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THIS AND THATComing Events
Teachers Institute August 15
County Commissioners August 15
ltepublican County Convention August G
Democratic Senatorial Convention Aug 20
Topullst Senatorial Convention August 20
Labor Day September 5
Cobs for sale at the millThe Democrat 1 per year
Born to W A Taylor and wife--last night a boy
The ioo win fce placed ot the Bar¬
ker building this week
Dr Hardin came over from Rose ¬
bud Tuesday on business
W M Anderson one of the Cody
cattlemen was in town Tuesday
Several of Sam Hudsons friends--want him to run for representative
Bepresentative conventions will
probabablybe held at Norden this
year
Arthur Gore returned from his vis ¬
it to the eastern part of the state
Tuesday
3T MSageser returned last night
from his visit to Omaha and the Ex ¬
position
W D llorgareidge and son-in-ia-
S L Ellis were in town x Monday
from Simeon
If you want to rent a good house at
a reasonable price call on the editor
of this paper
Indians have been in town in force
Ahis week for the purpose of hauling
corn to the Agency
C E White came up from Norfolk
Sunday night to Iook after some prop-
erty
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he owns here
Mrs Good received a telegram Mon-
day
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night announcing the death ot an
aunt in Wintersst Iowa
Miss Kibbey who has been visitingat Donoheis went to Gordon on a
visit Tuesday afternoon
Ered Gordon is the latest aspirantfor the place which will be lefG vacantby the resignation of Miss Stoner
Chas Linebrink of Chesterfield was
in town Tuesday See his advertise ¬
ment of money lost in another columa
Prof J C McXare of Arabia was
a caller on this great moral and re-
ligious
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dispenserof knowledge Mon-
day
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H W Dunbar formerly of this
place but now of Crow Creek S D
has been in totfn this week looking
after business interests
RKara of Norfolk was in town
during the last week with John Stidn
brecher who had unloaded a couple of
cars of cattle at Georgia
Mart Welch and Charley Tatebroke a window light in Stetterssaloon Monday afternoon while scuffl¬
ing on the sidewalk in front
Lost Between Simeon and Valen-
tine
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book containing 2 cheeks and 5
currency Emder please notify W EW Aite Chesterfield Neb
attorney Morrissey is putting in the
week at Omaha seeing the Exposition
imdwill return after the state conven-
tion
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at Lincoln next Tuesday
The Palace Saloon will in future be
prun by Henry Stetter alone the firm of
Stetter Bros having dissolved partner¬
ship this week J G Stetter retiring
Operator Ness returned home to
Hot Springs S D Saturday and Mor-
gan¬
recently of Osceola Ibwa is nowworking the night trick at the depot
Walter Morris of Omaha and bro-
ther
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A E Morris of Woofflafce were
m town Monday The former madefinal proof on a timber claim while
here
W H Cox the new Superintendentof thejndustrial sdhool at llosebudwas in town last night with his wifeThey weut out tb heir new locationSaturday
E Sparks has moved into theStrickland property after thoroughlyrepairing the same Elden says he is
not going to move again for two orthree months at least
at lleichard will be in Valentineat the Valentine House August 5 6
and prepared to do all kind of den ¬
tal work at lowest pricesi All workwarranted i 27
Jhere from Chaut ¬
auqua that the ses-
sion
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is the best held for a ofyears
Two of were ¬
by five of our thisweek We that there weremore jugs in the lot thanelse
Rev J M Bates will holdat the church ¬
July 31 of the first Sun ¬
day in Mr Bates will go tofrom here to the 2jJx
Dr Evans and wife ofare in the city says that MrEvans will buy the Jones drug storeand locate here The par ¬
ties will deny or therumor Keya Paha Call
R M wife and son andKatie Noble went to Suaday to attend the ¬
The the samenight but the others are theweek on the
Edna andwent to to visit
but MissEdna the week ¬
with Clarke andthe
Lost A fine black and white setter dog to the name ofPaul Was first about July23 will be paid forhis return to Lt C H
Ft Nebr
J G was down fromand spent a few days the first of theweek with his wife He says thatThe White is a fair ¬
ly good and Cody is one of
the best in the ¬
will sell under ¬
4 at Johnplace in Irwin 125
head of horses The sale will takeplace to a held by
John Geo E Bartlett
Mr and Mrs A T White for sever-
al
¬
years past ofthis
for where they go to maketheir home For years MrWhite has been andclerk of and is one of the ¬
of that bigNews
Chas who is ofa team of horses from H S
of lasthas been atMinn and has gone
after him This is the onlycase that we know of which will haveto be tried at the term of dis ¬
trict court
J C of and PG of were in town
on their way ri6rne
from where they had just ¬
800 head of horses toUncle Sam for the use of theJim went to
and Pete left for ¬
night
The Rev J C Sloan otwas to have held at the ¬
andbut was taken
ill and forced to cancel hisment in town at the timeHe has been taken care of at The
and we is im ¬
at this
King an fromS D was in town and
at several dys this week onWe that Mr
