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This paper willbe mailed regularh
to its subscribers until a definite order
to discontinue is received and all ar
tears are paid in full
Advertising rates 50 cents per inch
per month Rates per column or for
long time ads made known n
cation to this Office
In South3 Dakota Senator Kyle was
elected to succeed himself thus down-
ing Fettigrew
The correspondence department of
The Democrat will receive more at
tention in the future than it has tn the
lipJtst
One week from today McKin ley will
be inaugurated president of these
United States and thee prosperity will
get in its work
One hundred members of thcGAR
die every day Time 4s carrying off
the veterans faster in the nineties
than- bullets did in the sixties
Although the various business
bouses displayed OldGlorj from their
buildings on Washingtons birthday no
one raisedthe flag on the school house
Governor Bushnelirrjf Ohib iias at
last announced thatSn the event of
Senator Sherman being appointed toa
position in McKinleys cabinet he will
appoint Mark Hanna -to the senatorial
chair
One by one the populist newspapers
are felling in line with the Washburn
plan which advocates retiring the
silver question to the rear in populist
politics and a
policy all around
There are a whole lot of people who
want the newspaper to help boom
theirbusiness and the business of their
town provided the editor will do all
the writing make enemies get licked
and pay all the expenses for doing it
They onlyappreciate the power of the
press when it is turned against them
i Gordon Journal
Bro Berkley of the Ainsworth Star-
rJoumal is a bachelor and should be
- forgiven for saying that There are
t three problems man is destined nrer
to solve perpetual -motion the square
of the circle and -the heart cf a
woman The Democrat gave up
trying ta solve the latter problem long
t sgo the -first twOiare fitill under con-
aideratioQ
With tho f UBionistsn the legislature
ousting republicans andrying to count
iin twosupreme judges ith the repub
lican esitressurer andaaditor rholding
4S000Q0 -state money wbich should
Intro been turned over tofchaincoming
moials a month ago with a saloon
-reported in the basement of the capi
fcol and everybody tryingto cut down
tprices for priatmg the newspaper boys
firobft hard work to say anythinggood
of their representatiwes and senators
and state officials
la compliance with the bill provid
ig for a recount -of rote cast at the
rlMt general election County Clerk
JSlJiott -yesterday seat to Lincoln the
fUtf out in the wariAus precincts of
Cbeciypouaty It tie tobe hoped that
the attempt to count ic the two au
preostidges will be -failure Had
the popu Hits worked fpr the amend
ment providing for the vdges with
the same energy that was 4layedby
parties this recount would not be
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FRIENDS OF THE FARMER
Appropos of the declaration of
Chairman Diniey tnat the farmers are
to be protect rd from foreign conypeti
tion by a retvsrn to McKinley dmies
the New Ycste World says that the
hoary false pretense so wearies the
farmers that they are almost too tired
to smile at the humor of protecting
them from the competition of people
who are tfeeir best custoisrsi
This is putting it mild It has
passed the humorous sfege and be
comes a direct implication that the
farmers are fools Would a merchant
or any kind of business man ask
government protection against a cus
tomer who made his business an
assured success Our farmers sold
over 050000000 worth of their pro
duce abroad during lfJ95 and the re
publican party now proposes in the
name of the farmer to begfn commer
cial warfare on the -people who pur
chased that produce f It isproposed to
shut the foreigners oct of our markets
in the name of the fanners with
the inevitable result of reducing the
sales of American produce abroad
The poMtican or partisan who imag
ines that foreign patrons take our pro
duce and pny cash for entire amount
is an ignoramus li they are not per Ji
cnitted to- oifer us some of their goods
in exchange on equitable terms they
will simply turn to -South America anti
