^ The Frontier.
VOLUME XXII. ~~ O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1901. NUMBER 26.
Lost Overcoat Leads to Amusing1 Ex
perience in a Council Bluffs
Drug Store.
HIS MAIDEN SPEECH BY WIRE
Lady at Other Ena F ral'y Hears the Novice
and Tells Him to Lot Up.—Frank
Draws a Ciowd.
It happened in Council Bluffs, in a
Broadway drug store. His broad
shoulders, deep chest and plentiful
mouth were not moulded for a false
show of genius. His clarion voice was
heard above the ring and rattle of the
motor car, above the clatter of busy
feet upon the pavement, above the
rush and roar and tumult of the hiiried
- thousands pursuing the vain baubles
of commerce and pleasure; above the
locomotives’ shrill ‘shreek and the
iron-tongued bells’ loud ringing. He
had come to Omaha with cattle from
his big ranch in Holt county and had
taken a Douglas street motor for the
Bluffs. He had left his newly pur
chased overcoat in a South Omaha
car and had been directed to the said
drug store to telephone car headquart
ers to preserve his coat. He told the
druggist what had happened and was
shown to the phone.
Frank Ellis had encountered all the
dangers of twenty years ranching on
Brush creek, had looked down the
sinister barrel of many a forty-five
and handled the roughest critters the
ranges afford, but had never faced an
instrument like this. But as we said
before, the mountain size of the man
from Holt county was no bluff.
He grasped the only moval part of the
instrument and began to talk at the
ear-piece. “A little louder, please,”
came from a gentle female voice at the
other end of the wire. Frank put on
more steam. “Louder,” again came
X the female voice. A yell not unlike a
Sioux Indian whoop awoke the quiet
ude of the drug store, but before the
startled druggist could pace his hastey
stepts to where the dauntless Frank
was holding noisy communion with
the telephone the gentle voice again
came over the wire, “Speak louder.”
Before Frank, could enflate his lungs
for another effort the druggist was at
his side showing him where to expend
his vocal energies. Stooping close to
the voice recepticle, Frank let go a
volley that he declares could be heard
two miles among the steers on the
ranch. “For heavens sake, let up
there; you’ll blow out the whole
works! ” The gentility of the female
voice was brushed away when this
alarm came back from the Omaha end
of the phone, and Frank had to “set
them up” to the laughing crowd that
had gathered to see what was the dis
turbance.
The coat was recovered.
The Market
South Omaha. Dec. 24—The re
ceipts of stock, as usual just before
the holidays, is moderate. Receipts
of cattle just fair; market slow but
fully steady with last week’s decline.
Choice beef steers in good demand but
supply limited. Common and medium
grades are slow at any price. Cows
and mixed stock in fair supply, de
mand good and market generally
steady. Trade in Stockers and feeders
very quiet, but market steady on
anything at all desirable.
Hog receipts continue very liberal.
On good heavy hogs market is but on
lights and mixed, especially lights,
, market slow; dragging and unevenly
lower. Range $5,50 to $6.50; bulk
$5.85 to $(i. 10, Average fully a quarter
lower than last week at this time.
Prospects do not look the brightest
for balance of week.
Sheep receipts light, market steady.
Marriage Licenses.
County Judge Morgan has issued
marriage licenses to the following:
Erwin Rogers of Stanton and Miss
Etta Burner of Ewing.
Einrey Roy of O’Neill and Miss
Francis Fickel of Swan; married by
the judge.
W. H. Briggs and Miss Hoy of
Ewing.
It Girdles The Globe.
The fame of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve,
as the best in the world, extends
around the earth. It’s the one perfect
healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns, Bruises,
Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, Felons,
Aches, Pasns and all Skin Eruptions.
Only infallible Pile cure. 25c a box at
P. C. Corrigan.
Praln-Weight and Mental I'o-.ier.
