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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1898)
Hibraska Historical citty « * .. 'VY*' , ™ ■ & - 1 • SO* i - * PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO. ftUMORlPTION. tl.ftO PER ANNUM. D. H. CRONIN, EDITOR AND MANAGER. VOLUME XIX. O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JULY 14. 1898. NUMBER 2. Items of Interest Told As They Are Told to Us. WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED Loo* Happenings Portrayed For General Edification and Amusement. 11. A. Allen was down from Atkinson yesterday. - H. A. Allen was down from Atkinson yesterday. _ Bail ties and wire always on band a Neil Brennan’s. 16-tf J. T. Woods, of Spencer, was in the city Monday._ There have been a good many binders sold this season.__ S. J. Weekes is taking in the expo* sition at Omaha._ J. Bentley has three horses and one double harness for sale. Editor Raker, of the Advocate, spent Friday and Saturday in O’Neill. George Shively resigned his place at Bradstreet’s, the first of the week. F. A. Woodruff, of Garfield county, was in this city Monday on business. Judge Kinkaid is attending the re publican league meeting at Omaha this week. _ C. S. Handlon treated his house to a coat of paint. Dave McNicholas done the work. Mrs. Clark returned from Iowa Mon day night where she has been visiting relatives, Miss Susie Uttley went up to Dead wood, S. D.. where she will visit friends for a few weeks._ Miss Anna Brennan, of Omaha, came up from Omaha Friday evening to visit her brother, James._ Mrs. R. H. Jeness left for Omaha this morning where she will visit friends and attend the expostion._ A. £. McKinney, of St. Joseph, Mo., was in the city Monday looking after his interests in this county. John Trommershauser came up from Ewing Monday to attend a contest case before the U. S. land office. Mr. Wiedner, of. Corning, Iowa, was looking after his business interests in this section the first of the week. For teeth or photos go to Dr. Cor bett's parlors, 23rd to 30th of each month. Photographs $1 per dozen. Dr. J. P. Gilligan was in Norfolk Tuesday attending a meeting of the Elkhorn Valley Medical Association. FOR SALE—Span of four-year old mules. Call at my place two miles east of O’Neill. Peter Toohill. Full blooded,registered Hereford bulls cows and heifers for sale by W. C. Fawkes, 4 miles north of O'Neill. 44-tf Bentley’s is the place to go for fresh fruits and fresh groceries and for crockery and glassware. They cannot be beat. _ Art Gwin was taken suddenly sick after the Fourth and has been confined to his bed ever since, but is better at this writing._ The crops never looked better than they do at present. The harvest will be the largest Holt county has seen for a number of years._ John Skirving went down to Plain view yesterday to attend the Northeast Nebraska G. A. R. reunion, now being held in that city. Miss Mary McGee returned from Park City, Utah, last Tuesday evening and will visit for a few months with relatives and friends in this city. Mamie Murphy, who has been in Omaha the past month being treated for deafness, returned home Sunday even ing considerably improved. Citizens of Arabia have declared their intentions through the press to punish certain parties for petty thieving without the assistance of the courts. Mrs. Eirwin, mother of M. F. Eirwin, started last Friday on a visit to her son. John, who liyes at Aspen, Colorado. She will be gone about three months. Jerry Sullivan went to the St. Joseph hospital at Omaha last week to be treated for kidney trouble, from which he has been suffering for several months past. _ Mrs. Cress went down to Council Bluffs this morning where she will visit relatives for about ten days. She will also see the exposition ai Omaha before returning. _ A torpid liver robs you of ambition and ruins your health. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers cleanse the liver, cure con stipation and all stomach and liver troubles.—J. P. Cilligan Co. James McClure, who has had charge of McClure's ranch the past few weeks, came in Tuesday to meet his brothei Hay, who returned from Fort Omaha the day before._ Johnny Cassidy, residing east of town, who has been a sufferer from rlieuma tism the past year and seldom able to leave the house, was in town Saturday, a fact we are pleased to note. About ten of the boys of this city are making preparations to start for the harvest fields of the two Dakotas next Monday. The harvest is a bountiful one and hands are reported scarce. Thousands of persons have been cured of piles by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It heals promptly and cures ec zema and all skin dUeases. It gives immediate relief.—J. P. Oilligan. Do not forget that I am headquarters for gasoline and kerosene, and the best machine oil on the market. The only Blossburg blacksmith coal in the city. Call at the coal yard. P. J. Biolin. Mrs. M. Daly, of Park City, Utah, ar rived in O’Neill Tuesday evening and will spend the summer visiting her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Finnegan, who live about six miles northwest of this city. _ Bob Moore, of La Fayette, Indiana, says that for constipation he has found DeWitt’s Little Early Risers to be per fect. They never gripe. Try them for stomach and liver troubles.