other countries that are not afflicted
with the dry rot of republican protec
tion humbuggery and our farmers will
stand the loss
Of course the Bingley committee is
proceeding under the sweet belief that
the farmers were looted once more last
November but these same farmers who
voted for sounder currency and not -a
restriction -of their markets will be
heard from again SThe federal govern
ment now imposes an average annual
tax of 34 on each farming family in
the country -That is high enough and
the farmers think so When they dis
cover that they are required to give as
much more to the various protected in
dustries that contribute to republican
campaign expenses the real design of
Dingley and his committee of farm
ers friends will become apparant
enough for all purposes of the tariS
reformera in thecexs election Siotac
City Tribune
The cause of our friends the repub
licans needs so much tfcat
the editorial bureau of the party did
not close after the campaign last year
but is still doing business at the - old
stand -Our brethren of the press -can
get all the supplements they wish for
the asking One dfffereuce in the
supplements is noted -however when
they are compared with those issued
last fall -Prior to election thev treat
ed only of finance but now they are
devoted entirely to tariff This change
of policy caused an amusing thing to
happen a gold standard low tariff
democratic newspaper in the south
part of the state last week The
editor had been using these supple
ments while the finances question was
on and did not observe -the tenor of
the latest issue until theentire edition
had been sent out When he dis
coveied the deception well it wont
do to publish bis words
In order to uphold the house of rep
resentatives in their actionof unseating
the republican members from Douglas
county the senate last week runseated
Senator Evane from the same county
land gave his ehair to Jeffooat This
action of the majority will be a blot
upon their escutcheon for years to come
The proper thing would have been
donebad they declared the seats va
cant Fraud ws shown to have been
committed by Uboth parties and if
neither had beeneated it would per
hapshave taughtpclitical tricksters a
lessen AtleasVuch action would
have been in the of reform
and honesty in politics
The fermers meeting last Saturday
was very poorly attended Why is it
These meetings arecaUed for the ex
press purpose of benefiting the farmers
yet they seem less interested than anv
other class Gan it be tbat the charge
iiEsary As it is the effort onlyLaccusmg facjaerspf being
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Of fhe latest -sad best things in Spring Wash Goods Lacos Embroidris
Shht WflittR and Muslin Underwear
It will pay every lady to see our fine and large selection fcefore buying
NEW GOODEBQH SEWING MACHINES S2250
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FINE LINE OF WATS TRUNKS AND VALISES
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KonndOWrto IHstrlct Court
Tuesday February 16 George
Ritterbush struck Wm F Browtfwith
an ax on the left arm while on the
farm of the latteis father near Crooks
ton fracturing the outside bone or
ulna just above the wrist Brown
drove immediately to Tom Kellys and
the latter brought him to Valentine
leaving him at Chas Massfngales
Drs Uvans and Lewis dressed the
wound Complaint was made Hitter
bush was arrested placed under 200
bonus and commanded to appear be
fore county judge W R Towire Thurs
day Feb 18 for preliminary trial At
that time complaining witness Brqwo
wa3 physically unable to appear in
court so the case was continued until
Tuesday the 23d at 10 a m County
Attorney Walcoti prosecuted and J
Wesley Tucker and Ed 4arke de
fended Two charges weretciade one
alleging that defendant assaulted
plaintiff with intent to kill te olher
that he assaulted with intent to wound
The court overuled a motion toqupsli
the second count and trial proceeded
Plaintiff placed on the stand Wm F
Brown Wm Brown his father Drv J
5J Evans and Dr A Lewis Adjourn
ment was then taken until oclock in
the afternoon when defendant waived
