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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1901)
. s : T iniiiwiunfray" w "" WWTwiiwiiLui,uaijitjnerTOggcaiwMriMt,!Unx;iiijjiaii' - . , , i-r-.- ' vgrsj; Jg? "?T? --Zk "S-S -t-t!!jtey'-;S 55 t Z-t r.3T 33ts tiwasa ?Til1'MJ!UUa. . 1. . rt rr T'." ny.Tyrr - --3 - , VOLUME XXIX. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. FEBRUARY 8, 11)01, N UaQJER G Prices for Strained Pocketbooks, Just Through invoicing, that's the reason. The other reason is to make room for new goods. It will pay you to buy now. Many Bargains, no disappoint ments. Everything will be sold at a special saving to you. Ten per cent off on all DRESS GOODS. Fifty per cent off on JACKETS. Special on UNDERWEAR and BLANKETS. M. D. Wells Line of SHOES at Cost. Grand Closing Out Sale on Furniture Carpets. Big Cut in QUEENSWABE. BLUE HILL. V. A. Shottonklrk tins a job nt Cow lea (or tho winter. The foundation of health is pure groceries. They make wholesome food possible. Libby, McNiell & Libby's canned meats, viz: Chipped Beef, Deviled Ham, Veal Loaf, Chicken Loaf, Vienna Sausage. An assorted line of prepared soups. 20 pounds Fancy Evaporated Peaches, new stock, $i.oo. 20 pounds Fancy Prunes, new stock, $i.oo. 20 pounds Fancy Raisins, new stock, $i.oo. Highest Market Prices Paid for Produce. Miner Brothers, Red Cloud Nebraska. From Fountain, Oklahoma. AEditou Chirk. It 1ms been some thno sinco I havo written, but will try Rml pen a few lines. Wo tiro having a Tory lino winter. There."1! no frost in thogionnd nt thW wilting Wo have lincl very little, snow and tho ground has been frozen to tho depth of two and ono-hnlf inches dm inn tho winter. Tho ppuPlo hora aro all doing well and get-in to bo happy, lively body in im plying und trying to mako their homo pleasant and comfortablo. There is a fair prospect of a railroad near hero. It will not bo moro man muu un from us. It is to bo finished by tho first of April, and some talk of another but nothing cortain. Tho pooplo who came down hero from that part of tho country are all doing well as far as I know. ,. Mr. England is living near a small town called Ceoling. Ho is vory nico ly fixed. Has a good houto with four rooms, good baru and good out build i?gs, good well, nico orchard, and ono hundred acres fenced with three wires. His son Otis also has a good claim .i.im, im U imuroving. Hank Hoese has built on his claim and is now ready for a cook, Uncle sum iviusu n hue but his health Is not veiy good. Mert Fearn is getting along very nicely. Mr. Fearn is a lustier and if anyone can got wotk ho will. Ho has his houso plastered and it Is very waim. Hjg oldest son has been very sick and ftAno time-wo toougui hu " " danger, but ho is hotter. Tho rest of tho family are woll. Mr. VauDyko has moved on his pluco and is keeping batch. Ho ia building mid has throe men grubbing for him. Ho is working at Ills trade most of tho time and gets plenty to do. Wo hnvo had thioo months of school. Mr. .). K. Stiiukland wielded tho birch and guvo good satisfaction. liobGtahamls doing a good business in with Mr. VauDyko. Undo Hun says Im will ninko a good plasterer. Ho is going to build in tho neat futuro This is no longer a now country. It is a wonder to those coming from tho oast to seo tho country settled up so fast. Somo few aro seeing bard timoB but after another year I don't think anybody will need te complain. Hogs are worth 11.60 per hundred, red cows 120 to $30, chickens $2.50 per dozen, corn 25o per bushol, hay 12 60 to $3.00 per toa, mi Hot $4.00, and 14-Inch wood $1.00 per load. Everybody is gripping, and some pretty hard. Our houso is full of it. No smallpox as yot, but some scarlet fever und tonsilitis. Nothing serious. Wo aro doing as well at any of our neighbors. Ileing lono handed and not in good health 1 chu hnrdly keep up with tho younger men. winter wueai looks splendid hett. Wo aro atill con tented and wel( pleased with our now home, Muo lot us heat ftom you a lit tle oftoner, What Inn become of South west YVubator. No moro nt present. .). M. UuTimii:, LINE. Weather cold and stormy. Fred Wildoy and wife will mako a business trip to Oklahoma iu tho near futuro. Mr. Molutjic'slittlo daughter Hello was aecidentnlly uin over by a tmun and quitu hoi iously injiucd. She is not oxpepted to live. E. W. Anderson waj tho guest of Hi Ho j cu this week. Kuv. II. II. Haskins and Sherman Fordyco will start for Idnho overland in the near futuro to mako that his fu- turo homo. Tho roads aro blookcd with snow so thoro has been no travel to Red Uloud this week. W. T. Auld has sold tho Davo Ander son farm to N. E. Wllhelmson for $1200. J. F. Grimes hm just ptirclinsod ti lino now piano mid has commenced taking lessons. Tho way to try a man's friendship is to ask him for a loan of two nnd a half when you really need it. Dr Fulkerson has just wiitten a