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SuccEasou TO
Cherry goimy independent
0ET GOOD Editor and Publisher
tftrjficlal Paper of Clierry Coun
ty Nebraska
10 Xer Year in Advance
rUULliiHED EVERY THURSDAY
Entered at thelost office atValrnline Cherry
fooculy Nebraska as Secontf claas matter
This papcrWill be hiailed regularly
to its subscribers until a definite order
to discontinue is received and all ar
rears are paid in full
Advern3iug rates 50 cents per inch
per month Hates per column or for
long tiineads made known n appli
cation to this office
Cherry county needs a Court House
The
Meridian Idaho Sun aud
Springview Herald are indulging du a
tfight at Ion
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The Chadron Signal Kecbrdsr -shows
a marked -tie terioriation in both quan
tity andquality of news and editorial
matter during A E Sheldons absence
lit Tjincoln
A bill hes been introduced in the
state legislature raising the -age of
consent from 16 to 18 years This
Nvill be1 welcome news to all lovers of
morality and the bill should pass and
becomei4aw
Americans are longer lived than any
other persons The last census re
vealed the fact that in the -United
States there were 3981 persons over
100 yearsof age and of these 2S5S8
vvere wotaen France had only 2G3
cehtenaTnHis
A man died in 3Tew Jersey recently
at the age of 109 years This should
foe a terrible warning to users of the
weed because the man used tobacco
for both chewing and smoking pur
poses If he hadnt he might have
lived to be 150 years old
Now the National party the
-seceding wing of theprohibitionists is
a vote is being taken
as to whataaarne shall be given them
National is not explicit enough and
the party wiill henceforth sail under the
name of -National Libertv
Milwaukee parties have applied for
apace for a large palm garden juid a
Chicago man proposes an oriental
section to contain many novel features
jThe owner the Wind Gave in the
iBlack Hills offers to construct a minia
iture jWind Cave on the
grounds
The -sneak thief who stole the money
from this office Wednesday had better
return same if he doesnt care to have
M8 name published We know who
took it and we say
JLinsworth Jlome Rale
This is a sign of prosperity surely
Che Democrat offers a rewarof five
years7 subscription to the person who
wliiiiod any money in this ofhee to
steel
The present tariS lawhas been the
best girotector of American industries
ver deyised in this -country for it has
enabled Americans -to sell more goods
aud product abroad -than ever before
but this is not what be millionaire
manufacturers want What they
actually raean by protection is a measure-that
vrali so choke off foreign com
petition that they can sell their goods
to their -own people at two or three
times thejr ralue
Secretary jpf Agriculture Morion has
notified the various transportation
companies that a contagious disease
fcnown as splenetic or southern fever
exists among cattle south of the federal
quarantine line which runs in an irreg 1
ulsr direction from the north west
corner of California to where Yirgiuia
joins the Maryland line at the Atlantic
ocean No cattle can be transported
iroin south of this line except for
Mediate slaughter
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PASS IT ALONG
It is said by one who is supposed to
knew that a Rushville girl is so mod
est that she wilr not go to bed while
trie Christian Observer is in the room
A Gordon maiden refuse to wear a
chatelaine watch chain attached to her
person because the watch has hands
while a Hay Springs girl locks herself
in a room when she hears a brass band
approaching and vows she will never
look at a drum major when he parades
in his hear skin Crawford has a
young lady so bashful she refused to
eat at a table where lettuce was served
undressed but Chadron breaks the re
cord with a shy damsel who has to go
to her room by herself to change her
m ind Chadron Signal Recorder
Aiusworth has a number of charm
ing young ladies who mightnave asked
any of the promising young men of
this place to marry them last year but
they didnt They are not like the
Valentine girls they are too timid
Star Journal
ITas we are aware of that fact It
is authoritatively reported that the
Ainsworth girls are so timid that they
wontbe seen on the street with even a
feather boa much less a young man
Vfaile a young lady in TiOngpine is so
careful of her appearance that
wont make Saratoga unless
is dressed for a party because
potatoes have eves
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JiEMT SUGR FIGURES
From a special to the Omaha Bee we
learn that when the Norfolk beet
sugar factory on January 28 shut
down -its plant for the season it was
after the longest run yet had in the
state The factory began receiving
be6ts eoine days before September 24
aud on that day commenced opera
tions and continued day and night un
til Jauuary 28 During this time 36
