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V The Frontier. PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO. 8U88ORIPTION. 81.60 PER ANNUM. D. H. CRONIN EDITOR AND MANAGER. VOLUME XX. O'NEILL. HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 1, 1900. NUMBER 31. city yesterday. - Patronize borne industry and smoke JFull Value cigars. The firemen are planning a dause for Washington’s birthday. A fine and large assortment of pretty valentines at Cress & W.’s. . The county board is still at work checking np the connty officers. Brad Smith and George Butler of Swing were in the city Tuesday. For teeth and photos, go to Dr. Cor ibett's parlors 23rd to 30th, cf each month. _ 80tf Mamie and John McCafferty departed Tuesday for Fremont to enter the Nor mal. £. H. Benedict has first-class Building and Loan stock for sale or can make you a loan. ,. .. _ 40-tf The ladies’ woraing society will meet with Mrs. Cress Wednesday afternoon, Febuary 7, at 2 o’clock sharp. The Frontier prints sale bills—not the cheapest—but the beet. Bills that are attractive and will be read. For Sale—Eggs for setting from Buff Plymouth-Rocks. Price, $1 25 for 15. —F. R. Bignold, Ewing, Neb. 31-4 A. T. Blackman, G. Sexton and Miss' Flora McDonald were visitors at O’Neill from Atkinson the past week. For Sale—A nice three-year-old Nor man stallion, or will trade for stock. Henry Martfeldt, Emmet, Neb. 31-4 District court comences next Monday, jury called one week later. There are 591 civil and four criminal cases on the •docket. _ Neil Brennan haB the finest line of •stoves ever seen in this section of the •country. Call and see him before you (purchase. 22-tf ^ County Attorney Butler has recently \>een admitted to practice before the United States district court for the dis tric of Nebraska. Lynch Journal: E. J. Mack and wife of O’Neill have spent the week in Lynch while he is looking after the cattle that are being fed here. Mrs. Mary Cushing of North Platte is in the city visiting her sisters, Mrs. J. A. Golden and Mrs. E. H. Whelan. This is the first meeting of these sisters for sev enteen years. _ FOR SALE—My farm two miles northwest of O’Nlell, 10 acres cf bard wood timber, s. e. quarter of section 15, township 29. range 12, w. Will be sold cheap. Apply to D. Daly, Waboo, Neb. ■ ■_ 29-4 Yesterday County Judge Selah issued •a marriage license to Mr. Christian dathje and Miss Susana Walter, both of Atkinson. On January 22 a license was issued to Mr. E. J. Ault and MissBroth erton, both of Page. Brick builders tell us considerable fig uring is being done with a yiew to erect ing substantial structures the coming season. Plans are yet in a crude state, and just what is to develop cannot be stated. Fred Gatz has pat in a dam in the Elkhorn river near his slaugnter house for the purpose of putting up ice. The present grade of weather threatents to turn everything into ice, and the fears of a famine have been entirely dispelled. 1 have just received a car load of flour And feed and you can save money by buying onr flour. I will guarantee every sack of flour that I sell you. Get •our prices before baying. J. P. Gallagher. '.The Frontier force has been so pressed -wHh extra work the past week that we have bad little time to devote to the paper. This fact, together with an un usually quiet week in the news line, ac counts for the dirth of local matter on this page. _ Thomas Moran, who has been section boss on the Short Line the past six months, resigned bis position and left last Saturday for Marshalltown, Io., where he has secured a position on the Iowa Central, under Matt Sheeley, for merly of the Short Line. Jndd Wood returned to Atkinson Sat urday evening after a few days in the city assisting in TheFrontier mechanical department. Judd was in the city Tues day on a deal fo» the Ewing Advocate, and perhaps has made the purchase by this time. Mr. Raker, we understand, Still engage in the mercantile business. t Bark’s Big Uncle Tom’s Cabin, at the opera-house tomorrow night. Seats on sale at P. C. Corrigan drag store. Spencer Advocate: O. O. Snyder of O’Neill, grand master of the Odd Fellow lodge of this state, was in