The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-28

F.. adjourned to'DerembeT 18th. 1854.
J f.. SMITH. chairman.
T.. p. BAYIa. clerk.
Wha'a n lows maa iIiaEs n Nebraska
have just returned from Nehra-ka,
where We breath the purnst air or
earth. We LEFT Burlington n: rs p m.
on the THROUGH train. Nothing Of note
! occurred unfil we arrived at Charlton.
! where a Mcgul the fot-ruunc- Of a
! large freight ran going casi had left
the track. which detained us 4 hours,
three locomotives we're employed to
remove it from the wreck. Daylight
opened in the eastern horizon When
/ we arrived NJ Creston. We crossed
the Missouri river At Plattsmou,h it
being very !o~. but muddy as usual.
Lincoln was our stopping place for
dinner, from thence we ]ionrneyed TO
Crete. which - n beautiful and live
~ town. From Crete we went hv way
Of Beatrice aud Wymore to'Red Cloud
which is the Chicago OF the far west
w return was through Iowa in the
davtime. Corn through Iowa on the
G. g. & Q. Z. K. ia very poor, i, is rarh-
or light until We get some distance
west Of Lincoln, but from Crete to Red
Cloud It FurpasseS all I have ever seen.
There are thousand. Of acres OF corn
here heavier than any I have ever
seen in the Hawkeve state. The corn
fields are ~ clear of weeds as = garden
properly cultivated. The inhahitamt,
are all happy and prosperous. Our
Louisa county ueighbors say no more
Iowa in mine" We went from Red
Cloud ION the north side Of the Repub-
lean river To the extreme southwest
OF Webster county. a distance Of about
Is miles, and in that rambie the corn
and all other crops still better than
northeast Of Red Cloud. George Hum
mel has maize I,2O0 gallons of the best
moieSses ! have ever tasted and has
cane enough on the ground for $50
gallon more, and still tney we're bring
ing it in. Luther Kaminska exhibit
ed Il cabbage II inches in ciFcumfcr-
ence, he had one Is inches, but it grew
so fast it exploded, he also had Il beet
y inches in circumference. All far
mcrs lave vegetables large and plenty.
Mrs. Anthony Haney has Il house and
six town lots worth $500. Miss Fanny
Itanoy mas a Homestead worth 800.
and $50 on interest. Iwiii give All
linking Of what Red Cloud is. The
firm of Miner Bros. sold $4,000
worth of goods in one year. 1t con
tains If dry goods and grocery stores
two first class printing Offices, three
millinery and two tailoring shops, four
blacksmith shops, one wagon and car
rage factory, three implement houses,
two national banks, n broker, three
iewclry stores and two furniture stores.
four first-clasS hotels anu three reStaur-
ants. two bakeries, two butter and egg
houses, oue creamery and two shoe
shops, three lumner yards and four
livery stables. N marble works, three
dress makers, two barber shops ana
one temperance order, tno orders |. q.
O. +. and three Masonic, n X. I. and
one q. 4. r.. four c%arnenter firm. one
Touring mill, fifteen lawyers. two den.
fists and a few doctors. one T.. X. eat
ing house, II ten stall brick round
house. n " story freight house, one
depot and two photograph galleries.
grain elevators ana two stock dea.-
ers. One hundred and S~eveatv-five
dwelling houses have been erected this
season at a cost Of 100000. 1t has
900 inhabitants and is thirteen years
old and Is nearly an entire republican
town, which accounts for its prosper |
ity.
Land that was worth SO per acre !
Hastings AS miles north of Red
six years ago, is now worth from
$40 70 $50. and unimproved land in the |
Republican valley that was then worth !
50 10 50 Is now worth $40 The !
trains are constantly crowded with per
sons seeking new homes, and emigrants |,
are locking in thicker than ever be-
fore. The republican valley is withou;
n doubt better for stock and al kinds !
Of grain raising than most other'partS.
Consid oring the amount OF grass spread |,
over those almost unlimited rrairics, |
shows that great wealth can be Obtain
ed with small labor. The soil is OF q
rich black loom, mixed with small
portions of sand. Ali grains are grown
with extraordinary success. Broom
corn, sorghum and many other kinds
Of gram are grown from first breaking
or sod. aud a great profit is derived
therefrom. The $40 land in the ke-
publican valley will produce larger
than II $50 land will. which in
five or ten years vii! he worth rs much
Nr more than ours. \ person visiting
in Autumn causes him 10
he need not seek further Tor
good climate and health. No mud II
with as we have in Iowa. j;
matters not how much Pain fails. the
roads are at al times solid ard not cut
up. Year by year as the soil is broken
and vegetation increases there is more
Cattle in the many herds that
may be seen dotted over the extensive
prairies, are in excellent condition and
manv of them are q superior grades.
Hogs leave the porkers of Louisa
county in the shade of nIrht II must
re iov 10 farm II those regions where
here Is nothing to hinder ard Where
with two plowings is much c'esn-
n than n Iowa with four. Il Ye cast