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THE -VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
BOBERT GOOD Editor and Publisher
Official Paper of Cherry Coun
ty Keliraska
tJOO JPer Year in Advance
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAV
Entered at Vfce Post office at Valentine Cherry
county N65ra ska as Second class matter
This paper will be mailed regularly
to its subscribers until a definite order
to discontinue is received and all ar
rears are paid in full
Advernsing rates 50 cents per inch
per month Kates per column or for
long time ads made known on appli
cation to this ofiice
-Commissioners Proceedings
Hon tinned from jlrst page
On -motion the following amounts
were deducted from the claim allowed
above and ordered applied on delin
quenUpersonal taesr
Andrew Xelson
S M Woodward
J E Thackei y
Prank Jresee
Geo Dip trap
IS Xornian
Harry Lawrie
TV D Morgareidge
TV G Carson
Geo M Davis
Howard Jayeox
Crant Perkins
Wm Cottle
Joseph Wisser
G Quade
A C Riemenschnoider
Jacob Mogle
L E Stewart
O W Halm
C A Wells
Wm Wilson
Chr Dittmer
Peter lleimers
-Henry Porath
-Henry Sehluter
G C LaKewell
II E Dewev
0 X Wilson
A J Folks
J II Searby
Win Ciarkson
Melville Dotv
A II Farley
Dan Alder
13 Hunt
TV U White
Wm Craue
Perry Swearingen
John Hudson
Chas Hudson
Aaron Grooms
John Poster
Thos Powler
S J Hutchinson
TV L Cohee
Ha B Spencer
JlLee
S E
TV H Wilkinson
S Q Spain
John Gee
C K Smith
W P Davis
S G Davis
John Steinbrecher
L C Peyton
G OFairhead
CAlark
A bteele
Oscar Starr
G W Keller
Geo Shefk
J TVinship
A J Short
Chas Koberts
S M Woodward
Andrew IsTelsou
J E Thackery
Ira Richardson
Jas Gillaspie
Wm S Gillaspie
B F Gillaspie
JAW Johnson
Elvin Elliott
Chas Kilgore
Isaac Lomas
C S Long
Elijah Steen
Thos Lomas
ilbhnJ Steen
J A Stansbie
Thos Stansbie
L L Morrill
EichardFox
Ed Jensen
Will Enlow
Bobert Good
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On motion the following claims were
irejected
Amos 8tronK exp In trying to capture
Una and Noeloy -55
Amos Strong searching for thieves l 50
Board adjourned until June 29
June 29th 1897
Board met as per adjournment Ail
membws present On motion the fol
Uowingxlaims were allowed end war-
i rants ordered drawn on me gemuoi
fund
strong pstng elec notices 50
Ji delivering ballots l 35 00
AC
P M Walcott reform sch case
do State vs Case
do case llobt Campbell
DvnprtThaoher gds for poor
do do
D Stiuard wood for county
Thos Dillon kpg insane patient
liobert Good elec proc etc
State Journal Co stationery
A Strong exp Denny tax case
do fees in state case
do summoning jury
claimed 70 allowed
W S Barker ptg bar dkts etc
II Cornell jury room
LuraJohnson witness fee
J A Johnson do
Wtn Erickson do
J H Ayers constable fees
J S Davisson defending V rales
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A M Jartlett
Geo P Dean
1 M Kreader
J no Murray
A Benson
Ave fuTmillecllvihe neatest nicest most stylish anU best rasar
DCCavanaugh do
J J Trompen do
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Arthur Heath
Edwin Cooper
Peter Gallowav
JBStoll
J TV Seed
loseph Wisser
Harold Zeilian
A Yarvan
G W Uurge
George Russell
Ed Karris
i J N Steadman
J W -Steele
Frank Seger
Fred Beck
Hugh Bovill
Sampson Bradley
F K Bivens
Chas Hoffman
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Da wes
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D jdge
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Geo Elliott issuing venire
McNitt - Christian 5pii
ou Alex Hoffman petit juror
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M J Donoher room inr jury
IE Hendricks fees Staitevsllunt
A Strong hoarding prisoners
do jailorsfcfees etc
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do fees Stale vs Case
G Folsom do
Charles Maxwell do
D Stinard do
J A Carroll do
W T Kincaid do
TV T Bullis do
llobt Robinson do
J as Hughes do
Henry Razey bailiff
A G Shaw do
Geo Tracewell
A S Graeff
