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VOLUME XXIII._
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 7,1903,
NUMBER 45.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK
As Gleaned by the Frontier Reporter
on his Daily Rounds About
, the Town
EVERYTHING THAT OCCURED
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Is Recorded Here, If Not it Escaped
the Anxious and Tireless
Search of Our Reporter
Fresh vegetables at Matins on Sat
urday.
Dr. Gilligan went down the road
Monday on business.
f It now looks like another county
seat light over in Boyd county.
Farmers in all parts of the county
are busy putting in their crops.
Miss Nina Ryan, of Neligh, was in
the city last week visiting friends.
See those new photo mountings at
Corbetts. They are beauties. 43
If you want a good riding plow
Bentley has one to sell you 40tf.
Go to Hatfield’s for your ice cream,
soft drinks, candy and fruits. 44-3
The Griffin building is now enclosed
and will soon be ready for occupancy.
Spring must be here. The Inde
pendent’s poet (?) broke loose last
week.
William Nollkamper, of Turner,
was in the hub Monday transacting
business
Doctor Corbett will be in his Dental
office and Gallery from the 33 to 30th
of each month.
A- W. Scattergood, of Ainsworth,
was in town Wednesday. He left for
Norfolk this morning.
II. O. Jackson, is in town this week.
Jack looks line and says he is writing
more insurance than ever.
Lew Chapman of Atkinson was in
O’Neill Wednesday transacting busi
ness at the local laud office.
For Rent—After May 15, the house
occupied by A. J. Hammond will be
for rent. 44-tf Dickson & Co.
The Y. M. S. C. ball was a success
from every point of view. The boys
are first class entertainers and all
present enjoyed a good time.
For Sale—One Jones five ton wagon
scale complete. Call on or address
Malloy Bros. Emmet, Neb. 45-3
Albion is a dry town this year and
the News says many of the residents
of that burg drank enough last Satur
9 day to last them for a year.
We pay the freight on all Augus
Bulls purchased from the Brenna
Stock Farm. Inquire of II. S. Moses:
Wayne, Neb., R. F. D. No. 3. 44-4
Rev. W. W. Wells, of Minneapolis,
will hold services at the Episcopal
church on Sunday evening, May 10.
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Ji T. F. Birmingham will begin the
erection of a new residence as soon as
he secures a satisfactory location.
Tom will build a good one, you may
bet on that.
O. O. Snyder is changing his scales
from the street to the side of his
office, putting in new windows and
otherwise improving the appearance
of that part of town.
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
Butte Gazette: Fairfax has a gold
mine and now Lynch bobs up with a
lead and copper mine. Butte is the
best hog market in this part of the
state, which beat ’em all.
George Lidgett of Glenwood, la.,
was In town this week and while here
looked over the country and was so
well pleased with Holt county that he
tiled on a homestead before leaving.
Corbett's gallery, from 1st to 23d of
this month by Mrs. May Downey Ek
and Miss Pearl Stoner, photographers
of Inman. All work guaranteed, en
larging a speciality.
Mrs! John C. Hayes and children
arrived in the city Wednesdey evening
from Park City, Utah, to attend the
funeral of her brother, Thomas Mo
Nichols, who died at Victor, Colo.,
last Monday and will be buried here
tomorrow morning.
I). W. Hamilton, from Turtle Qreelc
precinct, was in this morning gather
ing up some more land in that part of
the county. Dave has lots of faith in
Turtle Creek and intends buying a
big slice of that precinct to run cattle
on.—Butte Gazette.
The Brook Farm Co., have Bulls for
sale and t heir 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. It, Thomson Foreman.
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.
35-2 N. S. Thompson.
Tekamah Herald: Roscoe Skinner,
came home for a brief visit Saturday.
He has resigned his position with the
Illinois Central railway company and
accepted a position as stenographer
for Congressman M. P. lvinkaid of the
Sixth district, with headquarters at
O’Neill. Mr. Skinner left for his new
field of labor Sunday morning.
