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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1907)
ammmmmlmmmmllBaatmlmnaanmmmmmmmmmmmmaBmHmammammiummuimwnmmmBnammMammuarmmKimmm n 1 1 m ' Don't Buy Land or Without getting one of Teel's Perfedl Abslradts of Titles. The olde and most reliable set of Abstract books in Webfter County. $ 1 0,000 Bond filed and approved. Represents six of -the best Insurance companies doing business in the slate. LOANS MADE OFFICE In Oraing Block. TWO PHONES-Bcll 98, Farmers 36. 1 Jieotsy flotes From GATHERED FROM CAMPBELL (From the Citizen.) Buult & Thlbodoau lmvo finished putting iu a comoiit crossing with con croto culverts, for tho city, between Davis' carpenter shop and Wm.Mathe noy'ri losldonco. L.ast Friday Emma Hundt, tho 12 year-old daughtor of Mr. and Mrs. Au gust Hundt south of town, was opera tod on for appoudicitis by Dr. Swats lander, assisted by a specialist from Hastings. Tho oporatiou was entirely buccossful. - tliis Tho Campboll Holler Mills week recoivod their now bloachor and words of praise to spoak in favor of djnanio, and tho boys with tho assis-1 Rod Cloud and her citizens who oxton tanco of their brother W. C. Roloh-1 dod to thorn a warm greeting on that stoiu,hae boon putting tho machinery (lay. into place. Tho iattor is a millwright Lightning struck a couple of tele from tho ground up, and when ho has phono poles east of town Sunday, dam- prououueeu ttio work goou ic won c , need any immediate llxiug. Tho mill will soon havo its own oloutric lights from tho now power, and in all respects j bo up-to-date and modern. , Jack Aultss is firmly convinced th. t Friday is iu reality an unlucky day, and last Friday was tho worst in tho almanac. A bunch of tho boys wont to tho river ou tho dato moutlonod, os tenslbly to llsh, and Jack was ono of them. Whilo D. H.Clark, who was his sldo partner, got out to opou a gate Jack drove through. Just'insldo tho pasture was an inuocout little mud holcj about tho size of tho D. & M. do pot lawn, and it was thoreforo a little matter of surprise to tho careful drive when the team stopped out of sight in it. Jauk kept the buggy afloat, how over, until tho siuglotreo broke, when ho took tho high divo so sudden and his head struck bottom so hard that ho had littlo opportunity to enjoy tho ap plause of his audience. It was ce: tninly a ueat performance. Tho end of Jack's troubles woro not reached, huw over, for tho boys tipped tho buggy ovor coining homo Moreover, wo dont boliovo thoy caught any llsh lestwiso wo didn't seo any. m BLOOMINGTON (From the Advocate) Lyman Eastman and J. M. Pollard, two of tho board of supervisors who aro horo this week, wont to Franklin last Wednesday night and mot with an an accident that nearly put them out of commission. In crossing Com or Creek bridiro tho tonguo of tho buggy camo down and tho team started to run pulling Mr. Eastman out onto his hips, and siucothat time ho lias hardly been ablo to move. Pat Soholiol's driving horse got seared at tho washed out approach to tiio bridge northwest of town Monday and backed up turniiigtho buggy ovor and putting it out of business. FRANKLIN (Fromthe Sentinel.) Tho flood Thursday did considerable damage by tilling tho collars under tho business houses along the west bido of Nebraska avenue. What camo near being ono of tho most fatal accidents of tho year alarm ed our citizens early Friday morning when ji group of men woro obsorvod uirrylug Tom Clow homo ou a strotch or. Whilo working around tho horso b elouglug to Mr. Cato and stalled in lib barn ho recoivod a kick just a littlo below and to tho right of tho heart which knookod him across tho barn 0( Neighboring Towns I OUR EXCHANGES f I a id rendered him unconscious. Had it boon directly over tho heart or ovor stomach tho blow would have probably have killed him. As it was Ids heart action was precarious for several days but ho is now nicoly improving and ou Wednesday sat up for some, time. Wo rojoico with all tho relatives and mauy friends to know ho is on tho road to recovery. GUIDE ROCK (Prom tho Signal.) Tho Kobokiih'sof