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CORRESPONDENCE
Interesting Item Gathered
by Our County Reporter
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BLADEN
Mr. and Mrs. Hallor returned from
Minnesota Wednesday.
Dr. Koohlor drove to Hastings Tues
day, returning Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Myers woro pas
songors for Culbortson Tuesday even
ing. Roy McGillis of Lawrence spent
Sunday with his parents, north of
town.
Miss Nellie Williams is spending the
week in Campbell visiting her sister,
Mrs. D. H. Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McCoy of Red
Cloud spent Sunday nt the homo of
J. W. McCoy, or this city.
There was no school in tho big room
the first of tho week on account of
Miss Stowart boiug sick.
Graco and Stanley Hall returned
from Lincoln Wodnosday, whore they
had boon attouding school.
Tho material for tho now sohool
house is being put on tho ground, and
work has already bogun on it.
Dr. Wegman reports tho arrival of a
baby boy at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs.
Prauk Burden on Tuesday, May 22.
Mrs. Wash Iloed returned homo
Sunday from a week's visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Goo. Nowhouso at Rod
Cloud.
Wm. Rood drove to Hastings Mon
day, returning Wednesday. Mrs.
Adams accompanied him to hor home
at that place.
Mre. George Newhouse ond Mrs.
Knloy of Rod Cloud drove up Friday
to attend tho funeral of John Kauf
man, roturning homo Saturday.
Mr. Currant and family moved in
their now house Tuesday, which he
purchased of R. C. Chovallor. J.
Grcon will move in tho Solomon houso
vacated by Mr. Currant.
Burlington Bulletin.
Low rato tour to California nnd
Pugot Sound To Puget Sound and
Portland, direct or via Colifornia very
low rato excursion tickets on sale Juno
18 to 22, inclusive.
To California, Portland and Puget
Sound Daily low excursion rates
commencing June 1 applying via vari
able routes embracing all western
scenery and attractions.
To California and return Still lower
rates Juno 25 to July 7 inclusive; only
812.50 additional to iuclude the Shasta
route and Pugot Sound.
To Colorado and return daily after
June 1. About half rates. Still lower
rates for the Elk'g groat meeting at
Denver. Tickets sold July 10 to July
15 iuclusivo.
To Eastern Resorts Daily low sum
mer tourist rates commencing Juno 1
to Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul. Wiscon
sin and Michigan resorts, also to Ni-
ngrrn Falls, White mountains and
Maine resorts.
Special Homosoekors rates 1st nnd
flrd Tuesdays, low excursion rotes to
tho North Plutto Valley, tho Big Horn
Basin and other frontior torritory.
Personally conducted excursion on 1st
nnd !U1 Tuesdays of each month for
those seeking free homesteads of G40
ncros for mixed farming and dairying.
Calumet
Baking
Powder
Perfoot In quality.
Moderate In prlov
Write D. Clem Deavor, Agent Home
seekers Information Bureau, 100-1, Far
nam St., Omaha, Neb.
Describe your trip to mo and let mo
ndvise you how to mako it at tho least
cost.
J. F. Edwards, Agont.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS HI
KANSAS CITY.
THE WEEK'S TRADE REPORTED BY
CLAY. ROBINSON & COMPANY,
felVC STOOK OOMMIS8ION
MERCHANTS.
CFFI0E8 AT OHIOAQO. KANBA8 CITY,
OMAHA, SIOUX CITY. ST. JOSEPH
AND DENVER.
Kansas City-, May 22. Receipts of
cattlo Monday were 9000. Best grades
sold steady, othors ruling slow at
weak co a shade lowor rates. Receipts
today wero 12,000. Best kinds of all
classes held unchanged, othors selling
at weuk to 10 cents off.
Tho following table gives
now ruling.
prices
Extra primo corn-fed steers. .$5 .15-5 GO
Good corn fed steers 4 90-5 515
Ordinary corn fed steers.... 4 40-4 90
Choice corn fed heifors 4 G5-5 00
Good corn fed heifors 4 10-4 G5
Medium corn fed heifors. ... .1 oO 4 10
Choice corn fed cows 4 25-4 05
Good .175-4 25
Medium .1 25-3 75
dinners 2 25 3 00
Choice stags 4 00-4 85
Choice fed bulls 3 50-4 00
Good 3 35-3G5
Bologna bulls 2 25-3 00
Veal calves 5 00-G 00
Good to choice native or
western stockors 4 25-4 50
Fair 3G0-4 10
Common 3 25-8 50
Good to choice heavy native
fnndni'Q J or;i nr.
