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PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO.
SUBSCRIPTION. SI.SO PER ANNUM.
D. H. CRONIN EDITOR AND MANAGER.
VOLUME XXI.
O’NEILL. HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA. JULY 19, 1900.
NUMBER 3.
Merriman’s furnish beds as well as
meals.
Remember the dance at the rink Fri
day evening.
Ed Tremain and Rafe King spent Sun
day at Stuart.
County Judge Selah had business at
Omaha this week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Bright made a trip
to Butte last Friday.
Two of Mr. and Mrs. David Stannard's
children are quite ill.
Another glorious rain last night for
which to be thankful.
WANTED—Good dining room girl at
J*iMerriman’s restaurant.
The Junior Epworth League picniced
in Doyle’s groye last Friday.
Visiting cards just like an engraving.
50c for 50 at The Frontier.
Come in and get your Dutch Uncle
riding cultivators at Biglins. 38-tf
Mrs. Eva Baker of Iowa, a Bister of
Mrs. Meredith, is in the city.
TO RENT—Five good rooms over
Campbell’s implement store. 2-2
Dr. Gilligan had professional business
At Ainsworth the first of the week.
When you are hungry a good, square
meal at Merriman’s will fix you out.
Aching teeth filled or extracted with
outpain, by Dr. Corbett, 23rd to 80th.
Attorney Walcott, of Valentine, was
^ in the city on legal business last Friday.
FOR SALE—A good team of heavy
mules. Frank Campbell, O’Neill. 3-3
The operations of the dog catcher
has materially decreased the canine
herd.
E. H. Benedict has first-class Building
and Loan stock for sale or can make you
a loan. __ 46-tf
Miss Gene Reed of Sioux City is visit
ing in the city, the guest of Mrs. E. M.
'Whitfield. ■
The Dewey hog waterer is the best in
the market, call and see them at
Biglin’s. 43-tf
Editor Smith of the Atkinson Repub
lican was in the city Monday and called
for a moment.
Green corn at 20 cents a dozen 1b
pretty expensive stuff. ^ It’s cheaper to
eat corn meal.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hatfield are re
joicing over the arrival of a nine pound
daughter since Tuesday.
Attorney W. H. Chappell of Osmond
( was looking after legal business in this
city last Thursday and Friday.
The three city wind mills are now in
running order and pump sufficient water
to supply the wants of the city.
B. E. Sturdevant, chairman of the re
publican oounty central committee, was
down from Atkinson Monday.
Call and see the Dutch Girl disc, sh
isabeanty and worth her weight in
gold. 88-tf 0. F, Biglin.
When you want good goods buy the
Moline plows, cullivator, harrows, discs
and corn planters. ,0. F. Biglin. 38-tf
*The county board spent a couple days
finishing up special business and on
Wednesday convened in regular session.
Mrs. P. J. Biglin and little daughter,
Marie, left for Spencer Tuesday morn
ing for a month’s visit with Mrs. C, J.
Coffey.
The agricultural editor thinks that
one more rain this season is sufficient to
give Holt county a bouncing crop of
I corn cobs.
^ An exciting ball game last Sunday
between the east and westside resulted
in a victory for the former, the score
being 15 to 16.
The annual clean-up of the ranges has
begun and for the next three months the
railroads will be kept busy hauling fat
cattle to 'market.
S. A. Page advertises a sale of horses,
cattle, hogs, machinery, furniture, etc.,
to take place at Page August 3. Usual
terms will be given.
Will Whitfield returned Tuesday from
Sioux City, where he had been having
his iniured foot treated. While he is
somewhat improved, he is unable to
walk without crutches.
Bean the /9KM Yflu Have Always Bought
Signature
of
L
Neil Brennan baa the finest line of
stoves ever seen in this section of the
country. Call and see him before you
purchase. 22-tf j
Mrs. M, M. Sullivan and daughter
Loretto returned from Lincoln last Sat
urday evening where they had spent a
few days visiting friends.
Work on St. Mary’s convent is pro
gressing with all speed. The basement
and first story are about completed, ex
cept the finishing touches.
Miss May Murray, who has been in the
city the past three months visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. P. Mann,left for her home
in Chicago Friday morning.
