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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATE
Governor Silas AITolcomb
Lieutenant Governor ItoDert EIoore
Secretary of State Joel A Piper
Treasurer JSBartlcy
Auditor Eugene Moore
Com Lands and Buildings Henry C Kussell
Attorney General Arthur S Churchill
Supt Public Instruction Henry It Corbett
f C II Gere Lincoln
LRurahom Omaha
Regents University JI M Hait Alma
K P Holmes Pierce
TMallalieu Kearney
IMJHull Edgar
CONGRESSIONAL
Senators Wm V Allen Madison John M
Thurston Omaha
RspreMJiitatives FirstDistrictJessellSttode
Lincoln Second D 11 Mercer Omaha Third
GeoD Jlciklejohn Fiillcrton Fourth E J
ner Aurora Firth Wm ic Andrews Hastings
Sixth O M Kern Broken Bow
JUDICIAL
Supreme Court T L Norval Chief Justice
Harrison and Polk associates
Fifteenth Judicial District M P Ivinkaid
ONeill W II Westover Rushville
LEGISLATIVE
Represcntetive Fifty second District Frank
Rothleulncr Kilgorc
Senator Fourteenth District Henry G Stew
art Crawford
LAND OFFICE
Register C It Glover Longpine Receiver J
A Fike Newport
COUNTY
jrisurcrf G X Cnibu
Jlerk Geo Elliott
Sheriff Amos Strong
Judge FM Walcott
County Attorney Ed Clarke
County Superintendent Lillian Stoncr
Surveyor chas Tait
Coroner a Lewis
E W Starr
Commissioners Dunham
I P Sullivan
PRECINCT
Overseers of Highways R Hansen and J Ray
Constable Jt Towne
Justices of the Teace Jolin Dunn and J M
Camin
Assessor John Dunn
VILLAGE
Town Board E E Sparks president C n Cor
nell treasurer T C Hornby clerk D S Ludwig
and J W Burleigh
Marshal and Water Commissioner R Towne
School District No 1 F M Walcott president
MV Nicholson treasurer J C Pettijohn secre
tary J W Burleigh G P Crabb and J T Keolcy
Societies
YOUNG MENS SOCIAL CLUB Meets
every Wednesday evening at the resi
dence of Mrs Helen Hornby
John N King President
Fkank E Tiiokn Secretary
SETTING JJuLL TRIBE No 22
IMPIIOVKD OltDKU OF REDMEN
Meets every second and fourth Saturday of
oach month Members of the order in good
standing are cordially and fraternally invited to
attend CHTHOMPSON Sachem
J D WIGGINS C of Records
A F A M
Minnekadusa Lodge No 192 A F A M
meets in regular communication Saturday even
ing on or before the full moon in each month
members of the order in good and regularstand
Ing cordially and fraternally invited to attend
P M Walcott W M
W W Thompson Secy
0 E S
Northern Star Chapter No 59 Order of the
Eastern Star meets on second and fourth Tues
day evenings of cash mouth m Hornbys hall
Maggik walcott Emma Yeast
Secretary Worthy Matron
A O U W
Valentine Lodge No 70 A O U W meets
l st and 3rd Monday in each month
Christenseu M W L L 3toner Rec
I 0 O F
Valentine Lodge No 205 I O O F meets
every Thursday evening Visiting brothers cord
tally nvited to attend our meetings
J H yeast N G
Weslei Holsclaw Secy
G A R
Col Wood Pest No 208 Department of Ne
braska regular meeting 2d and 4th Saturdays of
each month at 2 p m sharo Comrads from
other Posts are cordially invited to attend
J W Tucker Commander
John Dunn adjt
W R G
Col Wood W R c No 179 regular meeting
Sd and 4th Saturdays of each month
Amanda Ludwig Pres
Helen Hornby 3ce
M TV A
Valentine Camp No 1751 Modern Woodmen of
America meets second and fourth weduesday
evenings of each month at Davenports Hall
Visiting neighbors cordially invited to attend
P F Simsns Ven Counsel
J W Spirk Clerk
K Of P
Cherry Lodge No 169 Knights of Pythias meets
every xuesaay evening at Davenports Hall
Jos Putmecil K of R and S
T Keely G C
Arrival and Departure of Mails
Mail east and west closes at 8 p m
Rosebud leaves at 800 a m daily except Sun-
day and arrives at 500 p m
Simeon Kennedy and Oasis leaves
at 7 00am Mondays Wednesdays and Fri
days and arrives at 7 -00 p in Tuesdays and
Saturdays
Ft Niobrara leaves daily at700 a m and
600 p in arrives at 930a maud 730 pm
Jvewanee and Sparks arrives Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays at 509 pm and
leaves Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at
i 7o am
General delivery open from 7 60 a ra to 7 00
p m General deiivery open on Sundays from
8 to 10 a m1 Lock boxes opendaily form ti a
m to 830 pm
W EHALEY Postmaster
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS
9- m - -
J C DWYER
Physician and Surgeon
Office at C R Watsons Drug Store Trompt
attention given to all professional calls
Valentine - Nebraska
Teachers Examination
The regular monthly Teachers
Examination will be held the
third Saturday of each month
at my office in the Court House
LILLIAN STONER
Supt of Schools
TPD CLARKE
Attorney-at-Law
AUkinds of legal business promptly attended to
