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line of plain and fancy jew
elry constantly on hand
Repairing promptly executed and
-done in the best manner
Full line of sporting goods
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Hair cutting and shaving
Shqp in the W H Moses building
Ml AND GOLD BATHS
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THIS AND THAT
Contintj Events
General Teachers Association April SO
Lemen Bros Circus May 12
School Commencement Mas 20
IDecoration Day Mav 30
oIs for sale at the -mill
Te editor was married neear ago
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today
Bert Martin went to Merriraan on a
business trip Tuesday
C R Wolfenden of Kennedy tran
sacted business in town Saturday
The Pine Ridge roundup will begin
on May 25 aud last until June 20
The mighty Bovalapus a monster of
the deep with Lemen Bros Shows
C E Shell and family of Rosebud
registered at the City Hotel Saturday
C S Reece made a trip south Tues
day on legal business tor Judge
COtl
The Ft Niobrara mail is now car
ried on horse back evenings Xo pas
sengers
Wm Bateman and Benj Roberts
of Gordon were in town Tuesday on
jund office business
County Surveyor Estabrook was
down from Lavaca as a witness in a
contest case Tuesday
Maggie Herring spent several days
of this week in the country Her
school begin s Monday
Lemen Bros have 14 men here bill
ing tbecouniy for cheir shows which
appear here on May 12
Dr A Lewis was called to Cody
Sunday night to attend a sick child of
Ira Richardson and wife
H E Dewey of Woodlake was in
town on business Monday and made
these headquarters a pleasant call
Senator ORourke came down from
Gordon Tuesday and conducted a
contest case before the local land
otlice
Prof Watson will deliver the ad
dress ot the evening at the teachers
meeting iu the Methodist church Sat
urday
The Valentine House has added
Another table to its dining room and
ti quantity of plants and flowers adorn
each window
Bulletins from the seat of war are
being received at Elliotts every day
this we 2k wid they serve to keep up
the excitement
Messrs Lord Bennett of Simeon
were in town Tuesday and bought a
new runge Not for cattle but for
coking purposes
To Cure A Cold tit One Day
Take Laxative liromo Quinine Tab
Jets All Druggists refund the monev
if it fails to Cure 25c
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A new recruit has been added to
the ranks of the Valentine Volunteers
A baby boy was born to EBreuk
Jander and wile last night
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Lemen Bros Shows May 12
Judge Tucker and his incubator will
soon -occupy a place in the public
mind to the exclusion of Spain aud
the Klondike
Miss Downing sister of Mrs Tom
Seals left for Valentine last Saturday
having finished a pleasant visit here
Ainsworth Star Journal
Wm Caton is going into the stock
business north of White River and
bought a lot of wire for fencing while
in town the ttrst of the week
A letter to L C Sparks from Sen
ator Allen says it is very improbable
that the government will allow the use
of Indian regiments iu the war with
Spain
Tuesday was the 79th anniversary
of the establishment of the Odd Fel
lows lodge an America and the flag
ilew from their hull all day in honor
thereof
Ye editor smoked half a dollars
worth of Earl Comstocks cigar this
week on the war with Spain Corn
stock bet there would be no war about
three weeks ago
The Owl Saloon has undergone
many changes during the last week
Painters and carpenters have effected
a complete metamorphosis in the front
part of the saloon
Henderson New Ideal is the best
seed potato for this climate 500
bushels raised on one acre in Cherry
county last year Price 50 cents per
bushel Davenport riiACHEn
J A Fike came up from Newport
Saturday night ana though sutrering
from lumbago and rheumatism and
other things went down again Tues
day to look after business interests
D Stinard and family who have
been boarding at the Valentine House
for the past year are moving into the
Holsclaw property on Cherry street
and will commence housekeeping
again
Drs Elmore and Langson perform
ed a -very delicate operation n Todd
Randalls eye Moday The effect of
the ojeration will change the
Todds face very much
don Journal
Hon C R Glovet conducted his
first case in the land office Tuesday
appearing for the claimant in acontest
case The redcTubtable Senator P H
ORourke of Gordon conducted the
case of the contestant
The Rev J M Bates has accepted
an invitation to hold the annual mem
orial service for the A O TJ W in
Grace church Chadron next Sunday
May 1 therefore will not be in Valen
tine until Sunday May 8
Born to Mr and Mrs E Sparks
Sunday afternoon a bouncing baby
girl usual lung capacity Elden
seemed to be considerably under the
weather Monday but Mrs Sparks and
the baby are in first rate health
Bill Steele says he wont to go to
war Queer isnt it He says he
would be willing to fight a lot of ihe
people in this country but the Spanish
never The only way he can be per
suaded to go is to try and compel him
to stay at home
The General Teachers Association
ot Cherry county will be held at the
school house Saturday An open
session will be held at the M E church
in the evening to which all are invited
A good musical program has been pre
pared for the occasion
Bert Clevenger leaves the barber
shop and goes to Lacona Iowa short
ly We are sorry to lose Bert as a
member of Valentines social circles
and trust that some day he will return
