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SOCIETIES
Masonic
ft A I MinnechaUuza Lodge No 1S2
AF
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
inoel It regular communication Saturday
evening or bIonj the lull me on in each
iiiomli Members of the order in gsod and reg
ular standing are cor iially and fraternally in
vited to attend WT Ktncaiu W 11
W IS TiioauOX Seey
Eastern Stsv
S ortheru Star Chapter No CO
OE Order of the Eastern Star meets on the
second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each
uiotftli at Hornbys hall
W VV THOMJSOJ Ejika L Ybast
Socretiiy Worthy Matron
Odd Fellows
0 F Valentine Lodae No 205 Independent
10
pendent Order of Odd Fellows meets every
evening Visiting brothers cordial
sly invited lo attend our meetings
-I T Kkblbv J Davexpout
Secretary Nobie Grand
Workmen
AOU W Valentine Lodge No 70 Ancient
Order of United Workmen ineels on the
first and third Mondays of each month
J C Fm rrTonx O W H ns
Itecorder Master Workman
D
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Decree of lion or
Valentine Lodge No Degree
of
Honor holds regular nieetinjis first and
third Wednesday evenings of each mouth
T G 1jtrnToiix Liuliax U Stoxkii
Kecoruer Chief of lienor
Protection
S IX of P Valentine Lodge No G Sons and
Daughters of Protection meets first and
third Friday evenings of eicli month in Horn
bys hall Ma icy GwjVisn President
Lovjk Vachon Secretary
Red Men
Imv 0 K M Sitting Buil Tribe No 22 Ttn
proved Order oi Ited Men nnet every
second and fourth Friday even ngot each month
-at Davenports Hail Vbi ing brethren are
fraternally Invited tobe resent at the council
of the tribe
O A SnUIS A II FKHCUTSOX
Chief of Kecords Sachem
Grand Army
GA II Col Wood Post No 203 Department
ol Nebraska regular meeting second and
Jourtb Saturday of each mouth at 2 p m sharp
Comrades from other posts are cordially invited
U attend loiiN Dunx Commander
J W Adjutant
Woodmen
A Valentine Camp No 17l Modern
MAV
Woodman of America m -et second and
fourth Wednesday evenings of each month at
Davenports Hall Visiting neighbors cordially
invited to attend
W 3 Jackson W E Halky
Jlerk Venerable Counsel
Xniglits of Pythias
Kof P Cherrr Lodge No 169 Knights of
Pythias meets every Tuesday evening at
Davenports Hall
31 Ch in lt kns n jt E P Roberts
K of II and S Chancellor Commander
THIS AND THAT
Cotnina Events
Kepublleau Convention Oct 1
Democratic Caucus October 2
Populist Convention Oct 2
-Democratic Convention Oct 5
Teachers Association Oct 0
BNtrict Court Oct IS
School meeting Octotier 10
Election Day November 2
Hernember the democratic conven
tion
Sam nudson -was in town Monday
on business
Wm Franckc lias returned from his
trip to Iowa
Geo Uakewell of Woodlafce was in
town Mondav
Hugh Bovill -of Merrimaa was in
town this week
Mrs T C Hornby is the proud pos
sessor of a new oicycle
Mrs Democrat returnedhome from
her visit in Longpine Sunday
II W Dunbar of Crow Creek S
D was in town the first of the week
Prof H B Clapp of Simeon made
this ofiice a pleasant call while in town
Tuesday
Several weddings are about to occur
in this vicinity and the boys are pre
paring for charivaris
Davenport Thacher have installed
a new heating apparatus in the base
ment of their building
G E Watson and A T White spent
si few days of the- past wesk hunting
chickens southwest of town
Mrs K W Welch was in town from
Omaha Saturdav looking after her
property interests in this county
The 1st battalion Twelfth Infantry
ireturned to Fort Niobrara Tuesday
from their annual practice -march
Wes Holsclaw is over Ironi the re
servation spending the week at home
-on account of the illness of his wife
Charley Strickland came up from the
south country a couple of 4ays ago
and will report at Rosebud for duty
today
The Donoher is now connected with
the depot and Minnechaduza Mill by
C R Watson did the work
A competitive rifle drill will be held
fit Fort 2s iobrara the first of the month
between members of the Eighth and
Twelfth If antra -
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B Clapp sold five cars of cattle to a
couple of Hastings buyers and the
stock was shipped from this place on
Tuesday
A special sehcol meeting will be held
at the school house Tuesday October
19 at 730 p m for the purpose of
authorizing the board to sell lots 1 and
2 in block 7 the school house and all
buildings thereon
Burt Hammond started the first of
the week for Kansas City where he
