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VOL XIII
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WATCHMAKER - AND - JEWELEE
Fine line of plain and fancy jew
elry constantly on hand
Repairing promptly executed and
done in the best manner
Full line -of sporting goods
0 M SAGESEE
TONSORIAL
ARTIST
Hair cutting and shaving
8bop in the W II Meses building
HOT AND COLD BATHS
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COUNTY
SURVEYOR
work executed with promptness
and accuracy
LAVACA - NEBR
O A Wells
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J B Wells
WELLS BROS
DENTISTS
Office over
Cherry County ftnnh
A M MORRISSEY
ATTORNEY
AT LAW
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VALENTINE NEB
THIS AND THAT
CetnhtQ Events
Xaster Sunday kpril 10
General resellers Association April 80
F Rothleutner was i town from
Georgia Tuesday
City water is now available for
prinkiing purposes
War talk is about the only talk heard
in Valentine these days
Leila McCloud made final proof on
her homestead Tuesday
E L Maloney returned from his
eastern itrip Sunday morning
W V Johnson of Woodlake is in
town this week on -court trasiness
John Borman has a force of eight or
ten working -on his new house ou the
river
W G Gomstock came up from
Omaha last night look after his cat
tle interests
Frank Kleteckas new house in the
northeast part of town is rapidly near
iug completion
We turned out some nice
in colors for The Cedars J J Guths
place last week
The Rev J C Sloan will preach at
the Presbyterian church Sunday morn
ing and evening
E E Edwards R Abbott A J
SJacumawi W L Eulow are in town
from Gordon today v
Dr Dwyer was called toMerriman
on professional business Sunday and
to Rosebud Tuesday
Norval Pf under went home to O
Neill this morning He expects to
return in a few weeks though
This week for the first time since
we hare been in town Jim Bob and
Bill Gillaspie were in the city together
We are iuformed that Messrs Chad
bourn and Qnigley vis ted Norden tl i
week and nought out ttie syndicate
at that place
No matter what is the trouble with
the throat or lungs Dr Daniels Com
pound Syi up Sanguiuaria will relieve
it At Elliotts 50
Glande Jones will run a town herd
this year charging 75 cents per month
for each cow Herd will be started as
toon as owners with 10
T Cure A fC iff One Day
Take Laxative Hromo Quinine Tab
lets All Druggists refund the money
4 it fails to Cure 25p
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GEORGE CASE ONLY
OF IMPORTANCE
ONE
And in that the Juiy Have Met Yet
Keturned a Tertllct Kesume -of
the TegtlMouy Other Work
Done lurin the Term
The principal case before the court
Shis week was the Edmond George cat-
attention of the court Tuesday and
Wednesday The following jury was
selected to try the case 23 jurymen be
ing called before the jury was selected
Wm Ward John Jackson Frank
Hoffman Mi t Dunham G II Lyon
Dan Krause Wm Dahlgren Howard
Jaycox Wm Body Wm Gillespie
17m A Taylor and James Galloway
Briefly stated George was charged
with stealing from their range -on Fair
field creek about the first of -October
five head of cattle valued at 140 or
thereabouts the property of McNair
Kief of Arabia and Joe Yeast of
Valentine Ed Clarke assisted Coun
ty Attorney Waleott in the prosecu
tion while J W Tucker and H S
Ridgeley of North Platte conducted
the defense
McNair was the first witness and
testified to the ownership of the cattle
when they were first missed the brands
and marks and how he found them at
Carrs place in Keya Paha with the
brand a TJ inside a circle changed to
a flying V He also told of seeing
George on the range a few days prior
to the theft
Joe Yeast next testified to his owner
ship in the cattle and said no one had
authority from him to move same
from the range
Jetton T Kief was called and describ
ed his -cattle and brand FJ on right
side and- told no- when found at
Carre the brand had benn obliterated
with a window sash Testified fur-
v
tber that cattle never left rauge ex
cept in a storm
James McElderrys testimony was
was proncipaily comborafave of the
above
Olivet Jaioreaux of Rosebud res
ervation told of buying four steers
and a heifer from George about
October 9 for 100 paying for them
with a check ou Springview bank
which check he produced He des
cribed the cattle as those stolen
