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PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO.
SUBSCRIPTION, SI.BO PER ANNUM.
O. H. CRONIN EDITOR AND MANAGER.
VOLUME XIX.
O’NEILL. HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA, TUNE 29, 1899.
NUMBER 52.
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Come to O'Neill July 4.
Corbett's best $1.00 per dozen. 22lf
flo to Mrs. Cress’ for lireworks. 49 4
Frank Phillips was over from Star
Friday.
Bail lies and wire always on baud at
Neil Brennan’s. 16-tf
John Flannigau was down from
Stuart Sunday,
Charley Hamilton was down from
Stuart Tuesdav.
J. J King went down down of Sioux
City last Tburday.
Capt. II. F. Cross was down from At
kinson last Saturday.
Jake Hersbiser was up from Norfolk
the first of the week.
Mrs. A. M. Clark departed Monday
for her Iowa borne.
VV. E. Bailey, of Ewing, was in the
city Friday of last week.
A first-class painter would find O’Neill
a profitable city to locate in.
Attorney Harvey was down from At
kinson the first of the week.
Come in and see our line of jewelry;
its all new.—Gilligan & Stout.
• R. U. Jenness and wife were visiting
relatives in Sioux City last week.
A. L. Wilcox and W. P. O’Brien, of
Saratoga, were in the city Saturday.
J. O. Guilinger, of Norfolk, is hold
ing cases on The Frontier this week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Bright witnessed
the ball game in Atkinson last Friday.
Frank Derby and Frank Woods, of
Spencer, were O’Neill visitors last Mon
day.
Mrs. Charles Murray, of Chicago, is in
the city visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. P.
Mann.
E. H. Benedict has first-class Building
and Loan stock for sale or can make you
a loan. 4G-tf
The severe wind last Friday night tin
^ roofed several sheds in the western part
of town.
Last Tuesday Dick Jenness purchased
lfiO acres of hay laud, situated two miles
south of Emmett.
Come to O’Neill the Fourth.
Newton Mullendore and Jas. F. Gal
lagher returned from their Omaha out
ing Saturday evening.
Last week the Amelia creamery broke
all previous records as butter makers.
They made 5400 pounds.
D. C. Harrison, the stalwart republi
can warborse of Verdigris township,
was in the city last Friday.
J. C. Addison of Scottville was in the
the city last Friday on business connect
ed with his school district.
The subject of Ilev. Haner’s discourse
at the Presbyterian church. Sabbath
evening, will be “The Harvest.”
For teeth and photos, go to Dr. Cor
bett’s parlors 2,‘lrd >o GOth, of each
month. Photographs $1 a dozen. GOtf
New line of wall paper at Gilligan &
Stout’s just arrived. All assortments,
all prices. Come and make selections.
Merritt Henneway and Miss Josephine
Potras, of Clearwater, were granted a
marriage license by Judge Selah on June
20th.
The Fourth of July is coming, and
Mrs. Cress has the largest and most
varied assortment of fireworks in the
city. 49-4
A. Durbond, E. llenrich and Joe
Kruse, of Struble, I.. , were in O’Neill
last week looking over the country with
a vie w to locating.
Miss Kiltie Bright left for Shellsburir,
Wis., last Tuesday morning in answer
to a message announcing the serious ill
ness of her mother.
P. J. Donohue, the genial freight so
licitor of the PaciUc Short Line, was
looking after the interests of his road in
this section Monday.
Fourth of July decorations, flags,
bunting, festooning, ribbons, crepe
paper, etc. J.P.Mann.
Mrs. J. S. Harrington anti children, of
Grant City, Mo , arrived in the city last
week and will spend a couple of weeks
visiting her sister6-in-law. Mrs. M. F.
and J. J. Harrington and Mrs. J. C.
Morrow.
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The f«- The Kind You Have Always Bougiit
The Odd Fellows initiated eleven new
members Wednesday night. After the
work was over strawberries, cream
and cake was served in unlimited quan
tities.
Mrs. J. E. Shore and children, of
Leavenworth. Wash., arrived in the city
last Thursday evening for a protracted
visit with her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. J.
J. King.
The other morning a cow belonging
toJ. J. McCalTerty was tound in bad
condition, and later in the day it died.
It was thought to have been struck by
lightning.
Ed Thompson came up from Sioux
City last Friday evening. He remained
in the city until Tuesday morning being
engaged looking after some laud deals
he is interested in.
