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D. H. CRONIN EDITOR AND MANAGER
VOLUME XX.
O’NEILL. HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA. JULY 27, 1899.
NUMBER 4.
8. J. Weekes was up the road Sun
day.
Sanford Parker was over from Spencer
Sunday.
Alex. Searl was down from Atkinson
Tuesday.
Frank Howard made a Sunday drive
to Inman.
D. W. Forbes was over from Butte
lust Monday.
It. It. Dickson was in Omaha the first
^ ot the week.
W, A. Meredith, a Sioux City cattle
man, was in town last Friday.
Miss Agnes Squires visited her parents
at Neligb several days last week.
Mrs. T. B. Trueblood and Miss Belle
Newell are visiting at Hot Springs, 8.D.
E. II. Benedict has first-class Building
and Loan stock for sale or can make you
a loan. _ 46-tf
For teeth and photos, go to Dr. Cor
bett’s parlors '23rd to 80th, of each
month. ' ' 30tf
Carl T. Seeley, deputy revenue col
lector, was' in the city for a few hours
Wednesday.
Geo. Hubbard, the Chambers mail
carrier, loBt one of his best teams in the
fire Tuesday.
Dr. Crooks’ Catarrh Cure is meeting
with wonderful success. Hotel Evans,
August 4 and 5.
Harvy Emery and Alla Emery, of
Chambers, were given permit to wed by
Judge Selah on July 19.
A fine line of buggies, fully warranted
throughout. Call and see them if you
want a good bargain. Neil Brennan.
j Dr. C. V. Crooks, the well known
^ specialist of Fremont, will be at Inman
hotel, Aug. 2 and 3. Consultation free.
W. F. Primley, of Bloomfield, and
Amelia Eidman. of Stuart, were granted
*• a marriage license by Judge Selah last
Tuesday.
Romaine Saunders who has been dan
gerously ill the past three weeks with
typhoid fever is reported to be slowly
improving.
Thomas Foley, one of the most prom
inent dispensers of ‘'wet goods” in
Omaha, is in the city today visiting old
time friends.
T. W. Johnson, of Iowa, and Mrs. E.
M. Johnson, of Stuart, were granted a
marriage license on July 18 by the
county judge.
Judge Selah is injoying a visit from
his sisters. Mrs. M. S. Bartlett, of
Omaha, and Mrs. H. Freeze, of Wash
ington, D. C.
Frank Shoemaker returned from
Omaha Saturday evening where he
spent a couple of weeks receiving treat
ment for his eye.
Ira Laphatn and O. W. Baker will
build a barn south of Bazleman’s lumber
yard. It will be a commodious structure
and erected at once.
What has become of the Holt County
Fair Association? If the officers desire
to have a show this fall it is about time
they were starting at it.
These wishing to attend the Chautau
qua at Long Pine which begins August
11, will be allowed one face for the
round trip by the railroad.
One of the best blooded horses in this
part of tbe state was tbe bay stallion
owned by Ben DeYarman, which was
burned in the fire Tuesday.
Charles O’Neill left Wednesday morn
ing for Lincoln, where he has accepted
a position as guard in the state peniten
tiary under Warden Hopkins.
Dr. Crooks is having the best of suc
cess in the treatment of consumption.
Piles positively cured. At Hotel Evars
Aug. 4 and 5. Consultation free.
John Skirving left for Jefferson, la.,
last Sunday morning to attend the
funeral of an old friend with whom he
was formerly engaged in business.
The Frontier is pleased to state that
Mr. DeYarman is going to rebuild and
has already commenced clearing away
the debris preparatory to rebuilding.
The new barn will be .114x64 feet. It
1%' will be built upon the same lots. The
0:1 building will cost about 91,800.
Go to Ward’s for your machine oil.8-2
Don’t forget Ward’s for machine oil. j
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Dr. C. V. Crooks, the well-known
specialist ot Fremont, will be in Inman,
on Aug. 2 and 3, at Inman Hotel. 3-3w
I will pay a reward of $5.00 to know
who stole my Irish setter pup Tuesday
evening, from near McCarthy’s saloon.
