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Comina Events
Louva tho Pauper Friday March C 1897
Assessors meeting March IB
County Commissioners March 16
ft Patricks Day March 17
District Court March 22
fcaatcr Sunday April 18
Sign the petition
Miss E I Mills has
rent
registered
house to
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H McCrea of Sparks has moved
into town
Kobert O J oirea was over from Bor
den Tuesday
Alex Dobson of Merriman was in
town Tuesday
J G DuBois of Omaha was in
town Saturday
Ceo Coleman came down from Cody
Monday evening
Miss Ella Stilwill of Simeon was
in town Tuesday
For Rent Goed farm Enquire
of G H Q Smith 4
E Dwyer of Huron S D arrived in
town this morning
E Sparks went to Omaha on busi
ness Monday morning
Blankets and comforters at greatly
deduced prices at McDonalds 5
Wm Krotter of Stuart lumber and
hardware dealer is in town today
Dont miss reading the article dip
ped from the Newport Republican
Bert Martin went home to Ains
worth on a visit Monday afternoon
Miss Mary Ktrfley teacher of the
Arabia schools was in town Monday
All wool underwear cheap at Men
Donalds general merchandise store 5
H E Dewey was up from Wood
Lake the first of the week on busi
ness
S S Loelet of Wood Lake was in
at the
Misses Sarah Clay and Ida Erey of
Bloomington Tnd arvlsiting friends
near Sparks
J R Avers came down from Crooks
ton yesterday and attended the farm
ers institute
Three traveling men representing
bicveiefirms were in town with sam
ples yesterday
Emma Downing is working in The
Donoher dining room in the absence
of Celia Marley
Notice Stinards new advert isement
He has a nice line of spring clothing
and furnishings
Mrs TV H Carter formerly of this
place but now of Deadwood is visit
ing fiiends in the city
Deputy U S Marshal Bray was
down from Lead on business connect
ed with his office Saturday
J A Hitt is building a neat and
commodious buggy house on the lot
just south of his livery barn
Wren Donoher Mrs Chas Sparks
Dr Wells and A E Thacher are tak
ing lessons on the mandolin
For Sale Three seated spring
wagon in good condition complete
with top 4 Geo H Hornby
-John Hornick of the firm of
riick ness Moore wholesale drug
gists of Sioux City Sundayed in town
John Simpson went up the Minne
chaduza this morning He had a
court house petition in his inside poc
ket
Miss Guides lectures at the Episco
pal church are proving very interest
ing and ive her hearers much food for
thought
Farmers should patronize our local
merchants and by that same token
locaL merchants should patronize our
iarmers
Dr Ed Dwyer arrived from St
Louis Friday evening and will assist
his brother Dr J C Dwyer in his
large practice
Ang Weltke the young man who
has been here the past month being
treated for appendicitis is able to be
about once more
Lew Clark one of the railroad hoys
here returned Monday afternoon from
OmahafWhere he had taken his wife
medical treatment
T
Louva the Pauper tomorrow
Mrs Kate Wellford is agent for all
kinds of musical instruments Best
mates See her before buying Sheet
music furnished on short notice 5
Dr Dwyer has ten beds in his pri
vate sanitarium in the northwest part
of town and all of them are occupied
This speaks well for Dr Dwyers
ability
All the flags in town are flying in
honor of McKinleys inauguration
The Demograt does not sulk and to
show its loyalty to America had its
flag up first
Owing nrrne absence of the chair
man the town board did not meet last
evening and the curfew ordinance mat
ter will come up at a special meeting
in a day or two
The Hyannis Tribune man was
evidently out with the boys the night
before his last issue The last page of
his paper was printed where the first
should have been
Topic for the Y P S C E at the
Presbyterian church next Sunday even
ing will be Opportunities to do Good
Seeing Tbem Using Them
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Architect Beindorf sent a
sketch of the new school to the
last week The building will contain
six grade and one recitation room and
is very convenient and compact
I R McCreery representing the
American Warming and Ventilating
Company Chicago is in town today
for the purpose of explaining the com
panys heating apparatus for school
houses
E D Spenser and wife returned
