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VOL XII
THIS AND THAT
CininatErentf
Teachers Institute Inly llKil
Kdith Turner Elocutionist July
Lecture by OT MooreJuly i
lecture by Prof Pile July 28
St Johns Guild will giv a play in
about two weeks
Daniel Fowler wife aud family wcje
in town Saturday
M J Dolau was down from l5ue
iRidge last Saturday
Reuben Quick Bear was over from
Rosebud last Saturday
John H Shore andWEOWaite are
iu town from their ranches- today
Milk delivered 23 miarts for one
lolUii 0 Miss Eva Hakden
FoiidtEiiT Xico larg ofllce room
in tonc building 18 C Hornby
Another new building on Main
street iG feeing talked of Wait for it
Bert Martin has returned from his
abort visit heme much improved in
health
Rev JJassott held regular services
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
evening
A Bvy and wife returned home to
Leid City after a weeks outing at
Rosebud
Tommy Yearnshaw came down from
Cody Saturday night and spent Sunday
vritfi friends here
Mrs B IS Underwood left Sunday
night forti few weeks visit with rela
tives in the Black Hills
Stock shipments from ris section
commenced yesterday tw train loads
oing thrdagh to Omaha
Born Friday morning 1 July 9 to
Mr and Mrs Geo Walker at the home
of Judge Zarr a fine baby girl
Morey Underwood was in Cody
Tuesday on business connected with
the Humphrey cattle contracts
A trainload of cattle passed through
town Monday morning for Bennett
Irwins ranch in western Cherry
ty
ITheDonoher annex is completed
This gives the hotel eight new bed
rooms and another fine Jarge sample
Toym
Mr anclMrs C l Wtatson left on
train Wednesday morning for
-a visitof two or three days with friends
jinOmha
MisaIva Still w had the misfor
tune tofcs thrown com a horse and
bsoke tb6 bones in iir arm near fte
wrial thissveek
I have few thosoughbred Berfc
ahire pigslcr sale from Worlds Fair
prize winning stock W E VVaitk
Chesterfield Kebr 24
Louie Beshaw died at Gzdy Satur
day night Davenport iKtacher fur
nished the casket but further particu
lars are unknown
M P Jordon oC Arabia was in
town Monday He expected toqfyirt
for Graceville Minn this weekto be
gone about hree months
ZeiiUmthe laundry man has pur
chased the property formerly occupied
by Dr Dwyer on south Cherrv street
and will raoye into same about Aug
ust 1
Jjl V Nicholson went down to
morning on a business trip
of a -few days duration Hisdaughter
Esteile accompanied him as far east as
Ainsworth
Stockmen will do well to -come
to Valentine hereafter when they ship
cattle The railroad company has
doubled the capacity of the yards here
andotherwise improved them
At the court house corner recently
a citizen loudly called to Judge
immediately Judge Zarr Judge Wal
cott andJTudge Towne said Whatl
Jndee Tucker happened to be absent
Rev F iBrackett of Beige was in
town Saturday with his weekly deliv
ery of butter By the way Brackets
butter is about the best butter on the
market We know because we use it
every day
Egbert Bonnens men commenced
haying preparations by taking out a
20000 load of groceries from Cham
berlain and Masons Mr Bonnen ex
pects to double his haying force this
season Whitman Sun
Chas Bredeson wife and Xellie Al
berlson were in town last Thursday
the two ladies leaving for the east Fri
day morniug Mr Bredeson remained
iu town and rode the Masonic third
degree goat Saturday night
The sidewalk on the east side of
Main street from Catharine to Virgin
ia are in horrible condition They are
worse than the walks on any of t2j
iresidcniT street and should be im
paired immediately Many cuss
words would be left uusaid by weary
benighted pilgrims if these walks Tvere
put in deceut for travel
T A fl il
i a i ill
m r -
Sheriff Strong returned Sunday
mght from Illinois with Joaa Neeley
nd that worthy is now lodged in the
jounfcy Dastile and it is to be hoped
that he will not escape so easily as he
