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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1886)
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In many cases cottonwoodsj 'willows, and poplars are planted to break the force of the wind, chiefly because they can be obtained near the place where they are wanted, can be bought at a low price, arc quite certain to live after they are transplanted, antPwill make a very crick growth. At but little more trouble andebst a shelter-belt may be formed that will be valuable for other purposes than breaking the force of our violent winds. We can substitute for the cottonwood, willow, and poplar the( butternut, black walnut, hickory, and beech. To this list of nut-producing trees we can add the white oak, and for portions of the country where the cli mate is suited to their growth the pecan and chestnut All these trce3 arc state ly, hardy, strong, and long-lived. Once established, they will continue to grow for centuries. None of them are likely to bo overturned- or broken by the 'strongest winds. Their somewhat slow growth whiic they arc young constitutes the only objection to them. They form excellent shelter-belts. They are highly ornamental, and after they are of a size to sustain barbed wire will be excellent substitutes for ce- .dar-posts in forming a fence. The branches which arc removed in pruning will make good fuel. As soon as they arc of an age and size to produce nuts they will be constant sources of pleasure ana profit Edible nuts take a high rank among tiic luxuries, and they msiy be produced on every farm almost with out cost or trouble. Few things add more to the comfort of the home during the winter than a supply of nuts. If more are produced than are wanted for home consumption they can be readily sold to farmers who have no nut trees and to village people. During several years there has been "a , large demand for nuts for planting in the far western states and territories. There has even been a considerable demand for them to send to England and some countries on the continent of Europe. A Mis souri farmer states that for a series of yeas he has derived more money from the sale of nuts that gftw on a forty acre tract of native hickory and walnut trees than from the corn produced on the same number of acres. The former cost nothing but for harvesting, whilo the-lattcr requires the labor of a man and team during the entire season. All the nut-producing trees mentioned furnish.cxccllent timber and very val uable fuel. If it is necessary to cut down a tree at any stage of its growth because it stands too close to others or has received an injury; its wood be comes valuable for timber or fuel. Nut producing trees are as desirable for planting in groves or along the sides of roads as for iorming shelter belts. Of late tho black w:unut has received much attention at the hands of tree planters, but the claims of tho butternut or white walnut have generally been overlooked. The like is true in relation to tho hickory, which is one of tho most beautiful as well as one of the most useful of our native trees. The beech has been neglected and tho impression has been created that it will not thrive on prairie soils. It is a very valuable tree, and there is good reason for be lieving that it will grow on any land thatprodutcs oaks. Beech nuts aro very easily obtained, and they germin ate almost as easily as grains of corn. The trees present a very fine appear ance, whether growing by themselves or with trees that have drooping branches, with which they make a very striking contrast Chicago Times. High and IiOfty Chicken-Sellers. It is quite au insult to ask a. Malay if he will sell anything. Malays from the up country used sometimes to find their way to my door with their hands full of fowls, which they said they wished to lay at my feet They were tho poorest ryots possible, with nothing on but a ragged and dirty sarong, yet they were quite horrified at my asking if they had brought their fowls to sell. They 'care fully explained that tho fowls (perhaps several dollars' worth) were a present to me, but in the game breath they sug gested to me that if out of my compas sion for them I would give them a small trifle to buy rice it would be very accept able. It seemed to mo that the distinc tion between selling and this proposed proceeding was imaginary, so I used to force them in a hard-hearted way to mention