Yalektie
Nebraska
Successor to 4
CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
E0BEET GOOD Editor and Publisher
Come to Valentine Jfxily 4
Kennedy will celebrate the Fourth
of July
We would like to have a correspond
ent at Lavaca
Hajor J dlieo Wright and his party
of eastern friends visited the Black
Hills tbis week
II R Bell came up from Longpine
last evening to assist 3n Otto Bergers
store for a few days
In Judge Walcotts court Monday
Wm Allen was fined 5 and costs for
assault and battery on Dave Cogswell
Miss Emma Gaskin of Wahoo is
now head waiter at the White House
and Mrs N Caveuy of Fremont looks
after the cuisine
The republican county convention
meets one week from today to nomi
nate a candidate for county attorney
and transact other business
The editor of TnE Democrat spent
Sunday in Ainsworth and Longpine
People in those towns feel encour
aged over prospects tbis summer but
they all envy Valentine her prosperity
Over half an inch of rain fell last
night This is almost as much as the
entire rainfall of May and is a good
starter for June More rain has fallen
in the country during the past month
than in Valentine
We made arrangements to get a full
account of the field day exercises at
Fort Niobrara yesterday together with
the names of winners of events but
for some unknown reason our reporter
has failed to furnish us with copy
The citizens of Long Pine have made
arrangements for a recital to be given
in that town by EdouardRemenyi the
great violinist and legitimate successor
to Ole Bull The date has not yet
been definitely fixed but it will be
sometime during this month
At the regular meeting of the Ma
sonic Lodge on Saturday evening
May 23 the following were elected
officers for the coming year J T
Keeley W M W T Kincaid S W
Chas A Green J TV TV E Efner
Treas TV TV Thompson Secty
Miss Belle Callen left Tuesday
morning for Fremont where she will
represent Northern Star Chapter No
59 in the Grand Chapter O E S
which convenes at that place this week
Northern Star Chapter has become one
of the foremost in the state and has
just closed a most prosperous year
being honored by Grand Chapter with
two grand officers during the year
A large consignment of books from
eastern publishers has arrived in
town mainly for distribution among
the company libraries and troops at
Ft Niobrara by the military book
agent Thos Prothero who makes a
specialty of Army libraries the same
being contracted for at manufacturers
prices giving Uncle Sams boys a big
show to buy the best literature at
lowest prices
Some ten or twelve running horses
and their owners are already in town
preparing for the races next week
Indications point to a good weeks
sport with twenty five or thirty horses
in attendance The Valentine Gun
Club is preparing for a clay pigeon
snoot wnicu promises to attract some
of the crack shots of this part of the
state Taken altogether the meeting
ivill be one of the most successful ever
held in Valentine
We admire the man who stays by the
country through weal or woe G TV
Beamer has still faith in this country
as shown by planting the following
variety of crops Wheat 90 acres
corn 110 oats 22 potatoes S Kaffir
corn 12 millet 5 barley 10 sorghum
i an acre The cyclones that have de-
vasted Kansas have not spared Geos
old home and is thankful that he is m
North west Nebraska where cyclones
are unknown Gordon Journal
From a reliable source The Demo
crat has been informed that coal has
been found about nine miles south
west of Pine Kidge Cy Ike an expert
in the employ of the government has
recently been prospecting in that lo
cality and reports finding coal in
large quanties The discovery was
made near a place where gas has been
escaping for years and where cattle
congregate in cold weather on account
of the heat It is said the surface of
the ground is covered with loose
shales in that locality A large force
of Indians have been put to work in
developing and it is hoped that a sec
ond Canon City has been discovered
Rushville Democrat
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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT WOOD LAKE DEPARTMENT
LeRoy Leach Editor
Wanted A little rain Anyone
observing any stray showers please
direct them this way
S G Barnes and wife left for
Ohio on Mondays passenger where
they will spend the summer
Peter Willen formerly a resident of
Wood -Lake came out last week from
Clay City Indiana for the purpose of
making final proof in support of his
tree claim near town He returned
Monday after a pleasent visit -with old
friends
C A Johnson left Saturday morn
ing for a business trip to Fairfax So
