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•UBBONIFTION, at.MftN ANNUM.
VOLUME XVIII.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 16. 1897.
raws sans raw
ft. Items of Interest Told Ai Thor Aro
Told to Ua.
WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED
r
Lom Happenings Portrayed For fieaeral
Ultatln and AmaiMHt
K Rather cool these days.
Elmer Merriman was tip from Ewing
last Monday.
Bail ties and wire always on hand at
Neil Brennan’s. . 16-tf
' WANTED—A quarter of good beef,
on subscription.
California white grapes, always fresh,
at Hatfield ft Hall’s. 38-3
1 Mrs. R. H, Jenness visited friends In
r . Atkinson last Friday.
One Uinnte Cough Cure cures quickly.
Tbat’a what you want!
Freeh California celery
hand, at Hatfield & Hall's.
always on
88 3
Mrs. C. J. Wilson, of Atkinson, was
in the city last Thursday.
For Christmas candles go to t jo Gem
bakery. Hatfield & Hall. 83-8
Miss Edna Saunders, of Randolph,
in the city visiting friends.
Yesterday
reminded the old timers of
the memorable blizzard of '88.
Say, is your subscription paid up to
date? If not call around and settle.
If you want to reach the people plant
your holiday ads in Tax Fhohtiur.
John Skirving was looking after busi
ness matters at Stuart last Saturday.
Don’t forget to call at P. G. Corrigan’s
and get a ticket on their big doll. 23tf
FOR SALE—One good, six-year-old
horse. Inquire of Robert Marsh. 81-tf.
Toys! Toys! Toys! At P. C. Corri
gan’s. Everybody come and examine
them. 83 tf
J5
We have a large assortment of ladies
tards on hand. Call around and see*
t$jem. _
,£3 at P. C. Corrigan’s and get prices
on holliday goods before purchasing
holiday gifts. 23tf
P. C. Corrigan has got the largest line
of Christmas presents ever displayed in
Holt county._ 28tf
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dobbs left Sunday
morning for Chicago, where they will
visit for a few weeks.
FOR SALE—A good team of horses,
harness and buggy. Will be sold cheap.
Inquire at this office. 88-8
0. C. McHugh returned from the
deep water convention at Houston,,
Texas, Monday evening.
The finest line of candies, nuts,
oranges, banannas and lemons in the
city at Hatfield A Hall’s. 88-3
Tracy Gwinn returned Saturday even
ing from South Dakota, where hehac
been working the past four months.
When you want a good cigar or a nice
package of smoking tobacco, go to the
Gem bakery. Hatfield A Hall. 83-3
For teeth or photos, go to Dr. Cor
bett’s parlors, 28rd to 80th of eacl
month. Photographs 81 per dozen. -
See our nice berry sets, 4-piece seta
mustache cups and child’s sets.
84-1 O’Nkili. Gbockby Co.
FOR SALE—Thirty head of white
face Hereford young bulls.
17tf Jacob Kraft, Stuart, Neb.
Don’t forget to attend the bargain
■ale for the next thirty days at
22-8 Sullivan Mercantile Go’s.
Given away, at P. C. Corrigan’s, a
ticket on a twenty dollar doll with every
60 cents worth of holiday goods. 23tf
J • K Shoemaker left Sunday morning
for Ottomya. Iowa, having been called
there by the serious illness of his mother.
Adolph Reiser, of Butte, and Lena
Hoerger, of Baker, were united in wed
lock last Tuesday by Rev. M. F, Sheenan.
H. A. Allen was down from Atkinson
last Saturday. Mr. Allen says the real
estate business has been quite active the
put three months.
Mrs. J. B, Beck, of Grand River, la.,
arrived in the city lut week and will
35.- visit for a few weeks with her daughter,
Mrs. R. R. Dickson.
X
Judge Klnkaid and Reporter King
returned Tuesday morning from Box
Butte county, where they had been
holding court the past ten days.
\ The contest case of Barbara Schainot
vs. John W. Blair, from Boyd county,
has been occupying the attention of the
offleials in the land office the put ten
days.