a price. I generally found that the more uelicacy and refinement of feeling they had paraded the higher was tho price they wanted and the less the fowls would bear examination. The' owner appeared to think that the fowls would taste better on account of having belonged to a noble race that have never soiled its 'scutehion by commercial deal ings. In Malacca. How Dead Horse Were Utilized. Among other army contractors of high and low degreo at or about Washington during the war was ono who had pur chased, as the highest bidder, the dead horses of Uto army of the Potomac, for which he paid $l.76 each, delivered at his "establishment." They averaged, in the winter, fifty a day-, and were thus disposed of: First, the'shoes were pulled off, then the hoofs were cutoff; then the manes and tails were sheared. The ani mal was then skinned, the carcass was boiled that the tallow might be extract ed, the best of the bones were sold for knife handles, and the remainder to be ground for fertilizers. The total result was that these different parts of the dead animal were worth when prepared for market at least $25 a head, and the profits of the contractor were conse quently very largo. VostonJSudgeL A,Wahington letter to the Boston - TrmxUcr says: "The latest craze which has struck tho Washington belle is the carrying of canes. A few weeks ago a young leader in soeietv returned from England, and the uext day she surprised her friends by appearing on the street with a cane. It wasnt the ordinary dude com, but a nice little stick with a i 'fpherdV crook of hammered ailrer. SoctUMBib swung it, and at other ItUMs' ilifctnick the ground wita a . fslMUpr riifc 1 Tfcero is no questioa bat 'that this created a sensation, but there is a great deal of difference of opinion as to whether the craac will strike in or hot So far not more than hali-a-doMa girls, have mustered up courage enough to appear on tho streets with csnta. -iftea.rtgVi6awga",'?l''gM'-' - HO)'' jiiwi w'J ,'J"i' BULBS ASP HORSESHOES. Saw tk ltomtxto, GUM MMHaatlaaa of Elefte Lamps aral'upr. The jncdescent electric; light has become a 'familiar object to everyone. The little 'glass bulbs with their brilliant horseshoe of glowing filament attract no more attention than the flickering gas jet But the fact about the gas-jet are easily and generally understood, while the lamp is still a puzzle to many people. Bom produce light by incandes cence. The molecules ofgas are rend ered incandescent by the heat generated by the combustion "of other molecules. The blue portion of every gas flame is where combustion is taking place, and from that comes the heat which keeps the rest in- a state of incandescence. With the electric lamp it is the heat pro duced by the friction of an electric cur rent compelled to go through a fine car boa filament which raises that filament to a condition of incandescence and pro duces light The three substances which enter into the composition of an electric lamp are hiss, platinum wire, and bamboo or laper. Glass bulbs, are readily pre ared by the usual methods of glass jlowing, but tho preparation of the )amboo is a delicate piece of work. In the best lamps the little horseshoe is made of bamboo, and this material has proved its superiority to its rival, paper, in several ways. The bamboo comes from Japan in "bundles of slips a foot in length. Japanese bamboo is of .liner quality than the Chinese. It is first split up into little square strips. Girls round these off by running them through dies until they look like little brown straws. These arc put in crucibles with graphite and submitted to a white heat for sever al hours. This carbonizes them thor oughly. The filaments ure not all of exactly the same size when taken out of the crucibles, and if used in that state would present varying resistances to tho current and the lamps would not be even and economical in their working. To make them uniform they are put one by one into a glass jar from which the air can be exhausted and a hydro-carbon gas tho lightest of the products of petroleum can be admitted. A current of electricity is run through tho horse shoe filament and it absorbs carbon from tho gas untilthe operator sacs that its resistance has been reduced to the regulation amount The standard used in the factory from which this descrip tion was obtained is i-'oO ohms. The moment when the resistance has reached the desired point is told by means of an