VOLUME XXVI. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1906 ~ NUMBER 33.
LOCAL MATTERS.
See Me Nichols for Hour, feed and
grain. ll-3rao
Rocking chairs given away at Ilor
risky’s store.
F. L. Mentor had business at Sioux
City Tuesday.
P. J. McManus is in Chicago on
mercantile business.
n. A. Allen of Atkinson had busi
ness in town Wednesday.
Wanted—Girl for house work. En
quire of Mrs. John A. Harmon.
Cam Tinsley of Spencer had busi
ness in O’Neill on Monday.
Will LaViollette is spending a fort
night with friends in Chicago.
Ray Saberson went to Omaha Wed
nesday to be gone for a few days.
Ed Whiting was over from the
Niobrara country Saturday last.
Inquire about No. 7 yellow and No.
84 dark blue at Horiskey’s grocery.
Attorney Dickson had legal business
at Lincoln and Omaha this week.
E. H Whelan returned this morn
ing from a business trip to Basset.
The iocal dealers yesterday offered
$5.10 for hogs and 35 cents for corn.
J. M. Hunter and L. J. Trullinger
were in from Hainsville Friday last.
The beautiful pastoral drama,
“Dora”, at the opera house Feb. 14.
J. P. Hancock of Inman was a pleas
ant caller at this office Saturday last.
Do not sell your grain until you see
McNichols. ll-3mo.
For farm loans see Lyman Water
man, O’Neill. 45-tf
Wanted, a boy to learn trade. En
quire at Cigar Factory. 29-3
Don’t forget the play by home
talent, “Dora,” at the opera house
Feb. 14.
Wanted.—Girl for house work; good
wages for right person.—Mrs. C. E.
Hall.
Rosa Hudspeth, editor of the Stuart
Ledger, was a county seat visitor
Saturday.
S. D. Montgomery and J. A. Trom
ershauser of Ewing were O’Neill
vistors Tuesday.
A. L. Wilcox returned Tuesday
from Newman Grove, where he had
been on business.
A. C. Mohr of Hainsville was in
, town Monday, having probate busi
ness in county court.
J. C. Addison, one of the old timers
near Minneola, pulled in through the
biting frosts Tuesday.
Wanted within next 20 days, old
iron at Ryan Bros, scales,will pay $2.50
to $3.00 per ton. J. M. Champ. 33-2pd
J. L. Shanner, one of the substan
tial farmers of Yerdigre township,
had business in O’Neill Saturday last.
There will be no service in the Pres
byterian church next Sunday evening,
but a union service in the M. E.
church.
O. O. Snyder was in attendance Jat
the meeting of the Nebraska Lumber
men’s association, of which he is
president, at Omaha this week.
Plainview News: J. W. Van Kirk
will soon move to Holt county. He
owns a farm near O’Neill, and will
move there to work the same.
What do you want with a mill? I
can sell you flour cheaper than you
can get it at a mill and take any kind
of grain for pay? See. Con Keys, pd
Wanted: Men, women, boys and
girls to represent McClure’s Magazine.
Good pay. Address 67 East 23d St.,
N. Y. City. 2-w
Mrs. Shearer and little daughter
came down from Stuart Wednesday
for a visit at the home of her uncle
and aunt,Mr. and Mrs, John Skirving.
Oakdale Sentinel: John Carr of
Stafford was here the first of the week
looking after the loading of corn to be
shipped to his Holt county ranch.
R. C. King went up to O’Neill Satur
day night and visited with friends un
til Monday morning.
Fred O. Bitney of Neligh and
Augusta Helen Remington of Ilem
ingford were united In marriage at
Justice J. A. Golden’s office on Tues
day.
The O’Neill Dramatic Club will
appear in their farewell performance
on February 14. The play chosen is
founded on Tenneson’s poem of
“Dora.”
Service at Episcopal Chapel on Fri
day evening, February 9at7:30 o’clock.
Also on Sunday morning and evening
February 14. Sunday school at 12 M.
Everybody is invited.
A good restaurant doing a good
business, having a run of 40 per day,
for sale,igood reasons for selling, for
further particulars write G. R.
Baskett, Oakdale, Neb. 32-2 pd.
Miss Lydia Bowers, who has been
employed at the Independent office
the past two years, departed yester
day for Herrick, S. D., where she
takes a position in a newspaper office.
Strayed—6 head of steers, branded
on left side with C—', holes in each
ear; strayed from pasture 12 miles
southwest of O’Neill. Address C. E.
