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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1896)
ii V rfe zJftT Our f 1 -1 4 tscaeasfrtassttajaijee aatedawftwafceaaaas This is not the picture of a cat TRUNKS VALISES Hats Clothing and furnishings - 1Ve pride ourselves on always turning out a first class fit SELDEN THE TMLOR Knows how tD do it TOB RGER C M SAGESER TONSORIAL ARTIST Hair cutting and shaving Shop in the W H Moses building HOT AND GOLD BATHS Valentine NeM - Bicycles Ladies and Gentlemens Bicycles at YOUR PRICE AND TERMS Any o the leading makes furnished you Hpon easy payments at -catalogue prices as follows Wheels costing 55000 and uuder will be delivered to you fcrlooo cash and S200 per month Wheels cost ing over 5000 for 1500 cash and 8300 per month Wheels delivered on receipt of the first payment Wheels Guaranteed to he Neo and First tlass in all respects or Money Refunded Decide upon make of wneel you desire and order by number from catalogue of that manufacturer Can also furnish anything in the cycle line Address A D REED NEW ERA BUILB1NG HARRISON STREET AND BLUE ISLAND AVE CHICAGO ILLINOIS To Sioux City anil the East Buy your tickets to ONeill and take Pacific Short Line there it doesnt cost any more and it saves hours The Democrat and the Thrioe a week 2Tew York World one year But this is the place where the crowd always goes because they can select from 3f17 mci better join the procession V v qr YOUR CHILDREN Bbr the SUNFLOWER SHOE Made of the best materials Solid throughout No shoddy in them The peculiarity of the sunflower is lhat it always looks the sun squarely in the face If you buy a pair of these shoes we can look you squarely in the face when you come for another pair For a fine shoe buy the EiJEPEOOF Durability is not sacrificed for fineness latest stvle A model school shoe THE ADMIRAL Por men and boys Lace or congress Globe or needle toe A stylish duroble shoe for a small rice FOR THE LADIES A nice assortment of dress patterns at a bargain In Cashmere ftenrietta Serge Brilliantine and Kouelty Goods Tust in Dont fail to see them THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT Successor to CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT ROBERT GOOD Editor and Publisher The subscription price of The Democrat is 1 per year but if sub scription is allowed to become delin quent it will be chatged at the rate of 125 This is done as a means of protection to the publisher When your subscription becomes delinquent you will be notified of the fact and theli25 rate wilt not be charged without your knowledge Nels Anderson of Omaha is in town Window shades of all kinds at C E Watsons 29 Paints oils and Watsons varnishes at C B 20 If you want to buy tame pigeons call at this office Large bill of new style mens hats at T C Hornbys - 30 Wanted xirl for general work Inquire at City Hotel John McHardie wife and family are visiting with J J Guth and wife C D Loose of Scotia Nebr was in town the first of the week on busi ness The Indian annuity of 4 per capita willpropably be paid the first of Sep tember Davenport Thacher carry a com plete line of coffins and undertakers supplies 27 Mrs W E Haley and children went to Grookston this morning to spend a week visiting with Mrs Mary rnott Fischer Burleigh sold 130 bead of cattle tD Atlantic Iowa parties the other day The bovines will be ship ped from here tomorrow evening MrsEd Weymouth of Longpine is visiting her brother J C Pettijohn and family Mr Weymouth is in charge of push engine So 24 which is now stationed here J W Teast is the proud father of another boy the little stranger having arrived at his home and taken up his abode with him and liis estimable wife last Saturday morning And the cat nip market is1 expected to boom in consequence Whiiet Fort kpbmSjOn last tojetek the -officers of the Twelfth Infantry presented the officers of the iNmth Cavalry with a loving cup as a token of their esteem The cup is of silver about eight inches high and beauti fully chased John Smyser of the firm o Smyser Vincent accompanied Harry Ed wards to Pierre S D with the two running hof Bes Well Used and Wound ed Knee and returned Saturday Weil Used was slightly injured on the trip but will be in shape to finish the racing season- Workmen are busily engaged in put ting the Bryan Club room across the hall from The Democrat in present able shape It will be the finest room in the city when that expert finisher Martin Christensen gets through with it and will comfortably accomodate a crowd of -100 or more people 3Por tlie IIJB Church Miss Lillian Hedrick the popular dramatic reader and impersonatorwill give