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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1898)
V Y I - - l A m THE YOiL XIIL OWMOHEY ATOHMAXER - AND - JEWELEB JFine line of- plain and fancy jew elry constantly or hand Repairing pronptly executed and done in the best manner iFull line of -sporting goods C M SAGBSER TONSORIM ARTIST Hair cutting and shaving tthop ia the W II Moses building HOT AND GOLD BATHS J All ESTABKOOK COUNTY SURVEYOR work executed with promptness and accuracy LAVACA - NEBR THIS AND THAT Coinino Event Redmond Comedy Co March lYniiers InstitueftTpjirKs TflaTA4 Teachers 4S6ciatlon iroeon March 26 -Bishop iraves March 27 Village Election April 5 Kastcr Sunday April 10 Association April SO V G Ballard was in from the ranch Monday Mrs Schwalm has returned home from Virginia Wasted A good cook at once Appjy at Valentine iHouse Tjhis JG St sTatricka iDy tau our name is OUJood until tomorrow The Itedraond Company open their engagement tonight in Caprice Wanted A good cook Apply at Valentine House Valentiue Nebr J L Roseberry of Mullen was in town the lirst of the week on businass A marriaire license ha3 been Issued Beauchamp and Ruby ed JeBse A Speck and sister Fannie registered at the Douoher Sunday from Mullen Wanted A good cook -woman Apply to J A Valentine House man or Hooton Prof D Hanna of Woodlake was -in town yesterday looking after some business matters V A Selden the tailor of Long pine was in town theitirst of the week Haking orders for suits The ladies will be interested in read ing the advertisement of I L f ner which appears in another column Wanted A rst class hotel cook Apply to J A Hooton proprietor - of Valentine House Valentine Nebr Prof J R Stoll of Pleasant Hill precinct was one of the assessors who made ye editors heart glad Tuesday Mrs John M Thurston wife of Nebraskas junior senator died Man day while on her return trip from Cuba yio matter whatis the trouble with the throat or lungs Dr Daniels Com pound Sytup Sangumaria will relieve it At Elliotts -50 tgo Cure A Clft in One Hay Take iLaxatlve Bromo Quinine Tab lets All Druggists refund the unoney if it fails to Cure 25c 46 County Surveyor Estabrook is in town this week looking over records nd solving several problems ia gov ernment and county surveys Ida Mc Andrew and Ella Sichar two of Ainsworths most popular young ladies visited with friends ia town from Friday until Tuesday morning The Democrat is still the oflicial paper of tne county and in conjunction with the Western News has the con tract for county printing A Hooton commenced the work f painting the court house building the first of the week The old build ing will look 100 per cent better when the painting is done Attorney Morrissey wa called to the kck Hills last Thursday night on ac count of the dseh of his brother and will be gone a y ek or two yet set jUg up his tatnrS estate VALENTINE U GL Stevenson of Woodlake was in town Saturday to attend the teach ers association but owing to the lateness of the trains arrival ere did not get to attend the meeting Prof E E Crane made us pleas ant call While in town Tuesday rep resenting Eli precinct at the assessors meeting and ordered this great fami ly paper sent -to a couple of friends George Elliott carries the largest sfetdk of wall paper in t north west Ne braska If you dont helieyeit read his ad in aaother column He -also carries a fine line of paints whitelead etc At the Methodist church Sunday morning thirteen Ainsworth or form er Ainsworth people occupied two pews in the audience 1here are others in town but they were not at 5httrch The Valentine House was this week improved by taking out the partition on the east side and doubling the sfze of the dining room A new coat of paper will be added to the improve ments soon Fusion wass accomplished yesterday Of course there is a big roargping up from the camp of the enemy bat that is to be expected Had we bad fusion last fall there would have been no enemy to make a roar C M Richardson of McCana re- turned Saturday from Norfolk irhere ihe sold two cars of horses at a fair price Upon disposing of his horses he immediately purchased a car of cattle to take their placeon his ranch Maggie Herring completed her term otachooi in Harmony district Friday and went home to Ainsworth for a short vacation TueadSy