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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1897)
PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO, VOLUME XVIII. O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 11. 1897. C NUMBER 19. NEWS SMS WHISKERS Items of Interest Told As They Are Told to Us. WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED Lem Happenings Portrayed For general Idifieatioa and Amassment. Judge McCutchan was in Sioux City Tuesday. _ Bail ties and wire always on hand at Neil Brennan’s. 16-tf Dr. Qilligan was called to Ainsworth , Monday morning. H. A. Allen, of Atkinson, was in O’Neill the first of the week. , Fob Rent—House of six rooms, rent reasonable. Enquire of Mr. Doyle. 16tf -Special bargains in clothing, overcoats and winter goods at Suilivan Mercan tile Co’s. _ 17-4 Miss Maude Gillespie came over from Spencer Saturday evening returning 8unday. -_ Use H and G remedy for black leg. As a preventative it has no equal. Sold by Hershiser & Gilligan. 15 tf Dr. and Mrs. Gilligan are now nicely tettled in their newly acquired home in the northern part of the city. For teeth or photos, go to Dr. Cor bett’s parlors, 23rd to 30th of each month. Photographs $1 per dozen. Do not let the black leg into your herd. Prevent it by using H and G. Sold by Hershiser & Gilligan. 15-tf Miss Ella Barrett, of Norfolk, who was the guest of the Misses Hurley last week, returned to her home Sunday. FOR SALE—Thirty head of white face Hereford young bulls. 17tf , Jacob Kbaft, Stuart, Neb. Miss Susie Uttley left last Saturday morning for North Platte, Neb., where she will teach school the coming winter. J. 0. Thomas, who ran a drug store in ^ this city several years ago, has been jk elected county judge of Knox county. Merchants should remember that Tbs Frontier is the best advertising medium in this county. Try it and note the results. _ One of the . mail teams ran away Tuesday morning, upsetting the wagon, yut not doing any great amount of damage. _ Talk about business! There is not a night that all the livery barns in the city are not crowded to their utmost , capacity. __ 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 ■hiser & Gilligan. 15-tf O. M. Collins has accepted a position as book keeper in the First National bank, and entered upon his new duties Monday morning. If you want to save money get our prices on clothing, underwear, caps, gloves, mittens and all winter goods, f Sullivan Mercantile Co. 17-4 Rev. Bacon and J. A. Doremus, of Neligh, tarried in O’Neill Tuesday evening on their way to Dustin where they go to ordain a minister. The Neligh district conference of the M. £. church commenced at Neligh Tuesday evening and will close this evening. Rev. Crews of the M. E. church of this city is in attendance. To heal the broken and diseased tis sues, to soothe the irritated surfaces, to instantly relieve and to permanently cure is the mission of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Hbkshisbr & Gilligan. * Jim Gallagher returned Sunday even ing from Neligh where he has been “holding down" the station for a couple of weeks during the absence of the agent, who was away getting married. Moments are useless if trifled away; and they are dangerously wasted if con sumed by delay in cases where One Minute Cough Cure would bring imme diate relief. Hbbshisbr & Gilligan. Wayne Republican: On Sunday morning A. B. Charde was stricken for the second time with paralysis of the vocal organs, and has been quite low ever since but fatal results are not expected. __ In order to stop the practice of flirting with commercial travelers an Ohio vil lage council has decreed that no girl shall be allowed to loiter in the vicinity of the railroad station unless she can produce a railroad ticket. •No man or woman can enjoy life or accomplish much in this world while suffering from a torpid liver. