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Ilmlorenl The Frontier. VOLUME XXII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1902. NUMBER 31. Story of Their Doings as Continued From Week to Week.—Bonds Approved. BILLS ARE ALLOWED BY THEM Many Ma ter^ of Into est to the Tax Pay ors Itemized By the Clerk for Publication. January 16, 9 o’clock, a. m. Board met pursuant to adjournment. All members present. Proceedings of yesterday’s session were read and approved. The board of D. A. Goree, treasurer of Inman township was approved. , On motion board adjourned untill one o’clock p. m. January 16,1 o’clock p. m. Board met pursuant to adjournment, all members present. Messes Kramer, Phillips and Moler were appointed a committee to settle with the soldiers relief commission. Committee presented the following report. O’Neill, Neb., January 16, 1902. Reports of soldiers relief committee on settlement with County Board made this day as follows. L. G. LAMBERT. Balance on hand from last year.® 23 00 Receipts from county treasurer as per vouchers. 200 00 Total.*223 00 Paid out as per vouchers filed herewith.*193 50 Balance on hand this day.*29 50 ROBERT GALLAGHER. Balance on hand from last year.$14.51 Received from county treasurer as per vouchers.*275 00 Total.*289 51 Amount paid out as per vouchers herewith filed.*181 75 * - Ballanceon hand this day.*107 76 C. BOEHME. Received from county treasurer as per vouchers.*385 (XI Amount paid out as per vouchers filed herein.*382 73 Credit arn't overpaid from 1901. .$2 31 Total.*385 01 Balance due him as above.* 04 C. Kramer, John Moler, Frank Phillips, Committee. On motion the report was adopted. On mot ion L. G. Lambert was elect ed a member of the soldiers relief committee for three years. On motion the members of the Soldiers relief commisson be allowed [ two dollars per day and mileage for their services for 1902. On motion the Board adjourned until 9 o’clock, Friday morning. R, J. Marsh, Chairman. E. S. Gilmour, Clerk. Friday, January 17,1902, 9 o'clock,a.m. Board met pursuant to adjourn ment. All members present. Proceeding of session of January 16, 1902, read and approved. On motion the clerk was instructed to withdraw the copy for printing the rules of the Board, given the Indepen dent Pub. company. Motion carried. On motion the action of the Board taken January 15, in awarding the contract for printing rules governing V the Board to the Independent Pub. company be reconsidered. Aye and Nay vote called for. Ayes; Grimes, Howard, Kramer, Phillips and Chairman Marsh, 5 votes. Naves; Keefe and Moler, 2 votes. Motion carried. F On motion the printing committee be instructed to have 50 copies of the rules printed at a cost not to exceed $8. Motion carried. Bids for printing and furnishing supplies for the ensuing year were opened and refered to committeaon printing. On motion Board adjurned until one o’clock p. m. Friday January, 17, one o.clock p.m. Board met pursuant to adjourn ment. All members present. Tlie committee on printing repre sented the following report. Mr. Chairman: We your commit tee on printing and supplies, aftei examining all the bids on tile, do state that the following named firms have submitted the lowest bids and we re commend that contracts be awarded as follows. Class I) Envelopes and letter heads. Frontier Printing company. Court Wrappers. Fremont Tribune. Class A Ink, Pens and etc. Rees Printing company. ( Class B Records. Rees Printing company. Class C Legal blanks. Rees Print ing company. Class E Legal blanks. Rees Prin t ing company. Frank Phillips C. Kramer, M. Keefe, Committee. On motion the report of the com mittee was adopted. The bond of Barney Jones as treas urer of Fairview township -was adopted. On motion the claim of county treasurer for expense account amount ing to $694 was allowed. On motion the petition of II. A Allen for a refund of taxes amount ing to $10.92, erroneausly paid on NW i of section 2, township 19, range 14, fos the year 1901, be granted and that receipt No. 660 for 1901 be cancelled and payment on NWJ 2-29-14 be eras ed from the tax list. The written opinion of the county attorney being given that such action was legal. Motion carried. On motion the chair appointed a committee of three to confer with the county officers in regard to amount of help needed in the various offices and salaries for same during the coming year. Motion carried and Phillips, Howard and Keefe were appointed said committee. Ou motion Board adjourned until 9 o'clock Saturday. R. J. Marsh, Chairman. E. S. Gilmour, Clerk. O’Neill, Neb., January 18, 1902 9 o'clock a. M. Board met pursuant to adjourn ment. All members present. Committee on taxes and tax titles to whom was referred the petition of M. H. McCarthy, reported that the prayer of the petitioners be