The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-12-03


Stinard has a Camel in his store.
G. n. Adams, the Crawford wood
contractor, is in town to-day.
WANTED-Wood on subscription
Dry, hard wood preferred. Call early
and avoid the rush.
Ed. Clarke and Tom Yearnshaw
made a trip to Rosebud Sunday, re-
turning Monday. They say they
crossed snow drifts that were at least
ten feet deep.
In his report to the War Depart
ment recently, Gen. Coppinger, COM
rmander of this, division of the army,
recommended seyerai.improvements at
Fert NiobEara.
Prof. Fl. W. Graham, who has been
working on the reservation for w. A.
,Bonser returned to Valentine Tuesday
and will probably stay here the re-
mainder of the winter.
T. Fischer is having q new floor put
in over the old one in his saloon build
ing on Main street. Mr.. Fischer is a
progressive citizen and this evidence
of prosperity is gratifying.
o. w. Morey has a fine lines of :holi-
day goods, and advertises the fact in
this issue Of THE DEMOCRAT. No
better bargains in jewelrycan be found
anywhere than at Morey's.
W. P. Alsip has contracted for six
cars Of coal to be used in. burning the
remainder OF the brick required at the
Rosebud school. The roads are so bad
that it is difficult to get wood, hence
the decision to use coal.
The F. E. & NJ. V. make holiday
rates Of one and one-third for the
round trip to points within 200 miles
of the selling station. Tickets on sale
December "a, Is and 81, and January
l, good returning until January 4.
The Nebraska legislature will be q
farmers legislature, and it will be 6
business one. All wholesome laws on
the statute books will not be disturbed
but woe to some of the old chattels
musty with age and thick with corrup.
ton. These will have to so. -Neu
Republic.
Lieut.. W. E.. Dove and DR.. Bratton
of Fort Niobrara, went east on Sunday
mornings passenger on short leaves OF
absence. Lieut.. Dove will. visit his
parents in Vermont, while DR.. Brat.
ton goes to his old home in South
Carolina. Lieut. Sivitor will go east
shortly and will bring home with him
a wife.
j. w. Shelbourn, whe has been al
Carlisle, Arkansas, for the last two
years, returned to Valentine Monday
night, and will settle. down nee NOR,
to enjoy life. Mrs. S%helbourn and tn,
children stopped at Elgin to visit rela
tives, but will soon be here. Mr.. Shell
bourn was n of our best known
farmers when here and all ara pleased
that he has once more concluded t,
take up his residence among us.
If any man in Cherry county ha'
reason for feeling proud it is ,J. C
Pettijohn. Since he was formally an
nounced as a candidate for register O
the U. S. land Office, every r~epubsica,
newspaper in the district has endorsed
him, and if it lay In the power of til,
b'hoys to do so they would install hin
register at once. This sentiment il
more than iatterlng to Mr.. Pettijohn
but then, he deserves it. n" maj
worked more faithfully for the success
of the republican party than did he.
Bennett Irwin, the well known
stockman of Gordon, was in ,Chadro1
Tuesday. He says the sheep industry il
on the steady increase around Gordon
thousands more being brought in this
year. So far very few sheep have beer
taken into the sandhill country; in his
opinion that region will be devoted te
cattle. Speaking of cattle rustling
Bennett said, he lost Is head of two
year old steers out of a bunch of 304
and ten head out of another bunch OF
100. In bis opinion if Judge West.
over will keep up his present gait OF
sending rustlers to the pen until the
business is broken up he will be the