The Red Cloud chief., 1874-08-15


fall, owing to the grasshopper bust
ness.
- Sill hot1ni dry. The surround
ing country has been favored with fre
showers during the last two weeks.
". J.. Vanalstync was about
town yesterday. Van sells pine lum-
Der, and knows just how to suit his
customers.
Jas. laird E@i., Of Junia,a was
in town yesterday 10 company with Mr..
Freeman. They both left for Cawker
city TO attend to impOrtan. business.
- Miiier has repaired the saw mill
and j. ready 10 tear logs all TO finder,
in a little lc>, than 10 time.
- Hard work this trying TO get M
a lively local column, when there's
nothing going on 10 raise any excite
mcut.
Ia the absence of anything ex-
citing. read the Embellishments or the
tax list. The latter il particularly
anu ing.
- Lewis Davis and John Jones, Of
Walnut Creek, were in town. Tuesday.
They are lively boys, and that neigh
joIhool has heaps more jast like
them.
The Republican, river has been
ION the rise" for the past week,owing,
We presume. 70 the !.eaTy rains up the
valley.
- Foot racing was INDUCED in BY
the boz, Of Red Cloud this week
to a considerable extent, and some
money changed hands. Where's our
Missionaries?
- The LaClcde House under the
management Of VIM. Morgan, has had
large rrn Of custom during the pres
ca. season. This Is owing TO the fact
that the hotel has been kept mp to the
standard as one Of the best hotels in
the west.
We have hal callers during the
week from ali parts Of the county.
among whom We mas mention 4. Gar
Ter. II. c. Bill AMI Asher Beai, Of
Rock 6 ". knight and ".
J. Vance, Of fnavale, and others.
again. Gentlemen.
-lnDuc has thrc,hcd, AMI finds
20 hn-hels Of wheat from ten acres
nj I75 Of oats from six acres. The
of these c~creals is very good.
- Joe Warner has about finished
ais large stable. which will be the best
,arn in the county. Joe is putting ~
great deal Of hay, and vii! have sta
&c room and oats for all the wild colts
the country.
- Had times, weather hot and dry,
money scarce, corn cyor gone up. and
Everybody got the "blues." Keep
our temper, take things cool, and
verifying will come out better than
,ou think.
- They NAV all blow" as much "a
hey please, bat we've got the best
itted up p%ostofice ives. Of Lincoln. 1t
viii be presided over by Uncle Peter
through whose hands all those sweet
cented loving epistles will pass TO
heir respective owners.
- Last Sunday vas the hottest day
&c ever experienced. The tEermom-
.tc- gave it up in disgust. IF thi,
hing keeps on much longer the ere
nation problem will he solved without
in effort on the part Of suffering hui
Ed Kcllogg's wheat stacks have
oassed through the machine and give
!, total of So bushels from thirty one
,,res, good sound wheat. This is n
tlitle rvcr eli, htcen bushels to the acre
"A good turnout for a dry season.
This wheat was sowed early and plowed
and but for the drought would
have Welded almost, or quite, twenty
i've bushels to the acre.
The 4uarterly meeting Of the VI. !
f. CaHrch viii BE- held at Bills school
house on August 22l and 23l, exer-
Uses as follows Saturday > p. n.
preaching by the Elder, quarterly con-
immediately after. Half past
linc a. N. lovefesst 10, preaching,
,i(oT which the sacramentS of baptism
md the Lords supper viii be admin
stored. Practitioners taken into full
membership. CHAs REILLY,
Preacher in Charge.
The Hastings Journal comes TO
IS, under the new management, all
lo.-le printed, and looks gay in it, new
,yle. Adams county can now boast
{ two good, homemade newspapers,
hat do credit TO their respective To-
- VIII those Of our farmers who
ave raised wheat or other small grain
e kind enough to send in the amount
f such grains threshed aud the yield
or acre. We have not LOST faith in