and
similar troubles, even though of many
years standing, may be cured by using
DeWilt’a Witch Hazel Salve. It sooths,
strengthens and heals. It is the great
pile cure. Hershiser & Gilligan.
Mr. and Mrs. John McHugh went
down to Sioux City last Friday. From
there Mrs. 'McHugh will go to Carrol,
Iowa, where she will visit for a few
weeks with relatives. John will look
after some business in the eastern part
of the state and wiil return to O'Neill
the latter part of the week.
Small precautions often prevent great
mischiefs. DeWitt’a Little Early Risers
are very small pills in size, but are moat
effective in preventing the most serious
forms of liver and stomach tronblee.
They cure constipation and headache
and regulate the bowels.
Hbrshiseb & Gilligan.
"Many have said their children would
have died of croup, if Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy had not been given,”
writes Kellam & Ourren, druggists,
Seaview, Va. "People come from far
and near to get it and speak of it in the
highest terms.” This is equally true of
this remedy in every community where
it is known. Buy a bottle at P. C. Cor
rigan’s drug store and teat it for yourself.
U. S. Adams and wife of Spencer,
were in the city Tuesday on tbeir way
to Chambers where they will visit
relatives for a few days. From there
they go to Douglas, Otoe county, where
Mr' Adams has secured a position in a
hardware store. Their many friends in
this city wish them success in their new
home.
The "Bicyclist’s Best Friend” is a
familiar name for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve, always ready for emergencies.
While a specific for piles, it also instant
ly relieves and cures cuts, bruises, salt
rheum, eczema and all affections of the
skin. It never fails.
Hsbshiseb A Gilligak.
Bur well Mascot: The town board at an
adjourned meeting, by a vote of two to
three, refused to grant liquor licence to
M. J. Welsh, who had applied for the
same. This, of course, the board had a
perfect right to do, and their action
pleases a considerable number of the
citizens of the town and displeases
others, as is always the case , in such
matters. _
6. O. Snyder, H. M. Uttley, J. C.
Harnish, J. Bentley, J. F. Pfnnder, C.
W. Hagensick, B. Martin, H. Zimmer
man, C. L Bright and J. L. Mack went
over to Butte last Friday where they
organized a lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, with twenty-one
charter members. H. M. Uttley acting
as deputy grand master had charge of
the work.
Never since the booming day* of ’84
to ’88 has there been so much lumber
hauled ont of O'Neill aa there is this fall.
Scarcely a day passes that there is not
half dozen large loads taken out of the
town. It may be tbe farmers in India
creates tbe demand and it may be that
Mark Hanna furnishes the money
wherewith to purchase it, but we labor
under the impression that it is an indica
tion that tbe prosperity promised by tbe
republican party has come, and has
come to stay. Stand up for Nebraska;
for republicanism and Holt county.
Stolen: Backward, turn backward, O
time in your flight, make us all young
again just for tonight. Let us forget
that we ever were old; lived when old
milch eows were butchered and sold;
passed o’er the counter for A No. 1,
bring me my gun mister, bring me my
gun. Take us once more to the days of
our youth, do it before I have lost every
tooth; chewing up leather baa shortened
my years, darkened my pathway,
bedewed it with tears. Shoot tbe “old
heifer” and chop her in halves, mother
of fifteen or twenty fine calves. Pitch
the vile stuff in a deep burning lake,
give us some steak, mister, give us some
steak.
A western Kansas newspaper prints
tbe following marriage tale: “Wilt
thou take her for thy pard, for better or
for worse, to have to fondly hold till
hauled off in a hearse? Wilt thou let
her have her way, consult her many
wishes, make the fire every day and help
her wash the dishes? Wilt thou give
her all the 'stuff’ her little purse will
pack, buy a boa and a muff, a little seal
skin sacque? Wilt thou comfort and
support her father and her mother,
Aunt Jemima, Uncle John, three sisters
and a brother?” .And his face grew
pale and blank; it was to late to jilt;
as through the door be sank, he sadly
said, “I wilt.”
“I can’t see bow any family lives
without Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy,” says J. R.
Adams, a well known druggist of
Geneva, Ala., in a letter inquiring tbe
price of a dozen bottles, that he might
not only have it for use in his own
family, but supply it to his neighbors.
The reason some people get along with
out it is because they do hot know its
value, and what a vast amount of suffer
ing it will save. Wherever it becomes
known and used, it is recognized as a
necessity, for it Is the only remedy that
can always be depended upon for bowel
complaints, both for children and
adults. For sale by P. G. Corrigan.
