White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-01-13
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exhibits the be tuty Of kerosene ~ kindier
The children of Mr.. Higgins. in order to ex
pedite a FIRE in the stove. did what they had
seen their elders do-they poured kerosene up
o, the eoaIs. Instantly an explosion ensued.
The baby lived ,lf an hour after it. The old
es, boy died tie same night Only one OF
the children is likely TO recover. One always
e,ner;enees a desire, after recounting story
like this, to point moral. and to utter words
of warning; really, kerosene accidends are get
ting 10 he so common that we have come to the
conclusion that people, rather than otherwise,
ENJOY them, and are positively in love with bur-
ming aud blowing up
az The wilmington Commercial says that
few nights ago . monkey. owned by hotel
keeper at Lewes. Del. slipped chain and
went on an exploring expedition. He opened
the spigot of every liquor cask and let the nuid
run. He then vent at the cigars and proceed
ed with great declaration 70 unwrap them.
thro wing the loose leaves on the floor. The
people have given him the title of"The lem
perance Monkey
" The COLUMBUS Journal relates that Gen |
eral I. R. Sherxood. Secretary OF State curing
a recent .ojourn at en- Oberlin hotel, stripped
to the buff in the-eourss Of making change oil
clothes, and thea opened what he supposed 70
be the door Of closet. Instead Of a closet,
sitting room filed with ladies burst on the
G eneral's troubled vision. Fourteen screams
drowned the noise OF one sism
pA PARTY OF FooLs-A few evenings
since, at a ball held in Pittsburg, prize In the
shape of gold ring was offered to the lady
who should outwaltz all competitors. Six
couples started for the prize. At the end OF
she fourth hour four ladies remained on the
floor. The musicians grew feeble. but still
supplied music. A. the end Of five hours and
three minutes, only two ladies kept the floor.
Then came the summing mp of dam ages The
participants were taken home, are all now in
precarious condition, and under medical
treatment. The girls had to have their shoes
cut from their feet, and their limbs we're swol-
len to an enormous size. The young men will
hardly recover. d e,
[
last moment-because of Mr.. Richardson's
condition. !; from presiding at the farewell jour
nalistic dinner to Nephew Butler, the Consul
General to India, and John Swinton took his
place. The dinner and its high-,oned festivi
ties went on in room of the Astor, while MIR.
Richardson was dying in the other. 80
T An Ohio journal tells = story of widow
"a spiritualist-who was recently married by
medium toa gentleman whom she has not
seen for two years, he being dead. and who, A.
ter the ceremony. went home and sat down to
sumptuous marriage feast. .ff-
U Anew York merchant, few days since,
went to Pitisfed, Mass, where be had cred
itor who was unable to pay him. and shut up
his country customers store. When he got
back to the city. he found his own store closed
BY one Of his creditors.
u A congregation in Clay County, Ind /,
proposed to engage Rev. Mr.. Mendenhall, as
pastor, at a salary Of $500 per annum. and. as
further consideration, to provide home for
himself and wife. in family where servant
was needed, and in which she could work for
her board. The minister declined the OFFER and
sought a settlement elsewhere.
| II Anxious mothers will do well to take
note of little incident which occurred the 9th.
er day. One Mary Cronin. aged twelve
months, was drowned in exactly three pints Of
water. 1t happened in this way: Mary was
playing about the room during her mothers
absence-a little girl was "minding" her-when
she came across common house pail. This
stupcndous curiosity naturally attracted the
| close attention of Mary. She gazed into the
strange machine, and when her mother re.
turned, some hours afterwards, the poor child
was found head downward in the pail--stnne
dead. There were only three pints Of water
in the vessel. The plan of leaving children in
charge Of each other seldom answers.
10 The Now York independent, unsatis-
fed with its achievements in the low cartoon
line. Few comes cut virtually for free love.
Bah.-CAieaso Post t i -.
dJ A grand jury in Kentucky has presented
an old woman to the court as witch. We
sented for the same offence. p
" An old relic, in the shape ofan English
door handle and Latch. is now in u-e on a door
In The barn OF Mr.. Noses Paige, of Bennington,
vermont. It was used on door in the house
rinety yearsago. II bears the date Of its man
ufActure, il0l. and contains iron enough to set
up blacksmith shop.
II Susan b Anthony nursed habv the 9th.
er day m the cars. in a manner which brought
tears to every eye, the baby's included.
u The Boston Post says the Tribune evi- |
dently does not want capital punishment abol- |
ished until Mcfarland Is conscientiously burg. |
u witness in Richmond. Va, court,
last week tod the Judge to ''hnsh his mouth, I
As he couldn't talk tptvo men At once.p He
had an opportunity 20 reflect upon his rudenessj
in Jail. , 'ila-.5''
" Mrs. Stowe has nearly completed her
book on the great Byron subject. IL will b.
published By Fields, ossosd 4 Co., shortly.
The title of this volume. Of some 300 pages, ia
a pretty strong one. being ''The True Story of
Lady Byron Established" I
u The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Sun says Of the Senate: n
"Look around that chamber and remark
the pursy aemsgogues Who have grown proud,
pretentiou', and uealthy BY shouting for free
dom, bleeding sKansas. on to Richmond, and
reconstruction. Their shouts. like the mantle
Of charity. cover all sins with the faithful; and
the greater the knsve the leuter the shout