THE VALENTINE CRAT.
.THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CHERRY COUNTY , NEBRASKA
VOLUME XVII VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , JULY 17 , 1902. NUMBER 26
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I-TALK OF THE TOWN * !
Henry Porath , of Riege , was in
town Tuesday.
County Surveyor Leach was in
town Tuesday.
Fred Hovt , of Gordon , was in
town Tuesday.
This weather is all right for
corn but is hard on the natives.
W. M. Anderson , of Cody , had
business in Valentine Tuesday.
Byron Webb has gone to Gor
don to take charge of a bowling
alley.
The thermometer registered
100 in a "cool" place Tuesday aft
ernoon.
This is a poor time to push ir
rigation schemes in the eastern
part of the state.
Jay Moffett has quit work in
Webb's cigar factory and went
to O'Neill last Friday.
Messrs. Fischer and Melten-
dorf went to Crookston , Friday ,
to buy a bunch of cattle.
The hot wind Tuesday left the
impression that liados is south of
Valentine and not far off.
W. V. Johnson , of Wood Lake ,
was a welcome visitor at these
headquarters last Friday.
Weather report for the week :
Sunday , hot ; Monday , hotter ;
Tuesday don't mention it.
Lieut. Ardmire went east Tues
day morning with a three months'
leave of absence in his pocket.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Webb , of
Elgin , visited their son , A. F.
Webb , the cigar maker , Monday.
Herbert Riggs and Marie Lun-
denberg were married by Judge
Towne , at his residence , Sunday
rening.
The State Journal shows com
mendable enterprise in keeping
right up to date. It still quotes
from Josh. Billings.
Times cannot be very good in
Omaha when two burglaries only
net a pair of glasses , an old re
volver and $1.75 cash.
The treasury department has
sent out a timely warning against
a , counterfeit $20 gold certificate
that is in circulation and news
paper men who are in the habit
of handling large sums of money
will look a little closer at the § 20 \
bills. !
Once there were two-beautiful
white eggs laid side by side in a
nice , new nest. A great big man
gathered them up and sold them
to a grocer. And one little egg
was a good little egg and went
nto an angel cake , but the other
little egg was a very , very bad
ittle egg and got mashed on an
actress. Town Topics.
Last Thursday night M. V.
Nicholson heard a commotion in
iiis chicken house and grabbed
his pants in one band and a piece
of a lumber yard in the other and
went out to investigate , and , see
ing a head sticking out of a hole ,
he swatted it and returned to his
bed. In the morning he counted
eighteen dead chickens and one
dead ferret , the latter the prop
erty of Walter Flowers.
A corps of railroad surveyors
are surveying in Keya Paha coun
ty from east to west through the
coun y headed for Valentine.
They appear to be making a thor
ough survey , taking elevations
and setting some grade stakes.
No one knows what company they
represent. Another surveying
party said to be in the interest
of the Elkhorn is surveying west
from Bonesteel , skirting the res
ervation aiid st teUae >
Carrie Nation lias pined the
Zionites. Does Dowie deserve
this greater affliction after all he
has suffered ? We wot not. Bis-
by.
Prof. Watson and family left
for Ithaca , Saunders county ,
where they will spend the remain
ing month of the summer vaca
tion.
Moses P. Kinkaid , who wants
to represent the , people of this
district in congress , was in town
Tuesday and called on the DEMO
CRAT.
F. H. Baumgartel was in town
Monday. He says'he has about
closed out his interests in Crooks-
ton and will move to Valentine in
the near future.
The county officials of Platte
county are afraid the court house
will fall down and crash them ,
yet none of them have resigned
because of the danger.
County Judge Towne has gone
to to the Hot Springs with the
hope of soaking some of the rheu
matism out of his system. He
expects to stay about three weeks.
Floyd Pettycrew , who has been
apart of the DEMOCRAT'S work
ing force for some time , yumped
Iiis yob and has gone to work in
the hay fields , where the work is
asier.
A South Omaha woman went
after her husband with a butcher
knife that came very near letting
is soul out. He said he would
not prosecute her for a little thing
like that.
Tho republicans held a couple
of conventions in Valentine last
Thursday and nominated "W. C.
Brown , of Keya Paha , for state
senator , and Dave Hanna , of
Cherry , for representative.
The weather clerk reports .03
of rain Sunday night. People
around here would like to swap
reports with the people who are
getting three inches of rain when
snnshine is what they want.
Alex Charbonneau , of the Eagle
ranch , was in town Friday and
left us a sample of alfalfa grown
by him. It is only two weeks'
growth and measures about 12
inches in height. Not so bad for
the "sand hills" country.
Rev. J. A. McLean , of Valen
tine , will move into the Presby
terian manse about July 15th and
bo ready to take charge of the
Presbyterian congregation. He
will preach on the 20th and reg
ularly from that date. Atkinson
Graphic.
Mrs. Geo. Austin , Iking on the
north table , thought she had been
bitten by a rattlesnake Saturday
and was brought to town for
treatment. Her nervous system
received quite a shock and for
tunately this was the extent of
the damage.
The boss writes from Manhat
tan , Kansas , that lie is having a
good time and thinks some of go
ing to Missouri before returning
home. He says it is raining all
the time in Kansas. He will find
it somewhat different when he re
turns to Valentine.
The people of O'Neill are all
broke up over the discovery that
a butcher of that town has been
supplying them with meat from
diseased cattle that were killed
just in time to save their lives
The authorities , knowing that he
was selling meat from a couple
of lump-jawed steers , allowed
him to continue eight days before
they shut him off.
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HEADQUARTERS FOR
WINES , LIQUORS AND CIGARS
OF THE CHOICEST BRANDS
Valentine - - Nebraska
Accounts of Merchants , Ranchmen and Individuals invited. Money
to loan on first-class cattle paper and other securities.
Valentine State Bank
( Successors to Cherry County Bank. ) \
Capital IPald Tip Si2 < 5 ,
FRED WHITTEMORE , President J. w. STETTEK , Vice Presiden
CHARLES SPARKS , Cashier
T. C. HORNBY , w. s. JACKSON
Highest cash price paid for
The place to get the best Windmill , also pumps and Tanks.
First door south of the Donoher House.
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