VOLUME XXVII._ O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JULY 5, 1906 1J_ NUMBER 2.
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For 2 Weeks-Satuday, July 7 to July 21
To close out our summer lines we will, for two weeks, offer some big bargains in the following:
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Ladies’ and Misses skirts, 50c to $9.98
Ladies’ rain coats . . . 2.26 to 13.76
Ladies’ silk waists . . . 75c to 6.00
Ladies’shirt waists . . . 25c to 2.00
Misses and ladies’ oxfords, 50c to 3.00
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pairs men’s pants
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150 suits for men and boys that we |
will make a special discount on. If you
need anything in this line it will pay
you to call as prices are no object, we
must close this line.
50 rain coats, and all our fancy and
negligee shirts, at 20 per cent discount.
20 Per Cent Discount
a =-samam m u t im team
on all insertions, edges and all over embroider
. ies, all fancy and colored hose, fabric gloves and
ladies’ muslin and knit underwear.
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25 Per Cent Discount
on everything we have left in summer dress
goods, also fancy parasols, fans and fancy
ribbons.
IVal. and torchon laces, lc yard and up. We have a nice line of baby bonnets, coats, dresses, etc., I
that we will sell at 20 per cent discount. |
disastrous™ firs
Bazelmau Lumber Yard and Bowen
Livery Barn Burned.
FIFTEEN HOUSES ARE CREMATED
Fire Thought to Have Been Started
by Lightning Stroke.—Bazelman
Will Rebuild.
Fire destroyed the Bowen livery;
barn and Bazelman lumber yard early
last Friday morning. How the fire
originated is only a matter of conjec
ture, but it is thought by some tbat a
bolt of lightning struck the livery
barn, as when the Are was first dis
covered, at about 3:10 o’clock by Po
liceman Kane it was breaking through
the roof of the barn. The nightwatch
man immediately sounded the fire
alarm, which brought nearly the whole
town, men, women, boys and girls to
the scene of the conflagration. A
heavy rain fell previous to fire break
ing out, accompanied by sharp and
frequent flashes of lightning, hence
the theory is held that lightning
started the fire.
FifteeiLhead of horses were cremat
ed in the barn. Seven of these belong
ed to the liveryman, Mr. Bowen, and
the balance belonged to transcients
stopping over night. W. A. Whaley
lost a fine large team, and the Cham
bers and Dorsey mail carriers each a
team. A barn hand was sleeping in
the office of the barn and the flames
were well under headway when he was
awakened by the fire. He managed to
get out several horses, however, but
some of these ran back into the fire.
Surveyor Horton’s team was saved,
but his surveylng^instruments were
burned. One horse belonging to the
liveryman was saved.
Coming at an early hour, the fire
had got beyond control before the fire
men could arrive and any sort of con
certed action taken to combat the
flames. In fact, it looked for a time
as if the whole west side of Fourth
street north up town would be swept
away. A favorable breeze springing
up at a critical time from the north
east aided the firemen in their efforts
to prevent the fire from spreading be
yond the lumber yard. It was pitiful
to see the devouring flames consume
tbe large sheds and to leap from
pile to pile of new lumber,
posts and other building
material. Tbe Bazelmans bad a
large yard practically all enclosed un
der roof and stocked with immense
piles of lumber. These all went except
some posts and shingles.
The senior Mr. Bazelman estimates
their loss at 940,000. He says they
will reestablish their yard at onoe
and be ready for busineaa by the time
fall trade begins.
The loss is particularly heavy on the
lumber company, as they had no in
surance. Mr. Bowen was insured for
9800, covering buggies, horses, harness
and other equipments: of the barn.
The bara belonged to Mr. Webb, who
formerly operated the same, but who
now lives at Elgin.
There has been a terrible sacrifice of
horses and other property from fire in
O'Neill. Nine livery barns have been
burned,all accompanied by more or less
destruction of property. The city
council a-e doing the right thing by
drafting an ordinance prohibiting
livery barns in the business part of
town, _
Suits in County Court;
The suits in county court of John
Bentel vs. William Fallon; taken up
last Friday, were pretty warmly con
tested on both sides and some warm
shots exchanged by the attorneys.