Keever, O’Neill. 29-tf
F. B. Barnard of Cedar Bluffs, this
state, visited at the home of his
brother, Sam Barnard, Tuesday. Mr.
Barnard is a banker at Cedar Bluffs.
He went to Atkinson from here on
land business.
An inexcusable error occurred in
these columns last week in the item
relative to the death of Mrs. Bowen’s
mother in New York. The intelligent
compositor got the name Brown in
stead of Bowen.
The meeting of the music society
that was to be held at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. Wilson on Tuesday,
February, 13, will be held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Weekes, owing
to later arrangements.
The street commissioner yesterday
was engaged in the commendable work
of repairing some of the delapidated
sidewalks. There are several bad sec
tions of walks that should be looked
after ere someone is hurt thereon.
For Sale—Three registered Duroc
Jersey male pigs. Prices, to close out,
$10 each. These pigs are from the
best herd of Durocs in the state, out
of 500 pound sows. J. L. Shanner,
Route, 1, Page, Neb. l 33-4.
Chas. A. Scott of the government
forestry department, and Mrs. C. E.
Welton of the state university at Lin
coln, who are giving lectures on agri
cultural and forestry, stopped in the
city over night Sunday, going to
Orchard Monday on the Great North
ern.
District court is scheduled to con
vene again on March 13. A short ses
sion was held the latter part of last
month at which no business of import
ance was transacted. The Irwin mur
der case is expected to come up for
retrial at the March sitting of the
court.
Prospective candidates for the exalt
ed station of mayor of O’Neill are com
ing to light here and there and as it
looks now no one candidate will have
a monopoly of votes. Election is still
a long way off but the candidates fig
ure there is nothing like getting in
trim in time.
The monthly meeting of the city
council was held on Monday evening.
No matters of importance aside from
the regular routine came up. The
monthly “buget” amounted to consid
erably more than usual owing to an
item of $247.50 for hose bought for
the fire department.
According to the prognostications
of the astronomers, those who are up
tonight after 10 o’clock will observe a
total elclipse of the moon. The
eclipse is billed to begin at 10:45 and
is to last one hour and thirty-eight
minutes. The moon being bright
and full this always interesting phen
omenon will doubtless afford a splen
did opportunity to witness the gradu
al and complete lunar obscuration
should the sky remain cloudless.
M. DOWLING. President JAS. F. O'DONNELL. Cashier
SURPLUS * $55,000.00 I
O’NEILL NAT’L BANK
5 Per Cent Paid
on Time Certificates of Deposit
This Bank carries no indebtedness of Officers or Stockholders I
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The Bowen sa.e on Tuesday was
largely attended and everything sold
at good prices. Milk cows sold as
high as $35, yearling heifers up to $18
and other property at similar prices.
Mr. Bowen will become a resident of
O’Neill, he having bought the livery
barn at the lower end of Fourth
street.
The danger of an ice famine during
the heat of next summer is no longer
apparent at O’Neill. The various ice
houses in town have either being lay
ing in a store orcleaning out the leav
ings of last seoson in readiness to do
so since the cold weather struck us a
few days ago. Ice is now eighteen or
twenty inches thick.
The statement of the O’Neill
National bank published in this issue
reaches over the $200,000 mark. This
is one of the best showings ever made
by a local institution of this kind and
shows a healthy financial condition
exists in the community. The de
posits reach over $115,000 and loans
and discounts over $112,000.
The World-Herald says articles of
incorporation have been filed with
the state banking board for the es
tablishment of a new bank at Page,
to be known as the State Bank of
Page, Neb. The names of Fred Brech
ler, Otto H. Maas, C. T. Haman
and L. F. Merzy appear as the incor
porators. The capital stock is $10,000.
Mrs. D. Clem Deaver went to
Omaha yesterday to join her husband
and family who preceded her last
week. Mr. Deaver is still the official
receiver of the land office here but has
secured a leave of absence which will
probably run until his successor, San
ford Parker, qualifies. Mr. Deaver
has disposed of his holdings here, Dr.
Berry coming into possession of his
residence property.
John, son of Mark and Nora Murphy,
was born at Helca, Mich., on August
20,1879, died at O’Neill, Neb., Jan
uary 31,1906. The funeral occurred on
Friday, February 2, at the Catholic
church in this city. The deceased
contracted tuberculosis while working
in the mines at Butte, Mont., where
he spent about nine years. He held a
$1,000 life insurance policy in the Se
surity Mutual of Lincoln.
