Frontier. VOLUME XXVI11. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 2, 1908 NUMBER 28 K. C. BDILD1NG A BEAUTY Now Structure Is Now Nearing Com pletion. JANUARY 17 THE OPENING DAY New Opera-House a Fine Specimen of Architecrual Beauty.—Stage Fit tings Expensive. Through the courtesy of O. F. Blglin a Frontier representative was shown through the Knights of Columbus building, now nearing completion. Within and without the building is a line specimen of architectural beauty, durability and utility. The various apartments are all light, airy and commodious. The first story, fitted off as an auditorium, is ideal in con struction for that purpose. The stage, extending the full width of the building at the rear, is constructed to accomodate any modern theatrical production and none better can be found even in large cities. The stage equipments are not yet up, the cur tains and scenery being now in the course of construction at St. Paul, Minn. The outside curtain will be painted with the scene of the “Land ing of Columbus.” Below Uie stage apartments aie partioned off from the basement for dressing rooms, which lead to .the stage by a flight of stairs on the left. The staie and auditorium are floored with maple. A gallery extends across the building just above the front en terance, the ticket office, toilet apart ments, and a small private room on the right of the enterance with a hall" way dnd the stairs to thegallery to the left. The second story is readied by stairs both outside and inside the building. The north end of the upper story is furnished off for a lodge room, with anti-rooms, toilets, cloak and para phernalia rooms adjoining. In the south end of the upper story are three large, well lighted and finely finished rooms that will be furnised at some future time for club rooms. Between these and the lodge apartments on the north are several smaller rooms and toilet apartments. The building throughout is finely finished and is something those responsible for its construction may well feel proud of. It will cost all complete, with auditor ium and stage fittings, about $19,000. The scenery for the stage will cost about $450 and seating the audtorium about $500. The funds have been raised by the members of the Knights of Columbus lodge, assisted some by citizens who took a small amount of stock. January 17 is the date set for throw ing the new opera-house open to the public, when the Knights will give a ball. TWO FROM HOLT Atkinson Professor and County Super intendent Made Officers of State Teachers’ Association. The State Teachers’ association, which met at Lincoln, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week, honored two Holt county educators by making them officers of the association for 1908. County Superintendent Florence E Zink was elected secretary of the county superintendent section of association work and Prof. Charles Mohrman of Atkinson was chosen as secretary of the high school section.1 Those in attendance from this county at the meeting were: Prof. J. G. Mote, Miss Zink and Miss Celia Gorby of O’Neill, Prof. J F. Powers of Stuart, Prof. Charles Mohrman of Atkinson, Prof. Robert Hill of Ewing, Leonie Mulford of Stuart, Marie, Bessie and Grace Alderson of Chamb ers. Chancellor Andrews of the state university was elected president of the association. Last week’s Butte Gazette says: “Mrs. Mary Ellen Cearns died at her home eight miles southwest of Butte on Sunday, December 22,1907, at the age of Hfty-six years, nine months and sisteen days. She was born in Canada, Township of Starington, was married to Rpbert Cearns in Sac county, Iowa, in 1871, and to this union were born nine children of which four are still living to survive her. She was a member of the Free Methodist church and her last words were in praise oi the Lord. The funeral was held from the Free Methodist church of Butte, Tuesday afternoon, Rev. C. E. Cartel officiating, and the remains were laid to rest in the Butte cemetery.’’ Mrs. Cearns will be remember in O’Neill as the mother of the Cearns boy who was killed near Badger, this county, and for whose life Myron Irwin was twice on trial in district court. Mrs. Cearns and her husband were in O’Neill all through these trials. LOCAL MATTERS. Dell Akin was down from Atkinson Monday. Jake Ivraft was down from Stuart Thursday. C. W. Deuel of Page was in the city Thursday. J. C. Flanigan of Stuart was in the city Monday. Harry Campbell was a Neligh visi tor Wednesday. Nels Tuller was down from Atkin son last Sunday. H. A. Allen of Atkinson had busi ness in the city Tuesday. R. R. Dickson is conlined to his home with a severe cold. J. Ii. Lenox, a real estate dealer of Allen, is in the city today. Highest cash price paid for hides and furs at McKeen’s harness shop. 28-5 Five fresh milch cows for sale.— Richard Koch, twelve miles north of O’Neill. Mrs. J. C. Addison and two children of Page visited ih the city a few days last week. T. J. Murphy is a new name added to The Frontier’s subscription list the past week. A. Li. Rouse or biacKDiru was a pleasant caller at these headquarters last Monday. The Presbyterian exchange will be held at Mann’s store Saturday after noon, January 5. Mrs. Lizzie Cochran, (nee Lizzie Graham) of Stockton. Cal., is the mother of a ten pound boy. T.T. Waid expects to be able to move next week to the farm he bought down the river about a month ago. A new light double harness, spring wagon and top buggy for sale on terms to suit purchaser.—G. W. Smith. 28-lp Garrett Jansing left last week for a visit with his mother at his old home in Germany. He expects to be gone until about April 1. Having sold my farm 1 will sell my choice dairy cows, fresh with calves by their sides.—William Flavin, four miles north of O’Neill. 28-2p John Enright and John Carney left last Monday morning for Ogden, 111., where they will spend three or four weeks visiting relatives and friends. I have a few organs that I will sell at factory prices on terms to suit pur chaser. Also some pianos on same terms.—G. W. Smith. 28-lp A. F. Rouse was in from Blackbird Monday and left enough coin of the realm at these headquarters to push his subscription up to January 1, 1909. O. F. Biglin, A. F. Mullen, Jack Sullivan, James F. O’Donnell, W. J. O’Connor and J. F. Spittler went down to Ewing this morning to attend the funeral of John A. Trommer shausser. Baby girls are reported at the homes of C. J. and Mrs. Smith at Emmet, and Joseph and Mrs. Sheehan at O’Neill,the former coming as a Christ mas gift on December 24 and the lat ter the 28th. Fred Cronk, an old-time Frontier reader from Verdigris township, was a welcome caller at these headquarf ers last Saturday, renewing his sub scription to this disseminator of cur rent events. I have 36 tons of the best Illinois coal, from the Dugan mine, at $6.50 for 2000 pounds, weigh on city scales. A Iso a lot of good flour, $2.50 for best patent, $2.15 for straight grade. Come in and load up coal.—Con Keys. Newton and James Carson of Dorsey, A. C. Purnell of Atkinson, John Bellor and Albert Roseler of O’Neill, are Frontier readers who started the New Year right by renewing their sub scription to this household necessity. Discount sales are a thing of the past. Go where you can get shoes and clothing at wholesale prices, which means what the goods cost at the factory. That is the price we charge you for goods.—Sullivan & Co. 25-3 Lonely maids who are trudging life’s journey alone are given another leap year opportunity to capture a hus band. There are several matrimonial prizes around O’Neill that should be picked up by hustling girls during the year 1908. Go to Bazelman Lumber company for the celebrated Lincoln nut and lump coal at $8 per ton and Kemmer nut coal at $9 per ton; West Virginia Splint coal at $8 50 per ton, the best. Illinois coal at $7 down to $6.50 per ton. 25-4 J. H. Riggs was up from Waterloo, Douglas county, the first of the week, visiting at the home of hissistar, Mrs. J. H. Meredith, and renewing old ac quaintances. Jim is always a welcome member around this sanctum, where he presided several years. He return ed home Wednesday. |CVT PRJCES I on all Dry Goods in the house 20 per cervt Discount on dll | Underwear, Outings, Blankets, Dress Goods, Furs, Fur Coats, Caps, Mittens. Etc. Come and get the discount—It will S save you money jl J. P. GALLAGHER. tL-- ^ BIRTHS AffD DEATHS Vital Statistics for Past Year Show Satisfactory Condition of Birth and