THE'VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M. RICE EDITOR
Thursday , May 28 , 1003
TERMS
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When not paid in advance , Single copies 5c.
Display advertising 1 inch single column I5c
per Issue.or $0.00 a year.
Local Notices , Obituaries , Lodge Resolution
I and Socials lor Revenue 5c per line per Issue.
Brando. IK lnches-S4.00 per year In advance
additional spaci-.SSDOper inch per yearengraved ;
blocks extra ; § 1.00 f-aeu.
Parties living outside Cherry county not per
sonally known arejrequestod to pay in advance.
10 per cent additional to above rates if over C
mouths iu arrears ,
Notices of losses of stock free to brand adver
tisers.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
The Valentine Bottling Works
puts up eleven different kinds of
drinks. .
Floyd Kime was in town the
first'of the week and visited with
Mr. Layport's folks.
Joe Bristol called on us yester
day and paid his subscription and
hrand ad in advance.
W. 11. Boddy plead guilty last
Friday to .assault and battery and
was fined § 50 and costs.
Miss Jessie Webb has returned
from Fremont where she has been
visiting relatives for some time.
Mrs. Hittle , Misses Randall , Hut-
chins and'Alice Tillson were up
from Penbrook to attend graduating
exercises.
" Mrs. Tim Hintz , of Johnstown ,
returned this morning after a
couple of' dkyn visit with Mrs. E.
, H. Bohle , *
, Miss Bessie Walker returned yes
terday from Wyoming where she
has1 been for' the past couple of
'months.
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Miss Mae Javenport had the
measles last Friday but says she
hardly knew it. She is at the store
as usual this week.
Lawrence Rice , the young pro
prietor of the DEMOCRAT 'had 'the
measles M6nday morning but said
he wife feeling fine.
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E. L. Hutchison was in town the
' first of the week from - Penbrook.
Through some mistake he didn't "get ,
T last week. .
Mr. and Mrs. Ladely were up
from the ranch to see their daugh
ter graduate and visited over Sun
day with L. N" . Layport.
Mr. and Mrs. Kief and daughter
Mary came up from Arabia to at
tend graduating "exercises and visited -
* ed with Iv.cAnderson s. . '
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-Capfc. A. . 6. .fisher is ifi town this
week looking up evidence : and get
ting his business attended to as one
" "of the attorneys in District court
next week ,
" Uncle James Collins and wife
have moved down , from Cody and
will make this their home. It
looks natural to see Uncle Jimmie
on our streets again.
Mrs. S. A. Bice arrived Tuesday
night from Manhattan. Kansas , to
make her home in Cherry county.
She enjoys better health here she
thinks than in Kansas.
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Judge W. B. Towne returned last
Sunday from Stearns , S. D. , whither
he liad gone to take his daughter ,
Mrs. Caton , home. The Judge is tl
'looking well..and is busy with tlf
court matters. a
B. J , Hoffacker and Mr. Marsh , afi aP
of Omaha , a-partner in the ranch fic
business with him were in town fiti
last week. Mr. Hoffacker was in ti
tih
town again this week looking v after h
business interests. cl
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and wife returned P
T. C. Hornby
tie
Saturday night after a couple of tiw
months visit in Cal. and'other places
They enjoyed a good visit but Tom e
says next time they will stay longer tlS
in a place and enjoy a butter rest.
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The banks will be closed Satur Ci
day on account of Group No. 7 of
the State Banker's Association
meeting here in convention. This
comprises Antelope , Holt , Boyd ,
Rock , J3rown , Keya Paha and v'c
"Cherry counties. C. 11. Cornell p <
is the president of the association 111
and we are informed that a banquet re
will be given Saturday evening at
Judge Walcot is in Omaha this
week on business.
E.L.Davis and wife , of Wood
Lake were up attending commence
ment exercises and transacted busi
ness the next day. They have sold
out their interests in Cherry county
and will go to New York for a visit.
A fire broke out in Barker's gal
lery Tuesday about 11 o'clock and
came near burning the building be
fore the fire department could get
the water turned on , though it was
beside the water tank. No cause is
known of the origination of the fire.
News [ reached us last Friday of
John P. Wilson , of Kilgore , being
killed by the train Friday morning
while he. was trying to flag it to
stop. He is an old man and was
well known in the north part -of the
county.
The windows of. the City Hotel
and several other windows were
broken by the tornado last Thurs
day. We see by the reports that
storms all over- southern Nebraska
central Kansas and Oklahoma were
even more severe than here at the
same storm period.
At a base ball game between
Valentine and the officers of Ft.
Niobrara Tuesday , the score stood
6 to 13 in favor of Valentin .
Lieut. Wiegenstine accidentally
threw a ball that broke John Tuck
er's nose while he was at the bat.
John is wearing a patch across his
nose and bears the marks of a vet
eran , but takes it cheerfully.
