The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08

evening.
Local entertainments Inserted among
The reading matter riH be charged lOcts, q
line each insertion.
A fresh supply of blanks At the
CHIEF Office.
A good rain visited this section last
Monday night.
SUBSCRIBE for and advertise in the
Red Cloud CHIEF.
The board of county commission
ers was in session last Monday.
Extra copies Of the CHIEF can be
had at the Office at S cents apiece.
Boots & Shoes in great variety and
bottom prices, at JOHN G. PorrER's.
The government furnished 500 tents
for use at the grand reunion at Lin
coin.
The ladies Of the Episcopal church
arc preparing to hold a fair Christmas
week.
The Monitor and the RcueiMe of Jew
ell Co., Kansas are indulging in a
free and easy fight.
Edward Litz, of Furnas CO., was
married by Rev. Dixon to Miss Alice
May Harvey of ~Inavale, Aug. 3oth.
1t will cost but $3.50 to 20 to the
State Fair and return, and yonr rail.
road ticket will admit you to the fair
grounds.
We sold out u supply Of extra
copies Of the CHIEF last week and
had numerous calls after they were
all gone.
Tuesday afternoon it wa SO cold
that a good coal fire in our Office was
a thing of beauty and a joy not TO be
sneezed at.
The B. 4 NJ. base ball boys will
come to Red Cloud and play the Red
Cloud boys a game of ball sometime
during the present month.
Last Sunday was a terrible day in
this part of the country. The hot
winds laden with dust blew all day,
and those who we're so unfortunate A.
not to have ice houses to 90 into
wished that they had died in their
infancy.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
and their friends will meet at Mrs.
Kenneyis Thursday afternoon for the
purpose of preparing for q fair. Will
also hold a social at Mrs. Roby's on
Tuesday evening of next week. All
are invited.
go to the ant, thou sluggard," is
all very we'll in its way, but We would
move to amend the original motion,
30 as to read:-"Go to the ant thou
sluggard, consider his ways and be
wise" and go to John G.. POtter's, thou
barefooted, consider his boots & shoes
and the price.
The Red Cloud base ball boys went
to Beatrice Tuesday of last week and
played a match game with the
Beatrice nine. The Red Cloud nine
were defeated, but they report having
had a good time, and say the Beatrice
boys treated them tip top.
We are in receipt Of the initial
number Of the Republican Valley
Echo. J. F. Zedker's lev paper pub
lished At Franklin, Franklin county.
this State. 1t is q six column quarto,
well filled with local, miscellaneous
and editorial news and is = real
credit to the little town which it rep
resents. Success to your new enter
prise, Bro. Zediker.
The Hebron Journal quotes Henry
Ward Beecher as saying that God
keeps a list of the rich men who cheat
their neighbors, and says:
We would suggest to those who owe
Us on subscription that We will offer
up a petition in good faith, to have
their nsmes erased from that list if
they will come forward and "yank
up" the amount of their Indebtedness
to us. Remember this offer is only
good for thirty days. Now is the &C
cepted time. We invite you to come.
The spirit and bride say come and
settle your little obligations. Gate
ajar from ] .. m, until 6 p. m.
Politics is lively in Mexico, says An
exchange. At C~adevegta the two
parties or factions had carried their
differences to such an extent that, the
leaders of one invited the others to
a conference, and then treaeherously
killed eight of them. If politics in
this county wa that lively, the per-
sons who got Mr.. Josiah Bradley into
so much trouble at the "corcus" here
q short time ago, would ere this be
peacefully sleeping in the bosom of
mother earth, with their crimson
noses peinsing up to the violets