The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11

VIII bi SOSSioii "a oil AZ OSN
J.. C. BILLINGS of Smith county, Kan
sas, is going to California. He holds a
public sale on February l, at his farm.
Mr.. H. STEVENSON, %ex-county COM
missioner will take a trip to Michigan
and Wisconsin ON business in a few
DAYS.
THE Red Cloud CHIEF has been
forced to enlarge to accommodate its
large advertising patronage and is now
the same size as the Echo. This GER
tainly speaks we'll for the town.0Re-
publican Valley Echo.
The Red Cloud CHIEF comes to US
this week much improved. 1t is en-
larged from q four page folio to a six
column quarto. Prosperous times and
live towns like Red Cloud show
through such improvemens.-Superior
Guide.
Mr.. JOHN MCCALLUM our new county
commissioner has been duly qualified
and will make a careful and compe-
tent officer. The new board is now
composed of the following gentlmen:
J. E. Smith, chairman, j. L. Miller and
John McCallum.
WE take pleasure this week in call
ing the attention of our readers to the
financial statement of the condition of
the State bank of Red Cloud, which
appears in another column of this
paper. That institution is in a -four
ishing condition
The Philomathian Society met at
the Red Cloud high school on Monday
afternoon, and held an interesting
meeting. All friends are invited. The
next meeting will be held January 81.
The program for the next meeting will
be unusually interesting.
LO, THE POOR INDIAN, ETC., was in the
city this week, and the wicked boys
put in the time snow balling the noble
red man, whose untutored mind didn't
keep him from begging the pale-face'f
wealth. Whoop-la, big Injun! like
white mans money muchee.
THEY straddled the liberty pole
that is Mr.. Gurney's team did, while
taking a quiet run down Webster street
on Saturday. One Arm Jake 1.-THE
town pumpl vas the only fellow thai
was injured, and we will not get any
more water till the pump is repaired
RI The business prospects for the New
Year are good and trade is opening up
briskly. The merchants are all doing
a fair business. A few weeks more
and spring will be upon us. We pre-
dict that "a will be one of great ad'
8 vantage to our merchants and Rec
, Cloud. Every indication points in
that direction.
E. JAMES, of Guide Rock, was in Red
Cloud last week. Mr.. James is an ex'
~tensive dealer in live stock, corn, etc
During the last six weeks he has pur.
+, chased nearly 1000 bushels of corn
He pays good prices and consequently
gets lots of corn. The good brother
wanted to keep posted on Red Clout
affairs, and consequently subscribed
: for The CHIEF.
THE ferocious wolf is infesting thi
county. and is evidently on the Wa
path. One night during the last weel
/, two large gray wolves followed Mr.. G
w. Humnel for two or three miles
and could not be frightened away
, They struck his trail at Mr.. Wickwire'
, and followed him nearly home. l
would not be a bad idea for the farm
, ers to organize and go wolf hunting
They should by all can be >extel
minated.
! The CHIEF, commencing with las
!, issue, will each week in the futur
give some valuable statistics in regart
to Nebraska. If you have friends tina
= wish to come West, it would be a goo'
. idea to send them an extra copy con
tanning these statements. which will b
authentic and can be relied upon il
every case, setting forth clear ant
concise facts in regard to the great ad
, vantages of the State, the caption @
:. which will be "Our State"
:, GARFIELD Post, No. so, G. A. R., Re
Cloud, Neb., met January I, 1884. Tn
following officers were Installed for tn
coming year:
, J. L. Miller, P. c.
~ N. Sanford, S. V.
a. A. n. Patmore, ]. v.
ri j. A. Tulleys, Q. NJ.
al Thomas Hatfield, o. D.
-. S. West, Surgeon.
Abe Haley, Chaplain.
NJ. B. McNitt, S. NJ.
]. H. Ferman, Adjt.
THE annual meeting of the Stat
j. board of agriculture will take place 6
Lincoln, Nebraska, on January l5tl
t. in the Capitol building at three o'cloc
p. NJ, when the annual reports will b