Last Thursday night a burglar
broke into Frank Fischer's hardware
store and stole 11 razors , 5 revolvers
and some pocket knives. Saturday
Charley Jones tried to sell a new
revolver to Clias. McCoy. He was
taken before Mr. Fischer by mar
shal Hilsin er and the gun- was
identified. Search of the premises
where Jones lived down on the
Woodson place disclosed most of the
missing articles. Jones was arrest
ed and lodged in jail. At first he
tried to make the sheriff believe'ttiat '
he-could prove where he was on
Thursday night , but upon being
confronted by the stolen articles ,
he admitted stealing them. Tues
day he plead 'guilty to the charge
before Judge Towne and.was b.ound
over to the district court.
The graduating exercises last
Friday evening were splendid. Six
young ladies as mentioned in last
week's paper , did credit to them
selves , to the school and to their
parents. Through the courtesy
of one of the graduates , tickets
were left at the office for us but
being out qf town during the day
and our foreman forgetting to cal
our attention to them we had to
take our position with numbers oi
others standing in the rear of the
balcony and was not able to hear
but little of some of the orations.
Those we heard were good .and
showed careful preparation and
earnest thought. Music , instrumental -
mental and vocal , interspersed the
orations. The parents of children -
ren who graduate are entitled to
credit for the interest they take in
sending their children to school.
It is the encouragement "given ,
parents that cause their children , to
thirst for knowledge and remain
faithful ! to the end. Those gradu
ates should feel justly proud of
parents who have made sacrifices - ,
fices to enable them to finish their ,
course < atschool , and parents in .
turn can rejoice that their girls
have : improved their , time. The
church was nicely decorated and a
profusion of flo wers ornamented
the stage. Several hundred people ti
were present to witness the grand
est event perhaps in the lives of
these six young ladies. Ex-Gov.
Savage : was present and some ex
pressed : regret that he was not
called upon to address the audience.
KOTICE.
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The hotel at Crookston will be
r'acated June 15. This is a goad op
portunity for the right party % All
furniture and fixtures for .sale , or
rent by
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Mrs. Clia * . W. Kay Dead-
Nora May Hammerly Ray , wife
of .Rev. Chas. "VV. Ray , was born
in Martinsville , ! ! ! . , July 23 , . 1872.
With her parents she afterwards
lived in Indianapolis , Terra Haute
and Greencastle , Ind.
It was in Greencastle , Ind. she
met her husband who was a stud
ent in DePauw University inlSDi.
During the 6 years of his college
course they spent much of their
time together in city mission v/ork.
For 4 years Rev. Ray had charge
of Taylor , the most important
Mission church. It was in this
work that they were closely drawn
together and loved each other.
Mrs Ray joined the First Bap
tist church in. Greencastle , Ind. in
1886 ancl remained a faithful de
voted member until summoned to
her heavenly home.
For years she has been a public
worker and speaker ; and on num
erous occasions of union meetings'
in the college chapel she gave1
short addresses before some cong
regations of 2000 people.
She was married to Rev. Ray in
Greencastle , Ind. , Aug , 29 , 1900
and on the same night they. Je-ft
for Alliance , Neb. , where they .att
ended the Northwest Nebraska
conference and were there assigned - -
ed to the Crawford station where
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they spent 2 years. Last Septemf
ber they . .were appointed to Valcnf
'tine.
'tine.She
She fell asleep in Jesus . , Satur
day morning at 12:30 : , May 231903 ,
age 30 years 10 months. ' ' '
Mrs. Ray had been failing-for
some time and yet was so hopeful
of recovery that her friends were
not expecting death to come so
soon and hoped to see her getting
stronger with the approach of sum
mer. She become endeared to the
Valentine peopJe for her kind arid
Christian spirit. We all miss her
and assure Rev. Ray that he hafe
the sympathy of the entire com
munity. Presiding Elder Scama- :
horn of Gordon preached the fun
eral sermon Monday at 10 a m in
the M. E. Church to a large ancl
sympathizing audience , "in which
his heart he said was too full fora
long address but he impressed us
with the earnestness of his words
until the minds of his hearers were
with him. He was followed t > y
a , few words by Presiding Elder
Eighmy of Long Pine. The inter
ment was made in the Mount HoJ >
Cemetery south east of town.
The floral tributes were beauti
ful and expressive of the high re
gard of her friends. The Epworth
League had their emblem in pirik
carnations which was carried by j
one of the members. The Y's offv
eriiig was a wreath of pink roses :
the ladies' aid furnished a beautiful
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ful boquet of white roses also Mrs : a
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Ray's S. S. class a boquet of mixed
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flowers and numerous individual I
offerings.
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The folio wing clippings arc taken v
from the Greencastle papers at the tl
time of their marriage : tla tltl
The bride is one of Green- tl
castle's best known young , tlh
women. She has be.en one of h
the most prominent workers I
in the Baptist church and has
all the graces , accomplish si
ments and true womanliness to siC
fit her for the life of her tl
choice a ministers wife. tlC
Banner. tlfi.
The bride is well known to the fi.
citizens of Greencastle. espec fi.tl
ially those interested in religious - ' tlw tln
ious work. No truer Christian , w
.lady ever left Greencastle ,
than Mrs. Ray. She was "for- > ' a1
morly an employe of the Dem
ocrat , and a .better or more
rapid compositor never enter
ed the office. Democrat.