Friday night from a two months visit
with relatives in Troy and Selma
Iowa Mr Spencers brother Tom
accompanied him to Valentine and
will stay until fall
In answer to inquiries from
John
pencil
board
men of democratic organizations said
that if the national convention met to
morrow Win J Bryan would be nom
inated for president - 4
Y II Cameron who was arrested at
nay Springs a couple of weeks ago on
a charge of stealing nine head of cat
tle from Frank Novak skipped the
country while the preliminary exam
ination was pending
E J Davenport and wife and son
Harrisou started Sunday morning for
Washington to witness President Mc
Kinleys inauguration Miss Mae and
Master Clyde are staying at The Dono
her during their absence
Jas Gillaspie and Ira Richardson
two of Cherry countys stockmen hail
ing from Chesterfield drove into town
Monday evening Of course they
shook hands and had a pleasant word
for the editor of this taxpayers friend
The court house bond proposition is
continually gaining ground and if the
question were to be submitted to the
people tomorrow it would carry easily
The more taxpayers digest the ques
tion the more favorable it seems to
them
Delilah S Cole aud Susan Yusam
started Sunday morning for Washing
ton to witness the inauguration These
are two aged colored women who are
staunch republicans and we hope they
will get an opportunity to grasp the
Presidents hand
Friday night two men attempted to
communicate with the prisoners in the
county jail but were driven away
Geovge Hammond who was on guard
taking -a shot at their rapidly disap
pearing forms It is thought that the
parties wished to release Collins
Mrs Vivian Lawrie who has been
visiting friends in Gordon the past
week left last night for Palmer Neb
where she has a position in the public
schools Her uncle resides at Palmer
Gordon Journal
While on her way to Palmer Mrs
Lawrie stopped iu Valentine Friday
and went to Oasis where she visited
Miss Ella Stilwell
All the local merchants are adding
improvements to their stores these
days T C Hornby has a new ma
chine for invoice work in his dry goods
department and the latest patent
spool case Jackson Brayton have a
handsome antique oak cigar case of a
new and improved pattern and J H
Qiugley has moved his cigar case thus
giving mm more room m hs
btorc
fcrog
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JPnbliwIjed for ITou Years as
JHNcIiarged and Kearrestecl
Tuesday L A Collins was brought
before the county judge and the old
complaint against him larceny was
discharged and three new ones filled
One charging him with burglary
another with larceny and the third
with receiving stolen property to all
of which he pleaded not guilty waived
examination and was bound over to
the district court He is now in jail
aid is guarded day and night so his
oft repeated boast that he will never
be brought to trial will probably be
vain This is the old case of Collins
and Xeelejuwho stole a set of har
riespfrom Capt Archer about two
years ago Ernest Boden made the
complaint and since County Attorney
Walcott is compromised in the case
having been county judge when Col
lins first examination was held J
Wesley Tucker will appear for tho
state Counsel for defense will be ap
pointed by the district judge A
brother of Collens and a woman who is
said by some to be his vife and by
otheis his step sister are here and oc
cupying the NTearpass house in the
northeast part of town
Hungry Four
In response to the invitation of
Voracious Nicholson the Hungry
Four met at the usual place Friday
evening and indulged in their weekly
feed A guest was present at this
meeting W E Waite Chesterfield so
of course the gallon of oysters hardly
satisfied the appetites of the ban
queters Just for a change the boys
tried fried oysters each member in
cluding the guest devouring half a
dozen of the bivalve after they had
been rolled in eggs-and-crackers
Then came the stew No complaints
were made except by Oliver Twist-
Brower who kicked because the bot
tom of his bowl was so near the top
The guest was evidently unacustomed
I to such light lunches but beiug well
I Kror mola rn romarlio rarrarrlinrr tVin
New York World fortv state chair J
scaruiiY oi oiiiauies xu auuiuon io
the oysters 10 pounds of cheese one