R. I). Saunders, associate editor of The
Frontier, has been unable to attend to
his duties in this office the past week,
being confined to bis home nursing a
severe case of tonsilitis.
We notice by the Atkinson Plain Deal
er that Capt. Cross is shortly to deliver
a lecture on “Cuba, Her People and Her
Resourses ” If handled properly it ought
to prove an interesting subject.
THE PACIFIC SHORT LINE will
sell round trip excursion tickets between
all stations, July 1 to 4 inclusive, at one
fare for the round trip. Good returning
until July 5. G. W. Smith.
The Northern Express Company of
ficials were in the city last Thursday,
making the preliminary arrangements
for the transfer of the Short Line ex
press business from ilie American to
them on July 1.
Tuesday was the longest day in the
year, the sun setting at 8:12 p. in- Of
course The Frontier wasn’t up in time
in the morning to see when the sun
rose. Wednesday Old Sol started south
to spend the winter.
Jackson Criterion: Miss Angela Mar
tin of O’Neill, Neb., is the guest of Mrs.
Ed. T. Kearney this week, having arriv
ed in time to attend the commencement
exercises of St. Catherine’s Academy,
where she was a former pupil.
A. B. Johnson and son, Charles, of
Dennison, Texas, who have been in the
city the past month visiting Mr. and
Mrs. P. F. Thomson, returned to their
home Tuesday morning. Mr. Johnson
is a brother of Mrs. Thompson.
Persons living in the various precincts
throughout the county should get to
gether and compete for the beautiful
flag to be given away by the citizens of
this city to the largest delegation in the
parade from any locality. Go after it.
Miss Ona Skirving, Miss Winnie Mc
Emry and Miss Bee O'Donnell went to
Atkinson last Friday to witness the
downfall of the Atkinson base ballists,
but cruel fate was against the O’Neill
ites, and they-, well, they didn't
win.
Judge Selah has been quite busy this
month issuing marriage licenses. On
June 17, a license was issued to John
Skradler and Annie Korsck, of Atkin
son; John Bond and Annie Cassidy, of
Atkinson, and G. P. French and Miss
Laurine Pettit, of Page.
C. J. Coffey came over from Spencer
Tuesday in order to be present at the
Storm-Murphy wedding Wednesday
morning wtiere he officiated as grooms
man. We hear it rumored that Con will
shortly need the assistance of a friend
to perform a lise service for him
Col. A. It. Green, United States Land
Office inspector, made tiis annual visit to
this city last Monday. He departed for
Mitchell, S. IX, Tuesday over tfie Short
Line, ltegister Weekes and Receiver
Juntfoss have their office affairs in such
good shape that it doesn’t take the in
spector long to maks his examination.
Rev. I)r: Caldwell, of Chicago, who
lias been looking after his business int
erests in this section the past two weeks,
returned to his home in Chicago Tues
day. The Doctor is firmly convinced
that this section lias a bright future be
fore it and substantiates his beliefs by
investing his’money here.
The Ladies of the Working Society
of the Presbyterian church will sell Ice
Cream, Lemonade, Fruits, etc., front
the stand under the pavilion, July 4th.
Table and chairs will be provided and a
luncheon served to all desiring it. Pat
roniz.e us, and h.-lp along a good cause.
We are going to buy a parsonage.
The installation of Garfield Lodge No.
5)5, Free Masons, was held Saturday
evening, June 24th. The following of
ficers were installed: J . C. Harnish, W.
M., R. R. Dickson, S. W., A. B. New
ell, J. W , E. 11. Benedict, Tress , Mer
ritt Martin, Sec., S. J. Weekes, 8. !>.,
C. C. Millard. J. IX, Bennett Martin, T.
Attend the concert Saturday night.
The Frontier uniutentially erred last
week in stating that the First National
Bauk was plaintilT in a law suit in the
Federal court at Omaha in a case pend
ing there against the city of O’Neill.
The bauk was not interested in the case,
and we regret the error, which was
caused by our informant not beiug well
posted.
The Ladies’ Home Journal oilers a
number of cash prizes for photographs
of “ Ideal Rooms for Summer Living.”
It desires pictures of any room or rooms
in the house, large or small, and the
prizes will be awarded to those which
show the coolest and cosiest effects in
furnishing. The pictures are for repro
duction in the Journal.