It is stated by an authority that t:
weight of a man's brain has nothi
to do with his mental power Th
colder the climate, the greater the size
of the brain. The largest heads of ah
are those of the Chugatches, who live
very far north, and next come tin
heads of the Laps.
PERSONALS.
Parnell Golden is home from Lin
coln.
Fred Gatz took advantage of the
first cold snap and cut ice.
Miss Maggie Coffey of Spencer is
spending the holiday with her parents
here.
Prof. J. V. Owens and family are
spending the holiday vacation in
Omaha.
G.W.Smith was atAtkinsonTuesday,
going up to deliver a piano which lie
had sold.
Freeman Bros. Concert company
will be at the opera-house Friday,
January 3.
Tim llwyer, P. H. McCarthy, Frank
Pixley and John Dwyer came up from
Omaha to spend Christmas.
' .Scliafe Kautzman, a brother of Ham,
was in the city last week in the in
terests of tlie American Type Foundry
Ben Hallo, the formeer proprietor
of the bowling alley, departed Tues
day for Omaha, where lie expects to
remain.
T. N. J. Hynes, Mike and Will
Fallon and Mike Sullivan, are here
from Park City, Utah, to spend the
holidays.
S. J. Weekes departed for Omaha
Monday and from there went to
Tekamah to spend Christmas. Mrs
Weekes went to Tekamah last week.
Levi van Valkenburg of Inman was
doing business in the city Monday.
In conversation with a Frontier re
presentative he characterized the tax
lien foreclosure business “the biggest
piece of robbery ever perpetrated in
the county. ”
E. Opp, president of the Stuart state
bank, was in the cit y Thursday. Mr.
Opp was on his way to Omaha, from
where he goes to t lie coast country on
a few month’s business and pleasure
tour. He expects to go over the U. P.
or a southern road and return over
the Northern, thus taking in both
localities.
J. P. Mann has been shaking hands
with his many friends in O’Neill the
past week. Mr. Mann came in Satur
day evening from Chicago, where he
is now located in the wholesale novel
ty business, a menber of the firm of
Morris, Mann & Ililey. Mr. Mann
says their business has exceeded his
expectations and he is well pleased with
the venture. lie and Mrs. Mann ex
pect to return Saturday.
Rev. C. W. Lowrie and Miss Maude
E. Ilullhorst were united in marriage
Thursday evening at eight o’clock at
the home of the bride’s parents in
Lincoln. Rev. Lowrie is a young man
recently entering the ministry and
was formerly an O’Neill boy, and all
of his friends here join with The
Frontier in extending congratulations.
Tiie bride is a stranger to The
Frontier. Rev. and Mrs. Lowrie will
reside at IToldrege, this state.
FOR SALE—000 purebred Rambou
ilett and Delain rams. Are in best of
condition, 2 years old and have never
been in service.—Barto & Hoyt, Cor
don, Neb. 18-8
Growth of ltoys and Girls.
At 5 years of age boys are mainl.
taller Ilian * girls, but at 7 years tli
girls catch up and either outstrip th
boys or hold their own until 9, afte
which the boys take a fresh start am
maintain a good lead for two yeaiv
At about 12 years the girls sudden!
become taller than the boys, continu
ing so until their fifteenth year, when
the boys finally regain their superior
ity in stature and hold it permanently
HOLIDAY TRADE GOOD
O’Neill Merchants Enjoy a Big Christ
mas Business.
The holiday business at O’Neill
stores the few days preceding Christ
-mas was beyond all expectation a
week previous. The rush commenced
last Saturday and contiuned till late
in the evening of Tuesday. Owing to
the unfavorable weather last week
there was but little business
going on, but the lack was fully made
up as soon as the warm days came.
Merchants generally are well satis
fied with their holiday business and
consider it exceptionally good in view
of the fact of the general failure of
crops. The branch of holiday business
which suffered most during the cold
snap was the toy and fancy gtxxls
trade. But this was rather a help to
the dry goods and clothing business as
people felt like adding another thick
ness of clothing with the mercury
monkeying around thirty.