apparatus familiar to clce tricans tho Wheatstone bridge. IsTow tho lamp is in three parts, the bulb, the carbon filament, and tho stop per containing the two platinum wires which are to connect the horseshoe of carbon with the system of wires that carries the current all over a building to the hundreds of lamps. It only re mains to put the. stopper in its place at the larger end of the pear-shaped glass bulb, seal it air-tight in the flame of a blow-pipe, extract tho air from the bulb by a mercury pump and then seal the other end. The bulb is made of the thinnest glass, and before the air is ex hausted from it will break easily. After the vacuum is created, however, it can be handled carelessly without injury; and when it docs break there is a report liko ' that of a dozen popguns. Tho lamps arc expected to burn six hundred hours. Sometimes, liko other articles of human manufacture, they fall short of expectations. The competitive trial recently made at the Franklin in stitute of the lamps of various compa nies furnished several woful examples of this truth. A well-made lam) will last that lougth of time, however. If by bad workmanship air is allowed to leak in, the carbon burns out quickly. If it is run at too high a tension that is, if too much current is sent through it, the fric tion wears out the little horseshoe in a shorter time and it breaks. It is the necessity for a practical absolute vacuum that requires the employment of the pla tinum connecting wires. Platinum is. tho only metal which expands and con tracts with heat at the same rate as glass, keeps the joint, where the wires pass through the glass, always tight so that no airjean enter. There is a fort une in storo for the inventor who can get up some kind of cement that will prevent tho passage of air, and at tho same time admit the use of cheap coj per instead of costly platinum wires. The problem may beeapable of solution, for this whole matter of electric lighting is still in its infancy, though not a most vigorous stage of infancy. Xcio York Tribune. How to Be Photographed. Very many of tho photo ocrators are persons without artistic talent or have not studied art enough to know how to produce correct photo likenesses, and that is one of the reasons why peoplo find it so difficult to get good likenesses of themselves or friends. A large share of the photos made the last few 3'cars in the cities as well as in the country towns have been poor speci mens, showing great want of artistic skill in the makers. Portrait artists are frequently asked where a person should go to get good photos, and the answer is, they make good work and poor work in "all the galleries, and it is all chance about get ting good, unless you can show the artist-operator what kind of a photo you want Every one ought to know that sitting for a photo to the light so that one side of the face would be white and the other side black or heavily shaded would not be a good position for a good likeness. Neither would artists of experience scat you so that the light would strike direct ly in front. But if vou want the best and most correct likeness you can have you should sit so that the light would strike you eornerwise or head turned a little from the stronjr side lijrht, and never have a strong reflector used on the opposite side of vou from the window, which would distort, your features in a photo so that your nearest friend would not recognize any likeness. Or, if you want a fancy picture and do not care about it being a good likeness, you can let the photo artist exercise his own taste. It has been the practice by verv mam photo artists to make the negatives so poor that they reqiured considerable re touching to make passable photos from them. The best negatives are made so lhatH little or no retouching need be doue on them. Portrait painters who are asked to paint life-size portraits from small pho tos tlnnfc they have good reasons to speak harsh words of the photo artist who would allow ich badlv luadc pho- tos to pass from their galleries. , Many portraits arc made from poor photosTof deceased persons. The plwtos with the imierfecUon are enlarged to life size, and wheru-lho negatives have been retouched make the face look as if the person had tho small-pox. very bad ly, which give the bra von, or othcr ar tkto extrmlaftor ad wrpteftr to ovif. The Orcai'-Scal tf Enuland. " The mere holding of the Great Seal of England entitles its