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VOLUME XX. O’NEILL. HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA, IULY 13, 1899. NUMBER 2.
Corbett's best $1.00 per dozen. 22tf
Ex-supervisor Robertson was in tbe
city Monday.
Judge Kiukaid went down to Omaha
Tuesday morning.
Attorney Scott was down from
Atkiuson Monday.
Attorney Meserve was oyer from
Creighton Tuesday.
A. R. Newell went down to Fremont
Wednesday morning.
Come in and see our line of jewelry;
Its all new.—Gilligan & Stout.
Miss Florence Smith was a Short Line
passenger to Plainview Wednesday.
James Gallagher of Laurel spent Sun
day in O’Neill visiting old time friends.
D. W. Forbes, of Butte, was in the
city Monday bidding on some school
land.
E. 11. Benedict has first-class Building
and Loan stock for sale or can make you
a loan. _ 46-tf
Mrs. J. A. Testman is erecting a com
modious addition to her residence on
Third street.
Miss Lydia Nichols, of Pittsburg, Ks.,
is in the city the guest of her sister,
Mrs. A. B. Newell,
Miss Ruth Evans went down to
Way ue Tursday morning for a week’s
visit with relatives.
E H Thompson went down to Plain
view Wednesday morning to spend a
few days at the reunion.
Mrs. J. McCarthy left this morning
for Denver' Col., where she will visit
relatives for several weeks.
C. E. Doughty of Norfolk !b in the
city puting in furnaces in the residences
of Dr. Gilligan and E. P. Hicks.
Andy Gallagher came up from Laurel
Saturday night and visited friends in
this city until Tuesday morning.
Miss. Susie McManus left Sunday
morning for a protracted visit with her
brother James and family in Chicago.
For teeth and photos, go to Dr. Cor
bett’s parlors 23rd to 30th, cf each
month. Photographs $1 a dozen. 30tf
New line of wall paper at Gilligan &
Stout’s just arrived. All assortments,
all prices. Come and make selections.
—
Miss Mayme Skirving, who has been
in the city the past month visiting her
cousins, returned to her home at Stuart
Monday evening.
F. M. Widner, of Corning, Iowa the
nabob of the little ditch Company, was
looking after his intrest in this city the
first of tbe week.
W. F. and M. W. Schwind. of Lincoln,
were in the city the first of the week
looking after some school land in which
they were interested.
Services will be held in the Episcopal
Church next Sunday morning and
evening by Rev. J. M. Bates. A large
attendance is desired.
Dr. Berry purchased the old McNich
ols building on Fourth street, north of
Mrs. Nichols Millinery store and has
fitted it up for an office.
Mrs. A, Minnick and son left last
Friday morning for Falls City, Neb.,
being called there by the serious illness
of Mrs. Minnick’B father.
Walter and Willie Laviollette, who
have been attending school in Omaha
the past year, returned home last week
for their summer vacation.
Rev. C. W Laurie left for Madison.
Neb. last Saturday morning where he
will occupy the pulpit of the Presby
terian Church the coming year.
Dr. W. H. Deering, superintendent of
insane asylum at Lincoln, was in the
city Sunday. Dr. Deering is also state
consul of the Modern Woodmen.
At the school land sale last Monday
Sam Howard paid a bounty of $340 on
eighty acres of school land situated
ihrte miles north east of O’Neill.
John Skirying has been appointed
inspector General of the Grand army of
the Republic for the department of
Nebraska by comander John E. Evans.
Mrs. Grace Humtnell. of Gordon, (nee
Grace McCoy) arrived in this city last
week and will spend a few weeks in
this section visiting relatives and friends.
The hi
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Routine Saunders, of Tbe Frontier
force, who has been ill with tonailitis
the past three weeks, is now confined
to the bed with a severe case of typhoid
fever.
—
A. H. Dyer, formerly of this city but
now of Fremont, was in O’Neill Satur
day. Hr. Dyer is superintendent of ele
vators for the Nye, Schneider Co.
The total cash received at the U. S.
land office tor the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1890, was $64,549 66. which is
an increase over the previous year of
$23,170.79.
Will Davis, who has been an employe
of the Independent the past three
months, Is taking a few weeks lay off.
Art Coykendall is slinging slugs during
his absence.
W. N Jink of Neola, la, arrived in the
city last week and has accepted a posi
tion at the Derby. He is a ball player
of ability and is now a member of the
O’Neill team.
1. Q. Trvaerman & Co., of Sioux City,
and L. C. Wade shipped in twenty-five
carloads of cattle Tuesday night. This
is the largest shipment of cattle ever
brought to the county.
