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g Frontier *■ ,«•* - ■■ ^ fi ‘W ■ t'M ■ PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO. SUBSCRIPTION, SI.CO PER ANNUM. D. H. CRONIN, EDITOR AND MANAGER. VOLUME XIX. O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 8. 1898. NUMBER 10. ,, * NEWS SANS WHISKERS Items of Interest Told As They Are Told to Us. WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED Loos Happenings Portrayed Por General Edification and Amusement. Rhody Adams was up from Amelia Tuesday. W. W. Watson, of Inman, was in the city Saturday. S. 0. Sample, of Butte, was in O’Neill last Saturday. Bail ties and wire always on band a Neil Brennan’s. 16-tf John Goldsmith, of Sionx City, was in O’Neill last Friday. Olaf Wilson, of the Short Line, was in Sioux City Monday. H. E. Erugger, of Neligb, was in the city Tuesday evening. A. J. Durland, of Norfolk, was in the city Tuesday evening. Barney McGreevy returned from his visit to Omaha last week. Miss Maude Gillespie spent Sunday at Atkinson visiting friends. Mike Eerwin was in attendance at the Atkinson races last week. Tom Morris is clerking at Corrigan’s drug store, during P. C’s. absence. Peter Bakei, of Wayne, Neb., was registered at the Evans last Saturday. Frank Puls and Louis Longenburg, of Hoekins, Neb., were in the city last Saturday. _ The “Little Ditch” company bought $3,000 worth of cattle from B. J. Ryan last week. _ Ed. Weekhorst and Herman RohliDg, of Hooper, Neb., were in O’Neill last Saturday. _ MerrittiMartin went down to Omaha Monday morning to take in the Trans Mississippi. __ Con Eeyes is now occupying his own building, which was formerly used as a tailor shop. __ Last Saturday John Carr purchased 100 head of steers from Frank Shoe maker for $3,000. Mrs. R. H. Jeness has been quite sick for the last week, but is slightly im proved at present. C. W. Parke, of Huron, S. D , an old time friend of Judge Selah’s was in the city last week visiting. William Laviolette and son, Walter, went down te Sioux City Sunday night, returning Tuesday night. F. W. Ackley, Geo. Hills and E. C. Blundell, of the Short Line, were in O’Neill Monday evening. Rev. Father Smith, of Omaha, was in the city several days the first of the week visiting Father Cassidy. Mr. P. C. Corrigan was an Omaha passengers Monday morning where he will attend the exposition. The Misses Nora and Bridget Eelly went down to Fremont Monday morn ing where they will attend school. MUs Anna Davidson has moved her dressmaking parlors upstairs in the building north of McManus’s store. For teeth or photos go to Dr. Cor bett’s parlors, 23rd to 30th of each month. Photographs $1 per dozen. FOR SALE—Span of four-year eld mules. Call at my place two miles east of O’Neill. Petkk Toohill. Full blooded,registered Hereford bulls cows and heifers for sale by W. C. Fawkes, 4 miles north of O’Neill. 44-tf Mayloo Price is one of the most patri otic men in town. He has had his barber shop painted red, white and blue. Pat McCoy went down to Omaha Sunday morning where he will take in the sights at the exposition for a few days. _ Miss Florence Smith went down to Bioux City last week where she has ac cepted a position in the store of David son Bros. Col. Bryan’s report last Monday was, 179 men sick in his regiment. of this number 112 were in the division hos pital and 67 in quartets. Harry Abrahams who has been so journing with his brother H. J. Abra- I bams, for the past two weeks returned ! to Omaha Sunday morning. E. C. Blanks, of Lewisville, Texas J writes that one box of DeWitt’s Witch! Hazel Salve was worth $50 to him. It! cured his piles of ten years standing j He advises others to try it. It also cures j eczema, skin diseases and obstinate ] sores.—J. P. Gilligan. j The weeds are very bad In some parts of the city, and especially alone the sidewalk leading to the M. E. church from the west. We have in stock several fine buggies of the famous Blue Ribbon line at prices that defy competition. Call and see them. 10 3 O. F. Bigun. Mr. and Mrs. John McHugh left Sat urday morning for Sioux City their future home. Their many friends here wish them prosperity in their location. Mrs. C. F. George, of Packston. S. D., sister of H. M. Uttley, who has been yisiting Mr. Uttley and family for a couple of weeks, returned home last week. _ Mrs. Goodrich and Mrs. Hayward, of St. Louis, who have been visiting Mrs. A. J. Meals for the past week, are visit ing in Sheridan township and looking after their claims. All the members of the Royal Neigh bors of America are requested to meet at the hall next Friday night. September 9, as business of importance will come before the meeting. Walter Reed the 11-month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reed died last Sun day of cholera infantum and was buried in the Catholic cometery Monduy morning at 10 o’clock. Nat Lucia left for Sioux City Tuesday morning where he has accepted a pos ition with the street car company. His many O’Neill friends wish him good luck in his new home. 