fortunate custodian to some $00.X a year, to immense pa tronage in church "and State, to be speak er of the house of lords, a privy council or, and the head of all judicial authori ty in the kingdom, to be designated lord high chancellor of Great Britain, and keeper of the royal conscience, and to rank (next to the' royal family) the second subject in the realm. It is very difficult if not impossible, to say when England first had a great seal. Seals were not much sti by our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, but came largely into fashion during the Norman reigns. The jrilt crosses or marks of Edward the Con fessor and other Saxon kings can scarce ly be called seals, anil partook more of the character of signatures of an illiter ate age; but a grand ami perfect seal of William the Conqucrer exists, having the monarch crowned and throned on tire one side and mounted on horseback on the other attitudes which have been invariably observed to the present day. One remarkable circumstance connect ed with the Great Seal is its progressive growth in size as time advanced. Origi nally, S00 years since, not larger than the top of an ordinary modern teacup, it has been gradually enlarged from ago to age, till it oilers now the size and aj pearancu of a luuilin, and requires to be inclosed in a tin box for protection. In deed, so cumbrous and unwieldy had the Great Seal become that some three or four years since an act of parliament passed containing very extraordinary provisions, directing that all the minor, and many even of the more important documents passing under it. should for tho future be authenticated by a paper wafer, of moderate size, which should be gummed on the instrument, and bo 'deemed anil taken to be the Great Seal itself. The Great Seal has only three times been lost twice temporarily and once permanently. James II.. on leaving the kingdom on his abdication, threw the seal into the Thames, whence, how ever, it was next morning lishcd up and brought to. Whitehall. Lord Eldon buried it in his garden in Queen square during one night when his house caught fire and he thought in the confusion it might be stolen. "And," writes the chancellor in his diary, "when the- fire was extinguished I quite forgot in the morning where 1 had buried it, and while the carriage waited to take me to court, 1113' lady and I and all the house hold were digging with pieces of stick, till we luckily found it. Lord Thur low, who always held it during tho night in his bedroom, had it actually car rietl off by burglars, from whom it was never recovered. A privy council was called the next day, a new seal was rap idlv made, and during the remainder of his" continuance in ollicc Lord Thurlow invariably deposited it of a night under his pillow. Down to 1818 the Great Seal itself was made of copper; sinee then silver has been the metal emploved. It is in two halves, somewhat like two very thick bright tin saueopau-lids fitting closely together, their inner surfaces deeply sculptured with the royal devices intended to be formed on the wax when squeezed between them. Instruments having a limited duration are sealed with yellow wax. Others, supposed to exist in perpetuity, such as patents of peerage, etc., are exemplified under green wax; and in the case of some let ters patent, likely to be exposed to a good deal of knocking about or jour neying from plaeu to place, the wax seal was stamped after bein" ingenious ly inelosed in cream-colored leather. X. Y. Observer. A ISattle Between Elks. Yesterdav morning the biir elk "Champagne Charlie,'' at the Zoologi cal garden, who has for several days been paying marked attention to one of the lady elks, who answers to the name of Nellie, discovered that he had a rival in the affections of the soft-eyed doc in tho erson of "Phienix," who is nearly as large as Charlie, and has wide spreading antlers, whose points arc sharp as needles. When Charlie first became aware of the state of a ft airs he discovered Phoenix and Nellie flirting in a secluded corner of the pen. The sight maddened him, and with a hoarse bellow of rage he ru-jhed forward with lowered head to exterminate his rival. Phieni.v must have been expecting some thing of the sort for wheeling quick as lightning he braced himself to receive the onslaught of his foe. Their heads came together with a force that stunned both, and the rattle of their horns at tracted the attention of