87.The Frontier.
VOLUME XXV. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1905 " NUMBER 47
DISTRICT COURT CALLED
Murder Case Scheduled for Next
Week.—Libe Case First.
^ MANN AND MELLOR GET WETTING
^•Attempt to Drive Through Deep
Water and Ilad Hard Struggle to
fUet Out.
District court is scheduled to con
vene today, the jury being called for
tomorrow. The county attorney in
'orms The Frontier that the Libe-Ball
robbery case will be the first thing
raken up. This is the case where
SVilliam Ball, formerly a hired man
it the home of Mannileous Libe near
Be Whiting bridge on the Niobrara
■iver, is accused of stealing money of
lis employer.
The murder case against Myron Ir
vin, charged with the murder of
Robert B. Cearns in the early part of
I April up in the Badger country,
;ij is slated to come up next week.
Cearns was stabbed twice in a quarrel
H with Irwin and survived only a few
minutes. The defendant is under
H $5,000 bonds. The trial promises to
be a sensational as well as an expen
sive one.
When asked when the McGreevy
cases would be taken up, Mr. Mullen
| said he couldn’t tell anything about
it. The Whittemore cases, he said in
answer to a query concerning them,
would probably be disposed of this
summer as they hoped to hold a speci
al term of court in July to try them.
An Unexpected Bath.
Jess Mellor and Joe Mann had an|ex
perience Tuesday evening that
neither care to have repeated. They
got into about ten feet of water near
the Hershiser bridge, a short distance
west of town, and are thanking their
stars that they are now alive.
The river is out of its banks every
where and at this particular place the
ground is low enough to allow ten or
twelve feet of water north of the
bridge. They undertook to drive
through. The horses plunged into a
pool of water over their backs and the
buggy was submerged. By dint of
hard work the men and horses got out
alive. The horses were cut loose from
the buggy and swam to terra firma.
One side of the buggy had dropped
r into a hole and to prevent the vehicle
from overturning Mellor jumped into
the water and had a hundred yard
swim, hampered by an overcoat and
all his clothing, while Joe—who could
not swim—stood in the buggy waist
deep in water.
Ultimately everybody and every
thing was extricated. Jess says he
thought of many things he had not
thought of before while making the
hundred yard pull through the icy
water with none too bright prospects
of stricking land.
Excursion Rates to Sioux City.
The Great Northern will sell ex
cursion tickets to Sioux City at $5.50
for round trip on account of the fol
lowing occasions:
Commercial Traveling Salesmen
Minstrel Show and Entertainment
May 19 and 20. Tickets on sale May
19 and 20. Final limit May 22.
Sioux City May Musical Festival
May 22 and 23. Tickets on sale May
22 and 23. Final return limit May 24.
For further particulars enquire of
W. E. West, Agent.
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,
40-2 T. Siminson, Adjutant.
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LOCAL MATTERS.
Ice cream soda at Cresses. Try it.
For farm loans see Lyman Water
man, O’Neill. 45-tf
Jack Harrington went to Spencer
Tuesday.
For Rent—Six room cottage, in good
condition. 47-2 Belle Ryan.
Loans on farm and city property.—
E. H. Benedict. 44-tf
J. W. Ferguson of Long Pine Sun
dayed in O’Neill.
II. D. Weygint of Clearwater was in
the city Sunday.
G. F. Durland of Plainview spent
Monday in town.
Charley Sanford is acting in the
capacity of jailor.
John McNichols was down from
Atkinson Monday.
John Harmon had business at
Ewing Wednesday.
W. P. O’Brion was down from At
kinson Saturday last.
Dr. Corbett guarantees painless ex
tracting; May 23 to 30. 45-4
G. L. Coleman of Neligh had busi
ness in the city Monday.
Delicious strawberry juice pop at
Hatiields. The best ever. 4C-3p
Lloyd Gillespie was a Northwestern
passenger Tuesday for Lynch.
For Sale—A good brood mare and
two colts.—Robert Marsh. 46-3
Highest cash price paid for poultry.
J. U. Yantzi, at Hanford Produce Co.
station. 47-2p.
Discount sale at F. B. Cole & Son’s
begins next Wednesday, May 10, and
continues one month. 45-3
The Frontier has a stock of the best
quality of carbon paper. Sold in sizes
and quantity to suit.
B. S. Gillespie returned Sunday
from Sheridan county, where he has
taken a section of land.
M. F. Cronin departod Friday last
for Clay Center, Neb., where he has a
situation in a printing office.
For Exchange—A registered Here
ford bull, worth $100, for work horse
or mare. J. M. Caldwell, O’Neill.
During the next month will be your
opportunity to get jewelry goods at
bargains at F. B. Cole & Sons. 45-3.
While we are' having it pretty wet,
we have not been blowed into eternity
like some in other communities have
been.
Mrs. Rose Max, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Ed Hershiser, of Park City, Utah,
is in the city visiting relatives and
friends.
Patrick Brennan, who has been in
ill health for some weeks, went to
Omaha Monday for treatment at St.
