THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M RICE EDITOR
Thttraday , February 4 , 1904
Entered at the Post-office at Valentine. Cherry
eoonty. Nebra ka. as Second-class matter.
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ftonatty Icnown are requested to pay in advance
10 per cent additional to above rates If over C
month.1. In Arrears.
Notices of losses of stock free to brand adver
tisers ;
The next national convention of
the , republican party will be its
thirteenth an "unlucky number. "
Mr. Roosevelt is a president who
succeeds his chief and as yet no
vice-president by the death of his
chief has ever been elected presi
dent. Another factor in the equation
tionis the fact that the republican
party has never succeeded in elect
ing an eastern man. While per
sisting in declaiming that he is a
candidate , Mr. M. Hanna imagines
that he can overcome the " 13"
hoodoo. The Commoner.
More Local.
Call at W. A. Pettycrew's and
sec the DeLaval Separator. 2
Abe Bailey , of Woodlake , re
turned Monday evening from a
week's visit in Omaha.
Arcadia , a town of 500 inhabi
tants , is without a hotel , so sayeth
Mr. Cooley their editor.
A. J. Wilson , of the Hansen
Cattle Co. , returned Monday eve
ning from a trip to Sioux City.
The bill opening up Gregory
county , S. D. , was passed by the
House of Representatives Monday
afternoon.
L. D. Stilson , of York , Nebr. ,
isin our city making arrangements
for the Farmer's Institute which
will , be held March 10th.
I : M. Rice returned home Mon
day .night after enjoying a pleas
ant visit among friends for a week
inthe eastern part of the state.
The engagement of Miss Mary
Elizabeth Knapp to Lieut. Alfred
Brandt , of Ft. Niobrara , is an
nounced. Miss Knapp is a neice
of Capt. Leitch.
It is reported that Will Bliven ,
formerly of Cherry county and
lately of Dakota City , was run ov
er by a train in New Mexico , cut
ting his head off , Sunday.
Washington , Feb. 4 , ' 04. The
state department is advised that
the Jap anese residing in Vladivos
tok , Siberia , have been warned to
be ready to vacate at short notice.
Chas. Sparks says his wife has
the otily full blood pedigreed An
gora kitten in the West. It was
brought up from Neligh by Miss
Pearl Ray as a present from Mrs.
Spirk.
The station agents and operators
have been given instructions that
they must wear blue uniforms with
brass buttons and caps to match t ( ,
hereafter and orders are in for the ft.
uniforms.
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Miss Pearl Ray stopped in town J
to visit her sisters , Mesdames
Chas. Sparks and T. C. Hornby , 1t 1
on her " , way home from Neligh , 1s t
where she had been visiting Mrs. s
Spirk- another sister. t
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Mrs. L. P. Endeman and chil
dren came up from Omaha Monday 1c
1r
day night and will live with her r
brother , Will McDaniel , near
r
Woodlake. Her husband is in the
Emanuel hospital at Omaha. I
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Special to The Valentine Democrat : v
London , Feb. 4,1904,7 P. M : A b
fl special to the Evening News from h
Pekin just received says : "Of v
ficial information has been received s :
here that the Japanese government
has decided to refuse further ne a
gotiations with Russia and to take ac
action at once. This is interpreted a
i
here as meaning that war in the i (
I ! far East has beguo , " V
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See who will find the Valentine
first at Bethel hall Feb. 15.-
Dan Barnes of Newton and Dae
Barnes of Kennedy are in town.
All persons interested in tlir
creamery business should see tliu
Delaval Separator at Pettycrew's.
Chas. A. Munger , of Keya Palm
county , and a brother to Mrs. Oltc
Krasch , and Miss Edna B. John
son , of Arabia , were married
Wednesday afternoon , Jan. 27 , by
Rev. A. T. Carpenter at the home
of E. W. Johnson. THE DEMO
CRAT extends congratulations.
