THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CHERRY COUNTY , NEBRASKA
VOLUME XVII VALENTINE , NEBRASKA. * MAY 1 , 1902 , NUMBER 15
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About May 1st we will move
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stock before moving we make a Special
Discount on all Cash. Sales.
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D.ST , AND TAILOR CLOTHIER.
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SHOES & UNDERWEAR !
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Major J. C. Minor Dead
Last Thursday morning about three
o'clock Major John Chew Minor
breathed his last after an illness of
several weeks from cirossis of the liv
er. Thus passes away an eventful
and useful life of a man who was mod
est , gentelmanly and kind , courteous
to all alike and was untiring in his
devotion to Dr. Winder of whom the
Major frequently spoke and referred
to as the venerable old man. No less
was the devotion of Dr. Winder to his
friend the Major who has been in the
employ of the government with the
Doctor and Chas. Reiter during the
past ten years and their constant as
sociation have endeared them one to
another.
Major Minor's father was a captain
in the U. i > . Navv but resigned at the
beginning of the civil war and was
made chief of ordinance in the con
federate army and died shortly after
the close of the war. His mother lived
until five years ago and though the
family had been wealthy they lost
everything during the war and all the
Major's earnings were sent to his
aged mother for her support until hei
death , at Fredericksburg , saving only
enough for his own use. A cousin ,
Mrs. Graf ton , whose husband is an
official on the Pennsylvania R. R.is
the only relative known , though he
has perhaps numerous distant rela
tives. Little is known of the Major's
early life and training as he seldom
spoke of himself. During the civil
war Mr. Minor ; then a yonug man of
20 , enlisted and served under Generals
A. P. Hill and J. T. ( Stonewall ) Jack
son as a Major in the confederate
army , was wounded in the breast at
the battle of the Wilderness and
fought irj many battles for the cause
which he believed to be just and was
willing to'devote his life to the ser
vice of his country and its people.
Since the close of the civil war the
Major has held numerous positions of
trust and honor , working in charge of
a large number of men at Flagstaff ,
Ariz. , for tne Sante Fe R R. Later
in charge of the Janlul Cement Works
in southern California and again as
Chief Deputy Collector , under Collect ,
or of the Port , Arnold , at San DiegO )
Cal. At the latter place he met Dr.
Wm. A Winder , who is a brother-in-
law to Admiral Dewey , Dr. Winder
having charge of the U. S Marine
Hospital. In 1893 Hoke Smith , sec
retary of the Interior , appointed Dr.
Winder allotting agent at Round
Valley , Cal. , and the Dr. selected
Major Minor and Chas Reiter as as
sistants who have been with him to
the present time and since March ,
1895 , have been on duty at Rosebud
Reservation , relieving former allot
ting agent. Crarger.
The funeral services were hejd at
the Episcopal church Monday at 2:30
p. m. and interment made at Mount
Hope cemetery , A large number of
friends followed the remains to the
cemeterv
Our people have seen the f amilar
forms of the Doctor and Major and not
ed their devotion to each other
Their fathers were fast friends be
fore them and they seemed like fath
er and son , the Major always attent *
ive and striving to make the Doctor
comfortable , who was nearly 20 years
older and though more feeble from
age has survived the Major and may
yet live another 10 years or more.
The Doctor has the sympathy of all
who know him and all will feel that
he is more endeared to them because
of his age and recent bereavement.
Fire. /
Shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday
morning as Miss Easom , accompanied
by Miss Muchmoie , were going to the
depot to catch the east-bound train ,
they noticed that the old court house
was on fire. They stepped into the
Donoher and notified Mike Clynea , the
night clerk , who promptly ran to H.
