The Red Cloud chief., 1902-05-30
LOCAL BRIEFS.

&. W. Bushee and family spent Sun.
day with friends in Guide Rock.
Miss Edith ireland Of Riverton came
down to Red Cloud the first Of the
week.
Mrs. W. H. Van Patten left Monday
for Illinois, where she goes to visit her
mother.
John s. ShafYer Of Anderson, Kan,
was transacting business in the city
Tuesday.
The Holland House is being repaint.
ed and papered and otherwise fixed up
this week.
q. NJ. Albin and family Of Guide
Rock were t%ransacting business in Red
Cloud Tuesday.
Miss Bertha Smith OF Jewell City,
Kan, is visiting with relatives in this
city and vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heffelbower entertained
the graduating class in q very enjoy.
able n on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Oscar Yarger arrived Thursday
OF last week from SCOTS Bluff, Neb.,
for a visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. NJ. Sellars.
The McMurray property on Elm
street, which is undergoing repairs, is
almost completed and will oOn be
ready for occupancy.
Today the Red Cloud public schools
closed for the summer vacation and
the boy who has expanded ideas Of
tshing and swimming is in the height
Of his glory.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
and their friends gave a reception to
Rev. and Mrs. f. U. Brun, at their
home. Quite a number of guests were
present. The affair was a pleasant
one AM the evening was e~njoyably
spent.
Marquis, the well known Handle.
tonian horse, formerly owned by b. +.
Carson of ~Inavale, will stand the rest
of the season at Joe Reeds place, two
miles west of Inavale. Fees o.. See
his colts before breeding elsewhere. j.
A. S%turdevant, owner.
Services at the Methodist Episcopal
church: Preaching at II o'clock am.
and 8 pm. by the pastor, Rev. M. p.
Dixon; Sunday school, 10 o'clock, L. p.
Albright, superintendent; Junior Ep.
worth League, 3 o'clock, Mrs. Bruner,
superintendent; Epworth League, =
O'Clock, Mrs. Mitchell, president.
Prof. H. L. Sans, who has been the
efficient superintendent of our schools
for the past two years, will leave short
~ after the close Of the present term
for Ann Arbor, Michigan, where ht
will take . postgraduate course 10 the
Ann Arbor university. During his stat
in our city Mr.. Sans has through hi
geniality and gentlemanly bearini
made many friends who regret to o.,
., him, depart from our midst, and VIII,
1also wish him success in the future.
Rev. N. P. Dixon preached the bsc
calaureate sermon to the high schoo
graduating class last Sunday evening
His subject wal 1.-THE True Mission o
Life, and the Cost OF Its Accomplish
. ment," using as a text Mark Nv, 30
, HE saved others; Himself He coul,
not save" The words. though spoken
. by His enemies, voice a great prima
: truth Of His kingdom; true that in say
! ing others, Himself He could not save
I And not only is it rue of Him, but @
all who shall follow Him in the regen
GRAFTON. The singing was under tn
direction of l.. p. Albright, the selec
n tons were appropriate and the entir
service gave general satisfaction
Last Friday Miss Il. A. Longbothar
of Dickeyville, WIS, brought her bro
Their William to this city. VIM. Lon,
o botham was declared insane by tn
insanity board of this county in Sci
TENDER, 1901, and Miss r. A. LonI
botham gave a bond for his care an
removed with him to Wisconsin,. A
u of the property formerly owned b
ID him in this state has been disposed
J. since that time. Upon the paymel
Of all costs for trial, etc, by Mi
Longbotham the board ordered hi,
taken to the insane hospital at Lincol,
\ Sheriff Macarthur, accompanied by Mi
s. Longbotham, took him to Lincoln SuI
l. day.
,r On Wednesday ID. S. Phelps of 81
den, who "a arrested last April G
IS the charge o: illegal voting, was trit
in the county court and acquitted
the charge, This case has been Il
y cause of a great deal of ill.feeling
10 the northwestern part of the count
y A few men up there seem to thin