Mr Carr was called and told of
Lamoreaux leaving four hjal of cat
tle at his place near Springview while
on the way to the railroad and said
the cattle tound by Kief and McNair
were the same Lamoreaux left there
Mr Horton corroborated Carrs tes
timony regarding the leaving of cattle
and taking away Here the state
rested
Edmond George was called in his
own defense His story was as fol
lows On October 4th he and Eugene
Meyers starteu for the Colombe ranch
and on the way met Chris and Dave
Colombe about 16 miles from the state
line While they were conversing one
Joe Cross came up driving five head
of cattle After a little dickering
George purchased the cuttle paying
180 dollars therefor 15 of which he
borrowed from Chris Colombe Cross
gave him a bill of sale writing it on
paper laid on notebook on the ground
He did aot notice the brands on cattle
and the bill of sale did not give the
brands Took the cattle to Colombes
ranch and sold to Lamoreaux as
I ro id but the Cclombe boys and that
George did not buy receive nor drive
any cattle while he was with him in
direct contradiction to Gemges testi
mony Strenuous efforts were made
by the defense to -seep Meyers from
testifying but to no avail After ar
gument by counsel the case was given
to the jury at 4 p na yesterday
Judge Walcott made an especially
good plea to the jury and is entitled
tie stealing case and it occupied the to congratulations from the county
at large for his condnctt of thft case
As we go to prsss the jury has not
yet returned and a disagreement is
expected
Wm L Enlow vs Minnie Case pe
tition for title Security Co of Hart
ford vs Charles Hums et al fore
closure I H Emery vs E K Valen
tine foreclosure of tax lien Thomas
Procto vs Victor P Sterling attach
ment I N and J W Garner vs F E
M V R R appeal Anson New
berry vs A C Riemenschneider dam
age Rhoda A Hoffman vs Alex Hoff
man divorce were dismissed
Di voices were granted in the follow
ing cases Anna uasaway ys John
1 F Gasaway Ira Hawk vs Lillie Hawk
John Fallows vs Catharine Fellows
Mary Buechle vs Adolph Buechle
Albert A Lynn vs Wwitred Lynn
The Flynn and Walker cases are yet
to be heard All together nine divorce
cases appeared on the docket
Among the cases continued were J
C Dwyer vs Celestiu Banagin debt
Aultman Miller Co vs Elias Still
well foreclosure same vs Caleb T
Buffum et al James B Finney vs
Abner D Gallop replevin Sheridan
County Hank vs Peter J Wiuff et al
Coin D Ainslie Oscar Gentz Wil
helm Stoetzer August Wilner John
Henry Porath Sebastian Siebolt Na
poleon Matte Carl M Beigwnrk and
John WanduVa were given naturali
zation papers by Judge Kiukaid Tues
day and vesterdav
John Hoffman vs A malic Hoffman
divorce Wry Bollwerk vs Ed Salter
lee injunction Edward Qnigley vs
Owen llille appeal were stricken
from the docket
The entire jury was present axcept
Robert Lee and I R Stotts The
former Was excused by the court
Yesterday John Haeher aud Frank
Fischer were also excused
The robbery cased agiinst Daniel
Evans and Charles Lne were dismiss
ed by the prosecuting attorney on ac
count of the death of the prosecuting
witness
The court room was crowded yes
terday afternoon with parties interest
ed In the George case An especially
large number of women were present
Robert D Ware vs Martha Grooms
injunction was dismissed at plaintiffs
cost
The Frail Ledgett case fornication
is being heard this morning
The Side Tracked company play
ed at Cornell Hall Monday night to a
fair house The attendance was bet
ter than the play justified The ac
tors seemed to lack ability and sever
al good situations were spoiled by the
players talking like automatons
Judge Towne yesterday granted a
marriage license to Geo Swearingen
and Laurecia Meyer both of Sparks
The ceremony will be performed by
Squire Barker near Sparks Monday
and The Democrat wilf visit the
young couple weekly with its news
wit and wisdom We vish the young
couple success in life and lots of it
Hon A L Towle departed for his
new home at Valentine where he will
take charge of the land office today as
receiver Mr Towle made an envi
able record as receiver of the ONeill
laud office and the Pioneer is satisfied
that the government oi the people will
not suffer under his administration
tied Produced the bill of sale He visiting neighbors aud friends Nio
said that Meyers was a witness to the
