49 to tote to 49 tote 49 49 Cut and Slash PHces tote tote tote 49 to tote to tote to On All Summer Goods 49 ft * " 4 ? " I 49 ft * 49 ft * 49 ft * 49 BTEGE GOODS SHIRT "WAISTS. lft 49 * -49 - CEASE GOODS ft * 49 ft * 49 LADIES UNDERWEAE ft * 49 ft * 49 ft * 49 ft * 49 ft * 49 A Fine lot of Ladies hand turned high grade shoes at ft * 49 ft * 49 ft * 49 away down prices. Don't fail to look at them 49 ft * 49 49 49 49 49 RED FRONT ft ft ft ft * * * * 49 ft * 49 ft * 49 VALENTINE NEBRASKA ft * 49 49 That's what we want you to do get posted on our slock before buying elsewhere. If you do we'll be glnd of it , because we can save you some money. We don't mean that we will sell you a very poor article sit a very low price. We don't do business that way. We mean that the prices on the best goods are the lowest that you can get. Come and see. Agent for MAX VlERTEL Pasteur Blackleg Vaccine. . We have some good horses for sale Crookston , Nebraska V.TEVENSON Successor to W ALOOTT & STEVENSON" LIVERY BARN WE HAVE RECENTLY DOUBLED THE SIZE OF OUR BARN > / A. N. COMPTON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office at Quigley's Drug Store. Front Nights-TJpstairs-Eed O.W.MORET | THE VALENTINE fr WATCH / MAKER AND JEWELER Carries a full line of stcr- ling silver novelties C. A. WELLS J , B. WELLS WELLS BROS. ENTISTS ! Office over Cherry CotHtty Sank in Transit at Fremont Capacity : Sheep , covered sheds , 24 cars ; open pens , 15,000. Cattle 28 cars. The place to rest and feed for the Omaha market. Easy run to feeding points out side1 Chicago. Long distance telephone. Write or wire when 3rou will ar rive , ; to . Fremont Stock Yards Co J. C. DWTER. E. H. DWTER. DWYEE BKOtS. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Superintendents of # - A Private Hospital , For the Treatment of Diseases ' * . " AJlSnds of Surgical Operations - ' ' ations Successfully . Performed. TALENTINE , . NEBRASKA t'L - -n V- - A. M. MOKRISSEY o kf o ATTORNEY AT LAW VALENTINE , NEB F M. WALCOTT ATTORNEY AND ABSTRACTBR Valentine , Nebraska Practices in District Court and TJ. S. Laud .Office. Heal Estate and Kancli Property bought and sold. Bonded Abstractor Valentine House J. A. HOOTON , Prop. Recently opened and newly furnished. Not a restaurant , but a hotel. 1.00 PER DAY The best of viands and treatment given to our patrons. First Door South of Bank of Valentine J. S. ESTABBOOK COUNTY SURVEYOR All work executed with promptness and accuracy Office at Estabrook Honse on Cherry St. VALENTINE , NEB- 31 ill Prices for Feed. Bran , bulk 5oc per cwt $10.00 ton Shorts bulk 65e per cwt $12 00 ton Screenings 40c " $7.00 " Chop Feed 55c " $16.00" Corn 70c " § 1300" Oats 85c " § 1600 " Strayed or Stoloit. Several head of horses and cattle - ' _ , tlefvaded | Amos § fcrong , Valentine , Neb. f \ /A diseased liver declares itself by inorosenessSmental depression , lack b'f energy , Restlessness , melancholy and constipation. HERBJNE will restore the Rver .to a healthy condi tion. Price 50 ceuts. J. H. Quijrley ; * * ti WESTERN NEWS-DEMOCRAT EGBERT GOOD , Editor and Publisher $1.OO Per Year in Advance PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. Entered at t b e Post-office at Valentine. Cherry county , Nebraska , as Second-class matter. This paper will be mailed regularly to its subscribers until a definite order to discontinue is received and all ar rears are paid in full. Go to Stinard's for bargains. 29 Remember the rally next Thursday Brick cheese at T. C. Hornby's. 31 Cut prices on everything at D. Stinard's. 19 . a. Hard wood fence posts. See Farn- ham & Dikeman. ' 33 Pearl Ray , of Chadron , is visiting here this week. See the new line of outing flannels at T. C. Hornby's. 31 Geo. Higgfins was up from Brownlee on business Saturday. A second hand base burner for sale CHEAP. C. J. Farnhain. 33 A new sidewalk has been built in front of the Owl saloon. T. C. Hornby sells glass fruit jars cheaper than anybody. 31 Sam Hudson came in from Simeon , Sunday , to visit his wife. J. D. Kime of Chesterfield made us a business call last Friday. John Bullis is working for Rasmus Anderson , noon and night. Headquarters for school tablets and pencils at Pettycrew's. Insist on having good spices such as are sold at T. C. Hornby's. 31 JJJJake Martin left for Washington to be gone at least a year , Tuesday. All kinds of feed delivered. W. A. Pettycrew. A dance will be given in Cornell Hall , Friday evening. Tickets , $1.00. See those small hams , just t'he thing for haying , at Farnham & Dikeman's. Goods at half price at Stinard's. 29 J. B. Sones of Gallop was a plesant visitor at these headquaters last Fri day. Freeman Brothers exhibited their triograph pictures to a large audience Monday night. Work on the mill dam begins in earnest today , and everybody can get a job if he wants it. L. W. Handy of Valentine has all kinds of horses and mares for sale Broken and unbroken. 