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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1900)
I ..H<DLs>IDAY gifts.. ON NEW YEARS DAY S3BEES8BB Five Elegant Presents to be Given to my Customers on abo e date. One mens’ suit - - $20 One ladies’ cloak - - 20 One ladies’ fur set - 20 500 lbs. flour - 10 Fancy lamp - - - 15 SaVe your Cash Tickets ai)d Preset)! theiji at the desk. Jp: J: MgMANOS gigj3jgjglg[2lgJ3l3EM3M3I311SIS13I3JBMSiDiX®lSJS13M3®SS[i3ISMSISn3MI3ESMi THE PEOPLES NATIONAL FAMILY NEWSPAPER NEW YORK TRI-WEEKLY , ; TRIBUNE. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday, is in reality a fine, fresh, every other-day daily, giving the latest news on days of issue, and covering news of the other three. It contains all import ant foreign cable news which appears in the Daily Tribune of same date; also domestic and foreign correspondence, shot stories, halftone illustrations, hum orous items, industrial information, fashion notes, agricultural matters and comprehensive, reliable financial and market reports. Regular subscription price $1 30. With ^’he Frontier, both papers, $2.25. NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Published on Thursday and known for nearlv 8ixty years in every part of ike United States as a national family newspaper of the highest class for farm ers and villagers. It contains all the most important general news of the Daily Tribune up to the hour of going 10 press, an agricultural department of the highest order, has entertaining read ing for every member of the family. Market reports which are accepted as authority by farmers and country mer chants, and is clean, up to date, inter esting and instructive. Kegular sub scription price $1; with The Frontier, both papers, $1.75. Send all orders to The Frontier, O’Neill. IO WEEKS trial subscript’ll |Qc * THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER It contains a number of special articles each week by the most compe tent specialists in every branch of agriculture; departments devoted to live stock, crops, the dairy, poulty yard, the orchard and garpen, farm machinery, veterinary topics, irrigation and the markets. The farmer’s wife, too, has her share of space, with recipes and sug gestions on cookery, dressmaking, fancy work, care of flewers and matters particularly pleasing to her, while the children have a department edited for them exclusively. Four or live pages are devoted to a complete review of the news of the week, covering happenings at home and abroad, and news in particular interesting to the great farming west. Then, too, are the stories, choice poetry and humor and all the good things that one likes to read after the lamps are lighted and the day’s work is done. An ideal Agricultural ) and Family Weekly j per year. CUT THIS OUT AND SENDIT WITH A DIME OR FIVE 2-CCNT STAMPS TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER, 2297 FARNMAN STREET. OMAHA. Chicago Lumber Yard Headquarters for . . . LUMBER and COAL ( O’Neill Yarda-f Page, / Ailed. 0.0. SNYDER & GO, 10 PER GENT OFF We will not give pianos, horses, cows nor lamps away, but we will give 10, per cent, off on overshoes, shoes, flelt boots, caps, etc.; 5 per cent, off on groceries until January 1. Call and get bargains. JOHN J. HARRINGTON. > Lumber wagon for sale cheap. O. F. Biglin. 23-3 Supervisor-elect Kramer was down from Stuart Tuesday. Unless a cold wave strikes us, this spell of weather is liable to last. Our albums are the finest the market can furnish — Corrigan. Mr. and Mrs. It. It. Dickson were passengers for Omaha Sunday. Two hundred bead of yearling steers wanted. Write Anton Tunberg, Hoop er, Neb. 25 3 W. H. Blackmer and Dr. McDonald of Atkinson were in the city the first of the week. William Dreher of Spencher shipped a car load of turkeys from O’Neill to Chicago Friday. Postmaster McEihaney of Dorsey was a caller Tuesday and deposited a number of coins with this department. Smith Merril was at Atkinson Sunday visiting an old friend, Mr. Towers, who is languishing on a bed of sickness. Come in and examine our stock of books, toys, toilet cases, Christmas cards, work boxes, etc.