The Frontier. VOLUME mm. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20.1913 NUMBER 36 VERDICT FOE THE RA1LROADMMPANY Damage Claim of Atkinson Cattle Shipper Not Allowed. HOLD NOTE NOT COLLECTABLE Jury So Finds When Suit Is Brought Against Sureties By O’Neill Mer chant for His Pay. It lias been unfortunate in district court for litigants who have brought suits to recover damages or collect promis ory notes Some haP dozen or more of these cases have been tried during the present term of court and in each case the jury has returned a verdict for the defendants. One of the cases that created con siderable interest was that of P. J. McManus vs. Thomas J. Loob et al., in which the plaintiff sought to re covery on a promissory note for 83,100 which he had taken for a stock of goods sold to Loob’s son, the elder Loob and his wife having signed the note as surety. The son disposed of the stock of goods at Ewing and is not dow in the country. Something like $900 had been paid on the note and McMauus brought suit for balance against the sureties. The jury found for the defendants. Ernest J. Fiuckiger brought suit against the Ohicago & Northwestern railroad for something over $600 for aUeged damages by delay on a ship ment of cattle from Atkinson to Chic ago. The jury found for the railroad company. The Live Stock Market South Omaha, Neb. Peb. 18—From the Standard Live Stock Com mission Co. This week is starting out with a good active cattle market on all grades of killers at prices steady to stronger. A briskdemand for Stockers and feeders still continue at the high figures of the season. Prospects look good We quote: Choice beef.#7.90(3$8.40 Common Beef down tg....>. ...... 7.00 Choice C(ifrite?Peovfrs.._6.30(37.25 Good butcher grades. 3 75@5.25 Canners and Cutters.:.. 3.75(34.40 Veal calves.... 5.00(39.25 Bulls, stags etc.. 5.25(36.50 Good to choice feeders. 6 75@7.75 Common grades down to ... 6.25 Stock heifers.. 5.00(37.00 Good to choice range beeves 7.50(38.15 Common to good range beeves 6.25@7.40 Hog values have recovered all their loss and are now selling at the highest point of the season. Bulk $810 to 8.15 top 8.20. Warm weather seems to have put a damper on the sheep market and prices are steady to 10 and- 15clower at the beginning of the week. Notice. The annual meeting of the electors of Grattan township will be held in the court house at O’Neill, on Tues day, March 4, 1913.—C. P. Naughtob, Township Clerk. 36-2 P J. McManus departed Tuesday for Chicago to buy his spring mer chandise. A BIG Discount Sale on Furniture Beginning Saturday, Febru ary 15, we will give 10 to 20 per cent off on our entire line of Furniture, consisting of— Dining tables Dining chairs Buffets, China closets Dressers, Chiffoniers Kitchen tables Kitchen cabinets Rockers, Beds Matresses, Bed springs Pictures Wall mouldings Wall trees Rugs and mattings All heating stoves at cost; also a small discount on all hardware. Come and lay in a supply of furniture while you can get it at bottom prices. These prices are for cash only. Bring us your pictures to frame. FISHER FURNITURE & HARDWARE CO. 35tf . LOCAL MATTERS. P. J. McManus was at Newport over night Saturday. A. F. Mullen came up Saturday from Omaha, having a law suit this week in the district court here. "Jess and Miss Elsie Mills accom panied their sister, Mrs. Scofield, to Orchard Monday where they remained the balance of the week. H. A. Willson, representing the government in naturalization cases, was in the city Monday In the Inter ests of that branch of the government service. With ideal weather and a large crowd present, Edward Tighe says his sale went off Monday very satis factory. The second of March Mr Tighe says they will load three cars of cattle, horses and machinery for Cres ton, Iowa, near where they have 519 acres of land and where they will make their home in the future. Coming up from Chambers Tuesday with an auto Clark Hough got stalled in the sand about ten miles out from town and broke his machine, which he had to have pulled to town for re pairs. Clark has recently installed two autos in his livery. He regards these break downs as unavoidable in cidents that the novice must expect while learning to operate a car. P. J. Biglin departed Sunday for Lincoln where he takes a course of instruction with other appointees be fore entering upon the duties of deputy food and oil Inspector in this congressional district! There has been one other deputy named for the work in the sixth district. The pay of the office during the past adminis tration has been 34 per day and expenses. Sam Wolf and Ool. Cowperthwaite attended a sale of thoroughbred