mjffm 0KWffMfftfcfi2t3KBflB(58((R55j?ftSCril .yj.f.yfrsy'' F-. v- V V r 1 W. "" k v V K mF :f &, r" T tuSV ifS Ef V E The Red Cloud Chief. A. C. HOSMER, - Proprietor K1IAY ,MN ''' IS J A SUDDEN SHOWER. 'The noon U tropical. Tbejose U-an like a yearnhur mouth to meet Th Umcs that the zephyr blows Full-flavored with the fragrant heat. The breezy maples seem to quaff .... 'The 8liiile like wine, ami, thrilled with glee, Tu.v up their lo.ify iuutdKRwl laugh Ahd llsj and -whisper tl-nily. A in the Plcht the air afloat The tnHdovr jrlimmers on to us, A clamored iiiiirnur. high, remote. Falls on the licarlBjf tremulous The pent-up anger of the storm I Tim diKtgrowi ashen, as with .fright, Ami. rising, reels in phantom form. And passes in convulsive flight. Tith petulant and gusty brenths The winds conns waltzing as they mojr Till e'en the sunshine vanishes As it were whirled and blown away. Tinrcfootcd boys scud up the street. Or skurry under sheltering sheds. And school-girl faces, pale and sweet. Uleam from the shawls about their heads. Dnon? bans: and mother-voices call From alien Iiome; and nisty gates An: slummed, and high above it all The thunder grim articulates. And then, abrupt, the rain! the rain I The earth lies gapping; and the eyes Behind the streaming window-pano Smile at the trouble of the skies. The highway smokes: sharp echoes ring; The cattle bawl, and cowltelU clunk; And into town comes galloping Toe farmer's h jrse, with steaming flank. The swallow dips beneath the eaves. And tlirts his plumes and fold hid wingBf And under the eutawbn leaves "Chu catterpillar curbs und clings. Jho bumble-ben i pelted diwn The wet stem of the hollyhock; And sullenly. In spattered lirown, ,The cricket leaps tho garden-walk. -Within, tho baby clap lili hands And crows with rapture strange and vague; "Without, huneatii the ro "iiih stands A dripping rooster ou one leg. Jamct ir. lilley, in ImliawtpalU Jinuriuil. m THE CHINESE RIP VAN WINKLE. In Shan Tung there is a mountain in whose sale is h mysterious hole or pit, from the mouth of which smoke may 1)0 M'en to issue previous to rain. Hut that is not the .strongest tiling about it. They say it is .-o deep that it is impossible to sound it. All people atpreeiit alive in China are content to let it rest at that. If truth lies at the bottom of a- well, there it may lio, for nil them. They would neither care nor dare to ro after it. But once upon a time there was a man who did not feel so. He lived on the mountain, and the pit was daily be fore his eyes. He was a rich man: but not satisfied. He was a reading man; but his books did not tell him all he wished to know. So he kept on pon dering ami wondering till he was forty vears old. Then, though the bottom less well was as great a mystery to him as ever, he had taken the first step to find it out; he had resolved to investi gate. . Well, when Li Ch'ing, for that wag the philosopher's name, approached his fortieth birthday, he made a feast, and invited all his friends. Now, this Li Ch'ing being rich, of course all his friends were in the habit of making hint expeusive gifts. t.-Xaftifc'them uoflee that the only presofcis iie wnmeu 10 receive were cons 01. rope arid little bells. They brought them, wondering and questioning. But Li Ch'ing only looked mysterious, and said he might find a use "for them some lame. And so it happened every birthday Tihtil the eightieth. Ha had been busy some time before this day in preparing for it. The feast was 'unusually tine aAd the theatricals were performed in the best maimer; but that was only preliminary. Whon this was all ove'r lie letl his 'guests to the mouth of the pit and showed them how he had been preparing for the day. There was a booth of mats at the mouth of tho ravn and over it he had erected a windlass.'