At a meeting of the mayor and city
council Tuesday evening the saloon
license was lixed at $1200 per year.
Druggists permits denied. As to the
disposition of the funds the same
policy as has prevailed during the past
three years, was adopted. Bennett |
Martin was retained as water com
missioner and Thomas Tierney was
appointed chief of police.
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.
The M. U. of O’Neill have changed
their meeting nights from the first
and third Saturdays of the month to
the second and fourth Monday of each
month. Tlie union is gaining strength
rapidly and promises to be all the or
ganizers claimed for it in the start.
They have four iniations for next
Monday night and all members are re
quested to attend as the boys promise
a good time.
Mr. P. J. Coffey of Iowa., a brother
to our hardware merchant C. J. Cof
fey came over from O’Neill with his
wife last Monday and they are visit
ing with relatives and friends. Mr.
Coffey is a passenger engineer out of
Chicago on the North-Western but
his run is not as far west as Omaha,
lie seems to like our town and,country
and we hope, since he is of the same
stock as C. J. is, he will come here to
dwell and make his fortune when he
retires from railroading.—Spencer
Advocate.
I FLOUR AND FEED I
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n MANN’S have opened a Flour and Feed
@ Store and are now ready to furnish their Eg
aHR customers with any quality of Hour.
LOWEST PRICES |
O'NEILL TO DUNNING.
Sioux City Newspapers Still Building
Railroads.
The following railroad news taken
from the Sioux City Journal would
seem to point to railroad activity In
these parts before many moons. The
Journal says: The return of James
J. Hill, president of the Northern
Securities company, to his ottice in
St. Paul, after an absence of several
week in Europe is of interest in Sioux
City, for upon his decision rest the
fate of the proposed connection links
between the Burlington and Great
Northen system, between Ashland
and Sioux City and between Dunning
and O’Neill. These extensions were
considered by President Hill be
fore ids departure for Europe and
there is little doubt that the survey
from Ashland to Sioux City, now
being completed, was made upon in
structions from him. Likewise, it is
altogether probable that the survey
in which has been done southwest of
O’Neill, the Nebraska terminus of
the Great Northern, was done upon
instructions from Mr. Hill. His de
ctsson as to these proposed lines,
which would be so very important to
Sioux City, will be eagerly watched
for.
The Burlington engineers rapidly
are completing the work of locating a
line for the proposed route from Ash
land to Sioux City and information
from Omaha is that grading will be
started before the end of the present
month.
Chambers, Neb., May 4.—Special
The people of Cliambrs, who have
been waiting so long for a railroad,
now have strong hopes that their ex
pectations will soon be realized and
that two of the great railroad systems
of the country will form a junction at
this point.
On Thursday of last week a delega
tion from this place went to O’Neil*
where the were met by G. S. Slade,
general superintendent of Great
Northern; Fred Rogers, general pas
senger agent; E. L. Brown, assistant
general superindent; C. J. Bowen,
roadmaster; and Tom.Roope; general
master mechanic. It is understood
that these gentlemen visited O’Neill
with a view of getting information
about the best route to extend the
line of the Great Northern from
O’Neill west to some point connect
ing with the Burlington route. It is
also said that the Chambers delega
tion convinced the gentlemen that it
would be to the interest of their road
to build south from O’Neill to Cham
bers and from here west to Dunning,
which will give the Great Northern
eonnection with the Burlington, a
direct route from St. Paul, Minneapo
lis and Sioux City to the Black Hills,
Denver and the west.
It is also understood that a connec
tion with the extension of the Great
Northern the Burlington will at the
same extend Its line from Ericson to
tins place to form a junction with the
Great Northern.
These facts explains the recent
visit of the Burlington right of way
maen who during the month of April
made a close inspection of the pro
posed route north from Burwell and
Ericson. As the connection can be
made from Ericson by constructing
only thirty miles of new road, it is re
parted here that the extension from
Ericson was found to be the most
feasible route.