examination and the court bound him
over to the district court in1 the penal
sum o300 bond fcr which was fur
pished
It is hard to form an- opinion oacthe
case since testimony for but one side
was introduced but the general im
pression is that Ritterbush wijl be
found guilty on one of the counts
From what can be learned no provoca
tion was given for the deed The
trouble arose over a girl niece of the
plaintiff who was keeping company
with the defendant and it is probable
that the trial in district court will
show that the assault was tout the re
sult of bad blood of long standiug
Chap Waves Great Work
About June 1 there will be iesued
from the press of Jacob Neith Son
Lincoln a Topical Bible the com
bined work of Chap O J Nave of the
Twelfth Infantry and Bon John
NWelchof the Supreme Court of Ohio
Dr Nave has been working on this
book for about 14 years and it Is a
model of neatness conciseness ana
general utility The work treats of
over 20000 different subjects and over
100000 Biblical references are gien
The Topical Bible should not be con
founded with a Bible concordance for
the latter is of use only fonthe location
of passages of scripture wh n some
v prominent word in the passage is
known but with the Topical Jible
this is not so The work is in fact an
eutire rearrangement of the Bible
according to the topics traated by the
various passages each versebeing re
peated amauy times as itrContains
distinct topics Dr Nave has given
the Nebraska Wesleyan University the
exclusive sale of the book in the
United States and proceeds of the sale
will be used as an endowment for the1
university It is proposed to issue a
first edition of 10000 copies -similar in
binding and paper to the Oxford Bible
at the special price of 5G The
price of subsequent editions will be
800 RevO T Moore is soliciting
subscriptions for the work in tValen
tine and is meeting with excellent
success The 500 offer expires May
15tb
Monster Boiler
Tuesday the boilers and steansheat
icg plant for the Rosebud rlndian
school arrived here from the manufac
tory of Jas L Pope at Chicago An
expert accompanied the boiler- here
tbekcontract of the company calling
for the delivery of the boilers oh board
wagons at this place and they were
loaded Tuesday evening about 25 citi
zens cverseeing the job and assisting
with advice The largest boiler weighs
16000 pounds and was loaded on two
closely coupled wagons From here
the boiler was taken to the Jschoo
house by Wm Mumford Nine teams
of horses furnished the motive power
The secondiboiler is abeat half as large
as the monster refered te
Dont stop the isourt house
question Thisjoeeds to ibe a cam
paigu of education
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Mrs Leach is visiting in town
Wood Lake -is white with snow this
week
Mrs H E Dewey is on the sick list
this week
Mfell and Dave Hanna were in town
on Saturday
iiaiance waicocuspenua lew uaya i
this week in town
Chas Barnes returned from Ains
worth on Monday
Mrs J M Cailen is down visiting
friends for a few days
Pearl Porter is once more at home
He came back this afternoon on the
freight
Willis Kilgore came back this after
noon from where he has
been for several days
We think it looks rather suspicious
when a young man is building a new
house and says that he is tired of sin
gle life
Andstill we have revival meetings
Rev florton is helping this week We
are so glad to see so many seeking the
Lord for shelter and hope that many
raorewill follow
Kellys Aunt
J W Tarbet and wife who visited
the family of Henry Hoenig while en
their wedding tour started for their
home in Monett Mo Saturday morn
ing
Miss Lelah Humphrey who visited
with the family of J A Carroll fir
several months past left Tuesday
morning for her home in Brunswick
Georgia
If all persons who tried to open
the postnffice door on Washingtons
birthday were placed in a row it would
make a string of people steeu thousand
miles long
March is the first of the spring
months and our merchants are pre
paring for warmer weather E Mc
Donald is receiving a line of spring
goods this week
The Ainsworth -Dramatic Co played
A Scrap of Paper in Ainsworth last
