PUBLISHED BY THE FRONTIER PRINTING CO. SUBSCRIPTION. SI.SO PER ANNUM. D. H. CRONIN EDITOR AND MANAGER. VOLUME XXI. O'NEILL, HOLT COUNTY. NEBRASKA, AUGUST 23, 1900 NUMBER 8. Judge J. J. Harrington has typhoid fever. Aching teeth filled or extracted with* outpain, by Dr. Corbett, 23rd to 30th. A soft answer turneth away wrath, but no answer at all make ’em still wrathier. E. H. Benedict has flrst'Class Building and Loan stock for sale or can make you a loan. _ 46-tf The Dewey hog waterer is the best in the market, call and see them at Biglin’s. _ 43-tf 8. Saberson of Allen, member of the firm of O. O. 8nyder A Co., waB in the city yesterday. E. B. Sharp was a caller today and adAed his name to our large list q( readers at Page. Mrs. J. F. Pfunder and daughter, of Norfolk, were in the city the first of the week visiting friends. O’Neill is decorated with school teachers and the bloods of the eity are wearing their best smiles. S. .J. Weekes returned this morning from Hot Springs, 8. D., where he had enjoyed a weeks’ outing. The Frontier is asked to announce that on Saturday and Sunday O’Neill and Creighton will play ball here. The shirt waist man has not yet reached O’Neill. Wonder what has be come of O'Neill's leaders of fashion! Mrs. Belle Ryan arrived in the city from Omaha last Sunday evening and will visit relatives here for a short time. Jk Mr. and Mrs. .T.V. Stout returned Tues day morning from Hot Springs, S. D., where they had anjoyed a two weeks’ onting. _ Patrick Morrison, who came up from South Omaha to'attend the wedding of his brother, returned home Tuesday morning. _ and Mrs. Edith Hall, daughter of Mr. C. E. Hall, is very sick. A consultation of doctors was held at her bedside Thursday evening. The passion play for second time at Atkinson at 8 o’clock p. m. with im proved instruments and vitescope and additional pictures. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give an ice cream social at the Sullivan grove west of their church next Wednesday evening. Mrs. J. B. Mellor left Tuesday morn ing fnr Colorado Springs, Colo., where she will enjoy the mountain air and visit her sisters for a few weeks. P. J. McManus left for Chicago last Sunday morning to purchase his fall and winter stock. He will have something to say to Frontier readers upon bis re turn. __ Rev. Father Muenich will give the lecture in connection with Original Oberammergau Passion Play next Sun day at St. Joseph’s church, Atkinson, at 8 p. m. _ This is the last opportunity to see the original Oberammergau Passion Play in stereoptican and vitescope moving pictures. Given at Atkinson, Sunday, August 26, at 8 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. John Skirving will leave next Saturday for Chicago to attend the national encampment of the Grand Army, Mr. Skirving being one of the delegates from Nebraska. Triple Knee. , "LeatherStocking"* fVEHOSHA*^ Make fclackfaf j .Brand*, Do you know mo? If not, you don’t know what you are missing. I represent the best brand of stock ings ever made for boys and girls. They wear longer and don’t cost any more than the other kinds. Come and see me at J. P. MANN’S next week. The Black Cat A building for cold storage purposes is being erected where the old creamery stood near the F. E. depot. It is to be used by a new comer for chickens and game which he expects to buy here. The ladies of the Methodist church will serve dinner and supper. Saturday, August 25, in the ladies’ dining hall in the basement of the Elkhorn Valley bank. Square meal for 25 cents. Every* body welcome. Mrs. John Coffey and daughter, Miss Anna, returned from a protracted visit with relatives at Clinton, Iowa, last Friday ntght. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Patrick Coffey who will visit here for a few weeks. -- A. B. Newell departed Monday over the Gr4at Northern for a trip through Montana, Oregon and Washington. Mr. Newell haB some land in Washington which he goes to look after. He ex pects to be away about four weeks. The writer returned last Saturday evening from a two weeks’ trip in the mountains of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. Next week we will endeavor to give our readers an extended account of our trip and the impressions gathered by the way. _ Mrs. Jerry Kelley died at her heme northeast of this city on Tuesday after i an illness of six monihs of liver com plaint. The remains were interred in the Catholic cemetary today, the funeral being one of the largest ever held in this city. Obituary next week. O’Neill, Aug. 20.—Advertised letters: Maud Gillespie, William Richards, O. J. Lorian, T. O. Carlisle, Herman Lier mann, E. Humpball, J. S. Cameron, C. Riffle. Id calling for these say “adver tised.” If not called for in two weeks will be sent to dead letter office.—D. H. Cronin, postmaster. Work on the convent is progressing rapidly. The brick layers expect to finish up this week. A tinner from Omaha is here putting on the cornice and as soon as the rafters are placed the work of putting on the slate roof will commence. It is expected that two of the school rooms ready for oc cupancy not later than September 10. The youths of O’Neill are nothing if not ingenious. Yesterday they organ ized a circus, gave a street parade and loudly proclaimed from the head ot the procession that it only took the enor mous sum of one cent to secure admit tance to the big show. It was an amus ing spectacle, but no doubt the boys thoroughly enjoyed it. R. J. Dwyer arrived in the city last Friday night for a short visit with his family and relatives here. He expects to return to his home in Hutte, Mont., this week, but Mrs. Dwyer, who has been here a couple of months, will re main until about October 1. Dick has a good position as head bookkeeper in one of the largest mercantile establishments in Butte and looks hale and prosperous. The