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VOLUME XVIII.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 24. 1898.
NUMBER 34.
NEWS SANS WHISKERS
Itoms of Interest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED
toca Happenings Portrayed For General
Edification and Amusement.
For choice candies go to Cress’. 31-tf
J. Maben was up from Deloit yester
day. _
The best five-cent tablets in town at
Mr6. Cress’. _ 81-tf
Frank Mann was over from Spencer
Monday. _
J. F. Brady was down from Atkinson
Monday. __
N. D. Jackson was up from Neligh
yesterday. _
Carl Crocker was up from Deloit
yesterday. ■_
Warm meals at any hour of the day at
Mrs. Cress’. -_ 84-tf
Bail ties and wire always on hand at
Neil Brennan’s. 16-tf
J. McNichols was down from Atkin
son yesterday.
Elmer Neeley, of Battle Creek, is in
the f>'ty today.
Miss Lou Earl, of Emmet, was in the
city yesterday.
Grant Hatfield was on the sick list the
first of the week.
For fresh oysters or a good oyster
stew go to Mrs. Cress’. 34-tf
* J. D Brayton, of Bassett, was regis
tered at the Evans Monday.
For first-class horseshoeing on short
notice, call on Emil Sniggs. 26tf
Mrs. W. T. Evans and daughter, Ruth,
are in Omaha visiting relatives.
FOR SALE—A good second hand
corn planter. Call on Robert Marsh.
J. G. Murphy, the gentlemanly miller
of Atkinson, was in the city this morn
'_ . —
F. W. Boggs, of Spencer, county
^attorney of Boyd county, was in the
city Friday._
J. P. Mann left for Chicago Tuesday
morning, where he goes to purchase his
spring stock. _
Insure your city and farm property
with B. McGreevy. Losses promptly
settled and paid in gold. 34-tf
For teeth or photos, go to Dr. Cor
bett's parlors, 23rd to 30th of each
month. Photographs $1 per dozen.
The eight months old child of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Pine, of Dorsey, died of
pneumonia Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock.
Full blooded, registered, Hereford
bulls, cows and heifers for sale, by W.
C. Fawkes, i miles north of O’Neill.32-4
Go to the opera house Monday night
aud see the Redmond company. New
songs, new dances. Prices 25, 35 and
50 cents. _
Az Perry was over from Butte yes
terday. Since Az came back to God’s
country he has improyed considerably
in appearance.
Mr. Nicholson and wife (nee Mae
O’Sullivan) ot Valentine, were in the
city visiting relatives and friends the
first of the week.
The Redmond company will present
the greatest of all plays at the opera
house Mondav night, “Young Lochin
▼ar.” Prices 25, 35 and 50 cents.
The book of the year, “Prom the
Ball Room to Hell.” Pacts about
dancing. Only 25 cents.
32-5 A. Mulligan, O’Neill, Neb.
8. M. Wagers, who has been down in
Missouri the past three months, re
turned home last week. Ves is not
particularly stuck on the "show me”
country. _
Since the weather has moderated the
Klondike fever has again broken out m
this section, and the indications are that
two or three more O’Neillites will join
the rush Alaskaward.
We understand that J. E. Allison, of
Atkinson, has accepted the position of
cashier in a bank at Peterson, Clay
county, Iowa, to which place he ex
pects to move about April 1.
Children and adults tortured by burns,
scalds, injuries, eczema or skin diseases
may secure instant relief by using
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It is the
; great pile remedy.—Hershiser & Gilli
gan. _
Ladies free Monday night to see
“Young Lochinvar” by the Redmond
company. Each person purchasing a
* reserved seat ticket will be allowed one
seat free of charge for a lady. Prices
25, 35 and 50 cents.
A Kentucky editor said silver buckles
on garters wete becoming fashionable
and be hoped to see more of them. His
wife sued for a divorce and the only
woman in town who had silver buckles
on her garters cowhided the poor editor
until he was as raw as a potato.
Sioux City Times, Feb. 21: Rev. M.