Report of school district No. 39
for month beginning Dec. 28 , ' 03 ,
and ending January 22 , 1904 :
Pupils enrolled 16
Average attendance 12
Those who names are on the roll of
honor are , Lizzie , Minnie , Henry ,
August and Fritz Kludiskofsky ;
Henry and Rosie Classen ; Anna ,
Joe , Rudy , Mary and Mike Sed-
lacek , and Charley Bolles.
CARRIE M. WILSON , Teacher.
On the way home Monday eve
ning J7C met several people on the
train we knew. C. A. Johnson ,
who is now president of four banks ,
was on his way up to visit his fam
ily at Woodlake. He became
president of the Bank of Boyd Co.
the past month , of Fairfax State
Baniv in 1893 and of the Citizens
Bank of Bonesteel in 1901 , and es
tablished the Woodlake bank in
86. Mr. Johnson tells us that
his son Chester is attending the
Culver Military School in Indiana
since the first of the year. "
The Nebraska Press meeting was
well attended and those who were
I
present enjoyed a good time.
Pres. C. J. Bowlby and others who
were responsible for the success
of the meeting are entitled to the
thanks and praise of the members
of the press who were in attend
ance. A very enjoyable time was
had at the meeting and the courte
sies shown us by Lincoln people
will long be remembered. The
Elks Club in particular are entitled
to our thanks for their royal re
ception at their club rooms which
are nicely fitted up for the amuse
ment and pastime of its members.
We also remember kindly the local
committee who provided the enter
tainment at the Oliver theater and
did everything necessary for the
comfort and entertainment of the
editors. Carpenter Paper Co. was
present with a lot of souvenirs for
the ladies as well as the men , and
the Great Western Type Foundry
was represented by Mr. Tostevin
who handed out match cases as
souv.enirs. The editors have
planned to make a'trip to St. Louis
starting from Lincoln May 16 , to
the world's fair.
Geo. L. Hastings was arrested
Wednesday evening of last week
on the charge of breaking into the
office at the depot and robbing the
irawer of § 19.60. He was given
i preliminary hearing Tuesday and
bound over to the next term of the
listrict court. Hastings had been
loticed as hanging around the de
pot on Wednesday evening and
itood near the stove when Mr.
Northrop counted the money be-
! ore going to supper , stepping up
: rom the Track part of the room he
itood looking on as an interested
spectator. While the night oper-
, tor was up town after the mail
acks at about 6:30 : the robbery
eas committed by breaking off a
toard near the office window so
hat he could run , his arm through
nd raise the trap door. It is
bought that the robber crawled
liroughand pried the drawer open ,
urriedly helped himself to the
ash , which consisted of silver and
ickles , and got out with his parti ,
or , for a man had noticed two v
ersons leaving the depot together.
< ater Hastings exchanged the sil-
er at one of the saloons and went
) bed about 8 o'clock at the City
j
otel where he was found when it
as learned that he had exchanged
Iver for paper money. Only
3.50 was found in his possession
id when asked wliy he got silver
langed for bills he answered that i
soldier had paid him a half-dollar
> get" it changed for him. His
irtner has not been apprehended. F
Come and help unwind the cob
web at Bethel hall Feb. 15.
The Valentine Bottling Works
puts up eleven different kinds of
drinks. ' 17
Chicago Stock Yards Closing Market.
SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT :
Hogs :
Estimated receipts today 2T,000
Market active and steady.
Estimated for tomorrow . ' 30.000
Light S4 45S490
Mixed 4 60 © 5 05
Heavy 4 7n < g > 5 05'
Cattle : 8,000 , Dull , Good steady , others weak.
Seeep : 5,000 Steady.
Catholic dmrcli Announce
ment.
On Sunday next , the early mass
will be said at Ft. Niobrara at 8
o'clock in the morning. High
mass in Valentine at 10:30. : Cate
chism class at 2 o'clock on Saturday
and at three on Sunday.