morning SSrewill begin a two months term of school m the Van Meter distinct April Co A12th infantry recently pre sented Sergt Jordon with a fine 50 gold watch and chain One of the members of the company was to have furnished us with an account of the presentation but it lias failed to ar rive A farmer whose word is reliable says thai Burnett the escaped horse ttoteif spent several days with Tne mends on therlverflaet jweek iSfe wee toafking up supplies nt getting reafiyto fBtart overland for ihe Klondike Gordon Journal The Redmond Comedy company closed a very successful three nights engagement at Cornell Hall Saturday night and immediately announced another engagement of three nights this week Thursday Friday and Saturday Sheriff Strong started for Kansas Tuesday to get a man named Claffen who is charged with stealing a bunch of horses from E Ronnen some time ago The sheriff went by way of Lin coln in order to secure the necessary requisition papers Miss Kibler of Valentine visited with Miss Maggie Steele at the house of Squire Jones a few days last week Miss Mabel Marsden came down from Valentine Monday to visit a few days with her brother Charles who is hereon a visit ttrom Norfolk Ains worth Home Utile Bishop Grave of the Episcopal eonrch will hold services in this the following dates Valentine Sunday morning March 27 Fort Niobrara Sunday afternoon March 27 Woodlake Monday March 28 Kennedy Tuesday night March 29 Cody Thursday March 31 Messrs Chadbourn and Quigley drove to Norden Monday afternoon for the purpose ot buying 200 head of stock from a ranchman in Keya Paha On their arrival there they found the 200 head had shrunk to 34 eows and then they proceeded to O P Billings place and purchased 132 head of steers from that gentleman Grant Rothwell was arrested near rush Lake Tuesday by bpecial Officer Layporte on the charge of shooting a steer belonging to the Pennington Hereford Cattle Co The charge was preferred by W R Chad bourn the local representative of the company and the preliminary bearing is being held this morning According to the U S Weather Rureau there -was a total rainfall or precipitation in this locality during the precipitation a ear ending March 1 of 2134 inches The normal precepi tation is 1915hence there was an in crease of 219 inches during the year The temperature departure during th e same time was plus 620 degrees M R Harden and family returned Monday night from Iowa where they have been visiting friends and rela tives since last fall Mr Harden left here in July 1895 and located in Greenfield Tennessee where he re mained until last November He like others though concluded that Cherry county was after all the best 1 place to live and hence his return At present he and his family are ston pingM town looking for a perjaaajjent locating v v Published for Four Years a CHERRY COUNT Y INDEPENDENT AftHeaserfT Meeting Hie asses tors of Cheery county met in their annual convention at the court hoase Tuesday for the purpose of forming a basis for assessment of ious tfinds of property and organized by electing Alex Burr of jBuffald Lse precinct chairman and C R WUson of Valentine secretatjiOn metion 1 N RusaeU J R tolI and I Laufer were appointed a committee to draw up a schedule of valuations it present to the meeting which adjourn ed until 1 p m Upon reassembliug the following schedule was handedin by the com mittee and after a thorough discus sion it was adopted resented all but four of the twenty six precincts in the count and were as tollows Name Precinct t A Burr Buffalo Lake 1 NRusseJl Gillaspie J H Nearby Minnechaduza WD Heelan Schlecel L Laufer Irwin WGCarson Cleveland E E Crane v f Ira Johnson - Lavaca FD Witt Loup J B Stoll Pleasant L PBarneB Boiling Springs HeuryPorath Geimhui HEDaniels Dewey Lake 0 FLong Steen OK Watson Yalentine Thos Fowler Kewanee Ed Satterlec - enzei i Alex Hoffniah 3eorgla JIHBainis Elpw FMSeager Tabjcl tdlidpert His Face Several weeks ago the editor of The Democrat received a letter from a friend which among other things said I take the trouble to inform you that I ran across one Thorn while at lagt week who is running over the country soliciting subscribers and brand advertisements for the Western News and never losing an opportuni ty in inform thepeqple that you area gold standard democrat that your paper is