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THIS AND THAT
Comina Events
Teachers Association October 11
A li 0uly wood Lake Sept 22
Kcpubliciin lfcilly Sept i
Democratic Koprebuntative Convention
Sp irks Sept 19
Old Settlers Kcunion Sept 18 19
MV A Picnic ErOwiilec September 23
HelbBob
Croquet sets ut cost at C JR
sons
Just wait until we get some
at
Valentin Markets
Onions per bushel - 50c
Potatoes - - 30c
Corn 25s
Wheat 39c
Oats 20c
Hogs per cwt 275
Steers 2253 00
Cows 150225
Calve3 per ttn 4c
liutter 10c
JEggs per doz 10c
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new
sidewalks
Shoes made on the 20th century last
at T C Hornbys
Mr Luce made a
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business trip to
Crookston Tuesday
C H Deitrick was down from
Crawford Saturday
Two bundles of old papers at this
oftee for five cents
Maine went republican Monday by
about 40000 Next
Joe Brown Crookstbns liveryman
was in town Tuesday
Geo Paterson was over from Spring-
View on business Tuesday
A large assortment of wall paper
new styles cheap at C It Watsons
Mr and Mrs T C Hornby have re
turned from their visit to Lead City
John Bishop Hugh Sears and JSazil
Hunt were down from Cody Saturday
Wanted Baled hay For particu
lars enquire of Davenport Thacher
Miss Mae OSulltam visited her
parents atOeill Saturday and Sun
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Enoch Flowers spent a couple of
days in the city with his family last
week
A lady was in town Tuesday tak
ing subscriptions for the Hastings
Orphans Home
Geo N Shepherd representing the
State Journal blank book department
spenT Sunday in town
The old settlers -reunion at Sparks
tomorrow and next day promises to be
a very delightful affair
The very best castor machine oil
Sawest possible price at C It Watson
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John N King who has been spend
ing a few days in town returned to
the brick yard last Monday
J R Farris left yesterday morning
-for BaDid Citv where he has secured
a position on the fence gang
Frank Tate who has been working
on the reservation returned last Tues
day and will start to school soon
Charley Sherman will move to town
in the near future and will occupy the
property vacated by C E Bowring
C E Bowring stopped off here last
Tuesday to superintend the moving of
his family into the Stinard property
Geo H Hornby has commenced the
-erection of his new- house on Hall
street just south of Judge Walcotts
- Eight traveling men spent Sunday
at The Donoher Thev know where
to stop for first class accommodations
Wanted Good single driving
horse weight about 1000 or 1100
pounds Be at The Donoher Sept 30
B E B Kennedy and wife came up
from the ranch Saturday and started
for their home in Omaha Sunday
morning
Mrs J C Northrop is at Harrison
Nebr this week she having be en
called there by the serious illness of
her father
Quigleys uew pharmacist F K
Brower is making some radical
changes in the interior arrangement of
the City Drug Store
Enoch Flowers and W T Bullis
started last Monday morning for the
White River where they have some
carpenter work to do this falL
Bryan club meeting tonight
Mr and Mrs Mack Cramer drove
through from Creighton last week and
are visiting friends here They will
return in a week or ten days
J O Porter was up from Ainsworlh
Saturday visiti ng with his wife at M
V Nicholsons They returned home
to Ainsworth Monday morning
Peter Doyle of Minneapolis who
will superintend the construction of
the new Indian school on the reserva
tion arrived in town Tuesday night
Mrs Yivian Lawrie came down
from Gordon Sunday afternoon aud
went out to her school in District 56
10 miles northwest of town the same
evening
Wanted to Buy Iron greyborse
about 4 years old 15 hands high good
knee action carries his head high
Enquire at Xortiiwestehn Feed
and Sale Stable
Mr and Mrs Francis whobave been
teaching school on the reservation
started for Tacoma Wash Monday
morning Mr Francis having been
promoted by Uncle Sam
Rev J M Bates held services at the
Episcopal church Sunday evening but
as no announcement of his intention to
preach had been made only about
twenty five people were present
Thos M Huntington and W C
Wilhite spent a few hours in town
Tuesday They were down from Gor
don to help care forJohn Enlow but
finding him in gsod hands returned
home in the evening
Last week while attempting to cap
ture Whitehead the man who broke
jail at Rushville recently the sheriff of
Sheridan county fired three loads of
shot into him but the man reached the
canyons and escaped
At Sparks last Saturday the republi
cans of the Fifty second district nomi
nated W H Hoi ton of Spring iew
for the legislature Mr Ilorton is a
stranger to The Democrat and we
can find no one who knows hirn
The free silver people organized a
Bryan Club in Johnstown Saturday
night The meeting was somewhat en
thusiastic notwithstanding the fact
that the crowd was made up of nearly
half republicans who -will vote for Mc
Kinley Aim worth VSr Journal
The Indians are rapidly becoming
civilized At Cut Meat station on the
reservation Sunday night old Hollow
Horn Bear was shot by a fellow Indian
on account of some squaw The
wound however will not be fatal
Joe Potmecil started for Lincoln
Tuesday morning to take a laboratory
course in the State University togeth
er with extra studies at the Lincoln
Normal Joe will be sadly missed in
the social circles of Yalentiae where
