The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-10
HERE AND THERE.

DR.. Damerell of Hastings was here
this week.
The city schools opened Monday
with a good attendance.
Mamie Householder of Baden left
Tuesday morning for Tecumseh.
Rev. l.. A. Hussong and wife were
visiting in Hastings the fore part of the
week.
Aultz a Dyer have put in a new pair
of scales in the real of their poultry es.
tn )lishment.
New crosswalks were put in at the
junction of Webster street and Fourth
mi this week.
The Misses Ethel and Myrtle Spen.
Ger of Omaha are here visiting their
aunt, Mrs. j. ). White.
Miss Loua Bellows of Minneapolis,
formerly Of this city arrived here to.
day on a visit to friends.
Mrs. Geo. Hollister left the first of
the week for Pueblo, Colorado, to visit
with her sister Mrs. Hattie Warren.
Miss Nellie Haley left Tuesday morn
ing for Tecumseh, where she has &c,
cepted a position as teacher ia the
public schools.
A republican primary will be held in
the "bloody second" ward of this city
on next Tuesday, from twelve O'Clock
noon until Z o'clock pm. for the cleo
ton Of delegates to the republican con
ventiOn which meets on Wednesday
Rev. j. M. Darby will preach Sunday
morning OF ''The Work of the Minis
try" and at . o'clock in the evening
will address the young people. Thi,
will close his first years work in thi.
city. He attends the annual confer
ence at York next week.
1t is no unfamiliar sight these day.
for the citizen who makes n journey to
the depot to see upon the platform one
or two barrels filed with empty kan
sas crockery" billed to the st. Joseph
Brewing Co. The "loose whisky
joint in the "burnt district" seems &c
be doing a flourishing business in dis
pensing the contents of "Kansa:
crockery."
Ed Buss, living near this city last
week threshed q field of oats thai
yielded eighty three bushels per acre
How is that for a good crop. Some OF
you eastern fellows that have been
bowling over forty and fifty bushel.
per acre, a now pull in your horns
Nebraska is a great state. II produce:
the biggest crops, the brainiest states
men and the prettiest girls of any stat,
in the uniOn.-Blue Hill Leader.
The Signal is informed that Mr.. +
w. Copelen Of this place has been EN-
ployed to take charge of the Webster
county poor farm and will begin work
as soon as the county poor house IL
completed. This work is right IN Mr.
| Copelen's line as his father was fol
many years superintendent of the
county poor farm in Whitley county
Indiana, and +. w. was his chief as
sistant. We believe the choice of Mr.
Copelen for This position is a wise one
and that the institution under his man
agement will be a success from the
start.-Guide Rock Signal.
We wish that we could prevail upor
editorial writer's OF all political creeds
TO be moderate. The editors and writ
ers who are always frothing ut tn,
mouth bring the newspaper business
into ~disrepute, and their words have
no more effect than tinkling cymbal.
or sounding brass. We have Away,
held that 1t Is possible for n man to bt
q pop, or q democrat, ora prohibition
list, without being Of necessity a barn
burner or horse thief. Abuse Is q poor
weapon used by poor men. Now and
then the best OF editors allow Their
angry passions to rise, ard say thing;
that were better unsaid, but he can b.
pardoned there is no excuse, however
TO, the mar who writes continually al
the top Of his voice, dam aing every.
body who does not agree with him
We blush for the few republican edi
tors who cannot mention Gov. Hol-
comb or the other pop state officials al
Ilncnln wiihnut having a few snasma