A week from tomorrow night the
Knights of Columbus give their third
annual ball at the opera house. The
Knights have established a reputation
for successfully handling social affairs
they undertake and no doubt the com
ing event will be worth attending.
They are planing for another notable
event also on the Sunday following,
February 18, when a class of sixiy-five
will be initiated into the order. Those
to be taken in come from various
towns adjacent to O’Neill.
Art Menish, the popular lineman of
the Holt County Telephone company,
surprised his friends by going down to
Beaver Crossing and bringing home a
bride. He and Miss Margaret Bissey
of that place were married on Mon
day. The bride is not altogether a
stranger at O’Neill, she having pre
viously been here and is spoken of by
those who enjoy her acquaintance as
a young lady of rare good sense. Art
is well and favorably known and is a
man of good habits and industry. The
Frontier extends congratulations.
The board of supervisors are still at
work checking up the county officers,
nothing having been done further
relative to approving the bonds of the
banks as county depositories. The
board thinks the county should re
ceive at least 3 per cent on its money,
while the banks take the position
that they have all the money they
can loan and in fact are looking to
place loans at 8 per cent. This mat
ter will be taken up by the board
when they are through with the set
tlements with county officers.
E. S. Gilmour, The Frontier is
pleased to note, has decided to re
main a citizen of O’Neill. Mr. Gil
mour has bought the John Mann
harness shop and is now back at his
old business of handling the straps.
E. S. is a good citizen to have in any
community, a thorough business man
and alive to the general public wel
fare. Mr. Mann, the retiring proprie
tor, has been in the harness business
in O’Neill for a quarter century and
has grown old in the business here.
He does not intend to leave the
county but simply retire from active
business.
Norfolk News: Half the hogs be
longing to farmers living north, north
west and northeast of Norfolk have
died of the hog plague within the past
three months. The disease has spread
slowly from farm to farm and wher
ever it has reached to, the hogs have
slowly dwindled in numbers until two
thirds and even more of a drove have
died. The disease, which is common
ly known as the hog plague, is a con
tagious pueumonia. The diseased ani
mal first shows signs of illness by
coughing. It goes off in its feed and
then drops slowly away, perhaps living
a month before It dies. The farmers
have found It almost Impossible to
cure a hog once Infected with the di
sease or to stop Its ravages when found
In a drove of hogs. Not a single case
of the disease has been reported south
of Norfolk.
County Judge Malone the other day
received an inquiry from a nearby town
n another county concerning the pos
sibility of obtaining a marriage license
without the prospective groom appear
ing in person. The judge advised him
that he could do so and explained the
legal proscess for securing the desired
license by written application, but
said he would rather the applicant
would come to O’Neill himself, add
ing that Holt county girls were a lit
tle better than any others and were
worth going across several counties
after the license. We think the judge's
position is well taken.
A teachers’ fued at the public school
reached a stage today where it was
necessary to dismiss the eighth and
ninet.h grades temporarily in order to
preserve the peace and dignity of the
rest of the schools. Relations have
been somewhat strained between the
teachers of those departments for
some days and things seem to have
been going from bad to worse. Today
those departments were dismissed as
a result of the two preceptresses again
coming together. The board had in
tended last evening to hold a meeting
and settle the difficulty but owing to
the absence of some of the members of
the board from the city the same was
deferred. The matter will be taken
up by the board at an early date, it
is stated.
Neligh Leader: From Dr. Conwell,
who has been foremost in urging the
formation of a base ball league in this
section, it is learned that it is likely
that a meeting will be held at Neligh
in a short time for the purpose of per
fecting such an organization. As now
planned it will Include the towns of
Atkinson, O’Neill, Clearwater, Neligh
Oakdale, Tilden and some other towns.
The general sentiment expressed by
representatives of all these towns fa
vor the limitation of players to local
talent, and will prohibit the importa
tion of outside players for special
gair-es. The lineup of all the teams
will be made public, and may include
as many men as may be neoessary to
meet any contingencies, but in all
cases the players must be selected from
the list. The rules, when they are
adopted, will cover this and other
points fully, and it is hoped the plans
when matured may result in populariz
ing the games in all the towns, and at
the same time keep the league intact
until the close of the season.
