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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1896)
In fc fe M H I mm tf ft xn m V IP f s fc i y r v E - iu iz J 13E THE VOL XI THIS AND THAT Coming Events Christmas Dec 25 1S97 January l Cowjtv CoinmlS8oners jjan R D of H Instalation Jan 6 Farmers InstitmeAJan 9 Christmas tomorrow i Fur Couts at Stinards Did you Bee the Camel at Stinards W D Morgaieidge spent Sunday in town fcfens Arctics one dollar per palrat Ufanards tf R Fee was in town from Croofcs ton Monday Miss Pearl Bay canio up from Oma ha last evening Wm Enlow was down from Gordon on business Saturday L D Lincoln was seen perambulat ing the streets Mouday Wm Francfce has been visiting in Iowa for the past week Commencing this morning James Wellford will drive the Rosebud mail In place of Geo Hershey WG Sawyer of Elgin 111 was in town the first of the week Born to Mr and Mrs John Jackson Saturday December 19 a girl Christmas entertainment at the Pres byterian church tomorrow night Dau Webster was down from the west part of the county yesterday 10000 envelopes just received b he Democrat Get a supply print ed Wm Alsip was over from the reser vation Saturday and Sunday on busi ness Ttev Basset preached at the Presby terian church last Sunday morning and evening Wanted Girl for general house work Address Lock Box 277 Valen tine Nebraska Edt5larkG wenlrtoOmaha Taesduy on business expecting to be gone a -week or ten days Miss Edna Dwyer assisted Judge Tucker take care of his legal corre spondence this week The railroad company has not yet paid its 96 taxes but is expected to do ao some time this month Miss Sadie Dewey of Wood Lake speut a few days in town during the rjast week visiting friends Joe Potmesil was on the train bound for Chadron Sunday night He will spend the holidays here An oyster cocktail is the proper thing at this season of the year Al Thacher knows how to make them The meeting of the Y P S C E at the Presbyterian church last Sunday evening was a very Interesting one This paper is informed that Ed White well known here was recently married to a young lady in Indiana Harry Folks came down from Crookston yesterday afternoon The Ayer here seems to agree with Folks From 17 cents per hundred for freighting to the brick yard the price has gone up to 25 and even 30 cents Prof J P Heelan of Arabia was in town Monday on business He will the balance of the winter in Iowa C R Glover returned Sunday night from Aurora Omaha and Arlington His mothers health seems to be im proving J C Dahlman chairman of the democratic state central committee was on Saturday nights passenger going home to Chadron Mrs Marv E Antranof Traer Iowa came home last Thursday right to spend the holidays with her parents Mr and Sirs J Wesley Tucker The K of P dance last Friday ev ening was the greatest social success of the year About 60 couples were present to enjoy the pleasures of the event General Manager Bidwell C C Hughes and Snpt Harris of the F E M V railroad made a short stop here yesterday Full details of the ob ject of their visit will be given next Veek Judge Walcott Tuesday issued a marriage license to Paul Danorsky and Miss Ella G Johnson both of McCann T J Foley Jate partner of John Enlow in the Enlow Cattle Company of Council Diuffs was in town Satur day Geot B Swift republican mayor of Chicago vetoed an ordinance Monday which provided for 4 cent street car fares County Treasurer Crabb is kept yery busy these days by men who wisn to -make ttie countya Christmas present W A Selden the tailor left for his home at Longpine yesterday morning having severed his connection with D Stinard Deputy U S Marshall Bray took two Indians to Dead wood Monday night on a charge of committing assault with intent to kill I A CLUB HUNT 19 Was Held Sunday and the lasers set up 9JB Oyter Supper In honor of Jas Ryan of Wilming ton Delaware a sportsman who has been in Valeirtine forthe past ten -days the week in town The firm has not Praie dogs were not i laced oh the yet commenced work at Pine Ridge n8t or Halejs men might have made Wanted Competent girl or woman for general house work Mrs W E Waite Kennedy Nebr Miss Lpcta Sutton came up from Kearney Tuesday night and is spend ing the holidays with her cousins Mrs F M Walcott and Miss Katie Noble Members of the various secret societies in Valentine are requested to send to this office a revised list of their officers that our directory may be brought up to date Peter Wantz a ranchman from southeast of Wood Lake was in town Saturday making his annual settle ment with the county treasurer and transacting other business Miss Mary Hurley of Arabia was in town Saturday She went home to ONeill Sunday morning on a vacation but will return to Arabia and resume herchool thereafter The following query has been hand ed the Democrat for an answer Why are some of the Valentine girls like a sick man The only reply possible is Because they long fr the doctor This paper is requested to inform the young men who amuse themselves on the skating pond by firing revolvers that they will find themselves in a se rious predicament if the practice is not