Stetter's saloon and found help to
take the hose cart out. Henry Stet-
ter rang the bell vigorously , waking
nearly everybody within a half a
block of the bell. The citizens turned
out and worked with a will to save
the building and with success , though
it looked at one time as though noth
ing could save it from complete de
struction. Willing workers groped
through the thick smoke on the sec
ond floor and removed Mr. Cornell's
piano from the hall while others
poured two streams on the flames be
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The fire evidently itarted on the
.first floor in the southeast part of the
building , the part occupied by F. H ,
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shoes , notions , etc. , and his loss is
practically total , as all the stock not
burned is badly scorched and soaked
with water. From the appearance of
the building after the fire it is evi
dent that the .fire started in the store
and burned downward through the
double floor and heavy joice and must
have smouldered nearly all night , the
tight stone foundation not allowing it
sufficient air to burn much.
J. C. Webb , proprietor of the Dono-
had a lot of his furniture stored in
one of the rooms. It was carried out
and suffered but little damage , from
water.
The citizens worked with a will and
the result would have been a credit
to the paid fire department of a city.
Jas. Irwin , A. Schatzthauer. Allen
Sparks , Wm. Efner , Wm. Taylor ,
Elmer Bristol , Walter Jackson , O. W.
Morey and son Ed , Tom and George
Hornby , A. G. Shaw , Robert Robin
son. Jake Tobein , Wm. Pettycrew ,
Jack Hooten , John Eaton , T. Cramer
and W. H. Weekes , in addition to those
who heard the first alarm , and quite
a number of others whose names we
failed to learn also did good work and
were heroic firemen at a time when
their services were needed and de
serve great credit and favoraole men
tion.
tion.There
There was $3,000 insurance on the
building , which belongs to Mr. Cor- '
nell , which will more than cover his
loss. Mr Baumbartel carried $4,000
on his stock of goods and Mr. Webb's
household goods which were stored
in the building were insured for $800.
Obituary ,
Through an an oversight last week
we failed to mention the death of J.
B. Cox of Crookston. We publish the
following obituary sent in irom
Crookston :
James B. Cox was tran sferred from
the church militant to the church tri
umphant April 27 , 1902.
Bro. Cox was born Jan. 10 , 1838. He
married Miss Loriila Ray Oct. 31,1&76.
To this union seven children were born ,
of which five are now living. He came
from Missouri to Cherry county , .Neb. ,
and made his home seven miles north
west of Crookston. Bro. Cox joined
the M. E. church at North Star , April
9 , 1899. He was a faithful follower of
the meek and lowly Jesus. During the
night before he parsed away in the mor
ning he saug " .Oh , how I love Jesus , "
"Only a few more trials" and "Why do
you wait dear brother ? " As a citizen
heM > geuerou > , houe.-a and kind As
a husband and father he was loving ,
gentle and true. As a Christian he was
always true to his Master and loyal to
to his Church. Truly a good man has
gone from among us His funeral was
held at the .North Star school house ,
and a large company of neigh bors were
there tu pay their last respects to the
deceased and the mourning family.
His body was laid in the Crookston
cemetery beneath the sod to wait the
resurrection morn. The mourniug
family have the sympathy of a large
circle of friends. The funeral was con
ducted by his pastor ,
JAMES A. JOHNSON.
Card of Thanks.
1 wish to extend my thanks to my
friends who rendered aid , and to those
that offered their services through the
sickness of my friend , Major Minor.
DR. W. A. WJNDEU.
C. A. Lovejoy was on our streets
Tuesday ,
Geo. F. Heine , of Hooper , was in
town this week.
John Powell , of Norclen , was iu our
city on business Tuesday ,
Hon Frank Rothleutner , of Georgia ,
was in town the first of the week.
John Ormesher savs * he ad brought
'em or something did. The potatoes
went like hot cakes.
Will Morgareidge and wife and Miss
Morgareidge were among the teachers
last Saturday at the association.
D. A. Hancock and F , W. Jersig fwo
d
Missouri stockmen recently purchasing
ranches in this country are in town this
week .
John Ballard , of near Simeon , had
the misfortune to lose his house by fire
last Monday and barely aved some of
the contents by quick w'ork.
Jay lloffatt nas gone down to his
homestead ia Boyd county for a week
during a shortage of oigar wrappers in
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