Guide Rock who attended tho 'l)l District meeting at Red Cloud Juno (5, have nothing but aging them considerably, Tho editor received six varieties of mnlnn Kprvlst frnm Mrs T TV Hnmrifnt- of IIampton 0kln Tho 800(la wU bo' plnnted and RUy dod Rngtod oW Roezop that gets In that melon natch will cot it where Willio got the slipper. South and east side farmers toll us that obstructions aro forming under tho river bridge that should bo ro moved. Two or threo old trees havo lodged and aro forming islands, that will make things serious when tho ico breuks up next spring. Frank Yottor is laid'up with a ;oro hand, as tho result of getting it I o tweou a haudspiko and a heavy ham mor. Tho crow of train 15 evidontly bo cimo weary of a pair of drunks Satur day evening and put them oil" here. LEBANON. (From tho Argus.) Tho fiiouds ami noig hbors of Mrs. Pete Burgoss to tho number of forty-two surprised that couple by going in ou thorn Sunday, that being tho thirty-ninth birthday of Mrs. litir goss. Norton has secured tho services of tho Lebanon band for their Fourth of July colobrat on. Mrs. and Mrs. R. L. Skaggs started Sunday morning for their "Old Ken tucky Homo." Mr. P. C. Glenn returned from Ex celsior Springs, Missouri, Monday evening, whero ho had tiikon Mrs Glenn for treatment. , Work of Minis tho standpipo com moncod Tuesday. Tho city now owns ii big well with twenty feet of water In it, and all think there will bo an ample supply for sometime to come. , Ed Rickets, whoso homo is in Salem, suffered a stroke of paralysis tko first . of tho uook and at this writing little , hopes aro entertained for his recovery, Report reaches us that Onus, llyros , of Logan township Is losing his hogs, twonty.sovon head dying during a day and a night. J. J. Timborlako lost a lino brood maro Thursday. Tho cause was ludi gostion, which Votorinary llobbs says is tho trouble iu most of his casos now SUPERIOR (From tho Expross.) W . P. Nelhaus wont to Storling ' raska, Tuesday to represent Sup- . ... .. .. ' , it , , l . Nobrask orior iu tho contest for tho location of tlo Gorman Luthoran collogo whio'i is to bo located somowhoro iu this Loan Money n Real Estate ON CITY PROPERTIES np TZZi pnrtof tho state by tho Syuod now in session. A party from Red Cloud camo down Monday and bought a ticket to James town, Va., claiming that ho saved $5 by so doing. D iivid Evans, who had hi foot crushed at tho round house hero re cently, and went to tho hospital, will soon havo tiio injured member ampu tated. Probably you think it's a fib, but counting by tho twonty-tlvo foot lots, there are 10 two story bricks in Sup erior. RIVERTON (From thoRoviow.) Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Fulton and their daughtor Emm returned Wednesday evening from tho St. Joo hospital where the latter was operated on re cently for appendicitis. Sunday morning about 1 o'clock soma unknown person made an at tomp to break Into tho tolephouo central but was unsuccessful. Last Friday Albort Euoll got his right hand in a food grinder mangling it badly. Dr. T. B. Myers was called and ho deemed It necessary to ampu tate bis thumb and threo lingers loav ing but tho littlo linger. Albort is an orphanboy. BLUE HILL. (From tho Leader.) Mr. and Mrs. Claas Rose and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. disking left yesterday for Europe to spend tho summer. Dr. E. P. Condon of Omaha was hero Wednesday assisting Dr. Thompson operate on two patients. Mrs. William Koou, seven miles southwest, was op oratod on for inflammatory troubles, and Miss Stella Kloin for appendicitis. Both aro getting along very well. W. A. Speedy was In Blue Hill a few hours tho foro part of the wook on his way to Hildroth making dates for tho season as high diver and balloonist. R. A. Simpson has purchased tho businoss lot of V. R. Snyder on Gago street. This gives him a froutago of 11 feet at tho corner of Gago and Lib erty and it is an ideal site for a good building. BLADEN (From tho Entorpriso) Tho I. O. O. F.,picniccolobrating tho flrst annlvorsary of tho organization of tiio lodge at tins