Spencer thi3 week. While here he attended the meet ing of the Spencer lodge. Alsot in com pany with Sandford Parker, attended the lodge meeting at Butte TueR day. Many of The Frontier subscribers have called during the past month and paid up arrearages, and a large number have advanced their subscriptions a year. There are still some, however, who are behind, and it is desired that they call and tettle accounts, or remit by postoffice order during the present month. ._ At their regular meeting Tuesday evening the bre department appointed a committee to wait upon the city council with a view of having an ordinance passed compelling fire insurance com panies doing business in the city to pay a license of $5 per year, in accordance with state lavy,„ License money thus ob tained goes to the fire company. The local lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen have issued invita tions for an entertainment and dance at the opera-house next Monday evening. Miss Lena Klingman of Ewing, and local elocutionists have been engaged for the occasion. Miss Klingman l.aB a gold medal, won at a contest in Fremont. O’Neill, Jan. 29.—Advertised Letter Francis Mensinger, Pauline Spregel, O. C. Sbetler, E. H. Rood, Milo Cory, Q. La Violette. W. H. Haskins, C. C. Shetler, H. S. Ladd, O. Thomson, E. M. Bryan. In calling for the above pleasw say “advertised.” If not called for in two weeks will be sent to dead letter office— D. H. Cronin, postmaster. Plain-Dealer: A colony of animated grasshoppers were recently found by » school teacher over on the Eagle and tt specimen sent us as evidence. This i» certainly quite an unusual find at this: time of the year and clearly demonstrates: the fact that we have been having: as mild a winter as anyone could ask. for- ■_ - i O'Neill newspaper men were sliglitif in evidence at the state press association I at Lincoln last week. The editor ot this household, political and moral publica tion was chosen as president of that august body. Clyde King won second, prize for proof reading. Clyde was bur. j one point behind the winner of the first prize, S. J. Potter of the Great Western Type Foundry of Omaha. A prosperity item that is receiviug considerable publicity in Nebraska is the sale of a tract of farm lana in Dodge county for $80 per acre. Dodge county is not the only one in the state whose farm lands have received substantial impetus during the past two years. Lands in Holt county are bringing double the price they did two years ago. The up ward tendency is general thronghout the whole agricultural district of the west. Chicago Inter-Ocean; A movement ha6 been inaugurated for securing an Odd Fellows hospital at Hot Springs, S. D. It is proposed to include Odd Fellows lodges iu the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota. The various lodges wilt j be asked to subscribe for stock in the j incorporated association. The need of such a hospital has long been felt, and j it is expetced that this enterprise will! meet with great favor. s M. Patterson entered a peace com plaint in county court Monday against Joseph Davis. It is stated that Patter son’s cattle have been intruding on the other man’s premises and causing some damage, as well as much annoyance Davis, it appears, assumed a threatening attitude, and took his gun in hand and advised Patterson to take care of his cattle, or blood would drench the valley. Both parties live near Dorsey. Judge Selali bound Davis over to the district court. February Ladies’ Home Journal: What I ever differnce of opinion there may be up on the advisability of smoking for men there is none as to its pernicious effect upon boys. It effects the action of the heart and reduces the capaity of the lungs- Young men who are being train ed for athleticts are not permitted to smoke by their trainers because they say “its bad for the wind.’’ The argument that will appeal most forcibly to your boy is that smoking will stunt his growth. Cigarettes are particulary injurious Nicotine, the active principle of tobacco, is said by chemists to be next to prussic acid, the most rapidly fat tl poison known. The tender tissue of a growing boy cannot absorb even a very small quanity of it without most injurious re sults. Burk’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin company, which comes to the opera-house on Fri day evoniug, February 2, is highly spoken of by the Black Hills press. The company numbers 22 artists and musi cians. and give a complete rendition of the great drama, with appropriate scen ery and stage effects. In connection I with their fine-acting company they give a select musical program, consisting of standard overtures and popular melo dies, making an enjoyable evening of mirth, music and melo-drama. Open air band concert at noon. Admission 34c, reserved seats 50c. Seats on sale at usual places._ Weigh Master Wagers furnishes us with the following figures showing the amount of grain and hogs weighed on the city scales for the months of De cember and January : Corn, 18,000 bushels; oats, 8,500 bushels; hogs, 425, 000 pounds. These figures represent1 $12,840 50 worth of hogs, $1,700 of oats and $3,609 of corn, or a grand total of $18,140. This represents but a portion of the three items named that has been marketed. Weigh Master Wagers says one-third of the amount given should be Bdded to the figures for h6gs‘, afuT if’ to the grain. January, he says, has been an unusually dull month in grain and live stock markets. And She Wears Britches. Wayne Republican: The Ponca | Leader, populist paper, and the Dixon , Tribune, democratic, are both edited by ladies, and judging from the way they go after each other that sex is afflicted with some of man’s short comings. Here is a sample from the last Tribune: “Our Leader friend is no spring chicken in point of years, but she has more to learn yet. One important thing is that manufacturing interviews in the office j is the cheapest of ‘shop’ talk and only i makes her appear a degree or two more rediculous. This point will be disputed by those who know her best for they are sure nothing can make her ‘more’ ridiculous; but fake i nterviews will do it if anything can. Then, too, she should not play the baby act and try to squeal out of punishment on the petticoat plea. She should have thought of being a she female before launching out on personal abuse and malicious that anv he man would have hesitated on. Take your medicine, Ellen, and don’t cry for you sure have worn britches long enough to ' entitle you to a mao’s .punishment | ' when you do wrong. _ -- The Sanford Dodge Company. M. F. Cronin, manager of the opera house, is endeavoring to make arrange ment for the appearance of the Sanford Dodge company, presenting some of the great Shakespear plays, at an early date. Mr. Dodge has always been very care ful in selecting his support and this sea son the personnel surpasses any of bis previous organizations. Aside from being actors and actresses of exceptional merit there is not a single member wbo is not either a lady or gentlemen. This excellent attraction deserves the cordial support that haR always been awarded it by the people throughout the country. This company has won a national reputation for merit and in order to get them here a large sum of money must be guaranteed. The agent for Sanford Dodge will be in our city soon and it is hoped he will meet with such encouragement as will warrant him booking this first class attraction here. Let everyone help by signing the ticket list and we will be assured a first class intellectual and dramatic entertainment. She Indorsed It. Here is a Missouri story: Sbe hand ed the check to the paying teller. She was calm and collected, as if it was an every day matter. “Madam,” said the teller gently, “You have forgotten to indorse it.” “Indorse it?” with a little worried smile. “Yes; you must write your name on the back here to show that you will re pay this bank in case the issuer of this check should fail to answer our call.” “Oh!” sbe said, accepting the pen. When the teller looked at it again this is what he read: “The-bar.k has always paid up what it owes, and you need have> no worry. Therefore I indorse this check. Very truly yours, Mrs. J. B. Blancs.” The teller fell over into the vault. Many a bright and happy household has been thrown into