A Lewis coroner calling jurors
Frank Fischer interpreter
DVnprtThacher gds for poor
A Strong exp insane caso
Lizzie Harris boarding jurors
Ed Clarke insane case
A Lewis do
Geo Elliott do
A Strong jailor grdg prsnrs
J Mogle justice fees
J E Hendricks constable fees
G A Stannard do
S J Goodin witness fees
J L Goodin do
Geo Seager do
G E Shattwald do
D Webster do
H Wilber do
G W Bell do
D Webster witness Co Court
S J Goodin do
Ira Gocdin do
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Yesterday was the last day of the
celebration at Bosebud which com
menceden the fust of the moEth 1800
families of Indians from reservations
other than Eosebud were registered as
visitors making a total of about 8000
persons All together about 15000
Indians and whites were nreseut at
the blowout The exercises consisted
mainly of dances and races aud every
thing passed off smoothly but one ac
cident occurring Tuesday a fac simile
of the Custer massacre was given and
in the melee anIndian policeman was
shot Tuesday afternoon the
ted corn dance was given by special
-permission about 200 of the very best
Indian dancers participating About
50 Valentine people attended the cele
bration n various days
Jerry F Wills and Martha Gibson
wtre married by Judge Towne yester
day The bride is from the west part
of thie county and the groom comes
from -Harrison The couple were ac
companied by Georgia Gibson sister
of the brtfe and E E Edwards an
uncle Tjhjs Democrat will help the
happy pair tfcrongh the first year of
their weeded life by viciting heca
weeWy
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ing slsoes on the market and
wo arc protid of them Our stock of these shoes is oomplete embracing all f izes
strifes and widths Colors brown tan black oxblood and green
Groceries Dry Goods and Notions
teats Caps and Furnishings
attention
The public is hereby invited to at
tend the Bowery dance to be given by
the M TV A of Crookstonon Thurs
day night July 15th Geod music
and a good time assured By Order
of Crookston Camp M TV or A
X ow is the time to subscribe
The Longpine Chautauqua will
held August G to 17
be
E McDonald is having his stock- de-
custom and those who wish to pbtsim
bargains should hurry or they will all
gone
Why should you use envelopes and
paper imprinted or what is worse
poorly printed when you can get first
class job work done at this office at
Bert Martin has been under the
weather for the last week and returned
home to Ainsworth yesterday Zura
Webb came up from Ainsworth to
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take his place in the F E depot
A nice quiet time was had at Brown
lee on the third about 200 people
being present Senator Beai of Custer
county was the speaker of che day and
it is saal that he made a very good ad
dress
Crockston celebrated on the third in
a very neat and1 appropriate manner
A good sized crowd was present and
all seemed to enjoy themselves in good
shape One of the most notable feat
ures was the absence of any drunken
men About a dozen people attended
from this place
Preccottand Torrevs Comedy Co
disbanded after the performance Mon
day night The company has been
struggling against financial erabarass
ment and bad business for several
weeks and the management finally
decided that it was useless to continue
its tour Jhadron Recorder -
For Sale Will sell instead of rent
rhe Pfytou ranch also i cows
Terms down balance in two years
at 10 jE r cent interest witli -good se
curity
ion
Can have immediate possess-
Sat Hudson Selling Agent
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BevBates conducted services at
the Epiaopal church Sunday and his
addresses were very appropriate for
our national holiday He called at
tention to numerous evils which were
fraught fcith danger to the republic
dwelling -especially upon the iaxity of
our divorce laws and inoilentally
touching upon temperance
A letter from C B Glover of Val
