The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-04
CITY BREvITIES-

oeASoaCs al tue Golden Eagle
clothing store.
A NEW town pump has been put in
at the flag pole.
MR. NJ K. BENTLEY and wife have
returned from Iowa.
A FINE line OF ladies. misses and chill.
orens shoes at the Golden Eagle clothing
store.
Mr.. HAMAKER has commenced build-
ing a new.house north of d. B. Span
ogle's residence.
A GREAT quantity of rain has fallen
in the last few days, which gladdens the
hearts of the farmers.
The W. c. I. L. will meet at the res
ldence Of Mrs. J. H. Smith on Wednes-
day, April 9Th, at :. P. NJ.
LOOK at large advertisement of the
Golden: Eagle clothing store and see the
extra inducements offered.
The Ladies Baptist Home Missionary
society Will meet at Mrs. C. W. Kaley's
Thursday, April s, 1884. al go P. NJ.
I.P. BAyHA purchased four lots in
block is, Red Cloud last week, for
which he paid a consideration OF $500
cash.
SEVERAL new houses have been erect
ed in the city during last week, and a
number more booked for the coming
week.
Oh. DAMERELL has his new house
nearly finished. 1t will be AS fine a
residence as there is in the city when
finished.
COUNTY Clerk Bayha had.the assess
ment books for the several precincts of
Webster county, ready for the assess
or on April /, 1854.
sTRAYED-On Wednesday one black
pig weight 40 to so lbs The finder will
be rewarded by letting NJ. S. Ballard
know or returning the same to him.
READ Mrs. MaBride's new advertise
ment. She has been established in
Red Cloud for many years and is well
known t % patrons. Call and see
her.
WE are indebted TO the Hon, Jas.
Laird for the life OF the Hon. Michael
2. Common, VI. C. of South Carolina,
and that Of Robt. NJ. 4. Hawk. NJ. C.,
OF Illinois.
The annual meeting of the. Webs ter
county Bible Society will he held Sun
day, April IL. at Red Cloud. Rev. q,
W. Wainwright. district superintend-
ent will be present.
Mr.. GATES our new hog buyer. has
his flee and yards about completed,
He and his assistant Mr.. Hamaker.
well make things fly in the hog line as
soon as they get ready.
IL another column we publish tho
prospectus of Godey's Lady Book, pub,
li.hed a Philadelphia. 1t is probably
one of the very best magazines pub
lished in America, and within the
reach Of all.
ORR statement last week that there
were 1900 hogs sold in the Red Cloud
market weekly, WAS n Of those una
yoidable mistakes of the intelligent
compositor. 1t should have read 600
instead OF 1900
OscAR KLErT, who was mentioned
last week as having been arrested anc
taken to Missouri on a charge OF lncen
darism. WAS released and has returned
TO Nebraska. The evidence agalns'
him was insufficient.
BUSINESS VAS excellent again S" foi
this week and the farmers are buying
their farming implements. Hundreds
of wagons have been in the city during
the last week. Thrift and prosperity
is noticeable in every portion of the
county.
Mr.. GATES shipped a carload OF 81
hogs to Kansas City the other day
the combined weight of which was l6,
2e6 pounds. This carload brought the
highest price on the market that day
and were the best hogs shipped iout o
Red Cloud this winter.
Dr.. J. f. PARKER, late of Bradford
Pa. has permanently located in Red
Cloud. He may be found at the of
fee of DR.. Baird. Mr.. Parker comes
well recommended and we bespeak fol-
him a share of the public patronage.
His wife and child will be here in a
short time.
We take pleasure this week in call
Ing the attention of the readers Of THF
CHIEF 70 the statement Of the coalition
OF the State Bank of Red Cloud, which
Q elsewhere in this issue. This
bank, though only established a little
over eighteen months. has an uparalel
led record, and its deposits are gradu
ally rolling up until to-day they reach
acc cr-o