The annual school meeting held last
Monday at the school house was poorly
attended. But thirteen voters were
present. Col. Neil Brennan and Dr. B.
T. Trueblood were elected members of
the board without opposition. A fifteen
mill levy was made, twelve aud a half
mills for the general fund aud two and
a half for the teachers.
Special Excursions to Utah via F. E.
& M. V. Ry.—Excursion tickets will be
sold June 25 to July 11, to Ogden and
Salt Lake City, Utah, at one fare for the
round trip plus $2.00. Tickets good for
90 days. Stop over privileges at Chey
enne or Colorado common points. For
further information, address
E. R. Adams, Agt.
Sioux City Tribune: Arrangements
were closed last evening by LI. II. Mc
Iver for the Wliite-Magner glove contest
to be pulled off here July 18. The con
test will be for twenty rounds. Dom
inick McCaffrey, of O’Neill, Neb., is
agreed on as referee and the match is to
be for a purse of $500. White has wir
ed from Denver that the 18th is satis
factory to him.
The Atkinson ball team was to play a
return game in this city next Friday,
but Manager Donohoe received a letter
Tuesday morning from the management
stating that it would be impossible for
them to be here on that date. We would
suggeet that the O’Neill boys select some
day other than Friday for their match
games as that day last week proved
rather disastrous to the O'Neill team and
some of the sports who accompanied
them to Atkinson.
The ball game in this city on July 4,
promises to be one of the most interest
ing ever seen in this section. It will be
O'Neill vs. Stuart. The Stuart boys
have a reputation as ball players and
they will come to this city on the na
tional holiday prepared to play the game
of their lives. The O’Neill boys have
done considerable practicing and the
players will find them foemen worthy
of their best efforts. Come to O’Neill
to celebrate and see the great game.
Dominick McCaffrey received a letter
from Sioux City Tuesday evening noti
fying him that he had been selected as
referee in a finish fight that is to be pull
ed off in Sioux City on July 18. Mr.
McCaffrey informed us that it would be
impossible for him to officiate on that
occasion, but some of the local sports
are hoping he will change his mind and
judge the scrap. If Dominick goes down
several of the boys from this city will
go along to witness the fray.
An affliction seldom heard of in this
climate is that of Ralph Johnson, of
Fairview. An excruciating pain in one
ear led him to call Dr. hong Sunday
morning, who on examining the ear by
reflected light found it swarming with
maggots. They were promptly dis
patched by a few drops of chloroform,
and after washing the ear out over one
hundred were counted. The drum of
the ear had been eaten away and the
organs otherwise injured. A fly had
gotten into the ear a day or two before.
—Madison Chronicle.
Next Friday night the Short Line
passes into the hands of Tod Brothers,
and from that date will be operated by
the Great Northern railroad. The future
of the road is problematical. The con
sensus of opinion among Sioux City
business men is that the road will be
pushed on probably to a connection
with the Burlington at Alliauce. If this
is done it means much for the future of
O’Neill and Sioux City, and the resi
dents of both cities are anxious to see
the road built on to connect with some
of the western lines and we believe that
the chances for it are better today than
ever before.
Advertised Letter List.
1. M. Caprinsky.
2 A C. Lock.
3. Amey Jones.
4. James McClure.
5. Vinicent Connelly.
6. Mabel Butler.
7. Peter Ilagerty.
In calling for the above please say,
“Advertised.” If not called for in two
weeks will be sent to the Dead-Letter
Office. D. 11. Chonin, P. M.
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Louis Storm, of Spencer, Neb., and
Miss Anna Murphy, of O’Neill were
married at the Catholic church in this
city Wednesday morning by ltev. M. F.
Cassidy C. J. Colley and Miss Helen
O’Sullivan otliciated as groomstuuu and
bridesmaid. Immediately after the cer
emony the young couple partook of a
wedding breakfast at the home of the
bride’s sister, Mrs. M. M. Sullivan, after
which they left for their future home at
Spencer, where Mr. Storm is engaged in
the general merchandise business. The
Frontier joins their many friends in
wishing them a long and happy life.
