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VOLUME XXIV. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6,1903. ' NUMBER 6.
HOLT .COUNTY IS THIRD
Very Fine Showing in Crops and the
Live Stock Industry.
OVER 58,000 HEAD OF CATTLE
Exceed in Number by Only Two
Counties in the State.
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The Lincoln Star has compiled a
table setting forth the condition of
crops, acreage and number of head of
live stock in the state by counties.
Ilolt county makes an exceedingly line
showing, as the following indicates:
j Winter wheat, acres. 1,222
a Spring wheat, acres. 4,537
Rye, acres. 13,187
Corn, acres. 87,183
Oats, acres.32,407
Barley, acres. 649
Alfalfa, acres. 1,184
Millet, acres. 2,331
Number cattle July 1, 1903. 58,541
Number hogs July 1, 1903. 19,150
Number sheep July 1, 1903. 5,822
Horses and mules July 1, 1903.. 10,037
The wheat yield is estimated at an
average of 18 bushels per acres; corn,
with a basis oflOO as normal, is credit
ed 80, and oats on the same basis at
92.
Out of the ninety counties in the
state there are but two counties re
porting a greater number of cattle.
Cherry county has 88,736 and Custer
78,956. Cherry county has twice the
area of Holt, while Custer and Holt
are about the same size. Thus consi
dered Custer is in the lead with Holt
second. Custer county also has the
largest acreage of corn, having 224,752
acres. Holt county stands sixth in
number of horses and mules, Custer
leading again in this with 19,679.
Kimball county leads in number of
sheep with 27,365 head. Richardson
county is in the lead with hogs,having
f 38,774 head.
There are 11,164,577 acres of crops
in the state, divided as follows: Win
ter wheat, 1,939,766; spring wheat,
439,612; rye, 343,067; corn, 6,964,048;
oats, 1,968,721; barley, 113,717; alfalfa,
238,401; millet, 137,245.
The total number of live stock in
the state is: Cattle, 2,161,773; hogs,
1,481,164; sheep, 218,711; horses and
mules, 539,917, making a total of hoof
ed animals of 4,402,665.
Tlie draft of the assessments roll
compiled by the state board of equali
zation shows the following concern
>. ing Holt county:
p Assessed valuation.*2,429,933 00
State Levy In Mills
General. 7
School. 11
University. 1
Total.91
Assessments Charged
General. $ 16,946 53
School. 3,631 40
University.. 2,420 JJ3
Total. 22,998 86
ueatn in sardine (Jan.
Chambers Bugle: A week ago last
Tuesday David Ward and several of
his family were poisoned by eating a
box of sardines. They felt nothing
of it until Wednesday morning when
the father and his son were taken sick
and in a short time one of the daugh
ters was taken. Saturday Drs. Hess
and Brown of Chambers and Dr.
Thurston of Burwell were called and
pronounced it a very serious case of
fish poisoning. They had been so
long without medical attendance that
paralysis had set in and but little
could be done. The boy died at 10
o’clock that day and the girl died at
0 o’clock Tuesday morning. The
father cannot live and two other child
ren are ill from eating some from the
same can. Later—Mr. Ward died
Wednesday morning.
Captures Fugitive
Lee Card was captured Tuesday by
Sheriff Hall at Hay McClure’s ranch
eighteen miles south of O’Neill,
i Card has been a fugitive from the law
I since June 27. On that date a war
rant was issued for his arrest charged
with assualting John B. Hodge of
Lake township. He immediately dis
appeared and the sheriff had been on
the look out for him since. The sheriff
traced him to North Bend a few days
ago but the bird had flown when the
officer arrived and had headed back
to Holt county. Sheriff Hall took up
the. trail again and Tuesday chased
tim down at the McClure ranch,
•'Tvhere officer and fugitive arrived
about the same time.
He was given a hearing yesterday
and is out on bonds for appearance for
trial.
Strayed.
