The Red Cloud chief., 1905-10-06
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Items of News Found In The
Chief of Twenty Years Aso
This Week - -


The Congregational parsonage is en-
closed.
The city was full of strangers this
week.
The new opera house will soon be
completed.
Ed Metcalf was in the city Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Damerell, who has been visit
ing for several weeks in Illinois, has
returned home.
Mrs. Mcbride has returned from her
trip to st. Joseph, Missouri.
Miss Lucy Busey, of Champaign,
Illinois, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M.
Birney.
Floyd Reynolds came up from Beat
rice Saturday, and spent Sunday with
the boys.
Mrs. VIM. Parkes is recovering very
slowly from the effects of the runaway
in which she was injured last week.
l. Baum, n of our old time bust.
ness men, is again in the city.
Will Owen, who has been %sojourn.
ing in Red Cloud for the past four
months, has returned to his home in
Clinton, Illinois.
Pap Mosher now sports a one horse
shay.
l.. N. Edison ct al Of Inavale, have
made complaint of the b. q M. Ry. to
the railway commissioners, and Mr..
Buschow, was in Inavale this week
looking up the matter.
The fire company had a grand dance
at the rink on Wednesday evening.
The prize for the most graceful couple
in the waltz was awarded to Ed Hos
sord and Miss Minnie Lee.
John Cline, the son of Ida Cline,
who has been living at VIM. Richard.
sons across the river was run over by
a wagon the other day and killed.
On last Friday evening Emma Har-
ris, daughter of w. j. Harris and wife,
of Garfield precinct, departed this life
after a somewhat %protracted illness
caused from inflammatory rheuma-
tism. She was buried Sunday, Rev.
G. w. Hummell conducted the SER
vices. She was sixteen years of age.
George w. Lindsey, of Paw Paw,
Illinois, is visiting friends in this 10.
cality, and also looking for a bushes,
location.
Rev. Henry McMeekin, formerly
pastor of the Presbyterian church in
this city, has received and accepted a
call from the Presbyterian church in
Hardy.
Walt Harris, who was reported
recently as having been killed by the
Indians, will be in Red Cloud in a few
days.
A very pleasant progressive euchre
party was given at the residence OF
MIR. and Mrs. A s Marsh last Friday
evening. A large number of friends
we're present and had a good time
Mrs. Gather received the first prize
and Mrs. Allen the second.
j. L. Miller and G. w. Ball went tc
Cowles on Tuesday evening to assist
in organizing a Post of the Crane
Army of the Republic at that enter
prising hamlet.
e. A Marsh, a young man quite wei
known in Red Cloud, was married tt
Miss Tilla Serl or Tuesday, Judge
Yeiser officiating.
Chas. Schaffnit, of Illinois, has 10
Gated in Red Cloud, and has moved
into of M. r. Bentley's houses il
the north end. Mr.. Schaffnit is tn
district agent for the German Insur
ance Co. of Illinois.
John j. Quicker, for several month
with Miner Bros. in this city. ha
Ia ken a position as salesman in hi
brothers store in Red Cloud Nationa
Bank block, Wiener's old stand.
Thos. Poyer, we'll known in Re
Cloud, packed his grip, and along wit
his family moved to Arkansas Thurs
day.
DIR. Shidler, a former Red Clou
man, and Il brother-in-law of r. '
Shirley was in the city Saturday.