374 tons of beets were received into
the factory and the total output has
been 6822200 pounds of granulated
sugar It paid out aver -144000 for
teets and -35000 for labor in addi
tion to large sums fortfuely Oil stone
eoke aud other supplies1
It is especially tobe noticed thstall
ot theonateritil used in and about he
factory withthe exception of the fuel
is Nebraskas product Farmers con
tracts so far for the present year have
come in freely although the books
have not usually been opened so early
as this year and the outlook for the
coming season from the farmers
point of view is -quite encouraging
-It should he remembered that the
poverty and distress new existing
and that has existed for the past few
years is not the result of a democratic
j administration but is the direct result
of the high protective policy of former
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republican administrations Nothing
else has imbued the popular mind
Avith socialist ideas for it is human
nature for people to believe that if the
government can enrich one of one set
of people it has the right to enrich all
by the same process The Wilson law
does not provide sufficient resources to
meet all the useiess and extravagant
appropriations That is all and
ing more
The Keya Paha Call made its ap
pearance at Springview last week
with the name of G W Fritz at the
masthead asediter and nuhlisher
The Call is a Oicolumn folio and re
sembles the old Brownlee Hornet Bro
Fritz is sharp anddoes not give his
politics away as he says in his saluta
tory Our politics can best be learned
by reading our editorial columns If
the Call is kept up to the standard set
by the first issue it will undoubtedly
meet with success
According to the statement based
on the records made by Mr Dockery
the average annual increase of expen
ditures for the past eight years has
been 80573735 or an aggregate for
the entire period -of 1724590280
Comparing the fiscal year 18S6 with
that of 1896 the excess of the expen
ditures for the latter over the former
was 109696307 In other words the
ordinary annual expenses of mantain
ing the Government increased within a
decade over 100000000
Valentine business men do more for
the town aud county of Cherry than
all others combined Do not pass
J heir doors to be skinned by strangers
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A COST SALE OF W1KTER GOODS for we will tell you confidentially
that our lov prieas and fine selection said them for us and we hava only a
Jew left wliicii you can have at your own price
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CALL AND SEE IT
goods just received
invoice of mens shirts and famishing
T C HORNBY
Mrs Lieut Clark of Fort Niobrara
ha3 returned from her visit to Boston
Owing to lack of space an account
of the party Tuesday evening in left
out of this weeks paper - -v
A marriage license was issued Tues
day February to Marion Kemp
and Cora isixler both of Merriman
Be v J M Bates conducted sprvices
at the Episcopal church Sunday morn
ing and evening and Tuesday went to
Cody
Mrs Col Vroom who bad been
visiting at Fort Niobrara with her pa
rents Capt and Mrs Wood in com
pany with her brother Will returned
to Chicago Sunday
Mrs Longcourt of Chadron visited
here Tuesday and Wednesday with
the family of her brother G E Glover
while on her way home from Aurora
where she had been visiting with her
mother
Miss Annie Angel of Leavenworth
and Miss Nellie Mosher of Kansas
City are visiting Lieut and -Mrs
Barthat Fort Niobrara this week
Miss Blanche McGonnigle of Leaven
worth is a guest of Capt and Mrs
Craigie
John II Neiss Frank Mullen and
John Brown returned from the Black
Hills Monday morning They brought
several jars of fine specimens from
Wind Cave home with them whichare
beauties One of the jars is on exhi
bition at Watsons drug store
Bennett Irwin and wife left last
Tuesday night for San Antonio Tex
where they will visit friends and
relatives for the next two months
Bennett will probacy return by way
of Oregon and Nevada and faring back
a few car loads of cattle- Gordon
Journal
McKinley has about completed his
caoineii it win oe a Deautinii niece
or furniture Atkinson Graphic
Bro Jenness was probably in a
castic mood when he -wrote the above
As constituted last week the cabinet
icas a beautiful piece -of furniture
Alger Sherman One with a rjtten
war record the other a rotten record
all around
A case for 525 damages for assault
brought by Mary Jirek against Joseph
Voca was tried before Judge Bresee
The jury after having been out all
night agreed on a verdict Tuesday
forenoon that was somewhat peculiar
in that it found that no one was en
titled to damages and that the cost of
suit be paid half by the plaintiff aud
half by the defendant Rush ville
Recorder
Farmers SlioulU Attend
Saturday February 13 is the feate
set for the meeting of the farmers and
all interested oven in the remotest de