will visit his relatives for a month
Burt hasnt seen his mother for four
teen years and consequently looKed
forward to a very pleasant visit
Just out the prettiest waltz song of
the season Pretty White Lily Pret
ty music beautiful words Marked
price 50c Send 25c in stamps to the
publishers Morgan Made Co Arkan
sas City -Kansas and secure a copy
Miss Jean Edwards came up from
Ainsworth last week and Saturday
took examination for a certificate to
i teach ii Cherry county She will take
charge of the primary department of
the Woofilake schools on Xovember 1
Ic is generally supposed that a grad
uate from the Valentine schools must
spend at least a year in the prepara
tory department before entering the
state university but a graduate of tbe
class of 97 recently entered the uni
versity direct This sneaks well for
our schoels
1 J
A W Tea a Y r j w Tm i ej
Pn1lislicl for Four Tears as
Teachers Association
program will be given
at the High School building at T30 p
m Oct 9 All friends of education
are cordially invited to be present
Lesson in Literature R FI Watson
Seat Work Mary Shaughnessy
Discussion Lillian Solomon
Tennessee Exposition from an Edu
cational Standpoint- F F Gordon
Literature in the Lower Grades
- Belle Calleh
Discussion Florence Hamar
The First Dayof School
Maggie Herring
Discussion Eva Williams
How has the World Been Benefited
by the Writings of Charles Dick
ers Fraisk Thorn
Program Committee
Republican Caucus
The republicans of Valentine held
their caucus in Judge Walcotts ofiice
Tuesday afternoon and E J
Davenport J W Tucker Ed Clarke
M V Nicholson J A Hootan J II
Yeast J C Pettijohn A Lewis Chas
Sherman J M Tucker Chas Green
L L Bivens were elected delegates to
the county convention which meets to
morrow It was announced that the
delegation would divide its rote for
sheriff this arrangement having been
agreed to by the two candidates Lay
porte and Strong Candidates for pre
cinct offices will be nominated later
BLit Km Hard
Pedestrians on Main street Tuesday
morning were somewhat shocked to
see a young lady engaging in what
seemed to be an attempt to rival oue
of Ringlings athletes in ground tum
bling and high kicking Inquiry how
ever developed the fact that she was
only endeavoring to recover her equil
ibrium after having tripped on a nail
which protruded above the walk In
quisitiveness is excusable sometimes
but these confounded nails are getting
out of their place and we are in favor
of pounding every one of them which
sticks his head above the walk
Surprise Party
A surprise party was given to W E
Pettycrew at the residence of his par
ents north of town Friday evening
Sept 24th the occasion being in honor
of his 16th birthday The surprise
was complete and the party a success
in every way Fifty two people par
ticipated in the festivities and partook
of the bountiful supper prepared for
the occasion Numerous appropriate
presents were given the surprisee as
tokens of the esteem in which he is
i held by his neighbors aud friends
Tuesday Deputy Sheriff John Car
penter arrested II Schwaberow on a
complaint sworn out by W L Enlow
and Sam Chestnut chaiging him with
stealing calves Defendant was given
until Saturday morning to prepare for
rthe preHniiiiar which will be held be
fore Judge Towne
To the People of Valentine
I wish to sincerely thank each and
every one of you who so heroically
worked to save my building and its
contents from the ravages of the fire
last Thursday morning I also wish to
express my appreciation of the cour
tesies extended to me by ihe business
men of Valentine and while willing to
return the same hope that I may never
have occasion to do so on account of
similar misfortune befalling them
T C Hornry
While Cherry county did not win a
prize at the State Fair she can feel
proud of her display just the same
Pat Murphy of Woodlake carried off
the first premium on baled hay and
Dick Grooms took second on cabbage
and summer squashes Celery and
cauliflower premiums would have come
here but the boys only had a couple of
bunches while six of each were needed
for the competition Tne display was
one of the neatest on exhibition but
it was not large enough
To Blemlicvs of the Reading Circle
j For our next meeting on the second
Saturday of October you are expected
to study carefully the Introduction and
the first two chapters of Skinners
Studies in Literature and Composition
Eajch member will be expected to pre
sent to the class a written description
of A Warm Summers Day and lA
