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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1899)
i PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO. SUBaORIPTION. SI.80 PER ANNUM. O. H. CRONIN EDITOR AND MANAGER. VOLUME XX. O’NEILL. HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA, AUGUST 17, 1899. NUMBER 7. 4 £occtl.... I SKS£SS»S888Sg8eS8E»{SaB£»SSSSaa»S38S3SSfi Judge Kinkaid is on the sick iist. Ed Purdy was up from Swan Monday. Buy your machine oil of Gilligan & Stout. 6tf John Brady was down from Atkinson Tuesday. J. J. King went down the road this morning. Nye Dobbs was down from Atkinson Tuesday. __ We want to sell you machine oil Gil ligun & Stout. 6tf John Flannigan, of Stuart, was in town Wednesday. S. B. Morehead, of Albion, was in the city Sunday. Miss Helen Luce, of Erie, Pa., is vis iting the family of E. R. Adams. W. J. Dobbs was down from Atkin son Sunday visiting old friends. E. H. Benedict has flr9t-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 30tb, cf each month. 30tf Mies Maggie Meilor and Miss Jacknon, of Sioux City, are visiting Mrs. J. B. Meilor, this week. Be sure and attend B. A. DeYar man's sale of buggies and horses Satur day, September 2. — O. F. Biglin is in Omaha this week taking an examination before the Ne braska embalming board. Miss Sadie Cain, of Blair, who has been visiting her sisters here a couple of weeks returned home last week. Ladies wishing sewing done by the day, please call on or address Miss Ser sen, at Mrs. Dunbar’s residence. 6 2wp John Hoffman and family came in from Keya Paha county last week, and are living in the Keys’ building. Miss Martha Cress returned Tuesday ifrom JlushyjHe, where she has been on an extended visit to her grandparents. Several of the sports put in consider able time these days hunting “stubble duck.” Hundreds of them have been killed. _ Tom DeLong is ngain knight of the punch and tickets on the Short Line passenger, after a vacation of three j weeks. Mrs Jerry McCarthy returned Tues day evening from Denver where she had been visiting relatives the past month. Art Coykendall went to Valentine Tuesday in response to a call for a printer to assist on one of the papers at that place. A fine line of buggies and carriages, fully warranted throughout. Call and see them if you want a good bargain. Neil Brennan. _ Chadron Journal: Mrs. Albert Niles left for O’Neill Saturday night, at which place she will visit friends and relatives for two weeks. Mark Murphy, living northeast of town, last week purchased the N. S. Lowric farm adjoining him on the east. Consideration $1,450.00. Peter Donahue has been appointed director of ihe Golden Irrigation dis trict to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Johu Hopkins. Coin Harvey will speak in Norfolk to morrow if a circus or some other greater drawing card doesn’t come along and cause the committee to change the date. C. E Hall is renovating the building next to Keys’ feed store preparatory to opening a first class restaurant therein. He expects to begin feeding the hungry people next week. Mrs. J. E. Shore and children, who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. King, in this city the past six weeks, left for her home at Leaven worth, Wash., this morning. Will Lowrie is home on a vacation. About a month ago be graduated from the state university and expects to start for Princeton next month where he will take a three years’ course. A free and easy expectoration is pro duced by a few doses of BALLARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP, in all cases of hoarseness, sore throat, or difficulty in breathing. Price 25 ard 50 cts. P. C. Corrigan. Our Emmet correspondent was in errc r last week statins that Air. Pucket was presented with a team by Mr. Wendel. Mr. Pucket purchased and paid for them himself and we regret that our corres pondent had thetl.em as it appeared. The pretty school teachers have pos session of the town this week, and all the men folk, young arid old, wear their best smiles. The Epworth League social at Mrs. Blinco’s residence Monday evening, August 21, at 8 p.m. Ice cream, cake and coffee. All invited. Dixon Tribune: Don Sullivan has re signed his position at the Short Line depot in Laurel and accepted a more lu crative one in O’Neill. BALLARD’S SNOW LINIMENT gives instant relief in cases of bleeding, burns, bruises, scalds, cuts, etc. Price 25 and 50 cts. P. C. Corrigan. 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. 