Friday mght and the editor was per
mitted to be present The play was
excellently staged and costumed
A farmers institute will be held in
Valentine March 3 and 4 Good talk
ers will be here and farmers from
all over the county should be present
and participate in these meetings as
the benefit is inestimable
While carrying a tray of dishes at
The Donoher last week Celia Marley
severely strained her side and was
compelled to remain in her room a
couple of days She will spend a week
or so at home while recuperating
E J Davenport and wife will start
for Washington Sunday morning to be
present at the inauguration of Presi
dent elect McKmley Davo is r ne of
the old wheel horses of the republican
party and it is doubtful if anyone will
enjoy the inauguration more than he
About a year ago Wm P Trester
entered the church at Lavaca and with
out apparent provocation assaulted his
sonin law a young man named Fox
cutting him badly He was tried
found guilty of assault with intent to
till and bound over to -the district
court in the sum of 300 Just bpfore
court convened he left the country
forfeiting his bond which was paid by
his sureties A few weeks ago he re
turned to the county and Monday
Sheriff Strong went to Lavaca and ar
rested him returning last evening He
wiltbe tried at the coming term of
court
The boys of this town certainly need
regulating A few days since a crowd
of kids might have been seen
perched on a dry goods box on Main
street shooting craps for cigarette
buttons All the expressions of con
firmed gamblers flowed from their lips
withun ease and grace which showed
they were no novices In that crowd
were boys whose parents are good
church members boys whose parents
are prominent in society boys whose
fathers arein business and yet it is
doubtful if one of those parents -could
he convinced that his or her boy was
ind iilgingdii such practices Mothers
look to your boys w
The Democrat is the proud -recipient
of one jwekage each of turnip
lettuce beet radish and tomato seeds
sent it from the agricultural depart
ment of Uncle Samuels government
Uncle Sam has our profound thanks
for the valuable gift and as a loyal
subject we will of course put the seeds
to good use Tvihen summer rolls
around agaiu the Jess favored deni
zens of the city will gaze on our roof
garden with envy and wish they were
on our Uncles visiting list The seeds
areajl right but we dont see why
pursuing the principle farther Uncle
Sam could not send up a new font of
type or an office cgir of improved
pattern A gift liJae teat would bs
worth spoaethiug
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A NEW INVOIO
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We have just finished unpacking a large
invoice of new spring goods and will be very
much pleased if the shoppers of Valentine
will call and inspect the goods Among the
lot are some of the prettiest things ever seen
in this -city
A full line of window shades with spring
rollera complete also received
RED FRONT
JACKSON BRAYTON PROPRIETORS
Sole agents for the famous FLEXII30NE CORSETS
fcrvrTvrvvlrrTlrvf
The supppr given at Cornell Hall
Monday evening by the members of
the AOUWand D of H was well
patronized by our citizens and a neat
little sum was raised for the library
which it is proposed to establish
Olgo Kethersole to Write
Olga Nethersole the actress
turned her attention to writing
OHIRF QUARTERMASTERS
has
and
will give adv c of a practical nature
to The Girl who aspires to Elocution
Her contribution will appear in an
earlv issue of The Ladies Home Jour
nal
Mill Prices for Feed
Bran bulk 40c per cwt 700ton
Shorts bulk 50e per cwt9 00 ton
Screenings 35c 600
Chop Feed 70c 1300
Corn 50c
Oats 65c
Omaha Neb February 24 1897 Healed
posas in triplicate wi 1 be recpived here until
12 oclock m central standard time March 29
1897 and then opened for furbishing transporta
tion drayage and for hauling stores in Depart
ment ot the Platte during fiscal year commenc
ing July 1 1P97 U S reserves right to re
ject or accept anv or all proposals or any part
thereof Information furnished on application
Envelopes cout iinling proposals to be marked