Cold winters Day without using eith
er of the words cold warm winter
summer or day
You are also requested to read care
fully Prof Shermans Studies in Lit
eisaVy Internretatiop in the September
number of the Northwestern Monthly
especially that part referring to the
Fact Way the Truth Way and the
Beauty Way of expressing meaning
Robert H Watson
Leader of the Literary Department of
Reading Circle
Repairing the Dnniagc
A force of seven men have been en
gaged in the work of repairing Horn
bys store building this week and the
rocf of the structure is once more in
good shape When the excitement
had died away an inventory of the loss
sustained was taken and Mr Hornby
found that on building and stock he
was out about 3500 This in addi
tion to his loss of trade time and the
profit on goods which though good as
everhave depreciated in the estimation
of customers The land office quarters
will be ready for occupancy the first of
next week but the rest of the building
will not be fully repaired for a week
or so longer In the meantime Tom
is doing business at the old Cornell
building near the depot
The Populist CauenS
The populists of Valentine precinct
held their primary Saturday evening
in the county judges office and elected
the following delegates to the county
convention Geo B Zarr Jas Eay
G II Reinert Z V Vachon E Thorn
J A Hitt W F A Meltendorf J TV
Steele G Q smith and J J Jones
Two tickets were in the field but the
other fellows were caught napping and
were not in it We are assured that
the delegation elected is for Burleigh
for clerk Fritz for treasurer aud Thorn
for superintendent Lots of bd blood
was stirred up and harmony is an un
known article in the populist camp
At this caucus a number of the old
warhorses of the party were turned
down among them being G P Crabb
L C Spurks J H Quigley and J M
Carpenter These gentlemen were
virtually kicked out of the councils of
tiie party yet truer populists can not i
be found The deal was engineered
by Reinert assisted by a number who
were in ignorance of the real animus
of the Oght and is doubly disgraceful
because Ilahn Crabb Sparks Stoner
etall were his best friends Again
this caucus is said to have killed all
htpes of fusion Will the country
precincts stand it If so not a single
pjipnlist will be elected Fusion js
their only hope The democrats will
btin the campaign to win
DEMOO
CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
VALENTINE CHERRY OCX 3STEBRASKA THURSDAY SETPEMBER 30 189
The dirt taken from the basement
cf Sparks1 new bank building is being
used to fill the hole in Catherine street
alongside the Palace saloon
AVm Caton clerk in Jordans store
and J II Bratley a school teacher
were over from Rosebud to attend
lodge meeting Saturday night
Mrs E McDonald returned Sunday
from her trip to Lincoln Omaha and
Blair While in Omaha she made sev
eral purchases of goods for the store
Beginning with Tuesday all west
bound passenger trains on the Elkhorn
were from one to three hours late on
account of returning State Fair visit
ors
After this evening all boys and girls
affected by the curfew ordinance must
be off the streets at 7 p m The bell
will ring at that hour hereafter until
spring
Qnigleys drugstore this week was
given a new coat of paper and was in
other ways cleaned and renovated If
he will only repaint the outside of the
building
Arthur Sherman made final proof on
his homestead last week and will live
in town this winter Tie contemplates
nuttinsr un a dwelling house in the
near future
Dr Wells has his dental outfit over
Davenport Thachcrs store in the
weather bureau ofiice while waiting
for repairs on the Hornby building to
be completed
Jos Potmesil stopped in town Sun
day aud Monday while on his way to
Chadron from Omaha Joe appears
to be recovering from his recent illness
all right but still looks badly
Bids will be received at Rosebud un
til Oct 23 for furnishing 10000 lbs of
cabbage 800 bushels of potatoes and
100 bushels of onions Vegetables to
be delivered at the boarding school
D S Ludwig went to Omaha and
Gouifcil Bluffs SundaVrnorningtna
will return today Dan inteuds buy
ing a carload of buggies and wagons
and a carload of windmills while gone
Work is progressing this week on
the excavation for Sparks new bank
building The structure will be built
of brick consist of two stories and a
basement and all modern improve
ments
Maj McChesney came over from the
Agency Saturday with a squad of In