George Cherry, one of the moat pros
perous farmers of Verdigris township,
wss in the city last Saturday and made
a pleasant call at this office.
Don’t forget we are the people for
mixed nuts, candies, oranges, grapes
and big red apples.
28-8 O’Neill Gbocbbt Co.
John Golden is assisting in the county
clerk’s office during the rush incident to
closing up the years' business. We
understand he will hare a permanent
position there under Clerk-elect Leis.
- Norfolk Times: Judd Woods, late
foreman of the Madison Star, was in the
city Monday on his way to Atkinson,
where he is soon to take editorial man
agement of the Atkinson Plain Dealer.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Albert Cates to Miss Lucy A.
Halloran, at the residence of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Halloran,
at Inman, on Thursday evening, Decem
ber 28.1897.
John B. Auten, of Randolph, and
Olire V. Stanfield,'of Page, were mar
ried last Monday evening by Judge Mc
Cutchan. The Frontier joina their
many friends in wishing them long life
and happiness.
Mrs. Margaret Griffith, sons and
daughters, wish to express their thanks
| to their friends and neighbors for their
help and sympathy in the recent death
and burial of their husband and father,
William S. Griffith.
As Perry was in the city Tuesday,
As says that he is going to move back
to Boyd county, as Holt and Boyd are
the two best counties in the state.
Right you are old boy, but you are not
the first to discover that fact.
What about some of that pure juice
cider, old fashioned maple syrup, honey,
mince meat, and all the good things that
go to make life worth living. Where
else but at the
24-2 ' O’Neill Grocery Co.
Prosperity comes quickest to the man
whose liver is in good condition. De
Witt’s Little Early Risers are famous
little pills for constipation, biliousness,
indigestion and all stomach and liver
troubles.—Herahiser & Gilligan.
Miss Allle Huges, Norfolk, Va., was
frightfully burned on the face and neck.
Pain was instantly relieved by DeWitt’a
Witch Hazel Salve, which healed the
injury without leaving a scar. ‘ It is the
famous pile remedy.—Hershiser & Gilli
gan. _
Butte Gazette: Azariah O. Perry,
formerly proprietor of the "h—1 of a
big saloon" in Butte, later on promoter
of the overland coach line between here
and O’Neill, and recently president and
business manager of the celebrated
Syndicate Circus, is in town and says he
intends to again locate in Butte, which
he says is the best town of its size in
the state. __
As Miss Mary Daly and Miss Maggie
Coffey were driving into town last Mon
day their team became frightened and
ran away. One of the front wheels of
the buggy broke down and both young
ladies were thrown out. Miss Daly re
ceiving a dislocated ankle and being
quite badly bruised besides. Miss Coffey
escaped with a few bruises and a severe
shaking up._
If you are owing us on subscription
please call and settle. Do not put it off
until tomorrow, or say to yourself that
your account is small and will not make
much difference, but think what it is to
have 1500 accounts ranging from $1.50
to $0, and you will then see that it will
make quite a difference to us. Call and
settle before the new year and you will
make us happy. If you can't pay us all
you owe pay us at least a part of it
Wont DaI.I —
cane, true to their old record, are giving
their newtpaper boys the poatofflcee.
We congratulate the party. This por
tion of their doctrine was always com
mendable. And the faber pushers, too,
have our best wishes for good financial
returns. They have always been to the
fore advocating the cause they believe
in. When the democrats return to
power in 1900 we trust they will profit
by the example.
The Jotsey-Marvin Co. completed a
three night’s engagement at the opera
house last Saturday night. This com
pany is one of the best that has visited
this city for some time and is deserving
of crowded houses wherever they go.
It may be of interest to our readers to
know that Mrs. Jossey, the leading lady,
is a daughter of Maj. Frank Howard,
who was in this city about three months
in 1891, and who, with the assistance of
local talent, presented the “Spy of
Shiloh,” a military drama written by
himself. Mrs. Jossey is an actor of
better ability than usually visits this
section, and her husband is the best
specialist who ever stepped upon the
stage in the O’Neill opera-house. Should
this company ever return to O’Neill
they will be greeted by crowded houses.
