C kr v mm OFFICIAL DIRECTORY STATE Covernor llas Uolcoin leutpnant Governor ltonert K Ioor u nr iioin loel A Finer not now Win UuMsaiul Bulkllngb cnrS iVIioroev Ktmenil Artlinr S lmrclnU vSut Fublic Instruction Henry KQirbeit 1 KP TM Holmes rieree Mallalieu Kearney Hull uagar COSOfcSSSIONAL Seimtorc Wm V Alien Madison John M jiTSS D H Mercer Onalta Third SD Melklejobii Fllertou Fourth b J Hai n Aurora Fifth Wm fc Andrews Haatiugs Sixth O SUsetn Broken Bow JUDICIAL Supresao Jonrt T L Norval Chief Justice ILirribOU aad Pqlk assoclates Fiiietutb imueiai UJsinct M P Klnkam OKrill W H Wetrtover Kushvlllc LEGISLATIVE BeSenenteUvo Fifty second District - Frank IlotuYcutuerKHgorc Senator Fourteenth District Ilenry G rt Crawford LAND OFFICE Jtatfstr C R Glover Longplue Receiver J AKikc2JewiKrt COUNTY Treasurer --G-T Crabb jlerkT Geo Elliott 8herlli - Ainos Strong cmWKCOU Ceunn auoniey Ed Clarke Count Superintendent LilliAlt Burvejor - a pu u ceronw vivAoVSi J M Duiiham aunimers i Sullivan PRECINCT Ovptreorsof Highways It Hansen and J Ray Constablc R lowne Justices of tuc Peace John Dunn and J M Cmin Assessor- John Dunu VILLAGE Town Board E E Sparks president C H nell tnasurer T C Hornby clerk D i Ludwig and J W liurlelch t MarahaUnd WaterGoronnssioner R Towne cboolTJistritt No 1 F M Walcott president jfl V Nh holson treasurer J C IetJOhn ten- J V BurleUib G P Crabb and J 1 Keoley Societies Imp 0 R M sitting Bun Tribe No 22 improved Order of Red Men meets every second and fourt tr idaj evening of each month at tfkivenport s Hall Visiting brethren are fraternally invited to be nrt sent at ibe councils or ihe tribe 3 D Wgftins CotR C H Thompson Sachem A F A M Minnekadusa Lodge No 192 A F r A M ineets in regular communication bat rday -evening on or before the full moon in eai no nth numbers of the order in good nnd regular stand ing cordially and ernallyyuvito attendf W W THonrsox SecY 0 E S fjoaham flmr rhnntpr No 59 Order of the Enrtrrn Star meets on second and fourth Tuea jiy evenings of ea h month m Hornbys hall M AOue Waixott w w inonSelar Worthy Matron A O U W Valentine Lodge No 70 A O U W 1 si and ard Aiouaay m eacii mui Carl JJamas nee meets WHolsclawMW D OF H Valentine Lodge No Degree cf Honor iolds regular meetings first and third W day evenings of each month Chrisleusen Rec airs R JJobinseJi O of H u I O 0 F v evening Visiting brothers cord- aallynvited toatteudour meetmgs Weslrv HoLSCiiAw Secy G A R Col Wood Post No 208 Department of Ne JiSSa iSflar meeting 2d and 4th Satin days o path montl at 2 D m sharp Lomraus irom invited to attend Ser cordially o oste are Commander J VJTucKKK John Dunn adjt W li C Col WoodWRC No 179 regular meeting 2d and 4th Saturdays of each month Amanda Ludwig Prw JBjslkn Hornby M W A Valentine t3amp No 1751 Modern Woodmen of America meets second and fourth Wednesday evenings of Kjach month at Davenports Hall neighbors cordially invited to aitend v laiuub t lf sinieus Ven Counsel Jw Spirk Clerk k of r Cherry Lodge No 1GH Knights of P thias meets Tery Tuesday evening at Davenjim tsgaU c Jos Putmecil lv of R and S Arrival and Departure of Mails Mall east and west closes at 8 pm Rosebud leaves at 8 00 a m daily except Sun day and arrives at aw p m KiTnpnn Kenuedy and Oasis at 700 a m Mondays davs and arrives at leaves Wednesdays and bn 00 p m Tuesdays and Saturdays Ft Niobrara leaves daily at7 00 a m and 00p m arrives at 930a maud 730 p m Kewanee and Sparks arrives Mondays -Wednesdays and Fridays at 503 pm and leaves Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 7o a m General delivery open from7K a jn to 700 n m General delivery open on Sundays from Lock boxes opendaily form b a 8 to 10 a m m to 830 p m wEHALEYPostmaster PROFESSIONAL AHD BUSINESS CARDS T C DWYER s1 Physician and Surgeon Office at C R Watsons Drug Store Prompt attention given to all professional calls VALKXTIXK - - - NKUKASKA Ceacliers Examinatiom Trie regular monthly Teachers - Examination will be held the third Saturday of each month at my office in the Court House LILLIAN STONER Supt of Schools rgyD CLARKE Attorneyat Law VSillnds of legal boslnes promptly attended tn Faxbtixb Nkbbaska DOW Publishers Kofcicc In orderSto introduce Tiie Vales- tine Democrat into homes where it go regularly the pub lisher will upon receipt of one dollar I l numiimiiVoimia send the paper to new subscribers from ivii TTtilvfslfcv 1 M Hail Allini w until January 1 1898 This offer is unprecedented