3tT Miss Susie McManus returned from Chicago last Saturday evening, where she visited relatives for a month. The two children of her brother, James, ac companied her and will remain in O'Neill this summer, The Norfolk and Yankton rail road is now looked upon as a sure thing, as the contractors are getting ready for work, and the right of way is being contracted for at prices of $75 to $80 per acre. IIEUBINE is well adapted to tbe cure of fevers of all kinds, because it thoroughly cleanses the stomach and bowels of all bilious humors, and expels all impure secretions of the body. P;ice SOcts. P. C. Corrigan. B. A. DeYarman has decided not to rebuild his livery barn recently destroy ed by fire and has accepted a position as salesman for A. 8. Wendall of the Sioux City stock yards. Bis head quarters will be O'Neill. Taken up on my farm, eight miles northwest of O’Neill, on August 1 or 2, 1890, one sorrel mare, weight about 1100. Owner can have same by proving property and paying expenses. 6 G D. JANZING. The Lady Highlanders will give an entertainment in the D. A. Doyle grove, west of town, Wednesday, August 23 Supper will be served at 6 o’clock, and a program of music and recitations will follow. A bowery will be erected and dancing will be one of the features of the evening. Rev. L. Channell, of Omaha, grand chaplain of the I. O. O. F. Nebtaska and general agent for the Odd Fellows Aunuity Association, of Des Moines, was in the city over Suuday. Be gave an interesting lecture at the M. E. church Sunday evening. Be left for Schuyler Monday morning. Olaf Wilson, who for the past eight years has had charge of the Short Line section at this place has been trans ferred to Jackson and his family left for that town this morning. Thomas Moran who has had charge of the Jackson section will come to O’Neill. The Frontier regrets to see Mr. Wilson and family leave O’Neill but wish them good luck in their new home. Tbe Ewing Advocate chimes out with the following, which encourages us to remark ‘ now yer a talkin’.” “O’Neill, defeated Atkinson Wednesday on the hub’s grounds to the tune of 16 to 4 Atkinson must certainly have went up against the real thing. A shortage of players is claimed by (Atkinson. We agree with them. It takes ball tossers to cope with the Irish aggregation. See?” Atkinson Camp, No. 186, Woodmen of the World, was organized last week by Deputy Adams with 22 charter mem bers. The following were elected officers; Consul Commander, Lee W. Henry; Adviser Lieut., E. E. Carter; Banker, Fred Bitney; Clerk, M. B. Walrath; Escort, Abe London; Watch man; Henry Mathias; Sentinel, Ollie Campbell; Managers, E. E. Carter, John Mathias and Henry Werner. Madison Star: One of the features of the county fair will be an exhibit ot Fil ipino curiosities. Secretary Iiynearson is making an effort to secure for this purpose all the Filipino souvenirs now here, and all which the returning mem bers of Company F may bring with them. Ample space in the floral hall will be given of this exhibit, and it will be placed in charge of a man who is familiar with everything on exhibition. One hundred teachers have enrolled at the Holt county institute this week, and education is receiving an awakening in our midst. The instructors neyer have been better, and the methods of Prof. Wbeelan, Prof. Woolary and Mijs McNair are thoroughly scientific and progressive. The teachers are eager for all tlie helps that are offered, realizing that the teacher’s profession is not at tained without some effort and that honorable distinction is not the result of chance. Prof. Davidson’s lecture Tuesday evening on the “Ideals in Edu cation” was very much enjoyed. He is a m in of broad culture and very popular with our teachers. *** Where the digestion is good, and the general powers of the system in a healthy state, worms can find no habitation in the human body. WHITE’S CREAM VERMIFUGE not only destroys every worm, but corrects all derangements of the digestive organs. Price 25 cts. P. C. Corrigan. No one knows the unbearable torture, the peculiar and agonizing pain, caused by files, unless they have suffered from them. Many believe them incurable. This is a mistake. Proper treatment will cure them. TABLER’S BUCKEYE PILE OINTMENT is an infallible cure. Price 50 ots in bottles, tubes 75 els. P. C. Corrigan. Next week, Prof. 8. S. Hamil and daughter, of Chicago, will be present at the teachers' institute and give in structions in elocution. It was from him W. J. Bryan received his first and only instruction in elocution and ora tory. Do not forget his two readings which will be hel d at the court house the evenings of August 22 and 24. Eweing Advocate: Martin Cronin of O’Neill, who for the last quite a while has been slinging type in this office and incidently holding down left field in our ball nine, severtd his connection with same last Saturday evening and went home for a vacation. Martin mado a host of friends while here who were se verely pained on learning of his depar ture. The Rev. W. B. Coetley, of Stock bridge, Ga , while attending to his pas toral duties at Ellenwood that state, was attacked by cholera morbus. He says: “By chance I happened to get hold of a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and I think it was the means of saving my life. It re lieved me at once.” For sale by P. C. Corrigan. _ Valentine Republican: J. F. Pfunder’s family came up from O’Neill last Fri day morning and are now comfortably located in the residence recentlv erected by Miss McCloud in tbe northeast part of the city. Mr. Pfunder is occupied in <f. W. Williams’ harness shop and de cided it would be of mutual advantage to himself and family to have them here with him. The Republican is always glad to chronicle such accessions to tbe town. _ Sioux City Tribune: Osmond, Neb., Aug. 15.