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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1908)
ft I' ' K GUIDE ROCK. (From tho Signal.) Word from Omaha to relatives hero Informs thorn that Mrs. Eiirl B Crary has undergone a successful oponition nud is impr ving us fast us win bo ox pootod. MIsh Louella Watt foil from a chair while wuHhiug windows striking a nuil whioh toro an ugly gauh in lir loft chuok, which was very painful for sovoral days. BLUE HILL. (From tho Leader) A groat many sidewalks aro being laid in Bluo Hill, this spring all of brick. Mrs. Kathnrina Krugor died Inst Thursday, April 2, aged 77 years, fl months and '2.7 days. Win, Kort, known to his friends and relatives hero, as Undo Kort, and who has been living in this neighborhood with his nephews, was found dead in bod yesterday morning. Ho was stay ing at tho home of Win. Kort, two miles north, and on his failing to como down to breakfast yesterday morning, Mr. Kort went to ins room to arouse , him and toumi mm uoaa. no was quito advanced in age, being nearly eighty years old, and death is sup posed to havo boon caused by his ad vanced ago. LEBANON. (From the Times) Mr. and Mri, (Srant Porter of Ilogue, Kansas, weio called hero yesterday evening by the serious illness of Mrs. Porter's mother, Mrs. Milton Shields. Mrs. 10. A. Krotschmer is reported very ill in Kansas City where she has been (or some time and Albert and P. A. (Jorge havo gono down. Mrs. ('. M. Audrus and two youngest children left Friday morning for Cabool, Mo., whore they wore called by tho horious illness of Mrs. Audrus mother. Au election to voto bonds to tuko up tho flouting indebtedness of Lebanon was hold Tuesday. Not a moat deal of interest was taken, as only l."3 votes wore cast. Of this number 0." woro favorablo to the bond proposition and 09 against. BLADEN (From tho Enterprise) Elmer McCoy and Dr. Wegmann loft Monday morning for Holt county where they will look over farm lands. A professional man who buys of an order homo and a merchant who has his printing dono out of town belong to the same lodge -same degree. Wallace Vance, our genial R. F. D. man now makes his route in a horse less carriage. He drives a mule team. Little Beuluh Harris, daughter of Ir, und. Mrs, S, E, Harris, hud the nils- fortune of having her arm broken last week. Her little brother had his arm brokeu Oil hist Thanksgiving day. iiorn to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ross this week, a boy. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Ander sou this week, a ten pound boy. Win. Koilir purchased the forty aero tract of land lying just east of town yesterday, from Uncle Jus. Lock hurt, at U'J.'i an acre. SMITH CENTER (From the Journal) Samuel Lowroy, living near Lebanon and the father of Carl Lowroy, of this place, was taken sick with nppondici tls last Friday and an operation was performed Sunday by Dr. Mc Cliutock of Topoka, assisted by Drs. J. B. and NOW IS THE TIME O. c. OVERING II. A. Dykes of Lebanon and Dr. F, M Dilby of Konsiugtsn. Ho is doing nicely at this writing. John Moorm n wont down to Cuba, Monday to put tho finishing touches on tho fltio new opora houso at that place. Henry Bowman of Bollovlllo was hero last week and closed a contract with the mill pooplo to install a mod em oil burned in tho furnaces under tho boilers. M. I. -mith is tho now man In'.chargo at tho Cornell Pharmacy. He closod a doal for tho stook with Mr. ornoll last Monday and took possession at once. Mrs. C. '. Funk received a telegram last Thursday evening announcing tho death of her father, Frank Foster, at Long Island, this state. BLOOMINGTON (From Franklin County Tribune) Tho board of supervisors today voted to call a special election for tho voting upon tho proposition of building a now court houso for this county Tho election will bo hold on tho 23th of July. 11)08. and tho question will bo wnethor to voto n 5 nim iovy for tho period of throe years. Tho school board hold a meeting Tuesday evening of this week and elected several teachers who had re applied for their present position in this school. Tho following teachers woro re-elected, by unauimous vote. Suporintendet, V. L. Strickland. Principal, Miss Kriimtmch. Intermediate. Miss Gardner. Hud Primary, Miss Sadler. Jas. Thompson was chosen super visor yesterday to till the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. W. Castor, who had removed from his district, No. 7, composed of Franklin, Oak Grove and Turkey Creek town ships. Tho city council met last night and made a contract with n representative of a Hrm dealing in bonds for the dis posal of luo bonds and tho superin tending of the construction of tho water system. Last night John Bunger was thrown from his wagon at the bridge west of town, the Koelmol bridge, and sus tained a badly crushed arm. SU PERIOR (From the Journal.) partition oi tno property. Tuts con Orville Kline is about the most un- sists of 180 acres of land and some lucky boy when it conies to aocidontp. other property. Last evening while peinting the roof of the Felt property, he fell to the ground, breaking his arm berwecn the wrist and elbow. The Superior Alfalfa Meal Mill Co. are rearranging their plant and instal ling a mixed feed plant. Mrs. J. H. Morrow, sixty-five years of age, a widow residing nt Broken Sow, was very badly burned yesterday morning by an explosion of keioseue at her home. She was trying to help along a refractory lire when the ex plosion occurred. Walter Drew is now able to sit up but is improving very slowly. