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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1901)
THE VALENTINE DtMOGRAI 1 M RICE the lwo conepondents But in last weeks Chadronian the editor lakes the matter up and accuses our correspond ent of throwing whole columns of lurs at the Chadron schooi biow It seems strange that an editor should not know the difference tween a little school girl pleasantry and a uslur Our cor respondent simply twitted the Chadron pupil to see if he was alive but getting no response she presumed ossifiication had already setin so the matter was dropped Our worthy contemporary last week in commenting on the choice of the town board for marshal started out in the right spirit but before closing his remarks and commendations displayed an illy conceiled bitterness and per vaded the sanctity of the rights of the town board by gratuitously advising what to do if the marshal did not do his duty- It had the appearance of holding a club over a man It is our opinionjthat the town board made a correct Choice for marshal Mr Hil sirfger was put in charge of men to grade the hill north of town and ac complished more than was anticipated by anyone While Mr Hilsinger was employed at the Minnechaduza mill hauling Hour and feed he was found to be polite and gentlemanly to everyone making friends everywhere Mr Hil singer will not shirk his duty and has never been known to in Valentine that we have heard of and when Valentine most needs a marshal he will be found ready and capable of doing his duty Mr Hilsinger is a man of general abil ity and can look affer street crossings and grading the water works system Dance at Cornell ball Friday even lag April 10 5 2tY FrcdM ill er ttid 6 head oi cattle Jailed- by thtraju toda y down near thenvcr OSrtf - Who xo6uiiabe for the Demo- l m i t7mfnt mrzttrrars itor 1 rall paper Official Xewpipr of Cherry v County Nebrnnka TERMS SitauriftlH iO per year In advanc 3180 wha Hist jtaid la adranoo Dijpky adrerflslnj 1 Jnob lite per Isbuo 10 jferoulaara by the month Loml KofleM ftr per Kne each Ihsuc Bandit H Inches- ioo per yar in ad YJUwe additional s patv auo per inch per yar esgmed blocka extra HW each Partial IIvIde outside Cherry county not per sonally known are requested to pay fn advance 10 per eent additional to abovo ratos if over G months In arrears Notices of loss of stock free tilers to brauii Tlmrsdy May 0 1001 Up in Lyons town there are left banded ladies and one of them has lost a glove at least a left handed ladys glove has been found so says the E In Connection with our stock of medium priced wall paper we hare a line of sam ple boxes of high grade pap erp from which we can fill or ders in 8 or 4 days at very close prices l QUIGLEYGHAPMAN j DRUGGISTS j VALENTINE NEBR iA nffir AAAtA8A Dance at Cornell hallTriday evening- May 10 J ridoy Evening May 10 go to the don Journal Xow we are wondering danco at Cornell hall hov iiro Loa couiJ tch that the lady who lost the glove was left haided Whether the glove was much worn ex tra large or that our esteemed brother philosophised that it had been taken off that the left hand might be of more service is a mystery We have always given Bro Lyon more or less credit for being a philosopher of rare abilities but we were not aware that he was court ing the honors of the Hans type The school correspondent for the Valentine Democrat who has been fil ling columns with slurs thrown at the Chadron Schools has subsided into a modest half column We trust this will furnish them material for a returnt to -their former effusiveness The Chadronian Afevweeks ago our corresponden from the Valentine High School in dulged in a little pleasantry at the ex pense of the pupil of the rhadrou High School who was furnishing a utuimu tive account of the happenings of tuat school It is evident that our corres pondents solo intention was to arouse the animals to a little activity but the mossbaeks drew n their lipids andihe diminutive note jhsapp aml entirely for a time bhouli am one oi the Chadron students retorted wo should have left the matter entireh between F M Sageser has accepted a position with the Jordon Hardware Co at Gor den and will begin his duties next week J Smyser went to Lead last Friday night with M Appd taking up a bunch of cattle They-v-returned the first of the week Notice Full program of exercises on decoration day May 3d will ap pear in the papers next week Look out for it Committee Fred Whitnev one of our printers went down to Bassett last Saturda to prove up on his homestead near Newport returning Saturday night W E Waite and wife