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. Pat. Mullen now carries the mail be tween the postotTice and the depot, having been let the contract the first of the month. . His bid was the lowest of those submitted, it being $90 a year. M. M. Sullivan, manager of the Sul livan Mercantile company, has had the interior of their building, newly-papered and calcimined, improving the looks of the building about fifty per cent. 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 diseases. It gives mmediate relief.—J. P. Gilligan. Dr. Withers, the Omaha painless dentist will be in O’Neill, Septem ber 22 and 23, prepared to do all hinds of dentist work at Omaha. We have just received a carload of the famous Fish Bros, wagons, of Racine, Wis., the best wagon on four wheels in the market-today. Call and see them. 10-3 O. F. Bxolin. Bob Moore, of La Fayette, Indiana, says that for constipation be has found DeWitt's Little Early Risers to be per fect. They never gripe. Try them for stomach and liver troubles.—J. P. Gil ligan. _ Emerson Enterprise: J. J. Kellog returned Tuesday from his western trip. He purchased about 300 head of feeding cattle out in the vicinty of O’Neill. He says they had plenty of rain out there and crops are fine. Isaac Millspaugh, of Atkinson, aad Miss Matilda boutbud, of Des Moines, la., were granted a marriage license by the county judge last Saturday. They weie married at Atkinson on Sunday by Justice Beebe. Mr. and.Mrs. John Skirving are in at tendance at the national G A. R. reunion which is being hel l this week at Cincinnatti. Mr. Skirving is chief aide on the staff of the department com mander, T. J. Majors. Monday John Uarr ana James u uon nel purchased 113 head of steers from II. O. Clifford, who lives twelve miles southwest of Atkinson. The bunch cost them about $3,100. There will he a nice lump of money in this deal. Mr. aud Mrs. O. O. Snyder and children went down to Lincoln Satur day where they will visit for a few days with Superintendent Jackson and family. They will also visit the Omaha exposition before returning home. The eleventh-month old son of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Sauderstein died lust Friday morning, after an illness of two weeks, of gastritis. On Saturday morn ing the family accompanied the remains to Clearwater, their former home, where the remains were interred. j The Sullivan Mercantile company are I receiving fall and winter goods now by I the carload and a visit to our store is a sight worth seeing. We will sell goods this fall at prices that was never heard of in this country before. Call and see our stock and get prices at Sullivan Mercantile Co., 10-3 O’Neill, Neb. Fremont Tribune: Mrs. Kate Sullivan who was said to be the oldest woman in Nebraska, died yesterday at O’Neill, at the age of 107 years. Her son came through Fremont this morning to be present at the funeral. He appeared to be at least an octogenarian himself. STRAYED—From my pasture five miles south of town about two weeks ago, one iron gray mare, <fne yehr old and one sorrel mare, with white face, two years old. A liberal rewafd will be I given for information or their return, l w. James Connelly. Hoff anu Bennett nave moved tueir tailor shop from the oldGwinn building on Fourth street to the vacant building on Douglas next to Mrs. Roberts’ mil linery store, where they will be pleased to meet all old customers aud many new ones. _ Miss Bertha Shively, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shively, for the past month, returned to her home at Council Bluffs, la., Mon day morning. She was accompanied by her brother, Frank, who will visit relatives for a short time. Rev. Houser, the evangelist, will hold services in the Presbyterian church of this city, commencingJ'Thursday, Sept. 8 at 8 o’clock. It is uncertain as to the length of time that Bro. Houser can be with us, but while he is here, let every body turn out to hear him. This is the advertising season and it behoves the O’Neill merchants to be liberal in their use of priutes ink. Do not hide your light under a bushel; tel* the people what you have to sell and invite them to call and look your stock over it. It is a paying investment to others, why not you? W. J. Crow, who