TBS BIY0BMU8 (1)
Lracour, Kn., Dec. 11,1897.—Specie
Correspondence: Tuesday of this wee)
when the state superintendent had com
pleted the semi-annual apportionment oi
the school fund, and when it was aacer
tained that the amount of the appor
tionment would be unusually large
there was a general season of rejolcini
among the reform politicians.
Good crops and good prices har<
enabled the people to pay up their bad
taxes and the back interest on the!)
school land leases, and now when th<
result is showm in the school money
these who tried to deny this prosperity
a few months ago set up a general caok
le as if they had laid the egg.
"We can make a great hit out of thii
if we work it right," said Edmundson
as he caressed his round stomach will
one hand and his gold headed case will
the other. "It’ll be a great hit, a grea
hit." * ’ . .
"It ougbt to be worth 0,000 vote* t<
ua,” said Joe Edgerton. "Yea, 10,000,'
aaid Uaret, and he hurried away to thi
•uperintendent’a office to give prope:
directions. "Get out extra copies o
your report and get them to the paperi
as soon as possible,” said the little sec
retary, and he fairly flew from om
department of the state house to an
other, whispering confidentially to eacl
one how he had given directions for thi
extra copies and how much extri
potency is added by his shrewd fore
thought and manipulations.
The public understands that a politi
cal manager like Uaret holds his pres
tige not so much for the good he doe
his party as for what be pretends to do
While his party is in the swim he is thi
hero within his circle of admiren
When it gets in the soup, and when hi
manipulations at last appear in thel:
true light, then the publio recognize hin
as the false leader, as the millstone the
pulled it down. A big man leads hii
party into broad ways and builds oi
foundations of truth and honesty. J
little man uses trickery and catch]
dodges. A little man can organize i
mob in the street, but it takes a big mat
with broad methods to hold an arm]
together.
It is remarkable what a high estimati
each of these reformers puts upon him
self and what a low estimate heputi
upon public scrutiny. Iu his eyes he ii
a prodigy of statesmanship.
In his eyes the publio is a rabble ol
gullible fools. In the Judgment ol
these reformers, each of them, by somi
superior virtue of his administration hac
something to do with this increase u
the school money.
The governor looks complaisant and
considers that the credit is largely due
to him. The treasurer strokes his beard
with a self-satisfied air, as much as to
say, “It never could have happened
without me. It will ease up the gossiii
about my straw bond.”
State Superintendent Jackson, be
cause his clerk made up the figures ol
the apportionment, feels that he it
almost as great a hero as old Hickrey
himself, and he is sure that when the
apportionment report gets out among
the farmers, each good mother will call
her son and say, “My dear boy, when
you are a man you must never vote foi
anybody but Jackson. Seel Be has
sent us 8877,000 to maintain the schools.
These good men do not hate the com
mon people as Mark Hanna does. They
love the common people and they love
the children too, and they have sent out
this money that the common people may
be educated and that you may grow uy
to be as great and as good as Holcomb,
Maret or Bill Green.” Out at Nelson
the mother will say, “Why, you car
even be as great as Southerland, if yoi
study hard while these good men an
sending us the money.”
In '94, '95 and '96 the payment ol
taxes lagged and the interest payment!
on the school land leases ran behind
slower apd slower. It is no cause foi
criticism that republican officials die
noi coueci tneae taxes ana tnu interes
money, for collection was impossible
neither is it a virtue in them that the]
refrained from distressing propert]
holdeis, for such a course would havi
been disastrous. It was better that th<
school money should run low than the
the people should lose their homes.
And now when good crops and gooi
prices have enabled the people and the]
have paid up voluntary these delinquen
obligations, it adds no virtue to thii
administration, which has tried to den]
and belittle these bettered conditions
This increase in school money is one o:
the signs of better times in Nebraska
There are some new stars of hope ii
the peoples' sky, and this is one of them
The people are paying their debti
without repudiation and with dollar
that are honest. We have reached thi
period of paying debts and are goinj
out of the period of borrowing money
This is a truth which will appeal to thi
women of Nebraska who love thei:
homes and to the children who lovi
their echoola, more eloquently then the
1 trick* of Maret or the lophietrlee of
' Bdmiiton with hi* gold headed cane.
