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/ The Frontier. VOLUME XXIX. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. APRIL 15.1909 NUMBER 43 (INF, ARREST IS HARE William Barnett, Alleged Leader of Horse Thieves, In Custody. HORSES ARE ALL RECOVERED Hustlers Drove the Animals South and Had Disposed of All of Them.—Ar rest Made Near Lynch. Hugh O’Neill has recovered the thirteen head of horses stolen from his pasture on March 27th and one of the thieves, William Barnett, is now in custody. The arrest of Barnett followed a somewhat spectacular chase irom Ord eastward down around through Norfolk and upon the Bone steel line, the arrest being made on the train between Lynch and Monowi last Saturday by W. 11. Sutton, sheriff of Greeley county, in company with Albert McMindes, a horse dealer at Ord. The prisoner was taken to Butte and lodged in jail. Sheriff llall went to Butte Monday and with the prison er and his two captors came to O’Neill Tuesday. Barnett was locked up in the city jail pending a preliminary hearing in county court. Barrnett was arraigned before Judge Malone Wednesday and the hearing set for Wednesday, April 21, the de fendant being held on $2,000 bonds, which have not been furnished and the prisoner is now in jail. In view of the time which elapsed before the sheriff’s office was supplied with the information of the robbery, a quick and pretty clean job has been made on the case by the officials. Ten d'ys elapsed before Sheriff Hall was enlisted in the case and he set to work to first locate the horses. Bert Noble of Chambers furnished the first infor mation that led to the recovery of the horses. Being called up over the tele phone by the sheriff, Mr. Noble said there were two stray horses about a mile south of Chambers and the de scription indicated they were Mr. O’Neill’s Mr. O’Neill was telephoned for and came to town at once and with Deputy Sheriff Harding went out south and found the two horses were his. They continued the searchsouth, finding four more head at the west end headquarters of the A. T. ranch over in the Beaver valley in Wheeler county. The balance were recovered at Ericson and Ord, where they had been sold and traded. With the information that the rob bers had disposed of the last of the horses at Ord, Sheriff Hall concluded that they had probably taken the train east and telephoned Sheriff Sut ton at Greeley to start on the trail. This he did in company with Mr. Mc Mindes of Ord, who had been on a trade for some of the stolen horses. Sheriff Sutton had seen the horse thieves also before he had learned of the robbery. He had met them at Chambers and Ericson and had talked of buying a horse of them. They both knew the men sufficient to recognize them if they met them again. Sheriff Sutton and Mr.McMindes got as far as Norfolk when they “spotted” Barnett. They were in the Northwestern depot up town seated on a bench by the door when they noticed a man start out. Just as he opened the door he turned his face toward them and was recog nized as Barnett. The sheriff follow ed him out and kept him under his eye until the Bonesteel train pulled in when Barnett boarded the same as did also Sutton and McMindes. Bar nett took the front seat in the front coach and showed signs that he was aware he was being shadowed. When the train was between Monowi and Lynch Barnett was placed under ar rest. He was taken up to Butte and jailed. Barnett formerly lived in the north part of this county and is said now to have an interest in a livery barn at Bonesteel. Two others were imjli cated with him in the horse stealing, one of whom is said to be his brother. Barnett has already served a term in the penitentiary for horsestealing, being sentenced by the district court of this county in August, 1902, to a six year term, and has been out of the penitentiary less than a year. He stole a horse from Mellor & Quilty of this city in February, 1902, but his conviction and sentence was for a similar crime in the west end of the county. ■ ■ ^ ■ ■ The Dixie Quintette, genuine Afri can blacks, at K. C. opera-house, April 20th, in two hours of spirited program of cheerful, sunny songs and music from strings that talk 43-1 Strayed—Bay mare, wearing halter, brand on left shoulder, star on fore head. Also bay yearling mure colt. Notify Henry Grady, O’Neill, Nebr. Better songs you never heard than sung by the Dixie Quintette, at K. C. hall, Tuesday, April 20th. 43-1 LOCAL MATTERS Boh Gallagher autoed up from Page Tuesday. I have 5 rooms in a store building to rent —R. H. Parker. 43-1 p Joe Mann went to Spencer yesterday for a few day’s business visit. Don’t miss “Bob Williams’’ of the Dixie Quintette, April 20th, at K. C. hall. 43-1 Mrs. Thomas Enright and little daughter went to Gregory S. D, Tuesday. Dr. Corbett, Dentist, will be in O’Neill, April 5 to 8, 12 to 15, 19 to 22, 26 to 29, inclusive. The McGinnis Creamery Company pays one cent more for cream deliver ed at the Creamery. 42-2 HOUSE of 7 rooms, large barn and three good lots, for sale cheap. See R. H. Parker, O’Neill. 43-5p The W. T. C. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. C. L. Bright, Wednes day, April 21, at 2:30 p. m. C. D. Keyes of Inman, formerly chairman of the county board, had business in the city Tuesday. State Oil Inspector A. F. Mullen was in town over Sunday and Mon day, returning to Lincoln Tuesday. You can get one cent more than any creamery company is paying by taking your cream to the McGinnis Creamery Co. 42-2 Miss Jennie Kane arrived in the city Saturday from Omaha for a visit of a fortnight at the home of her parents. I have eastern money to loan on farms in Holt couuiy. My office is next to Dewey hotel.