Frontier.
| VOLUME XXV.
__O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1904.
_ NUMBER 9.
Don’t forget that it is almost time for school to open, and just the time to replenish your children’s wardrobes. Our sale commences on
Monday, August 29, and will continue for one week only.
20 per cent discount on every pair of boys, misses and childrens shoes in the house
This extraordinary offer does not consist of a discount on old shoes. Every pair is new, every pair guaranteed to give satisfaction. We
have also placed a discount of 20 per cent on all boys and girls caps, and desire you to come and inspect our stock and take advantage of
the discounts offered during the week.
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I O’NEILL
-J. P. GALLAGHER—
NEBR- I
J. P. O'DONNELL KILLED
Meets a Sad Death While Stacking
Hay at His Ranch.
IS KNOCKED PROM THE STACK
Hit a Blow by Load of Hay From the
Stacker, Carried by Strong Wind,
and Is Picked Up Dead
John P. O’Donnell was killed Tues
day while stacking hay at the O’Don
Anell ranch twenty miles southwest of
O’Neill.
This news came like a shock to this
community. About noon that day
word was telephoned down to the
O’Donnell boys that their father had
been seriously hurt by a haystacker
and asking some of them to come
with a doctor. P. J. O’Donnell and
Dr. Gilligan at once started out.
But he was dead long before they got
there. In fact, was killed almost in
stantly. Mr. O’Donnell was upon a
/itack of hay that had just been corn
el fenced and was not over six or eight
feet high. The accident occurred as a
fork full of hay from the stacker came
up and was dumped. The bunch of
hay was carried with considerable
force by a strong south wind, striking
Mr. O’Donnell and knocking him
from the stack. He was several feet
from the fork and could not have been
struck by it. The fall resulted in
almost instant death, the only sign of
life being manifest when the others
working about the hay stack went to
pick him up was a few short gasps.
/ Mr. O’Donnell was tifty-four years
of age. He was one of the early
comers to.O’Neill and years ago was
in the hotel business here. The family
is one of the best known in the county,
James F., son of the deceased, being
cashier of the O’Neill National bank,
another son, P. J., being deputy
county treasurer. Besides these, his
wife and several sons and daughters
survive him, all residing here, except
one daughter who is at Springview,
Keya Paha county.
The funeral was held at 10 o’clock
this morning at the Catholic church
in this city.
Excursion rates to Nebraska State
Fair at Lincoln, C. & N. W. Ry
Excursion tickets will be sold to
Lincoln and return on Aug. 29, 30, 31,
Sept. 1 and 2, good returning Sept. 3,
at one fare plus fifty cents for round
trip. Round trip rate from O’Neill
$0.10. E. R. Adams, Agent.
Notice of Estray
Taken up, six head of yearling cat
tle, at my place three miles east of
O’Neill, on Thursday, August 11.
Bunch consisted of 1 white face steer,
1 black steer, 1 white steer, 1 brindle
steeer and 1 red heifer.
8-3pd. W. P. Curtis.
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Notice to Creditors.
jJU persons indebted to the estate
o*Yredrick Roslear are notified to set
tle the same with the administrator
at once. B. A. Johring,
8-3 Administrator.
Taken up, on August 21, one brown
horse and three colts, on Ditch Co.
place six miles straight west of
O’Neill.—C. E. Kever. 9-tf
LOCAL MATTERS.
Chattle mortgages at The Frontier.
Dr. Ferrigo is coming September 9.,
W. It. Butlerlhad business at Neligh
yesterday.
Miss Jule StafTord of Scribner is
visiting friends in the city.
P. J. McManus is in Chicago this
week buying goods for the fall and
winter.
Charley Millard is home from Bone
steel, where he has been the past few
months.
Dr. Corbett will be in his dental
office and gallery from the 23d to 30th
of each month. 17-tf
A marriage license has been issued
by the county judge to Frank Weller
and Anna Barrett, both of Atkinson.
Headaches, nervousness, dyspepsia,,
insomnia, dizziness, styes, etc., cured
by Dr. Perrigo at Evans Hotel, Sept, 9.
Miss Gillespie and Guy Hamilton
have been employed on the clerical
and stenograpical force at the land
office.
