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The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-07

Remember that 'KendaIls Spayin
Cure will do all they claim for IL. Try
a bottle. Read the Advertisement.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-07

hendalIs SPAWN Cure-try it and be
convinced. For man or beast. Read
advertisement.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-07
Land Once 1t Bloomington Neb. Sen, n ,eso

0suu Vnice st bfoomInEton. Neb. Sept. Is. 1850.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his iuien,ion 10
make hnal proof in support Of his claim. and So
cure hnai entry thereof before James A. Tul-
ONCE in Red Cloud Neb.. on the 10th dsy Of
October. 1880. viz:
Howard Haines. BID 4g.0. for the northwest
quarter OF section y town I range 9 west, and
names the following a his witness q TO nrovs
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
said tract. viz: Henry Hobert, Austin Reilly.
JONI -. Reilly and Alfred Choat. all of Nesun-
fl6octf' s. ". SwITZER, Rcgister.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-07

r.. Pusnam has o0 hassa . oarys
ocE OF canned goods, which the public
are invited to call and purchase. Term,
reasonable.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-07
at Bloomington Neb. Sent. IItb. I7so

Notice is hereby eiven that the foIlovip.
named settler has flcd notice of his intention 10
make hnpl proof in support Of his claim and se-
cure hnal entry thereof before James a. Tulleys
Smce IN Red Cloud Neb. on Saturday October
Elias ". Wells. nd 1873. for the south-vest
Quarter OF section % to.n 3 range west. And
names the following as his witnesses TO prove
continuous residince upon and cultivation Of
said tract, viz. John Smith. John Mearns.
Nebraska
fepl6octlS s. W. SWITZEK R.~;.,.,
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-07
Lane ONCE at Bloomington. Neb. Sent. 81 ISsO

Land Once at Bloomington. Neb. Sept. q, 1880,
Notice lie hereby given that the f~ollowins
named settler has fled notice Of his intention IA
make hnal proof in support Of his claim, and
secure hnal entry thereof. prof to be made be-
fore James A. Tulleys. Clerk Of the Court OF
Webster county, at his Office. in Red Cloud,
Neb.. on Saturday October 23i. 1850, viz:
i, WILLIAM CPouCB,
homestsad entry number 1861. for the 8 :. y T.
q and N = 4 u Of section 20 town 5 range 10
west, and names the following rs his witnesses
70 prove continuous residence upon and ~cuIfiya-
ton OF said tract, viz. duncan Laverty, John
Laverty. Lorenzo D.. Thomas and Thomas Blunt.
all OF towles. Nebraska.
sep2Soct2ls S. w. SWITZER, Register,
Land Office at Bloomington Neb. Sept. II. 1891.
Notice is hereby given that the .ollovin.
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his CLAIM. and
secure hnsl entry thereof. before Clerk Of the
District Court Of Webster county ct his once IN
wiz: AoV'
DAVID Me.sys.
homestead entry number 3099, for the ecvthesst
quarter OF section % town 3 range 9 vest and
names the following - his witnesses 10 prove
continuous residence on AMI cultivation Of said
tract. viz: William g.. Lore. james r.. Alien.
ElI.s "; Wells and Lewis d. Wells. eli Of
sep2soctel s. ". SwITZER. REGISTER.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-07
Final Proof Notices.

Land Once at Bloomington Neb Oct 9Th. 1881.
Notice is hereby given that the folio vips
named settler has filed notice Of his intention 70
secure hnal entry thereof before James A. TmI.
Isys, clerk Of Dist court Of Webster rouuty.
Nes'; az his cfi"e in Red Cloud. Neb., on Mon.
GRosas q. HsSpRsaoS.
homestead No. 745. for the portb. v.,, ,r.u..
OF section "a town 4 range 9 west, and names tn
rssidence upon and cultivation Of said ,r,c.' VS..
howard Haines. John Reilly. nepry Uaine.snd
John a: Harmon, all Of Neruuda. n eb r,st.
octinov3 S, w. SWITZER P....
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-07
Land Office at BLOOMINGTON Neb.. Sent. % ,sso

Land Office at Bloomington Neb., Sept. %. 1851.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice ofhis Intention 10
make final proof in support Of his claim. and
secure hnal entry thereof before Jamsr A. rul.
leys. clerk or the court in Webster county at his
Office In Red Cloud Neb.. on Saturday, No
vember 9th, 1880. viz.
9, JAMES II. HELroy.
homestead No. $3.50. for the southwest ouar,c,
Of section 81 town 4 range 9 west, and mans. ,hc
following a. bis witnesses 10 prove continuous
resid ence upon and cultiv ,tion of said tract. wiz:
Joserh WinsiDFer. Richart johnson and Will
A. Pope of Red Cloui Neb
sep3O-oct2s S. w. SWITZER. Register.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-07