Mike Kirwin.
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Blair Pilot: Miss Sadie Cain left to
day for a month’s visit with her sister at
O’Neill. She was accompanied by
Master Myron Higley.
It pays to get your buggies where you
know goods are always as represented.
Neil Brennan’s guarantee is always good
and his line of goods the best. See him
before buying. 3tf
John Harvey ia now without a horse.
His barn was struck by lightning six
weeks ago and three horse* burned, and
the two remaining were burned iii the
barn here Tuesday.
Hugh O’Neill was in from Chelsea
Friday. The Sage was around shaking
hands with the sons of toil, and rumor
says, fixing his pins for a nomination
this fall for some county office.
Those who live on farms are liable
to many accidental cuts, burns and
bruises, which heal soon when Ballard’6
Suow Liniment is promptly applied.
Price 25 and 50 cts. P. C. Corrigan.
Information has been received that
work upon the convent will be com
menced at once and the building rapidly
pushed to completion with the hope that
it will be ready for occupancy Septem
ber 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carlon who
have been visiting in Omaha the past
week are at present in Denver, where
Mrs. Carlon will remain a few months
for the benefit of her health.
Frank Darr, of Dorsey, seems to be
very unfortunate. Last fall he lost a
team in the Bradstreet barn fire, aud
last Tuesday another team was destroy
ed in the DeYarman barn fire.
A good boy With a fair edncation can
have an opportunity to learn the
printers trade by calling at this office.
One who cannot become “master” of the
trade in three months preferred.
To eradicate worms from the system
give the child plain nourishing food and
White’s Cream Vermifuge. The result
will be, the worms will disappear and
the child become healthy and cheerful.
Price 25 cts. P. C. Corrigan.
Imperfect digestion and assimilation
produce disordered conditions of the
system, which grow and are confirmed
by neglect. Herbine gives tone to the
stomach, and causes good digestion.
Price 50 cts. For sale by P. C. Corrig
an.
If the indulgent papas of many of the
youth of this city would take their
I young hopefuls across their kuee and
apply a good leather strap to the tender
part of their anatomy when caught
smoking, there would be less fires in
O’Neill.
Is your liver tired? Does it fail to do
its duty? If so, don’t neglect its call for
help. A few doses of Herbine may save
you a spell of sickness. Herbine is the
only perfect liver medicine. It cures
Chills and fever. Price 50 cts. P. C.
Corrigan.
Lynch Journal: John Lynch informs
us that John Maun, of O’Neill, will be
in Lynch at an early day to make pre
liminary arrangements for putting in
a large stock of goods. Lynch business
and the growth of the surrounding
country justifies any one in such a ven
ture. We welcome Mr. Mann.
T. J. Smith, of the Perry Enterprise,
our old preceptor in the art preservative,
was in the city last Friday, an interested
spectator at the ball game. He started
the first paper in O'Neill, the Holt Rec
ord, in October, 1879, and when he be
comes reminiscent can relate many
humorous stories of pioneer days, when
fence posts purloined in the dark of the
moon from monstrous snow drifts fur
nished fuel that kept dozens from freez
ing.
Governor Poynter has finally deliver
ed a commission to John Hopkins, of
O’Neill. Mr. Hopkins was selected
several months ago for warden of the
penitentiary but the arrangement hung
fire because Warden Leidigh did not
want to quit till he got ready. Mr.
Leidigh has changed the date of his res
ignation to August 1 and the governor
has issued a commission to Mr. Hopkins
the appointment to take effect August 1.
Deputy Warden Thomas Welch of But
ler county is to be retained but his com
mission has not been issued. — State
Journal.
GONE BP_HI SMOKE
DeYarman’s and Baker’s barns and
Nnmerons Smaller Ones
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THP CITY NEARLY WIPED OUT
Sired by the Heorle and Unoeasing Toll Of
the Fire Department
Fanned by a heavy gale from the
south, fire played havoc with O'Neill
Tuesday, and for a time threatened tho
entire city.
