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For Your Money’s Worth
“An opportunity once lost is never
regained.” The people of O’Neill and
surrounding country are beginning to
realize that and coming to our Store
to get bargains. We claim that we
have as good, if not better bargains,
than any store in town. We have
goods and prices so attractive that
people who come to look will stay and
buy. We want you to come in and
look over our stock, even if you do not
buy we will gladly show you anything
you wish to look at. We have a full
line of Suits which we will sell at a
discount. We also carry a fine line of
Women’s Goods such as Skirts, Shoes,
and have a full line of the Alberts
Corsets.
Week before last we sold $160
worth of bacon; last week we doubled
that amount and still run short. So
you see this is the place to come and
take home the bacon. We noticed last
week we got quite a compliment on
our display of advertisement. When
some certain guy who had more time
than money seemed to be jealous be
cause he was not invited to join the
sucker family on their pleasure trip.
This week we will sell
Granulated Sugar at $8.20 per sack.
8 Boxes of Matches for 26c. If you
had heads like these matches you
would buy some of them.
Why not raise a dust when you can
buy brooms at 30c.
Picnic Hams at 18c per pound.
We still have that price on shoes; it
would pay you to come down and look
them over.
We have a new supply of Corn
Flakes which we will sell at 6c a
package.
Are you hungry. Everybody eat
Weather Report.
Max. Min. St. of W. Rn.
August 2—96 69 Clear 0
August 3—97 70 Pt. Cldy. 0
August 4—96 73 Cloudy .09
August 6—98 71 Clear 0
August 6—95 63 Cloudy .10
August 7—84 64 Clear 0
August 8—89 67 Clera 0
MORE THAN A SCORE OF THE
wealthiest patrons of fashionable
Palm Beach, Florida, appear in the
early chatpers of “Gloria’s Romance,”
the new motion picture novel from the
pen of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Hughes,
in which Billie Burke is being
featured. The unusual opportunity of
both appearing in a motion picture
production and acting as a supporting
cast for so famous a star as Billie
Burke, appealed to the millionaire
colony at Palm Beach as a gerat lark.
The film is the feature at the Star
Theater on Thursday’s.
Holt County the Goat.
Dr. C. V. Crook, who has been mak
ing headquarters at Stuart for several
months, was declared a dipsomaniac
by the county insanity board Friday
and taken to the dipso hospital at
Lincoln Saturday morning. The doctor,
a former resident of Fremont, has
been making Valentine, Cherrycounty,
his residence for a number of years,
and has been engaged in the practice
of his profession there. More than a
year ago the doctor was declared a
dipso by the Chery county officials, but
not sent to the asylum. Perhaps be
cause of the expense to the county.
Holt county foots the bill.
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EARLY DAYS IN O’NEILL.
(Continued from page one.)
storm had ceased and although it was
very cold, I think 30 or 40 degrees be
low zero, we managed to get into towr
in good shape. I think then that 1
would never again get into another
blizzard, but I did get into another one
much worse than this, but that is
another story, and did not occur until
some eight years afterwards, when
Clyde King was my side partner and
fellow sufferer.
I have been thinking of the very
many hunting trips I have made, and
while a few of these were after big
game, the ones that really afforded the
greatest pleasure were those in Holt
County. This will apply especially to
the first few years, say from 1880 to
1886, when the country was but
sparsely settled. This seemed to be
the natural home of the prairie
chicken, and the winged fowls, were
also numerous in season. From the
elusive and erratic little Jacksnipe up
to the Mallard and goose, there was
an abundance. The chicken, however,
was the bird decidedly the favorite,
possibly because the most numerous
and easily found. One could start out
from town in any direction, either early
or late in the afternoon, with a good
dog and gun and return in a few hours
with any where from a dozen to fifty
or even a hundred young chickens.
This sport never palled on me. I was
as anxious late in the season as I was
in the commencement, and each suc
ceeding year only increased the pleas
ure. While I have hunted with parties
of a number of shooters, I recall with
the keenest gratification the trips Mrs.
Mathews and I made. I do not think
we ever went without meeting with
some measure of success, and in many
instances have returned at dark with a
buggy box full of birds and the tired
dog lying on top of this soft cushion he
had so nobly aided in providing. Of
course we could not use all the
chickens killed, even though many a
time we invited in the neighbors to
partake of a big chicken meal. It was
my habit to drive around to the doors
of my friends and throw out a mess
for each. I have done this scores and
scores of times. I have no doubt that
there are numerous freinds still living
in O’Neill who will remember this.
During these first few years I think I
killed as many or more chickens than
any other man in the county, but I
want to say that none of them were
wasted. I did not mean to be a hog or
to be considered unsportmanlike, but it
was to me such great fun /that I could
not resist the temptation.