—J. P. Gil* igan . _ Exchange: “Oh George, the beau tiful girl said, "why don’t you have it shaved off? I never did enjoy kissing people with bristly mustaches.” After ! that his manner was strangely cold and distant. _ Win your battles against disease by acting promptly. One Minute Cough Cure produces immediate results. When taken early it prevents consumption. And in later stages it furnishes prompt relief.—J. P. Gilligan. Mrs. M. F. Kirwin and Mary McMillan returned from their visit with relatives in Lincoln last week, where they had been the past three weeks. Mike says her timely arrival saved him the expense of making a trip to Lincoln himself. Miss Tess Harrington was brought home from Sioux City last Thursday night, where she had been receiving medical treatment for the past three months. She is very low at present and it is thought that she cannot survive. Exchange: The arabs have no "hello!" in their language. The nearest they come to it is to throw a stone and hit a man in the back and then ask him, as he turns around. "Does it please heaven to give you good health this morning!” _ John Testman arrived in the city Tuesday evening from Wichita Falls, Texas, and will visit with his family here for some time. John is the gen* eral agent for the McCormiek Machine Company at the above town and is pros pering nicely._ P. C. (Senator) Kelly soared around the exposition grounds at Omaha a few days last week, returning Friday even - ing. Patrick Coyne helped him cele brate the occasion, and in fact all the O’Neill boys employed in Omaha took a day off to join the throng. Hay McClure and Nat Lucia returned from Fort Omaha Sunday evening after taking in the exposition the past week. As will be remembered the boys left here with company M some time ago but were rejected on the final examination before being mustered into the eervice. Several fishing excursions were or ganized for Sunday, and while the boys all report exceptionally good luck, they have failed to present Thk Frontier with any of their eatables. Well chickens will be ripe after awhile, then it will be different. Hildreth Telescope: One of oui bashful young men was almost paralyzed the other day when a friend ashed him the following question: “When a girl wears red, white and blue garters does she show her patriotism?” He finally got breath enough to reply, “Seldom, unless the wind blows.” Born, to Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Biglin, on Friday, July 8, a 8J pound girl of ordi nary beauty. The mother and babe are dosng nicely, but Pat feels so jubilant over the event that he fairly walks on his tip-toes and seldom speaks of the im portance of his new advent unless bis attention is particularly called to the subject. _ Andy Gallagher, James Gallagher and John Moore, all business men of Laurel, spent Sunday visiting with friends in O’Neill. Our readers will be pleased to learn that the two former gentlemen, who were at one time residents of this city, are prospering in their new loca tion. They loft for home Sunday even ing. Mr. and Mrs. George Bry, of Black bird, lost by cramps, tbeir only baby girl aged seven monlbs. last Tuesday night. The child was in tbe best of health and death came suddenly by a severe attack of tbe cramps. The funeral took place Thursday afternoon, the remains being interred in the Pleasent Valley cemetery. Exchange: A man out in Kansas named Cofe has applied for a divorce on the grounds that his wife roasted him and kept him in hot water. Uia wife offered in defense that she didn’t know any other way to keep Coffee good. That settled it. It is sad their relations should be strained, and right in the cream of life, too, but how could they stand the perpetual grind. Con St. Clair, of Butte. Mont., is In the city and it is intimated that his mission here is to take unto himself a bride, one of O'Neill’s fairest daughters. The wedding has been set for a week from today, and we learn their future home will be in Butte. While the an nouncement may be somewhat prema ture, we join Con’s host of friends in wishing him happiness in his matri monial venture.__ #-' *•* The Lake City, Colorado, Times In speaking of tbe proceedings of July Fourth in that city, says: “There were three entries in the double hand drilling match and first prize was won by P. C. McCarthy and Dunnivan, of the Hidden Treasure. The prize amounted to $150. They drilled fifteen minutes and made 32^ inches.” P. C. is a brother of Jerry j McCarthy, of this city, and has taken first place in the drill contest for sev e*al years past. Ord Times: A long baired peddler paid five dollars for a license last Fri day to sell goods on the street and dur ing the afternoon disposed of probably a hundred dollars worth of goods to the people who flocked about bis trunks. He made a fine thing and the buyers as a general thing got a very inferior article of goods. They would never stop curs ing their home merchant who would sell such a quality of goods at any price. John Harrington, of Grant City, Mo., arrived in the city Sunday evening, be* ing called