touching poem entitled "Heautiful Snow." Write him for a copy of it enclosing stamp for teply. Tho oast and west minis In this part of tho county arn so badly drifted that few poopln aro coming to town and business 1h quieter than usual. M lanes Sweezy nnd Palmer hnvo re moved their millinery stock to tho Persons' block nnd Judge Swoezy has opened a law oDlce in tho room vaca ted. Tho whist club will moot with Prof. McCrary on Saturday evening As tho Prof, is a little short on wives, resi dences ar.d table linen, he will enter tain at John Brunnor'i. Chris Koohler's steam heating plant blew up the other day. Nobody hurt. Chris has been keoplng warm, whilo repairs are nindo, by the use of some of the hot air left over from last fall's campaign. The kids, and others, give Mr. and Mrs. Beaver & roHslng perhaps rasp ingreception upon their retarn from their wedding trip. Mr. Beaver re sponded with refreshments. Those young people will, wo understand, soon commence housekeeping in the Ererhart houso which is being flttod up for them. Tho new lodge, tho Ancient Order of Bald Headed Prevaricators, was organ ized laBt Saturday evening by tho elec tion of John S. Hoover as Grand Chiof Prevaricator; II. A. Simpson as Ablo Assistant Prevaricator; Judge Hilton as Recorder of Prevarications and Ezra Bishop as Bouncer. Sevoral ap plications aro on tilo. Wo hope to bo able, through the kindness of tbo Re corder, to give, from timo to timo, some hints of tho progress and work ings of the local lodgo of this noblo order. Hugh McCluro is having trouble of his own and plenty of it. LastSatur day his horse ran away, kicked itsolf loose from tho buggy, ran hone and, in its fright, mistaking tho open door of tho bouse for tho door of its stable, ran into the dining room and kicked over tho tablo and broko all tho crock ery in tho house, incidentally breaking up tho dinner of which tho family were ut that moment partaking. That was not tho worst of it, for, whilo tho horse had niunttgul to hqueezo in at tho door, hit positively infused to fqni'CM hluixelf mil of it. Hugh tticd to lead him out mid tried to drive him out, but, liko tint liny im tho burning itfi'k, ho would not go. Hugh hold tempting in of corn in (unit of the door, culled him !y niimo and told him lie wits good hnitte, but it wits uo go. And he's theio . t 1. and his uufottuiiato owner, who linn nlleicd to give him away to tiny out) who will take him, is now trying to decide whether to kill the horse and carry him out in chunks that he can handle or tear down tho house and take him out alivo. STATE CREEK. (Cum In too Uto far Inat week.) Hub Houry sold Mr. Witt,wer a cow and calf for $40. John Wagoner will build a largo barn in tho near futuro. W. II. Rosoncrans bought a lino bunch of hellers last weok. Chas. Hesse of Red Cloud was buying stock in this part last week. Tho lino nov church near Jack Hrown'd is about completed. Small grain novor looked hotter in mid-winter than it does now. Harvey Graham is having a sorious timo with a felon on his thumb. Clan Fair and Win. Ftancis sold somo lino heifers for n gootl ptico. Frank Sibort is building a new houso. Win. Scrivnor and James Hillings are tho carpouters. N. L. Fitsgerald and wlfo havo boon sick for somo time but aro up and around again. Wo havo had such a nice winter that stock is doing well ami many farmers say thoy havo more feed than they can use. Stock is high nnd many farmors have horses, mules, cows and calves for salo and some aro selling them and buying farms. Jos. Rosoncrans, Pete Lederbrand and others did th ir own shipping of cattle and hogs last week to Kansas City. Over a car load of hogs were taken off this creek one day this week. They were sold in Red Cloud at Go. boven-ty-six head in fourteen wagon loads Perry Boardsloo has bought tbo Uor ton farm cf Mr. Ford for $1,800, and Mr. Ford bought a larger one. S. N. Potter bought an improved eighty of A. G. Scrivnor for $900. Tho citizens of Andersonvillo have boon wonderfully excited for somo timo over the proposol railroad that thoy Bay is to run west from Nelson, Nebraska, to Smith Centro or Bollaire, Kansas, by way of their town. Recent ly Mr. Steffcn was iu that part with his steam thresher, and when tho Ander Bonvilleitos heard tho whistlo late in tho evening thoy all ran out to see tho train como in. Occasional. COWLES. t An old timo blizzard struck us Sun day. Sam Millor of Lostor wa9 ou our shoots Wednesday putting up salo bills. 