Independent, which double leads a couple columns a week to The Fron tier with Frontier leads and never has a news item, slopped over its chases last week with a half column trying to make a white mouse look like a black elphant. The Frontier is duly grateful that the Independent produced the par agraph from this department at the head of its singular comment. — The townships of Atkinson and Chambers voted on issuing bonds for the new railroad last Saturday. The prop osition was lost in Atkinson by a big majority, and although carried on the face of the returns in Chambers it in reality was lost there also. O’Neill, of coarse, is blamed for the whole thing, but bless their dear hearts O’Neill oared not if they voted bonds or no. It cost us no trouble nor money. me uoii county leacuers institute convened Monday. The enrollment up to today is 106. The educational work ers express themselves as highly grati fied with the work thus far and speak in the highest terms of the instruction given by the various instructors. Last evening Prosessor Owens, superintend ent of the O’Neill schools, gave a lecture on philosophy. Next week Chancellot Andrews writes that he will be here for an evening lecture. The populists had quite a contest in the Grattan township caucus last Satur day. The contention was over the candidacy for supervisor. 'There were two candidates, John Coffey from the west end and John P. Sullivan from the east end of the township. Sullivan won out on the delegation and it is under stood that he will be nominated and contest for the election with the repub lican nominee, R. J. Marsh, although it would not surprise the wiseacres to see him turned down and a dark horse nominated. But it is immaterial who they select as Mr. Marsh is sure to be elected. On Wednesday evening, August 29, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Sherry’s peerless musicians, vooalists and dancers will appear at the opera-house in a program of exceptional interest, consisting of the latest and most popular selections an the banjo, mandolin and guitar. Prof. Sherry was two years instructor of string music at the Colorado State Uni versity and as a soloist has no superior and but few equals in America. All lovers of string music should not fail to hear him. Beautiful ballads, latest ooon I songs, artistio songs and dances, Irish reels, etc., dancing and playing upon the banjo at the same time. Everything re fined, artistio, instructive and strictly up to date, Admission 15, 25 and 85 cents. Reserved 3eats at usual place. A good sized adudience greeted Oharles Peterson’s Concert company at the opera-house Tuesday evening. Their program consisted of violin, piano and vocal music and each number was roundly cheered, and the performers more than once responded to encores. Mr. Albert handles the violin charming ly and his O’Neill audience was much pleased with his playing. The soprano, Mrs. Wagner-Thomas, is not a stanger here. She was formerly a resident of this city, her husband being connected with the State bank. Her singing vyas highly pleasing as was shown by the many times she was recalled to the stage. A piano selection by Miss NellieHagerty of this city was one of the pleasing features of program. Walter and Willie Laviollette of this city also played in a yiolin trio with Mr. Albert. The Independent a couple of weeks ago made the announcement that Patrick Oagahan had been selected as one of the vice presidents of the Holt County Bryan Veteran club. About the same time a message was sent to the Omaha World-Herald announcing that Mr. Oagahan was among the life-long repub licans of this community who had de serted the republican party and joined the Bryanites. Mr. Oagahan requests ns to denounce the story as false and says he is a stronger republican today than ever before and a loyal supporter of his old comrade-in-arniB,PresidentMcKinley, and the hero of San Jaun, gallant, dash ing, fearless Teddy RooseveK. Stories of this kind are manufactured in all parts of the state by the Bryanites and scattered broadcast, the evident intent being to deceive and to lead voters to believe that many are deserting the party of progress and prosperity and affiliating with the democrats, the party of anti progress, anti-freedom—as the • recent election in South Carolina will testify— anti-American and anti everything but the offices. But it will not work. Bryanism and all that it signifies will be buried so deep next November that not even the scorching rays of a mid summer sun can resurrect it. The Neligh Advocate has undertaken to set the world right as to the people of O’Neill and said last week that it “is in receipt of many compliments from At kinson xegarding the stand it has taken on the O’Neill game law viola tion.” Now everybody knows Atkinson would forego the opportunity of a new railroad in order to talk mean about O’Neill and it is not surprising that she has gone to Neligh with a gossip ping tongue. She has evidently found an attentive ear down there. Again the Advocate says: "We are glad to know that there are some in Holt county who are not in sympathy with the spirit that prevades at O’Neill.” The esteemed Ad vocate simply don’t know what it is talking about. In the firBt place there has been but one man arrested for shooting chickens; he was not an O’Neill man by about twenty-five miles, and no evidence could be produced against him. Further there has been no wholesale arrests of law breakers nor no orpnpritl nnrininiF rtf mp.n trt nprann thfi prairie chicken such as the Advocate is trying to impress upon its readers. But to say that there are no chickens killed before September 1 here or at Atkinson or Neligh is folly. But The Frontier brands as a lie the Atkinson Neligh concoction that O’Neill people are a set of lawbreakers. The trouble of this whole fool business is the changing