Nebraska Newspapers

    VOLUME XXII._O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5. 1902. NUMBER 49.
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY
Entertainment Will be Given by the
Pupils on June 17 and I9,
Two Performances.
AN HISTORICAL DRAMA WILL BE
Presented on the Latter Date. A Descrip
tion and Synopsis of This Beauti
ful Drama.
Tlie pupils of St. Mary’s Academy
will close the school year with two
entertainments, one on June 17 and
the other on June 19, 1902. The
beautiful drama, Caecilia, will be
presented on the latter night.
The principal events of the drama
d are historical. Saint Caecilia was
9 born in the third century and be
longed to one of the most illustrious
► families of Rome. Her childhood,
though spent in a pagan home, was
passed in all the purity of clnistain
life. She was allowed to cultivate
the germs of faith until they took
deep root, and to become the virgin
bride of Christ was the only ambition
of her life. She was the idol of her
pagan father and he resolved that
some scion of Roman royalty should
be her bridegroom. Such a one was
Valerian. Caecilia’s resistance was
of no avail and she became Valerian’s
bride. The drama opens on the wed
ding day, and through Caecilia’s pray
ers Valerian, Quintilian and Tibur
ius are converted to the Christian
faith- Nigar, a Numidian slave,
makes their conversion known to one,
v Septimus, a profligate noble, who
covets Caecilia’s fortune. Almachius
is informed of this event by Septimus.
The prefect, whose hatred of the
Christians knows no bounds, hastens
to decree the death of the Holy Pon
tiff, Urban. Quintilian, Valerian and
and Tiburtius, sparing Caecilia, who
is now the “virgin widow of a virgin
. martyr.” At length Almachius be
m comes enraged at Caecilia’s refusal
to offer incense to the heathen deities
and issues the decree of execution.
Tims martyrdom crowns her life and,
like all her other gifts, is a ray of
greater glory reflected from her crown
of virgin.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
Caecilia, Virgin Martyr, .Anna L. O’Donnell
Agues, an orohan .Ilea II. MeCatTerty
l.geriH. a Roman lady. Constance Harrington
Quintilian, father of Caecilia.
. Margaret M. Barrett
" Iburtius. her b other... Florence E. Mullen
Valerian, her betrothed.Nelle Brennan
Urban, the pontiff.Nina M. Ryan
Athanasius, his Reason.Agnesi-’ Clark
Septimius, a gambler.Mary M. Hagerty
Almacbius, Prefect of Borne.. Anna!-. Dwyer
Dee his. ati apostate.Dora C. Testman
Niger, a Numidian slave.. Agnes A. Hagerty
Alexander Severus, the Emperor.
. Margaret C. Green
Hercules Maximln, his lieutenant,
.Agnes Kelly
\\ adding guests, t-iliz.ens,.guards, Christians,
execut oners, etc.
SYNOPSIS OF DRAMA.
Act i—Scene 1. Manson of Quin
tilian. Caecilia’s betrothal. Conver
sion cf Quintilian. Tiburtius and
Valerian.
Piano solo—“Le Fducande I)i Sor
rento” .Nicola Celega
Scene 2. Mansion of Quintilian—
The Atrium Septimius’ plot.
Song—“I’ll take care of your grand
ma”.Craig & Quinn Boys
Scene If. Entrance to the baths of
Caracalla. Valerian is captured by
Septimius.
Interlude.Orchestra
Scene 4. Quintilian's gardens. The
plot fails. Valerian escapes.
Instrumental—“Let us go for pleas
ure” .Mazurette
Misses Mary Dennis, Myrtle Moore.
Act ii—Scene 1. A chamber in the
Catacombs. The apostasy of Decius.
Chorus—“Laughing gas”_Geible
Grammar department.
Scene 2. *A ruined Mausoleum,
Septimius’ repentance. 11 is death.
1 nteriude.Orchestra
Scene X The church of the Cata
combs. Massacre of the Christians.
Tableau.
Duet—“A dream of heaven”_Blake
Misses Eva Tierney and Florence
Hebart.
Act iii—Scene 1. The Prefect’s
f tribunal. Caecilia and Egeria are
condemned to death.
Interlude.Orchestra
Scene 2. The torture chamber.
Martyrdom of Caecilia. The saints
in glory. Tableau.
\J II
On Saturday, May 31
MANNS
will begin a Special Sa 'e on
DISHtS, the object being to
close out all odd pi.CzS in
VJhiteware, Porcelain and
French China. Discount from
20 tO 50
per cent
They will also include Toilet i
Sets in this sale. 1
MINOR MENTION
O’Neill will celebrate.
