The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-19

%tional church will have an ice cream
and cake social In the court house park
on the evening Of Thursday, August 25.
j. II. Smith writes combined insur.
ance for a term of five years at 3 per
cent. On schools houses, churches and
farm property on the installment plan.
Drop him q card at Red Cloud, Neb.
The street commissioner Is this week
having the broken rock from the rear
Of the marble works placed at cross
walks on Webster street. which very
much improves them and will prevent
muddy crosswalks-whcn 1t rains.
While returning from the depot last
Sunday evening in his top buggy, Len
Aultz had the misfortune to collide
with Ed Smith who was going TO the
depot, with the result Of having his
buggy slightly smashed, but luckily no
one was hurt.
A small boy with a match, who
wanted to see the "blazes'' set fire to
J.. G. Myers barn last Tuesday even
ing. An alarm was turned in and the
department responded promptly, and
soon had the flames under control. The
. barn and Observation-Disclosures, together
with their contents, we're practically
destroyed.
A very pleasant wedding occurred at
the home Of Mr.. Henry Kessler, the
popular salesman at Miner Bros, the
q contracting parties being a sister Miss
Q Ella Kessler and Mr.. James Moore OF
Mount Morris, Illinois, the ceremony
a being performed by Rev. Fitz, The
happy couple left on the morning train
for their home in Illinois.
u There is one thing which people 60
ing to fires with buggies and wagons
should remember, and that Is 10 to
drive over the hose, as the sharp tire
of the wheels will cut the best of hose.
At some recent fire this trick was done,
and as a consequence one of the hose
carts will be short fifty feet of hose, it
j. being cut through and thus rendered
useless. This hose costs one dollar a
foot, or fifty dollars a length, and par.
ties driving over it and destroying it
: should he made to pay for it.
About one month ago my child which
-. is fifteen months old, had an attack of
=, diarrhoea accompanied by vomiting.
| gave it such remedies as are usually
given in such cases, but as nothing
gave relief; We sent for "A physician and
~ it was under its care for . week. Al
o. this time the child had been sick foi
'e about ten days aud was having about
twenty-five operations of the bowels
4. every twelve hours, and we were con
WINGED that unless il should soor oh
nj tain relief it would not live. Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoe;
Remedy was recommended, and ] de
ut cided To- try it. | soon noticed n chang
no for the better; by its continued use
mt complete cure was brought about AM
be i is now perfectly healthy.-C. l.
BoGas, Stumptown, Gilmer county, w
Va. For sale by II. +. Grice,
ut Parties representing both sides of tn
ys late Guide Rock unpleasantness wer
n in the city yesterday TO attend the as
Ell sault and battery case in Porter's cour
as a result of the melee. The complain
= not having been signed by Il prope
= officer as sworn to before him was oh
- iected to by defense and objection oven
y. ruled by the justice and II change o
-. venue was then taken by defense T.
y, Justice Yeiser's court. Later defend
ants were arrested on a warrant issue
out of Judge Duffys court and serve'
by the sheriff charging them with riot
by entering store Of plaintiff and ur
lawfully using violence against his pei
ay son. The latter case coming befor
St Judge Duffy vas laid over by reque,
tn of defendants lawyer for the reaso
W. that they were already under custod
at Of an officer on the former charge. TIL
ed hearing on the last warrant will con
nj up on Monday, August 20. j. s. Gi
Ter ham appears for defense and E. |
on Overman for plaintiffs. While little
positively known OF the case here, syn
patty appears to be on the side of II
IN defense.
Ig A special to the Chicago Tribune vi
"a der date of August 18th, from Arcolt
~ Illinois, says: THAT the corn crop
{S central Illinois will fall far short of I'll
70 average yield is now a foregone co..
SS clusion. A careful inspection OF Il
@g condition of the crop in a large portio
Ks of Champaign, Douglas, Coles, Mou
IA trie and Edgar counties shows a mo
H radical decrease in the yield. The lor
% drought in the early part OF the seasc
* Is mainly accountable for the shortag
Sc aud this, coupled with the ravages
\S the chinch bugs, has aided material