W. F. Wilson was up from Inman
yesterday and called. Mr. Wilson has
been at Meadow Qrove the last six
months instructing the brass band,
The Basset Eagle says the Acme Poul
try and Pet Stock association meets in
O’Neill the 21st to perfect arrangements
for a big poultry and pet stock show this
fall.
Judge M. P. Kinkaid departed Mon
day for St. Paul, Minn., to which place
he went as a delegate to a meeting of
the republican national league of repub
lican clubs.
The Chambers stage team took a run
in the driver’s absence yesterday morn
ing, starting at Gallagher’s grocery and
stopping at Tenborg’s barn. No dam
age resulted.
O. O. Snyder went down to Sioux Oity
Wednesday morning to accompany Mrs.
Snyder and children home from that
plaoe where they had been visiting rela
tives the past month.
E. M. Whitfield left for the Pacific
coast last Sunday morning where he ex
pects to spend fifteen or twenty days
viewing the beautiful sights in that
pertion of the union.
The Epworth League will give a lawn
social at the home of Mrs. Millard to
morrow eyening, benefit of the
Methodist church. Ice cream, cake and
coffee will be served.
The Frontier learns that Mrs. Dustin,
formerly a familiar figure in Holt county
but for the last eight or nine years a
resident of the eastern part of the state,
died about three weeks ago.
C. E. Yates of Sioux City, supreme
secretary of the Independent Workman
of America, was in the city a couple of
days last week instilling new life into the
local branch of that order.
Marriage licenses have been issued
since our last issue to the following par
ties: Edward Humpal and Mary Sknd
lar, both of Atkinson; Jay Booth and
Luella May Jackman, both of Ewing.
Dan Horgan departed yesterday for
Ireland, to revisit the scenes of his early
life. It is a long journey for one of
Mr. Horgan’s years, who is near ninety.
This is the third trip he has made to his
native heath.
On account of the base ball game Fri-*
day between Atkinson and O’Neill a
grand ball will be given at the rink in
the evening, musio by Smith’s orchestra,
supper at Merriman’s restaurant. Every
body invited. Tickets 75 cents.
A ball game is scheduled for tomorrow
afternoon, the opposing elements being
the Atkinson roughriders and the
O’Neill liddytes. It is proposed to put
the best material available in the field
and show the folks an interesting
game. ._
Post office Inspector A. O. Swift, of
Omaha, was in the city Wednesday and
accompanied by Postmaster Cronin
made an official visit to the post office
at Joy, returning Wednesday evening.
That evening he checked up the O’Neill
office and found everything in good con
dition.
Charley Hall met with a little unpleas
antness Monday. While tightening a
bar with a wrench the instrument slipped
from its hold and thereby Charley struck
bis hand a painful blow on the machine
with which he was working. The nail
of his right thumb was torn off, leaving
an uglv and hurtful sore.
Those who are posted on the situation
figure that hay is going to be a better
price this season than for a number of
years. Not because there is any scarcity
of grass in Holt county, bnt because of
the shortage in other localities. Ship
pers are now offered $5 per ten on con
tracts for future delivery.
P. D. McKanzie of Ainsworth accom
panied the dead body of his nephew to
O’Neill Monday expecting to go out on
the Short Line that morning with the re
mains for Aurelia, la., for interment.
Owing to the faot that deoeased died of
typhoid fever and the remains were not
properly prepared for shipment, Mr.
McKanzie was required to lav over here
a day and have the body incased in a
zino box.
There are many good Baking Powder
on the market, but there ie only one
"Best” that’s Schillings. It oontains no
starch. Sells at same price as Royal or
Price’s and goes twice as far. Money
refunded if it is not BETTER than any
baking powder yon ever used. Try one
oan it oosts you nothing if above is not
true. 2-3 J. P. Mann.CJ
Independent: Since the campaign of
'96 O’Neill has not witnessed such an
enthusiastic demonstration as on Satur
day night when the hosts of reform
turned out to give Bryan’s nomination a
popular endorsement.
When a man wants to lie he is apt to
forget some important events. In this
instance the Independent was so anxious
to say something that wasn’t so that it
even forgot the great event when Bryan
visited O’Neill, which was in 1899, three
years after "the campaign of ’96.”
