Nebraska Newspapers

    Frontier.
VOLUMF VXVII1.
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_O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 15, 1907
_ NUMBER 8
NEIGHBOR^ IN TROUBLE
Farmer of Emmet Township Under
Arrest Charged With Shooting.
TWO SHOTS BUT NOBODY KILLED
Cornelius O’Connell Charges John
Rotherham With Assailing Him
With Shotgun.
There was trouble at the farm of
John Rotherham in Emmet township
and leaden shot flying last Thursday,
according to the story of Cornelius
O’Cor nell related to the guardians of
t he peace and dignity of the state of
Nebraska in nolt county. On the
strength of his story, County Attor
ney Whelan caused the arrest of Mr.
Rotherham the first of the week and
placed him under bonds to appear in
tlte county court for a preliminary
hearing next Tuesday.
The story of Mr. O’Connell relates
that on Thursday of last week while
he and his helpers were at work in
tlie hay field near the Rotherham
place he sent a young boy by the
name of Farr whom he has employ
ed to the Rotherham place for a jug
of water.
An hour or more elapsed after the
boy’s departure and he having not re
turned, Mr. O’Connell took a team
and wagon and drove to the Rother
ham place to ascertain what had be
come of the boy. He says he met Mr.
Rotherham near tne nouse ana askea
if the Farr boy had been there. Mr.
Rotherham replied that lie was there
some place about playing with his
hoy, of about the same age. O’Con
nell says he requested Rotherham to
call his boy but this he refused to do.
After some parleying O’Connell was
asked logo into the house, he states,
and was followed by Rotherham, who,
as they entered the door, reached for
his shot gun and undertook to strike
with it. O’Connell says he warded oil
the blow by raising bis hand and
caught the gun as it descended be
tween the thumb and fore linger.
At this he made for the door to get
away, exclaiming as he went “My
Cod! John, what do you mean?” lie
states that Rotherham shot as he ran
out. When outside, Mr. O’Connell
sajs he demanded to know what the
attack meant and told his assailant
Licit it there was “anything between
them” to put his gun down and come
outside and settle it. Rotherham, he
says, set his gun down and started
after him. At this juncture, Rother
ham’s daughter picked up the gun
and started to run away with it. Her
father caught her and after a struggle
succeeded in getting the gun again.
In the meantime, O’Connell made for
his wagon and drove away as fast as
he could, and alleges as he was driv
ing away Rotherham shot the second
time, some of the shot striking him
in the hand and side near the waist
line. Some of the charge of shot also
lodged in the wagon box and a few
scattering missels struck one of his
horses.
iui, v^uiiiiuii a aiui,y twu uiiiy
side of the case The Frontier has
heard. He says lie is at a loss to
account for the assault as they never
had trouble before and Rotherham
has always been accounted a peaceable
citizen, unless it was because the Fair
boy declined to leave him and go to
Rotherham’s to work, He says the
Farr boy was held a prisoner by Roth
erham when he went for the jug of
water. Rotherham asked the boy, he
tells, to leave O’Connell and come
and work for him and when the boy
declined he tried to induce him to go
into the cellar to get some beer.
Failing in this and the boy becoming
frightened lie put both the Farr boy
and his own boy in the closet and
locked the door. It was during their
alleged imprisonment that O’Connell
appeared on the scene and the affair
he relates is then said to have taken
place.
The following recommendations
have been made by the Sixth district
congressman for cadet for West Point
military academy and midshipman
for the naval academy at Annapolis:
Cadet—Charles N. Sawyer of Kearney;
Charles C. Chambers of North Platte,
alternate. Midshipman—George S.
Dale of Rushville. The examination
for admission to Wist Point will be
held at Fort Logan, Colo., on the
second Tuesday in January, 1908, and
that for midshipman at Deadwood,
S. D., on April 21, 1908.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Head of Mc
Allister, Indian Territory, are in the
city visiting at the home of Mrs.
Head’s parents, Mr. ai d Mrs. S. Fin
nigan. Mr. Head is an enthusiastic
advocate of republicanism although
living in a stronghold of democracy.