The old survey of the Burlington
north from Ericson, on which it is ex
pected the new road will be built, runs
very close to the county line all the
way between Wheeler and Garfield
counties.
It is quite probable that there will
be one new town between t his place
and O’Neill and two new towns be
tween Chambers and Ericson, while
there will be room for several towns
from here to Dunning. The old set
tlers of this place who have been
waiting so long for a railroad and
have always had faith that a road
would sooner or later build into such
good territory are now jubilent over
the prospects of having their hopes
realized.
Alex. Hart’s corn guessing contest
closed Thursday evening and consider
able interest was manifested in the
outcome. I). L. Thompson, Frank
Kiernan and the editor acted as
judges, shelled the ear of corn and
; found 091 kernels. Then the tickets
j were sorted and guesses found from
109 to 5085. For a time it seemed
iliat no ticket would be found with
, t he exact number on it, but among
the last to be counted one was found
with “091” boldly punched in its face
and “Burl Martin” written under it.
This was the only guess which had
the number exactly right, and conse
quently Mr. Martin will have ten dol
lars with which to buy cigars for all
of us when he returns to Atkinson.
He is now at Valentine.
Re-Location Of The County Seat Of;
Poyd County To Be Submitted.
Spencer Advocate: After a careful
canvass of the proposit ion it has been
ascertained that the people generally
speaking of all localit ics in the county
are in favor of having the question of
re-location of the county submitted to
a vote of tlic people and that the
matter be disposed of at an early date
as possible to the end that, a suitable
location may be selected and economi
cal arrangements provided for the
safe-keeping of the county records.
To bring this matter properly before
the Board of County Commissioners
petitions have been prepared, and
are now being circulated, asking the
board to submit t he proposit ion to
the voters at a special elect ion to be
called for t hat purpose. There Is no
doubt about securing the required
number of signets to the petition.
While the town of Spencer has taken
t he initiative in this matter it lias
backing of nearly every town In the
county so far the matter of submis
sion of the question is concerned.
When the mat ter is finally submitted
it is then up to the voters to say
where they want the county seat re
located. We still believe this matter
should be settled as soon as possible
and so far as Spencer is concerned,
while we fully believe we ‘are a logical
candidate for the honors and earnestly
solicit the support of all parts of the
county, at the same time we will be
perfectly satisfied with t he expressed
will of the people, win or lose; all we
ask is a fair Held and an honest can
vass of the ret urns.
New Daily Passenger Train.
Beginning Sunday, May 10, the
Northwestern will put on a new daily
passenger train between Long Pine
and Norfolk. The train will be num
bered four eastbound and five west
bound. Number 4 will leave Long
Pine at 1:45 a. in., reaching O’Neill at
3:45a. in., arriving at Norfolk .Junc
tion at (1:05 a. m., connecting there
with train No. 2, the Bonesteel pas
senger, arriving at Omaha at 10:25 a.
m. This train will run into the
Union depot at Omaha, instead of the
Webster street depot. The new train
westbound leaves Omaha at 7:30 a. m..
arriving at O’Neill at 2:50 p. m., and
at Long Pine at 5 o’clock p. m. Tiie
old trains No G and No. 3 will run
without change except that train No.
3 will not stop at Clearwater, Stafford
or Emmett except to leave passengers
from east of Norfolk. This new train
will be of great benefit to residents of
this portion of the state, as it wi.1
enable people here to receive the
Omaha daily papers at 3 o’clock on
the day of publication instead of the
day after as at present. The North
western evidently intends making
their Nebraska and Wyoming division
the equal of their eastern lines and
we predict that this new train will en
hance the popularity of the road with
the traveling public.