F. Cassidy, of O’Neill, Neb., came to
Sioux City today to interview a Sioux
City contractor in regard to rebuilding
the Catholic school building at O’Neill,
which was destroyed by fire about three
years ago. Rev. Cassidy visited with
Dean Tracy._
The report of the engineers regarding
the Golden irrigation district have been
received from the printer and distrib
uted to the taxpayers of this district.
An extra supply has been left with the
I postmaster in case anv name has been
overlooked. J. H. Hopkins,
Director District No. 1.
The sale of the James Connolly saloon
stock came off as advertised Wednesday
at 1 o’clock p. m. It was bid in by Mr.
Hobbins for the mortgagees, the Omaha
Brewing Association, for $225. We
have not learned what disposition they
expect to make of it but we suppose
they will dispose of it at the first oppor
tunity.
One of our exchanges gets off the
following: “A couple were recently
married and the bride invited an old
aunt to the wedding. The cards were
swell affairs, and in one corner bore the
inscription, ‘Children not expected.’
After scanning it closely over her specs
the old lauy said, ‘That’s all right, but
they’ll have ’em just the same.’”
Nothing has happened in this or any
other country for years that has so
exeited the people of this city as the
blowing up of the man-of-war Maine.
On the street corners and every place a
person can go there are mutterings of
war, and judging people by what they
say a regiment of troops could be
mustered in here in twenty-four hours.
Mrs. Harriett Squires, of Scottville,
who was operated on a few months ago
for abscess of the kidneys, is now up
and around again with good prospects
for a complete recovery. The opera
tion was performed by Dr. Trueblood,
and he informs us the case was the most
complicated he ever treated, and the
success of the operation speaks highly
of his skill as a surgeon.
Ad Iowa exchange says: “A Corning
young lady who is soon to be married,
had hie fortune told by a gypsy woman
a few days ago and she said to her
friends that she wouldn’t tell what the
fortune . had in store for her for ten
thousand millons dollars; but a day or
two later she let the cat out of the
gunnybag by blusbingly asking a girl
chum: “Do you think twins are nice?”
An Iowa man spent nineteen years of
his life in striying to get an appoint
ment as postmaster. Finally he worked
his strings properly and was appointed.
When he learned that he had been
appointed only as a fourth-class post
master he immediately resigned, and
when asked his reasons for so doing
said he had worked long enough to be a
first-class postmaster, and “derned if he
hadn’t sense enough to know it.”
Frank Daly, who had been visiting
relatives here for a couple of weeks,
left for Park City, Utah, last Saturday
morning. On Wednesday of this week
he expects to leave Park City for the
Klondike country, going first to Seattle
and leaving the latter place for Dawson
City March 1. Four other Park Citians
will accompany Mr. Daly on the quest
for the yellow metal, and they are de
termined to make a stake or come home
Mrs. John McBride received a para
lytic stroke last Sunday evening which
paralyzed the vocal cords and renders
her powerless of speech. On Monday
afternoon her condition was so critical
that her life was despaired of and Mr.
McBride was telegraphed for and he
arrived in the city last evening from
Park City. Utah, where he has been the
past year. At 2 o’clock today she is
much better and hopes are entertained
for her recovery, a fact which will be
pleasing news to the many friends of
the family.
Elmer AVilliams, the ’’little boy” who
had charge of Uncle Sam’s cash, as
receiver of the O’Neill Jund office, for
nearly four years, arrived in the city
this morning for a short visit with old
friends. Elmer is now a resident of
Fremont but is interested in a sheep
ranch in Sheridan county, and is now
on his way home from a tour of inspec
tion of the above gold mine. Judging
the sheep business from the prices of
sheep and wool, a man who has consid
erable money in the bleaters has a gold
mine and not a small one either. As
Elmer says, “the confounded republi
cans have put such a tariff on woolen
goods that they have made tLe sheep
business a very profitable one.”