gree in the upbuilding of our farming
community should not fail to be pres
ent Everybody turn out and have a
rousing good meeting
Are tfeetories True
It is currently reported that a cer
tain minister or priest in this city shut
himself up in his private room last
week in order to escape being called
upon to administer the last rites of the
church to one of his parishioners
Evidence in supportof this story is
strong and if it is fmnd to be true the
holy man should at least be removed
from this charge if not still more
severely dealt with There may be
some mistake in these rumors which
are stated as facts and if so The
Democrat is willing to do justice to
the accused party by publishing the
explanation of his action
Surveying the J3torvoir
The surveying party for the Golden
irrigation Ditch is now busy at work
on the sight of the proposed reservoir
miles south of town When com
pleted the reservoir will have a water
surface of about 16 square miles
dotted with numerous little islands
which are now sand hills The reser
voir will cover 6ev6ral deeded farms
and will be formed by connecting
Deweys Pelican and other lakes in
the vicinity and flooding the surroun
ding country with water from the
Niobrara Snake and Gordon rivers
Donald Campbell the expert engineer
in charge of the work was expected at
Wood Lake Tuesday night
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this week
By Kelly
February 9 1897
The cold snap still continues
Ed Brahmstadt was in from Ilanuas
ranch Sunday
Miss Mamie Stevenson is visiting in
town this week
C W Kilgore spent Saturday and
Sunday in Arabia
Mrs Wilson of Lougpine is visiting
her brother A Bailey this week t
Chas Barnes made a trip to Johus
town last Wednesday on business
Billy Ballard spent several days in
town last weeketurning to the ranch
Sunday l CZjC teto
W G Ballard left for Iowa Satur
day morning stopping at Ainsworth on
business one day
Kev r Burleigh of Ainsworth
preached to a good sized audience here
last Sunday afternoon
Kevival meetings began Monday
evening conducted by Piev Campbell
of Johnstown and Rev Taylor j of
Newport j
QMfes Kirk Porter and Orion Porter
of Fairfax So Dak are visiting a few
days this week with their brothers
Pearl and Alton at their place south of
town J
Our young people enjoyed them
selves last Saturday evening at the
birthday party of Miss Sadie Dewey
Quite a number of nice presents were
presented and all departed having had
a good time
Clarence Walcott xsin town -today
and reports having lost a valuable
horse on his way home from town last
Triday The animal dropped dead in
the harness while within a quarter of
a mile from home
Mell Hanna was seen in town one
day last week
H E and C W Dewey went to
Valentine on Monday
There is talk of a wedding before
iong Hope we get a bid
Bertha Wyman visited with Sadie
Dewey on Friday and Saturdaj
Miss Ollie Dewey has been sick for
several days with the chickenpox
Wash Honey and wife returned from
Omaha Friday Their daughter Hope
came with them
Mrs H E Dewey is improving
Hope to hear that she will be able to
be out before long
Boys and girls next Sunday is Val
entine Day llemember your best
girl and your beau
Quarterly meeting was held on Sun
day Therevival meetings will -be held
j tins weeK we nope to have great
success this winter
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Wood JLake 3o 2
February 9 1897
Mr Cunningham is on the sick
list
Miss Sadie Dewey gave a party on
her 21st birthday Saturday evening
There was not a very large crowd but
a good iiae is reported
Pearl Porter returned from Ains
worth Monday where he has been
visiting relatives and friends His sis
terand brother from Fairfax accom
panied him
We beg pardon for not writing as
we were out of town and we learn
that Kelly had very poor health so we
both failed to write But we all hope
that Kelly is better by this time
Kellys Atjnt
Mr and Mrs Ed Vollintine are both
on the sick list
Mrs DeFrance is visiting with her
daughter at the Overton ranch
Miss Pearl Tull has been confined to
her bed for the past three weeks at
Mr Tices is now aole to be up
Pole Creek school which lias been
uuder the instruction of Frank Hew
lett for the past three months closes
next Friday Frank has rented a farm
and contemplates farming this year
The young folksof Pole creek had
quite an enjoyable time at Joe Fair
heads Tuesday night in the form of
an oyster supper which was intended
to be a skating party but the rain
changed the programme
Our spell of winter which has been
with us some time seems to be broken
up and ice hauling has come to a stop
The ground seems to be thorougly
soaked and the farmers are looking
after th6 farm implements and pre
paring for the future crop
School Report
For school district No 48 for month
beginning Jan 11 1897 and ending
Feb 5th
Total No days taught 20
Total No pupils enrolled IS
Total No days attended by all 316