The holiday business in all lines will
compare'favorably with that of last
year, when some lines of trade exceed
ed all past records.
IAS FOOT AMPUTATED
Necessitated From Having Been
Frozen While Driving
to O’Neill.
INSURED FOR 8500 IN M. B. A.
Youn Man Comes to Town Through Bitter
C Id and the Loss of a Foot Results.
—Cause for Gloomy Xmas.
A young man by name of Snell
occupying a room at the Woodruff
lodging apartments had cause to spend
a gloomy Christmas. His right foot
was taken off at the ankle the day
previous by I)r. GHlligan, the operation
being made necessary by reason of
the foot having been frozen a week
ago last Friday night.
The young man has been working
for Martin Wintermote of near Cham
bers. On the night mentioned a party
was given at the home of Mr. Winter
mote in honer of his son’s birthday.
After the party was over the two
young men hitched up a team and
drove to O’Neill after a windmill
against the advice of Mr. Winter
mote. They started about two o’clock,
when the thermometor registered
thirty below. Snell’s foot was frozen
solid on the way In, and the amputa
tion followed several days after. Snell
will receive $500 from the M. B. A.,
in which he was insured.
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PERRY TALKS.
Atkinson & Niobrara to Commence
Bridge Building.
Atkinson Graphic: A. O. Perry,
superintendent of construction on the
Atkinson & Niobrara River railroad,
returned Tuesday night from Sioux
City, where he has been for a week on
business connected with the new road.
Mr. Perry was alsc* in attendance upon
the board of directors of the Atkinson
& Niobrara which convened during
his stay in Sioux City. At this meet
ing the promoters settled definately
upon the future plans for their road.
They decided to enlarge the original
scope of the line by building not only
from O’Neill to Atkinson but also
from But te into Gregory county, South
Dkkota, twenty miles.
Mr. Perry received full instructions
regarding the work that will be ex
pected of him at this end of the line.
He was instructed to direct the en
gineer here to begin at once a survey
from Atkinson to O’Neill and later
from Butte north intoGregory county,
also to hire men to work on bridge
construction.
In reply to questions regarding the
immediate intentions of the company,
Mr. Perry said:
“The preliaminary work such as
buildingbridges, making surveys, etc.,
preparatory to the road’s completion
will be commenced at once. Until
the weather moderates no work on the
grad. >r laying of t he ties will be done.
It would hardly be possible to continue
the grading this kind of weather:
however, we will lose no time but will
turn our attention to bridge building,
which can be accomplished without
so much inconvenience even in this
severe weather. There is lots of work
to be done on the bridges. Besides
building one over the Niobrara river,
we will erect thirteen smaller ones be
twene here and Butte,”
The Frontier gets to press away
late this week, Christmas festivities
combined with the two fold hindrance
of a broken engine and difficulty in
finding men to turn the press makes us
late. During the hard freeze a week
ago the wather in the engine tank
froze and burst the engine. Hence we
are disabled.
Ray Bits.
Miss Mollie O’Malley visited her
sister Nora—several days this week;
she also stayed with Stella Ross a
short t ime.
Bert Aldredge, William Townsend
and Miss Lulu Bvehme spent a very
pleasant eve at the home of Mr. De
Yarmna’s Sunday evening.
Walter O’Malley of Saratoga, Neb.,
took a trip in the south western part
of this state, the first day of the week.
“A Pocket Pull of Sunshine.”
A pocket full of sunshine ;
Is better far than gold;
It drowns the daily sorrows :
(>f the young and of the old;
It fills the world with pleasure,
In field. In lane and street. :
And brightens every prospect
Of the mortals that we meet.
A pocket full of sunshine
t an makk the world akin.
And lift a load of sorrow
From the burdened back of sin; :
Diffusing light aid knowledge
T'aoug thorny paths of life;
It gilds with silver lining
Oho storm clouds of strife.
—Jan. Ladles’ Home Journal.
