The Red Cloud chief., 1886-01-08
CITY NEWS.
DID you seeithe spirits?

join OING WAS III IhSeitoh VIZ
week.
JoHS ToMLIxsoX is building a barn
on his lots on Sacred Knob"
TIE dam at the Red Cloud mills is
in the course Of reconstruction.
Our young friend Walt klceman,
contemplates a visit to Illinois soon
THE blizzard on Saturday was pretty
severe on stock that was unsheltered
SUPERVISOR EUsTIs made the trip
from his ranch 10 the city during the
blizzard.
FoR the first time i'm three seasons
the Il. e. NJ. snow plow was brought
into service Sunday.
THE weather of the last few days has
been pretty rough on the railroad boys
and train men especially.
G.. WIENER, the Golden Eagle man,
goes to Chicago this week to lay in his
stock for the spring trade.
Mr.. ARROW, of the firm o: Athow a.
Young, was in the city this week, visit
ing his partner, Johnny Young.
HIRAM Hicks has been putting uD
scrne bindings for the B. e NJ. at the
depot during tho last lew weeks.
A. N. PArNoH has Wv one of the
finest dairy wagons in &c valley. 1t
is neatly covered and { numbered 81"
G. M. PLUMD's bar9 became SO heav-
lily laden with sn5w Monday that it
caved in on his horses. No damage
done however.
w. ID. FGsffsTER and his estimab'e
wife Entertained a sapall number OF
frienls on last Friday evening. 1t was
a very pleasant party.
THE county officers elect we're IN
Quoted to their ~varions Offices yester-
day, There is now, with n execp-
ton, n new set of officers all around.
A. S. MARSH now poses as the only
democratic postmaster that ever grac-
cd the Red Cloud post Office. Marsh
looks we'll behind the bars-boxes we
mean
WE would like to %annihilate the fell
low who wrote Beautiful Snow" after
vending our way north a couple o
times during the blizzard OF the first ol
: the week.
WE are indebted to the famous Rock
Island Railway, through their affable
and oblising ticket agent, +. st. John,
for a copy of "Voltagal, Genius oI
Electricity" 1t is n book that all should
have.
THE trains are again running OH
time nearly, after being blockaded two
or three days by the blizzard. 7. S.
The above item was written between
the two billiards and will take effect in
60 days.
IT's a cold day when THE CHIEF gets
showed in, but last Monday morning
when we arrived down town We found
that the snow had nearly drifted to the
caves of our three story brown ston5
print shop.
The grand musical entertainment a,
the Congregational church OH last Fri.
day evening was one of those choice
literary entertainments that a person
rarely has an opportunity to attend
1t was both pleasing and entertaining
AT klceman & Wiener's New Year.
gift prize distribution, ticket 499, NJ. b
McNitt, EXP. NJ. and present count,
treasurer, drew the elegant plush al
bum, and $50, Paul Phares, a CHIEF
typo. got a away with the superb toile
case.
THE public schools opened Monda,
morning with a very slight attendance
There were only three rooms in oper
alton during Monday, but all have As
sumed their usual activity at this writ
ing. L. 5. Since the above was put il
type blizzard No. 9 has struck us an,
schools are still lightly attended.
DE-. GERrH, the state veterinary SUI
geon, will be in Red Cloud this week o
next to pass judgment on some horse
that have been reported as being a:
flicted with CHAMBERS. Every effol
possible should be made to stamp thi
disease out while it is in its infanc,
Persons knowing horses to be Athlete
should not hesitate to file the necessar
information with DR.. Gerth al Lincoln
The blizzard of Saturday, Sunda
and Monday is the severest that ha
occurred in this section since IS whic
is well remembered by the old settlers
1t is what the boys call q stem wind
err" Snow drifts from one to five fee
in depth were not uncommon. It woul
have been almost impossible for q per
son to have faced it any length of time
and existed. Up to this hour no seri
Gus damage to stock has been report
cd:
The RED CLOUD CHIEF came out las
week on tinted paper, and presented
very neat appearance. THE CHIEF
Z DON to be printed on a cylinder pres
and by steam power. This will max
the second newspaper office in tn
western part Of the state run BY steau
power, the Republican being the fins
WoS~-n ~l.l $500 49, ~.cc~o~skv r