Frontier.
VOLUME XX1I1.
O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY22, 1933.
NUMBER gp.
EVENTS Of THE PAST WEEK
As Gleaned by the Frontier Reporter
on his Daily Rounds About
the Town
EVERYTHING THAT OCCURED
Is Recorded Here, It Not it Escaped
the Anxious and Tireless
j - Search of Our Reporter
Wk -
Mrs. Roberts was a passenger on
the Great Northern Monday.
For rent—The B. A. Deyarmon pro
perty. Dickson & Co.
E. G. Buchbill a ranchman in Loup
county was in O’Neill this week.
Miss Tennie Gatze, was visiting
frsends at Tilden, Neb., last week.
There will be a Highlanders ball at
the opera house Monday evening, Feb.
2d.
As usual O’Neill is a good market
place for all kinds of articles produced
on the farm.
Several of our local townsmen went
to Lincoln this week to see what the
Legislature is doing.
A consignment of garden seeds were
received recently at the local land
office and can be had for the asking.
Last Monday night was installation
evening with the Highlanders. After
installing officers supper was served
apd an enjoyable time was had.
fpeorge Whlteny went down to Til
din Sunday to spend Sunday visiting
his parents and best-but, well, we
promised not to give him away and
we won’t.
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
Chairman Frank Phillips and Super
visor Moler went down to Omaha Sun
day to attend an adjourned meeting
of the Nebraska County Commission
ers Association which was held in
that city the first of the week as dele
gates from this county.
The Modern Woodmen will give
their annual ball at the rink at
O’Neill, Neb., January 23, 1903. All
Woodmen are invited to attend.
Good music and a good time is ex
pected.
By Committee.
The Degree of Honor entertain
ment and suppergivn in honor of Mrs.
Meals was well attended. Several
members of the Woodman lodge made
short speeches and an enjoyable even
ing was passed by all Mr. and Mrs.
Meals left Monday for Alaska.
The following is the jury list for the
march, 1903, term of district court.
John B. Fisher, G. W. French, J. D
Jones, Fred Cronk, Patrick Barrett,
k S. M. Wagers, Richard.Moon, W C.
Aley, Jerry Kelly, John Mann, Thos.
Tierney, John Davidson, Chas. L.
Davis, L C. Skidmore, John Harman,
Michael Holland, Thos. Richards,
Wm Bekoff, Peter Clausen, Fred C.
Watson, A. R. Wertz, Hay McClure,
Wilson Brodie, G. A. Mattice.
Ainsworth Home Rule: An Indian
owed a Blair merchant, and the other
day he came to pay, and wanted a re
ceipt. In vain the merchant told
him a receipt was unnecessary “Me
must have to show me owe white man
nothing,” said the Indian. “Me g©
to heaven, the lord ask Indian he pay
debts. Injun say yes Lord ask him
where is receipt. What can Injun
do? Can’t go all over hell to look for
you?” He got the receipt
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Meals and family
left Monday morning for Valdez,
Alaska, where they expect to make
their future home, or at least for a
few years until Jack digs enough nug
gets from his claim on the Copper
River, about 200 miles inland from
• the above city, to enable them to live
in comfort in some beautiful city
s like O’Neill the balance of their days.
The family have resided in O’Neill a
good many years and the well wishes
of a host of friends accompany them
to their far northern home. The
Frontier will visit them each week
and keep them posted upon the cur
rent affairs of this vicinity.
Judging from the following, taken
from the Omaha Quill, William
Javiolette is rapidly forging to the
/ ront in Omaha musical circles: Prof.
Laviolette entertained a number ol
friends at the club rooms Tuesday
evening. He played several selections
from famous operas and played and
sang several melodies. He showed
himself a master of the instrument
'Several declamations were delivered,
An enjoyable feature of the evening
was the singing by Louis Grevin ol
the French national son, ‘ The Mar
l seilles. ” Refreshments were served
* at midnight, after which the company
separated. As an entertainer the
professor is a peach.