granted and that a refund of $19.91 be graeted to M. II. McCarthy, amount of taxes erroneously paid on NWJ of 12-20-10 and that tax receipt No. 0770 for 1901 be cancelled and that the tax pay ment on the NWJ 12- -10 be erased from the tax list. The report of the committee was accepted. The committee to confer with tIre county officers in regard to office help and salary presented the following report: Mr. Chairman: We your commit tee to enquire as to the deputies and number of clerks needed and the amount of salaries for same for the ensuing year report as follows: We recommend that the treasurer ba allowed one deputy at a salary of $700 per year and as many clerks as may be actually needed at $050 per year. The county clerk the same as treas urer. Clerk of district court, one deputy at $700 per year and one clerk at $50 per month for time actually employed. Sheriff one deputy at $700 per year and one deck at $40 per month. County superintendant be allowed a salary salary of $1200 a year and one deputy at $40 per month. County attorney allowed $200 per year for clerk hire. Frank Phillips, H. C. Howard M. Keefe, Committee. On motion the report of the com mittee was adopted. On motion the salary of the janitor be $50 per month for the ensuing year, he to pay $10 per month on back taxes. Motion adopted. On motion Board adjourned until 10 o’clock, Monday, January 20, 1902. R. .1. Marsh, Chairman. XT' C! mimnnr PltwL’ O’Neill, Neb., January 20, 1902. Board met at 9 o’clock this morning. All members present. Minutes of Saturday session read and approved. Moved and seconded that the treas urer be instructed to transfer all money in his hands or that may here after come into his hands belonging to the bond fund of any school district to the general fund of said district when all bonds against such district have been paid. Motion carried. Moved and seconded that the bond of Antoine Prusa, treasurer of Green Valley preceint be approved. Carried. On motion Board adjourned until one p. m. January 20,1902. 2 p. m. Board met pursuant to adjourment. All members present. The estimating committee present ed the following report. Mr. Chairman: We your commit tee on finance, report tlie following estimate for the expense of the County for 1902, Jail, Prisoners and Court House. $4,000 00 Books, Stationary and Print ing. 1,500 00 Assessors Expense. 3,000 00 County Officers. 0,000 00 Coroner Inquests and Wit nesses. 500 00 Fuel and Lights. 500 00 (Continued on last page.1 ALLEGES $200 SHORTAGE County Attorney Mullen Thinks He Has a Case Against Former Clerk Bethea. EX-CLERK WANTS INVESTIGATION Heard of 'he Charge For the First Time Yesterday—Says He Wants the Whole * Thing Aired. Following a pre-arranged plan, and ostensibly in obedience to a charge “being wildely circulated in thep ress of Ilolt county,” County Attorney Mullen sent the following communica tion to the board of supervisors: To the Honorable Board of Supervis ors of Holt county: Gentlemen: My attention has been called to a charge against W. W. Bethea, ex-county clerk of the coun ty, which is at this time being widely circulated in the press of Holt county. I have made a careful investigation and find that W. W. Bethea while county clerk of this county during the year of 1890 retained $200 in addition to his $1,500 as salary. The extra $200 was retained by him for services ren dered as clerk of the county board. The law in the state is Well settled that a county clerk is entitled to the maximum salary of $1,500 and no more. Any amount retained in excess of $1,500 is illegal. I would advise your honorable body to take the necessary steps to the col lection of the amount due the county from Mr. Bethea. As the law officer of the county, I stand ready to take the necessary legal step in case Mr. Bethea does not pay without a suit. AURTHER MULLEN, County Attorney. And in response to which the board adopted this motion: O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 28, 1902. Mr. Chairman, I move that the county attorney be instructed to com mence legal proceedings against \V. \V. Bethea, ex-county clerk, and his bondsmen, unless tile said AV. W. Bethea shall pay to the treasurer of Holt county tue sum of $200 with in terest from the 1st day of January, 1897; said payment to be made before the 28th day of February, 1902. JOHN MOLER. M. KEEFE. Mullen says Bethea unlawfully ap propriated $200. The board did the only thing it could do—authorized Mullen to collect it. Now there will no doubt be a legal tilt between Bethea and Mullen, Mr. Bethea arrived in O’Neill this morning from Ewing. He says he did not hear about his “shortage” until yesterday. “Have you any st atement to make?” Mr. Bethea was asked when seen this morning. “Yes, but 1 haven’t time just now. I want the matter fully explained