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The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12
FROM SAN

SAN FR,Sqsco, CAL, Jan. 81, 1856.
FRIEND HosMER: Leaving salt Lake
City and Ogden JAN. "a. we skirt along
the shores of great Salt Lake, perhaps
the most wonderful body of water in
the world. Nearly 1000 miles from
any other body Of salt water, having no
visible outlet its waters are intensly
salt, although 81 fresh streams con
stantly pour into it. Nevada. rs we
see IL, is a desert until near the west
ern part We find some stock is kept.
We decend the Humboldt Valley for
near 300 miles. This river is noted for
having no mouth. Although it be-
comes quite a large stream, it finally
sinks away from the face of the earth.
Monday night we cross the Sierra
Nevada range. the dividing line
between Nevada and California. Were
| it day VIC could see but little mountain
scenery Oh account Of snow sheds, One
| Of which is IS miles long. w awake
Tuesday morning in the wonderful
state Of California of which ii has been
said that every brook is a river, every
pond is a lake, every tree Is a forest,
and every man is a liar." 1t has
rained necessarily lately. and Califor-
MIA looks too us like a drowned rat.
| The low lands of the Sacramento Val :
ley are under water, and as ne glide
along but for the noise of the train we
might imagine We were travelling by
| boat. Travel south to Los Angeles is
interrupted by washouts, and we go on
to San Francisco, S33 miles from
| Ogden and 1877 miles from Red Cloud.
| cannot do justice to this wonderful
| city, and the many objects Of interest
in and about 1t, in the limits OF this
letter, and will only add a few remarks
about climate and products. Since
July, 1919, only 1872 days the mercury
| went below :32' above, the lowest 20.
l9S days 1t went to so. highest, IS.
| At present the average temperature Is
about AS. Geraniums, fuchsias, callas,
| etc. are in bloom in the open air.
Nearly all trees are evergreen and IN
| full leaf. The grass is as as green as
June in Nebraska. The market is full
of green vegetables all the year,, IL
! crop following close upon the another
| Strawberries are in the market always.
From June to November, cherries,
plums, pears, peaches, and grapes
| abound, and from December until late
in the spring the market is hlled with
| citrons fruits such as oranges, LINES,
lemons, persimmons, etc. English
walruts, almonds, pecans and Italian
chestnuts are largely raised here. The
citron fair of North California is now
in progress, and shows conclusively
| that citron fruits can be raised here As
far north as Philadelphia and New
York. Some Of the finest specimens
on exhibition came from Shasta coun-
| ty, which is $50 miles north of here.
| The weather is far from nice-is warm,
but damp and foggy-a poor time for
sightseeing, and an excellent time to
take cold, which we lost no time in
doing. Shipping and business in
general seems fairly lively. Tuesday,
February ., We leave tor Los Angeles,
having spent just a week in Frisco"
and a very interesting week it has
been Yours truly,
\. /, ORMsBY.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12

TIE suspended republican Office
holders ere sendingin numerous appli.
cations 70 u. S. Senators asking for
information in regard to why charges
were preferred against them, and why
they were Ousted from Office without
eyer a hearing. Many of them are al
lOss to know the reason therefore.
They have no objection to being
fired if a democrat must nave the Office
but to have trumped up charges pre-.
] erred against them and then to be deni'
ed the privilege of what they are is toe
much. Grover has got his foot into il
and there's a chance for some fun ere
long. If the president is honest in the
matter he should diyulge the facts
The people are entitled to them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12
FROM

