The Red Cloud chief., 1901-02-01
LOCALLY

| Cloud post Office on January lst, al
dressed to someone ut Leon, Iowa
The address. with the exception of Leon,
Iowa, was worn of and the postmaster
here now desires To find out who mailed
1t, and also the name Of the party to
whom it was sent so it can be deliver.
ed.
CD. Platt is making preparations to
remodel his lumber yard in the spring.
The new yards and coal sheds will
cover the entire half block, ana u two
story brick Office will be put up on the
northwest corner. The foundation for
the coal sheds and part Of the rear
foundation Of the lumber shed has
been completed. When finished the
yard will be very neat and commo.
dious one.
+. w. Cowden of the Cowden Kaley
Clothing Company, accompanied by
Harry Letson will depart Sunday for
Chicago. Frank as buyer for the firm
goes to the market this year with the
Intention of purchasing by far the lar
gest and best assortment of seasonable
clothing and gentleman's wear of every
description ever before brought to the
city by this firm. This is saying a good
deal for they have always carried u
mammoth stock. Frank will give his
personal inspection to buying the goods
and will thus get good bargains.
| Ralph Foe made us a pleasant call
this morning He came in the door
rendering one OF his .whistling solos
We didn't know at first Just what had
struck us. The first thought was that
one Of the far famed "killyloo" birds
had landed amongst us. The editor
grabbed his gun, the foreman grabbed
the shooiiog stick and the devil started
on the run for the Racket Store after
bird cage. As II whistler Ralph has
! few peers, aud we look forward To the
time when Red Cloud new opera
house Is built aud Ralph will he giving
whiNtIing concert, So the general public
will be enabled to enjoy his ability in
this line. Cali again Ralph
Sometime duung the month of Dee
cmbcr last Miss Helen Mcfarland Of
this city sent home box Of wearing
apparel by freight from Grand Island
where she had been visiting When
the box was looked for at the depot it
was missing. About this time Charles
Steilin shipped some goods from
Juniata and it was thought that he
might have got the box loaded with his
goods by mistake, but he discaimed
any knowledge of it. Officers took up
the matter and evidence enough hav
ing been secured the residence Of the
Stcilins was searched and part of the
articles were found. Stcilin and his
wife were therefore placed in jail. On
account of sympathy for the children
and "a payment for the missing goods,
the case was dismissed.
Last week we had the pleasure of
eeing the plans of the proposed new
Potter-Waight building, From the
picture we do not hesitate to say that
it will be one OF the most modern and
handsomest buildings in the city. 1t
will be two stories high and large
basement. The profile shows that but
two large plate glass windows will be
used in the entire fifty foot front and
the front entrances will be in the shape
of an areaway in the center of the two
with door leading to the Wright
building, one into the Potter build
ing one one leading up stairs. The
west end of the north side of the Pot.
ter building will be provided with a
large plate glass window Tho build
ings will both extend tO the alley, and
the rear of the Potter building will be
similar T. a common brick front, it be.
ing all plate glass in order to provide
more light within. The architectural
design of the building is fine and all
windows on the second story will be
capped with arches.
We have the utmost faith in the
proposition that by the time the next
show season rolls around Red Cloud
will have an opera house that will be
as good as any town Of its size in the
country, Since last week the propo.
silion has been talked over with some
Of the moneyed men Of our community
who had money to invest, and we are
glad to say has met with hearty ap.
proval, and the encouragement it
has received in that time assures IL
that in short tim, the opera house
project will be something more than
mere talk. And why should it not be.
! MnnrN cnnld not be mt In n mnrn nay.