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OWMOREYflYASBHMAKER - AKD - JEWELER

Firse line of friain and fancy jeW j

dry constantly ora Land

JSspairing promptly executed asrd

done the beet manner

Full lfce of sporting goods

THIS AND THATNomina Event

Grounrthojray February 2

Mt Valentines Day JFebruary 14

AssessoPs-MeethiK- - March io

The Dkhoorat 1 per year

The year 1898 has 53 Saturdays- -

Joe Bennett ivf Chesterfield istown

C A Johnson wasWoodlake yesterday

in

in --town fram

Services at the Methodist churclevery night this week

y H JSauingnrtel of Crookstonwas in town esrerday

E AlaOumber and I C Stott ofCody are in town today

A J Slocura was a visitor to Valentine from Gordon Monday

T P Spratt falls into -- the work otthe commissioners like an old timer

Rushville has passed a curfew or--

dinanee similar so the ouedn force here

A H Davis the North Platte attorney was iu town Moudaj on legal business -

Conductor Leader o ftlie Elkhornhas purchased the Honey ranch neaiWuudUke

Thure seems to be a boom in thereal estate market atpreaynt and sev-

eral¬

deals are on tap

A casket was orderedor UndertakerHornby yesterday for some peisou inCody presumably a lady

At- -

Introduction Social at the resiof L CvSpjuUs this-even-- iug

42verj body invited

Arthur Gore returned to Crawfordyesterda to resume his position asday operator at that poiut

An engine is stationed here eachday to assist the crew of men who areputting up ice for the F ti

Mrs O T Moorereturned from hervisit to Lincoln last week and will remam m Vaientiue during the winter

The F E finished putting up ice atthis place yesterday after having snipped about 2U0 cars of congealed acquapura

MrS A Beers came down fromRushvilie ana will hi the future make

iiier home widi herdaughter Mrs EZj Malouey

The Bed Front rls the proud possess- -

m

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--or of a fine new ign in red and goldthe joint work of M Cbristensen andGus Carlson

No matter what is the trouble withthe throat or lungs Dr Daniels Com-

pound¬

Syiup SaEguiuaria will relieveit At Elliotts 50

George Elliott has purchased thestationery stock of Dell Sherman and

--has combined it with the stock he al- -

ready had on hand

To Cure A Cola in ne nr

Take Laxative JJronw Quinine fablets All Druggists refund the money

if it fails to Cure 25c 46

Surveyor Esiabrook was unsuccssful in his sean h for a dweding houselast week and it s reported that heull build here in the spring

E L Malonev and wife returned

J

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We are pleased to chronicle thecarriage of Lee De Vera Reamer to

vnthia Mae Pettvcrew which oecnid at St Paul Minn Dec 30th 1897

Crabb Vincent have made num-

ber¬

of changes in the it A trior ariangement of their sioie moving the flhoedepartment to the from ol the roometc

This paper is indebted to C AJohnson for hansome calendar andline halftone picture of himself andfamily and his elegant residence inWoodlake

We have printed circular formthe statistics of businessin 1897 and everyone is welcome to

opy or dozen for that matterSend them east

LMllice of Manhattan Kansasof Treasurer Thackrey

is in the county treasurer roffice Mr Kiee and family are livingwith Mr Thackrey ou the west sid -

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VALENTINE DEMOCRAT-

CO 13 1S9S

The heating and ventilating apparauig at the school house is now coinitted and the test given the svstemhe first o the week was very ¬

The closets will soon be com ¬

pleted

Tr J P Wells and familv are expected fcere atm aay ami wilt make honds were approved

itiisllinr home future Dr Vrlls J JCSncES THEhaving made arrangements to wcfcin4partnership with 5iis brother O A j

Wells in the laCfera dental pamr

A mew sidewalk alongfrom the school louse

Hall Street Stephen Carve

Airlnlnrtruiu TTiit

place one oftfoe possibilities the FKIitvnear future Then too Bro Barkeris under contract to build walkalong the south 5de his property