On or about April 15, from our
farm five miles west of O’Neill, a red
bull calf about sixteen months old;
marked with slit cut in brisket. Also
on or about June 1, one yearling steer,
branded C J on left side. Suitable
reward for information leading to
their recovery. 5-tf Ryan Bros.
Local Matters
Rivard Cross of Atkinson was in
town Monday.
Dr. George Mullen was over from
Creighton Sunday.
Editor Raker of Ewing had business
in town the first of the week.
Sanford Parker, of Spencer, was in
town over night Saturday, going east
Sunday.
Sam Howard, T. V. Golden and A.
F. Mullen all had business at Norfolk
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Cole visited at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyons at
Emmet Sunday.
A. O. Perry, of Fremont, looked
after real estate business in this sec
tion the forepart of the week.
The Advocate says Judge McCutch
eon of this city expects soon to locate
in Spencer for the practice of law.
Miss Bessie Snyder returned home
last Friday night aftei a protracted
visit with relatives at Allen and Sioux
City.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. M. II. McCarthy Saturday last,
and Mike’s interest in the field trials is
perceptibly less.
Barney Mullen stepped off the Black
Hills passenger Sunday morning long
enough to shake hands with a few
friends at the depot.
Frank Lorge of Hartington, Neb.,
arrived in ttie city Monday evening
for a short visit at the home of his
aunt, Mrs. D. II. Cronin.
The Royal Highlanders will give a
ball in Golden's ball on Friday evening
August 14. Everybody cordially in
vited. Music by McGreevys’ orchestra.
Master John Gilligan entertained
about seventy of his little friends at
his home last Tuesday afternoon, it
being his fifth birthday anniversary.
T. P. Mullen returned home Satur
day from a trip in Antelope and
Madison counties. Tom is in the
photo enlarging business and is meet
ing with unstinted success.
“A Few Sheep” will be the subject
of the pastor’s sermon at the Presby
terian church next Sunday morning,
and in the evening “A Law that
Superceeds all other Laws.”
Miss Nettie Sclirier came up from
her home near Chambers last week on
account of the illness of her sister,
Mrs. Clark Hough. Miss Sclirier re
turned home the first of this week.
Labor day, the only national legal
holiday in the United States and in
Nebraska, will be observed in this
laboring state on Monday, September
7, which day has been so proclaimed
by Governor Mickey.
Bert Blinco was over Monday from
Sioux City, his permanent home now.
Bert makes occasional runs at his old
business on the Short Line, but has
has other business in Sioux City which
demands most of his attention.
Last Tuesday Michael McCoy sold
his farm, located • about ten miles
northeast of O’Neill, for $2000. A Mr.
Smith, of Michigan, was the pur
chaser. Five years ago this farm was
offered for $500 but no buyer appeared.
Mrs. Trueblood, Lind and Donald,
depart tomorrow for Lincoln. The
two latter will attend school there the
coming year. The doctor will remain
in O’Neill and get a protracted touch
of home without the wifeand children.
Mrs. P. J. Biglin and Mrs. J. F. Gal
lagher,who had been with their sister
Mrs. Coffey at Spencer, she being very
ill, returned home Thursday last. Mrs.
Coffey is convalescent and was able to
come over with her sisters for a visit
at O’Neill.
The Boston Bloomer ball game,billed
for O’Neill, was enacted at Atkinson
Sunday. Many attended from here
and say it was the best game ever put
up in the county. The Bloomers are
all ball players, conducted themselves
as ladies, and won the game on a score
of 7 to 3.
The Pleasent Valley Sunday School
will give a picnic in Air. Bedford’s
grove two miles south of Meek post
office, on Saturday, August 15. A good
program will be rendered. A Merry
go-round and other amusements have
been provided for. All are invited to
come and enjoy life on that day.
A very enjoyable social affair took
place last Friday evening at the
pleasant and hospitable home of M.
M. Sullivan, when Mr. Sullivan’s
daughter, Loretto, entertaining a
number of her friends at dancing and
other social amusements. Mr. I).
Clem Deaver furnished the music for
the occasion.
