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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1898)
I L It- r T l r - 2 1ST V THE vol xrri J S ESTABROOK COUNTY SURVEYOR All work executed with promptness nnd accuracy Office at residence east of M E church VALENTINE NEB- THIS AND THAT Comina Events Democratic Convention July 23 Teachers Institute August 15 County Conimlssionera August 15 John Maxwell is working for The Donoher Prof L E Stuart of Cody is in town today F Y Sunderland of Brownbe was in town Tuesday Raymond Smith of Pine fiidge is in town this week 11 M Paddis of Pass was in Saturday on business J 11 Ayers of Crookston 1 - wr town spent Saturday night in town P E Wantz of Johnstown is in town today on business SE Williamson of Aberdeen S D was in town Tuesday W G Comstock and wife came in from the west this morning llev J G Sloan held services at the Presbyterian church Sunday Albert 2fenzel and Hans Osterman of Xenzel were in town Tuesday C E Colby of Madison S D reg istered at the Valentine House Mon- day Y G- Ballard is in town from Dew ey Lake looking after business mat ters - J A Hootongaye Judge Walcotts residence a new coat of paint tins week Mrs John jSficholson and daughter Alta - returned home to Ainsworth Monday morning C V Thorn went to Broken Bow Tuesday to attend the populist con gressional convention Prof a TV Wheeler of Cody was in town Monday looking after some of his business interests Miss Kibbey of Melrose Colo is in town visiting with her friends Misses Sate and Wren Donoher Stock shipments on the railroad have commenced A push engine will be stationed here ere long Jim Gallaspie was up from the ranch this week looking for men to work in the hay field They are scarce but Jim rounded up five or six An inch and eleven hundredths of rain fell Saturday night about an inch of it falling in half an hour Mrs C F Smith wife of Rev Smith of Woodlake arrived in town yesterday afternoon for a short visit Lottie Dwyer returned Tuesday afternoon from Crookston where she had been visiting Leona Baumgartel Senators Cullom Morgan and Hitt are the committee who will draft the laws for the government of Hawaii Ed Corr of Salix Iowa is working in Elliotts drug store as pharmacist in the place left vacant by Charlie Watson Cherry county will elect a county attorney countd superintendent and a commissioner from the west district this fall Mrs Chas Marsden returned to her home in Ainsworth yesterday after noon after a visit her with her daugh ter Mabel Dr Lewis was called to the home of 1 2T Russell about 40 uiiles from Cody Sunday on account of illness in the family W G Baker of Norfolk registered at The Donoher Tuesday He will inake this place headquarters until the stock shipping season closes Elder P H Eighmy will hold quar terly conference at the Mj E church Sunday The Elder will be here for both the morning and eveniggservices I frr The War With Spain About two hundred wounded sol diers were brought from Santiago to Tampa this week Among the list of those returned we find the following belonging to the Twelfth 17 S In fantry r Sergt Edmund Gerber Corporals Paul Shondelmayer Warren W West on Artificer D H Mulkey Privates Sid Gideon Barney Redman Rufus jl feigner jLuther Smith J F Whit man Orvin B Hatch John W Win burn i L 1 Bryans regiment has been ordered to Jacksonville Florida to join Gen Lees brigade and will leayet Omaha Monday The second needs 65 men to fill its quota Unless there is a hitch in the plans now on fooc Santiago will be ours by the time this reaches our readers The troops under Gen Shafter have surrounded the city and It must fall There is a report however to the effect that the Spanish soldiery have slipped away after looting the town 30000 troops are to be sent to Porto Riqo as soon as the can get away Gen Miles has gone to Santiago but will not take the command of troops there J C Dahlraan came up from Lin coln Saturday morning and weut to Rosebud to look after his horse bus iness with the government Bert Martin resigned his job at the Deadwood station of the F E and stopped in town over Sunday while on his way home to Ainsworth Attorney AM Morrissey went to Chadron Sunday to lpok after some legal business in the district court which meets there this week James Kincaid father of W T j caid of this place was in town several days during the past week from Le Roy Ills visiting with- his son W H Cox of Fort Sill Okla was in town Monday on his way to Rose bud where he will take the position of principal in the- Industrial school A H Winder representing a Du buque Iowa shoe firm is in town and contemplates moving his family here as hi territory is principally west of this place Among the improvements made on main stieet recently is a new porch in front of Moreys jewelry store and also one in front of the south sample room of The Donoher E Sparks has purchased the Strick land property on Cherry and Virginia streets and is having the house thoroughly repaired preparatory to using it as a residence Rev S W Hoisclaw and wife re turned from their visit to Iowa Sun day morning Their son Dr C V Hoisclaw of Lavilla Iowa accom panied them home and is visiting here this week The Odd Fellows installed officers last Thursday night and indulged in a banquet immediately thereafter Len Bivensis now Past Grand Wes Hois claw Noble Grand and D E Sherman Vice Grand Arthur Gore has been transferred temporarily to the F E station at Merriman He expects to take a va cation and visit the Exposition