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VOL XII
Wait for the editors
Races June 16 17 18 and 19
W IT Carter was down from
Tuesday
C S Reece of Simeon made
office a pleasant call yesterday
Milk delivered 23 quarts for
Miss Eva Haeden
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THIS AND THAT
Comina Events
Concert June 4
Sixth District Editors June 15
CiKiinaplione June 8
A Great Catastrophe Coming in June
County Commissioners June 8
Jtall Game June 12
iaces June 1G 17 18 and 19
School Meeting Tune 29
Teachers Institute July 19 31
Cody
P IT Mugford was over from Rose
bud Tuesday
C E Bowring returned from Merri
man yerterday
C R Kinkead of Longpine was in
town yesterday
tw J S Grange and wife were up from
Kennedy Saturday
Carey Thorn is expected home from
Salt Lake City in a few days
For Rent Nice large office room
m stone building 18 T C Hornby
Mrs S G Barnes of
was in town on business
terdav
property on West Virginia street and
is preparing to make this his home
Frank Whittecar came up from
Ainsworth Sunday evening and Mon
day morning went over to Rosebud
All arrangements for the editorial
association Saturday have been com
pleted and a grand time will be had
Fred Glover has once more com
menced work in this office and will be
found laboring at the case this sum
Mrs Chas Sparks and son Laverne
returned Sunday morning from their
visit with friends and relatives in
Chadron
Tuesday a marriage license was is
sued to Wm X Kuhre of Brown
county and Anna M Furrey of Fort
Niobrara
New sidewalks have been laid on the
east side of Hall street from Catharine
to Virginia Now let the good work
go on to Elmore
J O Vincent has rented Miss Mills
house east of the M E church and
will move therein sometime during
the coming week
Mrs O T Moore returned from her
visit to Lincoln Saturday night She
visited in Stuart and Ainsworth while
on the way home
Fifteen Indians and half breeds
from Pine Ridge were in town yester
day returning to the agency from the
spring round up
E J DeBell was in Wood Lake
yesterday and purchased Ely Valen
tines team of black driving horses
J H Day brought them to Valentine
y
it a t TTVnHT TVT1
Remember the printer when you are
in town with garden sass
J H Davison of Ainsworth has a
good Jack for sale or will trade for
horses cattle or good draft stal
lion 18 20
J W Iladden and son Rob came
over from Rosebud Sunday and Mon
day morning Master Rob started for
Kansas City
The village council met in regular
session last evening but beyond pass
ing a sidewalk odinauce and allowing
bills nothing was done
Frank Gillette and wife Miss Mag
gie Rose and Mrs Clark drove up from
Ainsworthyesterday and are visiting
Cora Gillette and Fannie Clark
The foundation for the new hay
barn at Fort Niobrara is laid and
work on the frame parti 3n of the
building will soon be commenced
Street Commissioner Layporte has a
force of men at work putting in stone
cross walks at the various alleys and
streets where new sidewalks have been
laid
this ine iaiesz sons 1S ennuea iruc tne
Wood Lake
matters yes-
J J Tborna of Wood Lake was in
town for the Decoration Day exer
cises
Sam Ernest of Ruahville one of
Valentines old timers is in town this
week
The Musical Union will give a pub
lic concert tomorrow evening at the
church
Arthur Alsip was over from the in
dustrial school for a load of provisions
Monday
Chas Strickland and son Harry
start for Bosebud in the morning with
100 G H cattle
St Johns Guild will meet Friday af
ternoon at 2 oclock at the home of
Mrs Frank Fischer
Louis Smith has purchased the Riley
property on Hall street near E Mc
Donalds residence - -
The Donoher annex is approaching
completion and will be ready for occu
pancy an a few weeks
Rev J M Bates will conduct the
services at the Episcopal church Sun
day morning and evening
About 120000 feet of lumber will be
reJuired for the additions to the mens
quarters at Fort 2s iobrara
Sagesers barber shop is receiving a
new coat of paint on the inside and
will be otherwise improved
While out fishing last week Mr and
Mrs J A Carroll were taken qu ite ill
and had to return home Friday
Corporal Chas H Trotter of Co C
12th Infantry is off on a three months
furlough visiting in Minneapolis
E J DeBell of Rosebud went to
Neligh Tuerday morning to purchase
driviug horses for the government
Wm Ward has purchased the Lance
nrignt side uut to Mother At the
Dan game baturday the bparks men
one sang it Put the Whole Side Out 0
Brother
Wanted Someone to work our