Another old land mark has been
dismantled and is being rapidly torn
down and moved away. John Horiskey
has bought the old hotel building
that stood almost since the oldest
inhabitant can remember on the lower
end of Douglas street and is convey
ing it away to build an ice house. The
old building had something of a his
tory. In the early days it was occu
pied as a small store and was later con
verted into a hotel. The premises
were deed to St. Patrick’s church by
the original owner who died many
years ago. For fifteen years the build
ing had been in a state of decay and
was occupied by Polk, an old man who
was popularly supposed to have hidden
wealth but who was apparently des
titute when he died some two years
ago. The building was the scene of
the Sheriff Kearns shooting some
twenty-six years ago.
F. W. and Mrs. Phillips returned
Thursday lust from a trip to southern
Missouri and northern Arkansas,
where they have relatives. Speaking
of their trip Mr. Phillips said they
had a grand time. He just cut loose
from all business and official cares and
wouldn’t even read a newspaper until
handed a copy of The Frontier at
Henry Deyarman’s hotel at Spring
Held, Mo. Frank says Mr. Deyarman
and family, who were formerly resi
dents of O’Neill, bear marks of pros
perity and they are about the only
northern people in the south whom he
saw that were contented tostay. Some
features of the country they visited
Mr. Phillips says he likes very much
but as a whole he would not want to
live there. He says there is absolute
ly no way of making any money and
people just live a slow and easy life
and never will catch up with the rest
of the world. He tells of seeing a
farmer leading a hog to town through
mud knee deep. He asked the farmer
how far he had come. The farmer
“lowed it was about five miles ” His
hog, Frank says, would weigh about”
140 pounds and was considered a
superb porker by the owner, who
again "lowed” he would get about
93.40 a hundred at the town market.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were accom
panied home by their niece,Miss Maud
Jaques, whose parents formerly i ed
at Stuart in this county, but who now
live in Arkansas.
Lincoln Star: Frank Campbell,
convict at the state penitentiary, will
have $12,500 added to his bank account
which he will be unable to use until
his sentence has expired. Campbell
Is the man who won a $25,000 prize
for correctly naming the total atten
dance at the St. Louis exposition in
1904. When the prize was awarded
Campbell had begun serving a prison
term, having been “sent up” from
Webster county for embezzlement.
Fearing that he might have difficulty
in securing the money he employed an
attorney, agreeing to pay the latter
one-half of the $25,000 for getting the
money for him. The matter has been
adjusted so the money will be received
in a few days. Campbell’s attorney
visited him at the penitentiary this
afternoon to confer with him about
disposition of the funds. Campbell
still has about one year to serve.
The spirit of graft seems not to be
confined to politicians, corporation
magnates or other high financiers.
O’Neill high society furnished an
illustration of the general tendency of
the times a few days ago, if the story
told on some of the city’s fair young
dames may be credited. It transpired
in connection with a recent brilliant
social affair attended by a dazzling
array of beauty and gallantry that
would put to shame the lords and
ladies of Buckingham palace. The
“boys and girls” contrived a doings of
note and prominence, the expenses of
the same to be borne equally, the
young gallants to pay the ilire of the
hall and the fair misses to buy the
suppers. Suppers were engaged at a
restaurant at 35 ce its a plate, and
now it is charged that the instigators,
prime movers and managers of the
ladies’ side of the game made their
fair sisters put up 50 cents a-piece for
a 35-cent{supper, with the intimation
that the other 15 cents went into the
pockets of someone of the promoters.
However it was, the restaurant got
only 35 cents for each meal served and
the proprietor says if anybody contrib
uted more they didn’t get their
money’s worth.
A woman of many names was
placed in limbo at Neligh. She has
been carrying on systematic stealing
in various towns in this section- Her
mode of operation is to gain access to
homes or hotels or restaurants by
working a few days as a servant. She
then disappears and with her goes
some valuables belonging to the house
hold. She stopped at O’Neill some
two weeks ago and plied her trade,
working for a few days at a restaurant
and departing with several pieces of
wearing apparel belonging to a girl
employed there. The woman passes
under the names of Mrs. Lucas, Ethel
Beckwith, Miss Wells, Florence
Clements and Leona Lucas. She told
the authorities at Neligh a tale of woe
to the effect that her husband, a man
named Lucas, and one child are dead
and that for some time she had been
stealing. She also said that she had
been driven to a life of shame by her
father, who lives or did live at New
port. She claims that her father made
her steal and tried to make her lead a
life of blackness but that she ran
away. Her story was full of pathqs
and evidently truth. She was willing
to give up all of the stolen property
that she han, if given her liberty,
which was done and she departed at
once for Long Pine.
