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Comina Events
Stranbery Social May 28
3itmorial Day May 30
Sixth District Editors Tune 5
A Great Catastrophe Coming in June
Comit Commissioners June 8
Itaccb Juno 10 17 18 and 10
School Meeting June 29
Teachers Institute July 19 31
Wait for the editors
Xow is the time to subscribe
ttacos June 16 17 18 and 19
House to rent Miss E I Mils 15
EflSattertee is in to wn from Nenzel
today
Harry Folks is clerking in Carpen
tersstore
Tr Lewis has his soda fountain in
wfrKing order
3V Bykeman of Butte was in
town Saturday
A girl -was born to Jno Marks and
wife last week
Walter Meltendorls house is al
most completed
A TC Thacher returned from Omaha
Saturday morning
J E shadwick of Salix Iowa was
in town this week
Dan Handy was over from the In
dian school Sunday
G W Burge was in from Kennedy
yesterday on business
C C Thompson was in town Mon
day witfc some line fish
W W Wood of Rushville was in
town ofi business Monday
Remember the printer when you are
in town with garden sass
W S Gillaspie returned from Arka
delphia Arkansas Monday
Chas Pittenger was in town from
Mullen the first of the week
W E Waite was up from Chester
field Tuesday and Wednesday
Mrs H A Moler of ONeill was
visiting friends in town this week
Kiev Jas F Cross and wife have
Teturned home from their trip east
Milk delivered 23 quarts for one
olhrr 9 Miss Eva Harden
Wes Holsclaw Monday went to St
Francis where he has a 30b of work
For Bent Nice large office room
m stone building 18 T C Hornby
J C Northrop is moving his family
into their new residence on Hall street
las Galloways grout house on
Cherry street is beginning to look up
W Beamer Jr has returned to
InVhome in the west part of the coun
ty
K B and S W Dykeman and J 0
Gates of Clarks were in town Satur
day
V S Boueche the Loup precinct
assessor brought in his books Tues
day
W G Slye representing the Min
neapolis Journal was m town Tues
day
At the races next month Valentine
willbave the biggest time in her his
tory
F K Bivens has returned from the
Iissiou where he was doing some
work
D H Thurston went to Crookston
Monday to visit a few days with
friends
When work begins on the school
and court house Valentine will be still
more lively
Judge Kinkaid held CDurt at Spring
view Tuesday Very few cases were
on the docket
Geo Scnwalm has added a neat
wooden awningto the front of his
meat market
C E Bo wring and wife went up to
the ranch at Merriman Monday to be
gone a few days
St Johns Guildwill meet Friday af
ternoon as 2 oclock at the home of
Mrs J A Carroll
A ball game between the Charlies
and the Johns and Jims of the town
is being talked of
J W Burleigh was up from Simeon
Saturday and remained in town until
the thst of the week
W A Pettycrewfound a tarantula
iu a bunoh of bananas last week It
is on exhibition at Watsons
0 C Graddy of Norden and Hon
Frank Rothleutner df Kilgore
tered at tne uity uorai ounay
Edeah and Helen MDonald will
start for Butte Montana soon to
3feniktae summer with relative
VALENTINE
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Messrs Parmalee Webb and Brede
son were over from Rosebud Satur
day
E J Davenport and family are mov
ing into the property on Cherry street
recently vacated by J G Stetter
The kid nine here will play
a game of ball with the Kids at the
post Saturday A hot game is lookel
for
J H Davison of Ainsworth has
good Jack for sale or will trade for
horses cattle or good draft stal
lion 18 20
A Scott Ormsbie representing tfee
Emmettsburg Iowa investment com
pany was in towa the first of the
week
C N McCollmn of Tyndall S DM
3J S stock inspector was in town
-and went to Rosebud the first of the
week
W H Haley was in the west part
at the county this week looking after
the Enlow estate for which he is ad
ministrator
Martz Br os of Pierre S DM ob
tained the beef contract for Standing
Sock agency for an average of 372
per hundred
E J DeBell came over from
ud to meet two ladies whose names
we did not learn Monday returning
home Tuesday
A strong effort is being made to w se
cure bond for Geo Snurr It will cost
the county 360 to keep him in jail un
til court convenes
Jas C Dahlman came down from
Cbadron Sunday morning and went
over to Rosebud to look after his