Fair .... 370-425!
Good to choice heavy brand
od horned feeders 3 75-4 25
Fair 3 25-8 75
Common 2 75-3 00
Good to choice stock heifers 3 25-3 50
Fair 2 75-3 25
Good to choice stock calves,
steers 4 00-4 50
Fair 350-400
Good to choice stock calves,
heifors 3 25-4 00
Fair 275-325
Receipts of hogs Monday woro 8000;
market 5 to 10 conjs lower. Receipts
today wero nearly 22,00(': market slow
ano o to 10 cents lowor; bulk of sales,
SG.15 to G.27JS; top $(J.32.
Monday's sheep and lamb market
was active and steady with receipts of
0500. Today trade was steady to 10
cents lower with a run of 4000. Wo
quote choice lambs tG.50 to G.70;
choice yearlings, 80.25 to 0.50; choice
wethors, 80.00 to 6.16; choice ewes, $5-75
to 5.85; wooled stock $1 per cwt. more.
Real Estate Transfers.
'J ransfers for week ending Wednes
day, May 9, furnished by Walker &
Bailey of Webster County Abstract
company.
Mrs. E. A. Moranvillc to Lilly M
Vaughn lot 9 block 8 Vance
add to Guide Uock wd.. 8 1300
Louihe and Laura Collette to
Louisu Quirin lots 4 and 5
block 4 Spenue udd to Bladen
wd
S 100
Eli Collette and wife to Jacob
Quirin lot 3 block 4 Speneuadd
to Marten wd
Chester Wash to Julius R Horn
lot 1 1 block I Speneu add to
Itlarton wd
100
81
S C Dunbar to Hannah .1 Crow
lots 1 and '2 block (J Guide
Rock wd ()o
Wm Scripp to Mina F Real w3
nv4 7-3-10 wd 20W)
J W Johnson to Ira A Pace lots
10 to 20 block 3 Guide Rock wd
ir.00
State of Neb to W A Cox w2 nel
10-4-11 wd
L L Cone and wife to Lawrence
Sheeluy part sw4 3-1-9 wd
Henry Davis and wife to Chas J
000
300
Davis part lot 10 block 7 Bla
den wd 175
C V Morey and wife to Chas .1
Davis lot 10 block 7 Bladen wd 130
C V Gather and wife to Wallace
A Maynard nw4 block 4 Le
Due add to Red Cloud wd 300
C F Gund Jand wife to August
Korc nw4 18 4 9 wd 4100
Fred Werner and wife to John
W Wrattcn lot 1 block 4 Bla
den wd 100
Total 812947
Mortgages filed 81000
Mortgagos released 86500
THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
Some Factt Which Give an Idea of
Its Immensity.
In all tho heavens, with the excep
tion of passing meteors or meteorites,
not one body occupies n position closer
to earth than Uie moon, which Is somo
240,000 miles away very far, of
course, side by side with any earthly
distances, but a mere fraction side by
side with other astronomical distances.
Next to the moon our nearest occasion
al neighbor Is Venus, and then Mars.
Both Venus and Mars, however, are
often farther away from us than tho
sun, which remains always at some
where about the same distance, rough
ly at from 00,000,000 to 03,000,000 miles.
This dividing space between sun and
earth Is of great importance in think
ing about the stars, and It should be
clearly impressed upon tho mind.
Next to the sun in point of nearnesB
come the more distant planets Jupiter,
which Is about five times as far from
the sun as our earth Is; Saturn, nearly
twice as far as Jupiter; Uranus, near
ly twice as far as Saturn, and Neptune,
nearly three times as far as Saturn. All
these planets belong to' our sun, all
aro members of his family, all nro part
of the solar system. The size of tho
solar system as a whole, consisting
thus of tho sun and his planets, includ
ing our earth, may be fairly well grasp
ed by any one taking the troublo to
master two simple facts. They are
these, that our earth Is roughly about
02,000,000 miles away from the sun
nnd that Neptune, the outermost plan
et of the solar system, is nearly thirty
times as far distant from the sun as
our earth Is. Chambers' Journal.