27 Amos Strong shipped two car loads of horses to Cullom , 111 ; this week to be sold Sept. 18 and 19. Norval Pfunder came up from Nor folk , Tuesday night , to visit with his parents a couple of weeks. The treasurer is making out the de linquent tax list , which will be pub lished the first of October. Jack Cronin has finished haying and was in town Tuesday. He put up in the nelghbornood of 1200 tons. Mrs. Fisn Pettycrew is visiting rel atives in Marshalitown , Iowa , and ex pects to be gone several weeks. i C , H. Thompson went to Sioux City Tuesday morning to attend the races ] and other sports there this Aveek. Just received , a fresh line of the famous Haarmann pickles. W. A. Pettycrew.f G. H. Q. SMITH House and carriage painter. Shop corner of Hall and Catherine streets , Valentine , ISTebr. your-jelly glasses for 35 cents a dozen from T. C. Hornby , the same kind that other stores ask 50 cents ' for. 31 E. J. Davenport went to Lincoln , Tuesday morning , and will remain until after the repxiblican state con vention. is As an external liniment of most wonderful penetrative and curative : power , BALLARD'S SNOW LINI MENT is not equaled by any other in the world. Price 25 and 50 cents. J. H. Quigley. Until the last Saturday in. October 189D tickets will 'be on sale at Valen tine every Saturday and Sunday to Hot Springs , S. D. and return at $7.50. Tickets good returning 1 , days from date of sale. : * Fete Decory brought 80 head of 3- t year old steers down from his ranch on the reservation this week , but sold > them to a buyer here for $4.15. They b weighed 1250 pounds. He also sold a c bunch of cows at $3.20. The most delicate constitution can n safely use BALLARD'S -SORE- HOUND SYRUP. It is a sure and pleasant remedy for coughs , loss of voice , and all throat and lung trou > bles. Price 25 and 50 cents. J. H. * Quigley. . . . . M , E CONFERENCE WILL MEET IN ALLIANCE * * NEXT YEAR Complete Report of the Doings of North" west Nebraska Preachers , as Taken From Records , Together With a List of Appointments Preliminary to the opening of the Northwest Nebraska Conference , the board of examiners met on Tuesday of last week and finished up the work of the board , most of the examining " * having been done during the"year ; Tuesday evening was occupied by the Rev. W. T. Smith , of the missionary societyand right royally did he show up himself and his work. The even ing was closed by Bishop Warren , who gave a number of interesting facts concerning the work he witnessed during his recent visit to South America. 'The conference proper began on Wednesday morning , the "Bishop and presiding elders administering the sacrament of the Lord's Supper , af ter the opening exercises. The con ference was organized by re-electing C. H. Burleigh , and his former assist ant , A. L. Cumbow. D. J. Clark was elected statistical secretary , V. C. Daniels and E. C. Horn assistants , O. L. Ramsey treasurer , and-C. E. Cqn- nell assistant. After other and minor business was transacted , Dr. Lewis 'Curtis addressed the conference. R. A. Ball was appointed a committee on postoffices , after which Question Thirteen was taken up , and the pre siding elders made their reports. The following charges were reported Chadron District : C. H. Burleigh , S. A. Beck , ( missionary in Korea ) , D. J. Clark , A. F. Cumbow , C. E. Connell. Longpine District : W. O Glasner , C. F. Smith and O. S. Baker. O. L. Ramsey , missionary in Wyoming. Dr. Shenk addressed the meeting in reference to the Christian Advocate , and Dr. Hurd of the church extension society also spoke. In the afternoon the various committees got down to work and at 3 o'clock Rev. Ramsey delivered the missionary sermon which was first class , and well re ceived. The evening was devoted to the church extension anniversary the principal address being made by Dr. Hurd. Thursday morning Robert A. Ball and Amos Fetzer were elected to el ders' orders , they having finished the conference course of study. Thos. J. Hazel ton and Jas. S. Campbell were continued in thfe studies of the third year , and Jos. F. Youngman was ad vanced to the second year. Miss Lida Herrick , deaconess of the Omaha hos pital , addressed the conference , and E. E. Tarbell , superintendent of the Wyoming mission , gave a pleasing report of the work in his field. .Virgil C. Daniels , Herman Harvey and Louis Horton were called forward , address ed by the Bishop , and after the nec essary action had been taken by the conference were admitted to full membership. Fred Atkinson was dis continued. Election of delegates to the general conference was then pro ceeded with and on the eleventh bal lot Allan R. Julian was elected. On the third ballot Philip Eighmy was elected alternate. At 3 p. m. was held the anniversary of the home missionary society , and addresses were made by E. E. Tarbell and