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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1905)
feAat'Yit- m w m w l"""" High TWENTY YEARS AGO r Items of News Found in Tho Chief of Twenty Yonrs Afo 1 Thl Week v V 4t AaW 'WWWA AaA AAWrA Hod Cloud Is booming pretty lively. Our new brick buildings aro uoariug completion. Mrs. A. C Hosmor and children aro visiting in Illinois. Miss Linn Ilanna of Iowa is tho guest of T. 13. Ilanna. John Miller of Indiana is in tho city looking after land. M. W. Dickorson and wifo were in ltivorton Wednesday. A. Morhart's little boy was bitten by a dog last Saturday. McMillan's store was robbod of u shot gun the other night. A. W Copoland and sou will go south this week to hunt laud. Frank Parker of Auburn was in tho city tho latter part of last woek. Judgo Til ford, brother of Mrs. S. Garber, was in this city this weelc. Ed Wiener, nephew of tho Golden Eagle clothing man, is in tho city. Miss May Hacker returned homo from a visit in tho east part of tho state. G. II. Chaney's rosldonoo is rapidly assuming proportions, and will soon bo completed. Mr. and Mrs Malmrd of McCook nro visiting hero, tho guests of L. A. Huskins nud family. J. L Millor and J. S. Gilhum woro in Lincoln this w ok looking after tho interests of county equalization. Lawyer NcNeny now times himsolf by an elegant gold ticker, presented to him by his partner in business-, O. C Cuso. Tho Rod Cloud orchestra will soon bo prepared to furnish n conconrso of swoot sounds for tho benefit of our music loving friends. J. H Fermau and wifo roturnod from Wilbur last Friday. They woro accompanied home by thoir niece, Miss Edith VauDuyne. Somo impecunious kids took tho stove pipo olf tho county bastllo on Monday ovonini', and treated it to a bath in tho lucid waters of Crooked oroek. Ono day last week II. B. Simons drovo his team on to tho ground whoro tho old scales used to bo located near tho Rod Cloud National bank block; tho ground being unusually soft, ono of tho horses mired in, and it was with dilllculty that tho animal was rescued. Wells -Isaac David has a now wind mill in his pasture S. H. Motealf wont to Burr Oak Mondav Wn have n lady visitor at our houso. ar rived July 1. Como to stay, bays Win. Patterson. Wkst Inavale N. E. Worloy has finished throshing his lino piece of ryo Chas. McKinloy has tho finest pioco of ryo in this section Mr. Loigh is ngain oblo to see things on tho place Tho fourth is ovor and wo aro still nlivo Pleasant Hosin F M Sliulnr ex- poets to leave soon for Iowa P. Norrls is on tho sick list Father Norris has roturnod from a visit in Clay county W. II. Barcus is buying fat hogs Misso9 Emma Barous nnd Ella Shular aro having holidays Samuol Brunor is abend in tho way of small fruit and clover Georgs Hngnn's young Calumet is the only Grade Powder offered to the consumer at a Moderate Price It should not be confused with. the cheap, low grade powders on the one hand, nor the high priced trust powders on the other. nursery at Guide Rock is ahead of anything wo have soon in tho valley Blue Hill -Tho now bank will commence soon R. A. Simpson and wifo lmvo returned from an ex tended visit in tho east Miss Celia Garber is in town visiting friends August Zorwick has purchased tho lumber yard owned by tho Nebraska Lumber company Tho B. fc M. carpontors have ropiired tho depot at this place in grand stylo. Elm Cheek M. C. Williamson is building a now barn Mr Corner has finished his residence and is going to build a barn .Tosoph Chambers is building a new houso There aro largo amounts of improvements being inado this summer. , .Tho farmers have nil laid thoir corn till gathering time, and thou they by all expect a largo crop. Most of tho fanners aro dono plant ing corn in this vieinifcy Harvest has begun. A Mormon preached in our school houso Inst Sunday morning and evening. Ho said ''hell" had tho bottom knocked out of it and it was closod for repairs. "Do as you please, boy'', thoro is no danger