He believes the South has a great
future when developed by Northern
energy, pluck and brains.
ASSAILED BY NEGRO.
Life of Former Citizen of This County
Endangered by Blow of Fist.
A special dispatch from Deadwood,
S. D., Ausust 10. to the World Herald
says that as the result of a blow on
the head from a negroe’s fist, Aider
man John Croghan is suffering from
concussion of the brain at St. Joseph’s
hospital, and it is feared that lie may
die. His assailant, John Ramsey, is
locked up pending Croghan’s condi
tion and may have to face a murder
charge.
Croghan is an expressman and had
just driven up to a store on Lee street,
when he saw a group of negroes stand
ing on the corner. They were indulg
ing in boisterous and vile language
within the presence of some women.
Croghan at once ordered Ramsey to
cease that style of talk if he wished
to remain on the street, and this so
angered the negro that he challenged
the alderman to tight. As Croghan
stepped down from his wagon the
negro leaped on him and delivered a
still blow behind the car. Croghan
fell in a heap and remained uncon
scious for some time. Ramsey lied,
but was later captured at the house,
of a friend. So many disturbances in
which negroes have been the assail
ants have recently occurred in Dead
wood that the feeling is high over the
affair.
Croghan was formerly a resident of
Emmett township, in this county,
aed is well known by all the old
settlers here.
Nobody Wants a Job.
“There isn't a man in Holt county
you can get to do a job of work,” said
supervisor Roberts the other day.
“Last week 1 rode for three days over
the north end of the county and
across the river iruo Boyd in a search
for help to do some much needed
bridge work in my district, but I had
better remained at home and worked
on the bridges myself us 1 could not
find an idle man. Rut if I do the
work myself I am subject to criticism.
You see, some folks are strange about
that. If a supervisor does bridge
work or anything in that line the
impression gets out among some that
he is trying to work a little graft and
wants the money there is in it.”
“Anyway, I am too busy to build
bridges,” continued Mr. Roberts. “I
have 300 tons ot hay to put up and
only one man to do it. I have had
some promises of bridge builders that
they would come to our rescue out
there just as soon as they could, but
they could not tell anything about
when that wouid be . ”
The supervisors convened Monday
for the purpose of making the levy,
which they say is the same as last
year.
RESOLOT.ONS
Holt County Teachers Express Their
Appreciation.
Resolutions adopted by Holt county
teachers at the close of institute Fri
day, August 2
Whereas, the last session of the leg
islature of our great state of Nebiaska
did by legislative enactment, make
provision for a number of Junior Nor
mal Schools to be established and con
ducted in the state, and whereas, the
State Superintendent J. L. McBrien,
did, in his wisdom, see fit to locate a
Junior Normal school here in O’Neill,
that the teachers and the would be
teachers, in this section of the state
constituting the enrollment, one hun
dred fifty two strong, We do hereby
and in this humble way, desire to ex
press our higli appreciation of this
act of the legislature by which pro
vision was made for the existence of
these splendid schools, and Also com
mend the fine judgement displayed by
Superintendent McBrien in selecting
O’Neill as a place for this Junior Nor
mal:
And further, do we wish to express
our highest, and most satisfactory
appreciation of the splendid, and most
generous treatment accorded to us,
and all of us, by the citizens of O’
Neill and vicinity:
And further, also, do we w.sh to
express our warmest, and most intelli
gent apprec.ation of the tireless
energy, great efficiency, and splendid
skill, displayed by Miss Zink, Holt
County’s very capable Superintendent
of schools:
And still further, do we desire to
thank the band, and the picnic com
mittee for the splendid entertainment
and refreshments which we so heart
ily enjoyed on the school house lawn
Wednesday evening:
Also, do we wish to thank Dr.
Wolfe, and the other individual mem
bers of the faculty for the splendid
manner in which they have done
their work. We have, at all times
recognized in each of them a friend,
attentive to our every interest and
welfare, that our cup of profit and
joy might be tilled:
ON THE BASEBALL
BATTLING GROUNDS:
Ainsworth Carries Off Laurels
The Ainsworth boys arrived in
town Wednesday morning and in the
afternoon on the O’Neill diam md
treated Parker's Warriors to a coat
of whitewash. This is the second
time this season that the local team
has been forced to take a string of
goose eggs and they do not like that
as a steady diet, and have agreed
that they will refuse to partake of
them in the future, especially upon
the home diamond before the eyes
of the admiring fans and fannettes.
