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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19
NUMBER Is.

GRAssHoPrER FAILS CrTY.-A correspondent
of the Missouri Democrat gives the following 40
count of the famous city of Grasshopper Falls,
where the equally famous convention was heldI
"GrasshOpper Falls is a city Of SOme Eve OF
six stores and houses and saw mill Il has one
hotel. The Grasshopper is fne riVulet, butt
like all the Kansas rivulets, no dependence can
be placed on it for commercial purposes. Il il
nearly dry now. The hotel has one bed rom.
which constitutes the second story entire. Thir-
ty-fve men slept in iton the evening preceding
the convention. donR know how many slspe
in it the next evening, but I presume shat Stili
larger number occupied its bed sad fOor. Did
you ever sleep in a room where there were three
dozen other r, representatives. Of the stern Sexf n
you did, pray to be delivered from it, whether
you are male or female! The nasal concert 10
anything but musical or Soul-soOthing. The
moral effect of such congregations is perniciOus
and disagreeable. I'd az soon sleep in . sAw
mill--viewing the subject from a musical point
of view--for the snoring and breathing 10 more
disagree.hle than the sound Of machinery"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

DEATH OF A Coon MAS.-The Ohio papers
bring US news Of the decesse Of an able, faithful
and virtuOus citizen, Benjamin Ruggles, of St.
Clairsville, Ohio, at the mature age ofseventy-
four years. This worthy gentleman served his
State in the Senate Ofthe United States during
three successive terms, frsm 1915 to 1888, and
in that body of eminent men his integrity and
good sense commanded the respect, while his
auliable and guileless character won the esteem
Of alIits members. In his personal qualities he
resembled much the late estimable Samuel
Prentiss Of Vermont, for some time his eonten-
porary in the Senate, and marked with kindred
virtues-aliks modest, single minded, clear
headed and faithful. They both possessed large
ley that best of all wisdom, the wisdom Of the
heart.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

The Chicago Times SAP that there are one
hundred boys in that city regularly engaged in
the business Of thieving.
There are ten thousand ren in that city who
will steal any ones negro they get hold Of and
ten thousand more who viii stand By and see 10
done. When their sons steal. il only illustrates
the force Of exampls.-LSuisviEIs Journal.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

Mr.. Buchanan was guilty of pleasantly at
the wedding of the Hon. Hiram WalbridEe, the
other day. He kissed the BRIDE, and remarked
withthe most expressive squint, General you
have deserted me-" ImpOrtant.-Ez.
wehave said smarter things than that 81
wedding thousand times, and they never got
into the papers. It does not make so much dr.
f.rens what you say as who says il.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19
Tbe stamford ADVOCATE say, that Balnum Z

The Stamford Advocate says that Barnun 10
richer than he was before his connection with
the Jerome Clock Company. lis said be has
bought all claims against himself for from I've
to twenty-five cents on the dollar, with the sx'
ception Of some SIS, 900 held in and about DAN
bury. The wAOle Of the vast property assigned
BY him for the benefit Of his creditors, has again
passed into hishands, and he isnoW rsfurnishing
and rehtting "Iranistan' in good style for his fs-
ture residence.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

A cUnous oRDER>-Ths Brandon CAiv.1
Republican says that merchant Of that place
lately filed the following bill fOs eOu1sry eus-
toner: Two yards Of calico, four yArds oi do.
nestle muslin. ten pounds Of ccfse, thirt4aVO
pounds clear sides, fourteen pounds shoulders.
one gallon Of trAiskry, one Holy 5ibEs. ens sssk y
cards, ous bale ofyan and one Sacred Harp
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

DEGrH or A Proven PRNTER--on. Tuesday
morning, Douglass Maguisr. one of the Oldest
citizens ofIndianopOIis died. He went to that
city among the first settlers, and in 1873 sstab-
I,hed there the "western Csnsior." which was,
We believe, tho first paper in that place. In 1895
he changed its name to that oTthe "lndiana
Journal" which il still remains.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19
Gbpitt 4oetrg.
THE sCHOoL.M1sTREss.
BY JULIAN cRAHER.