At about 12:55 p. m. fire broke ont in
the DeYarmen livery, one of the largest
stables in this section of the state, and
in about fifteen minutes the massive
structure, with all its contents, consist
tag of fifty head of horses, some of them
blooded stock, wagons, carriages and
harness, was in ruins. Mr. DeYarman’s
loss is estimated at 95,000, with no in
surance. Several farmers from the sur
rounding country had teams in the barn,
and owing to the furious gale it was im
possible to save them, many people los
ing the only team they possessed. The
loss to these transcient customers is es
timated at $1,200.
The blacksmith and wagon shop of
F. L. Bain, upon the east side of the
barn, was destroyed with all Its con
tents. Loss about $300.
After having finished this work of de
struction the flames next devoured a
residence owned by Mr. Bain, occupied
by Mrs. Smith, upon the east side of a
blacksmith shop. Part of the contents
of this building was saved. The loss is.
about $400.
The flames then jumped Douglas
street aud soon enveloped the livery
barn of O. W. Baker, which was soon
in ashes. The stock in this building was
saved, and Mr. Baker’s loss is about
$150. The building was the only one
which was insured, Mr. Fallon, the own
er, carrying a$1,000 policy upon it.
The next building in line was the one
formerly occupied by The Frontier,
which was vacant, .with the exception
of some valuable books and papers that
had been left for a short time. The loss
is about $600, with no insurance. The
fierce gale carried burning shingles two
blocks and set fire to barns in the north
part of the city between two rows of
houses. It was feared for a time that
this part of the city, the most aristocrat
ic portion, would be doomed to destruc
tion, but after destroying five barns the
flames were controlled. The barns d< s
troyed were those owned by Tim Hanley
Tom |Tierney, Jerry McCarthy, Dr.
Trueblood and Ed McBride. The loss
on this properly is about $1,000 00.
About an hour after the department
had returned from this fight the alarm
was sounded again and flames were dis
covered in a barn owned by F. C. Qatz,
immediately south of the Evans hotel,
Fanned by a furious gale, the flames
soon enveloped the barn, ice house and
other buildings in the vicinity, and it
looked for a time as if O’Neill was
doomed, which it surely was if the
flames had ever secured control of the
hotel, but thanks to the heroic work of
the fire department the fire was master
ed and the damage was nominal.
It is thought the fires are the work of
incendiaries, for while the department
was busy at the hotel, the court house
was discovered to be on fire and but for
the promptaction of citizens would now ■
probably be a smouldering mass of ruin.
Several business men put on special
guards for the night aud had the fire
bugs been caught they would likely have
received a lesson in western justice.
The loss to Mr. Evans was about $200
caused by the breakage of furniture
while removing it from the building
Mr. Gatz lost his barn, meat house, corn
crib, chicken house and all out-buildings
in the rear of Ike shop. He estimates
his loss at about $700; no insurance.
A barn belonging to Mrs. M. o.
Roberts in the rear of her millinery
store was also destroyed. Loss about
$100.
At this fire the department did won
derful work. We have heard traveling
men who have viewed the scene of the
disaster say that better work could not
be done by any department, no matter
how well equipped they were for that
purpose. That the citizens of O’Neill
are proud of their department was evi
dent by the fact that Wednesday even
ing they presented them with $233.50
which was collected by Frank Campbell
and A. A. Stanton. It was a generous
gift, but well earned by the fire laddies.
Not only members of the department
are deserving praise for their work, but
numerous citizens outside the pale of
that organization who were untireless
in their efforts to do good should
receive the grateful thanks of our cit
izens, __ _
Do not fail to consult Dr. Crooks, tL©
! noted specialist, at the Hotel Evans*
I August 4 and 5.
Base Ball.
Last Thursday afternoon Ewing came
up to contest for the Holt county
championship with the O’Neill team.
For the first two innings the game was
quite interesting, Ewing having a shade
the best of it. But in the third inning,
what a slaughter! The O'Neill boys
jumped onto the curves of the Ewing
crack twirler like a company of Nebras
ka volunteers upon an insurgent strong
hold, and ran bases till they were tired.