Duroc-Jersey hogs at Pilger Monday. Mr. Wolf bought three head, Proud Best at $67.50, No. 37 at $55 and Vic tory No. 1 at $67.50. There were sixty-six head sold, the highest price being paid was for a sow, Uneda Bose, which brought 8150. Invincible-Chief sold for $135 and Golden Model brought $102.50. The average for the sixty-six head was $66.37. Ewing Advocate: Two petitions are before the residents of Ewing this week. One requests the village board to grant J. T. Sonnichsen a franchise to light the town with electricity for five years, providing the village does not install an electrio plant before the expiration of that period. The other petition asks that the board arrange the coming election so that the liquor question may be decided by the direct vote of the people. Both are good measures and should receive the hearty support of the entire board. John Alderson of Chambers, who is in town today and expects to start to morrow for a visit in Iowa and Wis consin, has a tip for the bog growers. Mr. Alderson says he got it from a friend in Platte county who has made a mint of money raising cattle and hogs. The Platte county man suffer ed many losses from the ravages of bog cholera, until he took to paying his men to kill off every crow that ap peared on his place, since which time be has not had a single case of hog cholera on the farm. His theory is that crows carry the disease from farm to farm, and that if the crows are killed off the disease will no long er spread. Michael Costello was taken Monday of last week by his nephew, James O’Farrol, to Sioux City, where it is reported he died on Friday and was buried there on Sunday. Friends of Mr. Costello who had reason to expect word concerning him were unable to verify the report or receive answer to the letters of inquiry. They did not expect Mr. Costello to get well when taken away, but understood that in case of his death the remains would be sent here for burial. Mr. Costello was one of the old residents of this community and well liked by every body. He had no family and the farm, a quarter section near town, was deeded to his nephew before they left here. ^ A suspicious looking story that first appeared In the Norfolk News and subsequently as a special dispatch from O’Neill in a Sioux City paper caused two local students of the carl, mtFrank Phalan and Mike Hor iskey, to take a hike to the country Sunday to Investigate whether or not these things be so: “Holt county is this year’s heaven for Mr. and Mrs. Robin Red Breast and their child ren,’’ runs the story. “Instead of going to Texas or Florida the robins are Spending the winter on Judge Garlon’s farm near here. More than 100 robins apparently have found a comfortable winter home among clus ters of grape vines and other shrub beries.’’ Frank and Mike say they didn’t find any robins, and now they are bunting for the fellow who started that story. SPECIAL SALE ON GROCERIES 3 Days Only Saturday - Monday - Tuesday v 19 lbs sugar.$1.00 7 bars Electric Spark 10c pkg corn starch.5c soap.25c 10c pkg gloss starch.5c 8 bars Paloma soap.25c 10c pkg celloid starch.5c 10c can corn.5c 25c pkg oatmeal.18c 15c can tomatoes.10c Big reduction on all Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoes. ojneill ANTON TOY nebr. A FEW SPECIALS Which Are Not Designed to Give You a Thrill. In trying a lawsuit it seems the at torneys want everything told but the story of what really happened. Cigarettes are imparting a pallor and tracing thestainsof dissipation in many a handsome and clean-cut youth ful face. _ If a man desires a full and rounded shape he develops the muscles by ex ercise. A woman gets a similar effect by strapping on pneumatic tubes and wire frames. _____ If imparting the ballot to women will include a clause requiring the removal from their fair heads the wide-spreading hats and towering bonnets at public gatherings we would favor its early adoption. v The fellow who doesn’t go home to his wife and babies until the lights go aut and the last door closed down town more than likely spent every spare moment in the company of that same woman when he and she were sweet heart*. - It is hardly to be expected that any man would begrudge a lady the small aourtesy of raising his hat, but we know just such a chap. Moreover, he thinks such gallantry decidedly Foolish. His ideas will probably not become generally prevelent. Some British highbrows announce the discovery of bones which they say ire from a skeleton of the “missing link” between man and monkey. To the average mortal, the thought that Dur first parents were- a perfect and majestic pair is more pleasant than that we