did fast time
Improvements go on apace in our
thriving little village Bobert Bobin
son is putting a stone wialled cellar
under hisstore building and will raise
the entire building about afoot above
its presenttlevel
Rev OC Moore will lecture on Our
PersonalvKesponsibility ic the M E
churclrFriday July 23 and Trof J
M Pile will lecture on Cranks Fools
and dudes1 on the evening of Wed
nesday July 28 The lectures are free
Cor all
How thankful we who dwell in the
windy west should be that we are
not residsats of an eastern city Chi
cago reported 103 deaths and 347 pros
trations from heat during the first ten
days of July Other eastern cities
were equally as bad
The Erklow cattle company recently
lost several head of cattle and suspic
ion fastened upon John Gibson The
sheriffs of Sioux aud Box Butte coun
ties located Gibson but when our own
sheriff went after his man he had es
caped by holding his pursuers off with
a rifle
G A Chapman of Omaha is clerk
ing in Sparks Hornbys drug store
Mr Chapman is an expert pharma
cist splendid clerk and gives evi
dence of being an all around good fel
low and Messrs Sparks Hornby are
to be congratulated upon securing his
services
Arrangements which have been
made indicate that the Teachers In
stitute which is to be held here begin
ning next week will be the best ever
held in the county The instructors
are among the best in the state and as
they have good material to work on
much goeti should be the result of the
institute
The demand for calves has been re
markablystrong for several months
This fact coupled with the decrease in
supplies thas elevated prices to a pret
ty high point It 13 reasonable to ex
pect that prices willcontinue high for
there is a strong demand for voung
stock to take the place of old ones
shipped to market Eyannis Tribune
Last Saturday a scrnb nine of bajl
players went over to Gordon and gaw
their team a game It resulted as fol
lows
Valentine 0022001 5 2125
Norden 0 0 3 7 0 1 0 3 014
The boys received fair treatment
from all but the ladies they say the
gentler portion of humanity roasting
them unmercifully
Miss Edith F Turner of Cornell col
lege Mount Veraon Iowa will give a
free elocutionary and musical enter
tainment on next Tuesday evening
She proposes to organize a class in elo
cution and physical culture in Valen
tine Her terms are very liberal come
sad enjoy the entertainment and learn
her plans A collection will be taken
at She close of the entainment
JCisses Pearl Bay and Anna Con
nelly and G IT Jack of Rushviile
narrowly escaped a serious accident
while returning to the city Monday
from the fair gronnds They were
driving agpirited livery team and the
horses became frightened at some im
aginary object and run away upset
in g the buggy The party escaped in
jury with the exception of Mr Jack
who is now sporting a cane Chadron
Recorder
Our old friend T S Armstrong of
Butte has started a -new paper at
Lynch placing A C McFarland in
charge thereof while he still looks af
ter the Butte Gazette The new paper
is said to sail undei the name of
Lynch Journal and it will undoubted
ly catch many legal plu ms This new
venture gives Peggy Sanders who
runs a pop paper in that locality a bad
case of blues and he is now kicking
the last legislature which repealed the
legal newspaper law
Mrs Henry Murphy expects to leave
tomorrow morning for her new ranch
home in Cherry county She will go
by the way of Crawford to Senaca
which is twenty five or thirty miles
from the ranch
K T and P T Johnson sold their
ranch in Cherry county the first of the
week to Ed Boss On Monday K T
went down with C II Tufly and
bought Tom Jiowds interest in che
Utah catlle There were something
over 200 head of them left Rusluoille
Standard
By looking over the records il was
found that the real estate valuation of
Crawford for this year was 95832