has been one of the mail agents on the Short Line the past six years, has resigned his position on account a failing eyesight and Morris O'Brien, a clerk in the postofflee at Sioux City, has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Mr. O’Brien will com mence work next Thursday morning. We understand that Mrs, LuadQ Harrison, wife D. C Harrison, of Em poria, who has been dangerously ill the past month is rapidly improving. This will be welcome news to the many friends of the family in the eastern part of the county. Drs. Skelton, of Page, and Nve, of Plainview, were the physicians in charge. The State Journal of last Saturday contained the names <of all the members of the Third Nebraska, at Jacksonville, Fla., who were sick in the division hos pital and gave the names of the follow ing members of company M who are there—George Biegler, U. E. Pearson, C. A. Neary and Fred D. Smith. The paper did not state the cause of sickness. Az Perry was in the city Wednesday on his way from Omaha where he had been consulting railroad magnates. Az says that the road to Boyd county is now an assured fact and that the con tractors will be in Atkinson in a few days to commence work on the grading. We believe that it would have been to the interest of O’Neill citizens if they had paid a little attention to this road. John A. Dunham, of this county, who was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary in April, '98 for cattle stealing has had bis sentance commuted by Governor Holcomb to two years, two months and nine days, and was a.so given credit for the good time he had earned during the term of his com muted sentence, and was discharged from the penitentiary on September 1, 1898. Mrs. Katherine Sullivan, mother of Paul Sullivan, who resides north of O’Neill, died last Thursday afternoon at the advanced Bge of 102 years. Mrs. Sullivan was probably the oldest person in the state and up to within a few weeks of her death retained full posses sion of all her faculties and was as spry as many 40 years younger. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Catholic church and was a large proces sion, the remains being interred in the Catholic cemetery. THAT THROBBING HEADACHE. Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. Kiag’s New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for sick and nervous headaches. They makepure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Kasy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by P. C. Corrigan, druggist. CASTORIA THE KIND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT PITCH ER’S Eu tha fno-alall® signature ef Exchauge: The girl who expressed so much sympathy for the poor farmer be cause of his cold job in harvesting his winter wheat is equal in agricultural knowledge to the one who expressed a desire to see a field of tobacco when it was just plugging out. But the damsel who asked which cow gave the butter milk is entitled to the whole bakery. And a girl on her return from a visit to the country who was asked if she ever saw anyone milk a cow replied: “Ob, yes, indeed, I haye; it tickles me to death to see uncle jerk two of the cow’s faucets at the same time.” West Point Republican: For tbe sake of tbe rector wbo is young and artless, let bis name be unknown. But tbe story is true, and it occurred quite re cently, and each woman is busy with its narration. There’s an organization in tbe church—what its uses are only the members know—it is called "Tbe Little Mothers of the Church.’. Now, this rector was giving out a notice about it the other Suuday and how a woman could join it, etc. And then he made the announcement, which created a flutter and a gasp: "Any lady wishing to become a Little Mother caudosoby cal ling on the rector any Friday, in his study attached to the church.’’ And a mur muring wave like sudden wind in the forest, went over the congregation. A special from West Point to Sunday’s Bee says- "Lightning rod swindlers are again abroad in Cuming county. Two days ago a very smooth-tongued individual called at the home of Albert Neuman, a well-to-do farmer living about twelve miles northwest of this city, and agreed to furnish him with rods for his bouse and barn for the sum of $15, which Mr. Neuman agreed to. lie signed an agreement which on its face is perfectly innocent, but on closer inspection a cunningly worded clause can be discovered which obligates the buyer to pay for each point the price of twenty feet of rod, viz., $15, and in re turn for this tbe agent agrees to put up 165 feet of rod free, tbe balance over that length to be paid for at 75 cents per foot. In about an