Bsdds an unffequsntsd roAd'
The rustic SchoOl-hOu's stood
n, uodsr front and moU-groWn rsof
Halfhidden in the WOOD
A,ouud ito lsttiosd Windows sluns
Sweet flowers and fragrant vines; U
A,d lust in froni-liks ssniinsls-
Grow TIVE pfstsetiAg pines. r.-
Few travellers Ger passed that SPOT
But stopped awhile. to EsIs
Upon = scene that brought to MAD
Their happy ScheOl-boy days.
And uoas Ger turned away, bat len
A bl.minE and prayer
For both the teacher and the taught,
Who daily gathered thsrs.
nw,I nv lot, one Summer nsrn'
To journey Ger this road
And there for fell an hour or more
Irsstsd with my load.
On, after another, across the hslds'
The tidy shildrsu ran,
Ambitious to secure their seats
Bsloss the school began.
Aeon Of fscsI, bright and clean,
Soon gathered at the door
A happier group I've seen not Einee'
And never saw before.
The merry shout, the ringing laugh,
With music filed the air
And nv sad hear; forgot its Grisf',
The IinleIs giss to share.
Bat soon a waiehful child proclaimed
The mistress near at hand,
Aad nurmurs OF delight wsrs brSGthsd
Throughout the little band.
I'll ne'er forget that lovely face
Zee it yet in drssmS-
And ever to ny spirits eye,
An angel face it seems.
AIFAPialy she pressed the tart,
And passed the easy stiles,
Her glowing cheeks and rosy lips
Were wTsalhsd with radiant smiles.
Amid her charge she stood at last
Each answered to her call;
Her usual greeting thea saw
A kiss from one aud all.
This Ger, she led them in. and Booa
Low zurnurs filed fhs air;
IIistsnsi bFsGthlssi and in ave,
To her imPaIsionsd prayer.
The sweet "amen" the childrsa said,
Aad then hymn they sung
AAd then heard the Etudious hun,
From every busy tongue.
! truIt | EaI better maa,
When I resumed nv way;
And never shall my heart forget
The lesson Of that day.
o, God! on that young teachers head.
Let thy bSst gifts descend;
A Ihs to those young, sinlsss souls,
Be thou to her, friend.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

ISrEnEsrISG FAcr.-It has been definitely as
certained, after careful inquirey, that the man
Who was candidate for Governor n Reans1l-
vsnia Agains. Packer Is named Wilmot--Dsxid
wiImot. Il is understood BY his associates has
be belongs 70 the Republican psrsaasion-
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19
Ap.,,,IIILoftb, er... lOss of life on The

APAnALLEL.-ofths great loss of life on the
Central America the Philsdelphis Press says:
The only parallel within our memory Is that
of the Amphitrite, lost OF the coast Of France
over twenty-five years ago, with about eight
hundred convicts on board, who Perishsd in
sudden squsll, the greater part Of them being
handcuffed and linked tWo-aad-tWO, with fsster'r
and unable to make any effort to save them
aelVes
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19
MisteQalreots.
It's Said that Absence Conquers Love.
by ?. W. THOMAS.

Tia said that absence eOuqusri love!
Bot, oh, believe it not;
I've tried, alas! its power To prove,
But thou art not forgot.
Lady, though Fate has bid us pan,
Yet still thOu art as dear,
As fixed in this devoted heart,
As when I claSped thee here.
Iplunge into the busy crowd,
And smile to hear thy name;
And yet, as if 1 thought aloud,
They know me still the same.
And when the wine-euP passes round,
Toast some other fair;
Bat when ask my heart the sound,
Thy name is echoed there.
And when some other name learn,
And try to whisper love,
Still will my heart to thee return,
Like the returning dove.
In vain never can forget,
And would not be fofgoIj
For must bear the same regret
Whaie'er may be my lot.
Zen as the wounded bird Will seek
It's fsvorite bower, 10 die,
SO, Lady, would hear thee EPesk,
And yield my parting sigh.
IT'S said that absence conqusri lovSi
But, oh, believe it not;
I've tried, alas! its power to peOSs,
But thou art not forgot.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

An Account THREE MUS LoSo.-The last
quarterly returns or account of the business Of
the New York city pOstOfice, which was receiv-
ed at the Department in Washington at the close
of the quarter, If stretched out page bypage con-
tinuously, would make a string Of paper quite
thrse miles long
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

ToLERAsLY WELL PUr.-ws put the Northern
Kansas shriekers and Southern Kansas shriekers
togsther-for thus their insane rawlings neutra-
lie each other. The Administration is neither
intriguing to make Kansas Slave States nor
to make Kansas free State
It is only executing the laws, and the issue re-
mains with the people of Kansas and with Con-
gress.-Neto York Herald.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