The concert at the rink laat Saturday
evening by Pror. Schubert, assisted by
Miss Bess Huston and Miss Celia Blind
quist was well attended and highly
appreciated by all. Prof. Schubert.is
certainly a master of the piano, and the
grand march of his own composition,
was one of the swellest things we have
listened to for a long time. Miss Huston’s
sioging was greatly enjoyed by all,
especially "The Old Kentucky Home"
which was sung with a pathos that
touched the hearts of all present. Ml—
Rundquist is to be congratulated upon
her proficiency on the violin. She has
a natural talent in that direction, which
has been well cultivated, and she
is the best lady violinist we eVer listened
to. Taken as a whole the concert was
a great success and the professor is to be
congratulated upon the interest mani
fested in the success of his conservatory
of music.
M’ALLISTER ACQUITTED
The Jury Decides After ft Boors
Deliberation.
SELF DEFENSE THE PLEA
Cass Was Stubbornly Contested Throughout
But the State's Mnolpal Witaeaaee
Were Kissing.
After a trial lasting over a week, the
jury la the case of the State of Nebraska
vs William McAllister, charged with the
killing of Frank Gole near Stuart last
spring, returned a verdict of “not
guilty” after about nine hours deliber
ation.
On Wednesday, October 0, the case of
the State of Nebraska vs William Mc
Allister was called. McAllister was
duly arraigned and the information was
read to him by County Attorney Butler,
whereupon the defendant plead “not
guilty."
County Attorney Butler and R. R.
Dickson looked after the interests of the
state, while ti. F. Harrington, J. J.
Harrington and C. I. Lear, of Keya
Paha county, conducted the defense.
Considerable difficulty was encoun
tered in securing a Jury. The regular
panel was exhausted and about seventy
talesmen examined before the jury was
completed, which was Friday noon.
The following is the jury selected: M.
Keefe, J. S. Snyder, Dennis Handley,
M. Hurley, W. Lackey, W. W. Beck,
John Dierks, Carl Crocker, Patrick
Murphy, William Sexton, H. W. Shaw
and Theodore Lull.
Altar dinner Friday tba state began
the introduction of evidence which wae
about the seme as that introduced at the
coroner’s inquest, which was published
in Thb Fbontibb last spring at the time
of the killing. The defense set up the
plea op'self defense" and introduced a
couple of witnesses who swore that they
saw Cole and Robinson, or one of them,
shoot nt McAllister before he (McAllis
ter) shot at them.
The s^idooce wee all in Tuesday noon I
and after dinner Attorney Butler made
his plea for the state and the able man
net in which he presented the case was
a surprise to many and won for him
golden opinions from those who heard
him.
Then the defense had their innings, J.
J. Harrington, C. E. Lear and M. F.
Harrington appeared for their side of
the case, and they of course done the
best they conld to make their client out
a hero. They each made able addresses
and clearly demonstrated that they had
carefully studied the evidence and done
the best they could to masticate that
part that was injurious to their client.
R. R. Dickson closed the case for the
state and he went after a couple of the j
states witnesses barefooted and without
gloves. He carefully dissected the evi
dence of the defence and in clear,
concise and logical English presented to
the jury the most potent evidence intro
duced by the prosecution. He made by
tar the best plea we have ever heard him
make in any case.
The Instructions of Judge Kinkaid
were lengthy covering every possible
phase of the case, giving the jury a clear
understanding of the points of law in
volved leaving the questions of fact for
their exclusive determination. We
select the following as having the most
bearing upon the points of law involved:
14— The jury are instructed by the
court it is proyided by our statute any
person not an officer may, without a
warrant, arrest any person, <f a petit
larceny or a felony has been committed
and there is reasonable ground to be
lieve the person arrested guilty of such
offense, and may detain him until a
legal warrant can be obtained.
15— The jury are instructed by the
court it is provided by the statute of this
state, if any person shall steal any goods
or chattels or money of any kind of less
value than thirty-five ($35) dollars the
property of another he shall be deemed
guilty of petit larceny.
io—I be jury are instructed by the
court by our statue if any person shall
in the night season wilfully maliciously
and forcibly break and enter into any
barn or stable with intent to steal prop
erty of any value or commit any felony
every person so offending shall be
| deemed guilty of burglary and Impria*
oned in the penitentiary not more than
ten nor less than one year.
17— The Jury are instructed by the
court any crime which is punishable by
imprisonment amounts to a felony, so a
burglary is a felony.