Joseph’s hospital.
Hanford Produce Co. have adopted
a cash system in paying for butterfat.
Give them a trial.
46-4 J. U. Yantzi, Mgr.
P. J. McManus is making a change
in the glass front of his store. The
show windows are being rebuilt to ex
tend clear to the floor.
Grant Ash of Nebraska City, -Wil
liam Ash of Atkinson and Henry
Eaby of Blake, all had business at the
land office here Monday.
George W. Wiltsie of Randolph, one
of eastern Nebraska’s most prominent
attorneys, is in the city today on busi
ness before the district court.
Fred F. Dohse of Spencer and Em
ma McAllister of O’Neill were married
last evening at the Methodist parson
age, Rev. G. F. Mead officiating.
» Dr. J. P. Gilligan took his little son
John to Omaha Tuesday to have him
treated by experts, the boy being
afflicted with a disease in one of his
hips.
Spencer Advocate: Miss Constance
Harrington of O’Neill is visiting at
the home of her uncle J. C. Morrow.
She expects to remain in Spencer a
couple of weeks.
Mrs. F. C. Gatz and little£on and
Mrs. Clift departed Monday for Areola,
111., to be gone three weeks. Miss
Amelia Gatz went with them as far
as Kenard, Neb.
Mr. and. Mrs. M. D. Price were
called to Atkinson last week by the
death of Mr. Price’s sister, Mrs. Greel
ey. Mr. Deverson also went up to at
teud the funeral.
Timothy Dwyer is dangerouly ill at
his home. Ilis son, Father Isadore of
Chicago, and daughter, sister Bargia
of Omaha, are here and another son,
It. J. Dwyer, is expected from Idaho.
Valentine Democrat: Mrs. Flynn,
wife of Dr. P. J. Flynn, arrived here
from O’Neill last Saturday morning
on a. visit at the home of her sister,
Mrs. M. V. Nicholson, and will pro
bably remain two or three weeks.
The special piece by the choir of
the Presbyterian church for next
Sabbath evening is “liaise me, Jesus,
to Thy Bosom.” The Ilev. T. W.
Bowen will speak on “The Dying
Testimony of a man of God.”
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HAND BALL IN COURT
Lumber Company Enjoined by the
Rubber Ball Tossers.
There was a flurry around the hand
ball court all day Monday. The Bazel
man Lumber Co. has a claim of $100
against the lumber in the enclosure
and on the strength of this claim
teams and wagons were driven to the
court early Monday morning and the
work of tearing down to haul the lum
ber away was begun. Members of the
club then all got busy to devise ways
and means to retain the only institu
tion of public amusement and recrea
tion and gain in the town.
After considerable skirmishing a flag
of truce was run up and temporary
peace declared. This gave the hand
ball enthusiasts time to “gather
themselves.” A plan was hit upon
to go into district court and en
join the lumber company from remov
ing the lumber. The services of
County Attorney Mullen were enlist
ed, the injunction applied for and
promptly granted. The sheriff, arm
ed with the official documents, then
served notice on the lumber company
not to remove the lumber.
The Bazelmans say their claim of
$100 became due May 1 and that no
effort having been made to pay it
after repeated notices they adopted
this means to secure payment. All
they want is their money.
Minor Mention
Soda water and ice cream soda at
Cresses. 47-2
Bring your cream to Hanford Pro
duce Co. station, we pay the highest
market price for butterfat. You can
get your casli the same day cream is
brought in if wanted.
46-4 J. U. Yantzi, Mgr.
The public schools close next week
for the annual summer vacation.
There are fewer graduates this year
than usual, only two pupils complet
ing the high school course. Miss Bes
sie Snyder and Robert Magirl will
graduate.
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 res
pectfully invited to attend.—G. F.
Mead, pastor.
Alex Robison of Creston, Neb., was
in the city a few days last week ana
this. Mr. Robison has land south of
the river. He expressed the opinion
to The Frontier that Holt county is
the place for people to come who are
looking for homes and thinks the
price of lands here are too cheap.
There will be a meeting of ladies at
the home of Mrs. Bright on Wednes
day afternoon May 24, at 3 o’clock for
the purpose of organizing a W. C. T.
D. All ladies who are interested in
the temperance cause and the welfare
of the youth of our city are earnestly
invited to attend.
Prof. T. M. Hooker of Creighton,
associated witli M. M. Sullivan, has
opened a sanitarium at Mr. Sullivan’s
residence in O’Neill for the treatment
of the liquar, cocane, opium and other
destructive habits. They hope to
work a reformation among those who
have had the misfortune to become
victims of any of these habits and
have already performed successful
cures for a number of citizens of the
community. The methods are a de
velopment and enlargement and im
provement of the old Keeley cure and
the cures wrought are said to be per
manent.
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Lyman Waterman
NOTARY PUBLIC
Mortgages, Deeds, and Contracts
Carefully Drawn
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FRED HANS ACQUITTED
Said to be Not Guilty of the Charge
of Murder by the Jury.
