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THURSDAY , DECEMBER 26 , 1907.
Senator Tillman was so shocked that President
Roosevelt would say such a thing to Mayor Dahlinan of
Omaha that he made a speech in the senate about it.
Even took occasion to doubt if Roosevelt said it and
hinted that Dahlman wasjikely to be consigned to the
"Annanias club. " Believed that Roosevelt had done
many indiscreet things but thought lie was a true
patriot. The president told Mayor Dahlman that he
could tell the boys back home that if his actions had
brought on a panic a little sooner that he wasn't sorry
because it had disclosed the rotten condition of Wall
street.
Omaha is all wrought up over ths Sunday closing-
laws which Omaha papers liken to the ancient Blue
Laws. " Several persons are being arranged for violating
the Sunday laws , some for ordinary work , others for
conducting their regular business in various lines that is
regularly carried on. The lid is on and Mayor Jim will
give 'em a touch of the kind of life they've long looked
for. When they get through with this dose they'll not
be pressing him to do so much closing.
The paper that so willingly pointed out , "here it is
Mayor Jim , " didn't think he'd do it or that Jim meant
business.
To Disbar Fisher.
The Nebraska supreme cotirc
, ' has appointed three of the bar
{ commissioners to take testimony
; in the matter of disbarment charg
es against Attorney Allen G , Fish
er of Chadron. The commission
ers chosen are C. H. Sloan of Geneva -
\ neva , W. L. Anderson of Lincoln
* and H. P. Leavitt of Omaha.
' Captain Fisher was the subject of
, a legislative investigation on ac-
i count of his connection with land
| belonging to the estate of an alien
j that was offered to the state under
the law providing that alien heirs
cannot inherit real estate and that
such lands must escheat to the
state , the state to pay the price
of the property. The legislature
recommended some act and Atty.
General Thompson some months
ago filed a request with the su
preme court for disbarment pro
ceedings. Crawford Tribune.
Bryan's Nomination.
The New York World is urging
Southern states to prevent the
nomination of W. J. Bryan. It
contains the following : "J. Pier-
pont Morgan would make us a
most desireable and grand presi
dent , because he is a gentleman.
He gave 8100,000 to the church at
the Episcopal convention at Richmond
mend , Va. , and everybody is
thrilled with admiration over his
magnificent contribution of § 25-
000.000 in the recent Wall street
slump , to help our nation. "
The above is a sample of rot
'dished up l y great daily papers.
Millions of blind partisans swallow
it , and hanker for still bigger and
rottener doses. Think of that old
anarchist and pirate Morgan giv
ing § 25,000,000 "to help our na
tion. " Great God , won't the imps
in hell hurrah for Morgan ? The
facts are , it was a hocus pocus ,
fraudulent bond deal of § 25,000-
000. Follow the deal , my friends ,
and later on you will see him clean
up § 100.000,000 out of it. That's
the way Morgan and his associates
"help the nation. "
There may be deeper students
in different lines and greater spir
itual leaders ; but fn the world
today point to a grain p and more
perfect physicalmeniul and'monrl
character than W. J. Bryan ? I'm
not a democrat , but such villianious
sheets cannot blind me from de
tecting those rare and sublime at
tributes of virtue , honesty and
true greatness , that I see in W. J.
Bryan.
Judge Fisk. National Lecturer.
Farmer's Union ( A. S. of E. ) in
Farmers' Catechism. If you want
five great speeches and a lot of
red hot stuff , on the Farmer's
Union , of 2,000,000 members , and
all about how farmers are plund
ered by grain , live stock , cotton
and * "tobacco pirates with all
swindles , big and little , explained
and exposed , together with the
latest and greatest speech " 'OX
THE PIRATES WHO BROT
ON THIS PANIC , " then send a
dime to The Farmers' Catechism ,
Wichita , Kan. Bring in your
dimes right away and I will ser.d
for you. I. M. Rice.
St. Kicliolas Cliurcii.
In Arabia Dec. 29.
