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PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO.
•UBBORIPTION, SI.BO PER ANNUM.
D. H. CRONIN EDITOR AND MANAGER.
VOLUME XXI.
O’NEILL. HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA, AUGUST 2, 1900.
NUMBER 5.
Closing out jewelry at cost—Matheny.
Merriman’s furnish beds as, well #as
meals.
Jake HershiSer was up from Norfolk
C over Sunday.
FOR RENT—The Ogden hotel. See
Landlord Perrin.
^_ Order some of those nice visiting
cards of The Frontier.
Lucile Meredith went to Atkipson
Saturdry last on a visit.
Mrs. R. H. Mills went to Meadow
Grove yesterday on a visit.
Mrs. Samuel Deitrick is visiting rela
tives at Slock Yards, Colo.
*** Visiting cards just like an engraving.
60c for 60 at The Frontier.
Miss Tillie Mullen returned Thursday
last from a visit at Lincoln.
Mrs. M. Eirwin came down from
Chadron Sunday to visit relatives.
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.
Mrs. Burke of Butte, Mont., a sister of
Mrs. John Dwyer, is visiting in the city.
FOR SALE—A good team of heavy
mules. Frank Campbell. O’Neill. 8-3
Mrs. A. O. Perry was down from At
kinson last week visiting Mrs. McCarthy.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Mullen are rejoieing
over the arrival of a son, born last eve^
ing. _
i E. H. Benedict has first-class Building
and Loan stock for sale or can make you
a loan. .__ 46-tf
Miss Marian Mullen came down from
Deadwood yesterday on a visit to her
parents. __
The Dewey hog waterer is the best in
the market, call and see them at
Biglin’s. 43-tf '
Little Andy Potter returned to his
home in Iowa this morning after a visit
the city. _
The Frontier, owing to-a pressure of
work in the job line, is delayed one day
in publication.
Goto Matheny’s with your Jewelry
repair work. Remember that Mr. Ham
lin does the work. 4-4
- If the Atkinion ball team carried a few
more Jacks with them they could prob
ably win more ball games.
The railroad fare from O’iseill to Long
Pine Chautauqua August 2 to 15, will be
one fare for the round trip.
On Monday Couniv Judge Selah issued
marriage license to W. H. Steinbach and
Miss Ada Haner of Atkinson.
Quite a numper of O’Neillites went to
Atkinson Tuesday to see the O’Neill boys
put it all over the Atkinsonites.
Several O’Neill Methodists are ex
pecting to go to Oakdale next Tuesday
to attend the Neligh district camp-meet
'p ing. _
Neil Brennan has the finest line of
stoves ever seen in this section of the
country. Call and see him before you
f£i purcb-.se. _ -• 23-tf
Miss Maude Gillespie and Miss Bertha
Fawkes went down to Belden Saturday
and will visit the parents of the latter
-' for a month.
PLENTY OF TIME
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fl ' It’s only August first and you
' will have lots of time to get the
use of a light weight jaohet, sum
mer shirt, shirtwaist or parasol. Re
fjjjj" member jackets are selling at half
price. Nice, stylish garments at
$2.25, $2.38, $2.50, $2.88 and up
to $4.25 each. At these prices it
don’t pay to be without them these
eool evenings.
CRASH SUITS AND UNLINED
SERGE SUITS FOR THE MEN
—fine for the hot time you have
before you, and so cheap—$2.40
for a whole suit that was $3.50 in
the early part of the season.
Straw hats are cheap also.
5-2 , J. P. MANN.
Bliss Jean Reid, who was in the city
last week visiting Mrs. £. M, Whitfield
returned to her home at Sioux City
Tuesday morning.
Miss Weidner, who has been in the
city the past month visiting Mrs. E. J.
Mack, returned to her home at Corning,
Iowa, last Monday.
Miss Maude Hamilton eame down
from Stuart Sunday morning, visiting
in O’Neill until Thursday, when she de
parted for Lincoln.
Silas Rohr, of Dustin, N. J. Finwell,
of Ewing and David Qoree, of Inman,
were new names added to The Frontier
subscription list the past week.
During the month of August I will
give free with each dozen of cabinet pho
tos at $2.50 per dozen, one life-size
portrait. 4-4 A. D. Matheny.
1 have 900 Backs or good flour that I
would like to trade for money. Also
what is owing me I need now as I want
to pay my own bills.—Con Keys. 4-2
Miss Lydia Nichols, assistant in A. B.
