The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-01

some Of the best selections in the
language rendered by Miss MgBride
Monday night, August 4.
THERE will be a social at the tongre-
gational church, Thursday evening,
July 81. Proceeds to go towards re-
pairing church All are invited.
All. JOHN McCoRD is herdng a large
herd OF cattle for Mr.. Mcintosh, on In
dian Creek, five miles north Of Red
Cloud, and reports good gazing in that
vicinity.
z. GUST, a farmer in Line precinct,
started his harvester to work the other
day. His team didn't AXE the music
and run away. breaking things up in
general,
JUDGING from the Amount Of grain
threshers arriving II the depot almost
daily, this part OF me country ought t
be pretty we'll supplied with that kind
of machinery.
Our friend, Nelson Conc Of Guide
Rock, called on us Friday. He in
formed our reporter that the late hail
and wind storm shattered 100 acres of
corn for him besides some small grain.
TIE U. L. surveying out fit are again
in camp on Crooked creek. Tho u. p.
evidently mean business, and the
probabilities are that they will have q
railroad into Red Cloud inside of a
year.
Mr.. 7. j. MosHER has placed a neat
ly finished marble slab 81 feet long, 9
feet wide, on his meat counter. The
slab zones from Browns marble and
granite works, and is a creditable
piece of work.
ALL persons wanting strawberry
plants should send in their orders to
l.. II. Rust, Red Cloud, in the next
80 days. as September is the proper
time 70 fall setting. His plants are
the best in the market. SEW
FARMERS all over the county are
contemplating increasing their corn
cribs in order that they will have
storage room for the coming crop,
which will be largest by far, Of any yer
raised in Webster county.
OK Friday last, this paper had a
pleasant cali from Hon. I'm. Lease,
of Seward, a prospective candidate
for attorney general, and II. NJ. War
ing. Mr. Lease is n very pleasant
gentleman and made many friends.
A VALUABLE colt. the pr operty of Mr
f. l.. Hosford, popular B. & Al.
stock agent, got i'll the way Of the
cannon ball going east on FRIDAY ev-
ening. Recovery being HOPELESS the
colt was shot on Saturday evening.
guE Reds of this c;sy, went ito Blue
Hill on the Both. ond played q match
game with tnat nine. The victory was
CO mplete, aud the Reds came home
covered with glory. The score stood
Is to 20 in favor of our Reds.
REpoRas reach us of the capture of
one of the train wreckers who ditched
the canno ball recently. causing the
death of Express Messenger McNaugh-
ton, and seriously ihjuring others.
Further developments are are
expected.
OuR friend Kinsey, Of tho B. &
NJ. express messengers of this city. is
"too utterly too" over the arrival of an
heir to his es sate, which put in an APP
p~earance on this mundane sphere last
Thursday evening. It's q girl, and the
vounp men will take notice that there
is to be no swinging on the gate.
H. B. MATHEWS, has been loosing a
great many chickens recently from a
disease that he supposed was cholera,
but ON investigation turns out to be
caused fror some kind of an insect
which .sawls into ths chickens ear and
kills. it. Mr.. Mathews has only twenty
Eve chickens left out of 500. seven
hundred and seventy-6ve having died
from the effect of the bug. which is de-
scribed as being red in color.
Mr.. E. ANDERsoS CRIME to Webster
county January lst. 1875. his family
had already proceeded him. Soon af-
ter his arrival his wife died. leaving
him with q team and wagon. and five
cents in cash, and eighty-fve dollars
in debt for funeral and other Expenses.
He now has $50 acres of land on Elm
Greek, is acres Of wheat and oats. IS
acres of corn. several acres of the
mammoth clover. all doing nicely.
Several fruit trees that are loaded with
fruit. 4 horses. 80 hogs. and four COWS.
Howss tl,au for Nebrsska.
In another place viii be found the
articles Of incorporation Of the Web
ster County Spcrtsmanis Association.
II viii be, seeA by reading the same
th6 Il vii moth healthy for parties
whosare caught II Mating thegame law.
This !. = itshoaldH end asppshould
be put to people WI HI Chickens.
owl &c, before thS aw Expires.