AN ODD BIRD.
The Kiwi of New Zealand Has Some
Remnrkable Peculiarities.
That queer bird, the kiwi, is a native
of New Zealand. Its remarkable pe
culiarities are, llrst, the apparent ab
sence of wings, as the plumage so
covers the small, rudimentary, stick
like appendage of a wing that uono
whatever Is apparent. Tho situation
of tho nostrils at the bill's extremity
is a second peculiar feature. While
hunting for earthworms it probes the
soft ground, making a continual snuff
ing sound. Thus the scent is evidently
of great help In finding food and the
reason for the position of the nostrllB
quite apparent.
A third peculiarity Is the very dispro
portionate size of tho egg In compari
son to the bird, it being a little less
than one-fourth the bird's own weight.
One kiwi's egg found weighed four
teen and one-half ounces, while the
bird weighed Just under four pounds
(sixty-four ounces) and was about the
size of an ordinary hen.
The plumage of the kiwi Is a dull
brown streaked with light gray, and
the body resembles a miniature hay
shock, rather badly hacked off at the
rear part, as nature has not provided
the kiwi with such decoration as a tall.
The absence of wings Is compensated
for by Its swiftness of foot, nnd the
large, clumsy looking legs, which are
sometimes used as weapons, aro placed
far back on tho oddly shaped body.
St. Nicholas.
That Wan All.
A young girl who Is always trying
some new thing was present once
when tho doctor set a neighbor's bro
ken arm. She was sure that she know
exactly how It was done and rather
anxious to put her new knowledge Into
practice. Somo time later a hen out
in tho chicken ynrd broke Its leg. Tho
girl directly aunounccd that she meant
to set It "and mako it as good as
new." Accordingly It was put Into a
plaster cast and left for tho proper
length of time to knit. When the day
came to take off the cast the girl ran
out to tho honhouso In great eagerness
to seo tho result. Presently there was
a scream that brought every member
of the family to her side. Tho chicken
was Jumping miserably over tho ground
sidowlso Instead of directly forward.
You know n lien's leg hos a crook.
Well, sho had crooked It tho wrong
way, that was all.
OUR MOTTO: "Satisfaction or
your money back"
combined with plain figure
prices steadily adhered to,
has brought us a constantly
growing business. Quality
first, price next. Nothing but
standard made, reputable
goods at lowest profit prices.
Always willing to
and compare prices
or Chicago hotises.
Newhouse Bros.,
Jewelers and Opticians.
Republican State Convention. I
The republicans of the state of Ne-'
braska are hereby called to meet in I
convention at the Auditorium in the
city of Lincoln, on Wednesday, Au
gust 22, 1900, at two o'clock in the
afternoon, for the purpose of placing
in nomination candidates for the fol
lowing oillces, viz
One United States senator.
One Governor.
One lieutenant governor.
Three railway commissioners.
One secretary of state.
One auditor of public accounts.
One treasurer.
One superintendent of public in
struction. One attorney general.
One commissioner of public lands
and buildings.
Webster county is entitled to eleven
delegates to the convention, which
will have a membership of 857.
Every WtneR Will le Interested.
If you havo pains in the back,
urinary, bladder or kidney trouble,
and want a certain, pleasant herb oure
for woman's ills, try Mother Gray's
Australian Loaf. It is a safe and
never failing monthly regulator. At
druggists or by mail 50 cents. Sample
pogo free. Address, Tho Mother Gray
Co., LrRoy, N. Y.
Nil melius
potest is Latin
for "Nothing
could possibly
be better."
Gordon is a
shorter way of
expressing the
same thing.
Gordon Hats
$3.oo
show our goods
with either local
B. & M. Watch Inspector
A Great Fire
You will have if
you try some of
that
Good Coal
Sold by
Saunders Bros.
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The popular 'Lumber and
Coal men of Red Cloud.
Telephone GO will get it.
DE. w. s. smith:
OSTEOPATH
LINDSBY BLOCK:
Red Cloud,
Neb-
FEED PLUMB
Has just received a
complete line of
FRESH
Bulk
Garden
Seeds
Also handles
Floir Feed
Telephone 51.
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