While in Omaha last week John
Weekes met Doc Mathews who was
there with the Arkansas exposition
commission. John says Doc has the
Klondike fever and is desirous of organ
izing a company to go Alaska. He has
asked Ed Grady to join him in a trip
to the frozen north, but as Ed is well
satisfied with this section he will prob
ably not accompany Doc. We do not
think W. D. will go either unless he
gets some one to go along to do the
work. He might probably be willing to
assist in oooking the “grub" but to
handle a pick and shovel—never.
Geo. Tomilson was in from Minneola
Wednesday. George is one of the old
timers in this sectiou, having lived here
for eighteen years. While chattiDg
with him we asked him how things
were in his section. “Well sir, every
thing is improving in the country,” he
replied, “and from present indications
it looks as if Holt county was fairly
started on the road to prosperity. Good
times are evident everywhere; people
are improving their places and are get
ting out of debt.” “Well.” we remarked,
“as you are a silver man it is remark
able that you would admit that times
are better.” “Well,” he replied, “J do
not claim that the republican party is
responsible for the good times, nor do I
care but I do know that times are bet
ter in this section than they have been
for years, and I am willing to admit it.”
Good boy! They say an open confes
sion is good for the soul, and we hope
now that George has expressed
himself he feels better, and has seen the
error of populism.
If a man ig a professional politician
he makes a poor farmer or business
man. Business and politics do not go
together any more than does farming
and politics. If a man is a prosperous
and successful farmer you can bet your
last cent that he does not talk politics
four days out of every week, nor evolve
in his imaginative brain plans and speci
fications for saving the country the
other three. He has to tend strictlv to
business to make a success of it. If a
business man were to adopt the same
method of tending to his affairs as does
a large number of the farmers of this
section, he would be bankrupt in a year.
Yet when these farmers fail to make a
fortune in a few years on the farm,
which they conduct mainly as a Bide
issue, they denounce the country and
the government. We believe that every
citizen of this commonwealth should
take an interest in politics, the farmers
especially, but there is no need in
spending their entire time, leaving
Providence and the weeds to take care
of the farm.
Walt Mason: We have been receiv
ing for four years a Nebraska weekly
paper, deadheaded to us by the publish
er. It is a very interesting sheet, but
when we open it we don't look at the
breezy editorial column first. We
always look for the advertisement of a
certain merchant, whose announce
ments attracted us early in the game.
During all these four years be has never
missed an issue, but has a different ad
every week, and it is always a good one,
well written and attractive, and covers
considerable space. We have never
seen this merchant, and know nothing
about his store save what we have
gleaned from the advertisements ,but we
feel it safe to wager something that he
is the commercial leader in that town,
and that none of his competitors are in
the same class with him. He is the
best friend that town has, and is prob
ably popular and respected. No doubt
he is growing wealthy, as he deserves;
and is, by any chance, we get off the
train in that town, we'll take a scoot to
bis store to look upon him with
admiration.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The
Redmond company opened their week’s
engagement last evening at the Dohany
in "Young Lochinvar," or as it is more
commonly known, "Davy Crockett.”
The play was well given, and Mr.
Redmond is by far the best leading man
with any repertoire company seen in
Council Bluffs this season. In physique,
voice and simple mannerisms be was an
admirable Davy, and wan rewarded at
the close of the fourth act with a curtain
call. Uis support was good, especial
credit being due Mr. Dudley for his
presentation of the slow-speaking but
quick-acting parson. Between the acts i
number of specialties were given, thus
offering a continuous performance. A
pleasing feature of the evening was the
excellent music, furnished by the
Dohany orchestra under the leadership
of Mr. Sidney Downs. Their selections
were excellent and they were frequently
encored. To-night the bill is "The
Risen from the Dead,” a romantic drama
abounding with scenic effects. Judging
from the expressions of approval heard
last night, a crowded house will greet
the company this evening.
Frank Duffey, one of the pioneers [of
this county, died at his home near
Saratoga last Sunday morning at 12:20,
of gangrene. Deceased was horn In
Belfast, Ireland, in 1880. When but 5
years of age his parents came to this
country and settled in Providence,
Bhode Island, where they remained for
12 years. In the spring of ’48 they
fooved to Wisconsin, where Mr. Duffy
resided until he came to this county in
*85. When he came here he settled on a
farm on the Eagle near what is now
Saratoga postoffice, but at that time was
quite a wilderness, and on that farm he
resided up to the time of his death.