John Hopkins came up from Lincoln
Saturday evening. We understand Ur.
Hopkins will enter upon the descharge
of bis duties as warden of the state
penitentiary on August.
Homer Campbell was in tbe city last
week on his way to Atkinson to spend
a few weeks visiting his parents. Homer
was formerly a resident of O’Neill but
the past three years has been working
in Pacific Coast cities.
Frank S. Perdue and E. E. Reynolds
of Madison are in the city in the interest
of an eastern publishing house. They
expect to put in a circulating library
here. Mr. Perdue is principal of the
Madison public schools.
The wandering tourists who were
convicted of purloining a suit of clothes
from McManus' store last week were
engaged pounding nails for the city last
Friday and Saturday in tbe sidewalks on
Fourth and Douglas streets.
Norfolk News: The O’Neill Fron
tier, one of the best weekly publications
, in the west, this week started in on its
20th year. It says “we are stout, healthy
kid of nineteen,” and no one acquain
ted with the paper will deny the state
ment.
H. Koster was over from Nibrara last
Tuesday looking after a contest case
before the land offl :ial*. Tbe Colonel
looks as fat an saucy as in the eighties
when he raked in the dollars by the
shovelful when the late A. B. Cbarde
and Jim Markley were Uncle Sams serv
ants.
The Frontier desires to call the atten
tion of the city officials to tbe weeds
growing along the sidewalks in different
parts of the city. On east Douglas they
have grown so high that the walk or
what is left of it is nearly obscured.
Cut the weeds, gentlemen. Cut the
weeds or have them cut.
F. M. Tyrill a prominent attorney and
republican politician of Lincoln was
in the city the first of the week. Mr.
Tyrill has a ranch in the southwestern
part of the county and is naturally well
pleased at the gigantic strides of ad
vancement made by this partion of the
state the pass fourteen months.
J. D. Graham arrived in the city last
Friday from Ban Jose, Cal., where he has
been the past six years for a protract
ed visit with bis parents. Mr. and Mrs.
E. Graham living north of town. Mr.
Graham achived considerable fame as an
Alliance Tribune correspondent several
years ago, under the pen name of "Sam
bo Sunflowers.'’
Plain Dealer; Pay day on the A. &
N. does not seem to put in an apperance
altbo’ the boys who have been laboring
on the grade have been in town nearly
a week awaiting the sam e. A cog seems
to have slipped somewhere on the new
road and time alone will settle the mat
ter. We are informed that the boys re
fuse to return to work until paid.
The Siuart Ledger administered an
artistic and appropriate roast to the
managers of the Fourth of July celebra
tion. The editor was incited to it be-,
cause an addmission fee was charged to
see the ball game. We can assure our
western brother that a large number
of ONeillites are also of the opinion
that a mistake was made in charging an
admission fee.
Register and Receiver Weekes and
Jenness have received a letter from tie
Commissioner of the General Land Of
fice, stating that Inspector Greene bad
reported to him that "the work of their
office was going on properly and well;
the records up to date, aud generally
commends the arrangement of tbe office
and its business.
Plain Dealer: F. E. Brlcka, of
Hubbell, Thayer Co Nebr., was in town
the first of tbe week looking tbe town
over with a view to starting a republican
paper in the near future, lie must have
met with some encouragment as be in
formed the writer, before leaving, that
be expected to be on hand and commence
publication by tbe first of next month.
We have received a card containing
the last statement of the Citizens’ Bank
of Stuart made June 19. It is a splen
did showing and must be very gratify
ing to the officials of that institution.
The total deposits are $70,432.83; total
available cash $34,685.83. This is an
other proof that this country is more
prosperous than it has been for many
years.
Calmer Simonson, of Agee, and Miss
Gertrude Leeper, of Omaha, were mar
ried by Judge Selah yesterday morning.
Mr. Simorson 1b a son of Thomas Si
monson, of Agee, and is one of the
prosperous young farmers of Shields
township. The bride is a daughter of
J. W. Leeper, who removed from Agee
to Omaha last spring, and is a young
lady esteemed and beloved by all her
acquaintances. The Frontier extends
congratulations.
The ball game last Friday afternoon
between the “neversweats” and the first
nine resulted in a score of 8 to 4 in favor
of tbe latter after six exciting innings
had been played. Several of the N. S.
had considerable difficulty.in getting
their mitts upon the ball and in effect
ing a collision with the wagon tongue
and the sphere. Tom Golden distinguish
ed himself on third by making several
pretty plays and Frank Pixley made a
good record on the rubber. The boys
of the N. 8. nine promise to have satis
faction for their defeat in the near fu
ture.