are the proud and happy parents of a baby boy which came to them last night Mav 8 The boy and mother are doing well Geo Hershey is moving back to Valentine from Ainsworth George is a worthy citizen and our Valentine people will be glad to hear of his re turn Winter business is over Full line of spring and summer goods now on hands iMothimr and furnishings Ladies Gents and Childrens Shoes Tailoring in all branches D Stinard Straved from my pasture 3 miles west of Sparks one black horse five years old lame in right front foot and has shoe Branded 15 on left shoulder Had halter on when last seen lo tf Geo Bristol Valentine Nebr CampbelTBros gave a good perfor mance here yesterday to a large crowd The three ring tent with space in the centre filled up with trapeze turning poles and spring board instead of the middle ring was pretty well filled making two or three thousand persons The performance at night had about one third as many but the performance was the same and every one was satisfied -and paw their moneys worth Messera Nelson and Rydon the flying trapeze perf orm ers throwing a little girl 8 to 12 feet in high air while swinging on a trap eze and caught by the other and toss pd back again did credit to themselves and to Campbell Bros also Mr Greer and Mr Nelson as acrobats did clever work and Mr Smith balancing on Jus head while swinging Then the Jap anese family did excellent work in various lines Fred Gifford took a prominent part in the concert and is a successful entertainer in from Klondike and in his specialties of son g and banjo Fred is the boy who spent several weeks here earlier in the spring before the show started out C J Farnham has had very poor health during the past winter and thinks if he closes out his stock of goods that he will be able to any cat tle and have better health on a ranch Durincr the time Mr Farnham has collecting of rents and superintending been in Valentine he has shown him- pipe connections with credit to him self and for the best interests of the town and its people and let him that is perfect cast the first stone in this mans pathway ADDITIONAL LOCAL Friday evening May 10 at the hall self to be a careful honest and con scientious man Mrs Farnham has been a great help in running the store They are both popular with our peo ple and will be missed very much by their especial friends Penbrook A cold wave this week J F S wain is circulating a petition f br ix new bridge at the old Bell place Mrs Bruce was down Saturday Mrs Hittle says she subscribed for tlieETEttCCHAT aii nr ifuizna art a si1SwriMr arsiF - - -- - r 5T TT i rai -- torvnrlv sanaaBr Ji uiu - 111 and family moved to Val- i w -- - - - r t iWK wtrr nis caiue anfrdoliar a year i W -- - v leaviuga hired man to and a few days ago hetoii them to a herd some 6 or 7 v - l Ivum K rrlyhl JtifQf1 oi them ar a Yv VW v vy - - - XDlunawr v - - SHOOTING AT VALENTINE Antone Ladeaux an Indian police shot John Bull Walks Behind and shot at John Frost the ball missing him and passing through the top of his hat Friday night while a large number of of Indians were in town and though some were pretty noisy the majority were very peaceable and made no dis turbance Antoine Ladeaux was over powered at once by the other Indians around the camp and disarmed before he could do any more shooting and aft er tying his hands securely behind him marched him up town and turned him over to the sheriff who took charge of him to await a trial which will be had shortly John Bull Walks behind died er and at about 10 oclock waspretty full He asked Reuben Quick Bear to go up town with him Reuben had been drinking some and started to go but John Bull Walks Behind a cousin of Reuben3 asked Reuben to remain at the camp which was a couple hundred yards south of the stock yards and told him that he would not sleep while Reuben was gone ann insisted on Reub en staying with him This angered Antoine Ladeaux wTho wanted Reuben to go with him and he ordered John Bull Wals Behind to return to the tent and let Reuben go but John was persis tent and insisted that Antoine JefcReub en stay whereupon Antoine drew his big Colts 45 and telling John that he knew his business fired at John Bull Walks Behind the bullet entering the left side just below the heart passing through the liver the left lung and lodging in the spinal column During his brief respite after being shot his father and other faithful friends cared for him and did what they cculd to re lieve him from pain His mother and sister were sent for at Black Pipejcaaip and arrived Saturday night after he was dead A coroners inquest was