Proposals for transportation on RouteNo
and addiessed to D D WHEELER Major
Q M 5 8
Notice to Non ReHident
To Eliza Columbus non resident defendnat
You are hereby notified that on the 8th day of
February 1897 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 the plaintiff with
out good cause for the term of two years last
past
You are required to answer said petition on or
before Monday the 22nd day of Mar h 1897
August Columbus Plaintiff
3 7 by b SI Walcott his attorney
Aiotlce for the Appointment of Admin
Jutrntor
In the County Court of Cherry county Nebraska
Margaret MoQuary having filed in my office a
petition praying fortthe appointment of herself
as administratrix iof the estae of William
Corcoran deceased rfill Dersont intpresrpri n
said estate will take notice that I have fixed
Saturday February the 27th 1897 at 2 oclock in
the afternoon as thetime and mv office in Val
entine Cherry couiity Nebraska asllie iIace for
the hearing of thr petition for the appointment
of such administratrix
Witness my hand and the seal of the County
Court this 13th day of January 1897
SEAL WRTOWNK
3 5 County Judge
FINAL PROOF NOTICES
U S Land Office at Valentine Neb I
Jan 23th 1697 I
Notice is hereby given that Crowell L Wem
pleha filed notice of intention to make final
proof before the Register or Receiver at their
office in Valentine Neb on Tuesday the 9th day
of March 197 on timber culture application No
7853 for the ue Sec 2C Tp 28n It 30 v
He names as witnesses Stuart E Tait of
Browntee Nebr Wi liam Stead man Robert
M and Charles U Tait of Pass Neu
Testimony of claimant will be taken before
theClerK of the District vourt for Pawnee
county at his office in Pawnee City Nebraska on
Marchth 1897
C RGLOVtR Register
U 8 Land Office Valentine Nebr
Feb 24 th 1897 f
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of bis intention to
make final proof in support of his claim aud
that said prool will be made before the Keg ster
or Reeciverat Valentine Neb on April lo 1897
viz
Mellissie Ainslie formerly Melissie
Hurshman of Kennedy Nebr
H E ltKio for the wHiiej eJSmvfc Sec 22 Tp
29 R 33
He namesithe following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said laud viz
JohuD Kimes Floyd Kimes and Theodore
Doyle of Keuredy Nebr Levi N Lavnorte of
Valentine Nebr
5 10 C R GLOVER Register
U H Land Office Valentine Neb I
February 20 1897 f
Notice is hereby given that Wiliaui E Cottle
of V alentine Ne1 has filed notice of intention
to make final proof before the Register or Re
ceiver at his offlce in Valentine Neb on Satur
day i he 3rd day of April 1897ou timber cultu c
application No 7952 for the xwK Sec 12 Tp 34 n
R 23 w
He names as witnesses Albert Breuklander
Lyman H Perkiiib Edward -G Perkins and
William U Hooper all of Valentine Neb
5 10 C R GLOVER Register
U S Land Office Yalamine Neb
February 24 IS97 I
Notice is hereby given that tiie following
named setiler haw filed notiee of his inteiitionto
make final proof in support of his claim aud that
said proof will be made before the Register or
Receiver at Valentine Nebr on April nth lfei7
vizi
Francis M Hobinson of Kennedy
Nebraska
H E 9342 for the ssise uahi Bee 27 and
swliswk See 20 Tu 29 R 31
He nnnius the foliowm witnesses to prove
his coutmuous residence upon aud cultivation
at said laud viz
Annen liarden Andrew Mark Lars Peder
yi and David Picn v all or Xumtdy nebr
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U S Land Office Valennne Nebr t
fcohce is hereby given that the
settler hu filed notice of his Intention to
make final proof In support of his claim
that said proof will ne mado before Register and
Receiver at Valentine Nebraska on March 29
1897 viz
Andrew G Ward of Wood Lake Neb
H E No 9926 for lots 6 7 tVVKi Sec C Tp
B26w
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upoiraud cultivation oC
said land viz
arW McDaniel Ely D Valentino
William V Johnson John R Parl3 ali of Wood
Lake Nebr
CR GLOVKR Register
U S Laud Office at Valentine Neb i
JanlS 1857 f
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Notice is hereby given that the
settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before ReKfatar
