Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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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 <jnristmas parry
was turned into a Christmas wedding
in the Bishop block Wednesday even
ing, when Miss Eva Mihills surprised
her guests of the evening by retiring
suddenly and reappearing in bridal
costume. Rev. J. C. S. Weills, rector
of Trinity Episcopal church, also ap
peared at the psychological moment,
performing the ceremony that united
Mr. Richard H. Kilmurry and Miss
Mihills. About a score of friends
present at the party had no intima
tion of the party’s intended climax.
Mr. Kilmurry formerly lived in O'Neill
but is now employed as a painter by
H. A. Haley. The young people will
live in Norfolk.
In this profane age it is somewhat
unusual to see a person whose rever
ence for the deity forbids him taking
a legal oath. In subscribing to a legal
document it is customary to take the
oath, ‘‘I do solemnly swear,” etc. All
duly elected officials are required to
make oath that they will support the
constitution of the stats and nation.
Certain elements of Christian believ
ers look upon the ordinary legal oath
as profane, hence the law provides
that the word affirm may be substi
tuted for swear in administering the
oath of office to those who object to
“swearing.” An instance of this
kind occurred at the county clerk’s
office recently when a township official
took the oath of office. His religious
belief forbade him subscribing to the
ordinary oath, and at his request the
word “swear” was substituted by
“affirm.” This view probably comes
from the words of Christ, who said:
“Swear not at all; neither by heaven
for it is God’s throne: nor by the
earth: for it is His footstool.”
WILL STARTJREAMERY
Chicory Factory Leased by R. VV. Mc
Ginnis tor That Pnrpose.
NOW OVERHAULING BUILDING
General Agent of Northwestern Rail
road at Lincoln Believes This Is
Natural Dairy Country.
The old chicory factory building
that has stood idle and vacant just
west of town for the past ten or eleven
years is to be put to use as a crermery. i
R. W. McGinnis of Lincoln, general
agent of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway, has leased the building of
the owner, R. V. Smith of Omaha,
and now has men at work overhauling
the same and putting it in shape to
use as a creamery. \
Mr. McGinnis was a caller at The i
Frontier office Tuesday and said that
while there was not much to do in
the way of butter making they would
get things in readiness for the open
ing of another season.
“We are n..t coming here to put the
cream dealers out of business,” said
Mr. McGinnis, “but rather to encour
age 5 the dairy industry in what ap
pears to me to be a natural dairy
country.”
Mr. McGinnis now operates a cream
ery at Amelia, in this county, and
asked if he contemplated moving the
machinery from there to O’Neill, re
plied:
"un, no. we can t go nacit on tnose
people down there. The creamery
there will be operated just the same.
If a creamery pays at an Inland point
that distance from the railroad it
ought to pay in O’Neill with the ship
ping facilities offered here. I can’t tell
just when we will be ready to start up
as it takes considerable time to con
vert a chicory factory into a butter
factory.”
The creamery project has been
brewing for several weeks. The fore
part of last month Mr. McGinuls was
in town and made a proposition to
the business men to put in a creamery
here. The enterprise was taken up
by a committee of business men who
secured some $000 as a bouus for Mr.
McGinnis. *
The cite and building selected Is a
good place for a creamery and puts to
use a building that was going to waste
and destruction. It was built in the j
early nineties as the result of enthus
iastic ideas that chicory was the com
ing table beverage and this the com
ing chicory producing country. A
company known as the German
American Chicory company was or
ganized, built and equppied a mam
moth . factory and operated the same
for a time, G. C. Hazelet, at one time
county clerk of this county, being the
general manager of the company and
chief organizer of the enterprise. It
never paid as an investment and the
company was forced into liquidation
during the hard times of 1894 and
1895. The building has since stood
idle.
TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL |
John A. Harmon Taken With Attack
of Hiccough and Has to Go to
Hospital.
John A. Harmon, clerk of the dis
trict court, was taken with a violent
attack of hiccough on Monday even
ing which continued all night and at
the advice of his physician left on the
early train Tuesday morning for a
hospital at Omaha, all. efforts to stop
the hiccough having proved fruitless
and an operation being deemed nec
essary.
Mrs. Harmon tells us this morning
that tier husband is very low and too
week to stand an operation. D. A.
Doyle left for Omaha this morning to
be with Mr. Harmon and Mrs. Har
mon expects to go tomorrow.
“Joshua Simpkins,” a four act New
England play, will be presented at
the opera house, Monday evening,
Jan. 6th. The climax of stage realism,
it is asserted, has been reached in the
presentation of this stirring saw-mill
scene in “Joshua Simpkins,” and will
be presented in this city by a peculiar ■
mechanical device which has never
been introduced here before. This
saw-mill scene is claimed to be a vast !
improvement over any attempts in a I
similar line. The company also boasts
of a splendid orchestra, which is car
ried complete by the organization, to
aid in the proper presentation of the
play, which is said to abound with
musical and dancing specialties of a
high order. To assist “Joshua Simp
kins” in popularity, a band of music
is also carried, and a concert is given j
which is said to be far above anything
usually heard with a travelling organ
ization. The parade will leave the
theater at the usual time and take
the usual route, making a burlesque
parade. Prices, 25, 35 and 50 cents.