The Red Cloud chief., 1904-04-29
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Items Of News Found in The
Chief of Twenty Years Ago
This Week -

home from Denver.
The plunkett Sisters. a well known
dramatic company, will hold forth at
the court house May 5, q and :.
The CHEF returns its thanks to
friend Hacker for some delicious
California honey.
This week the windows we're put in
the new Presbyterian church. This
church will be among the handsomest
in tne valley.
We notice in travelling over the
country the disappearance of the con
veutional dug-out. commodious frame
dwellings taking their place. This one
fact denotes prosperity in Webster
aud other counties in this state.
Mrs. Julia 5. Bowen, the instituting
officer of the Department of Nebraska,
will he in Red Cloud on Saturday,
May 3, for the purpose of instituting
Garfield Relief Corps No. Il.
The Red Cloud cornet band went to
Franklin last Saturday, where they
furnished the music for the Odd
Fellows, who were celebrating their
G5th anniversary at that place.
In a few days Decoration day will be
here, and we hope the proper steps
will be taken to observe the day in "a
becoming manner.
On April 90 j. O. (hamberlain re.
ceived $500 pounds of milk at his Ina
vale cheese factory:
The Red Cloud creamery shipped a
ton and a quarter Of butter on last
Friday.
A. j. Tomlinson has built an incu
bator and will now hatch chickens by
Il scientific process. His incubator
will hatch $50 eggs.
The public exhibition given by thu
Red Cloud Literary 'ciety Friday
evening was quite Il success Tn
house was crowded in spite of the ab
straction caused by the minstre
troupe which was in town that ever
ing.
On Sunday we had the pleasure O
taking IA drive into the country be
hind the spirited team of Mr.. Ere
Newhouse.
Mr.. n. b. Downey, an experience
cheese maker from the east, has arriy
ed and will take charge of Mr.. Chan
berlains Indian Creek factory.
r. v. Rudrow has built a new built
ing.
j. II. Smith Is building an additio
to his residence.
p Market report-Winter wheat, SO
nc; oats, IL a. Zoe; rye, 35c; corn, Is,
/. hogs, s4.75; cattle, $3.50 as 90.
On Friday evening a grand music,
concert was given at the court hous
under the auspices Of the Bapti.
Ladies' society. It was a financi'
success aud musical treat.
Sam CARRIER has taken a position
Q Gates II Bohanan's meat market.
Mr.. A. II. Brown, the marble ma,
will move his family here about June
T. Many land buyers are here lookiI
for locations.
t May Day will be celebrated Satu
day by the young people, who wi
picnic on F.. Newhouse's farm.
% Q Potter, for many years come
he ted with the Red Cloud Touring mil
n with l Frisbie, has severed his come
ton with that institution, having so
:, his interest to Mr.. X. Skeen Of Ho
county, Missouri, and has gone
Mound City to take charge Of the Gel
10 brated mineral spring located ther
re The literary society will meet Mt Il
,r residence of +. Newhouse May 3.
20 A large delegation Of Odd Fello,
went to Franklin last Saturday
celebrate the Goth anniversary Of Il
4. order.
I'll On Tuesday night the ladies of Il
Methodist church gave a grand Japa
ese festival success and the ladies ne
~ ted abobt $50 rs "a result of the
L. labors.
10 Inavale d III McCrary has retur
is ed from his trip to st. Joe, where
N has been to buy goods for his ns
store 49,. Anthony Anderson has /
blacksmith shop nearly completed. ..
IL Politics are beginning to be quite livel
u Thine conquers everything. '
a have at last got the switch where
:, should have been placed at first, a
"A new depot is Dol to be erected. :.
o. b. Harvey is putting a new color
the cheese factory. 1t is to be turk
. red, with a pink overskirt and fiounc
rs The pockets are to be trimmed wi
IL pink. T.. II. Palmer had the pl,
.s. sure of seeing another n of his co
,r knocked of the track last week
- No 70. Mr.. Palmer is building one