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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
VOL XII
THIS AND THAT
Cemitia Eventa
Farmers Institute Jan 30
Groundhog Day Feb i
School House Bond Election Feb 5
Hi Valontines Day Feb 14
A O V W Supper Feb 22
Washingtons Blrthday Feb 22
School bond electioa February 5
B O Goodrich of Cody waB in
town Saturday
John Steinbrecher was down from
Ripley Monday
8aiurday night
Frank Zerung of Norden ws on
our streets last Friday
Joseph McCloud of Simeon was
town Monday on business
Hans of Georgia was
town on business last Friday
The brick work on the ndianschool
buildings is about completed
A vote for school bonds is vote
give employment to home labor
Wanted Fresh milch cow
bnce Enquire at The Dohoher
Tas Rav is once more able to
at
be
around Uwn without assistance
L Geldfaammer of Rushville regis
tered at the City Hotel Saturday
R T Fauver of south of Wood
Lake was in town Monday night
David McConaha was up from
Brown county ou business Tuesday
John Brown came over from the
agency Tuesday and will return today
C E Glover spent last week in
Aurora Lincoln and -other eastern
cities
E W Blakey sheriff f Falls River
-county South DaKota Maras in town
Tuesday
t
Dr J J Evans has been laid up for
several days with a severe attack of
neuralgia
The Presbyterian church at Gordon
was formally dedicated one week - ago
ilast Sunday - t -
Detmtv Sheriff Henry Razey was in
Nenzel ind vicinity Tuesday on
official business
Maggie Herring who has been ill of
typhoid fever at Rev Moores is im
provingrapidiy
John Neiss and U OBryan were
over from the reservation several days
during the last week
Mrs John Keif of southof Arabia
has been quite ill but is now -en thd
high road to recovery
R F McCauiey of Fort Niobrara
is staying in this week having having
some dental work done
A home talent minstrel show was
given by some of the boys at Fort
Niobrara Tuesday night
Rev J M Bates stopped off -here
yesterday while on his way home to
Longpiue from Crawford
Lew A Webb of Norden was in
town Tnesdav He will travel for a
grocery house in the future
Geo H Hornby has commenced
building a new dwelling house on the
site of the old M E church
Mrs Jas Finnegan of Chadronand
her sister Mrs Skinner of Terry -are
expected here in the morning
The citizens of Brown county -are
organizing for an immense grand
round up wolf hunt on Feb 22
Will all the gentlemen who said we
were going to have an open winter
please stand up and be counted
Rev Jas F Cross and little daugh
ter returned from Ohio Tuesday and
went over to Rosebud on the stage
Rev J C Sloan of Alliance is in
town and will preach at the Presby
terian church tomorrow Friday even
ing
F Fischer and Stetter Bros filled
their ice houses with crystallized aqua
pura from Lake iinnechaduza this
week
dD S Efner who has been on the
aick list for the last week or two is
meandering around the streets once
mre
Miss Fannie Clark of Ainsworth
-assisting Cora Giileito in the
is
dress-
making department 2 her roilHRcry
Sam Parry has recovered from his
recent illneL s sufficiently to return to
his home m the river and will soon be
as well as usual
Miss Wren Donoher returned feom
her visit to Chadron yesterday morn
ing and the Donoher oflBce ha re
gained its cheerful look
- Ta8 Wellford resigned his position as
driver on the iicscbud stage and F
C Thompson commenced work in his
place Saturday morning
Alvin Thayer was down from Gor
C II Cornell returned from Chicago
dan gamay as a witness for contest-
in
in
to
ant in the contest case of Beamer vs
Jorgensen He returned home
day
Next Tuesday is ground hog day
and the sporting editor of this highly
moral newspaper is betting barrels of
ducats that the beast will see his
shadow
County Clerk Elliott has received a
certificate from the secretary of state
shewing hat 3100J acres of land were
added to the Cherry county tax list
during the past year
From Tuesdays papers we learn
that Mrs Mary J Donoher has at last
been granted a pension This will be
good news to her many friends here
at Gordon and elsewhere
