The Red Cloud chief., 1880-06-17

Red Cloud will soon have water
works.
Ratification meetings are o IN
order.
A large crowd Of people were i'm town
last Saturday, and trade was good.
w. y. Richardson started to Chicago
last Monday with a few cars of stock.
Blanks of all kinds constantly kept
ON hand and for sale at the CHIEF Office.
This part Of the footstool was the re-
cipicnt of a splendid rain last Saturday
evening.
Bring along your job work, ON fac
ilitics for job printing are unsurpassed
in the west.
We want news from all parts of the
county, don't he backward about sen
ding it along.
Positively the largest stock Of MILL
merry ever brought 10 Red Cloud, ut
Mrs. Fowler's.
The Rev. Geo. o. YciScr will preach
at Guide Rock next Sabbath morning
and afternoon.
The nominee for vice presidency,
with the average republican, goes down
with a big gulp.
We have heard of a number of far
mcrs who plowcd up their wheat fields
and planted them to corn.
The dance at the Valley House on
Friday night of last week came near
breaking up with IA ~disgraceful row.
Justices of the Peace will find it tn
their interest to interview the CHIEF
when in need of blanks of any kind.
We saw more smiling faces on Satur-
day after the rain than We have had the
pleasure of looking upon for some
time.
Mrs. Gore departed last week for
Illinois. where she will spend two or
three months visiting friends and rcla-
tiveS.
We learn that in the south part OF
the county the rain Oh last Saturday
was accompanied by considerable hail
which did some damage to growing
crops.
Get sick and then have one Of those
nobby prescription blanks filled out for
you. They Il be found at both the
drug stores, and were printed at the
CHIEF job room.
DIR. Sellers advertiscs in the CHIEF
this week. His Office is up stairs, first
door south of the bank, where those
wishing To avail themselves of his ser
vices can find him at all times.
To every old or new subscriber who
pays a year i'll advance, We will give
n of Kendall's horse books, which
alone is worth the price of the paper a
year, to any man who own a horse.
This offer only hold good until July 4th.
The semi-annual apportionment of
school funds, from the state, gives to
Webster county $2,235.9S. This money
will he divided among the districts in
the county that have supported three
months school during the last school
year.
The bridge owe Cedar creek just south
of the river bridge was reported wash
cd out by the food last Saturday and,
the river bottom on the south side was
entirely submerged, causing a number
of people who reside over there TO re-
main in town until Sunday.
Three farmers from the northeast
part of the county called last Thursday.
They report hat wheat has not been
injured by the drouth as much rs was
at first supposed. Several fields of
wheat in that part of the county bids
fair to yield ten bushels per acre.
\ number of the young men about
town have taken it into their heads to
organize Il Gymnasium. Mr.. Gore has
ordered a couple of pairs of boxing
gloves and a pair of fencing foils to be
used by the boys in their scientific ex-
e~rciSeS. We hope the boys will push
the matter on to success.
A law has been passed, we under
stand, allowing h~omesteaders and pre-
emptors in northwestern Kansas and
Nebraska to absent themselves from
their claims until October 1881. We
are glad to note that very few if any
holding claims in this part of the
country will care to avail themselves
of the leave of absence.
Rev. DIR. Lemon preached the dedi-
cation sermon at the NJ. f. church last
Sabbath. A collection was taken i'm
mediately after the sermon to see how
much could be raised towards wiping
out the debt of $500 yet hanging over
the church. Half the amount of the
debt was promptly subscribed and a
goodly share of it paid at the time.
The festival given by the ladies of the
congregational church last Thursday
night was not as well attended as it
should have been, owing to the dis
agreeable weather, but about $50 was
realized. Great credit is due Mrs.
Bent, Mrs. R. D. Jones, Mrs. ]. w.
Warren, Mrs. Putnam and others for
their untiring efforts and the zeal with
which they worked to make a success
Of the undertaking..