The Red Cloud chief., 1882-07-13

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An adulssey eass before lodge VIII
coz asarssssd some ssssoeioo lass
Noodsy.
Corn grew the fore pm Of the week
1t ths rate Of q inches evesy twenty
four hours.
A storm composed q . Iittie rain
and . good deal q wind visited this
section last Tuesday morning.
The faruen s,e too busy looking
aAer their immense crops 70 spend
much time in town nowadays.
Sheriff Warren vent 10 Desves hast
Saturday and remained over Sunday.
home Monday evening.
The Congressional Convention for
the End Congressional district ~ill be
held in Hastings ON the 9Th Of Sep
tember.
A will be seen by the call published
elsewhere. the Republican State Con-
vention will be held in Omaha, Sep
tember 2Osh 1854.
Mr.. Josiah Bradley. u south side
correspondent. has threatened M with
. letter once in every two or three
weeks until Christmas.
We learn by the Berkshire. tMass.)
Courier that Miss Virs Munsell. form
erly Of this place, was married in York
State . short time ago.
Templeton Bros. 4 CO.. have pur-
chased the lumber business ut Guide
Rock. formerly conducted by C.. r.
Allen 4 Go. See card Of Templeton
Bros, in another column.
II the parties who are in the habit
of coming into this Office and hanging
around the compositor's cases, knew
what an unmitigated nuisance they
make of themselves they would not
do it.
While an immigrant was crossing
the bridge over Crooked creek, east Of
town last Thursday with q drove Of
cattle. the structure gave way and
tumblcd down. Fortunately no per-
son was on the bridge at the time,
and, We believe, none Of the cattle
we're killed.
Miss Margaret Campbell, Of Boston,
preached asthe Congregational church
last Saturday night, taking for her text
the hackneyed phrase of "Women's
Righta." The house was crowded and
Mrs. Campbell acquitted herself with
credit-if such o thing be possible with
. woman who travels over the country
to talk on the above subject.
A Kentucky judge recently sen.
fenced a maj who had stolen = herd
Of cattle to one years imprisonment.
and then sent . negro mp for three
years for stealing q few pounds Of cop.
per. When the latter was asked If he
had anything to say previous to sen
tence, he remarked that he had not,
but only regretted that he hadn't stole
a drove of cattle instead Of that piece
Of copper.
The Lincoln Journal says that q
farmer in that vicinity drove q stake
by . hill of corn. and by measuring
discovered that the corn grew SIX
inches in "a hours. A Webster
county farmer told us last week thai
he drove q stake by . hill of corn and
found by actual mcasurment that thu
corn grew Il inches in - hours. and
he told the truth. Had he been in
clined TO lie, We have no doubt hi
could have beat the Journal liar.
In all matters Of improvement Hen
~ Cook il bound to take the lead
He is completing = two story addition
to his drug store which, including thu
old part, will give him a Don ll6 fee
deep. the longest store room. probably
in the state west of Lincoln. Mr.
Cook is full Of push and enterprise
and manifests it by continuous i'm
provemcnts about his premises ant
by the large trade which he enjoys
Such men are bound 70 succeed il
this country, there can be no two way
about it, and the CHIEF hopes he ma!
le successful beyond his expectations