BARGAINS IN 49 UNDERWEAR tote tote tote tote , 49 to II 49 49 AND tote 49 toTe 49 49 BLANKETS 49 49 To make room for Spring Goods * w to 49 49 49 40 Dozen Ladies' Fleeced Cotton Ribbed 49 -30o 49 Vouts and Pants that sold at 40c now at - ' 30 Dozen Wool Fleeced Ribbed Vets and 57oE ! < Pants that sold at 75 cents now 50 Dozen Gents Cotton Merino Shirts and 30c Drawers that sold for 40 cents now ovto 49 49 tote 49 Also a number of those 49 to tote 49 to 49 49 T tote 49 to At way down figures tote tote to tote 49 tote 49 tote 49 49 ED . tote to.to tote .toto 49 to 49 VALENTINE NEBRASKA tote 49 ' 1 Dealers in ! Bic-tu e cmb eFi ti/nc cm Main Street , First Door North of Stetler's R.O.R. JACKSON DENTIST Ofioc over T. C. Hornby's store Stairway on A'est side Operations as nearly painless as possible. J. S. ESTABROOK COUNTY SURVEYOR All work ixecuted with promptness and accuracy Office at Estabrook IlonsR on Cherry St. VALENTINE , N It- ii 0. W.MOREI | THE VALENTINE WATCH x MAKER AND JEWELER Carries a full line of frtcr- A ling silver novelties I' ; , FOR SALF AT ALL SALOONS IN THE OITY Stationery , IFe Jits vej tint reai ivcfl a fine fiKSorttttcnt of box TF7 * 'fr , Tinled , unruled , , lOc,15c , 2Gc , 25r. 35c , Tablets , Ititte.il or iinrttfetl-- Note pavliet and l Quigley fs Drug Store II "e ttre if/cnf * for I'ttttfetrr Itlachley A. M. MOHRISSKY ATTORNEY AT LAW VALENTINE , NKB ' . A. WELLS J. B. WELLS WELLS BROS. DtNTIST Office over 1'/terry Coitittytit it If A N. OOMPTON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office at Quigley's Drug Store. Front Nights-Upstairs-Red Slraj/rb or Stolon. Several head of hornet ? and cnt- tle , branded Amos Strong , Valentine , Xeb. $ i WESTERN NEWS-DEMOCRAT I j ROBERT GOOD , Editor and Publisher $ t.O ( ) Per Yeur in Ad vane * FUBLllsHKn EVERY THURSDAY. Entered at ttie Poat-offlce at Valentino. Cherry county. Nebraska , as Second-clans matter. i This paper will be mailed regularly j ! to its subscribers until a definite order to discontinue is received and all ar rears are paid in full. St. Valentine's Day- February 14 Fanner's Institute February 16 and 17. K. P. Masquerade carnival , March IT. Count- Commissioners March 21 Assessor's Meeting March 21 Fine new liue of Shoes at T. C. Hornby's. Geo. Webb was over from Rosebud Saturday. J. F. House was over from Rosebud Fridav. H. B. Cox was over from Rosebud Monday. Wanted Baled hay. Davenport & Thacher. A full line of feed always on hand at Pettvcrew's. Elegant line of new dress foods at T. C. Hornby's. The past week has been a good one for coal dealers. Comic and sentimental valentines at O. W. Mercy's. The Twelfth Infantry left St. Louis Monday for Manila. The groundhog saw. his shadow last Thursda } ' . Ntiff aaid. H. R. Sears , one of the Cody cattle men , was in town Monday. Despite the cold weather last week very few water pipes burst. Rev. Bates held regular services at the Episcopal church Sunday. The Christian Endeavor are talking of a social for the near future. Business has been pretty dull this week on account of cold weather. D. Stinard is closing out all his heavy goods suits , overcoats , etc. W. A. Parker was up from Wood- lake on a short business trip , Friday. St. Valentine's day next Tuesday. Wonder if our friends will remember us. Wanted 1,000 bushels of shelled corn and 500 bushels of oats at W. A. Pettycrew's. .48 "Micky" Ward is in town this week waiting for his law case which will be heard Monday. Remember the Farmer's Institute to be held in Cornell's hallValentine , February 16 and 17. E. McDonald has been confined to his room all week , but is improving in health at present writing. To Uiirp n Col < l in O e l > ny. Take LaxHtivr Brome Qnminfi Tablets. All : lste refund money If it fails to rum. aJ5c. The genuine hai L. B. Q. on each tablet. John Ormesher went to Lead City Monday night to be absent for several weeks on business