The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-06
TIL E CHIEF.
LOCAL MATTERS.

NJ. r. Bentley has purchased Ia,
Liddy property on the hill.
Among other Affections. the CHIEF
family Is down with the measles.
And still the prayers for rain rs.
ccndcth TO HEAVIER an tire dry winds.
a car Of salt jus; received 10y Miner
Bros, which will be sold cheaper than
ever.
Miner Bros. headquarters for staple
and fancy Groceries, and don't you for
get it.
Grand Opening will continue from
day q day during the season, at Mrs
McBridc's.
Rain We MUST wait for. hut hest good
for lowest prices can ALWAYS be found
nj Miner Bros.
Don't say you can't afford a new hat
when you can get one at your "
price, al Mrs. Lutz'.
Another large invoice of Kelley
Barb Wire, at Beslev d Perkins,
bought at low figurs. We will not be
undcrsold.
q partnership has been formed he
tween Holcomb Bros. and Mr.. Whitson,
under the firm name of IIolcomb Bros.
u Whitson.
Bcslcv & Perkins have the largest
stock of Stoves west of Hastings. We
want farmers to remember that those
stoves are for sale.
Decidedly the best place in town to
lnIy your millinery at Mrs. Lutz'. IL
you Will look around, then call and
sce. you will be convinced.
Henry Mericsta, of Vinton, Iowa.
has purchased the billiard hall of J. Il.
Carr. We understand a saloon will he
opened in the place.
The town Of Seward had a case of
smallpox last week, the schools were
alescd and ether precautions taken to
prevent the spread Of the dread disease.
While in Portsmouth las, week we
M; iihn. is. Gregory, formerly of the
Saunicr. house. recently crcmated.
o o:thc Central City hotel, of Cen
,ral City.
The implement firm Of Stabicr.
Eishcr d Co. are IN the Warpath with
,hc largest stock Of machinery ever
hraaght 10 the Valley. Farmers give
them a call.
Tine ls"v. Geo: o. Yeisar, breaches at
the court house. next Sabbath morning.
at III and al : p. n. .sTaslay school
at 10! A.. N. Covenant and church
meeting Saturday at y r.. ".
+. will hc noticed that n norton of
the local page is printed with new type
this week. The entire paper will be
set IN new type rs soon as the balance
"t IT arrives from Chicago.
We are in receipt of a handsome
little volume containing the memorial
services in honor of the late Frank
Hclch, with a handsome lithograph of
the gentleman. We presume We are
indebted to one OF our Senators for the
favor.
Beginning with the first Sunday in
May. the c. II. Il q. Il. II. will run a
Sunday passenger train from the Mis-
So'Ti River every Sunday. instead Of
every third sunday as heretofore. The
&. X l. 4 r.. c. ID. d Q. and c. & y. ".
pool "n Sunday passenger trains has
hcen.brosen up.
Brother .tnircw Jackson Kcnncy
displays as little judgement in The mat
ter of lying As in everything else On
the occasion of his telling a lie, vllich,
We are sorry tn say is entirely too
frcqurrI. he tells such a wlnoppcr that !
no "a will believe il. This, we think,
displays poor judgement in the profess
sion that he has the rapptation of being |
very proficient in
The DeNoun@- e..,i Syliocks of san T
Francisco have had another shooting 4
matinee. This time Charles ,DeYoung, /
n of the editors of the Chronicle was n
shot and killed 10y Young kellock, son \
of the mayor who WIS shot last fall by \
Young DcGoung. The shooting took \
place in the Chronicle office. on the \
23ll Of April. and WAS the ~outgr,wth
"f a newspaper quarrel.
We learn in a roundabout wav that
a meeting of the county agricultural
society j, called for next Friday at the
court house. il this is the case we
hope there will be- q fall turn ont. and
We would suggest to those having the
matter in hand that they let the inten-
t.ons of the society he known through
the papers that the people may be in
duccd to take. an. interest i'm the mat
ter.
Parties rho desire 10. prove up on
their land should rccollect that the
application for final proof must be for
warded to the land Office before pub
lication can he made. Some unthink-
ingly send us a description of their land
with request TO advertise it and make
no allowance for the time it takes to
forward the application 10 the land
Off &c and gel returns. and then think
that we do not attend to business be-
cause il Is not advertised at once. The
best and surest way is Ia come to this
office yourself and bring your home
stead papers with YOU and the names
.i four witnesses, we keep the blanks
on hand and charge nothing for filling
ont and forwarding them.
We are informed that when VIM. J.
Norris, who lives d few miles south of
the river reached home one night last !