White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-06-02
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tinct creek. j ne cteek naS NV occome cur
,taut stream. needing 70 10 crossed By bridges.
rA sheaf Of .'petriHed oats" four feet
long and weighing eighty pounds. has bsen ts-
ken from the grosnd sixty feet below the sur.
face, in Nevad. County, California.
rA young man Ia Louisville recently ex-
.nined . keg Of damaged gsnpowder With
red hot poker. to see ifit was good. il 10 b.
lieved by his friends that be be- gone to Europe,
although man has found soss hs.an bonss.
and . piece of shirt-ta;l, about twenty miles
from Louisville.
II A Kentucky mother leR her infast in
charge Of an older child boy Of six. The
his others custon, administered doss u
laudanum. On the return of the mother sbe
found her babe dead. The lad having psessiIsl
nearly gill Of the drug.
pThe Boston Advertiser thinks the read.
ing and writing condition, in their State Coz.
sri,ution, for the exercise OF the franchise hes
octlived its usefulness. Wait decade OF %.
In the way we src going it is not altogether
certain that government BY the illiserate. PEN
niless mob is the elysian thing some folks have
supposed. Let New York work cot that PROB
lem.
Il The Napoleon (Ohio) Northvest ays:
"The white man is better than dc nigger.
He knows it. 1t is an intuition given him BY
God" Well, what's the use Of swearing shout
it?"
u Patrick Gass. the last survivor Of Lewis
and C!arke's expedition to the Columbia river,
in ls04-6. died recently, sged 80.
Gr Jacob Schnider, of Jasper County. In
diana, got drunk and swallowed an open jack
knife, few days since. Just before be died
he saii he never should eat any more hard
ware. He said: "demperance ish der pesht
bolicy."
T Wendell Phillips, at the introduction Of
Senator Revels to Boston audience, mentioned
by name q citizen of that city. who fifteen years
ago declared that freeing the negro would b
letting loose . race ofhyenas. Philips then
turning to Senator Revels, added: Ladies
and gentlemen. allow me to present the by ens."
T In the Northwestern States there are not
less than two huadted thousand Norwegisns.
They are all Protestants. Probably a single
Roman Catholic does not exist among these
Seandinavians.
q An exchange says: "No State has more
cheering prospects of a large and bountiful crop
than Kansas. Scarcely . complaint appears
from any county"
T An Indian lady At Sitka hung herself
lately and her relatives claim that her husbssd's
bratality was the cnuse. They think abous
thirty blankets would make the matter right.
u The Carlinvile Democrss thus records
an elopement that happened in that place .
few days since: .'On Thursday evening John
Looney ran away with Hannah Raab, one Of
the hash-s!ingers at the Leetch House. 1t ID
hoped they are married"
IL A Washington corn doctor says that
skn GIs-i. HalIeck was at the head of,he army
he walked about SO much, devising strategy.
~, he bore m e~sise new set ofssms every
six Co.,
U i1tef- fsd Post says "Nevtovs.
Conn, has two sewing societies, which explains
why IT hasn't newspaper"
" At wedding at Oshkosh, Wis. where
chewing gum is the only amusement, the bride
and groom. to show their implicit faith In each
other, put their arms around each others waist,
and swapped cuds of gum. No cards.
! D Mr.. Jabe1 Gates, of G Germantown, Pa,
is ve'y happy in the possession Of an anvil upon
which were forged the moulds in which the first
types made in this country we're cast.
IL Many ways Of happiness have been cove.
4 ted, but all agree there are none 80 pleasant
as loving and being loved.
O- There are over FIVE Thousand pap.rs In
the United States. But there are persons living
who have seen Benjamin franklin, the founder
Of the fourth newspaper established in this
country.
" Boston juryman signed petition for
the pardon Of q convict, because, % he said,
he was afraid IL be did not the man would XIII
him.
P There is q singular newspaper st Nan.
assas, Va. The tone Of the whole paper. With
the exception one column, 10 ultra Southern
Democratic. The one column supports Graat
and his Administration. In consequence Of the
confusion created BY this mixture Of politics,
the editor has been obliged 70 announce "that
the arrangement BY which the Republican col.
umn' is inserted in this paper was made with.
out his corsent." and adds emphatic.lIy "thst
he is Southern born and in full sympathy With
the people of bis native SOIL"
b Mr.. Abram W. Fox, who e Q pure Az
rican. has purchased large interest 10 the De-
troit Free Press, and 10 10 be managing editor
Of that Democratic journal.
P A Boston court has resn,rmed the prin.
ciple that the rights Of foot passengers in eros.
sing streets are superior 70 shoss u drivSsS Of
vehicles, and that the latter are bound 70 SOP
for the former. instead Of running then dow.
As they often 60.
u The editor ofs Chicago ehildres's pa-
per received letter from lady subscriber,
who writes: "Our little Anna died last week,
after reading the last number Of your valusbls
paper" Parties Who have more childrss thsn
they want should subscribe for that periodical.
u A candid saloon keeper in Broetly. dis
plays = sign, "John Doe. dealer in barley vstsr
and bad ciears." His description q his wares
is said 10 b sminestly truthful.
u Report says that the Partisan dsninosds
are taking TO hish-neek dresses a,d plais At
tre-elaming that they must b disisgushsd