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the pills that cleanse that organ quickly. Hbbshiseb & Gilligan. A? u * ■William Krotter wan down from Stuart last Tuesday. Jake Herahiaer came up from Norfolk Tuesday rnd will remain in tbia City the raat of the week. Rev. 8. F. Bharpleas, of Norfolk, held aervicee in the Presbyterian church in this citylaat Sunday.' Go to Sullivan Mercantile Go's, for bargains'in clothing, gloves, mittens, caps, u^erwear, boots, shoes, over coats and all kinds of winter goods, at a bargain at Sullivan Mercantile Co’s., O’Neill, Neb. 17 4 Running sores, indolent ulcera and similar troubles, even though of many years standings may be cured by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It sooths, strengthens and heals. It is the great pile cure. Hbbshisbb & Gilligan. Joe Mann came over from Spencer Saturday evening and went down to Neligh Sunday morning returning in the evening. By the way we are get ting accuatomed to publishing this item ofjpews about once a month. Pat Gallagher and Guy Hamilton went down to Neligh Sunday to visit Jim Gallagher. The fact that he was coming home that evening “cut no ice" with them. Their souls were so filled with a great yearning that they could Barrett no longer without taking atrip down the road._ Running a newspaper is just like keeping a hotel—only it’s different, says an exchange. A man goes into a hotel for his dinner and finds upon the table something that does not suit his taste, but he does not get up and kick the fat all over the fire and tell the hotel man to “stop his hotel." Certainly you don't want to suffer with dyspepsia, constipation, sick head ache, sallow skin and loss of appetite. You have never tried DeWitt’a Little Early Risers for these complaints or you would have been cured. They are small pills but great regulators. Hkrsiiisbr & Gillioan. Niobrara Tribune: 8t. Paul, Minn., Not. 8.—Hon. A. L. Towle, of Nio brara, Neb., was married here today to Mias Mary E. Hill, of Stevens Point, Wis. Mr. Towle arrived in the morn ing and Miss Hill came in tbe afternoon, the ceremony being performed imme diately after her arrival. The bride is 89 years old and well known in Wis consin. _ All persons interested in tbe coming of Rev. George W. Pepper and in the lecture to be delivered by him in this city on the 86th inst, are requested to meet at Neil Brennan’s office on Sunday next at 3 o’clock p. m. to make the necessary and final arrangements for his reception. Let us have a full attend ance. T. V. Golbrn, Chairman Committee. An accumulation of gas in a stove where there was supposed to be no fire, some kerosene thrown in tbe stove and a lighted match thrown thereafter created an explosion at the H6tel Evans early Sunday morning that blew up two stoves, knocked down a lot of pipe and caused the guests to think that the resurrection morning had come and that they had got a good start on their way to glory._ Exchange: How dear to my heart is the old yellow pumpkin, when orchards are barren of stuffing for pies; when peaches and apples have both been a failure, and berries of no kind have greeted the eyes. How fondly we turn to the fruit of tbe cornfield—the fruit that our children are taught to despise, tbe old yellow pumpkin, the mud cov ered pumpkin, the big bellied pumpkin that makes such good pies. From tbe Lone Star state comes the following letter, written by W. F. Gass, editor of tbe Mt. Vernon, (Tex.) Herald: “I have used Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in my family for the past year^ and find it the best remedy for colic and diarrhoea that I have ever tried. Its effects are instan taneous and satisfactory, and I oheer fully recommend <t, especially for cramp colic and diarrhoea. Indeed, we shall try and keep a bottle of it on our medicine shelf as long as we keep house.” For sale by P. C. Corrigan, druggist. __ Married, at the home of the bride’s parents,' near Chambers, on Thursday evening, November 4, 1897, Miss Mary G. Jeffers to Mr. B. G. Hanna, Rev. J. Crews, pastor of the M. E. church in O’Neill, officiating. There were about thirty invited guests who sat down to a sumptuous supper presided over by Mrs. Jeffers, among them being Rev. H. G. Kemp and wife, of Chambers. The bride was tbe recipient of numerous and valuable presents. A very enjoyable evening was spent, one feature of the entertainment being a visit from the Chambers brass band, which furnished some excellent music. An unknown exchange pay* this tribute to winter: "It snows and blows and atinga your note—make* all crea tion shiver; it bites your toes increases your woes and freexes up the liver. The frost nips all both great and small, this dismal dreary winter; it freeaes type, it bursts the pipe and vexes sore the printer. So let her roll—we mean the coal—it takes the cash in Winter; now please be kind and make tip your mind to settle with the printer." * Rev. George W. Pepper, of Cleveland, 0„ the eminent Methodist divine, Irish patriot and noted lecturer, has