Newell’s real estate office, returned
| Friday last from her home at Pittsburg,
Kan., where she went some weeks ago
on a viBit. _
A company of O’Neill people loaded
its wheeled conveyances and went over
to the Niobrara river to enjoy a couple
I weeks' outing at Back Berry’s famous
summer resort.
Grand Master O. O. Snyder, of the I.
O. O. F., of Nebraska, went up to Cody,
'Neb., last week where on Monday even
ing he instituted a new lodge, returning
home Tuesday morning.
The Frontier learns that William Nol
kamper of Turner has torn down
his flouring mill and is now excavating
ground preparatory to the erection of a
new mill, which will be on a much larger
and more improved scale than the old
one.
We are requested to announce that the
Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist church will
give asocial at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. Kline on next Wednesday evening,
August 8. Ice cream, cake and coffee
will be served. The proceeds are for the
benefit of the church.
Ernest Adams returned from Boyd
county the first of the week. Be says
northern HolMhrough which he passed,
as well as Boyd county, will have an
immense crop yield this year, venturing
to say that places in this county will
produce sixty pushels of corn to the
acre.
Miss Eva Burke, who has made her
home in O’Neill for several years, de
parted this morning for Colorado
Springs, where she expects to remain
permanently and will fill the position of
bookkeeper for a firm in that city. Miss
Burke has taught in the first primary ;
department of our schools for the past
two years and gave universal satisfac
tion. She was not an applicant for the
position- this year. While in O’Neill
Miss Burke has made many warm friends
who regret to see her leave, but wish
her success in her new home.
Independent: Federal officeholders,
and others who would like to be, held a
meeting at R. R. Dickson's office Mon
day night and organized a piebiter’s
union under the name of McKinley and
Roosevelt club, of O’Neill. R- R. Dick
son was made president, J. J. King, vice
president, Clvde King, secretary and
James Stout, treasurer. Headquarters
will be established in the basement un
der the land office whence to get them
into debate on imperialism the populists
will no doubt be forced to give a politi
cal demonstration of a grayhound pull
ing a badger from its hole.
The above is not reproduced for any
literary merit it contains, nor for an
item of news. Il is neither. It is sim
ply a grand picture of populist passion,
prejudice, dishonor and hate. The In
dependent is void of the least sense of
political or social etiquette.
Waterloo Gazette: The editor returned
Tuesday evening from a short visit at
his former home in O’Neill. He found
crop conditions good the entire length
of the Elkhorn Valley, with the excep
tion of a Uttle shortage in small grain in
parts of Antelope and Holt counties, a
lack of rain at the critioal time preven
ting a full crop. Nowhere was there
anything bordering on a complete fail
ure, however, and everybody and every*
thing are in a prosperous condition.
Hay and cattle are the principal indus
tries of Holt county and they are both
in a most flourishing condition. The
man in that county who hasn’t a bunch
of cattle, whether on a farm or not, is
not strictly in it, practically no one in
business or out, but depends in a large
measuae upon the cattle industry of
that county for a livelihood. Farming
is carried on to a more or less extent,
but is secondary to the stock-raising in
dustry. Having found out for what
that country is best adapted and having
followed up the “lead," exerybody is
prosperous to a degree not attained in
the earlier history of the connty.
Mr. J. G. Trauerman arrived here last
Thursday on his return from
Bciio Fouche, South Dakota,
where he purchased 500 yearling steers
of extra good quality to arrive at O’Neill
between the 15th and 80th of August, to
go on Trauerman & Wade’s ranch 10
miles southwest of O’Neill aud if said
cattle are as guaranteed, they have con
tracted for 500 head more to be delivered
on their ranch at O’Neill in September.
Although Trauerman and Wade’s first
year's experience has not been very
profitable, they are here to stay and
willing to try the futare as there is no
question in their mind that there are
great prospects for making money in
this section of the country where land is
so cheap and feed in such great sbund*
ance. __
It is the desire of several patties to
organize in this northern country a
poultry and pet-show, and for that pur
pose two meetings have been held, and
a third is to be held at Atkinson on
Wednesday, August 8, at 10 a. m., for
the purpose of completing the organiza
tion, and every one in *11011, Rock,
Boyd, Cherry and Brown oounties inter*
ested in standard bred poultry and pet
stock of all kinds, are cordially invited
to be present or write their views to L.