are related to the senseless chatterers of African forests. Some pretty good authorities on the subject claim that the average woman Is better than the average man. We lay no claim to being an authority, but have made some observations. Most of us have had opportunities to make them. Ever catch a bunch of unmarried women “gossiping” when they didn’t know you were in hearing distance? The conversation runs eventually to tbe subject of marriage. The talk is clean though It may be regarded by some as cheap and fool ish. The thoughts of tbe girl is of a home of her own and tbe dignity and pleasures of wife and motherhood. Svery normal woman aspires to win tbe love of a strong, clean man. Every man must admit that the talk of the average bunch of “young fellows” runs to things worse than cheap and fool ish. It lewd and ribald stories are not enjected at some point of the gos sip tbe occasion is rare. A good many married fellows when they get to the big towns hunt out plaoes where they wouldn’t expect to find their wife or daughter. The authorities are prob ably correct in their estimate of tbe relative standard of morals. Marriage Licensee. J M McMichael, Atkinson.21 Ver Stockwell, Butte.2i DeLoss H. Moulton, Collins, Mont..23 Clara Lemmer, Atkinson.23 Leo A. Iliff, Atkinson. .It Alice D. Thompson, Atkinson.11 Walter S. Spencer, Lynch.2i Maud Plnkerman, Scottvllle.If Clarence Townsend, Page. 2( Lula Stevens, Page.li Elmer T. Hewett, Dustin.2( Leslie May Earner, Dustin.11 The first named couple were marrl ed Monday at the county judge’! office. __ Must Reduce My Stock. I will make it an object to you oi my best grades of Bock Springs nut Hocking Valley and Sheridan lum| and nut, also best Illinois lumpontbi market.—P. J. Biglin. Adv. 34-4 Typewriter paper at this office. PAID ADVERTISMENTS. Fresh Bread at the O’Neill Bakery. I have 10 stock cows to sell.—Cod Keys. For Sale—Second band buggy.—R. H. Mills. 35 2 Try our plckels, they are fine.—gan tary Meat Market. 16-tf Dr. Corbett will spend all his time In O’Neill this winter. < 26-tf Who wants a team of horses, harness and wagon for »100.—Con Keys. Wanted by a married man, work on a ranch or farm.—Ray Flthian, Little, Neb. 36-i pd Who wants a good milch cow, just fresh, young and gentle at $45.—Con Keys. Just received a barrel of sweet and dill plckels.—Sanitary Meat Market. 16-tf Fine Candles and Hot Chocolate.— McMillan & Markley’s Bakery and Candy Kltohen. 22-tf. Heated rooms for rent, with or without board, by week or day.—Mrs. Byron O. Parker. 35-4 pd Try Frank and Vince Snchy’s tailor shop for French Dry Cleaning. Their work can’t be beat. 1-tf. For Sale—House and lot one block east of the school house. Terms reasonable.—D. W. Cameron. 9-tf For Rent—Improved 160 acre farm, three miles from O’Neill, 30 acres in cultivation.—F. J. Dishner. 38-1 I have some nice cows to sell, Dur ham, Holstelns, Ayrshire, yellow and black Jerseys; all pets. Buy one.— Con Keys. Lost—In O’Neill evening of Febru ary 15, right hand dress glove. Finder notify Albert Erb at Joy or leave at this office. 36-tf Farm for Sale—480 acres of good land 12 miles north and i mile west of O’Neill. For particulars write or call on Henry Losher, R. 1, O’Neill. 36-2p We do French Dry Cleaning in our shop of all ladies and gentlemen's garments. Nothing but flret class work turned out. At Frank and Vince Kuohy’s tailor shop. 1-tf Arnold and Wldner have a lot of good cattle of all descriptions, consist ing of cows, calves, heifers, steers and some extra good bulls which they will sell to please purchaser. See L. W. Arnold, O’Neill, Neb. 31-tf REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE NEBRASKA STATE BANK of O’Neill, Charter No. 896 Incorporated in the state of Nebraska, at the close of business Feb. 16, 1913. RESOURCES Loans and discounts.8108331 71 Overdrafts, secured and un secured . 1777 32 Bonds, securities, judgments claims, etc. 1639 34 Banking house, furn. and fix, 7520 97 Current expenses and taxes paid . 3408 71 Cash items. Due from national, state and private banks and bankers .820336 16 Checks and items of exchange. 398 70 Currency. 3675 00 Gold coin. 2155 00 Silver, nickels and cents. 342 25 Total cash on hand. 26907 11 Total... .. .8149485 16 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in.825000 06 Surplus fund. 1600 06 Undivided profits. 6979 7C Individual deposits subject to check. 40031 26 Demand certificates of deposit.3323 77 Time certificates of deposit.05368 07 Due to national, state and private banks and bankers.6499 50 115213 6( Depositors guarranty fund... 791 8( Total.8149485 1< State of Nebraska, County of Holt, ss I, Jas. F. O’Donnell, cashier of the above named bank, do hereby sweai that the above statement is a correct and true copy of the report made t( the state banking board. Jas. F. O’Donnell, Cashier. Attest.