controlled by a gold standard dem ocrat that you are hostile to the pop ulists etc We said very little about this letter but waited for Thorn to come in frontf his trip Tuesday morning about W oclock we met him in the corridor of t the court house read the letter to him omitting names and iuquired if it wSs true He djried hard to evade the question but after being pinned down said e was sorry but he expected he had said such things We turdied over the matter a minute and then de liberately slapped his face That is all there was of the matter and any other account is a garbled one We did not use our fipt did not Intend to hurt anything but his feelings anddid -not run after striking him We ad re monstrated with him gently thinking he was laboring under a mistaken idea last fall later we used the most vigorous English at our command on several occassions but it bad uo effect so we tried this method and hope it has taught him a lesson tfcaut he will not soon forget viz That while we are naturally meek in disposition we will iresent an insult with force if necr essaay Card f Thank In behalf of myself and the near relatives I hereby express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to those who so kindly and cheerfully carpd for my husband during bis late illness and burial and especially do we thank the families of D E O K sad A M Shermau and Dan Handy for their kindness Words fail to express our grat itude for all that was done in behalf of ourselves and my -late husband Mks Clara B Bowbixg The funeral of C E was held from the Methodist church morning at 10 oclock followed by burial in the local cemetery The Rpv Saml Holsclaw conducted the services where attended by a large concourse of friend and relatives of the deceased DEMOCRAT VALENTINE CHERRY CONEBRASKA THURSDAY MARCH 17- 1S98 Kotire Toour patrons an4 public in gener al We the undersigned hereby give Kilice that we will close our barber shops at 1030 oclock a in on ihe Sabbath This to take effect on the second Sabbath iii April 1898 5- C M Sageser P W C Lawson Young 31en Herclng There lhas been a aieeting called for next Tuesday evening at 830 p m to be held at the county judges office fcjr the purpose of perfecting an or ganization for the benefit of the youug trien of Valentine Everyone is in vited to come and participate A R Clevengek Temp Secy nwraus assess ai j wu eaeu Thanks toIrH Andrews wicumiiraiBscwmn w9Ki cauu Mro ArHrou a mifa nf Pnt T V MleBandassesofaHesassessatlk drew8j0f g f each Sheep of all ages assess at SOcts to Si -each Hogs assess at Si per hundred pounds Lands assess at 25cts to 2 per acre All other property assess at full value hriioi by tfiipee The last clauseof the above created considerable disturbance the assessors neitherjiking to violate the layr re garding assessments at full valuation nor to do an injustice to themselves1 and neighbors when it is well known that in no county in the state is the law complied with Finally the time honored one third basis was adopted Land so it will be Those present rep presented the public schools with st fine 8 foot flag last week and it may be seen floating from the cupola of the new school house almost every day Nothing will instil more patriotism in tne oreasts or our young people man the constant sight of the glorious old stars and stripes and we m behalf of the entire community thank Mrs Andrews for her handsome and ap propriate gift to the school Sews from Ainsworth v A marriage license was granted by Judge Toliver on the 5th iust to Mr Claud Fletcher and Miss Olive Rurge Fred Coffee returned from Chicago Saturday night He does not like the big windy citya little bit and the at tractions at Ainsworth were too strong to be overcome hence his return Sheriff Murray was up to Valentine Saturday on a little matter of business which teas Jbeeq properly adjusted to the satisfaction at least of some of the parties c meprned And alls well that ends well Star Jour nal Life of Frances Wlllard Mrs Eva Razey has accepted the position as agent for the Life of Frances E and will soon make a canvass of this community in the interest of the book This work is the only authentic life of the great W C T U warker and is writ Herman by Anna Gordon HF Barker bparKS private taryof Miss Willard for over 20 vearsl Thepnncipal portion of the profits de