18— The jury are instructed by the
court where a burglary has been com
mitted by some person and chattels
taken from the building broken into the
owner of the building or of the chattels
so taken or any other persons, either or
both, may pnrsue such wrong doer for
the purpose of arresting him, and may,
without warrant, arrest such wrong
doer or any other person, who though
not gnilty of such burglary, they may
have reasonable or probable grounds to
believe to be guilty thereof. In making
such arrest for burglary, if such person
cannot be taken in any other way, his
I life may be taken for the purpose of
preventing hie escape; bat it such per*
eon may be taken without auch extreme
violence, and such pursuing parties kill
him without this being necessary to pre
vent bis escape and without acting in
his or their proper self defense then
such killing will be unlawful and
amount to the crime of manslaughter at
least.
19— The jury are instructed by the
court where a felony or a petit larceny
has been committed and the owners of
the property thus taken they or other
persons or both go in pursuit of the
burglars or thieves if, when undertaking
to arrest the person or persons actually
guilty of the commission of either of
such offenses, or any person whom they
have reasonable or probable grounds to
believe guilty thereof, if such person
turns upon the pursuing party and Ores
off a gun at him or them, manifesting
an intent to shoot such pursuing party,
then the pursuing party may, on the
ground of self defense, immediately
return lire and shoot and kill such per
son so pursued, or attacking party.
20— The jury are instructed by the
court when an arrest for a felony is
being attempted by persons not officers,
before such persons will be justified in
shooting and killing the person to be
arrested, for the sole purpose of pre
venting his escape, they should either
properly notify him that it is their pur
pose to arrest him, or such person
should in some manner know, under
stand, or have good reason to believe or
infer from the situation that the purpose
of the pursuing persons is to arrest him.
DIITUOT OOVBT.
District court convened in this city
September SO, with Judge Klnkaid pre*
aiding. The following cases have been
disposed of up to date:
Singer Manufacturing Go. vs Charles
Connel. Plaintiff Sled a motion for a
new trial and same was granted and
verdict rendered set aside.
County of Bolt vs M. D. Long, dis
missed.
G. T. Mull [ban vs J. T. Prout. Dis
missed without prejudice to future
action at cost of plaintiff.
Charles E. Loomis vs Ann Gallagher,
et at. Dismissed and costs taxed to
plaintiff.
Jas. H. Pine vs Anna Pine. The
prayer of the plaintiff was granted, he
being granted a divorce and costs
taxed to him.
Thayer County Bank vs H. B. Hud
dleson, motion for a new trial overruled.
State of Nebraska vs J. H. ' SKoigas,
American Express Co. and F. E. ft M.
V. R. R. Co., charged with transporting
chickens contrary to law. Morgan
plead guilty to having in his possession
two prairie chicken and quail. The plea
was accepted by the state in satisfaction
of the information and the defendant
was fined 915 and coats. The proceed
ings against the other defendants being
dismissed, they never having been' in
custody and never having had a pre
liminary examination.
Quincy National Bank vs Lewis Rad
cliffe was a jury trial snd they found
that the bank had no cause for action.
HOW ULAB. ABItt!
Lincoln Neb., Oct. 111897.
This week has developed some further
startling facts in reference to Meserves
financial condition at McCook and in
reference to the governor's knowledge
when he approved th<* second Bartley
bond that Bartley was already short in
his accounts. At Omaha, during the
progress of the trial against Bartley’s
bond, Frank Ransom, who is one of the
attorneys for the bondsmen, who is a
populist state senator from Omaha, and
who is now state chairman of the so
called free silver republican state
committee, openly charged and offered
to prove that Bartley was already short
when be commenced bis second term
and that Governor Holcomb knew it.
“A fraud was prepertrated.” cried
Ransom. “That fraud was prepertrated
on the one hand by the governor of the
state of Nebraska, and on the other
hand by Joseph 8. Bartley."
John H. Amu, who is on Bartley a
second bond, but not on the flret, de
fending himself before the court, said,
“Has the state through its governor any
more right to rob us than an individual
has? When I was asked to sign that
bond I hesitated. I had been for twelve
weeks on a sick bed. I considered then
that the governor bad examined Bart
ley's books. I thought the governor an
honorable man and an attorney. As he
said nothing I thought Bartley had
squared up and was an honest man. I
signed, I was induced to sign by fraud.”