entine in reply to our advertisement
for a gold tug democrat to fill vacan
cy in judged office brings the ad in
tellicence that Chas will not bs able
to fill the want at present C R is
proud of the fact that he is one of the
few democrats in northwest Ivcbraska
who stand peerless and alone in advo
cating the principles of Jefferoonian
democracy repudiates repudiation and
stands for principle first last and all
the time Hew unlike his brother
democrats in this county who have
abandoned principle and are now
mingling with the unrighteous -In a
mad effort to sneak a pie Springview
IferM
Ased SiViGit Injured
While on the way to visit the family
of her sou Sunday Mrs M M Clark
woman about 70 years old was thrown
from the wagon while coming down
the hill near Cottles and sustained a
fractureQf her collar bone on the right
side Dr Lewis was called and the
lady is getting along very nicely at
present
SUraycil or Stol3i
Erom my ranch on May 27th one
heavy set black horse five or six years
old weighing about 1050 lbs bought
of Jno Enlow at Gordou in 1896 and
one rangy flat footed sorrel horse seven
-or eight years old with clipped legs and
short tail foretop cut short last season
weight nearly 1100 fhs formerly owned
lw d en TYjvis nf nviriji Rnth
male uubranded A liberal reward
will he paid for the rcuira or miorma
tion eoncerning either -or both to W
E Waitb Chesterfield Cherry county
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Niobrara Trails
Crops are in fine condition aud rain
three times a day
Charles Cornell of Valentine was
liuvuig in oigiiba iiuino i tuia JIICOUO
lierry
hunters
swarm along the river
bees
are beginning
like
Lafe Johnson raid family were visit
theiy daughter Mrs Winnie Grooms
last week
Prospectors have been at work in
this locality but have failed to find
satisfactory results so far
Mrs Eda Cole accompanied Irer sis
ter home last Saturday Mrs C has
been on the sick list for some time and
thinks the country air will do her good
Bab Boy
Siaraeon
Mrs M L Walker and daughter
Eyla are visiting with Mrs Lockwood
today
J TV Strong was hurt by a horse
striking him in the forehead last Sat
urday The wound is net of a serious
nature however
J TV McCloud was ici Simeon Tues
day He reports having two horses
cut with barb wire One died and
the other is in a dangerous condition
Soon the mower and rake will be the
chief objects of attention Hay is
growing very nicely at present but will
be short m some places unless we
some rain soon
nut
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Harry Belding mot with a serious
accident while driving to the Snake
Wednesday Seeing coyote near the
road lie thought it would do less dam
age dead than alive and in his hurrv to
shoot he tried to force the cartridge
into the rifle which no doubt eaustd
it to explode filling his face and eyes
with powder and burning him quite
badly He was taken to his home
near Brownlee and is improving slowly
The 4th has come and gone The
sound of revehy fire crackers orators
and martial music has left patriotic
impressions to cheer us on our path un
til another anniversary of our indepen
dence The young people of Simeon
celebrated in different places some
going to Kennedy others to Woodlake
and Brownlee had a few representa
tives from this place A grand dinner
was given at the home of J TV Bcr
leigh where alt who did not care to go
to distant lauds met and passed a very
pleasant day
W cjgiS Lake
Bev Garner5of Johnstown preached
to us Sunday evening
Dr Nicholson was in town a day or
so the first of the week
Mrs Swan is still improving so that
she is able to be up and around
The glorious 4th of July is over and
now we have time to write and gather
up items
Misses Haliic Hand and Elsie Sher
man are visiting relatives and fnerds
here for i few days
Dave ITanna returned home Sunday
night from the east where he has bfan
for some weeks visiting
