The Red Cloud chief., 1880-02-26
LOCAL MATTERS.
Ihotegrarh gallery Ioomeih up.

The CHIEF enjoyed a cali from Rev
A. Wells, Of Saltwater. last Saturday.
-Olof Bull's troupe il coming to Red
Cloud in April. BE ready for the fun.
Look cut for Mitchell & MorLart's
mammoth led" 10 the CHIEF next week.
Wolf. cavote end wild eat sealps
are worth 81 90 each 10 Nucholls county.
Some horses and other stock were
sold at auction en- the street last Satur
d'y.
MIR. L. n. Edison, ofCew,es, favored
ms with a call, and some cash, last Mon
day.
Sheriff Warren has purchased the
Maxwell property and will take possession
soon.
Mr.. Mosher, we understand. has
FOLD his meat market to Parties who re
tide at Riyertcn.
Hon. +. X. Valentine has. to use
the stereotyred phrase, oar thanks for
valuable public do cumen,s.
Mrs. Joseph Burr of Elm creek. died
last Tuesday morning after a two weeks
illness, Of typhoid Pneumonia.
We understand that Ike Hunmel,
las turned book agent, and will cam
Vas for the Foot Prints of Time"
A rrotractcd meeting has been in
progress at Cowles, for the last W
weeks. There las been many converts.
We learn that q prairie fire up on the
lead of Elm creek last Friday, did con
siderable damage to the roperty of the
widow Peek.
"A peddler Of cheap land worthless)
goods, held forth on the street several
days Of last week, and took in a multitude
Ct quarters
We publish elsewhere the indebted
ness Of Webster county, as correctly as it
can be arrived at without a general ia
vestigation.
Steps arc being taken by certain
parties, and arrangements made for build
ing a brick block On the corner north Of
the CHIEF Office.
"A protracted meeting has been in
progress stree last Sunday, under the
management Of Rev. Reed of Omaha,
and our local c!ergymen.
Mrs. Perkins, wife of orr esteemed
townsman, Mr.. S. Perkins, has Ieen
absent for the last two weeks, on q visit
to her daughter in Denver.
Uncle JAKE Rerneeker moved to his
farm last Saturday. His three yeays
residence in Red Cloud has been o dis
astrous one to him, financially.
The Board Of County Commissioners
was in session last Monday, and Tuesday.
We understand they have been giving
county ofairs a general o~verhauling.
Those persons who are DESTROYS that
Chas. Haley should resign the Office of
County Judge will no doubt feel badly
when they find that he proposes to stick
TO il.
VIII Reilly has, during the short
time he has been practicing law, built up
a practice that will compare favoratiy
with that Of many an older deciple of
Blackstone.
Mr.. Alonzo Blakesley ofSmith Co.,
Kansas, one of the old pioneers of this
valley. aud . valued subscriber to the
CHIEp. spent . few minutes in our
ssnctum last Saturday.
The meeting ct the Court House is
still geiug on with undated interest.
Rev. j. w. Read preaching every night,
to large and attentive congregations. He
will remain in Red Cloud until after Sun
day.
"A street musician psraded the streets
last week followed by the usual crowd Of
boys. The music he dealt out was, of
course heavenly. He left the town in his
usual good health, no. one seeming to
have q sufficient regard for the feelings
Of the people. to shoot him.
The floating indebtedness Of Webster
county is only SIS,35A and the bonded
Indebtedness Of the county is only $685.
q. 400. Total Indebtedness Of Webster
county, only $sl 1854. This does not in
clude the building of the bridges at
Guide Rock and ~Inavals, as a special tan
has been lsvied to pay for them.
1t does rs good to call the attention
Of our readers to q Grst class grocery
store.-Such q one as is kept by Perkins
& Mitchell on the corner south of Miners.
They keep a good class of goods 10 their
line, everything the freshest and best
that the market affords, and cell at req
sonable figures. Give them . call
We learn that = breach Of premise
suit viii spread its CHASTITY and narrowing
details before the March term Of the
District Court in Bed Cloud. We have
not the names Of the parties. but one of
cur fair damsels desires 5000 from her
former loyet1s kind Of 40 Offset for her
wasted love, and lacerated feelings.
Mr.: Olof Bull. the great Swedish
Violinist Composer. who has created
such a furore BY his wonderful initiative
and creative genius in his now famous
Nocking Bird Solo, renders the most diff
fcult selections from the old masters
With admirable grace and ease. "Pes-
ses~ed of foe presence and graceful stage
sction, and resting up the most finished
and and exhaustive technique ofthe To-
trunnenf bis MARINE Ia hroadensd and