White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-02-21
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T A son of Marco Bozarris, of whom Hal
leck wrote his famous eee, is to come to the
United States as Minister from Greece.
r Mr.. Johnson is the only public man who
l as rivalled danseuse In standing on one toe
the Veto.
p For the last two years 6rssley's income
has reached nearly $4,000 annually. large
portion OF ir from his history.
II A young man. only twenty years Of age,
was married in Wheeling, few days since. to
q lady aged sixty one years.
u The st. Louis Democrat speaks Of the
late decision Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States as "a voice from the tomb OF
Taney."
u Prevailing modes among the misses
prove that all the blue b,nnets are not over
the border. Some hardly go beyond their
head centres.
u The Tycoon Of Japan. finding that some
of the officials of his palace had b, en- dishenes
in administering his financial affairs. ordered
hari kari for all Of them before breakfast.
IL The editor Of the Lonisville miss.
Bulletin is the keeper Of the Jail, anu lives and
prints his journal within the walls of that es-
tabli.bment.
D A petition WAS recently before the Del
aware House, in which the Petitioner asked
for divosce. among other grounds because
'his wife vas very disagreeable woman"
II The Mayor of Lynchburg was caught
riding upon the sidewalk by a policeman. who
reported him to the Mayor. The Mayor heard
the evidence and fined himself one dollar.
B The Prussians are so unpopular at
Frankfort, that when the burghers give party
they send out cards with as. p" (sans Prus-
sians) in the corner.
G The English papers annou Rse NE death
of Lord Byron's boot-maker, at the age Of
eighty-six. The lasts on which he made the
poets boots are preserved in the museum at
Nottingham.
u A Methodist minister in Brooklyn was
presented lately with baked potato in which
was inclosed FIVE hundred dollIr greenback.
" Col. A. g. Herndon, one of the early
pioneers of Illinois, and father Of the Hon.
VIM. H. Herndon, Law partner of President
Lincoln, died at Springfield on January Sd,
aged 70.
&c II is calculated that the weight Of the
snow that fell in the last storm is l,4l0, 900, :
900 tons, or ten times the weight of all the
wheat ever grown in this country eince its dis
covery by Columbus. 1t is comfortable hope
that there is not much of it left where it came
from.
T A young man in Paris who wanted to
drown his dog, took him in boat and threw
him overheard. While pushing the animal
from the boat with his oar, be fell overheard,
and would have drowned had not his dog held
him up till assistance came.
o. A Bohemian was recently murdered by
his wife, who was aided by his son and daugh-
! ter. She attacked him with a spade, when he
was in the barn, and the son followed it up by
throwing him downstairs The wife's excuse
was her husbands deafness, which made him
practically useless.
u A fellow in Chillicothe attempted to
steal hog from his pen in the nigt. The 9TH
er hogs in the pen, not relishiug Being rob ed
of their companion, attached themselves BY the
teeth to the robbers trowsers. The trowsers
gave way, in fact the thief "let 'em rip" and
abandoned his purpose.
e Hon. Roscoe Conkling, United States
Senator from New York, is a man of muscular
ability. He is several inches over six feet in
height. with prop,rti onate build. In the next
Congress New York will have two representa-
tives-Conkling in the Senate and Morrissey
in the House-who can take care of them
selves.
u The C'eyel,=d Plain Dealer tells story
Of a certain MIR. B., living in a neiyhooriug
ril,ge, who. cast down by financial rererses,
determined TO commit suiciie. He secretly
made his coffin at the barn, dressed himself
with scrupulous ncatness, got into his rude
casket. swallowed prussic acid, and was found
dead by bis family.
p The Chicago Times publishes as an in.
dorsement of its own advocacy Of negro SUI
frage. letter from one VIM Dewitt, who sub
scribes to the weekly edition, and adds:
IN. 8.-I don't care q damn whether the ne
gi0es vote or not.
IL Rev. ]. Hyatt Smith, of Phi'adelphia.
recently said to his Congregation 81 have
heardcensure pronounced upon President Lin.
coin because he visited theatre. My friends,
look upon patriot at a theatre as better
than Copperhead at prayer meeting"
T The larges; man in the United States
House of Representatives is Mr.. Baldwin, of
Massachusetts,; the smallest Mr.. John F. Starr,
of New jersey; the tallest "Long" John Went
worth, Of Illinois; the shortest Mr. Brandegee,
of Connections; the handsomest man (al-
though there is much dispute on that point) ia
perhaps James G. Blaine, of Maine.
r Acollector Of walking sticks, NJ. Henri
de Meer, Dutchman, attracted attention to
his collection by going mad and. dying with a
walking stick in each hand-feeble initator of
Dr.. Morrison. who breashed his last grasping
= box on his own pills, and crying loudly for
more. ~I
u The editor Of the bohemian News has
found among the pine woods of Arksnsas .
baby, two years old, which weighs one hum
dred and twenty i've pounds. walks gracefully,