The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-11
II waxeth warm.

Last Friday it vas almost cold enough
for frost.
-WANTED-A girl to do house work.
Enquire At this Office.
The Valley House DOW runs . new
omnibus to and from the depot.
Geo. Laverty has completed his liv,
cry stable at Cowles. and is ready for busi.
ness.
E-With Characteristic enterprise Liddy
has swung a new and nobby sign to the
breeze.
"A lively runaway occurred last Sat
urday in town. No one hurt and no par
ticular damage done.
Precinct caucus meets at the court
house 10 Red Cloud next Saturday, a.
O'Clock p. NJ.
The CHEFS old and valued cores.
pondent, ''Betsey," favors US with . let.
ter from lnsvale again.
The people are beginning to wonder
why the Red Cloud Bank is taking such
an interest 10 county politics.
An outfit Of stages and stage hersef
passed through town last Monday, bound
for Yankton, Dakota Territory.
Mr.. w. L. Thorne, County Treasur-
or of Adams county, called on the CHIEF
last Saturday, and extended financial aid.
Thanks.
In the last six working days We have
turned off twenty-three different jobs oil
printing, %aggrcgating nearly $4,000 i'm.
.seSieps
amusing-he had several trunks hiIed
with books, and hardly any clothes.
"A very graceful act was performed
by the University Of Oxford, says the
London Hornet, in comforting upon Ivan
Sergeitsch Turguenef its honorary de.
gree of ID. G. J.. M. T%urguenefrs rels-
tons with the powers that be in his own
country are scarcely friendly. He loves
anu ne mas been instrumental in freeing
the Russian people. With their rulers,
on the contrary, he is in no favor; but
1t was not as a Russian that NJ. Tur-
gueneff has been honored, but as a poet,
an artist. a profound student and paint
er OF human character.
We think it's about time We wa:
getting some pay On subscription, con.
siderlng that five hundred, more or less
promised to pay latter harvest"
"A life long democrat who is TO- day .
democrat at heart. says the participant
10 tie caucus next Saturday. must b.
known and afiliating Republicans. Bah
Burr Hammer the barber, wishes t.
give notice that hereafter fifteen cent:
will be charged for Sunday shaving, ant
the shop will be closed promptly at Il
O'Clock.
Mr.. Laughlin Of Smith county, Kan
sas, favored this Office with q call lasI
Saturday, and with the largest and best
favored watermelon that We have sam
pied this year.
MIR. l. o. Martin, formerly station
agent at Blue Hill. has been transferred
to Red Cloud. We welcome him to oul
midst and hope that his stay among u.
may. be a pleasant one.
IF you have not already done so. you
should 20 to Miner Bros, and take ,
look at their 10 cent counter. Goods o.
every description and of all varieties il
endless profusion and all for ten cents.
One of our subscribers who il o con.
scientious christian gentleman says tia,
while he and his neighbors are perhaps
mean enough to cheat each other, they
are not mean enough to try to cheat God
out of one of his laborers by contaminst'
ing his priestly garb with the political
slime of the county superintendents Office.
We only tried to write one article
this week and while we were writing it,
not less than a score of candidates and
politicians dropped into the Office, n q,
. time, lust to have a little chat" We
have swore of, We won't try to write any
thing longer than q three line local again
until "this cruel wal is over"
Last Saturday evening willie a wagon
load of young folks of Cowles was going
over to MI. Teel's. on Willow Creek, to
get watermelous, the wagon ran into q
ditched and was turned bottom side up,
the occupants Of course being al thrswn
out. One Of the party, William Alcorn,
. carpenter by trade, and . new conner,
had his leg broken between the ankle
and knee.
Mr.. E. L. Grub, of Elm Greek.
showed us last Saturday, a branch of one
Of his Smyrna fig trees which had four
figs on it. The limb had been accidently
broken of. Mr.. Grubb feels confident
that figs can be successfully grown in this
valley, and proposes to test the matter
to his satisfaction. He has . number
of young zig trees growing finely, on bis
farm on Elm Greek.
"A disgraceful street fight occurred
last Wednesday morning between VIM.
Mosher and Hitchcock, the blacksmith.
The fight was brought about as IS usual
in such cases by q dog. which helped hun.
self to some of Mosher's meat, and upon
being booted of the sidewalk raised q
howl which brought the blacksmith to the
rescue. This town 10 full Of worthless
ours, and it would seem that it wa bette,
to send nine-tenths- oftbem to dog heaven
rather than men should 81 far forget
themselves as to engage in street brawls
Gu thsu account.