The “common people" whom theae
pass-grabbing railroad shysters hover
1 over, are not ao uncommonly common,
' not ao uncommonly dull, that they do
not know where thia money came from
; and who paid it.
Theae "common people" are not ao
i lame la wit nor in honeaty that they do
; not know that Bartley's default never
' interfered a dollar in the diatribution
i of school money and therefore thia large
apportionment ia no aign of superior
’ honeaty in the preaent treaaurer, who in
any other northern atate would have
been h|peaehed month* ago for hia bold
i deflande of law and' for hia abaconded
bondamen.
i There are over twenty fund* which
i the law require* the treaaurer to keep
i separate and on which he muat report
monthly the daily balances. This re
| form treaaurer dumps theae funds into
one pot. Here’ll be a pretty mess when
' the day of reckoning cornea. And it will
come. The paesea are light in the
pockets now, the salaries and emolu
ments taste good, and the laws appear
to be “obsolete." But the laws are not
“obsolete." They will remain. These
chicken* will come home to roost.
Some things that appear light now will
weigh a ton before next fall.
J. W. Johxsoh.
OBITUARY.
William S. Griffith was born near
■ Unlontown, Fayette county, Pa., Feb
i ruary 12, 1885, and died December 8,
. 1887, aged 08 years.
i Deceased waa the oldest child of
, Horatio and Harriet Griffith, both
i deceased. He waa united in marriage
■ to Hiss Margaret DeYarman April 88,
i 1859. To .them were born 6 children,
t one of which died in infancy; another,
i Charles, died at the age of 15. The
i other children are Mrs. Mary. II. Rouses
. Mrs. Laura J. Purdy, Frank and Walter
’ at home, the former being married.
i He also leaves two brothers and three
i sisters to mourn his death, James M., of
Union town, Pa.; Frank B., of Walton,
Han.; Mrs. Francis A. Pilchard, of Pea
i body, Han.; Mrs. R. Jennie Smith, of
' Unlontown, Pa. and Mrs. Mary Siberts,
> of Washington, Iowa.
> In 199^Mr. Griffith removed with hie
family from Fayette county, Pa., to
! Henry county, Iowa, residing there 18
! years. In the spring of 1880 he came to
i Holt county, settling on a claim 17
miles north of O’Neill, where he has
since resided. In 1880 he entered the
sheep business, and by persistant indus
try and perseverance he demonstrated
the fact that this industry could be
made a profitable one in Holt county.
Commencing with a small flock he
gradually increased it until they num
bered several thousand. The Griffith
sheep ranch is well known throughout
Holt and adjoining counties.
Deceased was of a kindly, symphatic
disposition, drawing to his side hosts of
friends wherever he went. This was
shown by the large concourse of friends
and neighbors who attended the funeral.
During his lingering illness, which
was caused by stomach trouble, he
showed the utmost patience, expressing
himself as well prepared to die., Death
had no terrors for this one who had led
a brave and honest life. A kind hus
band and father, a true friend to all
those around him, he hps passed to his
eternal reward.
Gone to that sweet eternal home,
Where sorrow and tears are unknown;
There, where the sates are of pearl and the
streets of gold,
’Tls the “city of God” we are told.
Free from this world of toll and of care,
Angels are waiting for thee over there;
1 It may be a day for one and for all,
But always be ready when the Uaster shall
! oall.
i Gone to heaven—that sweet haven of rest,
Where the weary find their only rest;
, Never to say good-bye, no never,
< Farewell, dear uncle, but not forever.
—Bassu B. DcvABMaif. '
Lieutenant Governor Harris will
’ lecture in O’Neill on the evening of
' December 18, under the auspices of the
i Holt County Teachers Association. Mr.
i Harris is one of Nebraska’s most promt*
> nent educators and every citizen and
teacher should hear him.
| It is easy to catch a cold and just as
easy to get rid of it if you commence
' early to use One Minnte Cough Cure.
| It cures coughs, colds, brodchitis, pneu
monia and all throat and lung troubles.