But the boys from the west earned
their victory. They managed to
bunch their hits, which O’Neill
could not do and that tells the story.
Score 4 to 0 against us.
The Ainsworth boys started after
the game In the first inning. After
Atkinson went out on a lly to right
field DeSylva connected with one or
Primley’s benders for two sacks. Then
Ilerre came up and landed on one for
three sacks scoring DeSylva. Kirk
land got first on a drive to second
which Brophy got to Wilson in time
to nail Ilerre at the plate. Robinson
got a hit but Baldwin went out from
second to first. In our half of the
first Seeley opened the performance
by fanning. Wilson went out from
pitcher to first. With two down
Richley got a clean three bagger, but
passed in his checks on third as Brad
ley was unable to connect with the
hall.
In the second Finney fanned; Mc
Coy got a hit but was nabbed trying
to steal second. Adams fanned. In
our half Brophy fanned; Gahagan was
hit and Hammond got four wide ones,
Gahagan going to second. Tilings
looked up about this time and our
chances were bright. But Gahagan was
caught trying to steal th'ird and
Magirl fanned.
In the third, fourth and fifth in
nings but nine men faced Primley,
three in eacli inning, and there was
not the semblance of a hit. We got
but one hit in these three innings, a
single by Richley, who died on second,
after stealing it, as the next three up
struck out.
In the sixth Ainsworth got two hits
—with one down—one a two bagger,
but they were unable to score, one
expiring on third the other on second.
In our half of this inning things look
ed good, Seeley got a slow hit back of
first. Wilson got a nice single upon
which Seeley took second and third.
The second baseman threw wild to
catch Seeley on third and he was
coached to Iry for home but was
caught at the plate. Richley fanned
and Bradley went out on a long ily to
left field.
An error oy Hammond and Primley
in the seventli allowed McCoy to make
a home run without a hit while there
was nothing doing on our side. In
tile eighth after Atkinson had fanned
DeSylva got a single,—his third hit
of the game—Herre got a single—also
his third hit; Kirkland went out
from second to lirst. Then Robinson
connected for two sacks and DeSylva
and Herre scored. Robinson died on
second as Baldwin fanned. In our
half Wilson got a hit but it came
after two were down and he was left
at second.
In the ninth Finney and McCoy
fanned but Adams connected for a
hit but was caught trying to purloin
second, Wilson to Brophy. In our
half Bradley fanned; Brophy got a
hit; Gahagan fanned. With two
down and a man on second Hammond
got a hit but he died on second and
Brophy on third when Magirl fanned
the air. It was all over—score:
O’Neill.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0
Ainsworth .1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0—4
Hits: O’Neill 7; Ainsworth 10. Er
rors: O’Neill 2: Ainsworth 1. Three
base hits— Itichley, Herre. Two base
hits—DeSylva, Herre 2, Robinson 1.
Struck out —DeSylva 10; Primley 11.
Batteries: O’Neill—Primley and Wil
And, too, we have noticed with the
keenest pleasure the hearty good will,
splendid feeling, and fellowship which
has at all times thrilled the soul of
each member of the faculty:
And further still, do we, the en
rollment wish to congratulate our
selves because of the good which has
come to us, the splendid pleasures
we have enjoyed, and the good fellow
ship which has throughout the entire
session prevailed among us.
Mary Horiskey, O’Neill, Mrs. Peck,
Atkinson, Ethel Flemming, Atkinson,
Myrtle McDermott, Inman, Com
mittee.
A Card.
We wish to heartily thank our
neighbors and friends who so kindly
assisted us at the death and burial
of our beloved son.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Sullivan.
son. Ainsworth—DeSylva andllerre.
Umpire O’Donnell.
