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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

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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

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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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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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AND MEDICINES

LARGEST STOCK OF PAPER IN NORTHWEST

PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED SODA AND MINERAL WATERS

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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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