The Red Cloud chief., 1880-01-15
T days begin to lenRthen.


Blank notes and receipts 10 books Q
fifty each, for sale at the CHIEF Office.
j. s. Gillian was in attendance o
Che Supreme Court at Lincoln las
week.
The subscription price ofthe Nspo
nee Banner has been reduced to $I.O0
year.
Il. n. Foe, of Cowles, called last Tues
day and ordered the CLIEE sent to Lii
address.
Lawyer Wilcox moved into his of
fee, first door north Of the CHIEF Office
last Monday.
County warrants and accounts taker
Oh back subscription at 80 cents on The
dollar. at this Office.
The Boone county Neus will please
credit to the CHIEF, articles clipped
from our columns.
The wife of DR., Ebert A. Hall has
arrived from the east and they have CON-
menaed housekeeping.
-Congrcgatiopal Social on Tuesday
eve. Jan. Goth, at the house Of II. D.
Jones. all are most cordially i INVITED.
Hereafter marriage notices of par
flies who are not patrons of this paper,
will be charged Is cents each, for inser.
ton.
Mr.. Montgomery regularly deals out
fresh milk to the inhabitants of Red
Cloud. Mix delivered every day, Sun
days not excepted.
Still a few of those 'horse books left.
We have sold hundreds of them the
past six months aud they give immense
satisfaction. Call and get one.
Mr.. Z. w. Tuttle of Wells, a newly
installed j. P. called in and purchased
q supply of blanks and also subscribed
for the leading paper in the valley, last
Monday.
Luther Mick, ofthe firm of s. Gar
Der e. Co., Salem Kan. called at CHIEF
headquarters last Saturday and ''antied
up" the spOndulix for the CgEF anoth-
er year.
COL R. G, Ingersoll says that the
torments of ''hslr' arss suffered in this
life, only. He is said to have come to
this conclusion while running q country
newspaper.
All of the orphan boys brought out
from New York by Mr.. j. @. Potter ex
cept the one who ran away from Mr..
Ayers, are said to be very comfortably
situated and doing we'll.
People generally. complain of the
scarcity of money. and attibute it to the
fact that the wheat crop in this section
of the state was a failure last year. which
leaves the farmers comparatively little to
sell that will bring tho cash.
%. c. Case is very sick again, he
was almost bedfsst q week ago, but raj
lied and was about again, until last Sun
day, when be was sundenly taken verso
and during Sunday night it was thought
that he could hardly survive.
George Taylor. ee understand. has
sold his farm three miles west Of town to
a Mr.. OverIees who lately arrived from
the east, and who will move with his
family onto the farm at once. George
will 'tgo west" and engage 10 the cattle
raising business.
We are told that because the editor
ofthe Argus was on the side that got
beat. in the hunt on New Years day, and
had to help pay for the supper of the
other fellows. he got on his ear and
would not publish an account Of the hunt
as was expected Of him. You should
pet him boys, Re is childish.
Our genial young friend, Chas. Ks-
ley. who has recently entered the matri-
monial state, went to housekeeping last
Monday. He says that be had no idea
that there was so much to do, and So
many things to buy on going to house
keeping. The Judge is possessed Of q
good constitution, and we guess viii pull
through all right.
We. learn the old play called the ''on.
ion game" is again coming into use for
amusement during the long and cold win
ter evenings. The way it is done is
about as follows: "Six young ladies 60
into a room and one of them bites an on.
ion, then a young man is admitted
who is to kiss all of them to find out
who the onion eater is. If he fails, they
all kiss him. and this is kept up until
the discovery is made. Then another
young gentlemen is introduced, and so
on until the stock Of onions is exhaust
ed"
We have learned that the orphan
boy spoken of in the last issue. of the
CHIEF, is the one who was placed with
Mr.. Allen Ayres. 1t appears that he
was instrumental in starting . prairie Gre
that did some damage, and become
frightened and left. He, is the Oldest
boy in the lot brought out By Mr.. Potter
and has been regarded as the ''black
sheep in the flock. No blame in the
mstter could possibly be attached to Mr..
Allen Ayers. or to Mr.. J. @. Potter who
has been . father to the boys.
Any q knowing the whereabouts Of
this boy, Leuan Furry by name, viii
confer favor by communicating with
Mr.. J. O. Potter, at Bed Cloud.
yIcK's FLORAL GUrDf.-This work is
h.tora us. and those Who send I've cents
.Lxr VrcK. Rochester, n. Y, for ii