J. C. Richard, Stuart, as to any subject
which may oocur to them. Your pres
ence is preferred. The place of hold
ing the first show will be seleoted at
that time. The time of holding it has
been fixed about December 27 to 29.
Matters of importance will come up. i
Membership fee until that time will be
50 cents. By order of committee.
Complaint was filed in county court
this morning against William Robinson
and John Doe, real name unknown, by
County Attorney McCutcheon. The
men are charged with breaking the state
flame law. Sheriff Stewart went after
the parties today to bring them into
court. They live out in the vicinity of
Chambers. The arrest is the result of
some investigative work done by C. H.
Curtis, an agent employed by the Omaha
Gun Club to hunt out offenders of the
game law and prosecute them. It seems
that Mr. Robinson has been snipping
chickens for the last two or three weeks
to the Sioux City market. It is alpo
stated that A. H. Blinco, brakeman on
the Short Line, is implicated with him
to the extent of carrying the chickens to
Sioux City, though Mr. Blinco is not In
cluded in the action before the court.
Yesterday, at the instance otfilr. Curtis,
a telescope saohel containing sixty
chickens whioh Robinson was sending
to Sioux City was seized by County
Attorney McCutcheon.
Things in the realm of base ball have
been up to the customary activity the
past week. Two games were played
Sunday, the masons against the carpen
ters, and the first and second O’Neill
teams engaged in a game. These were
of minor importance. A warmly con
tested and interesting game occurred on
Saturday at Coyne’s school house in
Shields township between Knoxville and
the Peelers. Seven innings closed with
only one score made. After this
scores began to come in and at the con
clusion of the ninth Inning the score
stood five to two in favor of Knoxville.
The game, however, in which O’Neill
was most interested occurred Tuesday
when O’Neill and Atkinson met in dead
ly combat on the latter’s grounds. The
O’Neill boys were still smarting under
the defeat administered by Atkinson last
week and went into the game with a de- •
termination to win back lost laurels.
They did it by a score of eight to four.
Unlike the affair here last week, no strife
was engendered over the umpire, Mike
McCarthy of O’Neill, who gave univer
sal satisfaction.
The Butler disbarment case occupied
the attention of the district court Thurs
day and Fribay last, both judges, West
ober and Barrington, presiding. Several
sheriffs from different counties were in
attendance as witnesses and testified
that their returns are not now in the
condition they were when they
(the summonses) left their hands.
Supervisors Bethea and Fritchoff, the
special committee of the board appoint
ed some months ago to check np Mr.
Butler were present as witnesses for the
prosecution, but on aoconnt of a legal
technicality were not allowed to testify
and this probably saved Mr. Butler’s
scalp. These gentlemen, had they been
allowed to testify, would have sworn
that they took one of the raised docu
ments to Butler and asked him how it
come to be raised and Butler said he did
it beoause he had to pay the sheriff that
much more. Mr. Bethea informed us
that they took only one of the docu
ments to Mr. Butler and that he did not
notice which one it was and could not
swear to the exact case in which the
admission was made and for that reason
were not allowed to testify. The case
was dismissed Friday evening and costs
taxed to plaintiff, The Frontier will
h&ye more to say about this case later.
REPUBLICANS MEET
IN CO. CONVENTION
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A well represented convention of Holt
county republican was held at the court
house in this city on Monday. Chair
man of the Central Committee Sturde
vant called the convention to order at
11 a.tm, and the call was read by Secre
tary Allen.
Silas Rohr of Dustin was placed in
nomination for temporary chairman and
was elected by acclamation. Romaine
Saunders was elected secretary. By
vote of convention Chairman Rohr was
instructed to appoint a committee of
three on credentials. J. L. McDonald
of Atkinson, O. W. Moss of Amelia and
A. C. Powell of Stnart composed the
committee. The temporary organiza
tion was made permant and business
proceeded. The various other oommit
tees were:
Resolutions—Frank Phillip a of Star,
J. A. Rice of Stuart, D. H. Cronin of
O’Neill and H. A. Allen of Atkinson.
Order of business—R. R. Dickson of
O’Neill, E. 'S. Oillmore of Ewing and
i Jacob Kraft of Stuart.
Adjournment was then taken till 1
o’clock.
The first thing after dinner was the
reading of reports by the committees.