! The building was nearly full of th ropes he had been collecting all these years, all joined together, and at each kliot. a hell. llt llflll !: iirun-inirl i car for himself. Then he told them he j meant to yo down and fathom tins mystery.- llis friends tried to dissuade him. But he said that when ho was forty years old he had made a vow that if he lived to be eighty he would go and lind out for himself. So arming himself with a package of candles and a paper lantern he got into the car and ordered his sons to let him down slowly; but if he shotdd encounter any horrors on Che way ho would pull on the rope, and. when they heard the bells ring, they wore U draw him up very fast (Now you mustn't inter rupt to ask how he could pull a rope when Ids own weight was ham-ing from it several lpagtuis down a welT; or how the sons -ibove, paving out the Tope with bells attached could hear above that ringing the tinkling of the little bells deep in the earth. You for get that this was in China, where every thing is queer.') The sms, of conrse, had to obey their father. So bidding him a farewell, they let him down, feel ing as if it were into x grave. H was lost altogether. And still thev played- out the jingling rope. Well, and wh.-.fc f the old philos opher? 'I he descent was .at first per pendicular; but after a mile or two it took a turn, and he- went sliding down an inclined plane. After a long, long tip the car stopped, and he found himself on even ground; but still in the darkness- East, West. North and South were lost in tins blackness. But, nothing daunted, our philosopher takes hrs lantern and sets out to explore the gloom-. By and by he sers ahead of nun a' glimmering light winch he knows does not come from the reflection of his lantcra. So he eagerly follows that Soon he can snuff out his candle for a wide plain lie before him. Very lieautiful, indeed, it seemed to his eyes, so; long accustomed- to Hthe darkness; lielda-and rivers, fruit-tree and flowers. He seemed to-be in a garden. Ho fol-lc-ed-oneof the paths, and it brought hinftb a little arbor. Inside he heard the rattling cf chessmen, and coining f nearer, be suw two- old men seated 1 playincliess, and two boys waitins on His lantern was sootf all they could ace of him; first a bright "star, .then a glimmering sneck. like'a Hreflv: then it cr : SCHOOL AND CHURCH. General Butler lias given $5,000 to Williams College for a gymnasium-- The Georgia State Umversity ex pects to create a separate department for military drill nnd discipline, "and place a tirt class man at the head of t." Mr John B. McMasler, author of "he "History of the American People,'' aas been elected to the professorship of history in the University of Pennsyl vania. .The census of missions to be taken I III U :., ...;. I ol.rvtir .in !n next year win, it 10 o.nw, jhi h -crease of 2W.000 native Christians in India, Ceylon and Btirmah for the last ten years 500,000 in all. The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, which has "been reporting a decline in numbers for several years. vill this year be able to report a large increase. The net gain i between 1,700 and 1,800. This gives the de nomination the largest membership it ever had. Religious servicer? in Arkansas arc sometimes attended with incidents. .A partv of visitors with Winchester rilles walked into a church in the west part of the State last Sunday, stopped the sermon, made the minister read a paper, threatening the Hvo'of several men in the congregati'in and quietly departed. The sermon was then resumed. Chi cago Journal. - . Mr. John Thome, son of the late" Colonel James Thome, of New York City, returned recently from China after an absence of twenty-three years. For live years Mr. Thorrie has been in tho service of the Amer.Ciu Bible So ciety, and in that time has traveled more than twenty thousand miles, chielly on the Yangtze Hiver and its tributaries, going as "far west as the pro vince of Sze-Chuen. During the month of Juii the missionaries of the Ainerie.