Plainview Easily Defeated
Parker’s Warriors went to Plain
view last Monday and took the fast
base ball aggregation of that town in
to camp to the tune of 8tol. The
game was faster than the score shows
and until the seventh inning was a
very pretty contest. In the seventh
the tension of the contest was too
strong for them and a hit, a bunt and
three errors netted us four runs,
which cinched the game. Our boys
played good ball, except In tlie iirst
inning, when three errors gave Plain
view one run which was all they could
gather in during tlie game. Bradley
was in .splendid form, lie had every
thing and pitched tlie finest game we
have seen him pitch since lie joined
tlie team He allowed but four hits,
one of which was of the doubtful order,
bit one man and refused to pass a
man to first, and fanned twelve of
them. Johanson, who was on tlie
rubber for Plainview, pitched a swell
game until tlie sixtli when two bases
on balls, two hits and an error netted
us three runs. This seemed to take
tlie confidence out of tlie team and
tlie next inning we garnered four
more. Johanson fanned eight, passed
three, lift three men and al
lowed eight hits, one a two bagger by
Wilson. Tlie Plainview boys are a
gentlemanly set of fellows. We had a
nice clean game free from all rag c
chewing and the people of Plainview a
know O’Neill won because they play
ed tlie best ball. The teams will meet f
again on tlie O'Neill diamond next ^
Friday afternoon and the game
promises to be a hummer. Following
is the score:
O’Neill.0 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 0—8 -
Plainview.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—1
Hits: O’Neill 8; Plainview 4. Two \
base hits—Wilson. Errors—Tlainview >
6; O’Neill 5. Struck out—Bradley f
12; Johanson 8 Batteries—O’Neill
Bradley and Wilson. Plainview—
Johanson and Jewett. Umpire—D.
II. Cronin.
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Ewing Couldn't Find the Ball
J. Newton Trommershausser .
brought his Ewing ball team up c
last Saturday night to cross bats with
the local team Sunday afternoon.
Newton was almost positive he had ”
got together an aggregation that
could trim the O’Neill bunch but *
they failed. The score at the close of
hostilities stood: O’Neill 15; Ewing 4. 1
Primley was in the box for O’Neill '
and held the Ewing' boys down to six E
scattered singles. He fanned seven ^
men, hit none and refused
free transportation to anyone, c
Errors allowed the visitors three runs. I
He has plenty of steam and the fans I
are looking for him to pitch some 1
swell ball this week. Farsland was
on the rubber for Ewing and failed to ]
pitch the game he is capable of pitch- (
ing, but six errors behind him, all of j
them costly, was in a measure respon- j
sible for the large score. He allowed ,
sixteen nits, two or them for two
sacks, hit two men and allowed one
to walk. Magirl was the champion .
swat artist of the game, getting four
clean singles in live times up, a batt- 1
ing average for the game of 800. The '
other members of the team also fatt- '
ened their batting average consider
ably as they all got one or more hits. c
Manager Traiumershausser says 1
their team is iioodoed some way when 1
they come to O’Neill to play, but
promise to entertain us with a good 1
fast game when we go to Ewing. Score; 1
O’Neill .3 3 0 0 1 0 5 3 x—15
Ewing.2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0—4 «
Hits: O’Neill 17: Ewing 0. Errors *
—O’Neil] 4: Ewing 0. Struck out— •
Primley 7; Earsland 0. Batteries— 1
O’Neill Primley and Wilson. Ewing !
Farsland and Coyne. Umpire—J. F. 1
O’Donnell.
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Miss Mabel Snyder and Miss Donna
Withee of Omaha, are visiting with i
Miss Mabel Snyder for a few days.
The W. C. T. If. will meet at the
home of Mrs Younkin on Wednesday
afternoon, August 21. All members
requested to be present.
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Brother Cyril, of the teaching order s
of Franciscan Brothers with head- i
quarters in Brooklyn, N. Y., and on i
his way to their new western branch ]
college just built at Spaulding in this 1
state where he will be professor of
chemistry and physics, is making a '
few days visit with his aunt Mary <
Murphy and cousins Mrs M. Mullen I
and Mrs. J. J. McCaiTerty before en- i
tering the Greeley county Monastery. ;
There will be a force of 40 teachers in i
tiie new college. I
LOCAL MATTERS.