Lieutenant C. A. Meals departed
Saturdaf last for Omaha, where he
stopped a few days before going to San
Francisco.
A. M. Church, formerly of the At
kinson Graphic, we understand has
gope to Lindsay, in Platte county, to
start a paper.
The Galena Lumber company is
building an extensive and substantial
addition to its already extensive lum
ber enclosure.
Street Commissioner Martin has be
gun operations on the streets by put
ting in a new stretch of sidewalk on
Fourth street.
Mrs. Morse and daughter Ada de*
parted Tuesoay for their western
home, the other members of the
family having preceeded them some
weeks ago.
o-ue gum xeaper nas reaped a large
harvest at O’Neill and vicinity the
past eight months. Since January 1,
thirty-two deaths have been recorded
by Undertaker Biglin.
Lon Blundage, formerly a baber in
Price’s shop here, came upfromOmaha
Sunday with his family. They are
visiting at the home of Mrs. Blun
dage’s father north of town.
About the prettiest buggy in town
is a new rubber tired single rig Mrs.
Cress bought while in Omaha last
[week. With her handsome white
I horse hitched to it, it makes a fine
turn out.
Merrit Martin, Tom Quilty and O.
O. Snyder each shipped a mare of
speedy qualities to Neligh Monday to
breed to the Kay horse and expect to
each have a fancy trotting colt by
another year.
The county bastile is empty for the
first time in several months, the last
prisoner, Joseph Neolicjak of Ewing,
who was arrested on a charge of rape,
having been let out on bonds furnish
ed by his friends.
Mrs. J. H. Kitts returned Thursday
last from a visit with relatives in
Iowa, after having successfully under
gone an operation at Sioux City. She
was accompanied home by her mother,
who will visit here for a time.
Spencer Advocate: Dan Coffey,
brother of our C. J., is here from
O’Neill to accept a position in the
First National bank. Mr. Coffey comes
from a fine family, is a cultured, in
telligent young man and the Advocate
is pleased to announce his intention
to make his permanent residence in
Spencer. '
Mrs. J. M. Morgan went to Atkin
son Tuesday.
Cross eyes straightened without the
use of the knife. See Dr. Perrigo
about it at Evans Hotel, Sept. 9.
Rebekahs and husbands or sweet
hearts are invited to attend a picnic
social at Brennan’s park, Wednesday,
August 31, from 3 to 8 o’clock. No
children, please, but bring your bas
kets and have a pleasant time.—Com
mittee.
R. C. Wry of Chambers was a caller
at this office Friday last. Mr. Wry
had just returned from a trip up into
Alberta and was full and overflowing
with enthusiasm over that country,
which lie considers a marvel of pro
ductiveness.
James McNichols of Pocatello,
Idaho, and Mrs. Hayes of Park City,
Utah, arrived in the city Tuesday
evening on a visit to their brother S.
F. McNichols and others relatives.
They expect to remain for a month
or six weeks.
John M. Stewart came over from
Bonesteel Saturday, remaining here
for a few days. Mr. Stewart says
Bonesteel has quieted down consider
able and that a third of those who
drew numbers in the land drawing are
not filing on the claims.
C. L. Davis went to the reservation
today to see if there was anything
left worth filing on. C. L. had a num
ber up in tlie two thousands but
enough ahead of him have dropped
out of the game to bring him around
the fifteen hundred mark.
Holt county has produced a bumper
apple crop this season. The baskets
and barrels at the food emporiums in
O’Neill are filled with the home pro
duct that is brought fresh to market
every day and little or no importa
tion of this monarch of the orchard is
being made. The quality of the fruit
now ready for market can not be beat
by California’s golden and boasted
sloaps if the housewife wants to forge
an apple pie or serve it up in sauce.
The orchards are now about able to
supply the home demand for Isummer
and fall apples at $1 per bushel.
-i ne rentier understands the
county seat aspirants In the west end
will submit a proposition to spilt old
Holt on the range line between 11 and
12, the western limit of O’Neill. The
town in the county that doesn’t want
a county seat has not been heard from
and most of them would be willing to
organize one township into a county
to get it. The fellows who pay for
the court-houses and have the votes
probably feel a little different about
it. When the county Is a little more
densely populated it probably will and
should be devided but with the pre
sent population it looks like an unwise
proposition.