Keeper John Ford, who was feeding the fallow deer. He seized a club and ran to separate the combatants, who were now lighting with a fierceness that meant death for the weaker. The tiks know Ford's voice and obey him like children. When he reached the fence inclosing their pen he shouted to Phieni.v. and the latter was thrown off his guard. When he threw up his head and looked toward the keeier, Charlie, whose eyes, were blootlshot, made a sudden lunge, and catching Phurnix on his antlers threw him against the fence which divides their pen from the inelosure occupied by the two hump backed camels with such force as to break off several stout palings. Then, with a cry of triumph, he retreated to his stable. The keepers temporarily separated the two infuriated animals and placed Plueni.v in the camel pen. He was till warlike, and several times charged the bactrians. Nellie, who had witnessed the battle, received tho conqueror with a cooing bleat of Iileasure, and soried by his side while ic walked proudly around the pen. The battle created great eteitement among the animals. The lion and tigers roared, the elephants trumpeted, the eagles screamed, the wolves barked, and the buffaloes bellowed. Two big buffalo bulls, "Pete" and 'Samson. who had previously had several dis putes as to the leadership of the herd, pawed the ground, and. after a few preliminarv ocllawd, lowered thir heads and rushed together with a concussion that was heard all over the garden. Keeper Ford succeeded in quieting them before they could do each other further damage, but he watclied them warily all day, and apprehends more trouble untilthe disputed leadership is settled. Philadelphia Times. &' Mhmgton letter to tae Cleveland Titaicr savs: "Dr. lary Wrdlcr, wear ing hex'Grand Annybruige and claim ing the rights and privileges wliich are aeoorcktttoan'oHi soldier. called upon Gtniisskner IWack at the I'eRsion Of- f -lite to ioathat ftcial about dome niat- "trrthHh wliich she was interested. lutJeirefuse4jlo $ listen .tocher, on the plea that hd;wa4 too tmsr.- She persist ed, however, and the Commissioner, to get rid of her. sent for the superuitead cnt of tho buildiag and had her put out. She protested agafnst4 being' treated ao ungenerously, bwtitdid mo jpaed; her strength wMMteqml-to tMt 4 tim j'SnjMutUBvCSb . anftj"' v Election Notice. NOTICE la iit.Kfc.lt I tu . r.- tW fcv-viffnr .. it.it. inruv m . .. j a-m - - w jr ". - u vfted bv the several acts of the ..o .. . . . liu.i.lalurn nf tlio ! il "Vf!int.t !l IViritlUHV .. .;.... -W v. -...- .., " .1 r. nfiln,t,i ious municipal corporations to aid in ternal improvement, we the board of supervisors for Webster countv. Xc- briika, do herebv order a Vpecial election to be held'on the 20th duv of f..r. 1KMV ;,, tlln fnllownif ti.wiu.nin. in.) of 't. fnllmrln.' nlnro in cni.l tmvti- ....v. -, ...- .w.......n ,;..-r ... . -" tho tnllrkwii.f r.rrknritinti ti.wil- hnll . v a m. in &.. KaK r.r j ' .J afe--B. the board of eiipervi-ors of V v-' " mmv'v-w-w--rwwm ---..-. - -,-. Webster county, Nebraskn, for the purposo ot J ,,! aiding in the construction uf the Chicago, Nebraska, Xansas fc South- "' UVttPrn railroad from a noiut oil the ,..,. i:., i.-t.-o.. v...- .wi A.i.r-- StiUU MIIV; UtkUVVll itUtiKI l .',. ky. on the soutti line of Walnut Creek to Htiship, through said Walnut CrV towuship.thence through Linu township into ami through Itetl Cloud t wi.ship and into lied Cloud Ci:y township, issue the special bonds of said count) for said Ked Cloud township in the sum of twenty thousand and five hundred dollars, said bonds to be dated on the day of their issue, and to he navable "to the Chicago, Nebraska. Kansas fc South-Western WitilriMid'i Company or hearer, on or hefore twenty years from the date thereof, and to bear annual interest at the rate of six per cent., payable annu ally to bearer as per interest coupons to be attacifed thereto. Principal and interest of said bonds payable at the office of the treasurer of said WeU-ter county. J'roriilcil, That the work of construct ing said 'road in Nebraska shall be begun by the 1st day of May, li'G, provided timber, that none of the bonds of said township shall be deliv ered until said railroad is completed and cars running thereon iioni lit-tl Cloud, Nebraska, to i connection with the Central Hranch of tho Union Pa cific railroad, in Kansas. Provided further that said company shall erect and maintain utthin the