-in Sunday School Union in the Northwest under the direction of F. (J. Ensign, Superin tendent, Chicago, organized ninety new Sunday-schools and brought. ::$: teaeli ers and 2,771 scholars with them, the l)eginning of the have established 274 Since March 1, new year, thev new schools, with 1.017 teachers and &,80!) scholars, and aided :HJ1 old schools, which contain 2.01)1 teachers and 19,589 scholars, held 79G meeting;, visited 1,J0G families, distributed U-m's Bibles and Testaments, circulated $2f 648 worth of good reading, and traveled 45,2.'il miles. Chiraro Tribune. The New York Tribune says:, "Some time ago it was stated in these columns that a novel experiment was about to be tried in the Nebraska In stitute for the Deaf and Dumb, at Omaha. The semi-deaf children of the institution were to be taught to hear by the use of the audiphonc. Recent re- norts show that the exnenment ns been a complete success. The method consists mainly of object-teaching and an exaggerated plain pronunciation of words by the teacher, whoe pupils gradually become accustomed to the sounds or words used to designate vari ous objects; and in time the- succeed in hearing and pronouncing these words themselves. m-m " PUNGEST PARAGRAPHS. A no-table event is a picnic whore But this,.y4wr4Tr"tmfWTlit.-sit on the ground to eat. Ar. O. Picayune. A boy says in his composition that "Onions are the vegetable that make you sick when you don't cat them your self." "Ma, which milkman gives the most cream, the one that h.s the best cows?" "Hardly, my child! It is the one who has the best conscience." Yonfars Ga zette. A London oculist says that culture diminishes the size of the eyes. Now, just listen to that. Everybody knows that small i's are a ign of tho entire absence of culture. Chicaqo Tribune. Several cases of burglary have re cently occurred at seaside resorts, and the sojourners for tjje summer now have, the satisfacti6ntjf looking out for break ers ly night as well as day. Boston Courier. A New York darkey who furnished blood for transfusion and so saved the life of one Okenbcrg, who was at death's door, now sues for 250 dam ages. A nice little bill to pay for being re-pulsed. Pittsburgh Telegraph. Longfellow said: "In this worltl a man must be either anvil or hammer." Longfellow was wrong, however. Lots of men are neither the active hammer nor the sturdy anvil. They arc nothing but bellows. Philadelphia' Xeirs. A Peruvian living in Milan has made a clock entirely out of bread. In this country many persons are trying to make bread out of paper, but they have only been partially successfnl. They complain that subscribers won't pay up. Norristown Herald. "Wbo held the pass of Thcrmony-. he against the Persian host?"-demanded the teacher. And the editor's boy at the foot of the class spoke up and said: "Father, I reckon; he holds an annual on every road in the country that runs a passenger train." Sari Francisco Argonaut. When the minister is pretty severe upon human shortcomings in the pul pit, every man leans back in his pew, smiles, and says to himself. "Now he's giving it to 'em." Satisfying thought, isn't it, that the minister always lias reference to somebody else? Chicago Inter-Ocean. Speak gently; especially to the big man with a round head and a square neck and two big fists like ancient stone hammers. Speak gently to him. You 'may touch some long hidden chord of sympathy in his hardened breast that may cause him to pass you by un crushed. But the little white-faced man on crutehes oh, you may sass him all the way round the block. Burlington Hawk-Eyc. A fashion item says that "swallows' now decorate many articles of feminine attire. They appear painted or em broidered on aresses, enamelled on buttons and jewelry, and the- real article is seen on bonnets." .'Hereto fore "swallows" hare principally 