James Sullivan, a son of Mrs. J. R.
Sullivan who resides three miles north
of town, and a brother of M. R. Sulli
van of the First National bank, died
Saturday last of consumption at the
home of his mother. The funeral oc
curred Monday morning at the Catho
lic church in this city and was very
largely attended by friends and neigh
bors of the family. The deceased was
thirty-two years of age. He had work
ed in the mines in Montana until
last November, and the disease was
contracted while in the mines.
The deceased was born in Hancock,
Michigan, in 1873. He came with his
parents to this place some twenty-five
years ago. Ten years ago he went to
Montana and engaged in mining. His
mother, three sisters and six brothers
survive him.
A FIRE ATJIINNEOLA
The Postoflice and Store Goes Up In
Smoke Sunday Night.
FRED ROGERS TALKS OF CROPS
Makes Trip From Duluth to O’Neill
and Sees a Big Harvest and
Good Corn Prospect.
The postoflice and store of Post
master Massey at Minneola was burn
ed to the ground last Sunday night,
together with all the mail and the
stock of merchandise, not so much as
a letter or paper being recovered.
The origin of the fire Is unknown.
Mr. Massey’s place of residence is but
a few rods from where the store and
postoflice building stood. They were
awakened from their slumbers Sunday
night by the crackling embers and
got to the scene of the Are just
in time to see the walls of the burn
ing building fall. There was some
insurance. _____
Talks About Crops.
Fred Rogers, the general passenger
and freight agent of the Wilmur &
Sioux Falls, who has just made a trip
from Wilmur to O’Neill, says: “Small
grain will average fully one-thirdbet
ter than last year. Barley, last year
good only for feeding, will grade for
brewing purposes this year. Oats are
clean and bright, heavier than usual,
and yielding in the sixties. Wheat is
better than last year. Along our
Minnesota line wheat is yielding
flfteen to twenty-two bushels, and
much of it will grade No. 1. Last year
this wheat went no better than No. 3.
As for the corn crop, I am something
of a weather prophet myself, and I
predict there will be no frost till after
September 15. I base my prediction
on the fact that we have already had
our cold weather.”
Notwithstanding the packing house
strike, a good many cattle are going
to market. Seven trains went over
the Northwestern Sunday.
Mrs. Cavanaugh, living south of
town in the Dry creek country, had
seven head of her best cows killed by
lightning in a recent thunder storm.
The cattle were insured.
Better than two million dollars was
the land seekers contibution to the
railroads for hauling them to the
Rosebud. Other items of expense run
the total up to about three million.
The reservation will furnish homes
for about six hundred families.
Ex-Alderman P. C. Miller, of Sioux
City, was in the city last week adver
tising the Inter-StateJ Fair to be
held in Sioux City the first week in
September. This fair promises to be
one of the best fairs held in the west
this season and many O’Neill people
are figuring on attending. Mr. Miller
left for home Monday captivated with
O’Neill and her hospitable people.
We have called attention to the
opening of the fall term, September
1, of the Omaha Commercial college.
Many have written Rohrbough broth
ers for literature, and have decided to
attend this institution to prepare for
mercantile life. No better selection
could possibly be made. We advise
others to send at once'for free catalo
gue. Address Rohrbough Bros,
Omaha, Neb.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our hearthfelt
gratitude to the kind neighbors and
friends for their helphfulness and
words of sympathy during our afliic
tion.—Mrs. J. R. Sullivan.
The latest Millinery Nov
/ elties now on display a.t
^ Mrs. S. G. Nichols’ n? y
jTouristl
MADE from fancy mixture cloth, loose back with fullness, slightly
drawn with belt; flare cuffs and stitched flat collar; top and bot
tom sleeves tucked; double-breasted front closes with fancy metal
buttons; yoke and sleeves lined with satin. This is the new model
garment for ladies and misses for this season and has been put on ex
hibition early at our store. Ladies desiring the very latest coat
creation should call and see the “Tourist.” j;
Iii a few days\we will also be showing a line of the new
tailored suits for ladies.
P. J. McManus
O’NEILL. NEBRASKA
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