here by the serious sickness of his sister, Tess. It is about ten years since John left O’Neill where be used to know every man, women and child and now lie is almost a stranger. Great changes occur in a western city, changes that are not noticed by the residents but which are surprising lo those that come back nfier a long absence. John is en gaged in the general merchandise busi* ness at Grant City and is prospering, a fact that will be pleasing to his many friends. _ Exchange: A minister in a town not a thousand miles away, on a recent Sun day, surprised his audience by reading the following announcement from his pulpit: "The regular session of the donkey club will be held as usual at the close of the service. Members will line up just outside the door, make remarks and stare at the ladies who pass, as is their custom. Any member known to escort a young ladv to church and sit with her like a gentleman, will be ex pelled from membership.” The appli cation was to the point and the effect marvelous. __ An exchange, seemingly aggrieved at the lack of advertising patronage, pre sents the following poetic bray to its readers: "Drink, and the gang drinks with you; swear off and you go it alone, for the bar room bum who drinks your rum has a quenchless thirst of his own. Feast, and your friends are many; fast, and they cut you dead; they’ll not get mad if you treat them bad so long as their stomachs are fed. Steal, if you can get a million, for then you can fur nish bail; it’s the great big thief that gets out on leave, while the little one goes to jail. Advertise and the dollar comes to you, quit and they fail to come in; for what care the men who have dollars to spend for the man who don’t care to see him.” Several of the non-commissioned of* fleers of company M were rejected by the physicians on the medical exam ination and Captain Cross tilled the vacancies by appointment. The com pany was mustered into the service of the United States last Sunday evening. Following Is a list of the non-commis sioned officers as they were mustered into the regular service, the list being furnished us by Lieutenant Wertz: First Sergeant, Aurtber Coykendall; Quartermaster Sergeant, Judd Woods; Sergeants, W. fl. Galleher, Martin F. Cronin, Wilbur Horton, Qeorge Lord. Corporals—Oscar List, W. F. S. Ayer, William H. Bitney, Charles Harding, Walter King, Ernest Nyrup, J. W. Ful lerton, Michael J. Sherry, AlvaS. Likens, John Oleson, Richard Williams, N. E. Pierson. Musicians—J. N. Sturdevant, and Lester E. Porter. FROM COMPANY M. Fort Oma.iia., Neb., July 6, 1W8. Editor Frontier: Company M ar rived at the fort at 5:30 Thursday even ing, pretty well fatigued with their long ride. We left the train at Omaha Heights, only a short distanca from the fort, and marched to the fort with the dag and eagle heading the column. We were receved with cheers all along the line, the eagle attracting everyone's attention. There is another eagle in the regiment but he has to be kept in a cage most of the time. We were issued blankets as soon as we arrived, and were then marched over to company’s F’s quarters where we found a "hot” supper waiting us. The boys didn't appear to be very hungry, at last they did not eat much. We are furnished with regulation grub—pretty good after you get used to it, but it Is rather hard to get used to it. The water is poor, being taken from the M'ssouri river. It is healthy enough, but warm and muddy, and the first two days about all one could hear was. "I’d give forty cents for a drink of Holt county water.” Tlie fort was a beautiful place at one time, but at present presents a decfdely abondoned appearence. We finished our medical examination Saturday morning. Lost 23 men out of 106. About the best record made and eleven companies haye been examined. The examination was not so severe as we had been led to expect, but was bad enough. Following is a list of those re jected: Second Sergeant Walker, of Stuart; Third Sergeant Prouty, of Pad dock; Fifth Sergeant McClure, of Ewing; Corporal Morrill, of Stuart; Corporal Butler, of Ewing; and privates Allyn, of Stuart; Adams, of O’Neill; Amman, of Atkinson; Chase, of Ewing: Cornell, of Atkinson; Cruise, of Atkinson; Luja, of O’Neill; Mapes, of Oakdale; Moore, of Atkinson; Novak, Ripp, Sikes, Tem rnant, Whalen, Werner; and three de serted, Edwards, Elgan and Fisher. The officers at headquarters said we were the best appearing company on the grounds. The post is in command of Lieuten ant Duff, of the 8th calvary, a fine . officer and a perfect gentleman. Colonel Bryan is here, and superin tends the medical examinations, and by his influence has helped many recruit over a tight place. The boys are all well pleased with their colonel, and in fact, with all their officers. We will not be mustered into the ser vice until we have 100 men who have passed the medical examinations, and do not get our uniforms and guns until we are mustered in. CAMP NOTES. The other eagle died Sunday, and was buried with military honors, and our eagle has been accepted as the regi mental mascot. Corporal List, of Ew ing, being appointed the eagle’s sur geon, and furnished the proper outfit. Uncle Sam is becoming better trained