R. E. Jenness and wife of Chandler,
Oka., father and mother of R. H. Jen
nesB, arrived last night. Mr. Jenness is
postmaster at Chandler, a town of about
2,500 inhabitants and the county seat of
Lincoln county. He has been siok for
some time and came here for a change
of climate. He, and R. H., will leave
for Hot Springs Friday night, where
Mr. Jenness, sr., will stay for an indefi
nite period. Chandler is the home of
two former Holt county people, Will
Riner and John Drak.
The northeast Nebraska Qrand Army
of the Republic was in session at Fierce
last week. They held their annu
al election of officers last Wednesday
morning and D. 0. Harrison, of Empo
ria, was elected commander, Charles
Warker, of Fierce, senior vioe command
er and D. Thompson, of Clearwater,
junior vice commander. The selection
of Mr. Harrison for commander is quite
an honor, not only to himself, but to
the members of the Grand Army in this
county and The Frontier congratulates
him upon his election.
C. C. Pond, of the firm of O. C. Pond &
Co., wholesale hay dealers, Ewing,was in
the city Friday, called and left us a V
on subscription. Charlie says he was
here looking over the hay market and
desired us to Inform the people of this
section who would have hay to sell this
fall to see him as he would pay a bigger
price tljan anyone for good hay. Mr.
Pond has had his ups and downs and
many times his nose has been pretty
close to the grindstone, but the past
three years of McKinley prosperity has
done a good deal for him and he says he
will be able to clean up a couple of
thousand this fall.
Here is some pretty straight talk:
"Gossip has made many a hell on earth.
Gossip has parted many husbands and
wives. Gossip has blackened and sul
lied the character of many girls. Gossip
has parted lovers who would have been
happy had it not been for it. One little
misstep or one indiscreet action will
cause gossip to arise with new strength
and start on her mission. Her, did we
say? VW ought not to, for we have
male gossipers and as a rule they are ten
tines as venomous as a female. A good
healthy gossiper is the meanest thing on
earth. A dog that will bring a bone to
you will carry one away to your neigh
bor’s door-”
O'Neill July 16.—Advertised Letters:
Mrs. James Green, Mrs. Maud Fesler,
Mrs. W.I.Austin, Mrs. Wilkinson, Anna
Lamb Turner, Mary Neckoliczak, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. MoGowan, Mrs. Vurace,
Mrs. James, Luetie Harvey, A.A.Hornek
William Corrigan, J.S.Beordhear, Char
lotte Schmidt, Will Kelley, C.H.Adams,
Pres. Bus. College, L. Shaw, The Illus -
trated Companion, Chas. Range, R. H.
Redmond, Geo. Blenes, T. H. O’Connell,
Orlan Brown, T.R.Wooler, Art Roberts,
John Parsons, L. L. Johnson, Fred Har
rison. 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. Cronin, postmaster.
Last Saturday night about 11:30 Mor
ris O’Brien, the gentlemanly mail clerk
on the Short Line, sat in his car near
the round house deeply interested in a
story in the Railway Mail, entitled "The
Midnight Adventure of a Railway Mail
Clerk,” when suddenly a head appeared
at the window and a voice spoke out,
"Say, Culley, open the window and let
a feller in, will ye?” The midnight in
truder was anything but prepossessing in
appearance and not caring for his com
pany Morris declined to admit him to
the car and got his cannon and muni
tions of war ready for action. Where
upon the individual withdrew and a
tew moments later re-appeared at the
ventilator hole at the end of the car and
renewed his appeal, but a windowhook
in the hands of Uncle Sam’s representa
tive caused him to leave his rather un
comfortable position. The tramp and
bis pard then went to the
end of the smoker, smashed the plate,
glass in the door, crawled inside and
proceeded to make themselves a lodging
for the night. But there calculations—
like populist platforms—were not based
on sound judgment and Hostler Sam
Pugh soon entered the car to disturb
their peaceful possession. As soon as
Sam’s massive form appeared in the
doorway one of the intruders took a
sneak, but the other with all the sang
froid of a Chesterfield and the confi
dence of a Roman gladiator awaited the
coming of his foe. Sam in language
more expressive and forceful than ele
gant, ordered him to get off the car and
doit quick. The midnight wanderer
proceeded to obey the instructions of
his master, but not leaving quiok enough
Sam hastened his departure with a
“push” under the car. After pioking
himself up he gave Sam an invitation to
climb down from the car and attempt
to land another knockdown blow, and
Sam climbed down to accommodate him
when he struck him over the head with
a beer bottle loaded with whiskey, win*!