discontinued Wm Martins and W E Barker were found guilty of cattle stealing before Judge Westover at Chadron last week the former being given one year and the latter six years in the penitentiary The Kara Cattle Company is the name of a corporation organized at Alliance a week or two ago with a capital stock of 18000 Mike Elmore J R Phelan and Miss Maggie Laugan are the incorporators Dean Efuer returned from Univer sity Place Nebraska last Saturday night and will remain until after the holiday Dean is attending the Wesleyan University and is making good progress with his studies At Rushville last week divorces were granted to Gilderoy Hardy Clin ton Mets Elvera Canjpton and Flor ence M Heldreth Thos Burch was acquitted of the charge of horse steal ing preferred by Robson Carter Dr Will Donoher arrived Friday from St Louis to spend the holidays with his sisters and mother He is one of the su geons in the St Louis Baptist Hospital and is Tapidly win ning fame in his chosen profession Miss Minnie DeWoodv left for her a few more points The prize for the winners was an oyster supper at The Donoher to be paid for by the losers The parties left town Sunday morn ing seven of Haleys men and one of Whites going north with the bounds and the rest going other directions with guns alone Time was called in Watsons drug store at 6 oclock that evening and White was found to hafe olson made his bow before the calcium lights with a measly old owl which he proudly said belonged to Haley and him he having slut it all by himself while out with the hounds Nobody cared for the owl but objections wre made to giving Haley all those points because they would change the result The owl was finally divided by order of Referee Sherman White getting an eighth and everything was owl right Score White 67 Haley 6G The supper was given at The Dono her atr 10 oclock Monday night and was r spread such aa can be put up only at that hostelry Everybody ato and drank and enjoyed himself and many were the jests passed about the tables and everybody voted Mr Ryan a good teiiow ana wished he would stay here all winter Ye editor couldnt join the hunters He was laid up with acute neuritis Charley Watson and Abe White had a side bet on which would get the most points Charley won on a score bf 38 to 35 W E Haley is the champion rabbit catcher of the northwest All he has to do is find a hole in the ground sit on it and then Brer Rabbit jumps into his arms Ask him about it It is said that Abe White tried to Duy a dozen tame chickens until one of the boys told him they didnt count The Nebraska Legislature It is a recognized faut among the Nebraskans that no matter what other daily paper they read at other times during the legislative session they must get the Lincoln State Journal if they want all the news The Journal is right on the ground can get the latest doings of the law makers and frequently gives the news one day earlier than the Omaha papers The Journals Washington correspondent Mr Annin keeps journal readers thoroughly posted on matters of in terest to Nebraskans that are happen ing at the national capital The Jour nal is mailed at 50 cents per month without Sunday or 65 Cents per month with Sunday It is a great paper Fenced Government Acres W H Liddiard deputy U S mar shal drove out to Beaver Valley last home at Ainsworth Saturday morning jVVPek Hnd attested Wm Braddock and Afier the holidays she will take up her residence in the Black Hills Miss De Woody was one of Valentines most prominent young ladies and the circle of tne Mystic Six is broken by her departure There is a secret society in Valentine about which little is said but which nevertheless is growing right along and that is the Improved Order of Red Men two palefaces were put through the mysteries of the Adoption degree at the regular council of Sitting Bull Tribe No 22 at their wigwam last Pri diiy Evening Caiy Fernald two well known stock men for fencing government land He also took Jas lloby and Clark Ba con along as witnesses The entire party returned from Omaha the first tf the week the cases having be6U set down for trial at the coming ternl of federal court at Lincoln These cases grew out of the arrest of Dan Roby last spring on complaint bf Braddock There has been bad feeling between the parties for some time Chadron Signal- Recorder Get your envelopes printed at- this VALENTINE Pnbltaned for Four Years as CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT - DEMOCRAT VALENTINE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY DECEMBER 24 1896 iot a Comrade Wednesday evening of last week rvate Brown of A company acci dentally shot Private Fowler of G com- the way to The accident happened just of the bridge The bullet Was a 32 calibre and struck Fowler enjoying the shooting to be found in in the jieck under the ar ranging up inn omity our local spunsmwi ganiztdaclub hunt Sunday W E Haley and A T White were the cap tains and to assist them they chose tjhe following men WHITE Jas Ryan Frank likec Henry Hoenig Will binher 5 H Thompson Robert Good Chas Sparks H Hilsinger Chas Sherman - HAliEY C R Watson TYearnshaw W Hilsinger M V