Fred Barclay was down from Stuart
Wednesday.
John Brady was down from Atkin
son Wednesday.
I). Clem Deaver was in Omaha last
Saturday.
W. E. StoothootT, of Sioux City, is
now an employe of The Frontier.
Editor Eves went to Omaha the
first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ryan and child
ren of Columbus, Neb., are in the city
visiting relatives.
W. E. Stoothoff, of Sioux City, has
accepted a position on The Frontier,
taking Mr. Saunders’ place.
Attention is called to Due & Stan
ton’s add on first page. Their stock
is fully uptodate and prices right.
Call and see them.
Sanford Parker was in town Mon
day night on his return from Omaha
where he has been receiving medical
treatment.
II. W. Phillips was down from At
kinson Monday attending the meet
ing of the democratic county commit
tee.
Delegates to the county convention
from Emmet were elected as follows:
II. C. Chler, M. Lyons, Thos E. Mov
ing.
O’Neill invites all towns i olt
county to join in the biggest celebra
tion that Northeast Nebraska ever
enjoyed.
Miss Mary Large returned to her
home at Randolph Tuesday morning
after a couple of weeks visit with her
aunt, Mrs. D. II. Cronin.
Will Zink is playing ball this season
with Sioux Falls in the Iowa-South
Dakota league an 1 h’s prowess with
the bat has already made him the pet
of the four.
The following were elected dele
gates to the county convention from
Inman township—C. J. Malone, C. D.
Keyes, W. A. Gannon, A. M. Hopkins,
A. J. Clark and M. J. Miller.
Amelia item in Chambers Bugle:
C. W. Moss returned Saturday night
from Hot Springs, where he has been
for his health. He seems greatly im
proved considering his short stay.
Childrens Day will be observed at
the M. E. Church next Sunday even
ing .June 8. A very interesting pro
gram will be rendered. All are cor
dially invited.
Patfick Ilagerty, who lias been ab
sent from his post of dutie in the Elk
horn Valley Bank the past two weeks
on account of illsness, is rapidly re
covering and expects to he down town
next week.
The case in county court against
Charles Spangler, who is alleged to
have a herd of Texas itch cattle in
Scottville township and disregarded
the quarentine, lias been continued
until Saturday to allow the defense to
secure witnesses.
J. A. PonahoQ returned Tuesday
night from Dyersvill, Iowa where he
spent the past month extalling tlie
virtues of Holt county farm lands.
Jim says heavy rains the past three
weeks has ruened thousands
of acres of crops in that
section of the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Beaver arrived in the
city last evening from Imogene, Jo.,
where Mr. Beavers has been principal
of the public school the past live
years. He has decided to give up
teaching and will settle on his farm
near Leonie, to which ottice he order
ed his Frontier sent hereafter.
Joined in Wedlock.
John F. McGrew and Miss Mable
Haskin, both of Stuart; John Ilenn
baugh and Miss Ellen A. Anderson,
both of Neligh; were married by the
county judge in O’Neill Monday.
If. 1). Bender and Miss Minnie
Mansfield were married at Albion,
Neb., May 17. Mr. Bender lived in
O’Neill last summer, being in the em
ploy of Simmons & Trigg.
George Gift and Miss Anna Wink
ler, both of Atkinson; A. Lewis Alex
ander, of Orchard, and Miss Susie
Prill, of Emporia, were granted mar
riage license by the county judge
Wednesday.
County Judge J. M. Morgan and
Miss Elizabeth Beck stole slyly down
to Neligh yesterday and came home in
the evening husband and wife. They
are busy today receiving the congrat
ulations of their friends, in which The
Frontier heartily concurs. Mr. Mor
gan’s home has been at Atkinson for
a number of years until last fall, when
he came to O’Neill to assume the
dut ies of county judge. The bride is
also an Atkinson girl and is a most
estimable lady.
Jeu/elers. ^
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O’Neill, Nebraska.
Goes to California.
R. I). Saunders, who lias been assis
tant editor and business manager of
The Frontier the past three years,
resigned his position Tuesday and ex
pects to leave tire latter part of t lie
week for Oakland, California,where he
has a position in one of the largest
publishing houses on the Pacific coast.