—P. C. Coirigan. J. H. Peeler, who until recently has been in charge of the Caldwell sheep ranch has brought the ward hardware store. Charley Wreed was in from the Red bird country Tuesday and had bills printed for a tnrkey shoot at his place the 24th. Arthur Barrett was passing around the cigars Tuesday in honor of n young daughter which arrived at his home Monday night. Want best offer on the S4 18-27-11, Holt county, Neb. Address owner, Lyman Waterman, 609 Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. 24-2 James Erly informs us we were mis taken last week in the item about him selling cattle. It was simple a case of misinformation. The county board is in session this week approving official bonds and clean ing up business generally for the new officers next January. Fred Gatz is making preparation* to repaii the dam in the Elkhorn where he takes out ice so that he will be in read iness at the first cold spell to fill his ice houses. A meeting of the Pleasant Valley Cemetery association will be held at the church on Monday, January 7, at 2 o’clock p. m. All interested are request ed to attend. The celebrated D. H. Baldwin & Co.’s pianos and organs, winners of first prize at the Paris exposition, for sale by F. B. Cole & Son. O’Neill. The best musical instruments on earth. 15-tf Plainview News: F. W. Wieler came dpwn from O’Neill last Friday on a short business and pleasure trip. He returned Saturday afternoon. He is still foreman of the Great Northern section at O’Neill. J. W. Hayman, of Council Bluffs, Io., mauuf.pr of the Peru Plow company, was in the city Monday, calling on there agent here in company with their traveling representative, Fred Melcher, of W'est Point. The ladies of the Aid society sold *293 worth of goods at their benefit sale last Saturday aside from the regular business of the store. They were given 8 per cent, of the sales they made and feel quite well repaid for their effort. Bill Fallon has had a new walk built in front of his building on Fourth street—the Fahy building—and some repairs made on the interior for the ac comodation of A. A. Stanton, who now occupies it with his saloon wares. Loran Simonson was in from Agee yesterday and bad his credit upon The Frontier subscripton books extended to January 1, 1903. We have about one thousand other readers who would make the editor happy by doing likewise. A merchant in a neighboring town advertised that he is crazy. He certanly must be to advertise that way. The purchasing public prefers to go to a bus iness house conducted by a sensible business man instead of to an insane asylum. When you want lo get a sack of Hour try our celebrated Uneeda and for the best patent our Peerless, which can not be beaten. Also a full line of bran, shorts and ground feed. Get our prices and see the quality before buying. J. P. Gallagher. 24 3 Martin Wintermote was up from Chambers last Friday. Martin says he has lost five head of cattle from the corn stalk disease. Charles Brown lost sixteen head, Hi Hubbard four head and twenty-two head of sheep and W. U. Jeffries four head of cattle. Martin says the cause of death is an insect in the stalks. Some think that by giving the cattle plenty of water there is no danger but Mr. Wintermote says he was very careful to see his cattle had j nil tbe water they wanted atlll be could not save them all. It seems to us that ihe only sure way to protect tbe oalile is to keep them out of the corn fields. Strayed or Stolen—During tbe summer season from Pete Duffy’s range in north licit county, one dark grey 2-year old colt, with star in face and one white hined foot—heavy draft colt. Liberal reward will be given anyone tor infor mation as to its whereabouts by leaving word at this office. 