while the real estate valuation of Chad
ron for the same year was only 87218
By referring to the record of 1894 it
was found that the real estate valua
tion at that time of Chadron was 314
133 and that of Crawford for said year
94323 showing an increase in valua
tion of Crawford real estate between
the years 1894 and 1897 of and
a decrease in the valuation of Chadron
real estate for the same period of 226
91r fviwford Bulletin
J E Hendricks 8 57d
Amelia Galloway ll 30
G W Burse 13 50
J w Beed 12 00
Arthur Heath 7 77
J W Steele 10 00
F W Beck 20 00
Sampson Bradley 3 00
J A Carroll
A Lewis
Lizie Harris
J Hendricks
H Wilber
G w Bell
Bert Johnson
Geo Kime
H K Brown
M Harris
T C Hornby
W It Towne
Saml Holsclaw
H Green
J II Baker
Charley Paviik
M Richardson
Chas Parker
J H Baker
Mikt jfrNZMriy
5 23
2 25
145
3130
327
90
350
2 31
350
800
48 00
450
4 85
695
1850
1 10
1 10
12 50
13 10
800
10 CO
3 00
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Commissioner Proceeding
Continued from last week
Western News pub bond proclamation
Atnos Stroug reform school case
F M Walcott fees State vs Hell
reform school case
State vsGase
Ed Clarke three months rent
Wallace Tryon witness fees
Bert Johnson
JeorRe Kime
fijF Kime
CUas Bullis
Cbas Stevenson
Hkrens
Freia Ahrens
Jauies Hudson
H IC Brown
J W atetter
Walter Meltendorr
Amos atrong
O O Murphy
Mrs Hoefs
Amos Strong
fees suite vsiGase et al
claimed 31 75 allowed
H Cornell rfent for December ti8G
Mrs O D Carey caring for poor
JRAyers
Lillian U Stoner salary 4th qrlgSG
M Dunham commissioners fees
State Journal Co envelopes
Alfred Lewis ex Cecil Hutchinson
Ed Clarke salary 4th qr
Wallace Bolish caring for poor
T C Hornby goods for poor
Geo Elliott recording official bonds
making assessors books
Hiram Cornell rent for January 187
Davenport Tbacher supplies
t it
Amos Strong returning prisoner
Grant Dunn pigeon hole case
W A Parker commissioners fees
Max E Viertel
P Sullivan
Thos Dillon hauling water for poor
W It Towne fees State vs Collins
Ritterbush
i ii ti
W F Brown witness
William Brown
J J Evans
A Lewis
H Cornell rent for February 1897
State Journal Co supplies
Amos Stroug jailors faes etc
boarding prisoners
fees State vsTrestr yi
Ritterbush etal
smng jury claimed S53 alld
fees State vs Collins et al
Ritterbush et al
summoning coroners jury
fees State vs Bell et al
D Stinard wood for county
W A Parker commissioners fees
Max E Viertel
P Sullivan
Saml Holsclaw benches for county court
Geo H Hornby goods for county
A Lewis post mortem etc clmd 52 60 alld
p E white coroners jury
LiTW Curry
tjv B McNamee
H Green
J H Baker
A Bowring
O H Folsom burying body
Amos strong fees State ys Bell et al
Ritterbush
P n Thurston defending Collin
Ed Clarke prosecuting Bell
J Wesley Tucker defending Ritterbush
Charley pavlikcaring for sick
J Wpsley Tucker prosecuting Trester
Collins
W R Towne transcript StatevsRitterDush
State vs Hunt
Ames Strong State vs Fox
boarding Jurors etc
WITNESS FKK8
Charles Parker
Ed Jensen
Mrs J H Baker
J D Spall
Frank Parker
Henry Hugen
M Richardson
H Schwaberow
L N Overman
M Fitzgerald
T 1 Kelly
John Kontz
Wm Brown Sr
Frank Segcr
G Cramer
A J Folks
Fannie Brown
James Searby
Harry Avers
JRAyers
Edward Searby
Henry Wilber
Hugh Wilber
Lis Hunt
Ira Goodin
P K Price
7 N Alderman
8 00 L L Trogdon
14 20 J H Baker
10 60 C C Parker
il 80 John Tull
14 20 Ghas Carpenter
13 50 Sarah A Trester
13 10 Chrin Nejson
2 00 J R Fee
7 50 J J Evans
3 10 M Kennedy
2 M Chas Paviik
3 20 Matt Bowen
7 20 W F Brown
2 50 Wm Cavanmigh
2 00 F Kleteckft
2 00 H Claybaugh
7 20 Annie Brown
7 20 Wm Davis
7 80 O D Carey
7 80 A B Overman
3 35 Max E Viertel
14 00 Dan Webster
o 50 S J Goodin
2 00 Geo Seager
14 00 AM Bell
12 30 Harry Hazarl
13 00 H Schwaberow
A Hoffman 12 20
Edwin Cooper 4 94
Jos Wisser 1 77
J N Steafiman 4 98
Frank Segcr 10 50
Ed Harris 11 50
Hugh Bovill 11 SO
Chas Maxwell 3 05
