The Red Cloud chief., 1904-06-24

Items OF News Found in The
Chief Of Twenty Years Ago
This Week -

4 good rain Saturday.

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A. j. Kenney has returned from
Iowa.
A great many land buyers are in the
county this week.
\ new hardware store is about to be
started at Cowles.
j l.. Miller thinks of building a
brick block for his harness store
Mr.. Spanogle has moved into his
| new and handsome residence on
| Fourth avenue.
Mr.. Pete Hansen has bought the
stage line to Cora.
Henry Cook has the finest phaeton
we have seen in the west. 1t was
made at the Red Cloud Carriage
Works.
Case IL McNeny bought of DR..
rulleys last week 80 acres of land adj
joining their farm, for which they
paid sl,s00.
Morbart n Fulton have determined
to locate at Wells. Mr.. Fulton has
been In that place for a few days
experimenting the erection of a store
building.
Sherwood IL Albright, formerly of
this city, have started another bank at
Bassctt, Neb.
+. \. Hummell waded the Republi-
can river a few days ago.
Messrs. Plat, Albright aud Wal
lace, managers of the rink, have made
arrangements fora big dance on the
Fourth of July.
There will be a grand celebration
at Cowles on the Fourth.
Wells will have a big celebration on
the Fourth.
Red Cloud defeated the Wells base
ball team in this city Thursday by a
score of II to 8.
Ormsby Il Dickerson are shipping
about l,50O cases of eggs per month.
On Wednesday evening Mr.. j. W.
y huuiotIS anu WIDE cOBhld htlSic
were united in marriage by Rev. Geo.
o. Yeiser.
Last week the Red Cloud creamery
made $500 pounds of butter, and has
been making from 800 to 1000 pounds
per day since.
VIM Parkes is now a bloated land
holder. He owns fifteen town lots.
VIM. Gates and Ed Bohannan are
now running a meat market at Nc
I Cook.
G.S Albright has b en- appointed
= agent in this city for the Atchison
, Kan Patriot.
The heavy rain Sunday filed Miner
Bros cellar with water, and had it
. not been for its timely discovery a
. great many valuable goods would
S have been destroyed.
The probabilities are that the Red
8 Cloud 4 Southwestern will be built.
William NJ. Crabill will make final
u proof on Saturday, July II, 1884, on
pre- emption d. S. No. 6567, for the
nw4 sec 8, tip. 9, north of range II
, west.
q Our nine was defeated at Superior
last Thursday, the first time in two
seasons Arson Highly got his thumb
split in the first inning, and the team
was left without a catcher, Cromwell
II having remained ut home. John
Shirley was put in to catch, and after
r. the first few inning, did we'll but the
game was lost before he could get or
n to Platt's pitching. The score was l;
to 8 in favor of Superior.
+. Houchin has had some sad ex
perience with lightning rod peddlers
They wanted to put up a rod for him
Of but the price being so high, Mr.
Houchin thought he could not atfor,
it, so the peddler offered to put it NJ
for a. as an advertisement. Houchil
,e accepted the proposition and signe'
the contract without reading it. J
- day or two afterward the peddler pu
up tne Tou, anu 'heh "e,ia'i"eud HiuS'
larger sum than agreed upon, whicI
Houchin refused t. pay. the con
tract was then shown him. He stead
lily refused and finally compromise
the matter.
The first of the week we took ol
casion to visit the beautiful littl
village of Inavale, lying seven mile
west of Red Cloud. The village wa
recently laid out and plated by on
friend, w. j. Vance. While there W
had the pleasure of calling on G "
Knight and family. Mr., Knight
postmaster and has held his positio
for some twelve years. Among thos
uLau, NO mot mnra Mr. Il II Difnn