The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-12
CITYAND COUNTRY

n. 4. IouSeltn. CIV. doiofeoee |
Gen. manager. Supt. /
CITYAND COUNTRY
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How did you Ike the circus2
Ladies' suits at Mrs. Lutz'. 5t421
AT present writing, rain is needed
badly.
The 4th Of July comes on Friday
this year.
Extra copies Of the CHIEF for sale
at the Office, and at Dufield's store.
-Duf6eld & Co., are selling wall paper
at reduced rates, call and get prices. 43tf
The young corn looks remarkably
promising throughout the Republican
Valley.
The Osborne Harvester received the
first premium at the state fair last
fall. 5w43
We are preparing q series Of illus
t~rations, wood cuts.) Excellent cam
paign documents"
H. s. Haley has erected q telephone
from his Office to his residence, q dis
lance Of . half mile.
Seward CARRIER went to Lincsln last
Friday to attend the commencement
exercises at the University.
Friend Magee, he of the ''boss"
lumber yard, Las laid the brick founda-
ton for q dwelling be proposes to erect
soon.
Buy your farm machinery of dealers
who advertise in the CHIEF, they will
sell you honest goods at the lowest
price.
Anderson & Co.'S circus was blown
to pieces by the storm Tuesday night,
at Superior, and some Of the animals are
at large. .
We have made arrangements to en-
large the paper, and until it can be done.
We hope our readers will excuse the
small amount of home matter.
The local editor Of the Lincoln Jour
nal in Q recent article regarding blooded
stock, speaks of the "Short horn pigs
and Berkshire cattle" Drunk as usual.
We regret that we could not be
present at the Masquerade sociable given
by tho ladies at the court house last
Friday night. 1t is supposed to have
been immense.
Mr.. Dean of Ashland paid our city
q visit last week. He vas looking up a
desirable location to establish q lumber
yard, and We understand has located at
Gaylord Kansas.
lisa little ms tier of personal spite
of more than two years standing, a sufd.
cient excuse for the injudicious ~expendi-
ture of the public money belonging to
the people of this county?
s.. E. Moore, of Newark Ohio, and
brother-in-law to Mr.. Jury, arrived
with his family last Friday. He will
doubtless become . permanent resident
of Red Cloud, and engage in business
here.
Our advertising patrons have con-
fscated so much of our space that we
are compelled to cut down on the guam
tity of reading matter; wo will, however,
have room to accommodate all, 10 a few
weeks.
Miner Bros, requested US to not
forget them this week. Oh, no, we'll
not forget them, and their hundreds of
customers do not seem to forget them
either, judging from the way they flock
to their store every time they oome to
town.
Last Saturday was a disagreeable,
windy, dry, dusty day. The street sprink-
Ter With four mules attached drove at q
trot through the streets, back and forth,
back and forth, still the dust few 10
clouds and rendered out door exercise
anything but pleasant.
We would remind the county COM
missioners that the money it costs to pay
for publishing notices ETC., belongs to the
people of this county, and when the
money is spent it should be done in q
way that would be satisfactory to q ma
prity Of the people who foot the bill.
We are informed that freight is
handled in q more careless and rough
manner on the R. v. road than on any
other road in the state, which we have
reason to believe. Brakemeu will stand
in the car aud throw packages that are
light enough to admit Of il, clear across
the platform into tie depot.
We feel fattered, at times, by the
words of encouragement and praise that
are bestowed on Us in behalf of the
CHIEF. Thanks, gentlemen. if our hum
bic efforts have been partially successful
in ~improveing the paper. We are glad,
and feel encourased to redouble our Ia
bors in that direction with = hope that
in . few moro months We viii be able to
present our readers with . paper that
win be second to none in southern
Nebraska.
Last Monday . man fom the coun.
try filed up with benzine and let his
team o away With him; the team DASH
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