A S Graeff 2 00
A Benson 12 00
A Lewis 3 00
S J Goodm 2 00
Geo E Shadbolt 5 50
S J Goodm 8 00
Wallace Tryon 3 50
H F Kime 3 95
Chas Bullis l 00
A Lewis 5 00
Grant Dunn 12 50
A Lewis 1 00
Wm Brown Sr 1 00
W F Crown l 00
A Lewis 42 60
J w Curry 1 10
A Bowring 1 10
W R Towne 1 00
4 75
Henry Hugen 7 20
M Fitzgerald 3 10
Ji N Overman 1 50
ME
CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
320 00
12 40
8 45
GC0
14 90
22 sa
3 16
350
5 50
5 50
100
100
350
350
3 50
r 50
100
100
ico
376
450
850
16 50
1G75
60 00
36 00
42 50
249 10
13 50
2 25
500
1C2 CO
50 00
21 15
1315
10 CB
368
52 50
90 00
66 67
570
625
43 65
12 50
20 60
22 20
32 80
125
460
4 85
6 95
100
100
100
100
66 C7
97 50
115 50
18 50
4 75
22 75
4100
395
13 50
1100
26 50
600
560
8 70
17 80
18 CO
63 10
mm
llO
110
1 10
110
110
1 10
500
750
16 50
3 50
35 00
23 00
50 001
12 50
50 00
50 00
100
4 7
10 50
23 65
1G20
10 60
11 00
14 50
13 40
13 00
13 20
780
6 00
3 00
3 40
3 20
740
200
200
760
7 20
710
740
810
3 30
1G50
14 00
400
12 30
12 60
15 50
On motion the following amounts were deduct
ed from the claims allowed above and ordered
applied on delinquent personal taxes
DEMOCRAT
VALENTINE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY JUL Y 15 189
TF Kelly M0 ChasPavlil 3 40
John Klount 20 Matt Bowen 20
w F Brown j 82 Frank Sger 2 60
Wm Cavauaugh 2 Q0 11 Clavbaugh 7 CO
J A Searby 7 20 Vw Davis l 00
O D Carey 7 4P A B Overman 8 10
Ed Searby 3 35 A M Bell l 41
L N Alderman 13 00
r
On motion the following claims were rejected
A Lewis med attendance John Zaddyger
Neil Cameron wit State vs Scott Justice crt
James Sott
E If Gav
william Wheeler
Al Skinner
Chris Nelson coustbl
Ira Johnson justice
M F Harrington legal services prosecut
ing Case and Strong
Board adjourned to June 30
400
4 00
400
300
180
150
10f0
12 00
June so 1S97
Board met pursuant to adjournment Mem
bers all present On motion the following
claims were allowed and warrants ordered
drawn on the General fund
Assessoiw 1897
Assessor and Prect
Hehry Porath German
TPSpratt Table
S M Woodward Irwin
C S Johnson Mother Lake
Dell Rowley Kennedy
C F Long Steen
HF Barker Sparks
Chas Hoffman Georgia
IN Russell Gillaspie
C O Davis Enlow
John Dunn Valentine
Ely D Valentine wood Lake
Herman Schultz Sharps Ranch
Ed Satterlee Nenzel
P S Roueche Loup
J H 3aul rieasant Hill
W F Morgareulge Cleveland
Alex Burr Buffalo Lake
Clmd
36 00
43 40
79 TO
0100
29 20
79 00
45 00
10100
65 00
27 00
92 00
Johu Murray alierlff Brown Co
W R Langford sheriff Burt Co
V N Essex sheriff Sheridan Co
G A Waggoner Cherry Co
F M Walcott salary Co atty 1st qr 97
L U Stner salary 1st qr 97
Amos Strong boarding prisoners
Geo Elliott fees in criminal cases
clerical help district court
salary 1st qr 97
expense 1st qr
Lewis Archer witness State vs Collins
Will Archer
00
Nathan Blue
L Rickman
W av Parsons
Ernest Bowden
J W Whlllans
Amos Strong
Mrs J H Sears
W G Allen juror March term 1897
C J Bowman
WE Cady
Jesse Granger -
Wm H Hughes
Hugh Mono
Metzgar
RIchwdRalnsford
G AWaggouer
W G Ballard
Wm CavanaugU
M G House
F H niggins
Chris Hoist
B II Hewitt
Robt McNamee
C E Sherman
Mauley Wyman
F R Yauish
H E Dewev talesman
J II Whipple talesman
Lewis Smith
Dan Webster
Chris Nelson
FKBivonH bailiff
L Layport
John Murray aheriff of Brown county
State Journal Co supplies
J J Evans sal county physician to Apr
Davenport Thacher goods for poor
97
Alld
35 00
45 20
35 00
70 00
46 00
6100
4100
27 00
75 00
10 00
98 00
5C20
49 00
25 00
70 00
53 60
25 00
62 00
120
CO
250
3 25
162 50
233 85
28 00
C5 55
15 00
100 00
19 65
3 40
3 40
0 70
900
6 70
3 40
2 00
200
3 80
7 30
10 00
15 50
1100
J4 50
16 80
Hi 00
ll
16 70
1100
S90
8 20
010
15 70
2150
16 50
12 00
905
17 80
600
GOO
R00
800
800
1100
12 09
5 40
15 51
83 33
7 50
13 55
Amos Strong posting notice bond elaetion 132 50
jaiiora fees 21 00
fees State vb Snarr clmd U 70 aid 29 70
Tate 3175
2 75