Frank Phillips sent over to the
county treasure of Knox county the
other day to pay some 1902 taxes on a
tract of land over there, and the re
ceipt came back numbered 216, dated
January 16 on the same day here in
Ilolt, Treasurer Cronin was number
ing his receipts over 100, or more than
three times as many. Frank says and
he knows, “that this is one of the
many reasons why their is no place on
earth quite as good as Holt county ”
Knox, of course, is a great, big pros
perous county filled with fine people
and in fact is almost as good as Holt.
But stand up for Holt county.
Our friend northwest of here in the
cellar, is evidently not pleased with
the way Chairman Phillips conducts
the business of his office Eves thinks
if he was chairman of the county
board he would do things different
from the way Chairman Phillips does
Perhaps he would, but the fact is
Francis Phillips is filling the office
now and our friend over northwest
will have to wait untill he is elected
county commissioner before he can
have the business conducted just to
suit him. Chairman Phillips is sim
ply follwing out the former custom
and his official actions meet with the
approval of the voters
Early Sunday morning a horse at
tached to a buggy which contained
two ladies fell on the ice in front of
the Hotel Evans and could not get up.
In its efforts to gain its feet the horse
threatened to smash the buggy and
this alarmed the fair occupants so
that they screamed for help Almost
before the cries of distress were emit
ted the fallen horse was surrounded
by enough men to carry off the horse,
buggy and occupants bodily. There
was the batcher, the hotel keeper, the
tailor, the chairman of the county
board and numerous other persons of
the masculine gender each and every
one anxious to assist beauty in dis
tress. This inate spirit ofcliivelary;
this spirit of readiness to assist any
one, more particularly a woman in dis
tress is distinctly a trait of the men
of this nation and one of the things
that make us great.
An Expert Opin ion.
A bachelor maid, in other words an
old maid, a spinster, a husbandless
woman, has handed us the following
as the proper definition for an old
bachelor. While we never had ex
perience as an old bachelor or as an
old maid, after looking over the article
we are inclined to believe that it is so
good that it ought to be published:
What is a bachelor? He is a social
misfit, a square peg for the hole of ex
istence. He is a son of Ishmael, his
hand against every man and every
man’s hand against him. He is an
animated ‘it’ and hunted of men.
He riseth up in the morning and his
day is a day of fear. He steereth his
vacillating course always between the
Scylla of inebrity and the Charybdis
of matrimony He is a ping pong
ball batted forever from the summer
girl to the bar tender and back again
If he stays sober he gets married; if
he stays single he gets drunk. He
waxeth not great for all his energies
are spent in resisting temptation.
He attempteth to walk the straight
and narrow path and behold, the mint
julep bloometh in lovliness by the
wayside. From green bowers, sirens
in pink and blue and white entice
him, luring him to the commission of
foolishness by permitting him to talk
of himself, and he being an egotisti
cal ass, beholdeth not the trap, but
maketh much talk. By foolish
speeches he compromiseth himself,
and beneath the witching light of the
moon maketh vows that in the garish
light of day, fill him with fierce regret
He fleeth from a Dull, Time, and be
hold his feet are entangled in the
meshes of schemers. He talketh man
talk with a married friend over a cold
battle and indorseth a note for $100,
which he subsequently payeth. He
speaketh soft words to a maiden of
many summers and papa asketh his
intentions. Behold,such isthebache
lor, and no hope is there for him. He
seeth no peace until he becometh
either a sot or a Benedict. And his
name is Woe.”
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Aaron Burr’s Alleged Pun.
Aaron Burr was fleeing immediately
after the duel. “But where will you
be next?” asked his second. "I can’t
tell,” returned the statesman, “wheth
er I’ll be Aaron Burr, or Burr in air.”
Stopping to kick a suggestive piece of
rope out of his pathway, he hastily
resumed his flight.
Mr. Gilmour’s Reply.
O’Neill, Neb., Jan. 19th, 1903. j
Editor Frontier.
Dear Sir:
As I have been accused by the Holt
County Independent of forgery and
stealing money from the county I ask
space in your paper for a statement.