for a paper of the size and quality of The Demo crat and if you are not now on the list this is the time to send in your namewith a dollar The subscription price of The Democrat is 1 per year but if sub scription is allowed to become delin quent it will bevcharged at the rate of 125 This isdone as a means of projection to the publisher When your subscription becomes delinquent you will be notified of the fact and Xhel25 rate will not be charged without -your knowledge AChancoto Make JUotiej I read how one of your subscribers made monov selling Dishwashers I ordered one and my lady faiends were charmed as they hate dish washing My brother and 1 commenced selling them and have made 81700 after payim all We dont canvass any Our sales are all made at home People come or send for them The Mound City Dish Washer is -the best dishwasher on the market Our business is increasing and we are going tokeep right on until wo make ten thousand dollars ve sell from 5 to 15 machines every day and somedavs more The Dishwasher is lovely everv hoousekeeper wants one There is no ex cuseto c poor when so much nioupy can be made selling Dish Washers For full particu lars nddress The Mound City Dish Washer -Co St Louis Mo They will start you on the road to success A Rka u bk 2 lioic the Dipper Saved the Fainn Father was sick nnd the mortgage on the farm was coming due Isawinthe Christian Advo cate where Miss A M Fritz of Station A St Louis Mo would send a sample combination dipper for 18 two cent stamps mid I ordered one I saw that the dipser could be used as a frrit Jar filler a plain dipper a line strainer a funnel a stra ner funnel a al k mom wanning pan and a pint measure These eight different uses makes the dipper Mich a necessary article that I went to work with it and it sells at very near every house and in foir months I paid off the mort gage 1 think I cnncleir as much as S200 per month If you need work you can Jo well by giving this a trial Miss A M Fritz Station A St Louis Mo will send you a sample for 18 two cent stamps Write at once JohnG IS Wanted at Once Ten good teams to haul freight to the Brick yard and Rosebud Agency Will have hauling all winter 36 Davenport Thacher A Dandy Thing to Sell I have been doing so well this summer selling combination dippers that I think it my duty to tell others about it 1 liave not made as much money as home I read -about but I never make less than S3 and often S5 a day The dipper can be used as a fruit jar filler a plain dipper a One strainer a funnel a strainer tunnel a sick room warming pan and a pint measure These eight cnoh aum fiiiiiury articie tliatitsellsat nearly every house it is so chenp You -can get a sample by sending as I did 18 two cent stamps to pay postage etc to W H Raird Co Station A Pittsburg Pa and tliev will mail jou a dipper and you can go right to work Anyone can make S3 or St a day any where A Readkk Wanted -Wood on Dry hard wood preferred and avoid the rush subscription Call early Churning Done in One Minute I have tried the Lightning Churn you recently described in vour paper and it is certainly a won de 1 can churn in less than one minute and the butter is elegant and you get considerable more butter than when you uso the common churn I took the ageuey for the churn here and everv butter maker that sees it buys one I have sold three dozen and they give the best satisfaction 1 know I can sell 100 in this town ship as thev churn so quickly make so much more butter than common churns and are so cheap Some one iu every township can make two or three hundred selling these churns By addressing J F Casey Co St Louis you can get circulars and full information so you can make big inonev right at home 1 have made SSO the past two weeks and I have never sold any thing in my life before 1 A Fausiek A Wife Equal to a Gold Mine Will some of your readers give me a good re cipe for making a cold starch I am selling self heating flatirons and iron a little at every house and have to use some starch at every place and want to Know now to niaue goooeoiu siaixm My husband was in debt and I being anxious to help him thought 1 would sell seltheatiug fiat Irous and I am doing splendidly v cents worth of fuel will heat the iron for 3 hours so you have a perfectly even heat tou can iron iu half the time and no danger of scorching clothes as with the old iron and you can get a beautiful gloss 1 soil at nearly every house as the iron saves so mu2h