Nebraska Newspapers

    . * The Frontier.
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VOLUME XXIV.O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 1904..NUMBER 32.
JURY SAYS NOT GUILTY
Edward Slattery Acquitted of Charge
. of Murder.
COURTIN8TRUCT80N VITAL POINT
Would Have Convicted Defendant if
Verdict Could Have Carried
Sentence With It.
“We, the jury, do find the defend
ant, Edward Slattery not guilty.”
The above is the verdict in the
Shaw-Slattery case that held the
boards in district court for the better
part of two weeks. The verdict was
reached after voting and deliberat ing
from Thursday evening till Saturday
forenoon.
The balloting began with seven for
conviction and five for acquittal.
One juryman then switched and the
vote stood six and six. A short time
before the verdict was brought in
their vote stood five for conviction
and seven for acquittal and it began
to look like another case of dis-'gee
ment when the jurymen decided that
the county would only be put to fur
ther expense thereby and they pre
pared a verdict of acquittal.
The turning point in the case, a
juryman is quoted as saying, “was the
instruction from the presiding judge,
without which we would have decid
ed the case against the defendant.’’
The instructions brought out the
point to be borne in mind thatSlattery
was the aggressor up to the time(he
lowered his gun and Shaw started for
him; at that point Shaw became the
aggressor.
The statement was also made by a
juror that there would have been a
verdict of conviction could it carry
sentence with it.
The opinion seems 1o prevail that
some punishment should have been
provided in this case although there
is a universal feeling that neither
judge nor jury were prejudiced in any
body’s favor.
City Affairs.
O’Neill, Feb. 2.—Meeting of city
council called to order with the fol
lowing members present: Mayor Har
rington, Co.mcilmen Snvder, Zimmer
man, Brennan, Gullager and Sniggs;
absent, Councilman Hanley.
Minutes of last session were approv
ed as read.
Moved and seconded that the drug
gist’s semi-annual reports presented
by Gilligan & Stout and P.' C Corri
gan be accepted and placed on tile.
Carried.
Petition of John Howard asking
that his place of residence south of the
Northwestern railroad be detached
from the city corporation was read
It was moved, seconded and carried
that a committee, with the mayor as
chairman, of three be appointed to
confer with the county attorney in re
gard to the petition.
Committee appointed as follows:
Snyder and Gallagher.
Moved by Snyder and seconded by
Zimmerman that the following bills
be allowed and warrants drawn for
same:
Crane company. $7.80
Independent Pub Co. 47.99
T. H. Tierney . 25.00
Clarence Campbell. 32.25
Bennett Martin. 60 00
U S. Sttpp’y Co . 3.90
O. O. Snvder & Co . 7.07
Gallena Lumber Co. 39.68
Standard Oil Co. 36.09
Motion carried.
Moved and seconded that report of
city officers be accepted as read. Car
ried.
Upon motion council adjourned.
1 irthday Pa’ty
The fourteenth milestone in Miss
Martina Golden’s life was celebrated
on Tuesday evening at the residence
of her parents in the north part of
the city.
‘A About twenty-five guests were per
sent a d enjoyed the evening with
music and games until a late hour.
Many delightful and useful presents
were received by the young hostess.
A delicious luncheon were served
and all present felt the evening well
spent and wished the young lady many
returns of the anniversary.
ITartington Herald: Ping Pong lias
turned up its toes to the daisies and
» Aich has about gone the route but
File latest game now is called “Tickle
the Editor.” It is easy and Is played
this way: Take a sheet or ordinary
writing paper, fold it nicely, enclose a
bank note sufficiently large to pay up
all arrearages and one year in advance
and bandit to the editor. Keep an
eye on him, and if a smile adorns his
face, the trick works fine and dandy.
Now is the time to play the joke.
Lost—Lady’s small chateline watch;
^ open face, blue back with clover-leaf
' wreath enameled in gold. Reward
Finder cult at Frontier office.
