White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-09-09
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&c Protiontory Point is thus spoken Of By
recant freveIer on ths N d ID


a recent traveller on the u P.R.R..
The whole town has not $500 worth Of i'm.
provements; nearly every building 10 tent;
Saloon keeps nine out Of ten of all the
houses, snd his priacipal stock in trade IL
VIII kky. One saloon is named "The Col.
den Spike; another "The Last, Rail"; and
still another "The Polished Tie"; are . few
of the ludierous names appropriated BY the
heartiess gamblers who seek to gain liv.
ing BY the Infamous business they are now
engaged in along the Pacific railway.
u The large oil painting of the battle Of
Tippecanoe, which formerly hung in ths Su.
preme Court room in IndisnapliA has, been
found in the coal hole. II is being subjecssd
to renovation, and will be again put up in its
old place. Ft znT
W The Democratic newspapers Of Iowa are
engaged in blessed row about the spelling of
their candidates name. Some Of them spell
it Gillespie and some Gillespie. ii Is pro.
posed to refer the matter to the gentleman
himself. but unless he is vast improvement
upon most Democrats. the chances are thous.
and to one that be can's spell It himself If
all accounts are correct, Gillasspie is q good
deal ofa mule anyway, and ifhis friends desire
that his name shall correspond with his fame,
we suggest that they rub out the GiH and the
pie in his name, and let the lons .eared animal
in the middle stand. In that way they will
get what they are voting for.-Cihesgo Post.
II In New York, side by side. wagon loads
of peaches and lemons stand in the street, and,
cheap as peaches are, the foreign fruit is cheap
or. "Thirteen for twenty Eve cents" 10 the
legend on the wagon of Messina fruit. while
halfa dollar viii hardly buy the same weight
of the Jersey produce. One has come three
thousand miles by sea. the other a hundred miles
by land.
u A lady in Wisconsin has ordered her
tombstone. A blank space was left Ia which
the date Of her death is to be inserted, at some
future time. The reason she gives for this
strange freak. is that she has proaigate son,
who is squandering her money q. sueh rate,
that she is afraid there will not be enough left
after her death, to pay ior tombstone to mark
her grave. s,r ,r-sa .a.-.a e. lsrft
U John Jay DicLey. Chief ClerE % the
Office of the Superintendent of the Western
Union Telegraph Company. iu Chicago. has
received the appointment Of Superintendent. Of
the Union Pacific Telegraph Line, with head.
quarters at Omaha. -,.ia-. r.-4. ..sr
U The Buffalo Commercial speaks Of the
Vanderbilt Crawford wedding as the union Of
December aud May. The Detroit Tribune
thinks it is more like the union of December
and April I.
% This is just the time for economical peo-
pie of large families to make clothing pur.
chases at low rates. Goods are mark I'd down
in this dull season of the year, and il one ID
not so particular to get the very freshest Cash.
ion, great saving can be made.
IL 1t is said that during the eclipse 1t Sal.
Lake. man had a piece of smoked, glass,
which he let his "uives" look through h turn
; but before the glass got al the way around the
eclipse was gone. F.tazs'-- s'r--'e
u- Insanity among the negroes Of the South
is spoken of as something new. It rarely oc
Cured when they were in slavery Their
others thought for them. now they have to think
for themselves. Another argument agains,
abolition. -,t-+
U A U. s. Naval officer died IN this State
recently, who had been fifty seven years in the
service, during thirty-two years of which be
was unemployed! Gen. Grant might haul over
our naval service to good purpose with the
Retrenchment rake. We should say,
u The leading amusement at Atlantic
City consists in making crabs drunk. Bread is
soaked in whskey, and the crabs come out in
myraids to indulge Those who furnish the
treat find their reward in watehiAg .ths qseer
antics Of the crustaceaD inebriesies, as soon rs
the fierce stmulant steals away what little
brains they have. r,
II The Catholic priest at Msckin inav. Mich
igan, declares the marriage BY Justice or the
Peace is no marriage at all; that the parties
so married are guilty of adulscsys apd that
he will not allow them 70 come, issids his
church. He said to his copgrsgatiset al win
put them ont with the dogs where they be.
long" And again: IA marriage outside the
Church of Rome is spurious. snd spch parties
are living 10 open adultery" sss-f 20 -sf
III The New York Star thinks that Byron
collars should hereafter have . new name,
"for if ever mans choler,. vas sup, Byron's
must be about these times s.ps5g ~ -ri1s
D An English paper eraveiy reiatss that
a Roman tomb has been discovered 10 Eirch.
enIane, on which is the inscriptions. B. c. 4o7.
The Romans must have been. gifted psopasss.
II Napoleon. Wellington. Huwbosdt and
cuvier we're all born in the year 17e9.
II Instead of "good morning. a St Cloud,
Mnn..'the ealufation is. "how's ysur vaoop-
ing cough" They have al gos 10. ss :. 20
U Ohio Republicans are well pleased With
The Rosrcraus letter. A proninsns Dessosss
in Columbus says about it: sIs 10 jsst sshas I
expected from such damned old fboi.7 oini
q The Little Rock Herald has 1drjyep eyery ay
Democrat sway from The yicini,y ;efihe A.
kansas Hot speings By as~ertisg sthat Ne ~
tiers thereof destroy sII tAste fee sqsr.is -
" Pennsylvania election coaundsaas. How
did the Democrs tic candidate fss Gossssosbe-
gin life2 Asa Packer. When did, hs do bic
firss packingf when be packed bis irss eaI>
pet-bag and packed o9 from Conneetieet 70
Pennsylvania. When was his latest packing