poll tax on subscription account We
will pay difference between work and
subscription in cash Call early and
avoid the rush
About a dozen wagon loads of peo
ple from Wood Lake went out to the
lakes Monday for a weeks outing D
E Sherman of this place joined the
picnickers Tuesday
Messrs John Harnan and John
OKane two of our most prominent
citizens from Brown lee were in town
Saturday and made The Democrat
office a pleasant call
Billy Day of Fairfax S D drifted
into town yesterday with his family
and seven head of horses and will stay
for the races They say he has a
string of good horses
Miss Millie Maloney returned to her
home at Valentine Tuesday night
after a five months stay with her
grand parents Mr and Mrs S A
Beers May Springs Leader
In order to increase their she stock
Wyoming stockmen are offering to
trade yearling steers even up for heif
ers of the same age something that
has not been done before for years
Rancii to Rent 22 miles south
of Valentine with hay land pasture
sod house stable and sheds Also
good wind mill and tank
A Payton Simeon
W E Haley is having a stone foun
dation put under the Love property
which he purchased last winter and is
putting sevrne in shape for his abstract
office A 6 foot plate glass window
will one of the improvements
The Valentine kid nine was de
feated by the Post team in a hotly con
tested game of ball last Saturday
Score 24 to 7 The game was hardly
fair however only four of the regu
ar nine going out from Valentine
Wes Holsclaw had the misfortune
to run a piece of plank about the size
of a 2 x 4 scantling into his foot while
working at the mission last week and
has been hobbling around town with a
piece of gas pipe for a cane this week
Wallace Bolich who now resides in
Valentine was in town this week after
a horse
W A Keister is bedfast again He
was taken sick Monday morning and
has not been out of bed since Bor
den Borealis
A fine flag will be presented to the
company at Fort Niobrara which on
dune li win mase tne nest time in
marching to town and return to the
post All are working hard for the
prize and the boys make almost daily
trips to town
Until the lastrof October the F E
M V will sell Sunday excursion
tickets to Hot Springs good for return
until the following Tuesday for 720
The rate for the Y P S C E meet
ing at San Francisco is 2480 Tick
ets on sale from June 29 to July 3
Western Nebraska range steers hold
the distinction of bringing the highest
price of anything sold in the South
Omaha market this season The
steers were a car load of feeders raised
by M A Daugherty of Keith county
and brought even 5 per cwt Kim
hall Observer
Attorney A H Davis of North
Platte who is looking after the inter
ests of the heirs to the Enlow estate
Published for Four Years s
CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
HONOR HEROES
TION DAYS OBSERVED H
spent several days m town dunug the j saia hat the Sparks people were still
puai weei gebiiug uupies ui wie papers
in tne matter Mr Davis is an old
newspaper man and is at present police
judge of North Platte Hes one of
the jolliest and best natured ot mortals
and cocks his feet on the exchange ta
ble just like an old timer He first
stuck this section of the country in
1876 so is not an entire stranger in
this locality
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The Valentine boys somp time ago
received a challenge from the Sparks
ball club for a game and Saturday
mornin g a half score of our youths
went over to picnic town to teach
the country boys how to play the
national game They did it All the
Sparks people need do when they want
to play ball is to do what the Valen
boys didnt do and they will win every
time The first three innings of the
game were beauties the score stand
ing 4 to 6 in favor of Sparks Then
something broke and Spares made 20
runs in the fourth The rest of the
game was a nightmare and the game
closed with Sparks 55 tallies ahead It
is but fair to our boys to say they
had never practiced an hour before
going to Sparks and some of them
had hardly seen a ball this year It is
running bases Sunday morning at 9
oclock The work of the game was
fairly divided Valentine doing lots
of fielding and the Sparks boys run
ning round the diamond A return
game will be played here Saturday
June 12 and some good playing wiU
probably be done at that game
MEMORIAL AND DECORA
Large Crowds Assembled Sunday and
3Iondny in Honor of tltc G A R
and the Brave Soldiers of the