Next to the chicken hunting the
most interesting, (in fact it was
greater sport) was the wild dcuk
shooting over on Dry Creek and up the
Elkhorn. We also organized parties
and went into the lake country among
the sand hills in the southern country,
remaining several days and of course
having lots of sport.
I must here refer to the fact that
one of the most companionable men
who used to hunt with me during the
first and second seasons was Father J.
T. Smith, at that time the priest in
charge of the O’Neill church. Father
Smith was an ardent sportsman, a
very good shot, and with all one of the
most interesting men in conversation I
ever know. I learned to love him like
a brother, and I believe he felt largely
the same way towards me. During our
trips we had many opportunities to dis
cuss various topics and I know that
from him I absorbed many good
thoughts and ideas. Of course we dis
cussed among other things religious
matters, and while we did not agree in
all ways, there was never any sem
blance of bitterness in our talk. The
fact is that Father Smith elucidated
so many questions that to me had been
hard to understand, that I formed a
very high regard for the Catholic
religion and the Catholic people, and
these impressions were so forcibly im
pressed upon my mind and conscience
that through all these years I have
been very thankful I could say I held
no prejudice against and had only the
highest regard for this, the oldest
branch of the Christian religion.
It is brought forcibly to my mind
that in looking back over these early
days, that had it not been for the great
influence and control that this good
man had over his flock, the conditions
would certainly have been chaotic, and
that there would have been a con
siderable disregard for the laws. I
could relate many incidents where the
influence of Father Smith curbed in
cipient outbreaks of men’s passions,
but will not do so for fear of hurting
the feelings of someone, and certainly
in these articles I want to avoid any
thing of that kind.
There was a great scramble during
this summer and fall of 1880 to secure
the best lands, and the new comers de
pended largely on the locating agents.
These were men who kept posted as to
the vacant lands and of the tracts also
that were not being taken care of as
the law provided, being subject to
contest. Naturally considerable bad
blood was engendered in many cases
and very often the land men or lo
cating agents were blamed, sometimes
justly, but often very unjustly.. The
man who located more people in the
north part of the county than anyone
else was Bennett S. Gillespie, who was
not only a competent surveyor, but
kept well informed in his line of work.
Gillespie did something, just what I do
not now recall, that excited the wrath
of a number of settlers living ten or
fifteen mile north of town, and the
climax of this was most deplorable.
One dark night, I think it was in Octo
ber, a mob of men quietly assembled in
the woods at Gillespie’s house. Their
evident intention was to get hold of
Gillespie and probably inflict severe
punishment. Gillespie was in the
house with his wife and chilrden and
was aroused when an attempt was
made to force the front door, and a de
mand made for him to come forth.
Gillespie was then a comparatively
young man, rugged and strong, and
having lived on the frontier for many
years felt able to protect himself under
any circumstances. He did not stop to
dress but grabbed a gun and gave
warning that unless hostilities ceased
he would fire. He did fire, and at the
same time escaped out of the rear door
in his night clothes, remaining out in
Samuel H.
Sedgwick
ot York, Nebraska
Candidate for Re-election for
Judge of
the Supreme Court
PUBLIC SERVICE—
District Judge four
years, Court Commis
sioner two years, Judge
of the Supreme Court
thirteen years—nineteen
years of honest endeavor
to administer equity and
justice.
Why Should Any Change '
Be Deemed Necessary ?
the woods until daylight. The result
of that shot or shots, was the death of
a young man whose name I believe was
Keys. As I recall it now, this young
man was really an inoffensive fellow.
It was somewhat in the nature of the
innocent bystander receiving the
punishment.
I do not think any complaint was
ever made against Gillespie. He went
before a Justice of Peace and after an
examination of facts, was exonerated
Nothing further was done on either
side, and the affair soon was ap
parently forgotten. Mr. Gillespie was
afterwards elected judge of the county
and moved to O’Neill. He was also
(years afterward) register of the
United States Land Office, and was
succeeded by the writer. There were
of course a good many rows over land,
resulting in very bitter feeling at
times between the contestants, but I
believe this was the only killing that
resulted directly from this cause.
Yesterday, July 16, 1916, I made a
great find, and I am inclined to think
that the old settlers of Holt county will
be as much pleased over it as I am.
It was Sunday and I took occasion to
dig up out of the rubbish in the attic a
box in which I knew was stored a lot
of old letters and other documents of
various character. I carried the box to
the sleeping porch (as it was pretty
warm, also utilized the electric fan)
and during the greater part of the day,
reveled in this ancient collection.