A large rattlesnake was caught in Virgins .
few days since, and confined in . cage. A ct
which had forfeited her right 70 sxiStsnes b
sundry depredations among chickens vs. saa'
fenced to 20 on visit 70 his saaksship. OF
course Hght took place, which is described -
being terrific. When it ended both animals
we're dead.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

AaFAsr" AeR TEuLY-A child Of an emf
grant family died Of scarlet fever. while the cars
were stopping at onsidA, on Thusdsy evening
Of last week. The bereSTsd parents len the
corpse at the station, while the post master fur
nished the cOfin and grave clothes fos the little
one, and it was buried By strangers
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

One of our exchanges justly remarks.that those
who fail to read the advertisements in newspa-
per, often lose more than they imagine. Adver-
tisements are printed to be read just as much as
anv other item of news, and it is just as essen
tial to read them. There is not an advertise
ment printed that IS not Of importance to some
one Nothing speaks more clearly of mans
prosperity in business than the manner in which
he advertises.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

srxeuLAE FAcr.-Duriag Tie week before last,
three canal boats, named Faith. Hope and Char
ity, we're sunkin tAe osuesO esnAls near Ful-
ton.-SandA.sky RegisfsS-
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

A democratic editor boasts that he has made
something Of his party in that quarter. He must
be . near relE.ive Of a woman who made .
pound ofbutfer from the cream Of ajoke-
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

The We&srn Recorder, Baptist paper, con-
tains an aecomtof the expulsion ofa member Of
that church on q charge Of IaSines.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

METHODIST BIsHoPs-The present residences
of the Bishops are as follows: Bishop James,
New York; Bishop Scott, Wilmington, Della
ware; Bishop Waugh, Baltimore, Nd; Bishop
Simpson, Pittsburg, Pa; Bishop Morris, Cinein-
natl, Ohio, and Bishop Ames, indianapolis, Ind.
A traveller, by taking what is called the South
ern route from New York to Indianapolis, by
way of the Philadelphia, Baltimore, Ohio and
Indiana railway, would pass through all these
cities, with the exception of Wilmington.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19
gfIftt Gale.
A NIGHT In MARIONS ca
BY HENRY BUCKINGHAM,
Author sf"TaIes and Traditions Of Neto York"

"our baHd is few, bat brave Gad tried,
Our leader frank and bold
The British soldier trsnbleI,
When Marion's name 10 told."eDRYAEr.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

War Is SPECIE PAYING BASK?-Is it a bank
which pays specie so long as nobody Wsntsit, but
the moment there Is any special call for it, "Will
not submit to a runr' From the example Of
Philadelphia, Providence, &C., we should say
that in their view, this is the proper definition
of 8 specie-paying bank. lift be correct One'
the whole idea of a specie-paying bank is .
hunbug. Such is not the meaning attached to
the term, either here or in BosDa.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-11-19

A PHYGcrAN PUTTING TOO MUcE CONFIDENCE
IN HIS OWN MrDIcINE.-A German doctor at Ur-
bana, ILL.,, the manufacturer ofsnakes9te medi'
cines, eaughtA rAtsleSnaks on the prairie, and
took 1t home, and offered to let the snake bite
him every time any person bought boz at his
medicine for one dollar. On Sunday of last
week, while fooling with his pet, il bit him in
the hand. He applied his medicine without eff
feet. On Monday he sent for doctor. but too
lste-he died the same day.-ChieagO Journal.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06
Random Gems.