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bates ore moving into the King houso, south of Mr. Blazar's. Fred Ptleiderer, Jr., has moved into the house south of vvhoro lie has been living. Harry, tho little sou of Mr. aud Mrs. Art Harding, had the misfortune to fall and break his arm Thursday even irg, while ploying. Auguft Baumgarfs barn, iu Webber was burned to tho ground this morn ing about 1 o'clock. The hores wero saved, as were also about 700 bushels To look over your Insurance Policies and see that you have everything fully covered. The lightning and storm season is on. I represent six leading companies and have 800 risks in Webster County. TEEL of corn. How the barn was set on tiro Is a mystery. W. A. Diolil will loave this evening for Croston, Iowa, callod thero by tho illness of his sister. C. C. Bagtey is adding a nico porch and a kitchen to tho houso ho recent ly purchased in west Suponor. Mrs. Howe, who was injurod in a street car accident in Kansas City some time ago, has boou brought home to Superior. Mrs. Stevenson has sold tho Super ior hotel, furniture und fixtures, to Mr. Forrester, of Orleans, Not). C. i?. adsworth, of Orloana. has taken pos session and will run tho hotol until tho arrival of Mr. Forrester, who is now engaged in tho restaurant busi ness in that cit.C. FRANKLIN (From the Sentinel.) Wednesday moraing of this week tho little three mouths old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brees died, death ! boiug tho result, as far is known, of congestion of tho lungs. j By its action Monday night tho school board, in regular session, elected teachors for tho coming year for all tho departments of tho school. Prof. Ed M. Hussong was re-elected Stipt. with a slight increaso in salary. In tho high school Mrs. Mamie Humphreys and Miss Pearl Pettit were re-elected to their present positions of principal and assistant principal re spectfully. In the Grammar depart ment Prof. J. 1. Burwell, now in the Bloomingtou school, was elected to take the eighth grade and whatever work, in the high school Prof. Hussong might assign him. Marion township voted to levy $."00 for general purposes the coming year. Her expenditures last year wore 81:200 of which $'Y1T) wus expended towards payment for the township hall. Mr. Ewing's milk-delivery wagon was partly demolished in a runaway Friday on account of tho family driver feeling its oats or some thing. Married at tho home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Van Sc.ylo their eldest duughter Maud Winnafred to Mr. Uri V. Walker. The widow of James McClure of Martin township who recently married Frauk Wilkio has brought suhVagainst . .. . I. B. Williams is quite sick on tic count of an abscess in one of his oars. O. K. Chitwood is mauager and head push in Hugh Robinson's store during the bitter's enforced contluemont on account of un injured foot. Miss Ada Caruahan came up from IUvertou Monday to visit her friend Mrs. J. M. Patterson and also to cause un X-ray photograph of her bond aud. wrist to bo taken. Miss Carnahan was thrown out of a buggy about three years ago in a run a way und tho in jury received at tho time has never rightly recovered. Prof. J. I. Bnrrwoll has rented tho old Taylor Cameron resideuce in the east part of town and expects to move down here in a short time. A I Holverson has closod his restaur ant and will move his fixtures and stock to Oxford bodily where he will engage again in tho restaurant busi ness. Orville Wharton and his father ex pect to start the last of next week for southeast Washington. They are hav ing a public sale advertised at which they will sell everything except tho farm. Red Found tho Set. This story is told by a mnn who dla- lilies nothing 6o much as to be asked questions: "My little girl Is very fond of sea hells," he said, "and. having been called to Atlantic City on business one day, 1 took advantage of the oppor tunity to run down to the beach to see If I could pick tii) a few. I was stroll ing along the Rand, gathering a few shells and pebbles, which 1 placed In my handkerchief, when along en mo one of those old Idiots who ask questions with their mouths which their eyes could answer, lie smiled upon me und sulci: 'Fine day, Isn't It? Aro you gathering shells?' " 'No.' I snapped back, saying the first thing that popped into my mind; I'm looking for a net of false teeth 1 lost while In bathing "He expressed his sympathy, and then his face lit up as his eye caught sight of a pink and white object on the sand. 'Well, I dcclarct Here they are now!' he exclaimed, and, sure enough, he picked up a set of false teeth lying right at his feet. I was too surprised to do anything but grab them and put them In my pocket. The fun ny part of It Is that I never had a tooth pulled In my life. I wonder whom thot false set belongs to." Philadelphia Record. He Believed the Boy. A Judge was explaining to a young student friend the Intricacies of evi dence, lie Illustrated well the case of conflicting evidence how when the statements of two witnesses aro op posed the more probable statement is to be accepted. "I'sually In conflicting evidence," he said, "one statement is far more proba ble than the other, so that wo can de cide easily which to believe. It is like tho boy and the house hunter. A house hunter, getting off a train at a sub urban station, said to a boy: " 'My boy, I am looking for Mr. Sinlthson's now block of semidetached cottages. How far arc they from here.' "'About a twenty minutes' walk,' the boy replied. " 'Twenty minute's!' exclaimed the house hunter. 