Prof B SiKith princij ihei he DeweyStuart schools formerly of tardonhas purchased Ibe Lougpine Rublican Journal We extend rrat erualgreetings to the professor ami wishhim unbounded success in his newwork

Dick Zeilian andLen Bivens exnfict KM Woodward Irwinillltj Andrew Beiibon

llrtVC atOrtUl Irtiiuuit iwifintieValentine in couple of weeks andhave rented the old Morey buildingfor that purpose We wish the boyssuccess in their undertaking and canbut thmk the venture will provepayhrg one This is an institutionhavebeen sadly ici need

While skating on Lake Minneebudn- -Sa last Saturday evening Elva liack- -

ler had the misfortune to breakthrough the thin ice where the icecrew had been work and was juecipitated into about fifteen feet of coolwater She manajred to cling to theedge the ice timil assistance in theperson of A A Lynn of Niobraracame to her rescue Beyond theshoikof the accident and the cold bath theToung laoy received no injtuy

number of our young peoplewent nut to Frank Reesn plaje on theNiobrara Friday night the 7th insrand gave tlat individual surpriseparty which wound up with dnnpeSeven waonlnads of ppople Went fromtowi and 22 couples induloed tripping the light fantastic Theprisors howpver forgot inform the

Biii piisee that they were comintr soof course bir supper was provided for the oecasion but Frank dnir noall the eafables on hand and made Irsguests welcome

Snuprintpndpiit Stnner and Mrs LizCrawfnrJ attended Teachers Ceiman

Satniday andhad very pleasant time naniels Lake

Ahont dnzeu teachers were iirsenrand thev all entered into the spiritthe work with will Charles Reeseand Miss Sagesur being especially active in the work Mrs tookwith her the paper she had torpad at thp Valentine association andthis added erreatly to thp interest thpmeeting Another meeting willheld about March 1

At the home J Daniels onCherry street Tnesdnv JanuaryMr and Mrs William S Davis celehrated the fiftieth or golden versa

thfir marriage thp presencefew invited fripnds Thp dinner

fifty ears ago could not have beenmore complpte or more highly eujovedthan was that which the oldtimofriends this congenial couple wprepprmittpd to partake The principal

thp dinner was fine largproast tnrkev ard the mannpr in which

was oarved and served would putour modern gentlemen to shame

We very much ind bred to MrA G Shaw photographer for setsix verv fine views Lakp Minneoha-duz-- i

taken recently while the ice gangswere at woik which marvelsneaippss and fideiitv to detail Onethe viws is the skates whoout force another is view thechute from thr top the hill Two

shnv the crews at work on the iewith the chute running the hill tothe mill and another is faithful rppreservation the work on the carchute In the st is also picturethe men working the Ray ice boose

short distance from whpre the railmad crews are engaged The wholp

4herethey been lake very handsome andhave a Prominent place m our art gal- -

funeral Mrs Maloneys fai

a

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Valentinesa

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brother-m-la- w

working

satis-factory

attending

lery

Daniel Evans and Chas Lane thelatter soldier the post were arrest-ed Tuesday and had preliminaryhearing yesterdav chargesault and rohberv preferred by MntoseReaver half breed Indian from PineHidge in town for medical treatmentOn the request the defendants thecase was continued until Fridavthe meant imp the prisoners hoard-ing with Sheriff Strong It seermthat the half breed broke 20 hillTnesdav morning and the afternoon was discovered the prairiesouth town drnnkpn conditionwith his suspenders gone and trousersparti off wearing soldiers bluecoat On beintr search it was discovered that his money was goneSuspicion immediately fastened onLane who was wearing the IJpaverscoat and Evaiu who had been com-pany with the two during the day andthp arrests were made and complaintsfiled as stated Evans is strangerhere and has an honest appearance

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PnbliKbetl for Fear Yearn a

CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT

VALENTINE CHERRY NEBRASKA THURSDAY JANUARY3JoiiimisionrM lrocediiiH

Vthutine Nebr Jan 3 1897

Board county commissioners metin session pursuant to adj uirumeutMembers present P Sullivan andW A Parker