Stuart Ledger: Word comes to us
from the grazing country on the south
bank of the Missouri about fifty miles
north of here of a peculiar and highly
interesting imbecile. Old Dan Comfort
has lived in quiet solitude in a half sod
shanty, half dugout for twenty years,
iiis cattle and wealth have increased
while his physical and mental condition
have decreased proportionately. No
one knows where his wealth lies hidden,
lie has always been wonderfully im
pressed with the strange natural phe
nomena that hoot owls, prairie dogs and
rattle snakes live in the same hole in
the ground, proclaiming it a “trinity of
hell.” Of late he has become a little
daffud on the subject, and might have
beeu seen nightly in the prairie dog vil
lages, mumbiiug incoherently. He was
found dead in his miserable home a few
days ago, all bloated and discolored, llis
eyes stood almost out of their sockets.
A rattlesnake coiled peacefully on his
breast. A hoot owl blinked silently
upon his forehead. A prairie dog sat
erect between his feet.
The Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings will offer about 38,000
acres of school land for lease at public
auction at O’Neill, at the county tieas
urer’s office beginning at 9 a.m. July
10, 1899, under the following provision
of the new school laud law:
“If, after using due diligence to lease
said land, at an annual rental of six per
cent upon the appraised valuation, the
Commissioner is unable to do so, he may
offer the same for lease at less than the
appraised valuation and lease it to the
person or persons who will pay six per
cent on the highest offered valuation, as
annual rental, if, in his judgment, it is
to the best interests of the state to ac
cept such bid.”
Persons desiring to examine the lands
to he leased may secure lists of the same
showing the present appraisement there
of, as well as any other information,
upon application to the county treasurer
or by addressing the Commissioner, at
Lincoln. At the beginning of the
auction the Commissioner will gladly
answer all inquiries in regard to the
school laud business or the workings of
the new law.
Last Friday morning nine stalworth
and sturdy sons of the Emerald City
procured conveyances and hied them
selves to Atkinson to win glory and re
l known upon the bloodless ball held. As
it is always necessary for a lirst-class
newspaper to have a representative upon
the field of carnage, the editor procured
a team, and accompanied by A. A.
Stanton, drove to the scene of hostili
ties. The game was called at about 3:30
by Umpire Clyde King, with O'Neill at
the bat, Robert Bitney and J. liritton in
the points for Atkinson. The O’Neill
boys, not wishing to discourage their
adversaries at the outset, went out in
one, two, three order, and llanley and
Alberts took the points for the O’Neill
ites, and Atkinson boys wielded the
dub. They succeeded in gettiug two
men across the home plate before they
: were told to take the field. The game
j was quite interesting up to the seventh
; inning, when on uccouut of several
| glaring eriors on the part of three or
j tour of our men, Atkinson succeeded in
| piling up 14 scores. But what is the
use of going on with the story V At the
end of the ninth inning the score was
as follows; O’Neill, 8; Atkinson, 26.
A rather singular case was on for hear
ing at the United States Land Office on
Monday last. It was the case of Melzar
Willey vs Joseph Zatopek, Jr. Zatopek j
entered a homestead in the Fort Randall
Military reservation in October of 1897.
His father and mother resided with him.
About March 2nd, 1898, he left home for
Omaha to take treatment for consump
tion at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He arriv
ed there safely and remained tulil the
10th of March, 1898, when the physician
holding out no hope of a cure, he left
for home, purchasing a ticket to O'Neill
over the Elkhorn. He never reached
O’Neill, however. When the train pull
ed into Oakdale he stepped off on the
opposite side from the platform, and
there being a little suow on the ground,
when the train started in attempting to
reboard it he slipped and fell under the
j wheels. He was picked up some little
while after the train pulled out, and was
placed on a col in the depot where he j
died about two o’clock the next morning
aud was buried in the cemetery at that
place. Melzar Willey commenced con
test proceedings against /atopek’s entry
charging abandonment, and further al
leging that the entry at its inception was
fradulcnt, in that Zotopek was not 21
years of age or the head of a family at
the date of the entry. Mr. Zotopek, 8r.
employed M. D. Long to defend his
suit. The case was continued once for
service. In investigating the matter of
the whereabouts of Joseph Zotopek, Jr.,
a letter was received from the Coroner
of Autelope county setting forth that he
had held au inquest on the body of a
man answering to the personal descrip
tion given of Joseph Zotopek, Jr., ou or
about the date given in the lettca of in
quiry. Mr. Long at once notilled Zato
pek, 8r. that he had located his sou, he
believed. The old gentleman came to
O’Neill and in company with Long pro
ceeded to Oakdale, had the body exhum
ed and properly identified by Mr. Zoto
pek us the body of his son, Joseph Zoto
pek, Jr. The body was in a good state
of preservation and could easily have
been recognized by any one who was ac
quainted with the dead man in life.
