White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-05-19
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Tor ssle By j. L. Adama, New York city. II
was captured BY Geo. W. Randolph. grand
son Of Thomss Jefferson, vbo vas Marshal Of
the day at Charleston when John Brown vas
hung. aid ~Lo was aftervard Confederate Sec
r,tar. Of War.
u Ofihe Historic Sixth Massachusetts, re-
gimeRt-the hst called and the tirss 10 respond
i" the late ~ar-Csmpsny B dates its or.
ganization prior to IT'S. and its connection
with the Sixth regiment to Oct"ber l9. I77s.
Company G was organized in 1873. and K in
lslO. Other companies in the regiment are
venerable with yeas, ard ell inherit an hon
orable record.
u The New York World has the following
estimate Of probabilities: 1.-THE reported killing
of Major Randall BY Indians is personally con-
tradicted BY the reputed corpse; but as We have
no kno~ledse Of the Mayors character, ue
cannot Say how far his unsupported assertion
should weigh against the statement Of hume.
rous newspapers in matter in which his in.
terest would naturally prompt him to take the
most favorable view of his own case"
u An Arkansas paper fesrIessly proclaims
that the people must be educated, even fevery
schoolhouse erected is direct blow at the sub
scription list Of every Democratic paper in the
State
u A Western girl recently threw ZONE
blasting powder into the stove, mis,aking it for
coal. Her father 10 . carpenter, and after her
funeral. began the erection Of new house.
D The editor ofthe Muscstine (Iowa) Jour-
nal claims to have the identical pistol with
which Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton.
p The Masonic monumen. to living man,
at Stoughton, Mass, which ha. received so
much comment, has been boarded in.
u A public meeting has been held in
Charl. ston. 8. G, to give Whittemore. the Ca
det-hip broker. chance to explain his position.
It is stated that when Mr.. Whittemore began
to speak. the band struck up the tune, 40 Lis
ten to the Mockiag bird"
u A man living in Port Clinton. O., fmag.
ined he heard burglar breaking into his house,
the other night, and seizing his gun ran to the
door and discharged it at the supposed intru
der. On examination. he found bis best breech.
es, which were hanging on clothes line, all
shattered and torn from the fearful shower ol
slot.
" A pension for the widow of Mr.. Lincoln
not beirg forthcoming by Congressional aprro.
priation. the negroes Of the country are aeita'
ting a proposition To raise a subscription suffi
cient to place Mrs. Lincoln above want for the
rest Of her life. II the blacks of the country
estimating the population At 1900, 900. should
donate two cents apiece. the snug sum Of $50.
600 would be realized for the recipient.
u As if the district represented in Con
gress by John Morrissey were not already suf
fccntly disgraced. Brick Pomeroy is seeking
the nomination as Morrissey's successor. Hi:
election would be lower depth Of infamy te
which We do not think even the thieves
rceues and FOUNDERS of the Five Points would
descend.
u A New Hampshire man carries what
money he has In his pocketooot which his
father bought in l776. and which has been in
constant use by the two sinee that day. It is
vet in good condition, and he has enraptured
his son by promising to bequeath it 70 him.
u If green paper is poisonous, and the new
three-cent postage stamps are green, what
then?
u Mrs. Stanton is rapidly acquiring the
habits necessary to perfect American poll
tician. in proof whereof she informs MS, in re-
cent letter from Iowa. that being disappointed
in catching a train, she went back to the hotel
"in good state Of mind TO say damn it,"
p Miss Shirk. one of the young women
who, during the vaIandigham campaign. rode
in cart l4beled "Whhe HasJsnds or None,"
has changs her mind somehow, and married
one Lee A. Kelley. who to the slight disac
vantage Of being State prison convict, adds
the serious one Of being black niger.
Gr Seven cities in Germany have Lincoln
streets.
u A prominent mcmber OF the Senate Com.
mittee on Indian Affairs has written 4 letter to
General Sheridan, in which he says: "The In.
dian is bound to have bread cr sealN, but he
apparently prefers the scalp. While upon us is
forced the alternative to feed o, fight, would
prefer to feed; bus il It must be fight, then let
it be thorough and in earnest /"
p A few DAYS ago some leading politicians
called on Gov. Hoffman, and afier some con-
versation one of them said: "Wen, Governor,
II you Won't do what We want you 10 do. you
shall not be Governor for second term. can
assure you Of that" "very veil. gentlemen.
rejoined Hoffman, in his usual quiet va, III
intend to be Governor for one term, at any
rate"
II The Rev. S. T. Wells, colored. opened
the Iowa Houas Of Representative with praye:
one morning last week. Unlike the white
chaplain Who recently loboied the Lord in be-
half of an appropriation bill before the same
House. Mr.. Wells made no reference in his
prayers to the fifteenth amendment.
p A book has been pubIished to prove that
Freemason ought to be spelt "Phremason."
p Iowa has yielded smother point to those
who insist on the equality Of the sexes. He's
female eonvicts, 70 il Is said, work at ''stone
breaking just Ike the men.
u A men in Longmeadow, Mass. on his
way home one night had . contest with rob.
Der and pounded him most unmercifully-ac.
cording to his story. The next day . small
calf was found dead near BY.
u Dom Piatt makes 10 Medill ay. In . re.
cent conversation, shout the poor Indian, thai
the further oG We get from him the more VI
like him; and that "in our impatienee 10 gel