He who sows in autumn must expect
snow for harvest; so is life.
He who SCOTS at our prejudices makes
us think i'll of him, not of Msm-
We promise according 10 our hopes but
perform according to our fears.
Were we as eloquent as angels, we should
please some more by listening than by talk
ing.
Method is the very hinge of business;
and there is no method without punctual-
ity.
AS love without esteem is volatile and
capricious, so esteem without love is Ian
guild and cold.
A little praise is good for a shy temper;
it teaches it to rely ON the kindness of 9TH
ers.
The, seeds Of repentance are sown in
youth by pleasure, but the harvest is reap
ed in age by pain.
The men who lives in vain, lives worse
than in vain. He who lives to no purpose
lives to bad purpose.
Never reason from what you do not
know. Ifyou do, you will soon believe
what is utterly against reason.
Money in your purse will credit YOU
wisdom in your head will adorn you-but
both in your necessity will serve YOU.
Good nature, like bee, collects honey
from every herb. Ill nature, like spider,
sucks poison from the sweetest flower.
Pride, like the magnet, constantly points
to one subject, self; but unlike the mag
net, it has no attractive pole, but at all
points repel.
One reason why the world is not reform
ed, is, because every man would have 9TH
ers make a beginning, and never thinks Of
himself
1t is with narrow-souled people as with
narrow-neeked bottles; the less they have
in them, the more noise they make in
pouring it out.
Power and liberty are like heat and
moisture; where they are well mixed, every
thing prospers where they are single they
are destructive.
Never speak of the ''time that tried mems
souls" to one of the Tory ancestry; nor of
the battle of New Orleans to one who
thinks the army of England invincible.
Real merit of any kind, cannot long be
it will be discovered, and moth
ng can depreclate il, but mans exhibit
ng it himself. 1t may not always DO re-
varded as it ought; but it will alwsys be
Lnown.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06

THE MORMON SECRET ALPHABET
Hector H. Mclean, the man who executed
summary vengence on the seducer of his
wife, has shown to the editor of the New
Orleans Bulletin number of letters writ
ten to his wife by P. p. Pratt in the char
acters which the mormons have invented
in order to carry on correspondence and
conceal their meaning should their letters
ever happen to fall into the hands of the
"Gentiles." The letters thus written are
as perfectly incomp: ehensible to us as if
written in Chinese. Strange as it may ap-
pear Mr.. Mclean translated these letters
correctly, as circumstances subsequently
showed, without any previous knowledge
of the characters used. The only key he
had was furnished in the first letter, where
in the writer informed his victim that GER
tain alterations had been made in the
mormon alphabet and explained what they
were, so that she might understand them.
The alterations were only two, and from
this slight clue to the meaning of these
hieroglyphics, Mr. Mclean succeeded, after
giving up in despair several times, in deci-
phering the whole, thus enabling himself
to thwart the efforts of the impostor to
rob him of his children.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06
Grief of the DRAGONS Wife.

The Boston Times contains an affecting
story of devotion of Massachusetts wife
to her husband, civic soldier, ordered on
perilous duty. 1t was during the time of the
Charleston nunnery riots, AMI the soldiery
were summoned for the protection of life
and property from an infuriated mob
The soldier appointed for duty found his
wife in tears; but we let the Times tell the
rest of the story:
He clasped the partner to his bosom in
cordial embrace, and with a voice almost
too choked for utterance, he said:
"Weep not, weep not, dearest Angelina.
These Charleston muffs can't stand before
us rackers. Cheer up, cheer up, my dear
it will be long time before you see my
dead body on such a CO."
"Oh, l do not weep on that account,
dear Ephriam."
"Ah, then, tell me the cause of your sor-
row. Hasn't that blasted mutton butcher
sent that leg of South Down.
ale has-and beauty is is; but oh. ~
here another torrent of tears flowed like a
brook glistening with gems through those
fumes of woman's soul, her eyes.
"What is it, dear Angelina?' said the
corporal moved by turns from the pathetic
to the severely natural. "Trust me, my
dear; you need not be alarmed on my ac-
count, ] shall not lose an arm nor leg"
'Tisn't that-(Boo-oo-ooD'
"Speak out-tell me, for Gods sake,
what makes YOU take on so!"
"Well, You know"
Eyes"
'Boo-oo-oo"
"Go ahead. Be calm. shall soon
return" (Aside-"Poor thing, l had no
idea she tho't so much Of ME"
''You know went into the parlor just
after you left!'
"Yes."
81 saw your pocket book on the table"
"Yes."
"Boo-oo-oo"
"Go on-go on" (Aside-kind, af-
fectionate creature. The sight of anything
belonging to me at such time would
make her weep"
81 took up the pocket book
"Yes."
"Boo-oo-oo"
''And did what!"
"Opened it"
"les-and what did you find to cause
all this agitation? Was it your wedding
ring "a lock of my hair when we were
first married."
"No. didn't think of them things
l-l-iooked all through it tor-some-
(boo, )-money-apd / didn't .6nd a
rcdm
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06
Murder at New Lisbon, O.