corporate limits of the city of Hed Cloud, north of Division street, or immediately adjacent to said corporate1 limits north of said street, a good commodious freight depot, a passen ger depot, side tracks, stuck yards and other buildings necessary to the convenience of the public thereat. Providc'd'ftirther, that said road shall be completed and in running order from Ked Cloud, Neb., to a point on the Central Uranch railroad in Kansas within one year from May 1st, 1SSG, or said bonds shall bo void And shall the board of supervisors of said Webster county rause to bo an nually levied in addition to the usual and other taxes on said township an amount of tax on the taxable property of said Ited Cloud township, suiliciei t to pay the interest accruing annually on the bonds of said township; and shall said board at the several times required by law cause to lie levied an additional tax on tin; taxable pioperty of said township sufficient to meet ami pay the principal of said bonds in tbis proposition refer ed to, provided said taxes so to be levied shall not Dxcecd tho amount of tax anthorizid by law to be levied to aid in the construction of works of internal improvement. And provided said taxes shall never exceed ten per cent, of the principal of said bonds. Said vote on said proposition shall he taken by ballot and all person voting in favor of said proposition shall have printed or written on his said bollot the words: "Shall the special bonds of A'ebstcr county, Nconiska, for Ked Cloud township, he issued to the Chicago, Nebraska, Kansas vt South-western Kail road Company in accordance with the proposition sub mitted. Yes." All persons voting against said proposition shall have printed or written on his said hallo', the word.-: "Shall the special bonds of Webster county, Nebraska, for Ked Cloud town- ship be issued to the Chicago, Nebras- ' ka, Kansas k South-Western Kauroad Company in accordance with the proposition submitted. No." Uy order of TlIK BOAICP OK Sl'IT.KVISORS. Attest: J. 11. Haii.kv, County Clerk. Election Notice KTOTICE IS 1IEKKBY GIVEN that by virtue of an authority in us vested by the several acts of the legislature of tho state of Nebraska concerning the voting of bonds by various municipal corporations to aid internal improvements, we, the board of supervisors for Webster county, Nebraska, do hereby order a special election to be held on the J0th day of Jarch, 1SS6, in the following township and at the following place in said township, to-wit: In Walnut Creek township, at school house in school district No. 3, for the purpose of voting on the following proposition, tn-wit: Shall the board of supervisors of Web ster county, Nebraska, tor the purpose ot aiding in the construction of the Chicago, Nebraska, Kansas fc South Western Kailroad from a point on the state line between Kansas and Nebra ka, on the south line of Walnut Cruk towfehip, througa said Walnut Creek township, thence through Line town ship into and through KM Cloud township and into Ked Cloud City township, issue the special bonds of said county for said Walnut Creek township in the sum of seven thousand and five hundred dollars, said bonds to be dated on the day of their issue and to be payable to the Chicago, Nebraska Kansas i South-western Kai road Co or bearer on or before twenty years from the date thereof, and to bear annual interest at the rate of six per cent, payable annually to bearer a per interest coupons to.be attached there- ; to. Principal and interest of Saul bonds payable at the office of the treasurer of said Webster county. Provided, that the work of constructing ...s. ..rl ... k f !. .......ii 1. I. v . . w. hv rVi Isttlflv of Max-. iVSf. T'mvi?p1 further that none of the said bond of said township shall be delivered until said road is com Dieted and car? run ( ning thereon from Ked- Cloud, Nebras ka, to a connection with the Central J Branch of the Union Pacific Ra;iroad in ITmH.A ltH... llVfl IV-,1A. f au?o;. i tu.iutii lunacr i that said railroad company shall establish and maintain a railway station, with competent depot building, ide tracks ami cattle chute at some point in Walnut Creek township, uot ncareyflTe Kansas line than one nule. JrrMvidtu lurtner mat earn com pa m shaM erect and maintain within the f ity ol Ited ! corporate limits of the city fHond. north of Division street or ftnnediately adjacent to aul corporate limits north of wd Btrcet, a ood, ship,to-wit: In Red Cloud to.vnship, j l-roneny ui am aiui uitk . at outh school house in school district ship sulliciBnt to pay the mterivt x- vnr tv.ft r.t.m.