—O. F. Blglin.J. A. Donohoe Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before mi 1 this 20th day of Feb., 1913«* (Seal) M. H McCarthy, Notary Public. I Commission expires Deo. 8.1918. MINOR MENTION Alex Wertz was In from Star Tues day. Miss Nell O’Donnell went to Omaha Sunday. Judge Malone was up from Inman Friday last. v E. J. Mack of Atkinson was in town Friday. . Olaud Hancock was an Inman visitor Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. O’Connor went to Omaha last Sunday. Bob Arbuthnot and Jeo. Devlin went to Tilden Sunday. Now Is a good time to subscribe for The Frontier, $1.50 per year. William Nollkamper was up from Omaha the first of the week. William Lell and James Daughtery of Chambers were in the city Monday. Wild water birds have begun their semi-annual flight earlier than usua1 this season. Miss uatnerine urady went to Chicago last week to buy her spring stock of millinery. Last year about this time good hay was selling at 920 per ton. Now the best brings96 50 Will Morgan of Atkinson stopped in town Friday between trains on his way home from Norfolk. Miss Molly O’Malley departed Sun day for Omaha, where she enters Wise Memorial hospital to take the murse’s course. A committee of supervisors visited the Eagle creek country last Friday to look after some bridges In that section. The board adjourned Saturday to meet again March 11. The Frontier understands a change has been made in the Inman State bank, 0. J. Malone, formerly oounty judge, buying out 0. E. Sharp’s in terests and becoming cashier. John Gaughenbaugh of Emmet was in the city yesterday with his witnesses and submitted final proof at the land office for a forty-aore additional entry made under the Klnkaid act. W. E. Scott of Atkinson is In the city preparing an appeal to the com missioner of the general land office of his own and John Brady’s homestead entries that were held for cancellation by the local land office. There will be a Musical entertain ment, “The Busy Ladles Aid,” at the Union Center church, Tuesday, Feb. 25. Admission 20 cents and 35 oents. This entertainment Is given for the benefit of the church. Everybody in vited.—Adv. Governor Moreneaa ana tne snerin of Hall county were responsible for Jack Sullivan of this city not appear ing at Grand Island last Monday for a pugullstlc encounter with Tom Mc Carthy of Ravenna. The governor direoted the sheriff to prohibit the match and the promoters of the same quietly abandoned the match. A deed was filed for record in the county clerk’s office this week where* by Charles and Dorothy O’Brien of Fremont county, Iowa, conveyed to 0. W. Payne of Crawford county, Iowa, and Payne Sarglsson of Wood bury county, Iowa, 3,600 aores of land in Cleveland precinct, this county, for a consideration of *36,000. Payne and Sarglsson own a large tract of land In the northwest part of the county, something like two townships Omaha World-Herald: Ed and George Savage, two of the three Savage brothers of Ewing, this state, who have Invented a successful aero plane, are looklngabout this city with Gould Dietz, president of the Aero club, for a school site building. The Savage brothers have made flights in various parts of the United States, going as high as a mile, and have come home with the intent of building more planes and teaching aviators how to use them. They plan to open a school here and also have a place to build ’planes. ’ Down south the color line is pretty closely observed, but up here in Holt county nobody pays any attention to race, color or creed. It remains for a family cat to establish a prescedent. One of O’Neill’s Eurasian born mer chants has been annoyed and sustain ed loss by the presence of a large rat in his store. The rodant shows a preference for high priced overcoats from which it tears bits of cloth to make a nest. The merchant borrowed a cat from a neighboring store in hopes of catching the rat. There is nothing tlbs cat likes better than to 1 close her Jaws over a fat rat and has the ruputatlon of keeping aH the , stores in the neighborhood clean of rodents. Miss Pussy absolutely re* 1 fuses to stay in the store where the damage is being done, and each time she is taken there escapee the first time the door is opened. JUDGMENT FOR $500 AGAMLOOM# Thompson Given Small Damages for Loss of Hand. CASE HAS BEEN HARD FOUGHT Personal Injury Case Brought Here From Omaha for Trial by Former • O’Neill Lawyer. After having the case uneoosi