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LiTTLE THINGS
Dance the 30th.
Bale ties at Brennan’s.
Brennan’s is headquarters for all
kinds of lamp’s. 21-tf
District court adjourned on last
Thursday until the 31st.
. Teeth or photographs at Corbett’s,
16th to 39th of each month. 39tf.
For farm loans, on reasonable terms
call on Elkhorn Valley Bank. 13tf
Get the best and purest deodorized
gasoline for your stoves and lamps at
Brennans.
Hay Land for Sale—N. W. 21-25-12
$600. Terms apply to 1’. T. Meeks.
Fredonia, Wash.
The McCatTery post ottice records,
effects, etc., have been turned in and
the ottice discontinued.
Get your lamp oil at Brennan’s for
he keeps the highest standard grades
of any one in town; he keeps the
Eoceneoil.
Dress making palors have been open
ed in the rooms over Bentley’s store
and ladies of O’Neill are invited to
call when wanting dress making done.
The next meeting of the Pleasant
Valley Cemetery association will be
held at the Pleasant Valley church on
January 7, 1902, at 2 p. m. All parties
interested are requsted to attend.—
George Bay, clerk.
The committee appointed by the
board of supervisors to checkup the
county judge’s office resinned work
this morning after adjoriment Satur
day. They expect to get through
today or tomorrow.
Boyd A. Robinson, helper at the
Elkhorn, one morning this week,
ran up stair,s aroused the agent, and
breathlessley announced that there
was a “feller” down there had a car
pin that had been out all night and
wanted to get it in out of the cold.
The report of the O’Neill National
bank, published in last week’s
Frontier, makes a tine showing for a
bank which has been established three
months less than a year. The report
foots lip a total of 175,748.71 and shows
an increase of nearly $20,000 since the
September report. The bank was es
tablished in April of this year.
A. B. Newell reports a big land deal
on Monday. He sold the Carey ranch
of 1100 acres on Holt creek to Joseph
Olermierof Strubble, Io., considera
tion $10,500. Mr. Obermier is not
entirely a stranger to Holt county as
he dealt in live stock here last year.
He will move to his Ilolt county ranch
in the spring. Mr. Newell tells us
his land sales the past year amounts
to 20,000 acres.
Freeman Bros, concert and speci
alty company, supported by vaudeville
artists, v ill be at the O’Neill opera
house on Friday evening, January 3.
The latest productions in vocal and
instrumental music, comedies, speci
alties, etc. Edison’s moving pictures,
showing the McKinley funeral, execu
tion of Czolgoz and the incidents con
connected witli the great tragedy.
Seats 35c, 25c and 15c.
Skating parties are becoming
popular and the solidly frozen Elkhorn
is the scene of the annual skating
tournaments. The old man that is
past the age of fun and folly wonders
that the present youthful generation
will skate ten miles and never feel an
ache, but will have all kinds of crippl
ed limbs when the parental authority
a maternal tenderness calls upon them
for ten minutes labor.
i lie rresbvterian ana Methodist
Sunday schools each celebrated the
Christmas season with well laden and
brilliantly decorated trees on Tues
day evening, which brought gladness
to the hearts of the children and made
the old folks smile the smole of sat
isfaction to see their offspring made
happy. It is more blessed to give
than receive, but the children are
usually satisfied with receiving.
The cold wave has subsided. The
snow is fast disappearing beneath the
melting rays of a warm sun and the
streets are sloppy as a day in April.
Those of a prophetic turn of mind
give a knowing wink and say the
conditions of the weather were such
on and about the 21st as to warrant
the prediction that t he winter from
now on will be of lamb like nature to
a considerable degree. It is to be
hoped such prediction is correct and
that the reaction now begun on the
coal man will continue.
Notice.
The O’Neill orchestra have decided
to change the date of their dance from
News Years to Monday, December 30.
The floor will Ire in first class shape
and a good time is assured to all.
Supper will he served at Hotel Evans.
