Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-27
TALK OF THE TOWN
John Lord and Haskell Davis

John Lord and Haskell Davis
came up from Simeon yesterday.
w. p. Taber and wife were in
the city last Saturday from Rose
bud. Mrs. Taber was formerly
Miss Nettie Kalbringer, we'll known
| to Valentine people. Mr.. Taber
is day school teacher at Lower Cut
Meat and was just recently mar
ried to Miss Kalbringer. The
DEMOCRAT extends congratula-
tions.
The decorations for Easter at the
NJ. +. church drew large crowd
last Sunday evening, the building
being well filled. Many express
ions were heard of admiration of
the decorations which we're under
the supervision of Fred Cumbow.
A fence, double gate ajar, in
white with green wreaths around
the posts upon the top of which
with outspreading wings, sat doves
trained toward the word HOPE on
a dark back ground and above, the
words HE Is RISEN.
The U. S. weather bureau re-
port for the week ending Apr. 26,
shows that the highest temperature
was 60 on the 10Th and the low
est 22o on the Dist, giving mean
of 46o. The departure from the
normal was A. below. The pre-
cipitation was IA of an inch, an
excess of .O4 above the normal.
For the month to date it was 2.69
inches, for the season, March 1, to
date, 3.S7 inches. The winds have
been generally below the average,
the highest velocity occurring on
the Goth, being 80 miles per hour
from the north. Crop prospects
excellent to date.
Fred M. Hans, charged with the
murder of David Luse in Brown
county some time ago, appealed
and at a preliminary hearing he
was held without bail to answer
the charge of murder in the first
degree on the Sth day of May at
Ainsworth. Co. Atty. Ely, of
Brown Co.; G. K. Lear, of SPRING
view, and M. F. Harrington, of
O'Neill, will appear for the state.
The defense has secured the SER
vices Of w. F. Gurley, of Omaha;
L. T. Genung, of Glenwood, Ia;
F. G. Hamer, of Kearney and A.
W. Scattergood, of Ainsworth.
The case will be watched with con-
siderable interest as it involves the
question of human liberty and
whether or not a so-called railroad
detective and spotter can by his
own request assume the duties of
deputy sheriff for the purpose of
arresting an Objectionable person
and kill without allowing any wit
ness to the transaction, under the
guise of self defense. A strong eff
fort is being made to acquit Hans
of the crime charged.
The U. S. weather bulletin for
Nebr., issued April 25th, shows
the past week has been cold, the
mean daily temperature averaging
a below the normal. Frost oc-
Cured on several days with the
minimum temperature between
90 and 20 in western counties
and between go and So in east
ern counties. The rainfall was
above the normal in nearly all
parts of the state. 1t exceeded in
central counties and decreased to
about J inch in the counties along
both the northern and southern
borders of the state. The low
temperature of the past week has
been unfavorable for the growth
of vegetation. Winter wheat con-
tinues in excellent condition. Oats
were frozen to the ground in some
western counties. Generally, how
ever, oats and spring wheat are up
nicely and the damage from low
temperature is slight. Grass has
grown very slowly. Flowing for
corn has progressed nicely but it
has been too cold for planting.
The frost injured plums and other
early fruit somewhat.