was held Sunday morning after which he was taken back to Black Pipe camp SjkTfSgiJfkTferfkjgjc Aafkafkirfkifer q Educational Department jj By LETA STETTER R hf v sFi jw v 3ggjii vtat Suffice that IurIi attempts have never shame The mean observer whose base safety keeps Lives without honor dies without a name And in tho eternal darkness ever sleeps The sash drill given by Miss Easoms scholars in the II S room Monday morning was greatly enjoyed and heartily applauded by the kthree rooms which congregated in the II S room to witness it The 9th grade took their physical geography excursion last Thursday and with the exception of an unimportant runaway reported a profitable trip That the editor of the Chadronian in tends to begin obeying the command ment Bear ye one anothers burdens was made quite evident by the head long attack which he last week fancied that it was his duty to make in defense of his H Scorrespondent Ah well any effort to protect the weak is commend able Mesdames Charles Sherman and Ar thur Sherman visited the H S room Monday morning for the purpose of witnessing the drill Miss Margaret Robinson formerly of the class of 00 entered school once more last Monday for the purpose of re viewing some of the high school bran ches We learn that Margaret has been elected to the position of teacher in the Valentine school for the coming year and wish her the success which we know will follow her in that line of work The 11th grade have troubles of their own bui they dont tell things outside the family lTth graduate m literature Pro fessor dont you thiuk I write with a good deal of dash Prof gloomily I dont know but j that Id prefer yon to write with more commas and periods The 11th grade went into Miss Cooks htivinjj been chosen to sit as sifpreme maD - will have come and gone and the ranks from the effects of tho the next 0f the faithful eyrning about dark and bearing his J manifest nainfol wouud like a hero and without n groan He was conscious a short time after tne shooting and while Dr Compton was dressing the wound talked ro Max Viertel who assisted the doctor and explained how he was shot and other particulars From what he told and as related by others who were present we give the following details Friday night there were a large number of In dians in town Antoine Ladeaux is an Indian police and for his raae qual ities as a pacifier he has been made first lieuteeant and at two different times previous he is reported to have killed his man Friday night Antoine La deanx being down with the Indian freighters was drinking the fire judges They rendered a verdict in fa vor of the negative which was support ed by Lucillia Stinard and Myrtle Jones Cora Sparks and Cloyd Quigley taking the affirmative The members of the 10th grade smile when they hear one 9th grader say to another I just couldnt find the petals to those old box elder flowers By unanimous approval the high school will go to visit the grave of Carl Irwin on the forenoon of decoration day Miss Cumbow and Miss Collett wore j absent Monday By the time this is read the circus will have been made Miss Hoenig had charge of tint Caesar class Tuesday afternoon The 10th grade la un contemplate taking up Caesar not later than next week Alfred Lewis of the 8th grade was absent this week r rfk rfSr Ir 3cafeafigrfktkjaS fr COMMUNICATIONS - - fr jjijrjiyijyrjj a jrtgKijjrsfgrsgcT Eli Precinct Frank Hewlett has been nursing very painful foot caused by running nail into the bottom of it T B Nichols and wife and Mrs Nichols sister Mrs Skinner made a flying trip to Valentine Saturday Mrs Fuller and Miss Mabel Larson of Merriman spent Sunday with Hew letts Dale Crane is assisting U Heckel to catch up with his work We understand that there will be 4th of July at Merriman this year Gordon Journal A Gordon man has been having and MrChestnut and family will side in Atnsworth re- a We wish to extend the right hand of welcome to our brother scribe at Mer riman Give it to em agaiti brother Miss Lou Saw3rer of Rushville came down to visit her sister Mrs J E Sel der Heckel Bros are doing some ditch ing on their place on the river The crop of flees seem to be about ripe Floss Billtoft of Bassett passed through here on his way to Wyoming Sandy a glorious time the past week He has been in the cooler three times and paid two fines Fun comes a trifle high but some people have got to have it S W Gnestnut and family moved to Ainsworth last Tuesday with a car of household goods Mr Chestnut is one of the pioneer cattle men of this coun try and amassed a fortune in the stock business here He has a fine ranch 18 