transaction He did not get chetk
cashed but turned it over to Colombe
in payment for a horse and got balance
due him later on Said he did not
know Cross and described him as a
tall dark man wearing mustache
Ed Colombe identified writing on
bill of sale as that of Joe Cross whom
he had known for years but had not
seen aince a year ago last spring
Said Cross was about 5 feet tall and
was rather a poor writer
Other witnesses were called to show
reason for Georges presence on the
Fairfield He was looking for strays
for D Stinard
The state then put Alex Charbon
neau and John Neiss on the stand in
rebuttal and they said they never
heard of Joe Cross though they have
lived on thp reserve for 25 and 14 years
respectively
Eugene Meyers followed and swore
46 1 j that he aiu George met no one on the
6mm Pioneer
At the meeting of the village board
last night a sidewalk was oidered built
from the M E church to the school
house and from that point north on
Hall street to Barkers 1700 feet of
water mains will be laid in the north
east part of town and 15 taps for fam
ily use are guaranteed A new cross
ing was ordered built on Main street
irom uuvenpnrt Thachers to Cher
ry County Bank
authorized to be organized bv L L
JtJivensand others
Alice and Lillian Smalley go to Val 1
entine Monday to remain some time
Mr and Mrs J C Welles went to
Valentitie Sunday J C returning
Tuesday Mrs Welles will remain
there for a time visiting iu the familv
ot J B Wells
The Pen brook postnffice was this
week transferred from Bruces uill to
the residence 01 John Hittle three
mils above the present location ou
the river Mr Bruce resigned some
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VALENTINE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY APRIL 7 1898
COURT WORK
CODY AND GORDON
The Editor Visits our Two SlHters ob
the West and Tells Abont it
Ye editor packed up his grip Satur
day and madb a trip to Cody This
was ins nrst aayngni visit to our sis
ter town on the west and he was very
much surprised at the enterprise push
and business energy displayed there
Instead of a water tank and plat
form he discovered that Cody is com
posed pf a number of splendid resi
dences two good general merchandise
stores a drug store a livery stable and
a saloon in addition to a good hotel
school and M W A hall The rail
road has a good depot in the place
largtfitock pens a coal shed and two
section houses The town is spread
pyea lot of ground aud the west part
especially is in a splendid location
About 200 people live in town and
Uncle Sam in the person of the post
master keeps watch over them from a
hilljifrVfKw ionlar tf thu
MessrsrCole and Reed conduct the
two generai stores Frank Mogle runs
inenrug store and IR Stotts is Land
lords the saloon D M Underwood
will lake ciarge of the hotel as soon
as his job ou the rangr expires In
yjqay we mer a numoer ot old ac
quaintances and met a lot of people
we never knew before Among the
former who assisted in showing us a
jfood time were Al ReimenschHeider
Wm Hook Jim Childers aud Ike
Humphrey We talked Cuba Libre
with L D Barnes and everyone else
and a more patriotic lot of people
would be hard to find
Cody is essentially a stockmans
town and is about 12 years old A
part of the townsite was once a por
tion of a tree claim held down by our
townsman M H Hopkins In addi
tion to the large ranch trade of the
town considerable Indian money is
deposited in the coffers of the Cody
merchants everr month as they are
only four miles from the reservation
From o i the d tor w nf to Goi
don on No 27 arriving there about
830 Inquiry revealed the fact that
Bro Lyon of the Journal was attend
ing equal suffrage meeting so he
contented himself with leaving card
accord ins to dictates of fashion and
took in the town Gordon is a very
preny placp and seems to be chock
run or ousiness It- is not so large as
Valentine but its a good town just
the same One commendable thing
about the place is the extent of its
sidewalk sstem The school house
is not so handsome as is the one in
Valentine aud seems to be way out in
the country when compared with ours
About the only subjects of conversa
tion were Cuba and the Sheridan coun
ty grand jury This giand jury did a
noblp work last week indicting a lot
of people and lading the foundation
for a county debt of several thousand
dollars Egbert Bonnen of western