'decor ated the masculine nose, and in some, cases nave garnished the windows 01 homes with old hats. The new uses to I which thev are devoted is a irratif vine J change. Norristown 'Herald. " liuoictuiui.it Opposite State Bank-, lied Cloud. Meals served at all hours. Legal Notice. Whereas, default has been made in the conditions of a certain chattel mort gage, given lv .hieob Ester tOv 111c March 13, I8MJ uiid duly filed for Rec ord in the oiUce of the county clcrjof Webster county, Nebraska. :P;l mortgage being given to sectirctho payments of two certain promissory notes given March III, I8.SS, to me by said Jacob Eler. One of said rotes calling for the principal sum of thirty dollars, due April 11th. I8&), with ton per cent, idtcrcst from date, one of said notes calling for payment of the principal sum of forty dollars, duo Jan uary 1st, ISS1. bearing interest at ten per'ceut. from date, and whereas de fault 1ms been made in the conditions of a certain chattel mortgage given by Fred. L. Chalice, November 10th, 1S83, to me, and duly filed for record in the office of I ho county clcik of Webster county, Nebraska." Said -mortgage 1 c ing given to secure the payment of a certain promissory note, given by said Fied. L. Chaffee to me, November 10, ISSo, calling for the payment of the m-incinai sum' of forty and forty-two onc-hundredths dollars, with intorot at ten per cent, from date, aud'ulue January- 1st. 18S4, And whereas default has been made in the conditions" of a certain chattel mortgage given bv Fred. L. ChaH'ee, n, ... ,!.. jili tss" t , (i. R. Melvr'Jlhv. and since assigned to me by said (?5-i. ....... ." 1 . 1 . .;.. .i;.i. ! .ueKechy, said mortgage oemg iyo filed for record in the office of ".the county clerk of Webster county, "-Nebraska. December 4th. 1S83. Said mortgage being given'to secure the payment of a certain promissory note calling for the. payment of tin principal sum of fifiy-five dollars, and ton per cent, froni'date of note, said note be ing now owned by me. Notice is therefore given that I will sell at public auction ou Monday. Feb ruary 11, ISSI, at one o'clock p. m.. one frame dwelling house. lSxlS; one frame carpenter shop, 12xlS ; one fraino hen hou-c. 10x10; one frame stable. 12x1 fl ail being situated on the south-west one-fourth (1) of section number one (I), in township one, Range eleven, Webster county, Nebraska. , Dated.at Bed Cloiul. Nebraska", MP uaiv'lCili, 1SS4. Wim.iam E. Jackso.v, By his Aftornevs, Ca.su & McNeny. Jim 18-Fcb 1 Geo. O. Yeiser. R. D. Yeiscr. Ceo. O. Yeiser & Co., i Heal Ssiarie Si lasurasee Aienls RED CLOUD, NEB. No. 121 Farm of lf.0 acres, three miles from Cowles, 80 acres under cul tivation. All smooth land. No. 129 Farm of ,lfi acres, four miles from Red Cloud, 80 acres under cultivation. Good stone house with basement. Stone stable and 200 lruit tres just bearing. No. 136600 acres school land ; 320 acres deeded land, timber and fencing. Will sell stock with farm if desired. No. 137 Farm of 800 acres, seven miles horn Red Cloud, 100 acres under cultivation ; frame house, -stable, etc. No. 144 Farm of 320 acres, 2 miles from Salem, Kansas. Well improved, all creek hottcftu land, and an unfail ing stream of water. No. 145 Farm of 160 acres, four miles from Red Cloud. Wood and running water; fine spring for cheese factory. No. 147 Farm of 240 acres, f.J miles from town ; fine streams of water and plenty of wood. Good improvements. MONEY! MONEY i Money to loan on improved farms in south ern Nebraska at the very best rates of interest. W'e call the attention of all desiring such accommodations, to the farm loan department of oyr "business, rh which we are still offering the best in ducements to the public. There is absolutely no cost to our customers. No fees for abstract title: no fees for recording mortgages: no fees for taking acknowledgments, no loans paid in checks