Born To Mr and Mrs Win Ack
ley of Thacher Friday morning
January 22 a ten pound boy Dr W
D Donoher officiating All parties
concerned are doing well
County Treasurer Crabb went to
Lincoln Monday morning to make his
annual settlement with the state
editor He will probably Omaha
fend other places while sgoue
It is authentically reported that in
the
thermometer registered 25 degrees be
low zero Monday while on the outside
it was only 16 degrees below
John G Maher of Chadron haB
been appointed as a colonel on Govern
or Holcombs staff Johnny will bear
iaionorswithdignUyaud graceand
yore
Sheriff Strong went to Omdha Sun
day andlast night returned with Den
Collins one of the men whoibroke jail
here about a year ago Coliins is wan
ted for -stealing harness from Capt
Archer
Geo McMillan who came from
CrippleCreek Colo to act as foreman
of the brick construction at the Indian
schools returned to his home in Wil
mington Ohio Tuesday bis labors
here being completed
Uncle Sams weather bureau is a
very useful and generally reliably ad
junct of the government but the
Chicago man has made several bad
breaks iately However we will for
give him on account of his past truth
fulness
One of the queer things to be seen
around town is the sigu of McKinley
Club Headquarters in letters a foot
aud a half high stretched over the entrance-to
the county court room The
judge it will be remembered is a
Bryan demociat
Owingto the inclement weather of
last Saturday the farmers meeting
1 which was to have been held was post
poned to Saturday January 30 when
a large attendance is expected Turn
out everybody and keep the good
work moving on
Col W W Thompson slipped ami
fell on the sidewalk Tuesday night
while on his way home from K of P
lodge injuring his left wrist and
severely straining back Though
confined to his bed his in j dries are not
considered serious
Dr C E McChesney
Iudian agent and Maj J Geo Wright
U S Indian inspector came over
from the agency Tuesday and left on
yesterday mornings passenger Maj
-Wright being bound for Fort Hall
Idaho and Dr McChesney for Wash
ington D C
Those who are working for school
house bonds are doing so becanse they
know that a substantial warm well
ventilated and well lighted school
house is needed Two thirds of all
those who oppose the bonds concede
thict wo need a aew buildinz vet thev
don t eeem willing to try to get what
they stfmit weougbt to har
Publiskefor Jftmr Years as
CHERRY COUNTY5 INDEPENDENT
VALENTINE CHERRY OCX NEBRASKA THURSDAY JANUARY 28 1897
Wanted A ttehool Hawe
Editor of The Democrat
A boDd of 10000 at 6 pel ent will
require 600 annually to pay the in
terest and would require a levy of five
mills It would also requires levy of
four mills for the sinking fund thus
making a total 9 mills necessary to
be levied for both principal and inter
est providing ia sinking fund is created
from the start -and providing there
should be no increase in the amount of
taxable property n the district during
the twenty year s the bonds would run
It is not necessary to create a sink
ing fund from the start and the
amount of taxable property will sure
ly increase
The taxable property -of the district
315
Store bldnj
350
100
240
US
175
900
360
il0
200
189
2 ID
GO
144
i0
1WU
560
210
1 32
120
very oppresr
sivels 7
Every laboring man in town that
wants work will get it and many of
them will earrl as much in a week as
their whole bond tax will amount to in
the twenty years The building will
undoubtedly be built of stone and at
-least 7000 will be paid to vhB laboring
ud busjnessmen of our town The
merchants of out town wilbin tne nd
get practically all of this 7000 ThV
profit on the goods sold for this amount
of money will be more than the mer
chants of the town will pay on the
bonds in the twenty years If we get
the new school house we will save
400 a year in rent and repairs The
building of a new school house is cer
tainly the proper thing to do from a
business standpoint to say nothing
about the health and comfort of the
children of our town
New School House
Death of H Ct -Barnes
