The Red Cloud chief., 1905-03-24
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Items Of News Found In The
Chief of Twenty Years Ago
This Week -

Three runaways occurred on Tues
day.
The street sprinkler will start on
Monday
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. d. S Coombs,
a daughter.
Sam Dyer will soon have a new ex.
press wagon.
Will parkes entertained a few friends
Tuesday night
II. Edwards is building IA new store
near the depot.
/. N. Taylor has been on the sick list
for several days,
Hiram Hicks will go to Indiana in a
few days on business
j. l.. Haley has returned home from
his trip to New Orleans.
T.. Anderson and Mrs. Zeiss were
married Thursday morning.
Il. +. Highland is adding some i'm
provements to his residence
The new office of county attorney
will pay a salary of $500 per year.
F.. M. Shular has sold his farm near
Guide Rock and will 10Y to Oregon.
Rev. G w. Hummell was the first
man to cross the new bridge on horse
back.
The bridge across the river was COM
pleted Tuesday morning ready for
teams to cross.
Samuel Reese of Pennsylvania has
bought the ". Rosencran's farm and
will move here.
A. G. Hale and J. p. Hale have
formed a partnership and will run a
hardware store at lnavale
Residences and other improvements
to the amount of about $4,000 have
already been built this spring.
The merchants and citizens have do
mated over 5000 in prizes to assist the
&. A. II. in building their memorial
hall.
As a result of Rev. Hummel's Ash
creek revivals there have been several
conversions and $500 has been sub.
scribed to build a new church
Last Sunday night some thief or
thieves entered the stable of John
Polnicky, living north of Red Cloud,
and stole two of his fine 4 year!old
horses, valued at from $500 to $500
No clue to the thieves has been dis
covered Mr.. Polnicky has offered a
reward of s75 for the recovery of the
horses and the county offers $50 for
the capture of the thieves.
Friday evening the pupils of the
high school gave an entertainment at
the rink to II large and appreciative
audience, In the pantomime "Mis-
chief in the Studio,' Lou Kenney
took the part of the ARTIST" Charles
Haley, Ernest" Belle spanogle, "Clar.
ibel;' and Ranny McNitt, "rhe Milk.
man." In the farce Engaged by Mis-
take Charles Haley represented "Mr
Smith" Charley Dow, "Captair
Heavysides;" Emma Brown, "Mrs
Smith," Lou Kenney, "Mr. Potts.
b lie Spanogle, MRS. Potts" Lin,
Owen, "%Arabella;" Hugh Miner, page
The net proceeds were about $40.
CATHERToN-J. A. Lockhart and Mis-
Ella Cure were married this week..
Catherton has IA base ball club.....
John Edwards lost several stacks O
hay in the prairie fire last week.
SCoTT-Mrs. Maggie j. Wolcott i
visiting with her parents, Mark Nobl
and wife. ..... Charles Green lost
cow from getting choked on mn ear o
corn -. Mrs. Fennimore has SO ia
recovered from her attack of hear
failure as to be able to be out.
EAST WEBSTER Jacob Kindsche
lost a valuable horse from bein
hooked by a COW .... Mr.. Buster, fror
Champaign county, Illinois has lc
Gated on one of II b, Eaton's no
ranches. $3.50. Charley Goldman is alb
to be around after a five weeks Hines
MFRS j. b. Payne is on the sic
list.
ELM CREEK Farmers are haulin
curn to COwles so fast the grain buye
can hardly take care of it. 49,. Ira Pa
rick is happy over the arrival Of a fr
bow Mt his home $500. Walter SnO,