Three good lainson Thursday, Fri
day and Sunday gave the bumper
crops another boost and corn has
grown another foot since Monday.
The government weartherguage show
ed a precipitation of 113 inches. A
stiff wind Sunday evening broke off
corn stalks to some extent in the
immediate vicinity of O’Neill.
| SPECIAL SALE ON |
S Fancy Dishes & Belts I
j*j On Saturday, August 8, Mann’s will place on sale their complete
$ line of Fancy Dishes and Ladies’ Belts at 33■, per cent 6
discount. This sale will continue one week.
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FINEST HE EVER SAW.
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Editor Church Visits Col. Brennan's
Park and is Enraptured.
Atkinson Graphic: While in O’Neill
last Tuesday we saw something which
Atkinson badly needs—a beautiful
park. The one in O’Neill is owned by
Col. Neil Brennan, who left his busy
hardware establishment to unlock the
gate and show us through the grounds
The park consists of about live acres
and is the finest sample of landscape
gardening and horticultural effort that
we have seen in Ilolt county or any
where else. The colonel has appar
ently had no failures; he has even
transplanted oak trees, which every
body knows can't be done successfully,
and they stand there disputing the
old rule with every rustle of their rank
foliage. There are all kinds of ever
greens, artistically moulded to grace
ful shapes by the expert trimmer, ash,
elm, box-elder, cottonwood—every
kind of an ornamental shade tree im
aginable. Then there are apple,
cherry, walnut and other trees, .all
heavy with their fruitage. At regular
intervals are straight grassy avenues
in each direction, lending just enough'
regularity to the plan to make an ar
tistic whole, and there are numberless
shady nooks, with rustic seats for
picnic parties.
In tlie center is a large grassy lawn,
decorated with flower beds all in rank
bloom. This beautiful place has cost
the'colonel much money and laborand
lie is justifiably proud of it. A sight
of the place ought to be a convincing
argument to any eastern man inclined
to be pessimistic about Ilolt county’s
productive ability—better argument
than all the spiels the real estate men
can make, and if the city of O’Neill
wished to do something very much to
her advantage she would make an ap
propriation for the maintenance in
perfect condition of Brennan’s park.
Judges Named
Secretary McCarthy of the Field
Trials association tells us there are
145 dogs now enterred for the trials
billed here for August 18. “W. J.
Banghn of Ridgeville. Ind., and
William Elliott of Selma, Io., will be
the judges,” said Mr. McCarthy in
discussing the trials yesterday. “There
are about $750 entrance fees now paid
in with $10 more for each dog when
the trials begin. There is no question
but what these trials are giving the
country the greatest adversing it
ever iiad, for men are coming here
from all over the country and there
will be a big crowd in attendance. It
is a little different this year than last.
Last year we had to put up the money,
but this year the $1,000 prizes are con
tributed by those who enter dogs and
the association expects to have $500
left after the trials close.”
At the M. E. Church
The fourth quarterly meeting for
the Methodist church will take place
•on Saturday and Sunday, the quarter
ly board meeting Saturday evening at
8 o’clock for the transacting, of busi
ness.
Sunday at 9:30 a. m. will be held the
quarterly love feast, followed by
preaching at 10:30 by the presiding
elder, after which the sacrament will
be administered.
Sunday [school at 12 m. Epworth
League at 7 p. m., preaching by the
pastor at 8. Cordial invitation ex
tended to all.
Amos Fetzer, Pastor.
Emmet
The republican electors of Emmet
township are requested to meet at
Emmetlon August 15,1093, at 3 o’clock
p m., for the purpose of selecting
three delegates to attend the republi
can county convention to he held in
O’Neill August 17; also to place in
nomination a township ticket and for
the transaction of such other business
as may come before said caucus.—T.
II. Maring, Committeeman.
Old Settlers’ Picnic
A meeting is called at the court
house in O’Neill on Saturday, August
15, at 2 o’clock, for the purpose of
devising ways and means for an old
settlers’picnic sometime in the near
future. A good attendance from ail
parts of the county is desired.