—It now seems very probable that Pierce county will soon add a new town to her sisterhood of thriving young cities. Theodore Morrow, of Audubon, who has large land interests here, is the man back of the plan to lay out a new town near the Sioux City, O’Neill and Western, and midway between Osmond and Randolph. In spite of the great remonstrance of Randolph business men who declare they will desert the Short Line and receive goods over the Omaha line, the Sioux City, O’Neill and West ern commenced work this week putting in sidetracks and depot for the new town. A surveying party is now laying out the town, and it seems that a town will be started despite all the protests of surrounding towns. Norfolk News: About eight weeks ago a strange woman drove up to the home of H. H. Luke, corner of First and Main Btre°ts, with a little boy about four years of agb There was no one at the Lube home but the children, but the woman evidently thought they could attend to the matter as well as anyone and said she was going to leave the boy with them and would pay his board every week. She instructed them not to allow anyone to take him and not to take him away from Norfolk, and then went away, and when Mr. and Mrs. Luke came home they found the new boarder. They received no word from the woman until a few days ago, when she finally sent some money for his board after repeated requests and threats from the Luke family. The woman claims to live in Holt county and left that as her address. The boy says he has brothers and sisters, and gives bis name as Clarence. Part of the time he gives his last name as Macy and other times as Meyers. It is rather a strange way to dispose of a child, to say the least. The woman may be canvassing or working for a living and unable to care for the lad, in which case she is probably doing the best she can by him. But naturally other suspicions arise and it has been intimated that she may have no right to the child. BASE BALL. The O’Neill ball team went down to Neligh last Friday to try conclusions with the Neligh team. The entiifc team were unable to go and some of those who accompanied the boys wet© put into play. The game was dull and uninteresting throughout as the Ante lope county boys were unable to stt p anything, and could hardly hold the ball if handed to the » At the eid of nine innings the score stood as follows: O'Neill G 3 6 0 5 0 0 1 13-33. Neligh 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 —9. THE POPS ASSEMBLE In A Dull and Uninteresting Meet ing and Nominate a Ticket. ODD-TIME ENTHUSIASM ABSENT Bat the Slate Woe There and Never Was In Sanger of JEven a Crack. The Holt county populist convention was called to order at 11 a. m., last Sat urday, by M. H. McCarty. The call for convention was read by See. Engle haupt, after which Wm. Hayes, of At kinson, was elected temporary Ichair man, and Lee Henry, temporary secre tary. E. S. Eves was chosen assistant secretary. Tiie regular committees were appoint ed and then Eves arose and moved tbe appointment of a committee of live to confer with the view of tusion. The motion was carried, but did not seem to suit all present, and Norval moved a reconsideration. This was not in accord with the slate, so McCarthy jumped up and moved that the question be tabled. The vote by ayes and nays was very close; so close that to an .ordinary ear lt was a tie, but Chairman Liayes has a very keen ear—to the wishes of the ring —and he decided the motion to table was carried. However, that did not suit Norval and he demanded a division of the house. The ring’s organization was well perfected, however, and the motion was tabled. After a little further talk the convention adjourned to meet at 2 p. m. Convention was called to order promptly at 2 o’clock. The committee on organization re ported in favor of making the tempo rary organization permanent, thus scor ing one point for the fusionists. The committee on resolutions then re ported by reading several pages of type written matter, that sounded strangely like one of Mike Harrington's impas sioned addresses to a jury of vigilanters. The reader was occasionally interrupted by boisterous cheers and yells from a doz^cHHerent persons scattered judi ciously around the room. Here ex-judge McCutcheon, who the leading pops a year ago claimed was a republican, but by some book or crook or magical per formance secured a seat in the conven tion, arose and announced that the silver republicans were present and that one Simmons, who represented them, desir ed to say something. Simmons stood up, and amidst a silence that was not very impressive, mumbled a few words