of the game limit to September 1. It is merely for the benefit of eastern Nebras ka and Iowa hunters, who keep their emissaries out in the chicken districts during the “ripening” season to keep the people who live there from doing any shooting, and the moment the law expires these hunters are on the grounds and kill chickenB by the hundreds to ship to Omaha and Sioux City. In justice to the people whose grain fields fatten the chickens the law expiring August 15 should be restored. The soothing and healing properties of Chamberlain’s cough remedy, its pleasant taste, and permanent cures, have made it a great favorite with the people everywhere. For sale by Corri gan. Dies of Typhoid. HARDING—Susie C., wife of L. E. Harding, died August 20,1900, of ty phoid fever, at her home 12 miles north of O’Neill, age 23 years. Mrs. Harding bad been ill for about three weeks, and was constantly under the care of a doctor and an experienced nurse. She was believed to be beyond recovery some days before death came, but again revived and fears were dispell* ed. A short time before her death a sudden change for the worse came and death shortly followed. Susie C. Hamilton was born in Mil waukee, Wis., June 20, 1872, and came to Albion, Neb., with her parents at the age of ten years. In 1890 she was mar ried to L. E. Harding, who, with five chiidern, eldest nine years and youngest nine months, survives her. Mrs. Hard ing was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hamilton, her father being county judge of Boone county and her mother being dead. The funeral wee held Tuesday at the Presbyterian church in this oity, con ducted by Rev. Beckes. Deceased was a member of the Congregational church. Mr. Hamilton of Albion, father of de ceased, and J. £. Harding of Moville, To., brother of L. E. Harding, were in attendance at the funeral. The bereaved husband and motherless children have lost a maternal gem from their home, but in the darkest hour of human sorrow there is still a sweet con solation in the One who binds up the broken hearts and speaks the living words, "I am the ressurection and the life.” _ Note of Thanks—Words are bnt feeble agentB to express the feelings of gratitude of those who are lead down into the dark shadows when friends administer with tender sympathies and untiring hands- My neighbors and friends have been more than kind; they have devot edly helped me. I thank you all.—L. E. Harding. Finnigan Works Them. Bassett Eagle: A young man by ths name of Dan Finnigan, hailing from the vicinity of O’Neill and bearing the ap pearance of an ordinary laboring man spent a few days in Bassett last week working (?) on the railroad with section foreman Chris Grebe. He oarelessly hinted that he could run a little, and as Bassett, like many othern western towns, has in her midst young atheletes who make some pretensions in this line, it did not take long to arrange the prelimi naries for a race. The money was pat up and the race came off last Saturday. The betting was not very heavy as our sporting fraternity were a little sus picious of the Btranger, although his ap pearance would not indicate much speed but when he stripped down to a neat running suit all who had money on the local Bprinter would have been glad for an opportunity to hedge. The distance run was seventy-five yards, and the pro fessional (which he proved to be) won the race by about a foot. The race was close enough to make it interesting, but it is the opinion of some of our sports men that the stranger could easily have beaten Mac several. Appeal to the Gentler Sex. (W. J. Lampton in Philadelphia North American. Called for by the prevailing manner of carrying their skirts while walking.) UU, WUlIiCU, In our hours of ease. Uncertain, coy And hard to please, Why do you Bold your dresses so, , When on the streets You’re pleased to go? Say, ladies, Aie yo quite aware The way you hold them Makes folks stare And wonder Not a little bit, If they are made So tight to fll ? Or are you To their snugness blind, Because you cannot See behind, To learn why people Grin and.pause? Or do you Do it “just because?” If you are Thin it’s not so bad, When you are somew&ot Thickly clad; But if you Have a figure—why, W ords fail to tell What meets the eye. Dear woman, Whosoe’re it be That makes the visions Which we see, Correct it. Please, this very day, And hold your skirts Some other way. An old Instructor of th e late Admi ral Philip says that, although he was a conscientious boy at tlve Naval Acad emy, he was not a forward student, and generally barely managed to pass his examination. OHM JIN IS Ml DEI Early arrivers up town this (Thurs day) morning saw a ghastly sight at Undertaker Biglin’s establishment. A man with his clothing on lay stretohed out on a board dead. The blackened face, slightly open eyes and mouth, drops of moisture on the skin and hands tied with a chord across the breat, formed a sinister object around which a crowd of men assembled in quiring for particulars. The dead man was brought in from Inman early this morning. He is un known. Yesterday evening he landed in Inman on a stook train. He bought a ticket there for O’Neill, evidently in tending to go out on the night passenger. He sat down upon the depot platform and shortly it was observed that the man had fallen over dead. Coronor Kline was summoned from O’Neill and an inquest held. The verdict was heait disease. A little incident occurred which caused some suspicion of suicide. The stranger was sitting near the station pump and when someone came for a drink he remarked that they better wash the cup as he had taken medicine from it. The dead bod) is in the charge of Mr. Biglin, who is endeavoring to learn something to Identify it. There was nothing abont the clothing to disclose his name and the only things found about his person were 25 cents, the ra