Several of the Woodlake young peo
pie went to Kennedy to attend the
celebration there July 5th
Miss Sadie Bswey has been laid np
for the last week with blood poison on
her right hand we understand she is
getting better
There is to be a ghost sociable at the
school house Sutiirdny night July 10th
Cuumj bvs ami Lii yourselves a
and keep her if ou can
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Sadie Dewey entertained Miss Min
nie De Woody and a friend of here
from Ainsworta Saturday
alter the dance broke up
Miss Gertie Kennecott is working
for Airs Valentine She took Mame
Stevensons place as she had to leave
I we understand she is going get re
married
We can say for TVoodiafeejthat it had
one of the grandest celebrations ever
known of before During the day
there were amusements of all kinds
while at night the young folks enjoyed
themselves at -the bail Everybody
seemed to have a grand time there was
about 75 in attendance from Ains
worth and on the evening freight there
were a few came down from Valentine
Batch
Are Ziou PSnsicat
Will sell at a great sacrifice a mando
lin guitar violin banjo and trombone
all first class instruments Address
J A Foster Band Quarters Fort
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Application for Arfin inistratnr
In the County Court of Cherry County Nebr
In the matter of the estate of Lawrance Doohia
deceased
Robert H Koontz having filea in my ofiice a
petition pravmg for the appointment of himself
as administrator of the estate of Lawrence
Doolan deceased all persons interested in said
Mtate will take notice that 1 hav hxed July 24
1G07 as the time and my office m valentine
Cherrv county Nebraska as the place for hearing
caid petition at which time and place all per
sons interested in said estate may appear and
show cause if any there be why such adminis
trator should not be ap Ointcd
Wiuiess uiv hand and the eal of the Counts-
-Court this 5th day of July 1SS7
SEAL V K TOWNE
24 26 County Judge
Taken Up
Notice is hereby given that on the ltth day of
Mav 1897 1 tonkup on section 2 township 31
range 3 in Cherry county Nebraska the follow
ing described iunua -
OjtegrayLoie viiiivLre let rd foct and
v i1 nn rh f r Ae iLoa eisrat
j jeai3 VtehL aaOtit lOoO pounds
One rrav horse with white face h randed r
V oh neht shoulder Age about four J
ur W yew
weight about o0 pounds
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TYe dont handle quite as forge a stock
or goods as the large department stores in
Omaha or Chicago hut we do handle all
the latest novelties and uptodate articles
and would like to have atou give ns a call
before sending away for goods If yoftv
want the latest and best in
SUMMER DRESS GOODS
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GIXGHAliES or
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You will find it in our stock of goods iSfc
can be found anywhere
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Every tiling in our store is new and of
the best quality so yon cannot make
a mistake by trading with us Weve
just put in a line of Shoes and Cloth
iiiP which you should examine
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U s Iaiirt Cisic Vaientaie Nbr
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Xntiiv is liprcrv given Jiu Uarhoff of
Ctv ibr ii IlU rrjic of In Intention to
make imii proof bcfoif ilie or lteceiver
at his otiice in Valentino iYDrska on Monday
tin imtay ofmnst lK7on tintivr fultu e ap
plication No StO for the sch of s rtion 1 town
sliin al iN miigrt T v
i lc tiainch tiie following witnesses Clarence
Ciitcoiiib Wallace Nelson Klihin Jones and
Akmzo Heath ali of ody Neb
M l C K GLJ VEIi Uogister
U S Land Oiiice Valentino Tv b r
Jrl urii isyr
Notice is berebv civon that Herbert C Gloer
of 1ipestone Minnesota has filed notice of his
intention to make Jlnai pionf before tlie IffKiatcr
Hcccherar hK oflkc in Valentine Nebraska