Ainsworth, Neb., May 15.—After
nine hours’ deliberation, the jury in
the Hans murder trial, returned a ver
dict of not guilty at 8 oclock Sunday
morning.
There were less than half a hundred
persons in the court room when the
jury entered, but all eyes were center
ed on Fred M. Hans. He shifted un
easily in his chair and looked as if he
had spent a sleepless night. His eyes
were riveted to the floor, while his
face was almost expressionless.
“We the jury, iind the defendant
not guilty,” read the foreman and
Hans started as if shot. His face lit
up with its old-time life. He jumped
to his feet, threw his arms around his
wife^ while his children clustred
around him in joyous glee.
After receiving congratulations
from many friends, nans turned to
the jury and thanked them, and then
left the court room with his family.
As he passed down the street he was
given an ovation by Iris friends, while
the friends of Luce did not conceal
their displeasure.
Attorney Gurley, when notified on
the train that his client had been
given his liberty, expressed great
satisfation.
Hans, together with his family, will
return to Omaha this week.
Hans was charged with the murder
of David O. Luce, in Brown county,
about fourteen miles from Ainsworth,
on April 9,1901, while attempting to
arrest him. lie was tried once before,
found guilty and sentenced to life im
prisonment, but anew trial was order
ed on a technicality.
Must Pay for Water.
The city council is convening as fre
quently as convenient for the purpose
of reading the new set of ordinances
which were drafted last year. The
ordinances must be read three times
each before being adopted and the
council are taken special care that
the ordinances adopted shall stand
the test of the courts. It is expected,
after their approval and publication,
to have the ordinances prepared in
pamphlet for to make them available
for the citizens to post up on the city
laws. With reference to the use of
city water, the council expects to in
force the regulations as to payment
in advance or shut off the water.
With the free and liberal use of
water it is found impossible to make
the water plant self sustaining and
consequently it becomes a burden.
The design is that nobody will be
given water without first paying the
quarterly tolls.
Very Low Rates to Toronto, Out.,
Via the North-Western Line. Ex
cursion tickets will be sold on June 18,
19, 21 and 22, with favorable return
limits, on account of Triennial Con
vention, International Sunday School
Association. Apply to agents Chicago
& North-Western R’y.
For Sale at a Bargain
$200.00 cash 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,
Redfleld, S. D. 46-2
Excursion Tickets to Good Roads
Convention at Sioux City, Iowa,
Via the North-Western Line, will
be sold at one fare for the round trip
May 22 and 23, limited to return until
May 24, inclusive. Apply to agents
Chicago & North-Western R’y.
For Sale
Cheapiif taken before May 25, good
mower, stacker, rake and sweep, corn
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. II. Moss, Amelia, Neb.
46-2
NIGHTWATCH KEPT BUSY
Raids Booms and Gets Two Women,
After Chase.
FIGHTERS JAILED AND FINED
Other Suspicious Characters Asked to
Leave Tpwn, Which They Did.
Will Make Tramps Work.
The city hostile has had five occu
pants within a week. The first two
were of the feminine gender and were
incarcerated Thursday night of last
week by the nightwatch, who collared
them at the Northwestern depot,
whither they went to take a train out
of town. They had been in town a day
or two and occupied upstairs rooms in
a vacant building on lower Fourth
street. The nightwatch went there
Thursday night for the purpose of mak
ing a raid but the occupants got outjust
ahead of him and he followed them to
the depot. After spending the night
in jail they were escorted to a train in
the morning and departed eastward.
Two young men came in from' the
west Saturday and that night got into
a fistic encounter with a local gentle
men and the three were jailed. A
hearing was had before Police Judge
Davidson Monday morning, the two
strangers pleading guilty to the charge
of fighting on the streets and were
fined $5.00 and costs each, which they
served out in the jail. The local talent
plead not guilty and was discharged.
Two "niggers” and a white man
were ordered to leave the city as they
looked suspicious. The order was
complied with. Police Judge David
son says as soon as the ordinance is in
force so he can do it, every tramp will
be given a term at labor on the streets.
Farm for Bent
The Carlon farm of 240 acres adjoin
ing O’Neill. Address Thomas Carlon,
fifth floor, Jacobson building, Denver,
Col. 39-2
For exchange—New Iowa cream
separator, guaranteed, lor good work
horse. Address L. L. Mandevlll,
O’Neill. 45-3pd.
American steel hog fencing 20c per
rod at Golden & Hodgkin’s. Think
it over. 39-tf
Try the delicious ice cream soda at
Cresses.
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muslin underwear and fine gauze under
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We have just got in a new line of
men’s dress shirts, and a new stock of
men’s hats. Our stock of gents’ furn
ishings is now complete, hats, shirts,
collars, neckties, gloves and a very fine
line of underwear.
Don’t forget that we have a stock of
shoes that is complete in every way. We
can fit all sizes in any style. Our ladies
and misses oxfords are the newest and
latest styles. Come and see us and we
will satisfy you in style, quality and
prices.
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