R. R. Dickson was counsel for Ben
tel and A. F. Mullen for Fallon. The
plaintiff brought two separate actions,
and both cases were tried to a jury.
One case was a suit'on notes for
9810 and interesbjfor two years, mak
ing about 900. The plaintiff obtained
Judgment in this case for 9770.95.
The other case was a suit ou account
for some 9990, and a judgment ob
tained for 9942.
The two cases probably made a long
er record than any previous action in;
county court in this county, there be
ing aside from a lengthy original pe
tition and answer, crosspetitions,
amended answers and objections cov
ering many pages. Judge Malone, by
working late nights, kept the record
up with tbe cases so that the same
was completed the same day the cases
were closed.__
Threshing Machine.
A good second band case, 14 horse
power rig for sale cheap by Frank
Campbell, O’Neill, Neb. 1-3
Transfer Portion of Mains From the
W est Side to East Side.
MONTHLY MEETING 'OF COUNCIL
Claims Amounting to $82.00 Allowed
For Helpers at the Fire Last
Week.
At tile meeting of the city council
Monday evening it was decided to take
up the water mains in the extreme
western part of town and use the same
In extending the mains east on Doug
las street. This action was taken be
cause no revenue is or has been deriv
ed from the mains ih the western por
tion of town while those along Doug
las street east of sixth want the wat
er. The: sum of $52.50 was voted to
pay those Who remained at the scene
of the fire during Friday and Friday
night, and $29.50 for conveying away
and burying the carcasses of the fifteen
head of horses burned in the Bowen
livery barn. During the discussion of
the fire it was decided to pass an or
dlnace at onoe prohibiting any more
livery barns in the business portion of
town.
Claims were-altowed as follows, after
which the council adjourned:
O’Neill Telephone Co., $4; Ham
mond Printing Co. $2.46; United
States Supply Co., $57.86; Galena
Lumber Co., coal and lumber, $172.45;
Bennet Martin, salary and boarding
prisoners, $66; Standard Oil Co., $25.
78; Neil Brennan, hardware and oil,
$11.65; The Frontier, printing and
publishing notices, $22.95; Pat Con
nolly,Itwo-street crossings and two al
ley ctosslngs, $150.84; John Kane, $25.
George Smith of Oakdale was in
the city Monday advertising the
Brothwestern Nebrask*-G. A. R. re
union which will be held there from
July 10 to 13 inclusive. Mr. Smith
says the citizens of that hustling little
burg are sparing no pains or expense
to make this reunion one of the most
successful ever held in this section of
the state. Good accommadations and
entertainments are promised to all
ivho attend.
I Something new at Cigar factory. 1-2
LOCAL MATTERS.
The Frontier for job work.
Something new at Cigar factory. 1-2
J. T. Walker of Page was in the city
Tuesday.
Mrs. Jay Gllmour of Ewing is visit
ing In the city.
The Frontier has a stock of good
typewriting paper.
C. A. Raumbaugh was down from
Atkinson Tuesday.
For sale or rent, a good six-room
house.—R. J. Marsh. 45-10
Bob Bltney of Atkinson had busi
ness in town Tuesday.
16th to 30th of each month are Dr.
Corbett's O’Neill dates. 44-tf
Organs ranging in prices from 820
to 6160. Smith’s Temple of Music.
Best quality house and barn paint
for sale by Frank Campbell. 1-4
Wanted—Girl for dish washing, at
Wolverton’s restaurant.
Full acre lots, five blocks from court
bouse, nice location price 8100 an acre.
1-2 T. V. Golden.
Mr and Mrs. F. B. Cole spent the
4th at the home of their daughter
near Amelia.
Dewey Hotel furniture for sale
cheap—on account of sickness. Mrs.
W. Lakey. l-lpd.-tf.
Mrs. A. Boyd and daughter Helen
started last Friday for Chicago for an
extended visit.
Misses Clara Gatz and Eula Barton
went to Orchard Wednesday morning
to visit friends.
Miss Thresa Ulrich, dress maker, is
located in the southeast room over
Gallagher’s store l-2pd
Mrs. S. J. Weekes returned Sunday
bight from a protracted visit with
relatives in Omaha.
Miss Ada and Elsie Mills left for
Valentine Tuesday evening to visit
relatives for a few days.