EDITOR CHIEF: We left Red Cloud
on the 27t:l Of last month tor our new
home I II the South. Nothing OF any
importance occurred until we reached
Kansas City one hour late. My wife
had a fearful sick headache which
lasted for several hours, but by the
time We reached our destination she
was about rs we'll rs ever. We took
the Kansas City. Springfield and
Memphis Rv for HoXie, Ark. The
word was given, and we are on our
" ut the rate of % miles an hour
The train men on the road treated us
very kindly rendering every assist
ance To make us comfortable and our
Journey pleasant for four hundred
miles in the same car. From Kansas
City to HoXIe we %journeyed with
pleasure. At HCXic We changed cars
and took the 81. L.. |. NJ. & = To Grand
GlaIse. our journeys end, where we
arrived at OBS p. n. the 29th. We
stayed here until morning. then my
three oldest girls, my boy Robbie and
myself, walked a distance Of four miles
out to the farm where We met my
other two boys, William and Albert,
who have been here for some time.
Albert had killed a fine deer the night
before our arrival and We were treated
TO a very fine dinner of venison, the
first l had eaten in Is years. Monday
VIC finished moving TO the farm, and
are now living at home, boarding at
the same place. My family are all
we'll pleased so far. l would further
state that there is somewhat Of a
change in the climate between here
and Red Cloud. There was plenty of
snow all along the road until We
reached Springfield, Mo-. where there
was but little snow, and at Hoxie
scarcely any At all, and none at all at
our place until today, when it is snow
ing from the northeast. Today finds
us sitting around the old fashioned
fireplace, some eating apples, some
cracking hickory nuts and walnuts,
etc. 1 nave a very beautiful farm. In
my next article l will try and give a
description Of il. l am undecided
what name to give to my farm. y
expec Il to go 10 rebuilding fences in ~
few days. In the old Of the mooDaI in
this month l shall plant two or fthree
acres Of Irish potatoesk~Witkh bsst
wishes to all inquirin
mann as ever d. 6<
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12
Sherifs Sale.

llE NlRTuEOF AN ORDER OF SALE IS
ID sued out of the district court of the Eighth
Judicial District in aud for Webster county.
Nebraska; wherein Asa l. :Redden Is plaintiff
aud John l. Pafteu. Anna ratten. v. Vaughn, A.
CARRIER and ii. Nlllner are defendants. I shall
offer for sale n public auction at the east door
OF the court house iu-l.ed Cloud in said county
tIat being the last place where the las; term %
said court WAS held. on the 18th day Of March.
isSs, 1t one O'Clock T.. M. the following de>crii-
ed property. to-wi Lot IL IN block !. in NaDce'J
Isl addition Ia the town of Guide Rock. anu LOO
II anithe north n feet Of lot Is in block Z I'D
Guide Rock IN said county and state.
sGiyen under my hand this 10Th day of Fcoru-
afy ,SS. III. {. oTT.
,s,y Sheriff of Webster County.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12

CrArE OF NEBRASKA, wERTER COCN-
syssress 4 rssitioa has been hsed in The
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12

Remember ittakes ssunk
TO make Photographs. -
One six foot oy
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12

PETITIONS are being sent into Gov.
ives for n special session Of the
kislature to redistrict tie state. This
ems to be Inwise, and we doubt very
luch whether His Excellency will pay
nv attention to the call.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12
Final Proof Notice.

ELand Office, Bloomington, Neh. Feb. ;. IS&
K-OTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
iug named settler has tleu notice II
hk, inieaiion 70 make final proof IN support of
hft claim. and that the testimony of the wifne>>ed
IN laid proof Will be iiade before J. y. E'ckaris.
y Notary Public Of Webster county. a; Red
voud On Wednesday. Marrh l1ih- lsS6. and
testimony OF claimant Mil bc made before
and Receiver L. :. Land Uffce. az
bloomington. N.e. on SATURDAY. Nsrrh -. iSs.
FRANK JONES.
~ Pr, II :. M. sss, FOR the sc sec Is.
NJ ksHos range l. west He names thu o1sgth
YrnrS>eS prpye his continuous reAtaenel
~ .pu and cult Is arls.s a said land viz. C119fm
p mixer, Thomas kcInea9, EnasnefsOa felc6k
: ohn Mitchell. all of bed CtpoAL
". swIIzER. Bestau.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12

Az Omaha Bee correspondent writ
ng from Bloomington says that s.. w.
|Switzer is a candidate for represen-
tative, and that he can be counted on
as a Van Wyck man'in case of his eiec-
ton. That statement would kill him
ifnothing else came I'D.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-02-12
JUDSON.