hour after Mr. Neu man had signed the agreement a party of men came along and rodded the house and barn. Yesterday morning the col lector for the concern arrived and de manded $257 as the price of the work. Mr. Neuman refused to pay and was threatened with all kinds of pains and penalties, but stood his grounds. In the excitement he secured possession of his agreement, which renders it ex tremely problematical whether be can be mulcted in any excess payment or not. Tbe name given by the agent is Stubbs. Tbe gang is apparently work ing up the Elkhorn Valley.” Ponca Journal: Oh, where is Donald McLean? There never was a time so good as now for booming Ponca and vicinity—never a time, in fact, when the country looked so flourishing and the people so rich in harvests. But still we need a north and south railroad and a railroad bridge across the river. If we had those we should be content. If Donald McLean were here with his versality of genius, his unparalelled cheek and his undaunted determination to push things, we might perhaps git such a road and bridge, but alas, he demateralized two years ago and since that has not been seen by western eyes. What has become of him and of the great umij'8 ue was uui is he still on earth, hobnobbing in the east with railroad princes and potentates and trying to get them to cough up enough cash to carry on his proposed railroad and bridge enterprises, or has he died and been buried. If the latter he could not very well do business here any more, but do you not think that maybe he might now be pattering around on the golden pavement of new Jerusalem urging his winged fellow citizens to lay aside their bars and build a railway from Jerusalem up to the valley to Uinnom to Jericho ? Or is he trying to get the various townships of the ethereal, interplanetary regions to vote bonds to build a railway bridge across the river Styx. Perhaps he is doing these very things. If so, we can feel willing to spare him from further railroad labors here, knowing that we shall probably meet him whan we cross the divide, and ride over his stygian bridge on our inland travels. But if Donald is still to earth and alive and kicking, we would like to have a north and south road and a bridge across the Missouri pushed forward without further delay and we know of no man more capable in everything but money to make the enterprise a success The Chief Burgess of Milesburg, Pa., says DeWitl’s Little Early Risers are the best pills he ever used in his family dur ing forty years of housekeeping. They cure constipation, sick headache and stomacli and liver troubles. Small in size but great in results.—J. P. Gilligan MoLEAN ON D:'CK. Donald McLean, builder of the Pacific Short Line and promoter of the Missouri River and Los Angeles, a line which he proposed to build from Sioux City to the Pacific cost, was in Washington a few days ago. He was seen at the Willard hotel there by James V. Ma oney. Mr. McLean caught sight of the Sioux City commissioner and stepped from a crowd and shook hand with him. He was very busy, Mr. Mahoney said, with the crowd of men around him and their consideration consisted of nothing more than an exchange of courtesies. “Sir Donald never looked finer in his life,” said Mr. Mahoney. “His silk hat was brushed right and he had every appear ance of being one of the millionaires. He was in good health, too, and evi dently was enjoying life.” When Mr. McLean left Sioux City about eighteen months ago he told bis friends here and at Ponca, where the bridge of the “transcontinental” was to cross the river, and his admirets at O'Neill and Norfolk that he would hurry back. He has not written for a long time and many people have wondered what had become of him.— Sioux City Times. THIRD NEBRASKA WILL STAY. Washington, Sept. 6,—No request has been received at the war department for the immediate muster out of Col Bryan’s regiment, the Third Nebraska’ It is also said that if such a request was made it could not be complied with be cause the quota of Nebraskans to be mustered out has been filled. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 0.—Col. Bryan wants to get back to Nebraska and take part in the fall campaign. He wires that he does not want to resign if his regiment can be mustered out at once, but otherwise be will resign, as there is no further need of his presence in the army. Bryan wires the governor each day a report of the condition of the Third regiment. Many members of the company are writing letters to their friends here. They all declare that they want to be sent to Cuba to do garrison duty in preference to remaining in camp much longer. Throughout the state there is a de mand that the boys be sent home, and the fusion forces are loud in their decla ration that Col. Bryan be sent home that he may take part in the campaign that is now approaching.