The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14

On last Thursday evening the "chiv'
airy and beauty" of Red Cloud gather.
ed together at the courthouse hall to
do honor to the first masquerade bal
given by the Red Cloud cornet band
Early in the evening the guests, ar
rayed in all the imaginable Costumes
of modern and ancient times, embrac'
ing as they did both the ridiculous and
the sublime, began to appear. and q
few minutes later fully seventy-ive in
dividual maskers had arrived. About
eight o'clock the may dance" began
with the grand march, and from that
time until tie early dawn did the mer-
~ makers continue to revel in the
light fantastic" Joy was unconined
and every one present seemed to be
making an effort to ecure his or her
share of the evenings enjoyment. 1t
was most certainly an enjoyable affair,
and was. one of the most successful en-
tertainments of the kind eve produced
in Red Cloud, and in fact was a sur.
prise to the band boys, as they did not
anticipate such an extended patronage
on the occasion, and were therefore
much pleased over the result of their
efforts.
At 1880. or thereabout, the word
"unmask" was given, and many an ex-
tended face was the result upon dis
covering who their partners.were.ssOne
of our prominent young men wore q
ladies costume and, during the even
ing, received many endearing words
from the young fellows who had made
"mashes" on him supposing that he
was one of the fairer sex. No wonder,
then, that their faces wore a grave and
solemn appearance on making the dis
cOvery that they were sold with a big
S. Several such amusing instances of
a like nature occurred during the fore
part of the night, but The CHIEF has
not the space to give all the quaint
and curious features of the evening,
and therefore will have to omit men,
ton thereof, suffice it to say THAT it
was both a popular and financial suc-
cess, netting about s75. The follow
ing are the names of the guests who
appeared IN costume. Owing to the
pressure of other matter on our col
umns this week we are unable to enter
into a description of each individual
character represented by the numer-
Gus masqueraders present on the oc-
| casion:
| wife, Mr.. Geo. Holland and wife. Mr.. W. II.
| Strohm and wife, Mr.. E. NJ. Perkins, Mr.. c. H.
| Potter and wife. Mr.. Henry Cook and wife, Mr..
Coy and wife, Mr.. G. NJ. Young and wife, Mr..
Z. v. Rudrow and wife, Mr.. A. L. Mitchell. Mr..
j.. c. Warner. Mrs. A. J. Kenney. Mrs. Charles
Wiener, James Hubble, Ed. HOsford. Charles
Melcher, b. Cromwell. g.. W. Argue, c. H. Rus
sell, E. ID. Orme and Miss Bessie McAlpin, of
Guide Rock, Will Dickerson. Miss Josie Chap
man, Ed. Bohanan. Miss Sadie Camp, G. 8. Al
bright, Miss Sylvia Cook, G. W.. Houghton. Mrs.
Atwood, Dave Haley, Miss Gus Zimmerman, l..
II. Wallace, Miss Clara Becker, G. I. Weed.
Miss Julia Mccartney, j.. MAIDEN, Miss Minnie
Thurman, j. johnson. Miss Minnie Taylor, r.
ID. Yeiser, Miss Lucy Thomson, Oscar Potter,
Gertie Sherer, VIII O'Brien, Miss Carrie Span.
ogle, p. A. Beachy.
Below we give the names of some OF
the spectators:
Miss Sadie Becker, Will HOughtOn, Miss
Plat, A. E. Becker, RObt. Shirley, John Shirley
Mrs. J0sslyn, Mrs. A. s. Marsh, Ray Becker, o.
P. Taylor, Charles Haley, Mr.. A. H. Haley and
wife, Mr.. d. NJ. Platt and wife, Mr.. X. II. Sherer
and wife, A. U. Becker and wife, A. Lauterbach
and wife, E. H.. Amber. Miss Carrie Vance, A.
L. Funk, John Yeiser, Lillian Vance, b. Brad
brook. RObt. Smith, j. +. Rawlins, A. X. MintOn,
Mr.. /. n. Taylor and wife, Mr.. F. Newhouse and
wife, Miss Caroline NewhOuse, John Moore,
Harry Legrow. Frank Spanogle, Mr.. Frank Hall
and wife. Al. kenney, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. j. c.
Warner. G.. J. Warren and wife.
The orchestra. which was one of the
best WI have ever had the pleasure of
of hearing in Red Cloud, consisted of
Miss Sadie Becker, Will Houghton, A.
E. Becker, and G. NJ. Young.
W. are obliged to omit a few of those
who appeared in costume, from the
fact that we we're unable to learn their
names.
THE CHIEF congratulates the band
boys on the successful termination of
their entertainment. and hopes they
will in the near future give the people
another masquerade. The band boys
are certainly deserving of good sup
port and we feel sure that the people
of Red Cloud will generously give it to
them on every occasion.
OK last Friday evening the dry goods
and grocery store of CARRIER Bros, o.
this city, changed hands, Mr.. VIM
Letson, n of our we'll known citizens,
having purchased it. CARRIER Bros
have owned the store for some two
years, and during that time have built
up a good trade and made many warm
friends who will be sorry to hear that