By order of Committee.
(ialena Lumber company deals in
paints, oils, etc. 51tf
THE NEW POPE
Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto, Patriarch
of Venice, is Chosen.
Pius X. was born inRiesi, diocese of
Treviso, June 2.1835, and was created
cardinal by Leo XIII. at consistory of
June 12, 1893, receiving the title of
S. Bernardo delle Terme. He is also
patriarch of Venice since June, 1893,
and bishop of Mantua. He belongs to
ecclesiastical congregation of bishops
and regulars, sacred rites, indulgences
and sacred relics.
Cardinal Sarto enjoys great popular
ity in his diocese and is honored by all
for hts purity, for the strict upright
ness of his life, and for liberal ideas.
He is a modest and agreeable man,
highly cultivated, very kind hearted,
still strong and robust in spite of his <S8
years, ilc has never taken great part
in the political and public life of the
church, but divided his time between
study and good works. Although most
faithful to the holy see he was pre
sented to the king and queen of Italy
in Venice. He is considered among
the more liberal members of the Ital
ian episcopate and sacred college. He
is rather timid in expressing an opin
ion. It is said Leo III. always thought
always thought very highly of him,
and d ' *d with him on one occasion
when Sarto disapproved Rampolla's
policy.
The new pope takes the name of
Pius X. His selection caused general
rejoicing at Rome.
Phoenix.
Perry Miller visited Mr. Bell Friday.
Lena Pamero went to Atkinson
Sunday,,
Levi 'lull spent Sunday at Charley
Keeler’s.
Mrs. Carrie Jeppeson made a trip to
Spencer Friday.
George Lamphier had business in
Atkinson Friday.
Mrs. George Kirkland spent Sunday
at ltoy Coburn’s.
Mrs. Nilson visited Mrs. McMane
Thursday after noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Zenor were at Atkin
son one day last week.
Louie and Iloy Cobnrn had business
in Atkinson Thuasday.
Emma Moor was on the sick list the
tatter pa rt of the week.
Lafe Ames of Atkinson was seen in
this vicinity, Sunday last.
Mary Bartels took supper at Mrs. F.
Coburn’s Sunday evening.
Hank Stansberry spent Tuesday at
Nelson Ames’ of Catalpa.
Edith and Viola Jeppeson spent
Friday at John Pamero’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were callers
at Mr. McMane’s Thursday.
Mary Bartels spent Thursday after
noon with Jessie Coburn’s.
Mr. and Mrs.Chris Christenson were
Atkinson visitors Thursday.
Ethel Anderson was a caller at ltoy
Coburn’s Monday after noon.
Mrs. Pashall and ltoy spent Thurs
day afternoon at Roy Coburn’s.
Hank Stansberry took supper at
George Lamphicr’s Friday evening.
Bert Farshall went to Atkinson
Friday, returning home tire same day.
Lena and Edith Damero were callers
at Mr. Jepperson’s Thursday evening.
Louis Coburn and family visited
at Nelson Ames’Tuesday of last week.
Mrs. Kinney and Mrs. Nilson spent
Tuesday afternoon at Roy Coburn’s.
Henry Stansberry of Iowa visited
old friends in this neighborhood last
week.
Emma Moore spent a day or two at
her tather-in-law’s near Atkinson last
week.
Rudolph Jeppeson and John Pamero
were at Spencer and Bristow one
day last week.
Edna Howe returned to her home at
O’Neill Thursday after a week’s stay
at Fred Turner’s.
Otto Nilson and Rudolph Jeppeson
went to O’Neill after bridge lumber
one day last week.
The dance in Otto Nilson’s barn
Saturday night was well attended and,
speaking from experience, all present
had a first class time.
Pete Puffy and Will Townsend of
Saratoga, Rollie Twyford, Joe Bigler
and Willie Grutsh of Ray and Jess
Benson of Turner attended the dance
at Phoenix Saturday evening.
Friend and Mabel Keeler of Brush
Creek attended Sunday school at
Phoenix Sunday last.