to the taxpayers of the county and I will prepare a statement to that effect. I am in favor of the county board em ploying an expert and checking up the records. I want my office check ed up.” Mr. Bethea did not state what ac tion he would take respecting the in structions of the board to the county attorney. He was conferring with members of the board and the county attorney today and expressed a desire to have a thorough investigation made nf t lip fhn rtroc War Drama. Remember the Maine, a naval drama which has been playing in all large cities in the country, is the at traction which Manager Smith has secured for Saturday evening, Feb uaryl. The play opens just a day or two before the Maine arrives at Havanna. It deals with incidents prior to the great tragedy, and un expectedly introduces General Weyler, who has a very good make up and is most cordially hated by the gallery gods. After the Maine has been blown up and two pairs of lovers have arrived at a happy uhderstanding the scene shsfts to the other side of tlie earth—Manilla. Comodore Dewy is enroute to Cavite. The Spanish, an xiously await his coming. When he does come there is death, and all the evil disposed are killed off. The whole performance is well acted and staged in Carter’s well known and sensational way. Clean the Seed. Iowa Homestead farm furrows says: The farmer who believes that it does not. pay to clean seeds of any kind may have his eyes opened by an experi ment. Procure some wheat, oats or Other grain that is usually sown broad cast and clean it so there are two or three grades counting the waste grains such as blow over when cleaning. Get a box, such as fruit comes in at fruit stores which is long and narrow and shallow, till with dirt and lay off several rows. Number the rows and plant fifty to one hundred grains of each grade, one grade, to a row, and watch the growth of the plants. Keep it in a warm place and keep moist so as to encourage growth and the differ ence in the growth can be noted from time to time. This is worth a trial. WEATHER CHANGES From Balmy Breezes to Frigid Gales. Monkeys Aronnd Twenties. Again the frigid breath of winter lias breathed upon a balmy mid-winter atmospheric condition an icy blast and caused man and beast to need additional artificial heat. It began last Friday and continues with some moderation to this date. Snow fell for several days, which, w'ith heavy gales from the north, has made immense drifts in many places while the whole surface of the ground is enshrouded in emaculate white. The government gage at Cole’s shows a precipitation in four days of 4J inches. The lowest point reached by the thermometer for the several days Is given below; January 24, 7 below; 2oth, 20 below; 26th, 23 below; 27th, 10 below; 28 16 below; 29th, 15 below. The Market South Omaha Jan. 29—Receipts of cattle, while not so heavy as last week, were quite liberal, all grades being re presented about equally.—On beef steers prices ruled steady to strong, and business as a rule has been active with a good demand from all the packers. Cows and mixed stuff have also been in good demand and prices have had a strong upward tendency. Values In general are from 10 to 25 cts. higher than last week For this time of the year both the supply and demand for stockers have been larger than usual. Desirable heavy grades have found ready sale at good strong prices, but on account of the liberal offerings of light and me dium weights of common quality prices show a decline of 20 to 25 cts. This week begins with a light run of hogs only 18,000 for Monday, Tues day and Wednesday with a compari son of 35,000 the same days last week. Light receipts are caused mainly by the storm and decline in prices which show a falling off from last week of from 10 to 20 cts. ITog and provisions values are still very high, and with receipts keeping as large as at present lower prices may be looked for. The decline in provisions yesterday was caused by the bad break in grain, as well as their own values being up to strained pitch. To-day with 0500 hogs on this market prices are 10 cts lower with a range from 5.35 to 0.35, the bulk 5.90 to 6,05. Yours very truly, Nye & Buchanan Co. Notice This, Then. I succeeded in selling some flour; now I want to sell the books. If you want some good flour cheap, call and let me know.