Average daily attendance 16
Average taidiness2
Average age 10
Those pupils who were neither ab
sent or tardy during the month are
Orvilla Eve and Pearl Carey and Zetta
Sauerwein
Those who were not absent but were
tardy during the month are Anna
Brown Helen and Frank Swartz
Our school is progressing very nice
ly F F Gordox
Teacher
Miss Mae OSullivan our genial and
accommodating assistant postmaster
was quite ill several days during the
nast week hut is at her nost
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Peculiar Snow Storm
Monday evening when the good citi
zens retired to their couches for slum
ber and even when some of th e night
owls were wending their way home
ward the sky was clear aud the weath
er fine Tuesday morning when the
early birds arose about 530 or 6 oclock
Mother Earth was covered with a
blanket of fine white dry snow about
10 inches in thickness and the air was
filled with the congealed moisture
The snow continued falling until about
10 oclock by which time it had
reached a depth of 11 inches govern
ment measure The queer thing about
the storm is the small area it covered
West of town four miles there was but
very little snow and east as near as
Wood Lake only half an inch fell At
Rosebud reservation but a slight fall
was had Reports from the south have
not yet been received Tuesday after-
noon the sun shone bright and warmly
The genaral impression is that the
onnnr o mo oo n rntrorH i r TrilnTf inn I
and vicinity for general goodness
T Berry Donald Campbells chief
engineer arrived in Longpine Monday
evening from Denver Colo and in
conversation with him we learn that
the surveying party will consist of
eleven men and will strike ie trail on
Thursday morning the weather per
mitting Mr Berry says they will be
gin to survey at the point designated
as the reservoir site for the purpose of
first demonstrating the actual capacity
of the same and while this is being
done he expects to put in meters into
both the Snake and Niobrara rivers to
test definitely the capacity of these
streams with reference to the supply of
water from which to draw Rejmbli
can Journal
Iiosebud Indian agent Chas E Mc
Chesney returned from Washington
D C Monday night and went over to
liosebud Tuesday
Milll rices for Feutl
Bran bulk 40c per cwt 700ton
Shorts bulk 50c per cwt 900 ton
Screenings 35c 000
Chop Feed 70c 1300
Corn 50c
Oats 65c
Kotice to iVon IteKident
To Eliza Columbus non resident defendnat
You are hereby notified that on the 8th day ef
February 18D7 Augustus Columbus filed a peti
tion in the District ourt of Cherry county Ne
braska the object and prayer of which are to
obtain a divorce from you on the grounds that
you have wilfully abandoned Oie plaintiff with
out good cause for the terra or two years last
past
You are required to answer said petition on or
oeiore aionuay ine uiiia aay ot aiartii 1S97
August Co Lusin us Plaintiff
by F M Walcott his attorney
irohate Notice
State of Nebraska Cherry Ceuntyss
To all persons concerned in the estate of Samuel
G Karnes deceased
Whereas Elizabeth Barnes of said county has
filed in my office an instrument purporting to be
the last will and testament of Samuel G Barnes
deceased late of said county aud a petition pray
ing to have the same admitted to probate which
will relates to both real and personal estate
wtoereupon I have appointed Saturday the 20th
day of February i97 at 2 oclock in the after
noon at my office in Valentine in sail county as
the time and placeof p oving said will at which
time and place you and all concerned may ap
pear and contest the probate of the same
It is further ordered that petitiouer give no
tice to all persons Interested in said estate of
the pendency of the petition ana the time and
plai e set for hearing tlte same by causing a copy
of said order to be published in The Valen
tine Deuocuat a paper published in the said
county of Cherry for three weeks succeivelv
previous to the day set f r said bearing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set mv
hand and official seal this 3d Jay of
SEAL February WRTOWNK
2 5 County Judge
Sotice for the Appointment of Admin
istrator
In the County Court of Cherry county Nebraska
Margaret McQuary having filed in my office a
petition praying for the appointment of herself
as administratrix of the estate of William
Corcoran deceased all persons interested m
said estate will take notice that I have fixed
Saturday February the 27th 1897 at 2 oclock in
the aftenioou as the tune and my onlce in v al-
entiue Cherry county Nebraska as the place for
the iieariu of tne petition for the
of such administratrix
appointment
Witness ray hand and the seal of the County
Cuuit Uiis lota dav or Januory lfcV7
SEAL Vf KTOWNE
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C S Laxd Office Valentine Nob i
Febr C 197 f
Notice is hereby given 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 be made before Register and
