The Red Cloud chief., 1886-08-13
CITY NEWS.

L. H. Rust is out southwest Of 0
lin, R~ust-icating for a few days.
MRS. II. J. BUTTERrIELD, sister O
W. Brewer, is visiting in the city.
REV. GEO. o. Wiser will preach y
the Baptist Chruch Sunday NON
and evening. 8
REV. GEO. U. YEisER will preach =
the Baptist Church Sunday August q
morning and evening.
FRED POTTER did the night pOlice y
in good shape during thu % r.
airy illness of G. W. Cropp,
We hope our correspondents vii
give us the news from Aheir different
localities o f~requsatly hereafter.
Mr. Ed. CREvIsTS. recently of Re.
publican City, ssopped owe in Red
Cloud on Tues Jay while enroute for
Hastings.
JOHN MU1RAY has contracted for the
building ia fine residence for Doc.
Boyntcs on his ra.fch a few miles
nortf. OF town.
J.J. LIGHTPooT has brought us q
silk of corn that fully equals the
Vance stalk mentioned last week. An
z goes II one ear better.
". J. KENNEDY, OF Cambridge, n. ",
a nephew of Mrs. Geo. Il. Holland, is
visiting in the city and expe;ts to make
this place his future nome.
NJ. :. BALLARD has rented his house
To George Young, of the Chicago Store
and next week will start for his ranch
III Frontier county. about 10 miles
from McCook.
THERE will he a basket picnic mt
Wallis grove on Penney Creek. next
sunday, August Is, beginning at 10
O'Clock a. m. Everybody invited to
conn and bring their baskets we'll
filled.
THERE will be a lawn social for the
benefit of the Ladies' B. ii. NJ. Society
next Tuesday evening, August l., at
the residence of Mr.. Perkins. Coffee
sandwiches, cake and ice cream will
be served.
IL. \. WATSON has the contract for
the excavations of the Sherer-Lindsey
clock. Mr.. Watson has recently pur-
chased four new wheel scrapers and
the dirt is now flying lively towards
Third Avenue.
PROF. ". {. PICKING is now con-
Quoting the teachers institute at Min
den. The gentleman understands the
institute business thoroughly. and VII
make II interesting to the teachers of
kearney county.
W. III. LUDLOW & son. the veteran
brick makers have the contract to fur
niSh brick for the three new blocks
now in process of construction. We
are glad to see home enterprise pat
ronized and encouraged.
The unsightly draw on Third Ave-
nue. between Cedar and WEBSTER
streets, is being bridged and filled up
TO a grade. The dirt is obtained from
the excavations for the foundations of
the new sherer-Lindsey block.
c. B. kYsER, of the firm of Gregg &
k n, grain buyers near the depot,
was IL the city looking after his bust
ness interests, which have been IN
charge Of Joe Melker for some time
past. Mr.. h. found everything 20. f."
THERE will be an entertainment, at
Mr.. Brskefield's residence on Friday
evening, August Is, for the benefit of
the temperance cause. Ice cream and
refreshments. Vocal and instrument
al music, and also music by the band.
NJ. l.. THOMAS, the old time editor Il
THE CHIEF, but now editor of the Hol-
drege Republicans. dropped into u
wigwam on Monday and snapped q
few lies with the religious editor. NJ.
L. is . rustler from way hack, and un-
derstancs nor vigorous Nebraska
Latin than all the tenderfoot brigade
combined
A HUNTING party consisting of Dick
Ferris, John and George CARRIER. \. VI.
Aultz, and ]. Nesbit, are making gil
gantic preparations for q two months
hunt among the wilds Of the northwest.
They expect to start in . few days.
BufKaloes. grizzlies. and other email
game = that God fossaken country
had best beWase.