Services will be held as follows *
In Valentine Jan. 5 ; high mass
and sermon at 10:30. : Instruction
for the children at 3 p. m.
LEO M. BLAERE , Rector ,
Kotice.
The stockholders of the North
Table Telephone Company will
hold their annual meettng in Val
entine , Nebraska , at the County
Judge's office on Tuesday , Janu
ary 7 , 1908 , at 1 o'clock p. m. , for
the purpose of electing a board of
directors and for the transaction
of other business that may proper
ly come before said meeting.
0. W. HAIIX , Secretary.
JOHN SIIELBOUIIN , Pres.
NOTICE.
Parties wanting wiring done or
needing repairs to their light ser
vice will please phone No. 9 or
notify the office by noon and their
wants will be promptly attended
to. Grain or feed order should
also be placed at office , to insure
prompt delivery.
Anyone noticing street arcs not
in working order will confer a
favor by notifying us.
& F.-
Ten thousand ac'es of western
barley used last year in making
Storz Blue Ribbon Beer. There
is strength and nutriment in every
glass. Drink it for your health's
sake. 50 1
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hornby and
son , and Mrs. Chas. Sparks and
daughter went down to Neligh to
visit Mr. and Mrs. Spirk Christ
mas , and from'there they go to
visit Tom's sister in Southern
Mississippi for the winter in hopes
of benefftting Mr. Hornby's
health , who has been suffering
considerably with rheumatism.
Miss Alice Westover has * been
seriously sick this week with ap
pendicitis. Dr. Wilson was at
tending her and on Wednesday
her condition became so alarming
that he asked for council. Dr.
Lewis of Valentine was telegraph
ed for and he arrived on the morn
ing passenger yesterday. He left
her somewhat improved and gave
as his opinion that she would rally
from this attack , but advised an
operation as soon as she is able to
withstand it. Rushville Standard.
There will be an election next
Monday to vote bonds for § 5,000
to build two more rooms to our
school building There seems to
have been but little talk about it
and the interest seems to be at a
low point for we haven't heard
anyone talking about it very
much. Do we want it , is not the
question , -but do we want to vote
$5,000 bonds for a building that
\VG need or do we need the build
ing bad enough to vote § 5,000
bonds now ? This is a question for
everybody to decide and vote up
on next Monday.
Andrew and Will Morrissey
were cillecl to Chadron last Thurs
day on account of the serious ill
ness and death * of their oldest
brother , Timothy , who died of
pneumonia after one week's ill
ness. The brother has a ranch
out south of Chadron but the fam
ily live in town during the winter ,
and Mr. Morrissey had gone out
to the ranch to look after the stock :
and returned the Friday preced
ing his death , then ill with a se
vere cold , but found his two year
old son very sick and in his efforts
to care for the child , and in mak
ing for and attending the funeral
upon the death of the child on
Monday following , the father be
came so ill that he speedily sank
away , expiring lust Friday fol
lowing the death of his son on
Monday. It is a sad page in the
history of the family and friends
of the Morrissey brothers here
will sympathize heartily with them
in their sorrow and bereavement.
Wo have before us a copy of
the Bellevue college paper , "Pur
ple and Gold , " published by the
students and we notice the name
of James C. Quigley as editor-in-
chief. It is a very creditable pub
lication , and although it is con
sidered the "foot ball issue , " and
most of its editorials and reading
matter are dedicated to the foot
ball players , I would much prefer
the hotior of being the editor-in-
chief of such a paper than have all
the honors combined of all its foot
ball players , together with other
similar honors in this grand old
country. The sport may , or may
not , be creditable , but who is or
>
who can feel so prrud of a son
whose chief delight is to play foot
ba'l ' at college , as one whose aim
is some of the finer arts or
sciences ? This is only a plea to the
world to stamp out a wild and
dangerous sport from our colleges ,
as well as hazing. Here's what
the Ornaha Bee has to say of the
foot ball number of "Purple and
Gold : "The current number of
"Purple and Gold , " the Bellevue |
periodical , is known as the foot i
ball issue and contains a compre
hensive review of the work of the
state champions during the season
just closed. Purple and Gold
would be a credit to any school.
