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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1892)
mhhrss.' " if' vU Ek m. H m i' fil 1 - II L ., , gB i v ..-w ir' & WAWJ: By A. C. Hosmer. THE CHIEF Pnklisked Weekly. Subscription, - 1 Per Annum, HTarlakly in AOaiice If not paid In advance, after thin date March I, 18W, the prlco will be tX.'ii. Entered at the f ost Office In Itetl Cloud, Neb., as niall matterof the second class BU8INE8M CARDS. I W. TULLEYS, M. D. Hoanaeepafhle Pbyalelaa), Heal Clonal, - Ncferasaa. Office opposite First National Dank. U. H.BxaminlnK Muriteon. tlhrnnlo discs treated hv mall . . c. WINFREY, Aaelleneer, Red Cloud, Nebraska. Wlll attend sale at reasonnblo .figures. Satis- taction Ruarwiiccu. QANDOLPIT McNITT, A TTORNEY Moon Block, RED CLOUD, NEB. Collections promptly attended to. r C, CASE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Moon Block, - RED CIDUD, NEB. Collections promptly attended to, and correspondence solicited. .has. sciiAifPxrr, l.'lrn nnil l.lfc lllRlirilHCC. co.v . J RkoOujud, - - Nmiiiahka. tf VM- C A. SWEKZY, Attorney nt Lnw, BLUE HILL, NKBRABKA. Attends suits In nnvj-art of the county. 1'ructlues In all conns . . rorrcsponoence In regard to si;JIIni it of any estai-- In which tou may le Interested will receive prompt attention. r F. TRUNKKY, Altornrjr Ml Law. Red Cloud, Nebraska. Office Up stairs, In Moon Block, over Fair Store I IDA II. SMITH PENSION ATTORNEY, Nalerr PnbMe aw Collection Agent. Red Cloud, Nebr. lias a number of houses on her list for rent. Miles penslona and Notary l'ubllo work a stieclaltjr, and writes deeds, mc-wcaKes "d all Iwal Instruments In the best of st le. ! taxes for non-residents. Re. OaeetlOeer tne PoatOMee. REAL ESTATE LOANS. Mortgage Loans TERMS. lat. Limit of Amount Loaned: $300.00 to 910,000.00. Id. Security! Farm loans worth at least double the amount loaned. 3d. Title: Complete abstract fiom the Unit j ed States down to the borrower. 41k Terms of Loam Five (5) to ten (10) years. Exten sion at maturity without cost to satisfactory borrowers. . Atk Rate or Interest: Eight (8) per ceut, annually, on April, July, October or Decem ber 1st. tk Place or Payment: Interest and principal mado paya ble at your home bank, allowing borrower to take op his note at the time of payment Ttk Sneclal Privilege: Partial payment in any amount at any time with rebate of interest, evfdenoedby written agreement, providing that snch payments shall sot exceed in any one year one-nrth of the principal. Call on or Address, D. J. Myers, Red Cloud, Neb. Over Deyo's Drug Store. a. E. POND, Conveyancer, Real Estate, Loan, Insurance, and Pen sion Agent. OFFICE OVER8POKESF1ELDS STOKE. Red Cloud, Nebraska. I specially Invito you to call on me for anything in ny line. Loans made on ,farsa property at 8 per sent. Ituarano 1st the best companies . II. E. POND. .i..fi'tA. .; "- :.': 7ffi': . mvnv": iJWlVli .&afflSKft! aa1amaaamnaail irrii i inr ,.,-.- r ,-. ' -j . . t . v. ' Mw!iBrfj Jtm-AiJAr tkziUu MntnjpmE, wmmsrimm.' ' f -f-iti hiiiniiiitiTii-it-ia. iw Maa n .AjflbflimnirTf v --wra 'Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty," and One Dollar a year is Red A G0OD RECORD. A Terse Historical Sketch of Med Claud's Volunteer Fire Department. The editor of The Chief being somewhat familiar with the workings of firo departments and knowing that tho Red Cloud Fire Dopartmcnt ranks se cond to no department in the state in thovolunlecr service took it upon him self to corner two or three of tho old charter members and in conversation gleaned a few of tho following facts and figures: The department was organized as a Volunteer Firo Department for tho protection of lifo and proporty on tho second day of December 1887 on the evening of that date, 50 of tho men who had signed tho rolls as charter members met over tho Postoflleo which waa then located in tho build ing now occupied by Dacker & Co's Dry Goods House, and then and there adopted tho constitution and by-laws under which they havo been governed for the past five yours. To sluw that n Fireman's life is not a milk and honey life, out of tin HO lu-iiili.Tx on activi' list who ctiUTi'd livo with nio only ho ven wric left to miivo th'ir ex emption mi the evening of Dcrciiiln-r 2d, 1802. Since thu orjjinir.utioii of the drpirtmont Dec. 2d, JHS7 thcio has been nr.c-liundicd and citjhty-ono meiubi rs enrolled, and out of tho 181 who joined tho department