a reading here Saturday evening at the ME church assisted by the best of local talent Miss Hedrick was in charge of the Elocution depart ment of the Longpine Chautauqua this year and gave excellent satisfac tion and those who fall to hear her will miss an opportunity which will always be regretted Mrs Isave Miss Greissinger Mr Mast and Mx Fred Ifave of Fort Xiobrara will assist in the entertainment and Mrs A Carroll and Miss OSullivan are to sing Miss Hedrick can entertain an audience by herself and when sup ported by such artists as those named the entertainment will be doubly good The price of admission is low and the church should crowded Saturday evening - - W fti iiaw THE - BIG - STONE - STORE This is hot thcpicture of a crowd 3Pie Largest Stocft and get The Lowest Prices on Dry Goods Shoes and Groceries A 3 Uvinnnn e iraae is cuuBuuiuy luuicaaui Fort Niobrara TO HORNBY Won Two of the Three Ball Gnmes Played at Fort Robinson Hurrah for the whole regiment Twelfth Infantry USA and give a tiger for the Fort Niobrara ball club The boys went up to Crawford and Fort Eobinson last week and won two out of three games of ballplayed with the Ninth Cavalry team on their home grounds whereat we all smile Friday night about sixty members of the Twelfth Infantry together with six officers went to Fort Kbbinson to witness a series of three games of ball to be played in return for the games here about a month ago The first game was played Saturday afternoon and was a horrible disapppihtment to everybody the Fort Niobrara boys being out of form owing to their long night ride and the strange grounds and the game was won by Eobinson on a score of 15 to 9 Sunday afternoon the boys warmed up a little but so did the people Eye witnesses say that it was a regular old time slugging match and the score shows it - However our boys slugged the hardest and won the game by Christys pitching Score 23 to 17 This made honors even and every body was fuHof excitement and per haps felt a little nervous over the pro babVresult of the deciding game Collins was in the box for Niobrara and Feldcamp occupied his possition behind the bat Each team made one in the first and Niobrara made one in the second Niobrara made one in the third and Eobinson two tying the score The tables were turned in the fourth but Eobinson made four in the urtn and tne game stood Y to o m Eobinsons favor Excitement ran High as the sixth seventh and eighth innings were played without either side scoring But the fatal ninth in ning Oh how that did warm the hearts of our people and cause the Eobinson rooters to hold their tongues and writhe in anguish Eobinson only scored twice while five Twelfth Infantry boys trotted over the plate v Score by innings innings 123456 7 89 Niobrara 1 14 200005 10 Eobinson 102040002 9 The boys who went from here say they never received better treatment 4 iwr ni i isL iliSiih in men uvea uuiaiug uejug luu UUli for them OattielasVnight of their stay the canteen was thrown onen to them and almost the entire garrison the band included went to the depot to give them a good send oft and they did it The boys from here dame home loaded down with wealth andf some of them cant lie touched witn a ten foot pole- PICKUPS The entire population of tJrawford and the surrounding country witnessed the games Lieut Harbison is the proud posses sor of a bulldog Which was formerly the property of a Ninth Cavalry of ficer Blazer Christy and Collins did the throwing for Niobrara while Feld camp and Malone wore the masks and guarded home plate Capts Wood and Haskell and Lieuts fiarbisdh Drew Elliott and Hersey were among the officers of the Twelfth who witnessed thfc gajne The members of the Twelfth try extend thanks through The Demo crat to the members of the Ninth tJavalry for the courteous treatment extended them and the good will ex pressed A Ftomise And Daniel rose up and called The Democrat blessed and would have stopped his paper had it -not been paid for in advance The above is taken from the Chron icles of the Street and refers to the er ror made in last weeks paper which gave Col Thompson credit Tot im provements to hisresidence property when said improvements wete made byD S Ludwig Our foreman was at fault and on his behalf we ask Dans pardon and promiselnever to do so again A O V W Picnic The members of the A O TJ W and Degree of Honor lodgesof Valen tine will hold their Annual Picnic Wednesday Sept 2nd Further par- iicuiarswili be decided on later CoaonTiEE niJfi rfcS h - - Vy Mpv M Wyman made us call Sunday V WOOD LAKE DEPARTMENT LeBoy Leach Editor an afternoon C M Bailey and wife spent Tuesday j evening with the editor