Deceased had been ailing for the past
three months but was not considered
seriously ill, being able to be around,
▲bout a week before his death gangrene
set in compelling him to take to the
bed, and he kept gradually sinking
until he passed away at 12:20 Sunday j
morning. Deceased leaves one son, |
Peter, and two Bisters to mourn his
demise The funeral was held Monday
afternoon, the remains being interred in
the Catholic cemetery.
Peter Carberry, of Dead wood, S. D.,
formerly a resident of Stuart, t^as
arrested in the latter place by Sheriff1
Stewart and brought to this city Satur
day. He was wanted in Lawerence
county, S. D., on the charge of cattle
rustling, and Sheriff Pluncbett, of the
latter county, arrived on the Short Line
Saturday night and took the prisoner
west on the Elkhorn that night. It
appears that about ten days ago two car
loads of cattle were shipped to Sioux
City by a young man of Deadwood and
offered' for sale on the mrrket there.
The commission merchants who were
offered the cattle became suspicious of j
the deal as several of the cattle were
branded, and they had the young man
arrested, and he is now held in Sioux
City awaiting requisition papers from
the governor of Iowa, and as soon as
they arrive he will be taken to Dead
wood. It appears that this man impli
cated Carberrv in the deal with the
result that he was arrested as above
stated. Carberry swears he is innocent
and -the result of the inquiry will be
watched with interest by several of the
residents of this section.
CARD OP THANKS.
We desire to express our sincere
thanks to the neighbors and friends who
so kindly assisted us during the Bick
nesa and death of our brother and
father. Mbs. Kathbine Duffy.
Pkteb Duffy.
CARD 07 THANKS.
We hereby wish to express our sincere
thanks to the kind neighbors and
friends who assisted us during the sick -
ness and death of our mother, Mrs.
Hannah Evans, also to the Modern
Woodmen of America for their courtesy
in attending the funeral as a lodge.
Mb. and Mbs. H. Martfibld.
AT HALF PRICE.
To clear our stock of odds and ends
we offer, at half price a good assort
ment of ladies’ muslin underwear and
aprons, a large line of dress trimmings,
all the od^s and ends in our embroidery
stock, and a good line of silks. Also 50
pair mens odd pants, selected from
broken suits. Fifty ladies’ jackets,
formerly worth from $3 to $10, each to
close $1.50. 34 3 .T. P. MANN.
XOTICE OF BIBSOLUTIOH.
Notice is beieby given that the part*
nersbip heretofore existing between J.
L. Herehiser and J. P. Qilligan, under
the firm name and style of Hershiser &
Qilligan, is this day dissolved by mutual
consent and agreement. J. L. Hershiser
retiring and J. P. Qilligan continuing
the business. All parties owing the
firm will make settlement with J. P.
Qilligan, and all claims owing by the
firm will be settled by him.
Dated at O’Neill, Neb., this 2nd day
of February, 1808.
J. L. Hbrshiseb.
J. P. Qilligan.
The Surprise of All.
Mr. James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowden, 111., in speaking
of Dr. King’s New Discovery, says that
last winter his wife was attacked with
la grippe, and her case grew so serious
that physicians at Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. It seemed to
develops into hasty consumption. Hav
ing Dr. King's New Discovery in store,
and selling lots of it, he took a bottle
home, and to the surprise of all she
began to get better from first dose, and
half dozen dollar bottles cured her
sound and well. Dr. King’s New Dis
covery for consumption, coughs and
colds is guaranteed to do this good
work. Try it. Free trial bo’ttle at P.
C. Corrigan’s drug store.
XOOBE—CORNELL.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 21,1898.—Special
correspondence: “Eugene Moore is
free.” As I write, here at Lincoln,
these words are being repeated from
man to man and the gossip is all about
the Moore trial and the sentence which
was passed but which never will be
executed.