Receiver at Valentine Nebraska on Mch 23d
1897 viz
Robert Johns of Brownlee Nebr
II E No 10314 for the s4ne neseJi Sec 21
mviiswti sec Gi Tp 27 n It 28 w
He names thu following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence on and cultivation of
said landviz
Frank TLee William Wallace Waldo K
Grant and Edward Reiser all of Brownlee Nebr
3 3 C 11 GLOVER Register
U S Land Office Valentine Nebraska J
Feb 9th 1897 f
Notice is hereby given that John V Ajctell of
Pontine Hi has filed notice of intention to
make final proof before the Register and Recei
ver at uifiroiiiee m valentine Nebr on Wed-
nescinv
ture
me aay oi aiarcn 1897 on timber
npulication No 7495 for the Lot 4 sosw
sS sed of section No 7 T 27n R2qw
He names as witnesses Samuel IX Mont
gomery Lewis h Beldmgand Erans K Vande
mift of Brownlee Nebr and Oren L Axtell of
ElkCieekNeb
Testimony of claiment will be taken before
the clerk of the Circuit Court of Llving3toa
county at his office in Pontiac Illinois March
24 1397
3 9 C R GLOVER Register
Land Office at Valentine Nebr
Feb 10 J897 f
Notice is also hereby given 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 be made before the Register
and Receiver at Valentine Nob on March 27th
1897 viz
Amos Strong of Valentine Nebr
H E 9383 for the eswM nwswJi swinwl
Sec2iTp3lnR28w
He names the following witnesses to prove
hisj continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land
wilbird D Morgareidge John B Lord Charles
W Bennett and Clarence F Carson all of Suaeon
3 9 CE GLOVER Register
Public JLand Sale
0S Land Office Valentine Nebr
Jan 25 1897 f
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of
instructions from the Commissioner of the
General Land Office under authority vested in
him by section 2455 U a Rev Stat as amend
ed by the act of Congress approved February 26
1895 we will proceed to offer at public sale on
the loth day of March next at this office the
following tract of land towit the seKaeJi Sec
25 Tp 35 R 34
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are advised to file their
claims ia ibis office on or before the day above
designated for said sale otherwise their rights
win ne loneuea
C R GuVB Register
A Fike Receiver
arotice Timber Culture
Land Office at Valentine Nebraska
Jan CO 1897 f
Complaint having been entered at the bv Ger
rould O Fairhead against John C Potter for
failure to complwith Jaw as to Timber Culture
Entry No 2743 dated September 30 1554 upon
the sVjseii ss wt Sec 12 Tp 34n K 37 w in
Cherry County Nebraska with a view to the
cancellation of said entry contestant alleging
that the said John C Potter baa failed to breaic
or cause to be broken any of said described tract
at any time and has failed at any rime to culti
vate any of saia tract and has failed to plant or
cause to be planted any trees tree seeds or
cuttings on sail tract at any time the said par
ties are hereby summoned to appear at this
office on the 17 day of Marco 1S97 at 10 oclock
a in to ivpond and furnish teitimoav concern
ing said alleged failure
lVsthmmy of witittiss d to b t3kta before
Robert Luia s U S CCC a Mrriism Nebras
ka Mnh I3th Ifc97 at one oVIivk o in
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FINAL PROOF NOTICES -4
U S Land Office at Valentine Nob
Jan 18 1897 f
ticc is hereby piven that the
settler has filed notlou of his Intention to
make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before Register
and lieceircrj at Valentine Nebr onMch
2oth 1897 viz
John P Jones of Valentine Neb
II E 9375 for the wmvM w nwji Sc 34 Tn
31K2S
He names the followinR witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land viz
Hiram Ferguson Charles Mas3lngale Joba
flofnianu of Valentine and Joseph McCloud
of Simeon Nebraska
C R GLOVER Register
U S LaadO01ce at Valentine Neb J
Jan 2oth 1897 j
Notice is hereby given that Crowell L Wem
ple has filed notice of intention to mako final
proof before the Register or Receiver at their
office In Valentine Neb on Tuesday the 9th day
of March 1897 on timber culture application No
78T3 for the ne Sec 2C Tp 23n R 30 w
He names as witnesses Stuart E Talt ot
lirowniee Nebr William Steadman Rofiert
M t aiidis and Charles H Tait of Pass Neb
Testimony of claimant will be taken before
the Clerk of the District Court for Pawnee
county at his office in Pawnee City Nebraska on
h Gth 1897
March
C RG LOVER Register
Laud Office Valentine Neb
Feb 2nd 1997
Notice is herebv given that the following-named
settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim aHd
mat sam prooi ww oe maue neiore isegistcr or
iteceiver at valentine Nebraska on M
1S97 viz
March 25
James E Jordan of Arabia Neb
IIE9lS2forthcn4noJnnwSec 17 Tp
32 II 2C
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land viz
Heurv J Vansteeni Tnspnh P Vrovollr
John T Kief and Andrew Benson all of Arabia
Nebraska
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