Dak
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U G Stevenson and wife of Johns
town spent Sunday in this city
Mrs J Lewis left for Blair Monday
for the purpose of superintending the
shipping of her household goods to
Wood Lake where she will hereafter
reside
Our sheep ranchmen have commenc
ed shearing and expect a first class
wool harvest The best way to farm
in this country is to go into the sheep
business
As news items are fully as scarce as
honest men in the horse stealing busi
ness we will try to describe the humor
ous scenes to be seen While making a
pleasure trip through
THE SUNNY SOUTn
We lef t TVoodlake one chilly No
vember day with a benevolent and
expectant smile a heavy liBed storm
ulster and an unswerving determina
tion to thoroughly explore the tropical
depths of the balmy south TVe had a
pleasant trip down to Omaha stopped
a couple of places with our skates for
the purpose of giving the back of our
head a final crack on the last ice we
expected to observe for quite a period
after which incident we continued our
journey with happy thoughts and a
large lump immediately back of our
brain Arriving at Omaha we traded
our ulster for a light mackintosh and
next morning shot rapidly towards the
grasshoppeiy depths of cyclone Kan
sas where we observed a great number
of hungry people gathering what crop
the Gods had left them then a little
later entered the land of the cheerful
trainrobber and loquacious land agent
loving Missouri
Next morning we passed -through
Independence famous as the town
where Quantrall bought large quanti
ties of pistol caps in war time We
were anxious to closely observe this
most beautiful of Missouri burgs but
were much annoyed at the time by the
train newsboy who insisted at that
favorable moment in a voice of
thunder and indefatigable staying
qualities on selling us the latest edi
tion or the Life of Frank and Jesse-
James but though he had the nerve
of a book agent we purchased not
The trip and scenery south of St
Louis are something one can always
enjoy There are horse shoe curves in
the track every three miles clear to
the Arkansas line and as the train
winds its way swiftly down the grade
eight miles per hour one can step off
the car platform take a nap and
lnuch in the woods and still have am
ple time to walk across the curve and
board the train once more Now there
may be some lovely country in south
ern Missouri as the land agent would
have us believe but we were unable
to observe any on account of the
thick growth of scrubby timber
which covered the entire country
TVe will here remark however that
our trainmen on the F E M V are
not as accomodating as Missouri train
men are for in spite of the swift rate
at which trains are run they stop every
half mile in the woods to nick un
everyAunt Dinah and George Washing
ton who run out of the woods Truly
this is the personification of unselfish
ness and we would not be mean enough
to here describe the feelings of the
average passenger who is impatiently
and constantly asking the conductor
when in h do you expect to get
into Little Rock at this rate of speed
Indeed that were out of place here
After spending a week in Stuttgart
Arkansas we journey into the country
quail hunting and enjoyed ourselves
fully as much at the quails expense
as the mosquitoes do themselves at
ours and make a triumphant return
to the temperance city covered A with
cypress moss mud and mosquitoes
bites and wondering whether the
land agent who so glowingly described
the tropical glories of eastern
sris was7 nt seated on the peak of Mount
Blanc when he wrote such delusive
phantasies But at last we retire and
enjoy our sieep ureuiumg umn wc
have at last captured the long-looked-for
wood tick and put him to the tor
ture but alas it is but a dream we dis
cover two days later as we carry our
shoe in our hand to ease the spot where
Simeon
Fine rain Saturday evening
There was a good turnout at the
picnic Saturday and every body seem
ed to enjoy himself A basket dinner
was had at G M Davis and after
dinner the crowd went to the cem etery
and decorated the graves There were
45 persons present
TV F Morgareidge had the mis
fortune to get kicked by a horse and
was quite badly hurt
Amos Strong lost one of his fine
driving horses while on the flats last
Sunday
The County Surveyor was surveying
in these parts last week TVe under
stand that some people must build
new houses or live on U S land
Harve Hobbs is repairing the school
house this week
Dont forget Childrens Day at the
new church
Claud Eeece was so busy last Satur
day that he forgot about the picnic