About June 3,1902, John Rhodes of
Bowdin, S. D., wrote the otllee asking
for information relative to the sel of
17-32-13, which information was furn
ished, then followed a long correspond
ence concerning the title to the above
land and soliciting my assistance in
clearing the title and procuring an ab
stract for which he agreed to pay me
$10.00. The treasurer sent him astate
ment of the taxes due, both by letter
anl by telegram, which Mr. Rhodes
returned to me along with a draft to
pay the taxes including enough to
cover recording fees, costs in district
clerk’s office and abstract of title and
$10.00 for my work and at the same
time forbid me paying the taxes and
costs until the title to the land was
cleaned up. It took some time to get
all the instruments necessary as I had
to get an assignment from a defunct
loan company in Boston, Mass., and
after I procured all the necessary in
struments 1 paid the following
amounts.
Recording fees which will be
found on my fee book under
date of Angust 16, 1902.$ 4.30
A. J. Hammon for abstract_ 4.50
Paid to Mr. Freese of Boston foe
executing an assignment of
mortgage. 1.00
Paid John Skirving court costs 17.43
Paid county treasurer for taxes 103.95
Retained for foreign receipts.. 7.00
And the amount he agreed to
pay me for my work. 10.00
I have answered at least twenty let
ters of inquiry from Mr. Rhodes be
sides a large number of letters written
in the matter of clearing the tittle to
this land. 1 am certain had this work
been done by an attorney he would
have charged $50.00, and now I want
to say that I had no thought of doiug
wrong in the matter of charging for
the payment of taxes as I have only
been following a custom practiced by
my predocessors in office, one of which
advertised on his letter heads the
fact that he paid taxes for non-resi
dents. I have never solicited the
business and have only paid taxes in a
few cases when requested to do so by
non-residents.
1 wrote across the face of the tax re
ceipt in my own hand writing the
words “Foreign receipt $1.00” without
any attempt to disguise my hand wiit
ing, nor did I change any of the figures
placed on the receipt by the county
treasurer. 1 did it that the party for
whom the tax was paid could see just
how much I charged him for paying
the taxes. Now with this statement
of facts 1 am willing to leave the mat
ter to an unbiased public whether I
am guilty of forgery and theft.
E. S. Gilmour,
County Clerk.
From Ewing Advocate.
Reuben Butler, son of ex-county
attorney Butler, of O’Neill, was haul
ing hay from his father’s place north
of town for shipment to Omaha.
J Newton Trommorshausser of
O’Neill passed through Ewing this
morning, enroute to Lincoln. Whet
her his visit to the State capitol is of
a business or social nature we are
unable to say.
Representative Ezra Waring came
up from Lincoln, Saturday and spent
several hours chatting with the gang
at this place. Ezra although of the
minority end of the House has been
appointed on several important com
mittees.
Fred Mertz, who for some time was
employed in the Ewing Roller mills,
but who of late has been at horn a up
in the north part of the county, is in
town today and will remain at least
over Sunday. It is unnecessary to go
into detail as to the attraction this
place lias for Mr. Mertz.
Miss Lelia Porter O’Neill was an
Ewing visitor Sunday the Iguest
of the Swain sisters. Her visit
here was of farewell nature as she
with her parents moved to Albion
this week, where they will engage in
the livery business having disposed
of their hotel at O’Neill to R. II
Wells who by the way is a strickly
up-to-date hotel man.
J. L. Fisher, the obliging cashier
of the Ewing State Bank, went down
to Wahoo the middle of the weekon
on a visit but with whom we are un
able to state. At the rate the paint
ers and paper hangers are going
at the rooms above Horton’s store
building one might predict the cause
of his trip to Wahoo, more than simp
ly a visit. However, his return is ex
pected Sunday evening, hence the
suspense to interested parties at this
place will not be of long buration.
News From the Legislature.
(Special Correspondence,)
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 19.
The tirst two weeks of the legisla
tive session, as usual, has been devot
ed to preliminary work. The organ
ization, the formation of committees,
and the printing of the early bills, as
usual has held the attention of both
houses. In the work so far done there
is little to indicate the strength or
energy of the individual members.
One feature of the organization
which has attracted favorable atten
tion is the movement to cut olT sine
cure places, and hold down the num
ber of employes to a reasonable limit.
The senate led in this movement, but
there is indication that the member
of places in the house will be lower
than ever before. In the senate eight
years ago there were 125 employes
There has been a gradual decrease,
until this senate is getting along well
with only 69. It is probable that the
house will keep almost within the
same limit.
A test of the earnestness of the
house was seen when the Sears resolu
tion was adopted by a large majority.