on Tue day th 17th day of Aiantt 1S07 on tim
ber culture application No Oiii for the u 4 J4
and liiiiiwH ejtion No in township No 01 n
range J5 v
lie names as witnesses A Johnson
Klv Valenrin Waningim HoLt y and lsvid
t Ii nllnl Vfnl I iVi Vihi
evening j x stimony of claimant will be talf n befoie ihe
Cleric of lb- Diti ict Court for lwtone comity
at bus ofiice Mini on Aug 1 1
1 29 C Ii UI0 VEK itegister
U S Land Ollice Valentine Nebr
Jine 21 17
Notice is hereby given that the follow ing
named settler lias filed notice 1 his intention to
make final proof in support of hi chim and
that said proof will be made Ueivre the Register
rsr Receiver at Valentine Neb on Aug 1K7
viz
Joseph Birl of Georgia Xeb
IT E 0395 for the and luVisei cc if
and Sec 20 Tp 3 R 31 v
Ko names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land viz
Sebastian Saboldt Michael Boltz Richard
Ramsford and Joseph Stoscli all of Ncnzel Nel
C R GLOVER Register
U S Land Olhce Valentme Neb f
lune 10 1S17 f
Notice is hereby given that John Dale of
Wood Lake Nebr has tiled notice of intention
to make final proof before the Register or Re
ceiver at hi- onice in Valentine Nebr
27tli dav of July li7 on timber culture
application No HT for the lots l 2 ajJieS
Sec 5 Tp 2ru R 2GV
He names as witnesses Charles 1 ie
DanielofJohnstovil Neb James ST llauna
ElviJ Valentine and William MclMeie of
Wood Lsixe Nebraska
21 20 C R GLOVER Register
Lrt Land Ofiice Valentine Nebr
June 10 Ici
Notice is herebv given that tle following
named settler has Sled notice of intention
make final proof in support of his claim aud
that said piooi will be made the Kegtsr
or Recei verat Valentine Neb on July
Michael Mcne of Cody Xebr
K E Pas for tbe neii Sec 21 Tp C3u R
He names the following witnesses to prove
of said land
James II Ouigl y of Valentine cbr John
Nolan Arthur Heath aud Hugh K More of
Codj Nebr atso
Arthur Heath of Cody Nrebr
II E 6780 for the se Sec 18 Tp 33n R 5iw
He names the following witnesses to prove hi3
continuous residence upon and cultivation oi
said land viz
James H Quiglcy of Valentine Neor
Michsiei Mene Hugh K Mone and John Nolwi
of Cody Nebr also
Jcha Xolii f Cdy Xebr
lie iianict tiie loilowing witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land 1j
James H QrJf lev of Valentine Nebr Hugh
H Jloni MuJ Me anii Arthur llc ath oi
Coav Nebr
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FINAL PROOF NOTICES
Claimants and witucssw finil iroor caes
liotire of whfoh api ear in The Dkiiociat will
recih e i niarKed copy of th papc r Slwmlil y
cnors in description of lunil or speHinof narac
be notice slwultt b sf uS to flif land
onice and tHis office so correction em biiuade
U i5 Land Oyricn Valentine ITefixv
June 15th 18SZ
Notice is hereby given that the folwrSasr
named settler has filed notice of hisuntcsOie
to make final proof in support of bis clzsssaM
tJitS sad proyf will be niatle before RegizKcawft
Reiver r Valentine Kubniaka on Jcf 2C
lCiz 34 J
Alonzo II Ferguson Valentine S
IT E No M for the swsvy See 34 Tju
and lot 3 and s i swii yee S Tp S3 R 2vk
lie names the follow iig witn3e tejnvros
h3 continuous residence on and ctiltivafezjaa
said ktndviz
Wfdiani Hunter Martin S Welch Ttfaa m
Jones and Wesley Alasaengnle all at VIai
tme Nebr
C 11 GLOVER Vetitt
U S Land Ollice at Valentine- NfcJ
June5lXSuI
Notice is hereby given that the followlryfaam4
ed settler has filed notice of his inteciLuc Cm
make final oroof in support of his clainr xafl
that acl proof will be made before Husfexr
and Receiver at Valentine Nebr oa tlT
17th 1S7 viz
George Coleman of Kilgore oSefcc
11 E OOW for the sjne and iiehiueit See iSS
and seHseH Sec Si Tp 35 R CI
He names the following witnesses to pTOsrcBia
continuous residence upon and cultivaifconnZ
said land viz
William Iivde Crookston Nebr MerrTci El
Roiertn iVforrir in Crawfonl and Wiaiaan
StOiV ot Kiluore NeO
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