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VOL XI
THIS AND THAT
Vonthty J Jrenfs
-Mascot Cornell Hnll Inly
Oolah Cornell Hull July
IiKlependeiice -July 4
sishool meat uly 7
Populist County Convention Julv S
Teachers Institute hily U
yCountj Coiimussiotiers July i
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Dont
Hall -
forget -Mascot
at Cornell
Xow is thetime to build new side
walks v
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Little Paul White was guile ill ves
ierday
7 15 Lord was up from Simeon
Tuesday
C E Colby was over from Rosebud
yesterday
A G Shaw is expected home in a
day or two
0 us Carlsons -little baby ras quite
ill yesterday
J C Dihlnian was in town a short
time yesterday
Fred Brayton of Wood Lake was in
town Monday
Everybody keeps Fourth of July sup
plies this year
Lottie Hubbard is having trouble
with her eyes again
O W llahn is clerking in Daven
port Thachers store during E J
Davenports absence
Mrs Ella Johnson was up from Bas
sett one day last week
J G Stetter and wife have been vis
iting at Chadron this week
L G Van Slyke was in town a short
time Monday morning from Cody
James AV ell ford made a trip to Bose
iuud last Saturday and returned Mon
6ay
Buy a Seamstress Sewing Machine
of T Q Hornby on the installment
plan -- J
Mrs Chas Sparks and son Laverne
-returned from their visit to Lead City
Sunday v 42Jx -
TT T7Ai fT ntt rrV 1 ii lnn Uefin
IMlLiS iVrtLti ilUJJailttlUlU ISilO ucu
suffering from erysipelas of the eyes
this week -
IS E Gardner of Xorden vas in
town the latter part of last week on
his way to Chadron
Mae OSullivan is on the sick list
this week but it is hoped her illness
Will not prove seribus
The Boston Comic Opera Company
consisting of seventeen people arrived
in town Tuesday night
J A Fike was ntituberetl among
the ill yesterday Same old story
warm cold chill fever
Special sale in shoes at T C Horn
bys from Julv 4th to Julv 12th to
make room for new stock 23
K F Gillaspie tlie only original
Arkansaw Bob was up from Ken
nedy a few days this week
Lew Brownell lias returned to Val
entine and is occupying his old posi
tion as clerk at the land office
Almost everybody went some
place Sunday Driving walking and
visiting parties were numerous
Mogle returned from his
trip east Monday to his place at Cody
Ouess he likes Cherry county after all-
F S Bivens made a trip to St
Sterys -Mission last week The
teachers at that institution came over
withhim
D1I Hubbard who has been in
town having his eyes treated has gone
home very much pleased with Dr
Dwyers work
Col J H Halloway veteran
theatrical manager was in town Sun
day and Monday making the dates for
the Boston Comic OperaCo -
Miss Ferry and Mrs Van Horn
school teachers on the reservation
were in town last night Miss Forty
went to Ainsworth this morning
Notice the change in Bergers adver
tisement This firm has recently add- j
ed a line of gents furnishing goods to
their stock of clothing boots
shoes j
and
F M Walcott went to Kearney
Mondayr to visit his parents He will
-attend the Teptiblican congressional
nt Torth Platta before re-
burning noma -
Davenport Thacher and T C
Hornby were awarded the sugar and
coffee coutract at Rosebud
G Seager was up from his ranch
sputh of Cody yesterday on business
He informs us that he has about 800
head of sheep now and expects to con
tinue raising them as thjgy are money
makers
A letter received here from Miss
Etta Brown at Mt Fleasant Iowa
says she is enjoying her vacation very
much and thjtfcsbejvill attend the Na
tional Educational AssT5tei7ititifit Buf
falo next week -
Raymond White was bitten on the
calf of the left leg Sunday evening by
Cicero Thompsons Great Dane do
Turk It was purely accidental the
dog snapping at another dog which
jumped in front of Raymond
The White House changed propri
etors yesterday and is now being run
by Mrs P Donoher and daughters
M G Hopkins still smiles at the
hotels patrons over the night clerks
desk Hop is a whole hotel force in
himself
Davenport Thacher present ahew
advertisement to Tins Democrats
readers this week They are making
a strong bid for trade these davs and
their efforts to keep the best of every
thing should be encouraged by libsral
patronage
Joe Wheeler representing the Green
Wheeler shoe factory Fort Dodge
Iowa spent Sunday and Monday in
town He is a free silver democrat
doesnt believe in tariff on wool and
would like to go into the sheep busi
ness in Cherry county
Watson and Quigley both have dec
orated their drug stores in elegant
and artistic wajs Quigley displays
a fine line of candies in his show win
dow and one thinks he is in fairyland
when visiting Watsons 14U
j les decorate tne room
C H Cornell E E Sparks Ceo
Elliott Henrv Razey J WV Tueker
andJS J Davenport went to TiVncoIir