The news of the death of Samue1 G
Barnes at Wood Lake last Friday was
a sad -shock to his many friends here
though it was not entirely unexpected
he having been ill for over a year
The funeral was held at Ainsworth
Sunday morning under the auspices of
the Odd Fellows and Masonic lodges
services being held in the ME -church
R6V C F Smith of Stuart preached
thef uneral sermon to a large concourse
of friends 15of whom came from Val
entine and 23 from Wood Lake
rThose who attended the funeral
from here were M H Hopkins W
W Thompson G H Hornby John
Neiss AlexCharbonrreau W T Kin-
caid brother Masons and Frank Bray
iton J H Yeast F M Walcott Robt
Robinson G H Q Smith E J Dav
enport D H Thurston A H Fergu
son and J A Hitt Odd Fellows
This part was given aone and one
third fare rate by the railroad company
and returned on the Evening freight
Samuel G Barnes was born at Ev
ans Erie county N Y May IS 1836
and died at Wood Lake January 22
1897 aged 0 years 8 months 7 days
Dpceased was married to Elizabeth
Rosebud I Biggart December 16 1853 -at
delphia In 1870 the couple moved to
Dayton Ohio and in 1882 came west
locating in Brown county where they
remained until 1888 when they came
to Wood Lake which place has been
their home ever since Mr Barnes
was a consistent member of the Evan
gelical Lutheran church Wood Lake
Lodge No 205 A F A M E D
Fancher Post No 259 G A R Johns
town Nebr and Valentine Lodge fco
205 1 0 O F He enlisted in the late
war as a private in Co F 21st Reg O
V I Aug 1861 re enlisted in ApriK
1864 and was discharged at Philadel
phia Nov 21 1865 having attaiued
the rank of seargeant under Capt J P
Reynolds His wife and two children
C A Barnes and hirz U G Steven Son
eurviyo hiin
he school rooms were so cold this
weak that many of the scholars were
compelled to wear their wraps and
overshoes while studying
183 Bertha Childe is now located
in A T Whites bouse on Cherry
street and will remain here for several
months doing the duties of a deacon
ess in the Episcopal church holding
services every Sunday night when
Rev Bates is not present
E E Moberly senior member of the
firm of E E Moberly Co of Chicago
was in town the first of the week se
curing needed information in regard
-to the aesoant character etc of the
subplies which will be issued to- the
has nre than doubled during the past liindiatjs thi3 spring with a view -to
v
nine years The larger pare or tne iny
crease has been during the last six
years at a time when we have had
three crop failures and the worst
financial panic the country has ever
seen We believe it reasonable to pre
sume that the taxable property of this
district will more than double during
the next twenty years If so it would
make an average assessed valuation of
very near 190000 Then it would re-
quire an aveiage levy of about six
mills to raise the principaland interest
A five mill levy could be made during
the first ten years and a larger one if
necessary during the last ten
NAMR rROiKRTV VALUATION TAX
W K Haley Kesldence 2 gj35
u G Dunn
Fred Milter
K McDonald
M ChJisteusen
Clias Maxwell
A Lewis
W T Hullis
Kobt Eobinson
K J Davenport
u
J M Carpenter
PWCi awson Barber rest
8myser Vincent Barn
This does not look so
nrn - no
- 20 l2U
securing the contract for furnishing
same He is a nephew of the com
missioner of Indian affairs and is a
very pleasant gentleman in conversa
tibn
To the ChriNlinn Homo
Tuesday morning Rev O T Moore
went to Council Bluffs with Mrs
Henry Nearpass and children leaving
the latter at the Christian Home in
in that place while the mother went
on to Missouri Valley where sho has
relatives The boy and girl are about
8 and 6 years old respectively and
compared to what they were compelled
to endure here life at the Home will be
paradise Rev O T Moore will visit
relatives in University Place Lincoln
before returning home tomorrow
Williamson Towne
At the residence of the brides par
entson Cherry street je3terday after-
noon at 4 oclock John M
s
ana ieiia u J owne were
Williamson
ioined in
hoMv matrimony Rev Saml Holsclaw
officiating The bride is a daughter of