Hank Stansberry and Ralph and
Jessie Coburn took dinner at Roy
Coburn’s Sunday last.
Mr. Damero of Atkinson spent a
few days last week with his children
at Phoenix, returning home Sunday.
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Brief Mention
Sherwin-Williams paints for sale by
Galena Lumber company. 61tf
Rev. Father Cassidy returned last
evening from his eastern trip.
All kinds of cider and soft goods
sold by O’Neill Bottling Works. 5-tf
A dozen or so strangers were In town
yesterday prospecting in real estate.
Forty tickets were sold by the Great
Northern for the excursion to Duluth
this morning.
Walter Hodgkin left this morning
for a.short visit with relatives at his
birth-place, Granite Falls, Minn.
Lost—on road from Chambers to
O’Neill, mileage nook and letteis.
Return to Hotel Evans and get re
ward. 6-2
Tim Hanley, Jerry McCarthy and
John O’Donnell are among the
O’Neillites who left for Duluth this
morning.
Taken Up—Two mare ponies with
colts by side, on section twenty-four,
sixteen miles southwest of O’Neill.—
James Willis. 4-3
Mrs. Anthony Ilarmon of Grand
Rapids, Mich., arrived in the city last
night on a visit to tier son, John A.,
and family.
Thomas Larkin and son, of New
York City, arrived in the city for a
short visit at the home of his cousin,
Dr. J. P. Gilligan.
Miss Hellen Norris of Omaha is
visiting her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas McLaughlin, and other
relatives in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Judge Dickenson and
daughter, Miss Gertude, are in the
city visiting at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. S. J. Weekes.
Dr. and Mrs. Corrigan are home
after an eastern visit. They were at
various places in New York, New
Jersey and other eastern states.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L* Holm, of Belvi,
dcre, III., arrived in the city Wednes
day night for a short visit witli Mrs.
Holm’s father, N. S. Thompson.
Electric lights, water works system
and an artesian well are some enter
prises the hustling town of Lynch, in
Boydy county, will presently under
take.
The Great Northern will sell round
trip tickets to Plalnvlew on August
10 to 14, at one fare for round trip,
on account of the G. A. It. reunion at
Niobrara August 10 to 14. Tickets
good for return up to August 15.
You will find some of the best bar
gains at Mann’s during August that
this firm lias ever offered the public,
as they wisli to reduce their stock of
summer goods as much as possible be
fore placing there fall novelties on
sale.
Following is Hie prohibition ticket
named last Thursday: Treasurer, E.
F. Roberts, Joy; clerk, C. L. Morse,
Dustin; judge, Wilson Brodie, Brodie;
clerk court, J. S. Coppoc, Chambers;
superintendent, Louise French, Page;
sheriff, J. Isaacson, Page.
Chambers Bugle: Charles Moore of
O’Neill passed theough town Wednes
day on his way home. lie informs us
that Mr. Dobson, who resides north
of O’Neill, started a few days ago with
a car load of horses destined for Mani
toba, Canada. This makes the second
car load. lie reports a good market
there.
Tlios. P. Hicks of Chicago and
William Hicks of Waterloo, lo., are
in the city visiting at the home of
ttieir brother, E. P. Hicks. These
gentlemen are highly pleased with tne
looks of old Holt and her bountiful
crops and say they are much better
than in the vicinity of Waterloo, Io.,
where land is worth $75 and $100 per
acre.
Last Thursday Dr. Trueblood oper
ated upon Mrs. Clark Hough for the
removal of tumors that had become
so numerous in her nose as to close
the nasal passage and make the ques
tion of breathing a serious one. Thir
teen tumors, eacli as large as a good
sized bean, were removed. After
spending a pretty sick day Friday,
Mrs. Hough recovered rapidly and is
now thoroughly restored.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that all per
sons are warned not to hunt upon
section 17 and the southeast quarter
of section 18, township iio, range 11
west, as they will be arrested and
prosecuted as trespassers.
1’ A. Lindberg.