during t lie past tivu )cara only 34 names am t till on tho Department books and of those only 2ft arc in good standing, and si veil of thoso are charter litem berk. Ah to thu lohs und datuago by Gro the estimates accoiding hi ad justment bhiiwu for the past five tears is $11)835 00. Insurance on same 1(18(35.00. Lcuving a loss over and above insurance of $2070 which no busiucFs man who is fninilinr with or has a rcmeiubcruicc a to tho locu tion of the tiros in thu putt ftvo ycurs will deny tho fact, that woto it, not for tho efficient s-rvico rendered at the fiics tho loss would litve been up ward of $40,000. Our soribu in look ing ov-r the fiuaucixl workings of the Department found u remarkable show ing for a volunteer organ zitiou. Tho receipts anddisburi-nicnts by the lifth annual rcttlometit were shown ti bo as fol'ows: Tola'. $5337 17 , total ex penscs $4574.47, leaving a balanco held by tho Department of 1703 of which $360 is in stock certificates of tho Rud Cloud Volunteor Fircuians Associati n $307.35 in uniforms, sup ply and extra apparatus and balance, tn cash $5.66. Which should tho de partment disband then would bo a orcdit to each of the 25 members by the inventory that shows the assets at $703, of $30.52 lor each. Now aside from this there U sumo thing of as much importance to out readers. On tho regular meeting of the department on tho first Monday in last Muy it was deoided that an aux iliary association bo organized to fur ther the interests of tho Rod Cloud Fire Department Chief A. J. Tomlin- son was authorized by tho Department to tako nocessary steps and put the samo into execution. He thoroupon selected from among the livo and sat- ivo members L. M, Vuuoe, J. O. But lor, Harry Sowtor, E. J. Pulsipher, W W Gilbert, and J. B. Can-, Henry Dicderiob, T. W. HutrloM, C. L. Winfrey, tho ten which in cludes Chief Tomlioson, at once drew up artloloi of incorporation which were filed according to law with the County Clerk and Secretary of state and thereby perfected what is known as tho Red Cloud Volunteer Fireman's Ass'n. As soon as overy Ifmt :diV r .( . i j-iitfiawr iA3eOTiiittii'f"-' !''- Cloud, Webster County, Neb., Friday, Dec. thing was in running order, stock in the nssooiution was ottered to tho act ive member of the Dopartmont whore upon thoso who had tho interest ol the department at heart subscribed for stock. Through tho purchaso of tho samo tho Association was at onoo per mitted to mako investments, it was decided to purchuio the W. 1) Forres-' tor property of four lots and two houses situated at tho north-west cor ner of 4th Avcnuo and Cednr street, which was dono by tho Association paying one third down, one-third in ona year and one-third in two years which would mako including interest and taxes close to $1700, how well tho boys succeeded it is only nnccsfjary to say that since the organization last May thoy have paii about $1150 of tho purchaso money and without any assis tance except what was received from tho city, by its purchasing tho firo alarm system from tho Department at less than tho cost of construction with the understanding that tho do partmcnt keep tho samo Sn continuous running ordor. jjfRjRjjRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRBWhNLi jammmWH'R mmmmmSscammmmmmmmmmVSaTsBaaaaaaaaaVP amammmmWIHBmmmmmmBaaiTeBmmmwflmnma Birai&aBBBBmmmmmmmHamBilBmmV 'JbbbbbbbbbbbbH tASgHmmmmmmiamHjKHanw-Emi mmc4:'BaBaKfE')Lllvv fnammmma Kf-s3PBBBBBBBBBJBBBBBBaeBBaBQaaBWW HfBTsBBBBBBBBBBBBmVsm LSBammmmmBRSaVaBByajRaBBHamma SBBBUBBBBBBBBBBBBaTBPaQa9aBrp9BBVar g amwaammmmmmmmWTmH :iJBf!jBBVKVBiiLHBllv aHaaaaaaaaaammmPIILB 3PlliyBBWBMf aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaiBmmmmm smmmammCamammllBmalmmmmmmmmammmmS ammmmmmmHsSaW'.BmmmmmUwBmmvBBmmmmmmV 'TammmTaKaaEVVaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam HSWJHmmmmmmmmmmmmmlH FLmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmmm(SP"ammmmVk " aBmmmmw BaaaaaaaaaaKBBaaaaaaaaaaaam TMammmmm ' A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL Tho boys aro thankful to tho sens and business mon who in past hayo contributed to tho citi- the eup- pert Of the department although they havo received no assistance from but- sido of tncmbcjr's of tho department for oyer ono year. No person unlcs he has served five yearn in a volfintcor Firo Dopartmcnt can (ell tlio nmnunt of gratuitous work done, clothe t de stroyed and money out, If you doubt this nssertion then join tho depart ment and respond to every 'pall, do whatever work is unsigned yoi at, any time'or plaoo regardless of fall clsu and without any kiokintr and lor five ycais, then you will bo conv mod of tho trouble, trial, and viciss tildes in cident to a fireman's life, A majority of our business men and qui . a num ber of Indies havo always l ponded liberally in assisting tlio ro boyB . ,-,A-;L.,',L. :.';.