22-tf In the name of the state of Nebraska a case was tried in county court Mon day against Conrad Reaka, proprietor of the billiard hall on Fourth street. The charges preferred was that Mr. Iteaka had been breaking the laws relative to minors. Mrs. Jeanette Taylor prosecut ed the case and Mr. Iteaka acted as his own defense. He was found guilty and fined $20 and costs, costs amounting to about $30. James Macauley died at his home in this city on Tuesday morning at 5 o’clock of pneumonia, after a week's ill ness. Deceased was 81 years of age and aged wife and several children survive him. Mr. Macauley was a new comer to O'Neill, coming here about two weeks previous to his death from Creighton with tbe intention of making his home In our city. B. M. Macauley, son of deceased, wife and two children, of Clearwater, Mrs. McGoff, a daughter, and husband of Creighton, and William Reif of Savage are in the city to attend the funeral, which occurs at 9 o’clock this morning at the Catholic church. Deceased is a native of County West Meath, Ireland; he came to America in 1848 and to Nebraska in 1879. Holt county has bad for several years the reputation of being the best cattle country ip the stale and is now enjoy ing the distinction of being a first-class sheep country. On December 11 Thomas Crow, who lives on the Nio brara,near Dorsev.shipped two car loads of lambs to the South Omaha market. He entered one car-load In a fat stock show on the 12th and succeeded in cap turing first prize—$75. Some of the best feeders and shippers in Iowa and Nebraska had entered the contest, suit will be seen that was a great victory for Mr. Crow and Holt county sheep. Both cars brought the top price, $5 40 per hundred, which is five cents per hundred more than he received a year ago. This is the fourth consecutive year that Tom’s sheep have topped the South Omaha market so he has just cause to feel good. He has 1,000 head left The Frontier congratulates Mr. Crow for his victory and the honor his flock has brought to old Holt. Arthur Coykendall sends from Wash ington an account of an enthusiatic ratification of Nebraska republican which occurred in that city. Also a clipping from tbe Washington Post de scribing the meeting. The Nebraska residents of the national capital have organized a Nebraska Republican club and Arthur is taking an active part in the club work. The Post says the lead ing oratorical forces of tbe republican party were present at tbe jubilation meeting to celebrate the victory in Ne braska on November 6. Among tbe speakers were Senator Hanna, Senator Thurstoi. Representative Charles H. Geosovei fir of Ohio, C. E. Littlefield of Maine, David Mercer and E. J. Burkett of Nebraska, Governor Richards of Wyoming, Assistant Secretary J. H. Brigham of the Agricnltuer department and Binger Hermann, commissioner of the general land office. The hall was crowded to the fullest extent of its seal ing and standing capacity. Arthur says it was the most enthusiastic meeting he ever attended. Eash seat was decorated with a flag, under which was fastened to the staff a badge with these words printed, “The flag for Nebraska: Ne braska for the flag.” One thousand people were in attendance and enthus iasm carried them off their feet several times. Private Sale. I will sell at private sale, over Frank Campbell’s Implement bouse, all of my goods consisting of, carpets, matting, dresser, bedsted, five good rocking cbairs, dining chairb, easel, pictures, screen, two center tables,hamper, stools German beater No. 15, couch, and other useful articles. Everything new. Suit able for useful Christmas presents. Dr. Kinslow. You can purchas a good serviceable rocking chair for a Christmas gift to your brother or sister neighbor or friend and they will always remember you. O. F. Biglin. 23 3 Holiday Rates. Excusion tickets on the F. E. & M. V. Ry. will be sold on December 22, 23, 24. 25 and 31, 1900 and January 1, 1901, to points within 200 miles of O’Neill at one fare for round trip. Ttckets good re turning until and including January 2, 1901. E. R. Adams, Agent. Call and see our line of Iron beds, in all colors. We guarantee the prices lower than any house in the west. O. F. Biglin. __ 23-3 Until May 1 Dr. Corbett will be in O’Neill from the 10th to 30th of each month. Teeth or photographs. 1 have the largest stock of Christmas goods ever brought to the west.