DeathjRate. The vital statistics record of O’Neill for the twelve months from January 1,1907, to January 1,1908, shows a total of fifty-two births and thirty five deaths. These figures do not in clude deaths that occurred away from home and the remains shipped here for burial, but only those which oc curred in town and vicinity. A num ber of-such deaths have occurred the past year, which would run the total up to about forty. It is noted from an examination of the statistics that while the death rate among males has been nearl y double that of females, only four more males have been born than females. The following is the record for the twelve months-. Deaths. Male Female January.— } February. 4 3 March. 2 1 April. 2 — May. 4 — June. 4 July.~ 1 August. 3 ~7 September—.— October.— 2 November. 2 — December. 1 1 Totals.22 13 Births. Male Female January. 3 2 February.4 5 March. 3 2 April. 3 — May . 3 4 J .. 3 4 July. . 2 1 August. 1 — September .— — October. 2 1 November.— 2 December. 3 J Totals.28 24 It Was Up to Him. Love’s tender passion is seldom re ferred to in discussing the practical propositions of politics. To illustrate that women are cleverer in some things than men and therefore should be given the ballot an enthusiastic suffragist relates an incident. “I used to know a pretty girl,” runs tlie little love story, “whom a young man was courting timidly. One after noon in the garden the young man scraped up courage enough to ask in a tremulous whisper for a kiss. “The pretty girl looked at him gravely. ‘A kiss,’ she said. ‘You ask me for a kiss. Now, applied to the hand a kiss signifies respect; on the forehead it denotes friendship; upon the lips it indicates — all things — or nothing. “She paused pensively, then went on: ‘Yes, Herbert, you may, since you wish it, kiss me. You may express yourself in one kiss. Proceed.’ “The timid Herbert, red and con fused, pondered. ‘I mustn’t lose her,' he thought to himself. ‘Where, then, shall I kiss her? The forehead, the hand? Through respect and friend ship love may eventually be gained, but if I am at the start too bold’ “Suddenly his meditations were in terrupted by a thrill of divinest mel ody. It was as if a nightingale were singing. The young man looked up. The girl was whistling, her red mouth puckered into the shape of a rosebud. Her hat was pulled down over her eyes, hiding her forehead completely, and her hands were thrust up to the wrist in the pockets of her jacket.” High class printing at this office. LEAVES FORTUNE Dead Hermit Said to be Sister of Holt County Woman.—Worth Around $100,000. A special from Belgrade, Nebr., De cember 31, says: A. Ilogness, an aged man who lived the life of a hermit near this place, was found dead in his hovel by Charles Fox, a near neighbor. He was about 70 years of age, and a native of Norway, and though quite wealthy preferred to live alone and in a manner hard to believe a human being could endure.' He was thought to be worth at least $100,000, and had lately sold his farm, on which he died, for $7,500, and had purchased his father’s estate in Nor way, paying $50,000, and had made arrangements to go back to the old country and spend the remaining years of his life. He also had first mortgages on a great many farms in Boone county, Nebr. He came here about thirty years ago, and settled on the land on which he died. A daughter, Mrs. Gus Berry of nolt county, Nebraska, survives him, and with her husband came here to take charge of the remains, and as no will can be found sire will succeed to the estate. Uogness had evidently been dead a week or more when found, and no trace of his money or valuable papers could be found. It is known that he had several certificates of deposit in Belgrade, Cedar Rapids and South O maha. It is thought that he had a secret place for his valuables which may be discovered later on. Inquiry discloses no one at O’Neill, so far as we learn, who knows the Mrs. Gus Berry spoken of as being a resi dent of this county. The Markets South Omaha, January 1.