VOLUME XXIV. * O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17> 1903. ’ NUMBER 25. I This year we are better prepared than IJ #11 IflAV P P P P 0 is comPlete in every detail. We have I ever to look after the wants of every- HI II HI ill Ell IIII III presents enough for all, and then I body, for our assortment of. some. I CHINA GOODS j n This year we are making a | specialty of fine China—the j best that can be bought. [ G Salad Bowls, Nut Bowls o Cracker Jars jj Plates, Cups, Saucers Bon Bon Dishes jj In fact* a complete assortment r of these goods at all kinds of i prices, from 5c to $10. _—_-J TOY DEPARTMENT | No Christmas is complete without 1 remembering the little folks. We have been very generous in this re- | spect, as a few minutes spent in our | Toy Department will convince you. | DOLLS, 1c up | Just the thing for the little girls. | Then we have Doll Carriages, Go- g carts, Tov Trains, Wagons, Clowns, | Beds, Dishes, Trunks, and the new A 7 7 3 est and latest toys on the market. | . | 1 JEWELRY “j . ' • a | Watches, rings, cuff buttons, j a charms, stick pins, chains, broaches, bracelets, etc.; these I are the best goods the market | affords, and we are going to g sell them cheaper than you 1 can buy them at wholesale 1 in Chicago. Gome in and get | your choice while they last, 1 for they must go. -_____ We have a complete assortment of Albums all kinds, all prices; Dressing Cases, Manicure Sets, Military Sets, Infant Sets* Fancy Ink Wells, Books of all kinds from Fairy Tales up to the latest Fiction on the market; Collar and Cuff Boxes, Work Boxes, Shaving Sets, Gentlemen’s Smoking Sets, and everything that goes to make up a first class line of Holiday Goods. y Come in and look around before you buy; it will cost you nothing to look. CX C$6 Druggists '| Money Talks!j P I haven't got amy money, but I have the jj* ( | Best Merchandise, and Lots of It | Hf I ojjae’ » nij f’Kilrlppn’c: Men’s tine pleated bosom, a o|S Sheep lined duck coat, best made, | f?j L-adies ana cmiarens separate cults. I.4SU $3 00,4 00 4.50 5 'pi Underwear Men’s stiff bosom, separ- a aa Blanket lined duck coats, each £ Ladies’ union suits, wliite heavy ate cuffs, each. I,W $1.50,1 75 2 50. fj lleece, ribbed, per a a ab Men’s soft shirt, fancy col- Men’s *12.50 Irish Friese 10 f (£| suit. lar, 2 collars and culls — OvC ulsters. 5 Ladies’ two-piece Egypt- a aa Fancy flannel night shirt. aa„ My men’s dress overcoats are £ Li ian, per suit. |,W each.•. worth your notice 1 have some g Id Ladies’ two-piece, heavy ye- The best made silk trim- a ab !n 1■ Men’s tine wool worsted over shirt !? \eaTs.;••••.’I"'jo .heavy sole.. .3.50 f _Hie only line of this kind ever ■' s Box coat, b to 1- f- I ingree liox calf valure, ^ (ia shown in this market, all Colors: )!3'tr,S-;."'AA ” ■ ^j oalt or kd. . .. 4.00 i* SM price from $1.00 lo $3.00. Bov s box coat, 14 to 20 Q - - Bingree tine patent kid & ciltr.f llde tW1 50c Lliild’s box coat, 4 to 7 — Tliis is tlie strongest line of foot- f. sinus, eacn. v years. O.OU wear ever sliown to the trade of f£ Men’s fine Madras, separ- « qc Child’s military, witli . _ _ j O’Neill; every pair brings good lL ate cuffs. I.4U hood. *4 ,00 ! results. ^ 1 ^ P. J. McMANUS • ' • I T. J. GRIFFIN DEPARTS £. v Tailor Goes Away Without Settling With His Many Creditors. | IS NOW IN HE AD WOOD, S. D I - Creditors Scramble for Meager Assets |) in tiie Shape of Furnishings in A tiie Building. 3 i The departure of Thomas .J. Griffin 3 last Thursday from O’Neill was fol 3 lowed by considerable activity on the 3 part of quite a long list of creditors of 3 tiie departed gent leman. Mr Griffin 3 had conducted a tailor shop in O’Neill 3 for about a year under the name of 3 Griffin Bros, and had contracted con - 3 slderable indebtedness. There are 3 executions now in tiie hands of tiie 3 sheriff: representing personal claims to the amount of $319. Besides these are a number of small accounts held 3 by parties who are making no effort 3 to recover. Over against tiie liabili 3 ties there are assets in the shape of 3 furnishings in the shop that will ag 3 gregate perhaps $200. 3 'Hu- building and lots tire covered 3 by a mortage of $1,743.15 held by the 3 Hazel man Lumber company. It is a j, nicely tinislied building, erected last L spring, and as good a frame structure 3 as there is in town. 3 All of the property is now in tiie 3) hands of the sheriff pending settle merit with tiie creditors, Mr. Grip n 3 is at Deadvvood, S. I). 3> .Brief Mention ^ J. C. Ilarnish lias been at Omal a 3 and Lincoln several days this wee i. Mrs. Calhoun and little daught r 3: came in yesterday from tiie west o 3! spend • the holidays witli Mrs. C;. I 3 lioun’s parent’s, Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. 3 Smith, and other relatives. 