Oscar
At the January meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners the
following estimate for county expenses
for the year 189b was made
County Bridges
Court and Jury
Precinct Officers
County Officers
Jail and Boarding Prisoners
County Roads
Supplies for Poor
Sinking Fund and Interest
Rent of County Offices
Bounty on Wild Animals
Fuel and Repairs
Books Blanks and Stationery
Honorably Discharged Soldiers
4000
4000
4000
3500
2000
2000
2000
2000
810
400
300
300
200
Total 25510
Attest Geo Elliott County Clerk
liana Office Business
During the month of May final
proof was made through the land office
here on nineteen timber culture appli
cations for 3032 acres of Northwest
ern Nebraska land and on eleven
homestead entries for 1719 acres
Sixteen homestead entries were made
for 2 541 acres and 160 acres were
sold for cash
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HACKEEftRY Lake June 2 189G j
Herbert Daniete has applied a new
coat of paint to his bnggy and is try
ing to get u match for his sorrel horse
He was out among thpm last Sunday
something strange
Beware of cattle theves They are
not all sent to Lincoln vet as the
he tarried Perhaps this lovely Harris boys and Itobert Quisenbery
try where the editor of The Stuttgart I had 21 head of the best steers drivou
Free Press savs potatoes are raised
for Xebraskans to eat is all that it is
claimed to be as a producing country
we can testify to the size of the mos
quitoes and doctor bills and thickness
of malarial growth but we prefer the
crystal air of Nebraska and even if
we cant enjoy tropical advantages
we are content to struggle on in igno
rance and to trust to our potato crop
We are content to dream of the days
when we wandered
In the land of mammoth wood ticks
Where the huge mosquito hummeth
Where the wind it never bloweth
Where the negro swarms in myriads
In the land of sweet potatoes
Georgia
We are sorry to learn of the severe
illness o Miss Alice Kilgore formerly
of Georgia but nowof Johnstown and
hope to hear of her recovery soon
Theodore Mohr and John Osterman
are going to Minnesota to improve
their fortunes TVe prophecy they
will wish themselves in Cherry county
before the Lajvest of 97
Our section foremen Grabe and
Stosh each took on a hand June 2nd
The railroad through this part of the
country is hard to keep in repair on
account of the blowing of the sand
into the deep cuts in the Sand Hills
News items never were so scarce
since news came in fashion not even
a wedding to furnish the material for
gossip
I see by The Democrat that you
are going to celebrate the 4th in Val
entine All right boys hang out your
banner to the breezeand have a good
old time celebration It will make
you forget for the day the hardships of
these years of scarcity and lack of
money
And now comes Fd Satterlee who
being first duly sworn says he will
faithfully and impartially play post
master at Nenzel during the pleasure
of G Cleveland
A fine shower of rain on the first
day of June has revived the crops
after the frosts of the 28th and 29th of
May and prospects look more favor
able for a good harvest
Wanted A Rouble self acting
and automatic potato bug extinguish
er with- full directions for use A
small boy of profane habits will find
employment with the machine
U and I
off last week They captured the cat
tle but not the thieves
Horse training and fitting seem to
oe the order of the day especially with
C C Thompson and Harry Ware
They dont take time to eat or sleep
TVe had a fineshower last Saturday
night and every thing looks refreshed
and fair prospects of a hay crop and
and some grain and potatoes
G T Spain purchased a fine bay
horse yesterday of C C Thompson to
match his team Looks as it U T is
thinking of jumping over the broom
Good Morning
Valentine will celebrate on
Jfuly 4tJi
Clmrcli Hctvh
Service in the M E church next
Sunday at 11 a m andS00 p m Ep
worth League at 700 p m Prayer
meeting Thursday evening at 730
All are cordially invited O L Bara
sey pastor
The Ladies Guild of the Episcopal
church meets with Mrs Frank Fischer
this evening
Bev J C Sloan of Alliance sends
word that owing to illness he will be
unable to preach the memorial sermon
here next Sunday He says he will
probably preach here the last of the
mouth
Epworth League subjects for meet
ings in June will be Christ and the
Church The topic for Sunday is
His Membership in the Jewish
Church Luke 221 23 41 42 49
Matt 313 16
Preparations are being made to
observe Childrens Day June 14 with
appropriate exercises in the Methodist
church
Rev J M Bates will conduct servi
ces in the Episcopal church Sunday