/
Is I . 3 H AS
I So h d artistic works of
special provi
with the finest
assortment of plain and fancy
shirts you ever had a chance
to take your pick from.
They’re Cluett and Monarch
shirts—none better made; the
Cluett full dress shirt will
suit you. There’s money to
be saved in buying them.
Boys’ Suits
The boys are not for
gotten, as art has pro
duced the swellest two
piece suit ever shown
for this season and I
have got them from age
4 to 14 years. In con
nection with my iron
clad hose and tine pat
tent leather shoes the
little gents will look
swell this season.
| Ladies’Corsets & Skirts
The lady that wishes to appear neat
and tfr.'coful
wears W B
corsets,
sold by P. J.
McManus.
They make
you feel that
life Is worth
living,
A line of Walk
lng skirts
made by Des
Moines Wool
en Mills—Isa
per'ect fitting
"klrt, up t ■
date in style
and makes ev
ery lad> re
joice while she
wears one.
sold by
P. J. McManus
My $5.00, $4.00 e^nd $3.50 Shoes 1
If you do not want
my $5 shoe I will show
.you the Governor, Pin
gree made, the best
shoe you e\er saw at $4.
ff this is too high in
price I keep Pingree
*3.60 shoe in all styles
—the best slice on earth
for the money: every
pair guaranteed to fit,
wear well and satisfy
the consumer.
Groceries
I have the largest and
best stock of Groceries
in town, always'pay the
best price for produce
land give the trade
| prompt attention.
A swell line
of sweaters,
^k sizes 16 to
;||1 14, tilting
f§|| sime in
||||l mall sizes
vSflB vithout
MS oilers, all
tSa Price from
S3 alto *3. A
splendid
I garment for
spring wear
H O’Neill I*. J. McMiSLNtJS Nebr
SHOULD POST UP
South Dak ta Editor Joins the Great
Northern Discussion but i Badly
Mixed Ge graphically.
A recent venomous expatiation by a
Sioux Falls, S. D., paper anent the
much talked extensions of the Great
Northern in Nebraska, shows what
some newspaper writers know, or
rather don’t know, about what they
are'talking about. It seems that St
Paul and Minneapolis commercial in
terests are pulling for Great North
ern connection with the Burlington
via Yankton instead of the Sioux
City route. The Sioux Falls Journal
makes some remarks concerning the
matter, from which we quote a few
ridiculous lines:
“The scheme evolved by Sioux City
was to have the Great Northern build
from there west to O’Neill, thus
diverting the line in a direction con
trary to plans long cherished.
“It is possible such a line will be
extended, provided Sioux City puts up
the price, but the line will stop at
O’Neill in its western course and will
then extend southwest to Omaha,
thus making a loup and a feeder for
the main line which passes through
this city. Instead of the O'Neill ex
tensionbeing a boon to Sioux City it
will open a new field to Omaha job
bers and give to them a field that
now is partially controlled by Sioux
City.”
If the Sioux Falls Journal will take
a squint at a map the obsurdity of tl e
above will make it laugh. The Gn at
Northern already lias a line from
Sioux City to O’Neill; O’Neill being
a couple of hundred miles west < f
Omaha a line “extending southwest”
would have to encompass the globe I
before it struck Omaha.
This issimply another instance of
“reliable railroad rumor.”
Cross eyes si raighl ened wit bout the
the use of the knife. See Dr. Perrigo
about it, Evans Hotel, Feb. G.
Curing bashtalness
Le Trefle d’Annee Bissextile met at
the home of Miss Constance Harring
ton last Friday evening. The prin
cipal amusement of the evening was
“Yellowstone.” Elaborate refresh
ment were daintily served. The
members of the chib will meet at the
home of Miss Margaret O'Sullivan on
next Friday evening where the initi
t ion of the new members will take
place. The object of litis club Is a
cure for bashfulness.
The Ft. ..Niobrara band, which gave
a concert here two weeks ago, will ap
pear again at the opera-house ort Tues
day evening of next week. They will
also give a free concert at 3 o’clock in
the afternoon of the same day.
