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Frontier. 1 VOLUME XXIII._ O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRILS. 1903. __ NUMBER 43. EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK As Gleaned by the Frontier Reporter on his Daily Rounds About the Town EVERYTHING THAT OCCURED Is Recorded Here, If Not it Escaped the Anxious and Tireless Search of Our Reporter Go to Olsens for blacksmithing 2-43 Dal Hunter was in from Willowdale Tuesday. Editor Raker was up from Ewing last Saturday. Olsen is the man that can do your blacksmithing. 2-43 W. P. O’Brion was down from Atkinson Saturday. See those new photo mountings at Corbetts. They are beauties. 43 B. A. Deyarman house and barn for sale. Dickson & Co. If you want a good riding plow Bentley has one to sell you 40tf. When you want your plow repaired bring it to Olsen across from Meller & Quiltysbarn. 2-43 Doctor Corbett will be in his Dental office and Gallery from the 23 to 30th of each month. Miss Sadie Osborn, of Atkinson, is in the city visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Merrill. T. N. J. Ilynes returned from Park City, Utah, Saturday night and ex pects to remain in O’Neill during the summer. Will Mohr, one of the hustling real estate agents of Boyd county, former ly a Holt county boy, was in the city Monday. Jim Connally was passing the cigars around Monday on account of the ar rival of a son at his home Sunday morning. Thomas Joyce left for Park City, Utah, this morningiwhere he expects to make his future home. May suc cess attend him. R. W. McGinnis, general agent of the Elkhorn at Lincoln, was in the city Saturday looking after business interests in this section. Mrs. Clarence Selah returned Satur day evenipg from Huron, S. D., where she had been visiting relatives the past three months. SEE My line of wall paper direct from factory. Don’t buy from dealers when you can save 25 per cent. See me. M. F. Cronin The Epwortli League will give an ice cream social in the rooms fitted up under the Valley bank Friday evening, April 24th. All are cordially invited. A. W. Scattergood, of Ainsworth, one of the leading attorneys of western ¥ Nebraska, was in the city Sunday at tending the institution of the Knights of Columbus. Andrew Morrisey, county attorney of Cherry county, was in the city Sun day and was on that day initiated into the mystries of the Knight of Columbus. S. F. McNichols and children were in Plainview last Monday visiting Mr. McHenry, the Plainview miller, whose flour Mr. MeNichols handles in liis feed store here. The indications are that there will be quite a building boom in O’Neill this summer. Several of our citizens are figuring on erecting res idences this season. 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 FOR RENT—The 240 acre Carlon farm adjoining O’Neill Running water, fine meadow and pasture. Dwelling, shade, etc. Apply at once i to O. F. Biglin, O’Neill, Neb. O. O. Snyder is having his office building remodeled and renovated. When the carpenters and paperhang ers complete their services he expects to have one of the neatest little offices in the state. , Now is the time to buy or trade for a good short horn bull. The Brook Farm Co., have 25 that can’t be beat. J R. Thomas Foreman. Farm 10 miles northeast of O’Neill Just opened up for the spring a very fine assortment of Sioux City garden seeds in bulk and in packages also onion setts, alfalfa and white clover blue grass. 3Stf Neil Brennan. Our new studio is almost complete. Wait and we will fill your order with the latest and finest lighting obtain able. Latest cards and ground work. Respectable treatment and first-class work guaranteed. 43-1 Holderson Photo Co. We have too many anti-rust wash boilers and dish-pans. Must sell some of them to reduce the stock. Come and get the reduced prices. O’Neill, Furniture and Hardware Co. Succes sors to M. A. McCaffery. 39 The O’Neill, Furniture and Hard ware Co., successors to M. A. McCaf ferty, we want to go out of the lamp and queensware business and will sell at any old price to close out. Come all and see their stock. 39 Strayed—From my place twenty miles northeast of O’Neill on or about Dec. 1,1902,one brown mare two years old. Liberal reward for information leading to her recovery. 