White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-03-01
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u The biggest turkey ever grown ,.,,-.,
was owned BY Widow Lounesbsrry of fs,,~'
Connecticut. and sold BY her to the Un;on % c,.
Of that town for $25, and sent tn p."., uo
Johnson as present Tor New Years IA, ea' ,0sn
This turkey was nised BY Mrs. Lounssh.
and vas not two years old, yet it weighed .,;,
forty-ssven pounds. A few years aeo M
~ Of Madison County, New york, sen, =,
moth turkey TO President Lincoln, which 80
ed. if We remember rightly, thirty al, ,0rns.
and that was thought to be an .,t,,o,r.
weight. The Connecticut mopste, IN -.
hard to beat.
" There is little girl in Manchester Y,
vho has six grand mothers rrips-,b,a.
her fathers and three on her mother, sid. !.
i very rare, even in New England, ,b., INV.
generation in the female line of both b,,r,,
es Of family remain unbroken until one Of ~.
fifth is born. The child's grandmo,h.rs Ar.
about forty years ofage. the great-eranduoth.
ers about sixty, and the ear-greas-grsudmo,b
en are upward Of eighty.
p They ara having rough times and bi,b
prices in Montana this inter. When the L.,
mail left, the snow was rising four feet betv. ~
Virginia City and Helena. The Pos. .av, in
its Helena items: "The recent fall o, ,Dov
has alarmed holders Of stock and ranchm.p-
Beefis selling At forty cents per pound and
stake suit is one dollar; hay fetches seven cent,
per pound. and men Offer their cattle for sale
for mere song. Reports say that many p.,.
sons have frozen to desth between this ,lse.
and Benton. The bousetops are heavily l.deusd
with snow, and young mountains Of it, sho,el.a
from side walks and roofs, make locomotion.
through the streets almost impossible"
p Gen. Forrest Is said to be much surprised
as the reports set in circulation tha, he had
left the country. He could be found a, apv
lime, he declared, on his plantation. He SAD
that as he had fought agsinss the Gniup in
times past, he was now ready to fight for it,.
90 Gen. Lee was before the Reconstruction
Committee last Saturday. He stated tha. be
thought that tie Southern people we're dispos
ed to accept the issue Of the war in god faith.
He is said to have been quite reticent, answer
ing My the questions proposed to him.
U On the 18th inst. Gov. Patton, Of Ala.
bama, under the act authorizing pardon to be
granted before convicted, published proclam,.
tion granting amnesty and pardon for all often
ses committed during the var, except rape and
murder. This 10 said to be particularly iuten.
ded to reconcile discotdhnt elements in North
Alabama.
U The delegates at Washington represent
ing the colored people Of the different States
have sent a memorial to the constitutional am
eAdment recently adopted BY the House. IL re-
lation to representation and suffrage. The re-
monstrants prefer to have the Constitution as il
is, considering that negro suffrage is allowed
BY it, the right of voting having been allowed
to free men ofcolor in most of the States at the
time of its adoption. On the other hand, the
amendment, they think, allows any State to
a part of its inhabitants on
grounds Of race and color.
70 One Of the most daring and successful
robberies on record, was committed in St..
Louis on Saturday. A messenger, on entering
, back room in q building to which one of his
packages was directed. Was seized, gagged and
bound, BY three men, and packages to the
amout Of about SO, 900 taken from him. The
thieves then ran of, leaving him tied. In their
haste they left behind about $4,000, and the
package which had been directed to the room.
The latter was found to contain SIS in counter
felt money, and was doubtless intended for 3
decoy. The room was quite near the Express
Office, the robbers probably calculating that
The messenger would on that account visit il
irst on his rounds, and they thus be able TO So
,ure large booty.
p The premium on gold declined last week,
under the influence Of sales by the Govern
nent, amounting in the aggregate to five mil.
ion dollars. During the current week, secre-
larry McCulloch will sell, as We are reliably I'D.
'ised, one million in god per day. We may.
therefore, expect . continued weak market,
'ut in view Of the scarcity ofcash gold, and the
,eavy demand for customs, . very large or per-
nausnt decline is not probable.
u A telegraphic dispatch from Lexington,
has the following: The supessi.
ious. and particularly evil ones. are troubled
bout the reported appearance Of Satan in Har-
ison. Absurd as is may sound, hundreds con.
Identity believe the monssrosity. Il is said to
,avs been seen in that County in several
,laces. and 10 be the veritable Evil One. In
Vulnerable ruasrs are circulating about the
'ppearance. horns, tails, steel hoofs and fiery
'reath Of this internal visitant.
u Az man with fifty thousand dollars in .
'ag. lately. was leaving one Of the New York
;ity banks, thief undertook to snatch the bag
rom his hands. The man resisted, whereupon
he thief drew knife and cut Of one Of the
isndles Of the bag and was about to cut Oh the
'ther handle, when the man having charge OF
be money, gave his asssilant kick which
tsggered hin. and the man with the bag made
is escape. No arrest was made, though the
Iced vas attempted in open dsy, and with
hrong Of people close BY.
u The Stanley House at Watsaks, Illinois,
'ss Destroyed BY IRE last week. Fifteen peo-
ls we're in bed in the third story, and al sue'
esded 10 getting out bat four men. Who were
blised 70 jump from the third story windows