Sixties who are Gone
The Methodist church was comfort
ably filled Sunday morning with citi
zens gathered to do honor to the dead
heroes of the civil war and the living
veterans of that memorable struggle
There were but thirteen members of
the G AR a sad fact truly when
we think of the numbers whobut a
few years ago made this their home
The exercises were commenced with
a song by the choir followed by a
prayer from Rev Moore An anthem
scripture lesson and song by quartette
composed of Misses Query and Bartley
and Profs Beatty and Jeffers came in
the order named Rev Moore deliv
ered an interesting sermon briefly re
viewing the establishment of slavery
in this country and following the
course of events up to the time of the
emancipation proclamation Judge
Tucker made a few remarks and said
this was probably the last memorial
day which would be observed under
tne auspices or tne ij a it on ac
count of the age of the members and
the rapidly decreasing numbers in
their raus More than one eye was
moist as the little squad of once vigor
ous soldiers marched down the aisle
and out of the church led by John
Dunn the commander of the local
post who is so badly crippled with
rheumatism and tast advancirigige
that he can only walk by the aid of a
crutch Rev Moore spoke a few
words after the veterans had left ask
ing all good citizens to see to it that
Memorial Day be continually observed
even though the veterans were no
longer able to take charge of the exer
cises
Monday morning at 930 a large
delegation of citizens went to Fort
Niobrara to decorate with flowers the
graves of the old soldiers who lie bur
ied there Col Andrews kindly sent
in a number of wagons and transpor
tation was furnished for all
In the afternoon the program as
published last week was carried out
Cornell hall was crowded and every
number of the program was given
strict attention Hon J A Scaraa
born of Gordon was orator of the
day and spoke very feelingly of the
gratitude we should feel for the old
soldier and the lessons to be learned
from the day He deplored the nec
essity of war and strongly favored the
submission of all national differences
of opinion to a board of arbitration
He sympathized with Cuba and gained
applause for his words After the ex
ercises at the hall everyone fell in line
and marched to the cemetery headed
by the Twelth Infantry band-
Owing to the illness of Mr and Mrs
J A Carroll and Mrs C R Glover
the program for the evening was
changed and Mr Scamahorn regaled
the audience with some of his prison
experiences He treated his subject
from the humorous side and nicely
entertained his hearers
DEMOCRAT
VALENTINE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY JUNE 3 1897
SieivOlHccrq
At the last regular meeting of the
Masonic lodge the following officers
were elected for the coming year
P W M W T Kinkaid
S W Chas Green
J W J A Fike
Treasurer T C Hornby
Secretary W W Thompson
To Mandamus the Board
We are told that mandamus proceed
ings to compel the canvassing board to
count the vote of the five nrecincts
which were thrown out will be at once
commenced in the supreme court
Thats right If there is to be trouble
Over the question commence in the
highest court and have
It will only delay work
house a couple of years
it over with
on the court
A New Firm
J O Vincent concluded Valentine
was a good town to stay in and con
cluded a deal with J M Carpenter
whereby he becomes a partner in that
gentlemans general merchandise busi
ness The new firm will make some
extensive additions to the stock of
goods on hand adding to the line of
groceries and notions now kept a com
plete stock of dry goods clothing and
shoes Success to the new firm of Car
penter Vincent
Coming To The ISaces
Horsemen from all over the country
are writing parties here in regard to
the races June 16 to 19 and all indica
tions point to a pleasant and exciting
meeting Kitty Foster the fast little
mare seen here last year will be pres
ent after the Sturgis meeting while
local horsemen are putting in many
hours training their racers Some
new horses will appear and their will
be no sure thing races It has not
yet been decided what clubs will play
ball but negotiations are under way
for either Chadron or Fort Robinson
Write T A Yearnshaw for any desired
information
Gives up in Disgust
We have after mature deliberation
concluded to postpone the braiding of a
railroad through this valley this season
What we may do in that line in the fu
ture is also altogether problematical