LOCAL MATTERS.
W. W. Bethea of Ewing was a caller
Friday.
Dr. Perrigo is coming Saturday,
Fet>. 6.
R. J. Marsh had business at Stuart
Tuesday
Nute Muilendore was up from Nor
folk over Saturday and Sunday
J. P. Gallagher'is able to be out
again after a three week’s illness.
The reliable Opthalmologist, Dr.
Perrigo, at Evans Hotel, Feb. 6.
Receiver Deaver of the land office
had business at the state metropolis
this week.
I have a car of fresh buckwheat
Hour that I am selling at cost.—S. F.
Vic Nichols. 20-tf
Homer Garretson arrived in town
last evening from Iowa and will spend
a week here.
Dr. Corbett will be in his dental
office and gallery from the 23d to 30th
of eacli month. 17-tf
Internal improvements are going
on at Mann’s store in the way of new
paper on the walls.
A. *A. Stanton went to Bonesteel
(he first of the week to look after
ousiness interests.
For sale, at 50 each, large full blood
Plymouth Rock roosters.—Mrs. Mary
vlcAilister, Agee, Neb.
E. P. Hicks departed Monday for
Waterloo, Io., where he will spend
some time visiting relatives.
Marriage license was issued yester
day by Judge Morgan to George Davies
and Era Brion, both of Ewing.
Headaches, nervousness, dyspepsia,
insomnia, dizziness, styes, etc., cured
by Dr. Perrigo at Evans Hotel, Feb 6
Berle Martin, who officiates as line
man for the Inter State Telephone
company, spent Sunday with his folks
in O’Neill.
Miss Julia Dwyer arrived in the
city Monday evening from Butte,
Mont., where si re has made her home
the past few years.
Miss Mary Horiskey is up from Nor
folk visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs John Horiskey, and other
relatives and triends.
The discount sale at Golden, Peeler
& Hodgkin’s ends on February 11, so
you had better take advantage of the
opportunity to get some bargains the
next, few days.
The chaps who were jailed two weeks
ago for stealing pants at Mann’s store
were dismissed from the jail
and the city without further legal
formalities.'
Earl Corbett, who has been visiting
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Coykendall, the past few weeks, left
Monday for Neligli, where lie has en
rolled as a student in Gates college.
A Little Sod Bouse m Nebraska.
I dine upon dishes of silver and gold,
In the glitter of ohina ><nd giass;
I walk upon carpets so thick and so soft
Tt'- y muffle all sound as I paas.
I sleep In a chamber of azure and white
Coder satin and down, hut alaok!
In the dead of the night, when I’m lying
awake.
My thoughts will go pandering hack
To a little sod houso In Nebraska.
The floor It was bare, and the smoke black
ened loss
Were covered with pictures—old prints
Prom the very few papers that drifted our
way—
And the window was curtained with
chintz
But oh! what an army of beautiful dreams
Came out In the firelight to play,
And tell me of all thegrand things 1 would
do
When, grown up I could journey away
Prom the little sod house In N braska.
I would buy for my mother a gown of black
silk,
And a bonnet of roses and laoe;
But alas! ere I tasted the fru'ts of suooess
The grave mold was over her face.
And sitting alone o'er a bottle of port
I hark to the wind In the night.
As It moans and It groans, and I think wlt;>
a pang
How it walls far awav o'er the site
Of the HtLle sod bouse In Nebraska.
I am tired of the languorous of lire,
1 long for the wind and the ruin,
I he glory of morn on the dewy gre-'n corn.
And ho smell of the wheat Helds again.
Whore the sliver creek flows, and gold
enrod grows,
Oh, 'tls there I am sighing to roam.
In the state of my birth, on the one spot on
earth
Thut, I call by the d ar name of home—
The little sod house in Nebraska.
—Minna Irving In Leslie's Weekly.
Joe Marin and sister, Mrs. Ed F.