SMALLPOX AT DORSEY
Patients Said to lie Careless About
Spreading the Disease Among
Their Neighbors.
MANY CASES ARE REPORTED
Doctor Sent Oat By State Health Board, Who
Pronounced It Smallpox and Advised
Supervisors to Take Charge.
When anyboby mentions smallpox
people get seared. But we «tfnjonlsli
the readers of this item to not get ex
cited when it is stated there are some
fifteen or twenty cases of smallpox in
the Dorsey country some twenty-live
miles northeast of O’Neill.
The board of supervisors and county
attorney have given the matter some
attention. Notices were printed on
big red cards in black type and sent
to Supervisor J’ostlewait, who resides
in the Dorsey district, and he was del
egated to post the notices at places
where t here was one or more cases of
smallpox. A quarintine was ordered
and commendable efforts made to pre
vent the spread of the disease. It
seems, however, that some of the
people in that section show a disposi
tion to disregard tiie efforts of author
ities to keep the disease in check and
have taken no precaution against
carrying it from place to place.
Some ten days ago Dr. Towne of
Omaha was sent, out by the state
board of health to investigate the sit
uation and pronounced it small pox.
He came to O’Neill and conferred
with the local physicians and also
Supervisor Marsh, advising that the
board take the matter in hand. The
board did so and have done about all
they can do. It now rests with the
people who have tire disease whether
it will spread like an India pleague or
be confined to a few eases. The Fron
tier doesn’t pretend to know, nor has
no desire to go and investigate, just
what the conditions are, but if reports
are true the best tiling they can do out
there is to quarintine themselves as
completely as possible. If rigidly
watched and scrupulously guarded
from speading it is only a matter of a
short time until the disease can be
wiped out. An attltuetT defying
health regulations is silly.
Remember the date of the dance
has been changed to December 30.
PROFITABLE RETURNS
Six Acres Nets a Profit of $325 in
One Season.
The Neligli Leader tells of what
Nebraska soil is capable of producing
in the following item: “A heavy crop
yield and a big margin of profit is re
ported by T. M. Michols of Willow
township from six acres of land. It
was planted to sorghum, and when re
cently threshed it yielded 150 bushels
of clean seed and 25 tons of fodder.
The latter is worth as much per ton
as good hay and its value would not
be less than $100. The grain dealers
in this city are paying $1.50 per bushel
forthe seed and the whole would bring
$225, and with the hay the value of
the entire crop from six acres would
be $325, at a low estimate.”
The Frontier has a new stock of
visiting cards for ladies. The new
styles are about half the size of the
old ones, and quite nobby.
READY FOR SERVICE.
County Officers - Elect Prepared to
Assume Command.
The new county officers are getting
private business shaped around pre
paratory to com mitdng the same to
others while they take up the duties of
public office. Of the newly elected
officials Mr. Cronin and Mr. Morgan
are now in the city, the latter finishing
the term of Judge ttelali, deceased.
Mr. Cronin moved in from his farm
some time ago and is living in the
Laphain house in the western part of
the city, and is ready to take up his
duties as treasurer. Mr. Gilmore,
clerk-elect, wilt not move his family to
O’Neill till spring so ;ts not to interfere
with the school work of his son at
Ewing. He will be on hand himself,
however, at the proper date to take
charge of the office.
Funny Things.
Pick-Me-Up: '‘How can you marry a man
who writes dear with two e’s? “But he writes
his fortune with six naughts.’’
Tit-Bits: Tom—Have a smoko old man?
Ja k—Thanks. Don’t care if I do. Tom—
You’ll find that is something like a cigar.
Jack rafter a few puffs)—By George, there is
a slight resemblance. What is it?
Cleveland Plalu Dealer: “I almost hate to
win this battle.” said the admiral as he took
another look at, the enemy.
Why so?” inquired the dapper young flag
lieutenant. Because these eonfoumled in
quiry cases cost so nv.vch .”