until it has boon ropairod " It is a shamo for people to listen to such trash and tho fellows that como around preaching it had ought to bo egged out of tho country Tho school picnic was postponed on account of tho rain. ... S. W. Hull of Kansas is visiting hero among old friends Mr. Post is not going to Arkansas this fall Sam Millor is cutting his oats. LIVE STOCK MARKETS AT KANSAS CITY. THE WEEK'S TRADE REPORTED BY CLAY. ROBINSON & COMPANY, LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS. OFFIOEC AT OHIOAQO, KAN8A8 CITY, OMAHA, SIOUX OITY. ST. JOSEPH AND DENVER. Kansas City, July 11. Receipts of cattle thus far this weok nro 20,500; last wook, 5800; last year, 2.100. Mon day's market was steady to strong for beeves of both heavy and light woight; others slow to 10 cents lower. Best cows and hoifors woro steady to strong; others slow to 10 conts lower Bulls and veals were unchanged. Best of tho stockors and feeders of fered were common to medium. Prices woro steady for host; otiiors dull. For heavy hoof steers today tho market was steady to 15 conts lower, mostly 10 conts off. Dosirablo light hold toady. Best cows and heifers woro steady; others, ospoclally if showing grass, weak to 10 conts lower. Bulls and voals woro unchaugod. Good quality stockors and feeders woro steady; common kinds almost unsale able Tho following tablo gives quotations now ruling: Extra prime corn-fod steers. .85 50-5 85 Good corn fed steers r 00-5 50 Ordinary corn fed steers.... 4 2.r-4 75 Choico corn fed hoifors 4 (M-4 75 Hood corn fed hoifors 4 00-4 50 Medium corn fod hoifors !1 50-4 00 Choico com fed cows 4 00-4 50 i Good 1150-400 Medium 3 00-3 50 'minors 150-2 50 Choico stilus 4 00-4 50 Choico fed bulls 3 25-U 50 ' Good 2 25-3 00 uoiogna bulls 2 25-UOO Veal calves 5 00-5 50 Good to choice nativo or western stackers .1 75-4 50 l?ir 3 25-iJ 75 Common o 75 05 Good to choico heavy nativo feeders 4 2"i-4 75 Fnlr .'1 75-4 25 Good to choico heavy braud ed horned feedoi s 4 00-4 50 Fnir 3 50-4 00 Comm6ti .'JOO-JlfO Good to choice stock hoifors 2 75-.'l 00 Fair 22T)-,'25 Good to choico stock calves, stoois 4 00-4&0 Fair .'J HO 100 Good to choico stock calves, heifors 3 00-3fi0 Fair 2fiQ-.'J00 Receipts of hogs thus far this wook nro 14,000; last wook, fi700; last year, 2700 Monday's niarkot was '236 to fi cents higher, closing weak. Today's ti ado was mostly 5 cuts lower. Bulk of sales were from 5 272 to f.'12; top i f0. Ilccoipts of sheep this week are 11, fiOO; last week, 0200; lust year, 100. Monday's market was activo and steady to 10 conts higher. Values for sheep today wore steady to 10 conts higher but Iambs declined 10 cunts. Wo quoto: choico Iambs, $7 25 to 7 10; choice yearlings, $5 75 to 0.00; choice wethers, $5. .'15 to 5.50; choice owes, 81.50 to 175. Here Is Relief for Women. Mother Gray, a nurso in Now York discovered an aromatic ploasaut herb drink for women's ills, called AUS- TRAL1AN-LEAF. It is tho only cer tain monthly regulator. Cures female weaknesses and backache, kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. At all druggists or by mail 50 cents Sample FREE. Address Tho Mother Gray Co , LoRoy, N. Y. BEAU BRUMMEL. Some Incident In the Life of Tlii Notcil HiikIInIi Kop. An English paper prints a number of Btoiies of Beau Brummel, some of which perhaps are not generally known. At the Pavilion, at Brighton, ho ordered the footman to empty his snuffbox Into the tire because a bishop had taken n pinch unasked. A man whom he had met at dinner offered him a lift In his carriage to Lady Jer sey's ball. "Thank you exceedingly," Biild tho Beau, "but how are you to go? You would not like to get up behind, and I cannot be seen In the same car riage with you." He made no secret of his humble birth and when asked about his parents declared that "the poor old creatures both cut their throats years ago eating peas with a knl f p." Once at least Brummel met his match. He was playing hazard at Brooks', when a well known alderman, a