been secured by our citisene to deliver 'one of his famous lectures in O’Neill on the evening of the 26th inst. Mr. Pepper’s admirer’s and friends in the city have made the necessary arrangements to’ defray all expenses, so that no charge will be made for admission. The lecture will be given at the court-house, and the subject thereof will be given in our next issue. Our city is to be congratulated on securing Mr. PeSer, and the crowded house he will receive will be sufficient proof of the esteem in which he Is heh) in this city. _ ' ■ It often happens that the doctorla oat of town when moat needed- The two year old daughter of J. Y. Schenck, of Caddo, Ind. Ter., waa threatened with croup. lie writea: “My wife Inflated that I go for the doctor at once, but a|i he waa out of town, I purchased a bottle of Chamberlain’a Cough Remedy, which relieved the child immediately.” A bottle of that remedy in the bonae will often save the expense of a doctor’s bill, besides the anxiety always occasioned by serious sickness. When it is given as soon as the croupy cough appears, it will prevent the attack. Thousands of mothers always keep it in their homes, The 25 and 50 cent bottles tor sale by P. C. Corrigan, druggist. The agricultural editor of the Port land, (Me.) Express, thus answers a correspondent who wanted to know how to keep his neighbor’s hens out of.' his garden: “Dear Correspondent: Take a lot of small, stiff cards about one by two inches, write on them ‘Please keep your old hen at home.’ Tie a short string to each card with a grain of corn at tin ether tod of the string, and scatter them where the hens congregate. When the hungry biddy gobbles up the grain that draws the prize, she follows up the string, stowing it away until she comes to the card. Then she will pull out for home, carry ing in her mouth your polite request. The woman—young or old—who likes to be clothed in a stylish, tasteful, up to-date manner, the fond mother who wishes her young folks to appear at their best, the dressmaker who really desires to please her patrons—all these will be made glad by the advent of the Standard Designer for November. The modes and millinery that are shown in its pages are new in design, and of great enough variety to please every fancy; and the thousand and one little hints and suggestions that it contains regarding feminine apparel will be found helpful and pre-eminently practical. Not alone to fashions, however, is the number devoted, for floriculture, bicy cling, fancy work, literature, art, and the household each receives due atten tion. It may be mentioned, by the way, that a very interesting series of articles on personal improvement by the author of the famous “Ugly Girl Papers" are being published in the Standard Designer. Ponca Journal: Because Donald Mc Lean has disappeared into oblivion, and no one can tell where be is or even whether he is alive, yet we have every faith to believe that it will not be long before a bridge over the Missouri at. this place will be built. Not a bridge of Ice, but a good solid railroad bridge, built by the Milwaukee company, and that over it a branch of their road will enter this state. The Milwaukee com-: pany is desirious of participating In ! carrying business of Nebraska and there is no point on the river where as desir able a crossing exists. That company is aware ot the excellent place for abridge, and whether Donald McLean has dis appeared forever or not we believe makes but little difference, ultimately, with the building ot the bridge and the road across it. We hope the Milwaukee company will make this important move next spring, in fact we have hints that it will do so. Bueklen’s Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cats, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and post tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion or money refunded. Price 26 cents per box. For sale by P. C. Corrigan. Thanksgiving day is set for November 25. There’s lots to be thankful for. ■ MATH 01 W. H. 0’IUU. A telegram mi received by Mayor Gillespie laat Friday morning announc ing the death of W. H. O’Neill at Lin coln that morning. Mr. O’Neill was a son of John O’Neill, of this city, and the remains were brought to this city for Interment. The funeral was held from the Catholic church last Sunday morning, and was largely attended by friends mid relatives of the deceased. Deceased was about 98 years old and was well hnown in