of thi3 depart J ment Miss Sadie Dewey spent Saturday and Sunday with her relatives at this place Eealizihg that it was tinie we re formed we attended Sabbath school last Sunday and there we counted some thirty old sinners including our self We begin to believe that some of our noble haymaking citizens like Eobison Crusoe know not when day cometh but perhaps they are all Adventists o Miss Nellie Hallenbeck who has been visiting with the family of Post master Leach for about twelve weeks- returned to her home near Omaha last Thursday Haystacks of gigantic proportions are rapidly looming up throughout our valleys these days and the cattle as they watch proceedings over the pasture fence act as if they wished cold weather would at once set in and enable them to commence on thehay they love so well We have been having some cold rains this week and the weather gen erally has been of a sort to cause us to imagine we were in London It was so cold in fact that we almost lost our temper one day the only thing which prevented us was the remem berance of the sayihgWhom the gods would destroy they first make mad Our duty compelss us to kiss every body goodbye this Week give up wield ing the editorial pen in this depart ment thank everyone who bas each week read our erratic intellectual vaporings laid before the eyes of a kindly public through the medium of the art preservative and hie to the sultry depths of the sunny south so we hereby tender to all our friends a tearful farewell with b e st wishes for the literary success of our successor we now lay aside our blue pencil Georgia Your choice for 10 cents and as fine melons as you have seen in Nebraska Who says we cant raise a living in the sand hills j Alex lioaman witn tne necessary help starts today to make and stack a 300 ton ob of hay forsome ranchman 30 miles away Alex is a rustler The 16 to 1 voters of Georgia pre cinct are getting ready to organize a club -goon and work f or-that-one issue without regard to party preferences JNo Mclvmieyism in ours please We take ours straight W M Parker of Spring Creek Indian school was in town yesterday to escort E E Spark and T C Hornby up to his home wfyerei mrs spares anq ivirs nornoy naa pre ceded them one week ago aiih where allj expert a goM time together So ikoih it be While busy pursuing our labors on the Sabbath day reading the Omaha platform we were aroused by an alarm at the doorana xn inquiry fourid it Originated from our old friend Harry Thurston and our new friend Mr Geddis of the Western News Eight away we thought of a remark of King Solomon who saicl as iron sharpeueth iron so doth the facebf frieud and we all being in the Jf aith and it being the Sabbath eve talked of nothing but politics un til evening and then after exhorting each other to be 16 io a republicans 1 every time we parted Another fine rain which Will finish up the corn crop for 96 and cause a smile on the face of TJ and I Weatliei Report Polio wing is a summary of the weather experienced here during the past week and up to 10 6clock this morning DAY TEMP MAX Thursday 90 Friday 88 Saturday 82 Sunday 76 Monday 73 Tuesday 62 Wednesday 75 Thursday 75 IN PKECP 60 - 64 004 63 008 oL 52 031 44 001 59 trace 59 trace Precipitation is given in inches and hundredths Observations by C K Watson of TJ S weather bureau The weather bureau day is from 6 p m to 6 p m marriages Cupid the little god of love is -playing havoc with Uncle Sams boys in blue at Fort Niobrara Last Sat urday Mr Geo Schooler and Miss Ly dia L Wiltse were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony by Judge cott as were also Mr Boby and Miss Edith Ashburn One more cou ple were to have been married on the same day but some way or other they failed to put in an appearance jSTorth Kiver Camp 2o 3769 M W A will hold a picnic at Brbwnlee Sep tember 23 Bacing boating aud other sporte are on the program In the af ternoon a public initiation of a string er will be given- ONLY ONE GIRL it phas Nichols made a trip to Gordon last weeK Andrew Munn and family of Eli were down the river last Sunday Sain Ladd of Gordon visited Hqnry Heckle the latter part of last week -Mesdames Chet and Chas rich came over frcm the Churn Sunday to spend a week on tile river U r auuu There are gold bugs and silver bugs and bugs short and tail But the bed bugs and the flea bugs are the worst bugs dfall I B Nichols is over on the reserva tion plastering We understand he has a large job A good workman has no trouble in getting work eYdh In these -hard times Sakdy JDavauA Precinct Mr Price of Pioneer is dangerously ill Mr Peyton shipped some cattle from Irwin Monday H Schwaberom