Notice to Valentine Citizen *
, As no one has accepted my chal
lenge to spar , I will claim the
championship of the town. I do
not want to insult anyone but I
just wanted to see who was the
best sparrer in town. I fought
John Little for abusing and knock
ing down a little drunken soldier
fourteen years ago and I would
take any old or little man's part
yet. My father taught me that.
I never have hit a little man or an
old man yet in this town but there
is a good bit of it done.
GEORGE BEER.
llamp Ireland Aguin in the
Ring.
This time it will be with Jim
Farrell , a champion boxer in the
eastern part of the state. Farrell
weighs 170 pounds and is well
built. He stayed four rounds with
Jack Munroe , 18 rounds with Kid
McCoy , 6 rounds with Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien and he will be here
to dispute the championship of
Hamp Ireland on the 19th of Feb
ruary. He's backed by Tommy
Sullivan , a well known sport.
This fight will draw a good house.
People will all want to see it , so
you'd better get your tickets early.
The usual preliminaries of opp.n-
ing bouts by local aspirants for
honors in the ring is promised.
Real bstate Transfers
We want expressions from people
ple who read the real estate trans
fers. Do you appreciate this work
and are you particularly interested
in this kind of news matter ? If
so , please write us a card to that
effect , so that we may know
whether or not to continue run
ning them.
Peter Fitch to Marion O. and
Fred C Metzgar , w d § 2400 swne
enw 32 35 28
J A Browder to Lucus Will , w d
500 nse 25 35 27
W A Parker , assignee , to Almon
M Levee and wf , margl rel no 19 ,
3e 18 30 25
Dora M. Keeler , wid , to The
Right liev. Anson E. Groves , w d
35 lot 4 blk 6 Keeler's ad Merri-
nan.
Ernest B and Bert A Wilson to
Edward Lewis , w d § 3165 sse sesw
ot 4 , 19 31 26
U S to Wm A Burr , pat nw 21
II 39
c
Ira Trueblood to Maverick Loan
b Trust Co. , q c d 81 nw 21 31 39 f
Wm A Burr and wf to Maverick
joan & Trust Co. , w d § 500 above
ind.
Jennie Trueblood , s , to Maver-
.kLoan & Trust Co , w d § 1000
rnw ssw 11 31 39
Albert Pratt to Albert O Toole ,
r d § 1000 ssw 3 27 37 other land. e
U S to Mary E Funk , pat se 30 tltl
5 31 tl
Frederick Funk , wid'r , to An-
rew A Funk , w d § 250 above Ind
la
Thomas I Shafer to S E Button ,
d § 1 nw 14 32 40
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Valentine social at. Bethel hall , hi
eb. 15. Don't forget it.
Wood Lake School.
" The following pupils were per
fect in attendance during the
month ending Jan. 29 , 1904.
Mildred Day Nejlle Boliart
Mattie Parks Ha-vey McNnmee
Cbloe Waggoner Wi'bur Parks
Marion King Mny Whillans
Lloyd Kins : Vivian Ynunff
Maudie Bailey Ed Kounnovskv
Miller Wacner Saiincl Wag i r
Ttoy Wagne'a Carl Bohart
Lloyd Eberhart Merle Eberhart
Margaret Lewis Lil Han King
Harrison Wyman Hutu Kennlcott
George Devore
E. B. GOWIN , Prin.
Coasting is now the delightful
pastime. Those having no sleds
use boards and barrel staves.
All friends of the school are in
vited to be present at the meeting
of the school literary. See how
the scholars conduct a society Fri
day afternoon.
The attendance will probably
not be so good this month. There
is much sickness in the community.
L.ung fever , pneumonia and la-
grippe are doing their work.
The Shaul children moved home
Saturday. The primary room thus
loses three pupils , Elmer , Charlie
and Cecil. Alva is now making
the six-mile ride from home in
order to attend school.
i'enbrook Quill * .