brewer, was ono of the party. "Come, Mashtub," said Bruinmel, who was the caster, "what's your set?" "Twenty-live guineas," was the reply. "Well, then, have at the mayor's pony," said Brummel, who proceeded to cast, and by a run of luck won tho stake twelve times In succession. Pocketing the money, he thauked the brewer and promised thot In future he would drink no one's porter but his. "I wish, sir," replied the brewer, "thnt every other blackguard In London would tell me the same." ' AN AID TO HEARING. Opera GIrhmcb Help the Ear n Well it the Kyen. "Hurry them along, please," Bald the woman customer as she left n pair of opera glasses for repairs at a Chest nut street store. "1 can't hear well at tho theater without them." Another customer who was waiting smiled when the woman left at her ap parent mistake. "She meant she could not see," he observed. "No," rejoined the optician; "she meant just what she said. Opera glasses are nu aid to hearing as well as to sight. You can prove It any time you are seated well toward the rear In a theater by training the glasses on a singer. As long as you keep the singer under scrutiny with the glasses you will be able to follow the words of the song with ease. Drop the glasses and you will notice a difference. It will require more or less of a strain to catch the enunciation distinctly. "By tho ubo of opera glasses a the ater patron Is enabled to note distinct ly every movement of a singer's lips, nnd the unconscious 'Up reading' great ly aids the sense of hearing. If you ever attend a public meeting where It Is Impossible to get close to the speak ers provide yourself with opera glasses. and you will be surprised how greatly they will aid you In hearing." Phila delphia Record. CHANGING THE SUBJECT. W!int Lincoln Hnlil When Hnrve , Kmletl a Ttto Ilonm' Talk. I The lute Hon. Charles W. Slack told the following of the Hon. Peter Har vey, tho friend nud biographer of Dan iel Webster: Mr. Harvey was a large mnii with n small voice and that pomposity of man ner that mnuy very dlflldent men pos sess. Above everything he valued and prided himself upon his friendship with the "great expounder." Tho llrst year of the War of the Re bellion lie went to Washington, and on his return was asked how he liked President Lincoln. "Well," ho said, "Mr. Lincoln Is a very singular man. I went on to see him, nnd told him thnt I had been an Intimate personal friend of Daniel Wofister; fhut 1 hinf tnfltod with him bo much on the affairs of the country that I felt perfectly confident I could tell him exactly what Mr. Webster would advise in the present crisis, and thereupon I talked to Lincoln for two solid hours, telling him Just what ho should do and what he should not do, and, will you believe It. sir, when I gat through all Mr. Lincoln said was, as he clapped his hand on my leg, 'Mr. Har vey, what a tremendous great calf you have got.'"-Hoston Herald. Hnril in No rnh. Scene: Tho Wilsons' dining room Norah, the slovenly cook, puts her head In at the door. Norah Tlaze, ma'am, will ye be afthcr tellln' me whin I'm to know whether th' pinldln's baked or not 7 Mrs. Wilson-Stick a knife Into the middle of It, and If the knife comes out clean the pudding Is ready to send to the table. Mr. Wilson And. Norah. If It does come out clean stick all the rest of the knives In the house Into the pudding. Woman's Home Companion. The Ilrlok In Ills lint. "Bhorry I'm sho late, in' dear," be gan Dingle apologetically, "but shome fresh jokers stopped me an' wouldn' lemniee go" "Indeed?" Interrupted his wife. "Why didn't you take the brick out of your hat and hit them with It?" Philadel phia Press He Not Itntili. One need not thrust his hand Into a raging furnace even though he knows that a precious Jewel lies therein. Ho may be patient until the flames are spent. From "The Bishop's Niece," by George 11. Plcard. IIIh I'nrt. "Wife I sec by this paper that the average family has four and soven tenths persous. Husband I suppose