Gallagher, departed the first of the
week for Chicago, where, The Fron
tier understands, the marriage of Miss
Mattie Mann to Clyde King is to oc
cur today.
Tax payers rrom all over the county
have been flocking into the treasurer’s
office tlie past two weeks to head oft
that threaded distress warrant; con
sequently, money has been rolling Into
tile treasurer’s hands in a continuous
stream while a long list of personal tax
has been liquidated.
These are busy days at the offices
of the county treasuer and county
clerk, tax payers from all over
the county are coming in to pay
their taxes. Ttie treasurer’s office is
busy receiving the money while there
is a great demand at the clerk’s office
to examine the assessors’books in con
nection therewith.
When Supervisor Grimes went home
to spend Sunday lie found ttiat a litt le
daughter had arrived during his ab
sence in O’Neill to make her home
with himself andwife. The joy of the
occasion was great, hut Mr. Grimes
was able 10 ret urn to O’Neill Monday
and resume hisduties during the ses
sion of the board, and pass the cigars
around to his friends.
MARKET NEWS
Advance in Cattle Prices, With Pros
pects of Reaching $5 Mark In
a Few Weeks.
South Omaha, Feb. 4 —Special mar.
ket letter from Nye & Buchanan Co.,
live stock commission merchants.—
Cattle: Receipts have been light iiere
far this week, but fair at Chicago
and other points. Monday’s market
was only steady, Tuesday's a little
stronger, and Wednesday 10 cents
higher. Prospects seem very fair for
a higher market next week. We
think a few weeks later will find good
fat si eers selling around $5
We quoi e good choice corn-fed steers
84.50 to $4.90, fair to medium short
fed $3 85 to $4.40. Choice feeders $3.30
to $3 00, choice yearling steers $3.30 to
83.70, others $3 10 to $3 20. Good fat
bows and heifers $3.15 to $3.65, com
mon cows $2.40 to $3.10, cauuers $1.40
to $2.15. Steers stock calves $3.40 to
83.90, heifers $100 to $1.25 less, veal
84.65 to $5.65. Bulls $2.65 to $3.65.
Sheep: Wednesday shows up strong
again.
Choice Unfinished
Lambs ..$ 5.25.a)5 75 $ 4 75,a>5.20
Yearlings.... 4.60^5)4.80 4.30<a)4.50
Wei hers. 4.00,a4.30 3.40ta/3.80
E>ves.. 3.50(a>3.85 2.90(^3.30
Hogs: Market strong. Range $4.70
to $5._
Mere Mention.
A cipher indicates nothing of It
self, but the omission of one of these
little circles sometimes makes a great
change in an item of dollars and cents.
Such was the case in the published
statement of the O’Neill National
bank in The Frontier last week.
Leaving out a cipher showed the sur
plus $1,000, whereas it should be
810,000. Tlie statement appears cor
rected in this issue.
When you feel blue and that every
thing goes wrong, takea dose of Cham
berlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They will cleanse and invigorate your
stomach, regulate your bowels, give
you a relisii for your food and make
you feel that in this old world Isa
place to live. For sale by P. C.Cor
rigan.
Another week has wrought a wel
come change in weather conditions.
Pat McManus'announces spring and
it appears today that he has not
missed it mucli However, if the
sign of our fathers respecting his
Groundliogship holds good there are
six weeks of winter left yet.
A glance at the local market report
will show good prices for grain. Buy
ers are of the opinion that there will
be still further advances.
The Owl club gave a dance last even
ing, which was a pleasant social affair.
Money to loan on improved farms,
lfttf F. J. Ihshnwr.
A MBDICAL_ GBAFTER
Found Holt County a Profitable Field
For Operation
BUNCH OF NOTES FOR LITIGATION
Now Coming In Thick and Fast to an
O’Neill Attorney for Col
lection.
The palmy days of the grafters have
not passed, neither is the world yet
without people who are subject to
being grafted. All of which is evident
from the extensive operations of a
medically Inclined gentlemen in Holt .
bounty which have recently come to
light.