Cherley Devoe is here on a coup
le weeks visit.
Allen Bros , had 1500 bushels of
corn shelled last week.
Dave Green marketed some hogs
in Valentine last week.
For sale or trade : One mule
and one half dozen chickens.
Dave Owens took 75 bushels of
corn to the reservation at one load.i i
John Neiss , from the reserva
tion , was down in this locality last
week.
Clyde Rogers , of Valentine , was
visiting with the Owens boys re
cently.
The literary at Highland school
house January 16th was well at
tended.
Mr. Peck , of Ainsworth was
buying cattle in this neighborhood
last week.
Sunny Jim and Sugar Billy are
two of the latest from this com
munity.
Mr. Swearinger , the Sparks
blacksmith , says he is ready for
business.
Mr. Furno , of Ainsworth , spent
several days in this neighborhood
last , week.
Frank Lewis lost three head of
cattle in an air hole in the ice on
the river recently.
Miss Alice Bassford , of Sparks ,
visited in this vicinity the fore
part of the week.
Mr. Atwood , a cousin of the
Misses Tillson , left for his home
it Albion last week.
The leap year dance atLanger's
fvas all right from all reports. The
adies gave the dance.
Miss Delia Osborn closes a suc-
jessfill five months .term of school
n disirict No. 28 this week.
Miss Harrington , a sister of
& rs. Dave Hamar , is here on a
dsit from the Black Hills.
The new bridge known as the
Jell bridge is completed. It is a
ine looking bridge for this part of
he world.
Among the readers of the DEM-
ICRAT the Porcupine wishes to say
bat he reads the real estate trans-
3rs with interest.
John Hittle , our postmaster ,
rent to town Friday and returned j
aturday. Mr. Hittle has been'
'aging a little war of his own on
le coyotes.
We see by the paper that they
id several prize fighters in Val-
itine recently. I guess some or"
le people up there saw one from I
iis neighborhood not long ago.
At a dance recently a young
How was heard to remark , "the
dies are all tired and those that
e not tired have retired. " The
rls say , "of his company they
e tired and they have retired
m from their society. "
PORCUPINE.
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Jas. E. Pepper W. H. JtfcBrayer Canadian .Club
All the standard brands of Whiskies , domestic and
imported Wines , Gordon's Dry Gin , and Cigars
of the choicest brands. Blue Ribbon Bottled Beer
a specialty. : : ' ' :
Oakland Hunters Eve Blue Grass Dewars Scotch' Whiskey
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JAMES B- HULL
THE OWL SALOON Proprietor. J
Cf Cf Sole Agents for
HERALD PURE RYE WHISKEY
Ale and Porter , And FRED KRUG'S BEER
Choicest Wines and Cigars ,
VALENTINE x NEBRASKA
W. T. Bishop ,
LIVERY FEED AND SALE STABLE
The Wilber Barn
Your Patronage Solicited.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
WINES , LIQUORS AND CIGARS
OF THE CHOICEST BRANDS
Valentine Nebraska
HENRY TAYLOR. GRANT BOYER.
TAYLOR & BOYER ,
Contractors and Builders , Carpentering.
All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes.
SST'Work shop in Charbonneau's blacksmith shop.
VALENTINE = - NEBRASKA.
THE VALENTINE HOUSE
Valentine , Nebraska
RATES $1.00 tr $1.25. c. D. JORDAN , Propr.
Opposite the Court House , 2i blocks north of Depot.
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Suited to your taste.
Canned Goods Lunch Counter.
* Are now at their best and All want
you to eat at our
S we handle the best grade. Lunch Counter
OfllSLOS
Home Bakery
STORE
Just opened up a stock of
> ry Goods , Notions , Cloth
ing , Furnishing Goods ,
Shoes and Flour.
door to City Hotel.
V. JOHN & ABDALLAH.
TIME TABLE
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