barrel crackers and a box of cigais
wsrpresenrieaving dniy when the
meeting adjourned
V Sstrinsertt Law
Under the law recently passed by
congress and approved by the presi
dent any person convicted of giving
selling or furnishing intoxicating liqu
or and any essence extract bitters
preparation compound composition
which produces intoxication
to any Indian whether he be one to
whom allotment of land has been
made or a mixed blood over whom the
government exercises guardianship
be imprisoned for months and fined
100 for the first offense and 200 for
leach subsequent offence This law
effectually prohibits the selling of
cologne essences and extracts and
makes impossible the dollar and a
day punishments some times inflicted
The offense of selling liquor to Indians
will now be one to be not lightly
trifled with
limit Kazev
At the residence of the brides pa
rents on West Catharine street Sunday
afternoon Woodward Hunt -and Abi
gail Razey were united in matrimony
by Rev Saml Holsclaw The wed
ding was private but a few of the im
mediate friends and relatives being
present and was a very pretty affair
The newly married couple received a
number of both useful and ornamental
presents as tokens of good will from
their friends The groom is a cook at
Fort Niobrara and is reputed to be a
very steady young man The bride is
a daughter of City Marshal Henry
Razey and has for some time been
numbered among Cherry countys
corps of school teachers
Capt Shaw Heard From
The Tallapoosa Georgia Inquirer
of Feb 24 says of the show with
which Capt A G Shaw is traveling
Mustang Walters Wild West Show
has been exhibiting in this city every
day this week The performance is
excellent aud wins the applause of all
who attend The company embraces
Mustang Walter in his marvelous feats
of marksmanship lassoing and other
feats of horsemanship for which the
wild riders of the west are famous
The clown acts are ex uellent the strong
nau4oes good work the feat of knife
and ax throwing are marvelous and
thn farces on the stage are amusing
With this show is a family of genuine
Sioux Ludiaus
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CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
Loin si the Pauper at Cornell
Hall tomorrow evening
W F Wilson a farmer living north
east of Humboldt Neb delivered to
0 A Cooper the other day fifty nine
head of fat steers for which he-re-
ceived 4000 Several of the steers
weighed over 1800 pounds and the en
tire bunch averaged about 1G00 Mr
Wilson says the corn he fed to these
steers has brought him over fifty cents
per bushel
Born Last evening Wednesday
March 3 to Mr and Mrs C R Glover
a girl Child and mother are in the
best of condition and Charlie is walk
ing on air This explains the strong
smell of catnip in the northeast part
of town One of the fathers first ex
clamations after the interesting event
was Thank heaven she was born
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under a democratic administration
Charlie Schwalm returned Monday
night from Richmond Va where he
spent the winter happy to once more
breathe the pure air of Nebraska and
greet old friends Hr will bn found in
Ins old place at the City Meat Market
He informs us that Airs J W Stetter
isgetting along very nicely and that
Zike Brauer is just recovering from an
illness which threatened to cause his
death
A loose brick in the chimney of the
building on Main street occupied by
Frank Ivletecka caused an alarm of
fireto be given Sunday evening about
five oclock and created a little excite
ment The garret of the building
filled with smoke and escaping
r nrougn the root attracted the atten
tion of passershy The Iiosp cart was
run out and hose laid ready for use
No damage was done except co the
roof where holes were chupned for the
purpose of locating the fire
A letter received from Arthur B
Ries at Oasis informs us that by rea
son ofJlismarriagOla3tIiocembo r ho
ib entitled to a years subscription to
this family delight and promoter of the
public welfare His name has been
placed on the list There are several
moie to be heard from Walk up
As an encouragement towards the
patronizing of home industry The
Democrat offers a bonus of a years
subscription to all cbuples married in
the county
Helmut not JeHeate
Robert Good of The Valentine