3 Tiie scholars of tiie Presbyterian 3 Sunday school will render a cantata 3 entitled “The New Santa Claus,” at •Tithe Presbyterian church Wednesday 3 evening, December 23. Admission 10 31 and 15 cents. Rev. Amos Fetzer writes from 3| Wauseon, Ohio, that he will be borne A in time to fill bis pulpit for'the Meth ? odist congregation next Sunday. Rev. P Fetzer was called to Ohio two weeks 3 ago by the death of his brother. 3 A sergeant from the colored regiment 3 at Ft. Niobrara was in town Tuesday , posting notices that a recruiting ' officer from the fort would be in town Friday and Saturday of this week and r. Sunday and Monday of next week to enlist any men that might want to go into the army in this vicinity. The notices calljfor recruits from 21 to .'$5 years of age. The sergeant said that tlie Ft. Niobrara band would be here in l wo wr three weeks and give a con cert. The band will make a tour of the ElkhOrn valley and up the north ern branch of the Northwestern to Bonesteel. Mrs. It. It. IMckson gave a “booster brown” party last Bat urday afternoon and evening. A chafing dish supper was served, after which the main amusements were cards and dancing. A very enjoyable time was reported. Those present were: Mesdames Gal lagher, Evans, Stout, Weokes, Gilli gan and Misses Evans and Sklrving. When Frank Brittell went to his slaughter yards one morning last week to kill a fatted calf that lie would have some nice veal for his customers, I he younji critter was gone. The call had leaped the pens and hastened ‘back to the country home from: whence It came. But the little tiling was doomed to the butcher's knife It was brought back and in a short time its quivering llesh was in the shambles. During this holiday season much ol 'Flic Frontier’s space is taken up by O’Neill merchants, who have taken t( advertising on a more elaborate scale than ever before. A visit to any ol these stores will convince our readers that O’Neill has .trade emporuinsas good as any in the country. Thej want your trade and will give you as good goods as can lie bought anywhere, By reason of the crowded condition oi t he paper some departments have tc be left out, tlie remaining space being devoted to local matters, believing that this is what tlie majority of oui readers are interested in. The superciliousness of the average railroad man is proverbial. A blue coated brakeman of a passing trail! tlie oilier morning exhibited his rail road breeding extensively. lie was expending bis feeble energy in an un successful endeavor to load a heavy trunk upon the cars when a kindly tdtizen offered to assist and bent his powerful frame to the aid of tlie brakeman, and boosted the trunk aboard. With freezing ingratitude, and while tlie heavy burden was still in air, tlie uniformed trainman turned on his benefactor in frozen tones: “Well, you are not much help.” Probably some men would have drop ped it right t here, tint our hero put the trunk on, reminded the ingrate that “Unit was a.nice way to thank a man for helping you,” and quietly turned away. BOY FROZEN AT STUART Sad Calamity Overtakes a 10-Year Old Lad While on the Road. ‘ FOUND LYING BY THE ROADSIDE Sent on an Errand and Falls From His Horse.—Mother Couldn’t Give Alarm till Morning. This special from Stuart, dated the 15th, appeared in yesterday’s dallies: Last evening about 6 o’clock Mrs. Patrick Murphy sent her 10-year-old boy on horseback to a neighbor’s a couple of miles distant on an errand. Two hours later the horse returned home without the boy. Mr Murphy was away from home and the mother, being alone with smaller children, was unable to give the alarm until this morning. A search was instituted at daylight and the boy was soon found, lying dead by the roadside. The theory is that he was thrown from his horse and so badly stunned that he froze to death before regaining cons ciousness There was no sign that he had struggled or made any effort to get up. P rtland. Ore., And Return $50 Via the Great Northern line, ac count meeting National Live Stock association in January.. Excursion tickets on sale January (i to 9, final re turn limit January 31,1904. Choice of several routes returning, rate returning via Han Francisco $70.25. Stopovers allowed at intermediate points. For full information, apply to any agent Great Northern line, or to Fred Rogers, G. P. A., Sioux City, Iowa. Excursions For Christmas and New Years via Chicago & Northwestern railway ex cursion tickets will be sold to points within 200 miles of O’Neill at one and one-third fare for round trip. Dates of sale December 24, 25, 31, and January 1; return limit January 4. E. 11. Adams, agent. Attention. All members of Elkhorn Valley Lodge No. 57,1. O. O. F., are requsted to be present at the meeting of Decem ber 23,1903. Visiting members cordi ally invited.—J. C. Harnisb, secretary. Taken Up—One black mule, at Cen ter Camp of the ditch company; owner may have same by proving property and paying charges. 25-3pd J. M. Champ.