On Sunday, 10Th, brutal murder was
committed in the town of New Lisbon, by
an Irishman named Patrick Foley.
A party of railroad laborers weent to the
house of Michael Folen, for the purpos of
drinking and carousing. Patrick Foley
demanded whisky of Mrs. Folen, and be-
ing refused, he struck and abused her. The
husband, Michael Folen, interfered. Foley
seized an old musket which was in the
house, and started for the door. A strug-
gle for the possession of the gun ensued
between Foley and Folen, which progreess-
ed until both got out of the house. Foley
getting entire control ofthe gun, commenc-
ed savage attack upon Folen. He struck
several severe blows, breaking the stock
entirely from the barrel. A blow upon the
right side, producing rupture of the liver,
caused Folen's death in few minutes
After killing Folen, Foley went into the
house and commenced brutal attack up
on Mrs. Folen, inficting several frightful
wounds on her head. She is recovering
The party were all intoxicated. They car
ried Folen's body into the cellar of the
house, where it remained until Monday
morning, everything relating to the occur
renee having been kept quiet. Twelve
hours after Folen's death warrant was is
sued for the arrest of the murderer. A
man was arrested at Belle Air, near Wheel
inc, and taken to New Lisbon, who proved
to be John Foley, brother of the murder
er. Sheriff Hostettor is in pursuit.
The above facts are from the Buckeye
State.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06

A New York merchant recently sent for
a cargo of Maltese cats from that celebra-
ted Island, per schooner VIM. E. Calls, of
Nantucket, Captain Smith. Fifty kittens
were received on board the schooner as q
part of the assorted cargo. On the voy-
age very rough weather was experimental
AT first the tars attributed the rapid sue
cession of gales to the Comet, but one old
sailor told the crew that it was nothing out
side the vessel that occasioned the storm; Z;
that one cat WAS enough to send any ship
to Davy Jone's locker, and as they had fifty
on board, not man Of them stood Il
chance of setting foot on dry land again
This was enough for the superstitious crew,
and the cats were Immediately demanded
of the Captain, given up and drowned
BY singular coincidence the storm there
upon abated. The owner of the cats has
now sued the owners OF the vessel for DANA
ges, having the value of the cats at 500
apiece-or s., 500.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06

~ We see by the Rochester Demo-
crat that on the 30 they had a hail storm
thereabouts which cut up all tender garden
vines and plants root and branch. In Car
thage, town near there, peach orchards
were stripped of their fruit, the corn rid
died to ribbons, potatoes flattened to the
ground, cabbages, cucumbers, squashes and
garden sas generally destroyed. Two cur
rents of wind met there, joined forces and
struck for Lake Ontario, moving swath
two miles in width, prostrating fences,
Grain and even trees. The hail Law in
heaps of seven and eight inches deep,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06

UTAH.-Later advices from Utah show
how the news of the military expedition
to that Territory is received by the saints.
The tone of Young's organ is scurlilous
and defiant of Eastern ''intermeddlers," but
there is evidently some considerable appre-
hension that, if the Government sends a
sufficient force there, the Church will not
have things all their own way. A great
deal of Indignation is expressed against the
Gentiles for their intolerance, the Mormon
expounder of public opinion affecting to
believe that the President intends a relig-
ious crusade, and not to assert the authori-
ty of the civil laws. In denouncing inter
meddling, the Mormons condemn them
selves, and virtually admit their own inter
ference with the operations of the Federal
officers. They openly talk as if the pres
ence ofthe latter is only tolerated by them
so long as it is convenient to do so.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06
ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT.

An ACROsTIC.
Most persons Will agree with me
In what I'm going TO say.
No doubt they fail to practice, for
Deceit's the game they play.
You'll often hear friend inquire,
"Oh, what is Mr.. - Doing?
Upon my word, I'm told heis
Running headlong TO ruin!'
Or, Miss IS reported as engaged!
With Mr.. -, and soon will be wed;
Now is it not a real shame!
Because his hair is very red"
Unlicensed are some women's tongues,
Secrets they can not keep;
lin the day they do succeed,
No doubt they'll out in sleep!
Even will some use deiractioH
So TO drive men to distraction
Such woman "calls her satisfaction.
Sub Rosa.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06

THAT VIRGINIA PosTMAsTER.-The Pitts
burgh Dispatch (Republican) has sub
striber at Writ G. H., Virginia, and for
about year it has been trying to make
the P. NJ. deliver the Dispatch to him.
He burns the paper regularly, having been
informed by two Justices of the Peace that
the Dispatch is incendiary. The Post
master General has ordered him to deliver
oH mail matter, but he says he intends to
tell the Department to mind its own bust
ness.