County Judge W R Towno and the
groom is a sergeant in one of the com
panies of Uncle Sams infantry sta
tioned at Fort Niobrara The cere
mony and subsequent dinner was par-
ticinated in by a few of the intimate
tneir
School Funds
County Treasurer Crabb last week
received 851 89 from the state treas
urer as Cherry countys share of the
school moneys up to December 30
1896 This amount together with 132
received from fines imposed in this
county has been apportioned among
the various districts as follows
DT8 AMT DIS AM DI8 AMT DIS AMT
1 S1S9 05 19 18 39 3G 17 23 58 815 50
2 24 15 0 17 81 33 10 32 53 15 50
3 137 21 13 77 89 14 35 61 17 23
4 15 50 22 20G8 42 6 8C C5 19 89
B 18 96 24 13 77 45 13 20 67 13 20
G 8 59 25 16 08 47 20 69 70 29 45
7 2819 27 16 08 48 14 93 71 9 16
8 12 05 28 16 08 49 18 96 74 22 42
10 1839 30 3453 50 1320 75 916
12 14 93 31 18 39 52 14 93 80 12 62
13 916 32 25 88 53 1C66 81 9 73
16 18 96 33 916 55 9 74 82 14 93
17 1147 34 17 23 56 18 33 83 9 74
IS 12 3
The Waehlpl lub
A dancing club bus been organized
among society folks of Valentine with
the ahove name Dr C A Wells T C
Hornby and C H Cornell being the
promotre8 The first dance under the
auspices of the club will be given to
morrow evening and thereafter on the
first and third Wednesday evenings of
each month These dates will not
conflict with any of the lodges The
name of the club is Indian for dan
cing and the pronunciation is easy
It Is not pronounced WachipZe nor
Wacitppie but as if twere spelled
with the accent on
the second syllable The club dances
will commence at 830 prompt and end
at 12 p m without supper unless you
want it
A Difficult Operation
Saturday Aug Weltke of Wood
Lake was brought to Valentine to be
treated for appendicitis and Sunday
an operation was performed upon the
man by Drs Dwyer and Donoher
assisted by Dr C A Wells The
operation was exceeding difficult a
calculus or stony formation having
odged at the mouth of the vermiform
appendix and worked clear through
the stomach This obstruction togeth
er with the diseased appendix were re
moved and at present writing the pa
tient is improving rapidly This oper
ation is one that under the most favor
aole circumstances even is attended
with great danger and in the present
case the success of tho operation
speaks volumes for the ekill of out
local eurgeoos
NO i
THE BEST
As well as the Cheapest of ev
erything in the Grocery Drf
Goods Boot or Shoe Hat or
Cap line can always be had of
Davenport Thacher
Good Goods Fair Treatment Low Prices
are a few of the ckaracterists of our
store New Goods are constantly arriving
DIDNT YOU KNOW
That the best plaee in town to buy fre3h
fruits and vegetables is at Pettycrews
DIDNT YOU KNOW
That the best place in town to buy gro
ceries and confectionery is at Pettyerews
DIDNT YOU KNOW
friends of- the contracting parties and ffl Jtl9t TOO SfclO
innnlullaffliiH
home at Foit Niobrara
Where we are
- flOB
That the highest price for butter aud egg3
is always paid at Petty crews
If you didnt try him and you wiH
Who we are CITY DRUG STORE
JH QUJGLEY PROP
DEALER IN
TOILET SUNDRIES
MAIN STREET
VALENTINE - NEBRASKA
HE HAS TO GO
LADIES
16 -GOLD -16
WATCH
O W MOREY
JEWELER
And in that respect he is like
our line of
TOYS DOLLS
FANCY GOODS
ETC ETC
Out of the immense stock we
carried before Christmas there are
a number of choice articles left
arilbthey must go though prices
havev to be reduced to cost Ev
erythin is up-to-date Come in
and see Some excellent bargains
in toilet goods Another thing worth noting is the fact that we carry
a full line of drugs and proprietary medicines and yon need not
TRY AN
EXPERIMENT
When you wish to get rid of
that simple ailment of yours A
complete line of all the standard
remedies constantly on hand It
is a matter of pride as well as bus
iness with us to always have what
you want
WW
C R WATSON
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THE ELKHORN
RAILROAD
Itfbrth Western Line is to best
to and from the
SUGAR BEET FIELD
NORTH ASKJL
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