43-2 Dude Hoyer, Blackbird, Neb. The Brook Farm Co., have Bulls foi sale and thei r Dames have weighed 2100 hundred. Brother stockman come and buy one of these bulls and grow 1800 hundred lb steers with the same feed you grow 1000 and 1200 lb ones. J. B. Thomson Foreman. Farm 10 miles northeast of O’Neill. Last Thursday J. J. King disposed of his residense in the western part of the city to A. J. Hammond. Consi deration $1300 Mr. King will have a sale of his personal effects and expects to leave for the west about May 15 to look up a location in Ore gon or Washington. Call at Mrs. Fitzsummon’s and see the beautiful and stylish line of Eas ter hats on exhibition. The finest line of pretty and stylish ladies hats ever brought. Pattern hats always in stock and first-class trimmers to give them the artistic touch. Second door east of Hotel Evans. Two thousand dollars worth of first class furniture has been ordered by tiie O’Neill Furniture & Hardware Co., successors to M. A. McCafferty. Shipment will arrive about the 15th of April. Very best goods and lowest prices. The stock of furniture on hand now will be disposed of very cheap to make room for the new stock. Anyone who desires to have paper pering, painting, calcemining and frescoeing done, it will be to their ad vantage to see me. I have had over forty years experience and will guar antee work to be first-class. Leave orders for work at Corrigan’s drug store or address me at Agee, Neb. 36-2 N. S. Thompson. Having succeeded to the business of the firm of Peeler & McManus I cor deally invite the patronage of all my old customers and in fact any and everbody who desire anything in the general hardware line. Also carry a stock of harness, collars, pads, whips and in fact any thing that can be procured in any first-class harness shop. Yours for business and fair dealing. John McManus. 41-4 Judging by the following taken from the Gordon Journal, all is not peace and harmony among our brother editors in Sheridan county.. If the boys continue they are liable to get each other into domestic difficulties: “The Itushville Standard editor says the editor of the Journal is worrying himself sick because the women wear long dresses. What particular style would the Standard editor advocate— decolette at both ends? The editor of the Journal may be a trifle bald headed, but he has never yet been ac cused of kissing grass widows on the way home from church.” The syndicate editoral writer in last weeks Independent says Mr.Tighe and his three sons had a right to vote in O’Neill. When interrogated by Judge Davidson, of the election board, Mr. Tighe said he came here with his family about March 6, or thirty one days before the election. As the gen eral election laws, under which J. H. Parks was convicted of illegal voting specifically state that in order to be a legal voter you must be a resident of the county at least forty days proceed ing the election, we failed to see where Tighe or his sons had a vote coming when they had been residents of Holt county only thirty-one days. C. W. Hamilton was down from Stuart Saturday and made this office a business call squaring up his sub scription prior to his removal to Wash ington. Charley has been a resident of Holt for many years and lias been a successful farmer and politician. There may be brighter spots on mother earth than old Holt but we have failed to see them and we have moved around “quite a heap” too. The Frontier is of the opinion that when the glamour of that western country—brought to the eyes of the prospective western immigrant by tiie glowing literature of the active real estate hustler—is disa ppointed by hard knocks in tire school of experience, many of those of who have left this garden of eden will be coming back sadder but wiser men, even if poorer in pocket. Rut here is luck to Charley Hamilton where ever he may pitch his tent. Mrs. Ben DeYarmon and children left Tuesday morning for Vancouver, Wash., where they expect to make their future home. Mr. Peyarmon h is been there a couple of months and is engaged in the real estate business. Mrs. Lillie, who was convicted of the murder of her husband at David City, last December, has been refused a new trial and was sentenced to the penetentiary for life. Mr. Lillie was a nephew of Mr. Gerard who resides about ten miles northeast of this city. Romaine Saunders, who left here last June for Oakland, Cal., will re turn to O’Neill about the middle of ■ ext month and resume his old posi tion as associate editor of The Fron tier. “Pete’s” many friends in O’Neill will be glad to welcome him back from the land of flowers. Ord Quiz: C. L. Anderson and family are this week packing up their household good with the idea in view of moving to the Island in the near future