I ri ;?; . VOLUME XXX. RJ31) CLOUD, N 1SI8KASKA, O.MH13K . ti)()2. NUMIStilt JIS .HHHMMHIlHilBHMIiBiHHHH I MINER Waist Patterns. Now, just when you commence to feel the need of warmer materials for fall and winter garments, our stock of them is at its best. :;:' More complete, as to variety; more attractive, as to pattern, than ever before : : : ' : : : : In 2A Pattern S.'..)ti-ii KiiiMM-l-, in I'l'un 1 i, per h -mtu-l-, lit p li in I'omi -, per Jiild K ifr Kl-iti 1 !, pej inrtl Metallic e!v , )V in (' if -i.ti il 1 li u PIT VHHl First Floor Cloaks. The New Cloaks are here. The best values ever offered the buying public of Red Cloud and vicinity. A few descriptions showing values that we are offering: LADIES' 27-inch garmcnt.bcst AmericanKersey.pearl buttons, strapped, inlaid with velvet; black and tans; a coat commonly sold by all dealer at $ ff O $9.00 to $1000; our price 'd1 LADIES' LONG COAT 45 inches, best American in Is Kcrsev; black and tan; tun aaun unco; collar inlaid with velvet, splendid value at $12.50; MISSES' LONG COAT American blue Mercerized lining, velvet; color, blue only. Cloak Department, West Room. Dress Goods. special values. Black Goods. Fancies were $1.10 and $1.25. now . 85c Fancies were .90 now . . 70c Fancies were .75 now . 55c One lot of all-wool Suiting. 3S inches wide; a good value at 60c and 75c; our price . . 47c Colors green, greys, red, blues, browns, black. Solid Color Dress Fabrics, in plain weaves in black, greys, tans, browns, blues, reds and greens per yard .... 30c to $1.50 52 to 6o-inch Wool Suitings, per yard . 90c to $1.50 Greys, tans, greens, blues, reds and blacks. Good values at 10c to 40c, in colored novelties. All goods purchased in this department sponged free of charge if you wish it. : : : First Floor Main Room : : MINER FOR SALE 8 Duroc Jersey All eligible to'registe or at my farm, 2 miles sou Cloud. CityDray and B,W,ROSS, PROP, Goods Delivered to any part CITY AGENTS',FOR ADATS EXPRESS CO. TELEPHONE NO. 52. PLATT & (f.. Ofi'icagoi- Lumber - Yard. HKD OLOUD, 'Lumber, i.Lime, - - umii " r "- '-"- 'J-"""rtir--TtiainiiiinrinnrTi -. M..-,ii....n... mmmi HW'ja'tiiwiMM MMuiiwiir BROS.l Lengths yard 60c 30c to 50c 60c to 90c 90c ISC UJ 4A Main Room. coat strap seams; i? IO.50 mills Kersey, "8.50 BROS. Express Line- of the city. Charges as low as the Lowest FREES CO.. N KMt ASK A Coal and Cement. r. Inquire of M. W. Dickerson th and 3 miles west of Redl J. E. JACKSON. i i i i I,.--.. I. i i ii i Gomspondenee. BATIN. Mr. Grant is handing an addition to his residence. Oley Nilson Hansen' fitrm. is moving onto Mrs. ilauip Wilsecarver has purchased new driving horo. ) 11. Wisecurver butchered 11 fat heel, last Saturday. Inlin I'avileek is having an addition limit, to his residence. (). K. Kanwy is having a well put down at his residence. C. M. WiSou was In this vicinity, Tuesday, vaccinating cattle. A, Krricksun shipped a ear load of cattle to Kansas City, last week. Koy I'liliner spent, last Sunday, near Inavale, visiting at John Harvey s Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lindgren were visiting friends in ltud Cloud, last Sun day. Waldo Crowell was down to Guide Kick, last Sunday, the guest of Mr. Unity. Miss Anna Jensen who has been visit ing friends at Hlair Nobr. camo homo lust week. H. (i Lewis has enmo back from his eastern trip, where he did net succeed in finding a place to suit him. Mrs. Mnry Heun returned from To peka, Kansas, last Friday, where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. S. K. Kelly, for the past month. BLADEN. More, rain and peoplo want to see dry weather. C. E, Hicks contemplates going to Illinois soon. Stockman (loodels shipped out a car of cattle, Sunday. I'd Hofl'uiau was married, Wednes day, In lied Cloud. Are you going to the Street Fair, Hasting, nest week. A France transacted business Hastings, Wednesday. at James McCoy went to Campbell, Monday, to do somo trading V. II Hoffman was oil' again, the first of this week, on u trade. B. II Cox spent several days in Omaha returning Monday ovoning Kov Wolf moved into the Congreg ational parsonage, the first of this week. Miss Stewart, who wont with hor s istcr, to the Mack Ilills.somotimongo, returned, Saturday. D. S Phelps is taking a few day's lay oil" and is spending his timo at Roslnnd and at Hastings. Mr. Colo from Laworonco camo over Monday, to look over somo proporty W. II. Hofrnian offered to trado. The postmasters son Radford has boon quito sick, tho past ton days, but wo are glad to soo him on the street again. Two young men, ropsesonting tho church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, held meotings in tho Congreg ational Church, tho first f this weok. Tho