Republican campaign meetings viii
be held at the following places on
Saturday evening, Oct. 9th, lisa, TO he
addressed By the following gentlemen:
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Thanks to some singular statistics
Just published, for the authenticity of
which, however, 4 should hesitate to
voueh, mystery that has long hung
over our dinner-tables is cleared up.
English travellers or residents in France
must, like myself, have often won-
dered where all the fowls that figure
daily in the menus at every hotel, re-
staurant and private house in this coun-
try, at no matter what season of the.
year, can possibly come from. The sup
ply appears to be inexhaustible, and
that it is so practically is proved by the
announcement that France contains no
fewer than 10000, 600 hens, which are
followed by a train Of 100, 100000
chickens, about a tenth part of these
latter being destined for tire duties of
propagation. The 10000, 900 hens lay
annually four milliards Of eggs, which,
at the rate of six centimes each-a trife
over a half-penny-the price paid to the
breeder, realize q sum of 240, ,000,O 0
francs, If to this ameuntsbe added the
proceeds from the sale of fowls, whether
lean or fat, and taking into considera-
tion also the surplus value attaching to
eggs and birds by reason of city tolls,
the total arrived at is set down at the
almost fabulous figure of Sac, 100000
francs, or more than half q milliard,
produced annually. by French, poultry
yards. Neither. ducks nor geese, nor
turkeys are included in these ca!cula-
tions; if they were, the gross sum would
have to be increased by several hundred
millions of francs. So, accepting this
census as tolerably near the mark, we
may henceforth cease to be surprised at
the vast amount of chicken bones daily
picked in France. @ ~ ~
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Piqua, Chic, the past week, was the scene
terrific gasoline explosion, resulting in >
horrible death to four persons and the complete
demolition of the property in which the se-
cident occurred. Mrs. Fannie Jones, a widow,
who uses gas stove for cooking purposes, had
purchased a barrel of gasoline, which was
placed in the cellar. On the morning follow
ing the purchase an odor of the fund was de-
tected issuing from the cellar, and Fred. W.
Amendt, young groceryman, was called upon
to investigate. He and two boys named Pur-
due entered the cellar and struck match, when
two explosions followed in rapid succession,
first the gas and then the barrel .of oil. The
Southwest wan and portions of the north and
east walls were thrown outward, and bfisk and
shingies we're projected. into the air fifty feet.
The elder Purdue was thrown into a corner
where he was consumed in the burning build
ing. Amendt and the younger boy, with their
clothing saturated with the oil and in flames,
escaped to the street, the boy falling in the
middle of the street where he burned to a
crisp. With assistance Amendt got the fire
which was consuming him extinguished, but
not until it was too late, and he died shortly
after. Miss Newman, a sister of Mrs. Jones,
who was standing at the entrance door of the
cellar, was so badly burned that she cannot
recover. Mrs. Jones jumped from a second
story window in her night dress and escaped
with serious injuries. The mother of the Pur-
due boys, it is thought, cannot recover the
shock which the horrible death of her boys has
produced upon here The young wife of, Fred
Amendt is also prostrated. The explosion wat
| felt throughout the town and was heard for 9
distance of six r,iIes go
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A Big Financial Crash.