this city, where he lived for several years. An inquest was held and the coroner’s jury decided that he came to his death from a rupture of of the lungs. The following account of his death is taken from the'Lincoln Call: *'W. H. O’Neill, a switchman, em ployed in the Burlington yards In this city, came to his death at an early hour this morning in a sudden and rather mysterious way. O’Neill came to this city a week ago Wedneeday and secured employment as switchman in the Bur* lington yards. He stopped at the Boyd hotel. "He worked up to yesterday when be 'laid off to take the medical examination for admission to the Burlington Volun tary Belief association. He was put through a thorough examination and pasted successfully. Yesterday after noon O'Neill met Jesse L. Morrison, a railroad man, who came here looking /or work, and who resides in Oreston, Iowa, O’Neill found that Morrison was 'broke,' and asked him to take snpper with him at the Boyd hotel. Morrison accompanied him to supper. About 8 o’clock O’Neill retired to room 40, and told the night clerk to show Morrison up to his room when he got ready to go to bed, as he was going to stay all night with him. There was both a bed and a cot in the room, and O’Neill took the cot. “When Morrison came to bed at 9 o’clock, he found O’Neill lying on the cot reading. They had some conversa tion, after which O’Neill dropped off to ileep. He had not removed hiaahirt, pants nor socks, but Morrison says he did not pay any attention to thetas fsilroad men often sleep with their jgtathes on, especially when crowded with' Work as at the present lime, and liable to be called at any moment. He noticed the covers were off of O’Neill, and he went over to his cot and replaced them. He then retired. “O’Neill had left a call with the night clerk for 6 o'clock, as he was going to work this morning. The clerk came up at that time and called him. He came into the room, shook O’Neill and asked him if he was going to get up, to whioh he replied in a sort of mumbling way that he would not get up. The clerk then left him. At 7 ;80 Morrison arose and dressed. While lacing np his shoes, O’Neill called to him and requested him to hand a pair of socks o him from a bundle. Morrison started to leave tbe room without doing so, forgetting his request, when O’Neill called him back and again asked tbe same question. Morrison asked him why be wanted another pair of socks, as he had a pair on, to which O’Neill replied that he wanted a clean pair. Morrison left him, and O’Neill’s last words to him were to be sure and tell the night clerk to let him (Morrison) have hia breakfast. The night clerk was not-in, and Morrison came un to town where he met another friend and took breakfast with him. “About 8 a. m. J. H. Buckley, another railroad man and a friend of O’Neill’s came to the hotel to see why he had not come to work. The clerk told Buckley O’Neill was still in his room, and at 8:10 Buckley went up to bis room and found him dead. Buckley returned and told the clerk, who would not believe him until he saw for himself. Bockleyhad also taken the relief examination yes terday and failed to pass. The coroner was notified and the remains were taken to Roberts’ undertaking rooms. There were no marks on the body to indicate any foul play, and Coroner Holyoke was at a loss to account for his death. “O’Neill was not well known here, having been here so short a time. He was known as a quiet fellow among the railroad men, with no bad habits, not being a drinking man. Nothing is known as to whether or not he is mar ried, tbe only remark he having made to anyone concerning his relatives was that his father lived at O’Neill, Neb., where he runs a hotel. A telegram was sent to O'Neill accordingly. “Coroner Holyoke impaneled a jury at 11 a. m., and an inquest was held in Roberts’ undertaking rooms. The wit nesses were Jesse L. Morrison, Jack Riordan, day clerk at the Boyd, F. E. Fibert, night clerk at the Boyd, and J. H. Buckley. Their testimony was about as above related. The jury will render a verdict at 4 p. m. An examin ation of tbe brain will be made to ascertain, if possible, the cause of O’Neill’s sudden demise.” JOHXSOX’i LITTXB. Lincoln, Neb. Not. 6, 1897.