sadness and sorow be cause of death of a loved one from a neglected cold. Ballard’s Horehound Syrup is the great cure for coughs, colds and all pulmonary ailmentsr Price, 25 and 50 cents. P. 0. Corrigan. The Kind You Hate Always Bought ~ lsoa •Tt»y State Press Association. The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Nebraska Press association, beiil in Lincoln last Tuesday and Wednesday, was the largest and most enthusiastic meeting in the history of the organiza tion. Some of the State Journal boys were always on hand to entertain their country cousins, and the banquet ten dered the members of the association by that popular daily on Wednesday even- j ing was thoroughly enjoyed by all. | After the banquet. Elbert Hubbard, editor of tbe Philistine, gave a short talk on the Uovcrofters and their work, which was of great interest to bis bear- j ers. Hon. J. Sterling Morton then spoke ; on pioneer journalism along in the early ! 50's, when Mr. Morton was territorial | governor. It was a very interesting talk and thoroughly enjoyed by the members of the assoulation. Tbe fol lowing officers were elected for the en- I suing year: President—D. H. Cronin of the O’Neill Frontier. First district vice president—W. M. Hassler of the Pawnee Press. Second district—D. C. van Dusen of the Blair Courier. Third district—Donovan. Madi •zvr, Star.-. .—~—....... Fourth district—Lew Frazier, Fair mont. Fifth district—Judge Abbott of tbe Hats Center Republican. Sixth district—F. P. Morgan of tbe Chappell Register. Secretary-Treasurer—F. N. Merwin of I the Nebraska Editor. .Corresponding secretary—U. E. Foster of the Plainview News. Executive committee—W. N. Hus*. Norfolk News; Q. M. Hitchcock, Omahta World-Heradd.; L. A. Williams, Blaiir Pilot; H. P. Marble, Humbolt Leader; C. M. Huebner, Nebraska City News. Legal committee—D. M. Butler, Lin coln Legal News; R Kelley, Fremont. Leader; Adam Breed, Hastings Tribune; J. W. Barnhart, Auburn Herald; D. J Poynter, Albion Argus. Liberal discounts on Jackets,] Overcoats, Blankets, Shawlsr etc., for the bala/ice of the season. 30-2 J. P. Mann, j A Steal Nailed. The esteemed Independent is mad ; that’s very evident. Two issues arrear Tike Frcnlier showed up a rank .steal the Independent perpetrated and palmed off on its "three thousand” readers as orig inal. Silly Eddie tore his hair and looked cross-eyed at the office cat when he read The Frontier. After frothing and foaming and performing wild and baboonistic tantums up and down the Independent shop, he took his pen in hand and sat down and wrote : "We used a few spasms of space tiller last week under the caption of "Pointed Paragraphs,” written by one Alex Miller, who sells his stuff at so much per sell. It was not credited to the author, nor set up and made up as per copy, it being sold to publishers to use as handy space tiller as convenient; although in this in stance we wrote an introduction for the stuff for self-protection, which, in mak ing up, was inadvertently omitted. Our poor old paretic contemporary, the post office supplement, which is uever printed until the Independent is mailed and its news columns perused and pillaged by the head illuniinary of that second-hand news dispenser, made the following) comment upon our action, which is pos- ; itively brilliant for that retreating va-' gary which has been chased into its bole and subject to ridicule by the Independ ent on every topic at issue until Ross Hammond, of the republican committee, told its editor for the sake of their party success he had better 'keep his d-d moutV shut.’ Coming from a paper that uses Hanna-made editorials by the page—a sheet that never has an opinion of its own, this comment is certainly worthy of production, especially as it refer* to the ‘pointed paragraphs’ in question, which are about as expression less as the Frontier’s comment.” There abides no safety of thought or deed in wrath, no justice in anger. The editor of the Independent, like a sneak ing coward-aevil that sulks away to hide his deformed head, tries to excuse his craven deed by saying, “we wrote an in troduction” and it “was inadvertently omitted ” His charge of pillaging the columns of the Independent is on a par with the rest of his cowardly utterances, but this reminds us that he can't get his sheet to press till he sends a hired menial over to The Frontier office for an armful of leads to double-lead his windy out puts of populist rot, and a couple col umns of plate to fill his yawning columns. The Frontier editors furnish their own editorials and local matter, and whatever appears in these columns is forged at home, or properly credited. The Frontier bends its back to no mas ter and looks to no political high priest for inspiration. The whole series of In dependent editors have bowed their heads with alacrity to the pop bosses of Holt county, and the sheet uses Selah and Harrington editorials by the col umn. For this upstart from Amelia to talk of The Frontier using “Hanna made editorials” makes one laugh. But our resentment at the above stuff leads us astray—we have mutilated enough | space on this thing Eves already. Ta ta ! Commendatory Resoluions. Ainsworth Star-Journal: Ainsworth, Neb., Jan. 10, 1000 —Members of the Brown County Bar to Hon. M. P. Kin* kald, on his ceasing «o be a judge of the Fifteenth judicial district of Nebraska.— Dear 8ir; The uudersigned members of the bar of Brown county, Nebraska, cannot permit of your laying aside your judical robe without expressing the ad miration and regard we entertain for your character and ability. It would be difficult to select for eulogy anv of your qualities, where all nre entitled to praise. We shall feel lasting regret that we no longer enjoy your courteous treatment, your impartial rulings and your upright decisions, but our best wishes foe your success and happiness will follow you wherever your future sphere of activity may be. E. Mae Davisson, P. D. McAndrew, A. W. Scattergood, J. C. Toliver, J. 8. Davisson, James Morris, " A. J. Warrick. Fubii&m. <5iT "Wednesday, February 14, at 10 a. ra„ Mrs. Ellen Dailey will sell at nue tio o, eight miles northwest of O’Neill, properly as follows: Four work horses 1 re pan of work mules, 2 ponies, 10 brood so ws, 2 oorn planters, 51 stirring plows, 5 sulky stirring plows, 1 breaking plow, 8 cultivators, 2 harrows. 1 lumber wagon. 1 seeder, 1 McCormick binder, 1 McCor mower. 1 h&y rake. 2 hay racks, liJistvJ, 1 hand cornsheller, 1 pulverizer, 1 -br,r*jx. 8 sets double harness, « dozen chiekea^. .and many other articles of generrti<*i8e,i#> a farm. Terms—All sums or $10 auti-444Q<r, c,-8h? over lllBt RU10U,,,> one year’s ti«w,iir,«th approved seenrity and 10 per cent invest; 10 per cent off foy cash. Th0s. Mfti.4jr, auctioneer. Manager Mftt,t;ainfi«f rto* Pierso durg stosefnforms us.tj^t hn^>.sljf,.V8nBa8reat run>ob Chamberlain’s Cou&k Remedy. He sensitive bottles of that meoict.'1® 10 ■one of ang .other kind, and jt gives great satjgfactios In these dat a of In grippe there is,ftotfne*: J ike Chamber lia«'js<0ough Remedy to st<ip,the cough, heal up the sore throat and (tings and give relief vrvsp in a very short time. The sales are grow-, ing and all who try it. are pleased with itf prompt action. For sale by P. C Corrigan. Notice to Taxpayers of Grattan Township I will begin the vTfllleciion a/t taxes of Crattan townsuip on lb iturdav, .January 13, and will be at the Elklnam Valley bank every Saturday on and after that date to accomodate all who wish to pay. 27-3 P. J. Hanley, Treasurer of Grattan Townsliip* Real Mae*iter of the Affair. Fred—I wonder If Charley is going to ask Miss Solon to marry him. I be lieve I’ll ask him. Uncle George— You’d better ask her 11 you really want to know.