freight train goes west now at 10-:i0a, 111. this suits tho peoplo along tho lino and is qulto a relief to tho train crow James Saunders and wife nttonded the funeral of Clarenco Fill wider, who died nt University place, where he was attending school. George Spicknall and wifo leave, Saturday, to visit frlonds, in Indiana, aad will then go on to tho CJ. A. u. re" union at Washington D.C. Albert Waullo and wife will leave, tho last of tho week, for Washington, D. O., they oxpect to be gono about sixty days and will visit frlonds, in Items of Interest as Repotted bv Chief Reporters at Several Nearby Localities. N'ew York and Michigan, before they return. A II. Aleanler put a new side walk in front nf his vacant lot 011 main street. This is a groat improvement to the eas'side of the street There lire one or two more places to lie tilled in 11 ii I then ltliuleii will have good walks on Main street, if she is a dry town. LOWLHS Dr. Nraiiklin of lllue Hill was here on business, Tuesday evening. Miss Edith Story is very happy over the gilt of a new organ, by herpnronts. .John Malich came, Tuesday morning, from Iowa, where he has been working tho imst year Miss Lucile l'utman commenced her school work in the Sprinkle district, last Monday. Were are glad to Junto that '.Mrs. Ko.iher has so far inmrovod as to be out again. The sale at V. V- Deal's, last Tuesday was well attended and things brought a fair price Miss Maggie Kitcliey was on tho sick list, last week and unable to attend to her school duties at, Eohley. Mr. and Mis. T. Ten man of lied Cloud spent Sunday with the hitters parents Capt and Mrs. Blaine. Clias and Leunie Hill camo down from IJItio Hill, Tuesday, for a short visit with relatives and friends. Fred Uillington has commenced the erection of a new dwelling house 011 the corner east of Mr. Denney's. I'M Hill has taken Fred Hilliugtou's place on the cream route while Mr. Uillington is building his house Somo of our sports took advantage of the expiration of the chicken law and went out hunting, Thursday. Mrs. H ibert Strador and children expect to leave, Friday, for an extend (! visit with relatives in Missouri From tho sounds issuing from the I) of II- Hall last, Saturday night we should judge thatsonieonowas explor ing the mysteries of the order. Scott Smith came back, Saturday, from a visit with his parents, in Kansas Whllo there ho purchased a now buggy and driving horso so watcli out. Miss Martha Harris who lias been visiting Mrs, Henry Keonoy for some timo lias gono to Taylor, Nebraska to visit with tho family of Kov. Deakin D UTCHFLAT. Miss Nillio Engstrom went east on a visit to hor hor brother. Charles Throckmorton is duo in Red Cloud tho last of tho weok Hain, ltnin, how it did rain last woek) creeks 011 tho boom and soil all a float Mrs. Cieorgo Henrbsleo, wo aro glad to learn, is much better than when she camo homo. Dug Davis and family woro grapo picking and calling on Mr. Shannon and family lately, John Ueardsleo Is tho boss broncho breaker of this locality and now has a fine team of drivers. Mr Field and wifo of Lebanon, and 1'k'nand wifo and family, Sundayod with Mr Vork's family. Tho roads aro again in nood of ro pairs, botween horo and everywhere, owing to tho recent rains. Tho recent high water took away tho south end of Mr Davis's catch all and now John Wagoner has more soil. Hen Gibson is building something between times as tho sound of tho hammer Is not heard at all times Mr Logan is busy plowing for .vlnut but he is also spoiling our road, to Sunday school, through the half mil line. I. II Hoiigtaling took a cow and three steors to Kansas City, last Monday, for sale but has not as yet reported at homo. Mr Shannon enllodonCharlcsThrook. morion, a week ago last Sunday, but found that young man hud gone, (o visit his host gtrl , so ho had to visit with Mr Wagoner and family. About twenty Wolfes from Red Cloud took posessionof Mrs. John Wagoner's premises last Sunday while she was at chiirh and on her ret urn gave her a grand birthday surprise All report, n good time mill wish many return of the same. Kov. A. W. Cortner proached, the closing sermon for the present year, last Sunday, to 11 large audience from the text "Fight the good light or fttllli, lie left for annual eonferoiteo Wednes day morning. Wo nil hope lie will bo returned to this circuit again. A 1 Siaby reports tho time between showers rather short to finish a whole thrashing, and the ground (00 soft, after the setting is done, to move with (he engine and has to call 011 the farm ers and their teams to pull both steam er anil thresher, to a new place, GUIDE ROCK. Mr. Baker, tho new barber, will bo ready for bussiness, wo aro told, by