For quick farm loans see Waterman
it O’Neill.
John lilglin of Holdrege Is spending
i few days in town.
J. P. Mann of Chicago is spending
he week in the city.
You’ll be glad if you do and sorry
f you don’t trade at Brennans. 8-1.
Brennans, it’s hard to describe our
largalns. it’s hard not to try. 8-1.
Miss Maud Howard went to Fre
nont Sunday on a visit to relatives.
All our goods are up to date. Back
lumbers are dismissed.—Neil Bren
ian. 8-1.
Miss Clara Gat/, is visiting relatives
.nd friends at Fremont and Colum
tus.
I)r. Corbett, Dentist, In O’Neill
Ind, 3rd and 4th Mondays, 4 days each
veek.
Miss Kitty McLaughlin is up from
Imalia on a visit to relatives and
riends.
Wanted, man to work on farm; $30
ler month or $1 50 a day.—I). J. Ilarr
ngton.
Harry B. Huston of Omaha, is
pending a few days in O’Neill taking
n the Fair.
Miss Lyman, a printer from Wisner,
i employed at The Frontier olllce
Ince last week.
Neil Brennan is marketing a piece
f merchandise, it must be good, or
hey will make itgood. 8-1.
Lynch Journal: Mr. and Mrs. Mess
er and son Clyde of O’Neill are visit
ng at H. P. Heston’s this week.
Lost—on road to or In Catholic
emetery,'ladles' gold necklace. Leave
t this office and receive reward.
A strong petition for your trade:
ependable goods, dependable prices,
ependable people.—Neil Brennan 8-1.
For Sale—The southeast quarter of
ection .14, township 31, range 11. Ad
rcss O 12(> south 4th street, Norfolk,
Nebraska. 40-tf
The hay makers are well into the
/ork of putting up this year’s crop,
rhich is abundant and of a good
uality.
Rev. E. T. George of Albion, a for
mer pastor of O’Neill, fills the M. E
lulpit next Sunday both morning and
vening.
We see by the Sioux City Journal
hat Dave Stannard’s Speed On made
mile at the Woodland track in 2:111
n Tuesday.
That terrible collar sore on Al.
ones bay mare, healed as soon as he
iscarded his old drill for a Monitor
urchased of O. F. Biglin.
Miss Etta Morgan of Sioux Falls, S.
)., a sister of Mrs. Will Freolich, Is
Isiting in the city. Miss Morgan is
teacher in the schools at Sioux
’alls.
A. W. Scattergood and L K. Alder
amedown from Ainsworth with the
all team Wednesday to cheer their
oys along and incidentally talk a
ttlc politics.
E. T. Herring and daughter, Miss
)ella, of Busbnell 111., and W. B.
Iordan and daughter, Mrs. Maggie
Icnry, of Friend, Neb., are visiting
s the city, the guests of Mr. and
Irs. J. A. Cowperthwalte.
The Misses Kennedy, daughters of
G. Kennedy of Page, were in O’Neill
ist Monday making arrangements to
ttend school here next year. They
dll enroll as members of the Normal
/raining class or tne mgn scnooi.
John Sturdevantof Stuart, the next
lerk of tlie court of Holt county, was
n town Sunday and had a box of
igars on tap at one of the drug stores
-not on the strength of his candidacy
iut because he recently became the
ather of a line boy baby.
F. N. Morgan was down from Bass
tt Tuesday. Tlie Judge is one of
he candidates for tlie republican
udicial nomination and was feeling
he republican pulse in this section
md incidentally greeting a few old
.ime friends.
Miss Catherine Grady is in Chicago
bis week selecting a stock uf millin
ery to open up a store here in the
luilding formerly occupied by the
Jhurchil sisters. Her sister, Miss
Margaret, accompanied her as far as
Jopne, la., where she will visit for a
ime.
We are in receipt of a card from
3arnell Golden ordering his Frontier
banged to Mammouth, Mont. He
ays lie is up in the mountains eight
ien miles from the railroad and can
lot get along without The Frontier,
le says lie has a good place in tlie
inest country in the world.