When the smoko rolled away nine big
marks showed up on the O’Neill score
card where nothing but goose eggs .had
been previously. The rest of the game
was uninteresting and was called at the
end of the seventh inning, the score
standing, O’Neill 31; Ewing 6.
Friday morning the Atkinson ball
team came to town accompanied by a
score of that hamlet’s sweetest maidens
and most prominent businesss men.
They came down to witness the ball
game and it was interesting enough to
cause any lover of the sport to drive
twenty miles to witness it. With the
exception of two innings it was a line
exhibition of the national game. In the
third inning the O’Neill boys landed
hard on the delivery of Bob Bitney and
by a number of good clean hits and a
few errors secured Bix runs. The Atkin
son boys failed to score until the Ilf lb
inning and then not until two men were
out aLd an opportunity presented for re
tiring the side. The O’Neill short stop
started the errors, and the rest of the
players on the infield not to be outdone
seemed to vie with each other in their
attempt to pile up errors. Before the
other man was put out Atkinson had se
cured live runs. O’Neill made two in
the sixth, and Atkinson followed up by
piling up three, tieing the score. Neither
side scored in the seventh, and in the
eighth O'Neill made one while Atkinson
secured an egg. In the first half of the
ninth the boys from the A. & N. road
managed to scratch a score, again tieing
the game. When the O’Neill boys went
to bat in the last half of the ninth, grim
determination was written upon every
countenance. Excitement was intense.
Two men were out when the winning
run was made, and the game officially
declared as won by O’Neill. The boys
from the west played better ball than
the home team, but their inability to
connect with the ball when hits were
needed lost, for them, the game.
The score by innings was as follows:
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O’Neill - 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1-10
Atkinson — 00005300 1—9
Batteries: O'Neill, Haynes, Henry
and Zink. Atkinson, Bitney, Henry
and Zink. Umpires, Miller and King.
KOTES.
Fred Swingley was down “rooting” as
hard for Atkinson as he did in the good
old days, when O’Neill played ball
right.
The lovers of the national game in
O’Neill have about decided that the
players will have to occupy different
positions than they did in the last game
in order to play championship ball.
Gagban made the “catch” ot the game,
a long fly in deep left.
Haines pitohed a good game, and with
some coaching on throwing to bases,
and a quicker delivery would rale high
as an amateur.
That Dickson lost bis old-time eye was
evidenced by the way he fanned air.
John Brady and John McNichols left
a few pleasing remembrances with some
of the boys.
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We are of the opinion that our boys
would put up a better game if there
were not so many field managers among
the bleachers.
Lee Henry pitched a good game for
Atkinson—in fact, surprised himself.
As a first baseman, Hob Bitney excels
anyone we have seen play that position
in this section.
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Whites Cream Vermifuge not only
effectually expels worms, but it unequ
aled as a tonic, and is certain and per
manent cure for Chills and Fever in
children. Price 25cts P. C. Corigan.
The O'Neill ball team goes to Atkin
son tomorrow where they will cross bats
with the Reds abd play for a purse of
8100, Doubtless many sports will ac
company them to cheer them onward,
A bohemian named Joe Sedaleck liv
ing two miles from Spencer, was acci
dentally killed while going home from
O'Neill last Saturday morning. When
about twelve miles from town he fell
from the wagon breaking his neck in
the fall, and it is supposed, dicing in
stantly. Ilia body was brought to the
city Sunday and kept in McCafferty’s
undertaking rooms until Tuesday morn
ing when it was shipped to Omaha for
interment. Deceased was about 52
years of age.
What among human Ills are more
annoying than piles? The afflictions
that prevent active exerciso are enough,
but one that makes even rest miserable
is worse. Tablet's Buckeye Pile ointment
will cure the most obstinate cases. Prico
50 cts. in bottle, tubes 75c. P. C. Cor
rigan.