and Receiver at Valentine Nebr on ifcJL
John P Jones of Valentine Neb
H E 9375 for the wjnwj wmv SccSf T
3 R 28
He names the following witnesses to prore hia
continuous residence upon and cultivaUon of
said land viz
Hiram Ferguson Charles Massingale John
Hofmann of Valentine and Joseph McCtowd
of Simeon Nebraska
C R GLOVER Eegiater
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Land Office Valentine Neb t
Fb 1807 - i
Notice is hereby given that the
settler has filed notice of his Intention to
make final proof in support of his data aa
that said proof will be made before Register or
Receiver at Valentine Nebraska on JJck 23
1897 viz
James E Jordan of Arabia Neb
oo1 0182 for th0 nKne nfcnwJi 8ec 17 Tp
He names the following witnesses to prore bis
continuous residence upon aud cultivation or
said land viz
Henry J VansteenN Joseph P Krarclfc
John T Kief and Andrew Benson aU of x v
2 7 C R GLOVER Regwter
U S Lad Okfick Valentine Neb
Febr 6 lSOTf
Notice is hereby given thrc tko foUowinc
named settler has hied notice of his imeattoa
to make final proof In support of his claim an4
that said proof will be made before Register and
Receiver at Valentine Nebraska on Me23L
1897 viz
liobert Johns of Brownlee Neb
H E No 10314 Tor the sne neMse4 Sec 21
iiwswHsee5iTp27iiRiw
He names the following witnesses to prore
I continuous residence on and cultivation of
said andviz
Frank TLee William Wallace Waldo K
Grant and Edward Reiser all of Brownlee Nebr
3 9 C R GLOVER Register
U S Land Office Valentine Nebraska t
Feb th 1897 f
Notice is hereby given that John V AxteUW
Pnutiac li has filed notice of intention to
make final proof before the Register and Recei
ver their office in Valentine Vebr on WW
nesday the 24 day or March 1897 on timber
V se4 of section No 7 T 27n R 2w
He names as tfamuel D Moat-
17k C eekNebeL br AteU erf
Testi nony ofelaiment will be taken before
the clerk of thp Circuit Court of Lirin stoa
SS offlce in 1outiac nnoi aiSS
3 fl GLOVER
RegiHor
Land Office at valentine Nebr
x - Feb 10 1897 i
notice is also hereby given that the f ollomiw
tfctt SMflnrnnSrn SPl0rt f hS Clam d
proof will be
made before the Rerfstec
Tlver aaJentincNebonXreh27to
icjr viz
Amos Strong of Valentine Jfebr
s5STpii0nKwj4 nwK
h H ilSJ158 the f00WnK witnesses to proro
his
continuous
residence upon and cuMmioQ
w
of said land
WilUrd D Morgareidge John B Lord Charles
W Itennctt and Clarence F Carson all of Hlmeon
3 3 C E GLOVER Register
3iotice Timber Culture
Land Office at Valentine Nebraska J
Jan 30 1897 f
Complaint having been entered at the by Ger
rould O Fairhead against John C Potter foe
failureto comply with law as to Timber Culturo
Entry No 274 t dated September CO 18SI upon
the s iseH s4sW Sec 12 Td 34n R 27 a- i
Chrrry County Nebraska with a view to tto
cancellatieii of said entry contestant alleginz
that the said John C Potter has failed to breac
or cause to be broken any of said described trace
at auy time and has faded at any rime to colti
vate any of sain tract and has failed toplant or
cause to Lt planted any trees tree seedi cr
cuttings on said tract at any time the said p
ties are hereby summoned to apjwac at this
office on the 17 day of Mured 189 at io odoci
a in to respond and furnish teitimonv coccerx
ing said alleged failure
testimony of witnesses to ba taken bofete
Robert Lucas U S CCC at Merrimaa Kebra
ka March 13th 1897 at one oclock p m
C R GLOVER Eeclstar
Public Land Sale
US Land Office Vajentne Neb- i
Jan 26 iio7i
Notice is hereby gh en that tn jmreuaactj r
instructions from the Commissioner or ti
General Iind Office under authority vested In
him by section 2453 TI a Rev SUt a3anjcnd
ed by the act of Congress approved Pebrary 2S
1S93 we will proceed to oner at public sate on
the loth day of March uexr at thi oGlce the
following tnctof hind tuv it theoSiseJi fey
25 Tp 35 R 31
Any and all persons clhimlog adversely th4
above described Unds art advised to file thslr
claims in i his office on or before tlie day aboya
designated for said ialoothorvvae their riSifci
wIU li forfcifd Wrf
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