miles from ainsworth Ed Stauffer his son-in-law will live on the ranch Gordon has one less place where dis tilled goods maybe obtained since the dawning of the municipal year Tom Dowd has amassed a fortune in the sa loon business invested the bulk of it in a fine stock ranch and knows enough to quit the deal whiie he holds the win ning hand His place of business has been closed or rather he has sold out to J G- Stetter and F S Lamberson who will occupy the rooms vacated by Dowd in a few days Gordon will have but one salorn tnisyear The license paid was 2000 That sum ought to insure an enormous business but then there isa right smart amount of liquor consumed in and about Gordon Atkinson Plain Dealer A down east editor has drawn up some new game laws which he wants adopted The following is a summary Book agents be killed from Sep tember 1st to October 1st spring poets from March 1st to June 1st scandal mongers from April 1st to Februrary 1st umdrella borrowers from August 1st to November 1st and February 1st to Ma yw 1st while every man who ac cepts a newspaper for two years and upon being presented with a bin says T never ordered it may be- killed on the -spot without reserve or relief Ex Manhattan Kaneas Nationalists Mi Will Secrest and Miss Nellie King of Itandolph were married at the J brides home in that city at ten oclock Wednesday morning The bride is the daughter of O King mayor of Ran dolph and the groom is the sou of S Secrest a wealthv merchant and f youdont waut to ciy stfine fjopd V was a hot day he drove rom to nuar the debate on u6ss ete ixr fitotftastand the reiult was the - Three membersof that grade Miss wm Secrest I M 1 - l I t 31 tj Jit J AtJl t wl IU - r kl 11h 1 lnAVtMTt m tritrr r - ju ueueia uuu mi iyBpiu ot me uoochat and a encvate Kenovate enovate x White Lead Oils Turpentine Putty Paints Whitewash and Kalsomirie Brushes 8ft APJTQ Cf The Celebrated Lincoln Ready Mixed Paicfs Ui L flUL fl I 0 rua Varnishes and Stains There is none other so Goofe We Kee in Stock at all times a large assortment of Wall paper in prces ranging from lOcts to 50cts for a double roll OUR SODA WATER IS f QUALTO THE BEST And it is as cold as Greenlands Icy Mountains Sates Reasonable a r mi rt At tfS Z g -T 8l3 LLLI 115ft uf l JP Congressman Curtis who is now in Kansas sajS that there is no doubt the government will distr bute the lands m the Kiowa and Comanche country on the lottery plan lie discussed the mat ter with the secretary of the interior and also with tne commissioner of the general landoflice just before he started for Topeka As this will be the first time in the history of the country that the government has ever embarked in a lottery business in the distribution of public domain among settlers there are no precedents to go by Every quarter section on the reservation will probably be numbered a complete map made showing the sections Each quarter section will cover a space about three quarters of an inch square This map will be hung in the office of the register when the drawing occurrs The ap plications will be opened the papers carefully removed examined so as to see that they are correct and replaced in another envelope which will be seal ed In the event the application does not enclose his filing fee or his appli cation is imperfect in any way his ap plication will be returned and will not be further considered When all the applications have been placed in blank envelopes they will be placed in a cylin der which will admit of a thorough mixing as it revolves After ever three revolutions an application is re moved by an employe who will be blind folded The application will be opened and the- name announced The first quarter section located in the north eastern section of section 1 the extreme nerth eastern section of the resereation will no doubt be assigned to the first successful applicant It will be entered upon five separate sheets kept by as many clerks in the office An entry will also betnade on the map showing the name of the settler In this way there will be six records of the drawing which will preclude the possibility of changes or the commission of frauds as ea ch entry will be made in ink so that an erasure or attempt to change would appear on the records -Chen will follow the second drawing and entry going to me north west q opened prior to the time of the opening of the re tcrvation by Presidential pro clamation so that the successful appli cants may go to the land office and make their filing and receive certiliCci tes Then at the hour for opening the reservation they will immediately pro ceed to the quarter