—R. II. Parker. O’Neill, Nebr. 41-3p Rev. M. F. Cassidy went to Omaha yesterday on business connected with the erection of the new Catholic church here. Regardless of how high flour will go I will sell what I got here at a fair price as long as it lasts. I need the money.—Con Keyes. Don’t make any difference what they are paying for cream down town we pay one cent more at the creamery. —McGinnis Creamery Co. 42-2 Dixie Quintette, unexcelled planta tion attraction, at K. C. opera-house April 20th. Hear the old-time melod ies. Tickets on sale at Pixley & Hanley’s. 43-1 C. C. Millard, assessor for O’Neill, is calling on the property owners to “show up” what they have for assess ment. Incidentally, he is also taking the military census. Wanted—Cattle for summer past ure, at $1.25 per head for the season. Good pasture, with running water. For further information call at Fi delity Bank, O’Neill. 43-3 Wanted—Intelligent man or woman to take territory, and appoint canvas sers to sell our water filters. Exclu sive torritory, and nice profitable work for the right party.— Senaca Filter Co., Seneca, Mo. 41-4p Civil service examination was held in O’Neill last Saturday under the direction of the postmaster for the position of carrier for a new rural mail route to be established out of Atkinson. Eight applicants took the examination. S. A. Hickman, chairman of the county board, was at Neligh yester day to see what arrangments could be made with the officials of Antelope county for the use of their jail by this county as it might be needed until a jail can be built here. Are you going to buy a cream separ ator this spring? We have the agency for the DeLavel and can give you a good deal. If you have an old separ ator you want to trade for a new one call and see the McGinnis Creamery Co — F. E. Clark, Manager 42-tf Henry Mills got his left hand tang led up in a saw last Friday and came nearly losing a thumb. The saw cut through the first joint and left the end of the thumb dangling from the skin. The dismembered piece was placed in position by a physician and stiched to the remaining portion and will probably heal up without the loss of any of the thumb. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Hicks departed this morning for a year’s absencb from the city. Their first stop will be at Waterloo, la., where Mrs. Hicks will remain for a few days and then pro ceed to Brantford, Ont. Mr. Hicks will remain at Waterloo for a month and then spend a shorn time with a daughter in Missouri, after which he will join his wife at Brantford. The Lincoln News notes that Hya cinth Florence Nightengale is not the name of a young woman with dreamy eyes and a bushel of glorious hair, as you might suppose, but a sturdy young man, brown, and bearded, who lives at Atkinson, Holt county. This fact was learned the other day at Gregory, S. D., when drawing for al lotment of land was in progress there. Cash paid for hides at Davison's harness shop. 2n-tf T. V. Golden had business at the state capital Tuesday and Wednes day. Standard makes of pianos sold at the lowest possible price by W. B. Graves, the jeweler. 43-tf Anthony Murray went to Wisner Tuesday to look after some cattle he has been having fed there this winter. Mrs. Timothy Dwyer, who has been visiting relatives at Butte, Mont., the past eight months, returned to O’Neill Monday. State Superintendent Bishop passed through town Tuesday on his way to Lincoln from a trip to the western part of the state. O. A. Williams of Neligh, one of the leading attorneys of the Antelope county bar, was in the city on legal business Wednesday. Miss Anna Lorge, who has been visiting relatives in this city the past month, returned to her home in Ran dolph, last Monday. Tuesday workmen started the ex cavations for the basement for the Episcopal church, which will be built near where the old church stood. A. 8. Younkin and family left last week for Burwell, where they expect to make their future home, Mr. Younkin having gone into business there. Mrs. P. D. Mullen went to Lincoln Sunday for a visit. She was accom panied by her brother, P. W. McGin nis, who goes from Lincoln to his home at Dobson, Mont. M. B. Daily of Swan township was an O’Neill visitor Tuesday. Mr. Daily has been appointed deputy as sessor for his township and was in the city to secure his books to commence work. J. B. Berry of Paddock was circula ting among O’Neill friends Tuesday. In referring to the recent job of horse stealing over on the river, “Back” says “history is repeating itself.” He thinks a severe object lesson should be given the guilty parties if con victed. J. L. Weatherwax and William Wells of Redbird were callers at this office this morning. Mr. Weatherwax is one of the old-time readers of The Frontier and oalled to renew his sub scription while Mr. Wells called to add his name to our large and grow ing family of readers. The school board held a meeting Monday night and re-elected all but two of the present force of teachers. No action was taken by the board to fill the positions of principal and as sistant principal. Miss Celia A. Gorby was re-elected superintendent. The grade teachers have given gen eral satisfaction and were therefore all re-elected. A. P. Brooks isretain ed as janitor and truant officer. A new law has gone into effect relative to the fees charged for com mencing suit in the district court. The law does not materially add to the total cost of a law suit but ar ranges the fees so that a litigant may know on the start what the court costs will be. Under the old law this was not known until the final dis position of the case, which ran along sometimes for months or for years. The county board was in session Tuesday