The Red Cloud chief., 1879-04-17
CITY3ND COUNTRY

"A new grocery store is being erected
10 the south part Of flown.
An exchange says: Talk up your
town As though You was the owner Of it
and had it for sale.
A newspaper man in Texas has mar
ried 81. 600. 600, and . sorrowiDg brother
adds, please exchange.
Will Reilly met With an accident last
Friday down at the depot. which famed
him for q while, not seriously however.
Last Friday Richardson & CARRIER
shipped eight car load o. hoge and sever
al lear loads Of cattle from this place 10
Chicago.
Gov. Garber's residence is rapidly
approaching completion. 1t will be, per
hsps, Is good q building Of its kind Is
there is in town.
Go to the "NimbIe Si1rence" store
which has just been opened by Mr.. Dow
in the south part Of town, for your Gro
ceries, he will treat You we'll.
Mrs. p. o. SetsIle Of Saltwater
precinct has been employed to teach 10
the primary department of the Red Cloud
echool the present summer.
The inaugural trottiug and running
meeting Of the Nebraska Exposition As
ISOLATION will commence in Lincoln on
May 9th. and will continue four days.
The donation party for the benefit of
Rev. Chas. Rely, last Thursday even
ing, was a decided success socially and
financially. The proceeds amounted to
ninety dollars.
Pap" Wilson, one of the pioneer
settlers of this county, has just returned
from western Kansas where lie has taken
another claim" The old man seem:
to love the frontier.
The statements Of our worthy cotem.
porary THAT wears good clothes) and
those Of . numbe of the business mer
of town do no: exactly agree-very nat
ural, to Re expected, etc.
AS q general thing it is not . "pi
Gus" idea to sign notes. but it surely
would be a pleasure to sign one of those
blank notes printed for o. G. Case, at
the CHIEF Job Office. this week.
The Sixth annual district fair fol
Northern Nebraska and the countie.
bordering on the Platte, will be held a,
Fremont. Dodge county, Monday, Sep.
tember %, 1879. and..continue four days.
Several hundred head of cattl. and
sheep were burned in a prairie fire in
Dawson county some days ago. Mr. F.
s. Peabody lest 800 head of extra Morinc
sheep, amsns the thoroughed rams thai
cost $50 each.
"A meeting was held in Humboldt on
the 18th ins'. for the purpose of perfec.
ting An organizationg by which the com
munity may be better pr tected agains.
the depreciation ofhorse thieves, outlaw.
and dssperadoes.
We propose to do what we conceive
to be our duty as a newspaper publisher,
regardless Of consequences. ard when We
see a gross wrong being perpetrated. or a
sackness in the performance of duty or
the part OF officials, We shall call attention
to it. not through Ill will, or for spite,
but because We believe that it is oul
duty to do so.
-WiIlcox,s Law Office is now vacant
the books, papers tables, benches,
ETC., together With the dignity of the
Office was moved to a room in the cour,
house last week. We feel lonely now,
We miss the exhilirating noise and con
fusion that generally attends a Justic.
court. Wont some e%nterprising Millinel
s. art up in business in the vacant Office
-Supt. Pope has engaged in the poul-
try business and is making q specially
Of tie following grade of towels of which
he has q trio of each-Baf Coachins;
White Coachins; Houdons; Black Coach
los and two other kinds Of which VI
have forgotten the names. these wht
wish can obtains limited number of egg
Of these varieties BY calling On Mr.. Pope.
We learn that tho correspondent
Of the Argus at Inavale who wanted t,
know whether the CHIEF published tn,
proceedings of the county Commits oners
in full, in times past, was really in ear
nest in his inquiries. We can only sa
that during the time We Published tn
CHEF, Ne published the proceedings il
full as per copy furnished US by the couu
ty clerk. and if the correspondent wishe
to know more he will have to compar
the files of the CHIEF with the record
in the county clerks office. We were
responsible for their publication accor
ding to cspy only.
A merchant Of this town ordered q bill
d. of letter heads and bill heads from Cti
cage, before We got our Job press in op
Grafton. He Was kind enough to shov
ms the bin, and we found that the charE
Vas equally - high, per thousand Is VI
charge, and then VA added the postag'
and express charges, which msde tn
Goods cost from 50 OTIS to . dollar mon
..er thousand than We would hav