every day and will step on his perch whenever it is offered him. Schaffer, of O’Neill, and Primley, of Stuart, have been accepted as members of the band, and will take up their quarters at company A, in a few days. Lieutenant Hall is up the road recruit ing to fill up the company. A telegram was received from him Tuesday stating that he would send ten men down from Stanton Wednesday. The company is filling up rapidly, and we hope to be mustered in this week. We have a good many visitors every day from Omaha. Nearly all the O’Neill people have been out, an 1 several from Atkinson have called on the boys. Martin Cronin, as recruiting officer, is hustling early and late. He will get several of the O’Neill boys, who are working in Omaha, to enlist. Arthur Coykrndall. THE POPULIST CONVENTION. A remnant of the once proud and en thusiastic populist party held a convention in this city Saturday after* noon. There were only about thirty delegates present and those that were in attendance were controlled by the office holders that reside in this city. It was a great convention and had it not been for the delegates from O’Neill and Grat tan township, nearly all of whom were present, they would not have had enough delegates present to organize, but as the O’Neill politicans was always on the alert they had enough present to organize which they did by electing S. B. Howard, chairman, and £. S. Eves, secretary. Committees on the various orders of business were then appointed after which the convention adjourned for dinner. During the noon hour considerable lobbying was done by the Qreen and Westover forces, the former favoring the re*nomination of W. L. Green for con gress and the latter favoring the nomination of Judge Westover. Con siderable bitter feeling was generated by the advocates of each side which mani tested itself when the convention met after dinner. Art Mullen appeared as the leader of the Westover forces and Editor Raker was probably the most pronounced Green man in the conven tion. It Is of course unnecessary to add that the pop ring wai with Mullen In its advocacy of the anti-Green sent! ment, although several of the leading lights were not present at the conven tion. The convention reconvened about 2 o’clock when the reports of the various committees were listened to. The com mittee upon organization reported thai the temporary organization be made permanent. The report was adopted. A motiou was tbeu made and adopted that the convention proceed to the election of fourteen delegates to the congressional convention; that two dele gates be selected from each supervisor district by tbe delegates from the severel district. Some of1 the delegates ob jected to this method of proceedure as there were eleven townships that were not represented in tbe convention but of course their remonstrance was not heeded. The following delegates were selected to the congressional convention which meets at Broken Bow today: D. 0. Blondin, Hugh O'Neill, John Hopkins, Dan Cronin, T. V. Golden, S. B. Howard, J. R. Ritz, Chas. Crosser, Barney Jones, R. E. Slaymaker. E. 8. Eves, 0. W. Hamilton, D. Brion and Geo. L. Butler. A motion wu then made, seconded and carried that the convention select fifteen delegates to the state convention; fourteen of them to be selected by supervisor districts the same as those for the congressional delegation and that M. F. Barrington be the delegate at large. The following delegates were then selected—M. F. Hanington, L. A Gilson, Jas. Harrington, John A. Rob ertson, John Donahue, Art Mullen, W. R. Butler, G. A. Raker, Geo. L. Butler, T. V. Norvall, B. L. Conger, W. W. Peck, R. 8. Kelley, J' C. Morrow and E. S. Eves. After the above delegates were selected Sam Nelson, of Paddock, precipitated a scrap by moving that the delegates to the congressional convention be in structed' for W. L. Green. The motion was seconded and then the fun com menced. T. V. Norvell, who aspires to the Domination for the legislature this fall, objected to sending the delegates down there with their hands tied and said they might as well stay at home and eend a letter down there stating that Holt couuty was for Green. T. V. Golden, who is a member of the delegation, said that while he was favorable to the nom ination of Green he did not like to go down there tied down with instructions. After considerable wrangling the motion was withdrawn and the following reso lution introduced: “Resolved that' the nomination of W. L. Green will be ac ceptable to the populists of Holt county.” A motion to lay the reso lution upon the table carried by a vote of over two to one and by this act the convention endorsed the candidacy of Westover for congress. . The convention then adjourned and the delegates proceeded to chew the rag accuse each other of a breach of faith and the Westover people were happy | and the Green contingent depressed. I We understand the delegation stands ten for Westover and four for Green. Democratic County Convention. The democrats of Holt county, Ne braska and all who endorse the dem cratic national platform adopted at Chicago, 1896, are hereby requested to meet in mass convention at’ O’Neill, in said county and state. onSaturdxv, July 23, 1898,'at 11 o’clock a. m. of said day for the purpose of naming and selecting 10 delegates to represent 'Holt county in the democratic state convention to be held at Lincoln, August 2. 