place, which was hold yesterday, was, to say tho least, ono of tho greatest and most enjoyable occasions that has over beon hold iu 1 Bladon. Quito a number of improvements aro soon to uo uiiuio in tno way ol now mul substantial street crossings, side-, walks, otc JjMt prfd morni whUo , Bwm. m wit,, fi0Vuml othop b Lest0l. oyd of this pllC0 mmQ Jj (lrQwn. mg. Mr (Uld Mrs W(U;er Riohisou ,mvo hlkou 0, of Glemvood and North Bhldeu tolo,)houo ceutml offico His Old Letters. A Wall street business man showed n visitor a jiumllo of old lottora that ho was taking homo from his oillco to burn In his furnace. "I wasn't always so particular about theso useless busi ness letters," ho said, "until I learned that tho women cloouers woro sorting them out of tho wastobnskots and Bell ini; them to certain firms which nmk-i a business of furnishing lists of names fr. vnrIo"H purposes, mostly to specu- S' T nc- T,,c concluded that I owed It to my clients to protect them from tho nulsnnco thot follows gottlng one's nnmo on a mnlllng list." Now York Sun. 1IZ; T Red Cloud, PIONEER COURT INCIDENTS. Frco and Easy Manncro In Early Illi nois Trials. Most of the early Illinois court houses were log built, but in some dis tricts, says the author of "Lincoln, the Lawyer," the sessions were held In the barrooms of taverns, and the absence of all formality In the proceedings Is best Illustrated by the fact that In the circuit court of "Washington county, held by Judge John .Reynolds, the sher iff usually heralded his honor by sing ing out, "Come In, hoys! Our John Is a-goln' to hold court!" to which cordial Invitation those having business with tho law responded. Another sheriff In Union county made , laudable efforts to meet tho require- . meats of the occasion by shouting out ' this singular announcement: "Oh, yes! Oh, yes! Oh, yes! The honorable Judge Is now opened!" ' In one case u Judge who desired to display his learning Instructed the jury ' very fully, laying down the law with authority, but tho Jurors, after dollb-1 orating some hours, found themselves unable to agree. Finally the foreman rose and asked for additional Instruc tions. "Judge, this 'ere Is the difficulty," ho explained. "The jury want to know if that tlinr what you told us was r'al'y tho law, or on'y Jlst your notion." Youth's Companion. EMBROIDERED TRUTH. Mark Twain on His Own Reputation For Veracity. I am used to having my statement discounted. My mother began It before I was seven years old. Yet all through my life my facts have had a substra tum of tnvth, and therefore thoy woro not without preclousness. Any person who is familiar with me knows how to strike my uvorage and therefore knows how to get at the Jewel of any fact of mine and dig it out of Its blue clay matrix. My mother knew that art. When I was seven or eight or ten or twelve years old along there a neigh bor said to her: "Do you ever boliovo anything that that boy says?" My mother said: "He is tho wellsprlng of truth, but you can't bring up the Avholo well with ono bucket." And she added: "I know his average, therefore he never de ceives mo. I discount him .'10 per cent for embroidery, and what is left Is perfect nnd priceless truth without a Haw iu it anywhere." Mark Twain's Autobiography in North American Re view. Tho Fignting Lemming. If tho lemming's powers were pro portioned to his pluck, tho lemming would make things lively for tho hunter. It attacks with reckless fury tho harmless passerby. One of theso" creatures, smaller than aj-at, will as sail without a socoud thought a couplo of human beings weighing 130 pounds apiece. It will spring to one's knees, barking and biting, and In purblind fury fall back "all ends up" to tho earth, only to renew tho attack again and again. Ono day while ono lem ming was Hying at mo another from beyond n Rmall stream joined In the demonstration and presently swam neross to get to close quarters. I was not quite sure that the first fall Into tho water was not accidental, but hardly think so, since once there It camo straight to tho charge. "Wild Norway." Most Nearly Porfoct Vacuum. It was