On motion the following official

in he OFNames

Jasper WallhiKfordJohn DunnWin Kennedy

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PEACEPrecincts

KennedyValentineKennedy

Loup

MhiiiecliKduzaV I Davis eoriai 11 McNamr e Meiriman

M UTnissell lleasant HillW Tsihlfi

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A H FiTUson ValentineP Sullivan Elillohert McQuatlu Sehlagle

F MokIo Boiling SpringsC M Kinie GiliaspioJoseph Wisser NenzelA Nelson Irwin

Woodlake-- r tfrJohnson LavacaBarker Sparks

GarnerJohn Poster ivvwaneeiW DClarlcsou 97 Jln7lry 6- - wlUl hnlG IlFolsom IMerriman handKd Satt rice Nenzel

CONSTABl ES

Clayhaugh MiuneehaduzaW Peacock

Joe HoseRobert cVameeJaises Lwvrrie

Eli Yanish

Jeorg-- heik Hill

OAI OVERSEERSNames DistPeter VogtJohn Or uesher 25

BrownTroffer53

29

YaiiWiGil FosomWill ArcherAlbert Nenzel

W Bennett 3o

Pettjcrew

Enlovv

Hpaiks

SpringsMerriiiau

Irwinjjll

George llaniniotid ValentinePleasant

Joseph Kreycik

Georgeriaichett

BoNbtra

Boiling

NamesSanborn

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wardIains Deulson

Downing 22Brosias f

Win BodyMcNameelc

WrayJames Day

ASSESSORSNanvcs PrecinctsW Pruden Merriman

Cd Satlcrlee NenzeDOBaugh Mother JaKc

Fowler KewanecTunies searby MiuneehaduzaFy lVaentiie WoodlakeAl Hoirman Georgia

PlfcHSiintze th- - oiin vassociation atSuneon ue Schlagtaprt having Dewey

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Henry F Barker SparksIra Johnson LavacaC Long SteenAlex Burr Buffalo LakeI l Sears KennedyI N Russell GillaspieEECrane EliFrank Seger TableL I Barnes Boiling SpringsJ A Sinks EulowFrank Witt LoupL Laufer IrwinW G Carson Cleveland

motion the following claimswere on County It adNames Dist Amt NamesGeo Davis 15 K K Crane 9 3

1 29 18 50M Richard on S 18 00W DanofskyA M LeveeFG ReeseJ W FosterA NenzelS B Downing

23 0031 IS 00

20s 25 00

2 24 01G 13 00

22 2G 00

motion the

Lavaca

DistE 14

George 21

F MitDermottS M Wooti 13

AVB

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HiramJohn 19

H 31

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Onallowed Fund

Dist AmtN 30 E 0i

On

19

M G House 21

J F Look 17

H MeNaniee15Jos Hobsou 3

H K Brown 1

UN MoiicIGEd S Hauka 7

L 11 Perkins 4

following

GOO

14 00

24 00

27 00

800

18 50

clnn swere allowed on Rridge FundD S Ludwig lumber 29 CO

D - Ludwig lumber 6 00

Frank G Kee ie repairs 5 00b rank G lleese repairs 200- -

On motion the following amountswere deducted from claims above al ¬

lowed and applied personal laxexF J Reese 4 80 Ed S Hanks 11 5

ert Nenzel 4 83 M it House 6 00

Jacob Boylstra 6 W George N Davis 8 1G

EECrane 835 M T Ihchardson 14 83Win Danofsxy 6 ft A M Levee 1 4G

Joseph Uobson 27 00 Hiram McNamee 2 14

H KB own 418 J F Hook 1039

WhereuponJauuar 4 1898

January 4I he board met pursuant to ad

journmeut Present P Sullivan WA Parker

On motion the followingbonds were approved

Joseph Estabrook County SurveyorLliitan U Stoner County SuperintendentAmos Strong County SheriffW If Towne County mdgeJohu W Daniels County CI Tk

