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VOLUME XXV. O’nIiLL, NEBRASKA. Tf" MAY 11 1905 NUMBER 46. I
AFFAIRS •flFJHG CITY
Marshal, Nightwatch and Weigh
master Appointed.
MONDAY NIGHT SESSION STORMY
Everything Amacable Now, However,
and New Council Organized for
Business.
The new city administration is get
ting pretty well organized for business
and intend to meet frequently until
all matters of importance are attend
ed to.
A somewhat stormy session was
held on Monday night, stormy because
of the contest over a marshal and
water commissioner. There were
several applicants for the place but it
was understood by the mayor and
council that C. C. Millard would re
ceive the appointment. Shortly before
the convening of the new council the
mayor received notice from Mr. Mil
lard that he would not accept the
appointment. At the session Monday
night Mayor Doyle explained the
situation and then presented the name
of Eber Leek for confirmanion, saying
that he had been promised second
choice. It seems that three of the
councilmen who stood for Mr. Millard
also promised Mr. Leek he would be
. their sec«pd choice. Councilmen
Cowperthwaite, Brennan Sand Fallon
apposed the appointment and urged
their side with much vigor on the
grounds that there were men in
O’Neill who had lived here much
longer that should have the place.
The vote resulted in a tie The mayor
cast the deciding vote and Mr. Leek
was elected.
A previous action requires the
marshal, water commissioner and
street commissioner to furnish bonds
in the sum of $3,000. This was furnislr
and approved, and Mr. Leek sworn in.
The other appointments were Wil
liam Gordon as weighmaster and
John Cain as nightwatch. The ap
pointment of pound master was de
ferred till another meeting.
It was voted to crrry the 1904 gener
al fund over to 1905.
Herb Putman was confirmed as fire
chief and James Trigg assistant.
Neil Brennan was elected president
of the board to preside in the absence
of the mayor. The committees ap
pointed were:
Judiciary and finance—Brennan,
Cowperthwaite and Fallon.
Streets and sidewalks—Cowperth
waite, Zimmerman and Hanley.
Water works—Brennan, Cowperth
waite and Zimmerman.
Fire departmant—Zimmerman, Fal
lnn and Handley.
Board of health—Mayor Doyle, Drs.
Gilligan, Flynn and Trueblood.
There are a number of new ordi
nances to be adopted which will be
taken up at once by the council.
K. C.’s at Alliance
Alliance, Neb., May 7.—The visiting
Knights of Columbus and the initia
tory class 'met at Elk’s hall at 10
o’clock this morning and marched in a
body to Holy Rosary church, where
solemn high mass was celebrated by
Father Cassady of O’Neill, assisted by
the choir of the church. Father Gal
vin of Alliance delivered an able ad
dress on the objects and opportunities
of the order. At 1 o’clock train No.
41, with the Omaha delegation aboard,
arrived, when all repaired to the Elks’
hall, where sixty candidates were
initiated into the mysteries of the
order, three degrees being conferred.
After the initiatory ceremony all re
paired to the opera house and partook
of a sumptuous banquet provided by
the ladies of the church. After the
banquet toasts were responded to as
follows:
“The Knights of Columbus,” C. J.
Smyth of Omaha.
“American Citizenship and Catholi
cy,” A. F. Mullen of O’Neill.
“What Shall We Do for the Young
Man?” John A. McGuire of Lincoln.
“A Knight of Columbus; Fearless,
Blameless,” J. A. C. Kennedy of
Omaha.
“Our Opportunites in the West,”
Judge Harrington.
“What We Must Battle For,” Fath
er Galvin.
The lodge just organized has every
prospect of success. It is made up of
the best of our citizens.
For exchange—New Iowa cream
separator, guaranteed, tor good work
horse. Address L. L. Mandevill,
O’Neill. 45-3pd.
LOCAL MATTERS.
For farm loans see Lyman Water
man, O’Neill. 45-tf
Loans on farm and city property.—
E. H. Benedict. 44-tf
For Rent—Six roon cottage, in good
condition. 46-2 Belle Ryan.
Henry Ruetlng was in from Swan
Lake Sunday.
John Melvin was up from I’age to
spend Sunday.
Over a car load of hogs were market
ed in town Monday.
Samuel Beavers went to Omaha
Sunday to be gone a few days.
Delicious strawberry juice pop at
Hatfields. The best ever. 4<i-3p
Dr. Corbett guarantees painless ex
tracting; May 23 to 30. 45-4
For Sale—Fifteen good brood sows,
with litter.—James Fleming. 45-2
Maylon Price was a Northwestern
passenger Sunday for Omaha.
