The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-11
Davenport & Thacher carry a CON-
plete line Of cofins and undertaker's
supplies. q

plete line OF collins and undertakerS
supplies. q
Mrs. Richard Cook severely strained
her side by Slipping while on her way
to Sabbath School a couple of weeks
ago, and has been confined to her
room ever since.
Tim Chenoworth. who left Cherry
county about a year ago, writes from
Harrisburg, Ore: at seems that |
have jumped from a small sized frying
pan into a very large fire."
Mrs. L. C. Horribly, of Valentine,
and sister, Miss Pearl Ray went down
to Rushville Tuesday evening, whera
they will visit friends for a few days.
-Chadron Signal Recorder.
The editor of the Stuart Ledger re-
Gently received IL cents from the post.
Office department, which sum was due
him on account of an error made about
a year ago while the editor was post
master.
There will be a meeting of the VII.
|age council at the office of the Cherr,
County Bank Wednesday evening,
March 18th, ut 7:30 o'clock. Action
will be taken on the curtew ordinanc.
1T that time.
Andrew Jackson has made ar
assignment at Akron, O., George
Washington is in Jail at Pittsburg. and
Thomas Jefferson is accused of rob
bing a bank in Missouri. It's a bad
year for great men.
The subject of Miss Childe's talk at
the Episcopal church Sunday evening
will BIZ Resistance of Rome to the
British Church.. This will be the last
but one of the series of talks on the
history of the church.
A crosswalk of cinders has been put
on Main street from Jackson & Bray
toms store to The Donoher hotel.
This is an improvement which has
long been needed and will be greatly
appreciated by our Citizens.
Much against its will the house o.
Representatives Tuesday killed the bill
repeating the law defining a legal
newspaper. This is hard lines for the
keya Paha Call and Crawford Bnlletin.
but it is an act of Justice nevertheless.
Real estate transfers have been very
numerous this week and prospects for
a building boom IN Valentine this
spring are splendid. At least seven
residence buildings will be put up, and
several business blocks are contempla-
ted. i
At Longtime last Wednesday even
ing Chas. Davis was married to Miss
Maggie Herring, of Belle Plain, Iowa.
The contracting couple are friends of
the editor and the groom was at one
time stationed here as operator for the
Western Union.
The annual meeting of assessors will
be>held next Tuesday, the 10th. 1t is
to'be hoped that the assessors will find
some way to equalize assessments and
thus do away with the trouble expert
enced in former years. Above all
things, they should remember the law
regarding assessments at full value
and obey it.
President McKinley's inaugural ad-
dress appears in full on the inside Of
this paper. Read it carefully. and if
you find anything brilliant or new in it
treasure it carefully. Nothing Is said
about Cuba, no e thing in govern.
ment or finance is limited at-all that
is proposed is tariff. However, this
address should not be criticised too
much; the message to congress next
week will outline the administrations
position. Wait for it.
The Golden Irrigation District, COM
prising part of the counties of Holt,
Rock and Brown, will hold an election
on April for the purpose of eiecting
assessor, treasurer and three direc
tors as provided by law. Some Of the
newspaper brethren in that district
or other got it into their
heads that the election was for the
purpose of voting bonds, and have
been raising a great row over it. The
Ainsworth Home Rule Is fighting the
proposition to bond the district, like
wise the Star Journal. while the Long