-i. . , .,-Sv ' Ay?-.4 :AM w . ,., :,.. . u.aV ,,zwm-$$&& k . . : . mtmmtis&'&sp: kwmzi .1 m. -assajsi uwrnmammm mxsmwa m wmMU-zmJtmxmak0mtMHrinwiimi,wivm&mirvt i xwwvi. r ii n iiiiiirihbW i in n i i iiiiwi i i ,., r tb n istanr t i i n i i nir irr 7 t TTrTTi-i rr t ii rr iiKnsn r-,--n- n rn ir ru ri fmmmmmmmmmmm Wfmmmmmmmmsmmmi . mmffmimmmmmmMmmmmm Jfai. julikiki .. a .iilk&WVlyiBlffito.':i. .iksCklil 'Vi ,'i.' 1TT , ,1 " !fflPJ? when failed upon, to which tho 1m)s havo always appreciated their kind ncrs and extend thoir thanks for thu same, ceiuinly there i.rj some among tho residents although thoy aro few, (who havo always stood ready to kick at every i ITort inado by tho depart ment toward bettering their cond.tion and efficiency. At to kicks the de partment has passed tlioin juU tho same as if thoy had not been nude. The 18 incmbori in good stinding should they remain so, will receive their exemption and will bo allowed to retire or be re-enrolled at tho rate of one ca'ih month comtuoucing on the first regular Kicotiug in March 1803. us tlio oldest member in tho department outsido of exempt or re enrolled members, expires on that date. It is the intention of tho depart ment to send u full delegation to tho next Nebraska Stato Volunteer Fire men's Association to bo held nt Kear ney on January 17-18-10 1803 provid ed the department can raiso tho necos siry amount required to defray tho ex- p:nfics, This should bo dono as all live. 'and well organized departments make it n point to bo represented at the stuto meetings as they only meet once a year and as a school towards the advancement und thu making moro cflioicnt of all departments. Thcso meetings must bo uttonded to bo appreciated. Extoud your hand to our Firo LiddlcH and you will not regret it. J, O. Lind'y his on hand for tho holiday; fine .older, splendid mincu meat, lots of apples, $1.50 per bushel: caud os and piles of oranges, bananas fish, oysters, &o, Sco him. To cook a Christmas turkey, reinovo tlio exoskeleton and tho contents cf tho hnomoal cavity, which Inttor stuff with dry sngo brush stuck together with Htalo bread, eonheil in mustard wnlor, nnd bnko with tho feathers in n wash ub, I -A . ' i ' ' the Price of The Chief. 23, 1892. Coniniiiiilciilvil. Gido Rok tho 13ly ISOtos. mister tidulcr: i thawt ido rito a fuo lines 2 let u no that wo wur. awl well an hoap u air tho same mister cars fokes hadcomp ny tho 4 pari of this weak, a mister j. dark that med 2 livo in illiuoy wuz tlmre. ho dont livo tharo now. thocpwoith lceg went out 2 mister clingarmons in a lumber wagon an so 4th last fryday nite. i dont no wlut wo airgoin 2 do fur trismus down hear, ilo lot u no later, tho kewles tecchors went up 2 blew lull satcrday 2 tl.o asoshcashun. thoy had lots of fun an oisters an pep corn an a good timo gonorly. i diilent go. tho krisohun church had a fare last weak, it wuz quito gratafion considcrin tho object had in vile, viz: 2 mako money which is a good skeme. mister jaycups an his wifo wont down 2 amboy last saTcrday an lu au james which is their marrado dawtcr an soninlaw camo homo with urn. lu an her man is goin to oal. j, k. san burn is visitin with his wifo out in canzts. They went some timo ego an aint got baok yet. missis king is homo now, she his ben a visiting back cast. ar'onts is nowmcruB round hear, ivc hecrd that dory tnatthuses skulo is out an she 1b 2 Jiomc. plczo ixcuse haste an a bad pen.. yurcs icspcoktably, x. y, .. and so 4 lit. Clericul permits, 1803. Wo will is sua for tho yoar 1803 half fare per mits, good on all Burlington lines to regularly ordained or licensed minis. ters or missionaries who are ongagid sololy in religious works, Requests thereof year 1803 should be made ' soon as possible. It is our desire ihat permits be in tho hands of clergysaea by Jan. 1st. ' A. ConovKR, T, II, Rjmsburg has renewed h4 CuiEFto'Oa. Thanks. Vol. 20. No. 22 For Old Backelora. Tho other day whllo our devil was perambulating throjghout the city, ho saw forty old bachelors who, look ing forlorn, concluded