he was at all times a leader
Sheriff Strong the first of the week
sold two steers belonging to J E
Reynolds of Saltillo this state for
taxes Dave Hanna bid them in for
51 As the amount of tax due the
county was 41 the sale brought
enough to pay about half of it after
deducting fees
Sitting Bull Tribe No 22 Improved
Order of Red Men will hold a special
session of the tribe Saturday night for
the purpose t adopting three pale
faces and conferring a number of de
grees Council fire will be kindled at
the eighth run and all members of the
tribe should be at the wigwam at that
J time
After working for three years on the
Republican Dean S Ef ner resigned his
position last week and Monday morn
ing started for Lincoln where he will
take a two years course of study in
the Nebraska Wesleyan University
Dean leaves behind him many warm
friends who while regretting his de
parture wish him every success in his
school life
Monday afternoon a special train of
seven cars passed through town carry
ing Gen Nelson A Miles W K
Vanderbilt and others who are on their
way west for a hunting trip The
party takes an escort of cavalry and a
pack train from Fort Robinson The
tram stopped here only long enough
for some one of the party to ask if
anything had been heard from Maine
Something had and it was evidently to
1 the liking of the party
ENTINE
THREE ARRESTS
H
J CASE J W STRONG
CHAS STEPHENSON
Arrested for Stealing Twenty eieJit
Kead of Cattle Case Escaped
and lias not Yet Been Cap
tured Tlie Whole Story
IN A NUTSHELL
On Sunday night August 23 Mr
John Orans a German farmer and
small lanchman living on the Niobrara
north of the head of the Snake lost 28
head of cattle all unbranded eight
head of which had been sold to J W
Stetter the week previous
Thursday September 10 the cattle
were found by W F A Meltendorf in
a pasture south of Johnstown
Friday September 11 H J Case J
W Strong and Chas Stephenson were
arrested for stealing and driving off
the cattle They gave bonds
Monday September 14 the men
were placed in jail the bondsmen re
fusing to longer remain surety for
them r
Tuesday September 15 between the
hours of 1 and 4 o clock a m Case
stole the key from his jailor while that
individual was asleep and like the
Arab folded his tent and silently stole
away He has not yet returned and
apparently does not intend to
The above is a brief account of the
happenings which are just now the
chief topics of conversation in and
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THE full story
When Orans reportedjhis loss to the
authorities here Sheriff Strong started
immediately on a search for the man
or men who had stolen the cattle ne
searched the country thoroughly but
with no success the thieves having had
wonderfully good luck in escaping ob
servation Finally on Monday Sep
tember 7 Sheriff Strong received a
letter from W A Wilson of Reige in
the German settlement who said that
on the Saturday previous he talked
with three men in lieorgia who were
driving through from Omaha to Bed
rock Wyo and that they claimed to
have seen a bunch of cattle answering
the description of those stolen from
Orans about seven miles southwest of
Johnstown Thev saw them Wednes
day August 26 and the two men who
were driving the cattle offered to sell
them
This letter and a blank warrant was
given to W F A Meltendorf who at
once started on the trail He rode to
the place indicated in the letter and
commenced the search For a long
time he hunted in vain but at last he
-struck the trail and followed it for 10
or 12 miles when lie came in sight of
the looked for animals quietly grazing
in a pasture Investigation proved
that the pasture belonged to a party
named Johnson and Mrs Johnson
told Meltendorf that the cattle were
brought there by Stephenson her
father and Strong who said they had
been sent there by Case her brother-in-law
Meltendorf started for home
with the stock and Friday morning
warrants were issued and served on
Howard J Case Charles Stephenson
his father-in-law and John WV Strong
a brother of the sheriff Amos Strong
J W Tucker was retained by the
defense and at the preliminary hearing
Friday afternoon examination was
waived and the accused weie bound
over to the district court by Judge
Walcott in the sum of 800 each Bail
was furnished by Case and Strong but
Saturday Cases bondsmen turned him
over to the authorities and he could
get no new bond Monday Strongs
bondsmen gave him over to the author
ities and thus endeth the first chapcer
of this little history
case escapes
Monday the sheriff was called to the
south part of the county on business
connected with his office and he left
the prisoners in care of Geo Hammond
as deputy sheriff and then the trouble
began All day Monday Case was
busily engaged in settling up his busi
ness affairs paid his attorney and so
on At night he was taken to the jail
and went to bed when the other pris
oners did and apparently to sleep
Hammond seemed to think this was a
good example to follow and did like
wise only his sleep was real and not
feigned Time passed on and daylight
icame ana then the guaTd awoke He
ft
Published for Fonr Years as
CHERRY COUNTS INDEPENDENT
DEMOCRAT
VALENTINE OHERET CO NEBBASKA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17 1896
might just as weUJhave continued his
slumber until breakfast time The in
side door of the jail was open wide
and the outside door was closed probably-
to xrotect the inmates from the