—Con Keys. Matrimonial. Mr. Floyd Z. Wolfe and Miss Mary E. Carson were united in marriage at the Methodist parsonage Wednesday, Rev. Rominger olticiat i n g . The young people are residents of the Dorsey country, where they will con tinue to make their home. Mr. Lorenzo Brundage of Stuart and Miss Isa Lanswortli were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Aokert in this city yesterday, The groom was formerly in M. D. Price’s barber shop here but is now conducting a shop at Stuart . The bride is a daughter of P. J. Lanswortli, who resides north o! O’Neill, and has been the efficient clerk at Pfund's store for a year oi more. They will make their home at St uart. The Frontier overlooked the mention of the big lire out at Jim Pinkerman’s place which occured twc weeks ago and which destroyed the large new barn lie had just built lasl fall, together with thirty tons of haj and all of his farm machinery. The lire was started by two of Mr. Pinker man’s little girls. They found a match and lighted it “to see what it it would do,” The lighted mate! was dropped into the hay. Mr. Pin kerman estimates his loss at $1,500. This item is handed in: A mis apprehension seems to exist regarding the ball to be given Febuary 7. by the young men's Social Club as to whethei the same will lie an invitation or a free-for-all dance. The dance will be strictly an invitation entertainment. At no time was it intended by the Club that its initial ball should bear indiscriminate affair. FOR SALE—Or trade for goof work horses, a first-class 4-yr-olc mammoth jack. Address, T. W, Sarchet Star, Neb. 28-4 The working society meets with Miss Coykendall Wednesday, Feb uary 5. Teas and coffees at Harrington’s Defy competition. 31-3. TROUBLE AT THE SGHOOL Boys in the Eighth Grade Become Obstreperous and One of Their Number is Expelled. PUPIL PUNCHES THE PROFESSOR Exiting Scene at the Pub'io Educational Institution Occurs Yesterday Afternoon. Not many men can look back over the days when they were school boys and feel no pangs of regret, no blush of shame for misspent hours, wasted opportunities and devilish conduct. Occasionally you can think of inci dents when you were bruttish, mean and ought to have been caged with Turkish brigands. An incident occurred in the O'Neill schools yesterday which deprives the eighth grade of one pupil for the rest of the term. Frank McCafferty, one of Miss Hopkins’ pupils, seems to have assumed command of a ring of boys who have made themselves obnoxious to the school and disrespect fully to their teacher. The climax came yesterday when Prof. Owens visited the room and took the case in hand by presenting the McCafferty boy a notice of suspension. The pro fessor returned to his room thinking tire obstreperous youtli had left the building. As the predominating nre ceptor withdrew, McCafferty stalked back to his seat in the school room. Later Prof. Owens came into the room again and was surprised to lind the boy on whom rested the bane of educational authority still there. lie was ordered to leave and did so, but not without a struggle. Prof. Owens says he went to the boy and tried to reason with him in verbal form. In stantly and unexpectedly .McCafferty plunged his list into the professor’s eye and quickly followed with another in the chest, which knocked the breath out of him. Before the lad could escape the preceptor gathered himself and had him by throat. A rough and tumble ensued for some seconds when McCafferty broke and run for the outside with the professor after him with a club. Fortunately for the boy, he was the fastest run ner. And thus ended his school career, for the present at least, here. McCafferty is about eihthteen years old and somewhat of a combat i tive temperment. The teachers say he has caused them much trouble. The Fronter regrets that there are any boys in our public schools that connot behave themselves as be cometh gentlemen and conduct them selves before their teachers indue res pect and decorum. The teacher is ready to do more for a pupil than any body else will do and it is a sad com mentary upon the past and present youthful generation that they do not appreciate this fact. The school teachers labor faithfully to give the boys and girls an education and prepare them for the responsibilities and cares of life, and the pupil should co-operate by being attentive and obedient. Prof. Owens says there are other boys in the same room that need sup pression, and intimates that order will be maintained if every boy in tilt room has to be expelled. A Deep Mystery. It is a mystery why women endure Backache, Headache, Nervousness Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy Spells when thousands have proved that Electric Bitters wil quickly cure such trouble. “I sufferer for years with kidney trouble,” writes Mrs. Phebe Cherley, of Peterson, la. “and a lame back pained me so I coulc not dress myself, but Electric Bitters wholly cured me, and, although T. years old, I now am able to do all m3 housework.” It overcomes Constipa tion, improves Appetite, gives perfect health. Only 50c at P. C. Corrigar drug store. An action in replevin has beer commenced before Justice Slattery b3 John Fallon with 1). A. Doyle as de fondant. Plaintiff states that he losl ten head of