It is pleasant to take, safe to use and
' sure to cure.—Hershiser & Gilligan.
t Bhsnmattsm Cured in a Day.
“Mfstio Cure" for rheumatism and
i neuralgia radically cures in from one to
i three days. Its action upon the system
i is remarkable and mysterious. It re
> moves at once the cause, and the disease
Immediately disappears. The first dose
i greatly benefits. 79 cents.
Sold by P. C. Corrigan, druggist,
> O’Neill, Neb.
irauvAST ntouexn it ah nun.
1TAHT WMUQW.
How It mows! Now the scribe grabs a quill
and write*
A aoreed on a theme that moet hie heart
delights.
With fancy ranging wide and rhetoric
supernal.
He continues long his spavined rhyme In'
verse Infernal.
Nor half-hiked sentiment he makes his
verses portages,
Gleeful as a pop In an aftermath of
shortages. .
Some ladiea who would resent being
called impolite will sit composedly in a
public theatre, wearing a hat of many
pounds burden with all aalle set and
oolora flying, without oven the consider*
atlon to inquire of the poor devil imme
diately in the rear whether ar not ho has
a rubber neck. The polite gentleman
will alwaya add, if he can, to' the com
fort of others. The polite lady—but
our gallantry precludes the possibility
of pursuing the subject forther.
Taking patent medicine for auppoaed
bodily ailment tnrae into a eon pf
mania with a great many people. We
onee knew a young man, rugged, and
almoet robuat, who waa haunted by the
idea that he wae harboring in hie mldat
eome gigantic k and awful dlaeaae. Ha
did not know Juat where the difficulty
law, but that he waa lick he entertained
no doubte. Medicine advertisement*
were to him aa the cl arnica to a Greek
sailor. Nostrums vanished down hie
throat like water into a gopher hole,
and with each succeeding experiment a
spark of vitality winged Ite flight.
Ha had pains in hie head, bad com
plexion and foul breath; was sleepless,
suffered from lose of appetite, and there
waa present that feeling of excessive
fullness after eating. These were the
symptoms of dyspepsia aa he had read
them and be was sure they fit his ease,
For this remedy a bottle of Dr. Hay
seed’s Extract of Barbedwlre and Baled
hay was procured. It was highly
recommended and supported by number
less testimonials and graven images of
those it had snatched from the grave as
brands from the burning. It was taken.
By the time it was consumed the self
made patient waa convinced that it was
not dyspepsia he had, but consumption.
For this destroyer of the he purchased
and took several bottles of Somebody's
Emulsion of Muskrats. After the last
bottle was taken he waa worse off than
before he took the first. By this time
he bed disoovered that hi* kidney*, *
liver and heart were all affected. The
symptoms were to tree to hi* every pals.
More medicine, money and time were ' ’ /'i
invested. The retail* were the asms.
And then he straggled throogh the
catalogue of disease*, both known and ' 4;
unknown, until his eye one day caught
the word “paresis" In an advertisement.
Did he have itt Tee. He could neither
remember faces por names nor dates. . 15
Wa* unduly exhilarated by trivial tu»
ceases and too much east down by slight % -
reverses. At last he had found out the
secret of his misery. And the wont of
It was there was no cure but dc*th. -Jp
He became morbid and under the evil '
influence of his active imagination ,
refused to prolong the struggle and one
day lay down and died, with absolutely
nothing the matter ’with him, hut
hysteria.’; 7,:
•moat both,
Mr. T.V. Golden wu e visitor one
dey thia sreck.
Meny popile were ebaent on Wednee*
dey, the dey of the etorm.
The rhetorla eleee reoently wrote ' ,
oompoeltlone on "attention." , J, 0
Since the oold weather began n large
n amber of papile bring their dinner.
The phyeloel geography olaaa la a tody
1®* currenta, both atmoapherio and
ooeanic.