iitM jy look me lime to entertain us i
and runs us from a good snooze to eat
a midnight lunch Bonnen was pretty
sore on some of Gordons citizens that
night and said he didnt mind being
robbed but he wanted it done in a
gentlemanly manner He came to
Valentine Monday morning
A trip to the west part of the coun
ty is well worthy the time it requires
to make it But the tenderfoot may
see nothing but country not stop
ping to realize that in this country
is the secret of western Nebraskas
prosperity present and future and is
in reality the best stork lange in the
world Crookston Kilgore Nenzel
Cody Merriraan Ell are a sextette of
small places but in each you will find
men who are making money and
standing up for Nebraska The
first is sufficient explanation of their
reason for doing the latter
1808 CInli
The 1898 Club is a reality Con
stitution and By Laws have been
adopted and the club officered by L
L Bivens president F E Thorn
vicejC S Reece secretary W r
Kiiicaid treasurer A R Clevenger
C F Martin and Robert Guod
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Mrs Towle will lemam for a few days tive committpe The room under the
unerry Cojnty Bank has betn rented
and furnished as a club room and
will be open to members at all hours
until 11 p m The club starts with a
membership of about 20 and will prove
a great factor in the training of our
young men
Citizens Ticket Elected
At the village election Tuesday the
citizens ticket was elected by greatly
inci eased majorities The vote in de
tail was as follow Simon 115
A fire compaiv was nH1 109 Ludwig 97 E Sparks 101 j
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r C Horn bv 104 Geo H Hornhv
59 Efner 52 Vincent 61 Breukland
er 44 Stinard 75 Messrs Mun
schauer Dunn Hershey Hornback
and Whillans acted as judges and
clerks of the election
John Claffen who was arrested in
Kansas and brought here on a charge
or stealing a horse from E Bonnen
was released after his preliminary
hearing Monday several of the pros
ecutions witnesses failing to appear
Claffen went from here to Rushville
and we understand that he was arrest-
time ago nd the appointment hus but j ed at that rtlnce on
I recently been made Norden Bonalis 1 charge
another criminal
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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
Published for Fur Years as
CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
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All sizes and styles of these
shoes kept constantly in our stock
Womens Childrens Mens
We also have a new lot of Mens
Furnishing Soft Shirts c
Some very neat Shirt Waists for
for te Ladies just Arrived
Davenport Thacher
Full line Undertakers Supplies
A PD WVI 1 GOING TO DO
w ANY SPRING CLEANING
The Largest and Finest Selected Stock of
WALL PAPER
In Northwest Nebraska
WHITE LEAD OIL COLORS and AENISH at - - -
Elliotts Drug Stobe
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Ladies and Gents also a limited amonnt of Winter Goods
Which we will Close Ont at Cot to make Room
For our New Spring Goods which will arrive this week
Onr Mow Goods will all be Up-to-Date in Style
as well as prices Fresh Groceries and Flour just received
and will be sold Cheaper than by any Competitor
Come and see our bargains before you send your money out of k
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43 Valises and get our prices before purchasing elsewhere
49 E McDonald Valentine Neb
M
LLINERY
ANYTHING YOU WANT
Come and See Our Line of
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Shirt Waists Neckwear Dress
Skirts Wrappers Underwear
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VALENTINE MEAT MARKET
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ONLY A FEW SUITS LEFT
And they wont be left much longer
if we keep selling them as rapidly as
we have been doing during the last
few weeks Remember that we are
SELLING ALL CLOTHING AT COST
Because we want to close ont our
stock We are not buying any more
and want to get rid of what we have
We are not however closing out our
DRY GOODS GROCERIES OR SHOES
And these lines are complete and will remain so
We have an especially fine stock of groceries
and sell them at prices which cannot be duplicated
Crabb Vincent
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