Tuesday morning to attend the state
republican convention Most of the
boys will also go to Platte to at
tend tlie congressional convention
Through the courtesy of our triend
J ID Galvin we are in receipt of a copy
of the program of the Fourth of July
celebration at Pine Ridge Agency It
is artistic in conception and faultless in
execution being a fine specimen of
printing The program is printed in
both Sioux and English
Court Reporter John Maher made a
flying trip to Valentine the past week
and is now getting ready to go to
Chicago July 7 John pretends ho is
goiugto see the democratic conven
tion but there is a little milliner who
has a whole lot more to do with it than
any of the democratic Montagues and
Capulets Chadron Signal
Saturday July 18 will be Farm
and State day at the Longpine Chatau
qua Gov Silas A Holcomb and Sen
ator John M Thurston will be present
to deliver addresses one in the after
noon and one the evening These dis
tinguished gentlemen will surely be
present With such an auspicious
opening the Chautauqua ought surely
to be a success this year
We ate informed that Trank Whi
tecar of Ainsworth has been appoint
ed inspector for the government at the
Rosebud brick yard The editor of
this paper has known Frank for sever
al years and congratulates him upon
his appointment We know of no bet-
man for the position than he and the
government showed good judgment in
securing him for the situation He
vill satisfy all liarties concerned
The storm last Friday night was very
destructive in some localities In
OJSeilf no damage was done worth
mentioning but a most singular thing
happened here nevertheless Two
K freight cars standing on one of the
sidetracks of the F E M V rail
road were blown on to the main track
One Car was found the next mornino
at Stafford and the other atr
having been carried along by the storm
for over twenty miles Scjme boys
must have loosened the brakes during
the earlier patt of the night and the
cars forced the split swich intb position
as they were driven forwa
wind aaVeSZ Sim
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TWO DEAD
RESULT OF A SHOOTING AF
FRAY AT FT NIOBRARA
Irivate WVnvorMlioots Serjeant
illusion anil iw in Tnrii fJwU Ivy
-ml Strinc The ft lory of
Terrible Affair
Two men were killed at Fort Nio
brara last Saturday morning abont J
oclock Sergeant Livington of Co D
and Private Weaver of Co C
The cause of the tragKlv dates back
some two or JUm go when
PrivateTlcEivoy of Co D and Weaver
of C had some trouble which stirred
up bad blood between all the men of
the two companies Just what this
trouble was is not stated While on a
spree a few days later Weaver went
over to the D company quarters and
tried to pick a quarrel but was unsuc
cessful Sergeant Livingston ordering
the man to return to his own quarters
under penalty of arrest Weaver did
not like this but lie obeyed the com
mand and the incident was almost-for-
gdtten Weaver however continued
drinking until the canteen oflicerSj re-
fused to sell
him
anything
more to
drink
naving successfully passed inspec
tion Saturday moruing Weaver was or
dered to go on guard His sobering
up process seemed to have plunged
him into a fit of melancholy and he
sat on the porch of his coapany quar
ters apparently brooding over his real
or fancied injuries while waiting for
guard mount A s he sat thus Ser
geant Livingston came up the street
on his way to the postbliice Weaver
saw him rose from his seat greeted
the- passing soldier with a Good
morning sergeant and raising the
gun to his shoulder said Im going
to shoot you The sergeant started to
run but before he had taken more
than two or three steps Weaver fired
and shot him through the breast The
ball entered the body near the right
igpie went ifthrQUgha the heart and
left lung and passed out of the left
side under the arm The sergeant fell
and died almost instantly
Instantly all was contusion tlte men
running out of their quarters all along
the line and the officers leaving their
residences on the other side 6f the pa
rade ground Several of Weavers
friends rah forward to disarm him but
by this time the man rwas perfectly
wild and waving them aside he com
menced firing right and left down and
across the parade ground as he walked
along the street The soldiers gave
him plenty of room Corporal of the
Guard Cummings ran up but Weaver
halted him and told him tostaud back
remarking Youre too good a man
to kill About this time there was
some lively scrambling for places of
safety as no one could tell where the
next shot was going to strike
After every possible effort had been
made to disarm the crazy man Lieut
Clark ordered one of the guard to fire
aiming low Guard Strine obeyed the
order and the shot struck the magazine
of Weavers rifle bursting it into a