While Walt, Mason was suffering
from a severe spell of the spring ache
recently he afflicted the readers of the
Evening News with the following:
“O come witli me, my love, my pet,
and let us rake the lawn, for spring
has come already yet, and wintertime
lias gone. So come along, Amelia
dear, my darling and my prize, and
chase those pigs away from here,
dod-rot their blooming eyes. And
while I paint tire pea-green pump,
you sort o’ skate around and make
those vagrant chickens hump—I’d
run them to the pond. Just hear
the little birdlets sing! IIow
joyous they are now! Their song is
all of love and spring— Jim-twist that
wall-eyed cow! It’s mighty queer
that all the stock, ’tween here and
Oregon, won’t do a thing but come
and .walk on this blamed blue grass
lawn. Amelia, love, you’re to denied
slow, you make my stomach ache;
(lie grass and weeds and things will
grow much faster than you rake.
Why don’t you swipe that yellow dog,
and break it’s measly back? And
there’s a gutta-percha hog give it a
thundering whack. This blamed old
paint is mixed with lard; it runs and
will not stick; this thing of cleaning
up the yard would make a dead man
sick. Amelia, go and cook the grub,
or sweep tlie door my dear, or wasli
some garments in the tub you are
no good out here, i’ll have to do the
job alone, for you’re a female crank;
I’ve got my shirt front painted roan;
O blank tlie blank blank blank!”
Miss Katie Kozisehek died at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. 11. It. Dickson
in tliis city Wednesday noon after an
illness of but two days of inflamation
of the brain. Deceased had been in
employ of Mrs. Dickson about one
year and always enjoyed go<id health.
She was taken sick Monday morning
and Doctors Milligan and Trueblood
were called and Mr. Dickson at once
notified Miss Kozischek’s parents,
who live about ten miles south of At
kinson. She became unconscious
about noon Monday and never regain
ed consciousness. Her mother, sister
and brot her were with her at the time
of her deat h. Deceased was a very
popular young lady about twenty
years of ago and her sudden demise is
mourned by a large number of friends
In this City, and especially by Mr. and
Mrs. Dickson, to whom by her agree
able and pleasing disposition she had
endeared herself. The remains were
taken to Atkinson Wednesday night
tor interment in the cemetery at that
place.
Thomas McNichols, son of Mrs. J.
J. McNichols, of this city, and brother
of s. E.. and Dave McNichols, died at
Victor, Colo , May 4, after an opera
nt ion for tin: removal of an abcoss of
the lung. The remains were brought
to this city for burial and will be in
terred in tlie Catholic cemetery to
morrow at 10:;i0. The pall bearers
will be members of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks,
of which order deceased was
a member. Thomas McNich
ols was born in Eon Du Lac, Wls., in
April, '1887. In 1884, lie came with
his parents to this county where lie
lived until 188!), when lie left for Col
orado, in which state lie has since
made his homo. At the time of ids
doat.li lie was engaged in the hot el
inid restaurant business at Victor,
lie was married about six years ago
leaves a wife and daugliterf about six
months old to mourn his demise.
Mrs. McNichols, wife of the deceased,
and M. C. McNichols, of Aspen, Colo.,
brother of the deceased ac
companied tiic remains to this city.
The Frontier joins the many friends
of the family in extending its condol
ence to the relatives in their sorrow.
An Atkinson youth recently called
upon the papa of his hearts idol to
ask him for her hand. The afore
said parent was a stern gruff old fel
low and the love sick youth was trem
bling as if with ague when he was ad
mitted to his presense: “Sit down”
said the tierce old man, and the
trembling youth obeyed.- “Well wluit
is it?” 'l'lie unhappy man cleared liis
throat “1 have come, that Is I have
come.” He began in stammering
accents, to “ask for the hand of youi
daughter.” The old man leaned buck
in his chair and regarded ids would
be-son-law. He said “does my daugh
ter want you? “Yes, sir,” replied the
youth.|"She sent me to you.”|Theoid
man sighed. “The whims of that
child are unaccountable it seems but
a day or two ago she cried for a doll.
Then it was a pony and now it is a
monkey. Of cours—she’ll have tc
have it. That is all.”
