White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-05-30

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70 81. Joseph to do your marketing and trad.
ins7 Will not St. Joseph lawyers be employed
In all the important cases tried at Wathenaf I
Will not St. Joseph thereby become the market
town for all men doing business at wa,heuai
DIVIDING THE COUNTY.
Citizens Of Wssaena promise certain particS
m Iowa Township, that If they will vote for
Watheua, then this Cosnty esn be divided. and
White cload annexed 10 Brown coussy. In
other localities, they boot At The idea Of divid-
ing the County, and Say the COastitssion OF
the State makes II inpossibie.
IuYlNo vorIas.
Citizens Of Wathena boast that they will win
ths County Seat. if theI have 70 buy mp soter.
enough to succeed. II there is any man look
ing for price. let him 60 to Wathena. We
of Troy are not buying voters; and all the
spare money We have, We propose to use in
Building the Court House at Troy.
"HAvE ALL ioueHr tors At wArHrsA."
l learn that Wathena men have circulated
the report that the leading men of Troy have
all bought lots at wathena. In regard to that
charge, can only say that do not know of
any Troy man having bought or talked Of buy.
ing lots at wathena; and do not own. aud
have not talked of buying. 90 much As one foot
Of ground in that town.
wIfHDRAwINe.
On the Saturday before the last election,
Mr.. Dixon, Of Wathena, was in this town, and
heard certain leading men here say that Doni-
phan ought to withdraw; and one Of them said
he had mind 70 60 to Doniphan and urge that
place to withdraw from the contest at once, and
thereby avoid the expense of a second election
Dixon vent home; and on Monday, G. w.
Barr, of Waihena, vent to Doaiphan and tol
the citizens there that Troy Was circulating
the report that Doniphan had Withdrawn. Up
on this. Doniphan sent messengers to each pre-.
cinet where they expected votes, to coutradie,
the report; and, so far as can learn, were in
every instance told by the people that they had
not heard the report. Upon these facts, I sub
NIT to reasoning people. il the story did no,
gov, in the hands Of Wathena men, from q
proposition on the part of citizens of White
Cloud, to slander upon citizens of Troy.
o. THAT LUMBER ru saf
The Wathena Reporter published, in its las
issue before the late election, that had order
ed my lumber dumped q mile from the mill
preparatory to moving It to the town that shoult
succeed in getting the County Seat. The fac
Is, bought 1000 feet of lumber at Petersburg
for the purpose of building house at Troy
That lumber was all piled up on my lot a
Troy. before the issue OF that paper. and th'
editor Of the Reporter knew that fact. '
| ~ ~ ''t rag BONDS
Citizens Of Wathena object to the condiiiol
of our bond. and say it is not good. On tn
day of the last election. they made shat objec
ton to me, at wathena. then told them
" II the bond is not good. you have an interes
in having it made good; and will 60 with yo'
to any respectable lawyer Of St. Joseph or AT
chisoR, and submit The question to him wheth
er it is good bond-if he decides it is goo
bond. you shall pay him for his opinion and M
my expenses; if be decides that it is not goo,
bond, l will pay him for his opinion and yo
your expenses. Will you go7' There uer
then at least one hundred Wsthena men pres
ent, aud one replied: 1--WE have brsins a. Wa
lhena. as well a. at St. 10. and Atchison-'
But il is curious fact. that while the Wsthe
ma men object to the form Of our bond, their
has in it condition exactly similar to ours
Ours reads, in conclusion, as f,llows:
Nov. if the said parties of the first par
shall we'll and truly build and complete said
Court House according to the plans and speci
fcations Aforesaid. on or before the first day OF
January, A. d. 1868, (prouidsd the said parties
Of this bond on or before the 18th day Of June
A. D. 1867 y then this bond to be void. other.
wise to remain in full force in law"
There are in the Wathena bond four condi.
tions-on the happening OF either event, the
bond is to be void. One Of them reads As fol.
lows:
"Or If We, in lieu Of erecting said Court
House and Jail as aforesaid, shall pay over the
sum of Ten Thousand Dollars (4l0, ,O00) in in
stalments, as fat as the same may be needed
and required, to the County Board Of said Coun-
ty, if said Board shall. within reasonable time
after the 2ist day Of May, A. D. 1867, Tor if
no choice be then made, after the second Tues
day succeeding.) elect to accept the said sum
of Ten thousand Dollars, ($i0, 0,000,) to be ap-
piled to the erection Of said Court House and
Jail" then the bond is to be void.
The only difference in the binding effect Of
those two bonds. is in the two words provided
and il, both of which are intended to qualify
the responsibilities of the parties only so far As
to make the obligation binding on the doing Of
a certain thing BY the County Board. to wit:
accepting the condition Of the bond. We think
our bond is binding; they say ours is rot good,
If they are right in condemning ours, theirs,
too, is alike defective.
We offer to build the Court Ho Use. If our
bond is not good. We will make It good. We
suppose Walhena men will do the same with
theirs. The specifications. were obtained in
this way: We hired an accomplished Architect
and Builder at Atchison. Kansas. to draw us
the plans and specifications Of the Atchison
Court House. He drew them, aud IS he drew
them We hsve Sled them With our bond. We
believe such house will suit the vsats and
necessities of the County. We believe It is all
that should be expected of g. The oosnty
laid OUT the town Of Troy. snd has cold 81 900
worth Of lots TO the eitiseas Of the tosu. The
County still has In the town Ion. lots unsold.
The Insurance Company now offers 70 pay the
County 5000 on the insurance. and no more.
and estimate the brick and iron Of the old
house at $3.50. We ofFsr = build house that
our opposents say IL will cost the County 10
build SIS 900 in money. OF $4,000 in scrip.