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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<M*-*:
atlon from 6 o’clock iaat evening until
2:30 this morning the jury returned k
verdict upon convening of court toddy
awarded the pis intiff 1500.
A suit for damages alleged! to haw
been sustained on account of intoxi*
cation, brought here by the plaintiff’s
attorney, A. F. Mulleo. from Douglas'
county has been in progress in district *
court all .this week; Charles Thomp
son, a young Norwegian, ia the plain*
tiff and two saloon men of Omaha, J.
P. Rooney and W. H. McKinzIe, and
their bondsmen, Illinois Surety
oompany, are the defendants; Thorny1
son asks tie,000 damages for the toes*
of bis right hand while drunk from
liquor got at the saloons of tt e two.
defendants. The aooldent which
necessitated the amputation of the
hand oocurred last July in the Union
Pacific railroad yards at Omaha along
the‘Missouri river.
Mr Mullen conduota the case for the
plaintiff Who is his only witness
present In court. He has itt addition
a voluminous bunch of depositions !
which enter Into the record.
The defendants are In court,
personally. A. S. Plchle, who attain*
ed prominence before the Douglas
county bar by his defense of PatOrow^
associated with J. A. Donotooe ef this -
city, are their attorneys; They also
have an array of witnesses herefrom
Omaha, including one police potiol
man, Pinkerton detectives and a'
court reporter from Council Bluffs. be- -
tides others.'
The case has been a hard fought
legal battle from the start In whteh
the attorneys have to be held within
bounds by the oourt.
The depositions takes frtdi
witnesses In Omaha and submitted-bf
Mr. Mullen show that the plaintiff
was maudlin drunkmn tbe day -of the
accident, the liquor being obtained
at defendants’ saloons. The Slocum
law makes liquor dealers liable for
damages for Injuries resulting from
intoxication. The damages-asked are
baaed upon the earning capaollyof
the young man before the injury,-who *
the petition claims Is a laborer.
The defendants contend that the
plaintiff instead of being a laborer
was a d Isrepu table character - known
along the river bottoms -aa *‘mos» Lip »
Charley,” who picked up a preoarioaa;'
livelihood by dishonest means.
End of 10-Year Divorce Suit
Ainsworth Democrat: After‘a ten
year battle In the -courts* George MO*
Namara, wealthy Brown county
rancher, who was 49 when he married
his eighteen year old bride in 1900,
was divorced from her Tuesday by the
final opinion of the supreme court.
The court gives-the wife 93,000
alimony, and the custody of their
four children, having cut down the
district court's 16,000 alimony decree.
The court in the now famous Mo
Namara case points out a new legal«
view of the treatment which* husband
must accord bis wife. The court says:
"Carelessness and neglect, with
rude and bolstrous behavior, unkind
words, and some conduct toward'
other women which might offend a
sensitive woman are cruelty” Such as *
will support a divorce action even
though there be no aots of phreloal
cruelty.
NcNamara, according to the record,
married when he was nearly fifty1
years of age and the bride was about
eighteen.
Don’t Yon Believe It?
Some say that chronic oonsttpation
cannot be cured. Don’t you believe1
it. Chamberlain’s Save cured otbersv .
why not you? Give them a trial.
They cost only a quarter. For sale by
all dealers.—Ady.
I *
OUR
9-cent Sale ’
£
will and
Mar. 1 instead of Feb. 28" *
on account of the delay in <
letting our goods
N on time
NEIL BRENNAN