Exchange: At a recent editorial con
vention minister arose and offered the
following toast: "To save an editor
from starvation take his paper and pay
for it promptly; to save him from bank
ruptcy, advertise liberally in his paper;
to save him from dispair, send him
every item of news you can get hold of,
to save him from profanity, write your
comunications plainly; to save him from
mistakes, bury him, as dead people are
the oniy ones that never make mistakes,
but to save him for the next world, give
him the gospel, but it must be carefully,
sugarcoated or he will not take it.”
We have received a letter from P. C.
McCarthy ordering the address of hiB
paper changed from Lake City to Den
ver, Colo., to which place he moved
about a month ago. Since leaving
O’Neill fortune has smiled benignly
upon him and he is now interested in
considerable mining property located in
Lake City, Rico and Leadville and will
soon retire from the active management
of his properties. He says he would be
pleased to meet any O’Neill people when
they visit Denver, an invitation which
we will accept should we at any time
during the next decade visit that city.
Statement showing vacant Govern
ment land in the O’Neill land district on
July 1, 1899, and the counties in which
it is located:
County
Antelope...
Boone.
Boyd.
Brown.
Garfield....
Holt.
Keya Paba
Knox.
Ix>up .
Rock..
Wheeler_
Acres unappropriated
. 419
. 9.858
. 30.187
. 5,900
. 187,135
. 130,652
. 4,600
. 1,052
. 213.851
. 52.330
. 112,081
Total
754,035
Advertised Letter List.
E. A. Young.
A. B. C.
Lawrence Dowering.
A. F. Cumhow.
Dr. Marshall Pettit.
Mrs. John Walter.
Mrs. Lena Hay res.
Mes. Laura Bailey.
C. F. Tolt.
M. Welch.
In calling for the above please say,
“Advertised.” If not called for in two
weeks will be sent to the Dead-Letter
Office. D. H. Chon in, P. M.
July 10, 1899.
Persons troubled with diarrhoea will
be interested in the experience of Mr. W.
M. Bush, clerk of the Hotel Dorrance,
Providence, It. I. He says: “For sev
eral years I have been almost a constant
sufferer from diarrhoea, the frequent
attacks completely prostrating me and
rendering me unfit for my duties at this
hotel. About two years ago a traveling
salesman kindly gave me a small bottle
of Chamberlain’6 Colic, Cholera and Di
arrhoea Remedy, Much to mv surprise
and delight its effects were immediate.
Whenever I felt svmptoms of the disease
I would fortify myself against the at
tack with a few rioaes of this valuable
remedy. The result has been very satis
factory and almost complete relief from
the affliction.” For sale by P. C. Corri
gan.
At a meeting of the city council last
week it was decided to tell the two old
buildings used for the fire department
and put up a new building 24x30 two
stories high, to be used by the city
council, tire department and police
judge. In other words, a city hall is to be
built. V. : • u a .in s»i m;i i ; >£ c > »•
cilmen Saiggs, Bradstreet and Jenness
were appointed with full power to act.
They will at once proceed to sell the
two old buildings for cash and begin
work at once. This buildings is necess
ary, and was demanded by the firemen,
who believe that they are entitled to
better quarters than they now have.
Neil Brennan happned to be at the coun
cil meeting aub made a uice little speech
in favor of the proposition, and wound
up by donating $5.00 worth of nails.
The Dodge Criterion: The editor
Fourth of Julyed at his home near
Meadow drove with his parents. While
meandering around among the young
mountains north of the Elkhorn river,
one elevation higher than its neighbors
was noticed to be void of grass on its
summit. Suspecting that it was a pre
historic graveyard, spades and shovels
were procured at once and excayations
begun in earnest. The search was soon
rewarded in the discovery of two "good
Indians," who must have been buried
there from sixty to one hundred years
or more in the past. Judging by the
plunder that had been buried with them,
they belonged to a race that lived on the
spoils of war and the chase. Three iron
saddle stirrups of ancient make were
found in one of the graves. As near as
we have been able to learn they were of
the style of the sixteenth century, and
might have been taken from some
unfortunate explorer of that period.
Beads, pieces of deer skin and ornaments
were found m profusion. This was not
the ordinary way. of celebrating our
national anniversary, but it served in a
most impressive manner to illustrate
the changes that have taken place on
this continent and in this country
within the last two hundred years. Two
hundred years ago the mighty expanse
of western plains was inhabited by
wild animals, and roaming savages who
worshiped the god of war; to day its
teeming millions are engaged in the
peaceful pursuits of the commerce of
ciyizilitation and enlightment, and the
worship of the God of peace.