government horse contract
Auntie Cole has built a sidewalk
aloug the south side of her west Catha
rine street propertyfand D S Ludwig
is preparing to do the same
Lee Layporte has repainted his
house and -added a 36 foot veranda to
the south side of the building Furth
er improvements will be made
John Steinbrecher of Kilgore went
to Omaha Tuesday morning to under
go a civil service examination for
foreman of the Pine Ridge shoe shops
Mrs Dan Pnelan returned to her
home at Chadron Friday night Myrtle
Petti John accompanied her and will
remain with her aunt until the last of
July
Ht Rev Bishop Gorman of Sioux
Falls camo over from St Francis
Monday morning Father E M Per
rig accompanied him from the mission
here
The Edison Vitascope entertainment
last Thursday night was well attended
andgave entire satisfaction to those
who were present and they were
many
C R Watson returned from his trip
east Friday He reports having had a
very pleasant time in Wisconsin and
Chicago but says he would not live in
the east under any consideration
A carload ot Missouri mules were
unloaded here Tuesday evening for
our Uncle Samuels quartermaster at
Fort Niobrara If they could -only use
their ears for wings they would be
-birds
The Ladies Aid Society and the
Christian Endeavor of the Presbyterian
church wili give an ice cream and
strawbery social tomorrow Friday
evening in the Love building at 6
oclock
Ridgeway Simpson unloaded 256
head of cattle at Crookston Saturday
The boys are getting quite a bunch of
stock around tbem and will soon be
come bloated capitalists unless the cat
tle market takes a drop and thats un
likely
J F Prentiss the New York Life
man has engaged rooms at The Dono
her for his family who are living at
Pawnee City and will make this his
home this summer and perhaps long
er Mrs Prentiss and two children
will arrive about June 1
Last Thursday Attorney D H
Thurston pulled down his shingle and
retired from the law business The
confinment was too much for Harrys
health and he will do outdoor work
this summer Ed Clarke has pur
chased Mr Thurstons law library
The race horse Ten Pins owned by
Johnny Peters of Banner county has
been running some good races and is
proving himself to be one of the
speediest horses in this part of the
country A few days ago he ran two
races at New Castle Wyo winning
both and defeating Sleepy Ned the
fastest horse in that section of Wyom
ing
Born Sunday May 23 to B ishop
Beed and wife a 9 pound girl at the
residence of the mothers parents Mr
and Mrs Pettijohn The little crare is
doing nicely and though she has been
very ill the mother is rapidly regaining
her usual health This gives our
amiable deputy county clerk a right to
be called granfipa and he seems to be
real prond of fce title v
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CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
CLASS OFT
FOUR GRADUATES GIVEN
THEIR DIPLOMAS
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Fifth Annum Commencement of the
Talentine Schools is Appropri
ately Celebrated Brief Ac
count of the Exercises
The Fifth Annual Commencement
of the Valentine High School was held
at the M E church last Friday even
ing about 500 people beinpresent to
witness the exercises and encourage
the graduates by their presence
The church was beautifully decora
ted a canopy formed of the class
colors rose and cream overhanging
the rostrum bearing on the front
fringe the class motto in gold -Growth
not Accretion Potted plants
and beautiful flowers were banked
around the piano and the small stand
holding the diplomas and the air was
surcharged with the subtile perfume
shed by the sweet specimens of na
tures handiwork
At 815 Mrs Jas Wellford com-
menced the march King Cotton and
to its strains those who had places on
the program came down the south ajslfl
of the church and took their places on
the rostrum First came Rev O T
Moore followed by F M Walcott
president of the school board Prof Ik
H Watson principal of the schools
the graduates and members of the
double quartette
The exercises were oppiaed by a very
feeling prayer by Rev Moore followed
by a song Our High School Home
by the double quartette composed of
Stella Bartley Edith Pettycrew Afcjbel
Towne Tacey Collett Bert Martin
