White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-02-08
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mere. Ioe Chicago Post SAYS l5,, ,1.''daesd u
Of petroleum gas is fully fo., mat 'h.lsa.
.nan the light of coal gas, and ,b., ' : Create
made at much less cost. '"A' 1t can Be
pAn artificial cave b,,
in Lookout Mountain. and explored s,''''''.' ta'
tance of It's feet. Various IpS;,a 'Or ads.
discovered, and the place i, thau., u ,e'les We're
been refuge for Indians in 'ornss ,in.. % hare
" The Hartford Press saws.
little fellow was seen sk.,iD, nggea
ponds lately without shoes or .,oesiD.. rs o. S %
skates being strapped upon his bar. us'' ,..s bis
said it WAS jolly good fun, and A.. s 'ho
were warm enough ifhs KEEP. on sL,,i,. M '''s
p indianapolis paper. speak of IL.
ience Of smallpox in that city, there ba; p'''''
teen patients now in the pest house. '''''
u The Reverend Doctor s.wsn
prominent clergyman at New U,,. '.0a'
suddenly in that city, on Friday. '''d
TA man claiming to be de,csDd.,.
white father and mother of mixed bIood M o~
ea his vote "s. IN Green Township, Mon,coDs,,
C-unty, Ohio, in the October and Nas! s!
elections of 1864, and it was refused IT,
upon he brought suit against the T..
and jury has recently returned a vs,d;.,
the plaintiff, assessing his damages a, on. -. .'i
dred dollars. A4A-
I Among the recent captures of PeDi,, -,
materials in Dublin were 396 pike head, :.
five of which were mounted on ten foo, 49,,
and machine for the manufacture os r...
sion caps.
T The coinage of the mints, duriD, l.,
fiscal year ending June 3Otb, 1866, suorD,.s
to S32, ,sl9,94s.
" The publishers of the new city di,ec,o,,
Of Fort Wayne, Indiana, estimate the noDnr,
tion of that place at D 900.
p In Nashville, last week, a negro ~,
called upon under the new law 10 ,s,,;f,
against a white man-the first instance Of n.
kind in the history ofthe State.
u Postmaster General Dennison ask, Fl,
the passage of law authorizing him to sell
stamps on credit. The object ofthe bill ia tb,t
the Southern people may be able to supply
themselves.
U Official news from El Paso, the head.
quarters of the Mexican Liberal Government,
<o naoor,ha. OOH st.t.s H., ~ . p, ~
occupied Chihuahua, but had abandoned ,
projected expedition on El Paso.
p The U. s. troops who had occupied Bag
dad, for the protection Of American interests
there, have been Withdrawn, the commander Of
the French feet having protested against their
presence there.
~ A duel was fought at Osyky, Miss, on
the sth ult., between Mr.. Lirnet, Of New Or.
leans Bee, and Mr.. Lefrsnc. of the Renai:.
sance. The combat was with small swords, and
Mr.. Lefranc was seriously wounded.
u The official census returns of Illinois are
now nearly complete. eight counties out ofOuc
hundred and two, only being estimated. Tie
population in 1860 was LII .95l and in 1865.
2,A5. .s4s, being gain Of 433.597.
%, A gas company has been formed in Buf.
falo for the purpose Of procuring gas from a gas
we'll that has been bored about ten miles north
of that city, and which produces 10000 cubic
feet Of brilliant burning gas. A contract has
been made to supply the Buffalo Gas Company
with that amount of gas per day at one dollar
per thousand feet.
p Gen. J. W. Geary is likely to be the next
Governor of Pennsylvania. He commanded in
the Sherman campaign division Of the 2Oih
army corps, and was in the var four years and
nine months.
p There is q child in StauntoD, Va, seven
weeks old, who weighs only one pound and
half. When born it could be put insos tee
cup. and then weighed only half pound
u Mr.. Clarke, of Kansas. has introduced
an act regulating trade and intercourse With 'he
Indian tribes; which wasreaG first and secoha
time, and referred to the committee on lnsisn
affairs.
u There Is man employed in the ONCE Of
the American Telegraph Company in Washing
ton. who is both deaf and dumb, but !e! Is
good "sound operator" He presses bis fne'
against the table on which the instrument nss'
and thus feels the words sent over the line
u Gen. Lane introduced resolution in'0
the Senate the other day, which Was adopted
instructing the Committees on Commerce F" IN
quire into the expediency OF spproprlinns
500 900 for the erection of public buidins'''
the use of the U. s. Court, Post ofice' &C., "
Topeka.
pA despatch from Memphis says It ."
ported that Gen. Forrest, under the pretenes 0'
retiring from business in Memphis to bis pian.
tation. has gone to Mexico, in consequence VI
having been notified to appear before military
commission in Washington.
p Secretary McCuIloch has ordered the n''
cent currency To be called in, and another p''s
As over forty different counserfsis VI
the note are in circulation.
u A number of returned bushWhackers fo''
into Macon, Mo-, one day last week. sn0 Gun
nenced assaulting loyal citizens. Ihey nnAy
:ams upon two gentlemen who had fofnen,
been Captains in the United States army aa'
lrew their revolveB to shoot them; ou' w
after we're on the alert, and immediasely ="
ID two of the rulans. The remaindsf he' wv
Eefe pursued and captured.
" Gov. Brownlow writes 10 Speaker 'o".-
hat he favors the admission Of th Isuns'
Representatives to Congress, bot not !,
Omission is to be followed BY the 'itn'n
4 Federal troops from the State. BE says 'n.'
.nless law be enacted for rebel disifsDehi'e'
nent, and sorce retained to ocary out the As'
n g a. ksAS