Michael McCoy.
4-4 O. A. Widtfeldt.
BLOOD! TALE IS TOLD
Excited Messenger From the North
Comes After Sheriff.
CHARLES MOHR LOSES A HAND
Hainsville Man Meets With a Bad
Accident With Shotgun. *
A rattled, excited and frightened
messenger came tearing Into town
about 1 o’clock Wednesday morning
after the sheriff. The cause of his
fearfulness, haste and excitement
was explained to be an individual liv
ing sixteen miles north of O’Neill
whose metes and bounds of sanity had
overlapped, his wife and children had
been killed and consternation reigned
among the populace. Deputy Sheriff
Thompson was found. He and
the excited messenger went hurriedly
to the homo of Sheriff Hall and arops
ed him. .Judge Morgan was then
pulled from bed and with blinking
eyes went to his office and issued a
warrant for the arrest of Henry
Losher
Armed wit h the warrant the officers
went to the scene of the reported
tragic affair as fast as a pair of horses
could take them. It seems that the
thing had been greatly overdrawn, for
when the sheriffs arrived there was
neither dead nor wounded.
Some misunderstanding had arisen
the evening before between Mr. and
Mrs. Losher. During the excitement
of the hour Mrs. Losher had gone to a
neighbor’s and asked him to come for
the sheriff to take in chare her iraie
husband. By the time the sheriff ar
rived the domestic storm had subsided
and the wife didn’t want her husband
arrested. But the sheriff had the
warrant and said he would have to
take Mr. Losher to town but that she
could dismiss the case as soon as they
got into court. This was done by the
defendant paying something like $12
costs. The family are industrious,
estoemed citizens and their difficulty
was simply a personal matter.
Loses a Hand
Charles Mohr, living in the Hains
vllle country, met with a bad accident
last Thursday that cost him Ills left
hand. He went to hang up a loaded
sliotgun when the trigger caught on
a nail, discharging the piece. Mr.
Mohr got the full charge in the hand
and lower part of the arm. He came
to O’Neill and Dr. Gilligan found it
necessary to amputate the injured
member between elbow and wrist.
Let the People Know.
The editor of the Independent took
occasion last week to "throw a few
boquetl at Mr. Eves and some cabbage
heads at Dr. Trueblood” regarding
the school situation in O’Neill. In
order to get at the inwardness of the
situation and to enlighten the tax
payers of District number seven, I ask
for a small space in The Frontier.
The teachers fund for 1902 and 1903
fell short *400. The income from all
sources for 1903 and 1904—the coming
year—is estimated at about the .same
as last year. To this shortage we
have to add the salary of an additional
teacher in the high school at *55 per '
month,or $495. This makes practically
*900 short for the ensuing year. In
addition to this shortage the raising
of present salaries, without any grave
necessity for it, seems to me to be a
bad business proposition and deserving
of public censure. 1 am not opposed
to liberal salaries, indeed I have
always advocated higher salaries than
we have been paying, but, at this time,
under these linancial circumstances,
to add still $200 more to the district’s
embarrassment, when no advance had
been asked for, except by one teacher,
and this teacher's work for the coming
year had been greatly lightened by the
additional teacher employed, is my
reason for opposing these advances.
The Independent in its announce
ment of the previous week stated cor
rectly that the board had accepted the
resignation of Mr. Owens on account
of the financial situation of the dis
trict being such that his request for
an advance in salary could not be
granted; on the heels of this the board
advanced salaries more than was asked
and the financial condition of the dis
trict was unchanged during the week
so far as I know. The distridt is two
and one-half years behind in its_teach
ers’ fund, consequently the $3,950 that
the present requirements for teachers
calls for will draw $081.25 in interest
before it is paid. This interest will
pay better salaries to all our teachers
than they will get the coming year
without taxing the district a penny
more, if we were out of debt. Should
we not get out of debt before raising
salaries? B. T. Trueblood.
Mrs. J. F. Lichty orders The Fron
tier sent to her for six months at
Sterling, Colo., where she went today.