which we understood meant about the following: The silver republicans, Sim mons and Ernest Adams, asked for nothing, but “we” promise to support any "good” bimetallic ticket that you nominate. A couple of yelps greeted the announcement, and the convention again got down to business, when the recent republican—so claimed by the pop leaders—McCutcheon, announced that tbe democratic conference commit tee would shortly be ready to report. H. It. Henry was then nominated Jfor county treasurer by acclamation. He was called for and made a few' remarks, telling the convention how “good” he had .been, and saying that whatever measure of success he was entitled to for conducting the office should in a meas ure be tendered to his efficient help, and to his predecessor in office who turned oyer the office to him in good condition. He wound up by stating that part of his "pile” was ready to be put into the campaign fund to assist in the election of the ticket. Chairman Hayes then called for nom inations for the office of county clerk, and Delegate Madden, of tiratton, "took the floor” aud nominated John M. Stew art. It was seconded with a whoop, and he was nominated by acclamation for the office of county clerk, while broad grins overspread the counte nances of the spectators and numerous delegates at the the error. But in ac cepting the nomination Stewart accept ed the nomination for sheriff, although nominated for county clerk, through error, and everything was again serene. John Leis was nominated for county cleik by acclamation and accepted the nomination in a few words that neither enthused or excited the delegates to any perceptible degree. Leis was eyidently afraid the "gang” was "agin” him, for he informed the convention that if they regretted their action or were not satis fied with his conduct of the office, they had better nominate some other candi date. It was like a dose of cold water to the convention—a surprise—the del egates sank a little lower in their seats and said nothing. The next on the program was the nomination of a candidate for county judge, and for this position Judge Selah was renominated by acclamation. He was called upon for a two minute talk anil stretched it Into ten. Ilia mutter ings consisted in a bitter denunciation of the parly, under whoso administra tion he had one of the fattest govern ment positions for four years. Although since listening to his harangue we have wondered how he could have thought so little of himself as to belong to that party which he accused of almost all the crimes in the calendar of sin. But perhaps it was the itch for office. Chairman liayes then announced that the next thing on the slate was the nom ination of a clerk of the district court. At this point Eves again bobbed up, and staled that the conference committee had not yet reported and that a wait would be advisable—in order to ascer tain the wishes of their friends, the democrats. McQreevy then moved a recess of thirty minutes, to give the “push” time to inquire into the cause of the unexpected delay in the proceed ings, which had heretofore gone oO so smoothly. The motion was put, and all the faithful voted “aye,” amounting to fifteen or twenty “ayes.” The “nays” were then called for, merely as a matter of form, when a perfect storm of “no's” burst forth all over the room. The chairman, puzzled for a moment, paus ed, uncertain what to do, when Mc Cutchcon came to his rescue by remark ing, “they don’t mean it, for those same fellows voted yes;” and the meeting was' forthwith declared adjourned for half an hour. At the end of half an hour the con vention was called to order, and the conference committee not being ready to report, a motion was made and carri ed that the convention proceed to the nomination of coroner and surveyor. Wm. Lell, who can not tell a compass from a grappling book, was nominated for surveyor, and created a laugh by stating he would conduct the office in the interests of the tax payers. The names of O. F, Biglin and Dr. Berry were presented for ^the position of coroner, but, knowing Berry’s pugi listic propensities, and fearing that he would make too many subjects to sit on, Mike McCarthy withdrew his name, and Biglin was nominated. The committee appointed to confer with the democrats as to the best meth ods to fuse, then reported through J. P. Mullen. The committee reported that the democratic convention offered three names to the populist convention for the nomination for clerk of the district court, namely; Q. W. Bmith, James Morgan and John A. Harmon. The spokesman further said that the name of the man whom the populists thought would have been presented, John Kay, of Ewimr, was not mentioned, and the committee would make no recommenda tions but allow the convention to de cide the matter themselves. It was then moved and seconded t lat one place on the ticket be given to the democrats. About eight delegates voted in favor of the motion, and, fudging from the noise of the same number against. The mo tion was declared carried, and the as pirations of numerous candidates were knocked in the head. The convention then took an informal ballot for clerk of the district court, which resulted as follows: Kay. 69 Robertson. 