There were many letters that were of
great interest to me, but the find re
ferred to consisted of two copies of
The Frontier printed in miniature
form. I mean that these two editions
were gotten out at a time when owing
to the severe storms the regular
edition of the “patent insides” failed to
come from Omaha. These little papers
were printed on the job press and the
pages are about eight by ten inches,
three columns to the page. One paper
is of four pages and the other is of
two. While small, there is a whole lot
of stuff in them that to me is very in
teresting, and I am going to' quote
quite copiously, for as I said before, I
know you Will enjoy the reproductions
therefrom and the references thereto.
These little papers were evidently got
ten out to make legal the land notices
and other legal advertising. As the
files of The Frontier for the first three
years were destroyed by fire, I almost
believe these two little copies are the
only ones in existance. At this time I
will only refer to the one dated No
vember 11, 1880. Owing to the dimin
utive size the editor placed under the
heading of The O’Neill City Frontier
the word “Weakly” evidently intending
to be funny in spelling the word
“weakly” instead of “weekly.”
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(.lie 1UOV ** Jiuu
of the result of the election, giving the
official count, showing that “contrary
to prediction, Holt couny rolls up a
nice little Republican majority," and
the heading adds: “Val leads the Van
with the slick majority of 180.”
The recapitulation shows that the 1
total vote cast for electors was 718 of :
which 334 were republican, 309 demo
crat, and 75 greenback, a majority for
the republicans over the democrats of
25.
For congress Valentine received 326,
North 146, Root 75. This gave Valen
tine a majority of 180 over his demo
cratic opponent and of 105 over all.
For governor, Nance received 323, .
Tipton 307, Williams 75. Nance’s '
majority over Tipton 16.
For district attorney 633 votes were
cast, of which McNish received 337, .
O’Day 296, giving McNish a majority
of 41.
For state senator the total vote was
701, of which Campbell, dem. received ,
351, Perkins, rep. 293, Ailey, gb. 57,
thus giving Campbell a majority of 1 ;
over all and 57 ove rPerkins.
For representative the total vote
was 697, of which McClure, rep. re
ceived 229, Everton. dem. 256, Hayes i
gb. 108, Darr, independent, 104.
Everton majority over McClure 27.
For county commissioner the total 1
vote was 695, of which Ewing, rep. .
received 322, Townsend, fusion of dem.
and gb. 373, giving Townsend a ma- 1
jority of 51.
For coroner, Brennan, rep. received <
327, McClellan, dem. 286, Darr, gb. 81. i
It seems there was a vote had for a
special tax, about which I do not now
'
Warner (Si Son.
Will save you money, if you buy your Furniture
NOW. Notwithstanding the fact that Furniture has
been steadily advancing at the factory for several
months past, and is still rising, we have just received a
carload of the latest designs of Davenports, Buffets,
Cabinets, China Closets, Dressers, Chiffioniers, Dressing j
Tables, Dining Tables, Chairs and Rockers. This is
absolutely the finest line of Furniture ever shown in
O'Neill and we are sure that we can satisfy you both
in price and quality.
We also have a large quantity of the latest patterns
in Rugs. If you intend to furnish or refurnish your
home,
Do It Now.
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remember, but it was snowed under by
a vote of 375 against, to 184 for.
While our old friend Frank Camp
bell carried Holt county by a nice ma
jority, he failed to carry his home
county of Knox losing it to Judge Per
kins by 180 majority. He also lost
Dixon county by 130. Perkins’ ma
jority in the district was 161.
Knox county was also in the repre
sentative district and McClure carried
that county by 258 majority, which
gave him a clean majority in the dis
trict of 231.
I recall that the republicans were
eery much disappointed over the de
feat of Uncle Jimmy Ewing for com
missioner by Walter Townsend, for
this left the board entirely democratic.
I think both candidates lived in Ford
precinct, which gave Ewing 33 and
Townsend 9 votes. The adjoining pre
cinct of Inman Grove gave Townsend
29 and Ewing 12. However, the pre
cinct that made the election of Town
send certain were Center (O’Neill) and
Atkinson. In Center Ewing received
11 and Townsend 163 and in Atkinson,
Ewing 14 and Townsend 57. Ewing
carried all the rest of the precincts In
the county. In fact there were but
two democratic precincts and strange
is it may now appear, Atkinson was
me of these. It gave on the head of
the ticket 17 votes for rep. 34 for the
iem. and 19 for the gb., while O’Neill
(Center) gave the rep. 25, dem. 143,
gb. 35, also only giving Valentine 27
vhile North received 132 and Root 34.
Frank Campbell was given the nice
rote of 167 to 18 fop Perkins.
Steel Creek appears to have been
;he banner republican precinct, giving
jarfield 49 and Hancock 13. Paddock
,vas also strongly republican, with a
rote of 43 to 11. Saratoga, 29 to 14.
