The Red Cloud chief., 1886-08-20
TID-BITS.

Brick FOR sale AZ the Chicago Lum
Der Yard.
MIS-. X. SKEEN las returned from
her visit TO Dies Nome, Iowa.
Call at the First National Bank fDl
S! Per cent. Intcre>; farm loans. ST
i BROTHER Of Mr.. VI. X. Bentley
from California, l. in the city.
JOE i~IERBEEGEE. i clerk In y
Lanterbach's, i visiting in Lincoln
Illinois.
TIE Thermometer has been way up
there IN the hundred. this week. when
made s.eltering humanity very un.
happy.
PROF. \. T.. CLARENDON, @! Fremont
Neb., was in or city Tuesday. NJ. {.
IL a candidate for state superintendent
OF public instruction.
The king of bargain buyer. aud bar
gain sellers al Fea,herly'- old stand
Gail and get prices. Come and -,
your goods at the cash bargain house
Of r.. l.. Willis * Co.
TIE lurid lightning on last Friday
night made a call at Joe Warrens
shade trees, but Joe, Ike Rip Van
Wrinkle, was asleep tor twenty years.
apparently, and did not hear it.
ORR Cd friend. Nint Williams, #
! L..-.- In .,,y ...-.1-. g 49,. s..
watcrmcl0n-. Come again Nint. Other
people will receive the eternal graft
tude OF the devil and editor bv turning
into these steam hcadguarter, ali their
spare wa,crmclons.
II. ". Ross and wife morn the loss Of
heir youngest chHd, Nathan G.. Who
died ON last Friday evening, after an
illness oi only four day. The funeral
occurred IN Sunday morning Auc. l.
They have the sympathy of the com
mttuIty in their bereavement.
Miss EMMA GEYEl. who has been
visiting her sister. Mrs !. l.. kaley,
for the past three months, was called
suddenly home ON telegram mday
announcing the serious illness of her
father. Many of the friends she made
while mere. accompanied her To the
depot To see her oil.
\. change has been made this week
in the feed store on Main avenue, W.
r.. FRYE having sold the business To /
j. Bciknap and Charley Howard, form
cCiy passenger conductors ON the Il. ~
NJ. MeSsrS. iiclknap e Howard have
many friends here. and will undoubt-
cdlv do thriving busiAcss.-.NctOok
Gd-,Hc.
Conductor Belhnap Is wc!l-kncwn III
Red Cloud and has been an intimate
friend and acquaintance Of the writer
of this article for many years. Judd
Will make 4 success OF anything he
undertakes. Always courteous and
o~blIGIng-in fact Just such IL man a.
YOU would wish to tie Ia.
i Fo&GERY.-On Monday Il person
who came To Red Cloud for the o>ten-
sible purpose of making a pile playing
poker. presented Il check to Bro. Card
ncr. Of the Gardner house. for $50 in
payment of board with j. l.. Miller's
name signed To il. Mr.. Gardner took
the check and presented it to the First
National bank for payment. and on
close inspection the bank officials sus-
pec,ed the check was Il forgery, and
sent it TO Mr.. Miller to know whether
il was genuine, that gentleman ~ once
pronounced il Il forgery and the fellow
presenting 1t MAS AIKEN into custody,
but rs no conclusive evidence could be
secured rs to his guilt he was released
Tuesday. The check was drawn IN
favor OF John Thompson and counter
signed on the back to another party.
The party holding 1t claimed that he
had been playing poker for Il stake of
$50 and having won the game the
check was paid to him. he returning
the difference t q the lUoSer.
Call ~ the FIRST National Bank tot
y per cent. interest farm loans. 5li