John Brennan is home from Idaho,
vliere he has been, in the Snake river
lountry, tlie past six months. Speak
ng of tlie agricultural returns in the
rrigated districts there, John says
, Nebraska farmer would make more
noney if lie raised a crop but once in
hree years than they do out there.
11 YEAR OLEBOY DBOffNS
Lewis Sullivan Goes Swimiug1 W'hile
Parents Are Away and Perishes.
GOES GOWN IN A SMALL LAKE
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Sullivan Come to
Town to Do Trading, Son Drowns
In Their Absence.
It was a sad home coming far Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Sullivan last Thurs
day evening, when they discovered
that their eldest son, Lewis, age
eleven years, had been drowned dur
ing their short absence in town.
They live some three miles down the
river, and after the day’s work was
done on the farm and supper over
hitched up a team and came to town
to do some trading.
Lewis, with the other smaller
children, was left at home to look
after things. Thursday was an
oppressively hot day and Lewis no
doubt thought it would be cooling
and refreshing to take a swim. With
the other children, he went to a small
pond of water not far from the house
and the older boy went in swimm
ing. He was accustomed to water
and a good swimmer, but he went
down in ten feet of water and was
drowned, probably having been taken
with cramps.
Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan had heard
nothing of what bad occurred until
they arrived home, when the children
told them that Lewis had gone down
in the lake.
j. ue iieiniiuui uuiiu was oubiueu anu
a search started to find the body,
which was recovered about two
o’clock Friday morning. Coroner
Flynn and Undertaker Biglln were
summoned from O’Neill.
The funeral services were held at
St. Patrick’s church here Saturday,
and the remains of little Lewis were
laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery.
Many Drowned This Snmmer.
There has been fifteen cases of
drowning in north Nebraska this
summer, according to the Norfolk
News.
“The largest number drowned at
Dne time in the northwest this
summer," says the News, “was In the
lake near Page, when a boat capized
and four of a picnic party perished.”
“Two have drowned at or near Val
entine, two at Neligh,; one near Oak
dale, a boy at Clearwater, a man
whose body was found near Bonesteel,
a child near Newman Grove and Mr.
and Mrs. William Elliott at Center on
Wednesday night of the past week and
Lewis Sullivan Friday evening near
O’Neill."
“Not only has it been an unusually
disastrous season here, but all over
the country. One Chicago paper,
which has tried to keep a record and
which probably has learned of not
more than half of the drownings,
puts the number to date at 516.”
Two more drownings have occurred
this week, near Wisner, making a to*
tal of seventeen deaths by drowning
to date in north Nebraska.
If their value were not biggfer than
their price, they would not be for sale
atBrenn n’s. 8*1.
Editor Sympathizes.
Spencer Advocate: We wish the
county would make an appropriation
to help out those who have lost so
heavily by the hail. Especially would
that seem proper over in Holt county
where the devastation was so com
plete. Those poor settlers labored
hard for a crop only to lose it com
pletely, together with stock, hay and
buildings.
The above undoubtedly nows from
the plentitude of Bro. Manville's large
and sympathetic heart. The Frontier
doesn’t know just the situation in
Boyd county, but we believe there will
be no need of a public appropriation
for those on this side of the river.
While the loss to them has been well
nigh complete with respect to this
year’s products, the abundance of
previous years has furnished a com
petency for most of them to withstand
the pressure occasioned by the loss of
one crop.
Fred Smith has no heavy working
horses, but he overcomes this when
seeding, by using a light draft Moni
tor Drill purchased of O. F. Big
lln. _ 8-1.
A fine of $5 was assessed to Absalom
Wilcox in county court Tuesday on a
complaint by the county attorney,
with Colmer Ross as complaining
witness, alleging that Mr. Wilcox
had cut some wire fencing. The de
fendant appealed the case to the dis
trict court. _
* Taken up—one black horse weigh
ing about 1100; scar on right shoulder,
lump on left hind leg. Owner may
have same by calling at the Cronin
ranch nine miles north of O’Neill.— L.
W. Knapp. 8-3 pd.