There was no change whatever in the
clothes which ho woro and which were
buried with him. When the young man
left home for Omaha, he ripped the lin
ing on the left side of his vest, placed a
$10 bill inside and realitched, the rip.
The vest was examined and was found
ripped at the place mentioned, but the
ten dollars had been taken out by the
deceased while in Omaha. Small pieces
were cut out of his several garments by
Dr. Minton, of Oakdale, who was pres
ent and assisted at the exhumation, and
handed to the father ns little remem
brances of his once noble boy. It is
needless to say that when Mr. Willey,
the contestant, heard of the find that he
threw up his hands, for at the call of the
case oft Monday at 11 a. m., he was
“nit."
Come to O’Neill July Fourth.
RESERVOIR RIGHTS.
World Herald: Washington, D. C.,
June 28.—Commissioner Herman has
issued regulations under the law known
as the cattle reservoir site act, providing
for entering land for the establishment
of reservoirs for watering cattle.
Manny inquiries have been recieved
and entries tendered in the local offices
in -NebraaKa C4.tr soph sltgs, but they have
been held up pending the preparaitions of
the regulations. They provide that for
2r»0,000 gallons a fofty acre tract will be
given the applicant; eighty acres will be
allowed for a reservoir from 500,000 to
1,000,000 gallons capacity ; 120 acres for
from 1,000.000 to 1,500,000 gallons
capacity and for anything larger ICO
acres will be patented. The reservoirs
are to be free to all owners of cattle and
fencing absolutely prohibited. Power
is also given to the officers to reject any
application that is not made in good
faith and for stock—watering puiposes
alone.
Any use of a reservoir for any other
purpose also subjects the entry to can
cellation.
STRAYED—From my place on Dry
Creek, about June 2, sorrel mare, 0
years old, weight 050, branded 8® 8 low
down on left hip. Information leading
to recovery suitably rewarded.
51-1 John Carr, Stafford..
CASTORIA
THE KIND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT
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4th of July
j CELEBRATIONJ
BERRY’S GROVE
One ami one-half miles north ami one
half mile east of Blackbird postoflice.
PROGRAM.—FORENOON.
Speaking—an oration on a patriotic
theme by an able speaker.
Reading of Declaration of Independence
by Miss Eliza Lansworth.
Music throughout the day by
Binkard’s Martial Band
AFTERNOON—SPORTS.
Base ball game, purse $10.
Horse race, i mile, first $7, second $2.
I’ony race, 800 yards, first $4, second $1.
Boot race. 100 yards, first $8, second $1.
Sack race, first 75c, second 25c.
Bucking bronco rider $2.
DAVID MOLER, President.
N. P. BRARSTREET, Sec.
FLOUR:
We Guarantee
Every Sack of
Our Flour.
We don’t Lave to
Send Samples out. _.v
Once Tried,
Always Used.
A Full Line of
4tL of July Goods.
O’NEILL GROCERY CO., { I
F. M. Raymond, Mgr.
FOURTH OF JULY
Excursion rates F., E. & M. V. Ex
cvrsion tickets will be sold on July 1, 2,
3 and 4 to all points on line of road
witbin 200 miles of O’Neill at one fare
for round trip. Tickets good returning
July 5.—E R Adams, agent.
• Hot Time—July 4th—O’Neill.
Go to Rrennan’s where you get the
best garden seeds found anywhere. I
carry the Sioux City seeds which are
known everywhere as the best. Also -*
the D. M. Ferry seeds, Rice's seeds,
and Rush Park and Co. Independence
seeds which are very fine.
31tf. Noil Brennan.
for
warm
weather.
We have still a
good line of sum
mer- dress goods,
lawns, mulls, dan
ities, etc., suitable
tor warm weather
dresses and shirt
waists.
New line of fine
shirt waists com
by express this
week or next, the
latest and best
styles of the year.
Good line fans
and parasols.
Best line of low
shoes and colored
shoes for ladies
summer wear.
Good assortment
of ladies ready
made summer
skirts.
Don’t overlook
our sale of cheap
shoes and Oxfords
for ladies and
children. You can
save money on
them and get some
excellent quality
shoes at the price
of the lowest grade
Remember the
huggy we are go
ing to give away
the Fourth to cus
tomers buying for
cash or paying
money on account.
J. P. MANN.
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