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Repairing promptly executed md
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Pull line of sporting goods
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Ctnina Events
School Entertainment April 22
Wesleyan Male Quartette April 27
General Teachers Association April SO
Cobs for sale at the mill
A new crossing is needed south of
the court bouse
C H Cornell went to Omaha Tues
day with the Tweif tb
T P Spratt isrunning a herd ef
700 cattle on the Snake this spring
Prof A C Reimenschneider was
down from Cody on business this week
Judge TValcott attended court at
Rushville last Friday and Saturday
Ely Yalentine was up from Wood
lakeon business Monday and Tuesday-
Prof WG Carson of Simeon was
one of our most pleasant callers this
week
Mrs J W Morris of near Sparks
is at Dr Dwyers sanatarium under-
going treatment
Be sure and hear the Nebraska Wes
leyan Male Quartet at the M J2
church April 27
Hon O P Billlners was over from
Xorden Monday niakinj final proof
on his timber claim
Dick Cook was in town Jast night
from the reserve where he43 working
for I N Humphrey
CA Johnson was up from Wood
lake Tuesday and helped get the sol
diers away in good shape
John Adamson and Dick Grooms
were in from Niobrara Falls Tuesday
displaying their patriotism
c Dr C Y Crooks- the well known
specialist at Donoher House where he
will remain until Saturday night Apr
To Cure A Cold in One jOaj
-Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab-
lets AlfDruggists refund the money
mf it fails to Cure 25c 46
JDo not fail to see Dr Stuckey the
successful eye specialist at the Don-
ober House where he will remain till
Saturday evening April 23-
Fon Sale 350 of cattle 2 Here-
ford bulls Cows calfs and yearlings
Wheeler Bros Cody Neb
Ranch 25 miles south of Cody
Henderson Xew Ideal is the best
rseed potato for this climate 500
bushels raised ou one acre in Cherry
r county last year Price 50 cents 4er
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threyears in the penitentiary for
sault with intent to w2onnd on
person of Bill Brown
of the community was
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Ritterbrush and a few weetoi ago he
was liberated from the pen -arid return
ed home The young raaus health
was poor he became despond
ent and Saturday April 1 he com
mitted suicide by shooting himsef
Wegive the following story in full in
order to correct the Salsa rumors in
cirsulation
Saturday forenoon George was at
his brothers Will Ritterbushs place
at Crookston sick in bed Will went
out to harness his team about noon
ffor the purpose of coming to Valen
tine A few minutes later George
asked his sister-in-law to retire from
the room as he wished to get out of
bed She did so going to the barn
where she stayed ntiiLvher husband
Btarted away On her return to the
house she found George lying on the
bed dead witba bullet hole in his
left breast The wound was made
with a Winchester and the suicide
bad placed the muzzle of the gun ou
his breast and pulled the trigger
-with his toe Death was instanta
neous Coroner Dwyer was sent for
t and the jury in the evening found a
verdict in accord with the above
Before killing himself Ritterbush
wrote two letters one addressed to
his mother brothers and sisters and
gave as his reason for the rash act the
fact that he felt he had not long -to
live anyway aud with the disgrace of
having been m prison to trouble him
he felt he had better kill himself He
asked forgiveness for anything he
might have done wrong to any person
and said God will judge Bill Brown
some day The other letter was ad
dressed to Fannie Brown his sweet
heart at Fullerton on whose account
he got into trouble and gave the same
reason to her f or his deed He de
clared his love for the girl and said
be knew it was reciprocated He ad 1
vised her to warry some good man
and closed with a pleaj for the just
ification of his act
It was reported that love disappoint
ment caused the suicide but thelefcter
to the girl dispels that thought In
that letter Ritterbush said he knew
the stories goinground but of course
they were not true The body was
buried- in the cemetery here Sunday
afternoon by the side of his father
the Rev Johnson conducting the
funeral services
Conductor Al Bowring and wife
visited the formers parents at Merri
man last week returning Saturday
uight -They were accompanied by
Mrs Chas Bowring whose husband
xecently died She will visit m Chad
jon for a time
Miss Anna Connolly expects to leave
in a few days tor her home in Valen
tine after having been in Chadron fori
several months during which time she
wasemployed in Mrs Bates store
Miss Gonnolly is now visiting Miss
Pearl Ray and will be her guest until
she lakes her departure
Robert Good editor and publisher
of the Valentine Democrat was a
Chadron visitor Wednesday and was a
verrytpleasant and welcome caller at
this office- Mr Good has lived in
northwest Nebraska for 14 years and
it was his first visit to Chadron To
say that he was delighted with our
little city but faintly expresses it
Mr Good issues one of the best news
iest and most readable papers in this
section of the state which by the way