Democrat took in the play at this
place Friday night and made a pieas
antcall at this office Saturday morn
ing Bro Good is making things rath
er lively for a certain Catholic priest in
the vicinity of Valentine these days
We have no doubt Mr Good realizes
that he is undertaking a very delicate
task Mnsworth Star Journal
Well not very delicate either when
the priest deserves having things
made rather lively and his entire
congregation to say nothing of the
general public are against him
The Deadwood Daily Pioneer of
Tuesday March 2 contains the report
of the committee appointed by Terry
Peak Miners Union The report says
that in the famous Ragged Top camp
only 25 men are employed and round
ly scores the correspondents who send
out tales regarding Gnds of ore of
fabulous richness and advise ail work
men to give the Hills country a wide
berth this season as hundreds of men
are living on public charity The Pio
neer editorially confirms this report
and says it can be relied on The day
has passed when men without money
can go to the Black Hills and get rich
An Editor in Trouble
Last Monday morning ye editor be
came frisky while walking on one of
our excellent sidewalks tried- to kick
the ceiling out of the sky and failing
in that sat down real hard spraining
Viic Ipff turief in thn rmprifinn anfl I
badly disarranging his internal econ
omy iu addition to throwing a few of
the wheels in his headout of gear All
this is not very pleasant but careful
nursing brought him around again
Yesterday afternoon he had cramps
and tried to make a jackknife out of
himself right in public too and to cap
the climax only two new uames were
placed on the subscription list Takes
all in all its been a tough week for
I him LTow is the lime to subscribe
EMOCRAT
VALENTINE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY MARCH 4 1897
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We have an excellent line of new
clothing gents furnishing
goods hats caps boots and shoes
Have a splendid line of
shoes for both ladies and children
Clothing is cheaper and
better than ever Come and see
BOYS PANTS
ONLY 25 CENTS
BOYS SUITS
ONLY 75 CENTS
Stinard
OWMOEEY
WATCHMAEEE - AND - JEWELEE
Fine line of plain and fancy jew
elry constantly on hand
Repairing promptly executed and
done in the best manner
Full line of sporting goods
JWST OPENED
I have just opened a stock of
groceries in the old Red Front
building on Main street and re
spectfully solicit your patronage
Everything new and fresh Pro
duce taken in exchange
J M CARPENTER
TREES AHfB FLAKTS A full
line FRUIT TREES Df BEST VARI
ETIES at hard teies frices Small
fruits in large supply Millions of
Strawberry plauts very thrifty and
well rooted Get the best near home
and save freight or express Send for
price list to North Bend Xurseries
North Bend Dodge County Neb
Louva the Fiuincv lu Cornell
Hall tomorrow
night
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JtfTJST BE CLOSED OUT FOR
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SPRING STOCK
In order to do this we offer great bargains in
Shoes Duck Coals Overcoats Blankets
Mens and Boys Clothing
Comforts Wool Dress Goo Is Gloves Mitts
Mens and Boys Sweaters
G ennine Bai gains in each line mentioned
Thacher
YOU KNOW
That the best place in town to buy fresh
fruits and vegetables is at PetrverewV
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DIDNT YOU KNOW
That the best place in town to buy to-
eeries and confectionery is at Pertvcwnvs
DIDNT YOU KNOW
That the highest price for butter and
is always paid at Pettycrews
If yon didnt try him and you will
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Donotbe deceived by allnrinfr advertisements and
talnJC you can got the Dest made flneet flnistt and
MOST POPULAR SEWING MACHINE
for amere eaag Buy from reliable manufactnrer
that nave jgamed a reputation iiy honest sad eqnar
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in mechanical construction durability of worklnff
parts fineness of finish beauty in appearance or haa
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rival of train from Black
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Lowest rates Purchase local tickets
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