—Hpecial Correapondence: Aa I write, now four days after election, the capital city ia ■till rife with gossip aa to Juat what waa the reault, and aa to how and why it waa ao. Retnrna are not yet complete from the ninety countiea in the atate, but enough la known to determine that the fusion* lata bare loat more than halt thair majority of one year ago. If you oomputa from the bead of the tioket, then Holcomb’s lead of nearly 98.000 a year ago ie cut down to about 10.000 now. If you compute aa between the presidential electors then and the regents now, we hare the fusion major ity redjiced from about 18,000 then to about 5,000 now. To that extent a lack of confidence ia voted against the silver doctrine in Bryan’s state and to that extent the fusion state administration ia rahnkAfl- ^ Not only in thla lack of confidence voted against Bryan and free silver In his own state, and not only is the slate administration rebnked before it is a year old, bnt the loss to the fusionista in county offices shows that even in the ■mall place the professional reformer ie not able to hold the confidence of the people. Republicans have made mater ial gains in the court houses. The rebuke voted against Bryan and against the state administration is emphasised when it is considered that this is Bryan's home state, that this Is the first year of the fusion slate admin* iatration, and that both Bryan and the state officers at the lut made the most feverish and energetic campaign ever put up in this state in an off year. The governor with the other state officers and nearly all the deputies and under officials abandoning their offleial positions and hurrying from town to town and from school house to school house during the last three weeks before election, probably had. the effect to increase the fusion vote but I don't believe it had the effect to increase the reaped which the public had tor these mini. *■ Never before did e governor beg go bard for an endoreement. Never before did presidential candidate, nab so frantically from town to town among the people of hie own state in an off year with his party in power at the state house. Mr. Bryan seemed to rea lise that his cause in Nebraska needed a stimulant and the state administration throughout seemed to realize that It needed defense. In Omaha, where Mr. Bryan's effort reached the hysterioal stage, seven speeches in one night, the result was a heavy loss to the fusion state ticket and a complete .victory for the republican county ticket. Looking back now over Bryan's ttail the vote in the localities where he spoke shows that his efforts injured rather than helped his cause. In 1800 Mr. Bryan was first elected to congress and at once commenced his career as the hero and manipulator of both the populist and democratic parties. It is worth the while now to make note of what has happened to these two parties in Nebraska since then. Then, as indicated by the state election vote on the head of the ticket, the democrats had 71,000, the populists 70,000 and the republicans 69,000 votes. Since then Mr. Bryan has had a career in congress, has had a career as presidential candi date and has become thi national leader of both democracy and populism. On last Tuesday these 71,000 demo crats of 1890 and the 70,000 populists now combined into one party, under the leadership of Bryan, stood up against the 69,000 republican party of 1890 and defeated it by 5,000 or 6,000 votes. The 69,000 republicans have grown into 100,000, while the 141,000 demo crats and populists have shrunk into 105,000, or a bare majority over the republicans. There seems to be a general opinion here oot only among republicans, but among populists as well, that had it not been for the defalcations of Bartley and Moore, republicans would have easily carried the state in this election. It means that the fusion ticket was barely elected because Bartley and Moore de faulted, and without these defaults this election would have been a complete route for Bryan and Bryanism in Nebraska. It means that the charges which have been published against this state administration in the last few months are accepted by the public as true, and that the public, while unwill ing to pass by republican defalcations without rebuke, was also unwilling to endorse this preeept state administra tion or to cast a vote which would seem to deny the prosperity which the Mc Kinley administration has brought to the people. It means that with republican default ers punished through the instrumentality of republican courts and the party surged from the stain which thcw lefaulters have pot upon it, and that irith a state ticket of clean men selected >y a free