The Red Cloud chief., 1894-02-16
CITY NEWS.

WV Sioy tobus'
N. w. Mahaffy has been granted an
increase Of pension.
j. A. Boyd is in Holdrege this week
in the interest Of tho marble works.
Deyo & Grice's cigar counter is graced
with a novel and elegant cigar lighter.
The ladies Of the G. A. II. will give a
social tomorrow night at Mr.. j. A.
Reid's.
Mssrs. Parker and Fulton have cor.
cluded 70 operate their creamery this
summer.
Geo. Newhouse who has been in
Columbus for some time returned home
this week.
Chas. Arnold Of Rosemont was in town
Thursday. He reports a lawsuit in that
burg every day this week.
The Red Cloud marble works have
been improved with some new water
pipes and other slight changes.
Miss Lora Mcbride did not teach her
school this week in Dist. Is on account
Of the snow and severe cold weather.
The advent Of a bright little darling
baby girl Is reported at the home OF
Anthony Clark. All are doing we'll.
j. ID. Reuse, ex.county treasurer Of
Nuckolls county is in the city having
some dental work done at DR.. Chamber
lains Office.
jennie Fox Inundated the filthy
lucre' this week for some tune back and
renewed. John appreciates a good
county paper.
Report Of the Reading room for month
Of February: On hand January 1, s2.75;
received during January, $2O.25; paid
during January. $l3. IS; on hand Febru-
airy l, 1915.
j. l.. Miller left last Tuesday for
Mammoth Springs Ark. He intends to
look up a location near there, and will
probably make that his future home il
that country suits him.
For some days we have failed to oh.
serve the pleasant smile and hear the
cheering voice Of WI .Mowbray the cleo
t~rician. Upon investigation We. find he
is seriously i'll with pneumonia. We
hope he will recover soon.
The republican central committee
Of the first and second wards Of the city
Of Red Cloud are called to meet at the
Argus Office at z p. m. Tuesday Feb
20th 1894, to transact such business as
may properly come before them.--R. b
FULTON, Chairman.
Two fastidious and fun. loving printer
Of this city took the girls out sleigh rid
ing the other day. or course it cost q
an hour for the luxury, and when two
hours had elapsed they unloaded tn,
precious girls some distance from home
and drove rapidly to the livery barn
The girls walked back.
A Conover the B. d M: agent at thii
place is now prepared to sell tickets t.
all foreign countries. If you have any
friends and relatives across the ocean
you can make arrangements with Mr.
Conover in a few minutes to convey
them safely to their destination. II YOU
contemplate a visit to Europe or Other
foreign lands consult Mr.. Conover at thu
depot and he will sell you a ticket cleal
through.
Our old and much respected friend
Conductor Boynton, Of Rock Falls, III.
is in Red Cloud on business. Since HI
was in Red Cloud the last time hs in
forms US that he has been 80 unfortun
ate US to lose his son Charley, who wal
we'll known in this city, by death, HI
having been killed while in the servic'
of the Burlington railway last Octobe
while going under u bridge. One Of tn
fanges on the tender trucks broke an
Charley noticing something wrong step
ped to the side OF the cab just in time t
strike his head against the bridge, ant
met his death. 1t was a great shock Il
his mother and father and wife AM
children. Charley had hundreds Q
friends in Red Cloud who will be sorr
to hear OF his death.
A CONFIDENCE MAN--One evening lac
week a sleek looking individual appeare
in the city, threw out some dodgers il
viting "men only" to attend his entel
tainment at the opera house. He repre-
sented himself as selling a patent CT
tarrh remedy, and implied that he woul
give the individual buying, a certain Sui
OF money, consequently, without malic
aforethought, or a great deal Of wisdom
a lot OF our townsmen were inveigle
. into his parlor, as did the verdant yout
OF olden times, in the spider web stoI
that we all know 30 we'll and fail to con
prehend. He would tell his "suckerl
! that they were actually suckers, in fac
! to buy the goods, yet they put up the
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