Owing to the alekneaa of her Utile
girl. Mrs. Clark; haa been ebeent from
•chool end Mlaa QnUty haa had doable
duty.
The tenth gnde papile are trying to
maater flgnree, Uterally end dgnretlvaly.
Ocoaaionally in eech inatance the “fig
area” are rather "mixed.”
Nora Kelley, one of the ninth grade
papile, eeeleted Mlaa Qollly with the
primary gradee one afternoon during
the abaence of Mra. Clark. .
Thoreday afternoon of laet week Mr.
Whelan took charge of the rhetorlo
olaaa and gave Mlaa Thompaon that
period to viait aome of the other rooma,
Diahwaahlng in the laboratory biu
aereral adrantagee. No wiping la nao>
eaaary, and If the diahae are not aa clean
aa tkay might be, the reealt ie a "lovely'*
and unexpected phenomenon at the next
experiment
- T t
Mra. B. Walton end daughtcre will
return from DeadwooJ in time to eat •'
Chrlatmaa turkey at home.
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CUT PRICE SALE
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Clothing, Overcoats and Cloaks.
In order to reduce our etoek before our January inroioe we here decided to give
our ouetomere the greeted opportunity we here ever offered them to buy mm
able good* at reduced pricea. Our good* were all marked lower thie eeaeon
ever before and the pricea offered below bring many of them down to the whole
aale pricea:
•TJ'
Cloaks.
Here ia a chance to buy a beautiful
•tylieb cloak at greatly reduoed prlcei
and In time for you to. get the ful
benefit of It thia aeaaon. <
$ 4.00 cloaks for...$ 8.20
4.00cloaks for... 8.80
4 70 cloaks for. 8.70
0.00 cloaks for. 8.80
0.00 cloaks for. 4.40
6.00 desks for.... 4.80
7.00 cloaks tor...*.. 0.90
8.60 cloaks for. 8.80
9.00 cloaks for..... 7.20
9.00 cloaks for. 7.60
10.00 cloaks for. 7.90
11.00 cloaks for. 9X0
13.00 cloaks for. 9.60
18.00cloaks for.. 10.80
10.00 cloaks for. 11.90
16.30 cloaks for. 18X0
17.00 cloaks for. 18.90
We have a large line of Hlssess cloaks
for young ladles 14,16 and 18 years old
that are induded in the above.
Boys and Children’s
Suits
Worth 81.00 for. $1.20
Worth 1.70 for... 1.40
Worth 2.00 for. 1.60
Worth 2.00 for. 1X0
Worth 2.70 for... $30
Worth 2.90 for. 2.40
8 8 00 suits for.1.... 2.80
4-00 suits for..... 8.20
4X0 suits for.. 8.60
0.00 suits for... 8.96
Overcoats and Ulsters
THAT WERE
W OO reduced to...08.89
5.75 reduced to................. 4.00
0.75reduoedto.. 5.40
7.00 reduced to................. 5.00
7.50 reduced to....... us
8.00 reduced to................. 0.40
8.50 reduced to. v.............. 8.80
9.00reduced to.'........ 7AO
10.00 reduced to... 7.95
13.00reduced to.... 940
15.00 reduced to.u nit
Fur coats ere not included in tbia list
aa we here almost closed out our Oral
stock end have ordered e second large
invoice to arrive soon.
Men’s Suits.
On nil our winter men's clay worsteds
suits worth 09.00, 910.00 and 013.00 we
offer ten per cent discount, and on all
other suits we will sell:
0 4.50 suits for. 08.00
5.00 suits for. 8.95
5.50 suits for. . 440
0.00suits for............. 480
6.50 suits for... 5.80
7.50 suits for. 5.95
8.00 suits for... 0.40
8.50eults for. 0.80
9.00 suiu for...*. 7A0
10.00 suits for... 7.85
Odd Pants.
All odd pants above 01.50, 80 per cent
discount
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Thii sale will lait only till January 1, and we can positively saywe are giving
yon more (or your money than we ever have before and hope to make thia the
moot aucceaeful sale we have ever had for ourselvee as well as for you.
J. P. MANN.
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