sold his herd of sheep last week John Enlosr wants to let a contract for stacking 2000 tons of haj The weather is fine since the last rains and late potatoes ate booming but the price is low Homer Hyres and Tim Bichardson report plenty of work in the mount ains at three dollars per day Pole creek school is without a teach er for the winter but there is time yet as school never begins until the hrst of October Watermelon time has come and Itemizer had the plesure of partaking of some fine ones with Mr and Mrs William Tinn last Sunday Pole Creek iTEirizER Mill Prices jor Feeil Bran bulk 40c per owt700ton Shorts bulk 50c per cwt 900 ton Screenings 3uc 600 Chop Feed 70c 1300 Corn 50c Oats 65c The Mill reduced the price on all grades of flour 20c per barrel last Monday 2Sew wheat is 40c per bushel at the Mill 29 Service in the ME church next Sun day at -11 a m and 8 p m Subject of morning discourse Who is Will ing to pay the Price Subject of eve ning discourse - An old k asruoned Methodist JJime At the mornfng service probationers will take the baptismal covenant and in the eve ning they will be taken into full mem bership Bevival services every eve ning at 730 All are cordially invited O L Bamsey Paatdr Thij Democrat SI per year Tie-1- - In the World for Me say the popular song Only nno store in the fowil for mo says the housekeeper who wishes to have every dollar expended tfo its full duty Everything in our estab lishment is marked at prices which will retain regular patrons and induce occasional customers to call again The rapid -increase in the the volume oi our business is the best evidence that the- people of Valentine appreciate this method THE RED FRONT l - V T Mi i i W E HALEY ABSTRACTER Valentine Nebraska The DO NO HER M 7 EONQJKSIlly Proprietor Has been rebuilt and rooms furnished Srit NEW SUITS OF FURNITURE Making it the most complete and comfortable HOTEL IN THE NORTHWEST SAIViPlE mm AND LIVERY STABLE IN GONHECIKU Valentine Nebraska Eli Precinct A Good Entertainment J W Evans wife son and daughter gave a very pleasing literary and mu sicarentertainmenfor the benefit of the Presbyterianjchurch Tuesday even ing and wrewell receivei itfc citizens Tne program consisted of readingsand character delineations by Mrs 4 wans ana selections on the baife 30 mandolin nn guitar by Mr Evans io ou xjx ami uttugucei xieiene Mrs Evans is extremely good in recit ing dialect pieces and bronght the house down with her iriimitable char acterization of first an Irish woman then a Germanand finally a backwoods lady who had been to the city slip ping The music was of more than ordinary qualitv andeoked consider able applause Mr Evans is piano tuner for the various state institutions and lias done considerable work in that line for residents of Yaientine and 3Tcrt 2siobrara Thirteen and Ten Yearfc ArO The following items are taken from x the Valentine Beporter of August 2 3 1883 Henry Stetter opened a meat mar ket Two barbers had a -fight for a fixed sum of money and the trade of the town The fight was declared a draw The adobe work on the mens quarters at the Fort is completed Perry Lawson moved onto his farm From the Democratic Blade of A up 20 1886 First teachers institute opened with Prof McGinnis as conductor assisted by Prof OSullivan and Miss E I Mills 29 teachers present A girl was born to C T Paxton and wife Thermometer registered 96 degrees The irrigation company has com menced cutting its fqurthonsand acres of flax The alfalfa field was rrrieated Tuesday for the first time The first crop of alfalfa was cut about six weeks ago when about a foot in height The crop was not harvested however but allowed to remain on the ground a3 a fertilizer and shade The second crop will be ready to cue in about three weeks XJWeiU Sun U S Land Office Valentine Nebraska Atlg 19th 1896 f Notice is hereby given that Minnie Dodds for merly Minnie Ewart of Lake City Colorado has flleti notice of intention to make flnal proof be fore the Register or Receiver at his office in Val entine Nebr on Saturday the 25t day of Sept 189G on timber culture application No 7C2 for the stSnw1 njiswi of section No 2C in Township No 27 Range No 29 w She names as witnesses Robert Lee Willie Lee John R Lee anfi Thomas McCIean all of Brownlee Neb Testimony of claimant Minnie Dodda will be taken before the Cleric of the District Court of Hinsdale County at his orace in Lake City Colo rado September 25ia 1895 O R GLOVER Regiatesr O W MOREY WATCHMAKER JEWELER Diamonds Watches Clocks Jewelry Silverware Spectacles and Musical Instruments Valentine 1 t U tl r i m t v s Webraslzai - 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