section alloted to them In this way there can be no possible fraud committed particularly as Secretary Hitchcock will exercise the greatest discretion in the selection of officers to do the work It is now a forgone conclusion that these reserva tions will be thrown open for settle ment about August 1st There will be about fourteen thousand homesteads or fourteen thousand quarter sections Both reservations will be opened simul taneously It is already apparent that there will bo at ie st fifty thousand ap plicants for homes or near four times me numuer or quarter sections available i c - - - ui V bilians and f a m il v star 1 ut mi ocuicat is autiiiiuu iuu ma FniiiPrm ihn crni inarnhiinriNP hiiRi i Jor Wisconsin Sunday Hlbminff ca 1V k VU WW A w w x Overlokfd last week - id there by the death of Mrs Whillans s a cousin 01 tne editor lamer uurmg tneir absence C F Wg congrtrtu iattJ tiitta bright youngj Callen intending store for Mr WT ii- v rTTJ UN i 5 unuu o unt Great Reduction m Prices of Shirt Waists fr will pay you to alao see whal we hae to show yow in Summer Dress Skirts Corsets Hosiery etc etc We wish to announce that we will take or ders for Hair Goods1 and guarantee satisfaction See our MILLINERY fift Tt ViwJ 5Za IVttlvotts tutl Tiltions old Stitiula Manhattan Mercury Uncle Sams Grand Lottery Give Mc a Trial Af A Schatzthauer Propr w Notice to Bridge Builders SealPd proposals will ho received by the coun ty board ot Cherry county iNedr up to June 14 at 1 o clou p m Tor the construction of two wrought iron or steel bridges across tho Louo river about 43 miles houtliwesr of Woodlake ISebr One at Urowniee and one at II li Ed gars place Dimension- of bridge at Brownlee P O Length 5 feet roadway 14 jeet One aiu It Eogars CO lectin length 14 feet roadway Both brdg53 to be single span aud set on iron legs lasiencd to oak pihug lor foundation and to oe Gf feet lroni low water mark to top of bridge floor and to be covered with 3 lticb hard pine or oak Hide should be a ldressed to L Lauer chair man boare ot county com ruissioners Valentine Nebr hua eudortea Bridge proposali aUbfds0ard reserves the rint to rJect ay or Nalentmo Neb May 7 looi if f eric Following is a list of the lands now advertised for final proof at the Val entine U S Land Office L Quincey nei4 30 F K WhitneyJot l SUM S S11 Villinm PiillmMt nini x uiiuiua 4i ua zv fekn Line be vond IS May 4 5 l 17 ATnv J irir i i T V Vf 7 liC4 ivMiit May 4 - Mary Gordon siv viorj i I A uii T - Y J a mva ne4 8WJ4 a Jyau nvi May may ji 11 aua -- - vrF oJSsotf and ww IA4J JW I I lu H Sni T J Smolit ai May 18 ueU 1G 23 Peter Keigeseli 9 C3 30May is Majlis 1Uey mVh Be5 lohn Steckel n sw nwj 23 31 May is avrb SK20and m nwH mS 5r JCay Ulz neKi n mv 23 33 27 -23-20 May 16 stH sec 28 ej Jiuwaru wmrK seJ5fSa34 25 Mav 21 iw o through Trains Daily Lv Wtnahii Union raenj er fetation Omaha fin inn l 37 s4seM hoefltiwahU sjsse 12-29-2 r 1 V B mv4Wfcj27T i Mav 27 n JJ W Kjiv iiei Mary GessmauVmi micwi sHV im t 01 April 27 J S Layne sek 14-30-is May 23 Junet - S J ad e lmiu Ella U Rowley nx mvH and se wK and W swiiand swU se t7Yjt tW n neU se4 ne54 amine 4 n uuue jj nwJi THE OLD ESTABL1SHE0 LINE Between Omaha and St Pau is the North Western Line Bates to the biennial meeting Head Camp Modern Woodmen of America have been announced at one fare nlus p 2U0 for round trip The railroads of Nebraska connect ing with the Xorth Western Line at Omaha are jThe Union Pacific B M Missoonr Pacific C It I P and the road connecting at Missouri Valley is the Fuiaibxr Kiiimiv Mo Valley delegates and their fripiu7 fm 11 narter lPutf mUlu ftatecHiiherefqre secure i mu uest accomodations bv buviiur oil he first section and soon until the through tickets from their home tuVns land is all taken up When the via thu uiobt conveniut road to the mg is completed the land office will be I Laouri Bivet and the 1 t 00 V Jtl otatiou H The night train has modern broad vestibuied coaches and Pullman sleep ers t The daytrain h is modern broad rvestibuled coaches- and- ohserv iiinn buffet parlor car - t We nptethp fact that M W of A always yrant the best- w heri they can get ft gor th samVjnpney Tbe motto of the North Wesfern Line is The Best of Everything - ydi fR Bcjchanan - - rr jGeneral Passenger Agent - Omaha i I proaptly procnreil OE HO PZE Ssnd aodsl s ketchA or rhoto for fre report oa ratentasjilitr Book HmrC f souDtaia l ana iorcignPateotaaadTrade alark jratros terms erer offered to inrentors1 rr2TSRi IAWYSS3 O 25 YEAB3 PEACTICE aitH U PATENTS PH0GURED THROUGH THEH I Ait LB2ine3 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