Romaine is one of the best newspaper
men in Nebraska, a man who could
always be relied upon to do his full
duty. As an up-to-date and artistic
job printer he has few equals
and no superiors and won an enviable
reputation by his handiwork
the past three years. The editor
regrets to lose the services of
Mr. Saunders as he has been in our
employ seven of the eleven
years we have been in the business,
and still rejoices that one who learn
ed the ‘‘art preservative” in this
office has by proficiency in his chosen
profession secured a good posit ion
in one of the largest “shops” in the
country. The best wishes of The
Frontier and its readers accompany
Mr. and Mrs. Saunders to their far
western home.
Populist Committeemen Meet.
Less than a dozen populist central
committeeman responded to the call
of their chairman and attended the
meeting of the county committee in
this city last Monday. That the once
proud party was humbled defeat is
evidenced by the fact that they ap
pointed a committee to confer with
the democrats to see when the latter
intended holding their convention.
The banbarmites did not talk kind
ly to the emmissaries of populism and
informed them that they had selected
June 14 as the date of their conven
tion and intended holding it upon
that date whether they had the aid
or consent of any other party or not.
The committee returned to their cal
lengeivs rather crestfallen and a mo
tion to have their convention on June
21 was adopted. A motion to nom
inate a county ticket at this conven
tion was defeated by a vote of (i to 4.
It is understood that Mr. Mullen is a
candidate for renomination and
favored a later date for being pre
sented for the sacrifice.
Memerial Day Observed.
Memorial day was very fittingly
observed in O’Neill by the Odd Fel
lows lodge.
Members of that order and their
families assembled at the Odd Fellow
hall at 1 p. m. and after donning their
regalia a procession was formed and
marched to the cemeteries. The lodge
had invited the old soldiers to join
in the exercises. The O’Neill
band led the march, a com
pany of children marching in the rear
with floral decorations.
At the grave yard t he exercises con
sisted of the ritualistic ceremony
of the Odd Fellows and a short but
eloquent and stirring address by
Hugh Gallagher, who especially paid
a high tribute to the lamented Mc
Kinley and the soldiers of the civil
war. The graves of the dead soldiers
and Odd Fellows were then strewn
with floral tributes provided for the
occasion. ,
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Delegates Chosen.
Delegates to county convention at
the republican caucus held in O’Neill
last Saturday evening the following
delegates were elected to represent
their respective wards in the county
convention to be held in the city
next Saturday:
First Ward—O. O. Snyder, Samuel
Deitrek, S. .7. Weekes.l D. II. Cronin.
Second Ward—J. F. Gallagher,
C.E. Hall, J. C. Olson.
Third Ward—J. .1. King, It. It.,
Dickson, C. C. Millard, E. II. Thomp
son, It. F. Williams, II. Zimmerman, j
Democratic County Convention.
The democrats of Holt county are
called to meet in delegate convention
in the opera house, O’Neill, Saturday,
June 14,1902, at 10:30a. m., to select
delegates to the democratic state and
congressional conventions and to
t ransact such other business as may
come before the convention. The
various precincts and wards will be
entitled tonne delegate at large and
one for every twenty votes cast for
the Hon. Frank Campbell at the gen
eral election in November, 1900, as
follows:
Atkinson.5 Pleasant View..2
Chamenos.4 Iiock Falls.3
Cleveland.2 Sand Creek.2
Donley.2 Saratoga.3
Deloit.4 Scott.3
Dustin.2 Shamrock.2
Emmet.2 Sheridan.4
Ewing.7 Shields.5
Fail-view .3 Steel Creek.2
Francis.3 Stuart.7
Grattan.8 Swan.2
Green Valley ... .3 Verdigris.5
Inman.4 Willowdale.2
Iowa.2 Wyoming.3
Lake.2 O’Neill, 1st wd..4
McClure.2 O’Neill, 2ud wd.4
Paddock.3 O’Neill, 3rd wd. 3
The county central committee rec
ommends that primaries for the se
lection of delegates to this convention
be held on Thursday, June 12, at 2
o'clock p. m.
J. S. IlAiutiNOTON, G. W. Smith,
Secretary. Chairman.
The Millard
The Western League 1902 pennant
race is well underway. Allot' the
Clubs in the League when visiting
Omaha will stop at The Millard Hotel,
which will be base ball headquarters
for the season. Manager 15. E. Mc
Kidden of the St. Joseph, Mo., Club
stopped at The Millard with his play
ers during the Exhibition games, on
the suggest ion of Manager Rourke of
the Omaha Club. In a letter to
James H. Manning, manager of the
Kansas City Glut), he said: “We are
all so well pleased with our treatment
here that I have closed a contract
with The Millard for the entire season
of 1902. Every tiling promised to us
by Mr. Rourke and in the hotel cor
respondence, has been amply fulfilled
and faithfully carried out.” The
rates at The Millard are as low as $2
per day on the American plan, and
$1 and up, European plan. The Lin
coln, the only first class hotel in Lin
coln opposite depots offers a rate of
$2 per day to its patrons.