King is to the Siouxthat he is the man tofor the of after their
with the Theof for the is
what is called a soft snapPete was over from the ¬
te first of the week and era- -
James to hisnew house for him Enochcame over with him and withhis wife and a day or so Petesas Enoch is a andthat he will the side of thehouse sooner than do whileEnoch that Pete dont care
work is doue or notso long as lie the
for asi
CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
VALENTDSTE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY ULY 28 1898
Reports receivedindicate present
number
carloads stoneware re-
ceived merchantsnoticed
anything
regularseryices Episcopal Sun-
day insteadAugust
Omaha attendpositioo
ValentineBumor
interestedneither confirm
WalcottLongpine
morning Chautau-qua Judge returned
spendinggjounds
Fischer Minnie DewoodyAinsworth friends
Saturday Minnie returnedremained during visit-
ing Fannie attendingLongpine Chautauqua
Answersmissed
Liberal rewardEarth
Niobrara
Stetter Cody
Elephant doingbusiness
trading points North-west
Sheriff Strong execu-
tion Thursday AugustLarsons precinot
satisfy judgmentBachelor against
residents Valentinepassed through Chadron morning
Allianceseveral
county treasurerCherry pion-
eers county Chadron
Derling accusedstealingClaybaugh Crookston spring
located WorthingtonSheriff Strong
criminal
coming
Dahlman LincolnCooper Crawford
Sunday eveningRosebud fin-
ished deliveringIndians
Linc61n Mondaymorning Craw-
ford Sunday
Allianceservices Pres-
byterian church Sunday morningevening unfortunately
engagealthough
Donoher understandproving writing
JohnH attorneyChamberlain
Rusebudbusiness understand
trying convinceprober ernploy
purpose lookinginterests governmentposition counsel Indians
generally
Deedty res-
ervationployed TSalloway plaster
Flowersvisited
familydandy carpenter
poundnothing
declareswhether being
keeps makingmotions
Published Four Years
Still More Facts and FigareHCherry county has 5000 worth of
bonds coming due on Nov 20 1905
and 14000 on Jan 1 1909 As wehave ehown in previous articles thecounty will be able to pay tbese bondswhen due or if present conditions oontinue several years before
The assessors1 returns show that onApril 1 there were m this county 11
610 head of horses At 18 a headthey are worth 209980 There wereat the same time 77292 head of cattlenot counting young calves which at
21 were worth 1623132 Therewere 17316 sheep which it 246would have brought 43041 The 1926hogs at 375 would have netted theirowners 7341
While we are talking about assess-ors
¬
returns it may be interesting toour readers to lqarn that there wereonly three steajn engines in the coun-
ty¬
according to the assessors and theywere worth 3166 each 16 fire andburglar proof safes worth 1081 onlythree billiard and pool taes worth2100 each 1159 carriages and wag¬
ons worth 573 55 pianos and piano-fortes
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worth 1497 104 organs andmelodeons at 748 and three botsworth 133 each Our people evi¬
dently prefer tin and China dishes togold and silver plate because only 97worth of the latter was turned inDiamonds and jewelry is becoming afad because there is 2502 worth inthe county The railroad property ofthe county was valued at 405756 andthe Western Union Telegraph at 7889
Marrow EscapeWhen within a few miles of the
Agency with the Rosebud mail lastSaturday Ab Clarkson had a very ex-
citing¬
experience with a runaway teamThe weather was rainy and hail wasfalliDg and Ab handed the lines tohis only passenger Johnny Andersonand left the stage for the purpose ofputting up the side curtains Thehorses became frightened the passen-ger
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jumped from the stage Ab grabbed one horse by the bit and down in-
to¬
a canyon they went Ab held onuntil about half way to the bottombut couldnt keep his grip any longerso let go The stage turned over twoor three times trie mail and expresswas scattered all over the hill but no-
body¬
was hurt One wheel the ton-
gue¬
and the top of the stage weresmashed to splinters and the horsesran about four miles but never got ascratch With the aid of a chanceteam the mail was taken into Rose-
bud¬
that night and the rig repaired
liiliesrttr TownCavl Seeley editor of the Madison
Chronicle who was recently appointeddeputy infernal revenue collectorfor this district was in town Satur- -
dsy afternoon looking after the saloons drug stores and cigar manufac ¬
turers and giving information aboutthe war taxes We persuaded Carl tostay over Sunday with us and visitedtne post Fredericks Peak Lake Miffnechaduza and other points Carlwas very much surprised to see sotnriving a little city located way uphere among the sand hills and thinkswe have a great future Mr Seely isone of the oldtime newspaper men ofthe state having located in Madisonin 1881 and is a very pleasant gentle-man
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in addition He will visit Val-
entine¬
every 60 days hereatter andmake a turn around here his dis ¬
trict extending only to the west lineof Cherry county
Something Must Be Donett is time that our citizens ttere
studying the question of providing anincreased water supply for the townThe present supply is sufficient forpresent needs and would be more thansufficient if people did not steal fromthe town but it will be inadequate fornext year if all the new taps wish wa-
ter¬