1898, and for the transaction of such other business as may be deemed advisable. W. S. Morgan, A. T. Blackburn Sec’y. Ch’m Co. Central Com. , WILL LEAVE MONDAY. World Herald: Tbe Third Nebraska regiment, United States volunteers, Col. W. J. Bryen, commanding, will probably leave Omaha Monday afternoon. It has been arranged that two battalions are to go by way of Chicago and one battalion by way of St. Louis. They will meet at Nashvile, Tenn., and from there proceed together to Jacksonville, Fla , where they will join Qen. Fitzkugh Lee’s command The Burlington, Northwestern, Rock Island, Milwankee and Missouri Pacific roads submitted a joint bid to Captain Baxter, chief quartermaster of the de partment of the Missouri, at noon today and asked that the traffic be divided be tween tbe five roads. Captain Baxter stated that the regiment would travel in battalions so that it could not be divided into five parts. The roads which will get tbe business will be decided on this afternoon. COUHCIL PROCEEDINGS O’Neill, Neb., June 28, 1808. At a special meeting of the city coun cil called by tbe mayor for the purpose of making an estimate of tbe probable amount of money necessary tor all pur poses in the city of O'Neill for tbe present fiscal year, the following pro ceedings were bail: Committe of tbe whole rose aud re ported as follows: Your committee upon careful consid eration, estimates the probable amount* of money necessary for all purposes, to be expended in the city of O'Neill, dur ing the present fiscal year, commencing on the first Tuesday in May, 1898 and ending on the fist Monday in May. 1899. Salaries for city officers and employes 8 3,000 Fires, lights and rents 000 Building and repairs of sidewalk 250 Printing and sundries 800 Fire department supplies 200 Repairs of W. W. 800 Interest on W. W. bonds 1,200 Railroad sinking funds 1,100 Interest on R. R. bonds 1,820 Judgment levy 221.91 Total 17491.91 On motion, report of committee of the whole adopted. Tbe entire revenue of the city from all sources for the previous fiscal year was, upon motion, duly considered by the council and found to be as follows. town: Occupation tax $ 825 County and township treasurers 577.78 ? County tteasurer W. W. bond interest fund 831.60 Water commissioner 769.05 City Weigher 270.50 Police judge fines 81. 75 City clerk licenses 23.50 Total 18319 81 A true extract from the journal. N. Martin, City Clerk. While in Omaha the first of the week we went out to the fort and visited the boys of the company M. Sid Smith , and a young man named Sheldon, whose folks live south of Atkinson, Were in the hospital bnt they expected to be out yesterday or today. The rest of the boys were happy and enjoying good health. Elmer Wise is company cook and the boys are now supplied with good healthy food and lots of it. About 5:80 last Sunday eveuiug the company was mustered into the service of Uncle Sam by Lieutenant Duff,»mustering of* fleer, and they felt happier after they had become genuine soldiers. Arms were issued to them Monday and when we left camp, at 1:80 Tuesday afternoon, they were being furnished their uniforms. The regiment is supplied with Spring field rifles, the same kind of a gun as the Bartley Guards had here a few years ago. Three of the Holt county boys who went down with the company de serted last Saturday and the quarters of company M would not be a very healthy place for them to go just now as the boys have no use for cowitrds. Tues day noon we took dinner with Lieuten ant Wertz, at .the officers mess, and white the quality of the food furnished was good the quantity was a little short. The boys in the company get all they want to eat and we are of the opinion that the fond is belter than that fur nished the officers and'several of latter are evidently of the same opinion as they often mess with the company. We were • informed by one of the band boys that | company M had. Jfurnjahed two of the I best musicians in the regimental band, Lloyd Shaffer, of this city, and Will Primley, of Stuart, both of whom are playing cornets. EXCVB8I0*. Special excursion to Long Pine Chau tauqua via F. E. & M V. Ry. Excursion tickets will be sold on July 21, 23, 29 and 30. Good to return nntil August 5; fare 8195 for round trip. : E. R. Adams, Agent. Discovered By a Woman. ■ • r* r. ; ; " '| Another great discovery has been made, and that too, hy a lady in this country. '‘Disease fastened its dutches upon her and for seven years she with* stood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly, and could not sleep. She finally discovered a way to recovery by purchasing of us a bottle of Dr. Cing’s New Discovery for Consump tion, and was so much relieved on tak ing first dose that she slept all night and with two bottles has been absolutely cured. Har name is Mrs. Luther Lutz.’ Thus writes W. C Hamnick & Co., of Selbv, N. C. Trial bottles free at P. C Corrigan’s drug store. Regular size 50 cents and SI. Every bottle guaranteed O Bean the Signature i TIm Kind You Have Atwav Boqght ' "'A