The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-24

l CIiPtOyC VI tuC II. " IVA. ~ buIS pluCoS
is here looking after property interests
being the owner Of q farm In this coun-
ty. He Is still an attache of the b. Il
NJ. with headquarters at Longmont,
Colorado, and is an old friend Of the
CHIEF.
1. b Hampton returned Thursday
from Chicago, and reports the manu-.
featuring company with which he is
connected as about ready TO open up
business. They would have been at
work before this but they had to build
a good deal Of special machinery before
they could operations
Guide Rock Signal.
MIR. William H. Fisher and Miss
X latte Allies we're united in the holy
bonds of matrimony in this city on
February god, at the residence of the
officiating clergyman, Rev. L. A. Hus-
song. There were present as witness
es MIR. and Mrs. s. q. Stanser and MIR
and Mrs. S. +. Spokesfeld.
The transient photographers who
have been working the town for the
past ten days have gone to new fields
taking with them a good deal of the
surplus coin of our citizens and leaving
very little in return. But there's @
new fakir in town this week and the
suckers will still have a chance to bite.
Married, at the residence of A. G..
Blackwell in the city Of Red Cloud on
Wednesday afternoon, February 22d,
Mr.. G. Gravener Stanser of Garfield
township, Webster county, to Miss
Elizabeth &. Francis Of Jewell county
Kansas. The young couple are we'll
and favorably known here, and have a
large circle Of friends, who wish them
much happiness and q bright and pros
porous future.
w. W. Wright came ear having an.
other chance for a fire at his home one
night last week. The lamp got to act.
ing unruly and Mr.. Wright carried II
to the street where it burned and
melted in regulation style. This sec.
ond chance for a conflagration ought to
make one man on the city council in
favor OF the electric light proposition
"%without the consent of any other;per-
son in Red Cloud"
Listof letters remaining uncalled for
at the postoffice at Red Cloud, Neb-
raska, for the week ending Feb. 26th,
1899.
Barlow, j. X. Boyd, j. N.
Half, T.. i. Studdard, John
White. Katherine
These letters will be sent to the dead
letter Office March 9th, IL not called for
before. When calling for above please
say advertised.-T. G. HACKER. p. M
Married-On Wednesday, February
22d, 1899, an 5 o'clock pm, at the res
idence Of the brides sister, Mrs. G. W.
Hagar. near Cowles, Miss Eta Buster
of Franklin county, to Mr.. Louis Beal
Of this county, Rev. Deakin of Cowles
officiating. Only a few relatives and
intimate friends were present. They
were the recipients Of numerous hand
some and useful presents. The newly
welded couple will make their future
home neal Cowles.
The numerous damage suits which
have been brought during the past
year have been increased by one which
was filed this week, the plaintiff in the
case being Mrs. Anna Hadley, and be-
ing against M. M. Stern and John Pol
nicky for the sum of 5000 for selling
liquor to her husband, Frank P. Had
ley. The petition in this case alleges
that defendants sold Hadley liquor for
a stated period of years until he became
a habitual drunksrd and was not able
to carry on his business Of painter and
paper hanger and therefore did not fur
nish support to his family. Other al.
legations are made in the petition. The
suit has been brought by j. M. Chafin
as Mrs. Hadley's attorney.
A merchants carnival was held at
the opera house on last Friday aud
Saturday nights which was given I'M
der the auspices of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety OF the Methodist church. The
business men of the city were pretty
generally represented and some very
pretty effects in costume were made.
The fact that a couple of strangers
We're to be equal participants in the
division Of the receipts had the effect
of throwing cold water on the project.
Our business men we believe are not
backward when it comes 10 helping the
church but thoy are getting tired OF
seeiug their money carried out of town
by cigarette smoking strangers. Leav.
ing out this Objectionable feature the
entertainment was . success aud the