shortly Meanwhile A W Miller of Chadron holds the night trick at the depot here E J Davenport went to Omaha Sunday morning to attend a three days session of the national league of republican clubs and hobnob with the top notchers while seeing the tranr miss position Died at her residence near Simeon Saturday July 9 1898 Mrs Mary Thompson Deceased was a daugh ter of Chancy Rogers and was about thirty years old at the time Gf her death She leaves to mourn her a husband and two little sons twins aged 4 years The mortgage record for June shows that during the month 9 farm mort gages for 4170 were filed and 3- for 600 were released Chattel mort gages to the number of 107 for 203 993 were filed and 34 for 26939 were released Nothing was done in the line of town property mortgages and no sheriffs deeds were issued i x the county are -worth about 95 on the dollar and warrants sell n cents iitJZ 5 to par according to the amount and registry number The county treas urer will in a week or two call in 4t 000 worth of 1897 warrants Taxes are being collected more rapidly now than at any time for years past and it is thought that within two years the county will be on practically a cash basis The total bonded indebtedness of the county is 19000 and bonds are being called in and paid years be fore they are due Real estate is rapidly advancing in value and if per sonal property increases at the ratio it did in the last twelve months the assessed valuation next year will be about 2000000 Cherry county pays 800 a year rent on an old building for court house purposes It has thousands and thousands of dollars worth of county records lying loose in this old building At the next meet ing of the commissioners a petition will be presented for a 5000 court house Valentine school district paid about 13000 for building and furnish ing a school house Draw your own conclusions What l2ihvell Thinks General Manager Bid we 1 General I t VALENTIN f e i tt i J tn bupenntendent Harris of the Fre mont Elkhorn Missouri galley rail road passed through town yesterday in their private car In conversation Manager Bid well informed us that the F E is doing a very nice business and that the prospects for fall ship ments of cattle tfrgbfa Stock will be ready to maruet from two weeks to a month earlier than usual Ee says that there is slight prospect of Neb raska securing any new sugar factor ies soon but seems to think that Ha waiian sugar will not cut much figure in competition with the Nebraska or California article lie speaks highly of our town and its progressive citi zens and thinks that if the people south and west of us would give up all ideas of trying to farm they would be much better off Speaking of rail road extensions in this state he was of the opinion that a road through Bojd county would be a good thing but the Short Line would not Mr Bid well is a very eutertaining gentleman and we would be pleased to have him move his offices to Valentine but presume the Omaha people would kick on that A Word to the Wise The attention of the authorities is directed to the horrible condition of the sidewalks on Cherry street both north and south The walks m many places are an everlasting disgrace to the town and the profanity that is caused to issue from the lips of our citizens and the slighting remarks made about them by strangers is enough to set a person who has the in terests ol the town at heart wild If the property owners will not repair these walks upon solicitation they should be repaired by the town and assessed to the property This advice is offered not to antagonize the owners but for the protection of the limbs of pedestrians and to guard the village against all possibility of one or more damage suits Longpinc 431tnutaurTi Thel2tn annual assembly of the Longpine Chautauqua opens July 22 and closes Aug 2d 1898 W H Green of Omaha who has become famous as an excursionist has arranged to run four excursions July 21 23 y Published for jonv Years as CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT The new chiefs of the Red Men were raised up at thd wigwam or Sitting Bull Tribe No 22 last Friday evening The chiefs for the ensuing six moons are Sachem J A Tlitt Senior Sagamore Robert Good Junior Sagamore G II Q Smith Pro Barker and wife and sister-in- law and ye editor and wife and sister-in-law took dinner with Landlord llooton Sunday and almost foundered on the plethora of good things set be fore them Being newspaper people In giving an account of the Fourth of July celebration at Ainsworth the Home Rule says of Robt G Easley Although a little disappointed in Rev Sisson not coming as he had agreed the committee -secured Mr Easier of Valentine who gave us a ringing patriotic speech full of force and enthusiasm so in the end our dis appointment took wings and we con gratulated ourselves instead Entertained Her Friends Mrs HilTleV Wlffi Cif thr snnrunn u - MWI at uuticiuiicuueui xiuguBfe anu division jlh jNiooiara gave an afternoon to a number of her lady triend Satur day and among those who attended from town were Misses Wren and Kate Donoher Mesdames C Sparks J B Wells T C Hornby E Sparks and mother Mrs Parks The first five named made a party and drove to the post in the Valentine House bus Went Horseback Etitinj A delightful riding party was given last evening by Misses Kate and WrcD Donoher Those attending in addi tion to the hostesses were Dr and Mrs Higley Dr and Mrs J B Wells Misses Williams Connolly and Kib bey Mrs Chas Sparks Mrs T C Hornby