For Sale—A good brood mare and
two colts.—Robert Marsh. 4G-3
Mrs. G. W. Meals departed Monday
for her home in California.
S. J. Weekes made a business trip
to Omaha the first of the week.
For Rent—Seven room house in good
condition. William Laviollette. 45-2
Phil Ziemer returned Sunday from
Emerson, where he has been staying
the past few months.
The Frontier has a stock of the best
quality of carbon paper. Sold in sizes
and quantity to suit.
Discount sale at F. B. Cole & Son’s
begins next Wednesday, May 10, and
continues one month. 45-3
During the next month will be your
opportunity to get jewelry goods at
bargains at F. B. Cole & Sons. 45-3.
Dr. Barnes, the eye-sight specialist
of Omaha, will again visit O’Neill.
Office at the Evans hotel. One day
only.
J. H. Dennis, who has spent the
winter in O’Neill, goes to Bloomfield
soon to engage in the hardware busi
ness.
Word was received bv telegram in
O’Neill this morning that Gus Grady,
a brother of Henry, was dead at Park
City, Utah.
Horses and cattle pastured by month
or season, close to O’Neill, inquire at
this office or address N. F. Barker,
O’Neill. 45-2
While O’Neill ball players are en
tertaining people of other commun
ities they might put on a game here
between trips.
Spencer Advocate: There will be a
dance tonight in the opera-house in
honor of Miss Moran of Ft. Randall,
and Miss O’Malley of O’Neill.
Hanford Produce Co. have adopted
a cash system in paying for butterfat.
Give them a trial.
46-4 J. U. Yantzi, Mgr.
Florence Sullivan and daughter ar
rived home Friday evening from their
visit in Ireland and report a pleasant
trip and most enjoyable visit.
B. S. Gillespie has taken a squatters
claim of 640 acres in the strip of
government land in Sheridan county
recently opened to settlement.
J. U. Yantzi, manager of the Han
ford cream station, was called to
Milford, Neb , Tuesday on account of
the serious illness of his brother.
Mrs. J. H. Meredith, superintendent
of the Presbyterian Sunday school, was
at Inman Sunday in the interests of
Sunday school work in that place.
A niece and nephew of Mrs. Mary
Thompson arrived in the city yester
day from Dennison, Tex., and will
visit a few months with their aunt.
The six days old infant of Mr. and
Mrs. William Piiarman, residing
southwest of town, died and was buri
ed in the Protestant cemetary Mon
day.
A washout on the Northwestern
Tuesday night between Battle Creek
and Meadow Grove delayed the 10:20
night train until morning, it coming
through here at 0:30.
Miss Maggie O’Neill, who has made
her home in Council Blnffs for a
number of years past, is at the home
of her parents here, and will remain
in the city for a time.
All persons interested in Prospect
Hill (Protestant) cemetery are re
quested to make the improvements
upon their lots and fix the graves be
fore May 30.— R. H. Mills, sexton.
C. M. Blanchard returned from
Ewing Friday where he installed of
ficers and assisted in initiatine a class
of ten into the mysteries of the Royal
Highlanders last Thursday evening.
At the request of a number of old
soldiers memoral servies will be held
in the M. E. church of O’Neill, on
Sunday, May 28, at 10:30 a. m. All
members of the G. A. R. and W. R. C.
and all old soldiers are most respect
fully invited to attend.—G. F. Mead,
pastor.
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M. DOWLING. President JAS. F. O’DONNELL, Cashier
SURPLUS. ® $55,000.00 I
O’NEILL NAT’L BAnIT
5 Per Cent Paid
on Time Certificates of Deposit
This Bank carries no indebtedness of Officers or Stockholders
.
“The Destiny of the man who lack
ed the Wedding Garment” is the topic
for the Presbyterian pulpit for next
Sunday evening. “The Angels are
Calling the Roll” will be sung by the
choir.
The local markets yesterday were:
Stock steers, $4.00; fat steers, $5.00;
Hog $4.80; corn — shelled, 31c,
ear, 30c; oats, 21c; wheat, 80c; rye,
60c; potatoes, 25c@30c; eggs, 12jc; but
ter, 20c.
O. O. Snyder, president of the Ne
braska Lumber Dealers ssociation,
left for Chicago Sunday morning to
attend a meeting of the national asso
ciation which is being held in the
windy city this week.
Bring your cream to Hanford Pro
duce Co. station, we pay the highest
market price for butterfat. You can
get your cash tiie same day cream is
brought in if wanted.