for the purpose of taking some action on the Lynch bridge question, but owing to a question of the legality of the emergency notice nothing was done and adjournment taken until April 27. At that time will also come up the question of granting a saloon license at Inman, a petition for a license and also a pro test against the same having been filed. Bernard Doyle met with a some what serious accident last Saturday. A young man staying at the Doyle home and attending school here was out in the yard throwing stones and pieces of brick with a sling and Ber nard was standing close by. The mis sile Hew sidewise as the boy went to throw and struck Bernard a terrfle blow in the mouth. Five teeth were knocked out aud his lower jaw broken The injuries were of such a nature that Mr. Doyle took his son to Omaha Monday to have the injuries attended to. The Frontier learns that F. B. Cole, for many years a resident of O’Neill and one of the first jewelers here, died some two weeks ago at Topeka, Kan. His daughter, Mrs. Sammons of Amelia, this county, went down to attend the funeral and we understand was accompanied home Dy her mother. Some two years ago Mr. Cole traded his property here for land in Pierce county and moved to Pierce, where they lived for a time and then went to Texas, trading his Pierce county interest for land in Texas which he sold off in small tracts. They moved from Texas to Topeka, we are in Getting in Front and Keeping There That's the way P. J. McManus won; it's the way any thing else in this world is won, and no man who wants to win can afford to neglect anything great or small which may contribute to his being in front. j You want to win success in your undertakings what ever they may be. One of the things which every man needs and should be sure of is good clothes. They help your appearance, add to your attractiveness, make you feel more successful-—and there is a lot In the way |j a man feels who is trying to win. Hart Schaffner & Marx are in the front among all the clothes makers of the world. They get there by making clothes right, by cor rect style, by perfect and thorough tailoring, by using none but all wool fabrics when so many makers think part cotton is good enough for you. ~~j. I i I sell these kind of clothes because I believe they'r that kind of clothes, because I want to keep in fronip 9 J they're the sort of clothes that are a benefit and profit to everybody concerned, to you who wear them P most of all. If you're in the front and want to stay there, or if you want to get there, here are the clothes for it. j The homeol good mdse, j McMdllUS I formed, where Mr. Cole took sick and died. Miss Mabel Snyder, who came up from Lincoln to spend Easter vaca tion, will return to school tomorrow. L. G. Gillespie went to Atkinson yesterday, being called there by the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Van Fleet, age eighty-four years. Elijah Babock was up from Inman yesterday. He tells us that he has not got back into the hotel business since his hotel, the Railroad house, burned St. Patrick’s day. W. L. Holcomb, one of the pros perous stockmen of the south country, was in the city today and called at these headquarters renewing his sub scription to this household necessity. Dr. W. W. Noyes of Inman was up last evening and was taken into the Odd Fellows lodge. Inman has no lodge organization but usually a good sized delegation comes up to attend the weekly meetings of the lodge here. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. James and lit tle son are visiting friends and rela tives in the city and county. They came here recently from Alberta, Canada, and are expecting to go to India to engage in missionary and evangelistic work, they having form erly been engaged in the work there. A drop of 10 cents on the South Omaha hog market Wednesday caused a similar decline on the local market. Hogs are still a good price, bring ing about $6.40 per hundred. The highest figure reached lately was $6 50. The decline is accounted for by the large number of hogs being sent to market which is due to high priced corn, but hog dealers think the market will not be materially lowered at the present. Mayor-elect Biglin expresses himself in favor of the daylight saloon and will endeavor to have the same go in to effect with the beginning of his ad ministration, if the council will favor the same. This will mean the re duction of the license. The present license is $1200 per year. No amount has been suggested as the probable figure at which the license will be placed, but probably a considerable reduction will be made. I Complete line watches, clocks, jewel ry and kodaks to select from always found at Graves’ jewelery store. 43-tf The contract for moving the Catho lic church was let the iirst of the week to a man named Lammers of ITartington, Neb. The building will be moved back 125 feet and the new church erected upon the present site of the old building. It will be moved in about ten days and work on the new edifice will then be commenced. Up-to-date job printing at The Frontier. Watch, clock and jewelry repairing promptly and satisfactorily done at Graves’ jewelry store. 43-tf Miss Loretto Connolly of Colo, Iowa, who has been visiting at the home of S. F. McNichols the past ten days, returned to her borne Wednes day morning. This Popular Skirt and Shirtwaist are undoubtedly the smartest attire for ladies * summer wear. I carry a large assortment at $5, $6, $6.50, ( $7.50, $8, $8.50 $9 and $10. I -- Made in all of the latest materials, voiles and panamas. Sizes: waist, 22 to 36: length, 36 to 42. These skirts and shirtwaists are cheaper than you can buy the cloth and make them. p. j. McManus