ieieupon the boatd adjournedJanuan 5 1S98

January 5Ioard met pursuant to

t

Viertel Chairman P Sullivan andAV A Parker

Spent the day making settlementwill the county treasurer

On motion the following officialbonds were approved

J R Jce Road Overseer Dist 43C R Watson Assessor Vaientiue Precinct

1 It Lee Justice Loup PrecinctJames E Thackrey County TreasurerOn motion following road over¬

seers claims were all meriJames H Searby District No 5 27 CO

George M Troffcr No 2706J R No 43 claimed S24 83 1 88

On motion the following amoait3

i wsfesasvr

were deducted from claims above allowed and applied on personal taxesIK Lee SITS Ceo M Trailer -- 4CG

lames II Searby 5 13

On motion the following settlementof fees received by Geo Elliott couuiy clerk for the year of 1897 was ap ¬

provedj

Cash fees refeived as enmity clerkI9tqr 1S97 JJ01852nd qr 1807 23905Trrt qr 897 290 IDi

ith qr 1897 334 13 8I1210

Cash fees reed as elerk dint court1 1st qr 1897 S 81 fioI On - icot ii nrMiiiai a ijui is uj3rdqr 1897 11404lh qr 18J7 102 70

Total cash fees 5l47iK5197 county warrants received SIR 201837 ejiiinis liled no warrants drawn

Grand TotalAnit allowed vs Co clkA in allowed for deputyAnit allowed elerk hireAmt ex pen e account

00

700 00

30 eO

84 45

KM

Balance county 331

To balance accountsCancel claim No 1G03 8294

Cancel claim No IC52 17 00

Cancel claim No 174G 20 10 13150

The following shovs transacions ofcounty treasurers ollice from Jump18 to 1898Schlafile

on

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official

STATE FUNDSTrtrtp 3 1R97 to amount on hand S13S4 P2

iu iinuuiiL vuiicuicu iiu Io

Bv State Trens receiptsBy error school Itid entryty insane fund trans to Cn Gen fundBalance hand Jan G 1898

COUNTY GENERA FUNDJune 10 IS97 Amt on handAet collectedAmt aoV tAmt trans fmsratManeTnteregt oi Co depositsMise colleetiois

Vouchers nceTledTreas f esBalance hand Jan G 1893

on

90

45

50

40

on

SSlt

102 411310

G40173

97

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trans from fund 34 fin

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97

tlio21191269 94

2967 0712 2221 1

341 Ofi

4 227

SI23C7 67

OUNTY SINKING FUNDTim30 197 amount on hand 3W0Amreollo d I5i02Amt cpti1 fund vpirints cmcpilpd 2779 09Amtgenl fund warrants Interest 1S9 93

S4R98 MVoucher cancelled 81575 9ROen fund warrants purchased rowTreas feesBalance hand Jan G 1898

2314

due

7J 211274

1898

COUNTYROAD FUNDJ im amt on hand V S 905 rAltif collected 1SW09AntTnvns from library fund 1026 00Anit collections 95

S17P2 52

Vouchers cancelled 5 1P7 SiOverseers receipts cancelled lffTTre is fees 1 to 50Balance n hand Jan 6 1S98 104121

3792

COUNTY nRIDOE FUNDJune 30 ii7 amt on hand S142Amt collected 2CG1

4091

Vonehers eanjelled S 1930Tre is fees 12114

on hand Jan 3778 22

COUNTY JUDGMENT FUNDJune 1Sfl7 amt on hand 197Amt collected 27 OS

840 79

Treas fees S 211Amt on hand Jan 61893 4146

46 79

SCHOOL DISTItr T FUNDJune 30 il7 amt on hand S3127 9ri

Aniteollectfd 8fi5 72Amt state annnrtionmetit 1472 55

17 00 mtrenfund warrants 4204225 00 Aintfiuesj 5

3G3t 64Vouchers cancelled S R0021R

I Troui Idu in cBalance on band Jan8 1898 550560

S133t 64

SCHOOL BOND FUNDJune n 1897 amt on hand S2947 71Amt collected 95103

S3898 74

Vouchers cancelled 51154 15Gii I und warrants 138344Gen fund warrants interest 22 99Treas fees 1492Balance on hand Jan G 1893 132324