—Sioux City Times. THE BUSINESS OIBL’S FBIENDS. "In the large city,” to the business girl, in the September Ladies’ Home Journal, "you soon begin to wonder how you will ever get to know anybody, or whether you will be solitary all your life. Turn your thoughts back to the time in the early autumn when the apples were gathered. Do you remember how they were gone over, and those that were rich in color, sweet ot perfume and graceful in form in the healthiness were chosen as the best and kept for special purpose? You must pick out your triends as you did the apples choosing to have those which are not agreeable, not only pleasent, but the ones which are warranted to keep.” Democratic County Convention. The democratic electors of Holt county. Nebraska, are requested to meet in mass convention at O’Neill, Neb., on Saturday, Sept. 25. 1898, at one o’clock p. m.. for the purpose of placing in nomination one candidate for county attorney, two candidates for represent atives for the Fifteenth district and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before said con* vention. A. T. Blackburn, Ch’m. Holt Co. Central Com. FROM COMPANY M. * Charley Stout received the following letter from Loyd Shaffer who is one of the company M men belonging to the Third regiment band: Panama Park. Jacksonville,Fla., September 2, 1898. . Dear Friend: Yours of August 25 received and read with pleasure and will now say a word in reply. 1 see by the tone of your letter t&at I created a wrong impression when I wrote you as oou say are glad j am pleased with my position. I am not at ' all in love with it nor will I ignore the chnnce, which may present itself, for my i liberation, although I am not “dead sore” on living as we have had to thus far. Art Coykendyl! received word that it was circulated at O’Neill that be was seriously ill. Such is not the case. He is perfectly well at this writing and has been all along witn the exception of a couple of days and then nothing of a serious nature. Tbesickness in camp is increasing. # * * Two men belonging to this reg iment died last night. They were mem bers of companies I and F. There are several sick men in company M, among them being Lieutenant Hal), who is quite sick. The review of the Seventh army corps occurred Wednesday. We left Panama Park at noon and marched to Jackson ville, passed through review and return ed. There were about 80,000 men in line. Long before we even got there men began to fall out and it was an in discriminate case? of “falling by the wayside” where the ambulance picked them up. The band of 24 men stayed by it until we got down town where we weie compelled to play almost incessantly. We were often “double timed” for two blocks and it was then that the men fell along the streets over come by the heat. You would see them fall out by the scores, oftentimes leaving a captain with but a few set of fours to continue the march. One or two is all that Is known to t have died on the streets, but many will never fully recover from the over-exer tion. You could see ambulances, army wagons, even grocery wagons hauling off the oftentimes unconscious soldiers. There was not enough ambulances in the whole corps, hence the use of such vehicles. The march was continued and we arrived at camp about 6:80 in the evening. Before tne band got near camp there was but a few left in the line. We were in the lead of the 1st battalion following Bryan and his staff ^ and as the band got into camp there was but seven out of the twenty-tour men who were still marching, hence you see the great number that fell out, compar ing the band with the other commands. Primely, Sturdevant and myself were among the seven. The march was about 20 miles. Had the day been as hot as usual many deaths would have occurred during the march. As yet there is no ascertaining whether we will go to Cuba or be mustered out. AUCTION SAUL The undersigned will sell at public auction at his farm, five miles southwest of O’Neill, on Saturday, September, 17 1898, 1200 bead of sheep, composed of ewes, weathers and lambs. The sale will commence at 10 o’clock, a m., and free lunch will be served at noon. Terms—Twelve months time will be given, if desired, with 10 per cent, interest and on apDroved security. M. T. Elliot, M. E. Gray, 9-8 Auctioneer. _Proprietor. Mike Lyons was down from Emmet today. 1<*ST growv /rfl CHASE & SANBORN, Importers,.Boston. FOR SALE BY J» P. MANN. 1 : ; J%