ning first blood. Not content with that
he attempted to cut his juggler with the
fragment of the bottle he still retained
in his hand,but Sam sidestepped, ducked
and guarded so well that his trampsbip
was unable to accomplish his hellish de
sign, and upon the approaoh of assist
ance to Sam, out and ran leaving the
latter a little scratched as a memento of
his encounter. Morris O’Brien now be
lieves in protection and hereafter the
wanderer in that portion of tne city af
ter dark had better provide himself with
all the pass words unless he desires to
become a receptacle for leaden messen.
gers. _*
The sheep Industry.
The Lynch Sun contains this contri
bution from s Boyd county stockman:
As many of my friends have asked me
recently in regard to the profit in raising
a small number of sheep along with
other stock on the farm, I take this op
portunity of giving to those who may be
interested what little information I am
able to impart.
A few years ago I purchased six ewes
of good strain of Cotswell blood, age
two years. Since that time I have in
creased my herd including all those sold
and those used for mutton, to at least
one hundred and fifty head and realized
on wool about $125. As to the cost
of kecking, it has been so little—com
pared with other stock that I can hardly
make an estimate. I now have seventy
five head of fine well bred ewes, having
doubled my number this year; gradually
improving my little herd by breeding to
a large well blooded Cotswell buck.
This year almost two thirds of my ewes
dropped twins and two old ewes brought
triplets and has raised them, this being
the third year in succession that one of
them has raised three lambs and the sec
ond year the other one has had three
making fifteen lambs in three years from
three ewes. Allow me to say that I am
of the opinion that sheep, at present pri
ces for wool and mutton, will give bet
ter returns than any other stock com
mon to the farm.
Tours in the Rocky Mountains
The “scenic line of the world.” the
Denver & Bio Orande railroad, offers to
tourists in Colorado, Utah and New
Mexico the choicest resorts, and to the
transcontinental traveler the grandest
scenery. Two separate and distinct
routes through the Rooky mountains, all
through tickets available via either.
The direct line to Cripple Creek, the
greatest gold camp on earth. Three
through trains each way with through
Pullman palace and tourist sleeping cars
between Chicago, Denver,San Francisco
and Los Angeles and Denver and Port
land. The best line to Utah, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon and Washington via
the “Ogden Gateway.” Dining car (serv
ice a la carte) on all through trains.
Write S. K. Hooper, Q. P. & T.A., Den
ver, Colorado, for illustrated descriptive
pamphlets.
The Weather.
Following is the official report of rain
fall for O'Neill the past several days:
July 12.07 I July 15. 68
July 13.12 July 16......05
July 14.1.55| ——
Total.2.47
From reports throughout the state it
is learned that the heavy rains of Satur
day night and Sunday were general.
Order some of those nice visiting
cards of The Frontier.
The republican voters of Shields town
ship are called to meet in caucus at vot
ing place in school district 24 on Satur
day, July 28, at 2 p. m., for the purpose
of selecting four delegates to the county
convention, nominate township ticket
and transact such other business as may
come before the meeting.
Call for Caucus.
C. Wettlaufer, Committeeman.
jy The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
M'KINLEI AND
ROOSEVELT CLUB
■
:
The republican voters of O’Neill
and adjoining territory aro hereby
notified of a meeting on next Satur
day evening, July 21, at 8 o’clock,
at the office of R. R. Dickson in this
city, for the purpose of organizing a
McKinley and Roosevelt club.
The campaign has begun. Now
is the time for action. Republicans
are organizing everywhere to spread
the true political gospel of America;
we must not remain inactive in this
spot of populism now ripe for
evangelization. Every republican
who can possibly come should
attend.
Farming in Colorado and New Mexico
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad,
“The scenic line of the world,” has
prepared an illustrated book upon the
above subject, which will be sent free to
farmers desiring to change their loca
tion. This publication gives valuable
information in regard to the agricultural,
horticultural and live stock interests of
this section, and should be in the hands
of every one who desires to become ac
quainted with the methods of farming
by irrigation. Write S. E-Hooper, G.