chfil nightair and the key which Mr
Hammond- had so carefully stowed
away in his pocket ere he laid down to
rest was calmly sticking in the door
Case was gone Why when or where
betwent is a mystery lie ought not
have done so
As soon as Hammond realized that
he was keeping guard over one man
less than the number placed in his care
hex started out to bring him in But
he didnt do it He couldnt
V now 3ic did it
Upon investigating and deliberating
it has finally been concluded that Case
awoke during the night and finding
his jailor asleep quietly stole the key
aud left either with or without the
knowledge of the other prisoners It
would have availed them nothing to
escape as it will be hard to convict
them of complicity in the theft of the
cattle without Case After leaving
the jail Case went to the barn where his
horses were stabled and took one of
them together with a saddle which did
not belong to him and from traces left
it is supposed that he went to the
northeast If he did he may as well
come back There is another man
connected witli the affair whom we will
for convenience sake call John Doe
and Case may have gone to join him
This is not the first cattle deal these
two have been engaged in and prose
cuting attorney Ed Clarke feels sure
that if they -are apprehended he can
convict them
Considerable indignation is felt over
the escape of Case and Hammond is
strongly condemned for allowing his
prisoner to get away People think
he and the others should have been
confined in the steel cage instead ot
being allowed to occupy the large
room especially as the sheriff had c
tioned his deputy to be extra careful
while he was gone
THEORIES
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it win oe rememoereennac
the liv
ery barn belonging to Case burned
down last week together with 14 head
of horses There should have been 19
head in the barn at the time The
others are not yet accounted for and
the theory has been advanced that cer
tain parties with whom Case appeared
to have had a disagreement early that
evening set the barn afire after taking
what property they wanted A sub
scription paper that was started for
the purpose of partially reimbursing
Case for his loss has been pigeonholed
A friend of Case advances the theory
that Case will return in a few days
with the man from whom he received
the Orans cattle and will then stand
trial and endeavor to show his inno
cence by proving that he bought the
cattle or took them to feed this winter
This story sounds queer but we give
it in a spirit of fairness This same
friend claims that Case can prove his
innocence of any complicity in the
other cattle deals with which he is said
to have been connected
it L Bivens has been appointed
deputy sheriff by Sheriff Strong and
he will in the future have charge of
the prisoners
Republicans are Active
Harry O Tucker and J A Carroll
whTaddress the McKinley Club to
morrow night on the money question
Mr Carroll is a democrat who says he
is going to vote for McKinley and
the annouueement of this fact should
be sufficient to draw a good crowd
Next Tuesday September 22 Jack Mc
Coll A E Cady and Orlando Tefft
together with a greater or less num
of smaller lights will expound repub
licanism to the multitudes which are
expected to assemble here on that
occasion This meeting will com
mence right after dinner and continue
until far into the night and there will
be no excuse for anyone to go away
hungry for politics There will be
plenty and to spare A E Cady will
go from here Tuesday and speak at
Wood Lake in the evening
We want a correspondent in every
precinct in Cherry county who will
send us the news of his or her locality
at least once a month oftener if pos
sible We offer inducements to corre
spondents Write us about it
Who says it cant rain in- Nebraska
THIS SORT
OF WEATHER
Makes one feel like buying
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BLANKETS
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Of -the OKI Reliable firm of
venport Thacher
DIDNT YOU KNOW
That the best plaee in town to buy fresh
fruits and vegetables is at PcttycrewV
DIDNT YOU KNOW
That the best place in town to buy gro
ceries and confectionery is at Pettyerewsf
DIDNT YOU KNOW
That the best place to trade your produce
to trade your produce is at Pettycrews 2
If you didnt try him and you will
HERRY QpUNTY QfiMK
Valentine Nebraska
Every facility extended enstomers consistent with conservative banking
Exchange bought and sold Loans upon good security solicited at reasonable
rates County depository
E SPARKS President CHARLES SPARKS Cashier
Who we are CITY DRUG STORE
JH QUIGLEY PROP
What we are
Where we are
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C H COKKELSj President
DEALEH IN
DRUGS PAINTS VARNISHES
TOILET SUNDRIES
MAIN STREET
VALENTINE NEBRASKA
ANK OF VALENTINE
M F MCMULSOX Cshte
Valentine Nebraska
A General Hanking Business Transacted
Buys and Sells Domestic and Foreign Exchange
Correspondents Chemical National Bank New York First National Bank Omana
CITIZENS - MEAT
MARK
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WILLFITBNISH -
Fish G ame Tender Steaks
Jney Roasts Dry Salt Meats
and the finest line of Smoked
Hams and Breakiast Bacon
ever sold in town
At StettersOId Stand on Main Street
GEO 0 SGHWALM PROP
THE PALACE SALOON
HEADQUARTERS
WIKES LIQUORS and CIGARS
VALENTINE
OJ the Choices Brands
Nebraska
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