THIS has been a cold winter. Water
has frosen in a 80 foot we'll 1! inches
thick. but at the close of the week the
weather begun to moderate some SO
that farmers eau begin to travel the
roads .gaim- Some Of the roads have
moi been. travelled since the storm.
The mail comes to Judson regularly
now. st&a -
lE. Wainef had . dance at his house
on "Wednesday night. All bad a good
Preaching is played out SID.
Somethiag good 10 eat at Hackers :.
nn}hae,sf eyaporafed fruits Al
laaCi.y Ph.rmary
er dosen, Cards for
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..swssr BE Ass srs.~

DR.. Fillmore Bennett 10 the author
Of the Sweet Bye and Bye" and he
lives at Richmond, ILL.,, and is poor
This favor,ts hymn was written by DR..
Bennett At Elkhorn, Wia., in 1868.
The writing of the words was based
upon sremark made by Mr.. J. p.
Webster, who composed the music.
Mr.. Webster was Of an exceedingly
nervous and sensitive nature and sub
ject TO periods Of terrible depression.
In one Of his melancholy moods he
chanced TO drop in at the house Of DR..
Bennett, when the latter asks him,
''Whst 10 the matter now7" "Oh, it
is no matter" replied the despondent
man ''it will be all right bye and
bye The last three words immedi.
ately conveyed . suggestion to DR..
Bennett, and he says: The idea Of
the hymn came to me like & nash Of
sunlight" Turning to his desk he
psnned the words which have since
bscoms 90 famous. He aays it did not
take him mors than twenty minutes
to write the hymn.
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nER FORTUNE.

Once upon . time little orphan
girl lived with al ill-rsmpered old
woman called Sarah, in an almshouse
in Stockholm. JohAnne, - the lassie
was named, used to make her plaits !;
and whenever Sarah tpok them to
market to sell them she would lock
the door and keep poor Johanns pris-
oner till she came back. But Jchanns
was a good little girl, and tried to fol-
W, her troubles by working a. hard as
she could. However, one fine day ahs
could not help crying ss she thought
of her loneliness but noticing the cat,
rs neglected ~ herself, she dried her
tears, took il up in her lap and nursed
it till pussy fell asleep. Then she
opened the window to let in the sum
mer breeze, and began to sing with =
lighter heart - she worked 1t her
plaits. And, ~ she sang, her beauti-
full voice attracted lady, who stopped
her carriage that she might listen.
The neighbcrs told her about Johanns,
and the lady placed her in school.
Then she WAS entered - pupil else.
whore, and Al course Of time, under
the name Of Jenny Lind, "ths Swsd-
ish nightingale" became the most
famous singer Of her day.
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A gkW TAlTy.

The largest American cannon throws
. !, $50 POUND ball.
II 10 estimatsd that there are l, 100,
0OO cattle in Montana.
Colorado has sixty seven dividend
paying mining companies.
The census Of 1880 places the nun.
her Of Mormons at 110,377.
Aot.house strawberries arc selling
in New York at "a per box.
It is said that oathulls are used to
make cornmeal appear - If ground
with oats.
A there 10 no method Of lengthen-
lug life, ws must find means 70 shorten
time.
Since 1875 Germany has planted
l52, $40 acres Of "useless commons' ia
forest trees.
The Sulta Of Turkey keeps around
his palace 1S. 900 of the best troops in
the Ott'.man Empire.
Many Australian woel-growsrs, Ths
North British Agricultural says, shear
sheep With machinery driven by steam.
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TO BE AGREEABLE AT BOSE