19 Englehaupt.13 Harmon. 3 Morgan. 4 Norvall. 1 Wheeler. 1 The informal ballot was upon motion make formal and John Kay was declar ed the nominee of the convention. The democrats who were present hoping the nomination might look for one of them, left the convention in disgust, saying they could not be forced to support a pop even if he did sail under the name of a democrat. John Morrow was then nominated for county superintendent by acclamation. Mr. Morrow took the floor and stated that on account of personal reasons he was unable to accept the nomination. The previous motion was then reconsid ered and an informal ballot taken for county superintendent, which resulted as follows: Norvall. 45 Lowrie. 24 Kelly. 16 Coppoc. 16 Hoffman. 3 Wheeler. 3 Whalen.;..v.r..... 2 Morrow. 1 The convention then proceeded to a formal ballot which landed Mr. Norvall under the wire, winner by the following vote: Norvall. 62 Lowrie.. • • • 27 Kelly. 18 Hoffman. 3 Whalen. 1 Ur. Norvall having received a major ity of all votes cast was declared the nominee much to the disgust and aha grin of some of the populiata from hia own locality. The next order of buaineaa waa the election of delegatea to the judicial con vention, and here this great reform party followed in the footatepa of the two old partiea the democrata and re publicans, and upon motion allowed J. J. Harrington to select hia own delegate to the judicial convention. He accepted the honor in a short speech during which, according to some of hia populist audi tors, he stepped upon himself a few times. About the only thing he could talk about waa McKinley and Mark Hanna. He severely censured the war in the Pbilipines, although the great Nebraska apostle of populism, W. V. Allen, claimed several months ago that his voice waa the first raised in favor of the war with Spain, of which the Phili pine war was the sequence. When Mr* Harrington said "Place McKinly and Mark Hanna upon the firing line and the war will end shortly” some of the convention cheered, while others hung their heads with shame as the full mean ing of his words burst upon them. Such language might be all right for a "cheap skate” pop campaigner but for a man who aspires to a seat upon the district bench, whose duty it will be to try cases in which (expansionists and anti-expan sionists are litigants, it grated upon del icate ear drums as vulgar and cold blooded. If his remarks were the key note to bis campaign the republicans will have little to fear in the Fifteenth district. M. H. McCarthy was elected chairman of the county commitey after which the convention adjourned. STRAIGHT DEMOCRACY. The unadulterated bourbous of Holt county held their convention in Frank Campbell’s office last Saturday after noon. The convention was fairly well attended and much interest manifested. Some of those present wanted to recom mend John Kay, of Ewing, to the pop ulist county convention for nomination as clerk of the district court, but after several hours wrangling and “chewing" the gentleman from Ewing was turned under and the convention recommended the names of Q. W. Smith, of O'Neill; James Morgan, of Atkinson, and John a| Harmon, of O'Neill, any of whom they stated would be satisfactory. But al though the pops decided to give the place to a democrat they also reserved the right to select that democrat (T) and they turned down the men who were the choice of the democratic conven tion and nominated Kay whom the democrats claim is a pop. After the pops had tossed the demo crats in the air and made a few passes at their mangled remains the boys left the court house hot and again reas sembled and nominated a straight democratic ticket as rollows: Treasurer, Levi Van Valkenburg, of Inman. Sheriff, J. D. Jones, of Swan. County Clerk, Wheeler, of Chambers. Clerk of District Court, G. W. Smith, of O’Neill. Superintendent, J. N. Morgan, of At kinson. County Judge, Vaughn, ■ —- ■. Coroner, P. J, Flynn, of O’Neill. Surveyor, P. H. Parker, of Dorsey. Frank Campbell was then elected chairman of the county central commit tee and Mr. Wheeler secretary. The delegates said they were going to make a hot fight and show the pops that It was necessary to secure democratic votes in order to win. Their ticket is composed of good representative men and should make a good showing at the polls this fall. PITCHER'S CASTORIA TEE KIND TOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT We have but a feu) pairs of Ladies' 98c Shoes left; but have added one hundred pairs of Misses' in heavy and light weights to close at the ridiculous price of 98c. They will make excellent school shoes at the lowest price you have ever bought shoes worth $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.50. J.P.MANN