The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company has failed with liabilities at
81 ,657 ,070; assets, s., 1893, ,l71.. President
tiowen makes the following announcement :
90 The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company, and the Philadeiphia and Reading
oai md Iren Company have been compelled to
suspend pay hents., The managers will take i'm
mediate measures to protect intact the property
of both companies, and continue business for
this purpose. The daily revenues will be applied
as far as required, to the payment OF wages
and supplies" In New York the failure was
the absorbing topic of conversation on Wall
street, and in brokers' offices and bank parlors
he influence of the failure on the stock market
was discussed at length. In the Stock Ex-
change Reading stock rapidly declined from
4sk, after having opened at 46, to 3oL and
Bly,. The effect of the decline was felt by
other coal stocks, and the whole market va.
carried down in sympathy with the coatstocks
While the dealings in the Exchange were at
tended with considerable excitement, there
was no approach to a panic,s and before, the
close of businesses q part of the loss was re-
covered - '- - -~-- 80 . 20 I r
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tguous to the postofce at Toledo. and to erect on
the enlarged grounds . building for United States
C iurts, custom.house, bonded warehouse and az
propriatiny $4,000 therefor Thirty bronze can
mons werevoted to the Fairmount Park Art Asso-
citation fnr the statue of General Meade......Tne
Agricultural Bill was taken up. An amendment ap-
propriating $s 900 instead of S. 600 for experiments
stead of s. 600 for e1pefime f1ts Tor the improve
ment of varieties and culture OF cotton agreed
to- After other amendments the bill finally passed.
adds about SIS 600 to the bill as it came fr the
House.
HoUsK.-In the Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
matter an amendment was adooted appropriating
Of the Secretary Of War, 10000 copies of the COM
pilation of the "Oficial Record Of Union and Con-
feitrate Soldiers of the War of the Rebellion, so
falowed, and without action; the bill vent over
Mr.. Goth, from the Coprittee on Approprations,
reported The Genera pt6deecy Apprepxiation Bill.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, May 26.
To General Thomas Hilhouse, Assistant Treasurer Of
of the United States, New York.
SIR-I am not satisfied with the prices the
Department has been compelled to pay for the
bonds recently purchased and am disposed to
extend the call for bids fer four-per-cents
and four -and-a-half-per- cents, which at mar
ket rates will pay the Government a better in
forest. have no fear but that Congress will
provide mesns for the paymentof the. bonds as
they mature, and i am quite snre the hope of
holders of bonds that they will run longer than
maturity is unfounded. You will, therefore,
give notice that next Wednesday, and every
Wednesday hereafter until further notice, the
Department will receive bids for four and four
and-a-half per cent. bonds of the United
States, as we'll as those Of the description
heretofore named. Very respectfully,
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Man a Laughing Animal.

Man is said to be the only animal that
can cry, and yet he is not really cry
ing creature. He is laughing and
smiling creature. The hours which
bring tears do not come very often.
Some firesiGes see ten or twenty years in
which no one had cause for weeping.
Many, many hundreds, many thousands
meet with no sorrow for quarter of q
century. Count them over and the day.
on which man cries are few compare d
with all the days of his life. Man is an
animal that can cry, but not creature
that often has reason for such unhappi-
ness, but he is most perfectly creature
that laughs. Not many days pass that
bring no pleasant smile to the majority.
There is column of laughter in each
newspaper. The light dramas of pure
and ingenious quality draw large aus
diences, while painful tragedy is les
popular, because men and women, the
humblest and the highest, would rather
laugh than cry. 1t ought to bli an d
proiri argument in favor of fees I'M
trinsic sweetness and worth that man
comes M into it. with bis face beaming
with smi les, and this smile widens out
as years pass and the dear old father
laughs and plays with the little chill
dren, and one merriment like one cleo
tricity thrills the heart of infant and of
patriarch.
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over Twenty Psr.on. Drowned.

Says a special from Bracket, Texas, May
2sth: At 80 o'clock this morning the heav-
lest and most disastrous rain storm ever known
here set in, and is still pouring down in tor
rents. All of Bracket, except portions upon
two hills, is inundated. On Main street the
water is from to feet deep, rushing down
the street with almost incredible rapidity. The
floor ofevsry business house is from one 70 I'VE
feet under wster.s Several men we're atzthe
mercy of the waters and went down, and all
efforts 10 save them were of no avail. Great
anxiety is felt for the safety of families along
Las Morns Creek. More than twenty people
have been drowned and a dozen houses washed
away. 1t is thought some bore human freight.
Many houses we're washed from their -founda-
:ions. iAilresidences in the lower part Of town
are being vacated as fast as possible. The
greatest excitement prevails.
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A Piece or Arkansas Romance
little Rock Gazette