—Corri gan. HYMENIAL. On December 15 Mr. Earl F. McQreen and Miss Birdie Hart, both of Htuart> were joined in marriage at the connty judge's office. _ Tuesday evening at the county judge’s office Mr. A. Faircbild and Miss Cora Newman were joined in marriage. Both are from Dorsey. Sunday afternoon at tbe home of the groom’s uncle. Siias Smith, in this city, Mr. Sidney J. Smith and Miss Effic Wolfe were married, Bev. O. E. Beckes officiating. Tbe groom is the son of I. It. Smith, well known to the people of this community, and the bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wolfe, equally well known to our readers. On the tilth inst. Mr. II. B. Dixon, colored, of Francis and Mrs Susan Yonston, colored, of Valentine, were married by County Judge Sclah. The groom was 50 years of age and the bride 37. Mr. Dixon resides south of O'Neill just across the county line in Wbeelei county. He came up to O’Neill Satur day and met his bride here Sunday, she coming down from Valentine that morn* ing, and they were married at tbe county judge’s office in theUpresence of a few tn quisltive spectators. We can sell you a buggy at ptices that wilt please you. Call and see. O. F Biglin. 23-3 Shool Entertainment. The Philomatheon Debating society of the high school will render tbe fol lowing program at the opera-house on Saturday evening, December 22: PART I. Introductory remarks by the chairman, Miss Mamie O'Donnell. Song.Chorus Sketch—Christmas Tidings. .Miss Arlie Holden Declamation—Clarences* Dream. .Mr. John J. O’Fallon Duet—Selected—Misses Lettie Gillespie and Ruth Evans. Biography—Marcus Pullus Cicero. .Mr John J. Ungerty Declamation—Death of Leonidas. .Miss Bessie B. DeYarman Trio—March King Neptune—piano, Miss Maggie McGreevy; clarinet, Mr. John McGreevy; cornet, Mr. George M. Henry. PART II. instrumental solo, Miss JennieTrueblood Essay—Perpetual Motion. .Miss Sara Brennan Duet—Seleoted—Misses Nellie and Bose O’Fallon. Debate—Resolved, That on moral prin ciples a lie can never be sanctioned— Aff., Mr. Joe Sullivan; neg.. Miss Colista R. Payne. Song.Chorus An admission fee of 10 oents will be charged. I keep all kinds of buskers’ supplies. Now is the time to get your pick. Neil Brennan. 10-tf . E. U. Benedict has first-class Building and Loan stock for sale or can make you a loan. 46-tf ---^ ■■. ," . . ir “Trust vonr father’s Judgment of you* men friends rather than your own at Ural,’' writes Helen Watterson Moody to girls, in the December Ladies' Home Journal. “The gay,witty, responsive young mau who will probably most attract you, will not be tho one wbo will be likely to have his serious considers* ion and respect. Talk over vour men friends with your father, and see what healthy, unemotional, sane 'man-stand* ards’ he will set up for you. I really think if a girl could hare but one counselor in her love affairs, it would better be her father than any one else. A man’s mind is a great tonlo to the somewhat diluted intelleot of a girl inA her first sentimental experiences.” A fine line of Christmas books, toys and etc. at Cress. 28 3 m u .ti. dinner time, any , \'\y, time I* a good 1 ,\i# time to uie 7> I Tortto< |7.'CANO l£S I They give a light >« that'* rich and brll '"jllant. No odor. Many etylee. Sold everywhere. ITANDAKHl OIL VO. « UNION MEAT MARKET, CHOICE LINE OF FRESH AND SALT MEATS. GAME IN SEASON. FRED O. GATZ.PROP Hr. B.T.TtktUM< specialties: EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Bpectaolee correctly fitted and Supplied. O'NEILL, NEB. Are lovely and delicious—such a present would be ac* ceptable to any of your lady friends. And in addition can be found a large assortment of nice fresh Christmas candies. China and glassware, the finest line ever brought to O’Neill; the finest fruits to be found at this season of the year, and a full line of groceries, nuts and table delicacies for the season. Good things to eat and beautiful presents to put on the Christmas tree or put into somebody’s stocking. If you want nuts, candies or fruits for public or private Christmas gatherings I want to show you what we have and give you prices. BENTLEY. Seasonable Things for tlie Winter and Holiday Buyers! As usual, the O’Neill Grocery is filled with tempting and wholesome table supplies besides having an endless j variety of holiday nic-nacs and goodies. Apples, or anges, lemons, cranberries, grapes, dates, figs, nuts of all kinds, the largest and nicest assortment of candies in the city; and for vegetables we have everything the market affords. Fresh oysters all the time. Attention is also called to a special holiday line of ; China, glassware and lamps, which by all means you should see if thinking of buying. J. P. GALLAGHER