46-4 J. U. Yantzl, Mgr.
Spencer Reporter: There is some
talk of the O’Neill base ball club play
ing a game at Spencer on the 17 of
this month. The Dramatic company
will also give a drama named “Sea
Drift” the same day.
Mrs. E. S. Eves, Mina and Howard
departed on the early train Tuesday
for Omaha, being joined at Norfolk by
Mr. Eves who came in from Spencer.
They were called to Omaha by the
serious illness of Mr. Eves’ mother.
R. R. Dickson has been at Omaha
and Lincoln this week, filing a lengthy
brief in the supreme court in the
Nickolizak case, also arguing the case
orally. He hopes to get a reversal of
the case on the grounds of insufficient
evidence.
Andrew Spri lger of Meek and Mrs.
Clara Bowering of O’Neill were unit
ed in marriage on Tuesday, County
Judge Morgan officiating. The bride
is a daughter of Capt. Walker of this
city and the groom isa farmer of the
Meek neighborhood.
The following were granted teach
ers’ certificates last month by the
county superintendent: Charles E.
Swanson, Inez; Bessie Davis, Star;
Pearl Roberts, Joy; Mary Hagerty,
O’Neill; Zoe Bethea, Clearwater; Mary
Ryan, O’Neill; Agnes Spragg, Kirk
wood.
George Weingartner returned last
Thursday from his trip to Idaho. lie
says he found his father, who is
seventy-three years of age, still as ac
tive as a young man and enjoying re
markable health and vigor. He thinks
it is a good country and says business
is active.
The continuous heavy rains greatly
hinder the work of farming and
gardening. Of course grasses and
small grain are flourishing, but corn
and garden products are coming
through the ground slowly. In fact
many have not yet planted and others
who have must replant.
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Good homes are wanted for orphan
and destitute children of all ages, by
tire Child Saving Institute, 1806 Ohio
St., Omaha. From 40 to 60 constant
ly on hand, about 300 passing through
the Institute during the year. Write
for application blanks, if interested,
enclosing stamp for postage.
Superintendent Slaymaker lias com
piled the program for the teachers in
stitute for the county, which will be
field June 12-23 at the school house in
O’Neill. The instructors are: l’rof.
S. E. Mills of Atkinson, Prof. R. H.
Graham of West Point, Prof. Ira
Lamb of Hooper, and Prof. J. Y.
Dwyer of O’Neill.
Rev. C. E. Giwits, assistant super
intendent of the Child Saving Insti
tute of Omaha, was in the city today
in the interests of the institute. He
tells The Frontier that they have
three girls fifteen years of age, a boy
of eleven and one of eight that they
are very anxious to find suitable
homes for at once. The institute is
equipped for the care of the small
children but not for the larger ones,
and they are anxious to find homes
for these three girls atid two boys.
Anyone interested may address the
institute at 1800 Ohio street, Omaha.
The Norfolk News says that mater
ial for the extension of the North
western railroad west from Casper is
being taken westward, several car
loads of ties and other materials hav
ing passed up the line last week en
route to Wyoming. Many more
trainloads of materials are expected
to follow and active work will begin
at once.
Fifteen young men and some eight
or ten young ladies went to Neligh
Friday last, the boys to play base ball
and the girls to encounter the Neligh
basket ball team. The scalps of both
the home teams were easily taken by
the trained players at the college, but
the O’Neill crowd says they had a
royal time, so royal in fact that it was
Monday or Tuesday of this week before
some of them got back.
“David Ilarum” will be presented
at the opera-house on Monday night,
May 15, by the Curts Dramatic Co., M.
II. Curts as David Ilarum. The play
is written from Edward Noyes West
cott’s widely read book and those who
have read the book can imagine the
wit and humor in the play. David
Ilarum is a cliarehter ithat is lexcep
tionai, a way down east shrewd, sharp
and witty banker with a fancy for
horses, a man who had rather make
ten dollars on a horse trade than one
hundred in his bank. lie is traded a
horse by Deacon Perkins, an unassum
ing pillar of the church, and is done
so badly that to tell it Jn his own
words “I was doneso well, I was burnt
in places.” In retaliation, however,
he gets the deacon’s fancy fastened on
a certain bay horse which is a balker
and sells it to the deacon. The dea
con gets caught in a heavy shower of
rain the first time he drives him and
for a few minutes forgets he is a dea
con and a pillar of the church. A very
pretty scene is where David pays off
the Widow Cullom’s mortgage and re
leases her from the old miser Zeke
Sweeny. Another amusing scene is a
scene in Aunt Polly’s sitting room on
Christmas morning when David tells
the story of his boyhood days, his trip
to the circus, and the whipping that
followed, ending witli “they had to
pour water in my face.” Seats now
on sale. Prices 25, 35, 50 cents.