Saturday. Harry Urubakor of Willow Creek was attending to business matters in town, Monday. John liogan contemplates moving to Guide Kock. All good peoplo want to come to Guide Kock to live. A largo acrcago of whftit is being sown, in Heaver and Stillwator town ships, this fall. The ground is thor oughly soaked and In flue shape. Mr. Vaughan, brothor of C. E Vang ban, bought tho Jud Hailey, KM aero farm north oust of Guide Kock Let. them coino there is still more room. Thu'now Methodist minister, Kov. Proistly of Uladen, has moved horo and the Kcv. Wolf has gone to Bladen Mr. I'reistlyissaid to bean able minist er. Mr. Salsmau brought In two loads of corn, Saturday, which ho sold for .'l.'i cents per bushel. His corn is running 10 bushels per acre and at, !V cents gives pretty good pay for raising corn in Nebraska. The demand for good houses to rent exceeds tho suply. Every house is occupied and more aro wanted. Who will coino to tho front and build a few good houses, they would be good in vestments for any man. Mr. Cathcart and family of Iowa, aro looking af tor their farms and oncldont ally renewing old nquiiintancos. Mr. Cathcart has .'120 acres of land, two and a half miles north west of town on which ho isorecting a now barn. Joseph Crow is ovorsoring tho work- $ cents Eight cents a pound Is what a young woman paid for twelve pounds of flesh. She was thin and weak and paid one dollar for a bottle of Scott's Emulsion, and by tak ing regular closes had gained twelve pounds in weight before the bottle was finished. Eight cents a pound is ;heap for such valuable ma .erial. Some pay more, some ess, some get nothing for .heir money. You gut your money's worth when you buy Scott's Emulsion.' We will scud you a little free. SCOTT & 150WNE, Chemists, .109 Pearl Street, New York, 50c. and $1.00 ', all druggists. We have just opened a beautiful line of Lamps that will take pleasure in show-Hip; you. In Parlor Lamps wo have 11 very nice 0110 for $1 00 A beauty for J.50 An elegant, Lump for 2.00 An extra good crnt nil draft . 3 50 A Perfect Gem for 7.50 Common Lump from 25c to 1 .00 Special bargains in lastyoir's left overs Coino and soo us. C L. COTTING The Druggist. m DRY CREEK. Mo 10 rain and cool went her. ,r- Koy Uust visited with Morgan li)avlH, Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Kobort Hicks visltvlodnt Al Dockers, last Thursday. " Mr. Law is having his liouso movcY, a little east of whoro it was. Will Burdrick has his corn nearlyall gathered and hauled to market. Mr. Morso has his now house about completed and ready for occupancy. Wo hear thut Ed. McCuuoaud family will move to Red Cloud in tho near future. Henry Sheldon has taken sevon cows, of Abo Kaley, to bo kept on shares for five years. Some of the farmers of this vlcinty, on account of tho wot weather, have not. et, finished haying.' Frank llin. from near Cowles has bought the Trunkoy farm and will move 011 it in tho spring. Mr. Cunningham is again able to bo up and about after two weeks of sick ness from bilious fever. Ili-rriiiiiiin anil Krllar. The late Professor Herrmann, tho magician, was possessed not only of great strength In his hands, but of Biieh skill 11s would enable him to per form apparent feats of strength which would bo Impossible to a far stronger man. His greatest feat along this lino was to place two packs of cards together and tear them across. A friend of Ills, going Into 11 cafe with Herrmann, met another frleud who was accompanied by n quiet look ing man with a big mustnehe. The four sat down together, and Herrmann was at length Induced to tear two packs of cards In half. "That," said his admiring friend, "Is something no other man alive can do." The quiet man with tho mustache coolly picked up tho torn packs and tore the halved sections Into quarter sections. Then, as the rest glared uniiucdly ut him, he remarked: "I forgot to mention my namo Is Kellar." It was Herrmann's foremost rival In tho sleight of hand business. Hot li Co mi- In iliittlen. The father was testing his little boy's knowledge of tho story of Noah, which ho had carefully rehearsed. The boy had been thinking hard, and his an swer to tho first question showed that ho had at least the virtue of original ity. "Now," said papa, "can you tell mo how Noah knew that tho waters had gono down V Tho boy hesitated a minute, as If seeking for proper words to express himself; then he said: "Noah know tho waters had gono down because the dovo camo back bringing him a pickle." Olives nnd pickles woro synonymous terms In the small boy's mind for things which coino In bottles and which ho did not like. MlUMHII ,wwawHMWMWsru. r - ,&- "TTfaSs mF&ztg&z&w FmwvM2smg hifiWUKSST Pfi3aSZE?3S.i