dian police and returned Sunday nth
about 10000 sent out by Uncle Sam
for the purpose of paying off his em
ployes
Judee Walcott of Valentine stopped
at the Osborne Tuesday morning en
route to Springview whither he Went
to attend a term of the district court
held there thisweek Ainsworth Star
Journal
John Lord C W
Burleigh W D
Bennett J
Morgareidge
and
Korthrop Bartley
At the residence of J C Xorthrop
yesterday morning at 11 oclock V A
Northrop and Stella Bartley were by
Judge W R Towne united in matri
mony only the relatives of the bride
and groom witnessing the ceremony
Trie happy couple left the same after
noon for Irwin where the groom hold3
the position of station agent for the
F E M V
This young couple are very wll
known and universally liked in Valen
tine and vicinity The bride is pos
sessed of an exceptionally amiable dis
position and has many accoraplisments
not the least of which is her talent for
music The groom is one cf those jol
ly wholesouled fellows whom every
body likes and stands high in his pro
fession as an expert telegrapher To
say that scores of friends wish them a
ioug happy future ex presses but half
a truth Individually The Democrat
man wishes them the same happiness
in married life that he enjoys and no
one could wish more than that
School jaouse Motes
The partition walls of the school
house are completed and the outside
walls are about four feet above the
grouud Next week work on the out
side brick walls will be progressing at
a rapid rate and then people can get
an idea of what the building will be
when completed
The carpenter shop on the school
site is a busy place and frames for the
building are being rapidly turned out
Walter Moseley of Ainsworth one
the editors old schoolmates is work
ing in the carpenter shop He wishes
to locate here permanently and will
probably send for his family soon
J F Wyvel of Ainsworth was in
town yesterday looking after the heat
ing and ventilating system He says
that the furnaces wiU he installed in
about two weeks
The democrats of Valentine precinct
will meet at Judge Townes oflics Sat
urday Oct 2 at 700 p m and elect
10 delegates to the county convention
Robert Good
ARAL
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LE HIT
That is what our sale of those
stylish Fall
DRESS GOODS
is and were srlad of it thats the
reason
we bought
them Every
thingnew and uptodate If you
wish to keep posted on -what is
newest you must see om stock
Another thine were proud of is
our new line of Chenille Curtains
and table covers Theyre about
the neatest things in that line this side of Omaha See them sure
THACHER
GENERAL MERCHANTS
The Fruit Season
With all its glories is here and as in the past the bes of
tame and wild fruits plums peaches pears bananas or-
lemons etc will be found for sale by
NORTH OF POSTOFFICE
W A PETTYOREW
Highest prices for Butter Eggs and Farm Produce
- - - - -- - i i i 1 JW
Our Fall Goods
Are now arriving and to make room
for them all goods which have been in
Stock this summer must go To hurry
themalong we have put prices down
to bedrock Everything for the home
Call and see our Dry G oods
K McDonald
Indian goods trinkets and curios a specialty Store at Crookston also
FALL MILLINERY
Xcw Goods constantly arriving Also
LADIES READY MADE CLOTHING
FLEfiCE LINED UNDERWEAR HOSIERY RIBBONS ETC
Call and see us Opposite The Donoher
I EFHEB
Successor to MRS O W MGEEY
Everything in our store is new and of
the best quality so you cannot make
a mistake by trading with us Weve
just put in a line of Shoes and Cloth
ing which you should examine
OWMOREY
TVATOHMAKEE - AND - JEWELEE
Eine line of plain and fancy jew
elry constantly on hand
Repairing promptly executed aud
done in the best manner
Full line of sporting goods
Wanted An Idea
Who can thlnlr
of some simple
thlnetoDatent
Protect your Ideas they may bring yon wealth
Write JOHN WEDDEKBUPN CO Patent Attor
neys Washington D C for their 1800 prize offer
and new list ol one thousand Inventions wanted
O A WELLS
DENTIST
Office over
T C Hornbys Store
ELKHORN
RAILROAD
North Western Line is to besj
to and from the
SUGAR BEET FIELD
of
NORTH NEBRASKA
D
acifig Short Linf
TIME TABLE
AT OXEILL NEBRASKA
PASSEXGEK
LEAVES 1030 A 31 AUK IVES 030 P 31
D4ILY EXCE1T SlNDAV
Through connections both ways with lllacfc
Hills trains by taking this line o can jo to
Sioux City and return the same lav connections
made with all trains for the East and Souife
Dakota Buy local tickets to ONeill