where they will make their home. Mr. Anderson tells us that lie lias purchased property there. Situat ed on the main line where he spends the most of his time lie will be better able to be at home nights and Sundays with his family hence the change in location. We wish them success in the move. LilUULCiUUIU XJ, II Llll L iWIU Miss Helen Dickinson returned to Omaha last week after a few days visit in this city at the home of Mr. ndaMrs. S. J. Weekes. Mr. Hunt is |a cousin of Mrs. Weekes and has but recently returned from South Africa where he has been for the past ten years. Mr. Hunt fought with the Boers in the Jamison raid—before the breaking out of the war. At the com mencment of the war he assisted in the organization of the Irish Brigade and was made Frst Lieutenant of one of the companies in that brigade, un der General Wade for whom the Brit ish government had a standing ofier of 3000 pounds for his capture. In conversation with The Frontier re porter Mr. Hunt stated that the Brit ish government were never called up on to pay the rewrrd for the wily Wade succeeded in eluding capture by the British army up until the final surrender of the Boer army. Mr. Hunt participated in several of the most important battles among them being Ladysmith and Spion Kopje and was twice wounded. He tells of the coun try, the people and the war in a very interesting way and one has but to listen to him for a short time to be convinced that the cause for which the Boers put up such a heroic fight was a just one. Mr Hunt expects to make his home, for the present, in Omaha. Obituary. Mrs. Adelia Wagers, wife of S. M. Wagers, died at her home in this city Tuesday morning at 7:30 of heart fail ure, after a short illness, aged 63 years and 10 months. Adelia Hagerman was born in Wash ington county. Ohio, June 16, 1839. In 1864 she was united in marriage to Jessie Smith,who died in 1874. Frank and Ed Smith, of this city, are sons of Mrs. Wagers by her first marriage. On August 16,1879, she was united in marriage to S. M. Wageis at Virqua, Wis. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Iowa, where they re mained one year, they moving to Ne braska and settled in Hamilton county, where they remained until t he spring of 1882, when they moved to Holt county and settled on a farm about 16 miles northeast of this city. In 1887 they moved to this city. Mrs. Wagers has been a sufferer from stom ach trouble for years, but was not con sidered seriously ill until the past three weeks. Tuesday morning about 7:15 Mr. Wagers came up town after his mail. When he left home she was resting easy, apparently better than she had been during the night. When he re turned about 7:35 she was dead. Her nurse stated she had at attack of heart failure shortly after he left ttiat carried her to the great beyond. The family has the sympathy of their numerous friends in their bereave ment. The funeral was held from the M. E. church at 10 o'clock this morning, services being conducted by Rev. Amos Fetzor. Sunday School Convention. The annual convention of the Holt County Sunday School Association will be held at Ewing, Nebraska, on June 9th and 10th, 1903. It is hoped that all who are inter ested in the work of the Bible school will use every effort to make this the best convention ever held in this county. Any Sunday school in Holt county, which has not already received blanks for statistical reports, will confer a great favor upon the officers by writ ing at once to M. Blanche Adams, Secretary, O’Neill, Neb. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Council was Organized Last Sunday With a Membership of Seventy Eight BANQUET AFTER ORQANIZINQ. The Visiting Knights were Delighted With the Reception Accorded Them. Officers Elected. While last Sunday was far from an ideal day the Omaha and Sioux City visitors seemed well satisfied with the hospitality accorded them by the pros pective Knights of O’Neill. The fol lowing from the Sioux City Journal, written by one of the staff who was among the Knights present from Sioux City, gives an interesting ac count of the days proceedings and shows the hospitality accorded the visitors was duly appreciated. Follow ing is the Journals report. Nearly fifty members of Epiphany council of the Knights of Columbus returned at 7:30 o’clock this morning on a special train from O’Neill, Neb., where on Sunday a Knights of Colum bus celebration was held. The Sioux City Knights had much to tell of the unbounded hospitality of the citizens of the Short Line ter