White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-12-02
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common place festoons- on the pillars Of our
public buildings. Riding BY the capitol recent
", 7 vas amused BY the rem ,rks Of two young
Misses. One noticed the scant black drapery
which disigured the elst front. aud asked.
..Wbo is deadl" 81 am sure don't know; some |
old man Who has been President, sapoose."
was the Washington Cor. Phil. Pest
u The Tmplecute says its name means
"neas, tasty, elegant" No relation to the |
Missouri Bszoo, which means blow your own /
horn.
IT Reticence has grown to be slch s-com- |
usndins virtue that they propose nominating
for Presidency. in 1872, the Onondaga Stone
Giant.
p An English gentleman who visited
School in Toledo, Ohio, recently, asked the
scholars good many questions about the uni-
ted States, and expressed his willingness to
answer any question about England which they
desired to ask. Whereupon little gHl arose
and modsstly said: 81 shorld like to inquire
what made England take sides with the South
during the REGENT rebellion" The CONNER
cial says the geRtieman made some remark
about English love for the weaker side, and
closed the exercises.
a. When Chief Justice Taney asked Secre-
tary Chase to exempt the Supreme Court Jud-
ges from the income tax on their salaries, Mr.
Chase refused; bu. the Judges, of whom Mr.
Chase is now chief, are to renew the attack
this winter.
T Tho Boston Poet makes the following
point:
"Capt. John C. Conner, of the United States
Army, has been arrested for accepting a NOM
ina,ion for Congress from the Hamilton party
in Texas. Gen. Grant could run for President
while serving in the army; but subordinate
must be arrested for accepting a nomination
| for civil Office.
1T Will tes,irs down m old house in
/ Danbury. Conn. the other day, well preser-
vei note was found, issued under the act of
Cosgress of February IL. l716. 1t was for
':one.ixth of dollar" On ore side, among
other things. was the motto, "Mind your bu j.
ness, and on the reverse side a circle com
posed of thirteen links. representing the thir-
teen States.
u A ady at wiliamsport. Pa. has not been
able to sleep wink in a month. Examina-
ton into the cause by en- inent physicians re
vealed the terrible truth that her night gown
was out of fashion.
D- A few evenings since. as Newark cler-
g!man was going to bed, he was summoned by
call from couple who were anxious to be
married. Answering the summons. he found
the couple all ready. and. after joining them
handed him a sealed envelope. and the happT
couple went Of with the congratulations Of T. c
dominic. On opening the envelope i! was found
to be entirely empty.
u Greeley let fy his C mpliments to a GER
tain class, in connection with the late election,
after the following fashion:
| 'iAnother document which excites some re-
mark in political circles is Horace Greeley
leader in Tribune. this morning, on the recent
election. He says: "We return especial
thanks to those who. feeling wolish against
ole Horace Greeley, scratched his name off
their ballots like gentlemen. But
for the poor creatures who refused to vote at
all, We feel a scorn which is barely
distinsuishabe from loathing. IF there be
anywhere in the universe AL uncomfortable
place, these hypocrte, ought to be invited to
the hottest corner of i'm
~ The Mauch Chunk. (Pa Gazette saws:
Asa Packer settled in Msuch Chunk in 1893
and made no organized resistance to the local
authorities from that time up to 1867, except
in 1861. when. as charged by the Democrat,
his party organ. he rebeIled against assess
ment for tas purchase Of town bull"
u Elder Hines, of Boston who told us,
twenty six years agp, that the orld would Ger
tainly burn up on the 18th of April, 1sf3, i
low doiIg the advent business at ST. Paul, and
the world is now as sound as ever
p The Cincinnati Enquirer states that
three of the greatest nations in the world, the
United States. Prussia and Russia, were IN.
known in l700-l69 years ago. PRUSSIA was
the offspring Of Frederick the Great. who be
gan his reign in l740; Russia wa. the of.p,iug.
Of Peter the Great, Who died in l725; and the
United States was born three quarters of cen
tury later.
u Office and Horace Greeley have never
been able TO agree. Something's he declines it;
and, when he doesn't; it declines him. Pro-
badly they will never come together.
U The n. Y. Sun states that an advertise
ment for a night wstchnan brought not les
than one thousand applicants to ,s Office. The
suffering which actual winter will bring to the
great army of unemployed poor it is fearful to
contemplate.
70 The farm in Yorktown, Va, upon which
Lord Corns sliis surrended his fnrces and signed
the articles Of captulation, was recently sold
for $1,000.
U The following are amon: the Southern
papers that urge the Southern pr op's to shan.
don their Affiliations with the Democratic par.
ty, party, they a!lege. whose name - "syno
nym Of Disaster" The Richmond Wing. Rich. |
mond Enquirer. Savannah Republican, Mem.
phis Avalanche, Atlanta Constitution, and |
Louisville Courier Journal.
u The Late President Pierce left no family. |
His wife died ferersl years ago. and their two |
children died before her.
II Jaliet's cofin has been discovered by
Berlin antiqnary. and a party has been given
at which il was the "lion-'
II An exchange says Mr. Andrew Johu.o.
L. 6.,eM.I h;a elm to h.