We do not allow any of our girls to
marry away from home
Geo G Schwalm sold his ranch at
Deweys Lake this week to W W
Anderson of Interior S D for 2500
The Major was at one time Indian
agent at Lotvrr Brule and in com
pany with his foreman J C Rounds
was in town several days this week
The Donoher keeps up improve
ments New paper new wainscoting
rresn paint and varnish nve the
hotel a fresh appearance In addi
tion to this a hennery is being estab
lished and the hotel will raise at least
a portion of the eggs it needs in the
future
About 200 people turned out Sun
day night to see one troop of the
Eighth cavalry on its way from Ft
Meade S D to Fort Sill Okla Three
freight three stock and two passenger
cars were required for the troop and
its equipage Valentine can beat the
band when it comes to hurrahing for
the soldiers
Hon J A Fike arrived the fore i
part of last week and in about a
jnpnth will with his family take up
his abode on his farm southwest of
town Mr Fike has not fully made
up his mind as to whetherhe will
make his residence here permanent
but he probably will The Republi
can takes pleasure in welcoming Mr
Fike and his estimable family- New
port Republican
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Topic Party
A topic social was given by the so
cial department of the Epworth Lea
gue at Hornbys hall Monday evening
The spacious hall was brilliantly illu
minated both by lamps and the bright
faces of our young folk there being in
attendance some fifty Leaguers and
visitors The topics were enthusias
tically discussed and brought to view
numerous and varied ideas relative to
the especial features under considera
tion Following is a synopsis of
topics of conversation
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The Weather
T2io War
The Wcsleyan Quartet
What I First Itbmember
Grand Promenade by nil present
Experiences iuIioneer Life
womans Sphere and Mans ditto
9 Valentine Past Present and Future
10 The Funniest Storv I ever Heard
11 Our Country in 1950
12 Transinississippi
13 Promenade Home Sweet Home
These socials are especially conduc
ive lo the moral development and
mental education of our young peo
ple and are anticipated with eagerness
comprehending as they do the delight
ful enjoyment of the evening
Trouble UrcTVinjr -
Recently some one with moxef devil
ishness than sense in his makeup
wilfully ran a knife through the tire
of 01 de Davenports bicycle while it
was standing at the school house
Some time during the week the con
stitution by laws and records of the
1898 Club werestolen Monday night
the hats of four young men who at
tended the Epworth League social
were cut aud broken in bad shape
These are but a few of the many
depredations recently committed in
town and they all appear to bu the
work of a more or less well organized
gang of kids The au horities are on
the track of the boys and we may hear
something drop before many days
If parents would make it a point to see
that their boys and girls are at home on
the ringing of the curfew bell many
heartaches would be spared them in
the future
Tlie Sunday Journal Free
During this great war excitement
people cannot get enough papers to
read on the all absorbing topic The
State Journal as a special offer will
send free the great Sunday State Jour
nal three months to any person send
ing in 1 00 for a years subscription
to the Semi Weekly State -Journal
During these exciting times Mie semi
weekly Journal beats the old weekly
all to pieces and with a big sixteen
page paper thrown in is the greatest
bargain ever offered for 100 Just
think You get two big weekly pa
pers each week for a whole year and
a big sixteen page Sunday paper three
months all for 100 In order to be
entitled to this special premium you
must send your dollar direct to the
State Journal Lincoln Neb
5000 Kewarrt
When John JSteiubrecher came up
from Norfolk to Kilgore on Mouday
nights passenger tr in he found his
house on fire The fire was started by
som person who wore Indian mocca
sins size STo 9 and Mr Steinbrecher
authorizes us to offer a reward of 50
for the arrest and conviction of the
party who did the nefarious deed
The pejple of Kilgore are much exor
cised over the infamous work of the
incendiary and threaten to hang him
if he is caught The party was track
ed for half a mile north of Georgia
and a well defined suspicion rests over
the head of a man whose name we are
not at liberty to give This man had
better keep shady for a time at least
A Musical Treat
The Wesleyan Quartet entertained
a good audience at the Methodist
church last night Every number on
the program was rendered in an ex
cellent manner the whistling by Mr
Ireland being the feature of the even
ing Each number was applauded to
the echo and encores were numerous
The quartet showed evidence of fine
instruction and but few aggregatioiis
can present a more harmonious set of
voices By special request the quartet
rendered The Mar Spangled Banner
as a closing selection Should these
people ever visit our city again we be
lieve they would have standing room
only sign out before the first selection
was lendered
Xews of the Twelfth
A card to tne editor from Lieut
Wm Geo Elliott of the Twelfth In
fantry says that Uncle Sams regulars
are in it He says Chickamauga
has a fine climate and pretty scenery
Sund iv the Andrews ball team play
ed Chattanooga for the gate receipts
and beat them Then they had to
scrap to get the money The Twelfth
was one otlhe first regiments to reach