fuel everybody wants ono 1 make 51 50 on each iron and have not sold less than 10 anv day I worked My brother is doing well and I think anyone can make lots of money any where selling irons J F CASEY CO St Louis Mo will start anyone in the ousiness as they aid me if vou will address them 1 MliS A Russku Davenport Thacher carry a com plete line of coffins and undertakers supplies 27 The Kciv Hook Spoon Free to All I read in the Christian Standard that Mss A M Fritz Station A St Louis Mo would give an elegant silver spoon to anyone sendind her ten 2 cent stamps i sent for one and found it so useful thai I showed it to my friends and made S1300 in two hoars taking orders for the spoon The hook spoon is a houuehrid neces sity It cannot slip into the dish ur cooking vessel being held in phtcd by a hook ou the back The spoon is something thai housekeep ers have needed ever since spoons were first in vented Anyone can get a sample siwon by sendiui ten 2 cent stumps to Miss Fritz Ths is a splendid way to make money around home Yery truly J eaxxjkli k o TheDEMOCRAT and the week 3Sew York World 150 one year Mariy This Girl Quiet T saw in 5 our paper that a 13 year old bov made Sl25 the first hour he worked ellhr the Perfection Metal Tip Lampwick I ordered a sample and went to work and the first week T cleared 10 the second week I cleared SW I expect to run up to 25 a week in th near future vs the Perfection Metal Tip Lampviok makes such a beautiful white light and does away with smokey chimneys and bud oder and saves oil it is easy to sell If vou wish to t rv it send 13 two cent stamps to Miss A M Fritz Station A St Lwuis Mo and she will send vou sample outfit this ta a rood wav to make monov around borne Miss Ti W FINAL PROOF NOTICES Parties having final proof notices in these columns will receive a marked copy of the paper which contains first insertion of same It is the duty of each claimant to examine their notice carefullv and should there be any error the fact should be- reported to the land office and to this office at once for correction V S Land Office Valentine Nebraska rfVtnhfir QTtll 1S9T 1 No 30 N ranire No 28w He names as witnesses and Charles W Harvey Spencer E Dewey and Robert E Dewey Dewey -of Wood Lake Netm Quizeuberv of Oasis Nebraska Testimonvof claimant will be taken before the clerk of the district court of Kane county at his office in Geneva Illinois on December 8180G Also Henry 1 Sawyer of Carpentersville 11 T C 7801 foi the nXneH aud n4nw section 25 township 3in mnge 29w He names -as witnesses Harvey E Dewey and Ciiarles W Dewtiv ot iWood Lake Nebr Mpencer E Jtewey and Robert Quizeubery of Oasis Nebraska Testimony of the claimant will be takenoefore thexlerkof the district court of Kane county at his office in Geneva Illinois on Docenilfcr 8th JS9C Also William G Sawyer of Carpentersville 111 one of the heirs of George E Sawyer- de ceased who made T C entry No 7790 for the nViSel i sw4neJi and senwJ4 section 27 lown sbin son rauge29w He names -is witnesses Harvey E Dowey and Charles W Dewey of vWood Lake Nebr Spencer E Dewey and Robert Quizubery ol Oasis Nebra ka Testimony of claimant willhe takenhefore the clerk of the district court of Kane county at hij oiuce in ueiieva Illinois on uecemuer s ibikj C R GLOVER Register U S Land Office Valentine Nehr October 2Gth lb96 f Notice is hereby Riven that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will he made before the Register and Receiver at Valentine Neb on Dec 10th lfeOG viz Wilhelm Andprson o McCann Neb H E 86Gllor the lots 1 2 and s section 2 and lot 5 section 1 township 32 range 31 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upou and cultivation of said land viz Peter iailowav David Hendershott James Iolmson and Avelyn TBrackett all of McCann Nebraska C R GLOVER Register U S Land Office Valentine Neb I October 27 1S9G f Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of Ins intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before Register and Receiver at Valentine Nebraska on Dec 9th 189G viz Lars Pederson of Kennedy Jfebr II E 10045 for the nene section 23 nwnuJi and nnwJa section 21 towiship 20 range 32 He names tho following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land viz David A Piercv Francis M Robinson Erik Amesou and Aueu Rardsen all of Kennedy Nebr C R GLOVER Register U S Land Office at Valentine Neb l Nov 4th 1896 f Notice is hereby giveu that the following