Lands for Sale.
We are directed by the trustee to
sell the “Caldwell” farms, which con
tain the following described lands in
Holt county: East half of section 14,
all of section 3(5, east half of section 11
and west half of section 13, all in twp.
30, range 12; southwest quarter of sec
tion 5 and northwest quarter of sec
tion 31, twp. 30, range 11.
The above described lands, together
wit.li all improvements, must be sold
at once. Any reasonable offer will be
considered. Here is a splendid oppor
tunity to secure good farms at your
own price and terms. Submit all offeis
to, Qualk Land Company,
Northwestern Building, Minneapolis,
Minn. 45-4
Advertised Letters.
The following letters remain uncall
ed for in the O’Neill postoilice for the
week ending May. 6, 1905:
Leila Porter, Dr. A. A. Lewis, Mrs.
Lind Whitehead, John D. Murphy, G.
L. Krause. Mrs. John Copp, Wm
Brown.
In calling for the above please say
“advertised.” If notcalledfor in two
weeks will be sent to dead letter oftice
L). II. Cronin, Postmaster.
Memorial Day
On Tuesday, May 30, at 10 o’clock
a. m. Coburn Post No. 251, Grand
Army of the Republic, and Woman’s
Refief Corps No. 142, will observe
Memorial day at the Marquette chapel
at Leonie. A general invitation is
extended to Sunday schools, soldiers
not members of the post and their
families. Music by Fuller’s quartet.
By order of commander,
46-2 T. Siminson, Adjutant.
A Voting Machine
A voting machine lias been invented
by two Madison men that is said tube
the best yet produced. The machine
is described thus:
There is first a key for every party
represented. Pressing one of those
keyes votes a straight ticket and
locks all the other keys on the ma
chine, none of which will bo released
until the voter leaves the booth, when
by means of a device attached to the
gate the keys are unlocked and the
machine is ready for the next man.
Each time the machine is thus releas
ed, a bell is rung so that it would be
most impossible for any one to tam
per with the machine without being
detected.
In addition to the straight ticket
keys above mentioned there is a key
for each person running for office. If
a man does not wish to vote a straight
ticket he need not. He may vote for
his man, but when he has pushed the
key of Ills favorite candidate, say for
slieri IT, he may not push the button
of any other man for sheriff because
the keys of all the candidates for
sheriff are then locked, as well as all
the straight tickets, and so on through
all the offices. As a man pushes a key
it locks and stays locked and as he
goes on all the keys he pushes stays
locked behing him and do not open
until the swing of the gate as he leaves
the booth releases them. Nor may he
vote for the same man twice, for a
key once pressed down stays down un
til the man is done voting and leaves
the booth. Of course there is the
registering device keeping count of
the numbers of votes cast Jfor a candi
date up to the time, and when the
polls’ close the clerk will simply have
to note the totals and figure majori
ties.
Further, in cases where there are
more than one to be voted for, as for
instance regents of ahe university or
presidential electors, the candidates
are grouped, and after the proper
number have been voted for all the
keys in the group are locked, making
it impossible to vote for more than
the proper number.
Facts About Birds
Someone has gone to the pains to
ascertain that birds can eat and
digest from ten to thirty times as
much food in proportion to their size
as men can. If a man could eat as
much in proportion to his size as a
sparrow is able to consume he would
need a whole sheep for dinner, a couple
of dozen chickens for breakfast and
six turkeys for his evening meal. A
tree sparrow has been known to eat
700 grass seeds in a day. Relative to
the bird’s size, these seeds were as
big as an ordinary lunch basket would
be to a full grown man.
A bird’s strenght is equally amazing.
A whitetailed eagle weighting 12
pounds witli a wing-spread of 6 feet,
has been known to pounce on a pig
weighing 42 pounds, raise it to a
height of a hundred feet and fly oil
with it. The bird had covered a dis
tance of half a mile before the pig’s
owner succeeded in shooting the thief.
Birds can do work far harder than
human beings. A pair of house mar
tins when nesting will feed their
young ones in twenty seconds—that is,
each bird, male and female, makes
ninety journeys to and fro in an hour,
or about 1000 a day. It must be re
membered that on each journey the
bird has added work of catching the
worm.