All but three or four townships were
represented among the stack of creden
tials and one or two townships came in
after the committee reported. Chairman
Phillips of the committee on resolutions
reported the following, which was
adopted:
We, the republicans of Holt county,
Nebraska, in convention assembled do
hereby declare our faith renewed in
republican principles. We endorse the
platform as laid down at the national
republican convention at Philadelphia
on June 19. We cheerfully and hearti
ly endorse the wise, patriotic and busi
ness-like administration of President
McKinley and pledge him our united
support.
We denounce the pratice of controling
state and county offloes by the pool
system.
We call the attention of the people to
the failure of fulfillment of the prophe
sies iterated and reiterated by the so
called great leader of the fusion forces,
and we further call their attention to the
fulfillment of the promises and pledges
made bv tu'e republican party:*
We unqualifiedly endorse the candid
acy of Hon. M. P. Kinkaid for congress
man from this district and pledge him
ernest support.
The nomination of two representa
tives was then taken up. Thomas Sim
inson of Shields was placed in nomina
tion and the convention ratified the nom
ination by acclamation. The selection
of the next candidate took a little more
time as two candidates, J. H. Meredith
of O’Neill and E. S. Gillmore of Ewing,
became prominent, while the third, 0.
W. Moss of Amelia, declined to have
his name used as a candidate. The sec
retary was instructed to call the roll of
townships on the vote. Mr. Gillmore
lead from the start and it was moved
that reading of roll be suspended and
Mr. Gillmore be declared the nominee.
The motion carried.
A committee of three, B. E. Sturde
vant, Frank Phillips and Ed Harding,
to make up list of eleven delegates to
the senatorial convention, was ap
pointed. The following is the
delegation as made up by the
committee and accepted by the conven
tion:
C. W. Mosb, A. 0. Powell, Harry
Ferguson, W. F. Olevish, 8. W. Green,
E. E. Bowden, D. H. Cronin, Frank
Phillips, J. B. Jack, B. E. Sturdevant
and John Skinring.
JL. C. Chapman of Atkinson was nom
inated by acclamation for county at
torney.
Some warmth .was worked up over
the selection of chairman of the county
central committee. Dr. McDonald of
Atkinson plaoed in nomination Mr.
Dickson of O’Neill and Mr. Allen nom
inated O. O. Snyder, also of O’Neill.
Some discussion ensued over the two
candidates and a roll of townships being
called, Mr. Dickson was elected. It is
only fair, however, to say that Mr.
Snyder was not in the city and was not
a candidate for the position.
C. L. Bright was elected secretary of
the committee.
The committeemen for the various
township are:
Atkinson, Dr, McDonald.
Chambers, W. S. Grimes.
Cleveland, John Hort.
Conley, August Schrier.
Deloit, M. Davis.
Dustin, Elias Rohr.
Emmet, J. B. Marring.
Ewing, S. W. Green.
Fairview, Jesse Roy.
Grattan, I. R. Smith.
Green Valley, C, Mogle.
Inman, Sam Davis.
Iowa, George Cherry.
Lake, John Otter.
Paddock, R. E. Bowden.
Pleasantview, George Ramer,
Rock Falls, W. F. Clevish.
Sand Creek, L. Loggerwell.
8cott, Peter Just. ' ^
Sheridan, T. A. Phillips. -
Shields, C. Whetlaufer.
Steel Creek, C. L. McElhanye
Stuart, E. Opp. '
Swan, N. C. Johnson.
Verdigris, D. C. Harrison.
Willowdale, A. A. Swison.
Wyoming, R. Root. 1 r
O’Neill—1st w., R. H. Jenness; 3d w.,
C. N. Cole; 3d w., E. W. Stansberry.
Francis, McClure and Shamrock were
not represented, hence no committee*
men selected from these townships.
Judge Kinkaid being present, he was
invited to address the convention and
did so in a brief speech that brought
ringing acolaim from the audience. It
was an impromptu address but had all
the rich embelishments and clearness of
idea of a studied speech. The judge
called attention to the phenominal de
velopment of the eouutry in the last
four years and how the republican party
had redeemed every pledge made.
The Frontier doesn’t believe in ex
travagent statements, but to speak con
servatively it can say that the almost
orowded court-room was—barring a few
fusion visitors—a unit for the success of
the republican candidates from county
attorney to president.
Republican Primaries.