-io ,tC w.tittft ,.M f accrumc annua!! v on the bonds ot saul con- venieotfe GLtbi public thereat. Provided further, that said i i'vnriiMi iiirrirr i .niti Jirnii ,," v" ."- -- . shall bo compli'teil and in running -.,!- f,.. !,wl IMn.t.l nl. tn a ru-titlt UiUVi JiUIH V. Vl'iuu .ovv., v .w... 1 Oil the (eutrtu lirancii rauroau m .ihmiM. wiinm one tear irum ! Mar Isx 4tt or said bond j..abe ,l1- , , , - A-"1 " tle board of supervisor or I "! county cauio to be annual.y levied m addition to the I-"" ler -a'u wwiwiip ail amOUW of tax Oil the taxable .. .... J I I ',...!- M - . i-ilnit and hull mi id board tt the I --evenu limes reuueti ny ian cause to l Ik; icvicl nil miuiliuuui iu- un mu taxable pronertv of said township i ... . . i - .t.- ...... suuicieni m nu hi aim pn : uie pnnci- I !"' - ,HSS . "--. proposllion 1 roferred U. tirovuied said taxes so to f . . m . be levied shall not uxeved the amount of tax authorized hv law. to bo levied to aid in the construction of works" of internal improvement. Ami pro vided said tuxes shall never exceed ten ptr cent, ot me principal ol said bonds. ' ?nid vo;o on said proposition shall be taken by ballot, and all persons' voting in favor of said propo sition shall have printed or written on 'is aid ballot the the words: "rhull special bonds of Webster county. the Nebraska, for Walnut Creek township be issued to the Chicago, Nebraska, Kansa it Eolith-Western Kailroad Company, in accordance with the proposition submitted. Ys." All person- voting against said proposition shall have printed on his said ballot the words r "shall tho special bonds of Webster county, Nebraska, for Walnut Creek township be issued to the Chicago, Nebraska, Kansas it Smith-Western Kailroad Company, in accordance with the proposition submitted. No." By order of Thk BoAitn opSri'KKVisoiw. Attest: J. II. B.MtP.v, county clerk. Floction Notice. VTOTICH is hekeky given. that by virtue of aii'hority in u vested by the several acts of the legislature of tho state ot Nebraska, concerning the voting of bonds by municipal corporations to aid inter nal improvements, we the mayor and board of the city council of the city of Ked Cloud, Webster county, Nebraska, a cliy of the second elass. oitranizetl and created under and by virtue of the ' laws ot -Ncbra-ka, at a special meeting legally called and held for that purpose and in pursuance of a petition in writing feigned by more than fifty free holders of said city, which said peti ion is hereby found and adjudged by s.id city council to be in writing ands.igiu'd by more than fiftj- frceho'dem of said city and to be in all respects according to law, do hereby order that a special election shall 1e held on theUOtb, day of .March ISSG at the following; place's to wit: Said election shall be heid in and lor the city of Ked Cloud, Webster county, Nebraska, and in the ttrst?ward thereof at the oflicu formerly occupied by the Argus, and in the second ward thereof, at the court house, said elec tion shall be for the purpo-e of submit ting to tiie qualified votem of said city of Ked Cloud, the following questions to-wit: Shall the said city of Ked Cloud aid in the construction of the Chicago, Nebraska, Kansas it South-Western, railroad. i corporation created and ex isting under ai d bv virtue of the laws ot Nebraska, which said company pro poses to construct a line of railroad Iioin some point on the stale line between Kansas and Nebraska through Walnnut Creek or Line townships through and into Ited Cloud township and into the city of Ked Cioud, and for and as such aid by its proper officers issue tho special bonds of said city of Keil Cloud in the sum of Twenty-eight thousand dollars, said bonds to bear date of their issue, and to be payable to the Chicago. ..ebraka Kansas an I South Wu-tcrii, railroad company on or before twenty years from date, and bear an annual interest of six per cent, per annum. Provided that the wotk of constructing said railroad in Nobraska shall begin by May 1st, ISSO. Provided further that none of said bonds shall be delivered uniilsaid road is completed and cars running thereon from the city of Ked Cloud. Nebraska, to a connection with the central branch of the Union Pacific K. K. Provided further that said company shall erect and maintain within