Earl Pettycrew Archie Pettycrew and
Frank Thorn Myrtle Pettijohn play
ing the accompaniment
The first oration was by Ednah
MDonald her subject being Power
of Music She spoke without appar
ent embarassment and handled her
subject in a very creditable manner
The principal part of her oration war
a vision by a young girl and was ar
tistically handled
Charles B Cook followed discours
ing on What we Owe the World He
dealt with the practical side oflife and
his oration showed great care in its
composition Charley made a good
appearance on the platform and ac
quitted himself with honor
A piano duet Wilhelm Ganz Qui
Vive Galop was played by Ednah
MDonald and Mae Davenport and re
ceived well merited applause
Frank Thorn talked of Social
Unity and showed distinctly the ad
vantages of civilization and education
how isolation effects even the language
of a people Frank talked from a
socialistic standpoint and his oration
was delivered in a splendid manner
E Mae Davenport had the place of
honor and took the position that
Ambition Sightly Directly Leads to
Honor She handled her subject with
a skill which might be envied by fin
ished orators her comparison of Napo
leon and Washington the two best
types of ambition one the other
rightly directed being especially good
A piano solo Love Light Waltz
was played by Estella Bartley and
then Prof Watson in a few words
highly complimentary of them turned
the graduates over to the school board
President Walcott made a few neat
and appropriate remarks and present
ed the diplomas to the class The
exercises were closed by the double
quartette singing Onward Upward
after which the graduates held an im
promptu reception and received the
congratulations of their scores of
friends
Ednah MDonald is the first gradu
ate who never attended any school but
the one here
Each of the graduates received
numerous and costly floral tributes at
the close of their -orations
Prof R H Watson will spend the
summer in and near Lincoln and will
attend the lectures to principals at3 the
state university as jwill also Miss
Brown Misses Callencahd Efner will
remain at home and Mrs Crawford is
conducting a kindergarten at the
school building
Mae Davenport and Ednah MDon
ald expect to attend the state univer
sity this fall Frank Thorn and
Charles Cook contemplate teaching
scnooi
Th graduates were tendered a re
ception at tbehome of E J Davenport
after the commencement exorcises
DEMOCRAT
VALENTINE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY MAY 27 1897
Xcw 1nrtnerHhip
Paul J Falkenhagen of Montevideo
Minnesota has purchased a half inter
est in J Q Andersons ranch in this
county and the firm has a contract
with the government for supplying
beef to one of the sub agencies Mr
Falkenhagen arrived in town Tuesday
evening with two car loads of stock
from North Dakota and Minnesota for
the Indian contract Mr Anderson is
driving 540 head from Chamberlain to
the Agency We wish the new part
ner success in his business and hope
he will conclude to move his family
here this summer
K
A Joocl Torn Out
About 350 people attended the joint
services dt tne 1 u u U js ot jr
M W A A O U W and D of H
at the M E church Sunday The
members of the various orders met
and marched to the church at about
10 oclock headed by the Twelfth In
fantry band and made quite an im
posing procession about 150 people
being in line The services at the
church consisted of music by the band
prayer by Rev Moore and an excellent
address by Rev S W Holsclaw After
the services the various orders once
more formed in line and marched to
the cemetary -where the graves of the
dead were decorated returning to
town about 1230
JBank Closed
The Bank of Johnstown W A
Scattergood president closed its doors
last Saturday with liabilities we are
told of about 11000 Of course
the depositors will be paid in fall
Brown county had 1500 in the bank
hen it closed and immediate steps
for the recovery of the money will be
taken The bank was reported to be
in a bad condition last tall and it is
rather queer that the county should
have taken so much risk With Rock
county holding a judgement of 5000
against her and 70000 taxes delin
quent poor old Brown county is in a
badhole it seems Judge Kincaid