Professor Dowar's achieve ment in liquefying hydrogen that led to tho discovery of an easy method of obtaining nn nlmost perfect vncuum, nnd that In a single minute. When a glass tubo filled with air and closed at ono end has Its open end dipped Into u cup of liquid hydrogen, tho Intenso cold condenses tho air into a kind of snow that settles to the bottom. If, then, tho upper part of the tubo, from which tho solidified air has fallen, is removed by heating and cooling It off It becomes a vacuum chamber so free from air that It Is difficult to force an electric current through It New York Herald. $ Nebraska ) -5 Pineules aro for the kidneys and Bladder. They bring quick relief to baekache, rheumatism, lumbago, tired worn out feeling. They produce nat ural action of the kidneys in filtering waste matter out of tho blood. HO days treatment 31. Money refunded if Pineules are not satisfactory. Sold by Henry Cook's Drug Store. Annual Estimate of Expenses and Report of Revenues Received. The following Ii tiio annual Estimate of Kx penscsof tiio probablo amount of money neees ary for all purposes to bo raised In tiio city of Hed Cloud, Nebraska, during tho ensuing fiscal year, to-wlt: Koromaem' salaries t-IOCO Mi- For street.- and alleys IWK) 00- For cost and expenses of litigation .. .. WKi (X' Formppllesand printing 20 0o For maintenance of water works 'V0 OU- For Interest on water bonds iooo 0O- For Interest on electric light bonds 8' 0 00- For contingent and Incidental expenses W) to- For Judgment fund .. imo 00- Forbtreet lights l'Ji (O For maintenance of electric light works 500 tx)- Total m'M no The following Is n statement of the oiitlro revenue of said for the pHst (Ural year: Collections ou the general fuud $ 2U02 07 Collections on water fund : 3T2." 32. Occupation tax collected .,8'.M tH From water levy fund U31 02- From electric light fund and bonds.. .. 20110 r,C- Total fSIOoTJT Approved Juno 6th, 1007. J. O. CALDWELL, Mayor. Attest: L. II. FOIIT. City Clerk. ISeal juiyn Notice of Bond Sale. conled proposals will bo received by I. n Fort, Secretary of tho School Hoard, unti' July 13th, 1007, at l!i M., for the nurrhiisc of 125,0005 bcliuul Itoiidi oi the School District of th c.y ut Hed Cloi.d. Webster County. Netmiskti, voted April 2nd. 11X17. lloudsiireiu denomination of if rU each, doled June 1st. 1007, bearing 4'J per cent per annum, maturing June 1st. HU7, ami ' optional after 5 years. Itouds Itstied pursuant to section ll'.'.IO, Cobbey's UK 3 Annotated btat utes of Nebraska. Hlds must be accompanied by certllled chock for SMO. payable to the City Treasurer. The Hoiira reserves the right to reject any and nil. bids. Dated June 21st. 1007, Hed Cl"ud. No! osla.. I)K. H. F. HAINES, l'retl.ittu L. II. FORT, Secretary. JunH INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM CUHED IN 3 DAYS. Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind.. says; "My wifo bad Inflammatory KhcumatlMui In evory muscle and Joint: tier suffering was terrible' and her body and face wero swollen almost be yond recognition: had been In bed six wcekn and had eight physicians, but received no benefit until she tried tho Mystic Cure tor nheumatlsm. It gave Immediate rcliet and1 sho was ablo to walk about In three days, l am sure It eaved her life." Sold by U. K. Grico. Druggist. Ked Cloud. Just Received, a Car of FLOUR. AT PLUMB'S FLOUR and FEED STORE You can save money by taking 500 pounds of him. Labor. The doctrine of the farm Is merely tlibt, tlint every man ought to stand In primary relations with the work of tho world; ought to do It himself nnd not to suffer tho accident of his having a purse in IiIb pocket, or his having been bved "to some dishonorable or injurious craft, to sever him from thoso duties nnd for this renson, that lubor Is God's education; that ho only is a sincere learner, ho only can becomo mafler who learns tho secret of labor and who by real cunning extorts from nature its scepter. Emerson. i4 t ft It) i) i yV " 3.tr A'5Eiiirsi-'.a "i-",wajva fgcrvtt.'auss lyjtT'tirw r$t Jjarw. "- iaij Hwur y am t MBijcawn- imKJuiamMi,