tho coiporate limits of the city of Ked Cloud, north of Division street or immediately ac'jaccnt to said corporate limits north of raid street a good and com nodious freight depot, passenger depot, side tracks, stock yards and suCh other buildings as necessary to the convenience of the public Provided further that said road shall be constructed ami in running order from Ked Cloud to a point on the Cen tral Branch K. K. within one year from May Js.t, ISSO, or sai.1 bonds shall be void And shall said mayor and city council of .aid citv cnuc to be annually levied in addition to the other and usual taxes on said city an amount of tax on the taxable property of said city sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds annually, and also cause a tax to bo levied at uch linicsi as the law may require sufficient to meet and nay the principal of jSatd bonds, provided said taxes' so levied shall not exceed the amount of tax authorized by law, an.I never exceed j ten per cent of ihe principal of .nd bonds. Said vote on soid proposition shall be taken by bullet and all persons voting in favor of said -proposition shall have printed or written on their said ballot the worcs: "Shall the "special bonds of Ked Cloud cily be "issued to the Chicago, Nebraska, "Kansas fc South-Western Railroad 'Company in accordance with the "propo-itton nbrnitted. Ye?' Ail ner?ons voting againn a: iiJ I :J'ma ubau have printed or ! written on their ballots the word: ''Shall thr special bonds of Ked Cloud "city be tued to the Chicago, 2sc "braskn, Kama fc South-Western "Railroad Company in accordance "with the proposition submitted. No." Ity order of the mayor and city council of KM Cloud. Neb. K. J- Tlvkke, Mayor and CSerk. EVSNTS OF THE WEEK 3ci&u Sxtit, liaTin ourchaetl the Uoronh-lre! Hereford cattle ot I. Jf. eT no-- offer thm for sale. He hai 52 fine thorrmh-brl bum and jrrad and sUo ihreo bort-horr. Xox w the chance tor fenner to improve their sto. Ir. Cidl on nr addrew bim at lo'tber'Kufldiags uccet!ary-to this ,, - "- -5- v NEW GROCERY HOUSE .. t ..in i.A Ax.,r,,t .tft IlCre vU "V wumi - ......", -- t Sugar. Tea. Coffvv. Sirup. ' . ) Irritit. Itttvon. Hani. Drtvtl J?r aiwoandCracic0W.ToIwiec.H.C.r..Fl.-ir. rVl. HU ami U ttHopinbvrm'ir .loin ii.m-r I - f IN FEATHERLEY'-S BUILDING, 0pixita ho Chicnti Uumbof Yf : S.V. LUDLOW. W. HOUGHTON Merchant - Tailor RED OLOTJD. - NEBRASKA. and tho flovat lino o! CLOTHS, CASSIMERES. MELTON. &CO.' Custom work neatly done and after the most approved fashions Cutting and fitting T a specialty, prices reasonable. Old Stunt! Eiiat Sltio Wub.t.T 3trocL Geo. O. EAJL AC Red. Cloud 30 000 ucroa Lr.nci for Sulo. Improved Furwa, unlmorovotl LiumIm Bualnond IIoubim. Uodldoncuti, nutt Town L M Corroapoiulonco invited. MOSHERS T. J. MO . Fresh and OF ALL KINDS. Market Every Day and Prices Reasonable Ol d Stand, Red Cloud WHO IS UNACQUAINTCO WITH TMC SCE BY CXAM1NINC CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND DvreasionoMtKC U X' Coat. nt lnii a. r'l U-rm u nontnl liiilc n tit it tu- ji .. .-...i .,.. rn ,At nun -t.ii i ..! '.Vi frrll tint t. rrtt to sty -jt. Z-m TCgcrlMndfiaP n tea Vo jgV. J v'.y;y: " ' jt". -a Southoant, ivnrt corrOMporvJiua- tat SVJ, Jtertliwywt "282S JolteU OttaWft. Ixt 8all. ''rp Ooimhiw, Thn liocic i(ianu Krtfn inwui" u wnvBi.pw -"''' ;-; . 'Y"1--?i' ., il:lBrill'i. 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THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE U tbo direct and faveniuy ltn i-jtvc?a CfcScmro nod J0Jfl.t:.lSL whero cmn'yctiOM arc mod- Jn Unfos rP"M r a Pa'f n it Jerri? and BrlUaii Prorlncw Orvr ua rot P: ?jrr-w Ttorro rf is ktcrtn vino. 5utstsr ntm. pciurKjuo Vxsxtu nod hmftfzac rl & rich T reheat QalCs nnd tzurr iand f w - . J - - & . AM . TlcJcotn. ty addresato R. R. CAELE, San another uitirAJV t.. -m ivwio & rvx.j-, . JIr'Zjl Council Rl'-iSiCkiUivtm Otr. Ulanojtootaw tui . V?Mi sl mna$u l'f For detail?! lD:orsjitioa x tv 2TST' vsri5, r. at aU pnscwil Tli ozusm ia uvs usboo oca waa Western Cottage Organs! a sty ASD Mason & Ham in Are wlebmtecl foru;ir lxuut' and finish, tuic)t rvjn purity and voltimn of tone, ami nmf !e of Hut bu?t material and by tiie best-workmen Hint -ui bltacl. Kvijry'iitriiiaeat it fully warranted in all its parte forfixQ ?&& ' Pkiuo call and examine these instruments befofurcliaiig. X S. KOLL. Ono door north of Argus office. 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