Hummoning coroners jury 6 80
jaiiora fees and guarding pranrs 103 30
H Cornell rent for Mch 97 clmed 66 67 aid 66 66
April 66 67
Alfred Lewis coroners inquest Keidert 10 68
Geo H Reinert printing Treas Jan 97 state 24 00
A Lewis insane case 8 00
Ed Clarke 3 00
Geo Elliott 5 50
GHQ Smith corners jury 1 00
Mike Cline 1 00
W T Bullis 1 00
J L Harvey 1 00
R P Gordon 1 00
Lee Layport 1 00
W R Towne express 50
H Razey caring for insane 17 10
V7 S Barker printing 39 00
Jarvis Richards wit fees Btate va Ta te 15 00
Sidney Irwin 13 50
JABaulte 10 00
James Saulta 10 00
RndySwigert 10 00
CK Smith 12 00
Frank Williams 18 50
JHHarnan 13 50
Samuel Do France 13 50
John Carpenter 100
JohnWhillanB 100
Ed Murphy judge of election and returns 11 50
A D Gallop 2 00
P W Prnden 2 00
Will Crane clerk 2 00
W R White 2 00
J R Ajere judge and returns 5 20
A B Overman 2 00
Mike Kennealy 2 00
James Searby clerk
Chas Burns 2 00
School Dlst 15 use of house 2 00
70 200
Howard Jaycox judge of election and rtn b 5 00
J J Stowere 2 00
Joe Hobson 2 00
T P Spratt clerk 2 00
F E JoneB 2 00
School Dlst No 12 use of house 2 CO
C F Long clerk of election and returns 15 00
W Pool 2 00
Enoch Andars judge 1 00
Chas Long 00
Chas Kilgore 2 00
Enoch Anders house for election 2 00
Continued on last page
NO 25
WHATS TO BE DONE
fesC lHi uUlLiV XwmWVrWs till I B La
HP
Immm
We will soon have to move a
portion of our stock and rearrange
the balance and Whats to be
done to make the job easier is a
burning question these hot days
Weve figured that it is much eas
ier to sell goods than it i to movo
them so were making a reduced
price on everything Theres not
an article in our store which is not
a bargain at present prices All
summer goods must go Straw
hats especially cheap
Davenport Thacher
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
Confeciionery the best and sweetest Feed pure and nutritious
Highest prices for Butter Eggs and Farm Produce
NORTH OF POSTOFFICE W A PETTYCREW
Up-to-Date
We have been and are still receiving new invoices of
STRAW HATS FASHIONABLE SHOES
GENTS FURNISHINGS
LACE CURTAINS PORTEERRES
TABLE DAMASKS
Our stock of these goods is complete Sec them
E McDonald
HOT x
WEATHER
CLOTHING
And all other kinds of clothing
can be purchased more cheaply of
D Stinard
Than anyone else in town and
besides he carries the best
itier
The best and most com
plete line of gents furnishings
Wanted fin Idea
Who eaa think
of some simple
thine to Datent
your ideas tnoy may onng you wenm
Write JOHN WEDDERBOBN CO Patent Attor
neys Washington D C for their 1800 priro offer
and new list of one thousand Inventions wanted
Mill rricesjor Feed
Bran bulk 40c per cwt 700ton
Shorts bulk 50c per cwt 900 ton
Screenings 35c 600
ChoD Feed 70c 1300
Corn 55c
Oats 90c
We Want the People
to know that by taking the Pacific
Short Line they can get through from
Yankton Sioux Falls Mitchell and
other South Dakota points to the Black
HiliB and intermediate poiuts without
laying over twenty four hours in Sioux
City
Train leaves Sioux City at 5 p m
making close connections at OXeill
daily except Sunday Bav tickets to
ONeill
Pacific Short Line
TIMK TABLE
AT OXEILL NEBRASKA
PASSENGER -
LliAVKS 1030 A M ARRIVES JM V k
D AILY KXCEPf SUNDA V
Through connections both ways with Elaclc
Hilla tralna by taking thb lino you can go to
Sioux City and return thesamc dav -connection
made with all trains for the East and Boutn
Dakota Buy local tickets to ONeill
OW MOREY
WATGHMAKEE - AND - JEWELER
Fine Hue of plain and fancy jcrar
clrv constantly on hand
llepairing promptly executed and
done in the bet manner
Full lino of sporting goods
C M SAGESEE
TONSORIAL
ARTIST
Hair cutting and shaving
Shop in the W II Moses building
HOT AND COLD BATHS
THE ELKHORN
RAILROAD
Korth Western Line is to best
to and from the
SUGAR BEET FIELD
or
NORTH NEBRASKA
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