It is annoying to be compelled to dis
appoint our people in this matter at
this time but circumstances are such
that a postponement is deemed obliga
tory No hereafter our time and
energy shall be devoted to growing al
falfa and pigs and let McLean and
his Short Line go directly to the devil
on a hand car through a very worthless
country Bayard Transcript
An Indian Uuthieak
Dispatches to the daily papers from
Helena and other points in Montana
say that the Cheyenne Indians whose
headquarters are at Lame Deer Agen
cy are on the warpath and have killed
about a dozen men among them being
five U S soldiers The trouble arose
over the shooting of Hoover a sheep
herder by Indians Two companies
of cavalry and a company of infantry
from Fort Keogh are on the scene and
much trouble is feared Yesterdays
papers contain dispatches from Miles
City which say number of Dakota
Sioux have joined the hostiles and run
ners have been sent to invite more
Sioux to join them on the war trail
Unless the Indians run down into
Wyoming none of the Department of
the Platte soldiers will be called into
action
Good Words for Otto
The second part contained the star
performance of the evening the cornet
solo by Otto Fritz of the 12th Regi
mental Band of Niobrara Neb who
is enjoying a furlough Mr Fritz is a
cornetist of splendid ability He gets
at the soul of a piece and reproduces
it on his cornet with an understanding
and spirit that is truly stirring He
knows music and he plays it There
is depth and feeling in the tones as
they roll in swelling cadence from his
instrument He has Soul in his con
ception and the mechanical skill to in
fuse his interpretation with it His
music appeals to the tenderest cords
of the heart and never fails to thrill
It never grates or jars It is ever suf
fused with a pleasing softness We
expect great things of Otto It is
needless to say that he was encored
He responded to the first and bowed to
the second Sigourney la News
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Thach
The leading merchants of
Valentine extend to you a
cordial invitation to visit
them if you wish Groceries
or Dry Goods or anything
else in the line of General
Merchandise It s a 1 0 to 1
shot that youll come again
Thats what we want
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Worth 20 cents Must make room for Vnew goods
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Look over our line of spring goods Ask about the portraits
Iraa W SamS 19 1 1 1 I lg J
In Pettycrews stock of groceries fruit confectionery and feed
IS THE BEST
All our Groceries are fresh and good Fruit is the finest and cleanest
Confeciionery the best and sweetest Feed pure and nutritious
Highest prices for Butter Eggs and Farm Produce
NORTH OF POSTOFFICE W A PETTYCREW
Inventory Sale
We have just completed our spring inventory and have on
hand a large amount of odds and ends remnants etc which
will sell below first cost For instance we will sell
PIECE GOODS AT 10 CTS TKR TARIK
These gool v 4-
LAWNS FOR 5 UENTS
E McDonald
KERNS
LIVERCURA
FOR LIVER AND KIDNEYS
An efficacious remedy for Habitual Constijation Indigestion Dys
pepsia Sick ITeadaclie Biliousness Kidney Trouble
Rheumatism Pimples and Blotches
Price 75 cents per bottle For sale by J H Quigley
For sale at Kennedy by Haeber Grange
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We have an excellent line of new
clothing gents furnishing
goods hats caps boots and shoes
Have a splendid line of
shoes for both ladies and children
Clothing is cheaper and
better than ever Come and see
BOYS PANTS
ONLY 25 CENTS
BOYS SUITS
ONLY 75 CENTS
D Stinard
A JPlain Straight Talk
of the advantage to you of taking the
Pacific Short Line via ONeill when
enroute to or from Sioux City You
save three hours in each direction
make close connections with Tankton
Sioux Falls and Micchell trains you
can go to Sioux City and t return the
same day and it costs just theWgame
for tickets as via the other line iBuy
local tickets to ONefll sm
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OWMOKEY
WATCHMAXEB - AND - JEWELEE
Fine line of plain and fancy jew
elry constantly on hand
Kepairing promptly executed and
done in the best manner
Full line of sporting goods
C M SAGESER
TONSORIAL
ARTIST
Hair cutting and shaving
Shop in the W H Moses building
HOT AND GOLD BATHS
THE ELKHORN
RAILROAD
orth Weatern Line is to best
to and from the
SUGAR BEET FIELD
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