Keya Paha 27 to 20. Beaver Creek 16
to 2. Iowa 17 to 5. Long Pine 33 to
12. Stuart 24 to 11.
I do not believe that anything could
oe published right now that would be
>f greater interest to a large number
>f the readers of The Frontier than to
lave reproduced a list of the precinct
officers elected at this election of 1880,
ind I am going to copy that list as it
appeared in this “weakly” copy:
Inman Grove—Assessor, Neil Mc
llravie, judges, C. W. Swain, r., J.
Laney, r., Tobias Haines, r.; clerks H.
N. Gould, r., E. H. Thompson, r.;
iverseer H. W. Haines, r.; justice H.
N. Gould, r.; constable Chancy
Keyes, r.
Center—Assessor M. McGrath, g.;
judges Charles O’Neill, d., D. Cronin,
1.; Jas. Enright, g.; clerks J. Wolf, d.,
?. Barrett, g.
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ntivuiduii-noocooui • a*.
•.; judges R. Allworth, d„ J. Crowley,
•., A. W. Miller, r.; clerks J. Walsh,
1., J. Hayes, g.; overseer W .Lumsden,
justice Thomas Lumsden, g.
Stuart—Assessor David B. Russell,
judges D. J. Clevenger, r., W. G.
Penord, r., R. WooleVy, r.; clerks D.
3. Russell, r., H. Harris, r.; justices O.
Hallock, r„ D. B. Russell, r.; overseer
D. M. Mulford, r.; constable Thos.
reeter, r., R. Biglow, r.
Saratoga—Assessor Wm. Fegles, r.;
judges I. M. Merriman, r., Wm. Veal,
L, J. H. Perry and N. T. Hox’isie tie
rote; clurks J. C. Van Fleet, r., Thos.
VlcMath, r.; overseer N. O’Brien, r.;
ustices Perry Dewey, r., S. A. Dailey,
•.; constables James Fegles, r., Rhen
Dutcher, d.
Paddock—Assessor J. W. Hubby, r.;
udges H. M. Bradstreet, d., Bennett
tfartin, d., T. Crawford, d.; clerks I. R.
Smith, r., J. T. Yougn, r.; overseer R.
Darker, r.; constables N. W. Nunly, r.,
N. Crawford, d.
Ford—Assessor W. Bailey, r;
3. T. Gunter, d., A. C. Scott, r., A. B.
Donaldson, r.;clerks C. L. Brigde, d.,
f. O’Conner, d.; justice A. J. Roberts,
■.; overseer I. F. Billings,r.; constables
r. O’Conner, d., W. C. Billings, r.
Beaver Creek—Assessor G. T. Sas
edo, r,; judges W. H. Hammond, r.,
lohn Casey, r., W. W. Wright ,r.;
derks C. H. Wixson, r., G. T. Bastedo,
•.; overseer W. Ray, r.; justice J. F.
Palson, r.; constable Fred Hughes, d.
Keya Paha—Assessor C. C. Gray,
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With our American fence for
it will give you satisfaction
and my prices are lower now
than they can he later. J
Let me quote you prices on
what you need.
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Money invested in a Certificate of Deposit ■
jj in the Nebraska State Bank is better than cash. §B
Why? It is much safer from theft,
fire, loss or unwise expediture.
, It draws 5 per cent interest.
It is negotiable but not attachable.
Protected by the Depositors State
Guarantee Fund.
This is a favorite form of banking for many j|
ji shrewd men of Holt County.
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I Light Transfer==Delivery
I Will deliver to any part of
town and to and from I
.depots. Use the Phone. \
J. iJ.YANTZl, Phones 280-298 I
d.; judges J. L. Smith, r., J. S .Axtell,
r., II. Gordon, r.; justice R. Khun, r.;
clerks E. H. Doty, d., C. C. Gray, d.,
constables F. Spear, r., E. T. Clark, r.;
overseer John Bennett, r.
Steel Creek—Assessor D. Cook, r.;
judges M. D. Hazard, r., Jacob Davis,
r., H. H. Knight, r.; clerks J. W.
Wertz, r., Daniel Cook, r.; overseer
Jacob Davis, r.; constable E. Cros
son, r.
Iowa—Assessor H. Perkins, r.;
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JUlweo Gn W• J°nes’ r” J- A- Cronk. r.,
i’ geo£p. r; clerks F. M. Phelps,
r., W. H. Park, r.; overseer W S
George, r.; justice A. B. Smith, r., j!
Thompson r.; constables C. Hough, r„
Wm. VanConet, r.
Besides the election returns this lit
tle edition of The Frontier contains
some local paragraphs under the head
of Caught-on-the-Fly” and also some
correspondence from different points,