The republican electors of the First
ward of O’Neill are hereby notified that
a caucus will be held in £. H. Benedict’s
office on Friday evening, August 3, at 8
o’clock for the purpose of electing four
delegates to tho supervisor convention
to be held in O'Neill, on Saturday,
August 4, 1900.
R. H. Jenness, Committeeman.
The republican electors of Third ward
of O’Neill are hereby notified that a cau
cus will be held at Emil Sniggs’ carriage
office on Friday evening, August 3,1900,
at 8 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of
electing five delegates to attend the re
publican supervisor convention to be
held in O’Neill on August 4, 1900.
E.W. Stansberry, committeeman.
The republican electors of the seoond
ward of,O’Neill are hereby notified that
h caucus will be held at the fiotel Evans
on Friday, August 3, 1900, at 8 o’cloek
p. m. for the purpose of electing three
delegates to attend the republican super
visor convention to be held in O,Neill
on August 4, 1900,
C. N. Cole, Committeeman.
The republican electors of Grattan
township are called to meet in caucus in
the court-house in O’Neill on August 4,
1900, at 10:30 o’clock for the purpose of
selecting four delegates to attend the
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REMOVAL
& SALE ^
As I need more space for my fall
stock I have decided to move my cloth
ing up stairs, which will give me 400
feet of floor space, well lighted for the
trade. I intend to give my trade the
best selection this fall ever shown in
O’Neill, so until August 15 I will give
25 per cent discount on ladies’, misses’
and children’s Oxfords, ladies’ duck
skirts, fancy underskirts, light weight
jackets and capes. Men’s, boys’ and
children’s clothing 10 per cent off.
Straw hats and wool crushers at half
price. Also small assortment of ladies’
button shoes at half price. This sale
will last until August 15, when I will
open up a new department with the
largest and best assorted stock on the
F. E. from Fremont to Deadwood.
Thanking the trade for past favors I
solicit your future patronage.
P. J. McMANUS
republican supervisor convention to be
held in O’Neill on August 4,1000.
I. R. Smith, committeemen. ' /
A Summer Trip.
The trip to Belt Lake City by way of
the Rio Qrande Western railway in con* 4 v
nection with the Denver A Rio Qrande t ■ f
or Colorado Midland roads is the grand*
est in America. No European railroad
of equal length can oompare with it in
grandeur of scenery or wealth of novel
interest. Then Salt Lake City itself is a
most quaint and picturesque place and
well worth the journey to see. Its Mor
mon temple, tabernaele, tithing office
and ohnrch institutions; its hot and
warm sulphur springs within the city
limits; its delightfully temperate sunny
olimate and its Great Salt Lake—deader
and denser than the Dead Sea in Pales
tine—are but a few features of Salt Lake
City's countless attractions. There are
parks, drives, canyons, and beautiful
outlying mountain and lake resorts. Im
agine, if you can, a bath in salt water a ||
mils above sea level and In water in
which the human body cannot sink. In*
quire of your nearest ticket agsnt for
low tourist rate to Salt Lake City or
write for information and copy of "Salt
Lake City—the city of the saints" to E.
Copland,general agent, 215 Dearborn st.
Chicago, or George W. Heintz, general
passenger agent. Salt Lake City.
Prevented A Tragedy.
Timely information given Mrs.
George Long, of New Straitsvllle, Ohio,
saved two lives.. A frightgul oough had
long kept her awake every night. She
had tried many remedies and doctors but
steadily grew worse until urged to try
Dr. King’s New Discovery. One bottle
wholly cured her; and she writes, this
marvelous medicine also cured Mr. Long
of severe attak of pneumonaa. Such
cures are positive proof of its power to
cure ail throat, chest and lung troubles.
Only 60c and II. Guaranteed. Trial
bottles free at Corrigan’s drug store.
Sheep For Sale.
We have for sale 10,000 yearling ewes
10,000 one, two and three year old
wethers; about 8,000 lambs. Also Ram*
bouilets and Delaine rams, both pure
bred and grades. For full information,
address: J. M. Barto & Hoyt,
68-tf Gordon, Neb.
Files are not only in, and of' them*
selves very painful and annoying, but
often greatly aggrayate and even cause -
other grave and painful affections, and
should, therefore, not be neglected.
Tabler’s Buckeye pile ointment is great
boon to sufferer^ as it will cure them.
Price, 50 cents ifu bottles. Tubes, 75o.—<>
Qorrigan.