Our baby ha6 been continually troub
led with colic and cholera infantum
since his birth, and all that we could do
for him did not seem to give him more
than temporary relief, until we tried
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy. Since giving that rem
edy he has not been tiouhled. We want
to give you this testimonial as an evi
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18 and 19. The Sioux City and West
ern railroad will sell excursion tickets
to Sioux City July 17, 18 and 19. Good
returning until July 20, at one fare and
a third for the round trip.
G. W. Smith, Agt,
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BASE BALL.
COUNTY OFFICERS VERSUS PRINTERS,
One of the best and hottest games of
the season was played on the diamond
Wednesday evening between the county
officers and the printers, which went to
show beyond a question that brains as
well as strength ii always necessary in
any vocation of life. The teams lined
up in the following order:
PRINTERS
Meals
Zink .
Cronin
Eves
Golden
Cooper
Coykendall
Weeks
Biglin
COUNTY OFFICERS
catcher McCarthy
Butler
Leis
McBride
Coppoc
Donahue
Morrow
Skirving
Kline
threatening
pitcher
1st base
2d base
3d base
short stop
right field
center field
left field
Notwithstanding the
weather a large and intelligent crowd of
people assembled to hurrah for the
printers, in fact it was very noticable
from the start that the priuters were
favorites. All of the pretty girls in at
tendance were enthusiastic and waved
artistic banners to the breeze, one of
which bore the significant words,
“Blood will tell." And it did, for right
from the jump the printers fairly flayed
them alive and were it not for the mag
nificent work done by Skirving in the
center field the county officers would
have been shut out. McCarthy made
one long hit to left field which was very
promptly caught by Biglin, and poor
Butler was to be pitied as he struggled
to knock the ball past Golden, who stop
ped him at first without an effort. Leis
succeeded in reaching second where
Eves stopped him so suddenly that he
was carried home, where he revived
after partaking of proper remedies.
Donahoe never reached first and Morrow
succeeded in making one run.
To Skirving and Kline belong the
honors of the few rnns that were made
and it 1s to be hoped that this aggrega
tion of county officers will never attempt
to play ball again.
They were assisted by McBride who
plays good ball but quit in disgust when
he sized up the crowd. The printers
played ball as it should be played, in
telligently, courageously and scientifi
cally and without an error. -Meals, of
the Inman News, played great ball, and
were it not for the prohibitory plank in
his flatform he might acquire fame.
Cronin, of the Frontier, was injured by
stopping a hot one aud although blood
flowed from the wound in torrents he
never quit the game. Eves, of the Inde
pendent, has a magnificent arm and
gave a splendid exhibition of his pitch
ing qualifications. Golden, the ancient
newspaper man, always plays ball and
succeeded in making two home runs.
Cooper, of the Chambers Bugle, blew
bis own horn and knocked a ball higher
than any man in the field. Coy
kendall, of the Havana Horn, did good
work and showed his foreign training
to perfection. Weeks, of the Page Eye,
looked well in the field and, as his news
paper experience was purely ornament
al he succeeded in the role. The game
was Bmall for Biglin’s capabilities as a
ball player and we hope to see him in
another game. The score by
Innings - ~ - 12345G
County officers - 0 0 4 0 3 0— 7
Printers - - - 3 1 2 3 1 2—12
Umpire, O’Donnell.
Eyewitness.
WHAT THE "SCAPA" MEANS
A Society for Suppressing Trolley Car
and Other Advertising.
Much attention has been attracted
by the work of the English association
known as the ‘‘Scapa,’’ whose purpose
is to prevent the disfigurement of land
scapes by advertisers, says Leslie’s
Weekly. A branch of this association
has been doing good work in New York
city. The disfigurement of scenery by
ndvertisers is far less common in this
country than in Europe, buc the ten
dency to extend this kind of vandal
ism in the United States constantly in
creases. The duty of tho newspaper.,
in the premises is plain, ft is only nec
essary to call the attention of the pub
lic to the evil to have limitations put
upon it, or to have it stopped entirely,
and in this connection £.n admirable
step has been taken by the editorial
association of the state of New York,
in seeking to prevent the disfigurement
of the elevated railroad structures by
advertising signs. The charters of
street car and elevated fUilroads dis
tinctly limit their corporate rights.
They have no more right to enter into
the advertising business than to go into
the grocery or dry goods trade, and the
newspapers of New York propose to
ask the courts to restrain these cor
porations from continuing what is
clearly an illegal business. It is said
that more than $2,000,000 is expended
annually In street car and elevated
railroad advertising in the United
States. Nearly every dollar of this is
diverted from legitimate and legal ad
vertising channels, embracing daily,
weakly, monthly, and other puWica
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