dozen or more pieces and sending them
into his groin The wounded man
fell bleeding to the ground and even
after receiving his fatal hurt fired
three moreShots using the rifle as a
single shdt weapon When from loss
of bit od the man became so weak he
could no longer work the mechanism
of the gun his comrades ran to his aid
and made him as comfortable as pos
sible the Red Cross ambulance was
called and he was taken to the hospital
where he died soon after One of the
wounds in Weavers groin was as
large in diameter as a silver dollar
The foregoing is the complete story
of the sad affair as learned bv
Democrat while on the ground
uhours after the tragedy
Seargeant Livingston was
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metVand had many friends among the
memnoteonly of his own company but
jOlie entire regiment liis action in
siootingjSergt Livingston can only be
accounted for on theigrouud that he
ras temporarily insane This theory
has maiiy advocates and is probably
the right one his action in shooting
into his own company quarters being
cited as eviden ce
The funeral of Sergeant Livingston
rook place at Fort Xiobrara Sunday
afternoon at 10 and was witnessed
by a large number of people from Val
entine and the surrounding country
The entire garrison turned out in obed
ience to the regulations of the army
which require every man of a rank
equaPbr inferior to the dead to attend
the funeral ltftvas i full dress affair
Weaver was given a private burial at
7 oclock Sunday morning
Lieutenant Clark and Guard strine
are entirely exonerated for the part
they played in the tragedy Nothing
could be done t disarm the crazy man
and for the safety of others it was im
perative that he be disabled The shot
which killed him was not intended to
inflict a fatal wound and it would not
have been serious had it not struck the
magazine of Weavers gun tftrihe is
a member of Weavers company
Jfcai Jeiis Picnic
Theirls of Valentine are trumps
royal good fallows as it were at least
that is the unanimous opinion of the
bachelors of this progressvie little burg
Most people seem tio have forgotten
hat this is leap year but the girls of
alentine are not among that number
Kotnvuch They know that leap year
wont come again for eight years and
they are determined that the present
shalibe made the most of so last Sun
day they gave a picnic Kow we are
not going to say whether it was right
for the girls to do this but the fact re
mains that they did do it so of neces
sity it must have been right The pic
nic was to be held at Thachers grove
west of town and the first problem for
ctiiVgiilsTtojsvilve was
stionA The grounds are only a mile
and a quarter from town so of course
it would be ridiculous to hire carriages
and besides well there were other
reasons tooso they secured a great
big hay wagon and loaded the boys in
to that and there all were just as com
fortable as could1 be The cornmissary
wagon a double carriage followed af
ter We wont attempt to describe the
scene at the grounds but there were
hammocks galore and good humor and
hilarity in abundance Some of the
hammocks faded as usual but who
cares for a dress or trousers at a pic
nic The commissary department pro
vided a bountiful dinner and lunch
There was ice cream three freezers full
and cake and sandwiches and pickles
and chickens and peaches and straw
berries and lemonade and other
things The girls kept the boys out
until eight oclock but nobody seemed
to care about that Altogether it was
a great time and if you dont believe
Tile Democrat ask Anna Bivens and
Walter Jackson Anna Connolly and Al
Thacher Cora Gillette and Joe Yeast
Minnie De Woody and Will Kincaid
Sadie Dewey and Frank Brayton Nel
lie Biillisand Joe Putmecil Mae6Sul
livan Delia Sawyer and Charlie
Schwalm Edna Dwyer and John Smy
ser Edith Stark and Zike Brauer
They kriow all about it
Following
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is a summary of the
wtather experienced here during the
pa t week and up to 10 oclock this
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Buyers always liave to experiment
to a certain extent but pefore buying
extensively they slionM not fail to see
our goods and get prices They can
not be equalled much less excelled
Our Summer G oods are especially fine
Watch this space in the future and we
yill keep you posted on what is latest
and best
Thmhb
WHILE YOU ABE BUYING -GROCERIES
CONFECTIONERY
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Valentine Nebraska
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Exchange bought and sold Loans upon good security solicited atreasonable
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Roasts Dry Salt Meats
and the finest line of rSmoksd
Hams and Brekiast Bacon
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