Its forty pages glisten with bright
things of which the editors may
well feel proud. The story ot the
gridiron heroes is told in prose
and poetry and 'the December
number makes a splendid souvenir
of the season , "
lion. C. PI. Cornell of this city
has a letter from Geo. L. Carter ,
game warden , stating that the Ft.
Niobrara military reservation has
been recommended against as a
place for field work and rifle prac
tice as an adjunct to Ft. Crook
and asks if the people here would
be favorable to a plan to make
this reservation a game preserve
for the propogatior. of prairie
chicken , quail and partridges and
to be leased to a gun club for that
purpose. Let THE DEMOCRAT
answer for all , NO ! If the Nio
brara military reservation , with
its broad acres stretching across
the Niobrar to the north and its
s
beautiful canyons and piairie to
the south , is not wanted by this
administration for a military post ,
then let it lay there as it is for the
next administration to dispose of ,
either to make an artillery pester
or throw it open for settlement.
The wrestling , match between
Wm. Fugate and Jesse Wester-
gard of Davenport , la. , was pull
ed off Monday nigh't in the hall
and witnessed by one of the big
gest crowds of the season. Sev
eral preliminary features were
quite amusing and kept the audi
ence interested until 9iO : when
the main event began with the
two wrestlers weighing within a
half pound of each other with the
half pound in favor of Westergard.
As they stepped forward to shake
hands both appeared to be in ex
cellent health and best phydcal
condition. Both seemed confident
and felt pretty much at home on
the mat where one must win or
lose the championship of middle
weight wrestlers of Iowa and Ne
braska. E-ich was a giant in
strength and picked each other up ,
tossed him in the air and let him
fall with a heavy thud to the mat.
Each repeatedly threw the other
bodily several feet in the air and
t'.vice Fugate threw the Iowa
champion over his shoulder , fall
ing full four feet to the floor , but
was quick enough to get away be
fore Fugate could pin him down.
There were several clever get
aways and some excellent holds
broken that showed strength and
agility on the mat. Tne first fall
was given to Fugate in 35 min
utes which was effecled by a toe
and half Nelson hold. The second
fall was also won by Fugate in 20
minutes in a double-bar-lock hold.
It was said by ruiny to be the be-t
match pulled off here and all agree
that Westergard is a tower of
strength and a "bully" good fel
low. They are trying to prevail
upon him to come up here to live ,
several offering him remunerative
positions. He returned home the
following morning , and Mr. Fu
gate went out to Simeon to play
for a social dance the following i
evening. John Stetter was ref
eree and Ben Bichelor time-keep
er. A travelling musician and
contortionist gave a short per
formance for a collection to get to
the Black Hills , after the match.
KOTICE.
All A. 0. U. W. members and
their wives and daughters and all
of D. of H. members and their
husbands are requested to attend
a joint installation at their lodge
room on the evening of Monday ,
January 13 , 1908. Refreshments
served after installation.
BY ORDER OF COM.
An Amusing Slip.
A well known temperance lecturer
\vho is an ardent advocate of prohibit
ing the public sale of liquors was be
coming dramatic over the ideal condi
tions prevailing in a certain prohibi
tion town.
"I am sure all who are present will
agree with me , " he concluded , sinking
his voice to an impressive whisper ,
"when 1 tell you that during a stay of
over two months I saw but one drunk
en man a most refreshing sight ! "
Buffalo Times.
Refined It.
A little girl was told by her mother
that under no circumstances must she
use the word "nigger , " as it was of
fensive to the colored people. The
next day at school she was requested
to read aloud about a niggardly man , J
and sie astonished the teacher by
reading in this vase : "Once upon a
time there was a very negvogardly
man , " etc *
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A call will convince you of the special
values. Violins , Mandolins , Banjos ,
Guitars , Cases/ Strings , etc. , and a
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