Sunday School Convention
The programs are out for the
twenty-second annual convention of
the Holt County Sunday School Asso
ciation, which will be held in the
Presbyterian church at Stuart on
June 11 and 12.
The program covers every plase of
Sunday school work and is calculated
to aid the workers throghout the
county and better acquaint each with
the needs of the other.
This announcement is made by the
association: i”Every Sunday School is
entitled to send their Pastor and two
delegates. Delegates should send
their name to Itev. 15. J. Brethouwer,
Stuart, before coming, in order to
secure entertainment, and thus assist
the Committee on entertainment.”
Popular Excursion.
The Great Northern will run an ex
cursion to Sioux City and return on
June 18; $2 for the round trip. Train
leaves O’Neill at 6:30 a. m., and re
turning leaves Sioux City at 7 p. in.
TDe occasion for this is a joint picnic
of the A. O. U. W. and M. W. A. so
cieties, with especially entertaining
programs. Also on this day the in
stallation ceremonies of the bishop
of the catholic dioece of Sioux City
will take place.
George II. Hebekt, Agent.
ON THE RETIRED LIST
Firemen Hold Banquet Tuesday Eve
ning in Honor of the Fourteen
Retiring Members Who
ARE PLACED ON HONORARY LIST
Sheridan Simmont, Acting President, Enlo
giaes the Retiring Members in a
Scholarly Speech.
Tuesday evening the O’Neill Fire
Department gave a banquet at their
hall in honor of fourteen retiring
members who have served five years
with flic department.
It was strictly a firemen’s occasion,
none but firemen and their ladies
being present. Sheridan Simmons
acted as president and presented the
exemption certificates to the follow
ing, who retire from service in the
department: James Triggs, James
Davidson, M. F. Cronin, ,1. C. Olson,
R. II. Mills, S. L-Thompson, C. C.
Reka, Ed McBride, Perkins Brooks,
James Davis, Dave McNichols, Fred
Alberts, Frank Howard snd Fred
Reed.
I presenting the certificates Mr.
Simmons said:
Ladies and Brother Firemen—It
was not my intention to turn on the
cold water this evening but as no
order for more water has been given
by eit her chief, assistant chief, nozzle
man or other member of the company
since we were called out to-night I
feel that we have been altogether too
saving of that thirst quenching as
well as lire extinguishing element
which we as a fire company have here
tofore always used, with such good
effect. And in order to relieve the
pressure on the hose I feel obliged to
get you before the nozzle for just a
minute.
in i lie iiiiuiiH ui <* pedagogue,inig
is commencement of the O’Neill Fire
Department, the occasion which has
called us together around this festive
board is an unusual and important
one.
We are hereto do honor to the
courage, fidelity, and devotion of
fourteen veterans, of tlie O’Neill
volunteer Fire Department,
each of whom have for more than
the required live years faithfully res
ponded to the shrill sound of the
dread fire bell whether day or night
it rang, and who have by day leTt
their business and labor without an
instants hesitat ion and by night have
left their loved ones with a silent
prayer to God for their protection, in
case lie never should return to them
alive and has gone forth without a
mumur and without pay or hope of
reward to do his duty as a fireman
and fight the fire fiend and to pro
tect his neighbors property from des
t ruction, and if needs be risk his own
life in saving tlie lives of his neigh
bors dear ones, of such as these are
tlie 14 firemen who graduate or go out
from this department to-night.
In military parlance it is the muster
out of fourteen veterans comrades,
wlio have completed their terms of
enlistment, which have called us to
gether around this festive board to
night, in our naval and military ser
vice, we have our great Admirals our
Farraguts, our Schleys, and our
Deweys our Grants, our Shermans
and Sheridans, all upon tlie comple
tion of their terms of service are
honorably retired, and so too under
the laws of our own soverign state of
Nebraska, there comes a time when
this laural wreatli was placed on the
brows of the deserving and faithful
members of the volunteer fire depart
ment and he too is retired from active
service, it is now my duty and plea
sure, retiring veterans, to present
each of you wit h a document execut
ed with due and legal form which cer
teties that no have each of you faith
fully served your City and State in
the capacity of the volunteer firemen,
for the required fiveyear’s, in present
ing you with this diploma it is not
our wish that you sever your connec
tion with us, we want tlie benefit of
your experience and we need your en
couragement and fellowship and after
you are retired from active duty you
will ever remain honorary members of
the O’Neill Fire Department.