is the only democratic newspaper pub
lished in northwest Nebraska and the
support he receives from the mer
chants of the progressive city of Val
entine is indeed very encouraging
CJiaiiron Journal
ESt Clarke and C E Sherman went
taKrden Friday and secured 25 head
of cattle from O P Billings on re
plevin There cattle were purchased
by Chadboume several weeks ago but
iteems that Billings concluded he
had made a poor bargain and refused
to turn over the stock After taking
the cattle on replevin a compromise
was made and they were paii for by
the attorney
The reading circle of the Epworth
League met at the residence of Miss
Stonr Monday evening and enjoyed
the literary feaBt xsUkh was provided
for them
Change m PoMtofficc Hour
Sunday postofiice hours have bren
changed frm 8 to 10 a mM to 7 to 9
or one hour earlier for both botii open
ing and losing The npw ruins went
into effect last Sunday and canght a
numberof citizens who were late get
ting dGwo town
-The Wesleyan Male will
sing in Walentine Wednesday April
27
luvDcivru 6rti3 tuets general
admission 25 cents cbildaven under 12
15 cents Ticsets on sale at Elliotts
drng -store
In commenting on a recent enter
tainmentiwhich the quartet -gave the
State Journal of April 3Sth has the
following to say
A college quartet is supposed to
arouse and entertain without elaborate
artistic achievements and rthe Wes
leyan8 reach a great degreeof success
1n this line They soon had the biff
audience in such a moodlasfcnjght that
the chapel overflowed withemirth
s Destructive Prairie
The 1 most destructive prairie fire
xhat ever visited this section swept
over a Jarge portion of this county on
Saturday and Sunday carrying des
truction property at almost eveiy
irtuuii iuu icirm nuuse in us pacn
Ihe hre started on the reservation and
was driven over the line by ia terrific
north wind It swept to the -south
and southeast coming close to town
in the afternoon
In the country several narrow es
capes are reported W B Eberhart
was burned about the face and hands
while Mrs Eberharfc was severely
burned about the hands Mrs N M
Jeifords was quite severely burned
about the feet her stockings being
burned oft Keya Palia Call
Scliool Eutertainmen t
Tomorrow Friday evening one div
ision of thejjigh school will give their
literary program All friends of ed
ucation are requested to attend rand
encourage the young people Admission-only
five- cents
Twenty five new books wece -placed
imthe librarysthis week purchased with
the proceeds4rom the programs given
some weeks ago
Mr Robert G nod of The Demo
crat some weeks ago advisedvpersos
to donate good books to the school
library and then surprised us by fol
lowing his own advice presenting to
the- school copy of Holmes
Guardian- Angel Later Mrs vE J
-Davenport has given us two nice vol
umes Lorna JJoonp by Blackmore
and Greek Heroes by ReviKingsley
Library Committee
OFF FOR NEW ORLEANS
Twelfth IiiJantry leaves Ifjost
May so to Cu
The Twelf this gone and FtNio
brara is practically deserted detail
of two menfromeach of the compan
ies being the size of the garrison
News that theregiment wasUrieave
Tuesday afternoon spread rapidnd
when the boys parched into toivn to
thetaneof The Soldiers Farmrell
at 1 oclock they found an imcaense
crowp waiting to bid them gopdbye
All morning thQboys had been busy
Lloading freight cars with baggage
transportation etc so the start wwias
made for the east by 230 The -first
train consisted of J7 cattle coal vsi
box cars and carried the field ejip j
ments of the regiment wagons 0
days rations several hundred tbow j
sand raunds of ammunition and tsv
Hotchkiss guns i
The second -section was composedof
7 coaches carrying the 1st batallion
and the third section of 9 co aches ear-
ried the 2d batallion and Hand toj
gether with regimental officer 8 Each
man carried his arms and 100 rounds
of ammunition
Several hundred people cheered the
boys as they left town and many
weeping eyes andsbroken hearts- were
left behind womeabeing particularly
numerous in the crowd
It is very probable that Valentpe
has seen the last of xhe Twelfth in
fantry and for this we arc sorry Col
Andrews was a prime favorite herej
the officers wereall gentlemanly ad
sociable the men were honest and re
liable As a whole those posted jon
army matters say the Twelfth Is rjtoe
cleanest most sociablend best regi
ment in the army If we have waf
with Spain we expecttQ hear good re
ports from the lwelfth Lieut G L
Barch isin charge of the jpost ad is
the only commissioned officer jpre
Several families yet xemain but ey
will leavebefore long -It is repgrtPd
that two troops of thelEighth cajflry
from Ft Meade will come down and
gjUrin the post icaiewdays
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Tlie Democrat 3Ian Visits Chadron
autl Receives Koyal -Reception
Tcioes a newspaper man good to
get away from home occasionally and
see what his neighboring towns are
doing Since 1884 the editor of this
paper has lived most of the time in
northwest Nebraska but it was not
until last week that he yisited the
northwests metropolis Chadron
Jl was a patriotic mission that call
ed him to ChadronvnaraeIy the desire
to so arrange matters that Valentin
