The Red Cloud chief., 1879-10-16
Wheat No. ., 90 ccnts.

Mitchell's.
For choice town lots in Red Cloud
enquire Of NJ. X. Bentley.
We are glad to note that The price Of
rhea, In Chicago is steadily advancing
An exchange says Keep your fall
oyercoat ready" We haven't got any.
Bishop Clsrkson. of Omsha, preached
at the Court House last Sabbath to q
crowded house.
No place ike home when you buy
your Gro ceries at Perkins 4 MitchelTs
Red Cloud Grocery.
There is q number Of candidates al
ready in the field for the assessorship Of
Red Cloud precinct.
Perkins & Mitchell are bound to
head the list in staple and fancy groceries
Call and see them.
Doc. Sberer has only a few cigars
left, but is anxious TO dispose Of them at
S and 10 cents apiece.
The addition to our oihce will soon
be done and then we will have plenty Of
room for loafers-that come On business.
Mr.. Vim. Serl Of Townsville, PAYS
for the CHIEF for two years. Encourage
ment Of this kind is what encourages the
printer.
The CHEF did not get tic contract
for publishing the commissioners pro-
ceedings. but we shall publish them all
the same.
1t has been too internally dusty for
us to seek for local news on the streets
this week, hence the scarcity Of that ar
ticle in this issue.
A well has been put down in the
street in front of Miners Bros, which
when it is supplied with a hose vii be
very handy in case offre.
A. Lauterbach advartiscs his bust
ness in the CHIEF this week. He keeps
a FIRST class restaurant and deserves the
liberal patronage which he receives.
Married BY the Rev. Geo. o. Yei-
ser, on the 9Th inst. in the city Of Red
Cloud, Mr.. Thos. p. Thomas and Miss
Emma Maynard, all of Webster county.
A. NJ. Graves who was running a
threshirg machine at Harvard On Mon
dsy Of last week, had orc foot taken of
in the machine, and died shortly there
after.
We rrb,i,hs rather lengthy article in
another column 10 regard to the treatment
Of horses, and hope that it will prove of
interest to our readers, as it does to Is
to the tune Of Eve cents a line.
We have r ceived a copy Of Capt.
Ashby's new paper, the Leader. publish
ed at Beatrice. II comes marked PLEASE
"" and inasmuch as it is a very credit
able sheet, We will place it on our ex-
change list.
Isaac Humnell, Of Batin, left a sam
pie Of cotton at our Office last Saturday
that was grown on his place on Elm
Creek, it is pronounced by those who are
supposed to be a judge Of cotton, to be a
very fine quality.
john G.. Potter has the largest stock
Of laGies' clocks. ready made clothing
and everything in that line in the county,
and invites the public to call and ex-
anime goods and prices before purchasing
elsewhere, as he feels sure he can suit all.
TO the consumers in Webster and
adjoining counties, are you aware of the
fact that it viii pay yen test to buy your
Groceries at Perkins & Mi.chell's Red
Cloud Grocery. They keep a stock not
exctlled in the west. Satisfaction guar
nnteed.
We have received a copy Of that ex
cellent new paper, the Free Press. pub
lished at Smith Centre, Kansas, 1t is in
its infancy but presents a good srpear-
apce and bids fair to become one of the
leading papers Of Northwestern Kansas,
Here's our @-
We publish on the first page a
lengthy article from the pen of Treasurer
Jones. Mr.. Jones is an able writer, and
the only fault We 6nd with this, his last
production, is that it has an air of same
ness about it which many Of u reader.
may not admire.
AN express train Of fifteen cars collided
With a switch engine on the Michigan
Central road, Oct. 10th, killing Is per
sons and fatally in;uring 80 others. Tn,
switch engine exploded, doing considera,
BILE damage and adding 20 the horrors o.
the catastrophe.
Mr.. l. Frisbie has leased Mr.. Pot
ter's interest in the Red Cloud Mills anC
will Hereafter conduct tie business alone
New machinery has just been added, anC
competent miller employed. and Mr.
friSole thinks he can give even bette
satisfaction than heretofore.
F-Wheat. We are told, brought 81 ct
a bushel at the Red Cloud elevators las
Tuesday W. have not been informed a
to the price since that date but believe i
has been an upward tendency. This i
indeed good news for the farmers. and W,
hope it may continue to go up"
We are glad to learn since the Re,
Cloud mills have been furnished Will
new machinery they are gaining q reru
iation such as can be had only by making
q superior article OF -four. The Re,
Cloud market is demanding the best AM
the Red Cloud mills are responding nobl,
to the call.
On Wednesday Of LIST week = ccupl
Of texas her1ers came to tow and va