—Special market letter from Nye Schneider Fowler Co. Packers are not killing anything to day and there is no change in the market. Receipts thus far this week have been moderate and prices are a good 10 cents higher. The demand for butcher stock especially showed a marked improvement and a much better tone than for some time. Buy ers are still a little slow to take hold of the feeders on account of the con dition of the fat cattle market for past few weeks, but we look for better demand soon. The general market may be called a quarter higher than a week ago. We quote: Choice dry lot beef, cornfed$5 20(0)5 75 Fair to good. 4 60(0)5 10 .Others down to. (ti3 50 Choice range beef. 3 75(i4 60 Choice cows. 3 85(04 50 Fair to good. 2 ^o^ao3 60 Canners & cutters. 1 75(nfl2 75 Veal calves. 4 00(0)5 50 Bulls, stags, etc. 1 75(0)3 75 Choice Stockers and feeeders 3 85(a>4 35 Fair to good. 3 30(0)3 75 Common down to. (d2 40 Stock heifers . 1 85(0)2 50 nogs have been making a gradual advance but were 15 to 20 cents lower on Tuesday which makes it about steady with last week. Bulk $4.25 to $4.40. Sheep and lambs have been gaining in value for past week. Receipts arc light but are expected to be heavier after New Year. For Sale. Good thoroughbred Duroc-Jersey boars cheap. Also some bure bred barred Plymouth Rock Chickens Comeseethem. J. H. McAllister, 27-2 Agee, Nebr. The local hog market is brightening up. Buyers have been paying $4 per hundred the past week, which marks an advance of seventy-five cents per hundred over the price paid a few weeks ago. MINOR MENTION Bryan A. Reed of Kansas City and Miss Katie Ostenon of Glencoe, Okla homa, were married at the county judge’s office in this city Monday. The bride was visiting a sister at Orchard, from which place the couple came here to be married. The first snow of any consequence came the tlrst of the week and has been allowed to lie without drifting. Snow fell nearly all day Sunday cover ing the earth with a blanket six inches deep. The ground has been unusually dry this fall and winter, which makes the snow a welcome thing. Sheriff Hall left last Saturday for Belle Fouche, S. D., after Ira Willey, the young man wanted here on a charge of seduction preferred by a young girl living in the eastern end of the county. The sheriff went to Rapid City, thence to Pierre to secure the governor’s approval of the requisition. He arrived home this morning with the prisoner, who was placed in jail. Mrs. E. Benson, living a mile east of town, had a horse crippled while in town a week ago. An automobile from Spencer was passing up the street and frightened her horse which was tied to a post. The animal be came frantic at the sight of the auto and injured itself in plunging around to get away. Mrs. Benson put the horse under the care of Veterinary Fouts and it may come out all right. Miss B. H. McCatferty entertained at a 7 o’clock dinner on .Monday, De cember 30, at which fourteen covers were laid and as many young people made happy by the gay art and grace of the charming hostess. The event was in honor of her visiting friends. Miss Mabel Graham of Omaha, and M iss Dorothy Testman of Grand Is land, two very accomplished young ladies who are spending the holidays in town. Postmaster Marsh informs us that hereafter he will insist on better order in the postofflce during the dis tribution of the mails. He says that with good order mails can be handled much faster and he is determined to enforce section 268 of the postal laws which are as follows: ‘‘Postofflces must not be allowed to become resorts for loungers or disorderly persons, or the scenes of disputes or controversies. Smoking will be prohibited in the lobbies whenever necessary. Post masters should call on the civil authorities to preserve order and if they refuse to do so the office should be closed.” John A.Trommershausserdied at his home in Ewing last Tuesday, after an illness of but a few days, the remains being interred in the cemetary at Ewing Thursday. Deceased was one of the pioneer residents of the county, having resided in the village of Ewing about twenty-five years. He was a progressive citizen and done much for the advancement of the county in which he lived a quarter of a century. He leaves a wife, a son, J. N., and two daughters, Mrs. Geo. A. Baker and Mrs. L. P. Sorenson to mourn his demise and they have the symathy of numerous friends throughout the county in their sorrow. .NorioiK aews: a