I'm the seven-tenths In this family! Wit should be used as a shield for defense rather than as a awoid to ftvound others. Fuller. SCIENTIFIC FARMING. The AVny I.fiiiK ToiiKtietl IIccm Snved AiiNtrnllmi Clover. A clerk In the department of agricul ture said: "So you think that scientific farming is a bluff? You demand some illustra tions of the good that Is accomplished by the scientific method? Very well. "When clover was lirst Introduced Into Australia It grew there beautiful ly, but It never seeded. The soli was all right. The climate was all right. What, then, was the trouble? "A scientist studied the matter, and this is what he found: "He found thnt the native Australian bees had tongues too short to reach the clover's pollen forming organs. These organs In red clover are hidden deeply In the henrt of the tubellko petals and they can only be fertilized by the long tongucd bumblebee. If red clover Is not visited by bumble bees, who bear the golden pollen grains from one blossom to another, It never seeds It cannot be grown. The scientist, nwnre of the fact, soon put his linger on the barren Australian clo ver's trouble. He Imported a lot of long tongued bumblebees. These bees flourished, and Immediately Australian clover, which had promised to be a failure, became one of the country' richest and finest crops." Chicago Chronicle. GOLDFISH IN JAPAN. The Detnnnd For Them Appenra to De AlniONt Without Limit. Although the goldfish occurs In n wild state In Japan, It Is probable that China some 400 years ago furnished the stock from which the wonderful varieties of Japanese goldfish have been' bred. It is reported that In feudal days, even when famine was abroad in the land and many people were starv Ing, the trade In goldfish wns nourish ing. The demand at present appears to be without limit, and tho output shows a substantial Increase each year. Many thousand people make a living by grow Ing goldfish for market, and hundreds of peddlers carry the llsh through the streets and along the country roads lu woodcu tubs suspended from a shoul der bar. Tho lending goldfish center Is Korl ynmn, near the ancient cnpltal of Nara. Here are 3i0 Independent breeding es tablishments, whoso yenrly product ruus fur into the millions. One farm which I visited was started 140 years ago. At first it wns conducted merely for the pleasure of the owner, but It eventually became a commercial enter prise and Is now very profitable. Na tional Geographic Magazine. African firoitbeelia. The social grosbecks of South Africa live In largo societies. They select a tree of considerable size and llternlly cover It with grass roof, under which their common dwelling Is constructed. Tho roof serves tho double purpose of keeping off tho heat and the rain, nnd 400 or BOO pairs of birds are known to have the same shelter. The nests In this aerial dwelling are built In regu lar streets and closely resemble rows of tenement houses. Falls Under the Wheels. Lincoln, July C 12. Terry, a wealthy business man of Stoughton, Wis., was killed hero by being run over by a Burlington railroad train. New Trial for One Banker. Tecumsoh, Neb., July 10. Judgo Paul .lessen, In tho district court, set aside the verdict In tho case of Charles M. Chamberlain, found gtdlty of embezzlement, and ordered a new trial. Chamberlain has asked for a change of venue. Tho court reduced the bond from $20,801 to $10,000 and Chamberlain Is soliciting now bonds. General Amasa Cobb Dead. Los Angeles, July C General Amasa Cobb, brigadier general of vol untoors during tho civil war, veteran of the Mexican war, ex-congressman and ex-jtistlco of tho supreme court of Nebraska, died here, aged seventy two years. Cobb was a personal friend of President Lincoln. His body will be removed to Nebraska for Inter ment. Crlmlltiif Ineeiine In Chlnn. A missionary traveling down the Lan river In Mongolia says he passed thirty-one rapids In one day. At most of them were water mills for the grind ing of arouintle