for lawn purposes and they prob ¬
ably will iriis is a matter that shouldnot be overlooked Eveii as it is thereis frequently not over two feet ofwater in the tank in the morningThis is offered in a spirit of criti-cism
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af because no one is to blamefor preseat conditions except thosewho have so far forgotten the rules ofhonesty that they wantonly disregardthe provisions of the water ordinanceOur present system can with comparatiYJ small expense be so enlargedthat it will meet all demands
Tens Harrington DeadMiss Tess Harrington died Friday
evening at the home of her motherand was buried Sunday atternoon fromthe Catholic church in this city after alingering illness of a few months
Besides the aged parents who liveto mourn her loss there are threebrothers and two sisters John Har¬
rington of Grant City Mo Mrs Sylvest Maggie Harrington J J Har-
rington¬
and M F Harrington who re ¬
side in this city ONeill Frontier
Jlissjns Word ContestRecently a paper in a neighboring
town published the doings whichwere not very nice of an elder in oneof the churches The editor droppedinto the elders place just as the elderfinished reading the article The el-
der¬
looked up saw the editor andsaid just three words The last wordwas you Anyone corrctly sup ¬
plying the two missing words will begiven a paid up subscription to thispaper for one year providing theguess is accompaniad by one dollar
Delegates to State ConventionOn account of the hard wind and
hot weather last Saturday the demopratc convention was not a large oneonly jtwo outside precincts being rep-
resented¬
The task of appointing del ¬
egates to the various conventions wasleft Jto the ounfcy central committeeand the committee announces the fol ¬
lowing delegates to the state conven-tion
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M Christensen M F ClynesJas Childers Wm Metzger and ANenzel Delegates to other conven
tions will be announced in due time
Wolves NumerousMrs S L Ellis and two little boys
started Wednesday evening for theirfuture home at Simeon Cherry coun ¬
ty Mrs Es parents live not farfrom Lens ranch
Gray wolves have again given evi-
dence¬
of their presence in the vicinityof runningwater but this time a lit-
tle¬
further down the stream Duringthe past three weeks the Jordon herdwhich has been ranging on the AdamMorrow place had four calves killedand two others bitten so that theymay die The herd has been takenback to the valley Harrison Press
Returned From CubaSergt Gerber of E company 2th
U 3 Infantry returned yesterdayfrom Cuba where he was woundedduring the desperate fighting at ElCaney Sergt Gerber was shot throughthe hand by a Mauser bullet and was24 hours without assistance Finallyhe made his way to the hospital andwas sent to Fort McPherson Georgiawith the first lot of sick and woundedAt the latter place he received a twohiontbs furlough and came home atonce to see his wife and children whowere left at Ft Niobrara He saysthat Cuba is siuiply sheol and that theCubans are not worth much
Hi
Bought A RanchWm Ferdon proprietor of what is
generally known as the Comstock outf-
it- is in town this week from PowderRiver Mont and will make this hisheadquarters in the future While intown this week Mr Ferdon closed adeal with Geo niggins of Brownlee for his ranch in the south partof the county We understand thatMr Higgins does not contemplateleaving Cherry county or at least thissection of the state but will locate onother property owned by him andContinue to engage in the cattle andhorse business The consideration forthe deal was we Understand some-thing
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near 10000
iJtf JEvans Leaves XTs
Dr J J Evans has purchosed adrug store at Springview and has giventip his practice here The doctor isnot in very good health and the longand late drives required to be made
i by physicians here were too great atask upon his strength hence hismove At Springview Dr Evans willgive his attention almost exclusivelyto the drug business and in this wewish him the success he so richly de-
serves¬
Dr Evans is a thoroughly re-
liable¬
man and while sorry to losehim as a citizen we congratulate hisnew home upon its acquisition DrCompton late of Texas will occupythe offices vacated by Dr Evans inQuigleys djug store
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confronts all prospective
housekeepers great original
necessary setting an
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it to make a ¬
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too at values are now offering
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InterventionJSTo indeed We carried on war against
King High Prices too long to think giving up
now Great slaughter among summer goods
week Prices are way down
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DRUGGIST
AND MEDICINES
LARGEST STOCK OF PAPER IN NORTHWEST
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED SODA AND MINERAL WATERS
A M MORRISSEY
ATTORNEYAT LAW
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OWMOREYWATCHMAKER AtfD JEWELEE
Fine line of plain and fancy jewelry constantly on hand
Repairing promptly executed andbest manner
Full line of sporting goods
J S ESTABROOKCOUNTYSURVEYOR
All work executed with promptnessand accuracy
Office residence east church
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