was to appoint a receiver f on the de
funct bank yesterday
Fishing With Xets
Numerous complaint have come
from parties living near the lakes
south of town to the effect that Johns
town Ainsworth and Longpine parties
have been fishing on the lakes with
seines This is not only in direct vio
lation of the state game and fish law
but is a very reprehensible practice
and if continued our lakes will soon
be robbed of their hosts of finny beau
ties All who have been using seines
will hereby take notice that the offense
must not be repeated as Cherry coun
ty citizens are instructed to learn the
names and residence of all violators of
the law and report same to the author
ities here when steps will be taken to
punish the offenders
Warren Cook Dead
After an illness of about three
weeks of inflammatory rheumatism
and complications arising therefrom
Warr en the son of R J Cook and
wife died at the home of his parents
kon Macomb street Saturdav night
May 22 The funeral was held from
the Episcopal church Sunday after
noon at 4 oclock Rev J M Bates
conducting the services The Modern
Woodmen of America of which order
Mr Cook is a member attended the
funeral in a body The attendance at
the church was 30 large that about
half the friends were compelled to re
main outside the building while the
funeral procession was one of the
largest ever seen in Valentine This
testifies more strongly than words to
the esteem in which the dead boy and
his parents are held by our citizens
Warren Cook the youngest son of
Mr and Mrs Richard J VCook was
born in Weeping Water Nebraska on
the seventh day of February 1881 and
died at Valentine May 22 1897 aged
16 years 3 months and 15 days He
camejto Valentine with his parents
about eleven years ago and has re
sided here ever since He was a
steady boy of goodiiabits a pupil in
the public schools of this place was
well liked by all who knew him and
was a brother of Chas Cook who
graduated from the High School last
weekl
Card of ThankB
To the many kind friendd who assisted us dur
inthe illness doath afld burial ot our dearly
lefted son and brother and in so many ways
lightened our trouble fay their help and sympa
liy wo oslcnd our ciucere UianUs
K J Coos Wir2 and Bcq
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Davenport Thacher
The leading merchants of
Valentine extend to you a
cordial invitation to visit
them if you wish Groceries
or Dry Goods or anything
else in the line of General
Merchandise Its a 1 0 to 1
shot that youll come again
Thats what we want
Look over our line of spring goods Ask about the portraits
EVERYTHING
In Pettycrews stock of groceries fruit confectionery and feed
IS THE BEST
All our Groceries are fresh and good Fruit is the finest and cleanest
Conf eciionery the best and sweetest Feed pure and nutritious
Highest prices for Butter Eggs and Farm Produce
NORTH OF POSTOFFICE W A PETTYCREW
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Inventory Sale
We have just completed our spring inventory and have on
hand a large amount of odds and ends remnants etc which
will sell below first cost For instance we will sell
PIECE G OODS AT 10 CTS PER YARD
These goods are double width first class quality Wc sell
BLACK LAWNS FOR 5 CENTS
Worth 20 cents Must make room for new goods
E McDonald
KERNS
LIVERCURA
FOR LIVER AND KIDNEYS
An efficacious remedy for Habitual Constipation Indigestion Dys
pepsia Sick Headache Biliousness Kidney Trouble
Rheumatism Pimples and Blotches
Price 75 cents per bottle For sale by J H Quigley
For sale at Kennedy by Haeber Grange
SPRING
CLOTHING
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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
D Stinard
Davenport Thacher carry a com
plete line of coffins and undertakers
supplies 27
If you want wedding invitations
announcements visiting cards or
other engraved wort callat this office
O W MOEET
WATCHMAKEB - AED - JEWELER
Fine line of plain and fancy jew
elry constantly on hand
Eepairing promptly executed and
done in the best manner
Full line of sporting goods
CM SAGESER
TONSORIAL
ARTIST
Hair cutting and shaving
Shop in the TV H Moses building
HOT AND COLD BATHS
THE ELKHORN
RAILROAD
tcKbrth Western Line -is to beat
to and from the
SUGAR BEET FIELD
OF
NORTH NEBRASKA