Nicholson W S Jackson J H Yeast Fritz Keck Ed Clarke Dr Nicholson Points for all kinds of game were decided upon and ranged from 200 for an antelope down to 3 for an owl and Jas H Owens one of the Indian tnat owl caused lots of trouble and in- school contractors has been sneudiner ciden tally merriment Snow butts and pariy while they were on theost this side 32uNhed a Fit ger While assisting ano her mnn unload Otm large stone destined for the Indian school Tuesday afternoon Jim Hulljiad the misfortune to allow a 50ppund stone use his right index finger a acushiou to rest upon when iffelhto the car llopr He removed the member from upder its heavy cover as soon as possible and consult ed Dr Dwyer who removed the first joint of the finger and Mr Hull will soon be all right For a Farmers f nHtitato For the purpose of organizing a Farmers Institute at Valentine all farmers are earnestly urged to meet at alentine on Saturday January 9 1897 at 11 oclock a m This is a matter in which each and everv farm er should be interested and take an active part Dont forget the date but come and come prepared to make tne meeting a success lrom the start L Hi Perkins D a Melton TW Cramer W T Bullis D S Hubbard J R Avers t J M Clarkson Bound Over Seme time last fall a mare J Goodwin of Cody strayed away and was taken up by Geo W Bell who neglected to comply with the law in regard to advertising Lidt Hunt a son of Bazil Hunt traded another animal to Bell for the iareiaving knowledge that she was an estray The mare was found in Hunts possession and he was arrested on a charge of larceny and was bound over tqdistrict court last week by JudgeMogle Hunt thereupon gave Information against Belfaud that party was arrested and at tho prelimi nary before tf udge Walcott Monday was bound over to district court in the sum of 200 which bond he furnished Dau Webster signing same Still we are Alive The Valentine Democrats Wood Lake correspondent opens his or her communication of last week with the remark Still we are alive It must be a great satisfaction to a live news paperto know that its correspondent at the time he or she made up and sent in the news was not dead Syannis Tribune If the Tribune editor had been a democrat and fought for Bryan in the last campaign as the editor of this paper did and if it was reported that all his correspondents had left him he would appreciate the knowledge that one of them was still alive Th re mark was only a figger of speech anyway and it dont make no differ ence nohow and if correspondents wish to tell the readers of The Demo crat that they are still alive they may Lodge Officers Valentine Lodge No 70 Ancient Order of United Workmen ha3 elected the following officers Master Workman -O W Hahn Foreman U G Dunn Overseer D Stinard Guide A W Clarkson Recorder J C Pettijohn Financier- W E Haley Receiver G Carlson - Outside Watch AL Christensen Inside Watch D Peters Trustee -E Breuklander Physician A Lewis and j Evans J Valentine Camp No 1751 Modern Woodman of America installed officeis last evening as follows Venejrable Counsel W E Haley Worthy Adviser L C Sparks Excellent Banker Chas Sparks Eseoft P F Simons ClerkUw S Jackson Insirife Watch M Walcott Sentry W A Taylor Alansgers Heury Hoenig and J C Petti join Physicians j J Evans and J C Dwyer Delejate to Grand Lodge P F Simons Alternate C R Watson At their tegular meeting the member bf Yalentifie lodge No 205klected the following officers NobldGrand Frank Brayton Vice Grand Robert Robinson Pet Stcy D Imdwie I SecreUry D H Thurston Trea3rer At tewis I Where we are NO 48 QUITE A BREEZE Was stirred op among tho shoppers of Valentine aad Cherry county when they learned that we had in addition to our large stock of general merchandise put in a complete line of HOLIDAY GOODS and well it might because we have everything they want Dont fail to see our toys before buying presents for the children We haye ev erything from a toy drum to a train of cars In our large stock you can find something for every member of your family Davenport Thache DIDNT YOU KNOW That the best plaee in town to buy fresh fruits and vegetables is at Pettyerews s DIDNT YOU KNOW That the best place in town to buy n ceries and confectionery is at Pettycrows DIDNT YOU KNOW That the highest price for butter and eggi is always paid at Pettyerews If you didnt try him and you will HERRY QOUNTY gANK Valentine Nebraska -v Every facility extended customers 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 DEALER IN DRUGS PAINTS VARNISHES TOILET SUNDRIES MAIN STREET VALENTINE - NEBRA8KA BANK OF VALENTINE - i i I a mm 1 ii i i a C H COUNELEj President M F NICHOLSON CeMcr Valentine Nebraska A General Banking Business Transacted Buys and Sells Domestic and Foreign JEccehange CorreapdndentA sCheraicaI National Bank New York tfirst National Bank Oaaa CITIZENS - MEAT MARKET - I WILL FURNISH - VALENTDSTK Fish Game Tender Steaks Jncy Roasts Dry Salt Meats and the finest line of Smoked Hams and Breaktast Bacon ever sold in town At StettersOld Stand on Main Street GEO C SGHWALM PROP THE PALACE SALOON HEADQUARTERS WINES LIQUORS and CIGARS i 6Iae eiioiceat Brands Nebraska