Even so tiny a bird as the wren has
been counted to make 110 trips to and
from its nest within 430 minutes; and
the prey it carried home consisted of
larger, heavier and harder-to-find in
sects than were caught by the spar
rows. Among them were twenty
good-sized caterpillars, ten grasshop
pers, seven spiders, eleven worms and
more than one fat chrysalis.
The Chambers Ladies Cook-Book
Is a Cook-Book, that contains a
modest collection of choice and tested
practical recipes, not a multitude of
non-usable recipes whose ingredients
can not be obtained, but the kind
whose ingredients are obtainable.
The purpose in selling this book is to
help build a new parsonage at Cham
bers of which there is great need.
Mrs. Roosevelt has a recipe in this
book that is worth the price ask for it.
Found on sale at general stores in
O’Neill for 25c, or sent postpaid
for 35c.—Address Jesse Griflith, Cham
bers, Neb. 45-2
For Sale at a Bargain
$200.00 casli for the west i of the
northeast quarter of section 2, town
ship 29, range 10 Holt county, Neb
Good title warranty deed and abstract
furnished.—Adress R. J. Seaman,
Red field, S. D. 46-2
Notice
General fund warrants to register
No. 583 are now payable. Interest
ceases after May 12,1905.
J. F. Gallagher, City Trersurer.
No Evidence Found Against Match
Man as the One Who Stole Honey*
SHERIFF SUSPICIONS ANOIABR
Stuart Hotel Man Recovers Stolen
Check, but His Cash is Still
Missing.
The traveling man arrested by the
sheriff last Thursday charged by the
proprietor of the Northwestern hotel
at Stuart with stealing a sum of
money was releasted without a hear
ing, there being no evidence to show
that he had taken the money alleged
to have been stolen. The traveling
man represents the Diamond Match
company. Suspicion rested upon him
by reason of the following circum
stances: The Stuart hotel man claims
to have lost something over $300, $275
of which was represented by a check.
The check was found in a water tank
at the hotel torn in two and inclosed
in an envelope of the Diamond Match
company. The cash, amounting to
some *42, is still missing. Itdevelopes,
however, in connection with the torn
check being in an envelope of the re
presentative of the match company
that lie, the match man, had a grip
stolen at Atkinson in which were
some envelopes and the grip was dis
covered at the Northwestern hotel at
Stuart. The sheriff advances the
theory that another man, who is un
der suspicion, stole the match man’s
grip at Atkinson, the check and money
at Stuart, put the check in the envel
ope to throw suspicion on the other
and made away with the cash.
The man under suspicion was at
Stuart at the time the affair happen
ed. The sheriff says he hired a team
at Stuart and drove to Newport,
where lie tied the team to a post,
jumped onto a train and went west.
Minor Mention
A new building has been erected
just west of the firemen’s ball for a
blacksmith shop.
People ought not to await the order*
of the officials before disposing of un
sanitary rubbish.
It is not every country that furnish
es the snows of winter and warmpth
of summer in one day.
Henry Howard has been putting In
good licks on the court-house lawn
and has it in admirable condition.
There has been a lull in hand ball
the past few days that Joe Horisky
says is due to the inclement weather.
Bluegrass grows with the rapidity
of a race horse these wet days. O’Neill
citizens are acquiring many pretty
yards by their diligent efforts.
A recent heavy frost endangered the
fruit crop. It is feared that apples,
which were in full bloom in many
orchards, will hardly survive.
Very Low Rates to St. Louis, Mo.
Via the North-Western Line. Ex
cursion tickets will be sold on 13 to
22, inclusive, limited to return until
May 24, inclusive, on account
of National Baptist Anniver
saries. Apply to agents Chicago &
North-Western E’y.
For Sale
Cheap if taken before May 25, good
mower, stacker, rake and sweep, com
drill—all for $75—and a No. 1 milch
cow, large, gentle and halter broke,
giving about 5 galons milk daily. Call
or address A. H. Moss, Amelia, Neb.
46-2
Half Rates to G. A. R. Encampment
at Grand Island, Neb.,
Via the North-Western line. Ex
cursion tickets will be sold at one fare
for the round trip, May 16 to 19, in«
elusive, limited to return until May
22, Inclusive. Apply to agent Chicago
& North-Western R’y.
PAINT
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appearance, improve its value,
improve its condition, improve
its “lasting” qualities. We
carry a complete line of the
best paint for any and all pur
poses. Gall and see us.
Yours for GOOD Paint,_ !
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