and untrammelled republican itate. convention, the people of Nebras ta in their next state election wiU ; f hasten to express their confidence in the ' republican party, in the McKinley, \ idmlnlstration and their final farewell '"’ftp to Bryanism in finance and to sham * ; reformers in state government. : ' i The truths which have been ottered ": iialnst this state administration remain - rad will remain. The recount fraud is , aot condoned, the straw bond frauds ' ire not condoned and the people have aot lessened their contempt for the antl> I railroad pass grabbing, junketing popn-ip'H list hypocrite. The republican state f committee from its meager resources bought tickets for its public speakers, ft. for suoh men as Judge Field, nhUe an army of such blatherskites as Mqte galloped over the state on free passes begging the deluded farmers to sustain ine aou-raiiroad pin reform adoriata* iratlon. The people kaow whet ie ? going on end they will not forget The bargain which the Hale board of traw- ’’" porutloa made for Sullivan’i election \ will not be ratified bp the people. Id the meaatime thoae who voted for ,. Judge Poet will have the utitfaetioa of kuowiDg that he waa a conecientiotu, ^ (earleaa judge who aevar played the demagogue. He Dover flirted with a SoaDcial dootrioe whloh he daapiaed ud aever eonaeoted to beeooie the odd* lidate of ao aati-r|ilroad party at the regueet of the corporatiooa. J. W. Jokksok. W/, -. __ 1 ■ - i OBITUABY. WHD—At hla home on the Blackbird, ‘ fifteen mile* north of O’Neill. on October 9, 1897, Sin Goodfeuow, ; ' •god 88 years, 1 month ond 9 days. Ho vn born .la Syraouae, H. Y.t . October 7,1839, whom ho maided for a ; number of years, moving front thoro to - ' f Wisconsin, then to Minnesota, and froth thero to Nebraska, when ho haa resided 1 For the paat 18 years, being one of the pioneer cltlaena of Boil county. He waa married on January 1,1888, , to Mlae Kliaaheth Landers, with whom’ he enjoyed a long and pleaaaat life. - Th# dsoeased haa Umtm-mrvaB&PZM of 89 yearn a sesloua workef la tte United Breathren and Methodiaf V Eplsoopal churches. He enjoyed tto' | reapeet and love of all who knew him, | and la loved and kindly remembered by hla eon and daughter who are greatly bereaved beeauaa of hla death. Hie laet boura were apent in perfeot peaee, with ., the brightest hope of future hapglness. cam or TKAirxaTo thb rtmic. In behalf of myself and the ooagrega* tlon of which I am paator, I daelre to ■ • • tender my moat heartfelt thanks to the kind people generally, of thla and a few Dutalde communities, for the very * liberal and munlOoent manner in which you extended your helpful aeaiatanoe and kindly patronage toward the fair raoently held in thia city under the very \ ; laudable auaplcea of the Cathollee of . ? / thia pariah. I aaaure you my deaf' friends, that I am moat happy to 1 announce that aucceaa attended the i enterprise, both from a social and finan cial standpoint far beyond my moat aanguine hopea and expectation*. And I hope and trust and pray that God in his kind providence will some day in the near future reward you all a thous and fold by bestowing in abundance - upon you and yours peace, happiness I and prosperity for thia valuable and welcome evldenoe of yonr kindly friend* chip and generosity. H. F. Cassidy. AVCnOTT TZARS. Sometimes men and women sat to* gather in festive gatherings; someth^as the sexes were separated, but each received equal attention. A clave . stationed behind each gneat waa ready to obey the least command, and time passed quickly in feasting and merry* making. As the wine circulated, , | women as well as men were drawn into the whirl of > dissipation, and furnished ^ subjects for the merciless pencil of the caricaturist. The proof still exlstb, | pictorially, that the fair sex of that time and country drank more than was good for them, while the lords and masters had frequently to be carried home from . a festive gathering limp as the faded lotus blossoms resting on their fevered brows. A strange custom was in vogue; ■ j in the midst of the feasting, when the | senses seemed almost satiated, a slave appeared bearing a email figure of a mummy, which be exhibited portent ously to the revelers, saying, “Gase here; drink and be merry, for when you die such you will be."—Francis J, Ziegler in November Lippencott’s. FREE, . ' H To our ouatomera, a beautiful $100 Muaio Box, January 1, 1898. (/. P. MANNs :M£ .ft v 4