hogs, found four of then and the other six are in the possessior of defendant. The case is set foi hearing on Febuary 10. The county clerk’s office has hat another vault added by transposing the door to the vaull formerly used by the clerk of tilt district court. The door is now it the county clerk's office and the othei has been closed. This vault will la used for old records not frequenth needed. The Frontier has a new stock o visiting cards for ladies. The nev S'yles are about half the size of tin old ones, and quite nobby. MINOR MENTION Bale ties at Brennan’s. Brennan’s is headquarter’s for all kinds of lamp’s. 21-tf Mrs. S. A. Merrel visited at Atkin son the past week. Remember the new shirt waists at Mann’s on Saturday. Clyde King is in the city from Moline, 111., for a weeks visit. Teeth or photographs at Corbett’s, 16th to 39th of each month. 39tf. The best line of shoes at the lowest prices at John J. Harrington. 31-3. For farm loans, on reasonable terms call on Elkhom Valley Bank. 13tf A nice line of mens’ pants for sale cheap at John J. Harrington’s store. 31-3. Get the best and purest deoderized gasoline for your stoves and lamps at Brennans. FOR SALE—At 50c each, large full blood Plymouth Rock Roosters J. H. McAllister Agee, Neb. On Saturday, February 1, Mann’s will show a fine line of shirt waists and summer dress goods. If you want a handsome evening gown call at Mann’s Saturday, Febru ary 1, and they will interest you. If you buy a pair of shoes at Har rington’s that is defective in any way he is always ready to make it good. 'll Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Parker came over from Spencer Tuesday, taking Wednesday morning’s passenger for Omaha. Get your lamp oil at Brennan’s for he keeps the highest standard grades of any one in town; he keeps the Eoceneoil. Oddie Biglin has captured and em balmed a “flying Duchman” and chained the same in front of his build ing above the entrance. Earl Bowen of University Place was in the city the first of the week, coming here from Atkinson, where he had been visiting his sister, Mrs. W. E. Scoot. He also visited his brother Norris on Eagle creek. The Christian Endeavor will give a book social at the Odd Fellows’ hall Friday evening of this w'eek. Each one coming is requested to represent the title of a book. An admission fee of 10 cents will be charged. The First National bank has a new machine which takes the place of men’s brains in adding columns of figures. It is work with a key board and will add accurately any number of figures up to 100,000. It will do the work of five men. Rev. E. F. Knickerbocker, Sunday school missionary recently returned from China, will preach in the Pres byterian church on Sunday morning, February 2. All are cordially invited to attend this service. No preaching service in the evening. Citizens of Nebraska City will raise a fund of $3,000 to pay the expenses of sinking a well in search of coal, oil or gas. Hon. J. Sterling Morton sub scribed $300,10 per cent of the amount needed. Business men of the city will subscribe the remainder. 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, Bolls, Ulcers, Felons, Aches, Pasns and all Skin Eruptions. Only Infallible Pile cure. 25c a box at P. C. Corrigan. NOTICE. To James C. Woods, Mary F. Woods .and C II. Toncray, non-resident defendants. You and each of you are herewith notified that on the 28th day of January, A. D.. 1902, Chas. E. Gibson, the plaintiff herein, filed his pe . tltion in the district court of Holt county, Nebraska, against you, the object and prayer of which are to foreclose a certain mortgage executed by the defendants, James C. Woods and Mary F. Woods to the Showaiter Mort gage Company and duly assigned to the plaintiff upon the southeast quarter (SE?*) of section twenty-five (25) in township thirty (30) north of range ten (10), west of the Sixth P, M., in Holt county, Nebraska, to secure the payment of a certain coupon prom issoryj note dated December 1, 1888, for the face sum of 1800.00. due and payable in five years from date upon which said note and mortgage is now due the sum of *1W0, with interest at ten percent from January 1,1902 The plaintiff orays for a decree that in default of defend ants paying the amount found due upon said note and moitgage that the said described premises be sold to satisfy the same. Prayer is also made to cancel a certain mortgage ex ecuted by Janie* C. Woods and wife to C. H. Toncray. for the face sum of $35, dated June 22,1*85 and recorded in book 0. of the real estate mortgages of Holt county, Nebraska, at page 487, on the ground that the said mortgage has been fully paid. You are required to answer said petition on or before March 10,1902. CHAS E. GIBSON. Plaintiff. By W. A. Meserve, His Attorney. 31-4 r* DALE TIES Drennans , llllf —w