trees Into powder to make Incense. The trees are chopped Into small pieces and thrown Into a hole In a heavy millstone, which re volves on a larger stone as the water rushes through below. In tho rainy season, when the river flows full and fast, a pair of mills can grind 200 cat ties (U00 pounds) of Incense a day. It Is made up Into bundles of this weight and sold, on the spot for fifty strings of cash (about i?0). The OrlKlnal PyKitilex. African pygmies are about four feet to four feet three and a half Inches high. To be In Harmony with their name, however, they should measure only thirteen and a half Inches in height. For the original pygmaei, whom Homer believed to live far to tho south and who were warred upon by era lies nnd whom Herodotus Know to exist In Africa, were named after tho Greek measure "pygme," literally a fist. This was supposed to be the dis tance from the elbow to the knuckles, reckoned at eighteen "dactyll," or lin gers, equal to thirteen nnd a half Inches. Almont Ton I, ate. Colonel McSchwnrtz, was telling tho caller how wonderfully the town had grown. "Why, when I moved here with my wife nnd daughter tweuty-sev" "Papa," Interposed Miss McSchwartz, "there's a mosquito on your neck. Let mo pinch It off." "Ouch!" exclaimed the colonel. "A I was saying, when we moved here, quite a number of years ago," etc. Chicago Tribune. Ordinance No. 52. An ordtna c to prohibit spitting or expuo toratlng 111 on any sidewalk, crosswalk, or li any cellarway, window, door grating or on trance to any basement, iireawuy In under or leading from any sidewalk space, or on floor, wall, stairway In any hall or public building li tho city of Hed Clond, Nebraska. Ue it ordained by tho mayor and council of. the City of Kcd Cloud- Section 1, It Is hereby declared unlawful for any person to Bplt or expectorate on any bldu walk.croshwulk, or In any eelUrway, window, door grating or entrance to any basement, ox cavHtlon.areii lu under or leading from sidewalk space In tho city of lied Cloud, or to spit, expectorate on the lloor.wall, stairway or In any hall or in tho elevator of any public bu.ldlng Ii said city. Seciluu 2 It Is hereby declared unlawfu 1 fpr any person to (-pit or expectorato on the Hoor, grating, step or platform of any street car or any othir public conveyance used for the pur pose of conveying passengers In the city of Ho Cloud. Section 3. Any person who shall violate tho provisions of this ordinance Khali be deem oil guilty of a mlsdcmcaor and upon conviction thereof shall be lined lu any sum not less than one dollar nud not exceeding one hundred dollars, or Imprisonment for a ttrm not exco ed Ing thirty (lavs, and bo committed until sucli fine and costs or persecution are paid. Section 4. All ordinances aud parts of ordinances conflicting with any of the provi sions of tho foregoing oidlnance are hereby repealed. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after Its pastage and adoption as required by law. Passed July 8, 1005. Approved Julys, 1906. C. T.liicKENsoN. Mayor. Attest: L. II. Kort, City Clerk. (Seal) Proposals for Bids. Notice is hereby given that the cliv council of Ited Cloud. Nebraska, will receive Rental bids at the olllce of tho city clerk, uptof.o'clock p. m.. August 7, 100.r. for tho purposoi of build ing twenty cement croslngs (more or less) In said city, said crossings to bo built accord ing to plans and specifications now on record in the office of tho city clerk. Tho council reserves the rljiht to reject any and all bids. Hed Cloud, July 12, iJ05. (Seal) L. H. Foiit, City Cleric. H0LU8TErV Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A 3usy Medlolne for Busy Peonls Brines Goldm Hoalth and Renewed Vigor. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE A speclflo fpr Constipation, Indigestion. Llvo Kom iffy r7ro,)y "& WmP EcnSJ I npirV ft fnrm aSl10' iy ll(ioky Mo'intnln Ten In tan'.' lot rorm, u5 cpntH n box. flenuln inado by MoLUBTEn Dnco Company. Mndlson. Wis. 1f w- 4