It provided that no bills should come
up for a third reading calling for ap
propriations for public buildings until
after an adequate revenue bill should
be formulated to raise sutlicient
money to get the state out of debt
This resolution was amended so as to
permit appropriations for rebuilding
or repairing buildings, which would
seem to open the way for the comple
tion of the penitentiary and the re
building of the Norfolk hospital. It
is conceded that these two institu
tions have the better chance for ap
propriations in both ends of the legis
lature, Without taking the Sears reso
lution into consideration. Many
doubt the expediency of adding the
other institutions tins session, except
in cases of great emergency.
In the house there came up a proposi
tion to form a special committee to
take in hand the matter of a complete
revenue bill. While some doubted
the expediency of such a committee,
it was acknowledged by all that some
move be made other than to patch up
tlie old revenue law in a bap-hazard
manner. In the senate amove was
made to order the revenue committee
to report a new measure before Feb
ruary 15th, giving it the right of the
senate freely expressed the opinion
that a joint committee of both houses
for the purpose of formulating revenue
committee to prepare a bill for presen
tation to the next legislature, or to be
acted upon in special session.
Not the least interesting among the
propositions already tip is the propos
al to amend the Omaha charter so as
to permit that city to assess railroad
property locally, instead of distribut
ing the money among the counties
along the lines. Those who favor the
measure argue that the valuable ter
ninals located in Omaha now pay only
a small tax to the city, in proportion
to other property Those who oppose
the proposed amendment argue that
to take these taxes for local purposes
would mean acorresponding reduction
in the amount now received by the
rural counties. It is certain that the
proposition will provoke much discus
sion before the end of the session.
The Omaha delegations will come
before the legislature with several
Other propositions which will increase
the stir in the session. One is to
change the date of the city election
to later in the year; one to limit the
service of any man for mayor to two
terms; and one is to permit the an
nexation of South Omaha On these
propositions there is much division of
sentiment in Douglas county, and
several of the “advance gnard” are
already on the ground boosting for or
against these amendments.
Those who have made a study of
Nebraska legislatures concede that
the membership this session is made
up of better material than ever before
It has often been remarked that more
than usual care was exercised in the
nominations, and that fewer of the
professional politician class were
elected than in former years. With
good material and the overwhelming
republican majority in both houses
there is reason to expect the best of
results.
A Quiet Wedding.
Norfolk News: The fact has been
announced that on Wednesday, Jan
uary 7, Mr. Timothy F. Maher of Des
Moines, Iowa, and Miss Ella Barrett
of this ci jy were quietly married at
the Church of the Sacred Heart, Rev.
Thomas Walsh officiating. The couple
immediately went to Omaha, where
they remained until yesterday, when
Mrs. Maher returned to this city to
stay until her husband finishes some
business matters at Des Moines. For
a time they will temporarily reside in
Omaha, and then go to southern Cali
fornia, where they will make their
home
Mr. Maher is a railroad contractor
and a man of stability. For four years
he was superintendent of transporta
tion in Cuba.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B W. Barrett of t his city,
and has resided here for the past 12
years. She lias been serving as book
keeper for Hoffman & Smith for some
time. She has many friends in the
city who will wish her and her husb
and unlimited success in life.
Miss Barrett lived inO’Ncill a little
over a year ago, being employed as a
stenographer for the county attorney
and later for R. R. DieksOn and made
many friends in this city who extend
their heartiest congralutions.
rue MarKet.
[Special market letter from NyoA Ruchanan
Co., Live Stock Commission Merchant*
South Omaha, Nebraska].
January 21, 1803. Three days this
week bring about 10,000 cattle anil a
reaction for the better, which we ex
peeled. We think this a good week
to be here, as we arc afraid next week
will bring heavier receipts.
We quote best beef steers *4.75 to
$5.00, good $4.25 to $4.75, warmed-up
$3.75 to $4.00; choice cows $3.40 $4.00,
fair $2.85 to $3.30, canners and cutters
$1.60 to $2.50. Stockers and feeders
in limited supply; good $3.75 to $4.25,
fair $3.00 to $3.00 Bulls$2.00 to $3.75;
veal $4.00 to $0.00.