Butte Gazette: Charles Cole, tin
new jeweler, had a raw experience
Wednesday night. Long about mid
night he imagined burglars were
around and got up to investigate
Putting on a pair of shoes he wenl
out to round-up the prowlers but
found none. When lie attempted te
return to bed he found that the spring
lock had shut Dim out in the cold
colei world with snow up to his fet
locks and nothing to protect him froir
the chilling blast hut a pair o
pajamas and a flow of profanity. Hi
wandered around a few anil tliei
woke up Dave Harrington, who buiP
a tire anel thawed him out.
Stolen: The editor sat in his eas;
chair, lighting ids pipe on his auburi
hair. A halo shown over his face s<
fair, but his knees were out and hi:
feet were bare. And he
sang a song both sad and
sweet, while the flies die all around
his feet, for he had no grub In his ,
shop to eat, and the ground was cover
ed with sleet. Now what in the
world was the cuss to do? He had
eaten the paste and swallowed the
glue, and he hadn’t a chew, and while
he stared his whiskers grew. And
the band played on.
Phoenix.
Miss Alma FritchotT closed a very
successful term of school, In the Lam
phire district, a week ago Tuesday,
and returned to her home at Celia, the
following Thursday.
The dance Friday night was well at
tended and a good time reported by all.
Fred Katzar, Will Nollkamper, Ell
Osier and Jess Henson, of Turner, at
tended the dance Friday night.
John Damero was on the sick list
the latter part of the week.
Mr. Shepardson was an Atkinson
visitor one day last week. ,
Mr. Ewart, of Iowa, visited his
brother of this place a few days of
last week.
The dance at Mr. Anderson’s a week
ago Tuesday night was well attended,
owing to the bad weather, and was
enjoyed by all present.
Jim and Kate Parshall, of Butte,
spent the fore part of the week with
Phoenix relatives.
Sam Anderson, Wright Hitchcock,
Gertie Hitchcock and Ella Reislnger,
of Atkinson, attended the dance Fri
day night.
Lon and Ralph Coburn, Gus Clev
enger and John Damero were Atkin
son visitors a week ago Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cady, of Bas
set. visited relatives at this place last
week,
Friend and Mabel Keeler and George
Goldor, of Brush Creek, and Ray Aid
ritcli, of Celia, were at the ball Friday
night.
Bird Raymer and Jessie Coburn
spent Saturday afternoon with Alma
Fritcliioff.
Our literary which has been rapidly
progressing for the past two months
has closed for about six months and
by that time, we can probably carry
it on with more interest than ever.
Mrs. Anderson and son, Bert, were
visitors at Mrs. F. G. Coburn’s a week
ago Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Williamson spent the
latter part of the week with Mrs.
Williamson’s parents near Atkinson.
Celos and Sam Dailey, of Spencer,
were visitors Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Shepardson spent Sun
day at Mrs. F. Coburn’s.
Morton Greeley was a Boyd county
visitor Saturday.
Stewart Anderson and F. M. Clev
enger went to Atkinson Saturday
I have purchased a Celebrated #
d Newcomb Fly-Shuttle Loom and d
! d am now ready to do all kinds d
A of Carpet and Rug Weaving- d
, i Work done by a competant wea- a
N ver. Call at residence and ex- i
' € amine work. 5
( J T. A. PICKERING. 2
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? Golden, Peeler & Hodgkin
SUCCESSORS TO
| i. A. McGafferty,
^ At the Old McGafferty Stand.
$ ~ ’ ‘
\ We have just unloaded a car of Furniture and are
now prepared to please anyone and everyone in that line
WE CAN FURNISH
BED ROOM SUITS $20 to $60.
ROCKERS $1.50 to $50. ,
$ COUCHES $10 to $40.
\ CHINA CLOSETS $18.^0 to $25.
COMBINATION BOOK CASE and
■P WRITING DESK $15 to $35.
IRON BEDSTEADS $2.50 to $25.
% DINING TABLES $5 to $24.
Dining CHAIRS per set $3.90 to $30.
We also handle a full line of Hardware, Tinware,
; v iteware, Cuttlery, Garden Seeds, Etc.