Attorney Ransom, who is president
pro tem of the populist state senate, who
is chairman of the free silver republican
state central committee, who was one of
the chief manipulators in securing the
nomination of Judge Sullivan, the fusion
candidate for supreme judge, and who is
now acting governor while the real
governor is touring the south in a
P'ivate car, and while the Lieut. Gover
nor is carrying on a revival meeting
do wn in Missouri; this Attorney Ransom,
this fusion leader brought into court
Deputy Treasurer Bartlett and offered
to prove by him that he was present at
a conference between Holcomb and
Bartley wherein to Holcomb was made
known the fact that Bartley waa already '
abort in hia accounta. Bat Attorney
General Smyth objected to thla proof
beta* brought out. Smyth contended
that even if the-governor knew then
that Bartley waa ahort, thla knowlakge
on the part of the governor would not
releaae the bondamen for liability. Ban*
aom contended that the governor’*
knowledge that Bartley bad already
commenced hia default, and the failure
of the governar to count the money and
to make known the true condition of
Bartley’a accounta waa a fraud upon the
new bondamen aa well aa a fraud upon
the taxpayer* wboae money waa being
taken.
All tbeae developmeuta have cauaed n
profound aenaation here at Lincoln, and
have placed the governor alongaide
of Joe Bartley in the public eye juat aa
waa propheaied In theae lettera aome
weeka ago. The governors connection
with thla matter, aa wall aa with other f
mattera not yet fully developed, haabeen
known here at Lincoln, but the public
haa been alow to believe, for the reaaona
which I have before atated, that he wan
mild mannered and patroniaing, piona
and pretentioua, and the general public
had conceded from the atart that be waa ->|t
a “good man, better than hia party.”
And now with thia aenaation that the '
governor waa in complicity with Bart
ley, cornea an additional aenaation about
Meaerve, the preaent treaaurer, that not
only waa hia induction into the county
treaaurerahip at McCook a buainaaa plan
between him and hia creditor* there, not
only did he put up the aama atraw bond
deal with the governor that Bartley had
played ao aucceaafully, but it now oomea
to light, through an examination of the
county record* at McCook, that Meaerve,
in the apace of about a year while he
waa county treaaurer, waa able to pay
oil CM,000 of hia debta, although hia
salary waa only 90,000 a year.
Where tbie indebtedness now reel*
could be ehown if the governor would
demand of Meaerve a new bond and -
require of him a showing of hie condi
tion. It ie hinted by populiat officiate at
the atate houae, who are alarmed at the
eltuatlon, that the governor on hie return
from the aouthern iunket, in order to V
ward off enepietion, will orderlfhtz, the
ioTeatigator, to go through one of hie
perlavering performances and make a
report on the etate treasurer. It is t':
further hinted that Meeerre, who haa ! _
been making some hurried tripe to
McCook lately will leaue through the
influence of hla former creditors there
some aort of pronunciamento which will
tide him over in the confidence of his
party until after eleotion. It’a a tangled
web, and the toils are tightening every
hour.
Whether the governor on hie return
will demand of Meaerve a new bond I
cannot say, but in case he refuses, or
attempts to soothe the public with one >
of hla open letter explanations, either
from himself, Meaerve, or Muta, then
there la a little cloud on the horizen of
the populiat aky, for there is a wheel
within the wheels of the state houae
machine that ia not moving in harmony
and there ia an official there who haa
been goaaiped about and spit on by the ~
gang until he is tired.
One of the state officers, while the
aenaation which occured at the bond
trial in Omaha was being read out loud
to a group of bystanders, said, “The
governor must explain thia. We can’t
stand it.” And then there followed a
conference among aome of the officials
at which it was discussed that the gov
ernor should be called upon to clear up
the chargee made by Benator Raneem
and to take some steps towards putting
the affairs of state treasurer Meaerve on
a eater basis before the public. It
oegms to dawn on me populist officials
that the governor's connection with
these straw bonds is a serious matter.
Heretofore Edmundson and the populist
officers have appeared to be utterly
indifferent as to criticism. They seemed
to have considered that their place in the
confidence of the public was absolutely
secure. Bartley’s defalcation was the
cloud behind which all populist deform
ity could hide from public view.
Bear in mind that when Senator
Ransom made this sweeping charge
against the governor, he was at that
very moment acting governor of the
state, for Governor Holcomb and Lieut.
Governor Harris were both out of the
state, and Ramson, as pro tern, of the
senate was the acting governor. Here
then is Acting Governor Ramson charg
ing in open court that Governor
Holcomb was knowing to Bartley’s
shortage at the time he was approving
his second bond, and that such innocent
sureties as John H. Ames were induced
to sign the bond by the fraudulent pre
tense of the governor that he had
examined the treasurery as provided by
law and that it was in sound conditions
As I close this letter I learn that an
informal meeting was held today at the
state house, of the populist officials
there, at which it was decided to urge
upon the governor and if possible force
upon him prompt action as soon as he
returns from his southernJunket
'• •> J. W. JOHHSOH.