or drafts upon which the borrower must pay a dis count in order to get the money, but all loans paid in actual cash, over our counters without any deduction what over. In placing our loans there is no te dious delay in submitting applications to eastern parties, as our facilities are such that we can close all good loans on short notice. . W'e are prepared to fill desjraWe oans at nine percent, straight, with no charge of any nature whatever. All payments of" interest and principa mav be made at our bank, and will be gent bthe parties free of charge and interest notes returned to our custom wers. As to our promptness and fair deal ing wc refer to those with whom we have placed loans (numbering at pres ent nearly six hundred.) Call at our office, or address us through tho mail. Ol t( SlMPSOK & SWKEiT. Blue Hill. Nebras ABSTRACT ? INSTJRAXCE, AD LAND OFFICE, OF W. H. CC0DALL, ItED CLOUD, Webster Co.. NEBK. Complete Abstracts of Title to ali lauds in Webster county furnished on short notice and at reasonable rates. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED LOA NS! On Farm Property ! In Southern Nebraska and Northern Kansas, at Si and 9 per cent, interest Without Commission ! AITI.Y TO RED CLOUD, NEB. F. NEWKOUSE. RED CLOUD, m - NEBRASKA merlin Zephyrs, Midnight Zephyrs, Saxony wool, Shetland wool, Shet land Floss. Gcrmantown Wool And Woolen Knifing Yarn Hoods. Mtttens Children's Coats etc., &c, A full line of HOSIER v, DRY GOODS, . AND NOTIONS. Also urge and splendid assortm TOYS Hftii CHRISTMAS Gifts. WEAL J3HVAT13 f A. OUMMINGS, -DEAI.KR I.V Green Fruits, Vegetables &C. red cloud, neb. Also conducts a first class Retau rant, where warm meals can be had at all hours. Always keeps on hand everything in his line that can be had. Lenionade'always on hniid. 8Fiist door south of ShererV.ig5a Legal Notice. N THE DISTRICT COURT OFi 1 Webster county. Nebraska, held in ' and for-the Eit-hth" Judicial District of said Stale of Nebraska, John W. Schwaner, I'laiutiU', vs. Elizabeth Schwaner, Defendant Elizabeth Schwaner. the above named defendant, will lake notice that on the eighth day of January. A. D. 1884. the plaintill' herein, John W. , Schwaner. tiled his petition in the Dis trict Court of Webrter county. Nebr.ts-j ka, against said defendant, Elizabeth j Schwaner, the object and prayer rt"i which i to obtain an absolute decree j of divorce from said defendant on thej trround of desertion for more than two , years last pat. J ne ueicnuani, j-.nza-Ueth M-hwaner. wil! therefore take notice that she is required to answer n.l I .- 1 l.'l- . said petition on or before Monday, February eighteenth, A. 1). 1884. John W.Schwankk, By Case fe McNeny, his attorneys ' ATTBK7I0N TEACHEES. j Notice is hereby given that I will ' examine all persons who may desire to oiler themselves as candidates for teachers of the common school of Web ster countv. at my ollice in Red Cloud on the third Saturday of each month, f Examinations to commence at 9 .v. M. Do not ask for special examinations. C. W.Sl'KINOEIl County Superintendent of Public Inst. LYON&KEALY State & Monroe StSi. Chicago. WUl i en.1 will U lay xMm their AND CATAUUVUEt ' for !. "i I-"3. :l Kafrtnaf nt lDtrtllliI. MUU, 1.1). IIU, iPoniiasn Lmtilcti. Cartamr. Standi. Prum Alijort SUIT.. anJ il hn, Saiulrr frrt Outfit. KernMnx iJMilrrbri, .-!- taeltit In. tru-tttlinrt ci rtrrts tor Anutvnr iuna Ud htu Final Proof Notices. Land Office at Bloomington, Neb. Dee. 15. 