—Boston Transcript. The fragile babe and the growing child are stuengtbened by White’s Cream Ver mifuge. It deslorys worms, gets diges tion at work, and so rebuilds the body. Price 25'ceuts. P. C. Corrigan One Hundred Pair of odd pants from suits at 33J per cent, discount. This is a snap on pants; don’t mi*# it. 30-2 J-P. Mann. MIDWAY ITEMS. Born—To Mr. C. Mortnin and wife, aj baby son. i Mr. Walker’s little bov is very ill with lung fever. W. A. Summers went to Page Friday on business. The nice weather is past and we are to have winter now. Mr. W. Carey is working at the mill fixing it up for service. A. Q. Auson is putting up ice from 4 inches to 10 inches thick. Miss Minnie Ludurnn of Randolph is visiting here with relatives. L Willey, C. Mitchell and Allie Jen son started for Norfoik Wednesday. There will be a hard-time dance aj Venus hall on February 2. which was postponed for two weeks. From the looks of the weather there will be no ice famine in Holt county, or no other county in Nebraska. Air. W. Dean of Middle Branch has ordered a new buggy. He is probably better off than some of the boys. Roy Waring has traded for a running horse. He will run it on the Venus race track next summer. Go it, Roy. The wind blows most of the time, but no. so hard as it did Wednesday. It not only lifted dust, but hay and straw stacks, too. We Will Sell You good groceries at a fair price. We don’t handle any other kind of groceries, we don’t get any other kind of a price. We Will Buy Your butter and eggs, and your garden produoe, and pay the same kind of a price—a fair price. That’s as good as any one will do—better than some will do. We will Trade Our groceries for your goods, and we won’t want a profit on both transactions. Onr motto is: "Tote fnir,” as they say down sontW. O’NEIL “GROCERY. J. P. GALLAGHER, Prop. SPECIAL SALB ' of sim k WAISTS For two weeks only, ending February 8, we will offer tbe remainder of our stock of golf skirts at 83} percent die count; balance of our stock of skirts 25 % per cent.; all flannel and silk waists and dressing sacks at 20 per cent. A splendid chance to buy a good skill below the wholesale pries 80-4 J. P. Mann. Great Han Was a Bad Boy. L/l^0 the majority of great men of letters, Nathaniel Hawthorne was not over fond ,gcuool. In the very In teresting remto# hls life which JMrs. Annie Fields Just contributed dto the Beacon Biography series, thero are several pictures of Haw thorne's life in Bowdoin Colleg* flrtiich show flhat the first great An»erU*p novelist tyas not guilty of airing an un* comfowtsife superiority of taste* or demeanor.. «Qnee, unwilling to wait for the appointed college vacation he wrot* to his sister l^pulsa: “It is expedient for me to return ito Salem immediate ly,” and proceed* $p give h<s reason*. Simple country cotl^o though Bow doin was at the tins* ^Hawthorne at tended it, the studsnts wow and then permitted themselves ajnusementa such as “gaming," which scandalised the faculty. Young Hawthorne one of the culprits, and .the- presldent of the college wrote to hls .mother to ash her co-operation In the attempt tp-in duce your son faithfully to observe the laws of this institution. The presi dent added, apparently tor the sake of sparing the mother’* ferlJngs: "Per haps he might not have gfcwed were it not for the Influence of a s*»dent we have dismissed from the college.” Young Hawthorne, having see* £bl* letter, assures his mother In indigna tion; "I have a great mind to commence playing again, merely to show him that I scorn to be seduced by another into anything wrong.” Public Sale, P. W. Roberts will sell at pubffe sale at his plaoe x/t mile north and 2 miles «ast of Page on Saturday, February 3. ■beginning at 10 a. m , sixteen bead of eattie, eight milcb cows and eight calves a»d heifers; seven head of horses, six brood sows, 500 bushels of corn, 10 tons of hay, a lot of farm machinery and household goods. Free lunch served. The usual terms of ten months time, approved security. Another Orphan Child, Another trust has just made Its ap pearance in free trade Great Britain. The London Economist of November 11, 1899, announces the formation of the United Indigo and Chemical com pany, limited, this being an amalgama tion of eight firms which comprise the leading indigo manufacturers of ths United Kingdom. It does not appear that the Dingley law is responsible for this British trust, or that the absence of a protective tariff constitutes any serious bar to the formation of trusts. Whosoever has suffered from pile, knows bow painful and troublesome they are. Tablers Buckeye Pile Ointment is guaranteed to cure piles. Price 50 cents in bottles. Tubes, 75 cents. P. O. Cor* rigan. ?ht (u> * The kind You Hate Always Bought limit* rigutut si