and pleasure. Rumors of another troop of cavalry for Fort Niobrara still float in the air , but they are only rumors. A farm to rent to a farmer for one or three years , cash or grain rent. I Call at this office for particulars. ' P. O. Parsons , photographer , will take a few pupils in photography at the low rate of $15.00 per month. The Clara Hanmer Theatre Co. is headed this wa- from the Hills. They played in Crawford last week. A "First Church of Christ Scientist" was organized at Chadron last week and articles of incorporation have been filed. H. Cornell returned this week from Omaha and will spend the balance of the winter in Valentine with his son , C. H. Cornell. In the southeast room of the school house Monday the thermometer reg istered eight below. The furnaces soon changed it , however. Look out for a surprise in the way 1 of government improvements this ' spring or summer. We are not at ( liberty to say more at present. | ( To THE PUBLIC : Arthur Bowring has nothing to , do with the masquer ade ball in Merriman , and his name was put on the list by me. H. God- frej' . John Brown was in town ± rom Rosebud 1 bud Friday and made a deal with Walter Meltendorff whereby he became - ' j came the owner of that gentleman's j saddle horse. j At Billings , Montana , the thermometer - i mometer registered 56 degrees below I zero last Friday. No wonder votes 1 : for United States Senator are worth e $30,000 in that state. , d Hay. Correspondence solicited with par- ties prepared to cut and stack 500 to 1,000 tons of hay during the season of 11899. EARL COMSTOCK , Man'gr , 2t Brownlee , Nebraska. New Styles in Mackintoshes at T. C. Hornby's. Dan Ludwig has recovered from his recent sick spell. New Goodrich Sewing Machines at T. C. Hornby's. Mrs. Joe Roth , of Fort Niobrara , is reported to be quite ill this week. Sheriff Strong expects to have another boarder at his free hotel this evening or tomorrow. J. A. Hornback of the City Hotel was confined to his room a day or two this week with the grip. "Bill and Jim" Steadman were in town the latter part of last week , from their ranch near Pass. The city council has contracted with Jas. Longland to build a new hose house , 12 by 30 feet in size. Mrs. C. R. Walcott has been quite ill the past week. Her mother is ex pected up from Hastings this week. Ed Clarke has been out at Chester field the past week establishing him self on a valuable claim adjoining the Waite ranch. Dallas Draper , cousin of Mrs. Farnham , returned home to Iowa via St. Joe , Missouri , Tuesday , after a short visit here. The Bassett Leader contains more typographical and orthographical errors every week than any six other papers in this section of the state. Mr. Thompsen , of Cooper , is moving onto the Hansen place near the river this week and will make raising garden truck a specialty this summer. The sundry civil appropriation bill reported to the national house of representatives contains an item of $4,000 to complete the resurvey of Grant and Hooker counties. Lent begins next Wednesday , Feb ruary 15. Now is the time to get out the sackcloth and ashes which were discarded last year without any signs of wear appearing thereon The Minnechaduza Mill is so far behind its orders that it is compelled to run Sundays. A car of rye flour was turned out last Sunday to fill an order received about Christmas time. Henry B. Foster , who has been working for Geo. Schwalm , left yes terday morning for Schaller , Iowa , and other points , for a month's visit. Charley Schwalm has decided to not go to Virginia. Friday night was the coldest this country has seen since ' 91. The gov ernment thermometer went down to 32 degrees below zero. In ' 91 it went to 36. Saturday night the mercury registered 30 below. F. E. Gillette was up from Ains- worth Monday looking after his inter ests as mortgagee of the Cora Gil lette millinery stock. The attach ment