to have them solves sold cheap before leap year ex pired, and while thus engaged he soribblcd tho following poora and dedi cated t to tho boys: I droampt it dream In lliemldnt of my slumber. And as fast as I dreamed U was coined Into numbers; aw My tliouitliU ran alone Itis'icli beautiful metre, I am sure I never saw any poetry sweeter. I thouulit thst h law lisd btti racentlvwiade. That a tax on old bachelors nates should be nidi And in order to mako them all willing to mar- Tlio tax'was as lame as n man could well carry. The bachelors crumMe I. said 'twas of House, 'Twas cruet Injustice and horrid abuse, Ami that to savo their heart's blood from split- I UK. Of such a Vila tax they would never pay a shllt- Inu. nut the rulers determined their Mirmes to pur sue, Holhuy set nil the bachelors upnt vendue. A crier was sent thrniiKh tho towu to and fro. To rattle his hell and Ins trumpet to blow) Tn cry out aloud to all he mijilit Meet In tho 1 way "lio t forty old bachelors to be sold her today.'. And presently all the old maHs In the town, Kach one In her very best bonnet and gown. Home vouiir. fair, red and palo, Of every description, all marched to the sale. Tho auctioneer tben In his labor besan. , Ana cnea out aiouo as ne neiu up a man. How much for a man ? h wauta to buy ? And lu i atwlukloevery malueu responded i.i-i. in n rhort anil extravaKant.bejsarlv price, The naviiciora were an soiu on in a ince And forty old uiuhleiis, wine youuxer, some oiuer, shiml et i nlder. Independence. , WiltHti for lita oiiii "I hunk veil t but I only want 'p.iymeiit for work." otiu Halifax. i Tho hid was parentleas, had just reoov- orec froif n long spell of sioknesa and had, but n few hours before, left hla bed. of straw. He was suffering the paaga oi hunger, snob iia none of uh perhaps have ever fttlt, excepting our, soldiers who marched on nlondor rations nnd especially those who were penned up in southern prisons. Alroi ily lind this boy been called n beg Kur that inorninu by a haughty servant womuii who passed him upon tho atreet iw ho nought sholter from the cold, piti less ruin. Abel Fletcher soon afterward eugnged tho boy to wheel his Invalid son to the family reeidenoe, for whloh he nsrecd to tiny him a groat After a lit tle while, Able Fletcher came in ooBtaot with young Halifax: near the reeldeaee nnd offered him a shilling extra 'for the service he had rendered, whloh was than and there rejected in the manly yet ra apectful terms aa given above, John Halifax was at the time ia av starving condition. But few of my read ers can appreciate the real eonditioa of one who feels the pangs of hanger; that Indescribable gnawing, all consuming de sire for food. What pen can portray the feelings of, one whosedissolution is as sarely taking place, tor the want of food, aa though he had been wounded and his life Wood ware slowly ebbing away. The boy tauat have had a wonderful spirit of manly Inde pendence to reject that with which he could hnve satisfied bis hanger. Red the history entitled "Joha Hakfax, Gash tlemnn," und you wilt forts higher con ceptions of true manliness, aadbteas the day such a history was written. True, the book is classed with works of riot loo; but who dare assert that the aathor founded her Motion not upon thasstUl facta! Our greatest authors havs em ployed both the phantotaatio and roaaaa- tlo style inthe work of saoaldlBg public sontiment, and yet were dealing in truths of the moat sabsUntial kind; But any object being io prepare for publloatiooa few papers on the subject of Independ ence, I shall nuke, as few digressions aa possible, ajtd treat the subject ia a plain, straight-forward manner, hoping thereby to enlist the aympetby a nd InHeenoe of good men and pure women ia the work of building up a strong, mealy, self-reliant class in the eommaniiy. Ituiefearfal thing 'to contemplate that, when the present generation of noble men and women shall have passed away,, their, places may. be rilled by a generation, of nondescript,, ow, the writer hopes not to be Considered as a mere alarmist, and yt there are Indications of society losing in the transition from the old to the new regime. Farm loans at lowest interest. l!i Strlotljr Irst-elass loans at lower rates ' ij than bits ever been given in thU eeaa-. ftl ajrAkffere. Optiea to pay(iut eah Pi a e na ei any year,- i...r ff mmsim-il-&4 4 iWKl W&W&$:ajZ3', mmmmjtk a: l . y "V.T',- . ?, "5,1 .! ik if A"! HI !