A gentleman stops at a friends
house and finds it in confusion. He
docs not see anything to APOLOGIZE for
"Nevsr thinks Of such matters "
Everything Is right cold supper, cold
room, crying children. Perfectly
comfortable. Goes homo, where his
wife has been taking care Of the chill
drsn or attending the sick, and work
ing her life almost out. Then he does
not sec Why things can't Be kept in
order: "Thsrs were never such cross
children before" No apologies aocspt-
ed at home. o. why not look on the
sunny side at home ~ we'll ~ abroad.
and try pleasant words instead of surly
ones2
Why not be agreeable at home'
Why not use freely that golden coin
Of c"urtesy9 How swsstly those little
words sound, "MaRy thanks" or
"You are very kind !" douhly. yes,
thrice, sweet from the lips ws love,
whom smiles make the eyes sparkle
with the light of affection. ..--Ex.
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A we'll known authority in live stock
matters thinks hog cholera is caused
BY overfssding. especially with corn.
Pastsur's laboratory in Paris il "
svsrdo~ing with his assistants, viaitors
and patients that hs can scarcely move
about.
A "Cslsry Exchange" 10 talked Of
by those intersstsd in the growth and
sale If that esculsnt ct Kalamazoo,
Mich.
Paper rails are made in Russia.
They are longer than ordinary rails,
and said ~ have . greater adhesive.
nsss in contact with locomotive whsels.
A Chicago correspondent II The
North British Agricultural expresses
this opinion that "rsal butter" il -
scarce in that city ~ swallows in win-
ter, ard says furthur that Western
crsameriss "seem to be usiDg lard,
etc., very freely"
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Al iuinoT Wedtb u the eoftn. -
Lowell Citizen.
= friend asks remedy for cold fest.
Make them stay on the other eide OF
the bed. Hartford Post.
It 10 suspected that Bismarck has
nearly finished his race, slse he would
not willingly telinquish the Pole
Boston Transcript.
There is lady student an Detroit
Seminary old enough to write IN essay
entitled "The Good Old Times. IN.
Y. Graphic.
Gov. Hill toboggans. No previous
Governor Of New York or anywhere
else has gone down 10 fast ~ this. -
Lowell Citizen.
Only three Of the Justices Of the
United States Supreme Court are
bald headed, and but one Of them ID
entirely Gray Lowell Courier.
In Siam the cats have their ta,la
banged. In the country the aim 10 to
bang their heads but the boot-jack
sometimes f,es wide of the mark.
There 10 . Maine girl whs boasts
that she car make 388 different kinds
Of cake, and yet she wonders why il ID
that her male admirers have deserted
her.
Policeman You have been standing
here for an hour. Move on. Absent
minded chess player BEG pardon, sir,
its your vs.-Baltim~rs News
The transposition ct quotation marks
in . recent music catalogue caused the
following astounding announcement :
''She heaved sigh in Z fat for s.
csnts
Learned men tell u that in Latin
the word editor means ''to eat" In
the United States, says an American
exchange, it means to scratch rund
like blszes to get something to eat.
4 colored man thus GRATED to a
crowd Of his dusky brethern recently,
says the GAINESVILLE Nsws: Il 10 very
much Of de opinion dat black am a
good 'nuf color for de puss0ns what
am act white"
81 must have order in this court
room, sternly demanded Justice Of
the Peace. II must and will have
less noise and confusion here. have
already disposed Of three important
cases without being able to hear one
word of the evidences.
Father, what - luxury Y asked
little Johnnie the other night as he
wrapped himself around the parlor
stove. "A luxuryi Why, it's some
thing We don't really need, you know
"a thing we can do without. !" "Well,
then replied the logical youth, what
. luxury mosquito net must b. in
winter I"
Consolation. Mr.. Dean Ito heggar
sympathetically)-Ah! my poor lei
low, your case is very sad, no doubt.
But, remember that the rich have
their troubles. too. I dare say, now,
you can scarcely realize what it is not
TO know where to end an investment
which will combine adequate security
with decent interest on ones money.
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G. ". CRANE, sis Pins aasss, Rss. ~
ssa fnscises, CalifsmiA.
L. ?. FISHER, Room u hesthapss ~
sbssss. San fssseisco, Cal
GEO. \. MOTH. eNes. ~ and ~ stss~t
eacnasnss, y cur enly agent In that city.
OLO. P. HOWELL . CO., 10 spsu.s strsst
New FORK City, New York
CuAS. x. MILLER CO., No. THbuss
ouildinr, Chicago. Illinois.
Ths above agents are authorized TO collect
asaeys hue th. hEsskss.R, take erdsrs foI
sdvsrtisine, ssicit yubscribsrs and attend 70 an,
stAss bnaisaes e. ~ that nav bs connsctsd VII
ohis sAcs
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1884
lMisiug Rsvisw.I