'Nonsense! The adver tisement says live.' " 'Well,' said the boy, 'you can be lieve me or you can believe the adver tisement, but 1 ain't try in' to make no sale.' "Cincinnati Enquirer. A Dish of Tea. In reference to a note about a "dish of tea," It tuny be mentioned that "dish" throughout (he eighteenth cen tury wus a colloquialism for cup. In fashionable houses at first, nud foi long, tea was drunk from a cup with out handle brought from China. The vessel was termed a dish. When the Chinese cup was first copied by Eng lish potters, the convenience of a ban die was added. The paueer also was brought from China, ft received the name because of Its resemblance tc the English saucer, a platter In which sauce was sorred. The familiar gibe, "saucer eyes," was originally inspired by the sauce saucer long before Lord Arlington gave (he list tea party hi England hi Arlington House, where Ruekingltam palace stands, at tho Res toration period,-London Chronicle. Troops to Leave ""Soldfield Ma."!.: 7. Carson, Nov., Feb. 8. Governor Sparks received a message fiom Presi dent Roosevelt announcing that the federal troops would bo withdrawn from Goldfield March 7. It is expected that the state police force will ho or ganized by that date. Train Held Up In California. Ukiab, Cal., Feb. 11. A train on , the Alpine and FoU Bragg railrouil was held up by two masked men neat Glenblair Junction. While one man held the nu (seiigers under a gun, the other collected their valuables. Walker Will Be Brought Back. Mexico City, Feb. 11. William F. Walker, the defaulting bank president of New Brii iln, Conn., will go back to the United States to be tiled, accord ing to a statement made at the for eign oflice here. Cloud, BOTH PHONES The Quest of Truth. It Is a good deal easier to poke fun at history than to write history merit ing credence. Mr. Bodley when writ ing his "France" experienced the forcoi of this in n curious way. Ho shut" himself up In France for years to got the atmosphere and tho knowledge necessary for his work. One of hi trials arose over some question of elect oral jurisprudence. It was not of lii' ternatlonal Importance, but still Inter esting to students of comparative pro cedure. Thereforo ho wrote to a dep uty who Is a parliamentary expert to clear up tho obscurity In which tho text books Involve the point and Incor porated his reply lu the text of the book. Lntcr, being Invited by an ex perienced mayor to be present nt r poll over which ho presided, Mr. Jlod Icy put the question to him and re ceived a quite different reply. Finally the author referred the point to a senator of Indisputable authority, wh showed that the deputy and the mayor were both wrong. St. James Gazette. Woman's Wit. An cmperoi of Germany besieged n city which belonged to one of his rebel lions noblemen. After the siege bud lasted for n long time the emperor de termined to take It by storm and to de stroy all It contained by flrc.und i:wonl. He did not, however, wish to Injure the defenseless women; therefore, lie sent n proclamation Into the town, say. Ing that all the women might leave the place unhurt and carry with them whatever they held most precious. Tho nobleman's wife Instantly decided to take her husband, and the other wo men followed her example. Tiny soon issued f i om the city gale lu n lung pro cession, each one with her husband on her shoulders. Tho emperor was so much struck with the noble conduct of (he women that he spared all; even th(v city Itself was left untouched. Wouldn't Tip It. A Uoronto man who visited England last summer appears to think thnt country the champion tip taker. Ho says: "Well, 1 had tipped every man from the swell gent who seemed to own the house of commons down to tho hireling who gummed the wrong labels on my luggage, and I went Into the waiting room on the landing stage at Liverpool to wash my hands of ev erything English, and what do you think, stared me in the face when 1 had fin Ished? A placard saying, 'Please tip the basin.' I'll be bunged if 1 dldl", Menumenta. Dr. Griffin I must say the work! 1 very ungrateful toward our profeesioa. How seldom one sees n public memo rial erected to a doctor! Mr. Oollfht ly How seldom! Oh, doctor, think ef our ceraeterlee! London Answer); Doesn't Alwaya Follow, Because some men get over n feDoe safely with a loaded gun it Is not al ways safe to assume that "they won't examine a mule's heels to settle u bet Washington Post. The Difference. Upgardson Doesn't Vteerws borer y; you nearly to death? He talks like S phonograph. Atom Not at all. When a phonograph ruus down It ttone. Chicago Tribune. It Improves a girl's looks immensely to be rich. New York Press. Motoring. t "Motoring Is the vei'y poetry of mo tion." "Except when you have a sninshup'' "No; even then-It's blank verse!"- -London Opinion. Two Enigmas. "Why don't we see men like the nov elists describe?" "I give It up. Why don't we see glr' like the illustrators draw?' IoulsvlIKv Courier-Journal. The Long Haired One Yon know, poet is prophet. The Sordid Otic Not to his publUb. era. Baltimore American. Neb 7 i i r i