As the people have looked toward the
ex-state auditor they have seen him for
the last several weeks suspended by the
last slender thread of his technical
defense over an eight year sentence to
the penitentiary. His defense was
technical. He admitted taking the
money and that he had no right to take
it, he admitted his moral guilt, but
denied that the statute under which the
attorney-general had arraigned him gave
the state power to enforce the sentence
which had been pronounced.
As auditor of the state he was not a
custodian of public funds, had no
authority to regeive public money as the
agent of the state, and therefore his
embezzling of the money which had
been paid to him by the insurance com
panies was not an embezzlement of
state money, for the money had not yet
reached the state. The insurance com
pany, on its way to the treasury to pay
its fee, met the auditor and gave him
the money. Therefore the money was
insurance money and the embezzlement
was embezzlement against the insurance
company and not against the state.
If the attorney-general had known as
much about the law as he knows now,
and as he ought to have known when he
commenced the case, he would have
prosecuted for obtaining, money under
false pretenses and he would have won
the case, for the accused admitted his
guilt on that point.
As all the various phases of this case
is discussed here, the present auditor is
rapidly comini; into the public view in
connection with Moore, because he has
seemed determined to follow his pre
, decessor step by step and track by track.
Several months ago, when the public
first saw Moore reaching, staggering and
ready to topple over the precipice,
some of the populists here at Lincoln
went to Auditor Cornell and said to
him, "Take your hands off that money!
Let go of ill You’ve no right to touch
it. Go back from the precipice. Don't
you see the other man toppling, almost
ready to fall, and why do you follow in
his footsteps? What is the inside Becret
between you aud these insurance com
panies that makes them hunt you up to
pay this money to you, that makes you
clutch every dollar of it while the re
publican press is blistering you with
just criticism and while the men who
voted for you and believed in you turn
away from the sight in disappointment
and disgust?"
When I say some populists went to
the auditor, I don’t mean tho governor.
The governor had allowed Bartley to
put up a striw bond. lie had allowed
■Bartley to make a pretended settlement
which was not a settlement at all. He
had allowed Meserve to put up a straw
bond. He bad, I will not say at the
behest of the old line insurance com
panies, vetoed a bill for the benefit of
mutual companies, and two years later,
when the time was ripe, had sanctioned
the same kind of an act, organizing a
mutual company of his own. He had
sanctioned and helped to manipulate the
recount conspiracy, and now with all
these skeletons grinning at him from
the closet he did not dare look the
reform auditor in the face and tell him
to let go of the $0,000 of these insurance
fees which that worthy reformer re
ported to have in his possession a few
months ago when he made a report to
the governor.
When jl say some populists went to
Auditor Cornell, I don’t mean the
treasurer, for although he knew the law,
that it was being violated by the audi
tor, and that this 99,000 of insurance
fees was not where it ought to be, he
also knew that he too had violated the
law. when he put up a worthless bond,
and he knows now that the worthless as
it lays there, pretending to be some
thing which it is not, says to him, "As
long as I’m here, you’ve got to lay low.”
Neither do I mean it was the secre
tary of state who went to the auditor,
for he too has been clutching at this
fee money, w£ich he has no right to
touch. If you talk to the secretary of
state and say to him, "Keep your hands
off those fees, keep your paper knife
out of those election returns. Throw
away those railroad passes and pay
your fare as you promises you would.’’
The secretary will drop his chin and
strike a startled attitude like a hungry
boy in the pantry, saying, "Guess you
fellers done the same thing.”
If you talk to the auditor about this
99,000 of fee mouey which he carried
off down to Richardson county, he’ll
answer, "You fellers done the same
thing.” The governor, when confront
ed with the unconstitutional house* rent
Vteait answers, “You fellers done the
asme thing.” Round up the whole
atate house gang, from the governor to
the janitor, including the Honorable
Mutz, look them in the face, and before
you’ve asked a single question they'll
intuitively put their hands to their
pockets to see if the fees and the passes
and the house rent is there, and they’ll
answer in chorus, “You fellers done the
same thing.”