Hog receipts are lighter than esti
mated and prices are higher. Range
$6.35 to 86.75.
Sheep market has been very satis
factory We topped the market
Thursday on lambs at $5 76 and year
lings $5 10. Few feeders.
Killers
Lambs $5.00-$5.75
Y earl i ngs 4 50—5.10
Wethers
Ewes
Nye & Ruchanan Go.
Mathematics of Love.
"Margaret,” he began, "£ have
$3,750 in the bank. I own half Inter
est in a patent churn company that
clears $1,700 a year. My salary la
$20 a week, with prospects of a raise
to $22 next April. I have an aunt
who will leave me twenty-seven
shares of a railway stock now quoted
at 53. Tell me. Margaret, will you be
mine?” "Walt,” she replied, “till 1
get a pencil.” For she never had
been good at mental arithmetic.—
Newark News.
A PRETTY GIRL—
Naturally feels that she is entitled to
masculine admiration.
Shows off best when she is trying to
be an agreeable companion.
Often creates adverse criticism by
taking on an air of superiority.
Sometimes finds herself neglected
when she most desires attention.
Will cause trouble in a social assem
blage without being conscious of
the fact.
Assumes a sort of matronly air when \
approached by an admiring school
boy.
Takes unto herself prerogatives which
often make her associates fear for
consequences.
Is touched to the quick when a man
praises the other beauty.
Likes to make men believe she is
above posing for effect.
Han the satisfaction of knowing that
other girls secretly envy her
charms.
A Great idea.
The suporters of football are assem
bled In convention.
"Gentlemen," says the spokesman,
“something must be done to add in
terest to the game. I regret to ac
knowledge that In recent years, de
spite our efforts to wound, maim and
kill, the sport has dwindled in public
favor. No doubt this is because of
the increase in the number of wars
and the familiarity of the public with
injuries from that cause; also because
of the growth of the automobile fad.
Hence, as I say, we must do some
thing to put more ginger in the game.
The point is, what shall we do?”
Here a shaggy haired man arose in
the rear of the hall and begged for a
hearing.
"Gentlemen," he said, “I represent
the Russo-American society of an
archy, and am also an enthusiastic
football player. It occurs to me that
if the ball were filled with dynamite
instead of air it would——"
But the rest of his remarks were
simply drowned In a furious explosion
of mad applause.—Baltimore Amer
ican.
Family Too Noisy.
A. noisy family, kept by an old
Woman in Paris, aroused the indigna
tion of the neighbors. It consisted of
twenty liens, fifty roosters, thirty
pigeons, eight dogs, four cats, a par
rot, a goat and a dozen small birds.
The neighbors couldn’t sleep, they
complalnel and the woman’s family
was scattered by the police.
Wireless Telegraphy In Paris.
In Paris it Is proposed to establish
a central station, from which wireless
telegraphy will be used to transmit
the news to subscribers in different
parts of the town. Tlso Sodete Fran
caise de Telegraphic Sans Fll has beet
organized wPh this end in view, and
the experimental stations which have
been installed in different parts of the
city appear to work satisfactorily.
Egyptian Exploration Fund.
J. E. Lodge, r. second son of Sena
tor Lodge, has taken hold of the
Egyptian exploration tund, which has
received many thousands of dollars
from the people of New England.
Good in Artesian Wells.
The New South Wales government
has sunk 82 artesian wells, 56 of
which brought water quite to the
surface. Only eight were total fail
ures.
A Cloven Foot
In the town of B., In Connecticut,
the pulpit of a clergyman who was 111
was supplied by a minister from an
other perish. It happened to be com
munion Sunday, and the visiting
clergyman chanced to have the pedal
malformation commonly known as a
"club foot," and while he was admin
istering tbe sacrament this fact was
noticed by a bright lltUe boy, and
when he reached home he asked his
mother:
“Wasn’t that the devil who preached
to-day?”
“Why, no, my child. What do you
mean? The clergyman was Mr.-”
“No. mother. It was the devil, be
cause I saw his cloven foot two or
three times sticking out from under
the table!"
Testimonial to 8lenkiewlcz.
The largest public testimonial ever
given to an author was presented to
Sienkiewlcz, the PollBh author, last
year. It consisted of a house and
650,000.