morning and evening His evening
sermon will be upon The Christian
Ministry and should -be well attend
ed
Christian Endeavor topic for next
Sunday is The Grace of Humility
Mark 9 33 37 John 131 17
Xate Political Mctvs
Up to date 21 democratic state con
ventions have peen held and 376 dele
gates to the national convention elect
ed Of these 176 are for sound money
and 182 for silver not counting Ne
braska which will send a double dele
gation The Chicago Chronicle says
that democracy will in all probability
declare for free silver at its national
convention The senate has passed
the Butler bond bill which prohibits the
president issuing bonds without the
consent of congress The vote was
32 for to 25 against Seventeen demo
crats voted for the bill
The case of the State of Nebraska
vs Fetterly and Daniels charged with
stealing the Barnard mare came up
for preliminary hearing in Judge
Farnsworths court Wednesday last
and the defendants waived -examination
to the court The court placed
sheir bail at 500 each which they
failed to get and were remanded to
jail where they still remain Sprinf
view Herald
Attention
Joint memorial services will be held
Sunday June 7 by the Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias and Modern Wood
men lodges Visiting brothers are
invited to participate in the exercises
Members of the order named will meet
at their lodge room at 10 a m sharp
and march to the M E chureh at 11
where the Rev O L Ramsey
wm aeiiver cne memorial sermon
After the church services all will
march to the cemetery to decorate the
graves of deceased brothers The
12th Infantry Band will furnish
music
U S Land Office Valentine Nebr I
June 2 1890
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of her intention to
make final proof in support of lujr claim and
that said proof will be made before the Regster
and Receiver at Valentine Neb on July 11th
1896 viz
Mary A Thompson formerly Mary A
Rogers of Simeon Neb
H E No9443fortheSSWiJ Sec 5 SEy
SE Sec 6 NWJ4 NW Sec S Tp 32 N It 23
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He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land viz
William J Leach Alfred J Eopers of Simeon
James H Bradley Maud 31 Bradley of Valen
tine Nebr
C E GLOVER Register
P F SIMONS
PROPRIETOR OF
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Satisfaction guaranteed
Reasonable charges
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Dont sleep all the time
You cant afford to pay the
-old time prices with 50 to 10W
per cent profit Pay cusll
when you buy and get cash
when you sell The smaller
the profit the larger the sales
Thats our plan
It I ays
It Pays
AND IT PAYS
US
It Pays
It Pays
YOU
THE TAILOR
Is always ready to make a fit
dont forget the place
N
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BERGER
Opposite Geo Hornhys
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TONSORJAL
ARTIST
Hair cutting and shaving
Shop -in the W H Moses building
HOT AND COLD BATHS
Valentine Nebr
WILLET
NO 17109
Sire of Nahoh 4 230 Sire
Rochester 616 Record
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Sire of
BELLBOY - 2 3i DINNIE - 225
OKIANIA - 2 25 MINOT - 2C
FLOKESTINE - 2CJi SENSATION - 229J
And mauy others
1st dam JEANNETTE by HAM
BLETONIAN 157
Dam of Willet sire of Nabob 230 and Ka
tana dam of Nornette 225 Hazels Sire of
the dams of Ida Belle 223 and Lottie K 227
2nd dam DAUGHTER OF ABDEL
LAH 15
Sire of Goldsmith 3Iaid 2i4
Will stand the season at M R Far
ris place ons fourth mile south of the
depot at Valentine Nebraska
TERMS- 1000 to insure foal
Ij W MANJDY Keeper
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BLACKSMITH ad
WAGONMAKER
Repairing a Specialty
prices Strickly Cash and Low
er than ever
SHOP on Cherry St opposite LaDgs
old stand
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TTTC -you have been paying 1000 for
JF what we ask only 700 then
yon have paid 800 too much
fffl yn lave money to spend it is
-- your 2rivilege to o where it
will -buy the most nay more it is
your duty
XjjCTJJJ jUTT you have seen our
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goods and prices
we will be willing to leave this to your 1
judgment
Wehave just received a new
assortment of
CLOTHING HATS ANQ SHOES
also
Shirts Overalls Suspenders
Socfcs Gloves etc
Good fancy suspenders - 15c
Extra heavy - 25c
Good fine socks per pair - 10c
Rib top socks 4 pair for - 25e
Good socks per pair 5c
Good boys Shirt - - 43c
Good mens shirt - - 48c
Good mens gloves - - 48c
Fine assortment of pants at 148
Remember
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