minus. The entertainment which the visitors received will be long re membered, and the enthusiasm of the Sioux City knights upon their return may well assure O’Neill and its citi zens that they hold a high place in the knights of Sioux City. The delegation Epiphany council was headed by J. M. Lynch, grand knight, and included the following Sioux City knights: J. H. Hale, J. J. Murphy, Dennis Duggan, George Gor don, John M. Gordon, John B. Keefe, J. P. O’Donnell. John W. Carey, Char les S. Carey, John F. Gearen, T. F. Kelly, George A Junk, John Mulhal)< Thos. Molone, J.S. Lynch, J. F. Gunn, J. A. Fleming, Henry E. Cody, J. F. Duggan, H. J. Bingenhelmer, George J. Kidd, M. Waters, Charles R. Ken nedy, T. M. Hanlon, F. E. Gill, A. Van Wagenen, Frank J. McGrath, John F. Klise, V. J. Hagan, II. F. Hogan, Roberts P. Larkin, Frank Hutchinson, P. J. Donohoe, C. J. Sex ton and Frank Donahue. The follow ing out of town members of the coun cil were picked up on the road to O’Neill: Ed T. Kearney, Jackson, Neb., John C. Duggan, Goodwin, Neb. and James Hartnett, Hubbard, Neb. E. J. Moroney, of Freeport, 111., ac companied the Sioux City delegation. The Sioux City men who were in itiated at O’Neill were M. L. Flinn, A. D. Jones, J. II. Marshall, J. W. Cleary, Ray Duggan, P. J. Conway and J L. Gibbons. i ne aay was a memorable one ror O’Neill. Perhaps never before had the hospitality of the town been so generously drawn upon. In addition to the sixty visitors which the Sioux City special bore to O’Neill, there were eighty knights from Omaha, so the citizens of the Ilolt county capital had a large number of guests to pro vide for, which they did in a most admirable manner, the arrangements having been well made and well car ried out. The Omaha knights arrived at O’Neill in time for breakfast, after which, with the prospective members of the O’Neill council, they attended mass at 10 o’clock at St. Patrick’s church. The Sioux City knights ar rived before noon, and at 12 o’clock the 200 knights seated themselves be fore a fine lunch, most credicably serv ed by *the women of St. Patrick’s parish in theconvent. The initiation services in the court house consumed the entire afternoon and a large part of the evening. They were followed by a banquet in the Knights of Colum bus hall, which did not come to a close until 2:15 o’clock this morning, when the visiting delegates started for their respective trains after deliver ing themselves of three (and possible more) cheers for O’Neill and Charles Carroll of Carrollton council, the new council. The initiation exercises were in charge of the Omaha council and were careled out in a masterly manner. A class of seventy-eight candidates was put through three degrees of the order T. J. Mahoney, territorial supreme deputy for Nebraska, and C.J. Smyth, grand knight of the Omaha council, were in charge of the work. The banquet was a notable event, more than 200 persons being seated at three long tables, on which a fine spread was served. Flowers and the national colors were used in decorat ing. The speechmaking was unusual ly clever. John A. Harmon was toast master, and the following toasts were responded to; “Our Guests,” Arthui F. Mullen, O’Neill; “Our Order,” A, Van Wagenen, Sioux City; “The Cat holic Citizen,” T. J. Mahoney, Omaha: “As I Was Saying,” Andrew Morris sey, Valentine, Neb.: “The Future o! tlie Order,” Frank E. Gill, Sioux City; “Knighthood,” 0. J. Smyth, Omaha; "Impression of the Day," M. F. Har rington, O’Neill. After the regular programme, the following persons were called upon and responded with fitting remarks: Neil Brennan, O'Neill; E. J. Stackhouse, of Daven port; Prof. J. V. Owens, O’Neill, and Matt L. Fllnn, Sioux City. The first officers of the Charles Cor roll of Carrollton council are as fol lows: Arthur F. Mullen, grand knight; James A. Donohoe, deputy grand knight; Owen F. Biglin, chan cellor; Clarence C. Campbell, recorder; Miahael It. Sullivan, flnanclel secre tary; Patrick J. O’Donnell, treasurer; Edward H. Whelan, lecturer; Michael F. Harrington, advocate; Frank J. Dlshner, warden; Thos. J. Coyne, in side guard; Theodor E. Pickenbrock, outside guard; Itev. M. F. Cassidy, chaplain; James F. O’Donnell, Tim othy D. Hanley and Andrew Morris sey, trustees. The two distingnshlng features of the day were the limitless hopltality of the people or O’Neill and the excel lent work of the Omaha council and the territorial duputy of Nebraska in the initiatory ceremonies. Hot Air Only. Special to The Tribune “O’Neill, Neb., April 21.