The Red Cloud chief., 1894-07-06
THE -FOUR RI.
Red Cloud celebrates In Excel
tent style.

people from surrounding country III
large numbers came to Red Cloud to
! celebrate the natal dry. At sunrise the
people were awakened by the gun squad
who sent forth report after report from
the artillery part Of the program. This
was the signal for n general fusiladc of
fire crackers and other explosives, and
the day VAS ushcrcd in in the usual
manner. Everyone shot fire crackers.
At ten o'clock, Marshal Gray engineered
his parade through the streets. fol
lowed by JAS. pcterson's steam engine
and little "Jimmycloncs,' composed Of
three wagons. The parade was headed
by His Honor. the mayor, and the city
council. Following the mayor, came
the S. Of V. band, the fire department,
and n wagon containing "A little girls,
representing the states. This wagon was
a very handsome feature and attracted
much attention. The calithumplans
came next, and then Jas. Petcrson's
steam engine and many citizens in car.
riagcs. The parade went north on Web
stcr, west on eth avenue, south On Sew
ard street. cast on Sd venue. thence to
9th avenue and concluded at the court.
house park, where the speaking was to
take place. Here, Mayor Roby intro.
duced the Hon. 4. j. Mahony Of Omaha,
who addressed the people on the occa.
sion. His speech was thoroughly pat
riotic and full Of sound sense and was
highly appreciated by all present. At
the close Of the address dinner was
called, and after taking care OF the in.
ner man, tho crowd re. assembled to hear
the toasts Of our home people, g Hons,
Jas. Gillian, &. W. Haley, j. NJ. Chailin,
Il. McNitt and X. Il. Potter. Each OF
these gentlemen responded to the sub.
jects assigned them in excellent shape,
and had we the room, we should be
pleased to give each speech. but our
space forbids, suffice it to say, however
that Red Cloud has talent in the line OF
oratory that cannot be surpassed. After
the toasts were completed it was the sig,
nal for a general good time, and the peo.
pie danced, laughed and had n general
good time. The races were Of the prin.
cipal afternoon amusements and people
made "A grand rush to see them.
ADJUSTMENTS.
The bicycle races attracted the largest
crowd, and the handsome racetrack wal
lined with interested spectators. The
wheclmcn who were here from q dis
lance were profuse with their compli
ments in regard to the splendid track
that had been arranged for them. Their,
were four entries in the half mile race
viz: \. Il. Zimmerman, Of Superior
Henry Kirby Of Bladen and Frank Cow
den and Hugh Miner Of this city. Tim
norman carried away the gold media
and Kirby the silver medal. Hugl
} Miners vince! was disabled at the open
ing of the second heat and he wa
forced to withdraw from the race. Tim,
LOO.
Ben Mcfarland OF Red Cloud ant
Willie Thornc Of Bladen were the con
~testants for the boys quarter mile race
Thorc won in 40 seconds, Ben coming il
one second later.
But two entries were made in the mil,
race, A. Il. Zimmerman Of Superior, an,
Harry Eek Of Bladen. Zimmerman wa
winner and was awarded the gold media
and Eek the silver medal. Time for tn
two heats was 3:0S and 2;55.
In the relay race Frank Cowden mad
the first quarter in i3 seconds, G. Crone
the second in Az, Frank Mclaughlin
the third in 44lI and Il. Croncr tn
fourth in 80. Steve Weckcr who wa
! riding a fifth met with an accident ant
Withdrew from the race. The time wa
S 3:O4 for the mile.
A very interesting game Of base ba'
, between Farmers Creek team and Re
8 Cloud, resulted in a score of PC to % i
. favor OF Red Cloud. This was dispute
however and Red Cloud claimed the vic
tory by two scores.
Oliver Hedge won the fat mans rac'
, The entries were Oliver Hedge, Mr.. Iii
: Ter, Mcllale and Mr.. Campbell.
y In the 30 yard race the entries wer
Messrs Stone, Schaifnlt Spurricr, Rya
and Croner. Stone wac winner.
The Red Cloud hose teams made a fin
, showing. No. > won first money in
Seconds. Distance 80 yards.
In the potato race there were four col
tcstants but SO did not learn the wir
ner's name.
G Upon the whole Red Cloud had
I splendid celebration and the people ha
, q good time.
Several months ago NJ. Il. Bentle
purchased what was known as the Stat
bank at that time, on the statemer
a that it was clear from all liens, and no