Chickamauga the regiment being
switched from the 2sev Orleaus road
at Nashville
A Correction
This paper wishes to correct an item
which appeared in tie last issue which
said Joseph Mast manied Pauline
Walters The brides name was Marie
Gottle instead This was Judge
Tqwnes mistake and our treat
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TINE DEMOCRAT
Published for Fonr Years as
CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
VALENTINE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY APRIL 28 1898
The War with Spain
WaVwas declared against Spain by
congress Tuesday
Up io date the United States has
captured 15 Spanish merchantmen and
crippled one Spanish gunboat The
only loss sustained by us was the crip
pling of a torpedo boat
The state militia aremobilized at
Lincoln After being mustered into
U S service they will be taken to Ft
Crook Omaha V
Portugal is siding with Spain and
dispatches this morning saywar will
be declared against that country also
England and Germany will ne with
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us t ranee Austria and Italy with
Spain
Sherman has resigned as Secretary
of State and Day has been appointed
in his place
We stop the press at 3 oclock for the
following Special Dispatches
Key West Blockading squadron
at Matanzas has caused much damage
Four batteries destroyed One projec
tile dismounted live big guns exploded
magazine and killed 20 Snaniards
JNot one of our ships was hurt This
is first blood spilled and is a victory for
Uncle Sam
London -Portugal refuses to act
concerning Spain and war will be de
clared
PAitis All Europe excited and it
is conceded that leading nations will
be involved shortly
Key West -Spanish treasure ship
VGuido laden with treasure just
brought in here as a prize
A Stecommeiiaatlon
One of Sagesers bald headed pa
tients was in the barber chair Mon
day and Bert Clevenger was giving
him a treatment To prove that
hair was growing on the bald spot he
turned to the crowd and remarked
See here boys you can see omy a
portion of the scalp now and when he
commenced taking this treatment you
couldnt see the scalp at all Then he
wondered why the crowd laughed
School Beportt
School report of district No 31
Kennedy 0 A Gee teacher for the
5th month beginning March 21 and
ending April 14
Number of days taught 19 number
of pupils now attending 14 total num
ber of days all pupils attended 241
average daily attendance 13
Those pupils who were neither tardy
nor absent during the month are
Leonard Piercy Mari n Gee Liunie
Archie Frank and Myrtle Ayers
The enrollment of the school will be
cut down the next month on account
of spring won
As ITsual
Senator ORourke was in town from
Gordon Tuesday as usual This
means that he had a tussle with John
Barleycorn and lohn got the better of
him We are informed that the Sen
ator never gets oreide unless he is
fiway from home but its hard for us
to believe it because it is the condition
we always see bin in It seems that
the charges which were preferred
against him in court here a year ago
would have tahght hima lesson but
he was as insulting this trip as ever
How the land office people put up with
his talk Tuesday is a mystery
Oraeie Lays Down
We thank the editors of the Val
entine Democrat and Republican
for the assurance that they have an
authorized correspondent iu Woodlake
In reply to the request of the editor
of the Democrat for explanations re
garding the time manner and import
of insult to us We can make no ex
planations until the true name of
your correspondent be published by
you for the benefit of your leaders
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we reruse to wage a newspaper war
against two papers and an unknown
force of ambushed correspondents
Meanwhile for the malicious person
al libel thrown at us through your col
umns we hold the editors of the Dem
ocrat and Republican personally re
sponsible Woodlake Oracle
Bro Leach refuses to wage a war
against an unknown force of am
bushed correspondents yet he is the
person who made so grand an attack
on this ambushed force and said he
intended to keep it up Nobody wants
to force Mr Leach into a nght but he
treads near the danger line when he
says he will hold the editor personally
responsible for the malicious person
al libel thrown at him Once again
we ask is this libel Come
now Le Roy dont act the baby If
you have a grievance state it like a
man and if it is a just one you will
have the sympathy of the community
in wluchyou live and the assistance
of this paper in clearing your name
Als it is you are making yourself the
laughing sjock of people As for the
names of our correspondents that is
our business We know the parties
to be reliable and so do not Know that
they have insulted you
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For our Xew Spring Goods which will arrive this week
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ONLY A FEW SUITS LEFT
And they wont be left much longer
if we keep selling them as rapidly as
we have been doing during the last
few weeks Remember that we are
SELLING ALL CLOTHING AT GQST
Because we want to close out our
stock We are not buying any more
and want to get rid of what we have
We are not however closing out our -
DRY GOODS GROCERIES OR SHOES
And these lines are complete and will remain so
We have an especially fine stock of groceries
and sell them at prices which cannot be duplicated
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