S3398 74FUND

June 1897 amt collected 333Amt trans to school fund 5TrtiilHKS -

the board adjoin tied to Balance on buid Jan 6 1895 3179

the

50

District

mine

Balance

S409186

INTEIC EST FUND538

June 30 1S97 amt on hand 290 15Anit collected 1133 76

1423 91

Treasfees S G5 2SBalance on hand Jan 6 1893 1358

ADVERTISING FUNDJune 1897 amt ou handAmt collected -

30311 50

8344 60

Amt trans general fund S344 60SOLD1EHS KELIEFFUND

June 1897 unit on hand 131Amu collected 25

156vrl iiii v vmicnerx cancel - 151- -

merit iMemiers present irax ii ireastees -

District

FINES

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June 1897 amt handAnit

Amtbaud Jan 6

1897 amtAmt

Treas fees

91500

REDEMPTION FUND

collected

disbursedBalance

VALENTINE ViLLAGEGENERAL FUNDJuucso

colleclea

Vouchers cancelled

Balance hand Jan 6 189ST

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FUNDJune 30 1897 amt 011 hand 263 lcAmi collected -- - - - 342

Treas ftesBalauee on hand JanG 1803- -

605 96

18823 35

393

605

BOND FUNDJune 1F97 amt on hand 2l 14Am t collected 146

367

Co gen warrants 20O

Balance hand Jan G 189S 161 03

36746

the board to6ih 1898

met to adjourn-ment

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commissionerUoard the day in examining

thesame

On the of the Bank oftor 1800 the ¬

li ink for 4500 and thelUnnat 3 per cent jier annum were ¬

O n the bond of theBank for 9000 for the safe

ON LAST PAGE

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To a biisiiiess manor a

of family generally

bill bills1 It positive

to a man to be mat

iears a

bill for groceries or

or shoes art --

two wavs of of tbi

big bill5 nuisance is cash for heart2645M the bills the easier trade with your wpi

prices prevent way thotrjfc

combine the plans given afove Tiy once

THiRHFlB H H V ii 1 L

GENERAL MERCHANTS

FOR THIRTY DAYSmake special prices entire

BLANKETS WOOL UNDERWEAorder close stock make for spring goods

ff

have just received entire of BoMisses Ladies which complete every particular

Mens cheap Jioys suits

THE

K MeDonal f

WHEN IN TOWI- -

Come to

VALENTINE

a

Max

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rid

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HonWe will give you good clean bed th

BEST THE MARKET AFFORDSeat 100 per day

35o per weekJAHOOTON PROPRIETOR

FREE STABLINGi REISLAND

AGENT

taking orders enlarg-

ing from photo-

graphs Workguaranteed HeadquartersYalentine House orders

there receive promptattention

VALENTINE VILLAGE SINKING

Vouchers cancelled

VALENTINE PRECINCT

Whereupon adjournedJanuan

JanuaryPinard pursuant

Members present SudivanpliMirman Parker

lSpratt Viertel retiring

spenttreasurers balances verifying

motionValentine Cherry Coun-ty Woodlake

foT27uO county funds interestaccept-

edmotion Cherry

County

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nTjust loS5T

bills

discouraging

IScw day with gretbig bought

drygoods There

getting

everything

bills

AND

Shoe3 Mens

suits each

and

F THE ELKHORKRAILROAD

North Western Line7 13 to h eato and from the

SUGAR BEETFIELOOF

SOMETHING NEW l

VALENTINEA first class Tailor who will make yora suit of clothe3 to please you zno pay Clothing cleaned pressorand repaired on shortest notioCall and see him at Davexpor

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