Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-05-25
Rice writes insurance.

| SeVeral Indians nave been IL
town the past week trading.
L. G. Sparks and wife entertain.
ed the graduating class and teach
ers last Friday evening.
Geo. Leneaugh is building ar
addition to his dwelling on Wood
street north of Virginia.
F. NJ. Hacker is building an adj
dition to his dwelling north of
of Virginia on Wood street.
County Surveyor Tostevin did
some surveying last week for
Judge Walcott and |. Nj. Rice.
Barney Denaeyer and wife were
up from Arabia the first of the
week trading with our merchants.
There will be an ice cream sup
per at Harmony school house Sat-
urday evening, June 3rd. Every
body invited. Come.
D. J. Drebert, special agent for
the German mutual Fire Insurance
Co., of Omaha, visited their loca
agent, |. M. Rice, Tuesday.
Will Brosius came to town yes
terday morning to get some lini-
ment for one of his driving horses
that was cut in the wire the pre-
vious day.
A. H. Reach, of Sparks, called
on US Friday while in town for
supplies. He recently came to
our county and took 64O acres of
land near Sparks.
S. Moon is building new hous e
24x24 south of his two dwellings
west of the railroad. The frame
work was up last week and it will
soon be completed.
f. L. Heath was in our city last
Friday and Saturday and pur.
chased l.. G.. Sparks Fairbanks
Morse two-horse gasoline engine
for use in the Cow Boy office.
J. w. Ward was down from
Britt last Monday after supplies
for his store which he purchased
from D. d. Kellogg short time
ago. He tell us that he is doing
a good business.
Clarence Bliss called at our Of
flee while in town yesterday. He
tells US that his father, w. N. Bliss,
is having a new house built on his
place on north table 81 feet square
which is almost completed.
For feed or livery call on the
Eagle Livery. Commercial trade
a speciality. We have some good
second hand buggies and harness
for sale. Call and see US.
IA SHEPPARD Bros, Prop.
The carpenter work on Lee An
derson's and H. M. Cramer's
houses is progressing rapidly.
These houses were begun about
the same time two weeks ago and
are now nearly ready for the
plasterer.
Clarence Sageser has a case of
fine cigars in his barber shop which
enables his customers the privilege
to smoke while they wait. A cash
register is another convenience in
stalled recently. Clarence is out
on his claim this week.
The chief quartermaster at Oma-
ha is advertising for proposals for
building new barracks to replace
those of company K burned last
winter, the same to be of brick or
stone and costing around $4,000.
Since this is of better and more
lasting construction than any here
tofore it looks as though Fl. Mo
brara is certainly winning out in
the fight for a permanent post.
A very exciting game of base
ball was played last Sunday on
the Fl. Niobrara ball grounds be-
tween the Valentine Colts" and
a team composed of the officers of
the 25th nifty. Valentine won
the game by a score of IA to 6.
Batteries: Observation-Disclosures
and Gorrell; acknowledgements
and Walthol. Struck out by
O'Rourke Is; by Weigenstein s.
Both batteries done fine work and
it was a good game, taking into
consideration that this was the
first game of the season and both
mines have had no practice what.
ever. A large crowd went dowr
from Valentine to see the game
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