—Tlie appearance on Saturday of last week of the right-of-way man tor the Great Northern railroad and the fact that he made a trip over the proposed link between here and Dunning on tlie Burlington has created new interest in tlie proposed extension. "A prominent Sioux City business man came here with him and remain ed in O’Neill while tlie railroad man drove over the preliminary survey tiiat had been made years ago. Tlie business man for obvious reasons did not wisli his name made public, but he stated positively that the road would be extended southwest from O’Neill to connect with the Burling ton at Dunning this year. lie stated that $15,000,000 had been already ap propriated for building two links in Nebraska between the Great Northern and Burlington systems. He stated that Sioux City people were very much interested in the proposed ex tension from O’Neill as it would add a new Held to their industries. He had been told that the merger litiga tion would not in the least interfere with the proposed extensions in Neb raska. The right-of-way man stated that within the next thirty days a corps of surveyors would be on tlie ground and make the necessary survey and before snow flies through trains would be running from St Paul, Sioux City and Minneopolis to Denver.’’ “This story from O’Neill concides with information given The Tribune and printed several weeks ago that money had been appropriated to build two connections in Nebraska between tlie Burlington and the Great North ern. The Ashland-Sioux City route was mentioned as one and a connec tion between the Short Line at O’Neill and the Burlington was the other. The railroad map of Nebraska shows that Dunning is the nearest point on the Burlington to O’Neill. From the west, the route would be a good one and appears more feasible than the mooted Alliance connection. From O’Neill a line to Dunning would extend almost exactly southwest, on through Holt county, across the south east corner of Lock county, the north west corner of Loup county, and to Dunning which is in tire southwest portion of Illaine county. The dis tance is approximately 80 miles ” Tile above art icle appeared in last Mondays Sioux City Tribune and is simply hot air and we presume from the every ready pen and imaginative brain of John G. Mailer. No surveyor or right of way man for the Great Northern was in O’Neill last week nor was there a prominent business man of Sioux City here who was anxious to unburden himself of rail road knowledge. It was a pipe dream pure and simple. Last week The Frontier predicted that railroad miners would be numerous now that Colonel Maher had returned from Lincoln and the above article demon strates tlie correctness of our surmise. The only thing that surprises us is that reputable newspapers continue to give space and publicity to such hot air blasts Notice to the Public. Gather up all your wasting Iron and bring it to Nye & Schneider’s office at O’Neill and get from 83 00 to $4.00 a ton. Good for weeks. A man from Omaha does the purchasing. We pay big price for old rubber shoes and old copper and brass. Dont fail to clean up your premises and get the cash. Strayed. From my place Monday evening April 20. Two colts with Web halters on 1 bay mare 3years old, 1 dark brown mare colt yearling. Information leading to their recovery will be re warded. T. A. Pickering. 43 O’Neill, Neb. I have purchased a Celebrated 0 0 Newcomb Fly-Shuttle Loom and d d am now ready to do all kinds 4 A of Carpet and Rug Weaving. A a Work done byacompetant wea- i J ver. Call at residence and ex- \ K amine work. J S T. A. PICKERING. J } All Ready ;’ 0 The wall paper sea- 4 r son is here and we r 2 are all ready for it •! 4 with a J I New Line of!; 1903 Patterns |l Nothing old and (l the price is at least I * ; 25 per cent lower 5 « than you can send away « w and get your paper for. # J We invite your inspec- J a tion. J \ Gilligan & Stout \ j JUST ARRIVED | Golden,Peeler&Hodgkins} $ SUCCESSORS TO f * M. A. McGafferty, \ % At the Old McCafferty Stand. £ I We have just unloaded a car of Furniture and are Tk now prepared to please anyone and everyone in that line ^ WE CAN FURNISH J BED ROOM SUITS $20 to -fdo. ^ ROCKERS $1.50 to $50. # COUCHES $10 to $40. ^ CHINA CLOSETS $18.50 to $25. ^ COMBINATION BOOK CASE and ^ WRITING DESK $15 to $35. # IRON BEDSTEADS $2.50 to $25, DINING TABLES $5 to $24. K Dining CHAIRS per set $3.90 to $30. ^ We also handle a full line of Hardware, Tinware, Gran- ^ iteware, C’uttlery, Garden Sejds, Etc. ^