named settler hs filed notice of his intention to make final proof iu support of his claim and that said proef will he made before the Register and Receiver at Valentine Neb on Dec nth 18DGviZ John C Nichofe of Eeige STebr IIE No 8S31 for the lots 3 4 and eVi sw Sec 31 Tj 80 R 33 lie names tne following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land viz Daniel P White and refer Galloway ot Mc Caun Neb Henry Schleleter and Ieler Reimers of Jtelgi Neb CR GLOVER Register Laud Office at Valentine Nebraska i Nov 9 1396 f Notice is hereby given that Mary J Storey formerly Mary J Lnsley has filed notice of in tention to maice linal proof before the Register or Receiver at their onice in Valentine Nebr on Friday the istli day of December 189G on tim ber culture application No 82M for the lot 3 neHsw1 seiinwH uwJiSeU Sec 30 Tp 32 n R 34 W She names as witnesses Charles Gartside John Nolan Lyman Storey aud Custtis Guu derson all of Cody Nebr C R GLOVER Register US Land Office Valentine Nebr Nov 14th 1896 f Notice is hereby given that the following nam ed settler has filed notice of his intention to make linal proof in support of his claim aud that said proof will be made before Roht Lucas USCCC at Merrlman Nebr on Dec 30th l89Gviz Joseph A Saults of Pullman Neb H E 9391 for the sVSswJi and sise Sec 14 Tp 29 R 37 lie namestlio following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land viz Charles Jacobson William Metzger and Eg bert Bounen of Pullman Nebr William Enlow of Gordon Nebr C RGLOVER Register Laud Oflico at Valentine Nebr 1 Nov 14th 1896 f Complaint having been entered at this ofiice by James Enos against Zaflok Hurtt for aban doning his Homestead Entry No 9891 dated August 20 1894 unon tho vVSswJ seHswii Sec 27 Tp 35 n R 4o w in Cherry county Nebraska vitli a view to the cancellation of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 4ih day of January 1897 at 10 oclock a in to respond and furnish testimouy concerning said alleged abandonment Testimony of witnesses to te taken betore Robert Lucas USCCC at Merrlman Cherry couiitv Nebraska December 30 I89fi at 10 a m C RGLOVER Register US Land Office Valentine Nebr I Nov 17 1890 f I Complaint having been entered at tnis office pjvviwronid o l airhead against John C Potter for failure to comply with the law is to Timber Culture Entry No 2743 dated September 30 18S4 upon the s4sei4 slsswii Sec 22 Tp 34 n R 37 w in Cherry county Nebraska with a view to the caiueliation of said entry contestant alleg ing that the said John 0 Potter has lailed to break or cause to be broken any of said des cribed tract at anv time and has failed at anv time to cultivate any of said tract and lias failed 1 to plant or cause to uo planted any trees tree seeds or cuttings on said tract at any time the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this cflice on the 2tli day of December 1S9U at 10 oclock am to respond and furnish testi mony concerning said alleged failure Disposition of witnesses will be taken before Roln rt Lucas a USCCC at his offite in Laa ca Nebr on the 24th day of December 1890 at lo oclock a m C R GLOVER Register U S Laud Office at Valentine NVb Dec 1st 1800 i Notce is hereby giveu that the following mini ed seitler has filed notice of his intention to make nnal proof in support of his claim aud mat saiu proot win oe made before Register and Receiver at Valeutine Nebr on Jan 13th 1897 viz Willard L Cohee of Simeon Neb H E 8417 for the sjaw1 sec 27 and nnwJi sec 34 tpyo r2S He names the following witnes cs to prove Irs continuous residence upon aud cultivation of said land viz Charles R Howard and Robert L Quisenbnrry of Oasis Nebr John R Ballard aud Henry B Ballard of Wood Xake Nebr C R GLOVER Register Aflce for Appointment on trator In Count7 Court of riiorry County Nebraska John a Guth survirtaic partner of the firm of Guth Haro havlug filed In my office a peti tion praying for the appointment of Edward J Davenport as administrator of tho estate of Walter Hare deceased ail persona Interested In said estate will take notice that I have fixed Saturday the 28th day of November 1896 at lo oclock as the time nnd my office iu Cherry county Nebraska as the place for the hearing of the appoiutraent of such administrator witness my band aud seal of the Comity Notice is hercbv given that William G tfawyer Court this loth day ol November 189C FM Walcott Ul 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