To those concerned in Educational
Progress: We expect every teacher
of Holt county to attend the teach
ers’ meeting the 17th of February. We
will have with us Deputy State Sup
erintendent Bishop, and R. H. Wat
son, superintendent of state junior
summer normal at Valentine. These
gentlemen will be present at all ses
sions, thereby furnishing a source
from which information on any and
all points concerning the new laws
may be had for the asking. In order
that every teacher in the county may
avail herself of this rare opportunity
we ask all school boards in remote
parts of the county, or wherever neces
sary, to give the teachers tiie day or
half day before this meeting, so that
she may have no excuse for non-atten
dance. The teacher will be able to do
enough better work on her return to
more than repay you the wages you
lose. Mr. Bishop is the originator of
eighth grade graduating exercises in
this state and his talk on the subject
will be very interesting. We hope all
parents and school boards as far as pos
sible will be present to hear him. No
teacher can afford to miss even the
first session of this program; for we
shall at that time explain our plans
for future reading circle work and
other plans we are adopting, leading
up to systematic, uniform work in the
county.—Florence Zink, County Sup
erintendent.
The Markets
South Omaha, February, 8.—Special
Market letter from Nye & Buchanan
Owing to the heavy receipts and
the slump in the market at Chicago
and other points our market has suf
fered a decline of 10 to 15 cents on
steers and is a shade easier on cows
and heifers on Tuesday as compared
with last Friday, but Wednesday re
covered 10 cents. The Stockers and
feeder trade is not quite so active but
prices are quotably unchange.
Choice steers.84 75@5 25
Fair to good.4 10@4 70
Common & warmed up.3 50(^4 00
Cows and heifers. 2 60@4 25
Canners & cutters. 1 75(a;2 50
Good feeders. 3 75@4 26
Common to fair. 2 75(n>3 70
Bulls. 2 00@3 60
Veal. 4 00@6 50
Milkers and Springers.825 to 845
The hog market is about 17 cents
higher than a wfcek ago. Range 85 00
to $5 85.
Sheep values have suffered another
heavy decline and the market is very
weak.
Advertised Letters.
The following letters remain uncall
ed for in the O’Neill postofflce for the
week ending Feb. 3,1906:
Ethel Beckwith, S. G. Golden, Al
bert Peterson; 3rd class, F. G. Mortle
boy, A ustin Chambers, Mrs. M. Boyd
win, C. H. Lee, John Bosharts, Wil
liam Goodfellow; 4th class, K. W.
Scbtt, D. J.'Currbn, Isa Enders, F. D
Morgan, B. Nelson, A. R. Thompson.
In calling for the above please say
“advertised.” If notcalled for in two
weeks will be sent to dead letter office
D. H. Cronin, Postmaster.
Luckiest Man in Arkansas.
“I’m the luckiest man^n Arbansas,”
writes H. L. Stanley, of Bruno, “since
the restoration oi my wife’s health
after five years of contlnous coughing
and bleeding from the lungB; and I
owe my good fortune to the world’s
greatest medicine, Dr. King’s New
Discovery for Consumption, which I
know from experience will cure con
sumption if taken in time. My wifd
improved with first bottle and twelve
bottles completed the cure.” Cures
the worst coughs and colds or money
refunded. At P. C. Corrigan’s drug
gist. 50c and 91.00. Trial bottle free
For Sale.
Way down cheep for cash, a new
horsepower well boring machine,
must sell by March first. A snap for
someone. Address, J. Rogers, O’Neill
Neb. _ 30-4
The Best Physic.
When you want a physic that is
mild and gentle, easy to take and cer
tain to act, always use Chamberlain’s
Stomach and Liver Tablets. For
sale by P. C. Corrigan’s.
Notice to Taxpayers.
Personal taxes were delinquent on
Dec. 1,1905 and will be collected by
distress after Feb. 1,1906.
R. E. Chittick, County Treas.
Along with a drop in temperature
and the tightening down of winter
comes the announcement of a raise in
the price of coal. There is comfort,
however, in the thought that the
“bleeding” can not be for long.
Percheron Horses 1
Having shipped in two car loads of
registered Percheron Stallions and
Mares, I am prepared to supply any
one wanting such stock at bedrock 1
prices. My horses are all native bred
and acclimated, combining weight,
style and quality. No cull or trading
stock. D. J. CRONIN O'Neill Neb.