A very singular termination to love
affair has Just occurred near this city.
Some time ago a young man, whom it
would no doubt be we'll to call James,
not because it is his real name, and
not because there is any thing sestriking
in this ancient scognomel, but because,
well because-feli in love, or thought
he did, with a young lady whom, for
about the same reasons as given above,
itwould be well to call Susan Practical
names, both of them. The fondness of
Jame3 was returned. James told Susan
that he loved her, and Susan told james
that she loved him. james asked Susan
to marry him, and Susan said that she
would The young man had spent
sleapless tights in contemplating the
prize he was attempting to win, but
when he found that the pole of his at
fractions had kne cked the persimmon "
of Susan's affections, he ceased tossing
the cover at night and slept soundly.
Finally he mused:z az don't love that
girl. 1 wish that had not acted so
rashly in engaging myself to her. 1t
would almost break her heart if l were
to tell her of my mistake. She is 80
affectionate. What a fool a man is P'
Susan did not pass all this time without
musipg. s. Women are SO impulsive, %
she thought. II am engaged to that man
and I declare that do not love him.
l would break the engagement but he
might kill himself. l don't know what
to do" The parties continued to be af-
fectionate toward one another, and the
same grave troubles affected alike the
mind of each. Several nights ago the
afectionate parties sat beside each
' "Susan, remar ked James, =" do you
think a man should marry a woman,
when he doesn'taloye her, merely to
prf serve his honor"
~ No, do you?''a@ ssA
81 don't think that he should. By
the way, Sue, think that it would be
better for us not to get married. have
been mistaken; / don't love you. i
hope that you will forgive me-. Have
FL wrcnged you sES
"Glorious man" said the girl. "You
have lifted a heavy weight from my
heart. 1 do not love you, and the fear
of fatal results has ever kept me from
breaking our engagement"
GIsthat T asked james, astonished.
= =" 1 speak truthfuliy. = - J a.
"Well, I will be dog-goned. thought
that you cared for me. Pll be bli
tered if this affair hasn't got away with
me. Say, Sue?'
eyes"
"Now, let's look at this business lit
tie closer. We are both very frank.
I think that frank people make the best
husbands and wives. We understand
each other first rate. Tell me, don't
you-that is. don't you entertain some.
thing Of an affection for me?" 2
"Y-yes. Don't you for me %
"Yes. Suppose, as we understand
each other SO well, that we get married" )"
"All right, and the ceremony was
performed in country church last
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The western way.

Thos. @. Thurston, of Leavenworth, Kansas,
who killed his business partner. Mr.. Emory,
the 1st Of January last, and was acquitted
about month ago, met d. r. Anthony, the
editor Of the Times, on Delaware street, and
after passing him, turned and fred tive shots
at him, neither Of which took effect. One Of
them, however, struck John p. Douglass,
making severe scalp wound, and the other
struck Lucian Baker, lawyer, in the left
side and passed through his body. His physi-
clans think he may recover. Mr.. Baker is a
prominent attorney, and defended Thurston
and cleared him when he was tried for murder
ing Embry. ~. ~. 3 ;. ~ 49,.
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A Infallihle Test.
Ioil City Derrick.l

E. S. Gregory, the host of the Fox
burg House, relates some amusing in
cidents which have come under his
observation in the way trainps manage
their beating profession. He says that
in the rear of his hotel is yard, in
closed with a high fence, with gate
opening out. Whenever a tramp
'tstrikes" him for aid he steps to the
back door, opens it and points majesti-
cally to the unkempt lawn OF debris and
rubbish and pronouuces the Ito them)
awful woodwork" They usually &C
quiesce and show themselves very will
ing-until the colonel turns his back ;
they then walk out the back gate and
are seen no more forever. This, the
colonel says, is an infallible remedy
against the plague, and he offers it to
the public without hope Of renumer-
alton. Yesterday noon,- as the valley
train for this city was waiting for din
ner, an aged, bent, wrinkled and mill
dewed dame of some seventy-tVe
winters, dressed in tattered blue
check gown, cotton shawl where dirt
the original color concealed, 2 face
whose piteous pleadiDgs would move
book agent to generosity, accompanied
by little girl of twelve years came into
the Office and sang out: "Gentlemen,
for the 1uv of God, would yes give a
poor wildly, wild ore child, some pennies
to get through to Bradford?" "You
can have something to eat," said Gre
CORY. And the boy brought her out
two sand wiches and some cake. While
che was devouring the viands. she
stated that she and her husbands "poor
man! glory be to !"-lived in
Canada; he fortunately .perhaps) died
of typhoid fever, and she was now ON
her way to find her uncle, Jerry. Carroll
who was working in Bradford. When
she went out some of the gentlemen
present remarked upon the deplorable
case of this poor woman. "Tut, tut,
said Gregory Don't you see tna'
woman is a professional trampf" Why
no; why-why do you think so" said
three or four. "Why, because she att
her cake first" replied he; "had sht
been hungry she would have first de
voured the sandwich" se-e ...s. /
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The Markets