I am informed that the auditor has
lately bustled a lot of this fee money
into the treasury. But I am sorry to
learn that of the three hundred annual
puses procured by the state bouse
crowd for their personal use this year,
not one hM been returned. If you
walk through the state house now you
can see the vest pockets bulging out
with passes, you can read the guilty
confession on the countenances, and
you can hear the little annuals u they
huddle lower and lower into the deep
pockets, chirping out reform defense,
“You fellers done the same thing.”
J. W. Jomraoir.
Don’t annoy others by your coughing,
and risk your life by neglecting a cold.
One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs,
colds, croup, grippe and lung troubles.
—Hershiser ft Gilligan.
Whooping cough is the most distress*
ing malady; but its duration can be cut
short by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure, which is also the best known
remedy for croup and all lung and bron
chial troubles.—Hershiser ft Gilligan.
After years of untold suffering from
piles, B. W. Pursell, of Knitnersvllle,
Pa., was cured by using a single bon of
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Skin
diseases such as eczema, rash, pimples
and obstinate sores are readily cured by
this famous remedy.—Hershiser ft Gilli
gan. _ , jfi
We are anxious to do a little good in
this world and ean think of no pleas
anter way to do it than by recommend*
ing One Minute Cough Cure as a pre
ventlve of pneumonia, consumption
and other serious lung troubles that fol
low neglected colds.—Hershiser A Gilli
gan. ..... ^ .- -.—-v
It is not often that a physician recom
mends a patent medicine; when he does,
you may know that it is a good one
Dr. J. P. Cleleland, Glasgow, Va.,
writes: "I have used Chamberlain’s
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
in my practice and it has proven to be
an excellent remedy, where a thorough
.course of medicine had failed with me.
I recommend it to my patients every
time for colic and diarrhoea.” Many
other progressive physicians recommend
and use this remedy, because it always
cures and cures quickly. Get a bottle
and you will have an excellent doctor
in the house for all bowel complaints,
both for children and adults. For sale
by P. C. Corrigan, druggist.
Mr. R. B. Greeve, merchant, of Chil
howie, Va., certifies that he had con
sumption. was given up to die, sought
all medical treatment that money could
procure, tried all cough remedies he
could hear of, but got no relief, spent
many niRhts sitting up in a chair, was
induced to try Dr. King’s Mew Discov
ery, and was cured by use of two bot
tles. For past three years has been
attending to business, and says Dr,
King's Mew Discovery is the grandest
remedy ever made, as It has done so
much for him and also for others in his
community. Dr. King’s M»w Discovery
is guaranteed for coughs, colds and
consumption. It don’t fail. Trial bot
tles free at P. C. Corrigan’s drug store.
Irn of Charge to BnArers.
Cut this out and take it to your drug*
gist and get a sample bottle free of Dr.
King’s New Discovery, for Consump
tion, Coughs and Colds. They do not
ask you to buy before trying. This
will show you the great‘merit of this
truly wonderful remedy, and show you
what can be accomplished by the reg
ular size bottle. - This is no experiment*
and would be disastrous to the proprie
tors did they not know it would invari
ably cure. Many of the best physicians
are now using it in their practice with
great results, and are relying on it in
most severe cases. It is guaranteed.
Trial bottles free at P. C. Corrigan’s
drug store. Regular size 50 cents and II.
The Greatest Discover? Yet.
W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, 111.
Chief, says: “We won’t keep house
without Dr. King’s New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds. Ex
perimented with many Others, but never
got the true remedy until we used Dr.
King’s New Discovery. No other
remedy can take its place in our home,
as in it we have a certain and sure cure
for coughs, colds, whooping cough,
etc.” It is idle to experiment with other
remedies, even if they are urged on you
as Just as good as Dr. King's New Dis
covery. They are not as good, because
this remedy has a record of cures and
besides is guaranteed. It never fails to
satisfy. Trial bottles free at P. C. Cor
rigan’s drug store.