Messrs Comstock Cornell ClarKe and Donoher The party rode through the picturesque Minnechadu zn canyon about 7 oclock viewed the Tablp and returned to town and par took of lunch at The Donoher The party was altogether informal in its nature and all enjoyed the brisk ride through the evening cool Populists Elect Delegates The populist delegate convention was held at the county judges office last Saturday and the following dele gates were elected To attend the state convention at Lincoln on August 2 A M Morrissey G P Crabb M Bowen J H Fritz A J Plumer W A Parker L C SparKs and J W Grows To the congressional convention at Broken How on July 14 II Murphy Judge Zarr C Y Thorn F II Inger sol G Tracewell J W Burleigh G H Rienert and E R Murphy The convention was presided over by G P Crabb with Geo Rienert as secretary Pokes Fan- at Us Our readers remember the item we printed a couple of weeks ago about John Ferstls strawberries The ber ries were big but the Newport Repub lican thinks the story was bigger and says Weve read the Arabian Knights and Bwron Munchausens Tales with a good deal of interest and some credu fity Weve seen he fertile and en chanting landscape that surrounds Yaleutine an oasis in the midst of the sand hills land so fertile that vou 29 and 30 from all poiuts on the P E 1 can raise nythlDg frm a disturbance M V railroad to Longpine during the assembly Saturday July 30 at the Chautauqua is Grand Sunday school Rally with addresses from Hon John P St John ex governor of Kansas on Our Money Geo M Brown Buffalo N Y and Dr P M Sisson Omaha 3Tebr Concert and reading 8 oclock p m Longpine Cornet Band Chorus Class Omaha Quartet Elta Matheson reader and elocutionist Js i4i up oui sun we naa not conceived it to be as fertile the above item indicates Then the Republican tells the story about the camel that tried to swallow one of Mark Twains stories but could not db it and concludes Yes those strawberries would be good but we cant forget the fate of that camel and wed advise Bob Good when he goes to the front with Co A ot the Pourth to carefully destrov all his manuscript copy There might be camels in Cuba and theres a law against cruelty to animals v t a SO its H rfy vi y - -- t - -- VALENTINE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY J ULY 14 1898 Facts ami Figures The assessed valuation of Cherry county i 1614000 which -means a real valuation of something over 6 000000 The board of commissioners levied on this valuation a sufficient tax to raise about 19350 They ordered warrants drawn ygainst this amount for about 13000 Therefore at each meeting of the board in the future they will allowclaims Claims agaiust THE SPANIS This is about all that will be left of it for the yoiino Kino- to take home as a souvenir when Sampson and Dewey sret through with it but if the people 06 Cher ry county want soiuethn 1 1 iff more 12 071 TONSORIAL ARTIST Hair cuttiag and shaving Shop in the W II Moses building HOT AND COLD BATHS OWMOREY WATOHMAKEE - AUD - JEWELER Fine line- of plain and fancy jew elry constantly on hand Repairing promptly executed and done in the best manner Full line of sporting goods A M MORRISSEY ATTORNEY AT LAW VALENTINE NEB JIUl Irices for JFeed Bran bulk 50c per cwt 900 ton Shorts bulk 60c per cwt 1100 ton Screenings 35c 600 Chop Peed 70c 1300 Corn 50c Oats 80cV r v 1 ttx - DEMOCRAT NO 25 H NAVY SA GENERAL MERCHANTS 7 S fTr Klt evPr vUe their goods from us as by so doing they will make a of from in Slffllt DHL Wtt llPliPVf iliirnim naa w J C ilum would have done the same thing with such a good dinner Miss L S Waite of Farmingtan Conn and Miss A V Waite of Well esley Mass sisters of W E Waite of Chesterfield ai rived in town Thurs day night and went out to their brothers ranch next day We are told that both ot these ladies are first class teachers one of them being a member of the faculty of the famous girls school at Wellesley substantial to take home with them we would advise them to purchase 10 to 20 We are headquarters for summer dress goods straw hats underwear boots and shoes Graiati Window Bisplay on July 4th AJ ta 0 Intervention Kb indeed We have earned on the war against King High Prices too long to think of giving up now week Great slaughter among summer goods this Prices are way down e Mcdonald i Sfreffgs3y ggCTrgyggr 5 R BQ ffeSDQ K M eDjottI Largest Stock of WALL PAPER In Northwest lNTebr PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED SQDA AND MINERAL WATERS IT IS HARD TO TELL WHICH THE Attracted most atteution on July 4th PARADE OR OUR MILLINERY You saw the parade come in and see the millinery MIDSUMMER BARGAINS In hats ribbons and furnishings are now baing offered See them I L EFNER n m sia W JLV r KJ MJt WJ C A Wells J B Wells WELLS BROS 1 Jr v4 i Ibi I iSi Office over Cherry County JBanJz 50 YEARS EXPERIENCE rfjTFi Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Sec Anyone sending a sfeelch and description may qnlcbl7 ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probnblj patentable Communica tions strictly conUdentiaL Haadbookon Patents sent free Oldest aeencr for seennnp patents Patents taken through Munn Co recede special notice without charge in the Scientific Hmerican A handsomely illustrated -weekly Iargest cir eolation of any scientific Journal Terms 3 a year four months L Sold by all newsdealers MOSffCo86 New York Branch Office 625 F St Washington D C THE ELKHORN RAILROAD North Western Line is to b e to and from the SUGAR BEET FIELD -OF NORTH NEBRASKA