11. it M. Agont Wilson's mother and brother from Kansas are visiting him this weok. Ed. Gilford is putting up ti tluo foncu around his residence. B. A M. water sotvlco mon repaired tho railroad pump ou Wednesday. Py.Jo-Sos is buying tho bulk of tho poultry thiiso days since Earloy has had tho grip. John Waller is putting up n now wind mill at his residence Tho corner stone of tho A. O. U. W. hall was laid on Wodnosihy with up proprialo coromouics. JohnHutohlns our section foreman has had his snow plow (Motter) at work this week. Tbo Court of Honor Lodgo has got sovoral applications for nawmembors. Tho Court Is growing and will bo ono of the largest orders in town soon. linger is woll located in his new two story blacksmith shop. Ho contem plates putting in a grist mill for a sido lino. Fred Good is master workman on the now A. O. U. W. hall. Rule Hurd has gone te Oklahoma. Mr. Shottenklrk of Blao Hill lias opened a real estate, loan and Insur- anco office in Cowles. Ask tho P. M. about that rural mail route. Pat Mooro is lotting his whiskers grow. Mrs. J. E. Sttador and family has moved to Missouri. Will Morgan has moved into tho Teel proporty. Undo Tod, Aunt Pino and Noah Crafford aro on tho sick list. Mrs. W. A. Franklin is in Uluo Hill this weok nnd tho doctor is batching. Boari for Sale. I have a fow choico thoroughbred Poland China bonis for salo cheap. E. L. Fawcctt, Cowles, Nebraska. What Shall We Have for Deueri? This question arises in tbe family ovory day. Lot us answer it today. Try Joll-O, a delicious dessert. Pro pared in two minutes, No baking! add hot water and set to cool. Flavors: Lemon, ornngo raspberry and straw bet ry. At your grocers, 10 cts. AOKNT8 Wanti.ii; Wo want anact ivo agent in Red Cloud and vicinity to represent tbo largest Evergreen Nur series in tho U. S. A full lino of hardy fruits, shade and ornamental trees, shrubs, etc. Four plans, pay weekly. Address at once, Tho Elgin Nurseries, Elgin, Illinois. Deafness Cannet be Cured, by local application as they cannot reach tbo diseased portion of tho ear. There is only one way to euro deaf noss, and that is by constitutional remedios. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con dition of the mucous lining of tho Eustachian Tube. When this tubo is inllained you havo a rumbliog bound or imporfect boat ing, and it is otitlroly closed. Deafness is tbo tcstilt, and un less tlioinllamn.ation can bo taken out nnd this tubo rcsloted to its normal condition, homing will bo destroyed forever, uiuu cases out of leu (tie caused by catarrh, which is nothing but mi itill.imod condition of the mucous mii faces. Wo will give one hundred itollais for fiuy cuso of Deafness (caused by cat nrrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catnrih Cure. Send for circuhts, fiee. F. J. Chunky & Co.,Tolodo, O Sold by druggists, 70o. Hall's family pills aro the. best. Ullljr Ilrjran, De' a trjln Te recorer from tbe awful fall bo fell Lait November; You remember How lie (truck tbe froitr pavement, with yell. W.unded btdly, Weeping ally, U aroio and said a printer bo would be ; Penitential, I'reildentlal Booms were never, never more for such at he. Tbeu lit. paper Cut a coper; rrlnlur Urran (till wan talklnj; tbraugb ItU bat, Jlen of (union, In condition, Bald tbe "t'omm iter" bud fallen Hat. Hilly lltyan .HlUllttrjIu'i ' To rtcon-r from tliu htvful fall lie fell; Crom lliu ocean. Tbnt'tlilmioilwit, Wbllu tlit'pnr kox to prcus or Boe to Columbus. Tho smokers of Red Cloud can lind ou salo by H. E. Grice and a fow of tho locol dealers ono of tbo choicest and most phenomenal retailing cigars over manufactured in tho west, the "Tuck" cigar. It is hand made throughout and unequaled iu workmanship by anyC cent cigar on tho market. The "Tuck" cigar has in its tiller tho finest grndu of old uullayored tobacco that can be pur chased and used in a 0 cent cigar. Its draft is perfection. Tlio "Tuck" cigar is packed in tin foil in pnokagos of live with tho object iu view of keoplng it fresh, retaining tho llavor and protect ing it from breakage when carried in the pocket. Tho "Tuck" cigar is in fact perlection in everything that is required to mako a choice smoke. Theio is noeicttr made in tho live cent cigars that equals tho Tuck cigar, iu woi'Kiuiiiigum, mutiny, itraii ami lino tiller. Try tho "Tucks". Consumption is destruction of lung by a growing germ, precisely as mouldy cheese is destruction of cheese by a growing germ. If you kill the germ, you stop the consumption. You can or can't, according to when you begin. Take Scott's Emulsion of Qiocl Liver Uil : taKe a little It acts as .t food ; it is the easiest food. Seems not to be food ; makes you hungry ; eating is comfortable. Yougrow strong er. Take more; not too much ; enough is as much as you like and agrees with you. Satisfy hunger with usual food ; whatever you like and agrees with you. When you are strong again, have recovered your strength the germs are dead ; you have killed them. If you havo not tried It, send forfroo samplo, Its agreeable tasto will surprise you. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409 Pearl St., New York. 60c. and $1,00; all druggist at first. Tbe genuine 1ms till picture on it, lane nooiner, T I t i .1 v ;i .r Ufc. 4 w- ' V'CT7rt; Msls an Li !.. .v ftt A fit f - Vijii