case will be heard on the 14th inst , and the replevin case on the 15th Max E. Viertel was down from Crookston Tuesday and asked us to announce that the M. W. of A. would give a dance and supper at Crookston on the evening of February 14 , to which a general invitation is ex tended. The Chadron District Ministerial Association will meet in Crawford about the middle of May. This district embraces territory oetween Harrison and Cody , so a large gathering of reyerends may be expected. While in town this week Stcadman Bros , had some of our local con tractors figure on putting up a 20 x 40 building on the Gordon this spring. The building is to be used for a gen eral merchandise store and have an M. W. of A. hall upstairs. Pete Simons was at Fremont this week as a local representative at the state camp of the M. W. of A. We understand he did not attempt to blow out any electric lights this time. Wm. Taylor was in charge of his dray business during his absence. Walcott & ; Stevenson have let the contract for building an addition to their livery barn to McBride. The new building will just double the capacity of the barn and is an evi dence of prosperity on the part of this firm which we are pleased to note. "Shell out the nickels and dig up the dimes , turn 'em loose and whistle and we'll have better times , " sings the Charles City , Iowa , Pressman. There will be fewer patches on the bosom of our pants and we'll make a better paper if we get half a chance. Don't give us the old story long gone to seed , 'bout taking more papers than the family want to read , but help to feed the printer and he'll q [ help your town to grow , and thus S escape the sulphur in the regions h down below. 11 j | r ci/t CO / \ 6 ] > To get room for our Spring stock. Get our prices before purchasing We also give a few prices on FOR CASH Oregon Salmon , 8 cans lor B B Oysters , 2 cans for - 25c Ginger Snaps , .3 Ibs for - S5c Baking Powder , 3 Ibs for Heinz' Pickles , per gallon California Hams , per lb. , 7c GENERAL MERCBANTS T Doesn't care for large sales. lie wants large profits. METHODS CHANGE Small profits and lots of 'em. That's what"counts. . SEE THE POINT ? If so , for further particulars call on Kanch orders a specialty FatIlham & Dl All our Heavy Weight Suits , Overcoats and Fur Coats , in men's boys' and children's , go at a sacri fice. fice.Our Our spring stock will soon been on hand and we must have room. Our prices on Boots and Shoes are lower than anybody's , quality and fit considered , and we have all otyles and sizes. Practical Tailoring in all its branches. D. Stinard , Clothier. _ vx Are acknowledged to be the best arid to meet the growing demand I ordered and HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAE LOAD In addition to this I have just received a car of "WIND MOTOK" WIND MILLS Which I am selling very cneaplv Try me before buying anything in my line elsewhere ValentiiiCj Nebraska D. S. Tne price of horses seems to be 'looking1 up' ' a trifle in this section ) f countr } * At the Cummins sale last rriday , the old black farm team solder : or S82. "We understand this team vas about 10 years old. Kushville Standard. Some one in town last Saturday laid there was smallpox in Valentine , > ut the papers of that burg failed to ecord the fact. A Valentine party tate he heard a man from Nebraska 3ity went to Spring view through Unsworth , exposing- many in the last tamed town and being taken sick in jpringview the whole town was uarantined , but Supt. Cuff stated Saturday evening that the plague tad not reached that town. Norden lorealis. Stray eil or Stotcn. One white-faced heifer.cominptwoin the spring , branded J on left side and M on left hip. Liberal reward is offered by Chris Jensen , Gallop , Neb. A'ofirc Taken up by the subscriber Urine mile * Miuihivcat l Cody on section 3 t til premises continually since. ? ] . WILLIAM it T < i/trn Up. ; ]