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Drennans
Prefer the Old Shiftless Wsy.
Tired of owning their own homes
and making their own way In the
world, 200 Pottawatomie Indiana living
on one of the reservations north of
Topeka. Kan., will petition Congress
at the coming session to permit them
to sell their lands and again become
wards of the government. These In
dians and their ancestors have been
living on this reservation for the past
10 years and many of them were born
there
A Deep Mystery.
It is a mystery whyjwomen endure
Backache, Headache, Nervousness,
Sleeplessness, 5Melancholy, Fainting
and Dizzy Spells when thousands have
proved that Electric Bitters will
quickly cure such trouble. “I suffered
for years with kidney trouble,” writes
Mrs. Phebe Cherley, of Peterson, la.,
“and a lame back pained me so I could
not dress myself, but Electric Bitters
wholly cured me, and, although 13
years old, I now am able to do all my
housework.” It overcomes Constipa
tion, improves Appetite, gives perfect
health. Only 50c at P. C. Corrigan
drug store.
Scarcity of SnstU la Franca.
Some alarm Is expressed by certain
Paris epicures because the supply of
snails of the finest quality seems to be
falling off to a serious extent. This
apprehension, however, will cause no
distress upon an extended scale, as the
taste for the deliberate creature that
carries his house upon his back has
not been world-wide. In fact, It has
never gained much ground outside of
the Latin race, and beyond the borders
of France itself the number of gour
mets who have extolled the snail as a
table delicacy of the most desirable
sort has not been a long list.
Thousands Sent Into Exile.
Every year a large number of poor
sufferers whose lungs are sore and
racked with coughs are urged to go to
another climate. But this is costly
and not always sure. Dont, be an exile
when Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption will cure you at home.
It’s the most infallible medicine for
Coughs, Colds, and all Throat and
Lung diseases on earth. The iirst
dose brings relief. Astounding cures
results from persistent use. Trial
bottle free at P. C. Corrigan. Price
50c and *1. Every bottle guaranteed.
Too One-Sided.
Sam Jones, In one of his sermon^
took women to task for spending more
time in prinking than in praying. “If
there’s a woman here,’’ he screamed
finally, "who prays more than she
prinks, let her stand up." One poor
old faded specimen of femininity, in
the sorriest, shabbiest of clothes,
arose. “You spend more time praying
than prinking?” asked the preacher,
taking her all in. The poor old crea
ture said she did—prayed all the time,
prinked not at all. "You go straight
home," admonished Jones, “and put a
little time on your prinking."
Blown To Atoms.
The old idea that the body some
times needs a powerful, drastic, purga
tive pill has been exploded; for Dr.
King’s New Life Pills, which are per
fectly harmless, gently stimulate liver
and towels to expel posionous matter,
cleanse the system and absolutely
cure Constipation and Sick Headache.
Only 25c at P. C. Corrigan, drug store.
sinking Of a Railroad Bed. >
A novel condition of railroad engi
neering was presented recently by the
sinking of the roadbed on the Monon
railway, in Lake county, Illinois.
About 800 feet of bed settled, and In a
little over two months the depression
had reached an estimated depth of 100
feet. For months the company has been
filling the hole, over 7,500 carloads of
rubble and timber having been dumped
in it. The bottom seems to have been
reached. Exhaustion of natural gas
Is said to .have caused the phenome
non.
Lee Chop's Fortune.
With a fortune of $150,000, Lee
Chop, a Chinese merchant of New
York, is going back to Canton. Three
children born hero and one wife will
accompany him. He is said to have
twe other wives in China.
Elkhorn Valley Farm.
We own and offer for sale 160
acres of beautiful land in the Elk
horn valley, 44 miles from O’Neill.
It is the NW \ of sec 10, twp 28,
range 11, Holt county, Nebraska.
Not over ten acres unfit for cultiva
tion. Price *8 per acre. Address,
Mortgagees Investment Co.,
605 Commerce Building,
26-4 Kansas City, Mo