Mining Review.
A great nass of asbestos in North
Georgia has been fully opened.
Phosphate shipments from Montreal
iof the year 1885 amounted to 20, 9Os
tsna
The Donaldson group Of mines at
Idaho Springs, COL, produced e63..
so60e during the year 1886.
The Plymouth mining company has
just declared dividend Of e25. 900,
making total to date of 1855 600.
Valuable deposits Of coal, iron ore
end FIRE clay have been found in
Noyes, Leidy and East and West Keat-
ing townships, Clinton county, Pa.
The mica mines on the South Noun
tain, near Ns~manstown, Pa, will be
worked in the spring. This company
have reached depth Of forty feet.
The Spanish exports of lead for ten
mon,hs of 1886 ars reported 1t 81. .9S1
sross tons ~ compared with 81, ,93g
tons in 1884, and lO2, ,934 tons in 1888
Spanish exports Of calamins for ten
months Of 1856 are given "A 81, ,4UO
gross tons in 1884 for corresponding
meath, 34,735 and IN 1883, 1866
tons.
During the year 1885, the product
81 placer gold in Baker county, Ore
son. segregated about $500, ,oc0. aud
oullicn from quartz loads, gold and
silver, about 100000.
4 dinpatch Of the Denver News says:
There Are more sales of mining peep
srty nov pending in L. sdsiils district,
COL, than at any other period for
thrss years past.
Tin ore 10 found in the granite
Rocks aAd ancient schists Of the plateau
ot central France, especially in Brit.
tsny and Limousin AID the kaol,n
localities Of the Colsttcs, near Lali.
1olls.
According TO the official returns II
the British Board of Trade 200 ton. of
TN ore, valued at e1, 900 were import
cd from Spain iu 1883. 1t is probable
that the Pheniclaas obtained ssms tin
from Spain.
According To the sficial returns Of
the British hoard Of Trade the imp rts
OF tin ore and tin into the United
Kingdom from France in the year 1888
wore 5l7 long tons Of tin ore, valued
At &24, l84, and "a hundred weights Of
tin, worth EOS.
4 small quantity of tin ere 10 OBJ
tainsd annually from Portugal, esti-
mated At about 5000 in value. IL is
found in small veins in granite aud in
the older states, aud as stream tin In
1883 it is reported that tifteea TIN
mines were in operation
In Germsny-Ths TIN deposits Of
Altenbsrg were discovered in 145S,
And formerly produced $50 to 800 tons
Of metallic tin annually, which, about
tho middle of the sixteenth century,
had decreased to only 100 tons. The
.v'ttsr, or tin stuff, is said yield
from 0.S to 0.6 per cent. Of tin ore.
Ihs production in 1880 Of tin ore from
Tue Altenbsrg mines was valued al
x9,l06, and from lains at zinnwsld
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Job Printing neatly executed .
this Office.
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Are at all times 10 b had over The Bar. A
share Of the public pstrsnass u rsspsctfslly
solicited.
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ALI. sosTs OF ITEMS.

All farmer WAITS is the earth
Lowell Citizen.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-17
Electric hight,

Now that Bozeman is on the eve Of
having lighted be electric it IS well that
all should know how this wonderful
light is prodaced and Tor the purpose of
informing them we re produce the follow
ing from an exchange :
The electric light is the direct appIlca,
ton of heat produced by the energy of
the electric current The energy is
neces STATED by the resistance offered by
the bl d Y upon which the electric current
operates. The voltaic are produced by
the placing Of two rods of carbon in con
tact. The current passes from one to the
other, thus separating the rods, heating
the air; and vaI orizing a portion of the
conductor, so that the space between the
rods becomes filed with carbon in
gaseous state. I his carbon vapor offers
high resistance t. the current, and con-
sequently becomes white hot. The
plus carbon, from which the electic eur
rent flows is usually the uppermost, and
being more highly heated than the I'M
der portion burns away more rapidly.
Particles are carried off and transfers. d
to the native carbon; which thus as
sumes the form of pointed cone. while
the plus carbon forms sort of crater of
intense brightness and reflects large
portion of the light downward The
temperature of the arc is estimated at s.
700 Fahrenheit. 1t is a little less than
a third as bright as the sun. The light
is a sort of blush white the blue tinge
comes from the arc and the white com
ing from the carbon The light can be
produced under water as well as in the
air, and also in oils and in vacuum
showing that it is probably due to The in
candescence or glow and not to the oXida
ton of the carbon. The incandescent
lamp has passed into far greater use than
the arc lamp. 1t consists of thin fila
meat or wire ofcarbOn inclos ID in glass
globe from which the air has been ex-
cluded. When a current of electricity of
suitable strength passes through the
filament it becomes white hot, or ince II
descent. These yield light equal to
that of 100 or 200 candies. The incan
descent lamps in most general use are
Edison's and Swans, The most general
ly used arc lamp is Brush's, There a~e
used to- day in the United States upward
of $4,000 arc and 100000 incandescent
lamps These are distributed through
400 cities and towns About S7000O,000
is invested in the business of electric
lighting in the United States. For a
lamp of 1000 candle power, New York
City pays at the rate Of six Genus an
hoIlr