1883 Notice is hereby Riven that tho following named settler has filed notieo of his intention to make final proof in sunnort of hi claim, and that said proot will be made Dnfore the clerk of District Court Webster county, at Kcd Cloud. Neb., on Saturday. Feb. 2d. 18S4. viz: James tt . Bryant Hd No. 6W2 for the S W quartor sec 22 Town 1 N R 10 we-t. .. He names the following witnesses to prove nu continuous residence npon. and" cultivation of. said land. vix. Nnah B. ltVatroner, "rsnew Iloucbin. Dullas Richardson Samuel P. Martin all Bed Cloud, Neb. . k dcc21-jan25 S. W. SWITZER. Restster. Land OEce'at Bloomington Neb. Nor. 20.S1S83 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of iis claim, ana ihatsuid proof will be made before the Uerk of the Distrtct Court of Webster county A eb.; at his office in Ked -Jloud on Saturday, Febru ary 2d, 1884, viz. HENRY C. WOLF on hd entry No. yirH. for the irestlhalf N w 4 Sec. 34 Tp 1 N of U lO.west. Ue names the fol lowing witnesses to prove his continuous resi dence npon and cultivation of said land. vr: Nerniah L. D. Smith, Dallas Richardson Jamc;. W Bryant Joel T Martin all of Kcd Cloud Neb. dec2Jfebl S. W.SWUZEU. Register. Land Office at J Bloomington Neb. Dcc.2S. 1333 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proorwiU be made before Clerk Dis trict Court, Webster county, at Red Cloud. Neb on 5'onday, Feb. IS. 1884. vii: John Bangert oa f I'd No. 4332. for the north east quarter sec. 24 town 3 K !wcst. lie name the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz : Louis Bangert .Leopold Weike Wendetin Htrz Matthias Banker all of Thomasville veb. jaal-feblo. S, W.SVtxlZKK. itegistcr. fit ram mi I Bi JKBn If X i JJIL afidgle Doalots !n mmm mrni nis. ins SEW3NC MACHINES, Etc. Bed (Dloud WIiAWT -DEALER&d3$- COAL, LUMBER, ETC. Red Clour, tt &Co's f Is the place to buy Jew elry. Watches, Clocks, Silverware, Plated Ware of all description kept jjn stoc wt and see t it our new scock. dcioic you buy elsewhere. Repairing a Specialty. MARYATT 5c Co. Infantr. an! Childipn oficr Wlmt kIv"; our Chitlnn rosr chtts. What ewvs iheir fevers, makes tln-m sWt; . ':stori.t. Wlirti Ialifri fr". rml er liv ttir-t-. What eurvs tlifir cuKc. tills thi-ir vnmt. Otorli. Wli.it qniclclr cttr5 Cnntipnt'on. Sour Stomach, Coltts, Iniiiehiuin : C:ilort:. Fan-well thfn tt 3IorphlcH Srnrps, CaotorOil aad laresoric, ami HulICav'nr'.t. MC-i3toria is to well adapted to Children that I recoumend it as superijr to any medi cine known to mc." II. A. Arceke. iLD 111 So. Oxford St.. Brooklyn, N.Y. IehtauR jniment Aa. ahsolmto care far Rkeu- matisri. Sprains. Pais in tho Back. Boras, tails, ao. "ju stautameons Paiar- reliever. Harness. Shop 5 BY J L. MILLER, DKAI.EK IK HARNESS COLLARS, SADDLES, HOUSE-BLANKETS, WHIPS. COMBS. BRUSHES. HARNESS OIL And everything usnnlly kept .in a first class shop. Two doors north of 1st Nat. Bank RED CLOUD, NEB. Parlor Saloon,. N. L0NGTIN, Prop'r, Red Cloud, Nebraska. CHOICE Win:, Li-am ud Gig&rs ALWAYS IN STOCK. PISS BILHA2D TABLSS F03 L07E2S S3 3AM3.. Narva 5& V t X. & t unk,- nil kinds of Ifelr I Nebraska Teinpleton Bros. -Company, GUIDE ROCK, NEBRASKA, K.u-:ns in 1LUMBEIB9 Building Material AND COAL. Special Bargains THE fflTY Drug Stare ! R. H. Sherer. Prop- -.1 1-7 XhWBEavSMpJ' 4t BBjBBBf JtTLW M ijWyfffffPj VK. B33PJriagp Ueakarler: for Faints. I OILS AMD DRUCS. ' $ Proprietary Medrcines a Specialty. school sonATBW 7mm A new and varied aJortmeit of LAMP AND LAMP FIITORES JUST.HEGEIVEft CaH and examine out CHOICE MAJOLICA W4BE. No trmtbte to show roodt. J. N. Bickards, Seal Esiits & lassruct ipit, RED CLOUD, NEB. , Will buy ami sell land?, rind insure town and'fiirm jiropcrty, attend to all kinds of convcynneinsr. Tcrnada Insuracca ca Favorafcls Terms, Offick At Smith Drod. Farm Loan. Agency. ksPdrraglarrow, CLOD CS3SHES ANDXSV2L33. Weighs much, less than other pul verizing harrows, sells about one third Ie&, and withal does the most thor ough work of any. The Best Thing Out. For Sale By JOIIN BOESCII, 33tf AaiLvSeiu Jff&95&&Q3& ; jf y . 4 'I ' ! 3Ri 4-t- V v. -,. Jb- 4 U &Zf ftKii?V .- -.i.y't-S, -Z& L-J-.i"i tj" . i?S , , A. -3 i t&&K: .xSjygSaa?v . aaMSk r i Vj7ACO'i-S'' if,i3t.'$. ,c5 -i .Jt-3-2- -' 7mVrf- J . fcJ iKT'7 ,-- . 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