John Lorge of Randolph, Is in the
city today looking after some of his
real estate possessions.
Mrs. Charles Bausch left last week
for Siloam Springs, Arkansas,to spend
a few weeks visiting relatives.
Eleven hundred copies of McKinley
Edition 10 cent music and popular
music at half prloe. At Smith’s
Temple Music.
It. J. Hunt, who was in the city last
week visiting his parents, returned to
his home at Lead City, S. D. Friday.
For Rent—Store room 18x50 feet, on
4th street 2 doors from postofllce. Call
on or write C. C. Reka, O’Neill. 50-tf
Mrs. C. E. Howe departed the first
of the week for La Cross, Wis., for a
month’s visit at the home of her son.
Long time loans, low rate of inter
est, made on Improved farms and
ranches by T. V. Golden, O’Neill,
Neb. 1-4
Ed Alberts is home from Orand Is
land, where he had been for several
weeks with the Grand Island ball
team.
“No Prosperity For Those Who
Transgress,” is the Rev. T. W.
Bowen’s subject for next Sunday
evening.
The Christian Endeavor subject for
next Sunday evening is “Forgiving
and being Forgiven.” Josephine
Bowen, Leader.
Mrs. N. Langly and daughter, Miss
Mary, of Geneva, Neb., are in the city
visiting at the home of their cousin,
Mrs. D. H. Cronin.
The Frontier notes in the list of
winners in the drawing for lands in
the Crow reservation in Montana that
Mike Waldron of O’Neill was one of
the winners.
We have 2,000 pounds of pure home
rendered lard on hand and to reduce
the supply will sell it during the next
30 days at 9 cents per pound, in 50
pound cans. Spittler & Poe. 2-2
Tom Shively and family arrived in
the city Monday from Norfolk to visit
for a time with relatives. Mrs. Her
shiser, mother of Mrs. Shively, who
had been visiting at Norfolk, return
ed with them.
Judge Benedict received word by
telegram last evening that bis mother
was not expected to live at Waterloo,
Iowa. She was quite well known in
O’Neill, having lived with her son
here for a long time.
Lynch Journal: M. T. Elliott and
family returned Wednesday from their
outing up on the reservation. They
all report a splendid time and are
looking well and hearty. They will
visit a day or two and then go on to
the farm they purchased in Holt coun
ty jnst before leaving.
VALUATION OF COUNTY
Assessor Completes Job of Figuring
What We’re Worth.
VALUE SAME AS THAT LAST YEAR
Figures Showing Both Actual and
Assessed Valuation of Real Estate
in the County.
Assessor Cooper and office force
have wound up the work of making
up the valuation for the county. The
figures obtained from hi9 books show
the following valuations:
Personal property, Including
railroads .*1,193,751! P3
Real estate, acres under cultiva
tion . 294,490 00
Aggregate actual value. 2,675,870 00
Aggregate assessed value. . 635 174 00
Acres not under cultivation.. 019,070 00
Aggregate actual value. 5,531,965 00
Aggregate assessed value. 1,106.393 00
Total actual value. 8,207,835 00
Total assessed value. 1,641,667 00
Town lots actual value. 1,416,720 00
Aggregated assessed value. 283,344 0J
The valuation as made up by the
assessor is the same as returned to the
state board last year. The state
board raised the amounts some last
year. The total actual value of all
real estate in the county foots up
$9,624,555 and the assessed value
$1, 924,911.
Judge Kinkaid arrived home from
Washington Monday, congress having
adjourned Saturday. The judge says
he is glad to get back to Nebraska as
the weather was getting excessively
hot at the capital and our cool breezes
here are refreshing to him. In point
of legislation that effects the whole
people Judge Kinkaid thinks the ses
sion of congress just closed has been
the most important in many years.
Miss Ruth Evans gave a porch party
at Hotel Evans Monday evening in
honor of Mr. Owen Meredith, who is
here from the West Point military
academy spending the summer vaca- !
tion, and Miss Green of Michigan,
who has been engaged as a teacher in
the O’Neill schools for the coming
year. The spacious porch of the hotel
was decorated with Hags iu honor of
the approaching national day of cele
bration. The evening was pleasantly
spent, Miss Evans proving to her
guests that she was a charming en
tertainer.