Six months or more ago one Dr. E.
IT. Lahram of St. Joseph, Mo., entered
the bourn a ies of 01 r county and
brought words of cheer to the ears of
tire lame, the halt and the blind.
There were no diseases or Ills of
human flesh but what the doctor
would undertake to heal and guaran
lee a speady cure So many treat
ments for so much—no money down,
just write me your note. Asa guar*
antee of good faith and to show his
patients that he ment them no harm,
a contract formed in legal phrases
rhetorically drawn was executed and
delivered as one after another of the
credulous public assigned themselves
to the doctor’s care.
"Now,” said the doctor, "to show
hat you are taking this treatment in
good faith, execute me a note for the
amount, payable at any date conven
ient to yourself.”
The note, of course, was drawn and
by the time the doctor got through
with the county he had collected a
couple of hundred such sheets of
paper. He then made his departure
ror St. Joseph. These notes have
passed into other hands and are now
coming in for collection.
It was a verbal stipulation, and so
understood by the many people who
signed the notes, that they were to
draw no interest. It now transpires
that there is the usual 10 per cent,
clause attached to each note. A large
stack of the notes was sent td an
O’Neill lawyer by a St. Joseph law
firm for collection and there is said to
be also a number of them at the
banks. The notes are for various sums
from 930 to $100 and many of them
were given by prominent farmers of
the county.
If all have been cured of their
afflict ions there is now a rugged set
of people in Holt county. Whether
this is the case or not The Frontier
is not able to say, but from present
indications a long list of the halt> the
lame and the blind will soon be In
litigation in the courts over a bunch
of notes they are in no mood to pay,
Obituary.
The funeral of Mrs. E. P. Hicks,
who died at her home in this city on
Tuesday, January 26, was held at the
Presbyterian church Friday afternoon
last, conducted by Rev. Bowen, who
spoke comforting words from the text
found in Psalms 127:2. The church
was crowded to the utmost by friends
who came to witness the last sad rites
over the body of the departed, and a
long procession followed the remains
to tlie Protestant cemetery, where
burial took place. Relatives of deceas
ed rrom abroad to attend the funeral
were: Mrs. MaryDeyarman of Spring
field, Mo., daughter of deceased; Tho
mas Hicks of Chicago and Stephen
Hicks of Tracy, Minn., brothers of E.
P. Hicks.
Mrs. Hicks was bo_n at Aterly, De
vonshire, England, on January 8, 1846.
Moved with her parents, Mr.and Mia
James VVeekes, from Eugland to On
tario, Canada, in 1847.
s>he was united in marriage to
Ezeikel P. Hickson May 1, 1863, at
Waterloo, Iowa, rrom which happy
union there were born Ihree chi dreu,
iwoof which still survive her—Step
hen H cks of this county and Mis.
Mary HeYunnan of Springtield, Mo.
Besides tier husband and two children
i here survive her two sistersand Ihree
brothers, Mrs. Mary Ann Berry
of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Mariam
Spudding of Ontario, Canada, James
Weeks of California and Stephen
and John Weekes of North Dakota.
Stie resided with her husband in
tills county since 1880; united with
the Presbyterian church in 1888 with
which denomination she lias since
attilialed. Mrs Hicks had been
afflicted with a cancer for the past
Uve or six years, from which her death
resulted. Every assistance that medi
cal aid could give was rendered her,
but to no avail. The life of the de
ceased can be expressed in one sen
tence—“a good woman, the noblest
work of God.” A devoted wife and
loving mother. Kindness, sympathy,
patience and cheerfulness were the
precious jewels in the crown of her
superb ctiaracter Her long months
of intense pain and suffering she bore
with fortitude and courage, uncom
plainingly. _
The family of E. P. Hicks wish to
express their heartfelt gratitude to
t lie friends and neighbors for their
sympathy, kindness and helpfulness
in the sad hour of bereavement.