Dr. J. E. Snyder a doctor of
Osteopathy has located in our city
for the practice of his profession and
has his office over T. C. Hornby's
store where the U. S. Land Office
was formally located. Notice his
card in this issue. "
A. B' Chelfln Jail.
Arthur B. Chelf , who created a
furore in Alliance last January by
becoming entangled in a double
matrimonial venture by taking un
to himself two wives within as
many days ancl skipped out to avoid
unpleasant overtures , has finally
been arrested and jailed. Since
leaving Alliance Chelf has lived at
Denver , but recently moved to
Colorado Springs where he was lo
cated the first of the week and ar
rested. He now languishes in jail
at Clinto , 111. , having been taken
back to the scene of his crime where
he will be _ tried on the charge flf
bigamy and has the prospects of a
tenjyear's sentence to be served in
the state penitentary at Joliet , 111.
Pioneer Grip.
Detective Hans
r. . , A Cliai'ge Oi Murder.
Sheriff J. M. Curry , of Brown
county , came -to Omaha Friday ,
and when he started for home ho
.had with him as a prisoner , Fred
* M. Hans , who for some years has
been in the employ of the Elkhorn
road as chief detective. Hans has
just been indicted by a Brown Co.
grand jury at Ainsworth for the
murder of D..O. Luse , a ranchman ,
on April 9 , 1901.
The killing occurred on Luse's
ranch , where Hans had gone to ar
rest Luse on a warrant for horse
killing. It was given out by Hans
that Luse resisted arrest and tried
to get the drop on him , but that
before Luse could get his gun into
action Hans shot' him dead. A
story was circulated that Luse was
the chief conspirator in a plan to
hold up and rob the Elkhorn pas-
sanger train. For some time be
fore the killing , a brother-in-law
of Hans , named Duquette , na.d been
at the Luse ranch , where he had
gone under the guise of a cowboy
looking for work. It was stated
that during this period , Duquette
had frequently met Hans clandestinely - 1
tinely and conferred with him.
Duquette went with Hans to serve
the warrant on Luse , but remained
at a distance from the house when jr
Hans went inside. There were no
witnesses to the killing so far as
known.
Some comment was occassioned
at the time , but nothing was done
about the matter until some of
Luse's relatives in the east began
an inquiry. The grand jury de
voted three days to investigating
the affair this .week , and returned
an indictement charging murder in
the first degree.
When Sheriff Curry arrived here
he called at the sheriff's office and
Deputy Neve was sent with him to
Hans' - residence at 2433 Seward
street , where the arrest was made.
Curry tdok his prieoner direct to
the train and started for Brown
County. " *
'It is stated that the Elkhorn of-
Bcials . will assist in the defense of
the case. Attorneys J. W ; "Wb'od-
ro'ugh of Gourley & Wbodro'ugh ,
tras at Ainsworth looking after
Hans' interests while the grand
jury r was - . -i at - work. , . . . . - - . TVorld-Herald. . . . . . ' . i
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW X
that our place of business is being remodeled
to better accommodate our customers. Our ad
ditional space will enable us to carry a FULL
and COMPLETE STOCK of COOTECTION-
ERY and LUNCH GOODS. Our bread is
fresh every day. Just the place for
Ice Cool Drinks and Ice Cream
E. H. BQHLE.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
WINES , LIQUORS AND CIGARS
OF THE CHOICEST BRANDS
Valentine Nebraska
W. T. Bishop ,
LIVERY FEED AND SALE STABLE
The Wilber Barn
Your Patronage Solicited.
If your CATTLE SUFFER
from LICE , IICH or MANGE
CHLORO NAPTHOLEUM
Sola by Quigley < fe Chapman ,
i valentine , Webr.
Richards & Comstock ,
Ellsworth , Nebr. . . , .
John Bowers Edward , Party. Bowers & Parry ,
Livery , Feed and Sale Stable ,
Good Rigs , . Careful Drivers ,
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Reasonable' Prices. - > :
The Walcott Barn. First Stable East of Stetter
PUBLIC SALE
At my place eight miles northwest of
iCROOKSTON :
FRIDAY JUNE , 5 , 1903.
I will sell the following property : 120
head of cattle consisting of 18 head of two-
year old steers , 25 head of yearling steers
and heifers , and the balance cows , heifers
and calves ; 20 bushels millet and one set of
harness.
TERMS : All sums under $10.00 cash. On sums of § 10.00 VM or over
twelve months time will be given with approved security , notes bear
ing ten per cent interest , or five per cent discount for cash.
FEEE LUNCH \T NOON
J. W. B
W , E. HALEY , < E. TRACE WELL
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Clerk. Auctioneer.
The Hotel at Crookston will be
vacated June 15 , This a goodop-
portunity for the right party. All
Furniture _ ancl Fixtures ibr sale or
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rent by-
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A. B. HIES/ ,
Crookston
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