Ur. C. V. Crooks, the well known
specialist of Fremont, will be in O'Neill
on Thursday evening, Aug. 3, until Sat
urday evening, Aug. 5, for two days
only. Dr. Crooks successfully treats all
diseases of the nerves, diseases of
women, and chronic ailmentn. Piles
positively cured without the use of the
knife. Consultation free. 3-3w
Hereafter banks will not be permitted
to stamp checks, which, through care
lessness or from other reasons ha vs not
been stamped by the drawers, but must
be returned unpaid and the stamp put
on by the person who issues the check.
It is said that some banks have been
using this method for increasing their
business. The following is the ruling
of the commissioner of internal revenue
at Washington and his instructions to
collectors: "You are advised that banks
must not affix stamps to unstamped
cheeks presented and must return to the
drawer any unstamped checks piesented
for payment. You are directed to no
tify the banks that are guilty of the
practice herein described that if it is not
immediately discontinued they will be
reported to the United States district
attorney for prosecution.”
An Old-Time Game.
"See this account of a ball game play
ed thirty-five years ago” remarked O. O.
Snyder this morning as he handed us a
copy of the Wintersett Madisonian
which contained an account of a game
played at Wintersett, Io., August 10,
1807, between the Mechanics of Des
Moines and the Wintersett boys. Fol
lowing is the account of the game:
The game began at 8 in the morning
and lasted three solid hours, and was so
exciting that the business men in some
cases, locked up their offices and were
on the field as players or spectators,
while about half the townspeople were
there to cheer the home team. Those
were the days when scores were piled
mountain high compared with the low
scores and scientific playing of these
latter days. The scores are given be
low:
Mechanics 4 14 12 14 8 1 1 14 14-82
Winterset 5 1 9 3 2 0 0 10 11—47
The game was hotly contested, but
Winterset was not in it with the more
lithe and active mechanics. At the close
of the game three rousing cheers were
given for the winning team which were
returned with a will by the victors. A
dinner was served at the Tremont house
at noon, where the two nines and a few
invited guests sat down to a well-fur
nished table and did justice to the igood
things spread before them, ending it
with several speeches, funny stories and
conundrums.—Des Moines Mail and
Times.
Crops in Nebraska.
Frank H. Peavy, of Minneapolis, who
with a party of friends, passed through
Norfolk some days ago, has returned to
his home. He has this to say concern
ing his trip through Nebraska and Kan
sas:
“Our trip covered the‘Union Pacific
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Headquarters for slick stuff.
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We have Oil to burn, and
Machine Oil to use—best
made; now is the time to
buy. 30c a gallon—cheaper
in 5 gallon lots.
Coal Oil, @
flachine Oil,
Separator Oil,
Axle Grease, ‘ j,
In fact anything to make"
make you slick.
Michigan Salt $1.25, for a limited
time only.
O’NEILL GROCERY CO.
F. M. Raymond, Mgr.
line In Nebraska and Kansas, We went
west to North Platte, Neb., and from
Manhattan and Salma in Kansas to Kan* -
sas City. I found wheat better than I
expected to in Nebraska, and in Kan*
sas about 50 per cent of last year’s yield
on the Union Pacific system, which
makes a better showing than on lines
further south, however. With no accl- '
dent to corn, Kansas will break all her
records as a corn-producing state.
“In Nebraska the corn looks better
than in Kansas if that is possible. The
farmers are improving their lands and
buildings substantially and also their
dwellings."
Mr. Peavy said that the prospect was -
so encouraging that he should build a
new line of elevators in Nebraska, and
would probably add to his system in
Kansas. >
As to northwest prospects Mr. Peavy %
said: “Our private reports suggest a
splendid wheat harvest for the north*
west. It looks to me as if good fortune
is again to smile upon us.”
Advertised Letter List.
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Miss Emma Wandracek,
Miss Marie Barrett,
Mrs. Harry Loppln,
Mrs. Maria Davis,
Mrs. J. Buman,
Z. P. Brannon,
Will Reignn,
Walter Terrill,
W. P. Helsey,
S. T. Allison,
William Jose,
A. G. Witmer,
Earl Walrath.
In calling for the above please
“Advertised.” If not called for in two
weeks will be sent to the Dead-Letter
Office. D. fl. Cbohih, P. M.
July 24, 1899.
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1920 acres good improved land on
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