crNcrNNAr1.-Flour-win winter family. 81 soab Is;
ancy 4o@s W Patsnt ss so ri s ns q - RS. ?.
Sonr S ~ l. 7sSs e Co % Gxxn.MWheatC Choies red sold
It 81 Is and No. It STA. Corn-No. 2
.9aas 4'9s nt,aa .Te .eiI,no II II AZ
Rs5tev M ;s onot:d :. S7osanc sxtrs M 4 Mt a.
No snr,n~ soId A. sSISsSc. Hay-rood 10
prime timothy SIS so per ton. Mes pork,
tlo 80. Lard prime Kettle, 716@71zc Cot
ton,Tmlddling IA. VI, -.
NEW YORK.-Flour-Superhne state and West.
ern, IS COCA 80; common TO good extra Western and
state, "a 60; good to choice western ar% state.
" 69@7 o.; common to good white wheat western
extra, "a 1898 0c; good to choice sohio extra
"a iamiiy "a So@5 90. GRAM" aeatE-Ungrade9 req
u 20@l 80; No. red u SAG! %; Rye
No.2 Western and State 92@96c. Barley, common
Western, u, see: Corn..unsTaaed, SseSooc. no
prime steam, 7.07l1@1 ioc. CottonEIhe market y
nrm; m1ddhng upiands, 1879; mAohhng orleans
bilte.a. -gLSg !,
"a oo; Western extra, a 2595 90; Western fam
Hy, IS 26l5 Is. Wheat-No. Western winter red
0ffSsyas Tsrrv,
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The Dis.b,iiile. or women.

AT the meeting the National Woman's Suf-
frsge Association in session at Indianapolis
Mrs. Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, President Of
the Illinois Woman Suffrage Association, re-
ported that one hundred and eighty thousand
women havs sent petition to the Capital,
asking the right to vote ON the temperance
question: Aside from this, thousands have
sent petitions asking the right to vote for
school onicers, and others have sent petitions
TO Congress- in favor of tho sixteenth amend
ment, 50 that over two hundred and hfty thou
sand Of the disfranchised women Of that State
have asked that these disabilities be removed.
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Lively Time at Leaaville.

The condition OF the strike at Leadville i
not much improved. A procession constituting
about 1000 men, marched through the prin--
cipal streets, headed by band, and was oc-
casisnalIy cheered by the observers. After
parading, the miners held meeting on Fryer
Hill and passed resolutions expressing a deter
mination TO maintain their demand for "a a
day of eight hours. Many mine owners ex
pressed a determination not to accede to the
demands under any circumstances. The
smelters were not interfered with, and ar,
running as usual
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A MurderOua Marahal.

At Hampton, Ga, DR.. d. F. Knott and
man named Lee had aAfght. Knott drew a
pistol and fired at Lee, when Colonel McCol-
lum, prominent lawyer, took the pistol from
Knott. John McKneely, the Town Marshal,
came up and demanded the pistol of McCol-
lum, who refused to give it up A struggle
ensued, and finally both men agreed to give the
weapons to a third par y. A fight then followed,
IN which the Marshal was worsted. He went
away, and ali supposed the dificuity was over.
In a few moments McKneely was seen return
ing with a shotgun.~ When NJ Collum saw him
coming, Ne picked UP rock and said, !" -Ara
you going to shoot?" McKneely replied,
Yes, d-n you'll" and then fred both bar
rels, which were heavily loaded with buck
shot, and McCollum fell, grasping, horribly
riddled with bullets, and died in a few mo
ments. There is great excitement over the af-
fair, and fMcKneely has been arrested Nc
Columns friends denounce the affair as a cold
blooded murder and further difficulties may
ensue.
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BABY PRIZES, $500.


An eminent bankers wife of -, N.
Y, has induced the proprietors of that
great medicine, Hop Bitters, to offer
5000 n prizes to the youngest child that
says Hop Bitters plainly, in any Ian
guage, between May l, 1880, and July
A, 1881. This is liberal and interest
ing offer, and everybody and his wife
should send two-cent stamp to the Hop
Bitters Mfg. Co., Rochester, n. Y, u
S. A., for circular, giving full particu-
lars, and begin at once to teach the
children to say Hop Bitters, and secure
the prize. s
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Heavy Failure a, Chat, ,noo<..

The Vulcan Iron and Nail works ut Chatta-
nooga his been thrown into bankruptcy under
the laws of Tennessee, and James c. Warner,
of Nashvile, appointed Receiver. The best
information is that the liabilities 1885,, 900 !;
assets available about $780, 900. Six hundred
hard were employed in the works. The Re-
ceiver is directed to continue operating the
mill as long as he does not impair the assets.
The cause assigned for the failure is shrinkage
in iron.