rived from the sale of this book will be used to forward the work oTthe W C T U Anyone wishing a copy of this great work should address Mrs Razey at this place 7 CplMeb Social The Epworth League bi weekly so ciaFwas Held in Hornbys hall Mondav nignr annaoout nrty young persons attended The meeting was called a cobweb social and afer partners wepeecuredby means of the web fact makes opportunities to each couple -en gaged in a three minute conversation on Cuba Tjis and the grand march served to break the re serve which usually manifests itself at gatherings of this sort and the social passed off very nicely Vocal and in strumental mnsic added to the enjoy ment of the evpning These meetings serve a verygood purpose in bringing youfrfT people together and the is to -be commended for its enterprise Good Condition Powder It is said thatCattle that are in good condition do not take blackleg as rpad ily as those1 which are run down and the following has been submitted to s as being a firstclass blood purifier Mix one tablespoonful of copperas of iron two tablespoon fuls of saltpetre and one pint of sulphur in about a gallons salt nd place salt so cattle will have access thereto This is war ranfeecLtokeep the fclood -of - the ani mals ra the bestf condition to resist not only blackleg nut all other diseases The gentleman who gives us this form ula says he has never lost a head of stock since using the remedy At least it is very inexpensive and is well worthy of a trial We believe that our stockmen are altogether too neg ligent about salting their animals es pecially when are oh dry feed A Strange THalady -About 4wo months ago Ben Hobson bought 540 head of young cattle in 1 Sioux City They were well fed and cared xorsjbutJabout a month ago they began to show symptoms of disease Ihe 6rstssymptomrwas a bad cough followed by severe scouring and this was succeeded by the other extreme The last symptom was much like black leg but the animals seemed to suffer do misery except when given a physic wmen caused tne ammais to strain as if trying to vomit When death oc curred from four days to a week after first symptorh it seemed to comeeasi ly with no perceptible stiffening of thefbody He has up to date lost about 30 bead and says the stock is getiing betterihthe lasVweek or since hevcormnenced feedmjr astroig mix ture of sulphur saltpetre glaubers salts and common salt No one can give the trouble name feAAAAAAA NO S New Spring Goods Are still arriving iit our store and will continue to ar rive until we have the biggest stock in northwest part of the state If you want to keep posted on latest styles of goods yon should see our patterns While you arc klookinjr around dont fail to investigate our grocery bargains we sell as many or more pounds of sugar or coffee for 1 as anyone in town We carry a -nice line of clothing too all good goods Haven PORT THACHER GENERAL MERCHANTS TRUNKS Valises gips Always in Stock djmwjg Are You Gomi The Largest SPRING CLEANING and Finest Selected Stock of Wall Paper In Northwest Nebraska WHITE LEAD OIL COLOES and VAKNISLT at - - - Elliotts Drug Store AAA AAA ODDS AND ENDS 49 49 f 4 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 AAA AAAAAJ WOO O 00OJWO00 m3qZq We are through invoicing now and have on hand a large amount of odds and ends which we will dispose of at cost to make room for our NEW SPRING GOODS Among these -odds and ends are a number of pieces of Silks Satins- etc which are suitable for waists and trimmings Calland see the bargains 03iw J i E McDonald Valentine Neb S OPENING EVERYBODY COME sWi mim CfC tf Stt VVV1P tVVTTVVVTf4 rai OF SPRING MILLINERY SATURDAY MARCH 26 T RBtMED HATS From Parisian Patterns SAILORS and WALKING HATS Sure to please yom I L EFNER VALENTINE MEAT MARKET GBAiBi j mm M M W D CLARKSON v PROPR PLOW LAYS 3 91 I -will put a 14 inch lay on your plow for 300 if you will bring in your plows at once I makevthis price because I want to keep busy dnring the dull season Come early and get the benefit of this low price it wont last always t In addition to doing general blacksmithing I carry in stcck HEAVY HARDWARE BOLTS ETC Wao on and buggy repairs aales wheels tongues and tiiills E BREUKIANDER M A M MORRISSEY O tr O ATTORNEY AT LAW o fy o VALENTINE NEB C A Wells J B Wells WELLS BROS DENTISTS Office over Vherry County Batik