Miss Herrick. Educational anni versary was observed , addresses be ing delivered by Rev. Kistler of the Illinois conference , Bishop Warren and Dr. Horst , each of which was in teresting , helpful and inspiring. Friday morning the Bishop used the first half hour in a delightful talk on the felicity and intensity of- expres sion in the Scriptuie , and later spoke for the Illif School of Theology. On recommendation of the committee on . conference relations Jas. W. Taylor was admitted on trial. A. R. Julian was made effective , and T. C. Balch was placed on the superannuate list. E. C. Horn was admitted on trial. It was ordered that the educational colLection - Lection be applied to the Nebraska Wesleyan University. At this junc- bure Alliance was chosen as the place for holding the next session of the onference. At the close of this ses sion the Preacher's Aid Society met ' ind transacted necessary business. In the afternoon was held the an- r lual meeting of the Board of Exam iners and the conference Epworth League. At 2 o'clock the Lay con ference took place in the Presbytcr- an church , when Geo. Hornby- was elected delegate and Capt. Akers al- ernate to the General conference. ) Saturday morning the Bishop con ; tinued his interesting talk of the day > 3efore , and at its conclusion Dr. Rees f the Freedmen's Aid addressed the jrethren. A committee oa the Dea- onnes3s Home was appointed , and a : ittle later this and the other com- nittees 'appointed made their re- joits. J. A. Johnson was recom- nended and elected to deacon's or- lers. Delegates Hornby and West- ver addressed the conference , after vhich they were requested to ask ( Continued on oth page ) KVMBMMIBW THE-UNION Formerly Valentine House H. K. BROWN , PROP VALENTINE , NEBR. Good cooks , good beds- good rooms , good service and good provisions Try ns once and you will come again $1.00 per day Opp. Court House -i _ _ _ _ _ * Wide Tire Wagons Are acknowledged to be the best and to meet the growing demand I ordered and HAVE JUST KECEIVED A CAB LOAD In addition to this I have just received a car of "WIND MOTOK" WIND MILLS "Which I am selling very cneaply Try me before buying anything in my line elsewhere Valentine , Nebraska D. S. Ludwig THE STOCK EXCHANGE I & & ' BBKM LIQUORS , WINES AND CIGARS SPECIALTY JUG-'AND BOTTLE CUSTOM Milwaukee , St. Louis and Fremont Beer. We solicit the trade of those who ap preciate good wines and liquors WALTER F. A. MELTENDORFF. PROPRIETOR OUR MOTTO Honest Goods ; Honest Prices ; Courteous Treatment. GEO. G. SOHWALM , PROP. This market always keepa a supply of In addition to a first-class line of Steaks , Koasts , Dry Salt Meats Smoked Hams , Breakfast Bacon and Vegetables /LtStetfer's / Old Stand on Main Street. VALENTINE , NEBRASKA 13 A A OO CAT r ALAUb bAL fj , HEADQUARTERS FOR g | WINES , LIQUORS AND GIG. PS it * j Of the Choicest Brands ; to I ' ! | < ? VALENTINE * , x NEBRASKA g 41" r T When Visiting Valentine Stop at AAAA A AA A LA/VAAAAAAAAA/LA/U AAAXA THE CITY HOTEL , J , A , HORNBACK , Proprietor , $1,00 per day , - Good Service , TO OPEN THE CAMPAIGN Cyclone Davis and Colonel Frank Eager of the 1st Nebras kawill speak in Valentine on Thursday afternoon , September 21 , and everybody is invited to : ome and hear them. A union Sunday school picnic will &e held at Berry bridge on Saturday , 3eht. 23. The Crookston division of the Cher ry county teachers * association \vill lold a meeting September 23 , at t\vo j'clock-.p. m. Program received too ate for publication this week. The commissioner informs us that le wiil after this date shut of water f any persons using sprinkleis at any ime except between the hours of :30 and 8pm , and this notice is ab- iolute and final. ' A district reunion of.the G. A * . R. , omprising the counties of Brown , Jherry , Rock and Keya Paha will be leld on the Chautauqua grounds at l.ongpine for three days , commencing September 25. Able speakers have ieen secured , and everything la con- Lection with the reunion will be free o all , except4of course , entertain- aent. . . Valentine has improved greatly for the last few years and now is a law- abiding town composed of wealthy and proserous people. The town is adorned with churches and it has a fine lanre school building of seven departm ents and in every way is a desirable town to live in. Tne store of Davenport and Thatcher is a fine store structure of large porportions and liglitedwith gas. Hornby Bros , also have large store buildings , and do an immense business. Frank Sageser has a plesant home there and Is still clerking in a store. Clar- , cnce Sageser has the best barber shod in town and has all the work he can do. Newport Republcan. THE ELKHORN RAILROAD. 'North-Western Line7 is the best to and from the SUGAR BEET FIELDS OF NORTH NEBRASKA. C. M. SAGESER , TONSORIAL . - i ] ARTIST Hair cutting and shaving. HOT AND COLD BATHS ,