And here, gentlemen, L hand you
the deploma hoping that a grateful
people will smooth your patli through
life and when your summons comes to
join that innumerable caravan, that
moves to the pale realms of shade and
you have reached t he other side of
that myistic river that you may find
the tiresaliout andhis sontanic majesty
will tell you that lie has no room in
his domain for people of your profes
sion and that you may follow the
bright path upward and finally take
your place on the right hand of our
all wise Creator, Ladies and Gentle
men, 1 thank you.
R. J. Hayes Shot.
R. J. Hayes, formerly of this city,
but now police judge of Anconda,
Mont., was shot in the leg last Mon
day by a crazy man who met Hayes
while the former was hunting for
another man to punish him for some
fancied grievence. The lunatic was
flourishing the revolver in the air
when he met Rhody who told him he
had better put it away or he would he
arrested. For answer he turned the
gun on Hayes shooting him in the leg.
The lunatic was .killed a few moments
afterward by the sheriff but not be
fore he had wounded a deputy sheriff,
The many friends of Mr. Hayes in
O’Neill and Holt county will he pleast
to learn that his wound is not consi
dered serious.
Phoenix Pick-Ups.
Mr. and Mrs. John Moler visited at
Leonle the latter part of the week.
Peter Greeley was an Atkinson
visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. Moore spent a few days with
Atkinson friends last week.
Mrs. Morton Greeley visited her
parents in Atkinson last week.
Jess Coburn spent Thursday after
noon at her brother Ray’s.
Asbury Clevenger visited Phoenix
friends over Sunday.
Hert Parshall was at Butte one day
last week.
Susie Hubby is staying with her
sister Mrs Moler at present.
Frank Damero was a Turner visitor
one day last week.
Ray and Clyde Nilson visited Venre
Anderson Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Louie Coburn went to
Atkinson Thursday returning the
following day.
Miss Clara Bedford spent the latter
part of the week at tier home at Tur
ner.
Mr. Damero and daughter Edith,
spent the latter part of the week In
town.
Mrs. Nilson and Miss Clara Bedford
were callers at Mrs. F. G. Coburn’s
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Holder and daughter also Miss
Mable Keeler, of Catalpa, attended
Sunday School at Phoenix last Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamphire and daugh
ter, Lenora, attended graduating and
decoration exercises in Atkinson last
week.
Business Chances.
Brennan’s is headquarters for all
kinds of lamp’s. 20tf
Teeth or photographs at Corbett’s,
16th to 30th of each month. 39tf.
Land belonging to non-residents for
for sale by E. H. Whelan, O’Neill,
Nebraska. 46tf
STRAYED—One large black horse,
white spot in forehead, and one dun
pony. -Ditch company, O’Neill. 48-2
Buggies, buggies, buggies—A car
load of the nicest and best that ever
came to O’Neill; if you want a snap
now is your chance to call and get
your pick.—Neil Brennan. 45-tf
STRAYED—About month ago, red
cow, coaise boned animal with small
star in forehead. Kindly send any
information of above to A. H. Good
sell, Blackbird, Neb. 49-2t.
FOR SALE—Team, harness, wagon,
mower and rake. Also house, barn
and two lots in O’Neill, and 160 acres
of good farm land near Page.—Mrs.
Rosa Slattery. 48-5
Taken up—at my place on or about
March 10, 1903 one two year old red
and white spotted heifer. Owner can
have same by proving property and
paying expenses. E. S. Spindler,
Turner, Neb. 4-46pd
My full car of buggies and carriages
are now here. This gives a fine as
sortment to select from, and prices
right as I have the advantage of
bringing in full car, thereby saving
freight.—Frank Campbell. 49-4
Notice
We, the undersigned, do respectful
ly notify the public that after the
first, week in June we will close our
barber shops at 8 o’clock, excepting
Saturday night, when we will close at
12 o’clock. M. D. Price.
MePharlin Bros.
From the expressions of a few of the
populist committemen who were in
attendance at the committee meeting
Monday fusion between the bourbon
ites and populists is not seriously con
sidered by the rank and tile of the
latter party.
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