might be able to get a company of
volunteers in the field if war is declar
ed between this country arid Spain
Adjt G eiiP JET Barry of the Nation
al Guard was to be in Chadron last
Wednesday and it was he that caused
the trip He assured the editor that
if a company was organised here it
would be recognized by the ustate and
consequently by the government but
the National Guard was recruited to
ics run strength bo much for the
cause of the- visit
In company with A M Morrissey
the editor took in the town for an
hour or so after arriving in the early
morning and while his preconceived
notions of Chadron were hardly real
ized is forced to adrrfct that Chad-
ron is a lively little cily and one of
which its citizens may well feel proud
Fine wide streets substantial public
buildings pretty residences and splen
did business blocks give he town an
appearance of business and sociability
while I the beautiful scenery round
about tfves the town a summer resort
aspectl
Afterhis ramble the scribe went to
the Blaine hotel and registered He
had hard somuch oHhe Blaine that
the excellence of the hotel and its ap
pointpents were no surprise but gen
ial Ed Satterlee
the proprietor was a
treat he iwas unprepared for The
Blaine is a three story structure and
is patronised by the best class of trade
almost eiclusivply Thcjijslne is
excelleitthe4jervice splendid aniTthe
hospitality of the proprietor unexcelled
After breakfast came a call on the
Journal and a bicycle ride around
town including a visit to the high
school Prof Fee is au old friend of
the editors and the former introduced
him to the corps of teachers aud made
himself -agreeable in every possible
manner The high school is an eight
room building heated with steam
aud is well equipped in every particu
lar The exhibit being prepared for
the Transmississippi Exposition by the
high school and primary departments
is fine After this came a more ex
tended visit with Bro Julian and an
inspection of the fine outfit of the
Journal liaewise introductions to
Messrs Taylor and Kendall of the de
funct Recorder The newspaper frater
nity ofithe city seemed to be on good
terms and the Recorder people were
working for the Journal Bro Julian
is a young man almost as handsome
as the writer and is making a splen
did success of his paper It is in
fact unsurpassed in the northwest for
its excellence of matter and tasteful
oess in display and makeup With
Gapt A G Fisher Lieut A L Dor
rington War Correspodent Geo Gar
rison and Adjt Barry dinner was de-
5x7aured aud then eame a round of
iftlBasure Many old friends were vis
ited and many new ones made Col
teCann entertained the visitor for an
Jhour and J W Good a leading mer
chant made a half hour seem like a
mjnute C S Bates the architect
3- iBjDavis the pharmacist Stanley
Ray tbecornetist Jas Dahlman the
democrat and numbers of others
equally well known here beguiled thei
hquFftway until supper and then
ameol Maher and a host of others
to make things pleasant
Aftertsupper a visit to the rink was
in Qder where Co H N N G was
nusteed into the service of the state
and the war atmosphere was later
clearedaway by a social hop Mid
night found the editor -all tired out
and he wgs soon on his way home
leaving jQfcadron with its pleasant peo
ple eeBic lights splendid water
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eral air of igoaheaditiveness behind
SOheadjrfcows and calves for sale
For paftipufoTs write to 13
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KILLED HIMSELF
George Kitterlmsh Became Despcid
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About a vear aco Genrow JHffor
bush ofCrookstun was sentenced to
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CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
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for ladies dresses It is light and el
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A dress saturated with water will still
retain its form and freshness Paris
the great centre of fashion has enthu
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We- Have a Number of pairs of Shoes
Ladies and Gents -also a limited amonnt or Winter Goods
Which ive will Close Oat at Cost to make Boom
For our New Spring Goods which will arrive this Week
Our New Goods will all be 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
the country
Look over our Di y Goods Gents Furnishing Goods Trunks and
Valises aud get our prices before purchasing elsewhere
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MILLINERY
ANYTHING YOU WANT
Come and See Our Line of
Shirt Waists Neckwear Dress
Skirts Wrappers Underwear
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ONLY A FEW SUITS LEFT
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And they wont be left much longer
if we keep selling them as Tapjdly as
we have been doing during the last
few weeks Remember that we are
SELLING ALL CLOTHING AT POST
Eecanse we want to close out 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 wil remain so
We have an especially fine stock of groceries
and sell them at prices which cannot be duplicated
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