P. & T. A., Denver, Colo.
Was It a Miracle?
“The marvellous cure of Mrs. Rena
J. Stout of consumption haB created in
tense excitement in Cammack, Ind.”
writes Marion Stuart, a leading druggist
of Muncie, Ind. “She only weighed 90
pounds when her doctor in Yorktown
said she must soon die. Then ahe be
gan to use Dr. Ring's New Discovery
and gained ST pounds in weight and
was completely cured.” It has cured
thousands of hopeless cases, and is pos
itively guaranteed to cure all throat,
chest and lung diseases. 50c and 81.00.
Trial bottle free ta Corrigan’s drug store.
Page Items.
Crops are looking fine. Corn all laid by
Elmer Reed is suffering from a broken
collar bone.
Judge M. P. Klnkaid was a Page visit*
or Monday.
F. M. Pike is in town organizing a ‘ ‘"i
music class.
Miss Dora Hunt is teaching a class in
music at Inman,
A. Riggs is down with typhoid fever
at the home ot Mr. Lewis.
We understand Miss Dora Hunt has
been engaged to teach in the Page i
school. > • -
J. S. Walker, who was sick at th*
hotel, has recovered sufficiently to re* .
turn to his home.
Miss Ruth Page left Monday morning i
for an extended visit with relatives in
Benten Harbor, Mich.
Mrs. J. Clark and daughter Ida de> ; ]
parted Monday for a protracted visit
with friends and relatives at Bath, Me.
Mr. I. Thompson came to town Mon*
day to have Dr. Skelton attend to his
arm which had been crushed in a binder.
McCaffrey Items,
Joe MoCaffrey attended the convention
at Lincoln last week.
Mrs. John Morgan is visiting with
friends at O'Neill this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Davidson and
daughter visited in this valley Sunday.
John Kennedy of Missouri Valley was
a pleasant visitor in this vicinity Mon*
day.
On Friday night of last week two of
Joe McCaffrey’s cattle were struck by'
lightning.
Quite a number of our young people
attended the show at Chambers Wednes
day night.
George Lamberson returned home
last Sunday from Fremont, accompanied
by Walt FiBher and Jack Morer.
After a couple weeks’ visit with Mrs.
Lamberson, Miss Mina Clark returned
home last Monday.
Sheep Fpr Sale.
We have for sale 10,000 yearling" 'Kfto'tjw
10,000 one. two and three year old v
wethers; about 8,000 lambs. Also Ram*
bouilets and Delaine rams, both pure
bred and grades. For full information,
address: J. M. Barto * Hoyt, ;
62-tf Gordon, Neb.
CLEARING SALE
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SUMMER GOODS
20 TO
50
PER
CENT.
DIS
COUNT
DO per cent discount on the balance
of onr ladies’, misses’ and child
ren’s summer jackets.
20 per oent discount on the balance
of our stock of summer dressgoods
—white goods, calicoes and cheap
ginghams excepted.
20 per cent discount on all tailor
made suits.
20 per' cent discount on remainder
of stock of shirt waists.
20 per cent on all dress skirts.
20 per cent on ready made wrappers
worth $1.50 and over.
20 per cent on all children’s dresses
worth over $1.
20 per cent on all parasols worth
over $1.
20 per cent on all men’s, boys’ and
children’s linen suits and coats
and vests, etc.
25 per cent discount on all straw
hats worth 25c or over.
20 per cent on all men’s, boys’, la
dies’, misses’ and children’s tan
shoes.
20 per cent on all ladies’, misses’
and children’s low shoes and ox
fords, not including old ladies’
comfort oxfords.
98c
98c
sale on men’s soft
98o each, worth $1.25
?0.
special
shirts,
to $1.0
special sale of odds and ends
of ladies’ and misses low
shoes, worth up to $2.50 per
pair, 98c to clear them out.
We are making these liberal discounts
to you now just when you need the
goods as we want to dispose of them to
make room for fall goods. Kemember
the hot season is just beginning and vou
have fully three months to get your
money’s worth out of these bargains.