The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-25
MERE MENTIONINGS.

on a paper at Lead, South Dakota, Is
here visiting the folks. He is not feel.
ing well and will remain here until he
recuperates.
Ernest Welsch will again on Satur'
day take charge of his lunch room near
the depot and dispense the good cook
cry of himself and wife to the travel.
ing public. People from uptown will
now be making journeys to the depot
to get a piece of Mrs. Welsch's Justly
celebrated pies.
Oklahoma calls our attention to the
fact that she has a pretty young lady |
named Ina Daisy Cook, but as she is
81 years old and yet in a sadly husband.
less condition II Is evident that the
young fellows down there place i'm.
plicit belief in the old saying There's
nothing in a name"
j.. $. White started u the first OF
the week to raise Red Clouds share of
the money needed to bring the First
Nebraska home. However, he only
got two names on the list when word
was received that enough money had
been raised. The two were j. l.. Miner
and c, j. Plat and 800 each was the
amount subscribed.
List of letters remaining ~uncalled for
at the postofice At Red Cloud, Neb-
raska, for the week ending Aug 95th
1899.
Neigh, Cora Shaw, +. Il.
These letters will be sent to the dead
letter office Sept. 14th, IL moi called for
before. When calling for above please
say advertised.-T. G. HACKER. p. M.
There will be a great exhibition Of
blooded swine, cattle, poultry, etc, at
the Interstate fair at Red Cloud, Neb
Sept 18th to 14th. This will undoubt.
eddy be the best exhibition ever held
in this part of the country, and certain
ly you cannot afford to miss it. Many
other excellent attractions a be seen
that will be well worth the price Of ad.
mission.
Bring your best girl to the Interstate
fair at Red Cloud Neb., Sept. 18th to
l4th. Many new attractions will be
introduced each Of which will be well
worth the price Of admission. Shoot.
ing tournament, good band music, good
speaking, good horse racing bicycle
racing, and many oth\r fine features
which you cannot afford to miss, Bal
loon ascension each day,
The Hastings free street fair and
harvest home carnival promises to out
! rival any such exhibition ever attemp
ted in the west. The list of prizes and
, attractions offered are sufficient to at
! tract the attention and draw the lar
, gest crowd the Queen City ha' ever
entertained. Reduced rates on all rail
roads during the fair week make the
, =, trip possible to all.
4 Telephones will be placed at the res
licences of w. A. Mitchell, Henry Cook
G.. II. Potter, +. b. Smith, g. II. Miner
> and at the livery barn of G. Il. Hazel
= ton. There are q number of business
men who are vet without phones wht
could save much time and many step
and accommodate their patrons WHIT
@ already have phones. 1t Is not Away
n a matter of selling goods by phone blu
the convenience it offers and the ide,
of being enterprising and up-to'date.
The city has been doing a little ex
Q detrimental work this week in trying 4
find a larger supply Of water near tn
a pump house, and have succeeded be
. yond the most sanguine expectations
An eight inch test well was bored abou
100 feet from the north well and water
was struck at ten feet. The water wa
found in a bed of course gravel thir
q teen and one half feet in thickness ant
with the largest pump that could b'
got in the city the water in the ties
well could not be lowered.
A story is going the rounds that al
old church member died, OF who's
goodness there was some doubt, bu
n who was regarded as a pillar by hi
pastor, who posted on the church win
dow a notice in these words: "BrotheI
johnson departed for heaven at 4:S'
n this am )" aud then announced tn
Il funeral. Underneath this a newspaper
!. man tackled a telegraph blank, will
these words: "HeaveD, $40 pm
johnson not arrived. Great anxiety.
VIM. Barrett, residing just over thu
line in Kansas, had quite a close cal
last Saturday night. He arose from
his bed to take II dose Of some pain kill
er but by a mistake got a bottle OF car
!. bolic acid and took n tea spoon full o